[ WP ] Opening of Romance Novel ( approx 10 lines )

This was it. 
 
 The beginning of the end. 
 
 Gods, he was beautiful- not once in the month since she'd made shore in this town had she not found herself looking for his dark eyes and downy, close-cropped hair in the bustle of the market. 
 
 The crew was getting restless. They should've cast off weeks ago. 
 
 But there he was. He had responded to her note- she'd taken a gamble, trusting his polished mannerisms and fine clothes to mean he was an educated man, a man of letters, unlike most of the men who lived by the dock. 
 
 He'd taken the bait. Morgan and the boys shifted restlessly in the crowd, waiting for her signal. 
 
 She raised her fingers, but not in greeting. 
 
 They'd cast off tonight with a new crewmate. 
 
 A pirate's life could be a lonely one, but it would n't be for her.
