The Taming (The Black Thunder Series) (22 page)

Then she
buried her hands and head into Jack’s chest leaving trails of soft lips and wet tongue over his hard muscular chest. She bit harder than she wanted when she latched onto his nipple. He let out a yelp and backed up, but Kate seized him by the waistline of his jeans and brought him back. She began to unbutton his jeans as her tongue swept across his low abdomen. In one swift move, she pulled down his jeans.

“No underwear?” Kate asked and bit her lip as a curvy smile crossed her cheeks
. “Oh baby, I have so much to teach you.” She reached for him, hungering to feel her hands and mouth all over his hard arousal. Jack grabbed her wrist and prevented her exploration.

“I’m not done with you yet,” he wickedly grinned
. Jack grabbed her bottom with one hand and her leg with the other. He hoisted her in the middle of the bed and pinned her like he was in a wrestling match. “You aren’t done coming for me,” he said as he slid his fingers inside her again.

Kate felt like a pretzel, all twisted as he maneuvered her leg over his shoulder
. He placed his mouth back at her opening and soaked up her wet sweetness. She cried out as her body went into climax mode climbing higher and higher with no relief, no break in the all-consuming pleasure he was inflicting. There was nothing she could do to stop it as he pinned her into the thick mattress.

“Oh, Jack,” she whimpered in a high-toned voice she didn
’t recognize. She needed relief from her own body as a mere touch or taste sent her over the edge. And then something happened to her, something she had only heard about, but never experienced. She came in a continuous rhythm like the grand finale of fireworks exploding one right after the other, but there was no end. She thought at any moment she was ready to go insane by the unending climactic frenzy inside her.

Jack sensed she was past the point of no return
. He couldn’t hold out much longer hearing her cries of release. Jack buried her beneath him spreading her legs wide to receive him. With one quick thrust he penetrated her causing Kate to cry out in sheer ecstasy. Jack stopped thrusting and pulled out. Kate moved her hips coaxing him back inside.

“Please, Jack,” she mewed, her breath ragged and shallow
.

He
folded his fingers around her hands and lifted them over her head. He slammed his mouth over hers and kissed her hard. He felt her squirming beneath him beckoning him to enter her again.

“You’re mine, Kate,” he growled in her ear
. “I want to hear you say it. Say you’re mine.” He didn’t wait for her to respond as he kissed her again and entered her simultaneously. He ended the kiss abruptly as he pulled out of her once more. “Come on baby, tell me what I want to hear,” he breathed his hot breath in her ear.

“Oh God Jack, whatever you want!”

“You’re mine to do with as I want,” he echoed in her ear. “Any time I want.”

“Yes,” said Kate frantically as she writhed beneath him waiting for her release
. “I’m yours.”

“Say it baby, tell me I can have you anytime I want,” he continued his torment.

“Oh God, yes, anytime you want,” she almost shouted. “Just do it, Jack!”

“What do you want Kate, this?” He slammed himself inside her again and listened to her reel with pleasure
. He pulled out of her again, teasing her into insanity. He seized her by the back of her hair and tilted her head back.

“Look at me, baby,” he said as she opened her eyes and stared into his smoldering dark
green rings. He lowered his head like he wanted to kiss her. Kate closed her eyes, but he jerked her head back further and her eyes darted wide. “You belong to me,” he growled by her mouth. “Only me.”

“Yes, yes, I belong to you, only you,” Kate mumbled feeling a
hint of his skin barely touching her lips.

Jack slammed his mouth over hers as he penetrated her with equal force
. Kate gasped as a wild surge coursed through her body. This time, Jack didn’t stop. He needed to feel her, all of her as he drove his need deep within her, taking and filling his own need. Kate groaned in his mouth and she came again. He continued his deep hard thrusts taking him deeper inside her. She felt so damn good, especially when her muscles clenched tightly around him when she came. He kept up his pace thrusting and grinding until Kate exploded one last glorious time and she felt her body give out.

Jack knew it was time
. He steadied his rhythm for his own pleasure. His release came exploding as he sent a warm liquid straight through her body. Jack released a groan while gripped in the frenzied state of orgasmic rush, then he collapsed on top of her. Kate didn’t seem to mind that he didn’t move. She was too exhausted to care. Her ragged breathing began to subside replaced with long peaceful breaths. She closed her eyes, and within minutes she lay in a state of blissful rest dozing in and out of a satiated slumber.

Jack lay there and relished the feel of her naked flesh beneath him
. Hearing her soft purrs of sweet sleep, he laid his head on her chest lightly massaging her breasts so she would stay in a state of arousal though she was sleeping. In another hour or two he would coax her awake and begin the process all over again.

Jack closed his eyes as a slow smile of satisfaction fell over his face
. He had claimed her and now she was his. A peace washed over him knowing she belonged to him, and him alone. Still rubbing his thumb over her nipple, Jack McBride fell fast asleep with his Kate beneath him.

Fifteen

Glorious Mornings

M
orning came and Kate struggled to open her eyes. She hadn’t slept much thanks to Jack. She glanced at the clock and blinked when it read half past ten. Normally an early riser, she couldn’t remember a time when she had slept in so late.

A sweet lingering
lay present from last night’s lovemaking, or maybe it was because Jack had never removed his hand from between her legs. Kate closed her eyes again wanting to remain in the dreamy sensual haze.

Another urge grew stronger than the sleepy desire rolling in her belly like a shallow wave hitting upon the shore
. It grew to the point of being uncomfortable, and she had no choice but to get up and go to the bathroom. She slid out from under Jack’s arm and crawled out of bed. The minute she was no longer touching him, Jack’s eyes sprung open.

“Where do you think you’re going
?” He reached out and grabbed her hand.

“I have to use the bathroom.”

He released her then placed his arms under his head and watched her disappear in the adjoining room. Several minutes later she returned.

“Where are my clothes?” she asked searching around the bedroom floor.

“They’re out by the truck,” he grinned remembering what they did on the seat of his pick-up.

“Oh God, that’s right,” she said a bit mortified recalling the truck was the start of her downfall
. “Can you get my clothes for me?”

“Nope.” He laid back and lazily smiled
. “Come back to bed.”

“I can’t
. I have work to do.”

“Take the day off
. I’m sure your boss won’t mind.”

“You don’t know him like I do,”
she teased and walked over to the bed. “He’s a real task master.”

Jack leaned over and scooped his arm about her waist and pulled her back on the bed
then leaned her head on the pillow. “Task is not a word I am fond of,” he said as he circled her nipple with his finger. “But master I am quite fond of, especially when it comes to you submitting to me.” He bent down and laid kisses on each of her breasts then moved lower to her belly.

“You are a master at seduction
.” She sighed and closed her eyes, reveling in the sensation growing inside.

“I am at that, baby
.” He ran his hand over her abdomen and felt its hard flat surface.

It was a beautiful stomach, thought Jack as he circled his finger around her
naval. It was definitely the body of someone who had never bore children, it was still too firm and tight. A sudden thought crossed his mind. He wondered what it would feel like to run his hand along her swelled belly if she was carrying a child, his child to be exact.

“Kate, how come you never had children?” he asked
as he continued to stroke lightly back and forth across her midriff.

“Where did that come from
?” She gave him an odd look.

“I was just wondering if you want kids.” He looked up and waited for her answer.

More than anything she wanted children, and it grieved her soul to know she most likely would never be able to conceive. “Yes, I want kids,” she said sadly. “We tried for two years, but I couldn’t get pregnant.”

“I didn’t know that.” He stopped rubbing and saw the pained expression on her face
. He’d seen that look before the night she’d made that gourmet dinner.

“We went for all kinds of tests and the doctors said there was no reason why I couldn’t get pregnant, but it just never happened.”

“Maybe you were trying with the wrong guy.” He leaned down and kissed her belly again.

“Maybe.”

“If you ever get the notion in your head to have a kid, I’ll give you one.” The words just flew out of his mouth. Jack shook his head as he heard what he said. Why all of a sudden was he thinking about planting seed?

“I’m not looking anytime soon,” said Kate as she wondered what
was running through that scary brain of his. With Jack you never knew. “Right now I am concentrating on my interview this afternoon.”

“For the teaching job?”

“Yep.”

“You still have that in your head after what we did last night
?” He gave her a questioning look, then returned to kissing her belly working his way down between her thighs.

“What does last night have to do with my teaching?” she asked, but then her thoughts were interrupted as a sweet surge formed in her belly.

Jack stood on his knees and climbed between her legs. He was hard again and he wanted to feel himself inside her. He grabbed both of her legs and lifted them over his shoulder.

“You’re mine, baby
. Remember that,” he said as he brought himself to her opening.

“This time you need to use a condom,”
she said taking no chances. “Where do you keep them?” He must have bought them by the bulk she thought now knowing the rumors of Jack’s prowess was true. The image of a long roll of condoms being six inches thick made her giggle.

“Aren’t you on birth control?” he asked.

“No.”

A strange thought ran through his head again
. He wanted her, all of her and she belonged to him. He could seal the deal in a single act. “So be it,” he growled and penetrated her deeply. He held tightly to her legs and pounded her hard.

“Jesus, Jack!”  Kate gasped as a wild surge swept through her
. “What are you doing?”

“What I damn well please, baby,” his eyes narrowed and dared her to stop him.

Kate tried to force her desire away, but with Jack it was nearly impossible. He made her come almost immediately.

“It feels good, doesn’t it?” he lured her in an earthy growl, continuing to slam deep inside her.

“Yes, oh God, yes!” Kate lost control and climaxed. “You have to stop!”

“I’ll stop when I’m done,” he groaned
. He wanted to go deeper, his need driving him on. God, she felt so good. Her sweet wetness and tight muscles covering him like a blanket. He needed more, needed to go deeper, penetrate her closer to her womb so when he came he would seal her to him. He pulled out of her.

“Turn on your belly,” he commanded though he was losing control.

Kate hesitated briefly and Jack grew impatient. He did it for her like he was flipping a pancake tossing her onto her belly. He reached under her and brought her up on her knees. He entered her again and groaned feeling his penetration go deeper. He felt like a man possessed, consumed with taking her, all of her, sending her over the edge. In his madness it drove him over the edge.

Kate’s insides coursed with a fiery heat feeling his raw thrusts slapping against her flesh
. Once more she exploded and grabbed the pillow, sinking her fingers into its softness as shallow cries escaped her lips.

“That’s it, baby
! Come one more time for me.” Like a paddle ball bouncing against its wooden base, Jack moved in a fast rhythm. He heard Kate cry out and he felt her muscles tighten around him. Jack let go and planted his seed deep within her, calling her name with a groan.

Kate’s legs gave out when
he fell on top of her, pinning her to the sheets. She wiggled beneath him hoping he would get the hint and roll over but Jack stayed in one place.

“You liked that didn’t you,” he nuzzled her ear.

“Yes,” she sighed and waited for him to move but he didn’t. “Come on Jack, let me up.”

“Why?”

“Because I need to wash,” she smiled.

“Now why do you want to do that?” he nipped at her ear
. “I thought women like to cuddle afterwards.”

“I do, but I think I should just for precautionary measures.”

“Shhh,” he whispered. “Just lay still with me for a bit.”

Kate lifted her head and looked up at him
. “If I didn’t know better I’d say you’re trying to trap me, Jack McBride.”

“Now why would I do that?”

“I’m not sure.” She closed her eyes and thought about it. Was it possible that Jack McBride had deeper feelings for her other than possessing her? Or was this the ultimate control, to tie her to him so she couldn’t leave? Kate’s eyes darted open. “Jack, you’re suffocating me. Roll over.”

Jack rolled from her and lay on his side
. He ran his hands up and down her back as he covered her backside with his leg.

“You’re beautiful
Kate,” he said as he gazed at the tiny freckles along her nose and cheek.

Kate looked into his eyes and saw his sincerity
. She smiled at him and took his hand. “I would love to stay and lay with you all day but I need to go home and take a shower,” she said. “My interview is at two.”

“Do you want me to drive you?”

“No, but I do need you to get my clothes.”

“Fine,” Jack sighed
. “I’ll go find your clothes while you wash up.”

Kate went to sit up, but Jack pushed her back down
. He took her in his arms and kissed her hard on the mouth. When the kiss ended Kate’s body turned to jelly. Her head fell back like every bone in her neck melted away.

“Remember what I do to you.” He nodded with satisfaction
.

He released her and Kate fell back on the bed
. Jack stood and grabbed his jeans lying on the floor from last night. Kate watched him slip them over his bare cheeks. She couldn’t help admiring his fine backside and broad shoulders rippling with muscle. He was a man’s man, rugged through and through, like the kind seen on calendars or Stetson commercials. He was rough and tough on the outside, but Kate had a feeling it was nothing but show. On the inside he was a marshmallow, all gooey and soft. Nothing Jack McBride did was done in a small way. He worked hard, he played hard, and she was figuring out that he loved hard.

Jack left the room and walked downstairs
. He headed out the front door and looked in the direction of the truck. He saw her dress on the ground and picked it up. Her panties were by the side of the tire and he scooped them up in one swift move. He found her boots by the bushes. As he picked them up, he heard footsteps and saw a pair of cowboy boots standing before him. He stood and came face to face with his manager Mark.

“I take it you had an enjoyable evening,” said Mark seeing the female clothes in his employer’s hands.

“You could say that,” said Jack with an expressionless face. He wasn’t the kind of man who talked about his women, especially when it came to Kate.

“Tony quit this morning,” his manager stated.

“Kind of figured he would.”

“He had one hell of a shiner,” Mark continued
. “You wouldn’t know how it got there, would you?”

“I gave it to him,” Jack said matter-of-factly.

“What’d he do?” Mark’s brow lifted in curiosity.

“He crossed the line,” Jack was getting annoyed just thinking about it.

“Hmmm...” said Mark as he crossed his arms over his chest. “I’ll put an ad in the paper for another hand. Do I need to put one in for a housekeeper too?”

Mark knew Jack
. If history was any indication, his boss was probably regretting his last night activity with Miss Harris. It was a shame too. He liked this one, and she did a fine job cleaning as well as cooking.

“Kate isn’t going anywhere,” stated Jack as he gave Mark a cross look
. “As a matter of fact, she’s moving in with me. Can you have a few of the boys pack up her belongings this afternoon and have them brought to the house?”

Mark stepped back
and his mustache twitched like a family of spiders had taken up residence in it. “Did I hear you right?” He banged on his ear to make sure it wasn’t clogged.

“You heard me right,” said Jack in his usual authoritative manner
. “I want her moved in before five tonight.” Jack was done talking. He walked up the porch steps and headed for the house.

“What do you want me to do with her furniture
?” Mark called after him.

“Call Clyde and make arrangements to have her furniture put into storage,” he said over his shoulder.

Mark watched his employer disappear into the house. He shook his head several times then walked away heading back to his office.

Kate was finishing up in the bathroom when she heard Jack’s voice through the door.

“I got your clothes,” said Jack. “I found everything but your bra.”

“Oh, great,” said Kate as she emerged from the bathroom
. She took her belonging from Jack and placed them on the bed. She slipped into her panties then shimmied into her sundress.

“I have a feeling someone other than us has a memento of last night,” he chuckled
. Kate didn’t see the humor in it. She sat on the bed and began to put on her boots. “Me, personally, I would have taken your panties.”