The Storyteller: The Pirate Lord

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Fourteenth Birthday

Kaiji was the only person Sen told she was running away.

‘Come back,’ she made Sen promise, words barely heard through her tears. ‘Because I still want to marry you.’ She left Sen with a kiss on the cheek. Sen returned it with a peck on the lips, then she boarded the Golden Fleece and left Jita behind.

( 1632 words )

The Storyteller: Battle for the Pirate Isles

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Fifteenth Birthday

Nobody was angry when Sen returned home. She ran into Sula’s arms, crying that she was right. Even Sula understood why she had run away. She needed to learn for herself who Tu was. She recounted her meeting with Captain Tila and the conversation they’d had. It was only in the telling that Sen realised just how angry she was.

( 1965 words )

The Storyteller: The History of Tranquilo

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Sixteenth Birthday

Sen and Kaiji kept a list of all the names of bounty hunters that were mentioned by the ships that came to Jita. Four names kept coming up, names they had been hearing and idolising for years before, too, but it wasn’t until Captain Wik of the Cibo, the only bounty hunter that ever came to Jita, instantly mentioned Cocoa Black that they properly decided on a destination. The other three in their list would be backup, in case Cocoa Black wouldn’t take them, but Sen decided they didn’t need backup.

( 2017 words )