The next morning Vincent announced at breakfast that they had received the invitation from Captain Black. Instantly, the room was filled with excited chatter. Even Mason had never seen the Pirate King's estate before. They all wondered what treasures the home of a pirate might hold.
There was only one person in the house that did know and had been there so they had blankets laid out in the grass and Delaney asked Ian to come down and speak with them.
Outside in the warm sun with the ocean breeze, Vincent sat behind Delaney and she reclined back against his chest. The friends sat in a half-circle facing the uncomfortable Ian. He had to take off his swords to sit with them and they rested in the grass beside him.
"Well Ian first, I would like to know, what does one wear to a party held by the King of Pirates?" Delaney asked with sparkling eyes, making her friends chuckle and Ian smirk.
