She considered herself and her sister and wondered if she'd blacked out and bathed in the blood of her enemies. The idea made a giggle bubble up inside of her, or maybe it was the nerves. Emma switched the blade to her other hand and sought for her sister's free hand to both give and receive comfort.
Together they followed their father into his cabin and she gulped as she shut the door behind them.
They were so dead.
Their father sighed and dragged a palm down his face, ending in a stroke of his beard. "What do you two thing you were doing?"
"It was my idea," Emma immediately spoke up, hoping to spare her sister. "We just wanted to help and J--there was someone struggling." She didn't think pointing out to their Captain that one of his pirates had needed help from children.
"You could have been killed."
"So could you," She volleyed back, then immediately bit her tongue. She hadn't meant to say that out loud.
Together they followed their father into his cabin and she gulped as she shut the door behind them.
They were so dead.
Their father sighed and dragged a palm down his face, ending in a stroke of his beard. "What do you two thing you were doing?"
"It was my idea," Emma immediately spoke up, hoping to spare her sister. "We just wanted to help and J--there was someone struggling." She didn't think pointing out to their Captain that one of his pirates had needed help from children.
"You could have been killed."
"So could you," She volleyed back, then immediately bit her tongue. She hadn't meant to say that out loud.