Sting, page 8
“We’ll work it out, Iris. I won’t let it be any other way. I’ll make you so happy, you’ll never even think about leaving.”
“You know that’s just lip service. Right?”
“Is it? I made you a promise to get your sister back, and I did. I’m offering you the same kind promise on this. I’ll keep you happy, Iris. I’ll spoil you like a princess and treat you like a queen. Always, I’ll keep you and your sister safe.” I gave her a crooked grin. “And anyone else who comes along. Hopefully eight or ten boys.”
Her eyes widened. “Eight or ten? You’ve lost your mind! And I am not having boys! Girls or nothing. Just to keep you honest.”
Joy burst through me. I knew I had her. Pulling her into my arms, I hugged her tightly to me. “Honey, I’ll be thrilled with any child you have. If we can’t have kids, I’ll be thrilled to have you all to myself once Jerrica grows up. Or we can adopt the girls in there with Jerrica. If not us, I know of several men who’d make great protectors for them. Starting with Brick.”
“Right. I can see him playing Daddy to one of those girls. They’d mop the floor with him.”
“See? You know more about us than you think if you’ve already got Brick pegged.”
We grinned at each other for long moments. I smoothed back a strand of hair from her face. “So, what do you say?”
“You’re not giving me long to decide, are you?”
I shrugged. “I give you too much time, you’ll talk yourself out of it. Don’t try to be logical about this. Trust your instinct. What does your gut tell you?”
She slid her arms around my neck, pulling herself up to brush her lips against mine once. “That I need more of your kisses. Desperately.”
I took the opening she gave me. My arms tightened around her as I covered her lips with mine. Holding her close was imperative. The longer I kissed her, the more holding her close became a visceral need. I wanted us skin to skin, but that would have to wait. She had to be ready before I started ripping her clothes off.
Like before, the second my lips touched hers, magic happened. My body shot tight. My heart raced. My whole being was consumed with her. Iris. My woman. She opened her mouth to me, surrendering so sweetly my heart swelled. Then she dabbed her tongue against mine tentatively. As if testing the waters. Deciding if she liked the taste and feel of me.
She sighed and let me deepen the kiss. Her hands clutched my chest, and she held me as tightly as I held her. Fuck me, it felt good! I’d held her before, but never like this. Iris was mine. She was accepting me as hers.
When she moaned into my mouth, I swallowed her cries, wanting to keep them all. Every little thing about her, I wanted. Her courage. Her loyalty. Her love. I thought Iris had a capacity to love greater than any other woman I’d ever met. I knew my brothers saw it too. She’d make a wonderful ol’ lady. More importantly, once I’d won her heart, she’d fulfill something in my life I never knew I was missing. Until I met her.
I lifted Iris into my arms, urging her to wrap her legs around my waist while I carried her to the bed. With one arm securely around her back, I lay down on the mattress with her, my body solidly over hers as I settled us. When I pulled back slightly to look down at her, her eyes were glazed, and she had a beautiful smile on her face. It struck me then how little I’d seen her smile since we met. I had a feeling that, when I finally coaxed a full, joyous smile onto her face, I’d be gobsmacked by her beauty.
“I know I don’t deserve you, Iris. But I swear to you, I’ll make you happy. I’ll do everything in my power to see you have the best life of anyone ever born from this point forward.” I stroked the line of her cheek with the pads of my fingers. “Give me the chance to prove to you I can.”
She took a breath. I could see the exact moment she decided to throw all in. Her face relaxed, and that soft, breathtaking smile took over her face. It was as lovely a sight as I’d ever seen.
“I’ll follow where you lead, Aidan. But I’m telling you now, I want my sister with me. I promised her I’d adopt her, and I intend to keep that promise.”
“Never thought about not including her in this. She’ll have the benefit and protection of two parents, though. You’ll marry me legally. We’ll both adopt her. The others want to come with us. If you don’t want to take them in, Iron Tzars will place them within the club. No matter who they end up with, they’ll always be protected and spoiled. They deserve it after everything they’ve been through.”
“No. I can take them.”
“We can take them, Iris. Start thinking of us as a team.”
She nodded, smiling up at me again. “I can do that.”
“Good. I’ll send word ahead. The club will have a suitable place for all six of us ready when we get there. It will be a challenge in a short period of time, but we’ll start work on a bigger place the second we get back.”
“I’m not going to ask how these clubs seem to have all the money and resources in the world. I always thought motorcycle clubs met in dirty garages with grease rags all over the place and women hanging off them like fashion accessories.”
That got a bark of laughter out of me. “Ain’t sayin’ there ain’t women at the club, hellcat. Just that I have no intention of havin’ anything to do with them. And if anyone had grease rags anywhere they weren’t supposed to be in Clutch’s garage, he’d beat their ass and no one would ever find the body.”
“Who’s Clutch?”
“He’s our road captain. In charge of all things mechanical in the garage. He runs a tight ship.”
“Good to know.”
“Now. You ready to seal this deal?”
She grinned. “If by sealing the deal you mean you’re going to fuck me now, then yeah. I want this so much I can’t think of anything else.”
That was all the encouragement I needed. Raising myself up slightly, I grasped the back of my shirt between my shoulders and pulled it off, tossing it onto the floor. I was rewarded with her slight gasp. Her lips parted and her gaze fastened to my chest. I knew what I looked like. I was muscled and tattooed, my body honed in the fires of battle. I was big and powerful. She was small and delicate.
Again, her hands landed on my chest. This time, she caressed the skin of my pecs up to my shoulders and down my arms. Her light touch feathered over me, and I had to resist the urge to rub against her hands like a contented cat.
Iris lifted herself up to place kisses over my chest. Her touch was light, little butterfly kisses everywhere she went. The sensations she created with such little effort drove me mad. She wasn’t practiced, just curious. Perhaps even a touch nervous. I thought she might be trying to find her footing. Testing me. Trying to see what I’d let her do. I knew her experience had to be limited, so I contented myself with letting her get to know my body. We’d get to the heavy stuff later. We still had a good hour before I had to meet El Diablo and Chief in the interrogation room. Not an eternity, but enough time to let Iris play to her heart’s content.
“First of all, let’s get one thing straight.” When she raised an eyebrow, I continued. “I ain’t gonna fuck you this first time.” When she opened her mouth to say something, I stopped her by kissing her thoroughly. I needed to remember that. The woman would argue with me all the time. This was the best way to shut her up when I needed to make a point. When I ended the kiss, she had a slightly dazed expression on her face. It was a good look on her. “I’m doin’ this right, Iris. This first time is about me getting to know your body. I’m gonna pet and taste you. Gonna find out what you like. You’re gonna sit back and let me play. Get me?”
She blinked up at me, trying to clear her mind. I could see her trying to shake off the lust riding her. “But what about you? I want you to enjoy --”
Again, I cut her off with a kiss, thrusting my tongue inside her mouth to lap. “I’m gonna enjoy the shit out of it, honey. Been wantin’ this since the first time I saw you.”
“Oh…” Her eyes got wide, like she was shocked.
“What? You didn’t think I noticed how fuckin’ sexy you were? You might have been distressed, but you went for what you wanted and made everyone listen to you.”
“I was afraid they wouldn’t believe me. The police didn’t.”
“Then you had to go and take off when you thought I wasn’t movin’ fast enough.” I shook my head with a sigh.
She lifted her chin. “You said you were gonna spank me for that.”
“So I did. And I will. Not yet, though. I want you to think about it. Wait for it. Anticipate it.” She shivered and gave a small whimper. “Ah. I see that might be the very thing to do.”
“Please, Aiden.” Her plea was a mere thread of sound. “How can you make me feel like this so easily?”
I grinned. “Tell me how you feel, hellcat. Talk to me.”
“I can’t do that!” She sounded so outraged I had to chuckle.
“Sure you can.” I leaned down and whispered at her ear. “Tell me how your pussy aches. Tell me how wet you got thinkin’ about me spankin’ your bare ass. Then tell me you want me to fuck you while I’m spankin’ you.”
That got a sharp cry and a full-body shiver from her. Her skin erupted in sweat. “Sweet God… What are you doing to me?”
“Gettin’ you ready for me, hellcat. Gonna make you mindless before I take you. Then we’ll see how high I can drive you before you come around my fuckin’ cock.” Again, she shivered, her legs tightening around my waist as she instinctively rubbed herself against me to get friction on her clit.
“I need to be naked,” she whimpered. “You need to be naked!”
“You a virgin? Last thing I wanna do is hurt you.”
Again, she looked up at me with wide eyes. “I’ve been too busy to form relationships. Should I have taken time?”
OK, that wouldn’t do. So, I kissed her again. It was going to be my go-to for resetting her mind. Mainly because she tasted delicious. “Honey, I’m not gonna hurt you. Not for any reason. You’re gonna get nothin’ but pleasure out of this. If you’re a virgin, I know I gotta be extra careful with you. If you’re not, I still gotta be careful, but I know I won’t hurt you once I get you wound up.”
She took her time answering, looking away for several seconds. The urge to make her look at me was strong, but she needed to work this out herself.
Finally, she looked back. “Do you remember when you kissed me that first night?”
“Of course, I do. Sweetest lips I’d ever tasted. And you responded so beautifully I knew you loved it as much as I did.”
I had to strain to hear what she said next. Took me a moment to realize exactly what she’d said. When my brain finally registered her words, my cock shot hard as fuckin’ iron.
“Well, that was the first time I’d ever been kissed.”
“Fuck… me…” There was no way to keep the silly grin off my face. Or the fact that my cock was hard as a motherfucker. I ground it against her, and she whimpered. “Feel that, hellcat?” When she nodded, her eyes wide and starting to glaze with lust, I rocked my hips from side to side. “That’s what your confession did to me. I’m gonna be the only man in the entire fuckin’ world to ever taste you. The only man to put my cock inside you. The only man to ever put his cum inside you. I’m gonna do all those things and make you love every blisterin’, fuckin’ second of it.”
She cried out again, and this time she rocked her hips more aggressively. She must have found what she needed because a moment later, she screamed, her eyes flying open as her legs tightened around me. Her body convulsed with her orgasm. Judging by the way her gaze clung to mine in sweet confusion, she’d never done this herself before. Which made me grin all the more. Fuck. Yeah.
When she stilled, I lay on top of her fully, wrapping my arms around her tightly while I nuzzled her neck, praising her and trying to let her come down softly. “So sweet. So good. That’s it, little hellcat. Just ride it out.”
“Aiden.” She whispered my name in a shaking voice. I kissed her jaw and cheek before settling on her lips again. I let the kiss go on for a long time. Just enjoying the sensation. I also wanted to bring her up again. Before I left this bed, I was going to give her as much pleasure as I could possibly manage.
The second she started to become an active participant again, I moved off her. “Let’s get you undressed, hellcat. I’m fixin’ to worship your body until I have to go meet with El Diablo and Chief. Then I’ll come back and worship you again.”
She nodded several times. “Yes! Let’s do that!”
I chuckled, kissing her once before sliding her pants down her slender hips. I left her panties on because, Goddamnit, I wanted to take my time. Got her shirt off and the bra followed. I was not wasting any time getting to her tits. My mouth watered for the small mounds. Her rosy nipples stood out in stiff peaks. She groaned and tried to cover herself. Naturally, I stopped her.
“Don’t cover yourself, baby. I wanna see every fuckin’ inch of your beautiful body.”
She swallowed but put her arms back to her sides, though she did clutch the cover. I still had my jeans on, which I needed to remedy, but I knew the second my cock was free I’d want to sink into her and lose myself. I wasn’t ready for that yet. She wasn’t ready.
I leaned down and took one puckered peak between my lips, laving my tongue over it gently. She whimpered and squirmed under me. That was when I realized I was growling, and my eyes had slid shut. I glanced up at her. Couldn’t tell if she was in pain or riding the edge of lust and madness. It was the only thing that made me focus on what I was doing when I hadn’t even realized I’d already lost myself in her. And I wasn’t even inside her yet!
“Shhh, baby,” I crooned as I stroked her hair, trying to soothe her. “Am I hurting you? Are you comfortable?”
“No, I’m not comfortable!” I stilled. If I’d hurt her, I’d never forgive myself. I hadn’t done anything but suck her nipple. Had I drawn on her too hard? “What are you doing to me? I’m on fire!” She was panting now, little breathless gasps that didn’t seem like they gave her any real air. Almost like she was having a panic attack.
“Talk to me, hellcat. Tell me what to do. Am I scaring you? Do we need to stop?” I was alarmed now. I never wanted to scare her. Not for any reason.
“Don’t you dare stop! Don’t you fucking dare!” She tunneled her fingers through my hair and gripped. Hard. The pressure on my scalp told me she might have pulled more than a few strands of hair loose. Instead of pushing me away, she pulled me closer, holding me to her breast. I wanted to chuckle, but I was so relieved all I could do was latch on and suck.
“I need something, Aiden. But I don’t know what it is!”
“I got you, baby. You keep expressin’ yourself any way you can. You figure out what you want me to do, say so. Otherwise, I’m listenin’ to your sweet cries to guide me.”
Iris seemed to shiver continually as she writhed beneath me. She said she’d never been kissed before. That meant it was doubtful she’d ever been touched by a man in a sexual manner. Which meant every sensation she felt now was sharp, something her body had never before experienced. Which meant she would be on sensory overload soon. If she wasn’t already. That was where I wanted her. Madness.
After lavishing attention on both breasts, I kissed my way down her body. At first, she resisted, tugging my hair to get me back on her tits. When I trailed my lips down her belly, though, she froze. Her hand was still in my hair, but she let me move without resistance.
“What are you doing?” She’d started to hyperventilate again. Her panties were still on, so I had to peel them off her.
I sat up long enough to slide them down her shapely thighs. I started to toss the panties to the floor but paused, holding the simple lace undergarment in my hand, and stared at it. The compulsion couldn’t be fought, so I brought it to my nose and inhaled. Her sharp, musky scent sent a punch of lust to my dick. There was no fucking way I was gonna last.
She stilled when I looked back at her. She was like a wild little deer, afraid of the headlights but afraid to move out of the way. I knew I needed to tone it down. Hard as it was. If she feared this act between us, she’d never recover from it.
“I’m good, hellcat.” My voice betrayed me. I really wasn’t good. I was on fucking fire! “I swear I’m not gonna hurt you.”
“I know. Just… what comes next? Are you… are you gonna fuck me now?”
“Not yet, baby. And I already told you. This ain’t fuckin’. I’m gonna take it nice and slow. Until I can’t. So you have to tell me to ease up if I get too rough. I’m gonna fuckin’ make love to you. Even if it fuckin’ kills me!” I knew I sounded more harsh than sexy, but she didn’t seem to mind. She smiled one of those beautiful, perfect, brilliant smiles of hers. I hadn’t seen many, and none like this.
“I will. Just give me a warning before you, uh, you know. Put it inside me.”
“Ain’t gonna sneak up on ya, honey. Like I said. I refuse to hurt you.”
“I’ve never had sex before, Aiden. Isn’t it supposed to hurt the first time?”
“Honey, I’m a guy. I got no clue. But I refuse to believe I can’t keep you from hurting if I take my time and go as slow as I’m able. You’re worth any extra effort. Besides,” I grinned at her, “Takin’ my time prolongs my pleasure too. Now. You ready for me to keep goin’?”
“Are you kidding me? I’ve been ready this whole time! What the fuck, Sting?” Her brow furrowed in indignant confusion, and I couldn’t help but laugh. I loved that she called me Aiden. This reversion to my road name made her all the more priceless.
“My God, what a fuckin’ life we’re gonna have together, hellcat.” That made her whimper. I loved that she wasn’t in control of her emotions. She was all over the place. The predominant mood seemed to be frustration and lust, but there was a healthy dose of need and vulnerability. I thought there might be a hint of something else too. Maybe she felt more for me than she was willing to admit. I’d get her there.
I kissed the tender flesh above her mound. A downy thatch of dark curls tickled my chin. Good. Because I doubted she could handle this without some kind of buffer. She was already on the edge. “I love how responsive you are, hellcat. You keep giving me that, and we’ll have a fuckin’ blast.”
