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“Oh…okay.” I nodded and went back to the living room.
A hand-knitted afghan had appeared on the back of the deep leather couch and I cuddled under it as I snuggled on the cushions. It was fully dark except for the firelight, which was really nice. I felt surprisingly peaceful as I stared into the flickering flames.
“Hey, you like strawberry ice cream?” Rath’s deep rumbling voice asked.
“Hmm?” I looked up from my contemplation of the fire and saw him standing there, holding two bowls in his hands.
“I said, do you like strawberry ice cream? I found some in the freezer—it’s the good stuff, really premium,” he added.
“Oh, sure. Thank you,” I said, sitting up and taking a bowl from him. It held several scoops of cold, creamy ice cream with chunks of strawberry in it. I took a bite and moaned happily. “ Mmm —it’s really good!”
“I thought so too.” Rath sat down beside me. “Hey—this ice cream is cold, do you mind sharing the blanket?”
Since I had seen him tromping through a freezing blizzard in nothing but a pair of fur trousers and some boots, I was pretty sure he wasn’t that cold. But I appreciated the fact that he wanted us to get closer.
“Sure, I can share.” Scooting closer to him, I draped the hand-knitted afghan over both our laps.
“Thanks, baby.” He smiled down at me and took another bite of ice cream.
I took another bite of mine as well, but I could barely taste it. I could feel an almost electrical connection between us—I wanted him to touch me so much! Wanted to kiss him again— this time while I was in my right mind and wasn’t drunk on lust potion.
I wondered if he wanted the same thing—wondered how he would react if I straddled him as I had the night before. But without the help of the potion, I was back to being my shy, retiring self and I didn’t feel able to make the first move—or any move at all, for that matter.
“You’re pretty quiet tonight,” Rath remarked, finishing his ice cream.
“Sorry,” I said. “I was just…thinking. That’s all.”
“Thinking about what? You done with that?” He nodded at my now empty bowl.
“Sure. Here.” I gave it to him and he stacked our bowls and put them on the side table before turning back to me and putting one long arm around my shoulders.
“So what were you thinking about?” he asked again.
“Um…mostly about last night and what a fool I made of myself,” I admitted.
“No, you didn’t,” Rath protested. “I actually thought it was kind of hot, the way you jumped on me,” he added in a soft growl.
I bit my lip.
“That’s not how I usually act, though. I think the potion I took made me lose all my inhibitions. I’m normally a lot more, uh, reserved . Mostly because I haven’t had hardly any experience.”
“Was it true what you told me—that you’re a virgin?” he asked softly.
Blushing, I nodded.
“Uh-huh. I can understand if you don’t want to be with someone who’s so completely clueless,” I added, looking down at my hands.
“Hey, no…” He lifted my chin so that our eyes met. “It doesn’t matter to me how much or how little experience you have—I like you, baby. I mean, more than like you, you know?”
My heart was pounding as I looked into his glowing golden eyes.
“I feel the same way about you,” I admitted. “And I want you too. It’s just…”
“What is it?” he coaxed gently, when I trailed off. “Tell me what’s standing in your way and I swear I’ll move Heaven and Earth to make it work for you, baby.”
“It’s just that you’re so…so big,” I said, somehow getting the words out.
“Oh, I get it.” Rath nodded, a look of understanding coming over his face. “Look, I know that I’m way bigger than you are, but I swear to you, Sarah—I would never hurt you.”
I felt like I was melting as I looked into his eyes.
It wasn’t actually our physical size difference I had been talking about—I’d meant the size of his equipment compared with the size of my pussy.
I had no idea how the monster between his legs would ever fit inside me.
But I was touched by what he said, touched and turned on both, by the gentle way he cupped my cheek.
“Thank you,” I breathed. “I believe you.”
“Good. I know I’m a Creature and you’re a human, but I promise we can make it work—I know how to be gentle,” he murmured. He stroked my cheek again. “I’d really like to kiss you right now.”
“I want to kiss you too,” I admitted breathlessly. I’d been wanting almost nothing else from the moment he had sat down beside me.
“Mmm, good,” Rath rumbled. And then he leaned down and took my mouth in a passionate kiss that sent shockwaves of desire through my whole body.
Eagerly, I leaned up toward him, wanting him to deepen the kiss. His lips tasted like strawberry ice cream but they were hot, not cold. He was being slow and gentle and thorough but I wanted more—I wanted him!
I could never remember being so hungry to be with a man before.
But then, the other two guys I had attempted to have sex with hadn’t really cared about me and I sensed that Rath did.
He had agreed to come on this quest with me and be my champion even though he knew how dangerous it was. And he was so sweet and protective too.
Rath seemed to sense my desire because when I dared to lick at the seam of his lips, he parted them for me with a low groan. Soon I found myself kneeling to get closer to him as he sucked at my tongue, inviting me to explore him.
Everything was going well—better than well— amazing , when Rath shifted and suddenly it felt like he was looming over me. In the shadows of the flickering firelight, I thought I saw another face—a darker face filled with menacing hunger.
“Oh!” I gasped, and pulled away from him. He’d had his hands on my hips but he let me go at once, a concerned look on his face.
“What is it, baby? I didn’t hurt you, did I?”
“No.” I shook my head. “I just…I thought I saw…” I shook my head. “I don’t know what I saw. I’m sorry.”
“It’s all right. We’re still kind of getting to know each other,” he said patiently. “We can stop here and now if you want to.”
“But that’s the thing, I don’t want to stop!” I protested. “I want you to kiss me again—and do more than kiss me.”
Boldly, I put one arm around his neck and leaned towards him. As our lips met again, I reached for one of his big hands and put it on my breast.
Rath growled softly as his long fingers curled possessively around my breast. Then his thumb began to slowly tease my tight nipple, slipping back and forth over the aching bud until I moaned in his mouth.
“ Mmm , baby—love your big breasts,” he growled softly. “They fit in my hands just right.”
I thought so too and the way he was thumbing my nipple was driving me crazy! The slow, teasing way he was touching me was sending sparks through my entire body and down to the aching place between my legs where I was getting wetter and wetter…
And then I saw it again—that face, leering at me from the shadows.
“Oh!” I gasped, pulling away from Rath abruptly.
He frowned, looking concerned all over again.
“What is it?”
“I…I thought I saw a face,” I admitted. “In the shadows…watching me. I know that sounds crazy…”
“No, it doesn’t,” Rath said. He looked over his shoulder, scanning the darkness. “There’s nobody there,” he said. “And I would know—Orcs have excellent vision. Better than humans.”
“I’m sorry,” I apologized, feeling like an idiot. We both wanted each other so much and I was ruining the experience!
“Look, if anything I’m doing is bothering you or setting you off—” Rath began. “I mean, if someone in the past hurt or abused you and what we’re doing is bringing it back?—”
“No, no—nothing like that!” I said hurriedly. “At least…I don’t think so.”
When I thought about it though, I still had huge, gaping holes in the memories of my early childhood. What if someone had tried to hurt me and I had forgotten all about it?
I pushed the thought aside. I was fine I told myself—I was just being jumpy, that was all.
“You’re shaking.” Rath put one hand lightly on my shoulder, his golden eyes glowing with concern in the dim room. “I’m so sorry, baby.”
“No, I… I’m fine!” I protested. “Really. And I want to do this. I want you, Rath—more than I’ve ever wanted a guy before,” I admitted.
“Come here for a minute.” He held out his arms and after just a moment of hesitation, I went to him.
“Good,” Rath murmured, hugging me gently but firmly against his big, hard body.
He felt so warm and smelled so good I dared to bury my face in his neck and just melt against him.
“Good girl,” he rumbled again. “That’s right—just relax for a minute. ”
I wanted to do as he said, but being so close to him was only riling me up again.
I could feel how much I wanted him—my body was aching with desire, my nipples were tight and my pussy was wet and swollen between my legs.
It was almost as though all the pent up sexual frustration from the lust potion I’d taken the night before was still there inside me, just waiting to come out.
“Feeling any better?” Rath murmured after a little while.
“I…I think so.” I wasn’t shaking any more at least—that had to be a good sign, right? I told myself it definitely was. “Maybe I’m just seeing things because of the shadows…it’s kind of gloomy in here,” I offered.
“We can move things to the bedroom if you want,” Rath offered. “Or not—whatever makes you comfortable.”
I appreciated how he wasn’t pressuring me. I didn’t know what I had seen in the shadows, but it wasn’t Rath. The face I had seen was long and narrow—a human man, not an Orc. And he had burning red eyes which shouldn’t be familiar but somehow were…
It was the face I had seen in my nightmares, I suddenly remembered.
But why was I seeing it now, when I was trying to get over my intimacy issues and finally get close to Rath—maybe even finally lose my virginity?
Was something about the situation or position we were in triggering me? I just didn’t know.
“Maybe we should move to the bedroom,” I said doubtfully. “It might help.”
“We can do that.” Rath nodded and rose from the couch. Then he held out a hand to me.
I took it and he pulled me up, his muscles rippling with the motion.
God, I had never seen anyone who looked so good with his shirt off!
He smelled really good too—like some dark, otherworldly spice that had a deep masculine undernote.
His scent along with everything else called to me. I wanted him.
The question was, would I be able to have him?
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