Jade was horrified at the yellow vomit that spewed out of her mouth and across the pirate’s elegant coat, but for the life of her, she couldn’t quit giggling at the expression on his face. He wasn’t laughing and gave  Lily terse orders to prepare a bath for her.<br/><br/>Lily led her off toward the chambers. The serving woman was wringing her hands and pacing the floor as she gave instructions to the girls lower on the food chain than herself to bring cold water to the hip bath in the bridal chamber.<br/><br/>“Bridal chamber?” Jade slurred as she found a seat on the edge of a table that didn’t seem to be spinning as wildly as the rest of the room. “Who is getting married?<br/>”<br/>“No one, the way you are going,” Lily snapped. “	You have defiled El Senor’s best frock coat. It is a wonder that he didn’t kill you on the spot. Others have died upon his blade for less.”<br/><br/>Jade frowned and tried to talk to both Lilies at the same time,<br/><br/>“Being dead might be better than being fucked by him.” She hiccupped. Lily’s mouth fell open in shock at the indelicate term falling from the lips of a lady. “I know what that words means and it is a filthy word, devoid of love. No matter my fate from here on out, no decent man will want to marry me. All I will be fit for is service in some pox ridden brothel serving men with less class than El Senor.  I have no illusions about a man like him. He will use me and discard me as soon as I whelp a brat by him. My child will be taken away and my slide into ruin will be complete.”<br/><br/>Lily was undressing her and Jade was as compliant as a child , notwithstanding the whine the filled her sad voice. Once she was fully immersed in the cold water, her eyes popped open.<br/><br/>“Mother of God. What have I done?”