Ellora's Cavemen: Tales from the Temple II (16 page)

Her fingers landed on his bare chest as Leah simply absorbed the power of the man.

His kiss devoured her mouth and his mind seemed to be connected with her own as he groaned with approval.

“Touch me, Leah.” His eyes aimed hot liquid command at her. “Touch me the way you wanted to out there when you saw me.”

Leah spread her hands over his chest and felt the heat spike straight through her center. Her breasts ached as she rubbed the tightened nipples against his hard chest.

The contact soothed her yearnings and she did it again as she felt the folds of her sex become swollen and moist.

Aaron lifted her off her feet and simply tossed her onto the huge surface of the bed.

A large smile covered his face as he watched her bounce in a tangle of legs. Leah ended propped on her elbows with her legs askew and Aaron’s eyes locked onto her breasts with their tightly puckered nipples. She shifted under his scrutiny as uncertainty crossed her thoughts again.

His hands undid his pants and he stepped out of them. Leah felt her uncertainty melt clean away as heat consumed her. He was completely magnificent. His legs were sculpted and molded like his arms. And his chest was wide and covered with dark hair.

But her eyes stared at his staff and the blunt proof of his arousal. Leah should have realized by how huge his hands were that this part of him would also be extremely large. His rod stood away from his body, stiffly declaring his intentions. Leah pressed her thighs together as she considered just where he wanted to put that weapon.

“Why do you show me a virgin’s fear?” The bed moved as he dropped down beside her. It almost felt like he was pouncing on her but there was more control to the action.

Still, Aaron had her drawn along his body’s length and her thighs had opened before Leah found the strength to move away.

“We do not hurt our mates here, Leah.” His voice was rough and low as he pressed a single row of tiny bites along her neck. Leah arched to give him move skin to nip.

Sensation erupted from the tiny touches and traveled straight down to her sex, making it throb in rhythm with her heart rate.

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“You’re just very large…umm…everywhere.” His huge hand landed on her belly as he moved it across her lower abdomen from hip to hip. His eyes lifted back to hers as he brought his hand up to cup her breast.

“You are not tiny. Your hips are broad and wide. There is no reason for fear but I will summon a midwife if you would like her opinion.”

“What?” Leah felt her brows draw together because she had never heard of such a thing before in her life! “Did you say a midwife?”

Aaron almost laughed because she was so adorable. “Who else would know about such matters? But Myra has seen you. If she felt we were mismatched she would have come to me with her concern and brought a midwife to inspect you. Why are human females allowed to be so ignorant about common matters?”

“The marriage bed is considered extremely private.”

“Allowing a woman to be mated with a male who will produce too large a child for her to carry is cruel. If you were too small I would have seen you presented to my men instead of in my bed. A Tailarmarian warrior does not willingly let a woman suffer.” He smoothed his hand over her belly again. “I would put my own desire aside if you were a tiny female.”

Hearing it put in such plain terms made Leah feel rather cherished. The emotion was odd but it settled into her brain and refused to leave. It would seem that Aaron considered her health more important than her modesty. But his staff was still twice the size of Howard’s. Leah honestly hadn’t known they grew so large, at least on humans.

Aaron tipped her head up and locked her eyes with his. “I brought you to my bed for pleasure, not pain.” Cupping her breast again, he rolled the nipple between his fingers and listened to her tiny gasp. “The time for talking is done.”

That same coil of fear snaked along her skin again but Leah resisted its pull. Her eyes wandered over his chest and simply accepted his superior strength. It was a fact that could not be changed but he wasn’t dominating her. Instead, he was bringing her his strength as a symbol of his worthiness to become her mate.

His mouth captured a nipple and Leah fell back under the assault. She’d never dreamed that a man’s mouth might be so hot or that her own skin could survive such a level of heat. His tongue flicked over her nipple, making it pulse and quiver with sensation.

One hand traveled back down her belly but it didn’t stay there. Instead he covered her sex with it and used one finger to part her folds.

“What are you doing?” Leah jerked up from the bed in shock but he pressed her back down immediately as his face drew into a frown.

“Leah, did you have a mate or not?” Aaron couldn’t keep the frustration from his voice. The woman dreamed vividly about his possessing her but she seemed to have less knowledge than his virgin sister. He deliberately stroked her folds with his finger and watched her face register surprise. He stroked her again and gently circled her center as she fell back into his embrace.

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“I’ve never…felt this….before.” Leah felt her eyes slide shut as pure sensation centered under his finger. Her hips began to press up as she sought something but she didn’t know exactly what it was.

That finger didn’t stop. Instead it settled over her sex and rubbed until Leah felt her body draw into a single tight ache that exploded, sending a wave of pleasure coursing through her.

Aaron waited for her to recover as he watched her face. The sweet smell of her release caused his organ to pulse with renewed hunger. Her sex was wet and ready for him but there was more to pleasing a mate than just her physical response. He wouldn’t ride her until she demanded he do it. “Your mate was a selfish man, Leah.”

Her blue eyes snapped open to consider his face. “Any man who simply mounts his female is less than an animal. Even a stallion takes the time to entice his mare. Now come and touch me. Exactly the way you have been thinking about doing.”

It was another command but it was the most liberating thing Leah had ever heard.

Suddenly she felt like the chains that had bound her were unlocked and she was simply free to be herself. She was impatient to begin.

Spreading her hand over his chest was amazing. Leah felt the pulse of life that radiated through his thick muscles. She found his nipples and felt them bead under her fingers. His dark eyes watched her intently, and that made her bolder. Leaning forward, she covered one nipple with her mouth and gently sucked on it. His sharp intake of breath fired her and she trailed tiny kisses across his chest until she found his opposite nipple. His huge hand lifted her onto his body as he rolled onto his back, granting her the liberty to explore his body to her contentment.

Their legs were tangled and Leah felt the pulse of his hard staff. The organ was pressed between their thighs and she moved away slightly as her hand went searching for it. He’d touched her sex. Maybe she should return the favor.

Closing her hand around his weapon, Leah delighted in his stiff gasp. Aaron had curled his fingers into the bedding beneath him as his hips thrust up into her grasp. She gently stroked his length and considered the harsh sounds she drew from Aaron’s chest. Her own sex became increasingly hot as she touched his staff.

Suddenly the picture she’d had of him trusting his penis into her absorbed her thoughts. The organ in her hand jumped and pulsed with the vision as Leah felt her breath become small pants.

Aaron surged up from the bed and caught her head in his hand while his mouth captured her mouth. There weren’t any boundaries between them and Aaron thrust his tongue into her mouth with the same rhythm as her vision. His body covered her as he moved her thighs apart to cradle his hips.

Her flesh opened as the tip of his ridged length bluntly probed for entry, making her gasp. “Shhh.” His lips gently moved over her neck as his hips thrust forward again.

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ached but she tipped her hips up for his next thrust. His hips flexed as he sent his rod into the hilt and she moaned as her flesh screamed.

In an instance, her body became a demanding inferno. Leah met the dark eyes of her companion, his face reflected fierce possession. He dropped a hard kiss onto her mouth as his hips began to thrust with a steady rhythm that made her moan with sheer pleasure.

Her body became taut again as sensation seemed to grip her in claws that began to crush her ‘til everything shattered into pure bliss. Aaron groaned with her but he pulled out of her body before he gasped with release. He collapsed onto her and caught just enough of his weight with his arms to keep her from being crushed.

He hadn’t let her have his seed and that confused her. The only purpose of the marriage bed was for children.

His hand began stroking her face as his eyes probed her. “Why do you worry?” His voice was harsh and rough but his eyes were as sharp as a blade.

“This will not give me a child.”

Aaron rolled onto his back and pulled her with him. His hands stroked her body in long, powerful touches that made her skin warm.

“You must give me permission for that.”

Shifting against his body, Leah tried to find some small distance from the man. She really needed to understand him but she couldn’t concentrate with his body so close.

“Be still, Leah.” His warm hands continued to stroke her back and even the curve of her bottom as he refused to let her move away. Leah simply surrendered. She liked lying there on his bare skin. He smelled so powerful.

She was definitely a sinful creature, but when she made it to the heavenly gates, Leah was certainly going to have a confession worth listening to.

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Her slumber was deep and relaxed, but Leah willingly left it behind as her nose caught the aroma of food. Her stomach suddenly growled low and deep as she rubbed her eyes and tried to think.

Another one of those long strokes from Aaron’s hands traveled along her hip as the bed shifted. A tray of steaming food was sitting between them on the bed as he lounged on his side watching her. It was still dark and the fire had died into a bed of glowing embers.

He selected a piece of meat and offered it to her. Leah raised a hand but he immediately pulled the food out of her reach. He laughed as she sat up.

The hand with the food came back to her face and the aroma gained another low grumble from her stomach. “Eat.” Leah raised her hand and the food left again.

“From my hand, Leah.”

“Are you playing some game?” Her hunger made her grouchy.

Aaron smiled widely. “Yes. Why not?”

Why not, indeed. Leah considered the amusement twinkling in his eyes and smiled.

“And if I don’t play nicely?”

“You will pay a forfeit.”

He offered the food again and Leah nipped it out of his hand. There was something rather arrogant about him demanding to feed her but it was also slightly erotic. As Aaron fed her, she let her eyes roam over his chest. As the last of the food disappeared between them, Leah boldly licked his fingers and smiled. “So, now what?”

“Dessert.” He said it in a husky tone that she remembered instantly. Aaron pushed her back as his hands spread her thighs apart but he didn’t mount her. Instead his head hovered over her sex as his tongue gently lapped her flesh.

Leah frantically tried to escape. The sensation was too sharp. Too absolutely unthinkable! He simply pressed her back onto the bed and raised an eyebrow.

Coward or not, this was too much. “You can’t do this.”

In response his head lowered and his mouth caught her folds as he sucked the sensitive flesh into his mouth. Leah fell back as her hips thrust up helplessly, the waves of sensation becoming too powerful to resist.

“But you like it, don’t you Leah?” His tongue flicked over her sex as she moaned in despair. “Just tell me to stop.”

Her hips jerked up in search of his lips and she ground her teeth together as he simply smiled and flicked her sex again. “You are arrogant.”

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“Yes, but I know how to please my mate.” His mouth took her sex again and this time he applied more pressure to the task. Leah felt her body draw tight but he released her sex and tongued it with quick licks until the tension ebbed. Then he sucked her flesh back into his mouth and took her to the edge of sensation again.

Aaron held her in the cycle for an endless time. Leah clawed at the bedding as she twisted under his mouth. She couldn’t decide where one sensation began and another ended. Her body became a single pulse of feeling that consumed every conscience thought.

His mouth hovered over her as his eyes took in her surrender. Aaron smiled with wolfish arrogance. Being able to bring a mate to such pleasure was an accomplishment and he enjoyed the emotions that were bleeding out of her mind into his. It was a perfect blending of their genders, proving his decision right to claim her into his bed.

Her eyes snapped open and locked with his as he aimed his gaze at her. Aaron rubbed her belly as she watched him. “I want to put my seed inside you, Leah.”

Everything was spinning out of control and Leah didn’t care! Aaron floated around inside her head and all she felt was cherished. Tears stung her eyes because Leah couldn’t ever remember feeling so wanted before. Aaron wanted a child but he wanted her as well. What the man wanted was a family.

He played her body like a master, yet he sat with a hard face that waited for her permission. He wanted her to want him just the way he wanted her.

“Come to me Aaron.” Her voice was deep and husky, Leah almost didn’t recognize it. Suddenly she decided she didn’t need to understand anything. She was drunk on her own power. Aaron covered her body and she watched him smile in triumph.

His hips thrust forward with solid purpose. Her body immediately stretched to accommodate him again. Leah didn’t need to remember her vision of him riding her, the reality was far more intoxicating. She lifted her hips for his thrusts and clasped him between her thighs.