Serenica waited to hear her sentence. While gambling was frowned upon under normal circumstances, these times were unusual, and truly, the captain had been just as much on edge as the rest of them. He just handled it in a different manner. Serenica tried to remain calm. It was a hard thing to do. She thought she heard a squeaking noise in her head. Surely it didn't come from the ship or anyone near her. She was reminded of the poor mouse she had disturbed a while ago.
She only hoped that mice were not as cowardly as they were thought to be.
"Relax, lass."
Spade almost never called her that. This was serious. He was going to do something bad to her.
Still, he didn't grab her by her hair or her arm. He didn't hit her.
It slowly dawned on Serenica that the captain intended to do something way worse than that.
Serenica swallowed.
"Come with me. I'll show you something interesting," Spade said.
