Cordelia, Daughter of the Sea
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Thank you all for
reading – I hope you enjoyed the story…I fell in love with Jack and Cordelia
myself. His is the last chapter but…
Chapter
35
Rain still fell
heavily from the sky the next morning, so the sun that usually woke Cordelia
wasn’t there to warm her…yet, somehow, she felt herself enveloped in a familiar
heat. A smile was forming on her lips
for the first time in nearly two weeks, but she couldn’t understand why.
rising and falling. The nibefobefore
came flooding back into her mind.
Scared to open
her eyes, she whispered, “Jack?”
“Mornin’, love…”
Cordelia’s eyes shot
open and the first thing that she saw was smooth, tanned skin.
Jack smiling at her. “Oh, God…”
to his. When she forced herself to pull
away, she said, “I thought it wasn’t real…I thought you’d be gone again…”
“I ne’er wan’ t’
be out o’ your sight again, love,” Jack said softly. “I’m so sorry, Cordy, I ne’er should’ve let ye go…I only wanted
somethin’ better for ye an’…”
“Jack, there’s
nothing better for me than you.” She
caressed his face and her eyes welled.
“Why did you do that to me, Jack?”
Jack’s tears had
already begun to flow. “I doubted ye
an’ I ‘ad no reason to. I could ‘ave
gotten ye killed. I jus’ thought tha’
ye could…I was an arse, an’ I know tha’ ye probably wan’ t’ slap me up an’ down
the street now tha’ ye know ye aren’ dreamin’.”
“Jack Sparrow, I
should be furious with you, I know I should, but I…I don’t care.
close to him as she could. “Promise me
that you won’t leave me again.”
Jack pulled away
so that he could look directly into Cordelia’s eyes. “Love, I swear on me life tha’ if ye take me back, I’ll do
everythin’ I can t’ make ye the happiest woman in the Caribbean.”
“If you ever hurt
me like this again, Jack, I’ll gut you.”
Cordelia smiled through her tears.
Jack smiled back
at her. “I don’ doubt tha’ at all
love. Does this mean ye’ forgive me?”
Cordelia kissed
him longingly. “Aye, love, we’re
square.”
“Rubbin’ off on
ye, am I?” Jack laughed.
“I suppose ycoulcould say that,” she said, giggling slightly.
“So, shall we go
tell the eunuch and Elizabeth the good news?”
Cordelia pressed
her body to Jack’s. “If it’s all the
same with you, I think I’d rather wait until later. Suddenly, I have no desire to leave this room.”
The couple sank
beneath the covers knowing full well that they were exactly where they were
supposed to be. Wherever the sea was going
to take them, they knew that as long as they were with one another…they would
always be home.
~The
End~
A sequel is in the works…