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“Yes, Sir.” Keli almost looked up again, but caught herself and kept her head bowed. “I spoke without permission and I looked up at you when you ordered me to remain still.”
“Very good.” Wolf stroked her cheek with the back of his hand and she shivered.
“My rules are simple, but I expect them to be followed.”
“Yes, Sir.” Keli ground her teeth. Already she was close to climax and the man had barely touched her face. Warm air caressed the flesh he’d laid bare and his gaze caused her to burn as hot as lava boiling deep within a volcano.
His knuckles skimmed her jaw, down her neck to the opening of her robe. Even with her gaze to the ground, she saw him lower himself to one knee. The robe tie came within her line of sight and he brought it to her eyes. Her heart beat like drums at fire-dances as he slowly tied the strip of cloth around her head, completely blinding her to the night.
Everything went dark, yet her senses magnified. She could hear the rustle of fabric, the creak of leather, wind through trees and even the soft patter of squirrel feet along distant branches. Scents assailed her nose…of Wolf’s smell of storms and the elements, the heavy air of the Bayou and the dark and wicked things dwelling in its depths.
He pushed aside the robe, baring one shoulder, and she trembled with longing at his sensual touch. “What do you hear?” he asked just before she felt the rough scrape of his stubble against her neck. “Tell me, Keli.”
“My heart pounding in time with Earth’s pulse,” she murmured, and then quickly added, “Sir.”
“And does she tell you, my sweet, what punishments you’ll endure?” His lips brushed the curve of her shoulder.
“No, Sir.” Keli’s voice came out dry as leaves at the end of a long winter.
Wolf pushed the robe away from her other shoulder and let the light cotton fabric fall down her arms to land on the ground and across her bare legs. Cloth rustled again and the robe was completely pulled away from her body. It made a soft sound as it landed in the grass.
Keli felt her nakedness like a rush of heat. She wore only the tie around her eyes, blocking the moonlight but shoring up her remaining senses. And those senses told her that Wolf had moved so that he was now behind her.
She heard a soft murmur and knew that Wolf had invoked some sort of spell. “Put your hands behind your back,” he ordered, and when he began binding her wrists she 77
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knew he had used Earthwork to summon a rough-hewn rope from nearby tree bark and vines.
The sudden loss of her arms in addition to her vision made Keli begin to fear for her sanity. What in the Goddess’s name had she been thinking, to allow herself to be so totally at a man’s mercy?
But she knew, didn’t she? She had to have him. And after all the years of perfection and drive, she wanted to…turn loose. To let someone else be perfect for a while. Keli wanted release, more than anything. And beyond that, she had to have this man. Wolf had been an ache in her soul for months now. Since she’d come to Stonefall, in fact.
A hot mouth latched onto her nipple and she caught her breath. Damn. She hadn’t heard him move at all! She’d have to be more alert. Somehow even more aware.
Her quim was so wet that moisture seeped down the inside of her thigh. Wolf’s tongue flicked across the hard nub and then he gently bit. Keli cried out before she could stop herself.
“Three punishments?” His voice sounded rough. Angry. “My most disciplined pupil can’t follow simple instructions?”
“I’m sorry, Sir.” Keli’s breathing became uneven and she had difficulty speaking.
Would he now punish her for apologizing?
“It’s time to discipline you.”
This time, she heard him move, to the side, then behind.
He forced her down gently so that her face was in the grass, her cheek to the side, her shoulders resting against the ground and her ass high in the air. Still holding onto her, he forced her thighs farther apart, baring her to him completely. With her hands tied behind her back, she was completely off balance and dependent upon him.
He pressed one hand to her bare belly, and before she had a chance to prepare for what might come next, she felt a hard slap against her ass.
Keli almost cried out again, but this time bit her tongue to stop herself. The sharp pain of the slap became a warm burst of pleasure. Again he spanked her, and again.
“This is to help you remember my rules, and to make sure you defer to me when we’re alone.” He spanked her again. “Is that clear, Keli?”
She released her hold on her tongue long enough to mutter, “Yes, Sir,” and almost got a mouthful of grass in the process.
Wolf never broke his rhythm, spanking her upper thighs, her ass, first one cheek then the other, but never hitting the same place twice in a row. The pain from the spanking escalated, driving Keli to the edge of what she thought she could bear.
If she shouted for him to stop, would he?
She thought yes…but not knowing pushed her even closer to the edge. The stinging, smarting sensation in her ass became a river of pleasure between her legs, washing her clit. Her breasts rubbed against the grass with every swat of his hand and her nipples felt huge and raw.
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Just as she found herself rising, rising to an unimaginable orgasm, Wolf said,
“Don’t climax without my permission.”
Keli almost screamed.
Instead she bit harder on her tongue and the coppery taste of her blood rose in her mouth. She was disciplined, she could control her own body, and she would not climax.
Wolf stopped spanking her as suddenly as he had started. She barely had time to catch her breath before she felt him move between her thighs. He pressed his leather-covered erection against her ass and she nearly moaned despite her determination not to.
Goddess, if he was as big as his bulge promised, he would fill her like no man had filled her before.
“Would you like me to fuck you now, Keli?” he asked in his deep, vibrant voice that caused tremors to run throughout her.
“Yes.” Oh, Goddess, would she ever. “Please, Sir.”
With one arm still wrapped around her waist to hold her up, he slowly pumped his hips against her ass, his erection brushing her swollen folds. And then he stopped.
“I think not. You have two more punishments.”
At this point, Keli was ready to sob, and she thought harder about killing him once she had her fill. Was it possible to die from lack of sexual gratification?
Wolfel smiled as he rubbed the soft flesh of Keli’s ass. She was such a sensual woman and he enjoyed teasing her. She had tormented him for long enough, in his classroom, in the hallways, in the auditoriums and ceremonial places. Covert glances, longing stares…tonight, they would end up even.
Holding onto her hips, careful to keep her balanced, he lowered his head and lapped at her sweet folds. Keli shuddered beneath his tongue. She tasted of night breezes and honeyed woman’s flesh.
Sweet. Just like I knew she would be.
He sucked and licked her quim, bringing her to the brink, until her body tensed and he knew she was fighting off her orgasm with every ounce of her strength. Then he would back away and start the process over again.
Her thoughts grew so loud he could hear them in snatches. A disturbing amount of murder-and-mayhem images got his attention. Almost made him laugh. He was not, however, a fool.
When he drew away he sensed Keli’s disappointment mingling with her relief. She hadn’t taken lightly the challenge not to climax, and he was immensely impressed that she had controlled herself so well.
“That was your second punishment,” he said quietly as he helped her back up to her knees. “I’m pleased that you’ve mastered your body so well.”
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Keli’s quim still throbbed from the feel of Wolf’s tongue on her folds. His mouth had been the stuff of spells and enchantmen
ts, tasting her in ways she never thought possible. Her entire being pulsed with want and need.
Wolf settled her so that again she was on her knees, her hands still bound behind her back, but he removed her blindfold. She blinked, the moonlight seeming almost too bright after being blindfolded.
“Now for your third punishment,” he murmured, and Keli’s heart dropped to her belly. “Don’t move or speak until I give you leave.”
He moved away without another word, vanishing from her line of sight. After a while, she wondered where he had gone, and if he had left her alone in the clearing as her third trial.
Discipline. You have it. Now use it, Dunkirk. She frowned at herself and rejected her growing inner agitation.
Everything grew silent around her, far quieter than it should have been.
Her ass still stung and her nipples felt sore from rubbing against the grass. Her thighs had been wet from her juices before, but now she could feel them damp down to her knees.
The more Keli recalled his tongue laving her quim, the hotter and wetter she became. While she waited for him, her body grew more and more aroused. She was tempted to tilt her head back and gaze at the stars, to see what they told her. But no, she had to keep her eyes lowered or earn yet another punishment.
Another delay.
That was, of course, assuming that Wolf was coming back. He could have mutated into a swamp beast and gone out hunting for prey.
She chanced glances from the corners of her eyes, but saw nothing. Only the dance of shadows and moonlight.
Keli lightly tested her bonds, but they held fast as she knew they would. All she could do was remain in the middle of the clearing, entirely naked and bared to the world. Soon she became drowsy, but the throbbing in her body wouldn’t let her sleep even if she had wanted to.
Time slipped into meaningless intervals, and her mind drifted to places she hadn’t gone before. Peaceful, quiet places where she felt no worry, no pressure, no pain. Only relief and the sweet trembling in her tired muscles.
It could have been hours, but maybe only minutes, and then Wolf was before her.
Again. His warm cock brushed her lips and she realized he was blessedly, gloriously naked. She kept her head lowered but took the opportunity to study his powerful thighs and his large cock nestled in dark curls.
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mingling with the pain. He jerked her head back so that she was looking up at him.
“Suck my cock,” he demanded, and thrust his erection between her lips. “And watch me while you take me deep.”
Keli obliged immediately, taking him with a soft sigh and a moan. He tasted as good as she’d imagined, and she’d imagined this often enough. She’d daydreamed about his masterful hand guiding her head up and down as he thrust his cock between her lips.
He was large and she could only take so much of him, but she took him as deep as she could.
Wolfel watched his cock slide in and out of the incredible woman’s mouth.
Moonlight illuminated her beautiful features and her green eyes staring up at him. They almost seemed to glow with her inner fire, and he could imagine how they would look as he thrust his cock into her quim.
His own control slipped a fraction, and he nearly came. It took all of his self-mastery to force back his explosion and make himself wait, to draw out her pleasure that much longer.
“Enough.” He pulled her hair back so that his cock slid from between her lips, his length glistening with moisture.
With his Earthwork talents, he banished her bonds, sending them back to the trees and dirt where they belonged. Gently he pushed her back onto the grass. As he held himself above her, he gritted his teeth to keep control of his own desires. “Widen your thighs and raise your hands high above your head. Act as if you are still tied, or I’ll bring back the bonds.”
Keli shivered as she obeyed. He looked so wild, so feral above her that he both frightened and excited her beyond imagination. He braced one hand on the ground beside her and held his cock to the opening of her core.
“Tell me what you want, Keli.” His voice came out rough and ragged. “Beg me for it.”
She kept her arms pressed against the ground, afraid he would stop if she reached for him. Obeying. Losing herself in his power. Her voice trembled as she responded,
“Fuck me, Sir. Please fuck me as hard as you can. Rough and hard and deep.”
Wolf gave a satisfied growl, then roared as he drove his cock into her welcoming entrance. “Scream for me, Keli. Shout to the heavens.”
“Yes, Sir.” She clamped her thighs tight around his and took every deep thrust. He felt like hot, hard wood, opening her. Parting her. Filling her so totally the sensation almost took her mind. “Oh, Goddess, yes!”
Her hands clenched to fists, but still she managed to keep her arms above her head, just as he instructed.
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“Watch me. Keep your eyes open.” His silvery gaze turned wilder as he drove into her depths. “That’s it. I’ve wanted you from the moment you walked into my classroom. I wanted to fuck you. I wanted to claim you, to make you mine.”
His words almost sent her over the edge, but she didn’t want this to end, wanted to feel him driving in and out of her forever.
“Who do you belong to, Keli?” he asked, his voice growing more ragged.
“You!” she cried out. “I belong to you, Sir!”
Wolf snarled his satisfaction. “Don’t forget it. I’ll make sure you don’t.”
He fucked her so hard the grass and dirt dug into her backside, but she didn’t care.
The feel of his cock ramming in and out of her was all she cared about. “Please, more!”
she shouted, forcing her arms and hands to stay firmly above her head.
He hooked his arms under her knees, raising her up high and driving even deeper into her quim. Keli’s body began to shake and she knew she was close, so damn close.
“Please may I come, Sir?”
“Wait,” he demanded.
Keli fought against her orgasm as she stared up into his incredible eyes. His jaw was clenched, sweat rolling down his face and landing on hers. “Please let me come, please, Sir.”
But still he made her wait. And wait. She thought she would explode. She thought she would die. Her heart pounded against her ribs. Her breath caught like fire in her throat.
“Now!” he shouted. “Come now!”
And Keli screamed.
Her voice echoed throughout the clearing, from tree to tree from sky to ground. Her body shook and vibrated with the most powerful orgasm, the most powerful anything that she had experienced in her life. Stars grew brighter, the moon’s glow like sunshine as her orgasm expanded and expanded and expanded into an explosion of brilliant light.
She heard Wolf’s triumphant shout, felt his cock throbbing in her core.
Gradually the world came back into focus. Wolf’s heavy weight was against her, pinning her to the ground, but just enough that he didn’t hurt her. His sweat mingled with hers and the scent of their sex was heady and intoxicating.
For long, quiet moments, they didn’t move. Keli barely drew a breath.
What happens now? her mind demanded, her heart already knowing this was far more than play, at least for her.
Wolf raised himself up on one elbow to gaze into her eyes then, and she tried to read him.
His face seemed more relaxed. More open.
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Keli felt a new swell of satisfaction. Her submission had increased his trust. Brought her closer to his walled heart.
Wolf’s lips moved over hers in a feathery kiss, and she sighed into his mouth.
“Would you have me again, Keli?” he asked her quietly.
The words alone almost made he
r come.
He smiled as if he knew, then whispered, “This time, you may move your arms and hands.”
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Chapter Three
Three Months Later
Akaroa, on the Volcanic Rim
Keli sat alone in the tribal meeting house nearest to the military compound the Warriors of Áis had come to destroy. There was a single round table in the center of the room, made of scarred Rowan oak, brought from Stonefall. Before that, the table had been in Camford in what was once England. It had a strong, settling energy, and she liked running her hands over the scarred surface.
Maybe it could bring her peace and good fortune. Goddess knew she could use some. She could scarcely believe the changes in her life since that first fevered night in the clearing. She had graduated, yes, with all due pomp and circumstance. And Kiko Lesia, the Chair of the Council of Earthwork, had attended in a show of support.
And then she had asked Keli to join the Warriors and work with Wolf to defeat the last clutch of Technocrats threatening Earth’s sanctity.
Work to link your mind to his, Keli. Joined, the two of you can accomplish unimaginable feats.
“Link my mind to his.” Keli rubbed her temples.
Since that meeting with Kik, the pace had been nonstop. Endless training, both mental and physical.
Not to mention the nighttime training sessions with Wolf.
Those were more fun.
As a rule.
This last week, though, as they had traveled to Akaroa, he had grown distant and hard again. She had seen him massaging the scars on his chest and arms—scars no doubt earned in battles with dark magik.
He had told her she couldn’t imagine what it would be like, coming up against true evil.
It changes you. Forever. It takes something away you can never get back.
That drove Keli crazy. She was a healer. Why couldn’t she help Wolf feel whole again?
She had given him everything. Her body, her love, her trust, her absolute submission—but still he kept himself closed off. And Keli suspected the reason they couldn’t succeed in the mind-link was not because of her lack of skill or effort.
Wolf was blocking her. Protecting her from the darkness he had faced. From the scars on his insides, the ones she couldn’t see.