For Cassey, The main thing that always woke him up was noises, Sometimes he wished noises were living so he could shut their mouths and have peace, or better still, hunt them down and burn them.
Cassey woke up to noises and activities from outside. He slept in a corner in the living room,where the fire didn't affect, it was a different morning unlike the other mornings when he w wake up to useless noises, however this time around, the noise was different
Mama opened up the bad door, although it wouldn't count as a door again, it was all wrecked
"Morning sunshine" Mama greeted Cassey with a smile
"Good morning ma.."
"So,the men are working alright. They are fixing the house. Said it Will be good"
Cassey nodded.
"The queen is really a good person, Blessed be, when they are done,I bet the house will be a lot better than it was."
"Repair and renovation from the queen huh" they smiled broadly
"It is what it is... Oh and cassey"
Cassey paId attention to listen to what she had to say
"I think you got a replacement for Tim."
A mixture of happiness and sadness ran down his face, it was good news but not good enough
"Poor Tim" pitied Cassey. There was a little bit of silence, and that was when Cassey remembered the Treilz sword
"Mama! My sword?!"
And as he rushed to go outside, Mama showed him where she had kept it, it was wrapped with a cloth, He was relieved.
"Here son, the sword is quite something else"
"Thank you"
"But uhhm, this, is this really for you..I mean ,if the Queen knows this well,I don't think she would give it to you, you …"
"Why? Because I am a farm boy?"
Mama didn't say a word, so Cassey exited.

The Men were at work, Cassey sighted a white horse and walked towards it
"This should be it" He inspected the horse, caressing it. And Allen showed up
"Hey Cassey"
"Allen boy." Said Cassey, exchanging a friendly shake
"Sorry,heard what happened,so came Over . Seems that they are doing a great job here after all"
Cassey wasn't listening to him,his whole attention was on the horse
"Hey, Check this big boy out. will be quite a runner"
Back at the house, Some men handled the carpentry work inside and Mama Inspected the whole job, to make sure they were doing a good one, not like she even knew about house repair or building, but she was just excited, atleast, their home would be better than before after the work
"Hey,over here. That should be here" Mama motioned to a man to patch an open spot
"Mmhm thanks. Excuse me,who is the head carpenter?
"Here ma'am, anything?"
"Just want to know if we will be able to sleep here tonight? You know because of the works and everything"
"Yeah, sure, there are a lot more resources, and enough men,it will definitely be finished before sunset."
Mama smiled gratefully.
Cassey mounted on the horse, smiling big
"Mmm, as if you two were born to be"
"Yea? You think"
"mm you mind if I tropple around?"
"Uhh why not, sure." replied Cassey considerably
Cassey mounted down, and gave the horse a pat, as Allen climbed up, taking his time to feel the horse
"Cassey? Come here, we need to talk"
"Okay, Allen don't go far, don't be late"
Allen rode off and Cassey went on to see Mama, who just called him, she sounded serious, so he was expecting some serious thing, but never would have thought about what the serious thing turned out to be.
Mama brought out the Letter from Hack. Cassey stared at it for a moment. looking back at Mama with a look of confusion and weakness.
"What's this?"
Meanwhile…
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Pirates walked around the deck with their armouries, each crew members minding their business and doing their job, it was a good and peaceful morning as the waves of the sea collaborated with the birds of the air, alongside the weather, to give the Atmosphere a reason to smile, as the sun shone mildly, the breeze of the earth crowned it all.
At the center of the deck was someone, tied up in heavy bondage, on a wooden pole, Looking very helpless and tattered, infact, life was done with her.
A pirate came into view, untied her,and took her inside the cabin
"I guess you're ready to talk now." Said the mean but hopeful Pirate.
Inside the cabin room laid different objects of torture on the table. It was a typical pirate cabin, which was adorned with different jewels and treasures, not leaving skulls and tusks and horns.
The pirate dropped the girl on the floor, and greeted the man unseen
"She is all yours sire"
The pirate unfolded her large blindfold. it was ALBY 20 years old girl with a ring-like blue eye, maybe they thought she was special, or better still, useless, because she had been moving from one abductor to another, No parents and no family, if she existed, she doesn't even know. The pirate left exits leaving the girl alone to whatever fate awaits her there.
A figure loomed out of the shadows, he brought out his face to the light, A mean half eyed pirate Face. It was the head pirate. He looked at the table, sending chills of panic to Alby
"Now, where do we start?"