Tales of the Forbidden (13 page)

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Kera started to shake in anticipation as she scooted up on the table. Devon pulled a chair out, sat down, and spread her legs wide for his view. “Now, I feast,” he said in a deep, sensuous voice. “The first time I did this, you were tied to the bed.” He picked up her foot, rubbing his lips over her ankle.” And your screams sounded like heaven when you came.”

His tongue darted out, causing Kera to shudder. She looked down, watching his finger as he moved from her knee, up her thigh, then back down to the knee, each time getting closer and closer to her pussy.

“I would have enjoyed it more if you were holding my head in place, begging me to lick the sweetness that is there for only me.” He gently brushed his finger over the sensitive lips, then back down to her knee again. “To have your hips grind over my face as I suck hard on your swollen clit.”

He brushed two fingers over the lips, rubbing the juices over 108

the flesh, and then parting them so he could view her clit.

“Ah.” His voice was so husky in his need. “You are so wet for me, so needy, and waiting for only what I can give.”

“Please!” Kera said breathlessly.

Her words were so faint that Devon wasn’t sure if he heard her. “All you had to do was ask.”

Devon pushed two fingers deep inside her as his mouth clamped onto her clit. Kera screamed as the first orgasm of the night raced through her body. Her hands dug into his thick hair as her legs wrapped around his shoulders, trying with all her might to bring him even closer.

“Mmm,” he said against her pussy. “More!”

Devon started a fast and almost brutal fucking motion with his hand as he sucked furiously on her clit. Kera bucked against him as one orgasm after another hit her savagely. She never had a chance to come down from one before another hit.

Devon kept his fingers deep inside of her. He wanted to watch her as she came down from her high, a thing he wouldn’t replace for all the money in the world. Her eyes were glazed, body sweaty, and she was as limp as a baby.

Standing up, he removed his fingers and pushed the chair away. Taking a firm hold on her hips, he dragged her to the edge of the table and flipped her over to her stomach. Keeping the firm grip, he positioned the head of his cock at her pussy and, with an intense push, buried himself to the hilt into her heated core.

Devon groaned loudly as she stretched for him and he groaned at the pulsation around his cock. He only gave her a few seconds to recover, and then his hips started to piston hard and fast. In and out, he rammed within her. Each thrust brought them both closer to the goal they sought, yet Devon was not going to give in to his desires.

When he thought he was about to lose his load, he slipped out of her. He shoved two fingers deep into her pussy and continued to fuck her until she cried out her release. With the head of his dick, Devon rubbed her pussy lips and bumped it against the little pink ring that was suddenly teasing him.

“Our next ride,” he told her in a rough, sexy voice, “is just about to begin.”

Devon held onto her hips in an iron grip. Bruises from his 109

fingers started to form even as he held her in place with the help of the table. The head of his cock was already at the small ring just waiting for him to push inside. He tried twice to do it easy and gently but the muscles just wouldn’t give to him. So Devon shoved inside her pussy two more times, making sure that he was well lubed up, and then went back to her ass. His hands were big enough for him to hold the cheeks wide and to hold her in place. With determination, Devon, forced the tight ring to give and let him in.

“Wait!” Kera shouted.

Devon didn’t listen to her. All of his energy and attention was focused on pushing past the resistance while not hurting her. Of all the times he had done this, no one was as tight as this. For a moment, he thought it wouldn’t give, but then it did. A slight pop, and the large head of his cock was forcing its way inside.

Holding Kera still to give her time to get used to this and not shove his length in, which would hurt her, took more will power.

Soon her cries of uncertainty for him to stop and her fighting turned to moans of pleasure. He hissed as he slid home, biting his lower lip when she pressed back slightly. Her tightness closed over him almost painfully as his balls touched the wet core of her pussy.

After a few moments, Kera relaxed, and he slowly pulled out, leaving just the head of his cock in. Devon pushed and found he had to be somewhat harsh to get the whole length back inside.

Over and over, he did this until she caught the rhythm he wanted and relaxed enough for him to slide in and out easy. Before he was ready, however, she was pushing back toward him, urging him to go faster.

Devon closed his eyes on a groan and rode her with a newfound energy. His own climax was so close, and to prevent it, he made his strokes short. He just couldn’t make this last like he wanted to. Devon moved a hand around to her clit, and with fast circular motions, he rubbed it.

Kera screamed her release. Her whole body shook over the table and squeezed down on him so that nothing in the world could have prevented him from blowing his load into her bowels, even if his life was on the line.

Devon cried out with her, holding her hips as savagely and 110

as close as he could. It seemed forever before either was ready to move. Devon lay over Kera’s back on the table feeling like a man who had just come back from heaven.

“God, Kera.” He breathed out in barely a whisper, kissing her back. “You complete me like nothing I ever have had or like any other.”

“How would you know with so many?”

Devon felt her words cut him like a knife to the chest. He eased from her, feeling as if someone poured cold water down his back.
The past comes back to bite me on the ass.
Devon pulled her back against him and went over to the sofa, sitting down with her on his lap.

“Everyone has a past, Kera,” Devon spoke softly, brushing her hair from her face and trying to get her to look at him. “I guess when I was out making mine, I never thought it would come back and hurt someone like this. I didn’t think it would hurt me so much either.” She finally looked up at him, and a tear slipped free from her eye. He brushed it aside. “I never meant for tonight to hurt you. I only wanted to show the town what a great and beautiful wife I have.”

She gave him a faint smile.

The pain he was seeing in her eyes tore at him. He could only imagine what those women said to her. Hell, the fact that Christa came up to him and kissed him in front of everyone was probably enough to cause pain like this.

“Listen to me, and listen very carefully because I am only going to say this once. Before I laid my eyes on you, I was that playboy. Dane, Darius, Blaine and I would go out on the town and try our luck with any girl we could. If you want to use the term whores with us, then feel free. We were. If she would lie down for us, we jumped on her.”

“That sounds like it would fit the guy I saw.”

“How do you know Blaine?” he asked, forcing himself to stay calm. The predator in him came to surface. He didn’t like how she lit up while they talked about Blaine. As far as Devon was concerned, Blaine was the biggest playboy around. Hell, one of the reasons he left town was because he was starting to go through all the girls alone, leaving hardly any for the Compound to match up. Shit, the poor bastard was kicked out of Treece by 111

his father until he grew up. Everyone was waiting for him to come back, especially the ladies. With Devon now off the market, Dane staying aloof, and Darius, Lord only knew where and what he was doing, Blaine was the last of their pack to get married. That was something Devon didn’t think he would ever see. He couldn’t picture his buddy Blaine going to the Compound and picking out a bride.

“I saw him tonight in the gardens.”

Devon felt his heart pound. It had been many years since he saw Blaine and to know the guy was at the ball, but didn’t come in was a shock. “You saw him?”

“Yeah.” She frowned at him. “What’s wrong?”

Devon shook off his feeling of betrayal over his friend not coming and seeing him. He gave Kera a smile. “Nothing. I haven’t seen Blaine in a very long time. I miss him, that’s all.

Darius calls and comes by more than what Blaine seems to do.”

“Oh.”

“Listen, Kera.” He took a deep breath. “What I was trying to say is that I have done a few things in my past, but I didn’t choose my past. I chose you, and I want this to work between us. I need this to work.”

“I’m not sure it can,” she whispered.

He took another deep breath. “How about this? As much as I hate to say this, I will. Give me a couple months.. If things don’t work out between us, and you feel nothing toward me, I’ll let you go.” When he looked in her eyes, he swore he almost saw regret in them. It gave him hope. Hope that maybe deep down she didn’t want him to let her go. “Call it a truce if you want.”

“A truce?”

Devon saw the tears threatening to fall from her eyes. “Yes, as much as I hate it. I’ll give you some time, not sure how long though, to get to know me, and hopefully to care about me. If nothing is there, I will let you go and give you the means to live as you wish.”

“What about your investment? The money you spent on me?”

He touched her lower lip, grazing it with his thumb. “I never bought you, Kera. You’re not a piece of property to me.” He smiled tenderly. “But if you feel nothing for me and things don’t 112

work out, then your jail sentence is over.”

Kera chuckled. “Yeah, you have been kind of like a jail keeper, or what do they call them guys? Um… a warden.”

Devon laughed. “We have a deal then?”

She bit her lower lip, and he held his breath. “Deal,” she answered softly.

Devon smiled tenderly. He took a deep breath and pulled her into his arms, hugging her as he rested his chin on top of her head. “It’s a deal. I promise. You won’t regret it.”

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The weeks went by, and Devon and Kera worked at getting to know each other. Kera managed to stay as far away from Cameron as she could when he came to visit, because every time they were around one another, he made her feel uneasy.

He watched her constantly, which bothered her and Devon. And she worked at not throwing things when Devon poked at her, a difficult task for her. Many times, she let her temper get the best of her, and each time that happened, Devon would kiss her in a way that had her forgetting what they were fighting about.

They were in one of their tiffs when Cameron came unexpectedly for a visit. She was strolling around the back of the house, thinking about her life when she turned and found Cameron standing behind her.

Kera turned, startled. “Where did you come from?”

Cameron smiled a smile that had her insides crawling and the caution flag going up. She backed up, hugging herself.

“I heard the two of you were getting along,” Cameron stated.

“So I had to come and see for myself.” He licked his lips, his gaze roamed up and down her body. “I must say, I’m very impressed he tamed you. I never thought it would happen.”

“I’m not a fucking animal,” she informed him through clinched teeth.

“No, you’re not,” he stated. The way he stared at her had her thinking up something quick to get away. “But I bet you are in bed.”

Has he lost his mind? “I have to go, Cameron. My stomach is suddenly turning.”

Cameron laughed the whole time Kera walked around the house. The sound sent chills of dread crawling on her skin. Why, she didn’t understand. All she did know was that when he was around, her skin crawled, and the need to run overwhelmed her.

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Instead of taking a chance of running into him again, Kera headed up to the bedroom. She started to wonder if he was here again in order to try to get money from Devon. It seemed to be all he ever did when he came here, the fucking leech. Why didn’t he go out and earn his damn money like everyone else did?

Up in her room, Kera walked to the balcony and sat down in one of the chairs. She looked around at the trees and the grounds, wondering if, after the time Devon promised her, she could really leave. She didn’t want him to know she was having a hell of a time coming to terms with it herself, but she was falling for him. Never did she think the word love would come to her when all of this was pushed at her, but now she was thinking differently. She was falling for Devon, but afraid of getting her heart broken again.

On a sigh, she stood up and went back inside. She heard the shower running and started wondering why Devon would be taking a shower late in the afternoon. Biting her lower lip, she walked over to the bathroom door and peeked in. She watched him as he took his shower, letting her gaze roam over his body.

His back was to the door, so she got her full view of him. His back was so strong, flexing as he moved his arms. Even his ass was tight as he moved. The feel of his body under her hands and the memories of his strength had her gut turning and a dampness starting between her legs.

Before she could get caught, she turned and went to the bed. Sitting down she waited, but for what, she wasn’t sure. She didn’t really want to talk to Devon, but going back downstairs meant she was taking a chance of bumping into Cameron again.

“Hey.”

Kera turned. She hadn’t heard the water shut off or him moving around. That was how deep in her thoughts she was.

“Hey.”

“You okay? You look like you’ve seen a ghost or something.”

She watched him knot the towel around his waist and shake his wet hair about. “Just another run-in with Cameron. Sorry, but your cousin gives me the creeps.”

“That’s his special charm.” Devon smiled.

“What are you doing taking a shower?”

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some clothes out. “Oh I was chopping some wood. I got all sweaty and smelly. I thought we could have a nice fire-side dinner together.” He looked over his shoulder at her, dropping the towel but keeping his back to her. “Might romance you some, show you my sexy side.” He smiled.

Chuckling, Kera stood. “Well, lately all I have gotten to see is the ass side.” She let her gaze roam over his backside as she headed to the door. “So this might be something new.” She stopped at the door, smiling back at him. “How about lobster again?”

Devon laughed at her sexy smile and didn’t stop smiling as he dressed and went back downstairs.