Tribes of Man: The Beginning [Tribes of Man] (Siren Publishing Classic) (11 page)

He shrugged off his unease. It wouldn’t matter anyhow. As far as Adder was concerned, Kallan’s death would take care of the entire problem.

Although Robinson was filling, Adder decided a little dessert would be in order. He pressed the button on the intercom. “Stacy, come into my office please.”

“Sh–should I bring my pad, sir?” Stacy asked hopefully.

“No.” He felt Stacy’s rolling terror through the door. He also knew that no matter how she felt, she would not be able to disobey. A moment later, she stepped through the door.

When she closed the door behind her, a tear rolled down her cheek.

* * * *

“Is he gone?” Gideon asked.

“I think so. I don’t sense him anymore.” Raina sat down and tipped her head back against the couch cushions. She rubbed her eyes. “It’s been a heck of a day.”

Gideon sat next to her. “What do you think of all this? Do you buy it?”

Raina sat up and touched Gideon’s hand. “How can I not? I mean, I can’t deny that I can see myself through your eyes right now. If that’s not supernatural, I don’t know what is. I don’t know that I can see the future though. That seems far-fetched.”

“It all seems far-fetched to me.”
But like you said. This obviously isn’t normal.
He finished the sentence in his head to make his point.
All I know for sure is that I feel connected to you. I want you. I can’t get past that to process the rest.

Raina leaned toward Gideon. “I want you, too,” she said out loud. “I know we haven’t known each other very long, but I don’t want to wait.”

Gideon went very still. “Are you sure?”

Raina stood up and held out her hand. “I’m sure.”

* * * *

Gideon paused on the threshold of the darkened bedroom. Raina walked into the shadows of the room. A moment later he heard the hiss of a match as she lit a candle by the bed. She moved to the dresser to light several more. Before he knew it, the room was ablaze with soft candlelight.

“I can’t see it,” she said, “but I love the smell.”

Gideon stepped into the room and was enveloped in the scent of sandalwood and vanilla.

Raina stopped in the middle of the room and pulled her top over her head. Wasting no time, she reached around to unhook her bra. The cool air danced over her skin, causing her nipples to tighten.

Gideon stood just inside the doorway and watched her undress. When he saw the plump nipples harden into tight buds, he groaned. Although they weren’t touching, the tension in the room rose at the sound.

Raina didn’t stop until she was naked. Her clothes were in a pile right next to her, and she stood still in the center of the room.

Abruptly, Gideon realized that he had been standing there like an idiot watching her undress. He didn’t try to help or even shuck his own clothes. He walked into the room until he was in front of her.

He was afraid to touch her, afraid that if he laid his hands on her, he’d simply lay her down, tuck her lush body under his, and slam into her like an animal. His cock was painfully hard and throbbing.

To give himself relief, he unbuttoned and unzipped his jeans, but he didn’t remove them. Instead, he leaned down, and without touching her anywhere else on her body, drew her nipple into his mouth.

Raina cried out. She grabbed his head and pulled him tighter to her. He put his hands on her ribcage and held her still while he sucked. He could have stayed there all night, but she became impatient. She started tugging at his shirt and making mewling sounds.

Suddenly eager to have her hands on him, Gideon pulled back and yanked off his shirt. Raina ran her hands over his chest. Before he could pull her into an embrace, she began almost frantically pushing down his pants.

Gideon’s cock sprang free with a sigh of relief from him. Raina didn’t push his pants all the way down. As soon as he was free, she slid her hand around to grasp him firmly.

The feel of her cool hands on his overheated flesh was almost enough to set him off. He felt like a teenager, randy and ready to shoot his load just from her touch. He let her explore him, running her fingers down the thick vein of his cock, cupping his tight balls, spreading the drop of pre-cum on his head with the tip of her finger. When she took him into her grasp and started to give him long pumping strokes, he stilled her hand.

If you do that, it’ll be over before we can even get started.

She gave him one last pump and moved her hand, sliding it around to his ass. As she did, he pulled her in for a kiss. When their naked bodies touched, they both groaned.

“You feel so fucking good,” he said, not even noticing the language. He kissed her and tried moving her toward the bed. He had forgotten that his pants weren’t all the way off and almost tripped, tumbling them both to the floor.

Raina laughed. “Sorry, I was in too much of a rush to get my hands on you to take them off.”

Gideon stepped back and pulled off his pants and boxers. He quickly tugged his socks off. Then he picked her up and laid her on the bed.

“My God, you’re beautiful.” Gideon lay down, careful not to crush her, and began kissing her. He was alternating long kisses with little nibbles and sucks. While he was waging his sensuous assault on her mouth, his hand was traveling all over her body. He stroked her like a cat, long slow strokes from her neck to her belly. Then he ran the palm of his hand over her nipple. When she arched her back at that, he pinched it lightly.

Finally, he slid his hand between her legs. Her thighs opened eagerly. When he slid his finger over her entrance, he found her wet and ready. He circled her clitoris with the pad of his finger, occasionally dipping his finger inside her slightly to keep it wet. When she started to rotate her hips against him, he picked up the pace. She began to shudder, and he slid his forefinger in her tight opening while continuing to work her nub with his thumb. She let out a long high-pitched screech while her muscles spasmed around his finger. He kept pace with her until her body went limp.

“I’m sorry,” he said. “I can’t wait anymore. I don’t have a condom, but I haven’t been with anyone since I’ve been checked out.” He didn’t say anything about pregnancy because he didn’t want her to know that he saw the note in her file.

“I’m clean, too, and I can’t get pregnant. I need to feel you inside me.”

* * * *

Raina felt Gideon climb on top of her and nudge her legs apart. She wished, not for the first time that night, that she could see him. He felt enormous to her, long and hard in all the right places. Her release made her feel lethargic and relaxed in a way she’d never been before. She was ready to let him do whatever he needed to do.

Gideon’s penis began to probe her opening. Raina had only had sex once before and wasn’t all that impressed with the process. She had expected pain then pleasure. She’d gotten neither.

This time was different. Gideon began to push the head of his cock into her tight body. At first it was just slightly uncomfortable. As he rocked, pushing himself in more deeply with each thrust, it became painful. Raina tried to remain still, but the more he pushed himself in, the more she felt the need to pull her body back. Her muscles grew more tense with each movement.

Suddenly, Gideon stopped moving. “Raina?” he asked.

She hadn’t realized she was crying until he wiped her face.

“I’m sorry,” he said, pulling back. “I didn’t know you were a virgin.”

Raina grabbed his hips to keep him in place. “I’m not,” she said. “It’s just been a long time.”

Gideon started to pull back further, and Raina tightened her grip. “No, please don’t stop.”

Gideon reached between their bodies to run his finger along where they were still joined. Then he flicked his finger over her clit again. “No, I’m not. But I don’t want to hurt you.”

Without warning, Raina was able to see through Gideon again. She had been blocking it so that she wouldn’t feel self-conscious. He must have initiated the link. She didn’t even know he could.

“Look at us,” he said huskily, keeping his eyes trained on his penis, slightly inside her body. He rubbed his finger on her nub. The sight was so darkly erotic that the passion that had been ebbing came rushing back. He rocked and surged into her a little more, all the while rubbing her. Raina couldn’t believe it when she felt another orgasm building. She’d never even had one before. In one night, Gideon was giving her two.

Raina started to squirm, working him into her further and further. When the orgasm flooded over her, Gideon sheathed himself all the way. The pain mixed with pleasure until she couldn’t tell the difference between them. After a moment, she stilled again. He still felt too big inside her.

“Shh, it’s OK, the pain’s over now, I promise.” Gideon was whispering to her. “It’ll be good now, just relax.” He was massaging her hip as he stayed still and tight inside her.

Raina could feel her body begin to relax. As soon as it did, the pain receded. “I’m fine,” she reassured him. She brought her knees up around him, tightening and shifting him inside of her.

“I need to move,” he said, sliding slowly out and then back into her. When all she did was moan with delight, he did it again. Soon he was shafting into her while she arched her hips to meet his thrusts. Raina couldn’t believe she was beginning to feel yet another orgasm building when he quickened his pace. She pushed against each thrust, trying to capture it. Finally, he pushed her knees up toward her shoulders, changing the angle. The first hard thrust almost hurt, and then the orgasm slammed through her. Every time his body pushed into her, it crested until it was like the ocean with peak after peak. Finally, he pushed hard into her, his cock twitching with the power of his own orgasm. Raina pushed against him with circular motions, unconsciously extending her own pleasure.

After the longest moment, Gideon released Raina’s legs and lay down on her.

* * * *

He knew he was heavy, but he couldn’t seem to move.
I’ll get off you in a minute.
He was too tired and sated to say it out loud.

“This is fine,” she murmured, rubbing his back.

“I’m sorry I was so rough with you. I know it was your first time.” He knew she said she’d had sex before, but he felt her hymen break.

“This wasn’t my first time,” she told him lazily. “My first time was nothing like this.”

“What was it like?” he asked. He wasn’t trying to pry, but he didn’t think she realized that whatever happened the last time wasn’t sex.

“You know,” she sounded embarrassed. “I was in high school. We were making out and things went too far.”

“Did he penetrate you?” Gideon persisted.

“Of course,” Raina said impatiently. “It wouldn’t be sex otherwise.”

“Did it hurt?”

“No. Honestly, I didn’t even really feel it. He just, ya know, moved around a bunch, grunted a little, and was done. Why are we talking about this?”

“I’m not trying to embarrass you, Raina. I just think you need to know that whatever he was doing that night, you were still a virgin until today.”

“I’ll admit that it hurt today, but you are much bigger. Besides, it was a long time ago.”

Gideon decided to let it go. He didn’t know why it was so important to him that she acknowledge him as her first lover. It must have been an ego thing.

Gideon kissed her and felt himself begin to harden inside her. He couldn’t believe it. He was a teenager the last time he recovered this fast. He knew he couldn’t do anything about it this soon. She would still be sore. He pulled out to shift to the side when she let out an “ouch.”

“Sorry,” he said. “I thought you’d be more comfortable if I wasn’t lying on you.”

“You’re sure I was a virgin, aren’t you?” she asked.

“Yes.”

Raina didn’t say anything for a long time. Finally, she thought,
I’m glad you were my first.

Me, too.

Raina woke before Gideon the next morning. She didn’t know if it was too early to get up, so she eased out of bed and headed to the window before checking the braille clock on the nightstand. She liked to see if it was morning by checking the window. This time she knew it had to be sometime between six and seven. The window was warm with sunshine, but the alarm hadn’t gone off yet. She checked the time, found it to be six forty five, and smiled slightly at her accuracy.

Between the stress of yesterday and the unaccustomed activity of the night, Raina’s body ached all over. She decided to take a hot shower before waking up Gideon. Since she was already naked, all she had to do was to turn on the shower and step under the steaming spray. The heat of the shower sluiced over her, warming her up and soothing her aches. After a minute she washed her hair and began lazily soaping her body.

Raina?
Gideon’s voice echoed clearly inside her head.

I’m in the shower,
she answered in the same intimate way.

She was lazily washing her breasts when Gideon stepped into the shower with her. “Here, let me,” he said, taking the washing puff away from her and squirting her liquid soap onto his hands. He kneaded her gently. What he was doing wasn’t exactly sexual. She’d done the same herself when washing, but his hands sent heat right through her.

“That feels so good,” she murmured.

With that as permission, he began sliding his hands all over her. He slid his hands along her sides, under her arms, and over her back until he cupped her backside and squeezed. He continued his journey down her legs to her feet, finally moving up to slide between her legs.

Raina couldn’t see Gideon, and he stood far enough back so that she couldn’t feel his body either. If it wasn’t for the fact that she could feel his mind, it would seem like it was only disembodied hands claiming her.

Gideon ran his hand over her, cleaning her thoroughly, even sliding his fingers up the crack of her ass. He squeezed her nether lips and ran his finger over her clit a few times before removing his hand. By then, Raina was panting. When she felt his hand leave her body, she whimpered.