A Little Harmless Ride (21 page)

Instead, he wanted to show her. He slipped his hands beneath her back and legs, pulled her over and rose out of bed.

She giggled. “It’s nice to have a man who can pick me up.”

“
Like you’re hard to pick up.”

“
Hey, I know I am not light as a thistle, as the saying goes.”

He stopped and looked at her. “No, but you’re a woman, full of wonderful curves to explore and those legs…woman, I hope you’re not trying to be coy about your weight. There is nothing wrong with it.”

She smiled and touched his face. “No, not at all. But, I do know that I am not easy to pick up.”

He grunted at that. He hated skinny women. If they were naturally that way, he didn’t mind, but he never liked a woman who starved herself. Plus, they rarely had asses worth spanking.

He walked her into the bathroom and she sighed.

“
I also like a man who has a dream bathroom,” she said.

He stood and looked around the room. “Joe had someone design it. I guess it’s nice.”

She laughed. “And that’s so like a man. You guess it’s nice? That claw foot tub is to die for.”

He set her on the floor. “And we’ll use it…after.”

Her eyebrows rose. “After?”

The need he had for her was overpowering, but he could control it. He could be in command of his baser desires. Okay, just barely. He wanted her more than he wanted his next breath at times, but years of being a Dom had taught him to control it.

“
Turn around.”

She did, slowly, taking her time. She waited. Damn, she was sassy but she was an excellent sub.

“
Stay here.”

He walked into his bedroom, his body humming. He grabbed the anal plug he’d picked up at Rough ‘n Ready and lubricant and the flogger, then walked back into the bathroom.

She was standing just where he left her. He set the flogger on the counter and her gaze went to it immediately.

“
I told you I wanted to have a little more fun tonight. Are you okay with a flogger?”

She nodded. “I’ve never had one used on me before.”

“
This one is nice and soft. It will give a good spank, but not so much it mars your beautiful skin.”

He covered the plug with lubricant as he stood behind her.

“
Hands on the counter.”

She hesitated and he smacked her ass. “On the counter.”

She did as he ordered and he hid a smile. The woman did like to have her ass spanked and damned if that didn’t make him happy. He slipped the plug into her ass. It was something to be with a woman who was already experienced in submission. It was his preference actually. He hated initiating someone. It was time consuming and you never knew how things would go. Each new to you sub was different, but knowing they understood how to behave, how to act, made for a less stressful night. It was just fun.

This was different though. They were almost in tune with each other as if they had been partnered for a long time. Right now, he knew just how far to push her and he wondered if she felt the same about him.

Once he had the plug fully seated in her, he left again to grab the vibrator he’d also bought at Rough ‘n Ready. He liked using it every now and then, but he only did it on people he truly knew could take it.

She watched him in the mirror as he stepped up behind her.

“
Look at you standing there so pretty.” And she was. Her nipples were tight with arousal, her ass up for his spanking, and he thought at that moment there probably wasn’t another more perfect sub for him.

He brought the flogger down on her ass. The gasp filled the bathroom. For an experienced sub, she had the same reactions as a new iniate. It wasn’t that he doubted she had experience. He knew she did. But she gained pleasure from the simple actions of her Dom. There was no cynical gleam in her eye when she reacted. And that added a level of intimacy he didn’t expect.

Power surged within his veins as he brought the flogger down again, the long leather lashes made contact with her skin. He continued to flog her, but as he had said, he was careful, refusing to damage her flesh. Then, he picked up the vibrator. He knew what this would do to her and wanted to push her. He wanted to push both of them. For a Dom, the pleasure they gained was watching their sub hold out as long as she could until she gave into the pleasure. At least, for him it was that way.

He had a feeling that Crysta knew that on some level.

“
Legs further apart, Crysta.” He took the handle of the flogger and patted it on her inner right thigh. When she complied, he turned on the vibrator. Her gaze was on him as he handled the toy. “I bought it especially for you. Nothing…weird, just your good basic vibrator.”

He squatted and slipped it into her pussy. He didn’t have to use any kind of lubricant. She was so fucking wet that it slid right in. Her eyes drifted shut for a second and she bit on her bottom lip. Damn, the woman was pushing his buttons and she didn’t know it. She was just doing what came naturally to her.

“
No coming, Crysta. You wait for me to give you permission.”

She didn’t answer, so he smacked her ask. He knew what the slap did to her. The pain would filter out through her body, adding to the pleasure of the vibrator. She opened her eyes.

“
Do you understand?”

She nodded.

He smacked her again.

“
Yes, Eli.”

He slipped his hand between her and the counter to steady the vibrator inside of her, turning it up to the next speed level. He picked up the flogger again. Pulling his hand back, he spanked her over and over. Not too hard that he would leave a mark, but by the time he was done, her ass was red. She was shaking with need, her arousal coursing through her. He could feel it as he turned the vibrator up again. She jolted when he did it.

Crysta was barely holding on and the power that surged through him almost had him losing control. He didn’t though. He gritted his teeth as his cock twitched, his balls almost aching. He wanted her now, wanted to see her come. But…he wanted to push her again to another peak. He looked down at her pussy, then up at the mirror.

“
I bet you want to come, don’t ya?” Even he heard the way his voice had deepened.

“
Yes, Eli.”

“
Oh, but love, I want to give it to you.”

He pulled the vibrator out and opened the foil package. Part of him wanted that pretty little mouth on his cock, but he wanted inside her more than anything else in the world. Eli had been honest earlier that night. He always seemed to be barely hanging onto his control every time he was with her.

Once he had the condom on, he urged her legs apart further. Holding her steady with one, he took his cock in his other and positioned it at her dripping passage. Then, as he entered her, he watched her gaze in the mirror. Her eyes started to flutter closed but he stopped her.

“
Do not close your eyes, Crysta. Watch me.”

She snapped her eyelids up and did as he commanded. Just that had him biting back a groan. Seeing a sub do just as he ordered was one of his biggest turn ons. Seeing Crysta do it was like heaven on earth. A shudder of heat ran through his body as he slowly thrust into her. Because she had the plug in her ass, she was tighter than before. It took a moment or two until he was fully seated in her pussy. Little ripples tugged on his cock and he realized it was her. She was so fucking close she was barely hanging on. Then, he started to move. He held onto her hips with his hands as he continued to thrust. Over and over, he moved within her. All the while, she kept her gaze locked with his. The scent of their arousal, the sound of skin slapping against skin, filled the bathroom. As he felt his orgasm approaching, he continued on.

“
Now, Crysta, come now.”

Her eyes drifted shut then. As she moaned, she let loose the orgasm she had been holding onto until that moment. Those muscles clamped down hard on his cock as she came. It was probably one of the most beautifully erotic things he had seen. The women held nothing back. It propelled him into his own orgasm. It burst through him.

After a few moments, he pulled out of her, and almost collapsed on her. He straightened pulling her upright with him. Turning her to face him, he cupped her face and kissed her.

“
Thank you, love.”

She smiled. “Anytime, Eli. And believe me, I mean anytime.”

He felt his lips curving and his heart tripped over and fell down. Each time they were together he felt himself fall a little bit more under her spell.

But at the moment, he couldn’t remember why it was a bad thing.

“
How about a soak in that glorious tub of yours?” she asked, slipping her hands over his shoulders.

“
Sounds excellent.”

* * * *

Crysta leaned back against Eli’s chest and was thankful for the long hot soak. It had been awhile since she’d played, well over a year. Sex was one thing, but play always seemed to up the ante on her body. She felt used, but in a good way. As if there were parts of her body coming back alive after a long dormant period.

“
So, you want to tell me where you got those marks on your back.”

He stilled then continued to soap a rag. “I hadn’t realized you saw them.”

“
I did before, but since we’re together like this, I felt I should ask.”

There were a few seconds of silence again. “Explain.”

“
Before, we had said it would be one night. That’s it. Now, we’ve agreed to play, and it sort of makes it my business.”

She couldn’t see him nod, but she sensed it. And she knew she wasn’t being truthful. She didn’t always probe into the lives of her Doms. She wasn’t a woman who went to a club and found a Dom for a night. Still, she did understand privacy. There was something telling her, somewhere in the back of her mind, that it was important this time.

“
Sit up.”

She did and was rewarded with a soapy washcloth on her back. Oh, mama, the man had talented hands. She sighed as she felt any tension—and he had already worked most that out of her system—drained from her body.

“
The marks are from a bullwhip a long time ago.”

“
A bullwhip?” she asked. She had a whip used on her once. Just once.

“
You’ve never done that?” he asked softly.

“
No. Well, once. Being on the business end of a whip is not fun. I didn’t like it. I called out my safe word within two lashes. Not my thing.”

It was his turn to sigh. “Nor I.”

“
Wait. You’re not a switch, right?” she asked.

“
Correct.”

“
Then why were you being whipped? Was it part of your training as a Dom?”

Crysta knew there were many communities that made you go through training as a sub so that you could understand the stress it could put on a body. Eli continued to move the cloth over her back. When she finally resigned herself to the idea that he wasn’t going to let her know, he answered her.

“
When I was young and stupid, I was captured while I was undercover. I…made a mistake on whom to trust. They used a whip on me. Among other things.”

It took a second for it to click in her head. “They tortured you?”

Again, she sensed his nod. “My fault really. I let a little flattery from a woman guide my actions.”

He said nothing else and she didn’t want to push him. The idea that was done to him to gain information made her sick. Some people would equate what they did, the life they lived to something akin to torture. It was so far from that, but people who didn’t understand would always misinterpreted it.

“
How did you get away?”

“
I was lucky that Joe was staking out the group who captured me. His group moved in and saved me.”

Afterwards, he had come to be the son that Joe never had. He recited the facts as if they were no big deal. But she knew, for both of them, it had been important. Joe had been shunned by his family and Eli had never had one. They had found each other and became that family neither of them never had.