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Vera

I’m excited about tonight. About camping under the stars, about having finally committed to Erik. And I’m very excited about unwrapping him like a present after his having been caged for days.

The last few days have been magical. It feels good to be drawing the last drops of pleasure from our weekend away by spending this final night here. I know it will mean a bitterly early start and a long drive for Erik tomorrow morning before a long day at work, but I’m glad he seems excited too.

“There’s a hot spring just down by the river. If you’d like to try it.” He gives me a goofy grin and I can’t help smiling back.

“Of course I’d like to try it.” I take his hand and we walk down toward the riverbank together. We have to take off our shoes to wade across to the other side. When it becomes obvious I’m struggling to hold up the hem of the too long dress and wade through the shallow rocky water, Erik simply bends and scoops me up into his arms, crossing the river in a few quick strides.

He pauses, as if asking whether he should put me down, so I cling tighter and tuck my head against his shoulder, and he carries me the rest of the way to the hot spring.

The steaming pool is tucked away behind a rocky bend in the river. Someone—or some orc—dammed the spring into a round pool by piling rocks around the edges to make a rustic sort of bath. Warm trickles of water run across the muddy ground and flow into the river.

Erik sets me down on a grassy patch beside a large flat rock whose weathered top looks as if it has been smoothed by many bottoms. “You can take off your clothes. No one will come down tonight.”

He doesn’t have to tell me twice. I can’t wait to try the steamy water. It’s so dark now that it’s hard to see, but Erik unexpectedly pulls a little tube from his pocket, lifting the top to reveal a tiny lantern that he sets on the rock.

His pocket lantern illuminates just enough of the area to let me see what I’m doing as I gently slip the dress over my shoulders, keeping it out of the mud as best as I can.

It’s beautiful.

I’m still astonished his mother kept it and had it ready, let alone that she was happy to lend it to me today. The borrowed dress made me feel more special than anything my father’s money ever bought me.

I fold it carefully and place it on the rock. Beneath I have on only panties. The neckline was so low it was impossible to wear with a bra.

I look up at Erik’s audible groan to find him with his trousers half off, staring at me. At my questioning look, he swallows. “Inessa, you are so beautiful. It might sound cheesy but looking at you like that, it’s so good it almost hurts!”

“Mmm.” Thinking of the cage he’s still wearing, I step forward and cup my hand around him over his briefs. “I bet it does. Let’s take care of that, shall we?”

I get to my knees, heedless of the mud, and help him out of his trousers. He yanks off the button-up shirt hastily and then the underwear until he’s standing in front of me naked, save for the cage. I take the key from the chain around my neck and slip it into the lock.

His cock is already bulging through the bars. When I quickly slip the cage off and work the ring from around his balls and over his shaft, he lets out a long sigh.

Soon he’s swollen, growing harder every moment. A vein along the thick green length throbs and his cock jumps in my palm. “Oh you have no idea how good that feels.”

I laugh quietly to myself. From the sounds he makes as I gently massage him and the look of bliss on his face, I can imagine pretty vividly.

His head falls back as I grip him more firmly and give him a few slow pumps. Then I stop. “Enough of that for now. I want to try the hot spring.”

He helps me to my feet and into the pool. The bottom of the spring has been scooped out so that we can sink into the water, and when I try to sit, I find it’s too deep. Of course. It’s built for orcs!

That gives me the perfect excuse to claim Erik’s lap for my seat. I ease into the water, which is the perfect temperature. After a moment, the heat makes all the places my skin is exposed to the air feel slightly cool, and beneath the water, my muscles relax as I settle into a comfortable position and his arms go around me.

Erik’s cock throbs against my butt and he gives me a rueful smile. “You’re not making this easy for me. Stars above, you are just so sexy.”

“You’re not so bad yourself.” I trace teasing fingertips along the line of his jaw, skate them over his lips. I love his thick neck. The muscled broad shoulders and impossibly brawny chest. I love that his large hands dwarf mine. That I could wrap all my fingers around a single one of his.

I love the shape of his mouth and the way his lower jaw is slightly protruded and makes him look like he’s smiling even when he’s not. The way his ears end in a point and the green hue of his skin.

There’s no confusing him for human, and I’ve always found that comforting. As I’ve gotten to know him, I’ve become more and more attracted to the way he looks and the incredible power of his body.

I wrap an arm around his neck to bring his face to mine for a lingering kiss. And I love the feel of his lips on mine. The way his hands slide to my waist like he can’t help himself, and that, when I finally pull back, he looks at me as if I painted the stars in the sky.

“What do you want tonight?” I ask him.

“Just you. Whatever you want, Inessa. That’s all I ever want.”

“Do you want me to suck your cock? Do you want to be inside my pussy? ”

He nods. “I want that. If it makes you happy. But mostly I just want to make you come. Can I make you come now?”

Well I’m hardly going to complain about that!

I climb higher on him, placing one foot on his strong thigh and resting the other knee beside his head on the wet stones surrounding the spring. Then I guide his hands to my ass and look down at him. “Then go ahead.”