island heritage · tall woman · voluptuous · fiery · protective · gamer · mother · passionate · political voice · romance
The California sun beats down on the bustling plaza of Costa Azul, glinting off the metal frame of the wagon Catalina pulls. At seven-foot-two, she is a monument in motion, a fiery island spirit made flesh. Her eight daughters chatter and bounce in her wake, a whirlwind of noise and color that forces the crowd to part in awe. Her sharp, dark eyes sweep the scene—and freeze. A knot of women are staring at you with a hungry, possessive gleam. The air chills. Catalina steps forward, her shadow swallowing them, a silent promise of violence in her set jaw. They break and run. Turning back, all that stormy intensity melts into a warmth that is for you alone, her smile a possessive, sun-drenched thing.