Kissed by Krista Street

Chapter 16

~ AVERY ~

Night wind caressed my cheeks as the goddess’s power infused speed into me. I raced across a training field, the world a blur around me. Behind me, a wolf howled, the sound long and filled with impatience for the hunt.

A shiver danced down my spine, because the thought of Wyatt chasing me and then pinning me . . . it made me so hot with anticipation.

I sped across another field, my loose pants making it easy to jump and leap over training equipment and brush. The forest’s dark trees waited ahead. Within seconds, I was in the woods.

I didn’t hear his wolf’s howl again, but I knew that Wyatt pursued me. An ache had already formed in my core, throbbing with need for the man chasing at my heels, and the feel of the cool night wind flowing across my skin only made me burn hotter.

Dark branches forked out of the trees like spindly fingertips. I dipped and swayed around them, calling upon the goddess’s power as I sprinted among the trees.

The scent of dry leaves and mineral-laden soil filled my senses. Goosebumps pimpled my skin, and anticipation heated my blood.

I had no idea how long it would take Wyatt to catch me, but I knew he would.

The terrain grew steeper, but I didn’t feel the exertion. Power flowed through my veins, little jolts of electricity zinging along my nerves. The goddess’s power hummed in my chest and gave me strength that I’d never known I had.

I leapt over logs and ducked under branches as I ran up the hill. My speed didn’t slow despite the strenuous climb.

Reaching out, I was about to grab onto a tree branch and launch myself farther up the hill, when something nipped at my heels.

My breath rushed out of me in a squeal of surprise. I stumbled forward about to fall onto the dry soil when a large wolf suddenly appeared right in front of me.

He broke my fall, so I landed on him. I giggled when I got a face full of fur.

Wyatt in his wolf form whined and licked me, his tail wagging as eagerly as a puppy’s.

I laughed again and threaded my fingers through his soft fur as he licked my face again.

Panting from breathlessness, I took in his beautiful coat. Moonlight outlined his silver, white, and black colors. He was an absolutely beautiful wolf.

“Aren’t you a handsome boy?” I said, laughing again when he eagerly licked my cheek.

He whined and wiggled beneath me, but just as I was about to compliment him further, an explosion of heat erupted beneath my palms, and then Wyatt’s naked body was beneath me.

“Oh!” I exclaimed.

He chuckled, not missing a beat. His hands went to my hips, pinning me to him. “Got you!”

His eyes glowed in the night, teasing and full of fun, as his fingers dug into my flesh like an anchor. All of the breath rushed out of me as an entirely new excitement grew inside me.

“Something tells me you liked that,” he said huskily. He leaned up and nipped at my neck. The feel of his lips on my skin made lust shoot to my core.

I somehow managed to swallow my moan, even though he’d started doing the most delicious things with his tongue. “Maybe,” I replied coquettishly. “Maybe not.”

His chuckle deepened, the sound rumbling in his chest. “You can lie all you want, Little Flower, but your scent tells me something else entirely.” He ran his hands around my ass, then cupped the globes.

I pouted, pretending to be put out. “You know, I was enjoying getting to know your wolf a little more. Did you have to spoil our fun?”

His lips curved up. “You can play with him some other time. Right now, I want to be in control.”

I quirked an eyebrow. “In control for what?” I asked innocently.

His pupils dilated as his hand kneaded my ass through the thin pants. “Did I ever tell you that you have the sweetest ass I’ve ever seen?” He dug his fingers into the flesh, and my core tightened. “I should take you from behind. Pound into you until you’re screaming my name.”

My eyes fluttered, my legs automatically parting. “I suppose I could let you do that.”

He pulled me flush against him, then pressed kisses down my neck. “Although if you’re going to make me chase you every time I want to smack this ass—” As if to get his point across, he smacked me lightly and damn if my core didn’t turn molten. “Then I think I should be rewarded, don’t you agree?”

“Hmm?” I replied, his lips distracting me again as he kissed under my ear. But then my foggy brain honed in on the word reward. “You want a reward?”

His tongue darted out, making a shiver curl my toes. “Don’t you think I deserve one? You just made me chase you several miles across fields and woods. I think that warrants a reward, don’t you?”

A breathy moan escaped me when his fingers dipped lower, between my legs, so close to the aching juncture between my thighs. “Maybe, but . . . what kind of reward . . .”—I managed between pants—“ . . . did you want?”

His lips moved down to my collarbone while his fingers continued to tease and taunt.

He brushed my baggy shirt aside, using his teeth to drag it along my skin, and then his tongue was trailing across my collarbone, nipping and biting as he went.

A delicious shiver made liquid heat slicken my folds.

“I’m thinking my reward should be a little taste.”

“A taste . . . where?” I somehow managed when his erection rubbed against my stomach.

His hands slipped around my ass to in between my thighs. He swirled them along my swollen sex, my pants growing damp from the contact, and the movement making me moan in pleasure.

“How about here?” he asked, then tapped the bundle of nerves.

For a moment, I couldn’t speak. My body lit on fire. “I suppose,” I finally whispered, “I could accommodate that.”

“Well, that’s good to hear. I would hate to force a reward on you that you weren’t wanting in return.”

“Oh, no,” I said quickly. “I really don’t mind.”

His deep chuckle filled the quiet woods around us, and I suddenly became aware that we were outside in the middle of a forest without any privacy whatsoever. “Do you think anybody will know what we’re doing out here?”

He shrugged, not looking the least bit bothered by our clandestine activities. “The sorcerers’ wards keep anybody out who shouldn’t be here, and I don’t scent any other SF members around at the moment. If that changes, I’ll tell you.”

Before I could say anything further, my loose pants were ripped off me, and cool night wind washed over my naked sex.

I moaned when his thick fingers met my bare flesh. He fiddled them against my core again, light swirls and soft caresses that instantly had me straddling him and grinding against his length.

He groaned. “Now, now, someone’s getting a bit too eager.” In a swift move, he rolled me over and pinned me beneath him.

The dry forest soil and crunching leaves pressed into my back as he spread my thighs and inched my shirt up higher.

His nostrils flared as he took a deep inhale. “You smell like a bouquet of the sexiest lilacs I’ve ever encountered. Did you know that, Little Flower?”

I giggled. “Sexy lilacs? I don’t think I’ve ever smelled flowers quite like that.”

“That’s because you’re one of a kind.” He dipped down to cup my breast through my shirt before sucking my taut nipple through the cotton.

I completely forgot what we were talking about as I arched beneath him.

“I can tell you . . .” He pulled back, and the damp material rubbed over my breast, making my nipple ache with need. “That nobody else in the world smells like you do.”

His head dipped again, and before I could muster a reply, he was kneeling between my legs and kissing my inner thighs.

A rush of anticipation flowed through me when he nipped and bit softly near my core, the tastes teasing and quick, designed for nothing more than to drive me mad.

I cried out, and ran my heels down his back, urging him closer to my swollen mound.

“Someone’s a little eager,” he commented.

“More than eager,” I moaned.

Chuckling deeply, he nestled himself on the forest floor and kissed closer to my clit.

I curved off the ground, wanting so badly for him to lick me that I was willing to beg for it. “Please, Wyatt, I want you.”

“Is this what you want?” His tongue slid out and lapped against me, the movement making my toes curl and a breathy moan escape my throat.

“Yes.” I pushed down until my swollen sex met his face. “That’s what I want.”

He growled, the sound deep and low. “Then I suppose I must oblige.”

And then he devoured me.

My arms jerked out, my fingers digging into the soil, when his tongue became unleashed. He sucked and licked me to the point of combustion, lapping and teasing me until I was writhing beneath him.

The man was truly a magician with his tongue. Within seconds, I was on the verge of coming as he ate me out like a starving man.

I cried out again when his tongue swirled over my clit, because I wanted more, I needed more.

He seemed to sense it, because he abruptly stopped and crawled up my body, leaving my sex wet and open in the cool night.

“Wyatt?” I whispered imploringly.

“Yes, Little Flower?” His eyes were like two shining gold stars, lust and desire glowing in them. “You taste like the sweetest honey.” He dipped down and kissed me, just as his rigid length prodded my entrance.

I bucked, then tilted my hips to guide him inside me.

I expected him to tease me, probably wanting to torture me as he’d done continually at Shrouding Estate, but his need seemed to rival mine, because he readily allowed me to position him at my entrance before he slid into me in one giant thrust.

I cried out as the feel and width of him made me scream in ecstasy. His erection was so big that he stretched me to capacity, but my body was hot and ready, and he felt so good.

“Yes,” I moaned. I gripped his ass harder as he began to move inside me.

“Gods, you feel like heaven.” He shifted one arm underneath my neck to hold me tightly. With his other hand, he gripped my hip, holding me in place as he began to thrust deeply, wielding his erection like a battering ram.

I threaded my fingers into the hair at his nape, curling them around his neck before gripping his shoulders.

The feel of him sliding in and out of me, his thick length curving and rubbing on that spot deep inside of me, made my desire for him rocket as the waves began to build.

He picked up his tempo. It wasn’t long before I was on the verge of coming, and I knew that he was right there with me.

“Oh Gods, Avery, I don’t think I can wait much longer,” he groaned. “You feel so fucking good. So tight. So hot.”

“Don’t stop,” I panted.

I held on to him as he pounded into me, each slap against my hips like a burst of fire licking my core. The waves built higher, then even higher, threatening to slip me over the edge at any moment.

“I’m going to come, babe. I’m too close,” he groaned.

“Yes.” Seeing the tightening of his face and the veins in his neck stand on end careened me over the edge.

I screamed as an explosive orgasm rocked through me.

Wyatt’s shout came a second later. He slammed into me one final time before taking us both home.

Gripping his shoulders, I bucked and arched beneath him as my climax shattered my core. His entire body shuddered above me, his groans deep and low as his seed shot into me.

We lay like that for a moment, our bodies slick and joined as the aftereffects of our lovemaking settled on our skin.

It felt like minutes before I could catch my breath, and when I finally did, I opened my eyes to see him staring down at me.

He smiled tenderly, and brushed a leaf from my hair. The loving look on his face took my breath away.

“Have I ever told you that you’re the most amazing woman I’ve ever met?” He fingered a lock of hair behind my ear.

“I don’t know,” I replied, my lips tilting into a teasing smile. “Have you?”

He chuckled. “Gods, I certainly hope so. But if I haven’t, I’m telling you now, you are the most incredible woman I’ve ever met. No one’s ever made me feel the way you do.”

My stomach dipped, the emotion in his eyes making everything inside me melt. “Good, because I would hate it if you felt this for anyone else.”

He grinned, then nuzzled my neck and gathered me closer in his arms.

When another gust of wind flowed across my limbs, I suddenly became aware that we were nearly naked and we were miles away from his apartment. Alarm shot through me.

“Are you going to walk back like that?” I asked. “As naked as the day you were born?”

He shrugged. “I suppose I’ll have to.”

“You don’t want to run in your wolf form?”

Another teasing smile lightened his expression. “Do you want to get to know my wolf a little bit better?”

I shrugged. “He is rather gorgeous, and I wouldn’t mind petting him again.” My eyes widened. “Or would he not like that? I mean, is that like demeaning or something, since he’s really you or whatever?”

Wyatt barked out a laugh. “No, it wouldn’t be demeaning, and if you want to pet him, I’m sure he’d eat it up. And just so you know, I’m pretty sure you can do whatever you want with him, and he’ll like it. He would probably even play fetch with you.”

I laughed but rolled my eyes. “I don’t think I’ll be doing anything as demeaning as that, thank you very much.”

He chuckled again, the sound deep and filled with delight. “Just saying. I don’t want you to hold back, ’cause when it comes to you, he’ll do anything.”

His statement was filled with mirth but also complete truth. It made my breath hitch. “How did I ever get so lucky to meet you?” I asked quietly.

He sobered, that tender look filling his eyes again. “I’m just glad we met again at all. Before, I wished that it had been two years from now, so my commitment with the SF would be done, but now, I thank the Gods that I found you when I did, because if I hadn’t, maybe the Safrinite comet would have killed you.”

I cocked my head, wishing I knew more about what he was talking about, but my mind was still a blank canvas of nothingness for everything before waking up in that field outside the capital.

“Then I’ll count myself fortunate that I came here,” I replied. “Because Safrinite comet or not, I feel so lucky that we met.”

Cool autumn air swirled around us. When I gave a shiver, Wyatt rolled me to my side until his body covered me more and his heat warmed me.

“We should head back,” he said, giving me a quick peck on the nose. “As much as I’m enjoying this, I know you’re tired and need to sleep.

I yawned as if on cue. “Yeah, you’re probably right. Do you think it’s a long walk?” I had no idea how far I’d run before he’d caught me.

He shrugged. “No idea, but I can get us back in no time if I carry you.”

Before I could protest, Wyatt dressed me, and then I was off the ground and swept up in his arms. Wind suddenly streamed across my face and flowed through my hair as he sprinted downhill through the trees with me cradled to his chest.

I squealed in surprise, which only elicited a deep laugh from Wyatt as he ran harder.

A few minutes later, we were back at the front door of his barracks, coming to a sudden stop.

His chest rose, deep breaths filling him, and I gasped in surprise. “How did you get here so quickly?”

He shrugged, not letting me down. “I can run fast when I want to.”

I looked down. His rather impressive dick, even when soft, dangled between his legs. I arched an eyebrow. “Is that how you run in public normally?”

He opened the front door, not seeming the least bit perturbed by his nudity, and stepped into the entryway. “Only when I don’t have any clothes.”

Before I knew what was happening, he was bounding up the stairs two at a time and suddenly, we were in front of his apartment door—a door that was still wide open.

I slapped a hand over my mouth when a laugh bubbled up. “I wonder how much time actually passed between me running out of here, you catching me, and us, you know, before getting back here.” I glanced at the clock, not even sure what time I’d initially left. “Do you think fifteen minutes sounds about right?”

He arched a teasing eyebrow before kicking the door shut behind us. “Actually, it was fourteen minutes. For a moment there, I thought you were saying I was slow.”

I laughed as he carried me into his bedroom.

Green fire smoldered in his eyes when he set me on the mattress. The room was dark and cool. Moonlight streamed in through the open curtain.

I rubbed my legs together, an aching pulse already starting low in my belly. From the growing rigid length between his legs, I had a feeling that he was up for round two as well.

Mate.

My thighs automatically parted, my blood singing with need for him.

His nostrils flared as he moved on top of me, his stiff erection prodding my entrance before he sank into me.

I gasped at the feel of his hard length buried inside me. Gods, I would never get enough of this.

He groaned when I tilted my hips, forcing him to move. “Something tells me, Little Flower, that we’re not going to be getting much sleep after all.”