Stolen Booty (Pirates of Artusa, #1) / Pirates of Artusa (ePub)

Wilhelmina is a tavern wench who feels doomed to a life of boredom and servitude as she watches other women come and go on great adventures across the sea. But when she meets Vera, pirate queen of the southern seas, Wilhelmina is swept off her feet by the strong and confident woman in a wild adventure of her own. For when Vera's rival lays eyes on Wilhelmina, the two pirate queens begin a war over her! Don't miss out on this lesbian harem romance!

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Very slowly, Wilhelmina looked up to see the pirate in the tricorn hat had pulled her pistol and was aiming it directly at Ruth's face. Her blue eyes behind the pistol were deadly.

"I don't want no trouble, Vera," said Ruth quietly. She had gone very still, and Wilhelmina thought she sounded afraid.

"But you've got it. Let her go, Ruth," said the woman. Her voice was quiet as well, but there was a hard edge to it that was menacing.

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Vera patted the bed beside her.

Wilhelmina didn't move. "You just made love to another woman in that bed! I can't sit there!"

Vera laughed, looking at Wilhelmina in disbelief. "You really are a little vexation, aren't you? Come and sit, or I shall come and sit you."

The words were spoken playfully and suggestively, and Wilhelmina held down a blush. But she also had a feeling that Vera meant every word that she had uttered: if Wilhelmina did not come, Vera would come and get her. She felt an odd thrill at being commanded so calmly and wondered why Captain Vera wanted her so terribly. There were other girls in Hardoc Town, prettier girls, girls who weren't shy, girls who would fawn over the captain and obey her and make desperate love to her without hesitation. Perhaps that was it. Perhaps Captain Vera was tired of being fawned over.

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Wilhelmina was reaching to take the seashell when the big pirate slapped it from the smaller one's hand. "I saw her first!" she growled. "The hell you did!" shouted the shorter one, and they leapt on each other, snarling and punching, as the crew guffawed and cheered. The big pirate had trapped the shorter one in a headlock when the sound of a gun blast made them scramble apart.

Heart racing in terror, Wilhelmina looked around and saw that Vera was pointing her pistol at the sky, her face hard. The pirates docilely quieted.

"Berges, Turner, you made me frighten the lady," said Vera, "so ye'll be emptying pisspots tonight while the rest of us raid and pillage."

Hearty laughter rose from the crew as the apparent Berges and Turner looked sullen.