East Three
Silly Rabbit
She is life. . . for me. . .
The world was moving on and spinning all around us, but at this moment in time, none of it was affecting me. Floating in the water, staring at what wasn’t supposed to exist, I felt centered. I take that back. I was the universe that spun around, only for Saleeni. That’s how it felt to be with her.
Deep inhale…
Enraptured by her beauty and hypnotized by her essence, I one-handedly cupped her face, my brass touching her.
“I have so many questions for you.” I sighed.
“If only we could communicate.” Just then, she turned her face into my palm, and her lips caressed the skin I never knew could be so sensitive.
My eyes practically rolled back into my head as a shiver wreaked havoc in my body.
“Oh yes, you have that communication down to a T.”
Surprising me, my eyes snapped open when I realized her nose was now drifting up my neck, sniffing. Then she gasped, right before pulling me closer to her.
This only spiked my yearning for her.
My human conscience kept hollering about how I shouldn’t take advantage of a sweet girl who didn’t even speak my language, yet it seemed language wasn’t a barrier when it came to the other side of me.
The not-so-human side. That part of me was directly linked to the female who now had a calling of her own.
Half of her soft, large fin wrapped around my feet, feeling like a warm blanket.
The other half gently swirled, causing us to slowly spin in the water.
Then her arms came around me, as mine did her.
Each of us wrapped the other in an embrace that was like a shield of love, something I had never encountered.
The emotions were thick and blended with a natural way of life, combining with a spirit-to-spirit connection.
Naked breast pressed against my bare chest as wild fury built between us.
Her head lolled back, and the moonlight found her neck, as if to lure my lips forward.
When I kissed her skin, a sound vibrated from her chest. It was a purr of some sort. And it was fucking addictive. I couldn’t help but open my mouth and gently bite her neck. The purr only got louder—
What am I doing?
I jerked my mouth from her skin.
Saleeni’s eyes opened as she followed me. “Mad. G?”
The inner guilt I felt was enough to fill me with shame. “Jesus, I’m so sorry.” I had a raging hard-on, so ready for sex. And I didn’t even know if sex was possible with a mermaid not in more of a human form!
I started to release her for some space, but the purr turned into a growl. She was suddenly half out of the water, her hands on my shoulders, looking down at me and pushing me under the water.
Oh shit!
As gentle and pretty as Saleeni was, she was a fierce creature.
Magnificent! It was the only thought I had as her lips possessed mine under the water. Then, as fast as the kiss had begun, it ended. Saleeni’s fin guided her back, away from me, a few feet, while she stared at me in a predatory manner. Her whole body was glowing.
Holding my breath, I watched her begin to move.
I dare say she was dancing, but an instinct deep inside insisted something else was happening.
My undivided attention told me the same.
As she moved in a sultry way, a shark could have eaten half my body before I would’ve noticed.
She was that enticing. Starting to choke underwater was the only distraction that could pull me away.
I clamored to the surface.
Coughing into the night, I asked myself, “How many times am I going to drown tonight?” Feeling Saleeni on her side, swimming like an eel around my waist, I chuckled and peered down.
“I guess one more time can’t hurt.” Her purr vibrated through the water and me.
I shivered, then hungrily growled, “There are worse ways to die, I suppose.”
Just then, I was rudely interrupted with, “What are ya doing, silly rabbit?”
Surprised and annoyed at the interruption, I peered up at Styx standing on the seawall casually eating an apple.
He lazily gestured to the water splashing around me as Saleeni continued with her delicious seduction, then complained, “My mermaid never did that to me.”
I hadn’t even noticed the floodlights turn on. They were glowing in the distance behind Styx, but silly rabbit was correct. I had been beyond distracted. Fuck. What am I doing—
Abruptly, Saleeni left her post—me—and, with speed I’d never seen, was suddenly between Styx and me, shooting out of the water like a shark to shriek at him.
She was no longer gorgeously glowing. Her whole body had gone menacingly dark and slick like an eel.
Her breasts were covered with some sort of black, leathered scales.
Holy shit.
Wide-eyed, Styx stared. Not with fear as much as amazement.
After she dropped from the air, precisely sinking back into the water, Styx shook his head, appearing jealous. “Have fun with Mrs. Possessive. I’m not sticking around to see what happens next.” He turned and headed back to the clubhouse.
It quickly dawned on me that I was in over my head. “Help?”
He flipped me a finger over his shoulder, then went back to eating his apple.
“Asshole.” I jerked as Saleeni began swimming back to me like an alligator. Her eyes were brimming at the water’s surface and locked on their target. Gulp! “Easy, girl.” I was literally treading in unknown territory. “Let’s talk about what’s, uh, coming next. Cool?”
She disappeared under the water.
“Or not.” I peered about, hoping to see a dock or a boat to crawl on for safety.
“Fuck-fuck-fuck—” But there was no need for a rescue.
I groaned deeply when a tongue pressed to the top of my jeans and made its way upward.
My mouth was already open, waiting for her invasion, before it finally found home.
Once it did, I aggressively wrapped Saleeni up in my arms, not sure who was in more danger.
Me or the sensational creature I wanted to eat alive.
Guilt for being sexually aggressive faded as the urge to possess intensified to a boiling level.
Tongues fighting and lips sucking, our kiss was violent.
Air was barely even necessary. I didn’t want oxygen.
Only her. Only her mouth, her body, and one other thing I was still trying to figure out.
I believed I was frustrated when my arms curled under hers to reach up and over to grab her shoulders, but the purr returned, echoing from inside her throat.
The more it vibrated against my chest, the more a ravenous ache grew inside me.
It built to a ferocity when her mouth pulled from mine so she could let her head fall back again, offering me her neck.
Before, I had kissed it. This time I lunged.
Mouth open wide with a desperate need to bite down.
I jerked back when visions of breaking her skin excited me. “What the fuck?”
Saleeni paid no attention to my reaction. She appeared lost in lust. Her eyelids heavy, she lifted her head, no longer exposing her neck, revealing a set of fangs that glistened in the moonlight.
A part of me was horrified; however, another part of me growled with my heightened sexual appetite. I wasn’t sure why, but I longed for this, grunting my response, “Do it if you dare.”
She dared. A hand was suddenly twisted in my hair, yanking my head back and forcing my gaze to the sky. Then razor-sharp teeth slashed the right side of my chest. It stung but made my dick scream for more. I groaned as she continued her delicious attack.
When it ended, her tongue licked the wounds, and fingers loosened on my hair. I felt high as if experiencing Grampa’s LSD.
Feeling out of my mind, yet spookily focused, I sensed it was now my turn.
That’s when a pain in my upper jaw consumed me.
My front teeth felt like they were rearranging, slowly.
I went from an unimaginable sexual moment to one of intense pain and confusion.
I tried to talk through the agony, “Sa-een—” but it was impossible.
My mouth hung open, and blood began to drip out, the crimson droplets plopping into the ocean.
Saleeni jolted from her daze and held my cheeks. “Mad-G?” She tried to catch the blood as if wanting to pour it back into my mouth. She seemed to understand that blood was important for me to have. Like when she was so young, wrapping my hand in the water—
Oh no. I held up my left hand, now wrapped because of the blood bonding with the Misfits.
Everything that was happening no longer felt divine and mind-blowing with a side of sex appeal.
Now it became alarming. I was floating in water, trying to fuck a mermaid even though I didn’t know how, my mouth dripping blood because my body was altering in some way.
I had recently done what now felt like the unthinkable.
I might have infected my friends with whatever I was becoming. No, no, no, no…
Saleeni was rushing me back to the seawall as I asked, “Hav’ I hur’ my frien’s?”
Leaving me to tread water, her tail swooshed hard, and she rose out of the water. Facing the clubhouse, she let loose a shriek in the night.
She dropped back into the water, maneuvered to scoop me in her arms, then swoosh went her tail, and I was lifted onto the wall. She didn’t sink away this time. Next to me, her arms kept her planted at the edge.
Another shriek was sung out, all while I attempted to speak through the pain. “Wha’ are we?” I tried to wipe blood from my mouth. “I share’ my b’ood wi’ ’em!”
Eyes locked on me, Styx was running across the yard. “What happened?”
Propped on one arm, Saleeni smacked the top of the concrete wall, over and over. “Bad! Bad!”
Grateful we had no neighbors to witness this unravel, I tried to explain to Styx, “I migh’ ‘ave hur’ Mi’fi’s!”
In a rush, he took off his T-shirt and started wiping my mouth clear of blood to see where my injury was. Then he gawked at my chest. “What the—” He looked to Saleeni with wide eyes. “What does this symbol mean?”
Symbol?