Without even realizing what she was doing, Ruby blinked open her one eye and sat up. A quick assessment let her know that while most of her body was just fine, it was her left shoulder that didn’t want to move without a severe amount of pain. “OW!” Ruby barked and looked at the wounded shoulder.

  “See, sister Kaini, our guest was already awake.” Walking in front of Ruby so she could see her, the woman named Ingemara squatted down in front of the pirate as her long and ocean-scented curly red hair fluttered in the wind, obscuring part of her beautiful face. “Welcome. It appears that Kaini found you at the right moment.”

  Legendary beauty slipped in front of Ruby’s one working eye and captivated her immediately. “I must be dreaming..” Studying the woman in front of her, Ruby took in the near-perfect bare curves that Ingemara possessed. Noting that there was a distinct difference in the upper and lower halves of Ingemara’s body, Ruby first absorbed her new companion’s fwless heart-shaped face, with dreamy maroon eyes and lips that accented her naturally deep coral-red hair. Tracing her way down Ingemara’s fluid form, Ruby admired the way her flesh went from pearl and a creamy white into a darker blend of yellow-orange near her waist and accenting Ingemara’s legs a shimmer of fish scales reflected sensually in the sunlight. Unsure of what she was seeing, Ruby reached up with her good hand and cupped Ingemara’s cheek and felt the ocean churning just below the surface, “So soothing and warm.” Ruby dreamily whispered.

  “What a lovely compliment, dear.” Ingemara gracefully replied. “I would say the same about yourself.” She reached out and squeezed Ruby’s good arm and sighed as she felt the bump in Ruby’s bicep. “So well taken care of.”

  “Sister Ingemara, I think you are trying to charm our guest.” Kaiini’s voice flowed like the purest silver and walked beside Ingemara. “Look at her, that one penetrating and soulful hazel eye…I wager that gets whatever she wants up here.” Kaiini reached out and touched Ingemara, “Allow me to look at her wound, if you please.”

  Repced by an equally beautiful woman, Ruby happily murmured when Kaiini took precedence in her sight. Slightly different from her first sister, Kaiini had long silky hair that flowed down to her ankles, and was as silver as her molten voice. She matched the same bone white and perfect coloring around her bare and ample breasts, which led to a silver-scaled version of what Ruby witnessed moments ago with Ingemara. “My..shoulder is right here.” Ruby quickly turned and raised her curved bck eyebrow. “Wh..what can you do?”

  -Mercy take me, I want to kiss this angelic creature more than I want rum. Just press your lips right….-

  Without realizing it, Ruby found herself with her bright red lips half puckered and leaning towards Kaini. Half dazed from the luxurious woman beside her, Ruby barely felt it when Kaini pressed her hand against her wounded shoulder and then started singing a melodic song that removed all traces of pain. “Kiss me.” Ruby quietly begged once her arm finished mending.

  Sliding her hand from Ruby’s shoulder to her face and cupping her chin lightly, Kaini replied with her silvery tongue, “You aren’t mine to cim, though you are delightful. Patience, dear.” She stepped back, her legs shimmering with the same silver that the rest of her persona emitted. “Do you think you can walk?”

  “Can I hold your hand?” Ruby nervously bit her lip and winked at Kaini.

  -What is wrong with me? I know I am not drunk, so what’s going on?-

  Squeezing her eye shut, Ruby held out her hand and smiled lightly when she felt Kaini’s warm hand grasp hers. “Thank you.” Standing up, Ruby brushed herself off and realized one thing she hadn’t considered before. She was in fact nude. “Uh…Ruby held up one finger and quickly pulled away from the silver-haired seductress who stood beside her and knocked the sand from her tanned skin. “Why am … “ Ruby hesitated and never finished the question since her companion was nude as well. Pleased that the sand was mostly free of her athletic form, Ruby grabbed Kaini’s hand again. “Where are we headed? I could really use something to drink.” A pair of luminous silver orbs peered at Ruby, sending a shock down her spine and through her legs that almost made the pirate lose her footing. “I…I mean water will do fine..” Ruby tried to get some of her dignity back and tried to slip her own charm into her voice, stressing her rich and passionate French accent, “...if that isn’t too much trouble, Ka..il..ani.” Ruby stepped into the silver-shaded treasure and smiled.

  Chills and a deep red flush crawled all over Kaini’s body, and she lost her bance forcing Ruby to catch her. “I…um…water, yes.” Having fallen into Ruby’s arms, Kaini caught the sweet scent of spiced rum and salt coming from Ruby’s partially open mouth. Her heart beating wildly and the blood coursing in her veins hot as Ruby’s arms, Kaini couldn’t help herself and rubbed Ruby’s shapely nose with her own, and let out a low and soft dolphin-like chirp. “You are exactly like Marissa said you’d be.” She rubbed against Ruby’s nose a second time and sighed. “You have to meet the others and discuss things with Marissa, before…” Kaini managed to pull herself away from Ruby’s arms and her stiff nipples poking her own chest. “I…I will get you water when we meet the others, if that is alright.”

  “Perfectly fine, thank you.” Ruby allowed herself to be pulled along over the small dunes. Thinking back on the recent incident, the young pirate felt a glimmer of warm pride streak through her body with the knowledge that she’d made the silver princess fall into her arms.

  -Good to know you aren’t totally helpless against their charm.-

  Ruby gleefully thought, then warned herself further.

  -Do your best to resist the others and find out what is…-

  Ruby cut herself off in mid-thought when she realized that she no longer had her namesake dagger attached to her nude form. “Shit!” Ruby stopped in pce and screamed louder, “Shit!” Almost like an addict Ruby let go of Kaini’s hand and ran back to where she’d awakened. “Where is it? Where?” Angry beyond anything she’d felt recently, Ruby kicked a healthy bit of sand, distracting Kaini long enough for her to grab the woman by her long mane. “I heard it, you found me…grabbed my wrist..” She breathed heavy and her voice stern, “My dagger, where…the fuck…is it?”

  Whimpering as though her heart had been smashed inside her chest, Kaini felt the tears of pain trickle down her cheeks as she listened to the dy pirate get violent with every passing second. “Please, just….just..Marissa, let’s find Marissa..” She yelped in pain when Ruby jerked her head and hair back again. “You’re hurting me…someone who would..would never hurt you Ta-”

  “Don’t say it.” Ruby growled and let Kaini go from her grip. “Don’t finish what you were about to say.” Ruby spun the crying woman around and looked into her swirling silver eyes. “Do you have my dagger?” Ruby watched Kaini nod her head ‘yes’ and pointed to the interior of the isnd. “Fine, as long as I get it back there will be no problems.” Ruby clutched Kaini’s hand tightly, “You don’t know the sacrifices I have made for that bde, Kaini.”

  Wiping the tears from her face and sniffling lightly The silver-scaled woman shook her head, causing her hair to almost magically hover in the air a few seconds before gravity took over. “I know exactly what you’ve been through. That is why you need to speak to Marissa.”

  -She already knew one secret. The secret I’ve ignored for years now.-