The Mating Ritual (8 page)

Her gaze went to his sexy mouth, recalling
the wonderful things he had done to her, and how good he kissed.
She was beginning to feel aroused again, embarrassed when she
looked up to see him staring down at her. It was becoming obvious
that she couldn’t get enough of him, and Toni could only hope that
he didn’t recognize her weakness.

“Where are you taking me?”

Cormac just grunted and continued walking
until they reached a secluded spot further up in the stream.
Maneuvering around boulder-sized rocks, he walked directly into the
water and set Toni down. As soon as her bruised and bleeding feet
hit the cold water she gasped, but once the initial sting wore off
the cold actually felt soothing and helped numb the pain.

“Thank you.” Her hands rested upon his
chest.

“Why didn’t you say something?”

“Would it have mattered? I’ve told you I want
to go home, but look where I am.”

She was aware that she was beginning to sound
like a parrot, but Toni couldn’t help it. She had a life somewhere
else…didn’t she? Toni thought about it for a second. Mary was her
only family, and other than a few acquaintances, all she really had
was a nine to five job that she had only worked for two weeks
before being sequestered for jury duty. Why was she in such a hurry
to go back to that? It was a sobering thought to realize that her
life basically sucked.

Cormac just glared at her. Toni wasn’t afraid
of him, not really. So far he hadn’t hurt her. She supposed it
could be worse—Malik could have found her first. She would have
hated to find herself with him. She’d seen his rough, abusive
treatment of the woman he grabbed every time he felt the need for
sex.

Toni thought about the stories she’d heard
from the locals. Wouldn’t they be surprised to find out that their
myths about wild people living in the mountains were true, and even
more surprised to learn that these people were descendants of the
legendary Bigfoot. She wasn’t sure that she believed Lila’s story
one hundred percent, but the way that Cormac felt about keeping
their existence a secret meant that there had to be a good reason
why.

Without warning, he lifted her bound hands
and ducked into the circle created by her arms. When he
straightened, Toni’s feet left the water and she was suddenly up
against his hard, unyielding form.

“I’m not scared of you,” she said softly,
trembling from the feel of his naked torso against hers. She knew
what the tingling in her nipples meant, and soon the delicious
feeling would be traveling down to her pussy

He grunted, pulling the fur off her back and
tossing it on top of a large rock. “I don’t want to scare you.” His
arms encircled her body and he placed his hands over the naked
cheeks of her butt, squeezing them. Toni closed her eyes and moaned
with pleasure. “You like Cormac’s hands on you.”

The husky sound of his low voice made Toni
hot. She arched her lower body against him. “Yes,” she admitted
softly. Too much!

Cormac began to move Toni up and down his
body. She caught her breath, and parted her thighs so that her sex
got the stimulation she needed.

“You are different from our women.” She felt
his fingers tug on the fragile thong.

Yes, his women were taller, six feet or more,
and bigger than the average women Toni knew. Still she asked,
“How?”

“Down here.” Cormac’s hand covered her pussy
from behind. Toni’s eyes opened to see the growing desire in his.
“Sweeter. Tighter. You milk my cock until I’m empty.”

She smiled. “Since we’re making comparisons,
you’re different from the men I know, too. Your cock is much longer
and bigger.” Toni’s knee wiggled beneath his hide, rubbing gently
over his huge shaft. His great body shuddered. “You stay hard after
you come, and you have a much stronger sex drive.”

“Does that please you?”

Hell, yes!
The feel of his cock
pushing strongly against her knee spiked the hunger in her blood.
“You please me,” Toni said, with meaning.

“You please me, too.” He glanced down. “Feet
better?”

Toni nodded. She’d forgotten all about her
aching feet. And why wouldn’t she? She was preoccupied with running
her knee up and down his smooth organ and wishing that it were her
hand. She cried out with surprise when he slipped a finger inside
her cunt.

“When will we meet up with the rest of your
people?” Toni asked softly. Trying to hold a conversation while
they were feeling each other up seemed ludicrous.

Cormac growled. “No more talk.” Apparently,
he thought so too.

Toni didn’t resist when he slanted his mouth
down on hers and kissed her. She strained hungrily into his
protective body, moving her hips in sync with his thrusting finger.
Lord, she wanted him! Soon their tongues were battling, and the air
around them filled with their sounds of mutual desire. Toni turned
wild when Cormac’s finger began manipulating and teasing her clit.
She squirmed against him, but really had nowhere to go. She was
under his control.

Toni pulled away from their kiss. “Untie me,”
she said, panting for breath. “I want to touch you, too!” She
nibbled hungrily onto his bottom sensual lip.

Cormac pulled her arms over his head and
lowered Toni back into the water. Lifting her hands, he used his
teeth to untie the knot, and then unwrapped the rope until she was
free. He put one hand under the swell of her butt and a powerful
arm wrapped around her waist. Toni was dangling over the water
again, hungrily twisting against him, and reaching for his
cock.

God I want him!
She ran her hand up
and down his magnificent steel rod, squeezing tightly when his
mouth left a trail of fire along her neck and shoulder, branding
her.

She had no choice but to let go of his meaty
muscle when he lifted her so he could take her breast into his
mouth. “Cormac!” Toni arched against him wildly. He loved both
breasts equally, sucking and tugging on her erect nipples until a
mini orgasm exploded from her. A cry escaped Toni, and she jerked
uncontrollably until the tremors dwindled down to an occasional
ripple.

Toni buried her hands into Cormac’s long
hair, aware on some level that they were moving. She didn’t care
where he was taking her, as long as it ended with his cock buried
deep inside her pussy. He gently lowered her to her feet, ripping
the hide from around his hips and spreading it over the large rock
where he’d tossed hers earlier. Before Toni could guess his
intentions, Cormac turned her around and forced her down.

He’s going to take me from behind!
The
thought caused a river of excitement to flow through her blood. All
of a sudden his hands were on her, running up and down her sides
and then around to her front, touching her pussy, belly, and
squeezing her breasts. Toni responded by thrusting her butt out,
allowing him easier access to whatever he wanted.

She felt him lean against her and she cried
out with pleasure. While caressing her body he kissed her neck and
shoulders, running his tongue over her skin. Toni wiggled her hips
and rubbed her butt against his cock, feeling the hot steel seeking
the forbidden pleasure of her anus. Part of her was frightened—if
he chose to fuck her there he would tear her apart, but the naughty
side of her grew crazy with lustful anticipation.

“Cormac!” Toni gasped, at the edge of
control. “I need you!”

He mumbled something low, in his own
language, against her shoulder. His seductive tone gave her a
shiver.

“I don’t understand you.”

“Then I show you, little one.” His tone was
deep and raspy, revealing his high level of arousal.

The way he said ‘little one’ made Toni feel
special. She didn’t have to wonder what he meant for long. He
forced the top half of her body down onto the stone, then slipped
an arm around her waist and pulled her bottom out and away from it.
His roaming hands caressed her up-thrust bottom before moving
between her legs and going straight for her labia. She was
sensitive there and slick with excitement. With a strangled sound
of impatience, she arched her hips out further in the direction of
his probing cock.
Take me!

As if she’d said the words out loud she felt
the bulbous head of his dick at the opening of her sex. He ran it
over her swollen clit several times before penetrating Toni all the
way. She released a cry of ecstasy, pushing backwards and forcing
him deeper inside her. She didn’t care that he was already at the
core of her. With a savage groan Cormac began to fuck her, as if
sensing that her need was as powerful as his own was.

As he took her from behind Toni reached for
her clit. She wasn’t far away from another orgasm, and something
warned her that Cormac wouldn’t hold out for very long either. They
were fucking like wild animals. At one point, Cormac grabbed her by
the hair and pulled her head back, which arched her back further
and made his thrusts more deeply penetrating. When she felt his
teeth clamp down on her shoulder it quickly pushed Toni over the
edge, and she came hard and fast. Cormac continued to fuck her with
the power and speed of a jackhammer. He thrust one final time,
stiffened, and held himself inside her releasing a copious amount
of cum.

Toni crumpled against the rock, thankful
Cormac had covered it with the soft pelt. She knew that it would be
a while before he pulled out. As he rested his weight against her,
she felt his lips brush against the spot he’d bitten. Toni turned
her face and caught his lips with hers. After a moment, Cormac
pulled away and she turned around.

Her gaze fell to his cock, which had given
her such mind-blowing pleasure. Limp, the impressive length hadn’t
diminished much, but looked thoroughly used and was glistening and
dripping in the sunlight. Toni was totally satiated, but she knew
that she wouldn’t remain that way for long, especially if she kept
staring at the object of her desire. She raised her gaze to
his.

“What have you done to me?” she couldn’t help
asking. Something in her was different because she’d never felt
this sexual before. It seemed that she craved it all the time now,
even when she should be thoroughly worn out. “I’ve never felt this
with any other man. It’s like I’ve taken a stimulus and it’s
staying in my blood, keeping me hungry.”

“It’s my seed,” Cormac said, totally
surprising Toni. “There’s something in it that does this. Not to
Oh-Mah women, they are born with the same needs as us, only they
have learned to control the constant need to mate. Our seed only
has this strange effect on your kind. After a while, you will learn
to control it, too.”

Toni found what Cormac was saying
interesting. A couple of days ago the only thing she knew about
Bigfoot, Oh-Mah, was what she’d seen on TV in documentaries, and
reports of sightings on the news. It was always left up to the
individual whether they wanted to believe that he existed or not.
She’d always believed that anything was possible until proven
otherwise. Just because you didn’t see a UFO didn’t mean that there
weren’t other worlds that existed. Now that she had first-hand
knowledge of Bigfoot’s existence, she wasn’t sure that she wanted
to believe it.

“So your semen makes me want to have sex all
the time?”

There was amusement on Cormac’s rugged face.
“Only with me, little one. The first Oh-Mah to put his seed in you
is the one you will crave.”

Oh. Toni felt herself blush. He’d put plenty
of semen inside her. Well, at least now she knew why she was
turning into a sex maniac.

Without warning, Cormac pulled her against
him. “You like me.” His hands caressed her breasts. “You like
Cormac touching you.”

“Yes.”
I do like him, a lot. He makes me
feel safe and protected.
And he was a fantastic, rock her world
lover. Only Toni knew there was more to life than great sex, and
great sex didn’t always lead to love.

“I want you.” He growled softly, bending to
kiss a nipple. “Tomorrow night we mate, and everyone will know you
belong only to me.”

Toni wanted to say that she already belonged
to him. They’d fucked several times, but she knew about the mating
ritual and the reason behind it. That would protect her from the
lusty advances of the other men, and she’d be able to move about
freely. But did it also mean that the mating ritual would seal her
fate with Cormac? What else did the Oh-Mah believe? Were they
monogamous?

Movement out of the corner of her eye caused
her to turn her head. She gasped upon seeing Malik watching them,
but he was gone so fast that she questioned what she really saw.
Had she imagined him being there? He frightened her.

Cormac moved, disrupting her thoughts, and
drawing her attention back to him. “Malik wants you, too.”

So, he’d seen him, too. “He scares me,” she
admitted with a little shiver.

“I will not let him hurt you.” He pulled Toni
away from the rock and reached for the pelt.

Their eyes clung as he covered himself.
Sensing that they were going to rejoin the others, she reached for
her fur, hesitating before putting it on. Would Cormac take it
away? Toni waited, chewing on her bottom lip. He held his hand out
and she reluctantly handed it to him. His gaze raked down her body.
With her thong gone, Toni was completely naked now.

Cormac surprised her by bringing the fur
around her hips and tucking the loose ends together. Then, taking
her by the hand, he pulled her with him back to the group. Toni
didn’t intend on making eye contact with anyone, especially the
men, feeling as if they all knew what she and Cormac had been
doing, but before she could stop it, her gaze landed on Malik. She
caught her breath at the expression of pure rage or hate on his
face, she couldn’t tell which, as his gaze followed Cormac. Then he
looked at her. Toni quickly averted his gaze, worried at what his
look meant for Cormac.