Capri's Fate (18 page)

Wawk! Wawk!

The screech of an angry seagull ripped Thall from the depths of a very pleasant dream. It took him a moment to realize he wasn't bedding
Capri, but was staring at two seagulls fighting over the leftover spaghetti. Then the headache hit. He groaned, dropped back onto the bench and covered his head with the blanket.

Wawk! Wawk!

"Shut up," he shouted from under the blanket. Thall reached out his hand and groped around, feeling for something to throw. He wrapped his fingers around the first thing he located and heaved it.

"You threw eighty-five dollar
Victoria's Secret bra at a seagull?"

Thall pushed the edge of the blanket off his face. The brilliant sunshine made him wince as if knives had been stabbed into his brain. He squinted and peered at
Capri, who stood next to him with her hands on her hips.

"Did I kill it?"

She rolled her eyes, bent, picked up her bra and chuckled. "A bit of a hangover? I'll make more of my grandmother's famous cure." She tossed her bra over her shoulder and walked away. Thall closed his eyes and pulled the blanket back over his head.

Thall smiled.
In his sleep, Capri had dropped her black thong on the floor, fell back on the bed and signaled him to join her.

"Ready? One. Two. Three!" The blanket was ripped off, and the blazing sun blinded him as he snapped his eyes open.

"Wow. What were you dreaming about? That's a good morning woody, you've got there." Dressed in a pair of shorts and top, Capri grinned from ear to ear and held a glass of thick, green liquid and offered it to him.

His stomach lurched. "Am I supposed to drink that?"

"Chug'er right down. Secret family recipe. Guaranteed to cure a hangover. Now, be a good boy and drink it."

He held the glass under his nose and sniffed. Swallowing down his gag reflex, he shuddered. "This better work." He lifted the glass to his lips, and swallowed a mouthful. Retching, he spit and groaned. "Fuck, it tastes like rotted, dog vomit."

"Eat a lot of that, have you?" Capri settled on the captain's chair and turned to face him. She flicked her hand at him. "Drink the rest of it."

Thall inhaled a deep breath and gulped the putrid smelling contents. He lowered the glass to the table then released a deep belch.

"Feel better?"

He raised an eyebrow and nodded.

"Good, because it's a beautiful day. Not a cloud in the sky and miles and miles of calm ocean. I made breakfast. Bacon and eggs. It's waiting in the galley."

Thall stood, yawned
and followed her below deck.

When they'd finished eating, they cleaned up those dishes plus the mess left from the night before.
Capri commented, three times, how amazed she was the wine didn't stain the white leather seats. Thall collected empty wine bottles, stored them then settled down with the GPS and navigation chart then tried to figure out where they were. Capri sat next to him and shook a bottle of finger nail polish.

"You want to drive?" He glanced at her as she painted her toenails bright red.

"Having a mani-pedi here."

"So that means no?"

"Yes, it means no." She waved the little brush at him. "Can I do your toenails?"

He jumped off the bench, sat on the captain's seat and pressed the ignition button. After checking the chart, he turned the boat west.
Capri focused on finishing her pedicure.

"Land ho!" Thall pointed.

Capri stood and squinted in the direction. A small rise of land appeared above the horizon. "Flores?"

"Doubt it? But at least I'm happy to find land. We can ask the locals where we are." Thall directed the boat closer to the island. He circled around
, then killed the engine and dropped anchor.

"Isn't there supposed to be a dock? And people with leis and piña coladas?"

"Was kinda hoping for something like that. This might just be an uninhabited island. No dock. Definitely no piña coladas. And damn it, nobody to ask where we are." He shrugged. "Want to change plans and go exploring?"

Capri
jumped up. "I'll see if I can rustle us up a snack for later."

"I know what I want to eat?" He ran his gaze up and down her body, pausing at her lower belly.

She blushed, bit her bottom lip and slipped below deck.

Crossing to the back of the yacht, he readied the
zodiac dingy.

Capri
stepped next to him and held up a small brown basket. "Look what I found. I packed some cheese and crackers and a good French Bordeaux."

"Let me put some swim trunks on. I'll be right back."

Capri placed the basket in the zodiac and checked her bag. "Sunscreen. Lip balm. Sunglasses."

"Stud."

Shaking her head, she didn't look up from her bag.

He placed his finger under her chin and raised her face. Undoing the knot that held the bottom of her shirt, Thall slipped it off her shoulders and let it fall to the deck. "You won't be needing that. Or this." He tugged at the strap of her bikini top.

Capri's eyes widened as she glanced around. "I couldn't. What if…"

"There is no what if. There's no one around." He stepped closer and placed his mouth by her ear. "My intentions are not honorable. I loved what happened last night. You were incredible. So free in the giving of yourself and letting me explore you."

He brushed his lips across her ear. "I want more."

She raised
her gaze to meet his. "So do I." She reached behind and released the ties to her top. It slipped from her body and fell to the deck.

O
vercome by the urge, he leaned closer, pressed his mouth on hers and communicated his lust. A jolt of electricity shot through him when she responded. Her breasts pressed against his chest as his erection grew and pressed into her hip.

It would only take a moment. He could sweep her to the floor and be between her legs,
reveling in the luxury that awaited him. He pulled back with a groan. Panting, he gasped out, "Let's go, or I'll do you right here on the deck."

Capri
stepped out of his grasp, picked up her bag and accepted his help onto the zodiac. The ride was swift as they skimmed across the water and beached the little boat. Thall secured the line to a palm tree and held out his hand. "Want to explore a bit?"

He followed a trail through the dense bush, pushing back branches and helping Capri over fallen logs or boulders.

She tripped on a vine and caught herself on palm tree. "Why wouldn't whoever made this path go around the trees and rocks?"

"I think this isn't human made. I think it's an animal route and will probably lead us to water." He paused. "Speaking of which. Hear that?"

Capri
shook her head.

"I think it's running water. Come on, this way." He pushed more brush out of the way and headed in the direction of the sound. Stepping from the shadow of the forest, he shaded his eyes from the bright light as he stood in a clearing nestled beside a small lagoon with a cascading waterfall.

"It's spectacular." Capri stood next to him.

He glanced at her breasts and grinned. "The scenery's nice. Those are spectacular. And I think I need to suck one." He stepped in front of her, lowered his mouth and latched on to her right breast. Teasing her nipple with his tongue made it grow rounder and erect. "Hmm. That's better."

Thall straightened and cupped her breasts, bouncing them, making her flesh jiggle. He stared into her eyes as he traced around the puckered skin and rolled her nub between this thumb and middle finger. "I love the way this feels. Your skin is so soft. But your nipple is so firm. And so suckable." He lowered his head and pressed tiny kisses along her breast until he reached her swollen bud. He wrapped his lips around it and pulled back until it popped from his mouth. The sight of her aroused nipple and the sweet honeyed taste of her skin pushed his penis to a full erection, which strained against his swim trunks.

Capri
dropped the basket, closed her eyes and moaned. "I can feel myself getting wet already."

"What can I do to make you drenched?" His cock throbbed at the image of her damp curls and willing pussy wanting him.

She reached forward and turned his head to face her other breast. His lips grazed her skin. "Suck the other one. Make it as hard. It feels so fucking good when you do that."

Thall swiped his tongue along her pink nub. It tightened. He lapped across her areola and up the underside of her nipple then zig-zagged the tip of it back to his starting point. His cock begged to be released, not only from the constraints of his trunks, but to free itself deep inside
Capri. With a guttural groan, he repeated his action while reaching to knead her other breast.

Capri
wound her fingers through his hair, dragging her nails across his scalp. As he lowered his kisses to her belly, her knees buckled and they sank to the grassy floor. Shifting himself to a better position, Thall continued his trail of butterfly caresses to her lower belly. He stopped and flicked his tongue in and out of her belly button.

Her stomach jiggled as a soft chuckle emerged from her throat. "I know a much better place where you can use that tongue action."

"Just trying to find where you hid that special place. Am I getting warm?"

"Yes."

He moved an inch further along her belly. "Warmer?"

"Oh!"

And another inch. His lips pressed against the band of her bikini bottom.

"Getting hot." She arched her hips.

He continued placing kisses down the front of her bathing suit. He caught a whiff of her aroused scent. Hooking his index fingers on her waistband, he slipped the suit bottom off and placed it on the grass beside them. Capri rolled over and opened her legs. Thall knelt between and slid his right hand down her belly, trickled his fingers through her damp hair and slid the tip of his middle finger across her clit. She hissed, tilted her hips up and spread her legs further.

His
hand slipped between her swollen folds and rested at the edge of what he desired. Closing his eyes, he curled his fingertip into the wet heat and slid it in the length of one knuckle. Tickling it back and forth, he reached forward and traced tiny circles around her clit.

Her moans rose and ebbed as her chest heaved, and her hips rocked against his hands. He moved his finger in to his second knuckle and continued stroking her. His other hand slid between her folds then up and over her clit in a rhythm that matched his other hand's movements.

Pushing his hand until his fist bumped her, he never varied his pace or pressure.

"Like that?"

All she could do was moan.

He placed his finger on her clit, rubbing the underside and sliding over the firm swollen tip. Sweat dripped down his back, his breath broke in heavy pants. An explosion threatened to burst from his pants.

"I need…you…inside…fuck me." She gasped.

In front of him, a beautiful, aroused woman lay sprawled waiting for him to take her. He slipped his hand from inside and raised it to his nose. The aroma of her juice was like gasoline to a fire. He stood and dropped his tr
unks. His erection sprang free.

"Wait. Stop." She opened her eyes and struggled to sit up.

"Wait?"

"Let’s go into the lagoon. I've always wanted to
make love under a waterfall."

He rubbed his face, stood, and offered a hand to help her up. As her face rose past the level of his hard-on, she planted a peck on the tip. Thall's body tensed and his hips twitched.

They crossed the grass and stepped into the cool blue water. Thall held out his hand. Capri grasped it and tread behind him around the small stones. He waded along the bank closer to the falls. "I think we can get behind here." Releasing her hand, he dove under the water and surfaced on the other side, shook himself and signaled her. "It's fine. Come on."

Capri
inhaled, dunked under and swam until she was in front of him. She opened her mouth, licked his swollen cock then surfaced for air. As Thall reached for Capri, the smile melted from her face.

C
hapter Seventeen

Capri
shivered as a cold numbness washed over her. She stared at Thall. It was Thall. Not Taren, her pilot, but Thall, her Fate. "It's you? How?" She blinked and refocused, hoping Taren would appear before her.

Thall's eyes changed colors three times as he lifted his hand out of the water, reaching out to touch her.
Capri slapped it away and turned.

"It's still me." His voice edged with a hint of fear and confusion.

"I trusted you. Not you. Him." She glanced over her shoulder, eyes flashing with anger. "I was willing to give myself to you. To have a relationship. Something real. With someone real." She bit back a sob and snapped her head forward. Although a crack ripped through her heart, she refused to let him see her pain.