15. Mia
CHAPTER 15
MIA
" T hat was amazing, just amazing!" another parent gushes, patting both Whisper and me on the shoulders as we make our way through the crowd. Everyone seems to want to stop us, sharing what can really only be called their collective wonder.
"You were incredible Whisper!" someone calls out.
"I had no idea sasquatch could move like that! Another parent exclaims. “Or sing!"
A little elfin woman tugs at my sleeve. "Miss Mia, that was so much fun! How on earth did you teach them to do that?"
I offer a wry smile.
Teach them? It feels more like I unleashed them.
To be honest, I'm just as stunned as most of the parents. And just as proud.
Koda beams with pride, one arm around each of us. "I just can’t get over it. Incredible." he states once more.
I can’t help but smile as the unexpected turn of events.
Smile? More like positively beam.
I am beaming.
Well, I think you will have to. We have other things to accomplish today, you know. I give him a bit of a saucy wink.
“Oh, um, right. Well, all I can say is this is definitely the start of a whole new chapter – for all of us.”
“Ya think so?” I laugh. “Cause from my point of view that is the understatement of the century, considering it’s been less than a week since I was chasing after my Poppykins, with no idea of any of this – or you!”
“Fate has certainly smiled on us.” Koda kisses me on the cheek.
Just then, a group of younglings comes bounding up, practically vibrating with excitement. "Whisper! Hey Whisper!"
"We're having a sleepover!"
"Behind my house - we've got tents and everything!"
"Come on, you have to come!"
Whisper looks up at his father uncertainly. "But I don't have my stuff."
"We've got extra sleeping bags!"
"Please?"
"Can I, Dad?" Whisper asks, his voice carrying that new confidence that makes my heart swell.
Koda pretends to consider it, though I can see him fighting a smile. "Well, I suppose..."
The kids erupt in cheers, already pulling Whisper along with them.
But there is no way I can let him go before I get a few answers.
“Wait, wait, not so fast. Of course, you can go if your dad says you can. But not before you clear up a few things!”
“Like what?” he says, gazing up at me.
“Like how did you even know about the temple? And where on earth did you get the idea – let alone learn to do “Staying Alive” like that. I am still reeling!”
“Ohh that? Easy! The other day some of the other bigfoot kids heard these crazy sounds coming from the woods! Like a banshee song!”
“A banshee? Really?” I think I know where this is going. But I definitely don’t sound like a banshee.
“Yeah, so they dared me to go into the woods. And that’s when I found the big room!” he says matter of factly. Then quickly he adds, “I’m not in trouble, am I?”
“No son, you get a pass. This time.”
Okay, but what about the song?
“Oh that, well you know Dad and I watch lots of shows. Anyhow when you ran away, well.” Now he looks a little embarrassed, and glances at his friends. But he continues, “We didn’t want you to go. And we didn’t think it was fair what the parents were saying about you. So, we wanted to show them they were wrong. Really wrong! And I knew Mr. Kalen had Saturday Night Fever in his DVD collection. It’s a classic! So I, I guess I kinda took charge and we went to the Bullhorn, and um, kinda let ourselves in – your sure I’m not in trouble?
“So that’s where you got the fairy lights?”
Suddenly he looks a little flustered.
“Oh yeah. Yes. We’ll put ‘em back. I promise!”
“Before the sleepover.” Koda says in his best stern dad voice.
But I can tell he is amused, and still proud, beyond measure.
“Yes, father,” he says, trying to look suitably sorry.
But he is failing miserably – but I am not about to call him out on it.
He deserves every bit of his new found confidence.
“Okay son, have a good time with your friends!”
“Okay, dad! And without another word, the little gaggle of kids heads off at a run toward the path toward the temple, presumably to gather up Kalen’s fairy lights.
For a moment there is silence between us as we walk hand in hand through the streets.
Then we both exchange a look before jumping into each other’s arms.
“Well, I gotta say, those kids couldn’t have had better timing!” I gush, feeling a rush of excitement flooding through me.
“You’re telling me!” Koda pulls me in tight, kissing me first on the mouth, before burying his face in my neck to kiss and tease at me again.
A pulse of desire surges through me. I can’t help it. We both know what tonight holds.
“More proof fate is on our side!” I quip as I swat him playfully on the ass.
But I am still coming down from the high of the show.
"Okay this is the last I will say of this – for at least an hour. But did you see their faces? The parents? And even the other kids?" I say to Koda, as we stroll along lazily, taking a meandering path in the general direction of his treehouse. "When Whisper started singing?"
He pulls me close again. “The way he has suddenly bloomed, or literally found his voice Mia, you did that," he murmurs in my ear. "You woke something up in all of us."
I turn to him, looking into his sparkling blue eyes. "Even you?"
"Especially me."
I look down and can’t help but notice a certain swelling of fur.
“Um could you maybe adjust your satchel?”
“I told you, you woke something up in me.”
“Well, we had better get you home and take care of mister...”
"I can think of better places to be than walking around town right now," Koda growls, before scooping me into his powerful arms.
“So, you think things will be okay between you and the elders? And with the town and all? I want to believe, but I mean, obviously you know how Fabletown works.”
“I wish I did!” He laughs, as he kisses me again. “But yes, are you kidding me? After the show those kids put on, the elders and anyone who was against you before is going to be tripping over themselves to get on your good side. You are practically a celebrity now. You saw how they all responded.”
I just nod. “And you and your friends aren’t in trouble?”
“Oh that!” He barks out a little laugh. “Yeah, they are already regretting listening to those meatheads. I’ll tell you about it later, but I think you figured it out. They thought Elowen and all of us kidnapped you ladies.”
“Kidnapped!”
“Yup, and that the spell was all some big ruse.”
“Oh, so that was why Elowen was all excited with the book...”
“Well yes, but also because we have been trying to figure out what in nine hells has been going on with you girls just popping up all over the place!”
“Popping up? Is that what we’ve been doing?” Again, I put on my best husky voice as I tease him. “Are you still popping up?” I try to reach down to check but it’s too far to reach.
“Mia, behave...”
“Or what? Are you gonna kidnap me and take me back to your hideout?”
He laughs, but takes the hint. ”Yes, my friends and I will be fine. No, I just need to carry you back to my lair...”
With that he head into the forest, passing amongst the massive trunks and towering ferns.
I giggle as I snuggle against his chest. "So, am I in for a proper claiming tonight?"
"Maybe if you’re a good girl." His deep voice sends shivers down my spine.
"And if I’m bad?" I trace patterns in his fur, making him rumble with pleasure.
“Then you will get a very VERY proper claiming.”
"Oh, I see. It’s almost like I have no choice in the matter...” I tease, stroking his powerful arms as we get closer and closer to his treetop home.
“No choice at all,” he says, falling right in with my tone.
I feel an ache of pleasure ripple through my core in anticipation.
“But I have to ask - will it hurt?"
"The claiming mark? No, I don’t think so. Just a warm tingling sensation from what I've heard." Realize we have finally arrived, as I gaze up into the treetops. We are at the base of his tree.
I look around for the stairs.
No such luck.
“Can’t we use the front door this time?”
“This is the front door.”
I realize while there aren’t exactly stairs, there are more sort of step branches and handholds.
This place is going to need some upgrades.
“Ready?”
"Born ready." I wrap my arms around his neck as he begins to climb, marveling at his strength and grace. This is an easier climb than before, but not by much. Even with me in his arms, he moves through the branches like he was born to it.
He kind of was Mia.
Oh yeah.
The higher we climb, the more turned on I realize I am getting.
Just something about being carried by a bigfoot back to his lair I guess...
Vaguely I make a mental note that this is gonna make for one hell of a good chapter in my memoir someday.
'My Bigfoot Summer: A Memoir.' No wait - 'Sasquatch Nights: How I Lost My Heart to a Beast.'”
I am nervous I realize. My mind always wanders when I’m nervous.
Well, my mind always wanders, period. But it wanders more.
Boy is it wandering.
And boy am I getting turned on.
What is going on?
You’re about to be freaking claimed! That’s what’s going on!
Duh!
When we reach the top, he wastes no time in carrying me straight to the main central platform – his bedroom.
“Mia, I have thought about this from the moment I laid eyes on you...”
“Really, even with all the prickers around?”
“Yes, even with all the prickers. Now shush, can’t you see I am trying to grovel?”
“Oh right. Sorry.”
Ooh my God. I am nervous...
“I almost can’t believe it. In a few short days, I don’t even know how long. But you have become my everything...”
I really, really want to start talking, but I stop myself, literally holding a hand over my mouth and just nodding in response.
“Your smile. Your laugh. The way you trip when you walk backwards...”
That raises my eyebrow, but I keep my mouth shut.
“You have opened up my whole world, and filled a void I didn’t even really know was there. It has been so long since I felt anything even close to this... I didn’t really think it was possible...” His feelings are pouring out.
“Go on...” I smile.
“But it is. It’s you. You have changed everything, and I wish to claim you as my mate for all time. If you will have me.”
His words hang in the air, charged with emotion. The vulnerability in his voice, the depth of his gaze - it's almost too much.
Almost.
My heart is racing, pulse thundering in my ears. The tension between us feels like a living thing, electric and vibrating with potential.
“Oh yes, I will have you. God, will I have you...”
“Jezzus, take me already, consider your grovel complete...”
But before he can say a word, I grab his fur, pulling him down with me onto the bed, and into a deep passionate kiss. The electric feeling that's been there since we met takes flame again, even more explosive than before.
Suddenly, we can't get our clothes off fast enough.
Well, I can’t, but he gets rid of that satchel in a heartbeat.
"Need you," he growls, his massive hands roaming over my body. "Need all of you."
"Then take me," I breathe, arching into his touch. "Make me yours."
His sapphire blue eyes lock onto mine, now dark with desire. "Mine," he rumbles, before claiming my mouth in another searing kiss that leaves me breathless.
Before long, I find myself lying on my back, my body unconsciously arching toward Koda as he buries his face in my breasts, eliciting a sweet moan from my lips.
Oh boy.
The Danger Zone is sounding every alarm she’s got.
My breath comes in ragged gasps as he cups one breast, teasing the nipple with his thumb, while the other finds its way into his warm, inviting mouth, suckling hungrily.
Hungrily. Yes - and oh boy but am I hungry.
“Oh Koda...”
“Mia...”
I run my hands deep into the thick fur of his back as he lays his weight against my core.
The sensation of his cock, hot and demanding, pressing against my swollen sex is almost too much to bear.
“Uhhh...”
A guttural moan slips past my lips, betraying my attempts to maintain composure.
“I cannot hold back my love...” he practically growls.
I can feel his inner beast wanting to come out.
“I am not asking you to. Jezzus. Baby I am so ready...“
I spread my legs, my body eager and ready to take him, as he begins to slide the thick length of his hard cock against my opening. I can’t help but press against him.
“Oh my god, oh my... OHHH”
I gasp for a moment as he begins to thrust the fat head of his cock inside me, stretching me in a way that is both intensely intimate, and exquisitely pleasurable. But just as my body is adjusting to his size, he pulls out, leaving me panting, and only wanting him all the more to drive his cock in to the hilt.
I almost feel a temper tantrum coming on he has me so revved up.
I just want him inside me...
“I’m sorry my love. But I need to taste you...”
Sorry? Um... that is not something he needs to be sorry about...
I feel myself getting wetter in anticipation.
And did he just say ‘my love?” I think he did.
My heart swells...
But the thought is lost as he lowers his head to taste my arousal and I feel Koda's large finger entering my wet core, his tongue dancing on my swollen clit.
I can’t help it. I buck against his fingers, trying to grab at his head to press him against me.
But he hardly needs my encouragement as he begins to lick up my juices, taking long licks from may ass right up to my clit.
Ok then...
“Koda please, I need you inside me.”
He sucks again hard on my pussy and I feel a sudden surge of pleasure and pressure building, but just as I’m about to climax he releases his lips from my sex and moves up to kiss my belly.
I dig my hands into his shoulders, reveling at the feel of his powerful muscles as they ripple and tense while he kisses my breasts in turn, taking his time as he again teases each nipple in turn.
When he finally raises himself over me, our eyes lock.
“Hi furbaby.”
“Hi my love,” he replies.
“I’m your love?” I tease, smiling.
“What was your first clue?” He quips back.
“Mmm maybe the way your ridiculously massive rod is pressing against my pussy?” I say, matter of factly.
Is it me or is he blushing?
Can bigfoot blush?
Focus Mia, or just stop thinking...
Right.
"You are my love, Mia," Koda says, his voice filled with emotion. "I love you. And now I claim you."
“Yes baby, do it.” I urge, feeling his thickness pressing against me, but this time he doesn’t hold back. My sex begins to stretch wide as he guides his hardness inside me... and with every inch he penetrates me, I feel our connection deepen.
People talk about having a spiritual connection, but this is unreal.
“With the stars and trees as my witness...” Koda murmurs as he begins to move inside me once again, making me gasp with pleasure anew.
Oh my.
As our bodies unite, I really am seeing stars as he begins to drive inside me even deeper.
“Koda, my love...”
I lay back as he works his shaft into me, each thrust penetrating a little deeper. Our breath begins to come hot and heavy as I feel myself breaking in an impassioned sweat. I grab his back, guiding his hips against mine. I let out a gasp each time his massive cock drives into me. Each thrust reaching even deeper, to depths I never knew were possible. I can already feel a sweet pressure building deep within. Each thrust only compounds the pleasure building in my core.
"Ohhh!” my breathing turns into sighs and gentle grunts as his hips gain speed. Each pump of his rod sends waves of joy and bliss throughout not only my body, but my very being...
“Koda, yes ...”
His pace intensifies, and wetness floods my pussy once more... each thrust stretching me beyond reason.
“Oh my god. Yeah baby. I’m so close...”
And beyond thought...
“Do it, give it to me... all of it, baby...”
Koda’s voice booms out, filling the space, even as his hips slam into me with building power, reaching deepest depths of my core and of my being. “Under the all that is... in keeping with what has always been... as has been fated! I claim you Mia! I claim you as my mate! Now and always!”
His words turn into a primal expression of passion as I feel the warmth of his hot seed shoot deep inside me...as my body convulses in an orgasm so powerful it seems the spasms and shakes will never end as our connection reaches a pinnacle.
We grunt and groan together, even as our hearts beat as one...
Until I feel a second wave of his heat as he releases even more of his hot essence within my core.
Another wave of pleasure overtakes me... and I scream out my ecstasy as I cling to him tightly in our shared bliss.
Holy freaking super fuck...
I’m pretty sure the power of speech has left me.
Wow.
A final wave of spasms shakes us both before my Koda collapses above me, before rolling to my side.
We lay there, panting, our bodies pressing together, sharing the incredible bliss that envelops us. The feeling is like a peace I have never known. Vaguely I am aware we are already high above the forest floor, but now it feels more like we are floating in heaven itself.
Slowly, over what feels like an eternity, the intensity subsides, and I sense a blissful calm wash over me. I test my voice, "Testing, one two three..."
Yup, I can speak now.
Good. Yes. Good sign.
Oh, brain function is returning too...
Excellent.
“What are you-“ Koda says, smiling at me quizzically.
“Ouch!” Suddenly I feel a little heat and then a pleasant warmth above my heart.
“My mark!”
I glance down and sure enough I see my claiming mark taking shape - a delicate design is forming.
I can’t help but laugh as I see what starts as almost a blur sharpen into focus.
"It's perfect," I whisper, tracing the pattern with my finger.
What looks like a little tornado is there, small but powerful on my chest.
"Just like you," Koda rumbles, pulling me closer. "My beautiful, little force of nature..."
“Hey, it will color in, right? Like Zoe and Olivia’s?”
“Oh yeah, um, there’s kind of one more little step for that part, but can we talk about that tomorrow? Right now, I just want to enjoy being with you, my mate.” He kisses me on the forehead as he gently strokes my hair out of the way.
“Absolutely,” I run a hand across his cheek tenderly.
Surely this is heaven.
We lie basking in our shared bliss, my head resting on his chest as he gently continues to stroke my hair.
As I begin to feel sleep calling to me, I snuggle deeper into his embrace, feeling truly at peace for maybe the first time in my life. No more trying to contain a hurricane in a mason jar - I've finally found someone, and somewhere, big enough to handle all of me.
"I love you, my big furry teddy bear," I murmur, as I surrender to my pillow.
"And I love you, my little twister."
And with that I finally drift off to sleep, feeling more complete and safer than I could have ever thought possible.