Great Risks, Great Rewards #2
“With a little help from a dragon or two and natural spring water flowing from where the castle is built into. There are massive ovens below the pools that we stock with wood and let the dragons set it ablaze, leaving us with enough coals to keep these pools warm for a long time. I learned the hard way not to get in without checking the temperature… thought I was going to be boiled alive.”
“Is it safe now?” I questioned as I walked over, dipping my hand into the steamy water. It was definitely hot, sending shivers of delight up my body, but it wasn’t boiling.
Cole’s hands slid up my stomach to the tie for the leather vest I was wearing, pulled the string, then began to undo the rest, slipping it off my shoulders. “I think we should find out together,” he murmured, brushing aside my hair to kiss along my neck.
A soft sigh left my lips as I bent my head to give him better access. “That sounds like an amazing idea.”
At my agreement, Cole gathered the bottom of my shirt and pulled it over my head, leaving me in my pants and cloth bindings.
He untucked the end of the binding and slowly turned me in his arms, unraveling me to reveal his prize.
I could feel his gaze washing over my body as the cloth fell away, leaving me bare to him, giving me the courage to meet his eyes.
“Never hide from me, Cassarah,” he whispered, brushing a thumb along my cheek.
“I know it took me longer than it should’ve when we first met to see the beautiful soul you have and the courage that radiates off you.
We both know I’m not the world’s easiest person to get along with, but if you’ll allow me, I would like to be by your side for as long as you will have me. ”
“Cole, there is no way I could do this without you by my side. I love you,” I shared and cupped his face between my hands.
“I’ve loved you for a long time. I just wasn’t willing to admit that to myself yet because I was scared, but I’m not anymore.
This world is full of uncertain events, and I refuse to let another day pass where I don’t tell you that I love you. ”
“Cassarah,” Cole whispered before he wrapped me in his arms, kissing me like I was the air he needed to live. His large hands spanned across my back, digging in like I might disappear if he didn’t hold on tight enough.
I tugged at his shirt, needing to feel him against me to know this was real, and we were finally admitting the truth to each other.
Cole ripped off his shirt and kicked off his pants quickly before tugging mine down.
I yelped as he picked me up and carried me into the pool, where he settled us in the warmth of the water, causing me to moan at how wonderful it felt.
“Oh, just you wait, little mouse. I’ll give you something to moan about,” Cole whispered in my ear as he shifted so I was on the stone seat and he was kneeling before me.
Spreading my legs, he looked up at me, his eyes full of heat and love as his fingers slid up my thighs to where they joined the rest of my body.
“I don’t need specifics, but have you already done this with one of the others? Just need to be sure I don’t hurt you.”
“Yes, last night,” I answered truthfully. Honestly, I’d expected to be sore today from all that Jade and I did, but it wasn’t too bad, or maybe it was just that the rest of my body was achy as well.
This made Cole pause. “Was that your first time? If it was, this might be too soon. I don’t want to make you more uncomfortable.”
He started to pull away, but I caught him, guiding him back to me. “Trust me when I say you are not making me uncomfortable. I want this as long as you are okay with it.”
His brows shot up at that. “You think I’m pulling away because you were with Jade last night?
” I nodded, not willing to risk saying the wrong thing.
“No, little mouse, we men have already had conversations with each other about the best way to manage sharing you. We needed to come together and set things among us as men so that we would never make you feel guilty when this happened. My caution has nothing to do with him, only that I want to make sure if you’re uncomfortable, adding more friction isn’t the best solution.
” His thumbs rubbed along the inside of my thighs, making my body tingle.
“There are other things we can do, though.”
Scooping up my ass, he lifted it so I was now floating on my back in the warm water as he sank lower so his face was level with my body.
The first flick of his tongue had me crying out as my needy body was finally getting the attention it so badly desired.
Never in my life did I think I would have a man feasting on me the way Cole was drawing moans of pleasure that echoed off the stone room along with the water as it sloshed against the sides as I thrashed under his attention.
Just when I didn’t think there was more he could do to drive me wild, he slipped a finger into me and started to caress my inner walls.
If I’d been sore, there wasn’t a chance in hell I was feeling it now as he added another finger to the mix, drawing out sounds I never thought I would make.
My climax crashed into me like I’d jumped off a waterfall and plunged into the cold water below, constricting my body around his fingers, refusing to let him leave me as I survived these waves of pleasure.
Slowly, my body relaxed, and Cole had to catch me as I started to sink, unable to do anything to support my body.
Cradled in his arms like a child, we sat there as I let the glow of what he did to my body linger before he started to wash me.
Taking a soft cloth, he lathered it up from a bar of soap and began his work, running it all over my body, soothing sore muscles.
When he was done, I returned the favor and used the slick of the soap to help ease his hard cock, not wanting him to be left out of experiencing the pleasure he’d given me.
Finished in the bath, Cole wrapped us in towels and carried me to my bedchamber, where we slept tangled up in each other for the night.