by Sarah Marsh
Sally was so distracted by his mouth that she gasped when his fingers quickly released the back of her dress and the green silk went sliding down her body. He continued to let his fingertips slowly drag up and down the sides of her chest until she was writhing in Benic’s grip.
“Please! Please touch me,” Sally said in a low whisper full of desperation that she hated to admit.
“Touch you where, Sally?” Ark asked her as he still used his fingertips to skim over first her breasts, then down her belly, and along the tops of her thighs.
“You said you wanted to touch my pussy. That’s where I need you,” she said in a whisper that had Benic, who was now standing beside her, groaning softly.
Ark could only frown and shake his head at the younger man, who’d fallen exactly into the obvious trap Sally had set. He had no doubt that if it were just the two of them here that Benic would be enthusiastically pumping balls deep between her thighs right now, giving her anything she wanted. He’d have to get Galen to work on Benic’s self-control a little more firmly. Sally’s eyes were closed, she was biting her lip in frustration, and it was a beautiful thing to behold. Ark slowly trailed his finger down her stomach, and when he got to her pussy, he had to stifle a groan himself when he found her folds soaking wet and swollen. Slipping one finger gently through the slickness, he gave her one light pass, circling her plump clit, and then moved back to leave his hand resting on her mound, which had her squirming in Benic’s grip again.
“Arkenon, please!” she whimpered, trying to arch up into his hand.
“What happened at the end of our meal tonight that upset you, Sally?” Ark asked her as he lightly teased the pad of his finger along her drenched pussy.
When Sally stilled for a moment and frowned, he could tell she was trying to clear her head to figure out what he’d just asked her. When her face evened out again and she bit her lower lip and looked down at him, he knew what she was going to say.
“It was nothing. I’m fine. I just need you to touch me,” Sally answered, rubbing herself against him as much as she could.
“One more chance, love, will you trust me enough to tell me what changed your mood?” he pushed.
He saw the lust slowly back down in her eyes, and the determination and anger rose as she looked back at him.
“I said that I’m fine. I don’t need you to fix me, Guild Master. I only need you to fuck me. Isn’t that what you do?” she snapped back at him.
Arkenon gave her a sad look, which only seemed to fuel her anger further as she looked back at him and raised an eyebrow, daring him to ask her again.
“Wrong answer, love,” Ark sighed as he leaned back and rose to his feet. “Only trust gets rewarded here. Lies will leave you wanting.”
Chapter Fourteen
Sally was in utter disbelief when Arkenon turned and walked away from her into the living room to pour himself a drink. Her anger had cooled some of her lust off, but when Benic leaned in and gave her a soft kiss on the cheek as he released her arms, she could see the pity in his eyes.
“Someday you’ll have to trust someone, Sally. The alternative is a very lonely way to live,” he quietly said, once again sounding much older than his twenty-four years.
“Get her ready for bed, Benic, and watch her so that she isn’t tempted to scratch that itch. I’ll be in shortly,” Arkenon said before he walked over to the desk and sat down, clearly dismissing them.
Like I would really run off to diddle myself in the bathroom, Sally thought to herself, resenting Benic as he followed her into the bedroom.
“I don’t know why he wants me to share so badly. It’s not like this is a relationship!” she muttered to Benic as she washed the makeup off her face. “Why does he have to be such a fucking girl about all this?”
Benic gave her a quizzical look as he leaned back on the counter, his lean arms crossed over his naked chest.
“Do males on your planet not share how they are feeling with others?” he asked curiously. “And would you be more amenable to sharing your feelings if you were in a relationship with him?”
Goddamned sneaky bugger. She gave him the “Duh, yeah” look at the first question, but when she paused guiltily on his second question, his knowing smirk made Sally want to smack him.
“So if you simply go through life pretending at intimacy and not really ever letting anyone know your real self, what is the point of having any kind of relationships or friendships with anyone at all?” he asked softly. “Why not just lock yourself away until you die or cannot take the loneliness any longer?”
“Jesus, Dr. Phil, psychoanalyze much?” she said, quickly turning away and walking out of the bathroom before he could see how close his words had come to the truth.
“The guild master just wants you to reach your potential, Sally. To see the needs of others, we first have to see our own needs,” Benic said as he handed her a deep-purple slip to sleep in.
“I have my reasons, Benic,” Sally said quietly as she dressed and sat on the end of the bed.
“We all do, Sally,” he answered as he pulled her into a hug and was surprised when she allowed it, “but life has to move forward.”
* * * *
As Arkenon walked into the bedroom, he was surprised to see Benic releasing Sally from a hug. He knew there wasn’t anything sexual to it, he trusted Benic, but he was surprised that Sally would take an offer of comfort from anyone. Perhaps his plan was working better than he thought. It was torture for him earlier to have to back off and leave Sally wanting. It seemed the only thing he’d wanted to do since he met her was to see to her every need. But he knew for her to progress, he had to get her past this fear of trusting another. Ark also had to admit to himself now that he never really intended to let Sally enter fully into taking contracts for the guild. He wanted her by his side as guild matron and his wife. He could see how strong and intelligent she was, and he could imagine how amazing she would become in the security of knowing that she was loved and supported unconditionally. But first came the hard part.
“Benic, place Sally on the bed, and use the restraints. Then remove your clothes. We’ll teach her all about risk/reward philosophy,” Arkenon said as he began to remove his clothes.
Sally was getting nervous as Benic restrained her wrists with the cuffs that were attached to the giant headboard. When he climbed back off the bed to stand next to Ark as they both disrobed, she couldn’t help as her body began to heat up once more as their smooth, perfect skin was revealed. She now knew that Arkenon wasn’t going to give up the goods without her keeping her end of the bargain, so she could only wonder what they were about to tease her with now, and as she did, her pussy began to ache remembering how Benic had wrapped his lips around the other man’s cock that very morning.
“Benic’s been very helpful while he’s stayed with us. Don’t you agree, Sally?” Ark said as he climbed naked onto the huge bed, moving like a predator.
“Yes, sir,” she whispered back, trying not to look at him sitting there, resting back on his heels, hands on his thighs, framing that magnificent cock that was fully erect.
“Then while he services me once again, since you are not ready to participate, don’t you think that he should have something soft and pretty to enjoy?” he asked casually while he leaned forward, and his hands landed on her upper thighs just below the hem of the slip that she was wearing.
Sally frantically looked from Ark to Benic and then back again. She knew what the guild master was about to do, and just the thought of it had her excited pussy pulsing. How was it that when this man took control from her, it turned her on so freaking much? She should be trying to rebuff him, but after the torturous day of sexual teasing, had Sally Owens actually run out of smart-mouthed comebacks? Her previous foster care mentor would be rolling over in her grumpy-ass grave if she could see this. Still, Sally had enough pride to not want to vocalize her acquiescence, so all she did was nod at Arkenon as his fingers gripped the purple silk. With a vicious y
ank, the tearing sound of the material echoed in the room, and all that was left was the erotic music of all three of their groans as he laid her bare to their starving gaze.
“Benic, I assume you’ve prepared yourself?” Ark asked, briefly taking his eyes off of Sally’s lust-hazed face, and when the other man simply nodded, he looked back to her. “Then come here and enjoy the view while I release the frustrations of the day, won’t you?”
Oh crap! Sally knew she was in for a devastating show when Benic smiled coyly and then slowly crawled on the bed toward them, his hips rolling and his hard dick almost reaching down to trail along the sheets. Unfortunately a small whimper came out of her lips before she could stop it, and she saw Arkenon smile evilly out of the corner of her eye. Just when she thought things couldn’t get more out of hand, he continued.
“Since you’ve been so much help, lad, I’ll allow you to touch Sally as much as you want, anywhere except her sweet little pussy,” Ark added, moving back to let Benic move in between her legs.
“Thank you, sir!” Benic said with the enthusiasm of a child on Christmas morning that had just been given the all clear to tear some wrapping paper.
Sally groaned when Benic’s big, warm hands started at her ankles and slowly moved up her legs, making her shiver. When they skimmed up her stomach and finally cupped her breasts, she pretty much stopped trying to contain the noises she was making. She looked at his face and was surprised to see the heat and fascination there. With his occupation, he saw naked males and females all the time. For him to be so spellbound by her body was confusing for her.
* * * *
“Benic has been with Master Galen for many years. They both generally prefer males sexually, so he hasn’t touched a woman’s soft skin in some time,” Ark explained when he saw the look of confusion peek through the lust on Sally’s face.
“She is very lovely, like a rare blossom. I just can’t help but want to feel the softness of the petals against my skin,” Benic said in a low whisper as he massaged her breasts and ran his palms across her distended and sensitive nipples, making her groan once again.
“Well said, Benic,” Ark agreed as he moved behind the other man and palmed his tight ass, reminding him without words to spread his legs farther apart to accommodate him.
Ark kept his eyes locked on Sally’s face as he ran his thumb along the crack of Benic’s ass and lightly rimmed him. With Benic’s lusty groan, Sally instantly looked up to see what had made him react that way, and Ark could see her excitement surge as she figured out what he was doing to the other man. When he pushed past the tight ring of muscle and made sure that Benic was lubed and ready for him, his cock bucked at the sight of Sally biting her lip to keep the moan from escaping as Benic’s mouth found one of her nipples and sucked her in deep.
“Is this making your pussy wet, Sally?” Ark asked as he lined up his now-weeping cock with Benic’s hole and slowly worked his way in, pulsing his hips in short thrusts, while still keeping her eyes locked with his.
“Oh God, yes,” she answered, and he could see her hips moving below Benic’s lithe body as the younger man still feasted on her breasts like a starving animal.
Once Arkenon was fully seated in Benic’s ass, he started a faster pace, his self-control stretched thin by the wanton reaction of the woman below them. She was fully panting now under Benic’s fanatical attention to her tits. Ark knew it wouldn’t take much to make her come, so he was careful when he reached around Benic’s hip and grasped his hard cock. He gave it a few good pumps in time with the thrusts of his own hips. Then he followed the shaft down to the rounded tip that was eagerly leaking pre-cum, and he pushed the other man’s hips closer to the bed until he could feel the heat of Sally’s wet cunt along his fingers. The small contact made both her and Benic groan even louder, and when Ark brought the tip of Benic’s cock to tap against Sally’s clit, he thought she’d go over immediately from the shudder that went through her. That was far too close, he thought as he backed up a couple of inches and resumed pumping the dick in his hand as he fucked the other man harder, wanting to come. He was careful to make sure that Sally’s now-bucking hips didn’t attain anything more than a brushing slide between Benic’s cock and her wet folds, no matter how much she was pleading for him to make her come. When Benic’s mouth released her nipple and his hips started to buck beneath Ark erratically, he knew the younger man was about to come, and he pumped him faster until Benic moaned loudly and he felt the warm jets of his cum on his fingers. He released the spent cock and brought his hand back up to grip Benic’s hips tightly as he fucked his ass harder until finally he pushed deep and groaned out his own release.
Ark pulled out of Benic and paused to take in the frantic and desperate look on Sally’s face when she realized that they were done. Once again anger blossomed in her eyes, and while he could still see the flush of arousal on her chest and face, her fury was a thing to be admired.
Chapter Fifteen
Sally was still fuming once Ark and Benic had cleaned themselves up and Benic had been dismissed back to Galen for the night. When Arkenon had rubbed Benic’s cock on her clit, she was so damned close to having one of the most epic orgasms of her entire life, and then he’d backed off, and both men had come hard, leaving her once again in the lurch, unsatisfied and extremely pissed off. Then Arkenon had the nerve to snuggle up with her after he undid the cuffs and threw her ripped garment to the floor, muttering something about making sure she didn’t get the opportunity to finish herself off, right before he wrapped himself around her and dropped off to sleep. So now here she was, hornier than hell, a hot naked man wrapped around her like an octopus, his nose snuggled up into the hair at her neck, and for the life of her, she could not fall asleep.
Her brain was going a thousand miles a minute trying to absorb everything that had happened since she’d woken up and found herself here. The information that Benic was bisexual but mostly preferred other males made so much sense as to why she felt so comfortable in her new friendship with him. Plus she was fairly certain he was already in love with Master Galen, even if he didn’t know it yet. The fact that being restrained and being teased to within a breath of insanity turned her on more than anything she’d ever experienced was the difficult thing to sort out. How had she never known this about herself? As Ark shifted in his sleep and tightened his arms around her, she reveled in the possibility that he could truly care for her. She was well acquainted with the desire to be held in someone’s arms through the night. However, never before had she let it happen. The men she’d been with in the past were adequate for sex, but she generally kicked them out soon after. This man, whom she barely knew, felt more right holding her in his arms than any other person ever had, including her own mother. Her instincts were telling her that Arkenon was more involved emotionally than just training her for the guild. Perhaps it was time to put on her big-girl panties and follow her heart instead of her fear and take a chance on trusting him, she thought, as she finally slipped off into sleep with his warm scent surrounding her.
* * * *
When Sally came awake the next morning, it was to Arkenon’s smiling face as he brushed some hair out of her eyes. It was such a gentle smile she couldn’t help but return it.
“Good morning, sweet girl,” he said, arms still wrapped tight around her. “Are you still cross with me for last night?”
“No,” she answered, smiling at him asking the question like she’d been mad at him for leaving his socks on the floor or something. “I think I finally understand what you and Benic have been trying to get through my thick skull.”
“Then you’re ready to talk to me?” he asked cautiously, trying to mask the hope that peeked through his eyes.
“Yes,” she said, taking a big breath to steady her nerves. Sally was about to do something she’d never done before in her life…She was about to share.
“Will you tell me what happened last night after our meal?” he asked, moving her to lean back against his
chest.
Sally was grateful that he seemed to know that it would be difficult enough for her to open up about everything, but having to make eye contact with him during the process would only make it more so. She tried to relax and let the slow movement of his hands up and down her arms soothe her, and with a final deep breath, she started.
“When I went to the ladies’ room after dinner, Nala came in looking for me. She was pretty angry and derogatory to say the least, but there was more to it than that. I’ve seen a lot of jealous exes in my day, but she seemed to hate me for being human and literally threatened to kill me if I didn’t leave you alone,” Sally confessed and felt him go tense behind her.
“You should have told me this when it happened, Sally,” he said, gently kissing her on the head. “I won’t let her get near you, and she will be expelled from the guild for threatening another member.”
“She also said that she would be guild matron once I was gone. What does that mean?” she asked, already feeling better for sharing the burden of Nala’s verbal assault.
Arkenon sighed behind her. He’d guessed early on in his contract with Nala that she was only interested in the power and influence that would come with being his wife, which was one of the reasons that he was so relieved when the contract came to an end.
“The position of guild matron is held by the mate and wife of the guild master. Since I am not yet married, my mother retained the position, and the animals have been circling for years to try and place themselves in it,” he answered. “The truth is, Sally, I knew almost from the first moment that I saw you that I did not want you to complete the guild training so you would be free to take contracts. I wanted you to become a member of the guild so I could marry you, make you the guild matron, and have you to myself for the rest of our lives.”