She waited at the gang plank till Erik joined her. She watched him as he came from the lower gunner deck. He was carrying a heavy wooden chest one handed on his shoulder that would have normally taken at least two men to carry. He was a big strapping man with long auburn hair pulled back past his broad shoulders. He was dressed in a thick swordsman shirt with black leather pantaloons. A massive axe strapped to his side. He was once the one of the most handsome men onboard but that was before he took an axe across the jaw. It was the same axe he now wore. Now he had a tremendous scar running across half his face. The attack left him mute as his tongue was damaged beyond repair. Emily was amazed that he even survived the attack let alone healed as well as he did.
The massive boatswain saluted as he approached extending his arm to bid her down the plank. She walked down and took a few seconds to get her land legs. She turned and walked off towards…
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