Arryn: Mystic Protectors Series (4 page)

“I think she will be hard to convince of that, but you may try.” Boss looked at Michael, who nodded and left them. Boss asked Arryn to have a seat. “I heard what you said to her. What she said to you. You two are more violate than I had thought a couple could be.”

“I was not…it was my fault. I should have taken better care with my words with her. And my anger.” Boss nodded. “What can you tell me about her? I should like to know what I can do to make this easier on her.”

He told him of her conception, of how her mother treated her, and of the magic that she had. “She has more, a great deal more, than you might have witnessed today. But I thought…I’m thinking that you’re giving her strength when you are near her. I’m not sure…I honestly did not think it would appear for some time now. Not until the two of you were together.”

“You mean sexually.” Boss nodded and leaned back in His chair. “I have no wish to…sex is not something that came up when we were together earlier. She is most…I would say that she is very vocal in her displeasure with me.”

Boss laughed. It was a hardy one and a sound that made Arryn smile despite the issues he was having right now. He thought that it had been a while since he’d heard it for any reason.

“Arryn, she is very displeased with you. Not that I blame her much. What were you thinking when you told her it was your duty to be here with her?” Arryn had no idea and said as much. “I would really try and take care of my words should you ever get the chance to talk to her again. As I have said, she is stronger now that you are near her.”

“Can she be saved?” Boss said He was looking into it. “I have asked her what the demon’s name is that holds her, but she either doesn’t know or won’t tell me. I think it could be both.”

Boss nodded before speaking. “Should you find out, it would make things easier on us. I can have a talk with him, or if that fails maybe we can buy her more time. I know that it would hurt you more to spend time with her, but I would ask that you try to make it work.”

Arryn said that he would and looked to the closed door to the room where she was. “Why did she burn so badly with Lily, and not with my touch? What is it that makes that happen?” He looked at Boss when there wasn’t an answer. “I should really like to know, sire. She is my charge for now, and perhaps my lover soon.”

“The demon is laying claim to her. It’s all I can think of. Or a curse has been put upon her. Probably a little of both.” Arryn asked how that was possible. It wasn’t time yet. “No, but whoever he is, he has to know where she is and who she is with by now. It will be harder on him, I guess, to know that she’s with my people now.”

“I will give her all the comfort I can. And should we become lovers, it will be because she has said it was good and not because I have forced it upon her.” Boss said He knew that. “I’m not sure about her or me, but I will not…I will try not to anger her again.”

After Boss left him, Arryn wandered around the room. It was neat and clean with the exception of the table where she had her work spread out. He didn’t touch it, not even to see what she was doing. He had his own way of doing things and was very upset when it was moved. He would have bet that she would know if he even touched the pencil that laid on her papers. He would.

When night came he moved to her room. As hard as he tried, there was no way he was going to fit into the tiny chair made for someone about half his size. And the couch, while it was bigger, wouldn’t fit him either. Moving to the bed, he called himself all kinds of a fool as he took off his shirt and shoes. She would most assuredly kill him when she woke up.

As soon as she rolled into him, Arryn wrapped his arms around her. When he’d picked her up earlier he’d not just been surprised by how slight she was, but also just how tiny she was. He supposed she was tall for what humans were, and she did fit nicely under his chin, but he was almost afraid to break her. And that, to him, was funny.

“I’ve no knowledge of anyone holding me before. I have been hugged, but by other protectors. Male and female, as a matter of fact.” Arryn had no idea why he was talking to her, he knew her to be sound asleep. “You feel good here. In fact, I think that this is the best I’ve felt in a long while. My job…it’s not a job, I suppose, but something that I enjoy. But this last one, it was difficult for me.”

“Don’t hurt me.” He started to tell her that he’d never do that to her again when she stiffened in his arms. “No. Don’t hurt me. Please?”

“I shall not harm you. And I will not let others.” When she sat up, nearly taking his head off when she did, he sat up as well. His wings were under him, but he knew that whatever she was seeing, in her dream or thoughts, he couldn’t do a thing to it.

“I can’t do what you want. I know you say that you’ll give me back my life, but I just can’t do that. I have no reason to do that. I’m ready for whatever bullshit you do to me.” Arryn reached out to touch her, and as soon as he did, he saw what she was seeing. It was…it was as if he’d entered her dreams with her. Only he was sure this was not just a dream. “I don’t care for them, but I won’t do what you want.”

“Then you will die.” The demon in front of them was blurred. Arryn wasn’t sure if he was to her or not, but figured that he was. “And you will suffer in ways you will not ever be able to get over. I will burn your flesh from you daily. Then I will fuck you until you think you have been turned inside out. And I will do this every day until you give me what I want.”

“I won’t give it to you. I won’t do that. You can try and make me, but I’ll fight you with my every breath.” The demon moved closer to them then. He was in focus just a second, but it was long enough for Arryn.

“Then you will come to me or I will make you wish you had.” Arryn wanted to ask her what she had to do, what it was the demon wanted, but he was gone before he could. And when she laid back down over him, her body trembling against his, Arryn reached for Boss.

I don’t know who he is but I do know what he looks like. And he wants something from her in trade for her life
. Boss asked what it was.
I don’t know, but Renie does, and we’ll figure this out.

Chapter 4

Renie moved out of the bedroom and into her work area. She wanted to be pissed off because of the big hulking man in her bed, but when she’d woke with him wrapped around her, holding her, she thought she could get used to it. But then reality set in and she got up, keeping him in sleep until she was dressed and away.

The computer called to her. She wanted to sit down and figure out what she’d started yesterday, but food was needed. Not that she made anything elaborate, but a bowl of cereal was good enough. Problem was, there wasn’t any in the cabinets. A noise behind her made her lift her hands in defense before she looked.

“It is I.” Lowering her hands, she looked at Arryn. “I’m sorry I startled you, but I did say your name. Twice. What are you looking for?”

“Cereal. It’s all I know how to cook this early.” He moved into the kitchen and started pulling things from the refrigerator as well as the cabinets. “What are you doing now?”

“I’m making us something to eat. I’m hungry as well.” She watched as a pan was put on the toy sized stove and then he put bacon in it. “I cook when I have time. It is something that I enjoy a great deal. I guess you do not.”

“Not unless I don’t have a phone to order something. It’s expensive, but I get by.” He nodded and she sat down when he poured her a glass of orange juice. “I don’t want you to get into the habit of getting into bed with me. It’s not…you’re not welcome there.”

“I slept soundly. Better than I have in a long while. Your bed is too short, but it was nice having you curl up to me.” She felt her face heat up when she thought of just how curled around him she’d been. “You slept well then?”

“I guess. As good as I usually do.” She thought about the conversation she’d had with her tormentor. “What are your plans for today besides leaving me alone?”

“I have no plans other than to protect you.” She tried to think of a good reason he didn’t need to protect her, but she couldn’t think of any. To be honest, she was terrified of dying and ending up in hell. The person, the thing that came to her in her dreams was— “Would you like to tell me about it?”

It was on the tip of her tongue to tell him to leave her alone. But his voice had been soft, sort of comforting. Instead of telling him what she did everyone, Renie looked away and drew in a deep breath before beginning.

“This thing…person…I’m not sure, but she wants something from me. For me to do this thing for her…sometimes him…anyway, they want me to do something for them. I’ve already told them no, but they think that I will before this is over.” Arryn asked her what it was. “It doesn’t matter. Not really. I don’t trust that they’ll come through in the end, and whatever it is that they need from me will just be one more thing in a long line of fuck-ups that I’ll have to think about.”

“If you tell me who it is, perhaps we can have a talk with them.” Arryn looked so earnest that she wanted to give him what he wanted, but she stood up instead and moved to the computer. “We have some really good connections, Reyna. Maybe we can help you in ways you’ve never thought of.”

“I’m fine, Arryn. Trust me when I tell you, I was more than likely going to end up there as a result of my lifestyle anyway.” She moved to the long table that she’d been using as a desk. “Let me know when you’re ready to go; I’ll have to lock up behind you.”

Renie knew that she’d hurt him. It was her intention to do just that, because she knew as surely as she was sitting there that he’d be hurt, too, when this went down. Her cell phone ringing startled her and she nearly didn’t answer it. There was only one person who had her number and she wasn’t speaking to her. But she answered it in the end, thinking that maybe she’d had a change of heart.
And donkeys can fly
, Renie thought with a grin.

“Penny. What is it you want now? And if its money, forget it. I’m not
lending
you any anymore.” Penny huffed at her but said nothing. “What is it? I’m working.”

“It’s not like you can take it with you. What do you have, two weeks, three? Just give it to me now. And then I won’t have to wait until you’re dead to get it. I have expenses. And this living a long time, it’s going to continue to cost me.” Arryn came to stand behind her and she let him listen. Why did she care if he knew about the woman who had given her over to hell? Penny continued on as if she had a right to everything else that Renie owned. “You shouldn’t have stolen from me either. You bring that paper back to me right now or so help me, I’m going to tell him to take you now instead of whatever time you have left. You’ve been very ungrateful up until now, and I’ve had enough of it.”

“I’ve been ungrateful? How do you figure that works? I’ve given you more than anyone could give a person. My life. Then there is the house, the car. I’ve paid off all your credit cards twice over.” Penny huffed at her. “As for me stealing from you? Get real. That should be mine anyway, since I’m the one that you put out there so you could live for fucking ever.”

Arryn didn’t listen in on the call. His mouth moved along her throat almost like he was forging a trail to someplace better. When he cupped her breasts, lifting them up as he sucked at her throat, Renie saw stars. Penny yelling at her was distracting, and she pulled the phone to her mouth again.

“I’m busy. And I’m not giving you any money. Not now and not after I’m dead.” Closing the connection, Renie leaned back in the chair. Arryn had pulled her shirt up now and her bra was lifted out of the way for his hands. Christ, his hands were warm.

“I’d very much like to taste you.” Nodding, she moaned when he tugged at her nipple. “You’re very responsive. And I love the way that your heavy flesh fills my hands. I want to take them into my mouth and nibble on the hard tips while my cock fills more.”

“Is this your duty to me?” He growled low as his mouth moved down her chest. When he took her breast into his mouth, opening his mouth wide and sucking hard, she curled her fingers tightly into his hair and held him there. Then his hands slid down between her legs and rubbed along her pussy. “You’re going to make me come if you keep this up. I’m very close right now.”

“I should very much like to be inside of you when you do. Feel you tighten around me. I’ve thought of this since last night, when you curled your body around mine. What it would feel like to have you naked with me.” The chair she was in was pulled back and he was on his knees in front of her. “Lift your bottom. I want to disrobe you so that I might see all of you.”

Her pants and shoes came off all in one fluid moment. When he reached for her panties, Renie was almost embarrassed for him to see how wet she was. But when he pulled them off and took them to his nose, Renie almost came. As soon as he pulled her to the edge of the chair and spread her legs wide, Renie thought about what they were about to do…or what he was about to do.

“We could go to the bedroom. There’s more room in there.” He told her for now he was pleased. “Yeah, well, I’m going to be pleased here very soon. Don’t you want to go in there?”

Arryn looked up at her and she felt her pussy gush again. Lust, need, and something she had no name for were there on his face for her to see. He leaned down to her pussy slowly, watching her as he did. When he touched his tongue to her curls, she held onto the sides of the chair tightly, knowing that when he touched her she was going to come apart.

“You’re very wet. I can smell you as well.” Nodding, she watched him, his movements so slow that she wanted to scream at him to touch her. “When I taste you, can I suck this tiny morsel into my mouth? Would you like that?”

“Yes.” Nodding, he slid his hand up her thighs then between her open legs. Just shy of touching her, he massaged her muscles hard, then softly. “Please, your teasing me is driving me insane.”

“I think I like you like this. Begging me to complete you. It will complete you…you know that, don’t you?” Nodding again, she nearly cried out when he touched her clit with the barest of touches with his finger. “Here. Here is where I’d like to suckle you. Along with your nipples again. I so enjoyed the way your heart began to pound and the way that they seemed to swell for me.”

“Arryn, take me. Please, just take me.” Nodding, he finally lowered his head. When he lifted her up by her ass, she screamed when he put his mouth over her and sucked on her clit. And when he slid his tongue deep inside of her, she cried out again when a climax ripped around her. The third and then the fourth time she came, it was as if her entire life was meant for this one moment in time.

~~~

Arryn didn’t know what he was doing, but every time she cried out, he would try something more. It was a test of her, seeing where he could bring her the most pleasure before he took his own. And he thought that watching her enjoyment was much better than his own release would ever be.

Her begging had him smiling. Arryn, of course, had heard women beg before. One did not work as a protector for all these decades without hearing or even seeing sex on occasion. But hearing her say those words to him, to have her beg him to stop, then for more, was making him ache in ways he’d never felt before. He reached down to free his cock before it hurt him more. The relief was profound, and he cupped himself to his body.

When her fingers jerked his head up, he looked at her. She was pink, her nipples were hard peaks, and her breathing was making him want to go back to what he was doing. He stood up when she told him, and stood back when she gave him a small push. But when she took his cock into her mouth, Arryn cried out. Nothing could have prepared him for the feeling of her hot mouth on him.

It wasn’t just hot, but it was the wet feeling of it too. The way her tongue curled around his tip before she licked along his shaft. Every time she would swallow him down past the tightness of her throat, he felt as if he were being pulled in several directions at once, brought to the edge of a great cavern only to be pushed back again and again.

Curling his hand into her hair, he meant only to pull her back, to beg her to let him release on her, something to take care of the way he felt right now. But when she let go of his cock, a tiny pop emanating from her mouth when she did, all he could think about was sliding into her.

“I wish to take you. Now.” Nodding, she stood up, still holding his cock in her hand. Then she leaned in and took his nipple, never a thing he had thought about, into her mouth, and he held her to him when she suckled at him as he’d done her. “Please, I am needy. I need to release.”

“You will.” As she moved away from him, he had no choice but to follow. Even had she not had her hand around his cock, he thought perhaps he’d go with her anywhere, at any time. But when she let him go and sat up on the counter, he had no idea where to go next. “Come here. You should fit me here. Your cock will be right at my pussy.”

Almost leaping forward, he saw that she was right. Her womanhood was level with his throbbing cock. Moving slowly into her, his tip was leaking so much that he was sure that it was going to disgust her, but when he pulled back she ran her fingers over the heavy cream and took it to her mouth.

“You like that taste? The taste of me in your mouth?” At her nod, she was touching him again, but this time it was to guide his cock into her sheath. “Slowly please. I’d like to enjoy this.”

“Oh, we will. Very much so.” He moved forward more, his cock buried inside of her. Arryn put his hands on the counter and then her hips. Pulling her to the edge, he slammed forward when she wrapped her feet around his hips, her legs pulling him in.

Arryn couldn’t move. He wasn’t even sure that he wanted to. Her sheath, the womanly part of her that he had filled, was stretching around him, pulling him deeper within her heat. And when she moved, her hips just lifting a little off the counter, Arryn felt his eyes roll to the back of his head and stay there.

It wasn’t until Reyna leaned back, her breasts there for him like a feast, that he knew the real meaning of the word hunger. She was his, his mind screamed at him. His. Arryn leaned in and took just a tip into his mouth and bit down just as his hips moved on their own, filling her, then coming out to the tip again only to move deeper into her. Arryn looked down at his cock.

It was wet, covered with her juices as it slid in and out of her. Each time he moved she moaned, every time he filled her, she cried out, and her fingers at his shoulders dug deeper into his muscle as he pounded her. And when she screamed again, this time her body stiffened and bowed up, and Arryn felt his own release take him.

The stars behind his eyes seemed to explode into bright lights before fading out. His vision blurred and his body seemed to be perched just on the edge again before he fell over into a deep, wondrous cavern. Twice he felt himself empty into her, twice more she cried out his name, holding him to her even as his body continued to take her.

When she went limp in his arms, he held her. Arryn looked down at her, her body spent because of him, and he wanted to call everyone and tell them that he had a wife. But he gathered her into his arms and took her to the bedroom and the tiny bed that they had shared last evening.

Laying her on the bed, he stood back. She was bruised already from his strength. Leaning down to her tender flesh, he licked the wounds and was glad to see that they had disappeared. He hated that he’d hurt her, even in this way, but he was also feeling very good about what they had done. He wanted to check his own body for such markings and knew that were there any, he’d wear them like a badge for as long as they lasted. Dressing himself in things that he pulled to him with magic, he stared down at the things that had come to him to wear and wondered why he had thought of these things.