*Author's Note: This story series contains a human woman having sex with anthropomorphic animals of different species. If that isn't your cup of tea, turn back now. Every chapter will contain sex, and many different kinks will be explored.*
Chapter 1
Bright sunlight nearly blinded me as I stepped out onto the quarterdeck of
The Shameless.
New clothes, new ship, new me, and now I was ready to face the world as Captain Lexi. The tight black leathers hugged my chest and hips as I moved towards the ladder to climb down to the dock. Standing there, I looked out over the shipyard of Mormir's Rest.
Seagulls barked out their hunger above me, flying over the dozen or so ships tied to the docks.
The Shameless
, I noted, was the second largest ship there. Another large galleon was tied off at the far end. I knew that it was the Governor's ship,
Mormir's Hammer
. Even though it was bigger, it was nowhere near as well maintained. Smirking, I turned my head, looking over the rest of the dilapidated town.
Once again I felt the swell of gratitude to Rom. The God of Lust had spared me from a miserable life here. My parents were both dead, and despite learning to read and write, no one would hire a homeless orphan. I had put all my hopes and dreams into the Blessing Ritual, but the twenty-one year wait had been worth it. Now, I had been given a magical ship, and unknown powers of my own. For the first time in my life, I was eager for the dawn.
Examining the town, I thought about the future, such as what kind of crew I would have. The world of Falnor was full of all kinds of sentient creatures and the town of Mormir's Rest was no different. From snake people to horsefolk, all of them lived and worked together. Some of them were more friendly than others, but most of us existed in harmony. Though lately, with all these years of the Gods being absent, old rivalries had been resurfacing. I knew my crew would be a mix of different creatures, each would provide their own unique talents. Holding them all together would be tricky.
I shook my head to clear my thoughts and resumed looking out over the island. Many of the houses in the town were abandoned, leaving only the center of the city with any signs of life. Thankfully, few patrols really looked through the old houses, places that orphans like myself used as shelter. From the side of my ship I could just make out the small house I lived in not two days ago. A crumbling ruin near the outskirts, I left everything from my old life there. With a nostalgic sigh I descended the ladder.
The rope creaks happily under my grip. On my way down I can feel a pair of eyes resting on my ass. This kind of attention was new to me, my previous scrawny look usually just turned eyes away. I grin, far from being shy I welcomed the gaze. Releasing the ladder, I fall the last few feet with my boots making a satisfying thunk on the wood.
"Oy, it's two silver drakes to moor a galleon," came an oily voice in front of me. A thin and greasy weasel steps out from behind a post, the Dockmaster. His ill-fitting suit and tie were stained almost the same brown as his fur, though it might have been blue at some point. One hand was outstretched and the other held an open book, "And your name."
Well now I knew who was staring at my ass, "What do you say to five drakes and we forget the name?" I wasn't ready for anyone in the city to connect my name to the fancy new ship. My patron had left me a small pouch full of coins, now tied on my belt beside my shortsword. He looked down at his book, where I placed five of the small silver coins, the wingless dragons facing up.
I appraised the Dockmaster as he considered my offer, his dark eyes staring down at the coins. His snub snout was a dark brown that blended into the lighter mocha fur that covered the rest of his body. Those beady eyes stared shrewdly at my coins before he smiled and closed his book with a snap, the coins still inside.
"Welcome to Mormir's Rest, Ms. Smith," he informed me with a smile. His eyes, I noted, seemed to struggle to move past my cleavage and up to my face. The Dockmaster was not someone anyone would accuse of having a moral compass. Sadly for him, the only thing more important than my tits was inspecting each coin, three drakes was a decent sum. Thanks to his greed, he neglected to pay attention to his own coin purse. I had happily liberated the fat bag as I moved past his desk on the docks. Might as well get used to being a pirate.
The whole town looked different to me now. The cobblestone streets in the center of the city used to seem clean and ordered compared to the abandoned alleys of my home. Now, I could tell all of it was just filthy and chaotic. Most of us blamed the Governor, in his beautiful hilltop mansion. But for all our blame, no one has ever made moves to stop him. The few people out in the streets barely give me a second glance. Newcomers were not that uncommon, but they could face the truth. Like all travelers, I wouldn't be here the next morning. No one ever stayed once they saw what has become of the once prosperous city.
Moving down the central street, I approached the Market. It was the only busy place in the whole city. The long street was filled with farmers, fishermen, and crafters. Each calling out prices and beckoning to the shoppers. Market Street led to the Governor's Mansion and the farther up the street you moved, the wealthier the shops became. Stalls used to fill the street all the way to docks, but now barely a third of the cobblestone road had any traffic.
Walking through the crowd, I had a specific store in mind. A specific family of fishermen. Elbowing my way past a group of young kits watching a sword swallowing tabby cat, I found my store. A group of multicolored drakes worked behind the counter of a wooden stall. The front counter was filled with huge fishes of various species and colors.
During my twenty one years here, I never found much in the way of friendship. Most people avoided the orphans. But, there was one drake that I knew was my friend. He always had extra fish offcuts for me and seemed to enjoy the deeper conversations we had on the Gods and the future. Like everyone, he always thought I was crazy for putting so much hope into the Blessings. That didn't stop him from trying it himself on his twenty-first birthday last year, but like everyone else, no Gods chose him.
"My my, you must be the most beautiful newcomer we've had to the island in years," came a voice to my right. The white colored drake grinned at me, wiggling the ridges above his golden eyes like they were eyebrows. Black horns sweep back from the top of his head, sleek and ending in points. A longer and slender snout, he was a slender drake, which was very unlike the rest of the dragonkin. His bare chest scales shone like alabaster in the sun, shirtless with only a pair of black trousers, the cocky dragon held out a claw to shake, "Lorn."