From The Shadows (From The Shadows #1) (4 page)

“Yes please” I panted back.

So we said our goodbyes and went to the car.

My colleagues were disappointed that we didn’t stay longer, and all the way through our farewells I thought about how good a chance we would have of finding a place nearby, out of the sight of spying eyes, where we could just ravish each other, like RIGHT FREAKING NOW.

But we did get to the car and drove to Nathan’s apartment. When we were parked he walked around his truck to open my door like a true gentleman. But as he got there I saw the hunger in his eyes so I pulled him to me, braided my fingers together behind his head and once again we were lip locked and hot and heavy.

Trying not to break our contact he pulled my legs around his waist and carried me to the door. It took some time for him to manage to open the door, but by resting my back up against the front door and breaking our kiss for a few seconds he succeeded in finding his keys in his back pocket and sticking it in the lock. He then put his hands back on my ass and carried me inside, kicking the door shut with his foot.

“Shouldn’t we get rid of our outerwear..?” I wondered out loud, trying to get some much needed air into my lungs before our make out session restarted. But Nathan kept going through his apartment till we reached his bedroom.

When we were inside the room he threw me down on his bouncy bed which made me giggle and made him look down at me with that sexy grin of his that told me he was definitely part bad boy. He then bent down over me returning to our heavy make out session, and while we were all lips and tongues he reached back and pulled my high heel boots off my feet and stepped out of his own.

“Why don’t you move into the middle of the bed?” He said in a hoarse voice and I did as asked, never breaking eye contact with him. When I reached the middle of the bed he crawled after me with the persona of a predator stalking its prey and it only made me even hotter for him.

When Nathan joined me he took hold of my knees and spread them wide to make room for his sexy frame between my thighs and then he leaned down to lick over the swell of my breasts.

“Mmmmhmm Tasty…” He said in a husky hungry voice that left goose bumps all over my skin, and then he began to undo the hooks on my corset, one by one. It made me crazy and I couldn’t in a million years figure out how he could bare prolonging the foreplay when I knew he wanted to take me as much as I wanted him to. At this point I would not even mind him ripping my clothes to get it off faster. So when he finally got to the last hook and the corset fell away from my body I couldn’t get a hold of his shirt fast enough.

“You are wearing too damn much clothes, I think we need to remove it” I said as I got a hold of the bottom of his t-shirt and pulled it over his head so I could enjoy his sizzling upper body.

He chuckled and with mock disappointment in his voice he said “Did you consider I would have liked you laid bare before me before letting you have any of me?”

Yes I actually had considered it but I was too turned on to care. I wanted him so badly. So I just shook my head and lifted my right eyebrow to indicate a challenge “What are you going to do about it?”

“I might just tie you up!”

Oh that sounded sexy and I felt anticipation and a smile spreading over my face. I wouldn’t mind being at his mercy even though it meant I couldn’t touch that beautiful body.

Nathan then grabbed my wrists in one hand and brought them down over my head to show me just how easy it would be for him. Then he brought his lips down to my left nipple where he first licked around it and then sucked it into his mouth. He then bit lightly down on it, making me moan out loud. He brought the hand that wasn’t holding my wrists, down to my pants and began unbuttoning and unzipping them. Then he slipped his hand into my panties and stuck a thick digit into my heat. He smiled indicating that he loved how wet I was for him. He then ran his finger over my G’spot a few times before pulling away from me again and moving his hands down to the waistband of my pants to remove them from my body.

If I wasn’t panting before I definitely was now and my body felt like it was going to burst if he didn’t stop toying with me without allowing me some relief soon. As if reading my thoughts, Nathan bent down to take my right nipple in his mouth, and threw my pants into the corner of the room. He still wore his jeans and god was he a sight. Now that my hands had been freed I stuck my fingers into his hair to pull the hairband from his tresses, I wanted to feel those silky strands of dark hair.

He once again had me moaning out and rounding my back up from the bed in ecstasy just by sucking and biting my nipples. I bet he could have made me come just by keeping that up.

“I want you inside me” I panted

“You will” He answered, moving down my stomach with small kisses until he reached my clit.

“I just want to taste you first”

He blew cold air on my now swollen bundle of nerves and I was sure that would be enough to bring me over the edge, but it wasn’t quite and Nathan then stuck his tongue out to work at me, lifting my left leg over his shoulder to give him better access. He started by licking circles around my clit before moving in on it with short soft licks, bringing the fire to unbearable heights, and within a minute he had me screaming out his name in the throes of passion. The orgasm kept on shaking my body until I felt completely spent. When my muscles finally relaxed again, he stopped and moved up my body to kiss me on the lips.

You would have thought with an orgasm that intense I wouldn’t have been able to take more, and truth be told I had my doubts, but the need to feel him inside of me was too great, so while he took over my lips I began my short work on his zipper and urged them down his delicious butt. I couldn’t get them further down as we lay, so I moved my hands back to his butt and squeezed, trying to press him further into me. He groaned, ran his hand down my side and rolled his hips into me so I really could feel how stone hard he had become.

He sat up to remove his pants and briefs and then he came back to me, finding his place between my thighs and as he sunk into me he said “God you feel so good! I want. You. To. Be. MINE” The last word was more a growl. He then pulled almost out of me and then slammed into me a couple of times, hitting my sweet spot every time, making us both gasp for air. He was like a lion claiming his mate and there was no doubt in my mind that I would be his. At that point there was no question about if it was right or not and with that last thought I fell over the edge again and I pulled him with me into ecstasy.

When the world began to turn into normal again, Nathan put his head down on my chest while my fingers played lazily in his hair and we both drifted off to oblivion.

Chapter 5

We both woke with a startle when Nathan’s phone began blaring out a metal tune I was too tired to identify. I groaned in displeasure and fought to regain my sweet, sweet sleep but the phone kept on until Nathan finally gave in and reached for it while trying not to shake me too much. I think he thought I was still out cold.

“God damn… not now..!” he muttered and just pushed IGNORE on the screen.

I stretched and turned towards him.

“What time is it?”

“Too damn early” he answered annoyed and looked at his phone again before putting it back down on the nightstand.

“It’s 4 AM, so let´s just go back to sleep, I can take care of THAT when it´s actually morning”

He then pulled me into his arms again and kissed the top of my head.

I was too tired and comfortable to argue, though I knew something was amiss. We would have to talk about that tomorrow, but for now I just rested my head on his chest and let sweet oblivion overtake me once more.

When I woke again I was alone in Nathan’s huge bed and I could hear him moving around in the kitchen, talking with someone on the phone. He did NOT sound very happy and there was an extra edge to his voice. However I could tell he was trying to keep it down, maybe so he wouldn´t wake me up.

“Even if I knew where she was, I would sure as HELL not tell you…… NO I will not help you!”

Something was said and Nathan must have cut the call short in anger because there were no more talking, the only sounds left was him putting the coffee pot on the burner a bit too hard and then him swearing under his breath.

I figured it was time to get up and let him know I was awake instead of keep on listening in. But I was a little worried about how to act. Nathan rarely got mad and I didn´t remember the last time I had experienced him truly angry. So I tip toed to the open door, waiting for him to notice my presence.

When he did turn, his face went from cloudy to soft and he tried to smile at me.

“Hey babe, how did you sleep?”

Ignoring his question I instead asked “What is wrong? And who was that on the phone?”

His eyes regained some of their earlier anger and I could see him thinking through what he SHOULD tell me and what he should leave out.

“Nathan! Come on, tell me already” I tried, but was unable to keep the frustration I was beginning to feel out of my voice.

“Okay, okay Nikki… but don’t get mad at me”

I frowned at him. Why would I get mad at him?

“Mike keeps calling me, looking for you, convinced that I know where you are”

Oh.. this was really bad and I was NOT ready to face Mike yet. To tell the truth; I wasn’t sure I ever would be, or wanted to see him again.

As my worry slipped over my features Nathan came to me and pulled me into his arms. He kissed the top of my head and I felt the calm settling over my body and mind as I let myself relax into his warm embrace. It had been too long since I last felt this comfortable. Felt this kind of… love?

Mike might never have laid a hand on me but every day he had wounded me deeply with his venomous words, worse so when he got drunk. That had made me very nervous of his rage and the only time I relaxed was when Nathan was around because he would defend me and get me out of the fire when he needed to. I had however never thought he had done it out of anything more than friendship. Now being with him the last two days I began realizing it was because of so much more.

Like reading my mind Nathan whispered into my hair “I figured you needed some time before facing him”. He took a deep breath, maybe trying to prepare himself for what I would say but when I didn’t respond right away he continued “I wanted to protect you from his poison for as long as I could”

I tilted my head back to catch his eye with moisture gathering in the corners of my own and with a fragile voice I said “Thank you, I would have liked to know earlier that he was bothering you but I am not mad. And I am not ready to face him either”

I had hated to see Nathan in such a strange mood when I didn’t have a clue to why he was acting like that. Now that I did know though, it made sense why he had tried to hide it from me. He knew me too well.

He leaned his head down and brushed his lips over mine and before kissing me he confessed “Nikki… I am in love with you..”

Still looking into his gorgeous green eyes I felt the sincerity in his words and I wanted to say it back but I wasn’t ready. It was still too early but I hoped my eyes conveyed that I was getting there. Nathan didn’t seem like he expected to hear it yet either. I think he just needed to put it out there.

“You don’t have to worry about Mike, I promise to be with you when you are ready to go get your stuff and when you are ready to face him”.

I felt overwhelmed and the only thing I could think of, that would quench some of the raw emotions I was feeling, was to push up on my tiptoes and crash my lips with his as I threw my arms around his neck. What had I done to be this lucky to have this man in my life?

For a short while I allowed myself to forget that hell was going to arrive the exact moment when Mike learned for sure where I was and that Nathen had put his moves on me. What he would never believe was that it actually was me making the first moves on Nathan. He wouldn’t care that I had finally gotten the guts to end our relationship, because in his head I was his when he decided it.

When I had told him two days ago that I had had enough I had been scared of what would happen, but when he had turned around and left without a word it surprised me a great deal. I had then taken a deep cleansing breath and gotten on with packing my stuff, but deep down I always knew that the storm would hit at any moment and it would be a nasty one.

Lost to my thoughts again I nearly forgot that I wasn’t alone but then Nathan, having an uncanny ability for breaking me free from my dark cloudy thoughts, lifted me up and carried me to the kitchen counter where he sat me down, spread my thighs wide and stepped in between them. He must have decided that we had had enough of the heavy subject because he looked into my eyes with a sexy glint in his and gave me a crooked smile.

“I don’t want to think about Mike anymore this morning. What I rather want to do is to devour you and drag you back to my cave” he said on a smirk, just before he overtook my lips again and had me moaning out from the passion filled attack in no time.

When we broke our delicious contact we were both breathless and the dark conversation from before was forgotten. It was like every time Nathan touched me or looked at me, with eyes that were shinning with so much emotion, he lit a fire that nearly made me combust and forget what was happening outside his four walls.