Sea Storm: Children of the Waves (14 page)

He moved closer to her until he could
envelop his arms about her waist. “I’m sorry, but I love you. I missed all of
your birthdays, holidays, and special occasions. I just wanted to make it up to
you.”

“But—?”

He placed his fingers over her lips. “No
buts, babe. You are my bride. Do you truly understand what that means?”

“I…”

“Let me make it clearer to you.” Stark
naked, he dropped down on both knees and held her hand. “Desiree, Hali or
whatever you choose to call yourself, to me you are always and forever my
bride. In the way of my people we are mated, in the ways of the landwalkers
marry me. I never want to be apart from you again.”

She inhaled sharply, then her eyes filled
with tears. “I don’t know what to say.”

“Yes.”

“It’s not that simple, Zek.”

“Just tell me this. Do you love me?”

“Let’s say I’m falling.”

“Good enough.” He sat on the ottoman and
pulled her down until she sat on his lap. He wiped her tears.

She traced the tattoo of the heart
wrapped in barbed wire on his chest. “I get the tat of the Impala on your arm
but why barbed wire around the heart?”

“The two combined represent love and
pain. They go hand in hand for some of us. For me, knowing I found the woman I
was destined to love. I had to go through the pain of being separated from
her…From you. But what I felt for you gave me hope. I found you once and I
would find you again. And the Greek letters spell Hali, because I belong to
you.”

“Oh, my God!” Des looked like she wanted
to cry again.

Zek kissed each eyelid. “No tears,
agapetos. No more tears. We’re together now.” Moving the robe aside, he cupped
his hand around one breast and lowered his head, covering the other with his
mouth.

She grasped his shoulders and sank into
his embrace. Before they could get too carried away, she held him tightly
against her breast.

Des took deep breaths, perhaps in an
attempt to get control of her emotions; suddenly she jumped off his lap.

He frowned.

She smiled. “We’ll continue this later.
It’s getting late and I’ve got to get dressed. This is a big day for my best
friend and your brother. And don’t think you’re off the hook for buying me
these things, but thank you.” Her eyes glistened when she looked at him.

Looking amused, he stood, staring at her
and smirking.

She’d forgotten her robe hung wide open
leaving her susceptible to his appraisal.

Zek really liked what he saw. His dick
agreed, jerking to full attention.

Closing her robe, she held the ends
together. “Oh no you don’t… Later.”

Suddenly, he stopped grinning and stood
directly in front of her. His hands gripped her shoulders in a gentle way,
before lowering his head to touch her forehead. “So, you
will
stay with me? Give us a chance. Just know it won’t change
anything, we’re already mated. Even if you left it would be difficult for us to
be apart, or so I’m told.”

She sighed at his words. He knew exactly
what to say to her. His love burrowed deep inside. What did she really have to
lose? “I’ll stay; just the thought of leaving is difficult for me to even dwell
on.”

He smiled. “I better go jump in the
shower. Xav has a few jobs for me to do too, and if I don’t leave you alone now
we might miss the wedding.” Naked, Zek stepped around her, walked out of the
closet to the shower.

She ogled his ass every step of the way.
It dawned on her, even his morning breath smelled sweet.
Damn!
Another thought flashed across her mind, what would his cum
taste like? She had an overwhelming desire to find out. They could be quick.
She dropped the robe and joined him in the shower.

“I knew you couldn’t resist,” he said. He
shifted and took her in his arms.

Then unexpectedly, she took control. She
put both her hands on his chest and pushed. She moved him only because he
allowed it and they both knew it. Didn’t matter as long as she had his back
against the wall. “I’ve got to be quick,” she said to him. “I’ve only got about
fifteen minutes.” Then she dropped to her knees and took his already full thick
length into her mouth.

The warm water from the duel showerheads
beat on and around them.

His hands fisted in her hair and he
groaned.

She placed one hand on his ass and tried
to squeeze him. The other hand, she placed on his cock to hold it straight out.
It curved a little to the right.

His ass flexed against her hand and he
surged deeper into her mouth. Another groan emerged from his throat.

Moving her hand off his ass, she grabbed
his balls and squeezed. She continued to work him with her mouth, up and down
his shaft. Her tongue rubbed back and forth against the crown of his head.
Eventually, he bucked his hips faster, in and out. She held on, creating
suction for him. His hands tightened in her hair pulling against her scalp.
Turning her on even more. She relaxed her throat and took him deeper. Until he
shuddered in her grasp and then shoved his dick one last time as deep as she
could take him, before he gave up to her what she desired.

Oh-my-god!
Sweet and musky, sugar and salted cream.
She lapped up every last delicious drop. She knew she’d never think of or taste
cream again without thinking about him. And how much she wanted more of his
cum. Even after pulling off his dick, she stared at it as it softened. Some
unseen string pulled her forward again, and she licked him one last time around
the head. She stood up as he slid to the floor of the shower, his knees bent,
and his ass on the ground.

He gazed up at her with hooded eyes.
“Damn!”

“Mmm…you taste good.” Des licked her lips
and left him in the shower, quickly drying herself off. She brushed her teeth
before returning to the closet to get dressed and get out of there as fast as
she could. She made it a point to not even look in the direction of the shower
or the mirror to catch a glimpse of his perfect body. If he touched her before
she could leave, she’d never get out of there. Already, she hungered for more
of him. She’d made it as far as the bedroom door before she heard his voice.

“Remember babe, payback is gonna be a son
of a bitch.”

She slammed the door while he laughed.
That’s okay.
She still had a smile on
her face when she went in search of Cori.

For such short notice, the wedding turned
out beautifully and Cori made a gorgeous bride. These Oceanus men in Tux’s were
like a drug—addicting ones. What was it about men of the sea?

Throughout the ceremony, Zek didn’t take
his gaze off her.

She knew because she couldn’t stop
staring at him. Did she love him?
Now how
stupid would that be?
Each moment she spent with him only solidified she in
fact did.

After the ceremony, they enjoyed a dinner
out on the patio with the ocean as a backdrop.

Cori’s parents were understandably a
little shell shocked, but who could blame them? Des sorta felt the same way but
for different reasons. However, no one clued Cori’s parents in on the non-human
nature of their new son-in-law, or their daughter’s changed nature.

Soon, the newlyweds left for the privacy
of the cottage on the other side of the island.

Cori’s folks retired to the wing Zek set
aside for them. Jerry and his parents had gone back to their place and Aaron
and Cyrus had taken the boat to the mainland to find trouble there.

Leaving her alone with Zek.

She stood on the sand watching the boat
disappear from view when she felt him come up behind her.

“Have I told you how beautiful you look
tonight?” Zek said and captured her around her waist. He drew her body to his.
Close enough, so she would be sure to feel his erection.

She ground her ass against him, satisfied
when she heard him moan.

“Minx,” he growled in her ear just
before he clasped it between his teeth. Not enough to hurt, just enough to
arouse. But he needed to do very little to get her going. Being in the same
room would suffice.

“Mmm,” she said tilting her head sideways
to stare at him. “You look pretty good yourself. Must be all this sea air.”

He kept one hand at her waist but moved
to stand in front of her. “Swim.” It wasn’t a request.

She smiled and nodded. Circling his
waist, she moved to lead the way back to the house, so she could change into a
suit. She should have known he had other ideas when he stopped her sideways
turn and instead, moved her to face the water again.

“This way,” he urged, and they walked
just beyond the edge of the tide.

“We can’t go skinny dipping.” She twisted
in his arms, expecting to see Cori’s mom or worse—dad, peeping at them
from one of the windows running along this side of the house.

As if he knew her thoughts he said,
“Their room doesn’t have a view of this side of the water, besides they’re
probably asleep.”

“What if Aaron and Cyrus forgot something
and turn around or Xav and Cori? I know the cottage looks this way. I can see
it.”

He released her, shrugged out of his
jacket and dropped it to the sand, and then he unbuttoned his shirt. “Trust me,
babe, Cori and Xav are doing everything but looking at us through their bedroom
window, and Aaron and Cyrus probably won’t be back until morning.” He took the
shirt off and dropped it onto the jacket before working on his pants.

She bit her lip and glanced back at the
house again, then turned to look at him. Not a stitch of clothing adorned his
sleek toned muscled frame. “No boxers?”

“No. Less clothes to get out of. Come on.
Swim with me. Let me show you my world.”

She raised her hand and unhooked the snap
at her neck. With nothing to hold her dress up her top dropped revealing her
breasts.

His eyes zeroed in on her nipples and his
hands rose. Lightly, he brushed his thumbs back and forth across them.

Then she unzipped the side of the dress
and it fell at her feet near his pile of clothes.

His gaze followed the dress as it fell
from her body. He licked his lips. Thunder rumbled overhead and lightning
flashed across the surface of the sea.

“What the hell! Did you see that?” she
yelled grabbing onto him and looking at the clear night sky. “Maybe we better
go back inside. I think a storm or something is coming.”

When she finally glanced at him, he wore
a grin. “I see someone else went commando, too.”

She shrugged. Glad she’d let Cori talk
her into getting a Brazilian wax before they’d gone on vacation. No underwear
would have worked with the clingy dress. And she found Zek’s reaction worth it.
He took her hand and naked they walked into the ocean, but she pulled him to a
halt. “Babe, didn’t you see the lightning strike the water?” She looked up at
the sky again, then back at the water. “Maybe we better take this inside before
it does it again.”

He laughed.

She frowned. “What’s so funny?” When
lightning crackled across the water again, she jumped. “See. See. I told you.
Does this happen a lot around here?”