Chapter 45 Chapter 45

Chapter 45 Chapter 45
Marcus POV
While we were swimming in the ocean, the water had actually parted when Charlotte walked in. I was shocked that it had done that. I was even more shocked when she closed her eyes, and the water came back together. Now we could swim in the water. I dove in first, then she did. Spending time in the water was always a good thing. It helped a lot to cool down on the tropical island. I was tall enough that when I put my feet down, the water came up to my chest. We did not go further out. If we did, there was always a chance of attracting sharks.
I did not have anything with me that would stop the sharks if they attacked us. The only thing we could do was find a mountain underwater. There was a row of rocks that poked out of the water to the left of us. I always made sure to swim close to them. The tops of the mountains poked out of the water. It was always nice to have that. We were swimming when I noticed some shark fins poking out of the water. I quickly swam over to Charlotte.
" Babe, we need to get back to the shore."
I pointed to where the sharks were swimming. She looked over and smiled. I don't think she has ever seen so much wildlife in her life. She was stuck in the house a lot. That was typical of an Englishwoman. They never went out much when they had money. Now the woman who did not have money farmed and grew crops. That was what I found amazing about the different classes of people. Pirates did not have classes; they were all essentially the same. Even the captain got their hands dirty. I farm and take care of the animals. Eleanor had all the meat dried for our trip. We will set sail tomorrow evening.
I preferred to leave in the evening because it would prevent people from seeing where the ship was coming from. It looked like the ship was coming from around the end of the island. Especially with the spell that was cast. It looked like fog surrounded that end of the island. Also, there was a giant skull statue at the top of the mountain. It would scare people off the island. When people landed, my men would dress up in costumes and go scare them away. Which was nice; they seemed to have fun scaring people away from the island.
We slowly made our way back to shore, so as not to stir up the water and attract the sharks. We wanted to make sure that the sharks stayed where they were. I had no idea what kind of sharks they were. Some sharks don't care about people; some do. There are a few that will attack before they realize what they are attacking. Last year I had two people killed by sharks. I don't want that this year. We finally reached shore and then headed to the house to change. When we walked in, Eleanor was packing the meat into crates and getting things ready.
We are heading out tomorrow evening. This was going to be our last night on land for a month or two. It depended on what happened on the island to get her mother, and whether we went treasure hunting. My men had already patched the ship, and they were eager to go out to sea. We very rarely go out to sea this time of year. However, we are going to rescue people this time, which I thought was a great idea. We needed to rescue Charlotte's mom and other witches before they were executed. This time of year, the English would start trials and start executions.
They really liked to wait until it cooled off to execute people. I don't know why they waited so long. I would think that they would execute them right after the trial. But they waited until they had more than one to execute. Which I thought was stupid. It increased the likelihood that people would rescue their loved ones. Which would make them outlaws. I also knew that they would cut people's hands off for stealing. Which I also thought was stupid. How are they supposed to provide for their families with one hand? The English had some really odd punishments that made no sense. They wanted them to provide for their families, but they would take away their ability to do so.
Which, to me, made no sense. So a lot of them would leave the ports and the security of English living. A lot of them turned to piracy. I had a few crewmen that had been that way. They are hard workers. Men were loading full crates onto the ship; they were taking animals aboard. There was very little room for more than one or two of the animals. We would end up eating a cow and then the chickens on the ship. I know Eleanor had several crates full of dried meat. That would help make soups and eat dried meat. There were several crates of vegetables and fruits.
We were about ready to leave. Charlotte was going to make a bag of clothes. A small bag of clothes. However, she probably was only going to spend much of her time in a swimming dress. They were the most comfortable while sailing. The last thing that needed to be loaded was the bed. Charlotte was not going to sleep on a cot. The men could in the hull; she would be sleeping with me. I helped load the bed we were going to sleep on. Everything was ready to leave tomorrow evening.
"Charlotte, let's take a proper bath tonight because it will be a while before we can take a bath."
We hauled in hot water and took a bath. We needed to get as much sleep as we could since we were leaving tomorrow evening. Everyone was going to have to take turns watching. That included Charlotte. She was going to have to pull her weight on the ship. Everyone needs to be able to do whatever is needed on the ship.