Author's Note: This story is an original work of fiction. Future stories starring some or all of these characters might also be forthcoming based upon response and demand. Certain characters featured herein may also be found in other works by the authors. Feedback is desired and greatly appreciated. Email comments to the address in our profile. Thank you for reading.
Copyright 2009 by Jack and Josephine Cutter.
This story stars: Addison Cross and Carter Donovan.
This story contains: male-female erotic coupling, fellatio, cunnilingus, anal, showering, a vacationing high school principal, a professional hitman, and an evil arms dealer.
This story begins on Saturday, August 27.
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There were three men present on the tarmac, huddled near the steps of the luxurious private jet.
The first man was bearded, heavy and black with flecks of gray, though the hair did little to conceal the glare on his face. The second man was clean-shaven with wide dark eyes that shifted from place-to-place, never keeping still; he carried a briefcase handcuffed to his arm. The third man, without question the most important of the three, was also heavily bearded and covered with an elaborate assortment of expensive robes, and there were golden rings on his fingers and dark shades covering his eyes, despite the night.
"Everything is prepared for your arrival," said the first man in a language that was not English.
The man in the robes nodded. "The shipment?" he asked, heavily accented in that same tongue.
"Two days," the first man replied.
Another nod. "We will meet our contacts tomorrow morning to negotiate the exchange," the man in the robes stated. "When we return, it will be as like the dawning of a new day. Praise be."
"Praise be," the first man replied formally.
"Praise be!" exclaimed the clean-shaven man.
"Praise be," repeated the man in the robes with satisfaction on his face.
Part One: Paradise
It was another beautiful day: the sun was shining in the center of a bright blue sky, the waters of the ocean were sparkling and warm, and the breeze off the surface of the sea was enough to cool the skin, but not chill it.
Addison Cross lay on her back on a towel on the beach, her eyes shut ever-so-lightly, and luxuriated in the sensations of vacationing abroad, sunning and sipping on fruit cocktails, and relaxing. It was the penultimate day of her trip to the world famous Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island in the Bahamas.
It was a trip she took once a year in the late days of August, by choice unaccompanied, her way of cleansing her mind and body and soul before the rigors of her professional life took root: in the field of preparatory education, September to June was quite the grind.
"Excuse me, miss?" a male voice asked from somewhere close by.
Addison opened her eyes and found a hunky young man standing over her, smiling down. He looked to be in his early twenties with sandy blonde hair and bright blue eyes. His body was very nice, indeed. He was American, though it was difficult to pinpoint an exact region by his speech.
"Hello," she said, rising up to her elbows, her eyes shielded from the sun by the man's head and the pair of dark glasses she wore.
"I was wondering if you might like some company," he said in a low and conspiratorial voice. "Hoping, actually."
Addison never minded being hit on, not as long as the man in question was respectful about it. She also did not mind company on occasion, although she would not lead him on.
"Have a seat," she said pleasantly.
The hunk extended his hand as he sat. "I'm Jake," he told her.
"Addison," she replied as she took it. He held her hand softly, as if it might break.
"What brings you to the Bahamas, Addison?" he asked.
She smiled. "Just a little vacation before the busy season at work," she answered honestly, then laughed as she looked at her arms and added, "and to work on my tan, of course."
Jake used the opportunity to study her body without restraint. "Mission completed," he said with a flirty little grin. "You're gorgeous."
Addison smiled graciously. She took very great pains to keep herself in shape and her body was evidence of her labors: a willowy figure with large breasts, lean legs, and a flat stomach. She knew very well the effect her body in a bikini could have on men, as it currently was. She looked a great deal younger than her thirty-four years.
"Thank you," she said.
Which brought them to the turning point of the conversation. A little more hesitantly than his previous conduct would have had her expect, Jake asked, "Are you hear alone?"
Addison smiled sweetly. "You're a good-looking young man, Jake," she said, "and there are lots of beautiful girls on this island you could sweep off their feet with the barest hint of that smile, but I'm not looking for any romantic entanglements, nor a passionate fling with a younger man, sadly enough. I leave tomorrow afternoon and my goal is to relax as much as possible."
Jake was silent for a moment, then he smiled and nodded. "I understand," he replied. "Thanks for letting me down easy. Speaking to someone as beautiful as you had me very nervous."
She smiled. "You did just fine," she told him.
"It was a pleasure to meet you, Addison," he said as he rose to his feet, his young male body glistening in the sun. Another time, another place, maybe, and Addison would have ravaged a body like that . . . or let it ravage her.
"Likewise," she agreed, and lay back on her towel and closed her eyes.
Just another day in paradise, she thought happily to herself.
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The night sky glittered with the light of a thousand stars. Steel drums pounded out a soothingly rhythmic beat as throngs of bikini-clad women and board-shorted men grooved to the music. It was an ocean-side bar with light food and a live local band, and very popular with the young and unmarried crowd. Darkened tables ringed the edges of the straw-hut covering the dance floor.
The man seated at the darkest and most secluded of those tables flipped open a miniscule black laptop in front of him. He was steeped in shadows and the momentarily flicker of bright light as the screen flared to life did little to illuminate him.
The computer was encrypted. He entered the password and waited, and soon he was rerouted to a secure section of the hard-drive. There was a message waiting for him, which read:
MARK EN ROUTE ON SCHEDULE. PRIMARY WITH SIX SPARES. LOCATION ALTERED TO IMPERIAL SUITES, NO FURTHER INTEL. RECOVERY AND COMPLETION.
The man closed the computer and turned his eyes to the crowd. His preparations were in place; the location of the room did not yet matter. There was significant time to kill prior to initiation and there were worse places to be when it came to killing time.
He scanned the crowd and almost instantly noticed a woman seated alone at one of the tables on the opposite end of the dance floor. She was moving ever-so-slightly in her chair to the rhythm of the beat, sipping a red-colored cocktail, perfectly content with her situation. He noticed those things in the span of an instant and immediately formulated his read on her.
He noticed those things, yes, but he also noticed how strikingly beautiful the woman was: long brunette hair flowed off her head and swept over the graceful curve of her shoulders, piercing blue eyes recognizably brilliant from across the dance floor, and a generous swell of bosom on her chest, neatly tucked into the cups of a conservative bikini top.
The man rarely mixed business with pleasure, but there was something so intriguing, so enticing about the woman that he decided to bend his usual rule: he was not one very easily intrigued. He tucked the laptop back into his bag, rose to his feet, and approached.
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Addison noticed the man seated in the shadows across the dance floor, but did not give him much thought beyond that he seemed, although draped in darkness, to be decently attractive. She was not looking for anything romantic, however, as she had told the young man on the beach earlier that very day, not to mention numerous other men since her arrival on the island five days prior, but was rather perfectly content to soak in the sights and sounds of the party atmosphere surrounding her without actually taking direct part.