Akhona

feel his weight on me, and the incident that occurred replayed at night. Jules and the rest of the sailors all said it was all in my head and wasn't real, but my mind failed to believe. I

. I proceeded to walk back to my cabin without a lantern, letting the moonlight guide me. I got terrified when I saw an image of Lucas' bloody body on the deck and sc

ate in the night?" the captain said,

to Jules tightly. "What's wrong Akhona? Why di

got terrified. It might be his ghost that i

There's no such thing as a ghost, remember. It's all in yo

is lips on mine. As he gently kissed me, I became less terrified and felt calm. "Alright then, let's go to my cabin," he said with a grin on his face. From hi

ething reasonable," the captain said, retiring

at night; I'm not sure if Lucas' ghost, but the spirits of the Night Eagles still lurk arou

was simply playing a game with me, but a part refused to believe that. Resisting Jules was more difficult th

ting you," he said while planting kisses on my neck. I turned my back to him, pretending to sleep, but it only

evealing his well-defined abs built up from his many adventures on the sea. At that point, all I wanted was to grab his face close to mine and lock m

e?" he said childishly, tryi

om the bed. He also got up and hugged me from behind, "Don't leave

yourself, it's best I go back to my room and face my ghost problem,"

. I had to choose between staying with a ghost and a sex-demanding boyfriend. At times I missed Zuko and wished I c

ept me. Surprisingly, Jules didn't wake me up and had his breakfast without me. He had never done that before since w

aptain. Anything bot

are getting low, and it looks like a heavy storm is ap

pplies, we can manage until we land, and I feel it's my fault that the suppl

ow, but I can feel it coming, and it's coming at us," the captain said, still looking at the sea. "If we decide to change our

. We either die of hunger or d

cut in. "We just need to plan ahead and face the storm. Just like other storms, it would pass away, and dry land would be ahead," he

it wouldn't be easy, and not all of

ery adventure, there's always a risk attached to it, but we can't

nd turned to face Phil, "As always, you tend to

he captain finally said, motioning to leave. "Call Jules to my cabin; tell him a storm is approaching, and we need

storm or maybe both. It had been a while now, and Jules hadn't come to meet me. I couldn't wait again and headed to meet him in his cabin. As expected, he la

me and see you. What happened? You didn't even wake me up for breakfast?

sleep. I didn't bother waking you up since I k

es now, and I was the one now trying to get him to talk to me. "Okay, Jules, I'm sorry for refusing you like that ye

d, getting up from the bed, but I held his hand, refusing him to l

Please leave; we can talk later,

ontinue begging him, he would use it as leverage to get what he wants from me any time he

ity anymore? What if he had a new family and wouldn't recognize me anymore? What if he refused to take care of me, or what if he never left at all and still lived in South Africa? Would my whole mission coming here be a waste? If he was still in South Africa, he would have found out about mother's death and come looking for me? And worst, what if he was also dead? Many "what ifs" kept trailing in my mind. Ther