Heidi moaned sweetly and shifted so that her leg was draped over his hip. Sliding his hand between their bodies, he caressed the damp curls between her thighs. It seemed his mate wanted him every bit as much as he wanted her. His finger teased her clit, and she thrust against his hand. Raylic eased two fingers inside of her, feeling her silken walls clasp the digits and pull them in further. He pumped them in and out, his cock jealous that it wasn’t inside her yet.
Raylic pressed down on her clit with his thumb, rubbing it in small, tight circles. Her breath came out choppy, and her skin grew damp, as her hips thrust against him. Raylic pumped his fingers faster, pressed on her clit harder, and when she came, he swallowed her screams with another kiss. As tremors wracked her body, he continued to stroke her, drawing out her climax. Before her body could relax, another release claimed her, leaving her shaking against him.
“I love watching you come,” he whispered against her lips. “So beautiful.”
“Take me,” she said. “Make me yours. I want you more than I want my next breath.”
With a grin, he rolled onto his back, taking her with him so that she lay sprawled across him. Heidi seemed to take the hint and pushed herself up, her thighs squeezing his hips. His cock was so damn hard it nearly hurt as it brushed against her ass. Raylic lifted her and eased her down until she sheathed him. Heidi groaned and closed her eyes, tilting her head back as her hips thrust forward, taking him even deeper.
As she rode Raylic, he cupped her breasts and teased her nipples, drawing them to hard little points. Watching her rise and fall on his cock over and over was a mesmerizing sight, one he wouldn’t forget anytime soon. Heidi came again, her cries filling the bedroom, and Raylic fought for control, not ready for it to come to an end just yet.
Raylic flipped them over, pulling her hips back as he thrust deep, filling her completely. Heidi tilted her hips, and he slid in even deeper. He used hard strokes, driving both of them toward a climax.
“What do you want?” he asked, his voice harsh as he slammed into her again.
“Faster.” She panted. “Take me faster.”
“Like this?” he asked, taking it up a notch.
She moaned and gripped the sheets tightly as he pounded into her from behind. Their bodies were covered in a sheen of sweat as he plunged into her, over and over. Her back arched as she gave another cry and she felt her pussy tighten. Another orgasm claimed her, leaving her breathless and sated, as Raylic took her fiercely, finding his own release.
Spent, he collapsed onto the bed and pulled her into his arms.
“Best Christmas present ever,” he said.
Heidi smiled and kissed him. “I’m the one who had multiple orgasms. I think that’s my line.”
“We should get cleaned up and get some sleep. I have a feeling we’ll have a little boy waking us up early, wanting to see what Santa brought.”
“Since it’s his first real Christmas, we’ll be lucky to sleep a few hours. Better make sure we’re wearing our new Christmas-worthy pajamas,” Raylic said. “I’ve been told that pictures are a must in the morning.”
Heidi leaned over the bed and pulled Raylic’s phone from his discarded pants then plugged in the charger. “Better make sure you have a full battery then.”
“I meant to do that, but someone distracted me when I got to the bedroom tonight.” He kissed her shoulder. “Come on, Mrs. Claus. I’ll wash your back.”
She gave him a saucy smile. “In that case, race you!”
She bolted out of bed and took off to the bathroom. Raylic shook his head, smiling, and chased after her. He hadn’t lied. Sex with her was definitely one of the best presents ever. No matter how many times they made love, he always wanted her one more time.
Chapter Nine
Raylic slowly opened his eyes the next morning only to find Shane kneeling beside the bed and peering over the mattress at him. He smiled and rubbed the sleep from his eyes. Heidi still slept peacefully next to him.
“How long have you been here?” he asked Shane.
“A while. It’s Christmas.”
Raylic looked over at the windows and groaned when he saw the sky was barely streaked pink with the rising sun. A glance at the clock on his phone showed it was a little after six in the morning. Heidi had warned they wouldn’t get much sleep, but he hadn’t expected quite so early a wake-up call.
“Are you ready to see what Santa brought?”
Shane nodded eagerly.
“Go brush your teeth and give me a minute to wake up your mama. Wait for us in your room. No peeking downstairs!”
Shane grinned and took off, leaving the bedroom door open. Raylic watched as he dashed into the bathroom and heard the faucet running a moment later. With a sigh, he rolled over and pulled Heidi into his arms. He gently kissed her cheek, her ear, then her neck. She murmured something he couldn’t quite hear and snuggled against him.
“Time to wake up,” he said softly. “We have a little boy eager to see his presents.”
Heidi groaned and slowly opened her eyes. “We just went to sleep.”
“Not quite, but it’s definitely early. I’ll let you use the bathroom first. I told Shane to wait in his room for us.”
Heidi rolled out of bed, and Raylic waited until he heard her brushing her teeth before he went into the bathroom. When they were finished, they went to get Shane, who raced down the stairs and started squealing with excitement before they even reached the bottom step.
“Santa brought me a new train! And a table!” he yelled.
Raylic smiled and snapped a picture of Shane playing with the new train, while Heidi reached under the tree and pulled out a few presents to put in a pile next to Shane. Raylic pulled out a few for Heidi, and she gave him a narrow-eyed glare.
“What are these?” she asked.
“Your presents.”
“You bought me a van this past week. I didn’t need Christmas presents.”
Raylic took a few more pictures of Shane before facing her again. “The van was a necessity. The presents are just things I thought you might like. Now stop complaining and open something.”
There was a hint of a smile on her lips as she reached for the first one. While she opened her gifts, Shane dove into his. Raylic spent the next half hour taking pictures of both of them. When he thought he had enough, he sat on the sofa near Heidi and watched as Shane opened his last present. It was a photo album filled with the pictures his friend had taken of the animals from his world. Shane squealed and flipped through the pages, his eyes bright as he looked at all of them. When he was finished the album, he played with his new toys.
Heidi was still unwrapping her presents and she’d just pulled an envelope from a small gift bag. She gave him a look filled with curiosity as she opened the flap and pulled out the paper inside. He saw her eyes sheen with tears and hoped he’d done the right thing.
“You signed me up for a G.E.D. class?” she asked.
“You said it was something you wanted to do. There’s a class starting in February, so I put your name on the list and went ahead and paid for it. All you have to do is show up and learn.”
Heidi gave him a watery smile and nodded as a tear slipped down her cheek. “Thank you. It’s perfect.”
Only one gift remained under the tree, and Heidi got up and handed it to him, along with the envelope. He gave her a kiss before opening the present from Shane. It was a green elephant shaped out of clay that had a heart cut into its side. He gently traced the trunk with his finger and smiled.
“Thank you, Shane. I’ll put it on my desk in my office, that way I can look at it every time I’m in there.”
Shane gave him a wide smile and went back to playing.
Raylic opened the envelope Heidi had given him and pulled out a black and white photo. He frowned, not understanding what it was at first, and then it hit him.
“This is the baby?” he asked, his gaze clashing with hers.
She nodded and gave him a hesitant s
mile. “I know you probably wanted to be with me the first time, but I couldn’t think of anything to give you. So, I drove to the clinic at the Terran Station while you were napping the other day and asked them to do a sonogram. When I explained that I wanted the picture to give you for Christmas, they were happy to help.”
Raylic wrapped an arm around her waist and kissed her slowly, softly. “Thank you. I’ll get a frame and put it on my desk with the elephant.”
“They gave me a second copy in case we wanted to start a baby book. I didn’t get to do one for Shane, and I regret it.”
“Then we’ll do one for this baby. And there’s nothing that says we can’t start one for Shane. You may not have baby pictures of him, but you could still fill in what you remember, and we could add pictures from this point forward.”
“I’d like that,” she said.
“If you think we can pry Shane away from his toys, I thought we could go to the diner and get some breakfast. I saw a sign in their window the other day advertising they would be open on Christmas. That way you don’t have to cook this morning.”
She nodded and went over to Shane. While she tried to coax their son away from his new toys, Raylic went upstairs to get dressed. A few minutes later, he heard Heidi down the hall helping Shane find something to wear. He passed Shane’s room on his way downstairs, peeking in to make sure their son wasn’t giving her a hard time, and then he went out to the garage to warm up the SUV.
It wasn’t long before Heidi and Shane joined him. On the way to the diner, dark clouds rolled in, and it started to snow. Just a flurry, but it was enough to excite Shane and have him rambling about snowball fights and building a snowman. The diner was nearly empty when they arrived, and they claimed a booth near the window so Shane could keep watching the snow fall.
A waitress came over and placed menus on the table. “Can I get you something to drink?”
“Orange juice for Shane and me,” Heidi told her.
“Coffee for me,” Raylic said. He was going to need the caffeine if he was going to last all day. It was his last day off with his family before returning to work, and he wanted to enjoy every moment of it.
When the waitress returned with their drinks, they placed their order and then sat back to wait. The snow was falling harder, but Raylic still didn’t think there would be enough for Shane to play in. Not unless it kept falling all day. He didn’t have a problem with a white Christmas, but driving to work in the morning would be fun, especially if the streets iced over. Unfortunately, with his job, it didn’t matter if the weather was bad. He still had to go in.
“You seem preoccupied,” Heidi said.
“I go back to work in the morning.”
She bit her lip, and her gaze fell to the table. He reached across and tipped her chin up, giving her a reassuring smile.
“I’m going to be fine,” he said. “Yesterday and today were the crazy days. It should be pretty calm until New Year’s, and I think my rotation has me off that day.”
“We’ll miss you tomorrow,” she said. “Do you want anything special for breakfast?”
“I want you to sleep. I’ll fix my own breakfast and coffee in the morning, and I plan to leave before seven o’clock. Shane and you should sleep as long as you can. I don’t expect you to get up just because I’m awake.”
She nodded. “If you’ll call me on your way home, I’ll start dinner. By the time you shower and change, it should be ready.”
“I can do that.”
Their food arrived and they dug in, though Shane still focused most of his attention on the snow outside. The meal was good and filling. After Raylic paid and tipped their waitress, they drove back home so Shane could play with his new toys again. At least, that was, until there was enough snow on the ground for him to go out and play.
Raylic pulled through the four-way stop near the house and took his eyes off the road just long enough to glance in the rearview mirror at Shane, but it was one second too long. A horn blared, and lights flashed across the SUV a moment before the crunching sound of metal and Heidi’s screams filled the air. Raylic fought for control of the vehicle, but the impact pushed the SUV across the two-lane road, and it tumbled over the side, rolling down the incline until it came to rest at the bottom, thankfully right side up.
His body ached, and everything was spinning. As the pounding in his ears lessened, he noticed the car was silent. Too damn silent. He looked into the back and saw Shane, his eyes wide and tears streaking his chubby cheeks. A whimper escaped the boy as he looked to Raylic for reassurance.
“We’re okay,” Raylic told him. “Are you hurt?”
Shane shook his head, but he still had a white knuckled grip on the arms of his booster seat. Raylic looked across the SUV to check on Heidi, and his heart nearly stopped. The glass of her window was shattered, and the door was pressed in against her. There was blood running down her face from various cuts, and she was deathly pale. And very still.
Raylic reached across the SUV and took her hand. “Heidi. Can you open your eyes? Heidi?”
She didn’t stir.
Raylic’s heart pounded as Shane started crying in the backseat. He fumbled for his phone and called in the accident, trying to remain calm and clearheaded as he talked to dispatch, relaying all the pertinent information. He didn’t know the status of the other driver, but no one was coming down the hill to assist them. As they waited for help to arrive, Raylic got out of the SUV and checked the vehicle. Other than having the passenger door smashed in, it seemed rather sound and didn’t seem to be in danger of catching fire. He didn’t dare leave his family to check on the other car, even though he worried they might be injured as well.
He left Shane buckled into his booster seat, knowing the paramedics would want to check him over before moving him. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t get Heidi’s door open. He’d never felt so helpless in his life. Sirens could be heard in the distance, and what felt like hours later, his fellow officers and two EMTs were heading down the hill toward him.
“Jesus, Raylic. Are y’all okay?” Officer Timmons asked.
“I’m fine. Shane is shaken up, but I can’t rouse Heidi.”
One of the EMTs went to Shane while the other checked Heidi’s door. When he called up the hill to the firemen to request the jaws of life, Raylic thought he might pass out. He locked his knees, and tried to be strong for his family, as he fought back tears. If Heidi didn’t wake up, he didn’t know what he would do. He needed her as much as he needed air in his lungs.
“Raylic, we need to ask you a few questions,” Officer Timmons said.
He nodded and did his best to answer everything they threw at him. When they were done, Raylic looked up the hill.
“What about the other driver?”
“They abandoned their car and ran, but they left a trail of blood. Simpkins was going after them on foot. Our best guess is that they’re drunk. We can’t think of another reason they’d run unless they were just too disoriented from the accident to know what they were doing.”
“So, I’m not at fault?” Raylic asked.
“There was a witness who claims the other car ran the stop sign. If you’re blaming yourself for what happened, you can stop.”
Raylic nodded, but it didn’t ease his guilt. If he hadn’t looked in the rearview mirror, would he have seen the other car in time to avoid the crash? He knew there was no way of knowing for sure. He’d seen the aftermath of enough accidents to know that sometimes bad things just happened and were completely out of your control.
Shane was cleared, having been secured in his seat and not having so much as a bruise, and Raylic pulled him from the SUV, holding him close. The boy cried on his shoulder as they waited to see if Heidi would be okay. Once they’d removed her from the SUV and placed her on the stretcher, a brace around her neck, the EMTs checked her over once more.
“We’re taking her to the hospital,” one of the EMTs told him. “I know you want to go with her, but i
t’s no place for a small boy.”
“I’ll take him to a friend’s house.”
Officer Timmons placed a hand on his shoulder. “I’ll drive the two of you home.”
Raylic grabbed Shane’s booster seat from the mangled SUV and put it in the back of the squad car, then slid in next to him. Shane clutched his hand tight on the way home, and Raylic wished he could reassure him that everything would be fine. The house was covered in snow when they pulled into the driveway, and Raylic lifted Shane out. He reached back into the squad car and grabbed the booster seat before ushering Shane into the house.
“Why don’t you play with your toys while I make some calls, okay?”
Shane nodded, but tears still streaked his cheeks. “Is Mama going to be okay?”
“I hope so. She’s very sick right now, but the doctors are going to do everything they can for her. We have to be brave while we wait for her to wake up.”
Shane nodded and moved over to the Christmas tree, grabbing some of his action figures and settling down on the floor to play. Raylic pulled his phone from his pocket and called Xonos. When he explained the situation, the doctor agreed to head to the hospital to meet with the physicians there.
“Why don’t you bring Shane over here?” Xonos said. “Victoria will be happy to watch him, and he can play with the kids.”
“Are you sure? It’s Christmas, and I’m sure you had plans with your family.”
“We’re sure,” Xonos said. “I’ll meet you at the hospital. Let Shane bring some of his new things with him or a favorite toy. Does he still sleep with a stuffed animal? He might need it for comfort.”
“I’ll grab his bear and have him pack some things in a tote to bring with him. Thank you.”
He disconnected the call and retrieved Shane’s bear from the bedroom upstairs then grabbed the tote out of the closet. When he got back downstairs, he told Shane that he was going to go play with Dexter and Emily. The boy packed a few of his new toys into the tote and hugged the bear tight. Raylic put the booster seat into the back of the van and drove across town.
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