Open World (23 page)

“There’s no need for
concern about your family members. Hope will be protected by Alden. Plus she
has her own powers now to fight Buzz alongside Alden. As for Cassandra, from
what I’ve noticed, I think she’s known her purpose for quite some time. Her
mate will be along shortly, if he isn’t already in the neighborhood.”

Faith, her arms
around Tavis’s waist, pulled back and gazed up at him with a puzzled expression
creasing her brow. “So you think Cassandra’s already gone through her
enlightening? If she has, why hasn’t she told us?”

“Because
it’s not her place to say anything yet.
You had to come to it on your
own and with your lifemate like she has to.”

“Ah,” she said with
a nod. “I see the way of it.”

“Good. Now let’s get
cracking on your training and plan for how we’re going to get Buzz, or Mabuz as
is his real name, to leave you and your family alone.”

Dressed in sweat
pants and t-shirts, Faith and Tavis made their way out to the back yard. She
didn’t like the idea of learning attack and defense moves on the rocks that
comprised the desert landscaping. Tavis told her if she went down it’d toughen
her up and make her not want to go down.

Thank God the horrible
nightmares she’d
experienced
 
had
ended. Faith couldn’t imagine
trying to learn what she needed to if she wasn’t rested. Her new nail-biting concern
was that Buzz was biding his time and would catch her unawares. She wasn’t sure
what was worse anymore, him invading her dreams or the waiting for him to mount
his offensive. Good thing she was rested. Now she could concentrate all her
energy on becoming stronger with her powers and focus on Tavis.

Now that’s a pleasant thought
.

Maybe if she played
her cards right, they could take a little jaunt to the
beach
and have some fun. She liked those trysts they had been
having, the little naps where they would conjure up the soft ivory beach and be
naked and free, exploring the surroundings and each other.

“Faith?”

A deep husky voice
cut into her thoughts.

“Faith?
You haven’t heard a word I’ve said, have you?”

She looked at Tavis
and grinned sheepishly.
“Um, no.
I was thinking a trip
to the
beach
is in order, perhaps?”
She sensuously trailed her hand down his arm and coyly batted her lashes.

“I’ve created a
monster.” Tavis shook his head. “Maybe after you complete your lesson we’ll
go.”

She stepped in close
to him, cupped his penis and balls in the palm of her hand and massaged them
through his pants. “But don’t you want my mouth around you again?” she asked,
lightly gripping his package. His cock jumped under his clothes, became hard.

“Yes. Always,” he
said breathless. “But in a bit. You need to be prepared as best as you can. So
work now. Play later.” He grabbed her wrist, removed her hand and turned her
toward the view of the mountains. “Like I was saying, you need to master the
steady stream of energy. Orbs work well for initial attacks, but you’ll need
more firepower than just those brief flashes. You’ll also need to know how to
block an incoming stream at the same time.”

“Okey
dokey.”
She pinched his ass.

“Faith.”
He growled. “Please be serious. If you aren’t, there will be no hanky panky for
you.” He wagged his index finger at her.

“Oh, all right,” she
grumbled and held her arms straight out, palms facing away from her and toward
the mountain slope in the distance. In moments, a bright amber glow surrounded
her hands. The color inched outward in a weak stream.

“Okay, well, that’s
a start,” disappointment laced Tavis’s voice.

In a flash, Faith
spun on him and zapped him with a laser-like streak of amber light. Tavis fell
to the ground on his rear. “Was that better?” she spat out the question, her
temper piqued.

“Yes, much,” he
replied, unsteadily rising to his feet. Once back up, he bent forward with his
hands on his knees as if to catch his breath. “Now why couldn’t you do that
before?” He straightened upward.

“Because
I’m not in the mood to do this right now.
I want to do something else,”
she said seductively and winked.

“And I told you
we’ll get to that in a bit. Now, try it again.” His arm waved out to the open
area. “Buzz won’t care if you’re in the mood to fight or not, so you have to be
ready at all times.”

With a long, over-dramatic
sigh, she turned back to the mountain and lackadaisically put her arms back in
the air. The stream she produced drooped from her hands like a hose running out
of water after the current was stopped.

Tavis huffed, and
out of the corner of her eye, she watched him raise his arm. Before she thought
twice, her arm shot in his direction and she blocked the turquoise stream he
propelled at her. Spinning toward him, she targeted him with her other hand,
shooting out a streak of light. “You think you can try your warrior tricks on
me, Dolon?”

“No,
my lady.”
He ended his stream and raised his hands in the air in the
universal sign of surrender.

She halted her
stream at the same time as well and placed her hands on her hips. “That’s what
I thought. So do you think I need more training? Or do you think we can stop
this nonsense and attend to better matters?”

“Fine.
You win. You’re prepared to encounter Buzz. Seems you’ve been ready for him
since you’ve enlightened. You know something? I’ve just realized you’ve been
messing with me. The knowledge to fight him off has been in you all along,
hasn’t it?”

“Yep.
You’re quite correct, my good man,” she said with a lusty laugh.

“I should have known
better.” He reached out as a devilish gleam darkened his eyes, grabbed her and
swung her into him.

His lips descended
upon hers in a demanding kiss, his tongue snaking into her mouth and warring
with hers. She matched the ardent pace of his kiss with her own fervor, melting
under his passionate touch. He walked backward as he kept his mouth on hers and
sat on the ground beneath a towering palm tree, keeping her close and placing
her on his lap, never breaking the contact of their lips.

“As much as I’d love
to go to the
beach
,” Tavis said,
briefly stopping the kiss, but keeping his lips close to hers, “I’m really not
in the mood for a nap.”

“That’s all right,”
she crooned, shifting from his lap to between his legs. She removed her shirt
and bra to expose her breasts for him and cupped his cock again. “Here is just
as good as there, if not better.”

“What about your
sister?
Cousin?
The neighbors?”

“Cassandra is out at
her friend’s property. You know where Hope is. The neighbors over there are too
far to see us. We’re hidden from view of the ones on the side with all the
trees and bushes.” She slipped his sweat pants down. His thick shaft stood at
attention amongst the downy hair of his crotch. “No underwear? You naughty boy,
you,” she commented as her fingers formed an
O
around his penis and loosely grasped it. Sliding her hand up and
down his length, she felt it pulsate and grow even harder. A quiver of delight
strummed through her and her nipples hardened.

Turning him on
turned her on, and she eagerly bent forward and kissed and licked the hard,
bulbous mushroom head. He moaned and she took in a deep breath, loving the
smell of the desert flowing on the breeze and the feel of his silky mass as she
slipped his cock into her mouth.

His
hand reached down to the back of her head and his fingers gently tousled her
hair as she sucked on his shaft. Her ringed fingers around the base continued
to glide up and down the bit of area left available following the slow, easy
movement of her bobbing head.

Another
pleasurable groan came from Tavis and a pool of moisture sprang from her crotch,
dampening her sweats in response.

Popping
his dick from her mouth, her tongue snaked out and licked the underside of it
from his balls to the end. She rimmed the ridge with the tip of her tongue,
laved down the length to his balls and took the sack in her mouth. Gently, she
suckled on his testes as her fingers traced up and down the length and played
with the bit of pre-cum on the tip of his cock.

A
breeze blew over them, caressing her tits and his moist skin. His penis
quivered under the wisp of the air. She grinned and kissed the underside of his
dick, leisurely alternating from a kiss and a stroke of her tongue as she
worked her way back to the tip. Again she took him in her mouth, massaging his
shaft with her tongue.

The
fingers in her hair smoothed down her breeze blown locks, and he pushed her
further on to the shaft. She moaned around the dick in her mouth, relaxing her
jaw and throat muscles to allow room for him. His huge cock completely filled
her mouth, and as she worked the throbbing mass, she grasped his hips for
balance.

Above
her he passionately called out her name and took over the pace of the blowjob.
She followed his rhythmic pace with her mouth and tongue, sucking and laving
with each of his to and fro movements.
Her own
desire
mounted with every thrust of his. The fabric of her sweats and panties rubbed against
her crotch as she moved in time with him.

“Faith,
baby, I’m going to cum.” His voice hitched and he tried to remove her from him.

She
kept on him, and as his hands grabbed her shoulders and her own passion was
released, he thrust one last time relieving himself of his warm, salty liquid.

After
they had fixed their clothes and she had resituated herself in his lap and kissed
him, letting him have a taste of what he left behind, she said, “I’m a bit
worried about not encountering Buzz yet. His absence freaks me out because now
I’m thinking he’s gearing up for something big.”

“I
wouldn’t worry about it,” Tavis replied, slipping a hand under her shirt and
pushing up the bra she had put back on to play with a breast. “He’s probably
engaged elsewhere.”

“Elsewhere
meaning with my sister or Cassandra,” she replied with a nibble to his ear.

“Quite
possible, but Alden is with Hope. He’ll keep her safe.” He pushed her shirt up,
took hold of her tit and dipped his head down to take the hard nub of her
nipple in his mouth. He moved so that his other hand was free to move her sweatpants.
Deftly, he slid his fingers under the edge of her underwear, found their way to
her slick canal and inserted two.

She
lifted her shirt and bra to give him access to her other breast, which he took
full advantage of, nipping and licking at one areola, then the other as he
kneaded her crotch and brought her to climax with a couple of fingers.

Satiated,
she snuggled against him and closed her eyes. He wrapped his arms around her.
Feeling loved and protected, she dozed off.

****

The
desert scene once again stretched out in front of her on the other side of the
window.

Here we go.
Finally
.

She
turned toward the door and waited for
Buzz,
or Mabuz
rather, to come to her. It didn’t take long.

He
barreled through the door bellowing obscenities, stomping across the room until
he was beak to nose with her. “Where have you been?” he roared each word with
harsh emphasis. “I came for you, and you have not been here.”

“That’s
because I control the conditions and circumstances I find myself in, not anyone
else, especially you.” She ripped the mask from his head.
“Mabuz.”

“How
dare you!”

“Oh,
I dare all right. No matter how much you tried to keep me under your thumb and
exercise dominance of my mind, you couldn’t succeed at it because I’m stronger
than you.”

“Impossible,”
he shrieked.

“It
is too possible.” She cocked her head. “And don’t try that mind trick with me
anymore.” She blinked like the genie character in that old television show her
parents watched on late night television and laughed as he grabbed the sides of
his head. Turning, she trailed her hand along the windowsill of the long
picture window of the bedroom.

A
growl sounded behind her. She whipped around to block him from sucking any
energy from her with her one hand as she shot an orb at him with the other. The
amber light splattered on him, like a paintball hitting its target. It
dissipated, leaving no color behind. The shot knocked him back, but
unfortunately didn’t harm him.

Again
he attempted to pull the energy of her life force from her. Again she blocked
his feeding. She zapped him with another ball of amber light. Their fight
continued in this manner until Dolon burst into the room and zapped him with a
stream of his own light.

Buzz
staggered and stumbled over an ottoman in front of one of the fireside chairs.
When he regained his composure, he glowered at Dolon. “Why do you attack me?
You’re one of my father’s subjects. You are a vassal of the king.”

Dolon
removed his mask and tossed it aside on the floor. “I am no one’s vassal, you
cad. I am a Statiochapel Clan warrior.”

“And,
I,” Faith said, as she stepped up to her love, “am Zya, a mystic and minstrel.
Dolon’s lifemate.
His bonded partner.”

Buzz
gasped. Dolon’s arm shot up, and his power drew on Buzz’s life force. She
joined him. The orange glow of Buzz waned under their draining. “But you
weren’t bonded from the start,” he cried weakly. “How can this be?”