Sundown & Serena

by Tara Fox Hall

  The last man had dark hair, and his skin was darker than his friends, almost swarthy. His five o’clock shadow was dark, and he had brown eyes, his expression affable.

  Still, even as good-looking as this trio was, I wanted to go home. “Are you ready to order?” I asked impatiently.

  All three men looked up. There was blatant interest their collective gaze almost immediately, which made me blink several times in surprise. I wasn’t Patty, with her large breasts and her sultry bedroom eyes. I’d always thought of myself as plain. My skin was deeply tanned from being outside, and my body was fit, but not overly curvy. My brunette hair was long, normally falling halfway down my back in rich waves. Right now though, my hair was under a hairnet, tightly coiled up in a bun, and my body was covered in a large apron. I wasn’t sexy, I just looked like a frumpy lunch lady. But their stares were telling me the opposite.

  I blushed, and looked down at my pad of paper, pen poised.

  The leader cleared his throat and began to give me his order. His voice had an odd faint growl to it, as if he were on the edge of action, tensed for something to happen. I shifted my weight, uneasy, but began writing.

  As soon as I had their orders, I retreated to the kitchen, where I began to make their food. As I got the meat out, and began to cook the burgers, it dawned on me suddenly why they were interested. Those men were werecreatures of some kind. And somehow, they knew I was a wereanimal, too. They’re attracted because I’m a female. That’s all there is to it.

  Relieved I’d solved the mystery, I settling into making the food. Patty came in a few minutes later. She went over to their table, and spent a little time flirting with them, trying to make sure that the tip she would get for bringing them the food I was making wouldn’t be too small. I shook my head at her antics, but said nothing. I was used to her games.

  I looked over every once in a while as I cooked, but didn’t see the men doing anything interesting other than talking to each other. Were they just in town for the night? I had never seen them come in before, and I worked every night now, except Sundays.

  I finished the food, and Patty took it over to them. They wolfed everything down in minutes, and then asked her to bring the bill. I sighed in relief. I am so ready to go home. I went in back, took off my apron, and grabbed my purse.

  “Darlin!” Patty said, coming in the kitchen door in a rush. “Come on out! Those men you waited on want to compliment you on the food.”

  I gave her a look that said she had to be kidding me.

  “I’m not kidding,” Patty said, her eyes sparkling a little. “They want to talk to you. They’re waiting by the register.”

  Nervous, I put down my purse, and went out to see what they wanted, wondering if this was a joke of some kind. But the three men were waiting for me at the counter. When they saw me coming, the swarthy one nodded to me and left the others, going outside. I reached the other two and looked at them expectantly. “Yes?”

  “Hi,” the blond one said, giving me a bold smile. “I’m Vince. This is my friend, Nick.”

  “Hello,” Nick said, nodding. He was the handsome one with the brown hair.

  “We wanted to compliment you on the food, and see if we could talk to you outside for a moment.”

  Butterflies were fluttering in my stomach, but I mustered a smile. Hadn’t I just been hoping for someone to talk to? “Sure. Let me get my coat. I’m heading home.”

  “We’ll meet you out front,” Vince said with a smile. He and Nick left by the front door.

  Patty really wanted to know what was going on by her expression, but I just gave her a winning smile, and got my things, leaving out the back door. I took my time walking to the front of the diner, feeling excited but also shy. I’d never been out with a man before, much less two at once. Maybe they want to take me for a drink? What do I say? Do I want to go out with them?

  It might be fun to go out with a man. I decided that I’d say yes, if they asked me for a drink. It wasn’t like I had anyone else interested in me. We rarely had younger single men come out this far from the city. Everybody born here went to Rio or another big city, as soon as they could afford it. This slowly decaying strip was a place for local retirees, tourists, and poorer senior citizens. To be honest, the five or so eligible decent-looking men that lived in town had never even given me a glance. Coupled together, that had led to a whole lot of nothing; I had never so much as been on a date before.

  Nick and Vince were waiting for me near the entrance. When they noticed me approaching, both came over to meet me. I looked at them shyly, and didn’t say anything.

  “Look,” Vince said softly. “We know you’re wereanimal. We are, too. We have a proposition for you, if you are interested in hearing it.”

  I looked at him with curiosity.

  “We got into town a month ago,” Nick chimed in. “We’ve been busy, working most of the time. But even when we’ve been out, we haven’t seen any weres. You’re the first one.”

  “There aren’t any here in town, except me,” I said, giving him a shrug. “It gets lonely, sometimes.”

  “Exactly!” Vince added. “We have been lonely. We want to know if you’ll consider being with us, for a price.”

  I was shocked to the point I think I stared at him for a moment with my mouth open. I knew what he meant, that it wasn’t a drink he was asking me for.

  “We don’t mean to offend you,” Nick appeased, seeing my expression. “But it was worth it to us to ask you, on the off-chance you’d say yes.”

  “We’ll make it worth your while,” Vince said gruffly. “A thousand dollars American, just for the one night. But we’d want you to stay with us ’til dawn.”

  I thought to myself quickly that I didn’t have to work tomorrow until dusk. I could do it, if I wanted to. A thousand dollars! That’s so much money! My rent was due in two days. I had been going to ask Fred for an advance on my paycheck to cover it. If I did this, I wouldn’t have to.

  “We don’t want anything too...um, unusual, either,” Nick said slowly. “We just want to be with a were, because even though you aren’t bear, like we are, your body’s more resilient than a human woman’s body would be. We can’t really enjoy ourselves with a human woman. There’s too much risk that we might hurt her, because we’re so much stronger than human men.”

  I nodded. I understood that part of it now. They weren’t interested in me for me. They wanted me to have sex with them because of what I was, and because there were no other weres within a few hundred miles to choose from. The thought made me a little sad, but I put it out of my mind. You’re lucky they only have you available. You need the money.

  “Will you do it?” Vince said, his words still with that growling undercurrent. “We need to know right now.”

  He’s growling because he’s so eager. An excited tremor went through me.

  “Will you be safe with me?” I asked hesitantly.

  “Yes,” Nick said, nodding. “We’ll wear protection.”

  I hesitated. I’d never been with a man. Never even kissed one. But a thousand dollars was more than I made in a month. Doing what they wanted would mean I could not only pay my rent, I could also take off the next months’ worth of weekends, maybe even go to the beach and spend some time looking at the stars.

  Under my human reasoning, my animal side was already clamoring for me to say yes. I hadn’t been chaste my whole life from choice, only lack of opportunity and prospects. Faced with three hot prospects and an unbelievable opportunity, there wasn’t any reason to say no. The only thing that worried my pragmatic human side was that this offer of theirs seemed too good to be true.

  If they wanted to just rape me, or even have me by force, it would have been easy for them to follow me and take what they wanted. No man I’d heard of paid for something he could get for free. “Can I trust you to pay me when it’s over?” I asked, unsure. “How will this work?”

  “We’ll pay you before,” Nick said softly. “And each promise you t
hat we won’t hurt you. We just want some release. Our coupling will also be just in our human forms.”

  I shivered again, hearing his eagerness in his words. But this time there was no fear, only excitement and lust. “Okay,” I agreed.

  “Great!” Vince said, smiling widely. “There’s a hotel down the block. Nick, you go there with her, and I’ll go get my half of the money. I’ll join you in a few minutes.”

  Vince took off running. A car started up down the block a few moments later, its headlights too far away to illuminate Nick and me.

  “Come on,” Nick said eagerly, taking my hand, and pulling me with him. We walked fast down the block, and into the lobby of the hotel Vince had mentioned, The Surf. I waited, smiling nervously as he rented us a room, looking around me at the loud seascapes painted in bright colors on the walls, and the distressed wicker furniture.

  When he was finished, we went upstairs to the room. He unlocked the door, gave me a slight push inside, and locked the door behind us.

  Nonplussed at his handling, which my animal side told me was eagerness to mate, I turned to face him. “Will he come in a few minutes or more like an hour?”

  “When Vince gets here, he gets here,” Nick said nonchalantly, all his attention on me as he approached. “But it will take him a while. He’ll have to do it by scent, unless he asks the desk clerk. That’s his own fault. He lost all his money on the pool games we played tonight. If he’d have been smarter, he would be here with us now.”

  Nick came close to me and grabbed me roughly. “I’m glad he’s not here, because I want you first.” He kissed me passionately.

  Having never been kissed before, I wasn’t sure what to do. I parted my lips in shock, and Nick thrust his tongue into my mouth, licking me, groaning. His mouth devoured mine hungrily.

  His arms were tight around me, and then slid down my back to cup my rear, and pull me against him. I felt a hardness against the front of me, making my stomach turn strangely and my breathing quicken. My heart sped up and I took deep breaths through my nose, the scent of his desire electrifying.

  I have no experience, what if I do something wrong?

  You can do this. I was a woman; I had the right equipment. Rosa, my stepmother, had always told me that a smart woman let the man do all the work anyway. I’ll just do that.

  Nick broke the kiss, fishing out his wallet. He handed me five hundred dollars, which I slipped quickly into my purse. “Thank you,” I said politely, then flushed.

  Nick didn’t notice my unease. “Take off your clothes,” he said huskily.

  I almost went into the bathroom to do it, stopping myself in one stride as I blushed even deeper. You can’t be shy now. I took a deep breath, and began unbuttoning my shirt.

  I slowly stripped off my clothes, until I was standing naked before him. By the end, my face was bright red, having never been naked in front of a man before. My lover-to-be was so busy struggling with his own clothes, he didn’t notice.

  Nick slipped off his underwear, and turned to me. When I saw him naked for the first time, I was shocked by how much I instinctively liked his body; the curves of it, the hard muscle, the leanness of his hips, and the dark hair that covered his chest. I also saw the male part of him, erect and tight against his body.

  He pulled me hard against him for another rough kiss, then pushed me back on the bed, and laid his warm body on top of mine. I fidgeted, nervous. He hadn’t put on a condom yet, and I hoped to God he wasn’t expecting I would put it on him, because I didn’t know how.

  Nick kept kissing me, rubbing his penis on my pubic mound as he ground his hips into mine. “You’re going to feel so good,” he said huskily.

  He got up off me, and took out a packet of condoms from his wallet. He put on one with practiced ease, and then lay down on top of me again. He took his penis, angled it down so the tip of it was against my vulva, then he bore down with his hips. As I felt his body began to slide into mine, there was a quick thrill of fear, then eager anticipation took hold of me, making me go perfectly still.

  Nick slid himself into me, moaning, and abruptly reached my hymen with the tip of his penis. At that brief contact, he stopped completely. Drawing back, he looked at me, his expression one of disbelief. I bit my lip and looked up at him, not sure what to say.

  He just looked down at me for a long moment. “What’s your name, Sweetheart?” he asked finally, in a very soft voice.

  “Serena,” I replied.

  “Serena,” he said, nodding. “That’s pretty. Well, Serena, I apologize. I didn’t know it was your first time with a man.”

  I looked up at him, worried now about what he was going to do. Would he not want me, because I was a virgin? Was our deal off?

  I needn’t have worried. “I need to thrust hard into you, to take your maidenhead,” Nick explained. “It may hurt. I’ll do it fast, but I wanted you to know, so you can brace yourself.”

  I nodded. “Alright.”

  Nick slipped his hands under my rear, and held me firmly. With a forceful thrust, he pushed himself though, breaking my hymen and sliding himself fully into me.

  “Ah!” I cried out, shaking under him. What he’d done had hurt.

  Nick held himself still over me, and looked down at me. I looked up at him nervously, wondering what was next.

  He kissed me softly, and again, my lips parted at once. This time, instead of using his tongue, he just moved his lips on mine gently. His lips felt sensuous against mine, and I slid my hands up to pull him closer to me. He kissed me harder, then opened his mouth, biting my lips a little as he kissed the edges of my mouth. I tentatively licked his tongue with my tongue, and he licked me back.

  Slowly, I felt him slide himself out of me, and then back inside. He drew back from me, looking down. “Did what I just do hurt at all?” he asked, his eyes dark with desire.

  I was tender there, but there wasn’t any pain. “No,” I said.

  He smiled at me in relief, then began to stroke my body with his own. I held completely still for him, liking the feeling of him moving inside me. The sensation was so new to me, yet it felt completely natural and fulfilling. Nick groaned, and began to kiss me harder, kissing my face, my eyes, my neck. He dipped his head to my chest, and took one of my breasts in his mouth. I let out a gasp of sudden pleasure, and he sucked hard, cupping my other breast in his hand as he pistoned in and out of me.

  Something was happening to me, a burning need building between us. I’d never felt anything like it before. Nick moved faster, and I began to move with him, pushing my hips up to meet his, liking the feel of him when he put himself all the way inside me.

  “Do I feel good to you, honey?” he grunted, kissing my throat.

  “Yes!” I gasped. “I...I never felt anything like this!”

  “It’ll feel even better in a few seconds,” Nick groaned. “Oh, Serena!”

  I didn’t understand what he meant, but at that moment I didn’t care. Nothing else mattered but the pleasure from our two bodies coming together. I tensed up, my body going rigid as Nick kept thrusting into me, stroking me. I cried out as utter joy suddenly washed though me.

  I’m complete. I’m whole. This is so good!

  I shook in Nick’s arms, clutching his body to mine as my orgasm ebbed. Nick went rigid a few seconds later, then he shouted. His organ almost vibrated inside me as he pushed deep, then his hips spasmed against mine. He went limp against me with a sigh, then gave me a soft kiss.

  Carefully, he held onto the condom as he withdrew from me. “God, that was good!” he said, grinning down at me. “Stay right there.”

  He got up, and threw the used condom away, putting on another one immediately. Rejoining me on the bed, he slipped back inside me easily and began to move again. Knowing now what was expected of me, I moved for him, eager for the warm thrill of climax. This time, we came together, holding each other tightly as he pumped his seed into me with a guttural shout. Afterwards, he threw away the condom, and hugged me close. �
��I’m glad you came,” he said, kissing me. “I wasn’t sure if I could bring you that first time, before I came myself.”

  So this is what Patty had meant, all those times she’s talked about orgasms. I understood now why she’d been late so often. Who would want to hurry to work when they could be feeling this bliss?

  There was a knock at the door. Nick got up to answer it. Vince strolled in, looking angry.

  “What took you so long?” Nick said pleasantly.

  “Fucking ATMs!” Vince growled angrily. “I had to go to three before I could find one with any money.”

  He took a sheaf of bills and stuffed them in my purse. Then he tore off his clothes in such haste I was surprised he didn’t actually rend them. I marveled that his erect organ was bigger than Nick’s had been, then felt a liquid rush of desire, wondering how it would feel inside me. Vince put on a condom, then moved to the bed where I waited.

  “Be gentle with her,” Nick cautioned.

  Vince looked back at him, pausing. “Gentle? Why?”

  “Because she was a virgin a few minutes ago,” Nick said with a satisfied smile. “She’s probably still a little tender.”

  Vince looked at me in awe, as he took me in his arms. “It’s true, what he said?” he asked.

  I nodded.

  “I’ve never had a virgin,” Vince said, obviously surprised. “Even an ‘almost one’. Tell me, if I’m too rough.”

  He rolled on his back, and then lifted me astride him. The penetration of his substantially larger organ gave me a moment of discomfort, then it was lost in sheer pleasure as he began thrusting up into me deeply, crying out with each thrust. Vince grabbed my hips in his hands, and then he was moving me on him, sliding himself in and out of me fast. I let out moan after moan as I rode him, and before long I was crying out again as I crested the wave. As I cried out, Vince ground himself deeply against me, and my cry became a scream. “Ahh!”

  Vince eased me off him, and got up on his knees. “Get in front of me, on all fours,” he growled.