Falling Hard (Veronica's Secret) (6 page)

Veronica opened a link to Benard’s thoughts. She could tell that he was relaxed too. He wanted her to be calm, but he also wanted her to want him. She decided to ask him a question with the link still open. She wanted to test her new abilities.

“What will you do
,” she said, “if we can never find a way to love each other?”

He remained silent for a moment but his thoughts swirled through a
number of possible answers. Some of them doubted that she would be unable to love him. Some said that it wouldn’t matter, that she would do her duty as his wife one way or another.

Finally he answered.

“I suppose,” he said, “that is always a possibility, though I hope we can live in respect for one another’s wishes. We will still be required to have children together. I don’t really see the need to worry about not being able to love each other at this point. We just met a few days ago.”

His thoughts showed the truth
in his words. She released the link. “I see your point.”

“I will never treat you with cruelty, Veronica. That’s not the kind of man I am. But I also won’t tolerate my Queen sleeping around on me. Even if you never love me, I expect you to be faithful to me, and I will swear to be faithful to you. I won’t lie about being extremely attracted to you. I think you’re sexy as hell.”

Veronica looked up into his eyes. She could see the desire he felt in them. She let her guard down and brought her lips up to his without any thoughts of Aaron for the first time.

His arms pulled her into him and she liked it. The feel of his strong arms wrapped around her made her feel safe. The kiss heated up. Everything else in the world flew off into oblivion. She wanted his tongue inside her mouth, and his lips caressing the curves of her body.

His hands moved to the buttons on the front of her dress. He undid several of them until her breasts were exposed.

“You are so beautiful,” he said as he pulled out of the kiss to admire her firm breasts.

A moment later his tongue was on them.

His free hand made its way to the skirt of her dress. He pulled it up to her waist, revealing crimson panties. For a moment all he did was kiss and lick at her nipples while his hands roamed the softness of her legs, hips, and abdomen
.

Then he moved his head back up to kiss her once again. “I want you, Veronica.” He rubbed his fingers over her silky panties
, and his touch caused a wave of desire to run through her entire body.

“But only if you want me too.”

Veronica spoke without hesitation. She wanted him. She’d wondered if her body would respond to the touch of a man she didn’t love, but now she was finding out that it would.

“Yes!”

He positioned himself down between her legs, pulling her panties down over her hips to reveal her aching pussy.

He
buried his face between her thighs.

“Oh yes,” she whispered as she opened her legs wide for him. She cupped her breasts hard and pinched at her nipples while his tongue probed deep into her.

He grabbed her legs and pushed them up into the air so he could position himself closer. His tongue moved up and down her slit, plunging as deep inside her as he could manage, then moving up to her clit while first one and then two fingers slipped inside her.

“
Mmm, that feels incredible.” She wanted more.

Suddenly she was overcome by the desire to please him. “I want your cock in my mouth.” Her words came out breathy.

Benard groaned.

He pulled himself up to stand as she knelt in front of him on the grass. She untied his pants and
pulled out his long thick shaft.

Veronica was a little nervous. She’d never sucked on a cock before, but didn’t think it would be that difficult to please him with her mouth. She kissed the head tantalizingly a few times while she looked up to see his reaction.

His eyes closed. “You tease.”

She grinned up at him with a naughty little smile. She pushed her tongue up against the base
, slowly bringing it up to his head, and licked around the head in a swirl.

Again he groaned, but louder. “Suck on it.”

She lowered her mouth and pushed down over it as far as she could. He was big enough that she could only get about halfway, so she brought one hand up around the base to massage the rest of him as she let his cock slip in and out of her mouth.

All the while
, she wondered what it would feel like to have such a big cock inside her.

“That feels incredible.” He stared down at her. “You’re so beautiful, Veronica.”

She sucked on him for a moment, licked on the head for a few seconds to relax her jaw, then drove her mouth back around him for a while longer.

His grunts and moans came louder and his hips rocked gently against her. Finally he pulled away. “Flip over,” he commanded. “I need to feel you wrapped around me
.”

She liked him taking charge. “Like this?” She rolled over onto her stomach.

“Up on your hands and knees.” Benard hooked his hands under her hips to help her up.

He spread her legs apart and rubbed his swollen head along her slit.

Oh, that feels good.
Veronica hadn’t known if she would be able to enjoy it with another man, but it was a whole different experience with Benard.

The head of his penis sunk into the soft heat of her pussy. She couldn’t help but moan as he filled her up with the thick length of his
cock. He began pushing his hips into her, grabbing her hips to guide himself farther inside of her. “You’re so tight.”

At first there was a sting as she stretched to fit him inside her. But it didn’t take long for the heat and pleasure to return. It made Veronica feel faint. She reached under her belly to mas
sage her clit with her fingers.

The feeling was incredible.

Groaning, Benard pulled her hips against him harder and faster. He reached forward and tangled his fingers in her hair. He didn’t pull hard, but the sensation of being dominated made Veronica whimper.

Her fingers worked her clit faster. The pleasure it gave her sent her senses over the top.
Benard’s hips slammed into her. The wave of heat washed over her as she climaxed with a scream of pure passion.

Benard
continued to pound into her for several more strokes. His grunts came louder and faster. The hand that had held her hair moved to swat at her bottom. With a few more monstrous strokes, he gasped and grunted as his hot juices flowed into her.

He stood there
, leaning against her for a moment, while his breath came under control.

Veronica rolled over onto her back, careful not to
touch her dress. Benard lay next to her and kissed her gently.

“Was that okay for you? I didn’t hurt you
, did I?”

“No
, you didn’t hurt me. That was incredible.” She closed her eyes and leaned over to lay her head on his chest. Relaxation and peace flooded over her.

Veronica woke in Benard’s arms. She felt more at peace than she expected to. He was already awake, and looking at her. It was still dark outside but the moon had passed beyond sight of the castle proper.

Benard
spoke in a soft voice. “Any idea when the gardener comes around? I’d hate to have someone walk up on us here.”

Veronica laughed. “Good point. Sometime around dawn. We should be on our way.”

Before she could pull herself up to stand, Benard leaned over her and kissed her one more time. His lips lingered there only for a moment, but it was enough to get her excitement stirring again.

Maybe there is hope for us someday. Maybe.

Benard stood and helped her up. She pulled her panties back on, and buttoned up her dress.

Together they walked hand in hand back to her room. Veronica didn’t know how to treat him now. Was she supposed to fawn all over him like a young girl? Was she supposed to spend every possible minute of her time with him?

Once they reached her door, she turned toward him. “This is all so new to me. I’m glad we did … what we did.”

“Me too.” He leaned forward and kissed her on the cheek. “Get some sleep. We can talk this afternoon.”

He turned and walked toward his room. Veronica felt a twinge of loneliness as she left, but she didn’t understand what it meant.

You’ve never been afraid of being alone before. What’s wrong with you? You don’t need a man to make you strong.
She realized that a small part of her heart had found its way to him. She didn’t understand how that was possible when she loved Aaron so much.

She lay in her bed
, unable to sleep until long past dawn. She felt guilty for replacing Aaron so quickly, but she’d truly enjoyed her night with Benard.

A knock on her door startled Veronica awake.

“What?” she yelled.

The door opened and Bree, her maid, poked her head inside. “Miss Veronica. There is a man downstairs who requests to speak to you.”

“I’m sleeping. Tell whoever it is to go away.” Veronica threw a pillow over her head to block out the light.

Bree closed the door and approached her bed. “I would, Miss, but he say it’s very urgent that he speaks with you.”

“Who is it?”

“His name is Jarrod. He was one of the guards assigned to escorting Miss Nayla and Master Aaron.”

Veronica sat up, throwing the pillow
aside. “What the hell is he doing here? Shouldn’t they be home by now?”

“Miss Veronica, I do not know. This guard says that it is urgent that he speak to you and you alone. What shall I tell him?”

“Alone?”

Bree nodded.

“Okay. Have him meet me in the small conference room in the east wing they don’t use. I certainly don’t want a strange man up here in my room.”

Bree nodded and left the room in a hurry.

Veronica quickly cleaned up, changed her clothes, and brushed her hair. Then she made her way down to the east wing.

She stepped into the unused conference room with her nerves on high alert.
Has something happened to Aaron and Nayla? Why does he want to speak to me alone?

The man inside sat in
a chair. He looked tired and dirty. His arms and one of his legs had deep gashes in them. “Oh dear. Jarrod? I should get you the healer.”

She moved to leave, but he stopped her. “Wait. I have urgent news of Aaron … and
Nayla.” When he said her name he sounded like he was going to choke.

“News? What kind of news?” Veronica found her breath coming in short spurts.

“Our camp was attacked the first night out. Nayla, Aaron, another guard, and I were the only ones who escaped. We traveled back this way on foot. Late yesterday evening we were attacked again, by four grolls.”

Veronica gasped. Her hands moved to cover her mouth. “Oh
, god. What happened? Where are they? Please tell me they’re okay!”

Tears formed in Jarrod’s eye.
“One of the grolls seemed to be a leader of sorts,” he said. “He spoke our language. They killed the other guard. Then he ordered them to kill Nayla, and take Aaron. The leader approached me and made certain that I come to you and give this message to you and no one else.”

Veronica was almost afraid to ask what the message was. If she
didn’t know it, then maybe it wasn’t real. Finally she choked out the words. “What message?”

“He said
, ‘Tell Princess Veronica we’ll take care of him until she comes to get him. Tell her to head straight east beyond her borders. I will find her and guide her to my master.’”

Nayla’s
knees grew week. She backed up until she hit the door. Her body slid down the door until she sat on the floor. “Nayla is dead?”

Jarrod nodded.

“And Aaron … they took Aaron? Who is their master?”

“I don’t know. He just said that you needed to go alone to the east. The
grolls would not attack you, and he would meet you beyond the borders of Palinna.”

“This can’t be true. It can’t be real.” Veronica stared into his eyes and pushed open a link to his thoug
hts. Sadness, pain, regret, and sickness at what he’d seen washed through the invisible link at her.

“I slept with her, and then I watched her die … I don’t want it to be real either, but it is … They ate her. They’re all dead. All of them. Except Aaron.”

His thoughts were a jumble flooding into her, but she didn’t release it. She pushed the link harder. She wanted to know everything that had happened.

With th
at came i
mages of the massacre.

First she saw
Nayla before him, sucking on him, looking intoxicated with pleasure. The next image showed the entire camp under attack. Bodies were strewn everywhere. Then she saw three of them walking, exhausted.

The final image showed Aaron being carried away by
grolls while another held Nayla down.

“Oh
, god. It is real.” She let go of the link, not even capable of surprise at the new way she could use her ability. Tears came pouring out of her eyes. Pain ripped through her chest. She felt her entire world crashing down, falling hard around her.

Suddenly Cla
rissa’s words came back to her.

“A death is
soon to come.”

That death must have been
Nayla’s. I thought it was going to be my father. Why Nayla?  She’s my only friend in this world. Why would they want Aaron and not her?

The rest of what Clarissa said came back to her.

“A great change is happening in and around you. You will make a choice. A big one. Soon.”
She knew now what that choice was.

She didn’t know how she was going to do it, but she knew she had to find a way to rescue Aaron. Alone.