Chapter 10 You Already Shine So Bright #2
The immediate release felt fucking great but it didn’t last long and wore off quickly. I didn’t much care for the empty feeling it left me with.
I rinsed off one last time and got out of the shower. I toweled off and got dressed in a pair of soft gray pajama pants.
Ariel was still sitting on the couch when I left the bathroom. I didn’t see my brother and I assumed he was still outside doing his job like he was supposed to. He could be serious when the situation warranted it.
I didn’t say anything to Ariel as I crawled into the bed beneath the covers. I was tired and didn’t have the energy to hold down a conversation with her at the moment.
I didn’t care that the lights were on or the volume of the tv being slightly loud. I had slept on the hard dirt before, and a whole lot of worse places. I’d take a soft bed with the lights on and a little bit of noise over the cold dirt any day of the week.
Simon had had some rough nights growing up because we’d jumped into our training with both feet.
Some of the shit that had been involved in our training had been downright fucked up and intense but we’d survived it and passed with flying colors.
That didn’t mean I didn’t appreciate a soft bed and an easy ride because I did.
I never wanted to experience half of that stuff again because going through it the one time had been more than enough for me.
I heard the tv turn off and Ariel moving around the main room in the cabin before the door to the bathroom closed quietly.
A few minutes later the shower turned on.
I hoped the hot water heater in this place worked good and I hadn't used up too much of the hot water during my own shower. I’d feel awful if she was in there taking a cold shower because of me.
I probably should have taken a cold shower while I was in the bathroom myself. Touching my dick had really done me no good because it was rock hard once again just thinking about her being naked and in there soaping up her body.
Christ.
I rolled over onto my back and threw my arm over my face to block out the light.
I had to get my mind off of Ariel being in the shower and let my mind wander to my brother.
I did not like that he was outside by himself.
I trustd him with Ariel’s safety and knew that we could both sleep in here without having to worry.
But I had some control issues when it came to my brother.
And even though I knew he could handle himself that didn’t stop me from wanting to trade places with him so that I could keep watch while he slept.
I would gladly give up everything for my brother, even if it meant having to live a life of lonely misery myself. I’d do it without a second thought.
And I knew without a second thought that my brother would do the exact same thing for me. Not that I’d ever allow him to but it was the thought of it that mattered.
The shower shut off and I was pissed that I wasn’t sleeping yet. The mind was a stupidly powerful thing and it was unfortunate that I couldn’t just shut it off with a switch.
The bathroom door opened and I heard her walking around switching off the lights. I should have gotten up and offered to sleep on the couch but I stayed in the bed where I was because I really wanted to see what she was going to do.
Was she a brave girl tonight or not?
It shocked the shit out of me and I stiffened as she climbed into the bed behind me and underneath the covers. I expected her to stay on the other side of the bed.
She did not.
She scooted over until she was pressed up to my side. She wrapped her arm around my stomach and laid her head on my shoulder. Her wet hair didn’t bother me because my body suddenly felt like it was on fire.
My dick, that I had just jacked off less than half an hour before, grew hard again. And I had just gotten that sucker to go down.
Shit.
This was not good.
There was no fucking way I’d be able to fall asleep like this with her tits pressed against my arm and her arm laying across my stomach not that far from my aching cock.
Yeah, I definitely should have gotten up and taken my ass to the couch like a gentleman while she’d been in the shower. Sleeping like this was going to be pure torture for me.
I closed my eyes tight and willed my dick to fall off.
It didn’t.
Absolute bullshit.
She didn’t make it any easier for me when she started sweeping her thumb back and forth across my stomach. My stomach muscles tensed and it took everything in me not to pick her hand up and shove it back at her.
I hoped like hell she wasn’t doing this on purpose to fuck with me because that would be downright cruel.
“Why do these things always keep happening to me?” she whispered in a voice full of pain that hurt me just hearing.
I had no answer for her that she was going to like hearing or would make her feel any better.
But I refused to lie to her. “It’s because you’re special, Ariel, and your magic shines so bright.
Our community is so fucked up when it comes to our females and it’s been like that for a very long time.
Fucked up men are always going to see you as a threat because of what you’ve done so far with the Council.
That and your Aunt did you no favors by doing what she did to you.
It put a spotlight on you when you joined your coven.
There’s never going to be any hiding you away again.
You’re always going to be in the spotlight.
Luckily for you, you’ll always have Simon and I standing in the shadows at your back. ”
I could have said more but it was obvious she already had a lot going on in her mind and I didn’t want to make it any worse for her.
She pressed her palm flat against my stomach and pushed herself up until she was sitting up looking down at me. She didn’t look scared or worried. Her eyes were fucking dancing.
I felt that look right in my cock.
“I don’t expect either of you to stand in the shadows behind me. I don’t think you see yourself like the rest of the world does because you already shine so bright, Trenton. You’re sexy and intriguing and I have a hard time keeping my eyes off of you whenever you’re around.”
Jesus fucking Christ.
Her talking wasn’t helping the situation with my dick any.”Shut up and go to sleep, Ariel. We don’t know what tomorrow is going to bring and we need to rest while we can.”
She licked her lips hungrily, just like she had while I was in the shower fantasizing about her.
I wanted to fucking kill her. Didn’t she realize I was trying to be a gentleman here even though it was likely going to kill me?
“What if I’m not tired?” she whispered.
What the actual fuck was she trying to do here? Destroy my will to live?
“Ariel, why are you doing this right now?” it was best to be blunt with her. I might have just run out of all of my patience with her.
She leaned down and pressed her lips to mine.
They were soft and she tasted of minty toothpaste.
I groaned and I kissed her, slipping my tongue in past her lips.
I couldn’t not kiss her. I had waited too long for this and she was the biggest temptation I’d ever been faced with in my whole fucking life.
She palmed the side of my face and pressed her sweet tits into my chest.
I really hoped she wasn’t just doing this because she was scared about what was going to happen on this trip and she was just using me to feel alive for the moment.
I knew I probably shouldn’t care because it was my job to be there for her and give her what she needed.
But, at the same time, I didn’t want to be used by her because I had real feelings here that were involved.
I pushed her back a little and sat up, frustrated. “Ariel, why are you doing this now, all of a sudden? If you’re scared you should know that you don’t have to be. Simon and I will always keep you safe.”
Christ, I did not want to have this same old conversation with her again about shit she should already just know.
“Trenton,” she snapped at me. “Just shut up and go with it. I’m a big girl, I know my own mind, and what I want. You’re what I want, otherwise I wouldn’t be doing this. Please, don’t make this any harder for me and don’t make me beg for it.”
Okay.
Well.
Shit.
That really was all I needed to hear from her.
I wrapped my hand around the back of her neck and pulled her into my chest. That was all the encouragement she needed to kiss me again. She attacked my mouth hungrily and she was all over me.
I sat there kissing her back but hardly touching her otherwise. I let her do all the touching. She could take all she wanted from me and I’d let her. This was her show, her choice, and I was just along for the ride.
She climbed onto my lap and straddled me. I grunted when her ass landed on my erection. I grabbed her by her hips and tried to push her back a little bit. She was having none of that.
She ground her crotch into my dick and rubbed herself against me.
Jesus, fuck.
This was already torture for me and it just started. I wanted to pull her panties aside and feel her wet heat rubbing raw against my dick.
I wanted it more than I had ever wanted anything ever in my whole life before.
She pressed her palms flat against my chest and her exploration of my body really began. She ran her hands all over my body while I held on tightly to her hips. I was too afraid to move my hands. I didn’t want to maul her like a wild fucking animal and scare the shit out of her.
She stopped kissing me to pull her tank top up over her head and off. She tossed it to the side and stared down at me expectantly.