Tip of the Spear (35 page)

“Only
for you.” She lowered herself over his face, not needing to tell him what she
wanted. As much as she liked when he kissed her there, she thought Hinto liked
it even more.

He
licked her and speared her with one finger, then two. She couldn’t help
writhing over his mouth, so needy, so in love with him as he gave her every
pleasure. He sucked hard on her clit and she almost came.

“No,
let go.”

He
removed his fingers and gripped her hips to hold her steady as he devoured her.

“Please,
Hinto. There’s something…more,” she ended on a gasp and moaned his name.

He
eased up on her thighs and let her scoot away. Wiping away the evidence of her
passion from his mouth, he gazed at her with such love it took her breath away.
“You’re mine.”

Thais
kept on her knees and moved back until her moisture coated his erection. She
reached between her legs and positioned him at her entrance. Ever so slowly,
she lowered herself until he filled her completely.

“And
you’re mine.”

They
stared into each others’ souls as she rode him, slowly at first, then faster as
their desire grew. “I want you to spill inside me. Fill me with the love in
your heart,” she whispered and leaned down to kiss him.

She
ended the kiss and sat astride him once more, rocking over him with a hunger
she could no longer deny.

“Thais,
are you sure?” Hinto asked, his face contorting in carnal agony. “I want you so
damned much.” He teased her breasts as she bounced, pinching her nipples and
shooting pleasure straight to her core.  

She
nodded, but couldn’t say aloud what she knew to be true, not when it hurt to
know they couldn’t have more than a few tomorrows.
I love you, Hinto. And I
always will.

“I
love you, baby. So fucking much it hurts,” he had the courage to say before he
slammed up into her again, his hands moving from her breasts to her waist, for
better control over her body.

He
shifted his hips so his pelvis grazed her clit. Two more pumps and she couldn’t
contain her climax any longer.

She
shouted his name as she came, rippling around him.

Hinto
swore and arched into her, his weight bearing them both from the ground as he
cried out and shuddered, pouring himself into her.

He
held her so tight he’d leave bruises, but he wouldn’t let go. Even after he
spent, he kept her on top of him and pulled her down for a mind-shattering
kiss.

“Thais,
Thais. My Amazon,” he breathed and ran his hands over her back and through her
hair. “We belong together, honey. You know that, don’t you?”

For
as long as I can have you.
“Yes.” She paused. “Hinto, no
matter what happens with Butch and the others, never regret us.”

He
narrowed his eyes. “This isn’t some last minute, good time fuck. You wanted me.
You love me,” he dared her to refute him.

She
couldn’t and let a bit of her own anger to the fore. Now that she finally knew
what she wanted, her life with this man, it would all be taken away. Well, not
yet!  “It’s not a ‘good time fuck,’” she growled. “Don’t you dare think it so. We
are joined.” She rotated over him, surprised to feel him still stiff inside her.

“Yeah,
that’s me. My seed in your womb, honey. God, the thought of that makes me so
hard. Even though I shouldn’t have the energy left to come again, I’m gonna. All
over your insides. My woman.” He shifted her over him so she could feel him
slide out, then back inside of her. She bit her lip in surrender, addicted to the
feel of him. “Say it, Thais.”

“No,
you say it,” she moaned and gritted her teeth. “My man. You belong to me—a
warrior’s treasure.”

He
groaned and pulled her tight, then rolled them over onto her back and leaned up
on his elbows so he could see her face while he took her. “I’m a treasure? I
like the sound of that.” He withdrew until only his tip rested inside her. “And
you’re my warrior. Forever.” Hinto slammed back inside and made them both groan.
“Now watch, and learn, honey, how this treasure appreciates his ‘master.’”

Hinto
didn’t know what had entered his Amazon’s mind, but he didn’t care. He’d been
dreaming about coming inside her since he’d first really seen her, and the
thought of their child sparked him into an all-consuming heat. Their future was
fraught with danger. No naive boy playing at war, Hinto knew to expect the
worst. He’d die to protect her from Butch, and hell, even from herself if need
be. But he’d show her how much he loved her first.

Lowering
his face to hers, he drank in the sight of her flush with sexual ecstasy. “Your
beauty makes me forget myself,” he admitted. “That light you have inside, that
spark of determination and anger and stubbornness makes your eyes shine like
emeralds. But that sexual satisfaction I see now takes my breath away.” He
kissed her softly, then pushed past her lips with his tongue.

He
ate at her mouth, trying to consume her essence in breaths and in the slow
glide of her tongue against his. She moaned, and his cock throbbed from the
whisper of sound. Her pleasure meant more than his. Just as eating her pussy
drove him crazy, feeling her wet and slick for him.

Kissing
past her mouth, he licked her neck and teased with carnal intent. “I love
watching your tits while you ride me. So full and firm, I want to bite those
pretty nipples when I fuck you, to mark you as mine. Are you mine?” he asked
and pinched one of her nipples hard enough to make her gasp.

But
his Thais liked his firmness. “Oh yes,” she hissed, rubbing up against him. Her
pussy gloved him and clenched down when he pinched her other nipple.

“You
like the thought of my possession, don’t you, honey?” He slowly withdrew from
her heat, then thrust inside again, overcome with the feel of his seed bathing
her hot channel.

“Yes,
yes,” she sobbed as he teased her, bringing her close to the edge before he
stopped, trembling.

He
wanted it to last, but she made him so hot and hard, so ready to burst…  “You
have no idea what you look like sucking my cock. Taking me in your mouth.” He
groaned and ground against her, wanting as far into her as he could get. “And
the way you fondled my sac got me so hard.  There are things I want to teach
you. Ways of feeling such pleasure you want to die from it,” he rasped as he
stroked so slowly, torturing himself.

“I
want to die from it now.” She gripped his waist and dug her nails into his skin.
Her ankles tightened around his back, though he didn’t remember her wrapping
her legs around him. “Hinto, take me, please.”

He
shivered, withdrew, and thrust again. “Ah, I love it when you beg.”

She
was so damned tight. And all his.

Thrusting
into her, again and again, robbed his will to do anything but love her. He took
Thais with a rush of hunger and love, overjoyed when she cried out his name and
came again.

“That’s
it. Suck me deeper. Take my seed and hold me there,” he breathed as he reached
his crisis and jetted inside her. His entire body clenched as he poured into
her warmth, unable to stop the explosions of ecstasy ripping through his body.

Her
fingernails left stinging marks, but she tried to soothe them away with her
hands.

Hinto
tried to catch his breath as he fought for calm.

“By
the Goddess,” she whispered. “That was… I have no words.”

“Yeah.”
He refused to withdraw from her but eased his weight from her body and onto his
arms. “Hell, Thais. You’re deadly, with a knife or that weapon between your
legs.”

“Weapon?”
she repeated with lazy amusement. Her low laughter cocooned him in a web of  satisfaction,
until the coolness of the night breezed over his ass. “I think that weapon
between your legs is much more powerful.”

Shivering,
he finally pulled out and lay beside her. He settled her over his body,
uncaring of the mess they made, and yanked a large fur over them both. The moon
blanketed them, and he captured the sight of her in his mind, willing himself
to never forget this moment.

“I
love you, Thais.” He said it freely, not expecting her to return the sentiment.

“I
love you too, Hinto.”

The
quiet words unmanned him. He drew her head down to his chest and held her against
the frantic beating of his heart. He couldn’t dismiss the magic in the night,
nor did he want to.

“My
Amazon.”

“My
treasure.”

They
lay in the quiet, content for the moment. But Hinto had to have the last word.
“Thais, no matter what happens in the days to come, we’ll always have this. And
I’ll always have you, no matter where we are.”

She
remained silent a moment, and he wondered if she’d fallen asleep. “Yes, we
will,” she said so quietly he might have missed it had he not been paying
attention.

He
stayed awake long after she fell asleep, cradled in his arms.

Hinto
tightened the straps on Beast and double-checked his supplies and ammunition. Mahpee
had appropriated—but wouldn’t say how—more than enough for a firefight with the
McKenzies. Rudy, Salvatore, Jon and Mick waited impatiently by the barn to say
good bye, along with his brothers and father. Tom and Henry, apparently, had
gone in search of a few missing goats.

He
still had a hard time believing his brothers hadn’t protested his leaving
without them, but with their father still shaky, it made sense they’d want to
stick by him.

At
least Dozie remained unflappable. She spit on the ground, chewing only
God-knew-what, since there hadn’t been tobacco in Big Sky in a hundred years. “Take
care, and stay close to the gal. She knows what she’s about. Don’t fuck it up,
Hinto.”

Mahpee
grinned, Wolf laughed, and a few of the others covered their mirth by coughing
when he glared at them.

“Crazy
old woman,” he muttered, not surprised to see Thais openly grinning.

“Get
on, then. Go and clean up that town. Want to really stick it to McKenzie?” she
asked with a cackle.

“What?”

“Find
a UT you can’t corrupt and stick him down there. If you don’t kill the
brothers, having an untouchable UT in the area’ll drive ‘em nuts.”

“I’ll
remember that,” Hinto said, remembering the UT in Little Valley, Annie’s friend.
Not a bad idea—even if he did kill the McKenzies and their thugs. He hugged his
father and slapped his brothers on the shoulders. “Take care of Dad. And watch
that hidden stash of slowburn he’s got in his room.”

Dozie
growled, “Dan Dakota, you know what I done tol’ you about that the
last time
I caught you with it!  That shit’ll kill ya!”

“Nice,
Hinto. Rat out your poor father before you leave.” Dan glared. Anger replaced
the worry he’d been showing, much to Hinto’s relief.

“Tattle-tell,”
Wolf teased.

“I’ll
see y’all soon.” He mounted Beast and tipped his hat at the others. There
should have been a sense of finality, because he instinctively knew this trip
wouldn’t be one he could walk away from without some bad memories. Yet he
couldn’t summon more than a smile, anticipation making him grin like a damned
fool.

He
was still floating in a cloud of happiness thanks to Thais’s declaration the
previous night.

He
glanced at her and frowned. She didn’t look pleased to be leaving. Instead she
looked… sad?

“Thais?”

She
blinked up at him and shrugged. “I like your family. I’ll miss them.”

Dozie
and the others walked back into the house, but his father and brothers watched
them until Hinto and their group rounded a bend out of sight.

“Yeah,
well, I miss them when I leave, too.”

“So
Hinto, you plannin’ on comin’ back to the ranch to stay when we’re done with
this fight?” Rudy rumbled. The man hadn’t shaved since the last time Hinto had
returned and now resembled a bear.

“I
think so.” Hinto slanted a look at Thais.

“How
about you?” Rudy asked her with characteristic bluntness.

She
paused, alerting Hinto that something was off. “I’d like to.”

“You’d
like to?” he asked.  “What the hell does that mean?”

Jon,
Salvatore and Mick quickened their pace to move closer, not wanting to miss a
thing, Hinto thought with annoyance.

“It
means I’d like to. Just as
I said
,” Thais emphasized. She’d been quiet
since she’d woken, introspective in a way that grated on his nerves. He much
preferred her hostility to that damned quiet.

The
men’s attention bounced back and forth from Thais to him.

“A
bit uppity today, aren’t you?” he asked.
Especially after last night.

As
if she read his mind, she blushed. “I didn’t get much sleep,” she bit out, and
he grinned at her irritation. “And this is no pleasure trip. Some of us might
be killed dealing with those animals at McKenzie’s ranch.”