***
“She’s very pretty,” Kino said at Thane’s side, as he too lifted a hand to wave. “Small though, man. Are you sure she’s…woman enough for you?”
“She’s all woman,” Thane assured him. “She’s everything.”
“I mean she’s cute and all,” Kino said, “but everything…”
“Shut up,” Thane told him.
It seemed to be his favorite thing to say to Kino, who always shrugged it off with a laugh.
“Yes, babe, shut up,” Ruby said as she moved in front of Kino, so he could hold her from behind. Kino knew his place and quickly put his hands around her to rub her pregnant belly. Ruby waved at Penny and Thane felt warmth in is heart. He knew they might have issues with the new pure human woman headed to their island, but even if they did, they pretended to be happy to see her. Tiko, Malena, and Little Ricky, the kids, also waved at her. She was being welcomed with open arms.
When Juan Diego finally moored the dingy and Penny stepped into the knee-high water, Thane wanted nothing more than to run to her, to pick her up and spin her around, to let her know how grateful he was that she trusted him enough to bring her here. But he couldn’t. If even one of his toes touched the water, he’d begin to shift, and he wasn’t ready for her to see that yet. It was the reason he’d left her in the darkness of the early morning.
He’d tried to wake her to change into the dress, but she was out cold. Whatever medication the doctor had given her had worked. She didn’t budge the entire time he removed her clothes. Not looking at her body had been one of the most difficult things he’d ever had to endure. Of course, he’d wanted to see her. He’d barely been able to control the rising of his cock at the mere thought of her being naked so close to him, but out of respect for Penny, he’d kept his eyes on everything but her body. Then, once he had her clothes off, he realized he wasn’t going to be able to put on the dress without putting her in some compromising positions, so instead, he covered her with the blanket and left.
Diving into the water, and changing into his other form, he’d wished so badly he could be normal long enough to help her off the boat and take her to the island. He’d promised her that he would never leave her, and there he was, leaving her on the boat. He’d been so worried she’d wake up and freak out the second she found she’d been left alone.
Now, here she was, stepping off the dingy and making her way onto dry land. Wind blew through the dress, threatening to pull it up, but she smooshed it back down against her body. Her tits were magnificent, and he loved the way the fabric reached her nipples and hung down from there. She was so fucking sexy. He hoped he’d get up the nerve to take her, and he prayed she’d let him when the time came. He needed to be naked with her, to feel her body against his, to savor the feeling of his cock sliding into her pussy.
Save those thoughts for later. You can’t get hard right here, right now. Save it for later.
The moment her feet touched dry sand, Thane rushed to her, lifted her off her feet, and held her tightly. His left hand grabbed her waist and his right pulled the back of her head, so her face came to his. Then he kissed her, harder than he had the night before, making sure she could feel the neediness of his mouth. She was desired, and he needed her to understand that. Her mouth opened, and their tongues met.
“Ahem,” Kino said. “We can uh…we can go if you want.”
“No, please,” Penny said.
Thane couldn’t stop himself from smiling. She was so perfect.
“Sister,” Ruby said as she moved to Thane’s side.
Thane set Penny down on her feet and Ruby instantly hugged her. Kino walked over and did the same, wrapping his arms around both women.
“This here is Tiko and Malena and Little Ricky,” Thane said, patting each of the kids on top of their heads. “Tiko and Malena belong to Kino and Ruby. Little Ricky is Rickshaw and Paisley’s kid. You’ll meet them later.”
Penny leaned down to shake Tiko’s hand. Then she complimented Malena on her dress and ruffled Little Ricky’s hair.
“Where’s everyone else?” Penny asked.
“The others were afraid you’d be intimidated if they all showed up. They’re waiting to meet you tonight,” Kino informed her.
“Tonight?” Penny asked. “What’s tonight?”
***
The day had been spent mostly inside of Thane’s cabin. He wanted her to relax and make sure she wasn’t too tired. Now, she stood in front of a roaring bonfire on the beach. The old man from the dingy played a small guitar, singing a song in Spanish that Penny didn’t know, but knew she could grow to like. The kids were eating roasted chicken on sticks. Penny had already eaten her fill. Now, she sipped a very fruity wine drink prepared by one of the other women in camp, Hailey, while Thane stood next to her with a beer bottle in hand.
Hailey was a tall, thin, black woman with short, almost boyish hair. Beside her was one of the guys, a man Thane had introduced as Jagger. He looked like he belonged in a heavy metal band. His long hair hung down over his shoulders and his entire upper body was doused in tattoos. Daggers and skulls and wisps of tribal markings decorated his torso. Penny wasn’t sure if these two were a couple or not. They seemed to stay close to each other, but they weren’t touchy-feely enough to be in a relationship. Penny figured they might be fuck buddies.
Of course, Kino and Ruby were next to Thane. Kino was a muscular, tanned man who wore his hair short, barely long enough to pull back in a ponytail. Any part of his hair not pulled back was shaved bald. He too was covered in tattoos. Penny thought he was sexy in a beach bum kind of way. She could tell he was the type who never took anything seriously. That, in itself, was attractive, but she could see why Ruby seemed to give him a hard time. She had to keep him in line. Penny liked Ruby. Her black hair was curly and hung down to her shoulders. Her adorable pregnant belly only added to her beauty.
Faith had long, straight, brown hair that hung down to her ass and she was quite comfortable in her skin, wearing the skimpiest bikini of all the women. She had almost as many tattoos as Jagger. Of all the women, she was the one Penny would least like to tangle with. She was the toughest chick of them all and every story she told only proved it more. She seemed to be single.
The opposite of tough was Oliver. He, too, seemed to be on his own. He was slim, dainty even, and had fashion model good looks. While the other guys seemed all about being macho and proving themselves as studs in the pack, Oliver was laid back and didn’t seem to say much at all. Something about the way he stood, or his mannerisms, gave Penny the idea that he might be gay.
Rickshaw and Paisley were the horniest of the bunch. A big, black male with tattoos too dark to make out well in the bonfire light, Rickshaw had big eyes that were honest and full of joy. He looked like a physically fit teddy bear, but Penny supposed he was a force to be reckoned with. Paisley was the curviest of the women, thick in all the right places, with cheeks that begged to be squeezed. Rickshaw’s hands stayed tucked in her waistband, at the front of her shorts, where Penny couldn’t help staring too long, imagining his fingertips pressing on the spot above her pussy.
If Thane held me like that I would fucking melt. God, make him hold me like that. Make him grab me from behind right now and slide his hands up my dress.
The wine was hitting her hard. Her head was fuzzy, and everything was hilarious. Everyone was having a great time. Even Poet, who was the most solemn of the group. With pasty white skin, Thane’s albino friend seemed to feel out of place with the others. While they were always hooting and hollering, Poet kept his head down, buried in a small notebook he liked to scribble in.
“Poet, read us something,” Kalina said as she danced along to Juan Diego’s music.
Kalina was the most beautiful woman Penny had ever seen, other than maybe who she now thought of as the bitch, Evelyn, from the yacht. She was almost the exact opposite of Evelyn. Blonde, with long hair that hung in curls down the side of her face as if she’d gone to get her hair done
before a wedding, and full lips, she was perfection. The mere sight of her made Penny feel inadequate, as if she wasn’t good enough for Thane, not when he had a girl like Kalina on the island with him all this time. He’d fucked her. She was sure of it. The way she stared across the fire at Thane, she was pretty sure they’d had something together at some point in the past. This bothered Penny…a lot.
I can’t be the jealous girlfriend. I’m new here. I need to get along with everyone. And they’re all so nice to me, even Kalina.
It was true. Kalina had been very welcoming, telling her it was about damn time Thane found a woman to dote over. She said she was sick of seeing his dramatically sad face all the time. Penny had laughed at that, but now she wondered if it had all been for show. Was Kalina really happy that she joined them or was she only saying that because people were watching? What would she say to Penny later, when nobody else was around?
“No, it’s okay,” Poet said. “I don’t have anything good.”
“You always have something good,” Kalina said. “Stop being modest.”
Penny wanted to hug Poet. He looked so sad all the time. She’d only known him one evening and already she felt like she wanted to be best friends with him. She could only imagine the amount of knowledge he had written on those pages.
“Everyone,” Kalina said. “Shh, Poet’s going to read.”
“I’m not,” he said.
“He is,” she argued. “J.D., stop the music for a moment.”
Juan Diego, who apparently went by J.D., stopped strumming his guitar and set it down on the beach next to him.
As Poet prepared to read, Penny felt Thane move to her back, where he wrapped his arms around her and set his hands down at the small of her stomach, right where she’d prayed they’d land. She leaned back against him and rested her head against his chest. His lips found the crown of her head and she felt a light kiss against her scalp. The alcohol flowed through her body and she loved the feeling of euphoria, the bliss of letting go and forgetting all her troubles. Her pain seemed to evaporate in his arms and as the warmth of the fire danced across her face, Penny felt truly happy.
“Sunlight
It shows her
The breeze
It blows her in
Mystery
Knows her
Misery
She wears like skin
Earth
It holds her
Warmth
The glow she’s in
Pain
Controls her
Tears
She sheds like sin
Her eyes
They stole him
Her smile
The sweetest grin
Her heart
So swollen
She’s beauty
Both out and in
This my friends
Is why he chose her then
Now life begins
At a balanced spin”
Everyone remained silent. Penny’s heart fluttered in her chest.
Was that poem about me? Was it about Thane and me?
All eyes were on Penny, and she didn’t know what to say. All was silent except for the swoosh of the sea meeting the sand and the crackling of the fire.
“That was beautiful,” she said.
“Thank you,” Poet replied. “Maybe it’s not any good, but I write what I see.”
“Is it about me?” she whispered, barely audible at all.
Thane leaned in close to her ear and whispered to her, “Absolutely. You’re my queen now, if you want to be. But we can take things slow. No pressure. I’m here if you want me.”
Oh, I so fucking want you.
The words flowed through her mind, but she couldn’t speak them. She raised her glass and sipped from it, finally downing what was left of her drink. Before she could think to ask for another one, Rudy was ladling some out of a cooler and into her glass. She sipped from the refreshed drink and felt a throbbing between her legs that only came from a mix of relaxation and desire. She wanted to fuck Thane tonight. She would fuck Thane tonight. If he wanted her.
“It was a great poem,” Kalina said, raising her beer in Poet’s direction.
Penny thought she might have seen pain in her eyes, and again, she wondered about the history between Thane and her.
***
Her skin was there beneath his fingertips, only the thin fabric of the dress keeping him from reaching all the way to her clit and caressing it softly. Thane wanted to taste her so badly. He wanted to spread her legs and put her pussy in his mouth. His human side wanted to eat her as badly as his shark side. He could smell her, and he knew she was getting wet for him. Women could never hide their arousal from him.
That poem. The words rang so true. There was even more to the story though. He wanted her for so many other reasons, none of which a poet could put down in verse. He believed now there was someone out there for everyone, and he knew he’d found her. God wouldn’t make a second person for everyone. That much he felt was absolute. If Penny turned him down, he would be single or would have to settle.
Kalina would have him settle…for her. She knew his feelings. He’d been honest with her, maybe brutally so, but she needed to know the truth. Letting her believe there was a chance between them would have been crueler than ending it. From across the fire, he could see the pain he had caused her, the hurt that he was still causing. She didn’t deserve that. She was a wonderful woman, and she had been quite warm and welcoming to Penny.
This wasn’t Kalina’s night. As much as he felt sorry for her sadness, he needed to focus on Penny, the woman he’d brought to the island. She was the reason his heart felt as if it were bouncing around clumsily in his chest, like a pinball trying to find its place to settle down. She was the reason his cock throbbed. He leaned down and kissed her neck, allowing his tongue to lick at her skin only enough to satisfy his desire to taste her. She leaned her head left, opening her neck up more for him. Her ass moved, sashaying slowly, and he was sure she was doing it on purpose, playing with him, teasing his cock.
Her head leaned back and rested on his shoulder. Thane moved his mouth up from her neck to her cheek to her lips and opened her mouth with his tongue. She accepted him, kissing him softly, lazily in her alcohol-induced haze. She moaned into his mouth and he thought he might lose it.
“Come with me,” he told her, as he pulled her hand and led her away from the bonfire.
“Where are you going, brother?” Kino yelled after.
“Don’t be stupid,” Ruby said.
“Make that magic happen, bruh,” Jagger called out.
“Speaking of that,” Hailey said, “Show me that move again, the one you did on me the other night?”
Thane heard all the banter going back and forth but he could concentrate on none of it. His cock was solid with the knowledge he was going to take her. He would never force himself on her, but if she didn’t push him away, he was going to devour her tonight. Jagger and Hailey ran past them and into their cabin. Thane was grateful for that, as Hailey was the loudest of the women, annoyingly so usually, but since he didn’t want others listening in on his night with Penny, he was happy she couldn’t contain her pleasure.
Thane practically knocked his cabin door off its hinges as he hurried inside with Penny. She giggled playfully in the dark, but he wasn’t in the mood for games. The time for sweetness was over. He needed her, needed to be inside her. If he’d wanted to take the time to do it, he would have lit a lantern, but he couldn’t wait that long. Her back was to him when he pounced on her, wrapping his arms around her and pulling her head back so he could taste her mouth again.
“Ohh,” she squealed.
“I can’t wait anymore,” he said. “I need you, Penny. I’ve always needed you.”
“Yes,” she muttered, as she raised her hands to the ceiling, letting him know she was his for the taking.
Thane reached for the bottom of her dress and lifted it over her head, dropping it to
the floor. Then he stepped back. He needed to see her. Only a few slits of moonlight shone through the window blinds, but it was enough for him to see the roundness of her ass, the softness of her sides, the smoothness of her back, and the hair hanging down over her shoulders.
“What’s wrong?” she asked.
Thane pulled his own shirt off and let it fall to the floor. Then he unfastened the button on his shorts and let them fall. He didn’t bother with underwear since he constantly shifted, ripping his clothes. It would have only meant wasted underwear too. As his shorts dropped, his cock sprang to life, bobbing free without constraint. He looked down at himself, at his long, thick, solid cock and thought about how he’d be inside her soon.
“There’s nothing wrong at all, my queen,” he said. “I just have to look at you. I have to admire you.”
She turned around and faced him, the moonlight highlighting her nipples. Dark red circles wrapped around her erect nubs, and he wanted to take one in his mouth. He wanted both between his teeth, but to do so would be taking himself out of the moment, and he liked the vision in front of him.
Penny’s face was like an angel, her soft lips turned upward in a lazy grin. Her eyes squinted ever so slightly, hunger shining from within. He traced her body with his stare, making his way down her neck, between her tits, over her stomach, and down to the trimmed thatch of hair between her legs. That’s where the treasure lay. His stomach growled, and his cock twitched as he imagined her in his mouth. Then he could wait no longer.
Dropping to his knees, he looked at her pussy now at eye level. It was so pretty, so clean, and he loved the way her clit led to her pussy lips there in the darkness. It was a shadowy pouch of sweet nectar he couldn’t wait to bury his mouth in.
“I want it,” he said.
“Take it,” she told him.
He’d seen so much pussy in his life, but he’d never taken the time to admire it the way he was with Penny. This was his pussy. When he finally slid his tongue between her lips, he enjoyed the taste of the saltwater still inside her from when she’d rinsed off earlier that afternoon. Fresh saltwater would cause him to change form, but dry salt only made him desire the meal beneath the seasoning.
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