Awakening (The Magic of the Black Forest Book 2) (34 page)

I cut him off by putting my finger up, asking him to wait. I paced back and forth.

“Don’t leave…”

Again I cut him off. I remembered the first time I conjured up my sharp fangs and bit him….

“Natalia…”

I put my shield down so he could hear what I’m thinking.

…the way I made him feel. It had been incredible to feel him lose control like that. His emotions were pure. I knew how he felt when he felt my emotions. He let me in and his love for me, for us, overwhelmed me that night. That’s the night I wanted to make last forever. He had given himself to me in a way he never had before. And even though he said we’d never do it again, we did, today.

“Why?” I asked confused and a little worried that it may have been for her benefit.

“No, not for her. You started it,” he pointed. “You bit me first. The way you were teasing me, you never did that sort of thing publicly before. It totally turned me on. Then the way you looked at me when I said I was going back into the house. I didn’t just see it, I felt it. You wanted me and only me.” He pulled me tightly against his body. The full moon lit up our backyard and he looked beautiful in it. “Do you know how incredible it feels knowing that someone feels that way about you? I feel the same way about you.” He shrugged his shoulders, uncaringly. “I figured we were already being rude. Your body was calling mine. I wanted you just as much as you wanted me.

“Since we’re breaking all the rules today…” Again we fell to the ground as he kissed me seductively. “May I?” He whispered in my ear.

I melted, crumbling willingly, making only one request, “Don’t shred my jeans, I really like them.”

He chuckled softly against my neck, “Why don’t you do the honors?” Once we were stripped of our clothing Bradley slowly sunk his teeth into my flesh. Immediately aroused, I bit his shoulder while we rolled around naked on the grass making love.

When we finally got to the back porch we realized that our guests were still here. Now totally embarrassed I didn’t want to go in. Feeling my hesitation he pulled me into his arms.

“What are they doing?”

“They’re playing cards. And I think Jess ate the entire cake you made.”

“Do I look okay? I mean is there anything in my hair or on my clothes?”

He spun me around and dusted me off, pulling grass from my hair.

“Perfect.” He smiled. I started to walk up the steps but he grabbed me from behind, “One more thing.”

He moved the hair from the back of my neck and bit me again. With his arms wrapped around my waist, he pressed his body tightly against the back of mine. This time felt different than the last few times.

“Bradley, don’t stop, please…”

I felt his hand move slowly up my throat as he sucked. He was being deliberate again just the way I liked it. I could feel him inside me. With every swallow of my blood it felt as though he was really thrusting his cock inside my pussy. When his fingers grazed my lips, I sucked them in and bit down. Like after a volcano erupts and hot lava pours down the side of it, I felt my juices pouring out of me. I gasped for air and my body shook uncontrollably from my orgasm.

“You make me feel incredible, invincible when you react to my touch that way. Thank you.” He whispered the sweet words lovingly into my ear.

“No-o. Thank you.” I could barely speak. We stood in the same position for several moments. “Wow.”

Chuckling, he released me and spun me to face him. He grabbed my hand and placed it between his legs. “What am I supposed to do with this?”

Beaming with excitement, “I know exactly what to do with that.” He let out a boisterous laugh that echoed through the forest.

“We have guests, my love.”

“Yes, you do! Now get in here,” Colleen threatened from the back door.

Without turning to face her, he smiled, “How long have you been standing there, Colleen?”

“Seconds after your laughter shook the house.”

“Come on. Let’s go in before she starts yelling at us.”

He laughed loudly again as he covered up his bite mark on my neck.

Suddenly, I felt embarrassed.

“What Natalia?”

“I liked it from behind.”
The fire erupting in my cheeks, I pulled my eyes from his, too shy to hold them there.

“That is exactly what I mean. Thank you. I love you!” Caressing his right hand on my left cheek he added, “I love it when you blush. Let’s go kick our guests out of our house.”

“Okay.” I giggled.

When we walked through the back door Jesse was shoving what appeared to be the last piece of cake in his mouth. I crossed my arms over my chest and began to stare him down.

“Looks like someone is in trouble,” Bradley laughed.

“Nat, are you alright?” Cheryl asked pointing to my neck.

“Yea, why?” I felt Bradley’s hand cover up his love bite.

“Sorry, love. Forgot to seal it.” His ran his tongue along my neck, sealing up his puncture marks and cleaning up the blood that escaped. Another new skill he inherited recently.

“Did you get it all,” I teased.

“Of course,” he chuckled.

When we both turned back to our guests, Dave looked disappointed. Jess trembled with anger. Cheryl and Colleen were frozen with what appeared to be both fear and romance.

“Well before anyone gets all worked up. I’m fine.”

“Yeah, she tripped and fell. A branch punctured her neck.”

“Yeah and Bradley was kind enough to help me clean it up.”

“Brad, I’d like to talk to you outside for a minute.” Frowning Dave got up and went to the front door. “Natalia, would you mind taking my place in the poker game?”

“Sure, I know my way around a deck.”

“So, Jess, I hear you and Coll have started working on making a family. Yay!” I clapped.

“Thanks, Nat. Nice try in your attempt to change the subject. It sounds like we need to talk.” He looked with disfavor upon me.

“Sure…” I was about to say in private but he blurted out his question before I could even finish.

“Did he bite you?” he shouted angrily.

“Settle down, Jess. Maybe you guys should have this conversation in private,” Colleen hollered back.

“Yes, I agree. Not that it’s any of your business, Jess. Let’s go take a walk out back.”

When we got on the back porch Jess threw me onto his back and took off running. He didn’t run as fast or smooth as Bradley. Jess was fast but I felt every step he took. Every time his feet hit the ground, it sounded as though it crumbled under his feet. We were deep in the woods, near where Bradley had killed the cougar, he stopped. Dropping me to my feet, he grabbed hold of my neck and yanked my hair out of the way.

“Hey! Be easy, Jess.” I know he didn’t mean it. Colleen always says that Jess doesn’t know his own strength. She was right. He’s hurting me and I knew it had been unintentional. “You’re hurting me Jess!”

Immediately he let go.

“You let him bite you?”

“Relax, Jess…”

“Natalia, I’m coming. Where are you? I can’t pick up your scent.”
He must’ve known that Jesse was at it again with his vexations.

“
I’m okay. Jesse’s just upset. We’ll be back in a few.”

“Jess, look, there’s a lot that you don’t know about us. Please know that he isn’t hurting me when he does it.”

“That wasn’t the first time?”

Smiling shyly I replied, “No. Please, Jess, don’t be upset. I do appreciate that you care enough to defend me like this, but I don’t want you and Bradley fighting.” I felt confused why he would be upset if tonight was the first time?

“Okay, Jess, now tell me why you were so upset until you realized that tonight wasn’t the first time.”

“Honestly, I thought he was giving you what you wanted for screwing up with that bitch.”

In that moment, we heard a few fallen branches snap and crackle. My fear kept me from turning around.

“So I’m a bitch?” My blood curdled from the sound of her voice.

While trying to figure out what to do I felt something cold and wet nudge me, right before Jess flipped me onto his grizzly back and started running. As a grizzly he could really run fast. Not as fast as my Bradley but fast still the same. I barely felt his paws hitting the ground. I grabbed hold of his fur and snuggled deep against him. Heat poured from his body, it felt extremely comforting. Relishing in his warmth, I hadn’t been paying attention to the approaching danger. That’s until I heard Jesse roar and felt the two of us being thrown through the air. Airborne, I screamed for Bradley and Dave.

My body bounced a few times after hitting the ground, and Jess, he smashed his head against a tree. Unconscious, he shifted back to human form and now lay there, naked, with blood pouring from the open wound on his head.

When I saw her walking towards us, I jumped on top of him, held him tight and envisioned us in my living room. To my relief when I opened my eyes the two of us were there.

Colleen, kneeling beside Jesse, screamed for him to wake up. Using magic I summoned the poultice, spread it on the large open wound on his forehead and started chanting, but Colleen’s distress kept breaking my concentration.

“Cheryl, please take Colleen into the kitchen.”

“Bradley, I need you!”

Again I started to chant, repeating the spell over and over again but I was still having trouble concentrating. Finally, Bradley and Dave walked in through the kitchen.

“Wait. Let me finish.” I turned to Jess before turning back to the other two. “Don’t move!” I warned playfully to Bradley.

This time as I chanted I saw it working. It took several minutes before Jess woke. When he did, he jumped up and spun around several times trying to figure out where he was. I didn’t want to see him naked so I covered my face. I felt Bradley grab me. Once I had been removed from the awkward situation I opened my eyes. Looking at him, I asked if he saw her.

Nodding his head yes, he asked, “Are you okay?”

I showed him the strap that held my gems. “Told you they worked. She threw us both through the air. I didn’t get hurt but Jess did.”

Suddenly a pair of jeans and a t-shirt appeared in Jesse’s hands.

“Are you okay, Jess?” I asked, although I already knew he was.

Colleen hugged and kissed me. “Thank you for saving my Jesse.”

We all agreed we’d had enough excitement for one night. As Jess left I thanked him for the ride, “With exception to the last part it was fun!”

I went into the kitchen to clean up. Bradley beat me to the kitchen and sat on the counter waiting for me. Startled, I giggled.

“So how did it go with Dave?”

“He thinks we’re being reckless.”

“Does that translate into we can’t do it anymore?” I frowned.

Laughing he replied, “No, it doesn’t. I told him we had it under control. Why did you go out with Jesse?”

“He wanted to know if it was the first time. I told him no, and he seemed relieved.” I pulled him from the counter onto a chair. Standing behind him I started playing with his hair and continued giving him a play by play. When I finished I kissed his forehead. “So what happened with you? Are you alright?”

“Yes, I’m fine.” He pulled me around onto his lap.

“Why were you back there?”

He sighed. “Dave and I were wrestling.”

I tried to picture him doing this. “At first we didn’t hear you. When we stopped being childish we went out back and saw Margaret. She saw us, too, and ran in the opposite direction. We ran toward you, but you disappeared with Jess. How do you do that?”

“I’ve been practicing it. I didn’t like being held captive. Neat isn’t it. I’ve been neglecting my magic. I really need to practice more,” I rambled nervously.

“Why didn’t you tell me?” he asked disappointedly, as if I had purposely hid it from him.

“I came across the spell when I was working on my teeth. Even though my main reason for the spell was to escape when in danger, I thought I could use it to tease you. I’ll show you what I planned on doing. Wait here.”

I got up and went into the bathroom. With my shield up I put on a new outfit I had Colleen pick up for me. She dropped it off earlier and I hid it from him. Putting on the lingerie, I got excited because I couldn’t wait to show him. Concentrating, I envisioned myself on his lap and
poof
I was there.

His eyes practically popped out of his head.

“I had Colleen pick this up for me. My original plan was to show you my new trick after our guests left.” I kissed him and pictured us in our bed. I started to giggle when he realized we were there.

“Natalia, not tonight.”

“I was thinking maybe you could just hold me until I fell asleep. My intentions for this outfit were fulfilled several times throughout the day. I’m pretty tired but still wanted to tease you. Sort of a reminder of what’s to follow.” I laughed softly.

He started to hum me a tune. Yawning, I said, “You said you would sing your new song to me. I would love to hear it.”