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“Sure, let’s go see what we can make out of the supplies in stasis.” She took his hand to get out of the chair. Next thing she knew it was as if someone had given the chair a rude shove and Latham staggered backward a step. With a shriek she grabbed at him. “What was that?”
“Small quake,” said one of the Harlecky people lounging nearby on his lunchbreak. “We’ve had a few since we got here. There’s a submerged volcano a few miles off the coast. Nothing to worry about though.”
“A new experience for me,” Helaine replied as she and Latham walked away toward the bungalows. “This trip is full of new thrills.”
“I hope I’m one of them,” he said with a teasing smile.
“Definitely. You’re the best part of the whole thing.”
They had lunch and a nap together in the big bed, which was followed by another intense session of lovemaking, deciding not to go fishing in the cove after all. Helaine made a fuss over dinner, finding and lighting scented candles and using placemats in lieu of a tablecloth. Dinner was the fanciest Azrigone filet mignon from the stasis keeper with decadent chocolate cake for dessert. There was no invitation tonight for socializing from Sariah, which was a relief to Helaine as she wanted to spend her time exclusively with Latham now.
The two of them took a moonlit walk on the beach and then played cards by candlelight until it was past time to go to bed.
“This is one of the best days of my life,” Latham said as they crawled into the bed together and spooned. He kissed her shoulder tenderly. “Thank you.”
Chapter Four
Next morning they rose early, packed a picnic lunch and made their way to the boat dock. Latham was loading their gear into the boat when he suddenly dropped the picnic hamper and leaned closer to Helaine. “What’s this?” he asked, touching a spot over her heart.
She moved the opening of her blouse aside a little further so she could see what he was pointing at. It was a pale green mark, not very big and didn’t hurt or itch when she scraped at it a bit with her fingernail. “I don’t know. A bruise from the zipline harness? Or maybe the antigrav buckles. The darn things kinda dug into me while we were descending. I’ll keep an eye on it.”
Brow furrowed, Latham stared at the mark and she had the impression he wanted to say more but the moment passed without further discussion as he helped her into the boat and they motored off, heading for the open ocean and the island with the good coral reef. It was a beautiful day to be out on the water and the ocean was peaceful, with no big waves. Latham navigated them unerringly to the spot he’d chosen close to the tiny island. After anchoring, he made sure Helaine was comfortable with her snorkel and then the two of them slipped into the shallow water to take a tour of the coral reef.
She was amazed at the diversity of ocean life, from colorful fish to ‘flowers’ to all kinds of crustaceans and other flora and fauna. At one point a large, slow moving creature she would have called a turtle on Earth swam by and she took a brief ride hanging onto one of its flippers. The giant amphibian gave her the side eye but didn’t seem to mind having a passenger briefly.
“Having a good time?” Latham asked as they treaded water together while the ‘turtle’ continued on its lumbering way. He’d taken holos of her swimming with the creature.
“I’m having an incredible day,” she said with enthusiasm. “It’s all so beautiful.”
“Ready for lunch soon?”
“I could be. Let me have one last swim over the reef first though.”
After another quick tour of the reef they climbed back into the boat and Latham got the anchor aboard. As he was driving them toward the island’s beach, Helaine saw a quartet of sleek ocean dwellers burst from the water and perform somersaults in midair before plunging into the waves again. The high pitched keening hurt her ears but the creatures were clearly having so much fun and were so astonishing to watch she didn’t care. Latham ran the boat onto the white sands and made sure it wouldn’t budge until they were ready to leave. He helped Helaine out and then grabbed the picnic supplies.
“Where do you want to set up?” he asked.
“This is more of a baby island than anything else,” she said, twirling in delight, able to see the entire expanse in one 360 degree turn.
“It might even go under the water at high tide,” he said. “But we have hours before that happens and it’s a slow process.”
“There aren’t any trees so I guess right here is as good as anywhere else.” Helaine picked a spot a short way from the boat. “Can I help?”
“I’ve got it.” He brought a blanket and a beach umbrella, which he drove into the sand until it was adjusted to his satisfaction. Then he carried over the picnic hamper and Helaine set to work laying out the items they’d decided to eat today from the amazing Harlecky Industries bounty in the bungalow’s stasis keeper.
They chatted over their meal and then once lunch was done Latham lay back with his hands behind his head and drew Helaine to pillow on his shoulder.
“Are we taking a nap?” she asked, a bit drowsy. “I don’t want to wake up with the tide rushing in. That sounded scary.”
“I had something a little more involved in mind than a nap,” he said, allowing his hand to slide down her body, over her hip and to the vee between her thighs. He pushed aside the gusset of her damp swimsuit and explored with one finger, caressing and stroking the sensitive flesh. “So wet for me.” He slid his finger inside her, adding a second one and thrusting in and out.
Helain clung to him, the ripples of pleasure from what he was doing sending tingles all over her body. Latham smiled at her and continued his efforts until she was writhing and pleading for him to allow her release. Finally he said, “Come for me, sweetheart,” and she did, arching her spine and moaning as the orgasm crested.
“Your turn now,” she said when she could speak again. She pushed his swimsuit down and freed his arousal, which jutted toward her engorged and ready. Helaine swiped her tongue across the head, enjoying the salty taste as she took him into her mouth. She sucked and hummed and kept her fingers busy as well, playing with his balls and teasing the sensitive skin behind them. Doing all of this outdoors in plain view where anyone could see (if there’d been anyone else around, which Helaine was actually glad to know no one would be) was an extra erotic element today.
“I’m not coming anywhere but inside you,” Latham said in a hoarse voice, pulling her off his cock and tearing her swimsuit away. It only took him an instant to position her underneath him and then he plunged into her aching neediness, going all the way to the root.
Heliane screamed at the sensation, being stretched and stimulated and loved. Latham didn’t stop but set a rapid pace. She welcomed his power and passion, doing her best to clamp tight on his shaft. She raked his back with her nails, not deep but providing extra stimulus and wrapped her legs around him to drive him onward. She sensed when he’d reached his limit, unable to hold back any longer and went rigid above her, repeating her name in a wondering voice as the hot jets of seed filled her. Satisfied she’d brought him to one of the best, if not the best orgasms he’d ever had, she let herself go over the edge and lost herself in the throes of certainly the most massive burst of sexual rapture she’d ever experienced.
