The boat skimmed across the still water like it was afraid to make a sound. Ethan sat beside Lena, but they hadn’t spoken in ten minutes. Not since the dock disappeared behind them. Not since she had removed her sandals and let the breeze play with the hem of her dress like it belonged to someone else now. She looked calm. Too calm. Ahead, the island rose like a secret—lush, quiet, untouched except for one villa nestled h...

“Just roll the dice!” Alice said, shoving my shoulder. “No way!” I said, clutching the dice to my cleavage, “This is how horror movies start!” “Tonya, what horror movies start with a freaking board game?!” Mike yelled from the other side of the coffee table. “The kind where four college kids break into an abandoned house in the woods, find an old chest that has an old-looking board game, and open it see that not only does...

I find myself bound to you again. Five-leaved ivy vines circle my wrists and thighs, for I am Persephone in reverse, abdicating the lengthened light while pursuing your longer shadow. "Is this not what you wanted?" Your voice, low and mocking as you lead me to my new abode: a cave, temperate-cool, awash in silence clinging and cruel. Time is suspended in this gloaming. With a turn of your wrist, you channel me through cen...

The curve of her elegant neck and the sweep of her waist and hips where they met her gorgeous behind was almost breathtaking. She looked ravishing as always, the plunging line of her backless dress just short of revealing the two dimples on either side of the bottom of her spine. But she was the definitive of sexy, even when he'd left her this morning, wearing nothing but an oversized t-shirt of his, her hair a dishevelle...

After hearing that Michael was on his way over, Ali and Scott quickly went downstairs to prepare for Michael's arrival. Ali put on a pot of coffee, realizing they didn't have much in the way of food in their brand new house. "Hey, Honey?" Ali started. "Why don't you run out for some breakfast sandwiches or donuts or something? We don't have anything to offer the boys once they get here." "Yeah, that's a good idea," Scott...

"Ready?" Ali asked with excitement as she looked out of the passenger window as they pulled up in front of their new house. Scott looked over at his wife and gave her knee a little squeeze. "Yep, we finally made it. It'll be a long couple of days getting all of this crap unloaded though. I'm already exhausted from the drive." "Well, good thing you got your brother to help out, then!" Ali replied, her giddiness continuing...

As I climbed over the railing, he caught on to my intentions. Carolyn ... wait ... what are you doing? You cannot swim! "I can't spend the rest of my life like this, Percy." Gathering all the courage within me, I decided to face Death and peered down at the rushing water below. Tears stained my cheeks as I released my grip on the railing. No! I forb- The sting of the icy water cut through his last word to me. ~ooOoo~ One...

The heat escalating between my thighs woke me. "Percy?" Yes, my love.  "Mmmm. Please don't stop what you're doing to me." I spread my legs wider while knowing he had access regardless. I'm starving, Carolyn! Feed me your sexual energy! I lay in bed growing hotter by the minute, kicking the sheets off my perspiring body. He was arousing all my most sensitive parts at once, driving me towards that glorious edge I had come t...

July 1822... Percy Shelley had been reckless ignoring the storm warnings, and the violent squall would not be outrun. Moments before tumultuous waves engulfed the Don Juan and its sailors, Percy shoved a book of Keat's poems into his pocket. Most appropriately, poetry would be this Romantic poet's last thought before his death on that fateful day. Adding to the trauma of their loved ones, the uncaring sea wouldn't spit th...

Rebecca and Steven fucked a lot over the next several weeks and months after they decided to try for a baby. A lot. Marin usually left Rebecca alone when Steven was around, given their uneasy truce. But Marin had also explained, in her own otherworldly demon way, that she still needed to feed. It would be too dangerous for Rebecca to only have sex with Steven. Marin would only be able to hold herself back for so long befo...

Rebecca woke up the next morning feeling strangely confident. Ordinarily, she would never sleep in the nude, but last night she had gone to bed naked without a second thought. And those dreams. Holy shit, that had been so vivid. Steven would never show such passion in real life. It must have been that weird summoning spell she had tried out. It had put some really intense images in her mind. Rebecca opened her eyes to see...

Rebecca heard the creak of the front door opening as Steven entered the house. "Hey Honey," he chimed from the front hallway. "How was your day?" he asked absently as he hung his jacket on the coat rack. "Fine, what about you?" Rebecca answered from the kitchen. "Yep, same. All good," Rebecca heard him mumble from the other room. Hopefully he'll come in here before he sits down in front of the computer, she thought to her...