The Perfect Gift (5 page)

I recognize those arms.
Not a half hour earlier they had held her in much the same manner, though they had both been fully clothed. Now…

She opened her eyes with care and squinted downwards.
Now he is as naked as I. And he carries me. I feel his rod as it rubs me, but alas I cannot see if my imagination is true.

She moaned as her cunt began to fill with her arousal. His arms tightened, and he spoke directly into her ear.

“’Tis fine, love, I have you.”

Love? If I could believe that I would be more than content.
Judith looked upwards into his worried eyes and then sideways at Kitty. Kitty’s face was flushed and she seemed to be holding back tears.

“In truth Stephen, I do not know what happened. I was massaging her…”

“Shoulders,” Judith said in as firm a voice as she could muster. “She was massaging my shoulders. I was so stiff and ached so…” she trailed off at the look in his eyes.

“’Tis news to me that your shoulders are where I assumed your arse is.” Stephen remarked, as he set her down on a soft padded chair next to the bath. “Truly my education is lacking.” The steam, redolent of exotic oils, curled around her and assailed her senses.

“Stephen, do not tease.” Kitty rebuked him. “Let Judith assimilate all she has learned this night.”

He shook his head.

“The time for dissembling has passed. Judith, if you have any doubts at all, now is the time to voice them,” Stephen told her. “Or I go ahead, take control and show you what my life is. It is not for all, and you can ask me to stop at any time. But I need to know. Are you sure?”

How to convince Stephen of her determination was not going to be easy. Judith sensed he had held his emotions towards her in check for so long, he had difficulty in letting them loose. She looked towards Kitty, who stood in silence beside him. Apart from a slight smile she made no gesture nor spoke.

So, I am on my own then? What do I say?
All at once her actions were obvious. She had to do, not say. Show him her sincerity, not tell him.

With deliberate movements she stood and faced him. Without haste she moved her head to look at him from head to toe, making sure he noticed her eyes as they lingered on his cock. It jutted hard and proud from its nest of dark curls, its tip glistening with the evidence of his arousal.

Judith kneeled and bent her head. She curled her tongue around that enticing tip and sipped delicately and with deliberate enjoyment at his juices. He tasted salty and his musky scent filled her. With each touch, his cock jerked its approval of her ministrations. Her clit clenched and her curls dampened in appreciation of his ardor. Emboldened, Judith took his length into her mouth, and let her teeth graze him, just a little. She was acting on impulse alone; nowhere had she read directions to do this. His cock responded with enthusiasm, and more juices slid along its length. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Kitty watching her, a smile of appreciation on her face. One hand held onto Stephen’s shoulder as he swayed forward into her touch, the other rested over her quim. Even though she was fully dressed, Judith saw the way Kitty’s nipples stood out and her face was flushed as she watched.

Stephen groaned, and ran his tongue around his lips. His eyes were half-closed, his skin slick with sweat, and his chest rosy with arousal.

“No more.” His voice was hoarse. “For if you continue to milk me so, I will spill into your mouth and lose the chance to introduce you to the less esoteric delights of the flesh.”

She moved her mouth with reluctance off his prick and sat back on her knees. Stephen laughed.

“Almost the submissive love.”

Judith had no idea what he meant, but the look in his eyes sent heat coursing through her.

“I’m sorry, my lord?”

“No need my love, you will soon understand. Now, your bath. Will you let Kitty attend to you? I will bathe and return. Or…” he broke off.

“Or?” she prompted. “Or what?”

“Or I bathe with you, and Kitty attends to us both?”

C
HAPTER
F
IVE

His heart thudded as if it were a ramrod loading a musket, and his skin prickled as if thousands of honeybees stung him, so aware of Judith was he. Stephen was in paroxysms of anxiety. Had he spoiled everything by his demands? As much as he hoped not, he knew he had to be open and honest from the outset. Now his mind was made up, it would be all or nothing.

“Well?” he asked. “What will it be?”

Judith stared at him, and he saw the flash of fire in her eyes. “I am waiting to be shown, my lord.” She paused, and lowered her lashes, but not before he saw the fire replaced by something else. It was, he thought, devilment. “This time.”

“Minx.” He could not but admire her courage. “If you agree to this now, you agree to be submissive to me and my demands, Judith. I will be in charge, you will obey.” Once more the room was silent. He felt waves of anxiety from Kitty wash over him. She alone knew of his demons.

Judith cocked her head to one side. “You think so, my lord?”

“I know so,” he replied firmly. “I am what I am Judith. I need to be in charge, to demand and dominate and receive instant obedience. That is what I am. I can be no other way. Which is why you need to think, and well. Once we enter into our contract it will be as binding as a marriage. We will have each other, you will if you so desire have Kitty. We will be faithful, true, open, and honest. What say you?” Had he explained well enough? Did Judith understand the great demands he placed upon her?

The silence grew. Then she sighed.

“I think we need to try. I am innocent in the ways of eroticism, indeed innocent of all things sexual. I know you will not harm me, all I can do is beg you to let me ask questions, and stop if I cannot accept your actions.”

The breath he hadn’t realized he was holding rushed out in a whoosh. She was prepared to try. Now it was up to him to convince her they could mesh. He shied away from the thoughts of some of his more extreme loves; they could wait a while. If they stumbled at those posts, so be it.

“That is a given. You will choose a word, which if uttered, I stop everything with immediate effect, never to return to that activity. That is why, Judith, I say, choose your word, and remember it. It will be your way of stopping whatever is happening. But do not use it lightly, once uttered it cannot be revoked.”

“I’m sorry?” she sounded as bewildered as she looked.

He kissed her nose and pulled her to her feet. Was he pushing too hard and fast? A black cloud surrounded him. Annoyed, he pushed his demons away.
Now is not the time to claim me.

“Go with Kitty, let her bathe and relax you. I will return in an hour with some delicacies to tease your palate. You will need sustenance.” He bowed and turned to leave the room.

“My lord?” Her voice rang with determination. “It would please me greatly if you joined me in the bath. “’Tis big enough for three, I think?” Her face was flushed and her hands trembled, but her voice was resolute.

Stephen swung back to stare at her. By her side Kitty was smiling, her face also flushed and full of something more than pleasure at Judith’s agreement. Hope, he wondered. Because Kitty was the single person who knew what demons rode him, how he paced the hall at night, unable to sleep, crying inside for what he could not have—or so he had thought.
The decisions I have to make.

“Are you sure?”
Why am I asking that? Why am I pushing her?
He knew why. He would not let her decide later he had misled her in any way.

Judith rolled her eyes. “Stephen, I have been sure I want you these past three years. No.” She held her hand up to stop him answering her. “Do
not
speak yet. Or you.” She looked at Kitty who shook her head in agreement. “Right, my lord, let me say this once and for all. You are the one I want. You seem to think I have no ideas of your preferences? Oh my lord, are you so naïve you do not realize women talk? I accept I do not totally understand.” She wrinkled her nose. “The mechanics of…” She trailed off and blushed as she glanced at Kitty and back to him.

“You may speak free and with total openness in front of Kitty, Judith. We do not partake of each other in any sexual way, but she knows all about me. If you agree to be my life, as will you.” Would she carry on? He rubbed his clammy hands on his thighs. His cock twitched in hope.

Judith nodded. “And what I do?”

“Remains between us three,” he said. The smile on her face gave him hope and any black clouds that lingered drifted away. She nodded, and her smile was one of a siren, designed to lure.

“Then let us bathe.”

His heart stopped as she stood on tip-toe and kissed him, her mouth soft on his lips. Her hands brushed his nipples and her mound brushed his eager cock. Her eyes were bright with desire. She was all temptress. From the corner of his eye, he saw Kitty,
her
eyes full of unshed tears—of sadness he thought—move away. It seemed Judith did as well, for she broke off the kiss.

“No,” she said sharply. “Please stay. I wish to find out everything. I am not going to agree to something and then to find I have bare plumbed the depths. There can be no gentle wooing now. ‘Tis all or nothing. Kitty, you are somewhat overdressed for the occasion. Or, am I reading this incorrectly? You said you and Stephen do not partake of each other. So how does this work?”

Stephen put his finger over her lips. He tried to ignore the zap of desire that sped though his as her tongue slipped between her lips and wetted his digit.

“Let me show you.” He lifted her with ease and walked towards the overlarge bath. Behind him Kitty shrugged off her robe and moved to stand by the edge.

Stephen stepped without effort over the rim, and lowered Judith into the scented water. He sat at one end and pulled her back towards him so his cock rubbed the cleft of her ass. She sighed with pleasure and tried to wriggle even closer. He nipped the nape of her neck, and brought his hands to her breasts.

Kitty stepped into the bath and knelt at the far end facing them. Under his teasing fingers Judith’s nipples hardened and she moved her legs restlessly.

“Part them. Keep your legs open and let Kitty take you to heaven,” he commanded.

***

Judith felt the water swirl around her, rubbing her already sensitive skin. Behind her, the coarse hairs that surrounded Stephen’s staff tickled her. His cock rubbed her as if to remind of delights yet to come. Her nipples were hard nubs and ached for something; she had no idea what. A strange sensation, almost of pleasure and pain entwined, filled her, sending tingles into every inch of her. Even her scalp prickled.

Stephen slid one hand under her to reach her honey pot and slide one finger into her. Taken by surprise, Judith arched upwards with a keening cry. Water splashed over the top of the bath and onto the floor. Stephen pulled her back. Without moving his finger except to scrape her channel with exquisite care, he held her down. Kitty lowered her head towards her.
Surely not?
Kitty took one of Judith’s nipples into her mouth and sucked. A rush of moisture filled Judith’s cunt. With a laugh Stephen nipped and tugged on her nape.

“Too much?” he asked. His voice was like the liquid chocolate she drank each morning.

“Ah, no-no.” Was that thready voice hers? Could he hear the wanting in it? It seemed he could because his lips tightened on her neck, and she felt the tug as he pulled the flesh into his mouth.

“Good, because this is but the beginning. Now I have marked you as mine. Soon I will ink you, somewhere private for us alone to see and savor.” Judith felt her channel stretched as he inserted another finger. Her state of excitement went higher, and she whimpered.

“Ah love, you are doing well. You like all these tingles and shivers we are creating for you, don’t you?”

Judith couldn’t answer. She was too immersed in those sensations. She moaned as Kitty turned her attentions to her other nipple. As Kitty’s lips closed around one areola, Judith felt Kitty’s hand pinch the other one hard. Pain shot through her, but before she had a chance to complain, it changed into pleasure. Hot excitement filled her like molten lava. She squirmed, wanting more of everything.

Stephen pushed hard into her cunt. The water made his hand slippery and her quim receptive.

“Keep your legs wide. Do not close them whatever you feel.”

Judith nodded. In truth she was bewildered. Why did he think she needed to deny him?

One moment later she found out.

She was lifted high out of the water. It streamed off her body, and created ever increasing ripples in the water. Kitty slipped out ahead of them, and lifted a large towel to shroud her. As the moisture was blotted from her body, Judith felt something was missing.

“Why is Kitty now absent?” she asked. “Is she ashamed of touching me?”

“What?” Stephen sounded startled. “Oh love, no. Never that. She has…” he hesitated. “A role to fulfill. Masters to answer to. Once she has satisfied them, she will return. Then if you wish, well, she will be of us.”