by Donna Raider
“Ah, yes. Is that why you are so upset, dear,” Leah frowned. “I believe your little indiscretion was the ‘only’ first for us. As I recall, we made love before dinner.”
The door to the diner swung open, and a young man in priest’s garb entered. “I have a special delivery for Leah Cross,” he announced.
Ruth pointed him in Leah’s direction, and he walked to their table.
“I have been instructed to wait for your answer,” he bowed as he handed her the letter he was carrying.
Leah took the envelope and was astounded to see it bore her name and the papal seal. She delicately opened it, careful not to tear it. The card inside said, “The honor of your presence is requested at the ordination of Father Martin…”
She looked up at the messenger and said, “Yes, of course.”
The young priest handed Mika the second envelope. “I believe you want this back, Priest” he smiled as he handed the envelope to Mika.
Mika nodded her head and took the envelope, letting it fall onto the table.
“Aren’t you going to open it?” Leah asked. Then she noticed the address was in Mika’s handwriting.
“No, Mika said softly, “You open it. It was all for you anyway.”
Tears filled Leah’s eyes as she read the card inside the envelope.
Your Eminence:
It is with extreme regret, that I must inform you that I will not attend the ordination of Father Martin Miller. Important family matters prevent me from being present.”
Yours faithfully,
Priest Mika Cross
Leah raised her eyes to meet Mika’s. She took both of Mika’s hands into hers and said softly, “Oh, darling, I am very sorry. Can you ever forgive me?”
She couldn’t get over the intense hurt that showed in Mika’s eyes. “Come,” Leah whispered, smiling seductively, “I need to teach you about makeup sex.”
A swirl of purple smoke was all that remained in the booth as she transported them to their bedroom.
“Lucky bastard,” Emily choked.
“Yeah,” Ruth sighed.
##
Mika sat on the side of their bed and watched Leah as she unbuttoned her shirt and collar. “How could you do that to me?” Mika whispered. “I love you so much. Why didn’t you give me the benefit of the doubt? You must know I can’t stand to spend a night away from you. I was working on fixing it. It was bad enough, and you only made it worse, using sex to manipulate me. I would never use the most beautiful thing between us to punish you.”
Tears ran down Mika’s smooth cheeks and fell onto Leah’s hands. Leah’s heart ached. She thought she was going to be sick. She was just beginning to realize that she—and she alone—was the keeper of the heart and happiness of this angelic woman-child she had taken for her wife.
“When I married you, I put my heart and all of my being in your keeping,” Mika said hoarsely, “I never dreamed you would use that to get your way about something.”
Leah stared at her in disbelief. Mika was such an innocent. Leah had always used sex to get her way. Not with Mika, of course. They had always been in total agreement on everything. She realized that no one had ever cared enough about her to be hurt as deeply as she had hurt Mika. She knew how much Mika trusted her never to hurt her, and she had broken that trust.
Leah kissed Mika softly, running her tongue over Mika’s lips. Straddling her on her knees, Leah pulled her head between her breasts and rocked Mika back and forth, stroking her soft blonde hair. “Baby, baby,” she hummed. Using the term of endearment, she had never used with anyone else but felt so right with Mika.
Tears ran unchecked down Leah’s cheeks and fell into Mika’s hair. She loved her so much. Even more, than she had ever imagined.
Leah wondered how long Mika could sit there without responding to her. Then Mika’s hands moved slowly up her back to unclasp her bra and pull it over her arms. Leah moaned softly as Mika’s soft lips found her nipple and then louder as her tongue caressed it slowly, deliberately stroking a fire in her that only Mika could put out.
##
Later Leah lay beside Mika deeply inhaling as she tried to catch her breath. Mika had made love to her so tenderly, so gently, but Leah could still feel a fury in her that their lovemaking had not resolved. Leah knew she had created a chasm between them that she had to close.
Leah nuzzled Mika’s neck, kissing her, nibbling at her. “You’re still angry with me?” She asked, knowing the answer. “You want to scream at me and shake me and make me understand how much I’ve hurt you, don’t you?”
“Yes, but I’m sure I’ll get over it,” Mika turned her face away from Leah but held her tightly as if she were holding onto a life raft in deep, choppy waters.
“You can make me pay,” Leah whispered. “You don’t have to make love to me as if I would break. I need you to make love to me.” Mika felt the intensity of her own desire as Leah trailed fingers down her back. Electricity shot through Mika, causing every cell in her body to tingle. Magic Leah was appearing. Mika was ready for her.
Leah gasped as Mika rose above her and slid between her legs. She raked her nails down Mika’s strong muscular back to her narrow waist and dug them into her firm hips. She marveled at how perfectly Mika fit her in every way.
Mika’s hands moved roughly over her body, demanding a response from every place she touched her. Mika slid her hands under Leah’s hips and raised them to meet her. Time after time, Mika brought Leah to the brink, only to back away and leave her begging. Leah ached for her. She wanted her. Leah begged Mika, but the blonde ignored her pleas, torturing her until she thought she would go mad. Leah’s magic was frantically demanding Mika provide the release Leah needed, but Mika had learned a long time ago, that while her magic was eager, impatient and possessively greedy, she had no reason to fear it.
“Please, please,” Leah was sobbing uncontrollably, “please, Mika, use me, baby, please. Do whatever you want to me. I only want to please you. Use me for your pleasure.” Mika’s greatest pleasure was to please Leah, and she did.
Mika supported herself with her arms on either side of Leah’s head, separating her body from Leah’s breasts. Mika looked at her as if she were seeing her for the first time. Mika locked eyes with Leah, watching her beautiful face as she lowered herself onto her and ended their agony. Leah’s scream ripped the night as she arched her back to meet Mika. She dug her nails into Mika’s back, pulling her into her, clutching her, holding her in place against her. Mika buried her face in her neck, moaning her pleasure into Leah’s hair.
Mika collapsed on the bed beside her and pulled Leah into her arms. “Are you okay?” She whispered.
“Yes,” Leah said weakly. Her body trembled from the exhaustion of their lovemaking. “I love you, Mika.”
As always, Mika thrilled to the deep sensuous way Leah rolled her name off her tongue. “I love you too; darling and thank you for teaching me about make up sex. I rather enjoyed it.”
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They slept the rest of the day. Exactly thirty-six hours from the time they had disappeared in the purple haze, they walked through the door of the diner, holding hands and fawning over each other like newlyweds. They slid into their booth at the back of the diner. Mika caught Leah’s hands in hers and pulled her toward her. She leaned across the table and kissed Leah gently.
“In the future,” she smiled mischievously, “can we just have makeup sex without the disagreement?”
Leah nodded enthusiastically.
“I never realized you liked it that rough,” Mika dropped her voice, almost whispering.
“I like everything you do to me, baby,” Leah said in her sultriest voice.
Mika blushed, “You know what you just did to me, don’t you?”
“Yes,” Leah smiled wickedly as the booth filled with a purple haze, and they disappeared.
“Lucky bastard,” growled Emily.
“Yeah,” sighed Ruth.
CHAPTER 7 - Budget Meetings
> They had been married almost three years, and Mika still dreaded city budget week. The council met for a week in mid-September to set a budget for approval in October. Although it gave her a chance to catch up on things demanding her attention in the church, she hated that Leah’s budget meetings usually ran until after midnight.
Mika and Richie enjoyed the bonding time and often had frank talks about things the boy wasn’t comfortable discussing with his mother.
Richie was with the band practicing for their performance at homecoming. Mika was proud of her son. At fifteen, Richie excelled in athletics and was the quarterback for the Junior High Football team. He was an honor student and was determined to be a doctor. He was active in the church and was a wonderful example for youngsters who looked up to him. Almost every sentence he uttered now ended with, “If I had a car.”
Mika’s cell phone dinged signaling the arrival of a text message. Her face brightened as she saw her wife’s name.
Leah: I miss you!
Mika: So much.
Leah: These idiots just voted to take an hour break for dinner. That will just make these meetings run even longer past midnight. Going to the diner in fifteen minutes. Meet me there.
Mika: On my way.
Mika hated that the dinner break would make the meeting run later but was thrilled at the prospect of seeing her wife.
She was already in their booth when Leah walked into the diner. A brilliant smile graced Leah’s face as she walked toward Mika. Dear God, I love her, Mika thought as she rose and strode to meet her.
“Mayor, we had hoped you would dine with us,” the sheriff gestured toward the tables that were arranged so the council members could dine together.
“Sorry, Sheriff,” the priest smiled, “If you are going to add an hour to your meeting, I get to have dinner with my wife.”
Emily scowled and slumped down in her chair.
“I ordered for you,” Mika placed her hand on the small of Leah’s back and guided her to their table where two cups of hot coffee waited for them.
The warm pressure of Mika’s hand on her back sent a tremor through Leah’s body. As they reached their table, Leah turned and clutched the front of Mika’s shirt in her fist, pulling her down to her for a much-needed kiss. Every council member wanted to be in the couple’s shoes at that moment.
“From her reaction, I assume dinner was the sheriff’s idea.” Mika caught her wife’s hands and kissed her knuckles softly as they took their seat across from one another.
“Of course,” the mayor hissed. “I have to find a way to make these meetings end at a decent hour. They are exhausting. Come back to the meeting?” she asked hesitantly. “They are open to the public. Just having you there will make it better.”
“I’d love to,” Mika smiled. “It will give me a chance to observe my beautiful wife in action.”
Leah blushed and ducked her head. She never tired of Mika calling her my beautiful wife . She wasn’t sure which word she liked best: beautiful or wife. Actually “wife” won by a landslide.
“I am afraid there isn’t much action in these meetings,” she said dryly. “But, maybe later, at home, you can experience your wife in action,” she added in that low sultry voice that made Mika’s body stiffen in anticipation.
##
“We will begin with the sheriff’s budget proposals for next year,” the mayor started the meeting quickly.
As Emily rattled on, Leah looked around at her six council members. Delilah, who was now school superintendent, was beaming ridiculously at her daughter. She was still trying to figure out why no one would approve her requested funding for a bird sanctuary. Ruth was yawning and making faces at the mayor. Leah tried not to look at the tall brunet, afraid she would laugh. Levi represented the mining district and was already nodding off to sleep. Mother Superior was flipping thru the agenda to see how much longer the meeting would last. Amber smiled and rolled her eyes when the mayor made eye contact with her. Legion was scowling because his proposal for an adult bookstore had been voted down in the earlier half of the meeting. Kathryn was there as the deputy mayor.
Kathryn was working out beautifully. The woman was a natural politician and an excellent attorney. She had bonded with Amber and the two intelligently discussed the various issues presented to the council.
Leah always prevailed on items that mattered to her. Amber, Ruth, and Levi always voted her way, while Delilah and Mother Superior usually formed a voting bloc. Legion was the wild card, only voting when it would benefit him. If there was a tie, the mayor simply broke the tie, voting for what she wanted. After the incident at the mines, Levi had become her staunchest supporter, much to Delilah’s chagrin.
Leah’s phone lit up, and she saw a text from her wife.
Mika: You really should button those two top buttons. Emily can’t read her proposal for trying to look down your blouse.
Leah: The two top buttons are for you, darling.
Mika: Honestly, I can’t even think for trying to look down your blouse.
Leah smiled mischievously as their eyes met.
Leah: Bad priest.
Mika: Good wife.
Leah: Very good wife.
Mika: I can be bad for you.
Leah: I think you need to be spanked .
Mika: Oh, yes, please, Your Majesty .
Leah chuckled aloud when she read Mika’s last text.
All eyes turned to her, and Emily stopped in the middle of her presentation.
“That was interesting,” the mayor addressed the sheriff, trying to cover up the fact that she had no idea what Emily had just said. “I wasn’t aware of that.”
“You weren’t aware that you were re-elected mayor by an overwhelming landslide,” the sheriff raised a quizzical eyebrow.
“Madam Mayor,” Ruth jumped in to save her friend, “this meeting has gone on so long I can’t even concentrate on what Emily is saying. I move we adjourn for the night and take this up in tomorrow’s meeting.”
“I second,” Levi roused from his sleep.
The motion passed, and Leah closed her notebooks. “Let me put these in my office,” she smiled at her wife, “and we can go home.”
Mika leaned down and whispered to Ruth, “Thanks, I owe you big time.”
##
The priest visited with Kathryn, Ruth and Amber as the other council members left the room. Mika noticed Legion heading for the elevator instead of out the front door. When her wife hadn’t returned in fifteen minutes, she excused herself. “I better check on Leah. She’s taken longer than I expected.”
Mika didn’t wait for the elevator to return to the ground floor. Taking the stairs two at a time, she quickly arrived on the floor where the mayor’s office was located. The door to Leah’s office was open, and she could hear arguing between Legion and her wife. As she stepped inside the doorway, she realized that Legion had a strangle hold on her wife from across her desk.
“I don’t care if you are married to a priest, Your Majesty,” the wretch hissed, “You have a contract with me, and you will honor it. Find a way or else.”
Mika instantly caused a deluge of water to pour down on the man. The force of the water washed the imp to the floor causing him to lose his magic grip on Leah. Mika threw a bubble around Legion and stepped from the room so the man wouldn’t see her.
Leah sprang into action, walking around her desk, she waved her hand, drying the water from her carpet, and then eyed Legion trapped in the bubble. The pawnbroker was drenched and looked like a drowned squirrel. He was still sputtering from the cascade of water that had engulfed him. She nodded and the bubble began to fill with water until it was just beneath the man’s chin. The fiend screamed and cursed her from inside the bubble. She was relieved to find he was powerless against her wife’s manifestation.
“Don’t ever touch me again,” she growled, “I should drown you right now you miserable little rat.” She opened the double windows in her office and floated the raging imp outs
ide and down to the street. She burst the bubble, and Legion crumbled to the pavement, instantly beginning to freeze in the cold night air. He waved his hand and dried himself then disappeared in a cloud of black smoke. He was exceedingly distraught that the witch’s powers seemed to be increasing tremendously. They were becoming stronger than his own.
“Want to tell me what that was all about?” Mika pulled Leah into her arms. She shook her head, no , avoiding looking into Mika’s eyes. She moved deeper into Mika’s protective embrace and laid her head against her breast. They stood like that for a long time until she regained her composure. “I believe I promised you a spanking,” Leah smiled coyly.
“Um, yes,” Mika said hoarsely, resting her chin on top of Leah’s head so she wouldn’t see the worried look on her face.
##
As always, they awoke in each other’s arms the next morning. Mika looked at the clock. “Honey, we have overslept,” she whispered in her ear.
“I told Odette I wouldn’t be in until after lunch,” Leah said huskily, pressing herself closer against Mika. “I am yours to do with as you please, for the next four hours.”
“Sometimes I just want to dance down the street singing Leah Cross is my wife,” Mika laughed. “You make me happy.”
Leah could feel the pent-up energy in her wife and welcomed it. “The feeling is mutual, darling. By the way, where is our son?”
“Isaac’s house.” Mika answered as she trailed kisses from Leah’s neck to her soft breasts.
##
Ruth sat down beside Leah as she took their order. “I’m tired,” she eyed the mayor enviously. “I don’t know how you do it. I don’t think you slept at all, did you?”
“We…” Leah was at a loss for words as the wolf tapped her nose.
“Don’t even bother making excuses,” Ruth grinned. “The nose knows. Your usual and lots of coffee.”
The couple nodded.
A horrified look crossed her Mika’s face as she leaned across the table. “Are you okay?” she asked, her voice thick with concern. “You must be exhausted. I’m the world’s worst wife. I am sorry. I should have let you sleep last night. I…”