by Amelia Jade
“So, what’s for dinner?” Dom asked, bringing about laughter from all as they filed inside.
“Steaks, corn on the cob, and some fancy garlic bread,” Quinn announced as they entered the kitchen to view the banquet before them.
“We’re in charge of steaks then?” Asher asked.
“Absolutely,” Quinn replied. “They’re seasoned and ready to go. Get cooking, grill master!” she teased, handing him an apron with the same saying emblazoned on it.
Asher took it good-naturedly, and Zeke grabbed a trio of beers from the fridge as the shifters headed back outside to the barbecue. He gave Amber a wink, reluctant to leave her, but knowing that she wasn’t going anywhere either. She smiled and blushed slightly before turning back to help Quinn with the final preparations.
“Here we are, boys,” Zeke said as he pushed through the back door, toeing it closed behind him. He handed out the beers, cracking Asher’s for him as the other man lit the grill.
“Cheers,” Ash said, and the three of them clinked bottles and took a deep drink.
“Indeed, cheers to Z finally making a move,” Dom teased.
The three of them clinked again, though Zeke was shaking his head at his friends.
“You guys are ridiculous,” he stated.
“And?” Dom replied.
“I don’t know. I guess I’m just glad to have you around.”
There was a moment of silence at that, the expression of feelings, something that they had rarely done around each other.
“Cheers,” Asher said, this time a little more solemnly, and held out his bottle.
The trio clinked, nodding at each other. They didn’t need to say more than that. Enough had already been said.
As if by common agreement, they then turned to the barbecue, where Zeke and Dominick immediately began to criticize Asher’s cooking ability, and to tell him how a steak should properly be done.
The playful banter continued over dinner, and as Zeke looked up and down the table at his friends, and at Amber, he couldn’t help but feel happier than he had in a long time.
***
“Hi,” she said softly.
“Hey,” he responded just as quietly.
There was silence after that. He pulled her in a little tighter to him though, and she didn’t object, practically pulling herself onto his lap in the effort to get closer. Finally he decided that would work best and just lifted her from her seat onto him, where she curled up, tucking her head under his chin and resting it against his chest.
He closed his large arms around her and held her tight, just enjoying the act of being there with her.
Amber exhaled in a contented sigh.
“Shhh,” he hushed. “You’ll wake the others.”
She rolled her eyes. “You couldn’t wake Quinn with a freight train. And Dom snores so loud.”
He laughed silently at the truthfulness of her comments. The others hadn’t meant to stay the night. It would mean an early morning to wake up and fly back, but they had just been having too much fun together. Now he and Amber were the only ones still awake, lost in each other’s presence and reluctant to let it go.
“Well, if they’re so sound asleep, they won’t hear this,” he murmured into her ear before picking her up and placing her so that she was straddling him.
Amber settled down onto his lap, arms draped around his neck.
“That was pretty smooth, I must admit,” she teased in whisper. “Only one creak from the couch.”
He grinned. “I’m stealthy, like a ninja.”
Amber giggled, then clapped her hands over mouth.
She shook her head at him, silently blaming him for her outburst.
“Much harder for you to do that if I’m doing this,” he said, and pulled her head down to his, so that he could press his lips against hers.
Amber inhaled sharply through her nose as they kissed, and Zeke reveled in the desire he felt in her actions, the way she melted against him, her entire body forcing itself against him.
It triggered a reaction between his legs, and he felt Amber grin slightly as they continued to kiss. Her hips began to grind back and forth against the growing bulge beneath her, forcing a hiss from Zeke each time she made contact. Her touch was driving him mad. He knew that even as her fingers spread across his chest, touching him through his shirt, that he needed her. To take her. Right then.
“Wait,” he told her softly. “Not here.”
Amber looked around. “Where then?”
He smiled. “I have an idea. Follow me.”
Clearly confused, Amber took his hand. Zeke snatched up a blanket with his free hand and made his way outside. The stars were out in full force, and the moon was hidden from the sky. The wind was slightly chilled, and he draped the blanket over her shoulders.
“I don’t follow,” she said.
“Stay here,” he told her, and jogged into the middle of the stone circle, calling upon the power of his dragon before he’d even reached the middle.
This time Zeke let his change flow unharnessed, allowing the circle of flame to wash over the stones. Then he maneuvered so that his body and wings could block the view of the stones from the house.
Inhaling, he let Dragonfire wash over the stones, quickly heating them up. His job done, he moved back to the circle and shifted. The warmth of the stones took the chill out of the air, and he went to Amber’s side, taking the blanket from her. Once the stones had cooled just a bit, he put the blanket down and pulled her on top of him.
“You are such a romantic,” she said, leaning down to kiss him full on the mouth, her tongue pushing its way into his lips as he reciprocated.
“For you, anything,” he said, sliding his hands up her sides, under her shirt.
Amber bit her lip at his touch, and he felt himself about ready to burst through his seams at just how beautiful she looked, illuminated there by starlight.
He rolled her over onto her back, and let his lips trace their way across her jaw and down her neck.
Zeke was the luckiest man alive, he knew it. Now all he had to do was show her how he felt.
Chapter Nine
Amber
Though this was not how she had imagined the evening going, Amber had no complaints. The idea of making love for the first time out under the stars, on a bed of rock heated by his Dragonfire was…exhilarating, to say the least. It was likely not an opportunity she would ever have again.
The fact that it was with Zeke was even better, because it was someone she wanted to be with. Doing it with him would make the experience perfect. There was no hesitation in her as he slipped her pants off. Her bare skin was warmed by the ambient heat of their makeshift bed.
She flinched as his lips made contact with the inside of her leg just below the knee. It wasn’t his touch that made her jump, but the still-unexpected warmth that accompanied him every time her skin was against his. She felt he could probably have kept her warm all on his own.
“I like that,” she said aloud as he slid one hand up her opposite leg, his fingers matching his lips as he crept closer.
He smiled, eyes focused intently upon her face. He never stopped moving, and inched his way upward. As he lowered himself down, Amber was forced to prop herself up on her elbows to keep him in sight.
She bit her lip as he began to encounter increasingly sensitive skin, his touch now lighting a fire within her to match the one he had used only minutes earlier.
“Stop teasing,” she growled as he moved away slightly.
Zeke laughed, and in response, ran his tongue softly right across her clit.
Amber’s entire body tensed at the sparks of pleasure and electricity that ripped through her nerves and overwhelmed her brain.
It had been too long. She’d forgotten how amazing it felt to be with someone. Zeke seemed to know just what to do as well. His tongue found its way back directly between her legs, and Amber had to do everything she could not to cry out. The windows were closed, but she st
ill didn’t want to risk anyone hearing them.
The longer Zeke spent attending to her, the harder it became as she drew closer and closer to the edge. His movements were slow and rhythmic when they needed to be, interspersed with bursts of speed that always seemed to catch her off guard, driving her pleasure to new heights. It was also his way of teasing her, because just as she felt herself getting ready to climax, he would change it up.
The effect served to build up a pressure inside of her that threatened to boil over. Each time he drove her closer, she had a harder time coming back down.
“Now,” she begged. “Please, do it now. I want to cum for you, Zeke. Please make me.” Her voice was ragged and dry from her moans, despite the best attempts to stay quiet.
At this point, Amber no longer cared. His touch was too good.
“Oh my,” she said, eyes going wide as Zeke gently slipped a finger inside of her. Her eyelids fluttered and then her eyes rolled back into her head. “Yes, just like that, holy shit. It feels so good.”
This time Zeke didn’t change anything. He just slowly increased his pace, driving her to the edge as she writhed under his touch. Her hands wrapped around his head, pulling him tight into her. She wasn’t letting him stop this time. Her hips ground against his face as he pleasured her.
Amber came, and the pressure between her legs suddenly swelled in size and rushed out through the rest of her body, tensing muscles, pausing her lungs, and generally shutting off her brain. She climaxed hard, her entire core flexing and releasing repeatedly as she quivered, held in place by his one hand wrapped around her leg.
Light blossomed behind her closed eyes and Amber felt fiery pleasure explode out, ripping a cry from her lungs as she came, waves of bliss pounding against her like the heat that still roiled up from the rocks under them. Zeke stopped then, pulling back from her and simply holding her tight as she continued to shake, her senses on fire and every nerve ending singing loudly for attention at that exact moment.
She whimpered slightly as Zeke withdrew, but the break was necessary. He rose up and slid alongside her, pulling her into his arms as she shuddered through the post-orgasm shockwaves that were still ricocheting through her body.
Teeth gently nipped at her ear and she felt a shiver run down her spine.
Instinctually her hand slid down between them until it found his cock, straining against the seams of his jeans. She fiddled with it, still in the final throes of her own pleasure, but intent on giving Zeke some as well. Amber licked her lips as he used his own free hand to help, and together they divested him of his undergarments as well.
“So big,” she murmured as her hand wrapped around his shaft. Her eyes widened slightly at his size, but she didn’t slow down.
Moving carefully over the blanket-covered rocks, she slid down until her head was between his legs, switching their positions. Zeke’s hand reached out and stroked her head, easing her hair to one side as well. She loved it when his fingers brushed against her. Something about his touch drove her absolutely wild, and Amber wasted no time in showing him that.
Wetting her lips, she gave the head of his throbbing cock a slow, seductive kiss, taking it half into her mouth in the process, leaving the tip shiny in the starlight from her saliva. The entire time her eyes stayed focused on him, watching him as he watched her stroke her hand up and down his shaft, her lips parting to take him inside of her mouth as she did.
When her tongue slid across the underside of his head, along the seam between it and the shaft, Zeke’s eyes closed halfway and he moaned her name quietly into the night, his fingers tightening in her hair. She thought he was going to pull her down, and braced for it, but he didn’t. Instead he continued to stroke her head as she took him deeper into her mouth, until she could fit no more.
Then she backed off, running her free hand from where his shaft started up, pushing under his shirt until she could feel his hard abs flexing as she pleasured him. That was a delightful feeling, the tense and calming of his muscles brought about by her actions. Amber smiled to herself and closed her eyes, focusing on the feel of his cock as it slid under her lips, the pulse of his blood under her hand as it rose and fell up his long shaft. It was moving easier now as she coated him in saliva, sliding smoothly over his skin.
Zeke was groaning louder now as she worked him faster and faster, forcing herself to take as much of him into her mouth with every movement as she could. She gagged on him slightly, for once not feeling self-conscious about doing so, and the sudden hiss of delight from Zeke made her tingle all over. She loved it when a man was comfortable enough to express his pleasure, making plenty of noise for her. It made Amber willing to do it again.
Abruptly his shaft tightened and she withdrew her hand from his abs and used it to cup his balls as they tensed.
A moment later a grunt emerged from Zeke and he came inside her mouth. She flicked her tongue constantly along the bottom of his head as it pulsed between her lips, filling her mouth with jets of hot cum. Her hand on his shaft worked it up and down quickly, trying to drain him of everything he had.
When the torrent slowed she swallowed it, making room for the last few drops as Zeke finished cumming, his body relaxing back on to the blanket.
She noted that his cock didn’t relax. It was still hard and standing at attention as she licked the last vestiges of his climax from him, leaving him clean and gleaming in the dim light.
“Come here,” he ordered, and she didn’t hesitate, climbing atop his stomach and pushing her way back to his hips.
Amber bounced slightly in surprise when the tip of his cock pressed up against her opening. She sat upright and reached behind her, taking his shaft in her hand once more, and guiding it right where it needed to be as she sat back, taking him inside of her at last.
“Slow,” she gasped as Zeke moved his hips toward her, and he instantly relaxed, allowing her to take a moment. “Sorry,” she said with a smile, leaning down and moving her head to the side so she could nibble at his neck and ear. “You’re big enough I’m going to need a minute or two at first.”
“Anything for you,” he rumbled back, his strong arms wrapping around her body and pulling her tight to him.
“Oh really?” she asked, giving her hips a slight wiggle as she pushed them down a little further on him.
Zeke’s eyes flared with delight.
“Really,” he replied, pushing his hips very slowly toward her.
Amber started to rise as she felt him sliding deep inside of her, her walls protesting his girth, but she relaxed onto him instead as he stopped, having done no more than just tease her.
“Tsk tsk,” she said as grinned up at her, and she pulled her hips away from him, letting part of his cock slide out of her.
“Foul play,” he mock grumped, twisting his head swiftly so he could latch onto her neck, giving it a sharp—but not overly painful—bite.
Amber yelped and pulled back, which had the added effect of pushing her hips down onto him. She gasped as more of him than before slid inside her.
And kept going, until she felt him press up against her body, Zeke’s entire thick length buried deep inside of her.
“Oh,” she said, the sound practically a gasp as her body shuddered in a mixture comprised mostly of pleasure but with a slight bit of pain as well as he spread her apart.
“You’re okay?” he asked, slightly concerned.
“Oh yes,” she said in a strangled voice as her body shook of its own accord. Amber felt she could climax right then and there, all it would take was—
Zeke’s cock seemed to flex inside of her, and she fell on top of him as an orgasm swept through her body. It wasn’t as powerful as the first one, but she cried out nonetheless, falling on top of his powerful chest and allowing herself to be held tight as she shook. Her eyes closed and she was blasted with a never-ending wave of pleasure that seemed to take forever to dissipate.
Her nerves were once again lit with fire as she basked in the bliss that
was the highest form of pleasure she had ever known.
Somewhere throughout her throes, Zeke had begun to move in and out of her. This continued as her orgasm faded, replaced by the unbelievable feeling of his cock thrusting in and out of her. It was a sensation unlike anything else she experienced in her normal life, and right then, it was exactly what Amber needed.
Zeke sat up as she recovered. He was large enough for that to work, with her legs straightened out behind him and atop his. Her chest pressed to his and his arms kept her held closely as they rocked back and forth. The motion didn’t allow for much of his cock to slide in and out of her, but it was enough, and it drove her wild anyway, which was all she could ask for at that point.
Her eyes slipped up to the stars, seeing them twinkle and bounce slightly as she rocked in time with Zeke, their bodies so tight together, despite the shirts they both still wore.
I’m literally making love under the stars. Talk about cliché.
It was, and Amber fucking loved every moment of it. She rocked against him, the two of them taking turns whispering each other’s names and sweet nothings into their ears, so totally wrapped up in the moment that they didn’t care what was said, so long as the other said it. Amber shuddered through two more climaxes while held tightly in his arms, until Zeke exploded deep within her at last.
It was the perfect night she thought, as they lay together staring at the array of glittering gems in the sky. There was no ambient light in Cadia, and the panorama displayed before them was so breathtaking she failed to find adequate words to describe it, besides stunning. It didn’t do it justice, but it was all she could come up with.
“This was a smooth move,” she teased into his ear.
“Move? Whatever are you talking about?” he asked innocently.
She giggled softly. “It’s okay, I fell for it hook, line, and sinker, and I’m perfectly okay with that.”
“Good,” he said, his head rolling to one side so he could gently press his lips to her cheek. “So am I.”