“Don’t say anything at all,” Brian said to Justin.  “I’ll do all the talking.”

“Why am I even coming with you, Brian?” Justin asked.

“Because we’ll stay here with them for a few days,” Brian explained.  “And I want you here with me.”

Justin hid his smile.  He looked at Ethan who was pouting as he walked behind Brian.  He was glad that Brian had decided to force Ethan off the ship.  He couldn’t help it but the younger brunet gave him a bad vibe.  Looking behind he saw Michael who had his hands in his pockets.  He gave him a small smile and walked faster to be next to Brian.

“Brian!” Jack said as he came forward to receive his kids.  

“It will be okay,” Michael muttered to Justin.

Jack pulled Brian into a hug and when he pulled back smiling nonstop.  “I’m very proud of you, Brian.  You have made a lot of business for your old man these last few weeks.”

“Father, Brian is the one who bought one of the slaves!” Ethan interjected.

Jack frowned and looked at Brian.  “Why did you do that?  I would have given you anything you wanted.”

“Because he’s mine now and I won’t share him with anyone,” Brian informed his father.  The rule on Brian’s ship was that whatever presents they acquired, they would be shared by everyone while if you bought something it was yours alone.

Jack Kinney smiled full of pride for his eldest son.  He looked at Ethan and sighed.  “What is really going on?”

“We’re dropping junior here,” Brian said.  “I tried, he didn’t.  He disobeys orders and he refuses to listen.”

Ethan glared at Brian.  “That’s not true.  He treated me like shit.”

“Stop it,” Jack hissed as he looked at Ethan.  “You’re going to behave on my ship.  Show your brother some respect.

Ethan was so angry.  “He bought him!” the man hissed.  “And he hit me because of him.”

Jack looked at Justin and sighed.  He knew that his son was gay and at first he didn’t like it.  He thought it would make Brian less of a man but that wasn’t the case.  Brian was his pride and joy.  “Stop acting like a jealous woman.”

Brian smirked at Ethan.  

“What is it to you what your brother does?” Jack asked raising a brow.

Ethan frowned before he turned around and left.  Jack shook his head.  “Michael,” Jack said nodding to the man.  

Justin was surprised that Jack didn’t act any different now that he knew what Brian had done.  

“His name is Justin,” Brian drawled.  “Now, I’m going to go with him to my chambers and rest for a while.”

“We have some serious business to talk about,” Jack said as he looked at Justin. 

Brian didn’t like the tone of his father.  “What?”

Jack shook his head.  “Go rest, we can do that later,” he moved towards Michael.  “It’s good to see you.”

Michael and Jack walked away.  

“Come on,” Brian said to Justin.

Justin followed the brunet.  He was impressed with the inside of the vessel.  He felt like he was in a dream seeing the rooms on the ship.  “This place is great.”

“He obtained it a few years back,” Brian informed him.  

Justin nodded and walked with Brian.  They reached the brunet’s room quickly.  Justin sat on the bed while Brian paced.

“What’s wrong?” Justin asked.

Brian stopped and looked at Justin.  “Nothing’s wrong.”

“Brian,” Justin muttered.  “Why are you so nervous?”

Brian sighed and sat on the bed with Justin.  “I don’t know what he wants but I know it involves you.”

Justin tensed.  He didn’t want to think of what Jack could want from him.  “He’s not into...boys is he?”

Brian looked at Justin and started laughing.  

“Brian!” Justin yelled.  “Stop laughing at me.”

“You’re so hilarious,” Brian told him still chuckling.  “God.”

“Well, that’s a relief,” Justin said.  “He’s not going to make me be with Ethan or anyone else, is he?”

“I’ll fucking cut my brother’s cock off before he touches you,” Brian hissed.  “You’re all mine.”

“You’re awfully possessive,” Justin pointed out.

“I can be,” Brian simply said.  

Justin felt Brian’s mouth descend on his neck and he closed his eyes.  Sometimes he still wondered how much money the man had paid for him.  He wondered if he would ever be free.  And then when Brian was taking his clothes off and getting him ready, Justin simply didn’t care.   

***

“Can I go see Daphne?” Justin asked when Brian had come into the room.

“No,” Brian answered and sat on the bed. 

“But she’s only a few feet away,” Justin protested.  Lady Ennis was anchored a few meters away from Princess Claire.

“You can talk to her on the radio later,” Brian assured him.

Justin frowned.  “I’m bored.”

“I’ll find you some paper to draw on later,” Brian said.

Justin glared at Brian.  “That’s not all I do.”

Brian sighed.  “Could you shut up and let me think?”

Justin kept quiet for a few seconds.  “What are you thinking about?”

Brian turned his upper body to look at the blond.  “Were you always this annoying?”

“Yes,” Justin answered.  “Why are you like this? What happened?  What did your father say?”

“If I tell you, will you shut up?” Brian asked.

“If I have nothing to say about it, I guess I could be silent,” Justin suggested.

Brian frowned and highly doubted that Justin would stay silent.  

“Tell me,” Justin demanded.

“Your family is looking for you and your friends,” Brian informed him.

Justin was so happy to hear that but stayed quiet.  “Wow, what’s going to happen.”

“Dad wants me to sell you again,” Brian said. 

Justin’s eyes opened wide.  “Brian, no,” he gasped as he got on his knees.  “Don’t sell me away.”

“Don’t worry,” Brian told him.  “Those are not my plans.”

“So what’s going to happen?” Justin asked.

“I’m still thinking about it,” Brian said.

“Brian,” Justin said licking his lips.  “Are you going to let Emmett go?”

Brian frowned.  “Are you kidding?”

Justin sighed.  “It’s just that...”

“What?” Brian asked when the blond stopped.

“You wouldn’t understand,” Justin whispered.  “It’s not important.”

“Tell me,” Brian said.  “It’s your turn to speak.”

Justin looked at the brunet and smiled briefly. “He’s not doing so well, Brian.  He’s dying.”

“He’s not dying, Justin,” Brian told him. “Stop being so dramatic.”

Justin rolled his eyes.  “Well, he’s not the same Emmett I know.  His sparkle is gone.  He barely comes out of his room.  He’s lonely and he doesn’t like it out here.”

Brian stayed quiet.  

“How would you feel if they took you into land and told you that you could never go back to sea?” Justin asked.  “That you could never even think about it or see it.”

Brian sighed as he laid back.  He knew he would feel trapped if he was taken away from the sea.  He loved the freedom that he got from it.  Justin got on his stomach and started playing with Brian’s hair.  He caressed the strands and smiled when he found lighter strands of Brian’s hair.  

The brunet was watching Justin intently.  He knew that if Justin felt very strongly about what he was asking; he would never hear the end of it.  Justin turned his face to look at Brian and smiled.

“I like your hair,” Justin whispered.

Brian moved closer and kissed the blond.  They made out for a bit and then Brian pulled back.  His hands rested on Justin’s hips.  His fingertips moved slowly, caressing the alabaster skin. 

“If I do this he can never talk about us,” Brian whispered.  “My father would kill me if he found out.”

Justin closed his eyes and wrapped his arms around Brian.  

“He will have to make up something, Justin.  New faces and names regarding his captives.  It was never us,” Brian told him.

“What about the other guys?” Justin asked.  “My crew?”

Brian licked his lips and shook his head.  “They never made it to shore,” he said and conveniently left out that once Justin’s crew had been put on another boat they had been killed.  It was how they did things.  No witnesses.  He was breaking the rules by letting Emmett go.  It was Justin’s fault; the blond was making him break all his rules.

“Brian,” Justin said smiling.  “Thank you so much.  You don’t know how happy you make me.”

Brian bit his lower lip and his hand moved to Justin’s crotch.  “How about making me happy?”

“I can work on that,” Justin said happily.  He had Emmett on his way home.  It would only be a matter of time before it was Daphne and then him.

***

Justin was watching Michael and Brian going around in circles on the jet skis.  He wasn’t sure what they were doing.  He frowned when Ethan stood next to him but he didn’t say anything.

“What are you doing here?” Ethan asked.

“It’s a free country,” Justin spat out.

“Funny you should say that,” Ethan told him.

Justin ignored him and focused on Michael and Brian.  Well, more like Brian.  He couldn’t keep his eyes away from the man.  He wanted to always be touching Brian.  He looked at the man’s lean body and he felt himself getting hard.  He looked away to Brian’s yacht that was anchored a few meters away.  

He started to think about Daphne and Emmett.  He hoped they were doing alright.  Emmett was going to be so happy that he would be going home.  He knew that no matter what he said before the man needed to go.  He could really see Emmett’s soul dying little by little.  They were all dying in some way.  Being trapped didn’t do anyone any good.

“You should go with them,” Ethan said.

“Why don’t you go?” Justin asked.

Ethan shrugged it’s not my kind of sport.  “I like doing other things more physical.”

Justin rolled his eyes and moved to the side.  “Get away from me.”

“I’m not doing anything,” Ethan pointed out. “I’m just talking.”

“Whatever,” Justin told him.  He frowned when two other guys joined Brian and Michael.  They dropped something in the water and Justin could see it was blood.  “What the hell are they doing?”

“Don’t you know?” Ethan asked.  “They’re hunting.”

“What the fuck?” Justin asked.  “They’re not in the jungle.”

Ethan laughed.  “Sharks.”

“Fuck,” Justin gasped.  He looked back at Brian and Michael and now understood why they were going around in circles in the same spot.  “Have they lost their fucking minds?”

Ethan laughed and shrugged.  “They’re stupid.”

Justin glared at him.  “And what are you a chicken?” Justin asked mad.  “I think it’s brave,” he lied.  He thought it was stupid but he didn’t like Ethan calling Brian and Michael stupid.

Ethan shook his head.  “Let me show you how big they are,” the man told him.

Justin followed Ethan because he was intrigued.  They walked to the back of the boat.

“Go down,” Ethan told him.

Justin frowned as he looked at the stairs.  If he slipped he would fall down in the water and a shark would eat him up, he just knew it.  He looked back at Ethan and shook his head.  

“It’s so you can see the sharks,” Ethan said.  “It will be fun.  I’m going to be right behind you.  The sharks are not that big anyway.  They’re like four feet.”

Justin shook his head again.  

“Come on, who’s being the chicken now?” Ethan asked.

Justin sighed.  He steeped in front of the stairs but changed his mind.  He was going to back away when he felt Ethan’s body pushing him forward.  Justin tried to hold on to anything but his body flew down and hit the water with a slap.  

The blond fought to surface and when he did he looked around but there weren’t any sharks around.  He looked at Ethan who was laughing.

“I’m sorry, I must have slipped,” Ethan told him.

“Help me up!” Justin shouted.  He swam closer to the boat.  “Help me up!”

“Relax,” Ethan told him.  “I was only playing.  There aren’t any sharks back here.  I’m sure they’re pretty entertained with the guys at the front.  

“You’re an idiot,” Justin told him as he took hold of the stairs to get up again.

Ethan started going down.  

“What the fuck are you doing?” Justin asked.  

“Having fun,” Ethan told him.  He stopped and looked down at Justin.  “They will eat one of your feet and then you will have to use a wooden one,” Ethan said and laughed.  “We have Ted missing an eye and now you a leg.  Next thing we need is a parrot and we’ll have the old pirates theme.”

“You’re such an asshole, now let me up,” Justin told him.

“If you let me kiss you,” Ethan told him.

“I prefer my foot to be bitten off by the shark!” Justin shouted.  He went up a bit more and tried to push Ethan away.

“What’s going on here?” Michael asked.  “What the fuck are you two doing?”

“He pushed me!” Justin hissed.  “And now he won’t let me go up.”

Michael sighed.  “Ethan, come on.  Stop fucking around.”

“I’m bleeding you asshole,” Justin said when he lifted his foot up.  “This is your fucking fault,” he told the brunet and pushed him.  “Now move it.”

“Don’t tell me what to do,” Ethan hissed.  “You’re nothing!”

Justin managed to get hold of the step and pulled himself up.  He pushed Ethan to move up.  He felt Ethan trying to push him back down and when he lost his grip he made sure to pull the brunet with him.  Michael frowned when he saw that a shark had moved in their direction.  He cursed when the animal disappeared under water.

“You’re an asshole!” Ethan hissed.

“Get the fuck out of the water now!” Michael yelled.

Ethan didn’t lose anytime in swimming to the boat.  Justin opened his wide when he saw the shark.  

“That’s not four feet!” was the only thing that came out of Justin’s mouth. 

“Justin!” Michael hissed.

“What’s going on?” Brian asked nearing them on his jet ski at a slow speed.

Michael pulled out his knife.  He had to help Justin.  The blond wasn’t going to reach the stairs in time.

“Fuck,” Brian hissed. 

Justin didn’t know what to think.  He thought he was going to die as the shark neared him.  He was frozen in place.  He heard a big splash behind him and someone’s arm was pulling him back.  Then he saw the steel arrow impact the shark.

“Come on,” Michael said pulling the blond to the boat.  “Get up.”

Justin did quickly as instructed.  He looked back at Brian who was looking at him while holding the harpoon.  He finished getting up and glared at Ethan when he reached the top.  “You’re an asshole!”

“I was only playing,” Ethan told him.  “Are you okay?”

Justin glared daggers at the man.  He shook his head and walked to his and Brian’s room.  He needed to sit down, take a deep breath and try to forget that a shark almost had him for lunch.

***

Justin licked his lips as the man attended to his foot.  It was a minor cut but Brian still insisted on getting it check out.  Justin hissed when the alcohol hit his wound.  

“You will survive,” Tony told him.

“Thanks,” Justin replied.

“All done,” Tony informed him a while later.

Justin smiled and got up from the table.  Then he and Brian walked back to their chambers.

“Are you okay?” Brian asked.

“Yes,” Justin answered.

“Are you sure?” Brian asked again.  He pushed his wet hair back as the followed the blond.  

“Could you relax?” Justin asked as he turned around once they were in the room.  “I said I was okay a million times already.”

Brian sighed and took a step back.  “Fine, I’m only making sure.”

Justin smiled and shrugged.  “I’m sorry.  Thank you.  Well, that was something.  I don’t think I have ever been so close to a shark.”

Brian nodded.  “That fucking bastard!”

“Forget about it,” Justin told him.  

“How are you feeling?” Brian asked.

“I...” Justin sighed, “don’t know.  I was so fucking scared.  It was a damn shark and it was like two inches away from me!”

“It wasn’t that close,” Brian told him.

“I was there!” Justin shouted.

“I was there too,” Brian said. “I wouldn’t have shot it if you were that close. I could have gotten you instead.”

Justin arched a brow.  “You would have let it bite me?”

“I would have jumped in,” Brian said.  “I mean maybe it would have bitten you but it surely wasn’t going to eat you.  You’re bigger than the shark.”

“It was a big shark,” Justin pointed out.

“White sharks are big, Justin,” Brian told him.  “That one was small, approximately four feet.”

“It was bigger,” Justin insisted.

Brian grinned. “If you say so.”

Justin pouted.  “You would have let it bite me.”

“Michael was there with you,” Brian told him.  “I’m sure he would have gutted it open.”

“You would have let it bite me,” Justin repeated.

Brian rolled his eyes.  “It wasn’t in my power to stop it from biting you.  But I would have done all I could to get to you in time.”

Justin’s head dropped to the side.  “You’re my hero Captain Kinney.”

Brian smiled a bit.  “I think so.”

“God, you’re so fucking arrogant,” Justin said rolling his eyes and turning his back on the brunet.  “I was joking.”

“It’s true you know,” Brian said as he moved closer to Justin.  “I saved that little butt of yours.  Michael kind of did too.”

Justin sat on the bed and arched a brow. “Your point?”

“Well, my dear damsel,” Brian muttered.  “I think you should give me some gratification.”

Justin started laughing.  “You’re so adorable, Brian.”

“Shut the fuck up,” Brian said pushing Justin back.  “I don’t do adorable.”

“You do me,” Justin pointed out as his legs wrapped around Brian.

“You’re hot,” Brian replied and started sucking on Justin’s earlobe.  

“Mmmm,” Justin moaned.  “That’s good to hear.”

“What does my little damsel want to do?” Brian asked the blond.

“Stop calling me that or I’ll kick you in the balls,” Justin warned him.

“You’re not behaving like a good boy,” Brian pointed out.

“You want me to be a good boy?” Justin asked.  “I thought you liked it when I was naughty.”

Brian smirked and turned them around so that Justin was on top.  “Show me naughty.”

Justin got off Brian and stood up.  He started taking off his clothes.  Brian watched with amusement as the blond took his time.  He knew that Justin was trying to tease him.

“Hurry the fuck up,” Brian hissed when he saw that Justin was taking too long for his liking.

“Someone’s impatient,” Justin drawled.  

Brian licked his lips as he pushed his swimming trunks down.  Then he took off his shirt.  Justin climbed on the bed and straddled the man’s thighs.  

“What do you want good sir?” Justin asked as he waited for his command.

“I want you to suck me off,” Brian told him.

“Aye, aye, captain,” Justin muttered seductively.  “It would be my pleasure.”

Brian smiled but it died as soon as Justin’s mouth wrapped around the head of his dick.  He was so hard already.  He had lost count of how many times he had fucked the blond.  So he would start the count again knowing it would be pointless to do so.  He wanted always to posses the blond and he knew that Justin wanted him to.