Excerpt: "Stars of the Sea"

...and the door opened and in the parlor stood Capitan Fortuna. The Capitan stood tall, with skin tanned by the sun over the seas, a new moustache over lips which were bent in a smile. His eyes, greener than south American emeralds, shone with amusement at his wife's defense of her actions. He crossed his arms and watched her, knowing she had not noticed him standing there...