TORRID TEASERS VOLUME 6: NAUGHTY TERRA & THE CLANDESTINY RING by
Belita Renn & Brenda Williamson
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Published by WHISKEY CREEK PRESS Whiskey Creek Press PO Box 51052 Casper, WY 82605-1052 www.whiskeycreekpress.com
Copyright 2006 by Belita Renn & Brenda Williamson Names, characters and incidents depicted in this book are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental and beyond the intent of the author or the publisher. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. ISBN 1-59374-635-0
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Dedication From Belita Renn: To my family and friends From Brenda Williamson: To Giovanna, for her instant friendship and her encouragement.
NAUGHTY TERRA by
Belita Renn
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Chapter 1 London Terra shook from excitement while preparing for her first ball. Prince George was to choose his future wife tonight. Nobility from near and far had flocked into the city. Terra feared the prince wouldn’t notice her among the beauties at the ball. Terri was her twin, but there was something about her features that made her appear delicate, while Terra was merely presentable. She had a respectable appearance, but beside bubbly Terri, she had a tendency to blend in with the background. Her hands clenched, she paced before the cheval glass, watching her reflection. She had more appeal than normal. For once, she felt beautiful, thanks to the lovely gown her stepsister Cindy had made. She felt attractive, but she feared the prince would ignore her and reveal it was all an illusion. She craved to be special for just one night. All she wanted was one smile or nod from the prince. He didn’t even need to dance with her. She stopped pacing when the bedchamber door opened, and grubby Cindy appeared with a pitcher of water in her hands. Cindy was an affliction to the eyes in the usual frumpy gown in which she cleaned and cooked. She advanced to the side table where Terra had a glass sitting on a silver tray. Terra had nothing against the girl, other than that she was 2
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always filthy. As Terra was wearing her new gown, she stepped aside to allow Cindy extra room to pass to prevent spoiling the new gown. “Your mother said you wished fresh drinking water,” Cindy said softly. “Yes. Cindy, you don’t really believe you are going to be finished with your chores in time to attend the ball?” she reasoned. “I wouldn’t have a problem, if there were only the usual chores. As this is the night of the ball, Stepmother and Terri need extra assistance.” “Are you implying that I am part of the reason you are not going to be finished? Surely you don’t think I care if you attend the dance? If you recall, I am the one who urged mother to allow you to go.” Terra chuckled and leaned close to the mirror to inspect the hair above her ears. She didn’t want to have a hair out of place when she arrived at the castle. “I don’t blame anyone, Terra. I was merely talking.” Terra turned and ran her gaze down Cindy’s loose-fitting brown dress, with an apron that made her look years older than her age. “Allow me to make a suggestion. If you do go to the ball, take a bath and wash the ash from your hair. The prince will not want you attending the ball in your present condition. I don’t understand why you avoid water and soap.” She shook her head in disgust. “I bathe all the time,” Cindy protested. “If you bathed, you might be able to find a gentleman willing to dance with you. Really, Cindy, I have never met anyone so averse to bathing. You have been grimy most your life. Don’t you think it is about time you made an attempt to be respectable? I know your father would have wanted you to 3
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attempt to make a good marriage. Do you really want to live with Mother all of your life?” “Bathing dries my skin. My fairy godmother told me that dirt would make my skin as soft as a baby’s,” Cindy naively admitted. “If you have had this fairy godmother all your life, why hasn’t she taken steps necessary to secure your future, instead of telling you how to have baby-soft skin?” “I suppose she isn’t that kind of fairy godmother.” Cindy frowned and chewed on her lower lip as she started from the room. Terra watched her sad little figure moving toward the door and felt sorry for her. She didn’t want to feel pity for anyone who lived in dreams and believed in fairies solving all their problems. Cindy was a sad case and although Terra resisted, the girl touched her emotions. “Cindy, you can wear my pink gown and matching shoes if you go to the ball, but only if you bathe.” Cindy glanced back at her with a look of awe, as she paused in the doorway. “You would really allow me to wear one of your gowns?” “I certainly don’t want you showing up at the ball in one of your ugly gowns.” “I will look like a fairy.” “We’ll keep this our secret.” “If asked, I will say my fairy godmother gave me the gown to wear.” “Fine, I will change the pink waist ribbon with the white one, then no one will know you are wearing my gown.” “Oh thank you, Terra. I will ask father to make certain you have a grand time at the ball.” 4
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Terra smiled one of her rare smiles as she turned away. She wasn’t the beautiful one; it gave her an idea how defeated Cindy must feel. She often took her own frustrations out on her stepsister. She was seldom good to Cindy and it felt right that she should offer assistance to the ugly duckling of the family. The poor child couldn’t help it that she was homely. No wonder she hid her face behind layers of dirt and soot. “I hope if she does have the nerve to go to the ball that someone will ask her to dance.” She looked up at the ceiling thinking of the heavens above. “Stepfather, please don’t let her make a fool of us all, and make certain someone asks her to dance.” She exchanged the ribbons as she had stated and laid the gown on her bed’s counterpane. Tonight she would be Cindy’s fairy godmother. Next, Terra placed white slippers beneath the skirt and decided she liked that better. On impulse she laid her string of white pearls with the dress. “That will make her look grand.” She crossed her fingers and glanced around her room at the mess she had made. The scattered clothing she had left in her wake had made more work for Cindy. A fairy godmother must make certain that Cindy could attend the ball. Grabbing up her things, she stuffed them all in a trunk. It wouldn’t hurt if they waited until tomorrow to go the laundry, or be put away. “Terra, hurry along, girl.” Her mother’s shrill voice called from below stairs. “Surely she is not prepared to leave now?” Lifting the hem of the pale yellow ball gown, she hurried from the room. As she crossed the gallery, she looked over the banister and spotted her mother standing in the foyer. Hurrying to the staircase, she started down, then drew herself up short. She was not going to be scolded tonight for not behaving properly. 5
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Sophiea might use it as an excuse to leave her at home. Her mother was certain if the prince noticed anyone, it would be Terri. Sophiea wasn’t concerned with Terra’s interest in attending the ball because of her confidence in Terri. Tonight she was little better than Cindy, in her mother’s eyes. She descended the staircase gracefully and feigned a smile, as she reached the turn where her mother could see her from below. Sophiea looked up at her and clasped her hands. “You look lovely. We all look lovely. Now, I expect you to reward my efforts on your behalf by returning home tonight, if not with an offer of marriage, then at the very least with a beau.” “But, Mother, there is no way for me to be certain I shall have a beau by the end of the night.” Terra glanced around for Terri as she stepped to the hardwood floor. “Nonsense, many women have only one opportunity to acquire a husband. This is yours. You know I cannot afford to keep dressing you in such finery. If you don’t acquire a husband or beau, expect to join Cindy in doing chores to earn your keep.” “Has there been a sudden decline in our finances?” Sophiea stared at her with wide eyes. “Not that I am aware of. Oh, you want to know why I cannot afford to buy you gowns. Well, the answer is perfectly simple, if you would only consider for a moment. Terri will need many new gowns if she is to be courted by the prince. I won’t actually make you do chores, I suspect, but there will be no more gowns for you until Terri and the prince are wed and she can provide us with an allowance.” Smoothing her hand over her hair, she glanced up the stairs. “Where is that child?” “It is early to be arriving, isn’t it? Do you want to be among the first guests to arrive?” 6
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“I certainly do. The fewer guests there are, the easier it will be for the prince to notice Terri.” “What about Cindy? She needs to bathe and prepare.” Her mother waved a dismissing hand. “No one will notice her absence. Besides, she will only embarrass us.” Clapping her hands, she yelled for Terri, then Cindy. Cindy appeared above the banister on the landing. “Yes, Stepmother?” “Inform Terri we are leaving. I see you aren’t prepared. You may come later. Although, I doubt after one look at you, the footman will allow you through the door.” Terra flinched inside, revealing nothing with her expression. “I will try not to embarrass you, Stepmother,” Cindy said softly, and then stepped away from the railing to do her mother’s bidding. “See that you don’t.” She waited until Cindy disappeared before turning to Terra. “If she arrives looking like a dirt grubber, we will not acknowledge the girl.” “Surely this one night, she will take care with her appearance.” “If she is as usual, we will not acknowledge her,” Sophiea insisted sternly. “Yes, Mother.” As soon as Terri arrived, they quit the manor and entered the black coach. It was a lovely night, the air was soft and warm, stars were sprinkled across heaven’s blanket and the moon was full and bright. “I hope there is dancing under the stars.” “Don’t be foolish, Terra, our gowns would be ruined by grass stains.” “I cannot deny him if the prince wants to dance in the garden,” Terri insisted. 7
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“Certainly not.” Sophiea heaved a heavy sigh. “I suppose if anyone of rank asks you to dance on the grass, you may, if you think there is a chance of an offer of marriage. No kissing unless you are certain you can bring him up to scratch. No marriage offer means nothing but dancing.” “Yes, Mother,” the twins responded simultaneously, like obedient puppets.
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Chapter 2 The ball was in the grand ballroom in the castle. The terrace was half as large and crowded with people. Torches on high poles flickered around the garden wall that separated it from the lower tier of the vast lawn. In spite of the dampness of the grass, women in elegant gowns moved over it without lifting their hems, as though they were still indoors. Their turn around the garden completed, Sophiea led the twins toward the step to return to the terrace. Sophiea sighed, resigned to their grass-ruined gowns. “These were our best gowns. This is a clear example that courting the prince is going to put a strain on our financial resources. You must get to the priest quickly, or we shall be ruined before your marriage.” “They still will be our best gowns, Mother. We will merely cut off the grass stains and add lace,” Terra suggested, feeling proud that she had found a solution to the dilemma. They crossed the terrace and entered the doorway to the ballroom. The pale yellow room was bright from the lights of glittering candelabras hanging overhead, and candles flickering in sconces on the walls. They walked along the edge of the crowd watching the elegant couples dancing in the center of the room. Sophiea stopped to talk to a couple of the town’s gossipmongers to glean news. 9
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Terra glanced around and spotted the refreshment table. “I’m going for a cup of punch,” she informed her companions, before strolling away. It was a relief leaving her mother glowing with excitement over gossip, and Terri looking frightfully bored. She began weaving through the crowd, feeling pleased to have these moments alone. Reaching the refreshment table she stepped into line. A handsome gentleman in black tails and gray waistcoat approached from the front of the line. The white ruffles beneath his throat seem to highlight his dark masculinity. Holding two cups of punch, she knew he was expected by someone and wouldn’t be stopping for a chat. She smiled when he glanced her way. Her mother would never forgive her if she discovered she had flirted before an introduction. Flashing a smile, he turned in her direction and her heart skipped a beat and then began to pound. Dear God, is he going to stop and talk? He was advancing straight toward her. He stopped and offered her a sip of one of the cups. “Sorry I took so long,” he said for the benefit of those watching. “Did you think I had gotten lost?” “Distracted, maybe. You would never get lost.” She shook her head and reached for the crystal cup. Her gloved fingers felt naked as they brushed across his, and a shock of awareness tingled up her arm. She licked her lips and lowered her eyes while taking a sip. His hand remained open, extended for her to accept. It would be churlish to refuse and embarrass him after taking his drink. She placed her hand into his. In a smooth motion, he carried it to his sleeve, leaving her fingers pressing the muscles in his forearm. “Shall we take some air?” Dipping her head slightly, she looked at the cup of punch. “That would be pleasant. After I have emptied the contents of this cup to a level it won’t splash on my gown.” Taking a few 10
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steps forward, she removed herself from the refreshment line. Casting him a shy smile, she was pleased to see that his gaze was warm with pleasure. “Why do you suppose they filled it to the brim, knowing you couldn’t carry it?” “I believe the servant has a dislike of me,” he admitted as the corner of his mouth twitched in amusement. “Oh! I forgot about the person this was intended for. What will she think of me, after I have taken her refreshment?” “I wasn’t fetching it for anyone in particular. I knew there would be a lovely young lady in line soon when I saw you enter the room.” “I’m sorry you got me instead of my sister. If you like, I could introduce you. Of course, you would need to give me your name.” He chuckled, his dark eyes crinkling at the corners. She determined that he was in his late thirties, probably wed with a house full of offspring. After all, what wife would resent going to his bed? He was totally mouth-watering, and his voice made her knees melt and want to spread. “Barramore Sinclare, at your service.” He dipped his head. “I am certain we were introduced at the last soirée you attended?” he queried, lifting a dark eyebrow. Smiling, she sipped from the cup, watching his expectant face over the rim. “Lady Hilton’s rout,” she corrected the location. If they were going to formulate a lie, she needed it to be correct before he met her mother. “In the cardroom?” He dipped his head in appreciation of her quick grasp of his scheme. “We played whist.” “Not allowed; I watched.” “Oh right, and you are?” 11
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“Terra St. James. Terri is my twin, and my mother is Sophiea.” The cavernous room was filled with hushed voices. When a sudden silence of the crowd attracted her attention, she glanced in the direction all the heads were turned. Cindy stood in the entrance, gloriously lovely, and Prince George was advancing to meet her personally. “And that is my stepsister, Cindy Rella.” Terra gazed across the room at her stepsister. He cast a glance at Cindy, then turned back and met Terra’s gaze. “Terra, Terri, Sophiea St. James, and Cindy Rella. Right, I have it.” He finished his drink and reached for her half empty glass. “Let me get rid of these cups so we can take that stroll.” They approached a side table where they left the glasses. She frowned. “You don’t want me to introduce you to Terri?” She studied his handsome face. His full lips were lush and tender in appearance. The straight line of his nose was in profile. Turning, he raised seductive eyes and locked with her gaze. “Right now, I want to spend time with you, if you don’t mind?” “No. No, I don’t. I would like that very much.” She swallowed nervously and allowed him to escort her around the edge of the crowd to the terrace door. The warm evening air caressed her heated skin as they stepped outside. “Now, perhaps we can talk without listening ears.” Pressing his gloved fingers over her hand lying on his arm, he strolled at a slow, graceful pace across the stone terrace. “How long ago was this rout we attended?” Gazing down at her, he studied her face. She felt exposed, as though he knew her deepest secrets and longings. 12
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“It was last month. We do not attend all of the functions. Mother…” Her words trailed away as she decided not to admit her mother was a social grasper and not always welcomed. “I was born in France. We moved here when my mother married Baron Herman Rella. He died when I was fourteen.” “I have no title, I am a second son. Does that make a difference in your opinion of me?” he responded. “No.” She smiled. “Good. Then we have an understanding.” “I beg your pardon? What understanding?” He chuckled. “Only that we are interested in learning more about each other.” Leaving the terrace, they descended the steps to the garden. The spacious lawns had a maze, a flower garden, and flowering trees and bushes scattered around. It would be a peaceful place were it not filled with people mingling in groups. “Mr. Sinclare?” “Barramore, please.” Terra smiled, feeling wicked for being with this stranger. “Mr. Sinclare, where are you taking me?” They were approaching the maze and she knew it would be inappropriate for her to enter without a chaperone. “Not the maze, for certain. In honesty, I have no direction. I am merely wandering. Do you have a certain destination in mind?” His fingers gently squeezed her hand in silent communication. “No destination, but I do need to consider my reputation.” “I will do nothing to harm it. Would you care to dance?” 13
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“Indeed. Dancing under the stars would be magical.” They danced a quadrille, then stopped to talk to several of his friends who had been on the garden’s dance area. Barramore introduced her around, although she knew a few of the ladies who were her age. “Would any of you be interested in risking the maze?” he queried the group in general. Two couples agreed, Mr. Theodore, Miss Lane, Mr. Collins, and Miss Herbert. Terra didn’t know any of them. Since there would be ladies, she was willing to enter the maze with the group. Barramore fell into step behind the group and they crossed the lawn to the maze. The women chatted casually with the gentlemen and appeared to be very comfortable with one another. They tossed comments over their shoulders to Barramore and Terra. The group was behaving properly and she relaxed in their company, as they entered the maze by twos. Rounding the curve in the maze, the men dropped their arms and slid them around the ladies’ waists. She started in surprise when Barramore’s hand touched her back and slid about her waist. Heat pooled in her pelvis and a shiver raced up her spine. A wise woman would have protested at this point, but Terra was feeling the touch of a man’s hand on her body, although through her clothing, for the first time in her life. Her father had died when she was a baby, and her stepfather had never touched her, other than taking her hand to assist her from the carriage. She wondered why it was forbidden for them to touch, as it was such a delicious feeling. Barramore smiled and joked with their companions about getting lost in the maze. His fingers caressed up and down her side, which sent thrilling sensations through her flesh and down to settle in her sex. A heaviness pooled in her pelvis. 14
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Barramore leaned down and pressed his mouth to her hair and murmured, “Touch me. Put your arm around my waist.” Lifting her chin, he pressed his lips lightly to her lips. He smelled of sandalwood and tasted of punch, not a bad combination. Well, he had invited. She saw no reason to deny the request as the other ladies had their arms around the gentlemen. Miss Lane was actually hugging Mr. Theodore around the waist and pressing her bosom against his side. Sliding her hand across his back, she felt the softness of his flesh beneath her fingers. The coat prevented her from feeling his heat, but this was satisfying. Apparently, it didn’t satisfy him. Barramore reached behind him and tugged his coat from beneath her arm and dropped it over her hand. The warmth inside the coat caressed her arm. His movements rubbed the inside of her forearm, and the soft flesh beneath her fingers held her attention. Reaching a split in the path, Mr. Collins challenged them to separate and find their way to the end. Barramore hesitated while the other two groups walked off in different directions onto separate paths. He glanced down at her, his dark eyebrow arched. “Are you willing?” She watched the other two couples, and bit her bottom lip as they disappeared down the paths. “I think this could cause trouble,” she admitted. He caressed her cheek. “Then we shall follow Collins and spoil his game.” He kissed her gently on the lips, and then lifted his head slowly. He gazed into her eyes, probing their depths in the moonlight. It was bright enough for them to see the path and each other. With him standing this close, she could make out his features. He feathered a kiss across her mouth, his tongue licking at the break. Parting her lips, she allowed him to enter 15
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her mouth. Their tongues danced, stroking and caressing against each other and sparking sensations that tingled, enticed, and tempted her to seek more. Barrimore stepped closer and pressed his hard frame against her body. He adjusted to a new angle and continued kissing her lips, as though he couldn’t resist their temptation. She moaned against his mouth as an ache of awareness began throbbing in her sheath. He pulled her tighter against his body and his kiss became more demanding, as though the sound had sparked an emotion in him. His demanding kiss was also more thrilling. His hand massaged her back, pressing her forward and crushing her breasts against his warmth. Her legs threatened to collapse and she grasped his shoulders. She broke the kiss and panted between parted lips. “I’m sorry, but if we don’t stop, I am going to fall.” She looked around at the hedges and grass surrounding them. “I don’t think this would be a good spot to fall.” Feeling embarrassed by her admission, she lowered her face to conceal the heat rising in it, before realizing he couldn’t see it. He lifted her head with a finger curled beneath her chin. “You’re right, I am a fool. I do know a place…” He shook his head and he took her hand, then turned toward the path Collins had taken. “Never mind.” Frowning, she strolled at his side as she gazed at the path before them. “Where? What were you going to say?” “It doesn’t matter.” He sounded resigned, and disappointed. Disappointing this wonderful man was the last thing she wanted to do. She needed to know what he had been thinking. “Perhaps, but I am curious.” “I was just going to say I know a place we could go where we would be comfortable, and not worry about your gown 16
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getting grass stains. But I don’t want to insult you, or make you think I am trying to take advantage of you.” A grin lifted the corner of her mouth. “But you do want to go there.” “Yes, I want to kiss you.” “All right.” Mother had said she had one shot, and deep inside, she knew this was it. This was her chance at happiness. Besides, she wanted to be with him. He stopped and turned to stare down at her with a stunned expression. “All right? You are willing to go with me to a private place so we can kiss?” She nodded. “You do realize that once I am alone with you and have no fear of being discovered, I am going to want to make love to you.” “Oh! Well, I cannot do that. I must wait for my husband.” “Sweetheart, no one waits. They merely pretend to, but I will stop the moment you tell me to, if you come with me.” “Where can we go that there aren’t people? The whole palace is swarming with guests.” “I know where there aren’t any people.” Taking her hand, he turned about and led her back to the entrance. Before they reached the opening, he dropped his arm from her waist and placed her hand on his forearm. They strolled out of the maze as though they had never entered. She prayed no one saw the lone couple leaving the maze. They strolled along the path so as not to gain the attention of anyone. They stopped and spoke to Lord and Lady Doyle, then continued on. He glanced back to see if anyone was walking in their direction, then moved around the corner of the castle. 17
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“I feel so wicked,” she leaned close to whisper. Barramore kissed the tip of her nose and smiled. Increasing their speed, he walked quickly to a side door. He pulled it open and held it wide for her to slip through, then followed and closed the door. The room was pitch black. “Where are we?” she whispered. “In a hall. Hold my hand and I will lead the way.” His right hand groped down her right arm, then grasped her fingers. He moved ahead of her slowly. Following a step behind him, she touched her fingers to the hem of his coat occasionally for added guidance. He stopped abruptly and she bumped into his body. Her face slid down his back to the left side as she fell forward. Reaching out, she grasped him around the waist to gain her balance. He grunted, then chuckled. “Keep that up and I am going to demand you make an honest man out of me.” They advanced several steps with him moving faster and pulling her along. Again he stopped and she bumped against his back and started falling. She caught him around the waist for support. “That is twice you have grasped my cock. I really think you should do the honorable thing and marry me, Terra St. James.” “Oh, Barramore, I am sorry.” “Apology not accepted. I demand satisfaction.” He tugged her around a doorframe and pressed her against the wall. He closed the door and sighed. “See how easy that was. Now let me find some light. There has to be something in here.” He struck the flint and lit a candle, then set it in the fireplace. “Our own little blaze, what do you think?” “About the room, it appears to be a—Mr. Sinclare, this is a bedchamber.” Her eyes adjusted to the dimness and she saw a small bed before the small fireplace. 18
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“Better, this is a prison cell, no one will bother us here.” He sat on the bed and patted the mattress beside his hip. “Join me, Mrs. Sinclare.” “Stop teasing, what will we do if we are caught?” “We will wed. There will be no choice.” “Oh, are you certain you want to risk it?” He patted the mattress again. “I want you here. We will discuss the rest later.” She stepped closer but felt unsure about the situation. This could turn into a disaster very quickly. She sat where he indicated and placed her hands in her lap. She stiffened as Barramore casually put his arm about her shoulders and pulled her to his chest to claim her mouth. In an instant, she discovered he had been correct in his choice of location. Terra gradually relaxed and let herself become immersed in sensations. Barramore laid her back onto the mattress and shifted his body onto the backside of the mattress. Dancing with his mouth was her main interest. His warm hand settled on her hip, then he tugged. “Bring your legs up,” he instructed in a persuasive timbre, panting against her mouth. A mere shift and she lay stretched out beside him on the narrow bed. His hand covered her breasts and her body quivered with delight. Kissing down her throat, he licked across her collarbone. His hand worked her gown open, and he pulled it down, exposing her breast in the dim light to the cool air. Slowly, he kissed up the mound of her breast, and she was aching for him to touch her nipple when his hot mouth finally covered the extended bud that begged for attention. A cry tore from her lips as his tongue flicked the hard pebble. “Oh God, Barramore, that is unbelievable.” 19
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He suckled for a minute, compelling her to surrender to his wishes. When he moved her hand to his manhood and pressed her fingers around him, she was more than willing to pleasure him, as long as he continued to please her body. She wanted his hands on her body and his flesh touching her flesh. She was a wicked woman, but she didn’t care, she wanted this man.
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Chapter 3 Her fingers molded the material to his shaft, while she studied the shape and feel of him. When satisfied, she explored his pelvis, and moved on to his stomach. Slipping her hand beneath his shirt, she was excited to finally have his flesh beneath her fingertips. Grasping her arm, Barramore moved it down until her fingers once again touched his erection. Smiling, she explored his hard shaft and its soft head. His hand moved between them, then grasped hers again and pressed her fingers to his hot silken flesh. She was amazed that he was actually allowing her, a complete stranger, to touch his private nether region. His hand moved up her thigh and she couldn’t object— after all she was playing with his sex as though it were her favorite toy. Her body shuddered when he touched her aching center. Her leg muscles relaxed, moving farther apart to give him access. As he kissed her deeply, his fingers slipped inside her nether lips and stroked her, smearing her body’s juices around the entire area. She gasped breaths between her parted lips, while his mouth teased and plucked at her lips. Terra whimpered her need when his thumb squeezed her clit against his finger. She had known she liked him when they met, because of the instant connection they had shared. Her opinion of him had climbed when he hadn’t been impressed by Cindy’s 21
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beauty. She had adored him when he hadn’t wanted to meet Terri. His kisses soared her into hero worship, but his touch—dear God in Heaven—his touch drove her wild. She really didn’t think she had a mind at all anymore; she had turned everything over to him. He owned her, body and soul. “I want to love you, Terra.” “Yes, anything.” “Anything?” His finger thrust into her sheath and her eyes grew round, as he lifted his mouth away and gazed down at her. “Yes, I want you to love me.” “Do you love me, Terra?” “Yes, I believe I do.” He lifted her skirt to her waist, moved onto her body and positioned her raised knees. He rubbed his fingers through her juices, while gazing into her eyes. “You are ready for me, my beauty, but I must warn you, this often hurts the first time.” Shaking her head, she frowned. “I don’t want to hear this.” The corner of his mouth lifted in a grin. He raised his fingers to his mouth and licked them. She chuckled at his foolishness. Sliding down, he sank between her thighs and settled his mouth on her labia and licked. “Oh, but I don’t think—” “You said anything,” he reminded her, his fingers toying with her lips, before spreading them wide and lowering his mouth to her clit. He suckled, lapped, tapped with his tongue until she was grinding her sex against him and begging for more. “Will you trust me to take care of your needs without further objections?” “Yes, oh yes, anything.” 22
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Rising between her legs, he stroked her clit with his fingers, keeping her passion fever pitched. Her hands fisted in the blanket while she ground against his finger. She felt the head of his shaft pushing into her sheath. She didn’t care what he did now, as long as he didn’t stop. Her pelvis was driving her insane with need and the only relief to be had was that finger on her clit. Suddenly her body exploded on the inside and she screeched between clenched teeth. He pressed forward, shoving his manhood into her body. He hesitated, then rammed hard. The pain killed her pleasure. Crying out, her shoulders came off the mattress and she tried to crawl up the bed, away from his invading body. Dropping over her body, his weight held her in place. His hand locked on her shoulder gave him leverage to push deeper into her sheath. “Easy now, it’s over. Give your body a minute to adjust to me.” “Does it hurt like this every time?” “No, just the first. Can you feel me inside you?” “Yes. You are throbbing.” “So are you.” Terra closed her eyes and concentrated on relaxing, allowing the fear to drift away. She began to feel the pulses in her body again. “Yes, I feel it.” “That really good feeling you had was a climax, your body’s cum bursting forth. Do you want to feel that again?” She nodded. “Then relax and trust me.” She exhaled a deep breath. “I will try.” He withdrew slowly, then eased back in. He repeated the process until she started to move with him before increasing the pace. He rocked into her at a steady pace, while her desire 23
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mounted. Soon she was meeting his thrust hard, grinding against him for more, and he was pounding into her hard and deep. Her body seemed to collapse around him and releasing her breath, a silent scream passed her lips. Barramore grunted then tossed back his head and groaned loudly. He lay on her shoulders resting, panting as heavily as she, his weight on his arms and knees. When their breathing slowed, he kissed her with the same deep hunger with which they had started. His body was still buried in her, and he began moving slowly again. Her body continued to spasm around him, and his movement only increased her pleasure. “Oh yes, Barramore, please don’t stop.” “I won’t. I want you as I have never wanted another woman. I cannot wait to teach you all the pleasures of lovemaking. When I think of it, it makes me even more excited to be in you now.” Did his words mean he wanted to continue seeing her? Just in case it was only love talk, she didn’t question him. She didn’t want to do anything to spoil this moment. If this was all she was ever going to have, she wanted to enjoy it but her body was beginning to hurt and she wasn’t having the same pleasure this time. She wanted him to hurry. As if sensing her discomfort, he stopped moving and withdrew. “I’m sorry, I forgot it was your first time. You make me lose my head.” He sighed deeply. “I suppose we should be getting you back to your family.” The hope in her heart died. It was over. “Yes.” He rose, straightening his clothing, then helped her restore her own clothing into a respectable appearance. “There now. Only you and I will know that we have shared these wonderful moments,” he said, his deep voice 24
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pleased. He went to the hearth and fetched the candle. He moved to the door and waited for her to exit before him. When they reached the end of the dark hall, he blew out the candle and dropped it on the floor. Stepping into the garden, she continued walking as he followed and closed the door. Barramore caught up with her at the corner, and they entered the garden together. Terra had no way of knowing how long they had been absent from the party, or even if her mother would have noticed. She mounted the steps at his side feeling trepidation. Spotting Sophiea across the terrace, she pointed her mother out to him. Barramore escorted her to Sophiea, sketched a bow, and introduced himself. Terra explained where they supposedly had met. Her muscles clenched in knots, she hoped he would ask permission to court her. Terra doubted she would ever see him again after tonight, if he didn’t. “Did you see what that horrid creature did?” Sophiea cast a hard glare around the room. “Who, Mother?” “Cindy! She danced with the prince, then she disappeared with him. Just as you did.” “I didn’t dance with the prince.” “No, you disappeared, probably with this young man. Where have you been?” “Just walking in the garden.” “Terra and I have had a wonderful evening—” “I can imagine,” Sophiea stated dryly. Ignoring her harsh glance at Terra, he continued. “I would like to ask for Terra’s hand in marriage.” Sophiea’s head snapped around, “Indeed. What exactly have you and my daughter been talking about all evening?” 25
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“That you came from France, married a baron, about her sister and step-sister, the magic of dancing under the stars, the garden, dancing, friends—of course we have visited with a few tonight—and we danced and had refreshments.” “I see. So you really have spent the evening together. Tomorrow we must discuss your prospects, young man.” “Mother, please.” She was feeling highly embarrassed by her mother’s abrupt attitude and questioning of the man she wished to marry. “I want to marry him.” “These are matters that must be discussed,” Sophiea informed her in a haughty manner. “However, this is not the proper place for such a discussion.” “Not tonight?” Sinclare asked innocently. “Indeed, young man, if you feel the same rush in your blood tomorrow as you do tonight, come visit me and we shall discuss it.” “Thank you, Baroness.” Grasping Terra’s hand, he placed it on his sleeve and led her away before her mother could object. “Where are we going?” Terra questioned. “Anywhere. Do you think she will accept me?” “Do you really want her to?” Stopping, he turned to face her and touched his fingers to her cheek. “How could I not want one such as you?” He lowered his head and lightly kissed her lips. “I wanted you the moment you walked through the doors.” He pulled her into an alcove and gathered her firmly against his body, then kissed her deeply. Someone tapped her on the shoulder. She lifted star-filled eyes and gazed into her mother’s glaring, furious face. “You have shamed us enough. We are going home now. Young man, I expect you at my home at noon. Do not be late.” 26
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Sinclare released her slowly, and they parted and stepped from the alcove. The people standing around them stared, and the women whispered behind their fans. She had completely forgotten they were in view of anyone who looked within the alcove. Heat rushed to her cheeks. “You have assured that my answer must be yes. I assume that was your intention,” Sophiea accused. The side of Barramore’s lips lifted. “Yes, Baroness. I knew if she would kiss me here and forget herself, that she really cares for me.” “Well,” Sophiea puffed. Terra gaped at him. He had actually tested her, after what they had just shared. She should be insulted, but he had assured that her mother had to give her blessing or she would be ruined and unmarriageable. “Well, that was most wise. I must assume you will be able to take care of my daughter with the same cunning.” “Yes, Baroness.” “Then you have my blessing. The marriage must be quick as you have already seduced my daughter.” Terra gasped. “He kissed you in public. That is the same as a seduction, Terra,” Sophiea informed her harshly. Barramore gazed into her eyes and barely shook his head. Lifting her hand, he kissed her fingers. “Until tomorrow, my lovely Lady.” Turning toward the curious watchers, he smiled. “I’m betrothed,” he stated. Acquaintances advanced to offer their congratulations. Her anger mollified, Sophiea decided they could remain awhile longer at the ball. Around one o’clock, Sophiea gave up on finding Cindy. The prince hadn’t returned to the ball 27
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and Terra wouldn’t admit to having seen Cindy dance with the prince. Her mother was beginning to doubt she had even seen her stepdaughter at the ball. Terri had disappeared as well. “I am thoroughly disgusted.” Sophiea sat in a chair near the wall. She looked at Barramore sitting to closely to Terra, their arms touching, and sighed. “Why don’t you two stop making a display of yourselves in public? It is unseemly to be constantly touching.” “I’m sorry, Mother. Could we go home?” “Certainly. We’ll leave as soon as Terri returns. The gentleman can pay his address—as a respectable gentleman should—tomorrow.” She waved her kerchief before her face concealing her mouth. “I hope you chose wisely, because if you didn’t, you’re ruined if he doesn’t marry you. What is worse, you will have ruined any possibility of the prince paying his address to your sister.” Barramore escorted them to the door, and waited until the coach rolled away, before ordering his own conveyance. He passed a coin to the footman who had prepared the cell for him. He wondered fleetingly if Terri and a young gentleman had shared that same cell. His thoughts drifted to being alone with Terra, and he smiled as he settled in the coach. They could share a few more kisses and perhaps a little fondling before the wedding, if her mother didn’t interfere. It was a shame she had been a virgin; he would love to be within her, loving her again. More importantly, he had to take care of her. Sex could wait a few days while her body healed. He sighed, squeezing his shaft to keep it flaccid. He was already anxiously looking forward to his wedding day.
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THE CLANDESTINY RING by
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Chapter 1 The wind whipped a gale from the heavens. The sky darkened to a black sheet of obscurity. When all should be silent upon the earth’s impending storm, angry voices deafened Calandra’s senses. Too much went on in her mind, too many commands she had no wish to obey. She tried to part the curtain of darkness and found her hands instruments of her will. With the palms outstretched, she pushed the thick fog. Through the parted mist, she escaped the men pursuing her. “There she is!” one voice rose from among them. “Calandra!” The ground beneath her feet dissolved in airy, cool cotton as if she floated upon the clouds. The heavens shifted, the celestial lights sprung forth, and from a vortex whirled the outline of a dog-shaped star. Hypnotized by the meteoric rise of vapors, she gazed at the magical, mystifying, and inspiring. “Get her!” yelled the men chasing her. Calandra looked to the heavens. The chariot of light streamed toward her. The eerie beauty of a creature with the head of a hawk descended in her direction. His massive wings glided with ease and supported the weight of his lion body. Having a tail of a serpent, he steered closer. “Take my hand!” a deep voice ordered from behind the creature. 30
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She saw the long tan fingers pierce the glow of white light. She loved the outline of the hand before her and made no hesitation in her choice. She reached without question to the safety line. With the possibility of leaping to her death, she went against her mind’s judgment and trusted her instincts. All the while the chariot remained in flight, her bare feet were on top of someone else’s. Muscled arms encircled her slender frame. She couldn’t move and he didn’t seem to mind her standing on his leather-encased toes. She found a hold on his waist. The strong rich scent of a man chained her mind to his masculine fragrance. The sex-laden perfume swept up her nostrils and she took short intakes of air to gather the entire aromatic essence of him. Caught in the moment, fear seemed distant from her thoughts. Excitement gained ground with each movement of his body. His arm shifted, his large hand squared over one cheek of her quivering bottom, and he pulled her into his contours. She gulped at the sensitivity of his touch. The groping fingers stimulated an arousal she didn’t need. She looked for escape and saw the impossibility. They careened through a star-filled sky and she had no place to leap. “Who are you?” she whispered nervously. The white light absorbed them. His hand kneaded her bottom as if he tested the ripeness of a pomegranate. His finger raked her thin toga into the crack of her ass. The inspection, oddly seductive, made her body shudder. “The Dog Star,” he announced with a hint of pride and a whole lot of arrogance. She’d not let him intimidate her with his harsh tone. “That’s it?” she asked. “You’re called nothing else?” “Sirius,” he grunted. 31
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“I’m Calandra.” She clutched the sleek hard flesh of his arm. His finger pressed the skirting of her short cotton white toga so it folded deeper into the crevice of her ass. The stimulation to her anus intensified. With her head so near his chest, his heartbeat echoed, and it enticed her to press her ear against him. The vibrant, slowly escalating rhythm entranced her. Soft hairs tickled her cheek. His stroke persisted so she had to rise up on her toes for his finger to reach the ache he created. The cloth pressed into the tight sphincter. She whimpered as the madness overtook her. His erection had lodged tight to her belly. Higher she rose as if she could make the tight bulge of his cock spring free of his clothes and penetrate her. The impractical thought remained, regardless of her will. Calandra’s fingernails dug into the back of Sirius’ arms. She trembled and perspired while fighting off the orgasm. Her ass muscles clenched involuntarily, groping the tease of his finger. Suddenly, because he gave no warning, she fell away from him. He didn’t force her, but he did propel her out of his grasp with urgency. In slow motion, she went backward until she hit an unyielding cold marble floor. “Here’s your neophyte,” Sirius announced. “I suggest, Maximos, from now on you do not mark them for the Greeks to persecute.” Calandra looked up to the man...no, the powerful god, Maximos. Her mind worked in many directions. Her plans had to form around this one deity. He may not be Zeus or Hera, but he had the might of the stars behind his word. “The philistines of the land are clearly stupid to anger the gods!” Maximos declared. “Who interfered with my chosen?” “Commoners of unimportance,” Sirius answered. 32
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The god Maximos walked to where Calandra lay sprawled on the floor. His eyes went the length of her. He lingered on her legs first and then her chest, heaving the final gasps of her climax. “Where am I?” she blinked innocently. “See, she’s stupid as well,” Sirius laughed. As she watched him raking back his black mane, Calandra almost sighed with appreciation of his pose. Never had she seen a more elegant man carved of flesh so like marble. “I’m sure under your guidance, Calandra will become a welcomed goddess on Mount Olympus.” Maximos bent down and lifted her chin. “My guidance?” Sirius bellowed. Calandra covered her ears to the thunder in her head. “Yes. I’m charging you with her care and tutelage,” Maximos responded. “If all goes smoothly, then it shouldn’t take you long to make her one of us.” He fingered her golden hair and pressed a thumb between her lips as some sort of inspection of her mouth. Beautiful, he mouthed to her. “I’m not a teacher of mortals,” Sirius said, his outrage exposed. “And might I suggest you lower your tone until she has accustomed herself to the might of your voice?” Maximos raised a brow in his direction. “The last one of your neophytes turned on me with the serpents of Medusa. If this one so much as bats an eye at… at…” He looked down at her. “Yes, Sirius, it would do you a sight better not to give the girl ideas.” Maximos reached for her hand. “Come, my heavenly dove, let me see your stature and examine you close at hand.” 33
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Timorously, Calandra gave him her cool fingers. She found his to be as equally chilling. The extent of the icy tips greatly enhanced when he fingered her breast through the wispy cloth. Her gasp came silently from barely parted lips. She had not grown up a stupid child. No man would hear pleas from a woman. She knew the consequences as she stood on the brink of pleasing the man or angering the god by her impertinence. Her eyes flickered over Maximos’ shoulder to Sirius watching. His eyes held no openly affected emotions. However, he shifted uncomfortably. Her chest swelled under the heavy palm of Maximos kneading her flesh. She thought only of Sirius. He had become her champion against the men on Earth. If need be, she wondered if he could be her defender against a god. “So ripe and plump, wouldn’t you say, Sirius?” He pulled the loose neckline down and forced her nipple to peek over the edge. “And pink. I like the rosy blush.” She turned her head when Maximos lowered his face. He kissed her puckered nipple. She didn’t mind the gentle swirl of his tongue, or the nip he took to tug it further out of the garment. Only, she couldn’t continue to look at Sirius. Maybe if he showed some feeling for her, she could stare into his dark gray eyes. “If I’m to tutor the human, then I should get started.” Sirius coughed. Maximos lifted his mouth from her breast. His saliva glossed the tip so it glimmered in the rays of light streaming around her. She looked from her exposure to Sirius’ obvious distraction. She couldn’t tell if he did it for her, for himself, or out of impatience. 34
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“Yes, yes quite right.” Maximos fondled her other breast. “I do love to taste the nubile young ladies on the brink of becoming goddesses. They are so much more understanding of my inexhaustible delights of their bodies.” Maximos kissed her collarbone. His lips swept from one side to the other. His hands groped her breast a bit rougher. “So exquisitely tender.” He pressed a kiss under her jaw. Then he turned her away and held her shoulders. “Take her, Sirius, or I’ll ravage the beauty before she’s capable of accepting all my power.” Calandra breathed heavily. The vigor of Maximos did provoke a heat from the sparks Sirius created. It didn’t dissipate either, when Sirius’ hand came as an offering for her to move out of Maximos’ reach. Again, she found herself mindlessly taking hold with the same blind trust. His fingers scraped over her nipple to adjust her garment. The same hunger in his eyes mesmerized her for the minute it took him to finish his teasing rub over the cloth covering the sore bud. His hand slid down her arm and he clasped her small hand in his. “Where are we going?” she asked as she stumbled along in his grip. She looked back to see Maximos gone. “You’ve been chosen to be a goddess,” Sirius answered and lifted her up into his chariot. “No doubt, another of Maximos’ mistresses as well.” “I don’t…I don’t want to be a goddess, or his mistress,” she charged. Her eyes went to the animal stomping a hoof to the ground before them. “Not want? What right have you to not want the power of the heavens?” 35
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“What right has anyone to say what or who I am?” She pursed her lips with irritation. Sirius smiled and her heart lurched. “I hope Maximos dubs you Goddess of Lunacy, then you’ll fit your title.”
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Chapter 2 He snapped the reins and his chariot took them up into the clouds on the wings of the mythical creature. Calandra gasped at the jolt. She fell forward into Sirius with no effect upon his brawn. Once her body steadied to the ride on the winds, she pushed away from him. She held the chariot with an unnerving grip as the stars glowed brightly around her head. Each illuminating glow seemed to wink or laugh and she looked back up at Sirius. “It’s a tribute to your arrival.” He glanced down at her. “Smile at a star.” “I don’t care to smile at anything for any reason, unless you’re taking me home.” “Oh, I’m taking you home all right,” he smirked. His hand folded over the top of her shoulder. “Really? You wouldn’t lie?” She looked back up at him, skeptical. His hand rubbed over the ball of her shoulder. The caress traveled, ending with a sweep of his thumb along the pulse in her neck. A smile formed slightly at the corners of her mouth. She enjoyed his affectionate touch. “Ask the griffin if you want.” His finger crept down over her collarbone and fastened to the opposite breast Maximos had suckled. Her nipple hardened against his palm beneath the diaphanous fabric. A rapacious moan escaped her dry throat. Desire for him 37
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elevated her heels from the chariot floor. His hips pressed to her and the throbbing hardness of his cock wedged to the small of her back. “Is that what your winged beast is called?” She looked quizzically at the oddly interesting creature. When the beast looked back at her, she smiled with the imparting knowledge filling her head, and then her view became even clearer. Sirius pushed her forward and she bent over the dipped carving on the chariot’s side. “It is what he is,” he replied and lifted her dress. She shivered. His hands fit fully over the round fleshy cheeks of her ass. He made some moves and she soon learned he opened his loincloth. His hard erection stabbed at her back. The velvety shaft of flesh glided down between the cleft he parted. “He hasn’t a name?” she panted breathlessly, unsure if she should protest the wondrous torture, or ignore what she may be imagining. “How sad,” she continued to say. “Without a name, it makes him no more important than a pebble on the shores of Ithaca.” The griffin’s head turned back and vibrant amber eyes looked at her. “We go to his home.” The creature’s beak moved and the words came out. “He talks,” Calandra squeaked in amazement. Her fingers seized the chariot’s side tighter. Sirius thrust his stiff, fleshy shaft between her closed legs. Her insides tingled sharply awaiting his cock. Her clitoris swelled to the teasing jab lodging in the wedge of her thighs. Her cunt twitched in anticipation of his penetration. “And he is not to do so unless addressed first,” Sirius said angrily and withdrew from her shaking legs. 38
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“But he did, and you lied.” She spun around. “You said I was to go home.” Her gaze dropped to the obelisk aimed at her like a dagger. His thick cock pulsed with real danger. “I did, and it’s the truth as the griffin pointed out…my home.” Sirius’ laughter filled the sky. Calandra swung to hit him for the beastly way he treated her. He moved from her striking fists and the next thing she knew, she was falling out of the chariot. The horrifying nothingness engulfed her and then magically, she rose up. Sirius had her wrist. He hauled her up and his other arm wrapped her waist. “Until you learn the ways of the world beyond the earth, I suggest you mind your manners.” She swallowed the dryness in her throat and took his hand as he stepped off the chariot. She stared, befuddled by the appearance of the pillars symbolizing her house. The stone well stood where she scooped water from it with her favorite urn. She tugged her fingers from his hot palm and waved her hand. It parted the misty illusion to show a different scene. The sound of cooing doves vanished. “Your home,” she said solemnly. “Very…very astute. I’m impressed by your ability to adapt to the fantasy I presented. You could have left it, since I merely offered it as recompense for your peace of mind.” Calandra’s mouth opened to denounce the false gift. Instead, she found herself accepting his breath. His lips softly claimed hers. His thick tongue possessively swabbed the cavern of her mouth, bathing the inside for something sacred. She hungrily responded to the lustful ardor. Her tongue snaked around to meet his every move. He kissed her until 39
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her defenses lowered. Then he pried her away and pushed her down the length of his hard frame. On her knees before him, she waited for him to unleash his tumescent cock. The hardness had a pulse that her fingers felt as they wrapped around it. The plum-capped head fit the kiss of her lips and she sucked the tip until the droplet of precum forced her to seek more. “Your lips are silken petals which please me well,” he groaned. Calandra sucked on him fiercely unable to control the wantonness of her own body. It betrayed her mind. She drank him in as her fingers scratched the fine layer of hair on his stomach. She wiggled her tongue to the underside of the head and teased the small dent provoking quakes in him. She gulped when the fiery liquid drowned her thoughts completely. She choked as his hands held her head steady. Her body convulsed, and when darkness tried to claim her, she inhaled through her nose not understanding why she hadn’t thought of that before. Sirius grasped the long locks of her golden hair in both his hands and lifted her up. She looked sleepily at his sensuous mouth and wanted him to kiss her while she still felt the euphoria he spilled in her. He dropped her and a wave of disappointment surrounded her heart. When she landed in the thick bladed green lawn he conjured, she smiled up at him. He followed her down. She watched the cool-eyed stare of Sirius come closer. He ripped her dress open and her arms lifted to him on the wings of lust. Her erect nipples ached for his attention. They were the first thing he tasted. His hand cupped one breast to hold it high. 40
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“You didn’t like Maximos’ attention to detail, did you?” His tongue rasped over the tip. She shook her head afraid to anger the god if he should be watching them. “You like my touch?” She bit her lower lip and nodded. His wicked smiled sparked a hot shiver up her spine. He licked over her other nipple and she arched, offering up everything burning inside her. He bit at them to make the pink buds inflamed and sore. Her fingers dug into his scalp as his kisses trailed her quivering belly and his tongue swirled in the pelt of golden ringlets. Her hips lifted as he parted the dewy mons with his tongue. The first stab, she quivered. The second, she trembled, and with the third, she shook uncontrollably.
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Chapter 3 Sirius had teased only a second before deciding he was ready to be in her. She would be the best of all worlds, the mythical and the mortal. He thrust his cock in hard, fast, and deep. Calandra screamed. Her whole body vaulted up against him so her hard beaded nipples poked him. He tore through the veils of her virginity. The filmy barrier that once made her pure, caressed his cock upon penetration. “Sirius,” she moaned his name. Her beauty tempted his human trait of desire. He touched a strand of golden hair lying like a rich thread over his wrist. He flexed his hips giving her even more of himself. Her talons sharpened on the flesh of his back. The sting of pain, the heat of blood, and his desire to fuck the goddess until he was raw, pressed him to the furthest depths. “Say my name again, Calandra.” He brushed the hair from her face and held the side of her head so he could kiss her plum tinted lips. A thread of the gold caught between his fingers. “Sirius,” she breathed with sultry gasps. He twisted the lock of hair around his hand to pull her head to the side. She whimpered with the pleasured pain it inspired. He kissed her neck and her jaw first. Her whines grew louder. Her breath came shorter. The first of her many orgasms began on disjointed squeaks of air from her lungs. She 42
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grabbed his ass and gave guidance to the actions of his hips. She urged him to pound into her thrusting body. Sirius rode the goddess until she writhed in elated ecstasy. Her delicate frame twisting and thrashing beneath his weight added beauty to the moves. The turn of her head, the sweep of her golden mane fanning the grass, Calandra, the celestial goddess-in-training, was his for the taking. He reached up and pinned her hair to the ground. “Feel me swell and stretch your vaginal well.” He drew back fighting her muscles claiming him. “Soon I’ll fill your cunt as I did your throat. When I’m done and send you back to Maximos, he’ll be pleased by my training and maybe reward me with leaving me in peace.” Her eyes gazed dreamily about. “Yes, Sirius, oh yes.” He flipped over on his back so he could have her mounted on him as a trophy. Bouncing her svelte body up and down on his cock, he watched the formation of her second orgasm. Her eyes rolled back in her head just before her body tensed. Her spine bowed in an arc and his fingers tightened on her slender waist. The twin globes of her white breasts were high mountains trembling as she quaked. The pink disks topped by the grape sized nipples were beautiful. He lifted a hand from her waist to pinch the ripening bud. Her voice came quietly. “Oh, Sirius.” He twisted the nubbin until she cried out, then he tugged it down to his mouth and soothed the inflamed nipple. Her incarnadine areola radiated a fiery heat he cooled beneath wet kisses. He couldn’t get enough of her breasts exuding a sweet milky flavor from her pores. Knowing she was ripe for childbearing, he filled the path to her womb knowing soon his sperm would burst into the heated center of her womanhood. If the gods refused her entry among them, she would have his 43
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child. He would have her succulent breasts to drink from until the birthing. Then he would have a babe, an earthly child born of his half-god body and her mortal one. “Sirius, please,” she begged with her gasps of exhaustion. A babe, what was he thinking? Maximos had tasted what he did. The juicy nipple, puckered and plump, held the essence of life, the sacrificial nectar Maximos craved to drink from his goddesses. He couldn’t let her training falter on misguided emotions. “You want pleasure, then ride me.” He slapped her ass to make her buck with a continued verve. “That’s it, petite one, rock until your clit is greedily reaching for the coarse hair nesting the cock you’re enjoying.” He slapped her thigh, her hip, and once again, he swatted the crimson inflamed cheek of her bottom. She slumped forward. He stopped fondling her breasts so he could feel them raking over his chest. The hard protuberances clawed him with soft indulgences until he could stand no more. Her lips wrapped one of his nipples. Lightning shot through his chest. Calandra milked the sweat from his already glistening pores as if she were sipping a tiny morsel of sweets. He groaned under the pressure of her pale fingertips rolling his other nipple around. She pinched and plucked the hard aching point. It drove him mad. The experience bordered the forbidden pleasure of lovemaking. Long understood, between teachers and gods, novices should always understand their place. Sirius flipped her to her back. With each pummeling ram of his hips to hers, he mutedly conveyed that directive, but her outcries were joyous acceptances. The unforeseen spasms jittered up his arms and he knew her powers were uncontrollably magnifying her orgasm. He held her pinned 44
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down by both arms stretched up in a surrendering pose. He set out to finish, hammering her with his weight. His shaft sought to make one last plunge until his scrotum nestled to the irritated ruby entrance of her anus. “This is lesson one,” he growled as his hips ground to hers. He didn’t like the way in which she looked at him affectionately. Emotions had no place in the heavens, and Calandra would soon forget to feel anything except selfish gratification. All the gods of Olympus looked for in a day was how pleased they could be by their actions and their extravagances. Her fingers, the light dancing tips, raced up his back until she perched them on his shoulders. Her eyes held the intensity and the fire of her developing powers. He witnessed the crest of her thoughts and listened to the hum of her voice just as he jolted a stream of hot liquid into her tight channel. “I love the thickness and the length of your cock. I wish to keep you inside me forever. Fill me with your strength so I can let the nectar seep into my veins. Fuck me harder, Sirius, make me take all of you into my mortal soul.” He shook violently upon her command. He rammed in and out of her until she milked the juices dry from him with the vise of her sphincter. Her mons, wet with the dew of their bodies, kissed the head of his cock with each exit he tried to take. The labia folded under the lip of his swollen head and encouraged him to prime the well. “Oh yes, Sirius, oh yes, don’t stop.” Her body contorted until he finished spending his scorching fluids. She puffed, making wheezed demands. 45
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“Fuck me again.” She clawed his shoulders. “Please, Sirius, I want you to fill my cunt with your cream. I liked lesson one.” Sirius rose up and looked at the voluptuous woman spread on the lawn. As she was sprawled provocatively, unaware of the beginning of her tortures, he had made her bend to his fleshly desires. She superbly suckled him like a babe, drank him in just as a goddess drank wine. She swallowed and savored the flavor as her tongue rolled across her lips. He shook off the reliving as he felt himself hardening. He could deny her request now because of her trainee status, but what later would she have him do, when her wish became her domination? He pulled her from the ground. She staggered, naked, up the marble steps to his house inebriated by the sexual initiation. “It’s beautiful here,” she hummed. Sirius thought so too, staring at her pearly skin speckled with blotches. His rough hands had left red patches on her milky body. She leaned upon a fat pillar and hugged the coolness to her cheek. Her eyes closed and he thirsted for her, as he had never hungered for a woman before. “It’s like a painting no one belongs in and yet they should,” she said wistfully. Sirius found her statement puzzling, and at the same time, somehow inside him, he knew what she meant. He witnessed the fire of her humanity disappearing under the coldness only a goddess bore. He walked up behind her and rubbed his hands over her ass. He slapped the rounded bottom, and when she moaned with accepting laughter and submission, he smacked the other cheek. Several times, he 46
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swatted her buttocks so they jiggled. He bowed down and kissed the fiery hot flesh. “Oh please, more,” she begged him, and he couldn’t resist her creamy flesh, strawberry-spotted with his harshness. He navigated the edge of insanity before he stopped. He had to pace himself or lose the battle to remain objective.
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Chapter 4 Calandra followed Sirius across the portico, through the large wood doors. She took a step past the entrance when the awe of opulence curved her lips. She took a moment of prideful praise for herself in making it this far. Her slender fingers moved over everything close at hand, including Sirius. She felt his passion held back for duty. It didn’t seem so wrong anymore to want to touch him, not now since they shared carnal forms of intimacy. Her desire for him to fuck her again escalated under his hard gaze. She considered what it would be like to have Maximos filling her body with his lust. A tingle of bumps skittered from her shoulders to her hands. It would not be a road she’d seek, unless the way led to a benefit. Her thumb brushed the dark nipple on Sirius’ broad chest. The alabaster sculptures housed in her village’s temple had no details as refined in marble as they were on him. Her hand floated up so her finger could trace his nose, his mouth, and his jaw. When it returned to his mouth, she put her finger inside and drew his saliva out to paint the gloss on his full lips. “I’m eager for lesson two,” she said, leaning forward so her bare breasts teased his skin. “Then you shall wait no longer.” Sirius snapped his fingers and half a dozen little smiling sylphs danced into the room. They were not ugly, Calandra decided. However, they had something empty about their expressions. It made her sad. Each one twirled about 48
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encircling and touching Sirius with fondness forced by their slavery. “They act happy to see you, but they are not. Why?” She pulled his hand down so his coarse fingers rubbed her nipple. He lifted her up in his strong arms and roughly deposited her on the table. “They are soulless creatures, void of feeling anything. They are meant to serve the servants of the gods.” Sirius snapped his fingers again and the sylphs swarmed her like bees. “Ouch, stop that. Sirius they’re hurting me,” she cried out as they bit her. Each pinch of sharpness pricked her flesh. She fell back on the table. Binds of silk, straps of leather appeared in their gnarled fingers. They tied her down and took turns slapping the feather tailed straps against her most sensitive points. Spread over the slab of marble like a hecatomb for slaughter, her arms were bound up in a surrendering arrangement. Her legs parted so the stir of air tickled her gaping cunt. “Stop that, please…Sirius, I beg you,” she whimpered. The first sting of the thin leather on her clitoris stopped her thrashing. She froze on a precipice of pleasure. The nips to her continued and she writhed from the paroxysmal excitement. Things poked in her vagina and she didn’t comprehend it as the sylphs’ fingers and toes until she lifted her head and watched. Her orgasm came slow and lasted an excruciatingly long time. Her head dropped back and she could feel the expending wetness gush down the fissure of her ass. She trembled with brutal severity of the pleasure and pain. When she thought it would all end, the sylphs made their beatings on her torn flesh even more vicious. “Sirius, please make them stop.” 49
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“It is in your command, Calandra. Are they leathers or silk flogging your feminine softness?” She couldn’t see him, but his voice came from the shadows of the columned room. Silk. Yes, silk teased her nipples and the goat hide strips were feathers, familiar feathers from the wings of the griffin. **** Sirius had moved behind a pillar and closed his eyes to her shrieks. He kept telling himself it was something she had to go through. It would have been so simple to snap his fingers and make the creatures vanish. The blood dripping from her porcelain curves unnerved him. She begged for his help, while every twist and scream put another dagger in his heart. She tried to fend them off with all but her mind. Her last cries were the last straw in his willpower. So many sylphs held her down. They clawed her breasts and belly, shredding the silky skin as if she were hiding a prize from them. He only offered the clue because the painful scene hurt him more. Finally, her silence relieved him. He moved to reward her tortured imagination. So much of her torment came from her own mind. At first, she cringed as his fingers went to her, then she sat up and hugged his arm. “They’re gone,” she panted, “I wished them away and they vanished.” “Do you understand?” He caressed her back, her sides, and her breasts, not looking for traces of blood, but giving her comfort. “It’s like the mist I can part,” she murmured, leaning and pressing her damp body to his. “I can control them.” 50
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“Command,” he corrected. “The time it takes to strip away your mortality is of your accord. The process can be long or short.” “I’m not sure I like the evolutionary process,” she laughed. “You must move yourself beyond the physical discord.” His hands kept rubbing, massaging, and distracting her. He pulled her to the end of the table so her ass gripped the edge. She smiled and at first his intrusion was gentle. He struggled with her thought out order. His position, as a servant of the gods, was being used against him. She wanted him. Her eyes told all, and her wish was demanding. In his silent curses, he invaded her body with fervor. Sirius didn’t stop reaming her tight cunt until he flushed himself into the abyss. He left her lying on the table in a languid state. He walked away trying to sort the mess he could see he made of his job. Maximos met him on the portico. His stance near the embrasure alarmed him because he had not kept silent in telling Calandra how he loved to fuck her beautiful body. “She’s a delight, is she not?” His question was rhetorical. Sirius watched Maximos pace the doorway. “I must have her once as a mortal,” he said, licking his lips. “She’s not all mortal. You’ve given her the powers and she’s learning them quickly.” “I knew she would.” He grinned with the ‘pleased as a fox’ expression. Sirius looked in at Calandra reviving from her rapture. He had inundated her fragile mind with images of all he would do to her. In the stages they came, she’d cope. Experiencing them all in the mind overwhelmed her senses. 51
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“Look at her lissome figure. Those rounded breasts whet my cock with desire of coming on her pretty pink nipples.” Sirius slapped his hand in his palm behind his back. “She’s not ready for you, Maximos. You see how she fell almost unconscious just in the teaching stage.” Maximos laughed loudly. Sirius looked inside at Calandra. Her head turned to the noise. “You’ve fucked my goddess with passion, Sirius. If I didn’t know better, I would think you wanted the neophyte to be a slave to your rapacious hungers. Remember, my friend, I’ve seen you with the mortal girls worshiping at your feet.” “I have no desire to have Calandra here long, but I am her instructor, and to please you, I have to take her mind and body through every rapture.” “Good. Very good—and I will let you know just how well the progress is coming.” He took long strides into the great hall. Sirius could do nothing to stop the pompous god. The thought of watching Maximos touch Calandra churned his stomach. His sandals clicked on the marbled portico, then stopped to the tinkling of her sultry moans. Her laughter worked like a sharp knife trying to sever his mind from his heart.
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Chapter 5 Calandra knew her place with Maximos. Everything in her shucked away the emotional appeal of Sirius. She would pleasure the god, Maximos, with all she knew, all she learned, and let Sirius see her progress. She moaned louder when Maximos tugged her nipples. She could feel Sirius’ presence. He had watched with a hunger that first time Maximos fondled her. Now she wished him to feel jealousy derived by her making. “I haven’t time to treat myself to all the delights you’ve learned, my dear. Your breasts have fascinated me since I first saw you swimming naked in the Aegean Sea.” “What do you like best about them?” She lifted up her heavy breasts and fingered her nipples while he watched. “They are perfect in size and shape. They are firm and ripe like a pomegranate. They would take pleasure with my lips suckling them until you were wet from an orgasm.” “That is possible?” She whispered the question so Sirius could not hear. “I mean, if I were to just stand here, you could give me an orgasm while only touching these?” She tugged the ends and continued to massage her breasts for him to salivate over. “Shall I show you?” He tweaked one bead she held to him. “It would please me greatly.” She set the stage and scooted up on the table. She drew her legs up and looked back at Maximos. 53
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“I’m ready.” She reached an arm to him. “Show me how you can make my body drip by only touching my breasts.” The corner of his mouth jerked up. He liked games. He liked her challenge. What he wouldn’t appreciate was the way she manipulated him. He leaned over her shoulder and kissed her cheek. He went to her collarbone and to her breast. She spread her legs to let Sirius watch. She had plans and he could be part of them. **** The griffin pawed the ground at Sirius’ presence in the stable. He had been wrong to leave Calandra alone for a minute. He had gone back and watched Maximos suckle her sweet breasts and it drove him insane with jealousy. He fled with the mortal emotion the instant he watched the pink of her clit swell between the folds of her labia. Her orgasm, brought on by the god, put him in danger of losing his immortal existence and he had to get away. “You spoke to her without her questioning you,” Sirius demanded. “How? It is not in your nature.” “She asked by thought as her gift from Maximos,” he answered stretching his wings and flapping them. “She came to see you, why?” “To free me from your service and that of all heavens,” he answered with a bow. “She can’t do that…she…” There was only one way. “She named you!” “She is above that of all the gods.” He tucked his wings and lay down. “She has a heart more human than they are aware of. She will not go easy unto their calling of her, to the seat of power among them. She was destined for the greatness of the Clandestiny Ring.” 54
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“That is ludicrous.” Sirius paced the stable floor. “It is only a myth.” “Are we all not such in the eyes to most of humankind?” The griffin’s serpentine tail swirled and looped Sirius’ ankles. “She needs you to help her reach what others believe as unattainable.” “I can do no more for her than what the gods ask of me, than you can.” Sirius knew the griffin would not lie and yet how could he believe there was really something greater than all the gods. He, nor anyone he had ever known, spoke of the mystical Clandestiny Ring. It was thought to have been vanquished over time by the rule and power of Zeus. “Until she falls from their grace and is returned to her mortal self, Calandra is a goddess and you can serve her. For this deed, I will continue to serve you.” “Where is she?” “She has gone to her home.” “And just how did…she asked you and you told her how to travel.” He slapped the stone railing that housed the griffin. “I told her, but she was afraid to try. She was not afraid to order me to take her by chariot,” he answered. Sirius stepped out of the griffin’s tail ringing his feet and pulled the gate open. “Take me to her. She is not ready to fend off the philistines with their fears of mortals becoming gods.” “You will then be helping Calandra seek her true destiny.” “I’ve been charged with her protection and guidance by Maximos,” Sirius said as to deny anything else, but the griffin would not cooperate without his full admittance. “I serve the goddess, and if it is her wish, it is my duty to her.” 55
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The griffin bowed and padded out of the stall to the chariot. “She will be greater than a god.” “Or she will die at their indulgence.” He hopped on the chariot and grabbed the reins. “I hope I’m not caught in their wrath as well.” Sirius stepped from the chariot the moment it landed. His long strides aimed well for the house. The door practically burst from its hinges as he barreled into it and presented himself to Calandra. **** She waved a hand before her in an attempt at pushing him away. “You haven’t mastered concentration.” Sirius gathered her about the waist and hoisted her onto his shoulder. “When you do, then I’ll no longer be needed by you.” “Put me down.” She hit his back. “I command you to put me down.” He dropped her to the floor of the chariot and glared at her. “Must you always toss me about as if I’m a rag?” She looked up at him and offered her hand. His strong fingers wrapped hers and he tugged her up. Her stomach fluttered. Sirius gripped her jaw in his forefinger and thumb. His mind had kept her dazed by carnality, but the spell broke by her command. She fanned her fingers over his chest. “Fuck me now, here, on this chariot as we shoot across the sky.” She murmured the wish in small pecks of kisses over his muscled chest. Sirius untied her sash. “What if I should say no?” She bit playfully at his nipple. “It would be a lie.” 56
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He kissed her puckered lips. “Are you ready to reach for your destiny?” She sniffed his skin and inhaled everything good about what she had finally accepted. “If you are there with me.” “Take us to the Clandestiny Ring,” he ordered the griffin. She smiled against his kiss. “His name is Beloved.” The jump of Sirius’ brow came with a smile. She liked when she made him genuinely happy. “I just bet he’s thrilled with that one.” He knelt before Calandra. “Beloved, if you please.” The chariot raced into the sky. Sirius pressed kisses to her belly as he opened her toga. He wasted no time in licking her cunt. She held his shoulders and shuddered. His tongue flickered over her clit. The frenzy made her dig her short rounded fingernails into his flesh. He jabbed the wet center and kneaded the quivering cheeks of her ass. As she climaxed, he slapped the bare skin making her squeak with delight. He tasted the nectar and sucked until she collapsed in his arms. “I’m taking you to be a queen.” He kissed her mouth with his sticky one. Calandra hummed against his murmuring lips. “I know.” “You don’t want to be a goddess, and I don’t wish to serve them any more.” He kissed the ivory column of her throat. “Will you be my king?” “Yes, and we will rule the world,” he whispered, enclosing her in an embrace against his chest. “You need only have asked me to take you there and it could have been yours years ago, Calandra.” “Sometimes, patience has better benefits, my love.” 57
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He stroked her cheek with affection, and his face came close. “I’ve always loved you.” Calandra smiled up at him. “I know,” she murmured. “The Clandestiny Ring,” the griffin, Beloved, announced. Calandra had known this part of her destiny. She had tricked the gods into giving her power. She had an unforeseen shadow in her dreams, and in her mind. She knew she would make the journey to the edge of the universe with someone. The chariot sped toward a black hole in the heavens. She watched the ring of white lightning, and snuggled deeper into Sirius’ loving arms, with a satisfied sigh.
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