Taming Texanna (15 page)

She saw a little movement at the edge of the door and felt confident that her husband was standing there but made no move to acknowledge him until he spoke to her.

“Are you ready to talk now?” His question was somber but kind.

His tone was reassuring and richly intimate causing her body to tingle all over as she walked past his extended hand to instead, take refuge against his body with her arms wrapped around his midsection. She took a deep comforting breath inhaling his essence. She didn’t know what had come over her for she would have never thought to walk into his arms. She would have not even considered drawing comfort from him. Even a day ago, no matter how much she might have dreamed about it, she would not have given over to him so completely although she had wanted to that first day. Today she had been defiant, argumentative, ecstatic, heartbroken and everything in between. Moreover, she needed his strength.

“Yes,” her response trembling with emotion.

“Okay, baby, let’s go back and sit down. Come on.” Colton kissed the top of her head and patted her bottom as he turned her around in the direction she had come from inside the barn.

“How long have you been standing there?”

He shrugged as he placed his hand on the back of her neck and led her to her original spot. “Almost as long as you have been in here talking. I’m an expert tracker and can find you wherever you go. You’re not a quiet rabbit sweetheart, you make plenty of noise, but that is good too because I heard most of what you were saying. Let’s talk about what is bothering you.”

He reclined on top of the bale and put his back against the wall, pulling her into his lap and wrapping strong, muscular arms around her. He kissed her hair and her brow, then her lips as he settled her back against his right arm, head lying on his chest.

“Now, what first?” he asked after she had cuddled in tight and had quit squirming.

Chapter Eight

Colton was rather glad that she had that cute little habit of speaking to herself out loud because it saved him a lot of question-and-answer time. Now it was time for him to take over, and he felt well prepared to do that thanks to her inadvertent disclosures. He
knew
she was confused, already.

She needed his comfort, but she didn’t know how to get it easily. She had been rejected for so long. It was going to be up to him to teach her the way to get her needs met without running off. He knew it would come with a price paid to her bared bottom, and he hoped it wasn’t too high, for either of them. His little wife needed taming to settle down and enjoy the full life he knew he could give her. And that was his goal.

He led by example but reinforced with his open palm to a bared bottom. He knew she was familiar with discipline, but his was given in love, not distance and anger. He sure hoped she could tell the difference because it was important that she felt that love in everything. Love, did he love her already? He knew he did, in that first discovery kind of way, but also understood it was going to grow into a profound and precious kind of love that only long, slow, nurturing would produce.

Texanna wiggled a little more and Colton almost stifled a groan, which he covered in the throat clearing sound he strangled out instead. He wondered why he was trying to hide his feelings, but he knew why. He didn’t want to frighten or overwhelm his little wood sprite.

“Okay, baby, settle down or we will have a different problem that I’ll have to handle sooner rather than later.” Colton grinned, but when he saw his little Anna had no idea what he was talking about, he laughed aloud. “Never mind, sweetheart, I’ll explain later.”

She nodded. “Mmm, you smell so good and you are nice and warm.”

He hoped she felt safety in this storm that was their crazy beginning at a long life together. He wanted to begin to calm down that taste of life, now that he was taking full control of things.

“Colton, why did you marry me?”

It was silent for a moment, two breaths slowly synchronizing. “I already told you, I had to.” She straightened. “No, lay back down, I didn’t mean it that way. You need to start learning to listen to the whole thing before you react. I mean, I had to in that I couldn’t get you out of my mind. You see, I had been watching you for quite a little time. Off and on when you were friends with Mandy but in the last year, as you matured, I have noticed you more. Then after the other day in the sheriff’s office, it was all I could think about. So, you see, I had to so that I could get on with life.” His lips touched her hair softly.

“Oh. But Pa made you marry me.”

“Nah, he just gave me a reason to do it now, and a way to get it done, that’s all. I wanted it already. I was going to ask to court you before he came busting in the office.”

“You were? He would never have allowed it.”

“Yep, I know that too, so him coming in was a good thing for me, and I hope you think it was for you. Now I heard most all you said to yourself, and I think you need to know something about me. I don’t do what I don’t want to do, so this marriage thing, I agreed to because I wanted to agree. The question now is, are you going to be all right with all of this?”

“I don’t know. I think it is too late to ask that question.”

“You’re right about that, but it is nice to know that you have reconciled your mind to it.” Colton rubbed her arms absently. “Now, sweetheart, I have some things we need to discuss, about you running away all the time when things aren’t just right. There’s your mouth with words coming out of it before you think things out. Then there is you going off half-cocked, making assumptions and reacting without thinking about the consequences. You know like running to this barn or into the house when you weren’t getting your way or to the creek in town when things weren’t as you liked. Hmm?”

“I suppose. But I only take off when I don’t know what to do, you know when I have to clear my head and put things straight.”

“Well, I imagine there will be a lot of not knowing what to do or not getting your way in the beginning and you have to promise me that you will not take off when that happens.”

Texanna nodded her head and picked at the flannel cotton threads on Colton’s sleeve. “I know. But I do it without thinking most times. What else can I do to clear my head?”

He asked a different question. “What did your pa do when you would take off like that?”

“If he didn’t need me he was happy for it. I usually knew when I could do it or not.”

“Uh huh. Well, I’m here to tell you that it’s not going to work anymore. If you have a problem, get help. If you’re confused, ask for someone to clear things up for you. If not me, Pia or Kaku will help you, but under no circumstances will you go running off half-cocked. You got that?”

Texanna nodded.

“You need to say it to me, sweet pea, because I’m holding you to it from now on.” She had turned toward him and he had caged her chin in his fingers and lifted her face to meet his look. She wet her dry lips nervously. His seemingly untamed cock jumped.

“I need to stop running off when things are not going my way or I don’t understand something. I should ask for what I need.”

“And what is going to happen if you have trouble remembering that?”

She looked at him concerned. “I don’t know.”

“Texanna Rae, you’re not deciding to dance around the truth are you, because you already have some dancing to answer for as it is.” His inquiring tone had hardened.

“You’re going to… spank me. But how can you? I’m not a child. I’m your wife.”

Colton chuckled. “Sweetheart, that is the most proper time to tan your little bottom. No one will come after me for it now.” He patted her hip and continued pushing her back onto his chest. “Now you have some explaining to do here. You took off tonight, you got pretty sassy with me, and you not only talked to but brought home strangers all alone. Bringing them home was dangerous. And that disobedience that you found so attractive this afternoon is going to get you a little blistered this evening.”

“What? You already whipped me today.”

“And yet you still had difficulty doing the right thing. You knew that it was what I would do when you earned it. You knew it well. I told you and your pa that you were mine to take care of and that included making sure you toed the line. That sassiness and squatter business was just plain wrong.”

“Colt, what was I supposed to do when I saw how horrible it was for them? I knew I could have never brought them to my pa, but I could take them to you because you’re a good man. Well, I thought I could.”

He smiled at the use of his name shortened, liking the familiarity of it. “Now, don’t you try to make me out as the bad guy here. If you don’t know, you will soon find out that I have to keep my family safe first. I’ll help when I can but not at the risk of you, Pia or Kaku. You need to believe that. Now there are times that I’m going to have to go off a few days or even weeks and you will have to use your common sense. Bringing them into the house without me home could have gotten you all hurt or killed. And if not killed, I would have roasted your rear until it was as red as those new train cabooses.”

“But those children and that poor woman.” Her big hot tears came rolling down her cheeks again causing her to attempt to push out of his arms in frustration and embarrassment.

“Stop. Let's finish this, and we will go check on your little family, huh?”  She shrugged her shoulders and nodded.

He pushed her up a bit and began to situate her over his thighs.

“Wait, what are you doing?”

“Spanking that naughty bottom of yours, of course. We can do this quick or we can take the long, hard way about it. Which is it, sweet pea?”

“I promise not to do it ever again.”

He grunted as he attempted to cover his laugh unsuccessfully. “Let's not start the lying now, honey. I know you will try, but I also know you will be here again before too long, now roll over here.”

She grumbled a little and then rolled over onto his thighs. “Please don’t do it hard, Colton,” she begged.

“Now, that part is my choice, not yours. Lift up.”

He lifted her dress from its tangle and folded it at the small of her back, pleased to see her still wearing drawers.

“Put your hands under your face to help keep the hay from poking your face, and it’ll keep them out of the way as well.”

He wasted no time in connecting with that cute bottom, but now that she had bloomers on, it was in his way. After six rapidly placed swats, he missed that satisfying skin to skin sound and feel on his palm, so he reached up and untied her bloomers to her squeals of discontent. Colton ignored her but before he resumed his lesson on her bouncing cheeks he reminded her of the family both theirs and the visitors.

“Now, if you want them to hear you, then just keep right on making that racket nice and loud, but if you’d rather those little ones not know you’re getting your bottom scorched, you might want to keep quiet.”

Texanna nodded her head. “Or you could just let it go this time.”

He patted her now bared rump. “Cute. So we understand each other, here are the areas we are working on for now,” He spanked dead center. “No sassing, running off or doing anything dangerous.” Moving his palm lower, he smacked her tender spot. “Ask if you have questions and don’t hold things in, or I’ll be wearing out this little round hind end of yours when I would much rather teach you other lessons.”

Texanna’s head bobbed again, hips wiggling away from his discipline.

“I need to hear that answer, Texanna.”

“Yes, sir. I hear you. What other lessons?”

“The grown-up, fun kind.”

Her breath was coming more raggedly than he would have expected and so Colton decided to try something to get her a little more hot and bothered for later tonight. He spanked her several times crisply and firmly, admiring the few lines left from the late morning. Then massaged the whole area with deliberate intent. She stilled and if he didn’t know better, he’d have said she was holding her breath. Now that was interesting. He swatted again, rubbing, with the same results.

In a stern tone, he said, “Spread your legs open for me, honey.” When she hesitated, he laid his hand down hard, “Do it.”

She spread her legs ever so slowly as he tapped her warmed-over rear and then slapped her inner thighs for the encouragement to continue until her whimpers ushered her legs into an appropriately wanton position.

“Good, honey, now let me play a little.” Colton smiled when she took a deep breath and was slow to let it out. “Breathe.”

Sliding his hands down her hips he lightly slapped her inner thighs and then rubbed, tracing her long, lean legs up and down. He felt her shiver and slapped again as she moaned. He could see her little muff was glistening and knew if he pointed it out, she would be mortified and confused, effectively ending their enjoyment of the consummation tonight. He planned on taking her to places he had only dreamed of to this point for he wanted certain experiences with only his wife. He had a bride now, and he knew she had never even imagined these love making wonders existed, which was half the fun.

He moved his leg slightly to allow room to run his hand carefully through her slit spreading the slippery nectar throughout her quim to that place he knew would shock her if she had not already discovered it. Now was the time to find out. With one hand he slapped her reddened bottom and simultaneously worried her button. Squealing and jumping Texanna tried to close her thighs and met the resistance of Colton’s legs.

“What are you doing? How did you do that? I mean, when it feels, I mean aches, I press hard but…” Yep, knew nothing about it, thought Colton, she’s a total innocent.

“Hush, let me finish and then we can get back to the house.”

Soon, her wiggles turned into moans as he slapped, massaged and worried her. How he wanted to touch that little brown starflower in between her warmed bottom cheeks, but he would work up to that. He would be patient with her, but he would possess all of her.

Spanking a few last swats, he asked his now moaning and aching bride, “I’m done with the spanking, should I finish the rest or do you want me to be done with everything?”