Calypso's Rage ~ 24

Calypso's Rage

Twenty-four

    Estella's ship hadn't moved since the last time I saw it. Women moved around the ship deck cleaning and doing other preparations. They glanced at us but didn't say anything.

    "This is Captain Estella's ship: The Night Maiden. You met Estella at Annice's house and as you can see Estella allows only female crew members."

    "They don't seem to like you."

    "You noticed." I smiled bitterly "The name Caspian has a lot of rumors attached to it. Several of them are about women so I am known as a player. This is the reason they don't like me, as well as they see me as shady, slippery, and mysterious. They tend to just ignore me but hate it if I'm on Estella's ship with out her accompanying me."

    "No man is allowed on Night Maiden with out accompaniment, even other Captains." A woman said joining us.

    The new woman had hard eyes and almost never smiled. She hated men especially me. Which was fine since the feeling was mutual.

    "Ah," I said with a flat tone, "It's Estella's right hand, Arabella."

    "Caspian, I see you haven't died yet."

    I kept my face impassive, "And you still despise half of our species."

    She snorted, "I'll never understand why Miss Estella is okay with you."

    I raised an eyebrow, "Does it bother you that much." There were two reasons Estella didn't hate me but I wouldn't tell Arabella them.

    "Um..." Sophia interjected, "How does Estella stop men from pretending to be women to come aboard."

    Arabella sighed, "Miss Estella has a good eye for seeing people that are hiding things. She can spot pretenders easily."

    I rolled my eyes, "Estella once caught a man that tried and almost killed him. No one has tried since. That being said there are a couple transgender girls in her crew."

    "As long as you don't consider yourself male you can become part of our crew." Estella said appearing behind Arabella. "Most of the girls on this ship have a reason not to trust the male population and they all jumped at the offer to join my crew"

    "Has there ever been anyone who denied becoming a part of your crew." Sophia asked

    "No" Arabella said at the same time Estella replied, "Yes."

    Arabella looked at Estella surprised, "I've never heard of this."

    "That's because it happened before you joined."

 

 

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