Tip of the Spear (24 page)

He
sat up, slicked back his hair, and let the shock of the cool air against his
chest steal his arousal, leaving him limp, aching, and without. Sitting on his
ass with his legs splayed out before him, Hinto let the shock of water glide past
his hips as he studied the world around him.
“Take a minute and smell the
flowers,”
his father would say, repeating something their mother had often
told her husband. It never hurt to refocus, and Hinto needed all the help he
could get, lately.

The
sun looked on the verge of going down. As it set, its rays glinted off the
water like a sea of diamonds. The cool wind did more than make him shiver, but
brought the scent of cooked fish with it. His stomach rumbled, protesting his
recent diet of raw vegetables and berries. They hadn’t eaten meat in days, not
since Thais had captured a rabbit outside of Morrow.

Maybe
with a full stomach and the warmth of a strong fire, he’d find rest without all
the fuss of sexual fantasies and a hard-on that wouldn’t go away.

Easing
out of the water, Hinto took a moment to regain his bearings. His leg hurt, but
the cold water soothed his injury.

“Hinto?”
Thais gasped, her eyes wide as she stared at him.

His
cock rose to meet her, and he swore. So much for a respite from his constant
companion—lust.

“What?”
he snapped, refusing to feel embarrassed about his arousal. His cheeks heated
anyway, and he toweled off, then turned to find his clothes.

“I—”

He
didn’t want to hear it. Hanging onto his desire by a thread, he carefully
reached down to grab his trousers. Thais bent down to get them.

“Here,”
she whispered. Her gaze centered on his cock and she worried her lower lip with
white, even teeth.

Don’t
lick your lips. Don’t do it. Please—

She
licked her lips and he couldn’t help himself. He pulled her to her feet and
kissed her with all the frustration he’d been feeling for days. She resisted
for the span of a heartbeat before dragging him closer with a groan. Her lips
parted, and he thrust his tongue inside her mouth. Stroking, pushing, pulling,
loving her the way he longed to with his shaft.

“I
want you so much,” he managed before kissing his way down her throat. He rubbed
his hands up and down her back, aggravated by the binding cloth he could feel
under her shirt. He sucked hard at her throat, wanting to mark her.

“You’re
so aggravating,” she growled and yanked his head back by his hair.

The
fury in her gaze shocked him. “Thais?”

She
ripped her shirt down the front then tore at her binding.

He
could only stare, dazed. Thais stripping down, willingly? Fear that none of
this was real sat at the forefront of his mind. “I’m awake, right?” He reached
out to touch her and she slapped his hand.

“Yes,
you’re awake,” she hissed. “And I’m awake. And needy, and aching. And it’s all
your fault. You look at me all the time. And your body is…” she sucked in a
breath and dropped her shirt and binding cloth to the ground. With a firm hand
she cupped him, and he moaned her name in surrender. “You lure me with every
breath. So hard, so hungry for me.”

Thais
raised her face and looked at him with such longing he couldn’t stop himself
from kissing her again. When he pulled back, they both breathed hard. She
rubbed a thumb over his slit, now pooling with seed. Crying to finish inside
her, finally.

“I
want this craving to go away.”

The
sheen of angry tears stopped him. He wanted her, but he didn’t want her upset.

“Thais—”

She
shrugged away his apology and stepped back. In seconds she removed her boots
and stepped out of her trousers.

“I’m
always wet for you.” She stuck her hand between her thighs and came away with
glistening fingers. “I feel you all the time. I throb; my breasts ache.” Her stiff
nipples beaded like rosy pebbles. “I want you to end this. But I can’t chance a
child, not now.”

Not
now.
But later, maybe? After he’d shown her how good it
would be between them?

Not
thinking so much as acting on instinct, Hinto pulled her to him and sucked her
wet finger into his mouth. The taste of her, the feel of her lean curves
enflamed his already eager body. Desperate for release but aware she placed an
extraordinary amount of trust in him by allowing him to be her first, he didn’t
want to ruin anything.

“Help
me down,” he ordered in a gritty voice.

So
focused on her nudity, he barely felt the protest of his injury as he lowered
to the ground. The cold didn’t bother him, not when he had Thais keeping him
more than warm.

“Now
lay on top of me, but turn around. Put your pussy at my face, and your mouth
around my cock.” He could barely get the words out, so excited at thoughts of
having her to himself.

She
blinked, confused.

“It’s
oral pleasure, honey. That way we both get some ease, and you don’t get with
child. I’m so damned desperate right now I can’t promise I wouldn’t come inside
you.” He wanted so badly to do just that.

“Oh.”
She blushed, a virgin’s innocence in a body made for sin.

Hinto
wanted to protect her, while at the same time he wanted to corrupt her. To take
her in ways no one ever had, to claim her, keep her, and…

“Fuck.”

She’d
put her mouth over him and sucked the head of his cock. The sensation took his
breath away.

When
he could think around the pleasure spiraling through him, he pulled her down
and parted her legs. She didn’t have much hair covering her mound, just enough
to tease him into petting her.

She
writhed when his thumb grazed her clit, and took more of him in her mouth.

He
moaned and parted her folds, exposing her tight nub. So slick and pink and
ready for him. Like a flower blossoming under his touch.

Hinto
latched onto her and sucked. She moaned and rewarded him by sucking harder. Her
tongue ran up and down his shaft. She cupped his balls, her small, callused
palms an erotic tease all their own.

He
couldn’t help thrusting up into her mouth, even while he tried to retain
control. He wanted to show her how much he treasured her trust. How much he
wanted her. Affection entwined with his desire until he felt more than a physical
response to her every caress, but an emotional tug as well.

She
laved him with care, exploring him while responding to his slightest kiss with
unbridled enthusiasm.

He
moaned and licked her slit, enraptured by her warrior’s honey pooling because
of
him
. Thais wanted him, had lost her will to resist because she needed
Hinto. Not any male, not Butch McKenzie or any of the bastards she’d run into
since living in the Territories. She wanted him.

Her
response pushed him to end it before he came. He wanted her to come first, to
fall and tremble before he took his own pleasure.

She
nicked the underside of his glans with her teeth and he nearly shot into her
mouth.

Increasing
the pressure on her clit, he teased her with his tongue and lips and teeth. And
then he ran his fingers up and down her thighs, encouraged when she took more
of him into her mouth.

Her
hands grew rougher, exciting him.

Hinto
used his fingers to toy with her, to spread her cream back and forth over her
slit. And then he teased her by entering her slowly. First with one finger,
then two. Widening her, readying her for his cock.

He
couldn’t stop surging up as he pushed his fingers in deeper and deeper still. When
he met a slight resistance, he pushed past it. She didn’t flinch, didn’t so
much as cry out as she squirmed to take more of him.

Her
head bobbed faster, swallowing his cock. His dick. In her mouth.

An
unfamiliar rush of ecstasy built at the base of his spine, in his balls,
through his body and burst from his shaft as he came hard. He shoved his
fingers deeper and bit down on her clit.

Dimly
aware she moaned long and loud over his cock, he couldn’t stop himself from
unloading into her hot, wet mouth.

She
milked him, swallowing him as he licked her, consuming the honey flowing just
for him.

They
both trembled, the aftermath of loving making them both too sensitive to
continue such play. Hinto kissed her and pushed her hips up, a small pause from
such a delectable sight.

She
eased off his cock, nuzzling his thighs with soft kisses as she did so. The
telling affection almost hurt, breaking a stiff wall inside him wanting to hold
her at a distance. Sex was sex. This… This loving was something altogether
different. Hinto knew enough to be wary, but at this moment, after what she’d
done for him, he couldn’t move away.

She
shifted and turned around to face him. Their gazes met and held. Blue eyes met
green. A connection that had been steadily growing between them, despite their
reservations, snapped into place.

Hinto
sighed and pulled her down on top of him. Not even the jarring press of her leg
against his thigh interrupted the mood.

Kissing
her tenderly, he tried to show her what he felt, because he didn’t understand
it himself.

Thais
accepted his touch and stroked his shoulders, his neck, his face. Her hands
cupped his cheeks as she met every press of their mouths with greater and
greater intimacy.

“So
beautiful,” he whispered, under her spell and never wanting to leave.

“Yes,”
she agreed, her tone reverent. “I didn’t know… can’t believe…” She met his lips
in gentle entreaty. “You’re very giving, Hinto.”

“You’re
the one who’s giving, honey. So pure, so good.” He rubbed his cheek against her
hand, wanting to mix their scents like a damned vore. “You tryin’ to tame me
with some lovin’?” he teased.

She
smiled back, the expression so unguarded he could only stare at her in awe. Thais
overcome by joy was a sight he’d never forget. “Is it working? Is this beast
tamed?”

Delighted
at this side of her, he grinned and rolled them onto her back. He levered onto
his elbows, conscious not to crush her with his weight. “Tamed? I don’t know. I
think we’ll have to do this again, several times at least, before we find out
if it took.” He nuzzled her neck and sucked, covering the mark he could already
see. “Yes, that’s it.”

He
wasn’t surprised to find himself growing hard again. Rubbing against her mound,
he continued to stroke, wanting inside her this time. Now, with the edge off,
he trusted he could withdraw before coming inside her.

“Remember
when I said we could be together without worrying about babies?” he rasped.

She
locked her hands on his biceps and closed her eyes, welcoming his kisses. He
moved down her body and took a firm breast into his mouth, teasing her nipple
with his teeth.

“Yes,”
she hissed, arching into him. “You’re so strong, so fierce. A warrior,” she
breathed.

He
let her go and met her gaze when she looked up at him.

“Trust
me?” he asked softly and angled his shaft between her thighs. He settled but
didn’t move, caught between her muscular thighs.

“Yes,
I trust you.”

He
liked to imagine he saw the beginning of love in her eyes before her lids lowered
and shuttered her expression.

“I’m
gonna put myself inside you.” He had trouble speaking clearly, consumed with
the desire to fit himself in her sex. “My cock is going to be snug inside your cunt,
honey. So damned tight.” He used a hand to guide himself to the entry of her
channel.

“Watch
me,” he said as he pushed inside.

She
didn’t blink as he moved, inch by inch. When she tensed, he stilled, until she lifted
her hips to take more.

Sweat
beaded on his forehead, the line between pleasure and pain driving him to want
to shove fast and hard, while the need to protect and care for Thais cautioned
him to continue to be slow.

“So
full,” she moaned.

“Yes.”
He continued to push until he seated himself balls deep. He stopped and waited.
“I’m going to move in and out of you, and it’s gonna feel good. But I won’t
spend inside you. I’ll pull out first, all right?”

Since
the Nature Laws forbade contraception, as if any fool would say no to fostering
a kid, birth control didn’t exist except in some black markets run by crazy
folks out east. Hinto just hoped the orgasm she’d already given him would hold
him steady. Because thoughts of impregnating Thais excited him to no end.

“Pull
out?” She blinked up at him, wonder in her face. “This will work?”

He
groaned and leaned down to kiss her. Trying not to move while in heaven nearly
killed him. And then she pistoned her hips and he lost it. Hinto pulled out and
thrust back inside. Thais’s indrawn breath turned to pleasured gasps as he
began rocking back and forth. Shafting her with harder and faster thrusts, he
made sure to graze her clit with each pass.