Arei chuckled when the inn came into view. Jos's nose was snarled and distaste was evident in the downward turn of her lips. "I didn't care much for this place either, Kitten, but I have something to pick up in the market tomorrow morning, and then we can be on our way. I believe you'll enjoy the next island I have to show you. It will be about a day, day and half by boat so we'll both need to get our rest."
Her eyes rolled toward the starry heavens above. "I believe I'd much prefer sleeping under a bolder than in that wretched place." She gave an over exaggerated shudder.
He laughed harder this time. "You, Love, have taken to acting far too well of late." he teased.
She let out a sigh as she leaned back against his hard chest. "Where shall we be going this time?" She asked as she traced the pattern on his forearm. It had became her second favorite traveling pass time. Her first favorite was trying to dislodge the fortress that was this hulking man's restraint, but he'd threatened to bound her hands earlier and as intriguing of a thought it was, there was no doubt in her mind it would be the end of the fun. He would simply tie her hands and go about as if nothing in the world bothered him.
"It's a surprise. Hopefully one you'll enjoy." He said. He smiled as her doubtful eyes met his. "What? You don't even know where it is and yet you look as if you'd rather not." He bopped a finger against the arch of her brows.
"No, I'm sure it will be amazing. Every where you've shown me so far as been." Her troubled eyes moved back down to the tattoos of his arm.
"But?" He asked.
She let out a heavy sigh. "Nothing..."
Arei chuckled, "I've been alive long enough to know there's always something when a woman says 'nothing'." He teased. "Come, Kitten, tell me what's bothering you." He pulled the horse to a stop by the stables of the inn and handed the reins off to the stable boy before holding his hands out for Jos. As she slid down his body, her cheeks reddened and she looked away. One corner of Arei's mouth lifted. He gathered the saddlebags in one hand and took hers with his other. Instead of leading her to the inn, he first lifted her hand to his lips and kissed it. "I know what you're thinking, Kitten; and I assure you, what ever thoughts are bouncing around in that lovely head of yours are as far from the truth as there could be."
She looked away, hoping he didn't register the growing heat of her eyes. "How could you know what I'm thinking?"
He laughed, "You've made it clear enough." He lowered her hand and led her inside.
"Ah, ye back!" Called the old barmaid. "Can't offer ye the same room, but I assure a better'n has opened up."
Arei nodded as he led Jos to the bar. "That would be great. Also could you send up some supper and a hot bath?"
"Yes Sir." She replied and waved to another younger maid. "Show these two to the room on the top floor at the end." The young girl nodded and hurried their way.
As soon as the tub and food was brought up, Jos removed her clothes and climbed into the tub, moving as close to the front as she could. Arei huffed out an amused grunt as he pulled his shirt over his head. They'd some how fallen into a maddening loop of lovers... except he'd yet to push her past anything more than him pleasuring her with his hands and mouth, while taking what little release he could by his own hand. He let his trousers drop by the tub as he climbed in behind her. He dipped a bar of soap into the water and began sliding it across her back and down her arms.
Jos let out a frustrated moan as she pressed her body back against the hard ridges of his. She clung to his skillful hands as one gripped her waist and the other massaged the soap over her breasts. She tugged at his arm as she moved her hips against the growing hardness of his cock.
He laughed as she struggled against his leisurely movements. All the torture of the past month had been more than worth it to see her like this, to have her panting and heaving against him. What he wouldn't give to feel her tight, virginal pussy squeeze around him, but it wasn't something he was willing to take... not yet... Though he'd tried several times to tell her the truth, he had still backed out each and every time. He wouldn't take her, not until she knew the truth and accepted him... chose him, Areion. He gave in to her need and let the bar slide free of his hand. He lifted her until she was straddling his lap. His cock rested erect between her folds, her hot untouched center pressed against him begging to be taken. He let the hand at her waist dip to her clit and began working circles there as he pressed his length against her folds. He angled her face up to meet his, her lips parting in anticipation and her eyes already closing. He guided her hand down to his cock and curled her fingers around it, pressing into her grip as he continued gliding his length against her. Once he was sure she wouldn't move her hand, he found a taunt nipple and began pinching and teasing it. Her mouth fell open and her grip tightened around him as she found her release. He watched her face as she fell apart atop him. He waited until the first waves of her orgasm was complete before he lifted her and set her on a chair by the fire.
He lowered to his knees between her legs and watched as she automatically opened her thighs wider for him. Her love fogged eyes gazed down at him in wonder as he, for the first time, clasped his hand around his hard length and began stroking it where she could see. "I know you think my desire isn't as strong as yours, that I don't ache for you as you do me... but love I do. I want you, I truly do. But believe me right now this is the best way." He continued stroking himself slowly as she watched, entranced by the movement. He let his free hand slide up her thigh, not wanting to block her view just yet. He stroked the pad of his thumb against her moist entrance as he slid a finger back and forth through her slick folds.
Her lips parted in soft moans, but she wouldn't look away. Her focus stayed trained on his large hand working the length of his massive cock. A droplet formed on the tip, and he used his thumb to rub the moister across the head. She let out a moan of protest when his thumb moved away and his head and broad back now blocked her view of his magnificent strokes. She let out a loud cry when his hand was replaced by his skillful tongue. It wasn't long until the waves of her second orgasm was quickly washing over her, leaving her heaving and clutching the sides of the chair with her head tossed back. She forced her eyes open when his mouth left her.
Arei stood, cock still in hand. "This is what you do to me." He said as he pumped his cock faster in his grip. He didn't take his eyes off her as her hungry gaze moved from his desire filled eyes to his ready to bust cock.
She pushed herself forward as more liquid began to squirt from the tip. Her eyes met his as she leaned in and pressed her open mouth to the tip. Satisfaction and triumph filled her as his eyes squeezed shut and his hand pumped harder. She flicked the metal bar sticking up from the center of his head with the tip of her tongue as she closed her lips more tightly over the tip. She could fill his fingers tangle in her hair. He began carefully gliding her head back and forth, plunging more of his cock into her mouth with each thrust until finally holding her into place. Her eyes bulged as his hot seed squirted into her mouth. Try as she might she couldn't stop it from over filling and gushing out her lips around his cock.
Arei released his hold on her and quickly retrieved a towel. "You can spit the rest in here, if you need to." He crouched in front of her and wiped the corners of her mouth. He smiled when she gave an audible swallow and shook her head. "You're everything a man could want, Kitten." He said as he pressed a kiss to her lips and lifted her from the chair. He carried her over to the bed as he usually did and placed her under the covers before crawling in himself. "Never doubt my love for you, or my need for you. Those are two things that will never change no matter the years to come."
She rolled over to face him. She couldn't bring herself to ask the many questions she had for him. Instead, she simply traced the features of his face with her finger tips, lingering on his full lips.
He laughed, "I can see the questions dancing in your eyes. Ask them I don't mind."
She searched his eyes for a moment before finally giving in. "What happens in a few months... after the review? Will you really leave it up to me?"
He nodded. "There is some information you need to be made aware of." He let out a heavy sigh as he searched her eyes for answers he needed so badly but was too afraid to ask. "Things about me, details about being a demi-god... choices you'll have to make..." He brushed some loose strands of hair from her face. "I'm struggling for the control right now to keep those options open for you. If you do not choose me, then eventually the man you do choose will expect that part of you. You are a beautiful, amazing woman. I don't want to lessen any chance of your future happiness. I don't want anyone seeing you as anything less that the treasure you truly are."
She frowned. "But I don't want anyone else." She pressed her palms to his chest and snuggled her head against the bend of his neck.
He held her head against him tightly so she wouldn't see the turbulence of his eyes. {Will she still feel the same when she realizes Ry and I have split our time with her? Or when she realizes I've kept this from her all this time. She hasn't said his name once since we've been together... but neither has she asked me, mine. Ry wouldn't say one way or the other whether he'd told her the truth and by this point I feel like asking would only cause problems. I can't risk hurting her and it costing her freedom.} "If you still feel the same by the review then I promise you, I will be yours and you will be mine in every way."
She pushed against his grip to meet his gaze. "You will be mine?" She asked.
He smiled a sad smile down at her. "I'm already yours, Kitten, in every way that will ever count. You should know that. All that is left is combining our bodies; and that, Love, even with nothing left in our way will take working up to."
She frowned. "I don't understand."
He trailed his fingers over her arm. "Our love making will hurt you the first few times. As I've explained, my size alone will hurt you badly." He could feel his dick harden at the mere thought of taken her maidenhead. "If I was to push into you now as you are, there would be a lot of unnecessary bleeding on your part. The more we do things like we did tonight an have done in the past, the easier it will be for you." He gently pressed her onto her back and began tracing his fingers across her flat stomach and over the protruding bone of her hips. He ran his fingers through her soft curls before gliding a finger through her folds. "The more you learn to enjoy my fingers and mouth on you the more ready you'll become." This time, he pressed his smallest finger into her center. The tight walls clinched around him as he pressed in and out of it. "Right now my smallest finger can barely fit inside you. Do you really believe my pierced cock would feel good to you?"
She moaned as she moved her hips against the gentle tease of his fingers. "Ummm..." She moaned biting her lip.
He laughed huskily. "You do make it hard, lil one." He said as he glided his thumb across her bud, watching her come undone once again. He lifted and crawled between her legs, lowering his mouth to her aching bud. He let out a groan as her fingers quickly found his hair as he began flicking his tongue across her clit. He pressed his index finger inside her meeting more resistance this time. He began moving it in rhythm with his mouth never pressing deep enough to cause her pain. Before long she was spasming around his fingers and his cock nearly burst with the thoughts of her tight pussy squeezing him with such force. As her head fell back in release, he lifted above her a balancing on one arm. He stroked out his own release as he nipped and sucked at her breasts. He let the head of his cock press against her already sensitive bud pushing the ball of his piercing against it with every thrust. She let out another loud cry, and he sucked her breast into his mouth harder, biting down softly on the hard nipple. Her hips slammed up against his, giving his head access to the full length of her folds. He had to fight with everything in him not to plunge fully into her. He could feel her body practically shake against his as she came yet again. Deciding it best to move as far from her opening as he could, Arei moved upward taking her lips swallowing her panted gasps and spilling his seed across her stomach instead of buried to the hilt like he'd wanted.
Arei pushed off her and grabbed the towel laid over the back of the chair. He gently wiped her clean and tossed the towel to the floor before climbing back into the bed. He pulled her close against his chest cradling her shoulders in his arms. "Do you understand, Love. If I were to take you, there would be no going back. I would never want to leave your body. My seed would spill inside you and," He paused to press his palm to her stomach. "You may one day carry my child." He frowned bringing her tired eyes up to meet his. "What life would you and a child have as mine? Thank about that as well, kitten. Would my love be enough on those long, cold nights when I couldn't be in your bed?" He ran his hand through her hair. "Would my love be enough when I was forced by the gods to do battle in a land far from you for months... even years with barely the chance to see you?"
Jos nuzzled against him sleepily. "But you've been here all this time." Her eyes were already closed and her breathing had began to fall steady.
Arei let out a heavy sigh, "But I haven't been... not really... I've missed so much and you've... missed... so... much..." The pain of realization hit him hard. It was obvious she assumed it had been him this whole time... or worst yet that he was Ry. The latter thought tore at his chest, squeezing his heart tightly. What would he do if she refused him when she found out. What if she ran to Ry instead... What if she walked out of both their lives... He didn't fall asleep for a long time as thoughts waged war in his mind .