Falling For The Doomed Bride Bluebeards Tale – CK BEGGAN (1)

This did not shock me. The man was nothing but secrets—and I should’ve expected nothing less from a brigand like him. What did surprise me was that, despite myself, I was having a wonderful time. Jax was an excellent dancer. Somewhere between goblets of rum-tinged punch, I had started to notice how handsome he looked besides. While I was growing more unkempt with each dance, my skin gleaming with sweat to rival my sparkling gown and strands of red hair flying free, he seemed more refined.

More dashing. And a little stiffer. “What now?” I demanded, sure he was hiding some grand complication from me. Even as I braced for it, his response still took my breath away, more than any fast-moving dance I’d stumbled through. “Just before dawn,” he began, “Goldenbeard’s staff will begin snuffing the candles. When the last lantern goes out, tradition dictates that the pirate lords and ladies must declare a seawife or seaspouse.

They are to be a faithful companion for a period of one year, until the next pirate’s ball.” “And then what happens to them?” Jax inclined his head towards the pair of thrones—one significantly smaller than the giant gold monstrosity at the center of the dais. “If it’s agreeable to both parties and the sea allows it, they return to the next pirate’s ball to renew their faith with each other.”

He cleared his throat. “It’s a very old tradition, from a time when some pirate lords were said to have fought over the same seawife. After the bond is sealed, everyone goes their separate ways in the darkness, supposedly as a way to avoid bloodshed.” Was I imagining it, or did Jax the Bluebeard look almost…bashful? “What aren’t you telling me?” I asked, tightening my grip on his shoulder as the next dance began. “A couple must find each other in the dark and seal their bond with a kiss.”

My eyes widened. “You’re going to kiss me?”

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. Copyright © 2025 by C.K. Beggan All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or used in any manner without written permission of the copyright owner except for the use of quotations in a book review.

NO AI TRAINING: Without in any way limiting the author’s exclusive rights under copyright, any use of this publication to “train” generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to generate text is expressly prohibited. No generative AI was knowingly used for any part of the creation of this book. First Edition January 2026 Cover designed by Moorbooks Design Character Art by Mytinybookshelfs Chibis and Interior by C.K. Beggan Published by Tidally Press OceanofPDF.com Contents 1. Sofie 2. Jax 3. Sofie 4.

Jax 5. Sofie 6. Jax 7. Sofie 8. Sofie 9. Sofie 10. Sofie 11. Sofie 12. Jax 13. Jax 14. Sofie 15. Jax 16. Sofie 17. Jax 18. Sofie 19. Sofie 20. Jax 21. Jax 22. Jax 23. Sofie 24. Sofie 25. Sofie 26. Jax 27. Sofie 28. Jax 29. Sofie Epilogue Thank you for reading! About the Author Reader Extras To Win a Dark Heart Also by C.K. Beggan OceanofPDF.com T Chapter One Sofie HERE I WAS, TRYING and failing to sleep off the truly terrible day I was fleeing from, when the ship shuddered almost to a stop.

My eyes popped open, and I thought a single word: Pirates. Why in the name of Aestas did it have to be pirates? Judging by the colorful language filtering through the cabin door, Valiant Strider was being boarded by vile privateers, not the royal navy of Endergeist. And how I would’ve preferred the navy! Even with a bounty on my head, I could’ve negotiated with them. Eventually. Probably. But pirates? They wouldn’t care whether I lived or died…or understand just how dangerous I could be.

More shouts, creaks and the dancing light of torches when there should have been little else but a pale half moon and a dark sea had me jumping out of bed. I’d never dressed so quickly in my life. From the clomping sound of boots outside the captain’s cabin, the pirates were already aboard. And since I’d relented when the captain insisted I take his quarters, that meant they’d be bursting through my door any moment now.

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