_Chapter 9_ Scarlet raised an eyebrow. "You've seen how I play with toys I like, my petite pirate queen." She cackled. "I broke quite a few charr horns last week. And Duke Daren still hasn't recovered from the last time things got...hot...between us. Is this really what you want?" Tai Min scoffed. Daren was pathetic. Of course she, Captain of the Etherknives, had no interest in being treated as Daren had: Stripped to her underwear. Thrown in a pot. Left to writhe for Scarlet's— Her face flushed. "No," she said quickly, cutting off her own escalating thoughts. "No, you're right. We should probably...keep things professional." Scarlet grinned maniacally, and leaned in close to her pet pirate captain. "Too late for that now, Tai. You'll never get me out of your head."