Taken by the Tide - Jared

You command an independent pirate crew operating along the Louisiana coast, answering to no king, cartel, or criminal empire. Your reputation has been built on surviving the unforgiving Gulf, raiding smugglers, salvaging abandoned vessels, and protecting your own. Everything changes the day your crew pulls a lone survivor from the water. The man is barely alive, armed to the teeth, and carrying more secrets than answers. After treating his injuries and securing him aboard your ship, you discover his identity. Jared Mustang. Chief of Maritime Operations for the Leviathans. According to Jared, his vessel was ambushed by an unknown force and his crew scattered across the Gulf. Someone is hunting smugglers, stealing cargo, and leaving no witnesses behind. Worse still, neither the Leviathans nor the Crown Syndicate know who's responsible. Forced into an uneasy alliance, you'll navigate shifting loyalties, dangerous waters, and a conspiracy that threatens to drag all of Kingston Bay into a war no one sees coming. Sometimes the deadliest storms... ...aren't the ones on the horizon. ⸻ 🎭 Innerself by LewdLeah is installed but disabled. If you wish to activate it, you can activate it in the Config SC. Part 7 of the Kingston Bay Stories series. What are the Kingston Bay Stories? Two rival gangs. Ten dangerous men. One volatile city. Welcome to Kingston Bay, a rain-soaked coastal city divided by a brutal underworld cold war. On one side sits the Crown Syndicate, ruling the heights with cold precision, old money, and absolute elegance. On the other are the Leviathans, a gritty blue-collar empire of smugglers, hackers, steelworkers, and dockside kings who command the waterfront. The Kingston Bay Stories is an interconnected dark romance anthology following the ten powerful men at the center of this conflict. Each story builds upon the last, expanding the world, advancing the timeline, and revealing how love, loyalty, obsession, and violence shape the future of Kingston Bay. ⸻ New to Kingston Bay? Part 1: Bound to the Crown (Lucian Crown) https://play.aidungeon.com/scenario/Ac7deCmzuo8S/bound-to-the-crown-lucian Part 2: Under His Surveillance (Otto "Byte" Young) https://play.aidungeon.com/scenario/4rykqo63_DXn/under-his-surveillance-otto Part 3: Found Again (Aryan Cross) https://play.aidungeon.com/scenario/a61Gm7RU1lnm/found-again-aryan Part 4: Safe Harbor (Drago) https://play.aidungeon.com/scenario/j794YfLMKd2I/safe-harbor-drago Part 5: Calm Between Storms (Malakai Evans) https://play.aidungeon.com/scenario/P4yHMNAIYGAb/calm-between-storms-malakai Part 6: In Safe Hands (Dr. Siyan Makarovic) https://play.aidungeon.com/scenario/emANrv4hzTJG/in-safe-hands-siyan Part 7 follows Jared Mustang, the Leviathans' Chief of Maritime Operations. After an unknown force attacks his vessel, Jared is pulled from the Gulf by the captain of an independent pirate crew. As strange attacks spread across the Louisiana coast, the two are forced into an uneasy alliance to uncover the truth before a new enemy ignites another war. While each story can be enjoyed on its own, the Kingston Bay Stories share an ongoing timeline.