He grinned saucily at the bound-and-gagged Pirate Lord. Now this was exactly how he liked to see his rival pirates—unable to stick him with sharp pointy things, and more importantly, unable to talk back! “Villanueva!” he crowed. “What a delightful surprise! Imagine finding you here!” He paused and thought for a moment. “Well, all right, perhaps it’s not that surprising to find you in your own cabin on your own ship. But the rest of it is a bit unusual.” He sauntered around the Spanish pirate, enjoying the way Villanueva’s face was turning bright red with fury. “Now what did you get yourself mixed up in?” Jack wondered. “Did the Spanish do this to you? That would serve you right for working with them.” Jack’s crew had discovered way back in South America that Villanueva was secretly working with the Spanish government to attack ships and eradicate pirates in the Caribbean. The Spanish wanted full dominion over the Caribbean Sea, and they were paying Villanueva quite a lot of money to help drive out the English and the French.
