Slight, Unknown, Alterations...

The wind threw Joa's hair about as she stood on the deck with her first mate, the man who happened to be holding the tiller at the moment. As she finished her breakfast she came to a decision, "Harald when we make landfall I'll be leaving the ship..."

"Yes, I know this Cap'n. It's part of the plan."

"Ah, yes, however I'm altering the plan ever so slightly. I'll be leaving the ship in your capable hands Harald. Take care of her."

The man, an ex-Fleet Commander, looked at her, "What? But Mistress Arianna stated that you would accompany them to the Tavern, direct them to the fence that would give them money for the stolen items, and then you were to take the items back to the Queen."

"And you will be doing that." She said motioning for Harald to keep his voice down. Unlike the rest of the crew he actually knew some of the details of this expedition. "However, the plan is dangerous, and I can't in good conscience leave them to make their way on the mainland, where neither have been in their lives. I have. And..."

"But they've made arrangements on the mainland...you may ruin the plan, Cap'n."

"You above all should know that no plan makes it past the point of enemy contact. And in this case we don't even know who the enemies are really. Will Hugo Dacia's people wind up after them? If so then I've heard tell that he has assassins on his payroll."

"Most of the mainland lords have assassins..."

"Which Seleste has never dealt with, no...no I'm going to have to help in their protection. When I told Seleste I was attracted to her I...well...I lied. I am attracted to her, mind you...but I shouldn't be. I really shouldn't be. Because of her origins. I...well, you've met her...the similarities..."

"The shape of your eyes...and her chin." Harald said, thoughtfully.

"She maybe my long lost baby sister. If she is then Mistress Arianna saved her from that attack on my village. That and a hard life in the Norwoods. So I bear her no ill will at all, and she may not have even known. I like to think that's the case. But...I always had this overwhelming need to keep her safe. Always. That's why I made sure she knew how to use her daggers, and had a passable skill in rapiers. I need to be there with her. Besides that neither of them are stupid, as the plan moves forward what happens if they feel they are being manipulated? If they figure it out and they are surrounded by strangers...they may run off and disappear...or worse. If she is my sister, then I don't think I could handle that. So I'm going with them, if only to explain everything when they figure things out. And so you have the ship, and follow the orders. Personally, I think Mistress Arianna figured I'd be the one that would go with, hence some of the extra cargo."

"What do you mean Cap'n?"

"The last bits of cargo that came on the ship last night. I looked through it this morn. There is three pieces of armour, and one of them is made for me. I know because I tried it on."

Harald threw a smirk at his captain, "Right in the cargo hold?"

Joa snorted, "Yes in fact. I did strip down in the hold and tried on the armor right there in the open. Not like no one's already seen everything I have."

"Not true, only I've seen everything. And we were drunk so..."

Joa smiled slightly at that thought, Harald was an attentive lover. They had only had one encounter together, as Harald had said, but it was enjoyable. They mutually made the decision to not make it into anything more than a night of drunken debauchery.

"Anyhow, as stated I think Mistress Arianna knows I'm going to travel with them for a time. So don't be making excuses for me."

"Aye, aye, Cap'n." Harald said.

Meanwhile in the Captain's quarters, Seleste continues to stare at the lightly snoring and spread eagle princess. Her body was, in Seleste's, opinion one of the most spectacular things she'd ever seen, man or woman. Carefully so as not to wake her love Seleste moved to situate herself between Gwendolyn's legs, and lowered her head towards her love's waiting sex. As her face neared Gwendolyn's mound she got a whiff of her scent, and it almost drove her wild. She took a light lick, barely grazing the sleeping princess skin with the tip of her tongue. She heard the princess breathing change slightly at the touch.

Throwing caution to the wind Seleste drove her tongue into the Princess' slit, tasting everything as she clamped her upper lip shut over her love's clit. Withdrawing her tongue she created a vacuum over the Princess' clit and sucked it in hard.

"Oh...oh....oh..." The princess murmured in her sleep, though each oh was a little closer to conscious than the last. Seleste wondered how long she could pleasure the princess while she was a sleep. Or rather how much pleasure the princess could stand before awakening.