I wrote this for the 500 word Thimbleful Thursday prompt "Rattle Someone's Cage."

First and foremost, it was a matter of getting Captain Soult’s attention. That, in and of itself, required some audacity. He was a notorious privateer operating under a Letter of Marque from the Duchy of Bataria-Longoria, and he had no time for the social whirl of ( Read more... )