The Secret of Site G_A Shifter Paranormal Romance

by Elvira Bathory

  He returned her smile with a winning one of his own. “And what is this question, Arabella Rossi of the Rossi mermaid clan?”

  Arabella moved her hand, taking in his form. “What did the doctors in that place do to you? How are you standing before me as half-man and half-beast?”

  Adahy let out a laugh, his shoulders shaking in his mirth. “Why, they didn’t do anything to make me into what I am, sweet Arabella. Have you never heard of a centaur before?”

  Her mouth dropped open in surprise. Of course she had heard of the centaur species, but they were rumored to have been extinct. Arabella took a step back and took a good look at her savior, taking in his shoulder length burgundy hair and how it curled around his chin slightly, to his bronze eyes flashing with mischief and a knowledge she only hoped to gain in her lifetime. Her gaze slid down his chiseled chest and his defined biceps as she moved around him to take in the horse half of his body. Arabella noticed the slick muscles in his back as her hand moved slowly down the smooth chestnut colored coat. When she looked at his back, she saw a bow and quiver tattoo on his left shoulder blade.

  Arabella moved her hand to that area of his back, tracing the lines with her finger. “This is a very distinctive tattoo, Adahy. Does it mark you the way mine marks me?”

  He reached back and grabbed her hand, stilling her movement. “It does, but I am not ready to discuss that part of my life just yet, Arabella. We really must leave this area before the guards find us.”

  Adahy moved his grip up to her forearm and hosted her onto his back. “Hold tightly to me as I will be running fast, faster than when we left the facility itself, and I don’t want to lose you.”

  Arabella wrapped her arms around his shoulders, gripping tightly has he reared up. When he started galloping away she saw that he wasn’t lying to her when he said he was going to be moving faster than when they had left the building.

  Chapter Six

  They rode long and hard, Arabella feeling exhilarated as the air blew through her silver hair. Clinging tightly to the centaur, she needed a break but didn’t want to break the enchantment that had taken over them since leaving the military facility. When Adahy slowed, the mermaid’s grip loosened on his shoulders, curious as to why he had chosen that moment to slow.

  “It’s time for a break, Arabella. You need to stretch your legs and I must rest before continuing on. It has been a while since I have run with someone riding me,” Adahy stated as he came to a stop next to a running stream.

  Arabella slid off of his back, grateful for the break. “I must get into the water for a little while, Adahy. I have been out of my true form for far too long and my skin is extremely parched.”

  Making her way to the edge of the stream slowly, she shed the confining clothes that the humans had placed her in on the day of her capture. The centaur watched in wonder as the moonlight seemed to caress the mermaid’s luminescent skin. Adahy cleared his throat as Arabella splashed into the stream, surfacing with her hair dripping water that slid down her neck into the swell of voluptuous breasts.

  She met his gaze and grinned, desire shining in her eyes. “Won’t you join me, Adahy? The water is most refreshing.”

  Adahy moved toward the frolicking creature, magic shimmering off of his body as he did. The glare of the magic was brighter than the moon and Arabella had to shield her eyes from it. When the light dimmed, she gasped in surprise at the vision standing on the shore so close to the water. Adahy was standing before her in all of his glory, only he was standing on two legs instead of the four they had fled Site G with.

  “How did you do that?” Arabella whispered as her gaze slid down his strong body.

  Adahy chuckled. “With magic of course, sweet Arabella.”

  He slowly stepped into the stream, watching as she swam backward to allow him room. Arabella’s own magic took hold and she was once again standing on two legs instead of swimming with her fin. The mermaid met her savior halfway in his trek through the stream. Arabella wrapped her arms around his broad shoulders and he lifted her up.

  She wrapped her legs around his waist and leaned her forehead against his. “I had no idea that you could do as the merfolk do, but I am glad not to be alone in this venture. What did those humans have you do in their research facility, Adahy? ”

  The centaur shook his head. “I would rather not talk about that, Arabella. Instead, why don’t we enjoy each other and our magic before I have to return you to your family? I’m sure your parents have heard about your abduction by now.”

  Arabella nodded her head, feeling the warmth of his skin touching her slightly cooler body. “I bet they have, and that they rushed home to put together a search party. The humans do not understand how much danger they have put themselves in by capturing me. But you are right, let us not talk about such things now.”

  Kissing him with a hunger she hadn’t possessed before, his reply was cut off and replaced with a slight moan. Arabella licked his lips, inviting him to open his mouth to her and moved her right hand from his shoulder to his hair. Grabbing a handful of his thick mane she gave a small tug, pulling his head back and running her kisses down the line of his chin, the side of his throat, and ending with a little nip on his collarbone.

  Adahy lifted her higher onto him as he began to walk them back to the shore, ready to take her where they stood but not wanting to frighten her. Knowing Arabella had lead a fairly sheltered life, he wasn’t sure if she had ever enjoyed the pleasures of the flesh and he didn’t want to push her if she hadn’t.

  He reluctantly broke the kiss with a groan. “We should stop this and concentrate on the best way to return you to your family.”

  Arabella dropped her legs from his waist, coming to stand on the shore beside him, touching his shoulder as she leaned her naked body into his and gave him a pout. “Whatever for? We were just getting to the good part.”

  Adahy laughed wholeheartedly at the dejected look on the beautiful woman’s face, “Why, Arabella, I do believe that you know far more than you lead one to believe at first meeting. If it is your wish for us to continue in our pleasurable endeavors, then by all means let’s.”

  He pulled her toward him, claiming her mouth with a rough kiss while moving his hand down her side.

  She lifted up on her tiptoes, running her hands up his bare chest and feeling the water droplets of water still clinging to his skin. Arabella pulled him down to the ground with her as she deepened the kiss, hoping she would feel his cock between her legs before she began to beg him to enter her.

  Adahy cradled her head with his hand as he laid her back onto the grassy knoll, moving his kisses further down her body once they were settled.

  She reached down between them before Adahy moved any further down her body, taking his hardening cock into her soft hand. “My, someone is eager to have me. Why must we postpone it any longer?”

  Adahy brought himself up on his elbows and looked down at the mermaid lying beneath him. “There is no postponing, sweet Arabella, there is only drawing it out so that the pleasure lasts longer. Have you never played before seeking out the pleasure of the flesh? Explored your lover’s body and he yours?”

  Arabella shook her head slightly. “No, not really. But, I am not a patient woman so I prefer to get down to business when the opportunity arises.”

  She let out a delighted giggle when she felt his cock still hardening in her hand. “As it is now.”

  The centaur gave the mermaid a wink and then continued raining kisses down the length of her body, stopping to pay attention to her ample breasts. He started with the left nipple, slowly sucking it into his mouth and giving it a nip with is teeth before circling it with his tongue. Once the nipple stiffened to a peak, he gave a satisfied grunt and moved on to her left breast, showing it as much attention as he had the right. Not wanting to lose the erect tip of the right nipple, he rolled it between his fingers giving it a slight pinch as he sucked on the left.

  Arabella shivered with the delight of what was to
come as she moved her hand up and down his cock, feeling the precum as it leaked out of the tip. She took her thumb and rubbed it over the tip of his cock, making sure to get as much of the liquid as she could. Arabella moved her hand away from Adahy’s cock, raising her thumb to her lips. Her pink tongue darted out, licking the fluid from her digit as the centaur looked on, desire flaring in his eyes.

  “Do not tease me so, Arabella, for I am not sure how long my control will hold and I don’t want to hurt you,” Adahy told her with a frustrated grunt.

  She smiled seductively at him. “What if the loss of control is what I am after, Adahy? A little pain mixed with pleasure isn’t all bad.”

  Arabella gave him a wink of her own as she returned her hand between his legs and gripped his cock. She began to move her hand faster while tightening her grip slightly, which made Adahy moan. She pulled his head down to her chest, her eyes glimmering with the knowledge of what this beast could do to her. The centaur returned his attentions to her breasts, taking them both into his hands and massaging them. Arabella jumped when Adahy pinched her right nipple a little harder than she was used to.

  She pulled his head to hers, running the fingers of her left hand through his hair. “I don’t know how much more of this exploring I can endure, Adahy. I want to feel you inside me. Now.” Arabella tried to show him how desperate she was to feel him deep inside of her.

  Adahy’s chest vibrated on her hand as he chuckled. “So eager, little one. But, if you are insisting, then I suppose I can grant you this wish. Just know that the next time there will be even more exploring.”

  She groaned as she lifted her hips, using her body to convey what it was she truly wished for. “Fine, whatever, just fuck me now, Adahy. I can’t wait any longer.”

  The centaur chuckled again. “Very well.”

  He lifted her right leg up, placing it on his shoulder as he slowly pushed his cock inside of her. God she was tight! Adahy couldn’t remember when he had taken a woman as tight as Arabella. He moaned in pleasure as she lifted her hips off the grass to meet his thrust. But Adahy wanted to take his time, so he stopped moving when he was only a few inches inside of her, pulling out until only the tip was resting inside of her.

  Arabella whimpered and rose her hips higher, trying to push him deeper inside of her.

  He gave her a knowing grin as he slowly pushed himself further inside.

  She sighed as she felt his girth fill her to the point of pain. Arabella had never been stretched so far before. She certainly wasn’t complaining, because it danced on that knife’s edge of sweet pleasure just before it became too much to bear.

  Adahy pulled out once again, taking his time in the warmth of her body. He could feel his balls tighten with the need to cum but he wanted to enjoy himself a little while longer.

  He had been with women before, had felt the flesh as it heated against his touch but Arabella was different. Adahy wasn’t sure if it was due to her mermaid genetics or something else, but he knew that he would already do anything to be with her forever.

  Arabella whimpered again. “Adahy, Please! I can’t hold out much longer. I’m so close to that edge and I don’t want to wait. Make me cum, Adahy. Make me flood over you with my juices.”

  Adahy didn’t need any more persuading. He thrust until he was resting deep inside of her and began to move like a well refined piston until all he could feel was the mermaid in his arms writhing beneath him, and all he could hear was her sweet moans in his ears.

  Chapter Seven

  After the two of them had rinsed off in the stream, Arabella let the magic take hold of her and returned to her true self once more. “I know that we should return me to my home sooner rather than later, preferably before my parents declare war with the humans, but couldn’t we stay here a while longer?”

  Adahy watched as the young mermaid splashed around in the water with her tail. “We could, but war with the humans wouldn’t be a wise idea, don’t you agree?”

  She jutted out her lower lip in the pout that the centaur was beginning to adore on her and sighed. “I suppose you’re right. I guess we should get going then.”

  Magic shimmered over her frame once again as she regained the legs she was beginning to become all too comfortable with. “Besides, my senses are telling me that the guards, or whatever runs their capture expeditions at Site G, are starting to close in on us anyway.”

  Adahy lifted his head, inhaling as he did. “You might be right about that, Arabella.”

  He returned his attention to the beautiful mermaid at his side, watching as a drop of water slid down her collarbone and disappeared into her cleavage.

  Arabella gave him a dazzling smile as she watched his gaze follow the drop she could feel sliding down her body. She cleared her throat, trying to get his attention back to the task on hand.

  The centaur shook his head and held out his hand. “Shall we continue on, love? Before we are recaptured and once again trapped in that horrible place?”

  Arabella took his hand with a wide smile. “I can’t wait for you to meet my parents. They are going to absolutely love you.”

  Adahy laughed and tossed her over his shoulder, waiting for her to get settled on his back. “Is that so? That hasn’t been my experience. My track record with parents isn’t exactly pristine.”

  The mermaid laughed with him as she made herself comfortable and wrapped her arms around the centaur’s shoulders. “I actually believe that. But, can anyone say, in all honesty, that they are good when it comes to first impressions with parents?”

  The centaur began jogging away from the stream, intent on getting further away from the military research facility. “I suppose you’re right. But, I believe men have a harder time relating to parents than women do.”

  She slapped his shoulder leaving a red handprint. “Hey!”

  Adahy laughed again, “I didn’t mean that to sound as sexist as it did, but you have to admit that women seem to have an easier time when it comes to meeting the parents.”

  Arabella thought back to the first time her best friend had met her parents. She could remember that day as if it had just recently passed. Arabella and Lachlan had met back in grade school and she was so excited to bring him home to meet her family. Even though they were only nine or ten years old back then, she recalled her Daddy giving Lachlan the third degree about his intentions with her and where he saw their friendship going. Lachlan had been terrified when he left her home. He swore he would never go back.

  As she nodded her head to concede what Adahy had told her, she thought back to the day she had met Lachlan’s parents. They had been so easy going and sweet to her that she knew her and Lachlan would be best friends forever. But, Arabella hadn’t noticed the difference until the centaur she was riding had mentioned it.

  “You’re right, Adahy. The female species does seem to have an easier time meeting parents than the male species. I wonder why that is? I might have to ask my Daddy about that when I return home,” Arabella stated as they raced across the grassy field.

  “I think I see something! Over here!”

  They heard the shouts before they saw two figures running toward them. Adahy stopped suddenly, causing Arabella to lurch forward, almost tumbling off of his back.

  “They’ve found us, love,” Adahy whispered as he looked around the grassy field trying to find a place to hide them.

  The mermaid felt the fear and dread in the pit of her stomach. She knew without a doubt that if the doctors of Site G got their clutches on her again, she would not leave that place alive. Hells, she may not even leave that place dead!

  She clutched at Adahy’s shoulders. “What do we do?”

  The centaur patted her right hand, hoping to ease some of her fear so that she would loosen her grip. “First, I am going to use my magic to gain the human form so I need you to slide off of me.”

  Arabella slid off of her companion’s back, fear written clearly on her face, her eyes darting back and forth.

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bsp; “Second, you are going to hide behind that hill over there as best you can. Let me handle this and we will get you home in no time,” Adahy continued sensing that she wouldn’t fare well if she was returned to captivity.

  She gave him a nod and headed in the direction the centaur had indicated. Arabella felt the magic as it enveloped Adahy’s body and she looked over her shoulder to watch him shift. She would never get used to watching a grown centaur change into a boring looking human.

  Adahy turned to watch as Arabella ducked behind the hill, hoping that the men walking up the slope had not seen her as he quickly pulled his shoulder length hair back into a low ponytail.

  “Halt! You can’t be in this area, sir,” One of the men asked as they approached Adahy.

  He turned to look at them with a harmless boyish grin on his face. “Oh, hi! Sorry, I guess I got lost. I was just out for a stroll and happened upon this area. It’s such a wonderful night; you know, the stars shining brightly in the sky and the grass so soft. I got lost in the ambiance. I guess I got turned around. If you can just point me in the direction of Arcadia Beach, I’ll be on my way.”

  The men shared a look as they contemplated what Adahy had just told them. “I’m afraid that won’t be an easy task, sir. You see, we are in Colorado so walking to Arcadia Beach isn’t going to happen. What direction did you say you were coming from?”

  Adahy took a small step back, trying to hide his surprise. Colorado? How did they manage to get Arabella and me so far from home without us noticing?

  He took in the military garb that the men were wearing, looking for an insignia or some form of unit patch; any sign that these men were from Site G. Not seeing anything that would help him identify them as men from the research facility, Adahy stood his ground, trying his best to prove to them that he was a harmless tourist who had accidentally stumbled upon military ground.