Chapter 5

Almost four hours later, everyone was sprawled around the cabin.

“I’m exhausted,” Leena groaned as she put her feet in Owen’s lap.

“You asked for something to dance to,” Dade reminded Cora, who was stretching quietly.

Cora stopped and grinned at him. “You could have taken a longer break from time to time, or at least played poorly, Dade Jones. You know I can’t resist your drum when you want it.”

Dade grinned teasingly. “Well, I wanted it tonight.”

Everyone laughed, except Leena, who groaned and looked at Owen. “We have to go on our watch now.” She looked over at Cora. “Anything tonight?”

Cora shrugged. “I felt little things off and on tonight. Nothing like before. I even wore the stone from Kasey, but didn’t get anything strong enough to worry me.”

Owen nodded slowly. “Good. Come on, baby. Let’s go check out those bushes.” He grinned as he got smacked.

Everyone else went to lie down, leaving Kasey sitting there in the quiet.

Chris stood in the door to his room and watched her rub her finger over the fairy at her waist. “If you’re trying to summon me, it worked.” He grinned when she dropped her head back against the chair and laughed.

“I guess I was. I’m scared, and you always make me feel better.”

His heart thudded at her confession. “Come here, Kase. I’ll close the door so no one can see us, set my alarm so we’re up before everyone else, and we’ll try to get some rest before it’s our turn.” He held out his hand to her and smiled when she stood up and took it.

He didn’t try to kiss her, even though he could think of nothing better. He just cuddled her into him and held her as they drifted off to sleep.

Chris suddenly woke up and wasn’t sure why until he heard the tapping on the door.

“Chris,” Dade whispered from the other side. “Chris, Cora just woke me. We can’t find Kasey.” He tapped again, and then the door opened a few inches.

Chris put his finger against his mouth to keep him quiet. “She was scared.” Dade nodded, letting out a quick breath, and closed the door.

He had just put his head down when Kasey whispered, “Busted.” Then she giggled. “Thanks for explaining.” She snuggled back into him. “When is our shift?”

“Fifteen minutes.” He didn’t want to get up and wander around. He wanted to stay there and hold her for the rest of the night. Sighing, he kissed the top of her head. “We’d better get up. You are far too cuddly and warm and I’ll end up going back to sleep.”

She giggled again but moved away and sat up. Stretching, she stood up and turned. “Do you think I’ll need a sweater tonight?” Her voice was soft and rasping, still full of sleep.

Propping himself up on his elbow, he found himself looking at the little fairy. “Oh please, don’t cover her up.” Chris leaned over and touched the pendant with his lips only. He gently ran his tongue around the little pendant once before giving it a light flick.

Kasey ran her fingers into his hair. “Oh. Hmm. I like that. Really like that.” She smiled down at him. “I think we’ll have to try that some more when we aren’t on duty.”

Chris groaned and dropped his face into the bed. “Don’t say things like that to me when I have to watch you walk out of here, Kasey.”

They walked around the campground. A few people still lingered here and there, mostly couples. They wandered slowly toward the creek, as they had the night before.

Chris frowned down at her for a moment. “You need to talk to me, sweetheart. I’m having one hell of a time trying to keep my tongue from playing with that little fairy again.”

Kasey blushed but still smiled up at him. “Funny thing is, I’ve been thinking about that same thing.”

“That doesn’t help.” He walked her over to the rock he’d sat on the night before and sat down. It didn’t help that she’d done as he’d asked, and not covered her stomach up with a shirt. “Are you warm enough in that...bit of cloth?” His voice was strained.

She nodded, “I love the outfits Leena makes. Sometimes I wish I could wear them all the time.”

“Feel free.” He cleared his throat. “The one from her garden party tormented me all that night. I had to keep drumming to keep my hands off you.”

She blushed again. “Why have you never told me this before?”

Chris closed his eyes for a moment. “The first time I saw you, I think you were twenty, I almost fell off the chair I was sitting on. I wanted you then.” He grinned. “I was a bit of a, well, bad boy would be a good way to say it nicely. At that point, I felt dirty just looking at you.”

She laughed. “I thought you were the sexiest man I’d ever seen. I still do.”

He rested his forehead against hers. “Remember that talk about nothing happening until you say?”

She nodded, her mouth an inch from his.

“When you say things like that, or how much you like my mouth on you, it makes it very, very difficult to remember that talk.”

“But I do like your mouth on me, and I do think you’re the sexiest man I’ve ever seen. Am I supposed to lie?”

He let out a slow breath. “No. You’re right, telling the truth is important, even if it makes me want to throw you over my shoulder and take you to my cave.”

Kasey laughed. “I’ve seen your cave, Christopher. It wouldn’t be a hardship. Trust me.”

Chris growled. “I give up.” He pulled her against him quickly and kissed her heatedly. He moved his mouth over hers, wanting to taste as much of her as he could. Her tongue met his, gasping when he felt her passion as she returned his kiss.

He slid forward on the rock and pulled her tightly between his legs while squeezing her perfect ass, holding her there. He tore his mouth from hers and nipped her neck roughly, then soothed it with his tongue.

Kasey groaned, grasped his hair, and pulled his mouth back up to hers. “I like your mouth,” she gasped against his lips. He gripped the back of her head and pulled her back so he could taste her neck again.

Her breathing was ragged, and that was driving him closer to the edge. He was shaking with need as his mouth moved down between the patches of cloth covering her breasts.

She moaned softly, and he pulled her harder into him. He was throbbing painfully with wanting her.

She felt so hot and needy. She didn’t want him to stop. “Chris, I need...” She moaned again as his mouth closed over her aching nipple, right through her top. Grasping his shoulder, she leaned back farther to let him move across to the other needy nipple. She rocked her hips against him, panting with a need she didn’t understand.

Chris groaned as she pushed into him. Supporting her with firm hands, he bent her back farther and nipped her bare waist before running his tongue over her belly button. When she gasped again, he nipped the fairy with his teeth.

Kasey made a quiet whimpering sound, almost making him lose control. He opened his eyes to see her arched out before him, focusing as her breasts rose and fell with each rapid breath. He pulled her back to ravish her mouth as he kneaded her breasts with his hands.

Kasey suddenly tensed against him. He lifted his head and heard someone cough. Pulling her into him, he stood and looked around to see Patrick coming out of the trees.

Patrick lifted his hands and shook his head. “I’m so very sorry. I didn’t see you until I was almost beside you.” He cleared his throat and looked away from them. “It’s pretty quiet around the camp now. I’ll go check around up top and then let Justin know it’s his watch.”

Chris nodded to him, but still wasn’t steady enough to speak. He sheltered Kasey in his arms until Patrick was well out of sight. Then he slowly pushed her back, and looked down at her. “Sweetheart, I’m so sorry. I should have heard him, shouldn’t have gotten so carried away.”

Kasey looked back at him with swollen lips, her neck red from his mouth. Her eyes were still glazed with passion and her breathing not yet normal. His heart thudded in his chest, and he lowered his head and kissed her gently. “I’m sorry.”

She pulled back from him and shook her head. “Please don’t say that. Don’t regret it.”

His eyes widened. “Don’t misunderstand. I couldn’t regret doing this with you. I’m sorry for the timing and letting it get out of hand. You need gentle and patient, and I all but took you standing right there.” He brushed a hand over the back of her head. “You’re dangerous, Kassandra. You took my control and shredded it into pieces.”

Kasey smiled at him. “I like to think that I did that.” He closed his eyes and let out a breath. “And I don’t think I need gentle and patient always, Chris. I love your sweet kisses, but what you were just doing to me...” she blushed, “I really enjoyed that. I’m still so hot I feel itchy, and I’m so wet right now...”

Chris took his hands off her quickly and stepped a foot away from her. “For the love of the gods, Kasey!” he hissed. “You can’t say that to me and expect me to kiss you sweetly then send you away.” He rubbed his hand over the front of himself briefly. “I want you so much right now it hurts, and I’m trying, really trying, to give you time.” He dropped his head down and took a few deep breaths.

She stood there quietly for a moment. She walked up and put a hand on his chest. “What do you mean you’re in pain? I feel so hot and good right now...” She stopped. He looked down at her silently for a few moments. “Make me understand, Chris.”

Chris let out a long breath. “I want you so much, Kasey. I’m so hard right now, from wanting you it actually hurts. Not an altogether bad pain, considering the cause...” He didn’t know how to explain it to her. He grinned at her. “We really need to start heading back.”

“Are you upset with me?” She looked up at him, worry clear in her eyes.

He shook his head. “No, I just need to settle down a bit.”

“Okay, but walk slow. My legs are kind of Jell-O-ish right now.”

Chris laughed. “What am I going to do with you?” He tucked her under his arm, and then they slowly walked back.

By the time they were almost at the cabin, he had himself under control again. All the way back his brain struggled with ways to explain, to help her understand, and he still had no idea.

“So does this mean I don’t get a goodnight kiss tonight?” She looked up at him.

“You get whatever you want tonight.” He watched her think about that for a moment.

“I’d like to understand better, but I don’t think that’s possible without causing you discomfort,” she said quietly.

He pulled her to the shadowed side of the cabin. “Didn’t you ever make out as a teenager, Kasey?” he asked.

She shook her head. “I was too shy to even talk to anyone new. It used to make me feel ill.” She grinned at him. “It’s taken me years to overcome that and talk to anyone outside my family, Chris. I don’t expect you to understand, but it’s the truth.”

Chris felt his heart jerk in his chest from her confession. His little Kasey had never had a date, no petting in the dark, no necking, everything with him would be her first, and he wasn’t at all sorry. He grinned down at her as he pushed her gently back against the wall of the cabin. “Then I’d say you have some catching up to do.”

He lowered his mouth and began to kiss her slow, wanting to build her up to the excitement of earlier. “Let me show you, Kasey,” he whispered against her neck. He ran his tongue over her ear. “I won’t go too fast. I won’t ask for more than you want.” He nipped her neck tenderly with his teeth. “Let me show you what you needed earlier.”

Kasey was already pressing into him, her hands traveling up his chest slowly. “I don’t want you to be uncomfortable for me, though, Chris,” she whispered as her mouth touched his chest lightly.

Reaching behind her, he and pulled her hips into his so she could feel how hard he was already just being near her. “I’m like this every time I look at you, sweetheart.” He sucked on her bottom lip gently. “Let me show you, sweet Kassandra, what it means. I can wait.” He kissed her deeply, drawing her tongue into his mouth, not wanting to give her time to think.

He wanted her squirming for him again, needed to hear her breath catch and tremble with need. He massaged her hip lightly, rocking her against him as his lips traveled to her throat. “Let me make you wet with wanting me again,” he rasped against her skin.

Grasping her hips, he picked her up off the ground. “Wrap your legs around my waist.” She did, and he shuddered at the feel of her legs against his skin.

He kissed her until she was panting against his mouth. Lowering his head, he nipped his way along her throat until his mouth rested over her breast. “Lift your top, sweetheart.” She did with shaky hands, then grasped his hair when he licked over one hard nipple.

She was so beautiful, so soft. Biting the nipple gently in his teeth, he felt her jerk against him and moan softly. Taking it into his mouth, he sucked hard, then swirled his tongue around it until she shuddered.

Lifting her higher, he rested her back against the wall, and ran his mouth roughly over the soft skin from her ribs to her belly button. He gently licked around the fairy, pausing to nip at the soft fold of skin just below where the fairy hung with his teeth. She moaned. He felt the wet heat from between her thighs against him and shuddered with need.

Licking his way back up to her breast, he grasped one in his hand and sucked hard on the soft flesh, leaving a bright red mark behind. She whimpered softly and pulled at his hair. Biting the nipple between his teeth, he flicked his tongue over it at the same time. She gripped his head harder, almost pulling hair out as she did, and ground herself against him.

Lifting his head, he licked his way up to her throat. Her head was thrown back, and her bottom lip was caught between her teeth as she panted heavily. He groaned against her throat. “You are so beautiful right now I’m shaking.” He kissed her throat roughly, and she rolled her head down towards his.

She pulled his hair until his mouth was against hers. “Chris...” She gasped against his mouth, then bit his bottom lip.

Chris jerked and felt his control slipping. Did she have to be so fucking sexy and wanton? He kissed her hard and fast as he reached to grasp her hips again. With a slow movement, he began to rub her up and down against the front of his sarong. Groaning in her mouth, he thrust against her as he moved her up and down him. She was gripping his shoulders, riding him.

His control was so close to snapping when she did that. They didn’t have enough clothes on. not for him to restrain himself much longer. “Stand. I can’t do it this way,” he gasped against her throat. “Need you too much.” She unwound her legs from him so he could slide her slowly down.

He devoured her neck as he reached a hand under the front of her skirt. She moaned when his hand came into contact with her wet flesh.

His knees were shaky when he felt how wet she was. He pushed aside the lace and slowly inserted one finger inside her. Her muscles squeezed around it as she gasped against his chest.

Cradling her head against his chest, he rubbed his hand over her again. She whimpered against his chest and clutched his arm. He cupped her again, and she ground herself against his hand, panting.

He groaned into her hair and began to rub her harder and faster until she bit his chest and groaned. He felt her convulse against his hand and held her tighter against him until the little squeaks stopped, and she stood gasping, her lips brushing over his too-sensitive skin with each breath.

His legs were shaking, and he didn’t know at this point how he was going to let her go. “You okay?”

She nodded and looked up at him. The look in her eyes made him shake more. She lowered her head again and rubbed her still-bare breasts against his chest. When her wet mouth brushed over his nipple, he almost threw her to the ground.

“Tell me what to do, Chris. It’s not fair,” she whispered quietly.

He gripped her hair but then shook his head to clear the idea. He was not that far gone.

“No, sweetheart.” She looked up at him with innocent eyes and rubbed her small hand over his throbbing erection, pausing to feel him under her hand. He gripped her shoulders and groaned. “Kase, I’m too close...”

“Good.”

Despite his good intentions, he thrust against her hand and pulled her against him. He kissed her roughly, unable to stop.

“Harder,” he groaned against her mouth. She rubbed him harder through the thin material, and he almost cried from the pleasure of finally feeling her touch him.

When her small hand grasped him tightly and continued, he shuddered and pushed into her hand, holding her tightly against him. “Yes,” he growled against her lips. “Faster.” When she did as he said, he tensed and came abruptly, almost into her hand through the material. Her small hand continued to move over him, sending him into aftershocks immediately.

He stopped her hand with his gently and lifted her chin to kiss her tenderly. “That was not part of the arrangement,” he whispered.

“I know.” Kasey smiled. “But you made me feel so good I wanted to do the same.” He reached down and pulled her top back into place and hugged her.

“Now we just have to get back in the cabin unnoticed.” Chris grinned when her eyes widened.

“I didn’t think of that. Well, I couldn’t think when you were touching me.”

He took her hand and walked around to the small deck. Stopping, he looked down at himself. “You need to walk in front of me in case anyone is awake in there.” She nodded and did that, still holding his hand.

They crept inside like two teenagers coming home late and sighed with relief when no one was up. “Sleep beside me, Kase,” he whispered against the back of her neck. She didn’t say a word, just led the way into his room.

He watched the couple sneak into the cabin.

He had waited and had watched.

Few were up and moving around.

He still had time.

He would wait and watch.

They would come to him.