Natural Magick (16 page)

Dominic needed to protect her, and needed her to realize that he was going to do it no matter what she said. He loved her, loved her with all his body and heart.

Need. Need to protect her, to dominate her, was strong. He pressed his cock into her belly and her immediate response made him groan. Her arousal and her scent hit his senses like a hard hit to his groin. Through their bond, he showed her what he wanted, down on her knees, her mouth around his cock.

“
Yes, baby, oh yes.”

She did not wait for him to tell her again, but dropped to her knees in front of him. She slowly traced her hands up his massive thighs then reached up and unbuckled the belt at his pants, taking her time, never taking her eyes from his. After she pulled it free of the loops, she ran her hands down the front of him, cupping his cock hard between her hands. As much as he wanted to close his eyes to savor her touching him, he could not take his eyes from hers.

Pete took her time opening each button of his pants, pulling his briefs down with the pants, kissing his skin as she exposed it. When his cock sprang free, she licked the tip very softly, making Dominic hiss with need.

“
You’re killing me, Pete. Please have mercy on me. Take me into your wet mouth. Please.”

He watched as she wrapped her hand around his cock at the base and slid it up slowly. His cock pulsed in her hand. When she reached the swollen head, she looked again into his eyes. She had his full attention now. Then she flicked out her tongue and licked the pearl of cum at the eye of his cock. Her eyes fluttered closed. Her moan nearly had him coming all over her face. He surged his cock forward and into her hot mouth. It seemed to glide down the back of her throat, engulfing him in her heat. He growled and tipped his head back. The sensations ricocheting through him, touching every nerve in his body, made him forget to be gentle. He pumped into her hard and fast. And then she pulled away. He looked down at her again, ready to beg her to take him back into her mouth, but she stopped him with a look.

She ran her mouth down the entire length of him, nipping and biting. He loved it when she alternated between hard and gentle bites. But he wanted to watch her take him into her mouth again. With his hand, he cupped her head and then guided her back to his cock, telling her without words what he wanted from her. Every time his cock slipped out of her mouth, slick and wet, and then disappeared again into the heat, it made him want to go faster, harder. He suddenly needed to be inside of her, needed to come inside of her feminine heat. He pulled from her mouth, still hard, still erect, and yanked her up against his body.

“
Baby, Pete, I want to come inside of you. I want to fuck that tight pussy of yours from behind again.”

She stood up and bent over the chair again, but he had other ideas and guided her to the bed. He had her get onto it and on all fours, spreading her legs wide for him. He came up behind her and smacked her ass. When she went to move away from him, he held her still with a hand on her back and growled hard and mean.

“
You’ve been a bad girl, Piccadilly, going to my master and telling him to keep me away. What do you think you were going to prove? I’m gonna spank you. Spank this tight ass until its red. Then I’m going to fuck you, fuck you until you scream.”

Dominic brought his hand down twice more across Pete’s ass, watching it pink up with his prints. He switched hands and slapped her twice more. Her bottom was beautifully pink now. He reached between her legs and felt her juices dripping down her thighs. He inserted two of his fingers and touched her deep inside.

He wanted to taste her. Now. He wanted to lick her thighs clean and feel her come in his mouth. But his need to dominate her was stronger.

“
Are you going to go behind my back again, Pete? Will you leave here without protection? Answer me, damn it. Now!” He brought his hand down hard on her ass again.

His cock ached, hurt from the need to be deep inside of her. If he did not feel her walls tighten around him soon, he felt as if he would explode.

Moving to her core, teasing her with his cock, he leaned over her, forcing her head to the mattress while her ass was still up. He could see her juices trickling down her thighs, curls wet with her own need. He reached under her and flicked her clit and was rewarded with a moan.

“
Answer me, Pete. When you answer me, I’ll fuck you. I’ll ram my cock deep into you and make you come.” His voice was low, need making it raspy.

“
No, I won’t, no. Please, I won’t leave without...Dominic, now I need you now.” She was begging him, begging and agreeing, just what he needed to hear.

He slammed into her deep and pulled back to surge forward hard and fast again and again. His release was close. He leaned over her and whispered in her ear, “Come with me, baby. Come with me now.” He nuzzled her shoulder and up to her neck and bit her, bringing them both to a hard release.

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

After they showered, together this time, they went to the upper floors. Aaron didn’t mention that he had seen the couple already that night, and no one was the wiser. He knew what it was like. He and Sara still could not get enough of each other. A simple look or a touch could send them into need that would be embarrassing if it wasn’t so deliciously fun.

“
I’d like to say something, if you don’t mind.” Pete, the name everyone had agreed suited her much better than Piccadilly, looked at the people assembled in the room. “I’ve looked over this journal and I want to tell you that while I appreciate you wanting to help me, my family isn’t your problem. No, wait, let me finish. I know that you think because Dominic and I have something, and I’m not sure what it is yet, but because we have this thing, that doesn’t mean you have to risk your lives for me. These men are dangerous, more dangerous than what you have in this book. I won’t have anyone getting hurt for me out of a sense of duty or obligation to a woman you just met.”

“
Are you quite through, young lady? I must say that I’m hurt and not a little disappointed. To think that I would not want to help you is just mean. I have grown quite fond of you. And I do not have many that I call friend. Do you think that I have hooked my pony to a stupid person? I do not; I consider you my friend. Now, I do not know about the rest of this household, and they had better think on it carefully because Miss Penny is with me on this. I’m standing beside you, in front of you or behind you. I don’t really care, but I will be there, wherever you need me. Besides, I have taken a liking to that ridiculous name you call me and I do not believe I could stand to hear it if you were not around to say it to me.”

That was the longest speech anyone had ever heard Duncan give. Pete walked over to the older gentleman and kissed him hard on the mouth. With tears in her eyes, she leaned in to his ear and told him how much she thought of him too. And also, it was horse, not pony.

“
Well, if that silliness is over, then let us get down to business, shall we? You mentioned you looked through James’ book; tell them what you have found, and I shall bring in some snacks for everyone.”

No one said a word as Duncan wiped away the tears on his cheek. Aaron felt his own eyes water at Duncan’s speech. Aaron decided that he needed to do something special for his friend, something the older man would enjoy.

“
I’ve made a list of each of my brothers after I looked at what you had listed for each being described in here. You know, their eye color, hair, what they seem to be able to do, something like you’ve done here, see?”

Pete, with tears still in her eyes, handed around the stacks of paper she had printed out, giving each person a copy. Aaron was at first overwhelmed, then impressed with the way she had laid out and put everything together.

“
I went through the book carefully and matched each trait to the being on the page. Some of them overlapped a little, but I noted that. In the first column is their name and birthdates; that seemed important to you, Mr. James. For them, I don’t know how much help it will be, but I marked in anyway. The second is their physical descriptions, any markings that I might have seen, and tattoos they had when I was a child.”

“
I put the dates there to keep track of how long they lived. You can tell a great deal about a being that way. Where they’ve lived, whose lives they’ve touched. Why, I once—”

“
James, do you think we can hold off on that until later? Her family will be arriving soon and I, for one, would like to know what we are up against.”

“
Of course, Aaron. I’m so excited, you see. This is so wonderful. Sad but wonderful. It’s a shame that we’ll need to kill them all. Continue, child.”

Pete looked stunned for a minute. Whether from James’ enthusiasm or his statement that they would need to kill her family wasn’t clear. After Pete stared at James for a moment longer, she continued on where she had stopped.

“
A lot could have happened in all this time. Someday, I’d like you to show me how you can tell the difference between a mark, sigil, and a tattoo, please. The third and fourth columns are how they obtained the power and what it is or does. When I knew for sure that it was Sherman, I put the ‘S’ next to the power. That will be helpful to a point, but it’s been almost nine years, so a lot could have happened between then and now. He could have taught them how to raise the dead by now for all I know. The last column is who my mother claims their father is or was. That should be taken with a grain of salt. She told me that I was the child of a king for a few months. Of course, she might have been talking about someone else, but...well, there you have it. That may or may not be accurate. She was consistent with what she told us, but I image a good liar would be able to keep it straight, don’t you think?”

Aaron watched a very confident woman as she went over the documentation she had given them, then when she sat down, he saw a very shy little girl take her place.

“
This is very well done. I must say, I’m impressed. You did all of this in one day? Good heavens, think what you could do with more time. Yes, it will be my upmost pleasure to show you anything you’d like to know about anything I know, but the tradeoff will be to teach me how to do this. Oh yes, I’m quite impressed.”

James was beside himself. He had not had anyone take his book or his musings this seriously in a very, very long time and Aaron was happy to see Pete had brought a smile to his face.

“
We have to discuss Sherman’s part in all this. Mel said she would like to have a private chat with Pete and Dominic first, and then she would share what she knows with everyone else. She is understandably upset. And no matter how much I’ve tried to tell her this is not her fault, she feels that she should have done more to keep everyone safe.” Aaron pulled Sara into his arms. She was taking this just as hard as Mel, and felt just as responsible.

“
When do you think they’ll arrive, Aaron? Soon? And what kind of plan do you have in the works to take care of this?” Colin was a warrior of old and details were important to him. Aaron, a warrior himself, understood this in him and appreciated it.

“
They will be here within the next forty-eight hours, maybe a little longer if I can make it happen. They’re moving slowly. They seem to keep having car trouble.” Aaron grinned at that. His helpers were having a good time slowing down Pete’s family, maybe a little too much fun. He wished he could join them, but he was needed here.

“
I believe that we need to stay together, form a united front now and when they get here. Aaron, do you have any objections to us using this house as a base?” Dominic asked him.

“
No,” Pete said quickly. “I’m sorry, but the babies are here. I...we can’t risk them. Somewhere else, please?”

“
You are quite right,” Aaron agreed with her. “We will take the babies away from the house. I think they would love a visit with their Uncle Demetrius and Aunt April in Molavonta Keep. What do you think, Sara?”

Mel was the Mistress of Light, and Sara’s cousin. Mel actually lived in a very large castle in another realm different than the human world. They would be safe there, very safe, as the castle also had its own royal guard. Aaron liked this idea very much.

“
I think that’s a wonderful idea.” Sara agreed readily with a glare at her mate. “They would be well tended and cared for, yes. Thank you for the suggestion, Pete.”

Aaron knew better than to say that he had hoped Sara would stay with the children in the Keep as well, but he knew that it would be safer if he did not mention it to her.

“
I knew you were a very smart man the first time I saw you. And you are right. I would have hurt you very badly. I think I might have a sexy little number that I bought with you in mind. I’ll model it for you when my body is mine again. I love you, Aaron.” Sara had heard his thoughts, apparently, and whispered through his mind her approval.

“
You did not think I was a smart man when you met me. You told me you didn’t care if that rogue killed me or not, just before you sliced off his head. And I love you too. Now pay attention, I want to get this meeting finished so I can ravish my mate later.”

Nearly three hours later, they had a plan. Pete was never to be alone, this was a given, of course. The women seemed to feed off of each other’s powers, strength in numbers it seemed, so it was logical that they would work together. Also, they were all going to help Pete meet her full potential by training her how to use and control her powers.