Cain's Salvation (Passion in Paradise - The Men of the McKinnon Sisters)

by Sarah O'Rourke

  “You! It belongs to you!” she admitted frantically, her hips churning against his mouth as his tongue speared her. Screaming hoarsely as he fucked her with his tongue, she pressed a fist to her mouth to try and quell her whimpers.

  Alternately tonguing her tight channel and nipping her sensitive clit, he pushed her body toward release. He grunted and growled as he ate her pussy like a man starving for his last meal. He couldn’t get enough of her, and the sounds she made as his lips moved over her only inflamed him, driving him to make her as crazy as he felt. Thrusting two fingers into her heat, he felt her pussy clamp around his fingers. Licking her clit furiously, he knew she was seconds away from combusting in his arms. “That’s it, baby,” he urged thickly. “Work that pussy around my fingers,” he praised, feeling the ripples begin deep inside her body. “Fuck yeah!” he growled as her nectar flooded his hand and she orgasmed around his fingers. His tongue caught her essence on his tongue and he savored as her cries built to a fever pitch.

  Faith’s pleasure was indescribable. Wave after wave of sensation assaulted her as she pulsed around him. The wet slide of his tongue sliding over her clit only heightened the acute bliss. “Cain! Cain, yes! YES!” she screamed, throwing her head back as her release pummeled her senses.

  Rising to his feet and staring into her dilated eyes, his jaw clenched as the need to fuck her hard and deep pierced him. “Tell me that you’re still on the pill,” he demanded roughly as his cock flexed between them against her abdomen. “I’m going to fuck you either way, Faith, but I’ll pull out if I need to.”

  “I’m c-covered,” she breathed as she witnessed the fierce hunger in his flashing eyes.

  “Thank Christ,” he growled, palming her ass and lifting her against the wall. “I need you hard and deep, baby,” he confided against her mouth. “Hang on, Sweetheart. I’m desperate for you,” he bit out, gripping his throbbing dick and lining it up against her entrance before thrusting balls-deep in her tight pussy. Nipping her swollen lower lip, he groaned loudly against her ear as her soft walls gripped his cock.

  Faith cried out as his cock speared her, impaling himself in her convulsing pussy. “Yes,” she moaned, clawing his shoulders as she lifted her hips and wriggled against him, trying to draw him deeper. “Fuck me, Cain,” she begged, dragging her teeth against his corded neck.

  Hitching her higher against the wall, Cain pounded into her heat, setting a fast, driving rhythm that had them both moaning in seconds. She was impossibly tight and so wet that his dick felt like it took a steam bath each time he sank into her. It was just as heavenly as he remembered. Her scalding depths burned his cock, and he surged inside her, his hips moving like pistons as every stroke brought them both closer to the edge.

  “So fucking good,” he growled, claiming her mouth for a deep kiss. Sucking her tongue as he pinned her against the wall and fucked in and out of her channel, he felt her ripple around his dick. “That’s it, baby,” he crooned as he held her ass in his hands and she writhed wantonly over his dick, “Rock those hips against me. You’ve missed my cock as much as I’ve missed this sweet little cunt, haven’t you?”

  Oh, sweet Lord, she’d forgotten how much his dirty talk ratcheted up her desire. Whimpering as he lunged inside her and nailed her G-spot with his cock, she nodded. “Yesyesyesyesyes!” she chanted as her pussy contracted around his thick stalk. “I love your cock!” she babbled mindlessly, bouncing on his dick as her cunt tried to drag him more deeply inside her body.

  He grunted as her pussy pulsed around him and he felt her nectar gush from her body, bathing his cock in her incredible heat. “Ah, fuck, baby! Just like that!” he groaned against her neck, powering through her slick tunnel as he felt his balls tighten. “Ride my cock,” he demanded harshly, lifting and dropping her ass over his thick length. “Shit, I’m close, baby,” he warned as the ache in his balls intensified. “I want you with me when I blow,” he muttered as he covered her lips and slid one hand between them.

  Faith keened as his thumb brushed her clit, rubbing tight little circles around the slick nub. “CAIN!” she squealed as her pussy tightened around his cock. “I’m gonna cum again!”

  “Yeah, Sweetness! Cum for me! Cum all over my cock,” he encouraged her harshly, his own back stiffening as his release began to rise within him.

  Faith screamed into his mouth as she quaked with the force of a second orgasm. Tightening her arms around his neck, her body shook as her pussy contracted around his cock. Moaning low in her throat, she tore her lips from his to gasp for air. “Oh, Goooooddddd!”

  “Yes! Yes! Yes!” Cain bit out, grunting with every word. Locking his knees as he lunged into her heat one last time, he felt his cock flex as his semen shot from his body, bathing her womb with long blasts of his cum. Burying his face against her neck, he let the pleasure overwhelm him as his seed soaked her pussy. His arms shook as they held her and her quick breaths fell against his ear as they both came down from their high.

  “Fuck, Faith,” he panted seconds later, turning his head to claim her parted lips for a gentle kiss. “That was incredible.”

  “This was always incredible between us,” she admitted huskily before returning his kiss, her own flushed body slowly cooling.

  Reluctantly, he gently pulled his softening cock from the haven of her body and lowered her back to her feet, keeping his arms wrapped around her until he was certain she’d found her balance. Staring into her eyes for a long minute as she leaned against the wall catching her breath, he gently stroked her face and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. “You know I still love you,” he whispered, meeting her crystal blue gaze.

  Swallowing hard, Faith nodded and then stared down at the floor. “I know. I just wish you wouldn’t say it,” she responded with a shake of her head. “I’m just not sure what that means anymore, Cain, and those words from you only confuse me more,” she acknowledged painfully.

  Nodding, Cain closed his eyes as he tucked his cock back into his jeans, zipping his fly quickly. “I understand, honey.”

  How?” Faith asked him sadly. “How can you understand it when I don’t?” she continued, taking her t-shirt when he held it out to her with a shaking hand.

  Sighing, Cain knelt in front of her to help her slide her shorts back up her legs. Her thong was a lost cause. He’d torn it when he’d ripped it off her body. Stepping back as she fastened her shorts with trembling fingers, he ran a hand through his sweaty hair as he closed his eyes. “I hurt you, Faith. I’ve hurt you more than I ever meant to and worse than I’d ever imagined. I have to live with that for the rest of my life. I was a coward and an idiot. You don’t trust me not to hurt you again, and loving me back doesn’t guarantee you that I won’t fuck everything up again. I get that, Sweetheart. I’ll wait as long as it takes to gain back that trust and hear you say those words back to me again. Just don’t ask me not to tell you that I love you. For me, loving you is as much a fact of life as knowing the sun will rise again in the morning.”

  “I need time to think,” Faith said huskily, staring at him, the satisfied hum of her body in turmoil with the sudden depression overtaking her mind.

  Nodding, Cain sighed and shoved his hands in the back pockets of his jeans to keep from reaching for her. “I figured as much.”

  “I’m sorry I can’t tell you what you want to hear,” Faith whispered, regret suddenly invading her very being. She didn’t know why she felt the need to apologize to him. Probably because she could feel his pain rolling off his body in thick waves. Blinking back tears, she struggled to keep her composure. “We shouldn’t have done this. I shouldn’t have let it happen.”

  “But it did happen, and I’m not sorry, honey,” Cain replied gently, reaching out for the barest second before letting his hand drop. “We needed each other.”

  “It’s only made everything more mixed up than it already was,” Faith countered tiredly. “That’s not fair to either of us.”

  “Life isn’t fair, Faith. People make mist
akes. I should know. I made a huge one six months ago. All we can do is learn from them and move forward from there. Come on, sweetheart. I’ll walk you to your car and follow you home. Then, we won’t talk about this again until you’re ready. I made you a promise, and I’ll honor it.”

  She couldn’t help the look of disbelief she gave him. He’d already disappointed her once.

  “Faith, I won’t break another promise to you ever again. I swear,” he offered quietly, holding out his hand to her. “Come on, honey. Let’s get you home.”

  Releasing a long breath, Faith slowly slipped her hand into his and let him pull her against his side.

  And as she leaned her head against his chest, she wondered how she was ever going to wade through the confusing mess her life had become.

  Chapter Fourteen

  Stepping inside the McKinnon kitchen half an hour later, Faith was startled to find her oldest sister still awake and sipping tea at the table in the middle of the room.

  “Faith?” Harmony frowned as she looked up from the paperback book she’d been reading. “You’re early,” she remarked, glancing at the face of the clock above the sink. “I didn’t figure you’d be home for a couple more hours.”

  Closing the door behind her, Faith smiled tightly. “It was a long night for me,” she murmured, blushing as she tried to control her wavering voice.

  Squinting out the kitchen window, Harmony raised an eyebrow. “Was that Cain following you home?” she asked as she watched red taillights disappear down their driveway.

  Nodding, Faith felt her blush deepen. “Yeah,” she admitted hoarsely.

  Crossing her arms over her chest, Harmony stared at her sister. “What gives, Faith? I can tell by the look on your face that something happened. Are you okay? I swear to God, I’ll kill Cain myself if he’s done something else to hurt you,” she threatened darkly, her dark eyes flashing dangerously.

  Glancing into the darkened living room, Faith whispered, “Where’s Honor?” The last thing she wanted to do was traumatize her baby sister with her sex life, but she desperately needed to talk to someone that would understand. Married and subsequently divorced, she knew Harmony would at least hear her out without judgment.

  “Already in bed,” Harmony answered. “She had a headache. Heaven’s asleep, too. It’s just you and me, kiddo.”

  “Thank God,” Faith breathed, dropping her purse on the floor and sagging against the counter. “You wouldn’t believe the night I’ve had,” she told her sister with a tiny shake of her head. “Harmony, I don’t know what I’m doing anymore. I really don’t. I feel like I’m spinning out of control and can’t catch ahold of anything that’s steady and real. I’m afraid to trust my instincts. They’ve already failed me once before,” she groaned, shoving a hand through her hair and tightening digging her nails into her scalp.

  “Okay,” Harmony soothed. “Sit down and start from the beginning,” she ordered gently. “We’ll figure things out together.” Waiting until her younger sibling had pulled out a chair and sat down, Harmony asked again, “What happened?”

  “Cain and I… we…. We had sex tonight.”

  Stunned, Harmony blinked. Okay, she’d been prepared to hear many things, but not that. “O-kay,” she said carefully. “Is that a good thing or a bad thing? Or the kind of thing that I need to go find Daddy’s old gun and blow Cain’s nuts off for?”

  Laughing at the utter sincerity in her sister’s words, Faith shook her head. “Definitely not option number three. I might want to use those nuts again at a future date.”

  “Well, that’s something,” Harmony replied with a tiny grin. “I take it that the sex was good?” She winked at Faith and wriggled her eyebrows.

  Sighing, Faith nodded. “The sex was amazing, Harm. The sex was always amazing with Cain. Sex was never our problem. It felt like coming home again,” she softly confided. Hell, her body still hummed with satisfaction. “I just can’t make sense of what it all means.”

  “Since Cain’s been your only lover and none of us were raised to believe that it was okay to fuck for the sake of fucking, I’d say that there’s a deeper connection there, wouldn’t you?” Harmony pointed out softly.

  “I still love him, Harmony. As much as I ever did. Hell, probably more,” Faith confessed unhappily. “I just don’t know how to trust him again. How can I believe he really loves me… that he never stopped loving me when I don’t understand why it all fell apart to begin with? Loving someone doesn’t make them the right person for you, does it? I mean, you loved Tanner when you married him, and we all thought he loved you in return. Yet, it didn’t stop him from turning into a raging ass that I still would like to rip limb from limb for what he put you and Heaven through.”

  Holding up a hand, Harmony shook her head. “You can’t compare Cain to Tanner, Faith. It isn’t fair to him. Tanner and I had problems long before he finally left. In hindsight, I don’t think I even knew what love was when I married him. If I had, I wouldn’t have done it. Tanner was a controlling, manipulative bastard that got off on hurting me. I just saw that part of his character too late. Does that sound like Cain to you?”

  “No,” Faith quietly denied. No matter what his other faults might be, Cain would cut off his arm before he physically hurt her.

  “No,” Harmony repeated firmly. “Honey, I’ve never loved like you have. Not my ex-husband. Not anybody. I never felt that consuming need. I never felt like my heart would break because he left me. I was too damned busy being relieved that I didn’t have to live my life in fear. I’m not an example that you want to follow here. My relationship with Tanner was nothing like what you have with Cain. It’s like comparing apples and oranges, baby.”

  Blowing out a long breath, Faith considered what her sister said and knew she was right. “I’m so confused, Harmony,” she confided shakily. “I feel like I’m playing poker with my life. I don’t know whether to hold or whether to fold. My heart and head can’t seem to get on the same page.”

  “Have you asked Cain why he broke off the engagement, Faith?” Harmony asked practically.

  For a moment, Faith considered that simple question, then answered truthfully, “No.”

  “Why not?” Harmony asked patiently, watching her sister’s face flush. “If anybody knows why, it’s him, honey. In fact, he’s the only person that does.”

  “I guess I’m afraid to hear the answer,” Faith admitted, her throat thickening as she spoke. “What if I’m not able to handle his reasons? What if I hate him for it?”

  “I don’t know,” Harmony returned gently. “But I do think that sometimes wondering is much worse than simply knowing. When our minds wonder, they create all kinds of upsetting scenarios for us to stew on. When we know, we can deal with the truth and move on with our lives. Once I knew what Tanner really was beneath the shiny exterior, it was real easy for me to make the decision to end my marriage to him, Faith. But, I had to know all the facts first. You can’t make a decision about the rest of your life uninformed,” she pointed out with a gentle firmness that reminded Faith of their mom.

  “I swear, you and Honor can channel our mother like nobody else on the planet,” Faith said with a small chuckle.

  “I am a mother now. It’s easier for me to see where our momma was coming from. As for Honor, I think Momma just flows out in her naturally.”

  “True,” Faith agreed with a heavy sigh. “Jesus, I don’t know what I’m going to do.”

  “I think first you need a good night’s sleep. Things will seem brighter in the morning. Tomorrow night, you’ll go to work and face Cain. Hopefully, you two will be able to sort this out together. It’s almost Thanksgiving, sugar. It is a season for miracles.” Her sibling deserved a miracle. And if her sister wasn’t brave enough to try and get one on her own, Harmony thought privately, she’d just help fate arrange to give them a little push in the right direction.

  Smiling wanly, Faith nodded. “You’re right. All this drama will be waiting here for me in the morni
ng, won’t it?” Pushing away from the table, she stood. “Thanks for the pep talk, Harm. I knew I could count on you.”

  Rising from her chair and offering Faith a warm hug. Harmony squeezed her sister tightly. “You were there for me when I needed somebody. The least I could do was return the favor.”

  Nodding, Faith released her sibling and trudged tiredly toward her bedroom. At least tonight with the memory of Cain’s touch to hold close, she knew she’d sleep soundly.

  Chapter Fifteen

  If Cain thought the days in Afghanistan had been torture, the past ten days that he’d spent watching the woman he loved suffer had been sheer hell. The taste of heaven that he had found in those stolen moments a week ago should have temporarily settled his demons....or so he’d thought. Instead, he had only managed to realize how badly he had screwed up a good thing. Since they had fucked in the office, she had given him a wide berth...almost as if she was hiding from him in plain sight.

  Every once and a while, he would catch her studying him, almost as though she was trying to work up the courage to approach him. No matter how many encouraging smiles he offered her, however, she always quickly averted her eyes and busied herself somewhere else. Honestly, the anticipation was killing him, and he itched to touch her again.

  His eyes drifted to the clock on the wall. In half an hour they’d be closing up for the night. Briefly, he toyed with the idea of cornering her now. He knew his impatience might well be his downfall, but damn it, he loved her. She belonged to him. He wanted her back in his bed with his ring firmly on her finger again. He also knew that if he ever hoped to get everything he wanted, he had to play this smart and think with his head instead of his dick.

  “Hey, Cain,” Patience called from the front of the bar where his brother and the Sherriff sat nursing their beers, “Would you mind patrolling the parking lot one last time?”

  Frowning at her, Cain cocked his head. “What exactly am I looking for out there?”