Chapter 464 - Casting Off (2/2)

”Take good care of our kids and Alexandros while you are at it!”

The Second Queen nodded her head in response and returned to the line, where Berengar's next bride took her turn to say goodbye. Yasmin approached her husband with a smile on her face. Out of all of his wives, aside from Honoria, she was the most supportive of his actions.  She kissed her man goodbye before resting her head on his chest; she said the words that shocked everyone present as she did so.

”Don't be gone for too long, or you will miss the birth of our child...”

Berengar, as well as his other wives, gazed upon the Moorish Princess with awe. Did she just admit that she was pregnant? Before Berengar could ask for clarification, the mature woman placed a finger on his lips to silence him before nodding her head. After doing so, she returned to where the other women were standing.

The last woman to approach Berengar was Henrietta, who was in tears; she desperately clung to Berengar where She poured her tears into his chest as she desperately tried to convince him to stay behind.

”You are going away so soon after returning! Must you leave?”

Berengar nodded his head silently in response to this and wiped the tears from his sister's eyes. After the girl had managed to calm herself, she nodded her head before whispering something in her brother's ears.

”Very well, but when you return, I will no longer take no for an answer...”

When Berengar heard this line, his eyes widened in response; he knew exactly what she was referring to. After all, for the past few months, he had been finding ways to refuse her advances, she desperately wanted to sleep with him, and now that he was embarking on a distant journey, she would one way or another have her way when he returned to her.

Before he could protest her words, Henrietta plunged her lips against Berengar's and violated his tongue with her own, in doing so garnering the fury of his wives. They were unaware of the so-called ”secret relationship” between them. Berengar was too stunned to do anything, and ultimately Honoria pulled the young Princess off of her brother.

Henrietta began to pout as she received quite a talking-to from Berengar's wives. As punishment for her unacceptable behavior, the princess would be confined to her room for the next few days. As for Berengar, he and Honoria finally stepped up on the bow of the vessel, which housed an entire crew and a company of marines. Now that they had said their goodbyes, they had begun to cast off.

The Austrian King stood firmly upon the bow as his wives waved him off; he continued to stare out towards their direction until the women were no longer visible. After he could no longer see the group, he sighed heavily and turned his head to see Honoria smirking at him with her arms crossed. The pirate queen quickly began to chastise him for not pushing Henrietta away.

”You just can't say no to your sister, can you?”

Berengar gazed upon his beautiful wife and smiled before grabbing ahold of her waist and reaching his hand through the bottom of her shirt and into her chest. The mighty pirate Queen immediately blushed as her husband took advantage of her. However, his following words utterly charmed her to the point where she completely forgot her inner fury.

”Why would I care about my little sister when I have such a beautiful woman standing before me?”

Upon saying this, the Austrian King began to kiss his wife on the neck before picking her up and leading her into the Captain's Cabin. The couple started their journey by making love on the high seas. They would continue their amorous activities until they fell asleep well past midnight.

As for when they awoke, they would already be close to the straight of Gibraltar. With the triple expansion engine, and the full-rigged sails, this vessel was capable of exceeding speeds over 20 knots; it was even faster than a clipper, making it the perfect boat to reach the New World. Theoretically, they could get the legendary land of Vinland in a fortnight thus all they had to do now was wait until they arrived on the shores of a long-forgotten continent.

---

If you want to support me so that I can commission art of the characters in my novel, as well as maps, coat of arms, and other vital illustrations, please visit my Patreon page at

All of the art will be released within my discord server for free.