Holding onto her hips, careful to keep her balanced, he lowered his head and lapped at her sweet folds. Keli shuddered beneath his tongue. She tasted of night breezes and honeyed woman’s flesh.
Sweet. Just like I knew she would be.
He sucked and licked her quim, bringing her to the brink, until her body tensed and he knew she was fighting off her orgasm with every ounce of her strength. Then he would back away and start the process over again.
Her thoughts grew so loud he could hear them in snatches. A disturbing amount of murder-and-mayhem images got his attention. Almost made him laugh. He was not, however, a fool.
When he drew away he sensed Keli’s disappointment mingling with her relief. She hadn’t taken lightly the challenge not to climax, and he was immensely impressed that she had controlled herself so well.
“That was your second punishment,” he said quietly as he helped her back up to her knees. “I’m pleased that you’ve mastered your body so well.”
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Keli’s quim still throbbed from the feel of Wolf’s tongue on her folds. His mouth had been the stuff of spells and enchantments, tasting her in ways she never thought possible. Her entire being pulsed with want and need.
Wolf settled her so that again she was on her knees, her hands still bound behind her back, but he removed her blindfold. She blinked, the moonlight seeming almost too bright after being blindfolded.
“Now for your third punishment,” he murmured, and Keli’s heart dropped to her belly. “Don’t move or speak until I give you leave.”
He moved away without another word, vanishing from her line of sight. After a while, she wondered where he had gone, and if he had left her alone in the clearing as her third trial.
Discipline. You have it. Now use it, Dunkirk.
She frowned at herself and rejected her growing inner agitation.
Everything grew silent around her, far quieter than it should have been.
Her ass still stung and her nipples felt sore from rubbing against the grass. Her thighs had been wet from her juices before, but now she could feel them damp down to her knees.
The more Keli recalled his tongue laving her quim, the hotter and wetter she became. While she waited for him, her body grew more and more aroused. She was tempted to tilt her head back and gaze at the stars, to see what they told her. But no, she had to keep her eyes lowered or earn yet another punishment.
Another delay.
That was, of course, assuming that Wolf was coming back. He could have mutated into a swamp beast and gone out hunting for prey.
She chanced glances from the corners of her eyes, but saw nothing. Only the dance of shadows and moonlight.
Keli lightly tested her bonds, but they held fast as she knew they would. All she could do was remain in the middle of the clearing, entirely naked and bared to the world. Soon she became drowsy, but the throbbing in her body wouldn’t let her sleep even if she had wanted to.
Time slipped into meaningless intervals, and her mind drifted to places she hadn’t gone before. Peaceful, quiet places where she felt no worry, no pressure, no pain. Only relief and the sweet trembling in her tired muscles.
It could have been hours, but maybe only minutes, and then Wolf was before her.
Again. His warm cock brushed her lips and she realized he was blessedly, gloriously naked. She kept her head lowered but took the opportunity to study his powerful thighs and his large cock nestled in dark curls.
“You did admirably well again, my student.” He slid his hand into her hair and clenched his fist in her locks so tight that her head ached. A deep sensation of pleasure 80
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mingling with the pain. He jerked her head back so that she was looking up at him.
“Suck my cock,” he demanded, and thrust his erection between her lips. “And watch me while you take me deep.”
Keli obliged immediately, taking him with a soft sigh and a moan. He tasted as good as she’d imagined, and she’d imagined this often enough. She’d daydreamed about his masterful hand guiding her head up and down as he thrust his cock between her lips.
He was large and she could only take so much of him, but she took him as deep as she could.
Wolfel watched his cock slide in and out of the incredible woman’s mouth.
Moonlight illuminated her beautiful features and her green eyes staring up at him. They almost seemed to glow with her inner fire, and he could imagine how they would look as he thrust his cock into her quim.
His own control slipped a fraction, and he nearly came. It took all of his self-mastery to force back his explosion and make himself wait, to draw out her pleasure that much longer.
“Enough.” He pulled her hair back so that his cock slid from between her lips, his length glistening with moisture.
With his Earthwork talents, he banished her bonds, sending them back to the trees and dirt where they belonged. Gently he pushed her back onto the grass. As he held himself above her, he gritted his teeth to keep control of his own desires. “Widen your thighs and raise your hands high above your head. Act as if you are still tied, or I’ll bring back the bonds.”
Keli shivered as she obeyed. He looked so wild, so feral above her that he both frightened and excited her beyond imagination. He braced one hand on the ground beside her and held his cock to the opening of her core.
“Tell me what you want, Keli.” His voice came out rough and ragged. “Beg me for it.”
She kept her arms pressed against the ground, afraid he would stop if she reached for him. Obeying. Losing herself in his power. Her voice trembled as she responded,
“Fuck me, Sir. Please fuck me as hard as you can. Rough and hard and deep.”
Wolf gave a satisfied growl, then roared as he drove his cock into her welcoming entrance. “Scream for me, Keli. Shout to the heavens.”
“Yes, Sir.” She clamped her thighs tight around his and took every deep thrust. He felt like hot, hard wood, opening her. Parting her. Filling her so totally the sensation almost took her mind. “Oh, Goddess, yes!”
Her hands clenched to fists, but still she managed to keep her arms above her head, just as he instructed.
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“Watch me. Keep your eyes open.” His silvery gaze turned wilder as he drove into her depths. “That’s it. I’ve wanted you from the moment you walked into my classroom. I wanted to fuck you. I wanted to claim you, to make you mine.”
His words almost sent her over the edge, but she didn’t want this to end, wanted to feel him driving in and out of her forever.
“Who do you belong to, Keli?” he asked, his voice growing more ragged.
“You!” she cried out. “I belong to you, Sir!”
Wolf snarled his satisfaction. “Don’t forget it. I’ll make sure you don’t.”
He fucked her so hard the grass and dirt dug into her backside, but she didn’t care.
The feel of his cock ramming in and out of her was all she cared about. “Please, more!”
she shouted, forcing her arms and hands to stay firmly above her head.
He hooked his arms under her knees, raising her up high and driving even deeper into her quim. Keli’s body began to shake and she knew she was close, so damn close.
“Please may I come, Sir?”
“Wait,” he demanded.
Keli fought against her orgasm as she stared up into his incredible eyes. His jaw was clenched, sweat rolling down his face and landing on hers. “Please let me come, please, Sir.”
But still he made her wait. And wait. She thought she would explode. She thought she would die. Her heart pounded against her ribs. Her breath caught like fire in her throat.
“Now!” he shouted. “Come now!”
And Keli screamed.
Her voice echoed throughout the clearing, from tree to tree from sky to ground. Her body shook and vibrated with the most powerful orgasm, the most powerful anything that she had experienced in her life. Stars grew brighter, the moon’s glow like sunshine as her orgasm expanded and expanded and expanded into an explosion of brilliant light.
She heard Wolf’s triumphant shout, felt his cock throbbing in her core.
Gradually the world came back into focus. Wolf’s heavy weight was against her, pinning her to the ground, but just enough that he didn’t hurt her. His sweat mingled with hers and the scent of their sex was heady and intoxicating.
For long, quiet moments, they didn’t move. Keli barely drew a breath.
What happens now?
her mind demanded, her heart already knowing this was far more than play, at least for her.
Wolf raised himself up on one elbow to gaze into her eyes then, and she tried to read him.
His face seemed more relaxed. More open.
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Keli felt a new swell of satisfaction. Her submission had increased his trust. Brought her closer to his walled heart.
Wolf’s lips moved over hers in a feathery kiss, and she sighed into his mouth.
“Would you have me again, Keli?” he asked her quietly.
The words alone almost made her come.
He smiled as if he knew, then whispered, “This time, you may move your arms and hands.”
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Chapter Three
Three Months Later
Akaroa, on the Volcanic Rim
Keli sat alone in the tribal meeting house nearest to the military compound the Warriors of Áis had come to destroy. There was a single round table in the center of the room, made of scarred Rowan oak, brought from Stonefall. Before that, the table had been in Camford in what was once England. It had a strong, settling energy, and she liked running her hands over the scarred surface.
Maybe it could bring her peace and good fortune. Goddess knew she could use some. She could scarcely believe the changes in her life since that first fevered night in the clearing. She had graduated, yes, with all due pomp and circumstance. And Kiko Lesia, the Chair of the Council of Earthwork, had attended in a show of support.
And then she had asked Keli to join the Warriors and work with Wolf to defeat the last clutch of Technocrats threatening Earth’s sanctity.
Work to link your mind to his, Keli. Joined, the two of you can accomplish unimaginable
feats.
“Link my mind to his.” Keli rubbed her temples.
Since that meeting with Kik, the pace had been nonstop. Endless training, both mental and physical.
Not to mention the nighttime training sessions with Wolf.
Those were more fun.
As a rule.
This last week, though, as they had traveled to Akaroa, he had grown distant and hard again. She had seen him massaging the scars on his chest and arms—scars no doubt earned in battles with dark magik.
He had told her she couldn’t imagine what it would be like, coming up against true evil.
It changes you. Forever. It takes something away you can never get back.
That drove Keli crazy. She was a healer. Why couldn’t she help Wolf feel whole again?
She had given him everything. Her body, her love, her trust, her absolute submission—but still he kept himself closed off. And Keli suspected the reason they couldn’t succeed in the mind-link was not because of her lack of skill or effort.
Wolf was blocking her. Protecting her from the darkness he had faced. From the scars on his insides, the ones she couldn’t see.
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“I wondered where you were,” came his gruff, distracted voice from behind her.
Keli startled. Damn him for always being able to sneak up on her! No one else on the planet, not even Kik, could pull that off.
She stood, and in seconds, Wolf was holding her. Almost too tightly. Almost too hard. Not quite, though. Keli smiled inwardly. She
could
take whatever he had to give.
He told her about the compound scouting, and then silence fell between them again, broken only by moans, gasps, and the rustle of damp clothing as they slowly removed each other’s garments.
The relentless afternoon heat coursed over Keli’s flesh, adding to the naughty, stolen deliciousness of the moment.
“The door,” she murmured.
“Sealed,” Wolf answered almost in the same breath.
Keli massaged his back as they kissed again. Yes, he was muscled, and scarred, and as beautiful as any vision of the Goddess. His cock, indeed large and thick and tempting, was still enough to stir awe and draw out a small draught of fear whenever she felt it newly hard. But as always, Keli forced herself to maintain. This time felt different, though. Wolf felt different. Almost not present, and not the man she had come to know. There was a tenseness in his being she hadn’t felt before, and it concerned her.
Stop it
, she told herself forcefully. This was probably the last time they could be together before the assault on the compound tonight. She would not, under any circumstances, allow doubt or worry to ruin even a second of this ecstasy. A dusting of hair on Wolf’s chest drew her lips, and he rumbled with pleasure as her tongue trailed across his nipples.
This type of touching had become relaxed between them, without formality or reserve. When she looked up, his eyes were closed and he was smiling. A few inches at a time, his fingers traveled from her shoulders down, down to her breasts. Keli swallowed hard as he cupped the sensitive flesh, then rubbed his thumbs over her swollen, sweat-dampened nipples. Back and forth, he moved with certainty, until they felt as hard as stones, and then he pinched.
“Wolf,” she gasped, unable to hold back the word even though by now, he would be expecting her to.
“Do you want a punishment?” he murmured. “Is that it?”
“No,” she said firmly and suddenly, separating from him with a force of certainty that surprised her—and Wolf, too.
His eyebrows lifted in silent question as Keli crossed her arms over her breasts.
“Not this time.”
Wolf looked puzzled. “Not this time what?”
Keli swallowed hard, wondering if he would reject her, but knowing she had to do this. “No protocols this time. No playing. I need to be your equal—and I need you to be mine.”