Crimson Lips [Amazon Warriors] (Siren Publishing Classic) (13 page)

Crimson looked to Delila’s face and saw her pain as silent tears rolled down her cheeks as she stared at her sisters’ backs.

After a moment, she appeared to compose herself, wiped her eyes, straightened her back, and commanded those who chose to leave with her to follow as she limped toward the perimeter wall of the estate.

* * * *

After the fight, he picked his woman up in his arms, ignoring her protests, and ordered the tribe to give her time to rest. He may not have had any authority in this community, but no one was going to get between him and his woman.

He asked Annika to deal with the Cyclopes that had stayed around to watch the fight.

He carried her straight to their bedroom. She grumbled the whole way about being “manhandled” in front of her tribe. He laid her down in bed, gave her a soft kiss on her bloodred lips, and told her to rest.

As she lay there huffing, he undressed her and cleaned her up with a wet cloth from the bathroom. By the time he had finished, she had fallen asleep, leaving him looking at the naked woman he craved covered in developing bruises. He pulled the covers over her and let her sleep. Sloan lay down next to her and held her close, needing to reassure himself that she was all right.

He woke sometime later with a moan. As he opened his eyes, he looked down to see the beautiful, moss-green eyes of a goddess looking up at him while her luscious red lips were wrapped tightly around the head of his stiff shaft.

He wanted to protest. She was too sore and injured to be giving him such pleasure, but the words wouldn’t leave his mouth. She feasted on his cock, sucking hard and deep while her tongue teased the underside of his sensitive cock. He could feel the back of her throat as she swallowed, causing the muscles around his cock to contract and squeeze his length harder.

Sloan grabbed her hair, needing to touch her but letting her control her actions. She bobbed her head up and down in an increased rhythm then pulled off of him to lick and suck on his balls. She was keeping him constantly on edge.

“C, finish it!” he demanded when he couldn’t take anymore.

She smiled up at him with her mouth around his cock before focusing on the job in hand. While her mouth expertly worked his cock with increasing speed, her hand caressed and squeezed his balls, rolling them round in her hand.

“Ah, fuck.” He was lost. He felt his balls draw up and his body tense. He pulled on Crimson’s hair, silently telling her to pull back, but she refused. She held on and sucked harder until his release landed on her tongue. He could feel her tongue working to catch every last bit of his essence. She licked him clean while he slowly came down from his climax.

When she finally released his softened cock from her mouth and crawled up his body to lie next to him, her head resting on his shoulder, reality started to come back into focus.

“How do you feel?” he asked with concern.

“Better now. You’re delicious,” she said with a small chuckle.

“C, I’m serious. You got hurt. The last thing you should be doing is giving me a blow job.”

“First of all, I wasn’t hurt that bad, and I heal quicker than you mortals. I’m almost completely healed. Second, tasting you is never going to be on the bottom of my to-do list. Third, don’t piss me off and ruin my day. My sister is free, we found the traitor and sent her packing, there’s not going to be a war just yet, and I’m still leader of my tribe. I figured after all that I deserved a tasty treat.” She pinched his hip with a smug smile on her face. “Asshole, you couldn’t just enjoy it?”

In an instant, he had her rolled over onto her back, pinning her down with his weight. He looked into her eyes with such seriousness she lost her little smile.

“You could have died, C. I could have lost you.” When she looked as if she would argue, he hurried to add, “I know that this is part of your life, and I know you are a strong and capable woman, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to be happy that you risk your life on a regular basis. I can’t lose you, C.” He looked her straight in the eye as he said it, hopefully allowing her to see all the things he couldn’t say.

Crimson reached both hands up and cupped his face, and just as seriously said, “I know. I can’t lose you either.” He saw what he thought was love in her eyes, but he didn’t dare hope.

He brought their lips together in a gentle kiss and slowly moved down her body to kiss and caress her breasts before lavishing her flat stomach with the same treatment. He looked up as she said, “Where are you going?”

With a wink he replied, “You’re not the only one who deserves a tasty treat.” And he smiled as he worked his way to her wet pussy.

He grabbed both of her legs to push them up toward her chest and apart. He teased her for a short while by gently touching his lips to every part of her pussy except where she needed it most. She was writhing and moaning by the time he latched on to her clit and sucked it into his mouth, flicking it with his tongue.

“Yes! Oh, God, yes!” she panted.

He licked her cunt thoroughly, in no rush, just glad to be pleasing his woman. He fucked her tight twat with his stiffened tongue before replacing it briefly with his finger. His mouth never once left her as his slicked-up finger pulled out and moved to her rear entrance.

She gasped at his first teasing touch. When she relaxed into it, he slowly worked his finger inside her ass. He started to pump his finger in faster as he sucked hard on her clit and his thumb pushed into her slick pussy. She was writhing with abandon now. He wanted her to lose her mind.

A moment later, that’s exactly what she did as she screamed and came all over his face. He relished every drop. She looked peaceful and sedated. There was nothing better than the look of bliss on his woman’s face and knowing he’d caused it.

He moved up to lie next to her once again as they held each other in a warm embrace.

Just then, he heard a faint noise on the other side of the door. He rolled his eyes, reached over to the side of the bed, picking up one of his discarded boots. He turned back to see a look of confusion in Crimson’s eyes. He smiled at her before throwing his boot across the room to land heavily on the door.

From the other side they heard a muttered “shit.”

“Go find someone else to eavesdrop on, Annika. Better yet, go find someone you can fuck.”

“Asshole!” It was Annika’s only response as he heard her move away from the door.

He looked down at the woman he loved, and they both burst out laughing.

Two weeks later

The tribe seemed to be coming to terms with everything that had happened recently, but Crimson called a meeting, requesting everyone’s presence so she could be sure that her tribe, her family still felt strong, united, and protected.

With Sloan by her side, Crimson led the meeting in the garden court. There was more space there.

A few members brought up issues they were having regarding the betrayal of one of their own. Condolences and support were given to everyone, including the members of the tribe who had lost friends and family to the rogue Amazons, now being called Delila’s Defects. The tribe let it be known that no ill will was held against Vicki and Louise, Delila’s sisters. The tribe did not blame them for their sister’s betrayal. Instead, they gave them strength by showing their loyalty.

“It will take time for us all to come to terms and move on from what has happened, but we are strong Amazons, both male and female, and we shall overcome the betrayal of a few to become a stronger and more united tribe. You are all my family, a family I am proud to be a part of. I will do everything in my power to ensure nothing like this happens again.” Crimson spoke with such fierce determination there was no room for doubt in anyone’s mind.

“Is there anything else anyone would like to say?” After a moment of silence, Crimson was about to call an end to the meeting when a noise behind her made her stiffen. Sloan cleared his throat with exaggerated and false movements.

She turned to see he had a knowing and mischievous smile on his face.

“I have something to say.” She closed her eyes and shook her head slightly in surrender. In the few weeks Sloan had been with her every day and every night. The tribe had started to accept him as one of their own, and he had been learning the way the Amazon community worked. He could even call some his friends.

Some, however, still saw him as an outsider, a mortal. All she saw was the man she loved but who could piss her off beyond imagination. He knew he shouldn’t undermine or question her in front of the tribe, so what could he possibly have to say.

Sloan stepped forward without waiting for her to indicate he could speak.

“I am a mortal man who stumbled into your world, in the wrong place, at wrong time. Now I am here, there is nowhere else I would rather be, and your tribe has shown me what strength, honor, and loyalty really is. I am proud that you let me be part of your tribe even if it is as an outsider.” He spoke with confidence, not letting the crowd intimidate him and filling her with pride, but not knowing where he was going with this little speech filled her with dread.

“However, I cannot deny my strongest reason for remaining here is because of Crimson, the leader of your tribe and the love of my life. I still have a lot to learn about your culture and your people, but I have learned that some of you do not believe me to be Crimson’s true life partner as I have not fulfilled the Amazon’s code.”

Crimson was in shock. How did he know about the code, and why was he bringing it up now? She didn’t like not knowing what was happening. She looked around the mumbling crowd, seeing the same confusion on everyone’s faces.

All except one. Annika.

Her sister stood to the side and gave her a cheeky smile and a little wave. One thought crossed Crimson’s mind.

Oh. Crap.

Sloan continued with his little speech once the rumblings in the crowd had died down, bringing her focus away from her sister to the man before her.

“I know I will not truly be accepted into your tribe unless I prove I am Crimson’s life partner. Some of you witnessed me fight for Crimson the night we met in the bar, most saw me fight by her side against the Cyclopes. That just leaves me to fight against her, so I stand before you, a tribe of warriors, to challenge your leader, Crimson Acker, to a fight. Winner gets her heart.”

There was an uproar, some cheering him on, others questioning his sanity. Crimson could only stand there in stunned silence, trying to decide if she should love him or kill him.

He turned to look at her and gave her the sexiest smile she had ever seen before he jumped down onto the ground and encouraged her people to create space so they could fight in front of the tribe, thus fulfilling the Amazon’s code, making him her true-life partner.

He stood in the center of the ring he had created, took off his shirt, and gestured for her to join him and fight him.

Crimson was furious.

“Are you fucking insane? Have you lost your ever loving mind? I could beat you with my hands tied behind my back. We are not doing this, not here, not now, you should have spoken to me about this, how can you be such an ass?”

“Are you done with your little rant? First, don’t be so confident that you can take me down that easy. Second, we are doing this and we are doing it right now. I love you, you crazy-ass woman, and if this is what needs to happen for me to prove to you and your tribe that you are mine, then so be it. Third, I didn’t tell you because I knew you would go bat shit crazy. This way you cannot deny a formal challenge in front of the tribe.” Sloan spoke calmly with an air of smugness about him. He knew he had her.

“You are such an arrogant bastard. Of course you’re my life partner, you prick. I love you, but if you had bothered to talk to me about this little show beforehand, I would have told you that I can’t fight you, no matter how much I want to at this very moment.”

“Why? Why can’t you fight me? Do you honestly think I’m that weak?” he snapped. Clearly he was offended by her refusal to fight.

“I’m pregnant, you jackass!”

Silence filled the space around them. She looked around at the shocked expressions on everyone’s faces. She almost forgot they were standing in front of the entire tribe. She took a moment to compose herself before she looked back at Sloan.

Sloan was staring at her, shock written across his face.

“B–but we’ve only been together a few weeks, you can’t possibly know that yet.”

She walked down the steps and approached him. She cupped his face in both hands, forcing him to look her in the eye. She tilted his head so their foreheads touched. “This isn’t how I wanted to tell you, but Amazon pregnancies progress faster than mortal ones. I’m pregnant Sloan”

Sloan looked down toward her stomach and gradually lifted his hand to her abdomen, caressing it gently. After a brief moment, a look of wonder crossed his face, and he looked into her eyes with unshed tears. He opened his mouth as if to say something but couldn’t seem to find the words, so he kissed her.

It was a kiss filled with love and adoration. She wrapped her arms around his neck while he snaked his arms around her lower back. She forgot where she was and got lost in the moment. They broke apart when they needed to breathe. Both panting, they just smiled at each other.