#TantalizingTuesday Dynamic Destiny

Sharing from a WIP that's about to go to editor. Here are 200 words from Dynamic Destiny. Hop to the blog to read all the contributions.

“We were working. I had to be the boss. Now…you are my Mistress.” He held her hands. “If you need to wait for the weekend, I understand.”
She remained dumbstruck for a few more heartbeats. Deep down, in the back of her head, Mistress D found her way back. He hadn’t been submissive all day, but even towering over her, as he did now, he was bending to her, yielding to her. She had to return that trust. He deserved that and more. Thrusting her chest out, she took a commanding stance. “Yes. I think I know just the place. Follow, boy.” She crooked her finger and led him to exam room four. Stepping out of the doorway, she pointed to the exam table. “Remove your clothes and bend over that.”
Without hesitation, he did as instructed.
Dropping her shirt to the floor, she brought her hand back and smacked it hard on his brown bottom. He winced, gritting his teeth. Her spanking was fast and vicious, her palms burning in moments. Even though his butt must burn more, he didn’t call yellow. Slowing her, breathing she explained. “I want your ass to burn when you fuck me. Stand up.”

#TantalizingTuesday - Harowin and the Gaikotsu

My friend Naomi has asked me to join her again for Tantalizing Tuesdays. Halloween proved fertile ground fro a flash piece. I hope you enjoy my 200 words based on a picture. Then hop around and visit all the others!

Akiko followed Akane through the stalls. The aroma of pumpkin filled the air, rising from carved jack o’lanterns and soups and pies offered throughout. Halloween was a relatively new reason for celebration, but it was a glorious display of autumn colors and harvests.

“Back off,” Akane complained. “You’re practically hanging on me.”

Her clipped words slapped Akiko and she released Akane’s arm, stopping in the middle of the lane between stalls. “I’m so sorry.” She bowed, squeezing her eyes shut in shame.

Akane didn’t answer and when Akiko peeked with one eye, she didn’t see Akane anywhere. “Wait! Akane! Where did you go?”

She hurried forward, assuming Akane had continued along their current path. A hand closed on her shoulder. Akiko gasped when she turned to look at the skeleton that had grabbed her. His fingers were fleshy, despite the gloves that made them look bony. Examine closely, she determined that his face was painted black.

“Wow. You look amazing,” she murmured.

“I was about to say the same about you.”

Akiko, averted her gaze. “No, I don’t even have a costume.”

“Sure you do.” He insisted, leaning down and peering through her. He cupped her cheek. “You’re scary beneath.”

#tantalizingtuesday Oni 7 #japanese

Tuesday means I get to share a little more from Oni. Poor Hotaka is a little out of his element. Why would prey want a kiss?


Suzuki-san smiled and Hotaru wondered if she had ever seen so many teeth. They were brilliant white, especially his canines, pointing sharply.
“Hotaka Suzuki, and I would be happy to live here with you. You can call me Taka-kun.”
Hotaru smiled and stepped closer. “Then you should call me Hotaru-chan.”
Hotaru meant to extend her hand, sealing their deal, but instead her palm rested on his warm, bare chest. She stepped even closer, her breasts brushing his belly.
“Hotaru-chan?” he asked. “Do you?” He didn’t finish the question, didn’t need to. Hotaru closed her eyes and tipped her head back.
***
Hotaka thought he might jump out of his own skin. Here she was, the last of the hated Karasu line, and she expected him to kiss her? Oddly, the idea didn’t disgust him. He had killed many Karasu women and never toyed physically with any of them, showing them more mercy than the men by killing quickly.
His third eye opened, almost unbidden, and saw the beauty that was her soul. Had so many generations washed away the evil that had killed him centuries ago? He let that light draw him and he stooped, pursing his lips to meet hers.

#TanatlizingTuesday Oni 6 #Japanese

Today I'd like to share another 200 words from Oni. I hope you like it!

“Chiba-san? I am Suzuki-san. You are looking for a room?”
Hotaru’s eyes widened. “You want to take me to the room?”
Suzuki-san laughed and Hotaru turned red as it dawned on her what he had meant and what she had said. She covered her face in shame.
“Don’t be embarrassed. Come in. There is little there, a futon, I think.”
Again, she imagined lying with him but stepped hard on that idea as she followed him. He really had burnt himself completely. She touched his arm without thinking and snapped her hand back.
“Forgive me, but doesn’t that hurt?” she asked, pointing to his arm.
He looked from his limb to her, confusion darkening his expression.
“The sunburn. It is very bad.”
“Oh. It’s not a burn. I have strange skin. It’s always this color.” He opened one of three doors in the apartment. As promised, a futon took up some of the floor, but otherwise the room was empty.
Hotaru squeezed past him, looking over the space. It was small, but she didn’t have many belongings. She turned back to her roommate and introduced herself properly. “Hotaru Chiba, and I would be happy to live here.”

#TanatlizingTuesday Oni 5 #Japanese

Another Tuesday, Another teaser. Here's a little more from Oni.

Hotaru shook her head and scratched out her doodle. It was obviously the giant from the train station, his angular face and tousled hair escaping his hat.
On the platform, phone in hand, she checked her messages.
There was a reply to her request for a room. This offer was in the perfect place, just one stop away. She could save a lot in train fare. She should call and set a meeting but couldn’t resist the temptation to stop in.
It was as easy to find and she knocked with no expectation that anyone would answer. Contrary to her prediction, the door swung open to reveal the same sunburnt giant that had distracted her all day. Now she could see his bright green eyes and how his hair, tousled and free of his hat, curled up in two places like horns.
Her legs wobbled slightly as he scrutinized her as keenly as she examined him. He’d taken off his jacket, revealing the same color across his well-defined chest and abs, the latter of which sported curly dark hair that trailed down and behind his printed leather pants. For the second time that day, she gazed at his pants wondering what sort of delight was hidden in them.

#tantalyzingTuesday Oni 3 #Japanese Giant on the train

Hotaru chided herself for staring, even though many others stared for longer. He didn’t speak to anyone else, ducking to enter the train car. Hotaru wasn’t able to find a seat. She never did. Instead, she held the strap over her head and found another girl to lean against. With their back to one another, they could be more stable and provide one less temptation to the male fingers around them.
Despite the support, Hotaru did pitch forward at one hard stop and caught herself on the same giant. His hands were very warm, adding to her belief that he suffered from sunburn.
“I’m sorry,” she apologized, her eyes fixed on his thighs. He wore tight leather pants printed like tiger skin, tight enough to outline the bulge in the middle.
“Be careful,” he warned her, exiting at the stop before hers. Her face had to be as pink as his. Really, imagining how large his member would be? She needed a boyfriend.
Stepping off the train, Hotaru focused on two goals: find an affordable apartment and have sex. She expected the latter would be much easier to acquire than the former.

#TantalizingTuesday Oni 2 #Japanese

Happy Tuesday! I'm continuing to share from Oni, my demon redemption story with a Japanese flair. I hope you enjoy it!

Hotaru bowed her head to the new shrine, one dedicated to the father she had never known. She prayed his soul found solace with her ancestors. Then she snatched up her handbag and hurried from her room.
Her foster family was in a similar state of haste, grabbing breakfast and bento on their way to trains or school.
“Good morning, Hotaru,” her mother called.
“Bye!” She kept running to make her train. She had to find a new place.
Since learning her true identity, she had lived with Chiba family but didn’t feel part of it. She had been looking for months, but her wages were meager and good roommates were not easy to find.
“Excuse me,” a man said, moving past her on the platform. He was tall, very tall, nearly seven feet. His head and shoulders were above the rest of the crowd. He wore sunglasses and a hat, his skin a bright dark pink, no doubt sensitive to the sun.
Hotaru chided herself for staring, even though many others stared for longer. He didn’t speak to anyone else, ducking to enter the train car. Hotaru wasn’t able to find a seat. She never did.

Ray Sostre - J S Morbius - Angelica Dawson - Sandie Buckley - Doris OConnor - Raven McAllan:

#TantalizingTuesday Oni 1

I thought I'd dip back into my Japan fascination for this Tuesday. Here's a story about a demon (Oni) and the beautiful girl that is the last descendant of the traitor he seeks to punish. It's a Beauty&Beast, Demon Redemption story. I hope you like it!

Hotaka licked his red lips and opened the hidden third eye in his forehead. Through it he could see the man’s soul, bright and clean, very different from that of his generations old grandfather, the one that had betrayed Hotaka, then Aki Suzuki, to the Emperor. Karasu-san had blamed Aki Suzuki for his own treasonous actions, resulting in Aki’s death. Since then, Hotaka had searched for every member of the Karasu line.
The man knelt, weeping, pleading for mercy. Hotaka let him do so, even though nothing would convince him to spare his life.
“My daughter. She needs a father.” Hotaka’s appetite grew. He was reaching the end of the line and this man had no siblings, no cousins.
“Where is she?” Hotaka asked, his elongated canines making his words harsh and clipped. The man hesitated and Hotaka gave him a reason to answer. Opening his wide mouth, he put the man’s hand between his teeth and bit through flesh and bone, blood filling his mouth as he sucked from the wound. Hotaka’s eyes rolled back in pleasure while the man beat the ground with his remaining fist in agony.
“Tell me, or I will eat the other,” Hotaka promised.

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#TantalizingTuesday - Woman's Best Friend #bdsm #paranormal #romance #erotic

I'm a couple weeks late, but I hope to participate on Tuesday for the rest of 2017! It's great to be back with the authors here. I decided to kick the year off with 200 words from my latest release, Woman's Best Friend.

In this steamy and unique shapeshifter romance, Loren has kept his full moons a secret since a wild dog bit him. When he instinctively obeys a dog trainer, he realizes the dog may be more than an occasional part of him.

Judy can tell him to sit and stay, as long as she doesn’t ask him to go.

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“I’m Loren, by the way,” he said, extending a hand.

“Judy,” she said shaking it. Her grip was firm, fitting for the large woman. She wasn’t stocky, just tall. Gray strands threaded through her chestnut hair and he had to admire her for not coloring it. He didn’t know if he’d do the same at her age.

“What are you doing when you’re finished walking Bruno?” he asked.

She frowned and appraised him. He felt smaller and dirtier as she did so. Of course, he still had dust and mud from the worksite on his rough clothes. He hadn’t gone home to change yet.

“I don’t think so,” she said, turning to walk away.

“Wait, Judy,” he said, taking the opportunity to check out that ass.

“Yes?”

“Will you reconsider? I can clean up and meet you somewhere. I just got off work.” He ran a hand through his hair and felt the grit coating his hand, making him cringe.

Judy licked her lips. “Thank you, but no. Perhaps someone your own age?” she said with a quirk to her mouth.

He narrowed his eyes but couldn’t come up with another argument. Instead, he watched impotently as she walked away.

Tantalizing Tuesday #japanese #lesbian #kitsune Fin

This one is a bit under 200 words, but it's the end of the story! I have a whole set of scenes from Eiko's POV, but I originally wrote it from Yuki's POV and I think the surprise discovery is better than seeing behind the scenes. Comment and let me know if you'd like me to post those. Otherwise, next Tuesday will be a new Japanese tale!

"I’m all yours.”
“But what about when you’re not?” Yuki argued.
“Then I will see that you are somewhere that is comfortable and safe. How is that?”
Yuki thought of her mother and her brief visit. She wouldn’t want to miss class again, but it would be good to go home when Eiko couldn’t be here. And the rest of the time, they would spend together. That was what sustained Yuki, what made her decision inevitable. “That is fine. I love you, Eiko-chan, and I will do anything to stay with you.”

Eiko sat in wonder on her nine tails. It had only been a season since she received her second and was deemed a sufficient illusionist to mix with humans. Since then she had made love to a human, created a burrow for disguise, held a human without consent, and risen above the kitsune who was to be her guide. She had fallen in love with human, released her even after she knew who and what Eiko was. Finally, in a feat no kitsune can do alone, she won Yuki’s trust and love in return.

Tantalizing Tuesday #lesbian #japanese #kitsune Complications

Things are never easy, are they? Check all the teasers on our blog.

Yuki instinctively caressed the cat’s head. “Amazing,” she murmured. “Why did you trick me?” she asked, unsurprised when the cat in her lap become a woman sitting pressed up against her, Yuki’s arm around her shoulders.
“I never wanted to trick you. I just wanted to be with you, forever. Your place really was too small for both of us in human form.”
“Yours is smaller,” Yuki reminded her, looking toward the hole that led to the burrow.
Eiko chuckled. “Physically, yes, but I can make it feel as big as I need. I could still add rooms, furniture, anything. The only problem is, you can’t be here when I’m not.”
“That’s a pretty serious problem,” Yuki told her.
“It doesn’t have to be. I’ve been reporting to my people, helping Mina and doing other things that take me from the house. Usually they fit into the time you are at classes, but it does run over from time to time. I shouldn’t need to do that again for a while, now. I’m all yours.”
“But what about when you’re not?” Yuki argued.
“Then I will see that you are somewhere that is comfortable and safe. How is that?”

Tantalizing Tuesday #japanese #lesbian #kitsune Illusion

Kitsune are actually really awesome! Check all the teasers on our blog.

Yuki stood in the park looking around for Eiko. It was dark, the sun nearly set in the west, but unlike the other visitors, Yuki didn’t leave. She sat on the bench closest to Eiko’s burrow and called for her. “Eiko-chan! I’m here.”
In a flash of red, Eiko seemed to pop into existence. “You are! Thank you for coming back.” Her movements were jerky, as though she wanted to hug Yuki but knew that wouldn’t be acceptable right now.
“Do you always look like this? This and a fox?”
Eiko pressed her lips in a line, and sweat beaded on her brow. “I can look like anything, anyone, but this is my natural human form. I use only the very smallest bit of my power to maintain this illusion. My true form is the fox.”
“So you could look like me?” Yuki asked, startled.
Eiko popped again and it was as though Yuki were looking in a mirror. It only lasted a moment before the busty redhead appeared again. “Or a man?” she suggested, appearing as a young man with dark spiky hair. “Or an animal?” She turned herself into a cat and jumped onto the bench, purring next to Yuki.

Tantalizing Tuesday #lesbian #japanese #kitsune Acceptance

Mom will always love you. Check all the teasers on our blog.

Looking through her email and notes, clearly she had been attending class. So that wasn’t Eiko’s reason.
“Yuki? What is wrong?”
She closed her eyes and felt the tear in her heart bleed a little more, but start to close. Eiko wasn’t trying to hurt her, or trap her. She had let Yuki go with nothing more than pleading for a chance to see her again.
“I think I made a mistake. I don’t know if I can go back.” Yuki covered her face as she began to cry again.
“It’s never too late, not if you love each other. Spend the night, let me fill you with good food and then you back to your friend and apologize. When you’ve made up, though, bring her here, please? Your father and I would love to meet her.”
Yuki couldn’t resist smiling in response to her mother’s broad grin. She’d often worried her family would be hurtful upon learning about her preference for women. Her father might still be angry, but her mother was simply happy if Yuki was happy. “I will, next break.”
“Perfect. Now, come help me get supper ready. Your sisters will be home from school before long.”

Tantalizing Tuesday #lesbian #japanese #kitsune Trust

How do you know you can trust the one you love? Especially when she's been lying to you? Check all the teasers on our blog.

Do you love her?” Yuki felt trapped in her mother’s searching stare.
“Yes. I miss her and I’ve only been gone a day.” It was true, despite any betrayal.
“Then you will return to her, and between you, you will come to an agreement, an arrangement. If you cannot stay where she is now, have her move in with you. Love is too precious to walk away from over a little discomfort.”
Yuki stared into the faintly green liquid in her cup. She hadn’t been at all uncomfortable in Eiko’s home. If she hadn’t had trouble returning to it, she wouldn’t have ever known it wasn’t a real house. Surely kitsune had a nefarious purpose, though. Was Eiko trying to sabotage her classes, make Yuki completely dependent on her so she would never leave? Yuki rose and pulled out her tablet, her mother watching curiously.
Looking through her email and notes, it seemed clear that she had been attending class, not merely imagining she had. So that wasn’t Eiko’s reason.
“Yuki? What is wrong?”
She closed her eyes and felt the tear in her heart bleed a little more, but start to close. Eiko wasn’t trying to hurt her, or trap her.

Tantalizing Tuesday #japanese #lesbian #kitsune Coming out

Acceptance is hard. Check all the teasers on our blog.

“I-I thought. We were.” None of her thoughts were complete. “Why didn’t she tell me, kaasan?”
“Shh, Yu-chan. Cry it out. Then we’ll have some tea and puzzle out what we need to do.”
When Yuki finally took off her jacket and shoes, she felt wrung out, just like an old stinky dishrag, spent. She slumped at the table where her mother set out tea.
“She?” kaasan asked.
Yuki avoided her mother’s gaze. “You knew I wasn’t interested in boys,” she tried to explain.
“Ah. Yes. So she betrayed you?”
Yuki chanced to look up and her mother watched her closely. “Yes. Well, no. She lied to me, kaasan. She asked me to live with her in her house, but that wasn’t what she did.”
Brow furrowed, Yuki’s mother asked. “She took you somewhere else?”
Yuki sipped her tea to avoid answering and think about what she should and could tell her mother. Any mention of kitsune would sound like a wild story to avoid the truth. She had to make it sound normal. “Yes, it was much too small for both of us.”
Chuckling, Yuki’s mother raised her cup. “You can fit in very small places to be with someone you love."

Note: Okaa-san is Japanese for mother. Some shorten it to 'kaasan.

Tantalizing Tuesday #japanese #lesbian #kitsune Mom will know what to do

When it doubt, ask your Mom. Check all the teasers on our blog.

Eiko emerged with several changes of clothes, which she handed to Yuki once she’d reverted again to human form. She gave Yuki an extra bag as well. “I don’t have any money for you to pay for a place to stay.”
“I’ll find something,” Yuki said, snatching her belongings and walking away.
“Can I try finding you again?” Eiko called. “In a few days, next week?” The sadness and longing in her voice tore at Yuki’s heart.
“Yes,” she acquiesced, “in a week.”

Yuki skipped classes to take a train home. Her mother greeted her warmly. “You should have called! I would have had a snack ready for you.” The slightly shorter woman almost pushed Yuki through the door. “Are your classes finished already?”

“No,” Yuki admitted in a whisper. “I just…needed to talk to someone.”

Rather than admonish her, kaasan wrapped Yuki in a hug. “I remember needing my mother, too. You think you’re ready to leave home, and everything is going well, but eventually something happens that you just can’t handle alone. You don’t have to, Yu-chan.”

Yuki dropped the bag she was holding and clung to her mother, weeping with the hurt and betrayal she felt. “I-I thought. We were.”

Tantalizing Tuesday #japanese #lesbian #kitsune What now?

So, rather than trick her into staying with her forever, Eiko lets Yuki go. Heartbreaking. :( Check all the teasers on our blog.

"Why did you let me out?” she asked, confused.
“Because I never wanted to trap you, only hold onto you. It was to my benefit to have you live with me, but you still had classes, and I knew you wouldn’t be happy if you didn’t finish them. I’ve tried to stay with you, so you could come home when you pleased, but it’s gotten harder.” Squaring her shoulders, Eiko looked Yuki in the eye. “I’m glad you know. Now if you stay, I’ll know it is because you love me, not because I have fooled you.”
Yuki clenched her jaw, not sure she could forgive so easily. “How do I get my things?” she asked.
Eiko rubbed her toe in the grass. “I’m afraid you don’t have much anymore. Your school things, a few changes of clothes. I can’t fit much in the burrow.”
“So I have to come back here,” she said, her throat rough and dry.
“No,” Eiko said reluctantly. She turned back into a fox briefly and Yuki caught sight of her many tails this time. Eiko emerged with several changes of clothes, which she handed to Yuki once she’d reverted again to human form.

Tantalizing Tuesday #japanese #lesbian Kitsune!

If you are unfamiliar with the Japanese legend fox lady, or kitsune, here's an article. Check all the teasers on our blog.

The way was so familiar, Yuki wondered how she could have gotten it wrong, but there stood the little house.
The second time she left without Eiko and found herself mysteriously in the park, Yuki was convinced something was very wrong. She wasn’t on the park bench or path. She was in the middle of the bushes, standing next to a hole in the ground.
“Eiko?” she called.
A long slender snout poked out of the hole, one with red fur. “Yuki-chan?” Eiko asked. Then she jumped from the hole, landing in human form. “Yuki! I can explain!”
“Kitsune,” Yuki murmured. She’d heard stories about them, but didn’t know more than that they appeared as foxes.
Eiko bowed her head. “Yes. I’m sorry I tricked you into coming home with me, but I needed you. I loved you. I hoped, one day, I could tell you.”
Yuki chuckled dryly. “You had no plans to ever tell me. If I hadn’t found myself lost so many times, you could have kept me tied up in there forever. Why did you let me out?” she asked, confused.
“Because I never wanted to trap you, only hold onto you."

Tantalizing Tuesday #japanese #lesbian Something was wrong.

Okay, don't blink or you'll miss it. Here's Yuki's first real clue that Eiko isn't exactly what she seems. Check all the teasers on our blog.

Something was wrong. Unfortunately, if she wanted to get to class on time, she had to get going. By the time her classes were finished, Yuki was convinced that she had taken a wrong turn.
The same thing happened a few weeks later when Eiko hadn’t been waiting for her outside her classroom. Yuki didn’t think anything of that, assuming her lover was at home. However, when she passed the park, she found herself on the same strange block with no houses. This time, she worried. She went back to the park, made sure it was where it was supposed to be, walked all the way around it until she was certain she was leaving in the right direction… no house.
At a loss, she sat on one of the park benches and pulled out her phone. Before she could call up Eiko’s number, the redhead sat down beside her.
“I’m sorry I wasn’t there when you got out of class. I had some errands. Are you all right?” She brushed Yuki’s hair back behind her ear.
“I got lost,” she admitted. “I know the way home, but I couldn’t find it.”
Eiko squeezed Yuki’s hand. “I’m sure you just missed it. Here, let’s go now.”

Tantalizing Tuesday #lesbian #japanese What is going on?

Yuki's problems compound. Check all the teasers on our blog.

Eiko’s red hair spilled down her pale back and seemed aflame in the sun. Yuki brushed her finger down Eiko’s back, but she didn’t stir, obviously still asleep. Rather than wake her, Yuki dressed and slipped out of the house.
She fell into a sitting position as she emerged in the middle of the park. Blinking in confusion and dismay, Yuki rose slowly and turned in a circle. How had she gotten to the park so quickly? Why did she feel so disoriented? Rather than head to campus, Yuki traced her steps from the park to the house. Except, after the right number of turns, she found herself on a block she didn’t recognize, one that didn’t have any houses.
Something was wrong. Unfortunately, if she wanted to get to class on time, she had to get going. By the time her classes were finished, Yuki was convinced that she had taken a wrong turn.
The same thing happened a few weeks later when Eiko hadn’t been waiting for her outside her classroom. Yuki didn’t think anything of that, assuming her lover was at home. However, when she passed the park, she found herself on the same strange block with no houses. This time, she worried.