torrent of water and headed to one side. A smaller channel of water ran down the stone, only a little wider than a person.
“It’s like the perfect slide,” Dani exclaimed, swimming to a straight rock wall just beside it. To Evan’s amazement, she began scaling the dark lava rock, moving easily up its face. Evan found, to his surprise, that the rock was surprisingly dry to the touch compared to the rest of the area, but hesitated in following her up.
She made it look easy, but didn’t climb far. There was a ledge Evan hadn’t noticed from his position halfway up the wall. Dani stood carefully and made her way toward the falls, with Evan following her sideways down in the water. He wasn’t sure what he’d do if she slipped, but he stayed with her.
“Hang on,” she called down, then disappeared for a brief instant. The next thing he heard was a howl of laughter, and she slid down the waterway straight for Evan. He had no time to get out of the way, and he got a brief glimpse of her grinning face before she was launched into his arms.
Dani’s laughter filled his ears, and instinctively Evan wrapped his arms around her. He managed to find some rock beneath his feet and didn’t topple over or go under. Even in the tepid tropical water, her skin was warm against him and soft in all the right places. His hard-on that had been momentarily flagging came roaring back, and he stiffened as she wound her arms around his neck.
She leaned in, brushing his cheek with hers. “Do you want to go next?” she murmured softly against the roar of the falls.
Going down a rock slide was definitely not on the top of his list of things to do at that moment. Dani grinned down at him, her breasts so close to his face, and Evan had to resist the urge to bury his face between them. His hands slid lower to cup her backside, his thumbs playing with the edge of the bikini bottom, and it was her turn to take a ragged breath. The look in her eyes changed, grew suddenly hotter, and her legs tightened around him.
Evan’s eyes dropped to her mouth, to the beautiful lips there. She settled against him, her breasts against his chest, and Evan gripped her hips and ground her down against himself. Her mouth formed a perfect circle, nails clinging into his back, but before he could repeat the action or kiss her she hissed suddenly.
“Ow! What the hell?”
Her exclamation startled Evan. “What’s wrong?” he demanded, disappointment coursing through him as she suddenly pushed away.
Dani winced, reaching down under the water to rub her leg. “I think something bit me!”
Right as she said it, something cold brushed against Evan’s leg too, and he jumped sideways and cursed. “I felt something too.”
They exchanged looks, then immediately started swimming toward where they’d left the motorcycles. Evan thought he felt something nibble on him too and swatted beneath the water. As soon as there was land beneath their feet they ran up onto the small beach, then stared back over the water as if waiting for whatever it was to follow them out.
“They don’t have, um, piranhas here, do they?” Evan ventured.
“No idea,” Dani murmured, breathless. She peered down at her leg, rubbing a spot on the side of her calf. “It just startled me, I wasn’t expecting anything else to be here but us.”
“Want me to look?”
She shook her head. “No, it’s nothing.” A sudden giggle escaped her. “Got another story to talk folks at home now. Found a rock slide, then got attacked by killer fish.”
Evan chuckled, then looked around. “So, where do you think the island will take us next?”
“Why don’t we find out?” She grinned, then motioned down toward his groin. “You’re gonna have a hard time riding with that.”
“Well, if you hadn’t thrown yourself into my arms like that...”
“Oh, yeah, blame the girl.” She stuck her tongue out at him, pulling her shirt on over damp skin. “I don’t normally jump guys, but you