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.

"Who do you think pulled you out of that rip current?" His demeanor became more serious as my breath caught in my chest at the revelation. “When I saw this picture, I realized that you might be in possession of something that

is putting you in serious danger. Now I know my suspicions are true.”

“I’ve been dead for 300 years, Katrina.”

Well damn

There was something strangely beautiful about the way they handled their blades, dancing along the sand in a very dangerous game of tag. I was mesmerized.

Down by the shore Meet me once more By the light of the moon Love me, then leave me With the dawn rising Haunt me forevermore

I couldn’t have him, no matter how much my heart wanted to find a way. He would always be, quite literally, a ghost of my desires, close enough to touch but never enough to grasp. And soon even the ghost of him would be gone forever. There was no way around that.

My heart :(

He was dangerous, but I had never felt safer than when I was with him. He was dead, but I’d never felt more alive than when he touched me. He was temporary, and yet nothing else had ever felt so permanent. “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. Treasure?

“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.”

he called to my heart like the moon calls the tide.

Screaming crying

“If I could only put you in the sky where you belong, starlight,”

“I will always find my way back to you, Katrina. My North Star.”