CHAPTER XVIII #8
A blush creeps up my cheeks, hips jerking when he lightly skims over my clit. His other hand is still pressed down between my shoulders, the weight keeping me in place while his fingers slowly press towards my entry.
“No,” I let out a soft moan, “but I was reminded of your vines from the night under the Shadow Oak and again in my room. Do you remember, Keane? I was able to get out of them.”
“How could I forget, trouble,” he thrusts a finger inside as I cry out.
I feel myself tighten around him, my whole body shuddering in pure bliss as Keane groans above me.
“I did the same for Cal and I in the tower…” I tell him breathlessly.
“And?”
“Keane…”
“Alexis,” he smirks, finger curling inside me as I whimper.
“And I think I can summon the earth,” I manage to get out.
“I know you can, trouble,” he says in approval, pulling out completely only to thrust two fingers back in.
My moan is loud as I close my eyes, my body too hot to stay under his hold. I try my best to twist in Keane’s direction, my hooded eyes barely able to stay open as he begins a steady rhythm in and out of me, every stroke causing my breath to hitch.
“But that’s not all...”
“No?” he replies with another smirk before his gaze falls again to his hand between my legs.
“No,” I shudder, rocking myself against his fingers.
“Tell me,” he pumps in harder, pulling his name from my lips in a soft cry.
But I can’t tell him because I can’t focus any more.
I can barely think of anything besides the sweet torture he’s making me take.
I moan and dip my head into my arms and the sheets, arching my ass towards him as he chuckles in approval.
Keane slowly pulls out, his fingers taking my wetness with him and drawing it to my center before he begins a perfect circle against my clit.
“Fuck,” I breathe heavily, pulling my knees up on the bed while his hand on my back keeps me firmly pressed down.
Keane rubs even harder, finding that sensitive spot easily and taking advantage of it, circling his fingers in a way that has my legs shaking.
“Tell me, Alexis.”
“Join me,” I plead, shaking my head against my arms as my body begins to build. “I need you.”
Keane groans and gives my clit a perfect goodbye, slapping it just slightly before he thrusts two fingers inside without warning.
“Keane!” I pant, my full body flexing to stop the tremble that has taken over me.
Ancients, he’s too good with his fingers. Always has been.
“Tell me, Alexis,” he commands again, pumping in relentlessly.
I’m ready to convulse, can feel myself nearly spasming around him as I moan, still unable to collect my thoughts. Keane doesn’t stop his pursuit and continues to plunge in and out. I try to find my voice, try to formulate any string of words that doesn’t have me begging for his cock.
“Water,” is all I manage to cry out before Keane’s fingers bring me higher. They curl inside me at the word, pressing so skillfully that I completely unravel around them, my body trembling through my release.
“Ancients, Alexis, you’re so beautiful when you come for me.”
Keane’s voice sets me over the edge again, his fingers moving steadily inside to catch the end of my release. I completely break down in another moan, my body flushed and hot with my knees threatening to give way under me.
“Stay like this, trouble,” he swiftly pulls away.
I whimper, not knowing if my body will allow me to, and hear him working on his pants before he moves his knees closer on the bed.
Fuck, I’ll never get over the size of him. I feel him everywhere, pushing against me in such heated desire that I know he won’t stop until I find my release again.
I begin to tremble when his hands grip my waist, pulling my hips higher into the air while I steady myself on my arms below me. Keane pushes the tip of his head against my entry, catching the wetness dripping between my thighs before he thrusts inside in a swift move.
“Keane!” I cry, gripping the sheets.
Dear fucking Ancients, he fills me so good. He’s throbbing inside of me, groaning his approval when I rock my hips around him to situate him deeper.
“Fuck, Alexis, I can get lost inside you.”
“Do it,” I moan and arch my hips higher for him, “lose yourself…”
Keane pulls out and thrusts back in aggressively at my words, hips crashing against my ass as I’m rocked forward on the bed.
“And when you do,” I pant as he pulls out and plunges back in.
“Think of me summoning water as well.”
“Fuck,” he thrusts into me so hard that my full lower body clenches around him to hold on.
Keane grips my hips possessively, holding me steady as he begins to pound into me.
My body starts building again under his aggressive thrusts, lips moaning his name with each heated breath as my eyes close to the pure fire taking over my body.
Keane’s nails begin to dig into my skin, his length hitting that spot from within that nearly has me shaking under the pleasure.
I know he feels my shudder from under him and it only makes him continue harder.
“You’re there again, Alexis,” I hear his groan behind me as he plunges back in, “fuck, I can feel you tightening around me.”
“Don’t stop,” I barely manage to whisper, “please don’t stop.”
Keane rams into me, dropping a hand from my waist before his fingers find my clit again.
He circles me until I’m a complete mess, my body convulsing so strong that I feel it doing exactly what he says, gripping his length tight.
Keane groans when my second release floods over him, his hips continuing their thrusts and prolonging my trembles until he finds his own.
I feel him shatter inside me, feel the hard throbbing against my walls when he pulls out and then plunges back in, burying himself so deep that my knees finally give way and the two of us fall onto the bed together.
Keane’s deep breaths rattle against my back.
He stays inside me, moving his hips against my ass so sensually that I jerk underneath him from the sensitivity.
His hands are slow to trail up my sides, fingers finding the back of my neck and the side of my face to pull me towards him before he crashes his lips down on mine.
I take him in hungrily, our tongues clashing against each other before he thrusts into me again, catching my heavy moan to deepen the kiss.
Fuck, he’s everything I need. I don’t think I can go a day without him at my side.
You may have to, that dark shadow in my mind reminds me.
I bite down on his lip at the thought, feeling Keane grin before he slowly pulls out. His hands move to my side, lifting his body off of me before I turn around to greet him.
“Water, Alexis?” his gaze is deeply curious.
I curl into his strong chest and nod my head under his. “Water. Remember that night in Castle Bardot, when Hirovale visited us in the tub…”
Keane takes a sharp inhale of breath, realization dawning.
“He summoned the water off of him.”
“Yes,” I whisper. “I haven’t tried anything yet but I inquired with Holis of what he knew of the Ancient.
He confirmed that Hiro was known to command air and earth.
When I asked him if he had ever heard of someone commanding three elements, he mentioned the Ancient Damen and his quest to attain three, but overall he talked about the idea as if it was impossible. ”
“Until now I would have thought the same,” Keane frowns, hands running up my back.
“But we’ve seen it,” my voice is low and steeped in awe, “we’ve seen the water in the tub and the earth he moved back into the ground when you threatened to pierce him at your father’s Bonfire.
Perhaps Hiro hides the water summoning but it’s definitely there, even if it’s not in any of the history books on him.
Holis didn’t make any connection, so maybe Hirovale doesn’t want people to know…
and if my summoning mimics the Ancient’s, then the possibility is there, right? ”
Keane’s hands stop on my shoulders in a tight grip. I tilt my head up to his and find him staring back at me in deep thought.
“How many other people know of what you can do with the earth?”
“Not many,” I shake my head, “not even me, really. I haven’t tried much. You and your vines, so Cal knows. Perhaps Desmond since he’s the one who gave me the oak slab. McQuoid and Clair.”
Keane nods, brown eyes holding mine in seriousness. “Let’s bring Canon up to speed after your training with air today. See if there’s anything he can have you test with. Holis will need to know too.”
I sigh and drop my chin against his chest. “But it will need to be kept a secret? Just like Hiro?”
“Yes, Alexis,” Keane replies without hesitation, “and a damn good one if you can manage the basics before traveling to Livyatan.”
“I just need you to try to siphon a drop out of your hands,” Canon tells me, a look of genuine curiosity spreading across his features.
Keane and I walked with our First Guards through the castle at dawn, meeting both Cal and Mana at the entry steps with Golem.
The magical creature was greeted with enthusiasm and deep respect the moment our friends saw him, everyone saying their hellos before we walked through the fourth rise and descended down the hill towards the soldiers’ training fields.
We found a secluded area in the grove behind the barracks for our morning training, the location not too far from the Shadow Oak.
My workout with Cal to start things off was tiring, as it always was.
Holis pulled me aside for longbow training after that, keeping his promise of running through the trees at his Discerni speed in hopes that I could catch him.
There were only two arrows that came close to contact, both of them being caught in the air by a quick flash of his hand, with Holis stopping the arrow easily before it pierced his skin.