Awoken by the Sheikh (4 page)

Rashid
towered over her, and his hand burned through the sheer material at her back as
he ushered her inside the tent and its lavish interior. She curled her toes
into the thick, lush pile of the oriental carpet. Scattered lanterns brought
out the incredible array of colors. The low seating was covered in silk scarves
and the air thick with incense and sensual promise. She drew a shuddering
breath into her lungs, when Rashid’s arms went round her waist and drew her
into his hard frame, until her back rested against his chest

“
You have been a very naughty girl, my pretty.” His
harsh voice skimmed along the sensitive skin of her neck, and her heart slammed
into her chest bone. Arousal warred with unease at his next whispered words.
“Did I give you permission to come without me?”

“
Wha
—what?”

Oh. My.
God.

 
Had he
heard about her bath’s adventures? Or worse, had he watched her? At the
thought, her heart missed a beat. His large hands dug into her hips, and she
gasped at the rock hard erection that pressed into her buttocks. Moist heat
pooled between her thighs, and she found it hard to breathe.

“
Naughty girls need to be punished.”

Punished?
What on earth did he mean? Before she could question him he spun her around in
his arms. One hand pinched her nipple hard. The pain was more arousing than she
would have thought possible, and his other hand fisted in her hair and yanked
her head up. He pinched her again, harder this time. The desire she saw in his
dark eyes as he assessed her reaction made the pain spiral down towards her
pussy.

“
Stop, you’re hurting me!”
Is that breathy denial
really my voice
? Her heart turned into a jackhammer as she waited for his
next move, and arousal warred with fear.

He tugged
her closer into his solid wall of muscle. A small smile played on his lips at
her sharp intake of breath when the move brought her clit in direct contact
with the broad tip of his cock. It nudged at her through the thin fabric of
both their clothing.

 
“
You don’t
want me to stop.”

The growl
in her ear, combined with another sharp pinch to her other nipple sent her
breathing into erratic overdrive as one large hand cupped her wet folds. Heaven
help her, a stab of pure lust made her knees tremble.
 
His low chuckle had to be the sexiest sound
she’d ever heard. His stubble grazed her neck as he suckled on her skin and
sank his teeth into her flesh at just the right side of pleasuring pain.

He took
her moan into his mouth, and his tongue dueled with hers, before he nipped at
her bottom lip hard enough for her to taste her own blood. Startled, she tried
to pull away from him. His iron grip wouldn’t let her, however, and his
predatory smile held her captive. “I can smell your pussy, and I’m going to
taste you until you scream for my cock to fill you, deep and hard, right here.”

Astrid
gasped at the sudden rip of her dress, and cool air hit her naked flesh. Rashid
thrust one finger into her juices before inserting that digit right into her
anus, pulling her closer still. The shock of the unexpected invasion made her
sink her teeth into her lips to stop herself from moaning. “No, please,
Rashid.”

Another
finger thrust deep, and lifted her up on her tiptoes until her hands had to
grab his shoulders for support.

“
That’s no,
my lord
.”

 
At the
shake of her head, a third finger stretched her further, and she couldn’t help
the startled sob he caught in his mouth in a bruising kiss.

“
Yield to me, my bad, bad girl, or your punishment will
be worse.”

Oh. My.
God.
He couldn’t mean that, surely. But what did she know
about this dark stranger?
Nothing but her body’s complete
arousal in his presence.
Even now, hovering between the pain and
pleasure his relentless fingers up her ass were giving her, she wanted his cock
inside her so badly she could scream.
What is wrong with me?

His gaze
locked with hers, his breathing harsh, his pupils so dilated his eyes were
almost black. He pushed deeper into her, the pain bringing tears to her eyes as
he almost lifted her off the floor entirely. “Yield to me, my pretty, now!
Trust me.”

Astrid
couldn’t resist. Something in that dark gaze pulled her right into his barely
controlled power. “Yes, my lord.”

The
brilliant smile took her breath away, and she winced as his fingers slowly and
carefully withdrew.

“
Good girl. Now shut your eyes.”

“
Why?” She couldn’t help but utter the question, even
though her insides churned at the thought of his displeasure.

Sure
enough, he growled in answer, the sound so low and animalistic that every
feminine cell in her body just melted, until she had to fight the urge to sink
to her knees in front of him. He raised his eyebrows, moved to stand behind
her, and then slapped her ass hard enough to make her gasp. Gooseflesh broke
out over her exposed skin when he tugged her head back on his shoulder and she
saw his sinful grin. Astrid’s breath stalled in her lungs at the first of
several more openhanded swats to her behind. They left her butt on fire. Heat
traveled over her skin and sent her arousal up another notch. Surely being
spanked like this should not turn her on even more, and make her wish he would
bend her over his knee and do the job properly? By the time he’d delivered that
last stinging swat, she gasped her answer.

“
Yes, my lord.”

“
That’s better, my pretty.” She could hear the smile in
his voice and feel it in the butterfly kisses on her shoulder blades as he
circled her. The swish of cool silk over her sensitive tummy made her pull in
the muscles there in anticipation. The silk moved higher, a bare whisper across
her engorged breasts, before it settled over her eyes. His warm hand grasped
hers and lifted her arm high as another slow, tantalizing swish of silk slid up
her body before he tied it around her wrist, and secured her arm high above her
head. The tickle of yet more silk started on the inside of her thigh this time,
and brushed across her clit repeatedly. It caused more of her juices to moisten
her already wet pussy lips, and beads of perspiration broke out on her skin. Astrid
could smell her own arousal in the air, mixed with the unique scent of the man
breathing into her ear. His sharp intake of breath told her he was as affected
as she was. The whispered Arabic words breathed against her flesh sent shivers
of awareness down her spine. Rashid lifted her other arm so high, she had to
once again stand on tiptoes.

“
My lord?”
She
hated the wobble in her voice, but she needed some reassurance right now.

“
Shhh
, trust
me.” His deep voice soothed the flutters of unease in her tummy. “I won’t hurt
you any more than you’ll need me to. If it truly gets too much, your safe word
is Sahara, understood? You do know what a safe word is, right?”

Astrid
nodded, unable to speak at that moment, and he laughed. It seemed almost
menacing, and her clit clenched anew at the dark sound.

“
Good girl. I should warn you, however. If you cry red
without really needing to, I’ll know, and you will not enjoy
that
punishment. Are we clear?”

Astrid
nodded and gasped when he yanked her head back by her hair with enough force
for her scalp to sting.

“
I need to hear you say the words, my pretty, or this
all stops now.”

She
blinked back tears and had to clear her throat several times to get her voice
to work.

“
Yes, my lord, we’re clear.”

Rashid
murmured something in his mother tongue, and released a long drawn out breath,
as though he’d stopped breathing in wait for her answer. The thought that he
cared this much, the knowledge of how important this seemed to him, gave her a
warm glow inside. She couldn’t even begin to explain that bubble of happiness
bursting inside of her at his obvious approval. Astrid had never thought of
herself as submissive before, but right here, right now, the world narrowed to
just the two of them, and it seemed terribly important to her to please him.

Rashid
withdrew, and the air moved next to her. The rustle of clothes behind her sent
adrenaline swamping through her system. Was he undressing? Would he finally
fuck her like she wanted him to? A feather light caress on her ass made her try
to arch into it, but it was gone before she achieved her desire. Another touch
on her breasts and this time she moved forward, but again it was gone before
she could prolong the contact. Her groan of frustration was met by a low
chuckle as one hand finally closed around her breast. His calloused digits
kneaded her flesh softly, before he replaced the hand with his hot mouth. Her
whole body jerked at his tongue laved the erect bud, and he grazed his teeth
over the sensitive peaks. Every pull send another stab of lust to her core, and
she rubbed her thighs together in a vain attempt to soothe the ache. She yanked
at the restraints, and the silk sank deeper into her wrists.

“
Rashid, please…” She whimpered the words, and Astrid
strained against the soft silk binding her wrists.

The slap
on her ass stung and brought tears to her eyes, not at the pain, but the loss
of his mouth on her aching flesh. “I’m sorry, my lord. Please, please … I need
you.”

She
moaned in relief when his mouth resumed its erotic exploration of her body. He
took his time and caressed every inch of her skin with his lips, teeth, tongue,
and finally nimble fingers until she was one boneless bag of need, and grateful
for the silken bonds that held her up. Astrid didn’t recognize this wanton woman,
who pleaded with him to take, to touch her clit and fuck her. To use her as he
saw fit. To please,
please
do something.

“
Soon, my pretty, soon.”

Oh thank
God, finally.
She was going to come the minute he touched her. The
throbbing in her bud turned painful as his hands grabbed her thighs firmly, and
spread her wider, until her feet lifted off the floor completely. She hung
there for a moment with the silk shackles holding her up. The pain in her arms
added to her arousal, and his hot breath on her clit almost sent her over the
edge. When he lifted her legs on his shoulders, supporting her weight, his
mouth finally closed on the engorged bud between her legs. His gentle suckles
sent her hurtling over the edge, and her scream of completion echoed in her ears.

“
That’s my girl. Scream for me, my pretty.
 
I want to see you gush for me, so that I can
lap up your cream.”

The dirty
words grumbled into her sensitized flesh kicked her arousal up again, and he
took every last one of her spasms.
 
His
fingers dug into the soft flesh of her ass, while he tunneled his tongue in and
out of her desperately clenching pussy hole. He licked her slit to clit and
back again, and then ran a path of heated arousal up to her anus. Astrid yanked
on her restraints at the invasion of his tongue into her nether hole, and she
shook her head from side to side.

“
No, please, I can’t … too much … it’s … oh, yes, yes.”

Astrid
flew again and again, utterly helpless to resist his talented tongue and
fingers. Her earlier orgasms faded into nothingness under his grumbled demands
into her pussy.

“
Again, my pretty.
One last time.
Come for me.”

With his
fingers fucking her into another mind splintering release, the world spun, and
Astrid screamed Rashid’s name until she was hoarse.
 
His hands supported her ass, taking more of
the weight off her arms, as he shifted his position, and his mouth collided
with hers. She could taste herself mixed in with his own essence, as their
tongues mated in brutal intensity, until he broke the kiss. His harsh breath
whispered in her ear was the most erotic sound ever. The thick tip of his cock
ran along her slit, and anticipation of his invasion of her made her breath
come in short pants.

“
What do you want?” Rashid’s voice sounded strained and
thick with lust.
 
He held her perfectly
still, and she groaned in helpless need.
 
He removed her blindfold with his teeth, and Astrid blinked at the
sudden light, mesmerized by the intensity of his desire darkened gaze.

“
Say it, my pretty. I want to hear you beg for it.”

Female power
surged through her at the grunted words. He wanted her to beg, did he?
 
More like he was begging her. Trembles
started in his biceps and spread through his body, giving him away. His growl
grew deeper at the smile she gave him, his features ever harsher. Rashid held
himself still at her entrance, and his fingers dug deep into her butt cheeks.
The sweet pain on her abused ass made her bite her lips, and he flashed his
teeth at her in the semblance of a smile.