Roark looked at her as if she’d started spouting quantum physics or asked to pee on the president. Not the first time to be under the weight of that stare, Calder chose to ignore it and move on.
“There’s something so special about being mated to a moron. I mean any idiot could fall for the perfect guy, but it takes a real woman to hook up with the mentally challenged and survive.”
“Why do you torture me this way?”
“It’s not torture if you like it.”
“Good point.”
“Can we move on to why you’re still here? And when I can throw your going away party?”
“You’ve got a wide streak of mean in you, not to mention a sarcastic bent that gets me hard.”
She scoffed at him. “The wind blowing gets you hard so that’s not exactly a compliment.”
“If I wanted to be abused, I’d go see my family. Instead here I am, after combing this rather large country looking for you. Shouldn’t it earn me a brownie point or two?”
Her eyes rolled even as she tried to control the movement. The man made her want to do ten different things and only six of them naked.
“So are we here together to fuck or separate? ’Cause I got to tell you, mating isn’t too easy on a female’s system. I need sex and I need it from you.” Granted maybe she shouldn’t have blurted it out like that, but too much tension in the room would suffocate them in minutes.
* * * * *
She stood proudly naked in front of him, sunlight dancing over her skin, daring him to say a word about her not-so-flat belly or her not-so-toned thighs. Their lovemaking had always consisted of her being on her back or against the wall, in places or positions that didn’t put her at a disadvantage.
He stood there, the light of the kitchen surrounding his powerful body. One strong hand rubbed his whiskered jaw while his gaze never stopped stroking her bare flesh.
“And there goes plan A.”
“Plan A?” The man could talk her in circles after he was inside her.
“The buildup you’re not getting.” Three strides and he closed the distance between them. Calloused fingers grasped her ass and lifted until Calder wrapped her legs around his waist and twined her arms around his neck.
“Condom?” she managed to pant out.
“Already got it,” his voice was harsh in the dimly lit room, “while you were busy getting gloriously naked. Now let’s see about you.”
He took her down onto the buttery-soft leather couch. From now until the day she died she’d never bitch at Trevon for the luxury he insisted on having. Not when it came in handy.
Reality disappeared under Roark’s magical touch. There were no sweet, gentle kisses, no tender explorations of new lovers. He devoured and conquered her with the slick thrust of his tongue and the wicked bite of his teeth.
His penis rubbed against her thigh, long, heavy and very hot. Her mouth hungered to taste and lick every silk-encased-steel inch of him. Since when did she bother offering head? The act bored her, felt beneath her and was pretty much was a waste of time, except for the man, of course.
Now she couldn’t wait to drop to her knees and lick every tempting inch of his wide, stiff length. Shit, mating made a girl lose her mind.
When his solid, hot body covered hers, she forgot to breathe for a moment. One large hand reached between her naked thighs to open her swollen lips. The broad, fat head of his cock pushed into her before she had a chance to relax her muscles.
She opened her mouth, to warn him or ask him to give her a second, but it was too late. He shoved hard with all the considerable strength of his body. The pain flashed to pleasure and back so quickly Calder didn’t know if she needed to scream in agony or ecstasy.
Roark’s cock felt almost too large, even though her body was more than ready. He tunneled inside her, stretching her to fit his width.
His head pulled back sharply. “How can you possibly feel better every time I fuck you?”
Calder noticed the rigid way he held his body, the way his jaw flexed. The tendons in his neck stood out and his hands clenched and unclenched at her sides.
She stretched up to press a kiss to his cheek. “Kegel exercises?” Not the brightest thing to say at this exact moment, but what could she say? Argue with him?
With a curse, Roark lowered until he lay completely on top of her. His mouth was on hers, tongue fucking while his hands explored.
His firm thighs bunched and he started thrusting, deep and fast.
The rhythm of Roark’s body sped up until he was slamming into her, the couch banging into the sturdy wooden wall. She’d never felt so wanted or fucked in her entire life. Nothing existed outside Roark and his magnificent cock.
She came without warning. One minute, she’d been exploring the firm ropes of muscle in his back and the next her body broke into a million pieces. Lights flashed beneath her eyelids as stars flared and died. Her cunt pulled long and hard on Roark’s cock as she rode her pleasure to the trembling end.
Roark’s body froze for a second before he frantically hammered again into her wet depths. He tore his lips away from hers then buried his face in the cushions by her head.
Once, twice, and by the third deep and heavy thrust, Calder felt the heat of his semen through the thin condom. Yet he continued to push into her as if trying to reach deeper or go farther.
As her own climax smoothed over, she could feel Roark’s cock still rigid, thick and long inside her. How could he still be ready? He’d come. She’d felt it.
She clung to his shoulders and, with a confused sigh, let go. Her arms and legs fell to the cushions. There was no more strength in her to hold on. Sweat glued their bodies together and between their thighs, her sticky moisture continued to trickle out. She thought she’d be satisfied. Coming once usually had her ready for a shower then bed.
But not this time, not with Roark. She should be exhausted, overwhelmed by his rough treatment and desperate fucking, but Calder wanted to fly. She lacked the strength to do more than breathe. Then he hit a sweet spot inside her and Calder found a second wind.
Her thighs were still held open by his taut hips, completely vulnerable to him. She wondered if it would be rude to ask him to flip over so she could ride him for a while.
“Roark—”
Her voice died out as his hips kept moving.
“Thank goodness,” she praised and wrapped her legs around his waist. Ready for another incredible fuck.
Roark clung to Calder, his mind blown away by the force and power of his orgasm. The feel of her arms around him was the only thing keeping him together.
He couldn’t believe he was still fucking her. His arms clamped around her, holding her tightly to him, he pumped and grinded against her as the need to come built swiftly in his balls.
Then they were kissing again, and he deepened the kiss with a short groan, lowering more of his weight against the delicious roundness of her perfect, plump breasts. He used one hand to hold her head still for his kiss. Oh how he loved fucking her mouth as much as her cunt. So soft and wet, with a flavor he could easily become addicted to.
He praised whatever higher power was listening as she kissed him back. Her tongue met and twined with his. He’d never met a woman he hadn’t been able to take and leave. Much less a woman he couldn’t lose his erection for. Everything about Calder felt different. She had her own life, her own friends. She didn’t need him or depend on him for anything. Self-confident and assured, everything about her turned him on.
To his delight and amazement, Calder met him thrust for thrust, and he reveled in every motion. He’d never made love to a woman as soft as Calder, and now he knew just what he’d been missing. The perfection of her curves cushioned the hard planes of his body. Instead of feeling her bones, Roark felt nothing but the lushness of her generous flesh. Everything about her was somehow more giving than anything he’d ever experienced before.
Roark had less than zero control, but he wanted to feel Calder come aroun
d him again. To feel her slick inner muscles pull and squeeze as her orgasm tore through her.
He wrapped one arm around her, sliding his hand up and down her silken side, through the soft fall of her rich red-gold hair. Later, when his desire tamped down, he wanted to wind those dark locks around his cock.
Maybe he should take time out to kiss and tongue her breasts, but that meant leaving her mouth.
Nope, he couldn’t do it. Maybe in a couple of hours he’d be able to give those ripe berry nipples the attention they deserved, to suck them in his mouth and nibble the sweet flesh with his teeth.
Cripes, he was turning himself on while still thrusting inside her. What the hell was happening between his brain and his dick?
He didn’t care. Roark drew his hand free of her billowy cloud of long hair to cup her breast. It felt full and soft in his large hand. He lightly drew a circle around the nipple and wanted to smile at the moan that vibrated between their joined mouths.
In a sudden movement, Roark reversed their positions. He rolled them over with her in his arms until she lay pressed atop him. Her fragrant curtain of red-gold hair surrounded them as if it were a living wave.
He’d thought with Calder on top he wouldn’t feel the need to get rough, but with her breasts pressed firmly against his chest, her breath warming his neck, rough fucking was about the only thing he was capable of.
He could feel how warm and wet she was from her own juices. His latex-covered cock was making noises in her, but it didn’t bother him enough to pull out and grab a new one. Besides, with a wave of his hand he could change condoms without disturbing either one of them.
His wide hands cupped the perfect globes of her ass and he settled into a deep, pounding rhythm—hard, fast thrusts he generally used right before coming his brains out.
Everything in the world faded except for the soul-driven need to keep fucking Calder. Roark clung tightly to her, pulling her firmly down to his body, shaking as his own orgasm rose up and her sweet, tight muscles spasmed around him. He fucked her all the way through it, unable to stop, vicious short stabs up into her, his cock iron stiff, coming so much he almost passed out. By the time his body finally stopped shaking and thrusting, he couldn’t think, speak or even blink. And he was drop-dead grateful she’d been on top so he wouldn’t even have to think about moving.
“If I’m dead in the morning please close my casket?” Calder’s breathless voice broke through his satiated haze. “If I’m gone then there’s no reason to taunt my family with the blissful smile even death won’t be able to wipe away.”
Roark didn’t think he would ever walk again and Calder wanted to have a conversation about their never gonna happen deaths. Then again the blissful smile part gave him enough of a jolt to force his lips to curl. “I aim to please.”
His answer must have satisfied her because she continued to talk. “You do more than please, mister.” Then she dropped her head and nuzzled her nose against his panting and sweaty chest.
“That good, huh?” Wow, he could still talk. Amazing what a little compliment could do to a man’s body. “May I return the compliment?”
“On a scale of one to ten,” Calder paused to nip his passion-hard nipple, “you broke the scale.”
* * * * *
She couldn’t admit, outside her head at least, how nice and perfect it felt to snuggle, replete in Roark’s arms. Basking in the afterglow, Calder ran her foot up her leprechaun’s muscled thigh. “So…”
“So.” He pressed a kiss to her temple.
Irritation wanted to bubble up and out, but Calder clamped it down. No reason to ruin a perfectly good post-orgasm cuddle. Hadn’t Dora told her think more and speak less. Maybe her godmother had a point, though she’d rather sew her lips shut than admit the older woman could be right.
“Roark, you aren’t naïve enough to think we can live on sex alone. Someday we’ll have to crawl out of this bed and deal with the rest of the world.” She gave him a not so subtle nudge in the ribs. “The rest of the world including my family and yours.”
“Why must you destroy my shiny bubble of happiness?” he complained in a low, childish tone. “There are only two people allowed in this bed.” He used a finger to tap her nose then pressed the same digit to his chest. “Anyone not you or I will be thrown out.”
“Fine.” She huffed out an irritated breath or at least tried to. Something about him had her fighting a smile more often than not. She loved being around him, listening to the soft cadence of his accent and hearing his skewered view of the world. “It still doesn’t solve the problems out there.”
“Love, I’m Fae, even better I’m a leprechaun. Magically delicious!” The smug tone in his voice made her want to bury him in a mountain of marshmallow cereal treats.
“Magically delicious, my ass,” she muttered softly, but not softly enough if the swat to her bare ass was any indication. “Hey, what happened to the basking? We’re supposed to be basking in our mating and great sex. Slapping my fluffy ass is not the way to earn round three…or four.”
“Love, I think we’re beyond counting rounds and,” he leered at her, “your ass is not fluffy. It’s perfect.” So saying, he rubbed his warm palm over said body part several times.
“Moving on.” Calder rolled out of his arms and away from his tempting touch. Yes, she loved the way he couldn’t get enough of her and the feeling was way too mutual, but it didn’t negate their need to talk. Someone had to be the adult in the bed and unfortunately it seemed it would be her.
Gracefully sliding to her feet, Calder tugged the sheet with her. No way would she give her mate additional reasons to tumble her back into bed. “Behave, you lecherous lout. There are decisions we actually need to make.”
He gave her an award-winning pout worthy of any tantrum-throwing three-year-old. “Why screw up amazing bed play with talk of out there?” He waved an arm to encompass the world outside the fishing camp.
“Because,” she answered, tucking the soft sheet between her breasts in a toga-like fashion. “Reality is out there. Reality that we both live and work in.” Calder eyed the handsome Fae currently using his magic to… Oh hell, he was popping into the private lives of celebrities.
Hands on hips, she scowled down at his handsome face. “Why are you looking at…” She stopped to peer closer at the magical flat screen hanging in the air over the wide bed. Recognizing the long, shiny, luscious mink-born locks, doe-slanted eyes and trademark full pouty lips, Calder smacked her Fae mate on his naked thigh. With enough power behind the touch to ensure it hurt.
“Bloodthirsty woman.” He waved the peeping Roark magical TV away. “What did I tell you about abusing me with those mighty paws of pain?”
“Quit calling them that,” she protested, more for form than because she thought it would do anything to change his mind. The man didn’t change anything without a few sticks of dynamite and maybe the order of the Fae queen.
“Quit trying to take off favorite parts of my body.”
She rolled her eyes, unable to stop herself. “Every part of you is your favorite.”
Waving a hand up and down his lean, tanned, muscled, fantasy-inducing bod, he smirked at her. “Do you blame me?”
“I’m getting a headache,” Calder complained instead of risking an answer back to him. The man had way too much power over her as it was.
“I think you were supposed to use that line before you came screaming my name in unbridled pleasure.”
“Ugh,” was all she managed to come out with. The man slapped her common sense away. “You make me crazy.”
“At least we agree I’m right.” He snapped his fingers and shot her a cocky wink.
Immediately to her right a table right out of a five-star restaurant appeared, complete with silver-domed plates, champagne flutes and sparkling silverware. The napkins held the initials of a New York iconic restaurant.
“You stole this?” Appalled, she grabbed the wheeled wooden trolley and tried to shove it away. W
here she thought she’d bring it didn’t occur to Calder, she just wanted the stolen property out of her sight.
“I don’t need to steal, love. I left enough gold to more than cover what I took.” He shot her an annoyed look. “You opinion of Fae is beginning to annoy me. Looking down at an entire race for some prejudice is small, petty and beneath you.”
“Hey,” she started to snap back at Roark, but some remnant of sanity stopped her. Instead she dropped her hands to her sides and simply shook her head. “We’re not getting anywhere arguing. How was I supposed to know you paid for the meal?”
“Well,” he drawled out casually, “you could have asked me.”
“Damn tricky Fae, I hate when you’re right.” Feeling childish and petty, Calder kicked the trolley then jumped around cursing as her big toe throbbed in pain.
“Oh Calder, if possible I think I love you even more today than I did yesterday.”
Time froze as the implications of his carelessly laughing words echoed through the room.
“Um…huh?”
“Eloquent as always, my dear.”
“Shut it, marshmallow treat,” she warned even as she wondered how normal people expressed and received love. ’Cause it probably didn’t get any weirder than what Calder and Roark shared. “As a first declaration of love, that sucked, but hey, since I love you too it makes us one hell of a pair, right? Who else would want us?”
“Sometimes I think fate or God has a freaky sense of humor.” Roark walked over to embrace her, his touch sinking right into her heart and soul. “By Mother Nature, I do so love you, Calder. I can’t breathe for it.”
She slid her hand through his silky black locks and pulled his head back until their eyes met. “No one else could get away with saying those kinds of things to me. You are my air, Roark. I hate you for making me love you so much.”
Even with her neck buried in the rich, fresh scent of his neck, Calder could almost see the rise of his brow and the smirk curving the lips she loved to feel all over her body.
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