Master for Tonight (10 page)

Her arms moved towards him to pull him to
her, as Kate moved in to close the distance between them. They
gripped each other a long time, silently marveling at the other’s
existence and not wanting to let go. Words no longer needed to be
spoken. In that moment, they understood each other.

Moving back a step, Kate touched the black
leather cord around his neck, running her thumb down to the shiny
pendant, analyzing it.

“I like the way silver looks against your
skin.” She glanced up at him and back down to the pendant.

“Stainless steel.” He pulled her back close
to him. “Silver irritates my skin.”

Taking a deep breath, Julian observed her.
“Hmmm… We still need to get you cleaned up.”

After squirting some of her lavender shower
gel into his hands, he washed her, touching every inch of her body,
relearning and rememorizing all her slopes and hollows. She stood
still, allowing him to touch her, however he pleased, as she
watched him with glazed eyes.

He rinsed her of the soap, and then he gave
himself a quick going over, turned off the water, and got them both
out onto the cool floor tiles. After drying her off, Julian swooped
Kate up in his arms. He placed her in the bedside chair and went to
get clean bed linens.

As he reentered the room, Julian noticed the
change in Kate’s mood. The happy, sated woman he had left moments
earlier was replaced by one who sat pensively, with her head down,
rubbing the index finger of her left hand in her right hand. Julian
put the linens on the bed, walked over, and eased down onto the
floor in front of her. He took her hands into his, and asked, “What
is it, Kate? What happened while I was gone?”

“What I agreed to in the shower. Everything
you told me. It’s a lot to take in, now that I’ve had a few minutes
to think about it with a clear head and you not distracting me.”
Kate looked at him with her eyebrows scrunched together. “You’re
asking me to trust you, but you won’t answer any questions I have.
If you know me like you say you do—which that, alone, is really
frustrating to me—how can you possibly expect me to accept this? To
accept you? This is too much.”

“You’re right. I agree with you. I’m asking
a great deal without giving you any reason to accept me, to accept
us, other than my words. My actions have certainly been
questionable, but I hoped I had put that to rest already. I’ve laid
out my feelings for you, and you can be certain of them, if nothing
else. I know, to truly win you will take time and much more effort
on my part. I don’t want to hide anything about me from you. So
please, ask away, but try to understand, there are certain things I
can’t answer right now, even though I would love nothing more.”

“Oh, thank God! All I need right now is
something, anything, to help me wrap my head around this!” She
jumped out of the chair to pace back and forth in front of the
footboard.

Julian went to the bed and began changing
the sheets. He made quick work of stripping the bed, tossing the
soiled sheets into the doorway of the bedroom as he watched Kate
pace, with fear lacing his heart. He had to take care of Evangeline
quickly and get back to Kate, or he would lose her. Julian knew
Kate would talk herself out of a relationship with him.

“How old are you? Where do you live? What do
you do for a living? How often do you work out? I mean, seriously!
Look at you! What’s your favorite color? Mine’s blue, in case you
were wondering. Do you like dogs or cats better? Dogs for me. I’d
like to get a little one, but I haven’t, since I’m away from home
so long each day. It wouldn’t be right to leave the poor little
thing here alone all day, would it? What do you think?” She
stopped, sticking a hip out and tipping her head to the side at
him.

He was still making the bed, but with both
eyebrows raised, almost laughing both at the rate of speed the
questions burst from her, and at how she had made sure that all her
questions were light, rather than probing. Questions he would
answer. Smart girl.

Kate plundered on. “Do you
have family you’re close with? Mine is
awful!
” She shuddered as she said it.
“What’s your favorite food? I’m crazy about Italian. I would love
to go to Italy one day just to do a food tour. Did you know they
have those? They do! Oh! Do you like wine or beer? You’re a guy, so
I would say beer, but you’re also obviously cultured, so I can see
it going either way. Maybe you like both.” She shrugged, tapping a
finger against her lips.

With a huge smile on his face, Julian walked
behind her, wrapped his arms around her waist, pulled her against
him, and placed a kiss on her shoulder before setting his chin
there.

“Okay, beauty,” he said with his low,
gravelly, accented voice tickling her ear. “Let me see if I caught
all your questions. Thirty-five, and don’t start analyzing,” he
told her with a shake. “I live in the city doing freelance work. I
work out five to six times a week. Definitely worth the time and
effort, if it makes you look at me like that. My favorite color is
now green, because it’s the color of my Kate’s eyes. I like that
your favorite color is blue, because it means part of me is in your
heart. We’ll get whatever you want…dog, cat, rooster, whatever,
once we’re together. Just no snakes. They scare me.” He gave her a
big smile and laughed when she giggled at him. “They do! And I am
man enough to admit it,” he said, earning him even more giggles. He
loved her laugh and was in bliss in that moment with his lover, at
last.

“Okay. Moving on... No, I’m
not close with my family any longer, but it’s nothing to be sad
about, love. Just move on. My favorite food is Kate. She’s the best
thing I’ve ever had on my tongue. Personally, I’m looking forward
to another tour of
you,
but if Italy is what you want, Italy is what you
shall have.” He snuggled her to him closer, breathing out a
contented sigh. “Wine or beer?” he said, turning Kate to face him.
She looked up, her eyes darting back and forth at his. “You
intoxicate me, beauty. You.” He kissed her. “Did I answer them all?
Did I miss anything?” He held her head to his chest.

“You remembered more of them than I did,”
she whispered. “You really listened to me.”

“One way or another, I will prove to you I’m
serious about you.”

“Yes, you do keep saying that.” Kate sighed.
“I’m sorry I slapped you.” She raised her hand to soothe his cheek,
before tip-toeing up to kiss his beautiful face.

“Don’t think about it anymore. I’m fine.
More than fine, beauty. I’m happier than I have been in years. But
if you keep looking at me like that, I’m going to take you again,
and you won’t get any rest tonight.”

Her eyes darkening, Kate
placed her hand on his chest, over his heart. “Despite what I said
earlier, I do want you. You had to give me something to hold onto
after you leave, so I don’t go crazy thinking about this later. I
want to see where this goes, and I want to take
you
there, instead. Will you let
me?”

He inhaled deeply, and she saw his stomach
contract. “Yes, beauty! Nothing would make me happier than for you
to make me yours. Nothing!”

Her eyes moved to the headboard, and Julian
climbed into the center of the bed, lying on his back, waiting in
anticipation. She shook her head and asked him to sit with his back
against the headboard, instead. He moved into the position she
requested, wondering what she had in mind and eager to find
out.

Kate grinned as she looked at him, sitting
there with his legs together. She leaned over and tapped the
insides of his knees, making the ‘open’ motion with her hands. As
he opened his legs, she climbed in between and pushed them farther
apart, until she was satisfied. Flicking her eyes to his, she saw
his need. He needed to know she accepted him and wanted him the
same way he wanted her. She was intent on making herself as clear
to him as he had to her.

She leaned forward and grasped his dark and
thickly veined cock in her hand. Julian gasped at her touch, his
cock jerking against her hand. Moving up and down, she began to
stroke him long and hard, looking into his eyes to gauge his
reaction. He grew thicker and longer, the faster she caressed him.
He eased down a bit in the bed and shifted his hips up, giving her
more of him. Slipping her hand underneath his cock, Kate scratched
his balls lightly with her fingernails, then ran her fingers over
them, touching the grooves and soft hairs, before holding one and
squeezing gently.

“Do you like this, lover? Am I doing this
right for you?”

His breathing erratic and hips jerking up,
Julian groaned, “Ohhh... Yes, beauty. Yes. I love how you’re
touching me.”

Pleased at his response, Kate shifted back
to all fours, her eyes remaining locked with his. “I want to taste
you.”

He nodded. Kate laved her tongue up his
length, over the tip, and down the other side of his cock. She
tilted her head to the side as she sucked on his skin and
repeatedly licked him up and down, hearing his groans of pleasure
and his breath grow uneven. Holding his base in her hands, she
licked around his tip, licking the moisture there, whisking it into
her mouth with a moan. She circled his head with her tongue,
flicking underneath the ridge, tasting all of him.

“Take me in your mouth, beauty.”

Kate moved to grant his request. She worked
him into her mouth up and down, her head bobbing as she took him,
sometimes shallow and others deep, until almost gagging. His
fingers went into her hair and held the back of her head, guiding
her as she sucked him. The sounds of her moans mixed with her
jagged breaths, her mouth and tongue working over him, while she
squeezed his balls in her hands. He was so stiff. She could feel
the jerks in his hips telling her he was close. Very close. And she
had no intent on stopping.

“Beauty, stop. Please. I don’t want to come
in your mouth, and I’m very close to doing it.” He pushed his hips
down as he pulled her head up.

Kate sat up, looked at him, and ran her
tongue over her lips with a smile. She had given him pleasure, and
she was happy knowing she had the same effect on him as he had on
her.

She climbed into his lap, facing him, as his
legs came together under her. Running her fingers up his muscled
chest, her hands circled his neck, pulling him to her in a long
kiss, which he dominated, taking over her mouth. Kate didn’t mind.
He had reconfirmed his desire for her.

Lifting to her knees, she wrapped her hand
around his member and placed it at her entrance. His hands moved to
touch her breasts and fondle them.

“Take me, beauty. Take me inside you.” He
buried his face in her neck, licking her up and down before kissing
her, sucking the skin in and nipping at her flesh.

Kate inhaled, arching back as she impaled
herself on his length. Her body shivered when she reached the
base.

“Ahhhh... It’s so good, lover. You feel so
good inside me.”

He pulled Kate to his chest and tried to
move inside her to please her. She put a hand against his chest,
stopping his motion, and started to rock against his length,
grinding on top of him. She placed his hands on her hips and moved
in circles on top of him, pushing her clit against the hairs of his
groin. Her motions became faster, and she reached down between them
to spread her lips against his bare skin, to feel the scratching
sensation against her smoothness. His coarseness against her
softness, forcing cries of want.

“Please, please...” she whimpered with her
eyes closed, as she worked herself higher and higher towards
release.

“Let me help you.” He moved his hand between
their bodies, sliding his fingers to the wetness there.

“Ahhhhh!” She moved against him
frantically.

He found her nub with his thumb and
forefinger and began rubbing it back and forth between them.
Listening to the sounds and cries of her body to tell him when Kate
was almost at the peak, he continued to rub her soaking clit. Tears
started to come down her cheeks, and her hands clamped onto his
shoulders, digging in. Julian knew this was it.

“Kate.”

“Uh-huh?” came her high-pitched reply.

“Come for me, beauty. Come for me. Right.
Now,” he said, pinching her clit down between his fingers with the
last two words.

“Ahhhhhh!” she screamed as she came for him.
Came for her Master. Came for her lover. Came for her dark
lord.

Quickly, he moved them down the bed, flipped
over on top of Kate, and hammered into her as her orgasm continued
to shatter her body. Kate grabbed his head in her hands, holding
him against her neck as he rode her hard. His body slapped against
her thighs as his cock claimed her pussy again.

He pushed until he was holding his cock
inside her and pulsing his hips against her thighs, as if he could
penetrate even deeper. He then released himself into her, growling
in triumph. His arms wrapped around her, curling her up into his
chest in a loving embrace. Kate caressed her soft lips across his
neck, holding him to her.

Kissing her softly, he pulled out and lay
beside her. He squeezed her close to him while placing kisses in
her hair until her breathing returned to normal.

“Thank you, my beautiful girl.” All the love
he had for Kate laid bare in his voice. “That meant everything to
me. You don’t know how much it means that you’ve accepted me with
your body and mind. Your heart is my next challenge, and I will not
fail in capturing it.”

Kate snuggled into him closer at hearing the
emotion in his voice. She knew what those emotions were. She knew
what he was telling her without saying it, and she was no longer
afraid.

“It really is way past your bedtime. You
need to rest, love. I’ll be right back.”