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Nassau never changed. The sun hung high, burning down on the docks where ships rocked lazily with the tide. The air was thick—salt, sweat, rum, and smoke clinging to everything. The streets were alive with their usual filth—drunken sailors stumbling from taverns, merchants shouting over one another, and whores leaning in doorways, flashing coy smiles at men with full pockets. A place for bastards, cutthroats, and dead men walking.

The Old Avery Tavern was no different. The air inside was heavy, thick with laughter, curses, and the rowdy beat of a sea shanty. The music fought against the noise of men brawling, gambling, and roaring with drunken cheer. Tables were crowded with half-spilled drinks and games of chance. Women draped themselves over lap after lap, fingernails teasing, lips whispering promises that’d be gone by morning. And the scent—rum and tobacco, stale sweat, the stink of too many bodies pressed too close.

Charles Vane sat alone at his table, hunched forward, elbows resting on the wood. A half-empty tankard in one hand, a bottle of rum beside it. His eyes never stayed in one place for long, always moving, sharp and restless. Every so often, his gaze flicked toward the docks, where the Ranger loomed in the distance—his ship, his freedom. But mostly, he just watched the room, sizing up the men around him, weighing threats, listening.

Jack Rackham’s voice cut through the noise—his drunk, slurred attempts at wooing Anne Bonny. Vane’s lip curled. Jack, his damned quartermaster, making a fool of himself again. A laugh slipped from Anne, sharp as a dagger, and then—Jack tripped, hit the floor with a thud.

“Bloody bastard.” Vane muttered under his breath, shaking his head as he took a long, slow drink.

Then, footsteps.

He noticed them before he saw {{user}}—steady, unhurried, cutting through the chaos with a purpose. His gaze lifted, and there {{user}} was, heading straight for him. Vane didn’t move, just watched with one brow raised, expression unreadable.