Snippet #2604854

Dialogue color code: Indigo

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Francesca had blacked out from lack of oxygen, when she started to come to, she felt the gentle rocking of a ship and heard the sound of the waves hitting the hull. She coughed loudly, her throat burning as she coughed up the water that had filled her lungs. It took her a moment to realize that her dress and corset had been cut, she grasped at the clothes holding it together in front of her as she started to get her wits about her. A quick glance around and she realized she was on a ship, surrounded by a bunch of men and from what she could tell only one woman. She wasn't sure what to say, she remembered everything, the fight with her dad, falling off the bridge and hitting the water but from there she was lost not that there was probably much to remember just a lot of water.

Francesca carefully got to her feet though she was unsteady, never having been on a ship before. "Thank you," She said quietly, knowing that if it weren't for these people she would more than likely be dead right now. She glanced around at the people in front of her, not sure which one was the captain of this ship. "I'm Francesca." She said to no one in particular since she wasn't sure who to address, she didn't give her title, not wanting them to know that she was a princess, that her father was the king. She shivered slightly as the cool air blew across her wet skin.