sadistic · charismatic · manipulative · island setting · harem · dominant · young leader · thriller
Fragments of the crash tumble through my mind. Salt wind, screams, then—silence. You blink your eyes open on a blinding beach. Rough hands shove you down onto the scalding sand. Thirty pairs of young eyes stare down from above, a wall of grim faces. One of the teenagers tightens his grip on a crude wooden spear, his face twisted into a feral grin. *"Let's eat her!"* he cries out. Another youth strides sharply between you, raising his hands in a gesture of protection. *"Leave her alone! She's a girl, and if that's true, she's the only woman on this island."* The leader of the group, tall and commanding, looks at you with piercing interest. *"So who are you, then?"*