Dawn moved higher up the ladder, Emily realised she could see beneath the hem of her skirt. She wanted to snatch her gaze away. She had already proved herself a peeping Tom and she did not want to compound her guilt. Memories of the retribution she had suffered still burnt in her aching nipples.
The dark cleft between Dawn’s legs was clearly visible. As she rose further up the ladder, Emily realised she could see the small ball closure rings that pierced the woman’s genitals. The discreet glimpse of pink flesh was an exciting sight and Emily felt herself flush with the mixture of emotions that swirled inside her.
She had been repulsed by Dawn’s come-on but at the same time she had been darkly excited. Catching a discreet glimpse of the woman’s shaved pussy with its intimate body jewellery, Emily felt those dark, unexplored feelings return. She wondered what Vincent and Dawn might be getting up to in the pilothouse.
Quickly, she stopped herself from following that train of thought. There were enough erotic distractions on the boat without filling her mind with such torrid ideas. She turned her attention back to the remainder of her meal and picked at the vegetables with her fingers.
‘You’ve put us in a bit of a predicament,’ Captain Wilde said quietly.
Emily frowned and swallowed a mouthful of food. ‘A predicament? How so?’
Laura smiled sadly. ‘We’re running on rather a tight schedule,’ she explained. ‘We had planned for most delays and eventualities but we hadn’t planned for a stowaway.’
Emily shrugged easily. ‘If you just pull over to the shore, I’ll make my own arrangements and stop troubling you.’
Captain Wilde and Laura exchanged a glance.
‘This is your first time in the Amazon Basin, isn’t it?’ Laura asked patiently.
‘Is it that obvious?’ Emily grinned.
Captain Wilde replied. ‘It’s obvious when you make damned fool comments like that,’ he snapped angrily. ‘This is a fifty-foot clipper sailing along a notoriously treacherous stretch of uncharted water. It is not a Mini Metro pulling into a layby on the A1.’
Emily tried not to quiver beneath his rising voice. ‘I just thought –’ she began.
‘You didn’t think,’ he broke in. ‘Unless you’re an experienced crocodile wrestler, I don’t think you gave it a moment’s thought.’
Emily felt deflated. She stared unhappily at the captain. ‘I didn’t realise there were crocodiles here. I suppose I –’
‘Furthermore,’ he went on, speaking angrily over her. ‘You have already told us that you have no money, no passport, no command of the language and no knowledge of the locale. Do you really expect us to leave you to the mercies of whatever you may encounter out there? I may have a harsh way of doing things, but if I left you on the shore, I’d be signing your death warrant. I might just as well have left you tied to the mast.’
Emily blushed, wishing he had not reminded her of that. Stroking her fingers sullenly through her hair she stared miserably at the remainder of her meal. Half of the plate’s contents remained but her hunger had now disappeared. ‘I could just walk back to the village where I was staying,’ she said quietly. ‘It was a port on the river so I shouldn’t have any difficulty finding it. It’s just a matter of following the water back to where we started.’
Captain Wilde tilted his head back and laughed heartily. ‘That’s a good one,’ he said cheerfully. ‘Oh, Jesus! Which planet are you from? You’ve obviously never visited Earth before.’
Laura leant across the table and placed a comforting hand on Emily’s arm. ‘We’re about a hundred miles from where you joined us,’ she explained. ‘It would take a team of experienced trackers the best part of a week to do the journey. I really do think you would be heading for trouble if you tried that option.’
‘Does that mean I’m stuck here?’ Emily asked.
‘You’re not stuck here,’ Laura
The dark cleft between Dawn’s legs was clearly visible. As she rose further up the ladder, Emily realised she could see the small ball closure rings that pierced the woman’s genitals. The discreet glimpse of pink flesh was an exciting sight and Emily felt herself flush with the mixture of emotions that swirled inside her.
She had been repulsed by Dawn’s come-on but at the same time she had been darkly excited. Catching a discreet glimpse of the woman’s shaved pussy with its intimate body jewellery, Emily felt those dark, unexplored feelings return. She wondered what Vincent and Dawn might be getting up to in the pilothouse.
Quickly, she stopped herself from following that train of thought. There were enough erotic distractions on the boat without filling her mind with such torrid ideas. She turned her attention back to the remainder of her meal and picked at the vegetables with her fingers.
‘You’ve put us in a bit of a predicament,’ Captain Wilde said quietly.
Emily frowned and swallowed a mouthful of food. ‘A predicament? How so?’
Laura smiled sadly. ‘We’re running on rather a tight schedule,’ she explained. ‘We had planned for most delays and eventualities but we hadn’t planned for a stowaway.’
Emily shrugged easily. ‘If you just pull over to the shore, I’ll make my own arrangements and stop troubling you.’
Captain Wilde and Laura exchanged a glance.
‘This is your first time in the Amazon Basin, isn’t it?’ Laura asked patiently.
‘Is it that obvious?’ Emily grinned.
Captain Wilde replied. ‘It’s obvious when you make damned fool comments like that,’ he snapped angrily. ‘This is a fifty-foot clipper sailing along a notoriously treacherous stretch of uncharted water. It is not a Mini Metro pulling into a layby on the A1.’
Emily tried not to quiver beneath his rising voice. ‘I just thought –’ she began.
‘You didn’t think,’ he broke in. ‘Unless you’re an experienced crocodile wrestler, I don’t think you gave it a moment’s thought.’
Emily felt deflated. She stared unhappily at the captain. ‘I didn’t realise there were crocodiles here. I suppose I –’
‘Furthermore,’ he went on, speaking angrily over her. ‘You have already told us that you have no money, no passport, no command of the language and no knowledge of the locale. Do you really expect us to leave you to the mercies of whatever you may encounter out there? I may have a harsh way of doing things, but if I left you on the shore, I’d be signing your death warrant. I might just as well have left you tied to the mast.’
Emily blushed, wishing he had not reminded her of that. Stroking her fingers sullenly through her hair she stared miserably at the remainder of her meal. Half of the plate’s contents remained but her hunger had now disappeared. ‘I could just walk back to the village where I was staying,’ she said quietly. ‘It was a port on the river so I shouldn’t have any difficulty finding it. It’s just a matter of following the water back to where we started.’
Captain Wilde tilted his head back and laughed heartily. ‘That’s a good one,’ he said cheerfully. ‘Oh, Jesus! Which planet are you from? You’ve obviously never visited Earth before.’
Laura leant across the table and placed a comforting hand on Emily’s arm. ‘We’re about a hundred miles from where you joined us,’ she explained. ‘It would take a team of experienced trackers the best part of a week to do the journey. I really do think you would be heading for trouble if you tried that option.’
‘Does that mean I’m stuck here?’ Emily asked.
‘You’re not stuck here,’ Laura
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