Under the glow of a full moon, Akeelah wandered through the forest, her feet bare and her senses heightened. The trees whispered secrets in the breeze, their leaves rustling softly as she passed. She paused by a clearing, the moonlight…
A heat radiated from her. A scent — fertile, invasive, laced with honey and death. She knelt, hands like cranes tearing into the Earth, scooping him up gently. “You were made for me,” her voice echoed through the clouds, soft…
The sky cracked. Not from thunder. Not from war. From her. She rose from the sea like the birth of a new continent—curves coated in a sheen of glistening saltwater, black hair plastered to her impossible form. A single step…
Consent is earned. My rules. My game. You play or you leave. Do you consent to Mistress River?
I used warm oil. Then cold steel. You moaned. You bled. You begged. You succumbed to pain and pleasure.