Replacing me with her?!

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Jade's p. o. v.

"Jungwon, take over. The winds are dying down, so I trust you can handle it." Heesung ordered. Jungwon let me go and held locked eyes with me for a second, then Swiftly made his way to the captain where he took the wheel from the captain.

I stood there shaking as I watched the remaining six men continue to pull the net up. After what felt like ages the net finally came into view and the men roughly pulled it the rest of the way over the edge, dragging the net onto the deck. All four of them were breathing rapidly, reminding me of just how much the siren weighted.

My eyes curiously observed what was underneath the net, but I could only make out a scaled, metallic tail and a tan, humanlike back. Every breath from the creature caused the muscles in it's back to ripple and move, displaying its strength.

Suddenly the reality sunk in that a dangerous, mythical creature was in front of me and I took a single step back.

"Afraid it'll bite?" a voice teased in my ear.

I jumped around to see Heesung smirking down at me. I scoffed.

"Of course not, I just was about to go change out of these damp clothes."

He chuckled. "You go ahead and do that. When you're done, meet us in our dungeon."

I nodded before quickly heading to the crew's quarters. Sighing in relief that nobody was in the dimly lit room, I undressed. Normally I had to find ways to change without showing too much skin at one time since there were always the prying eyes of the crew to worry about.

Damn pirates.

I slipped on some tight black pants, put on an oversized, long-sleeved red t-shirt, then tightened a belt around the shirt so that it was for form-fitting. Finally, I slipped on my black boots. Feeling much warmer and not so disturbed, I hung my wet clothes up before walking out of the room.

I ran across the main deck, trying to avoid the rain as much as possible. The storm had lightened up and the rain was just a drizzle, but the waves were still rocking the ship quite a bit.

Soon I found my way to the dungeon, which was the farthest space below deck. As I entered the darkroom, a strong musty scent filled my nose. Eight heads turned to face me, their silhouettes glowing from the dim light of the lanterns they held. Dancing shadows and orange beams were cast on the walls as the flames flickered constantly.

My gaze moved from their faces to the cell the stood in front of.

"Move" I spoke quietly, pushing my way through the males until I had a clear view of the creature that laid against the wall of the cell. I walked up to the bars, grabbing onto them as my eyes slowly took everything in.

His tail was the first thing I noticed as it was hard to miss, stretching long enough to reach all the way across the cell. The diamond-shaped scales were a deep obsidian colour, but any spots of light hit glimmered into a silver shade. The fins of the tail, which were against the bars at my feet, they were wide with edges that were sharp and pointed. His tanned, defined torso looked very human aside from the abnormally golden shine it had. Finally, I took in his face, noticing that he was resting his head against the side of the wall with eyes closed. He has plum lips, straight nose, almond-shaped eyes and he also has two moles on his face one in on the upper part of the nose while other is below his right eye. Its dark hair was a colour is never quite seen before, a cross of turquoises like tropical tides and silver like sparkling Pearls.

He was beautiful.

"What are we going to do with it?" Daniel asked, breaking me out of my mesmerised state.

I turned around to see Heesung crosses his arms, his gaze falling on the siren. "I haven't decided yet. But in the meantime, how you deal with it will be up to J."

I watched as the boys frowned in confusion.

"What do you mean it's up to J? Why does she get to decide how we treat it?" Jake asked.

Heesung signed before answering "I've made J my first mate, so you all have to follow her orders unless I say otherwise."

The moment he finished speaking, all Seven of the men burst into protests and questions.

"You can't really be replacing me with her" Jay raised his voice to be heard over the others. He glared from me to Heesung. "She's only barely been a part of the crew for four years. She's a woman. She lacks physical strength.." he was cut off by Heesung's chuckle.

"Tell that to your purple jaw," he said gesturing to the dark bruise which marked Jay's face, right where I had punched him. Jungwon and K chuckled lightly, causing Jay to growl in anger before marching out of the room. I sighed in annoyance.

"I'm going to talk to him. J, you're in charge here. Just tell these idiots what you want them to do. I'll check in with you in the morning." And with that, Heesung followed after Jay, leaving me with six men and a siren to deal with.

After Heesung left, I struggled to figure out what I should do. Jake, K, Daniel, jungwon, sunoo and Niki all of them looked at me impatiently, awaiting my orders. However, I couldn't stop my gaze from leaving them and travelling back to the siren. His breathing was shallow, his chest faintly rising with each inhales. Then I remembered he was shot and my eyes searched for his wound.

"Where do you guys shoot him?" I asked not seeing any blood.

Jungwon shrugged. " I think Jay is the one that hit him," he said.

I nodded, a small part of me wishing. We hadn't needed to hurt them. I knew it was necessary, but their ethereal beauty made it difficult to feel at peace about it.

"Alright, Jake, Niki and K, I want you three to go fill some buckets with seawater and bring them back here. Daniel and Sunoo go bring me some rum. Jungwon, bring me our medical supplies. I'm not sure how bad his wound might be. " When I finished speaking, the boys nodded and muttered under their breath. They all began leaving the room and I nodded at Jake as he handed me a lantern on his way out.

Now that I was alone with the siren, I felt my curiosity take hold of me. I looked towards his unconscious figure once again and decided it wouldn't hurt if I tried to find the gunshot wound. The faster I could patch him up the better. I was hoping I could get it done before he wakes up. If he did happen to gain consciousness while I was in there, the trusty dagger inside of my boot was always within reach.

Looking around the room, my eyes landed on the keys that hung on a nail in the wall. I quickly grabbed the keys, wasting no time in unlocking the cell door. Carefully stepping over his large glimmering black tail, I closed the door behind me. I made my way over to where he laid with his back against the wall.

Seeing him up close, I felt and an odd wave of the attraction come over me. It was like some invisible force urged me to reach out and touch him. I did my best to fight against it as I reminded myself that sirens use their alluring aura to catch their prey.

Kneeling down beside him, I carefully searched him for any sign of blood. Not seeing anything, I hesitantly reached out and placed my hand on his shoulder. I started moving him forward to see his back and my eyes landed on a dark, bloodied gash on his shoulder blade, finding that the bullet had only grazed him.

As I adjusted my grip to get a better look, my hand was suddenly snatched away. I gasped at the sudden movement and saw that my wrist was now being held tightly in his grip, both of our hands raised in the space between our bodies. I looked up from our hands and met his brown, feline eyes.

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