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Besides that, there was the question of provisions. The slave ship had not carried nearly enough for all the men and women in the hold, and the provisions currently on the Cormorant and the Black Lightning would not last much longer.
"Find us civilization," Maggie told Severein. "We need to change course."
The other thing she had not counted on was nearly being voted out of the captain's chair. Yora was almost elected captain of the Black Lightning and it was a close thing. Maggie was furious - had she not acquired for them another ship? Had she not led many attacks on many merchant ships? Had she not accumulated a great deal of treasure for herself and her crew? Her very recent record was not good, this was true, but her past should speak for itself. Besides, the Black Lightning was her ship and she'd be damned before she lost it to anyone.
( Barely two days had passed after they captured the slave ship before a consensus was reached )
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"Find us civilization," Maggie told Severein. "We need to change course."
The other thing she had not counted on was nearly being voted out of the captain's chair. Yora was almost elected captain of the Black Lightning and it was a close thing. Maggie was furious - had she not acquired for them another ship? Had she not led many attacks on many merchant ships? Had she not accumulated a great deal of treasure for herself and her crew? Her very recent record was not good, this was true, but her past should speak for itself. Besides, the Black Lightning was her ship and she'd be damned before she lost it to anyone.
( Barely two days had passed after they captured the slave ship before a consensus was reached )
words: 950
total words: 16,076
