Dark Moon (15 page)

“Aye, I suppose I did.  I’m sorry for that Kaden, but I like being your friend.”  The old man said simply.

“I like being your friend as well.”  Kaden replied quietly.

Ian reached out and took his hand, squeezing it firmly before releasing it.  “Thank you for saving my life.”

“It scared the hell out of me when you fell into the water.”  Kaden said.

“You and me both.”  Ian said grimly.  “I’m sorry that you nearly died trying to save me.  How do you feel?”

“I’m fine.”

“The lady Avery told me if it hadn’t been for Sophia, you would have died.”

“Aye.  She saved my life.”  Kaden glanced at him and Ian frowned at the look of shame in his eyes.

“What’s wrong, Kaden?”

“I don’t know.  I just – I used to think that Lycans weren’t capable of caring for anyone but their own kind.  And then Sophia risked her life twice for us - first to save Bree and then to save me.  I guess I’m ashamed of the things I’ve said and thought about them.”

“They understand why you felt that way.”  Ian said quietly.

“Aye, I guess.”  Kaden sighed harshly.  “I’m tired, Ian.  I’m going back to the barn.  I’ll talk to you later okay?”

“Okay.  Thank you again, Kaden.”  Ian reached out and squeezed his arm.

“You’re welcome.  I’m glad you’re okay.”  He gave Ian a faint smile before leaving the room.

* * *

“Where’s Kaden?”  Sophia asked Bree.  It was just after dinner and Kaden hadn’t joined them to eat.

“He’s in the loft.  He said he wasn’t hungry.”

She gave Sophia a nervous look.  “I’m worried about him.  He says he’s fine but he’s been acting strange all day.  I don’t know if it’s because he almost died, or because he didn’t know that Ian was a Lycan or…

She trailed off and sighed.  “I tried to convince him to stay in the house tonight.  It’s cold and the barn isn’t that warm, but he refused.  He said he wanted to be alone.”

She frowned as Sophia stood up.  “Where are you going?”

“To talk to your brother.”

“I don’t know if that’s a good idea, Sophia.  Kaden is, well, he needs time to process things.  If you push him to talk about it and he’s not ready, he’ll just close himself off from you.”

Sophia shook her head.  “I need to talk to him, Bree.”  She grabbed her jacket and left the room.

The air was cold and she drew her jacket around her as she ran quickly to the barn.  She shoved the door open, climbed the ladder to the hayloft and peered into the room.  Kaden, wearing just a pair of pants, was sitting on the side of his bed with his back to her.  It was cool in the hayloft and she could see the goose bumps on the broad expanse of his back.

She hoisted herself up and stood quietly for a moment.  He didn’t move and she cleared her throat softly.  “Kaden?  Honey, are you okay?”

He jerked and whipped around, her scarf falling from his hands as he stared at her with wide and startled eyes.

She walked towards him.  “I know what happened today was scary, and I know you’re surprised about Ian but he –

He stood and nearly ran to her.  She took a step backwards and then his hands were on her jacket and he was pushing it roughly down her arms. 

“Kaden – “

He slammed his mouth down on hers, his tongue pushing past her lips to stroke at hers urgently.  She moaned and wiggled out of her jacket, throwing her arms around him and pressing her body against his.

His hands fumbled at the buttons of her shirt before he made a low noise of need and tore her shirt open.  The buttons flew off, scattering to the floor, as he yanked her shirt from her body.  He cupped her breasts, groaning at the hardness of her nipples against his palms, and kissed her again. 

She returned his kiss, her tongue twisting and tangling with his, as she reached for the button on his pants.  She unbuttoned them and pushed them down his hips.  He was naked underneath them and she took his erect cock in her hand and squeezed firmly.  Wetness was surging between her legs.  His frantic need for her had ignited her own fire for him.

She stroked him roughly and he cried out and arched his hips into her hand.  She dipped her head and licked his thick neck as she kicked her boots off.  He tore at the button on her pants, and she reached down and helped him unbutton it before wiggling out of them.  He raked her panties down her legs and then lifted her, pulling both her pants and her underwear off of her feet.

He left them crumpled on the floor as she wrapped her legs around his waist and rubbed herself against his cock.  She moaned as his cock slid across her wetness and he inhaled sharply and moved to the bed. 

He dropped her on the bed and looked down at her with an almost savage type of hunger.  She stared at his thick cock jutting out proudly from his body, and felt a surge of wetness between her thighs.  He hesitated as a look of confusion and doubt crossed his face.  She parted her legs, smiling with satisfaction when his eyes dropped to her exposed and glistening sex.

“Please, Kaden.”  She whispered.

With a soft groan, he dropped to his knees between her legs.  He pushed her thighs wide and entered her with a single thrust.  She moaned and arched her body upwards, taking him deep inside of her warmth.  He was thick and hard, and as her body stretched around him he propped himself above her on his elbows.  She stroked his face, feeling the rough stubble under her palm, before kissing him lightly on the mouth.

“Sophia.”  He spoke for the first time, his voice raspy with desire, and she shuddered under him. 

He kissed her with rough urgency, one hand cupping her breast as he moved within her.  She hooked her legs around his waist and met each of his thrusts as his tongue mimicked the movement of his cock.

“You’re so warm.”  He whispered against her mouth.

She moaned in reply, and he reached between them and rubbed her clit with the pads of his fingers.  They were rough against her skin and she shivered with pleasure.

“Oh, Kaden.”  She whimpered as he rubbed firmly in small, tight circles.

He was close to coming.  His attraction to Sophia and the four years he had been without a woman were making him lose control.  He gritted his teeth and slid in and out of her, feeling the wonderfully warm slickness of her sex gripping him tightly.

“Come for me, Sophia.”  He whispered as he rubbed her clit again.  “I want to feel you coming around me.”

His voice was enough to push her over the edge and she cried out loudly, her body shaking and shuddering around his cock as she climaxed.

He plunged in and out of her, his breath coming in harsh, hot pants, as her hot core squeezed tightly around him.  He whispered her name repeatedly as his body stiffened and he thrust deeply into her one final time.  She wrapped her arms and legs around him, covering his face and shoulders and upper chest with soft kisses as he trembled madly before collapsing against her.

Chapter 13

She woke to find him staring at her. 

“Hi.”  She smiled at him.

“Sophia, I – “

She realized with a jolt of panic that he was already regretting what had happened between them.  Her heart dropped into her stomach at the thought that this was it between them, and in desperation she pressed her mouth against his. 

She kissed him hard, pressing her tongue against his lips until he opened them and she could slip it into his mouth.  He returned her kiss, his hands tightening on her hips, until he pulled back with a soft groan.

“Sophia, we need – “

“Not yet okay?”  She whispered.  “Don’t think – just feel.  It’s been so long for both of us.  Can we not, just for tonight, make each other feel good?”

He stared into her dark eyes.  “Yes.”

She kissed him again and he ran his hand down her bare back to her ass.  He squeezed it, rubbing her soft skin firmly as he pressed her against his naked body.  Sophia nuzzled her face into his neck and nipped lightly at the stubble-covered skin.

He groaned and she smiled to herself before running her hands over his broad back.  She traced the network of scars and he frowned at the look on her face.

“What?”  He whispered.

“I’m sorry that my kind did this to you.”  She leaned forward and kissed one of the wide scars on his chest.

He shrugged.  “It doesn’t matter.”

“It does.”  She insisted.  “The cruelty they – “

She shrieked loudly, her back arching, before she scrambled over Kaden’s broad body.  She peered around him as Kaden clapped a hand over his chest.

“Gods be damned, little Lycan!  Are you trying to give me a heart attack?”

She glared at the small orange kitten who was sitting on the bed staring innocently at her.

“Piper!”  She growled at him, her eyes flashing green, and he hissed at her in reply before beginning to wash his face with one white-tipped paw.

“I thought he was a rat.”  She shuddered all over before peering at the floor of the loft.

Kaden laughed.  “If it makes you feel better, I’ve never seen a single rat in the hayloft.  Besides, both Piper and Hogan are big enough to catch them now.”

She stared at the small kitten.  “Really?”

He nodded, a little distracted by the feel of her naked breasts pushing against his back.  “Aye, I watched each of them kill a rat yesterday.”

She looked around the floor of the loft uncertainly as Piper brushed up against Kaden and began to purr loudly.  Her eye fell on her scarf lying next to the bed and she leaned off the bed and picked it up.

“I wondered where this had gone.”

He cleared his throat.  “I uh, I found it the night of my birthday.  I was going to bring it back to you.”

She smiled and pushed him forward a bit so she could examine the scars on his back.  “That was nice of you.”

“I’m very nice.”  He reached behind him to stroke her lean thigh as Piper and Hogan jumped off the bed.  She bent her head and pressed her mouth against a scar on his back.  He shuddered and she licked from one shoulder blade to the other as he groaned loudly.

She kissed and licked each one of his scars, paying special attention to the mass of scars that covered his lower back.  Even as he moaned and squirmed beneath her warm tongue, her heart was hurting at the sheer amount of scarring on his back.  She marveled at the strength he must have needed to survive it.

“Gods, little Lycan.”  He suddenly moaned.  “Please stop.”

“I’m sorry, does it hurt?”  She asked.

He shook his head.  “No, but I’m going to come all over the sheets if you don’t stop.”

She grinned and licked from the base of his spine to up between his shoulder blades.  He made a soft groan of need and turned to face her.  “My turn.”  He whispered.

He tugged her over until she was lying on her stomach. He straddled her hips and massaged her lower back with his hard hands.  She could feel his cock rubbing against her ass, and she reached behind her and took it in her hand.  She stroked it lightly, and he arched his hips into her hand before taking both her hands and resting them against the bed.

He started his own slow, meandering path of warm kisses down her back.  He tasted and licked her soft, smooth skin until she was trembling and twisting beneath him.  When he bit her ass lightly, she cried out and arched up off the bed.  He pushed her down with a gentle hand on her back and moved down until he could lick and nip the backs of her thighs. 

“Gods be damned, Kaden.”  She moaned as his warm tongue licked the back of her knees.  She jerked and ground her pelvis into the bed.  She could feel wetness coating the inside of her thighs and she pushed her thighs apart eagerly when he knelt between her legs.

He rubbed and caressed her ass until she thought she would go mad with need.  “Touch me, Kaden!”  She cried out.

“I am touching you, little Lycan.”  There was a hint of laughter in his voice and she twisted her head to stare at him.

He sucked in his breath.  Her eyes were a bright, glowing jade and he felt an answering call of desire deep in his belly.  His cock was hard and throbbing and with a hoarse growl, he pulled roughly on her hips.

“On your hands and knees, Sophia.”  He demanded.

She shuddered all over and obediently lifted her body until she was resting on her hands and knees.  He reached between her legs, running his hand over her soaking wet pussy until she cried out and pushed herself onto his hand.  He rubbed her clit with his fingers and she made another soft, moaning cry.

Unable to wait any longer, he guided his cock to her wet, pink slit and pushed into her.  She arched her back as he gathered her long dark hair in one hand and tugged lightly.  She lifted her head, staring at the rough walls of the barn as he thrust back and forth.  His hard cock surged in and out, sending waves of shuddering desire through her as she moaned and thrust her pelvis at him eagerly.

“Harder, Kaden.”  She murmured. 

He dropped his hands to her hips and, holding her firmly, plunged in and out of her.  She gasped and made small breathless cries of pleasure as he fucked her hard and fast.  She lifted her ass, silently inviting him to slide deeper within her, and he muttered her name as his pelvis slapped against her in a quickening rhythm.

She reached between her thighs and rubbed her swollen clit roughly.  Her eyes were glowing and she controlled her urge to shift as she shouted his name and climaxed.  He thrust into her, his hands clamping down on her hips, and came deep inside of her.  She collapsed against the bed and he rolled on to the bed beside her, panting harshly.

She turned to face him and he smiled and kissed her mouth gently before pulling her into his embrace.  She rested her head on his chest, tracing the scars with gentle fingers as he rubbed her back.  She closed her eyes and listened to the solid beat of his heart beneath her ear.

* * *

“Bree?  Are you okay?”  James knocked lightly on the bathroom door.

“I’m fine.”  Bree called back weakly.  “I’ll be right out.”

He waited patiently outside the bathroom door until she came out.  She was pale and he frowned at her.

“Were you throwing up?”

“Aye.”  She replied, brushing her hand across her mouth.  “My stomach is a bit upset.”