From Tormented Tides (From Tormented Tides, #1)

by Val E. Lane

We were two broken hearts, both fated to a dismal end, and I had accepted mine by now.

“But what good is the promise of a pirate?” I asked, the edges of my lips forming a smirk. “A pirate's word is everything when it involves his treasure,” he whispered, leaning closer to me.

“In another life, I have no doubt you could have been mine, Katrina. But fate has decided against us.”

“Katrina, I’d die a thousand deaths over again if it meant I could be with you. You’re the one I’d endure hell over and over again for. You are the one that I can’t stop seeing when I look up at the night sky. You are the first thing that guides me when the tide rises. You are my North Star.”