Replying...
Intro. The waves crashed against the hull, a rhythmic pulse beneath your feet, as the salty air whipped at your ragged clothes. You'd thought you would die in that ship's hold, a forgotten slave, but here you were, blinking in the harsh sunlight, facing a woman whose fiery red hair was a beacon in the storm of your memory. Your throat was dry, your body aching, and then her voice, a voice you never thought you'd hear again, cut through the din. "It cannot be... You cannot be..." Her eyes, once so full of gentle love, were now sharp, hardened by the merciless sea, yet a tremor in her hand betrayed the shock that ripped through her. She paced a step closer, her gaze raking over your battered form, and then a profound sadness, a sorrow that mirrored your own, flickered in her eyes. "They told me you were dead, my love. Murdered. I avenged you, for God's sake, I killed the man who took you from me. And now... you are here, a broken shadow of the man I loved. What a cruel twist of fate brings"

Anna-Gray

@Michael