The Story About PiracyIn 1718, Charleston, then called Charles Towne, South Carolina, was the fourth largest city in the American Colonies. Many, many people lived there, artisans, blacksmiths, tailors, boardwrights(1), shipwrights, sweeps…The Story About Piracy
The reason behind Charles Towne’s success as a city was due to its harbour where ships constantly sailed in and out, bringing imports from England and taking exports across the seas to England.
Eighteen-year-old Eliza Harding lived near the harbour with her mother, Donella. Donella was a sempstress(2) and ran her own clothing shop with help from Eliza. She had opened the shop after she and E
Beautiful Soul Chapter ThreeAntoinette woke the next morning, the caged man completely forgotten. She dressed quickly and snuck into her father’s bedroom. He was lying on top of the quilts, a half empty bottle in his hand. He had passed out from drink so he’d be out most of the day. Antoinette wouldn’t be missed.Beautiful Soul Chapter Three
She found his money bag and took some from it. The money wouldn’t be missed, either. Her father would just figure he’d spent it the night before on ale.
Antoinette then silently slipped out of the house and ran to the carnival.
It was around ten o’clock, so the carnival was open and acceptin
Beautiful Soul Chapter TwoBefore Antoinette could make a sound, a hand clamped over her mouth and drug her struggling out of the tent. Once out, she was released. She turned around and saw that her captor was Gustav.Beautiful Soul Chapter Two
“What are you doing?!” he demanded. “Why were you in there?! Never go back in there!”
Antoinette shrank back from him. “…But that person was crying…”
Gustav gazed past her towards the tent. “You would cry too if you spent your life in a cage,” he murmured.
“Why is he locked up?!” she demanded. “No human deserves to be locked in a cage l
Beautiful Soul Chapter OneSixteen-year-old Antoinette Leroux lived alone with her father since her mother died when Antoinette was only three. Ever since her mother died, her father drank heavily and abused the girl. The only happiness she knew came form an old violin she had inherited from her mother.Beautiful Soul Chapter One
She had been taught to play by an old lady who used to live nearby, but the old lady had been dead now for almost five years. Antoinette, in memory of the lady and of her mother, played her violin everyday even though it never failed to spark her father’s anger.
One summer afternoon she was walking on a hill near her house and saw a carni
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"Any Fangirl knows that rivalry plus good looking boys equals True Love" -Dualism
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I do have better things to do. I just carnt be arsed to do it
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