Chapter 1
ACT 0
IN 1690, in a autumn night, a thunderstorm takes upon Tortuga, the majority of the population didn't care of that, storms, lighting and thunder were a normal thing around those parts. In one of the whore house together with a couple of women and the Matron of the place Madam Rose, a women who even drunk every day of the year still know how to make money and how to calculate de money given, on her left was Emma one of the whores that assisted a birth before and on her right was Carla one of the youngest in the house. On the bed writhing in pain was the pride of Madam Rose house with white skin ,silver hair and black eyes was Lyra.
'' Ahh! Fucking h chock ell!!!" Screaming in pain ,convulsive even Lyra cursed the silver eyed sailor that took her that night 9 months ago. Gasping trying to breath she looked at Emma that was standing between her legs ''How does it look?!" Lyra said desperate for this torture to stop.
'' Just a wee bit girlie ,you are almost ready." Emma sounded too calm for this situation.
'' Did ye thought of a name miss Lyra?" Carla said trying to distract her from the pain, succeeding if the smile on her face was saying anything.
'' Lucius if boy, if gir-Ah!!" another contraction stopped her
'' Baby it's comin' ! Push Lyra, push!" said Emma desperate to not lose the child or the mother. '' I can see the head! Breathe and push you can do it!"
Screaming in pain even more, crying from exhaustion, after an hour a screaming baby can be heard ,falling without breath on the bed Lyra speak between her gasps.
'' It's a boy?" she said trying to see the baby from Emma grasp.
'' Aye, a strong one at that " she said after cutting the cord giving the mother her baby ,putting him on her chest.
'' Oh...hello luv' aren't ye a beauty " a child with silver eyes and her mother hair if the tuff of white on his head was saying anything.
After some bonding time skin-to-skin Madam Rose took the baby putting him in a nest of clothes on the bed beside the new mother. All three women left Lyra and the baby Lucius to rest without knowing that the next day they will find the cooling body of their friend with her baby on her chest asleep blissfully with a full belly.
THE first 2 years were the hardest Emma and Carla took more clients to have the baby clothed and feed with mare milk ,cow milk or other mothers breastmilk .
Like he was blessed the child did not fall to starvation, sickness or others dangers around Tortuga. Since he took his first steps, he was always running around the house. Beside the Madam and the two ,,midwives ", the others women around the place didn't care of him. He was always behind Madam Rose skirt ,observing everything around him, from the people clothes ,comportment or the words speeked around the bars, Port from Tortuga.
At the age of 5 to 6 Lucius lost both his aunties and Madam Rose fell sick in bed, at her last days told him to always make sure he was clean to prevent any sickness to come at him.
,, And find yerself a nice lass."
,,I will look the sea for both of us auntie, ye and Emma and Carla and Mama ." Lucius said determinate to make true of his promise Lucius fell asleep beside Rose, she looked at him and at how much he grow in the years since he come in this word, his eyes are the same melted sliver, hair pale blond towards white, skin like his mother's, high cheekbones, thin lips and a straight nose. Gently ruffling his hair, she get up from bed ,tucks him in and before she left to die in the sea she looked one last time back and thought.
,,Ah ...ye are gonna go far lad" and she left without making a sound .
Next morning the house wake up in a frenzy without Madam and no shield for little Lucius, he was given a canister of water, a piece of bread, the clothes on his back and he was thrown out in the street by night.