Highlander's Kiss (20 page)

Finlay closed the door behind him as he headed after the others, leaving her and Tavish completely alone.

“Goodness, it’s so quiet now.” She leaned against the wall and smiling, crooked a finger at her fierce protector. “Whatever could we do now we’re all alone?”

“I know exactly what we’re about to do.” He pulled out another set of instruments from a drawer, set it on the bed then steered her across the room and settled her on top of mattress and moved in behind her. He directed the light on the overhead metal arm over her head until the light shone on the back of her head. Carefully he separated her hair at the back.

“Tavish, this isnae quite the kind of ‘whatever’ I was referring to. You also said my new wound wouldnae need stitches and Cherub has already cleaned my hair and the wound site for me.”

“I’ll give it all another clean with my sterilized water. I need to ensure no bugs are introduced to the open area. Definitely no stitches needed though. That I promise you.” He nipped her ear from behind. “And I also haven’t forgotten you lost awareness for several hours, which means I’m going to have to wake you throughout the night to make certain all is well.”

“Wake me as often as you please, just ensure you make it interesting when you do.” She giggled and clamped a hand over her mouth. “Goodness, I cannae believe what now comes out of my mouth. You have completely corrupted me, Tavish Matheson.”

“I hope so.” He gestured toward the window overlooking the inner courtyard. A fiery red sunset beamed, its brilliant rays searing the forest’s treetops beyond the curtain wall. The dark descended and stars twinkled in the night sky. “Since it’s so late, would you care to take a shower with me before bed?”

“Most definitely. Now, hurry it along.”

He chuckled, finished tending to her then swept her off the mattress and carried her into his chamber and knocked the door shut with his hip. A mischievous glint lit his golden shifter eyes as he strode past their big bed and into his bathroom.

“’Tis hard to believe I now live in two times.”

“A new world has opened up for both of us.” He crossed the sandy colored floor tiles, slid her down his body and onto her feet. He unbelted his weapons, laid them on the countertop then shucked his tan tunic and black trews until he stood unclothed before her. With one finger, he teased along her lower lip. “May I undress you?”

“I’m no’ quite sure why you haven’t already.” She pushed her fingers into his silky black hair, cupped the back of his head and tugged his mouth down to hers. His warm lips caressed hers, so softly, so deliciously, then he rubbed the entire length of his body against hers, all hard and hot heat that had her panting for more. She pulled back an inch and grinned. His pure white aura with its sizzling red shifter edge swarmed around and completely covered hers. “You’re my one and all.”

“As you’re my one and all. I wish to wrap myself around you, inside and out.” He unfastened the ties of her violet riding skirt, allowed the fabric to slither to the ground then lifted her cream shirt over her head and whisked her to the shower and sat her on the metal chair. He flicked the shower lever on and stuck his hand under the water. “I’ll wash your hair for you.”

“I’m allowed to get my hair wet?”

“You are. The wound is healing nicely, and the stitches fairly close to dissolving.” He slid the shower head from the slider and passed it to her. “I also want to watch you bathe, as you did the last time we showered together.”

“Mmm, this I will enjoy.” She ran the warm water over her locks, down her back and over her breasts before relaxing back into the chair and into Tavish’s hands.

He worked the creamy shampoo into a foam and ran the bubbles through her hair. The sweet scent of apples swirled within the steam, a fragrance that saturated her senses, just as her mate’s warm and fresh scent did.

A soft sigh escaped her, the water soothing her tired muscles as she rinsed the shampoo out.

“Would you like a massage?” Tavish knelt at her feet, a bar of vanilla soap in hand.

“Aye, very much.” She craved his touch, however he offered it.

He massaged her feet and calves, stroked upward, over her knees and along her inner thighs. Leaning in, he bumped his nose against the entrance to her core and with a low growl, breathed her scent in deep. His claws sliced out and in. “My bear is clawing for a taste of you. You smell like the sweetest, warmest honey and he wants to devour you.”

“Devouring sounds good.” She hooked one leg around Tavish’s back and drew him ever closer. “I intend to request daily showers with you, from this moment forth.”

“That request I’ll gladly grant.” Gently, he stroked over her hips, around her breasts and back down her sides. Rubbing his body against hers, he whispered, “You’re clean, from top to toe. Rinse off so I can actually begin the devouring.”

She rinsed them both, rose from her chair and slid the shower head back onto the slider.

Tavish crowded her from behind, one hand sweeping her wet hair over her shoulder and the other sliding around her waist. Water pummeled into her, his erect cock brushing over her lower cheeks as he rubbed against her. Nuzzling her neck, he razzed his teeth back and forth over her most sensitive spot and growled under his breath. “Look at me.”

She turned around in his embrace, looked deep into his eyes as she traced the tip of his impressive erection with one finger then palmed his balls with the other.

“You have an exquisite touch.” He bent his head, suckled one nipple then moved to the other.

“So do you.” Heat rippled through her and she captured his mouth with hers and kissed him, until every wonderfully muscled inch of his body was wrapped fully around her. This was what she needed, to join as one with him.

“I need to join as one with you too.” His mind moved swiftly through hers as he read her thoughts. “I also want to know your every dream and desire. Tell me them, so I might fulfill each and every one.”

“I want you to make love to me, right here in this shower, in our bed and wherever else you might fancy. Once we return to the past, I want to spend time with you in our sacred cavern, all alone.”

“You have a deal.” He gripped her fingers, flattened the backs of her hands to the slick tiled wall behind her and licked his lips. “Anything else?”

“I wish for your babe, to start a family with you, a child all of our own.”

“Then be prepared for a loving like no other. I’m about to make you mine, in every single way.” He eased her breasts together, swiped his thumbs over her stiff nipples then licked around her aureoles. Greedily, he kissed each nipple, sucked them deep inside his mouth until every inch of her sizzled and burned for more. She needed this, needed him. She always would.

Delicious heat radiated through her and she arched her back, thrust her breasts ever deeper into his exquisite touch and whimpered. Her legs shook. “Tavish, I’m no’ sure I can stand on my own two feet for long.”

“One second.” He nabbed a fluffy white towel from the handrail, spread it over the tiled floor under the water’s spray and laid her down on top of it. “This better?”

“Infinitely.”

“I aim to please.” Between her legs, he knelt then grasped his cock and rubbed the head over her nub. White-hot pleasure radiated through her. “Are you about to come, my love?”

“I believe so. Mayhap you can love me hard and fast right now, then slow and easy in our bed later.”

“Aye, my love, as you wish.” He clasped her hips and before she could draw her next breath, he plunged inside her. Pounding into her, he gave her everything she’d asked for and more, his mind barreling into hers and locking around tight.

Her inner muscles clamped around him, the sensation of both his body inside her and his mouth on her neck, sending her senses soaring. He bit down and pleasure stormed through her. She’d been gifted with a mate she’d never expected, with a soul bond as deep as time itself. Grasping his shoulders, she held on for the ride of her life. “
Thank you for saving me from the enemy, for rescuing my parents, for being mine and for offering me all of your love. Your kisses are what I’ll always crave, always desire, and always demand you give me more of.
”

“
I love you, Julia, and demand away. I’ll give you everything you ask for and more. This I promise you.
” He thrust and she met each of his deeply penetrating moves then urged him even deeper. He plunged balls-deep inside her, his seed shooting to her core and sending them both flying over the edge and streaking toward the heavens.

Her next mission had begun, one she intended to spend a lifetime pursuing, that of tying her mate to her in every possible way, heart, body and soul. They would always be one, from this moment forward and throughout all of time.

* * * *

Tavish soaked in the beauty of his mate lying underneath him, her tight channel squeezing his cock and dragging him ever deeper inside her. Such a wildly desperate need to mate with her still consumed him. She was the only woman he’d ever hold deep in his heart, ever kiss, ever crave, and ever desire. She was his true mate, his heart and his home, his everything and all.

With such a ravenous hunger rolling through him, he scooped her off the damp towel on the floor and wrapped her in a fresh clean one before carrying her to their bed. “I want your scent on my tongue, to have you so deeply entrenched within me that you’re as much a part of me as I’m a part of you.”

He laid her down on the large mattress covered in his thick black fur.

“Get ready for round number two, my mate.” He tugged the towel off her, slid onto his belly between her knees and raised her legs. Over his shoulders, he hooked her feet until her bottom lifted off the bed and she lay fully exposed to him. Time to give both him and his bear exactly what they both desired, more of her. Out the window, the night sky twinkled with a myriad of stars. Moonlight beamed in and played over her lush body. He stroked along the pinkness of her lower folds. So beautiful. So enticing. She was all his and with her inner thighs spread, he plunged one finger inside her.

“Oh, aye, that I love.” She bucked and moaned, her beaded nipples hardening even further and his cock lengthening and filling as if he hadn’t just come. “Come here, my fierce protector.”

“You’ll have to wait until I’ve finished devouring you. Are you ready for more?”

“Aye, always.” She fisted the fur bedcover either side of her, a delicious grin on her face. “Devour away.”

He stroked into her harder and faster, rubbing his thumb across her nub until she arched into his touch and panted. Then he added a second finger, dipped his head and licked her flesh as he desired and as his bear demanded. The other half of him, contained so deep within, rumbled his appreciation. Aye, this was just the beginning. He removed his fingers and thrust his tongue inside her, stroked the inside of her channel then retreated only long enough to begin doing the same all over again. Building her next orgasm to a peak, he lapped and pleasured her with his mouth and tongue alone.

“Tavish.” She tunneled her mind deep inside his, her passion rising to such a height the desire she shared with him had his cock throbbing, so heavy and full as he drank at the very heart of her. “I cannae take any more.”

“Wait there, my sweet love. I’m coming.” He took one last lick of her below, lifted up and covered her mouth with his. He kissed her, twining his tongue around hers and gorging himself on her full lips. She was his, an intoxicating and heady blend he would never be able to get enough of.

“Inside me.” She gripped his shoulders, her nails digging into his flesh and making his bear roll around with pleasure at her very clear marking. He kissed her and she swished her hands down his front, brushed the head of his cock with the soft pad of her thumb then with her sweet fingers firm around his erection, worked him in long pulls.

His spine tingled and the pressure in his shaft built, with such a swiftness he could barely contain himself. Kissing her, he savored the luscious recesses of her mouth then gave into the need to join them both together. Blood pounding, he pushed his cock deep inside her hot sheath, her mouth-watering scent bathing him below.

“More,” she moaned against his lips. She clutched his butt, pulled him in even deeper and rocked underneath him. “
You’re my fierce protector, the other half of my soul.
”

“
Just as you’re the other half of mine. From this moment forth, we’ll always be together. No one will ever separate us again, not the enemy and certainly not time itself.
” He thrust deep, every inch of her welcoming heat pulling him in further. “
Bite me, my love, the same time as I bite you. I want your full possession.
”

“
That I will never deny you of.
”
With her mind open to his, her body wrapped around him, she sucked the skin of his neck between her lips.

He slid his hand around the back of her head and held her against him as he razzed his teeth over her fiercely beating pulse. “
Now,
” he demanded.

She sank her teeth into him and he bit her in return. Bucking into her, his pace wild and feverish and driven by the very heart of his bear, he marked her and made her his, forever and for all time.

Meeting each of his pounding thrusts, she bit him again on the other side of his neck and he roared his pleasure, bit her again in the same way and sent them both spiraling over the edge and flying straight to the stars.