Primal Quest Page 12

  “No more than I have missed you, your strength, your presence.” Caidi slid her fingers into his hair as she nipped at his lips in a hunger for something other than food.

  “Have you no sense, my chalie? I have been on the trail for a solid week, woman. I am hungry for food and you. Since I know that you won’t go cold during the wait, we are going to eat first and then you can show me just how much you missed me.” Raven unwound her arms from his neck and turned her so that she faced the table.

  Caidi arched an eyebrow at his arrogant statement, but lifted the spoon, dipped it into some mashed, steamed aruka, and fed him the morsel of food. His hand gathered her skirt as she surveyed the food on the plate. It slid under the loose material, stroking over her silky thigh as she picked up a bite-size chunk of meat and slipped it between his lips. As he chewed, his hand cupped her mons, one finger dipping between the plump lips to find her wet and wanting before it retreated. His eyes dropped to her breasts, the hardened peaks visible even through the material of the shirt she wore.

  Caidi’s hand shook when she felt large hands cup and lift her breasts. The thumbs began to flick at her nipples, plucking at the engorged nubs until she moaned. She knew that the hands caressing and tormenting her breasts had no physical form, but the sensations were too real. Daggers of need shot through her with each pluck or twisting tug.

  She knew where both of his hands were. One of his hands was alternately playing with her hair and stroking the skin below her earlobe and his other hand was still between her thighs. She scooped up a bit of morasa grain and chopped callots onto the spoon. She slipped it into his mouth just before two of his fingers slipped deep into her honeyed, aching channel. She bit back a moan and shivered as his thumb stroked over her clit.

  “Now you.” Raven’s fingers halted their movement. It took a moment for Caidi to realize that he meant that she should eat something now. With undisguised masculine enjoyment, he watched as she ate some meat and some morasa. He loved the way she responded, giving everything within her, holding nothing back.

  Caidi alternately fed him and then herself, having to concentrate on the task more and more as time passed. Raven continued to fondle and stroke her as they ate, but he deliberately kept her wanting, her desire high, and didn’t let her find release. He often took drinks of wine and would kiss her, flooding her mouth with wine and his taste. The man was a vicious tease. Caidi’s hand shook as she held the spoon to his lips. She needed, burned, yet he denied her release. Raven’s thumb stroked over her clit and Caidi almost dropped the spoon as the sharp jolt of pleasure shot through her.

  She closed her eyes and wondered what her chances were of getting that wineglass and drinking enough to take the edge off the ache. She had been aching for him for almost the whole meal and she was almost ready to beg for completion. Her appetite was nonexistent. She wasn’t hungry for food, but took small bites of the food when Raven noticed that she had been feeding only him. The meal would go on much longer if he thought that she hadn’t eaten enough. The man was determined to see to all of her needs. She just wished he would do it one at a time.

  Finally, Raven decided that he had had enough just as Caidi was opening her mouth to ask him if he was finished. Her fingers were stroking the hair at the nape of his neck when he sat forward and took a final drink of wine. He stood in a powerful, fluid motion, cradling her in his arms, and carried her to the bed.

  He allowed her lower body to swing free and then slowly lowered her until her feet touched the floor allowing her to feel the long, thick bulge of him pressed against her for a long moment before he released her. Caidi struggled out of her clothing, eager to feel him inside her, filling the empty ache within her. She climbed onto the bed and impatiently watched as he removed his clothing.

  He hastily unbuttoned his black shirt, sending more than one button flying before he shrugged the material off his shoulders. In the flickering light of the candles on the table, the pronounced muscles in his broad chest, shoulders and arms rippled and gleamed with every movement. Those black-inked tattoos only reinforced the width and the musculature of his chest and arms. She wanted to get her hands on that gleaming golden skin.

  Caidi smiled when he tossed the last of his clothing away with a negligent movement and crawled into bed. She wanted him so much. With his fingers on her and the touch of those unseen hands, their meal had been a protracted session of sensual agony for her that had left her so hungry that if he didn’t move soon she was going to attack him.

  Raven moved between her thighs, hooking her legs onto his arms. He leaned down and took one plump red nipple into his mouth. He loved the slightly salty tang, the silky feel of her skin. Drawing on it hungrily, he feasted on her breast, the tight, aching sensation causing her to arch her back and lace her fingers into his hair, holding him where he was as the pleasure-pain shot through her, heightening her need for release.

  “Raven, please.” Caidi tried to move her legs, tried to wrap them around his hips and pull him to her, but he grabbed the leg that she had moved and once more hooked it onto his arm. This time his hand firmly held her calf. “I ache for you. I need you now. Please, come to me.”

  “How do you need me?” Raven’s teeth scraped over her nipple as he moved to suckle her other breast.

  Caidi’s hands fisted in his hair, daggers of urgency surging through her in pulses as he sucked her nipple deep into his mouth. The pulses zinged from her breast straight to the tightening ache deep within her. Her whole body blazed, became unbearably sensitive. She could feel her racing pulse pounding in the hard swollen hood of her clitoris. The hot liquid of her desire, her lust, slid over the cheeks of her buttocks and she shivered as it felt searing hot against the cooler flesh.

  “I need you in me, Raven.” Caidi’s hips arched in silent demand for what she needed.

  Raven kissed her, his tongue thrusting into her mouth, rubbing against the roof of her mouth and tangling with her tongue. Caidi fell into his kiss and ran her hands over his back. She pulled at him, her nails sinking into his back as she urged him on. Burning need danced through her. Release remained tantalizingly out of reach.

  Caidi arched her back, moaned in satisfaction as Raven thrust fully into her with a forceful surge that was all that her body needed. Her nails scored his back as every nerve in her body caught fire and exploded. Her legs tightened pushing against his arms as she shuddered, everything within her convulsing with the climax sweeping through her body.

  Raven stilled within her as she keened her pleasure in a moan that sounded as if her soul were being torn from her. He savored the feel of those inner muscles clenching and unclenching around his cock, drawing on him.

  When he saw and felt her relax, he slipped his hands between their still-joined bodies to bring her to peak again. He loved the almost stunned look that came over her face when her orgasm took her. His fingers stroked over her clit and he enjoyed her quick response to his touch. Soon, her hips writhed demandingly against him and her eyes became glazed with passion.

  Her nails sunk into the taut muscular globes of his butt in a sharp demand. His hips drove against hers in a forceful thrust which caused his balls to smack noisily against her buttocks. Caidi pulled his head down for a kiss and arched, rubbing her breasts against his chest. She encouraged him with breathy pants and moans as he surged into her. She called his name as she found release, surprised at the intensity.

  Only moments later, Raven came with a loud, harsh groan. Daggers of ecstasy raced up his spine and spread outward as his seed sprayed deep into her pussy. Every time they came together it got better, hotter.

  Caidi was swept high in another orgasm. A high, breathless sound escaped her lips as every muscle in her body tightened and shook with the intense rush of passion. Feeling as if she had been swept away in a flood of intense feelings, she held on to him tightly, her fingers clutching his hair, because at that moment he was the only real thing in her world.

  Caidi slowly unclenched her fists
from Raven’s hair and looked up at the ceiling. Her heart raced, pounded. Her chest heaved in rapid shallow pants of breath. If she hadn’t known that countless generations of Zarain women before her had survived and flourished experiencing this second climax, the re’kai, she would have been seriously worried that she would die from the sheer excitement, the pleasure that she found in Raven’s arms. She had never dreamed that feelings like that existed.

  Raven recovered from the aftermath of their lovemaking before Caidi did. He watched with an arrogant smile on his face as she struggled to slow her breathing. The flush on her face, the rise of her breasts against him made him harden again. She was so beautiful.

  He withdrew from her and eased to the side, cupping her breast, liking the weight and fullness in his hand. Suddenly, Caidi knew exactly what he was thinking, feeling. Images flooded her mind. The sight of that lush mound made him think of their future together. He wanted to see her body change with pregnancy. The rounding of her belly with his cub delighted him. He wanted to see his babe suckling at her breast.

  I want your babe, but what I want to see is you holding it. I imagine you lying back against the headboard, the babe asleep on your chest. I can see it. You are such a big, strong, fierce warrior, but with the baby you would be infinitely tender and patient, Caidi told him with their mind link, letting him know that she had been sharing his thoughts and that she wanted his baby, every bit as much as he did.

  Chapter Thirteen

  Raven smiled at her, lifting her easily as he rolled from the bed. He carried her to the tub, flicking the lever to close the drain and the one to turn on the water. Caidi raised her eyebrows at his presumption that she wanted to take a bath with him. He set her on her feet and went to get the sponge, soap and drying sheets from one of the shelves.

  While he was gone, Caidi decided that there might be interesting possibilities in sharing a bath with him. As he came back, she was stretching lithely, her arms high above her head, her back arched and her legs tensed. She stepped into the water with a very eager, curious glance which swept over his muscled form as he dropped the toweling sheets a safe distance away from the tub. Raven stepped into the water a moment later and smiled at her as he set the soap and the sponge to the side.

  “This will only be a bath, my insatiable chalie. We both have work to do this day, we must return to it. We have already stolen some precious time for ourselves,” Raven warned with a stern frown on his face as he caught the direction of her thoughts.

  Caidi smiled at him, unimpressed by the frown he wore or his warning. She knew that he would be more than capable of seeing to her needs and getting his work done. This man was just as insatiable as she was. His cock was hard, darkened. With just a little temptation, they could enjoy another romp before returning to their duties. She grabbed the sponge and soap without commenting on his restriction or whether she would abide by it.

  She soaped the sponge and moved forward. She knelt beside him and ran the sponge across his chest in slow, sweeping motions. Although she had never been a seductress before, she was determined to try. Already, she wanted him intensely and he hadn’t touched her or made any seductive moves. Just her own lustful thoughts, the sight of his naked body and his tantalizing smell had begun a flood of sensations rolling through her.

  “You know, you did make me wonder about some things when you first told me what those marks on your back, chest and arms meant.” Caidi decided to try a ruse. She wanted him distracted so that she could make him want her as much as she wanted him. “Do the females in your packs wear symbols such as that? And since you now have a pack of your own, will you be getting a new marking, a new clan symbol?”

  “Yes, I will be getting a new pack marking, taneen. This pack is now Shadatai and everything will be done accordingly.” Raven leaned back against the cool wall of the tub and studied her. His little mate was scheming.

  Caidi ran the sponge over his arms leaving a trail of soapy bubbles. “You and your men will get marked? When?” She remembered his surprise that the pack hadn’t had a name until he came. Within moments of hearing this, he’d begun thinking about a proper name. He’d decided on Oroyai.

  “You will be getting a pack marking as well. Just as soon as we finish designing the symbol, we will begin with the marking.”

  Caidi thought about that, diverted for a moment. She wondered if the marking would hurt badly. She didn’t even know how it was done. “What about those women who aren’t mated? Why will they not be getting a marking?”

  “As a pack with quite a few unmated females, we will be getting requests from the free males of all of the established packs to come here to see if they can find their mate among our women.” Raven watched through hooded eyes as she ran her fingers over his arm, following that trail of soap. “Do you know what you do to me with the scrape of your nails? Have mercy, woman. This is a simple bath. We do not have time for more.”

  A wicked smile curved her lips as that admission tore from his lips, but she focused on his first comment. “They would come here?” That was the first she had heard of it. She slid the sponge down to his abdomen and under the water. As if it were an accident, she brushed the soft sponge across his hard cock before gliding the sponge over the strong columns of his legs.

  “That is the traditional way that Zarain males find mates among other Zarain. It is unusual for Zarain women to wander around free, unescorted. Our males will also be able to go to these other packs to see if they have a mate just waiting to be found there. It opens many doors that were once closed to my men. No father wants to mate his daughter to a man without a stable, secure home.” Raven had to clear his throat before he could speak. The woman seemed determined to drive him insane.

  Caidi now understood the reason behind some of his recent actions. He was planning ahead to the day when some of the women would leave this pack. His men had found another entrance to the gem cave and he had had the other entrance sealed. As it was only men now who gathered the gems, no female knew where the entrance was.

  Quite a few of his men had found mates among her pack, but there were still unmated men and women. He was seeing to the protection of the pack when some of the other women found their mates. Even if the woman wanted to please her new mate and tell him how to find the gems, she couldn’t.

  Caidi leaned forward and nipped his earlobe, soothing the small sting with a swipe of her tongue, before drawing away from his body. She rinsed out the sponge and then rained clean water over him, rinsing him over and over until the last trace of soap was gone from his body. She wiped the sponge over his chest as if to make sure there was no soap there.

  As her hand neared his abdomen, she released the sponge and encircled his thick cock. She felt him jerk as she teasingly squeezed him. Goddess, she prayed this worked. She leaned forward and settled her mouth over his, kissing him thoroughly. Thrusting her tongue into his mouth, flicking and stroking her tongue against his, she took her time, enjoying the kiss. Her hand stroked over his rapidly hardening length, even as her teeth tugged on his lip.

  “You are such a little tease,” Raven growled as her lips left his with a last flick of her tongue around the outline of his lips.

  Caidi laughed huskily, shaking her head in denial, her expression innocent. She felt the pulse of his blood underneath her fingers as she stroked his cock. “I’m not a tease. I fully intend to finish what I start with you. This tub gives me some very interesting ideas.”

  “Do you think that you are up to the task?” Raven challenged in a husky growl, momentarily forgetting his edict as he saw the speculative gleam in her eyes. He liked this boldness.

  “It’s not hard to satisfy you at all.” Caidi laughed and drew her finger over the outline of his lips. “I know what you want. You have told me often enough. You want my breasts in your hands and mouth, you want the taste of me on your lips, and you want your hard—” Raven stopped the flow of words by placing his hand over her mouth.

  “I seem to remember t
hat I said something about us having work to do and that we must return to the others and that this would simply be a shared bath.” Raven frowned at her as she removed his hand from her mouth and promptly leaned forward to nip his earlobe. She showed no fear at all. Good in one way, but he was going to have to get a handle on her before she became impossible. Although even if she was impossible, she would undoubtedly still delight him.

  “It must be your imagination. Surely if you actually said something like that, I, being the dutiful chalie that I am, would abide by your dictates,” Caidi whispered as she moved to straddle his thighs. She rubbed her wet, creamy pussy over his hard cock. “Are you going to tell me that you are going to refuse to see to my needs, my chalon, that you will leave me wanting, aching, hot, all day long?”

  Raven’s eyes almost rolled back in his head as the hair of her pussy caressed him and water swirled around his cock and thighs. “You do need something, that is true, but I think that my hand across a certain rounded portion of your body will satisfy that.” Raven sat stiff and straight as she nibbled and sucked on his earlobe. As she very well knew, it was a sensitive part of his body and he found what she was doing very arousing.

  “Oh.” Caidi rubbed her breasts against his hard chest, fast losing all desire to tease. The tight, swollen globes of her bosom tingled with contact. Little pulses of sensation zinged to the tight, hot core of her need, causing her to shake and move even more against him, seeking the flood of euphoria that she knew she would find in release. Goddess, she wanted him in her, filling her. “I know that you didn’t plan to do this, but the thought of you and me, here in the water has me so excited. All I had to do was start thinking about everything that you might do to me, with me, that I could do to you and I could feel myself getting wet with the want.”

  Caidi grabbed one of his hands and drew it between their bodies and into the water. She guided his hand to the aching flesh between her legs. “Feel how hot I am for you. You haven’t even touched me, have told me that this is only to be a bath, yet I am on fire for the feel of you. I keep getting these strange exciting thoughts about things that are probably impossible to actually do, but I want to try them anyway. I want you any way I can get you.”