Victorious (Quantum Series Book 3)

by Marie Force

“I was afraid we’d be bored with this all-naked-all-the-time business, but I see you thought of that possibility and planned ahead.”

  His smile stretches across his face. “I did indeed.”

  I eye the items on the bed with a feeling of trepidation that’s countered by overwhelming desire. “So what do you want to do?”

  “I don’t know about you, but I’m starving. How about we eat and take a swim?”

  And he loves to keep me deliciously off balance by revving me up and then making me wait.

  “Am I expected to cook in the nude as well?”

  “Of course not. There’s a lovely local woman who made us enough food to feed an army. All we have to do is heat and eat.”

  “Mmm, locally made Mexican food?”

  “Only the best for my wife.” He holds out a hand to me, and I cross the room to him. His arms slide around me, bringing me in tight against his body. “We’re going to have the best time. I promise.”

  “I have no doubt.”

  Chapter 19

  Natalie floats on the surface of the pool, her hair spread out like a mermaid’s, the tips of her magnificent breasts breaking the surface. I love her like this—uninhibited, relaxed and free of the worries she’s carried with her for so long. I’ll never forget the shocked look on her face when I informed her that this would be a totally naked honeymoon. Her shock was quickly replaced by stark curiosity and desire that set me on fire for her.

  I slide through the water, moving slowly so I can take her by surprise when I bend over to draw the tip of her nipple into my mouth. Her eyes open, and her hand slides languorously through my hair. Cradling her in my arms, I tease her nipple for long moments, as if I don’t have another care in the world, which I don’t. Then I bite down on it, as hard as I dare, drawing a gasp from her.

  “I want you to go inside, choose three items from what I brought, and put them on the bedside table with the bottle of lube and the red ribbon. Put the rest of the toys in the drawer in the table on your side of the bed. Once you’ve made your choices, I want you on your knees in the middle of the bed, facing the door, head down, hands folded. Any questions?”

  “Just one.” She looks up at me, her gaze open and trusting. “How long will you make me wait for you?”

  “Not long.” I put her down, kiss her and send her along with a pat on her gorgeous bottom. I can’t wait to see what she chooses for our playtime.

  Despite the cool, refreshing swim, I’m on fire after receiving his instructions. I dry off from the pool and leave the towel outside to dry. I pad inside, marveling at how he has me walking around naked like it’s the most natural thing in the world to me when only a few weeks ago, it would’ve made me incredibly uncomfortable.

  It’s one of many things that has changed since we met. The toys lined up on the bed are a reminder of other things that have changed. I study each item carefully. Knowing I don’t have much time to decide ramps up the tension and intensifies the throb between my legs that began with Flynn’s attention to my nipple in the pool.

  Feeling rushed and off balance—exactly what he intended—I choose the chain with two clamps, the balls on a string and one of the candles, figuring to give myself a break with the last selection. With my choices made, I gather up the other items and put them away before arranging myself on the bed per his instructions.

  Even knowing I won’t have to wait long, the anticipation grows and multiplies with every minute that passes. Before long, my legs are quivering, and I feel like I could hyperventilate as I rethink my choices. He’s going to use the clamps on my nipples. I chose them because I’ve been curious about what that feels like, but now that it’s about to happen, I’m not so certain I want to know. And the balls on a string… Where will he put them? My body clenches as if it’s already trying to keep them out.

  Maybe I still have time to change my mind. I begin to move toward the table, but I’m stopped by a shadow that falls across the floor. I scramble back into the assigned position, hoping I haven’t just earned a punishment. Though I’ve learned to enjoy his form of punishment.

  “Everything all right in here?” he asks in the stern voice he uses for these moments.

  “Y-yes. Sir.”

  He goes to the bedside table to inspect my choices. The jingle of the chain makes my nipples hard and tight.

  “Very nice choices, my love. We’ll have a lot of fun tonight.”

  The bedside drawer opens and then closes, making me wonder if he’s adding one of his own choices to mine. That possibility hadn’t occurred to me when I made my decisions. The scrape of a match and the pungent scent of sulfur fills the air as he lights a candle and sets it back on the bedside table.

  “What would you like to play with first, sweetheart? The clamps, the balls or the hot wax?”

  I swallow hard at the mention of hot wax. That possibility never occurred to me when I chose the candle.

  “Natalie?”

  “Th-the clamps, please, Sir.”

  “I’ll need you on your back, arms over your head and legs spread. Once you’re in position, I want you to stay perfectly still.”

  My limbs feel leaden as I move into position, resting my head on a fluffy pillow. In this position I can see him, and he is naked, too. His cock is big and thick against his belly, the head purple and leaking. I love that he’s so incredibly aroused by what we’re doing. I love that I’m pleasing him and making him happy with my submission.

  “How do you feel about your arms being tied with the ribbon?”

  “I’d be willing to try it.”

  “That’s my brave girl.” Using the long piece of ribbon, he secures my wrists to each other, but not so tightly that anything hurts. “I love you in red, sweetheart. I’m going to loop the ribbon over this hook on the bed. Is that okay?”

  “Yes, Sir.”

  “Close your eyes and try to relax.” I do as I’m told and feel him crawl up the bed until he’s between my legs. “I love you like this, Nat.”

  “Like what, Sir?”

  “Open and willing to try anything.”

  “Anything once, twice if we like it.”

  “That’s right. I want you to like it all so you’ll want to do it again.” He bends over me, kissing my belly and letting his soft stubble rub against the sensitive skin there. “Are you still sore from the other night?”

  “No, Sir.”

  “So anal is on our twice-if-we-like-it list?”

  I lick my lips, which have suddenly gone dry. “Mmm, yes, Sir.”

  “That’s good to know.” His mouth is now pressing into me above my pubic bone, making me want to arch into him. “Stay still, sweetheart. Nice and still.”

  With my eyes closed, I can’t see where he’s going to kiss me next, which keeps me hovering on the edge of release, wondering if I could come from anticipation alone. I want to rub my legs together to ease the ache, but I’m not allowed to move.

  I feel his stubble against the underside of my breast. “What are you thinking about?”

  “How I could come, and you’ve barely touched me, Sir.”

  “That’s all part of it, the waiting, the thinking, the expectation… It’s as much about the mental and the emotional as it is about the physical. You’re beginning to understand the connections.”

  “Yes,” I say, gasping when his lips close around my nipple.

  He sucks and tugs the way he did in the pool, focusing all his attention on that one turgid bit of skin until I wish I could pull his hair to make him stop. My hands roll into fists and my fingernails dig into my palms. I’m thinking about the word Fluff when my nipple pops free of his mouth. He soothes it with soft strokes of his tongue, over and over again, until I begin to float on a sea of pleasure that is abruptly interrupted by the fierce, stinging pain of the clamp.

  It hurts. Holy shit, it hurts. A scream surges from my belly and gurgles in my throat before busting loose in one long stream of sound.

  “Easy, sweetheart.” As he speaks,
he strokes between my legs, pressing against my clit and giving me something to think about other than the pain. “It only stings for a minute. Take a deep breath. That’s it. Now another.” He kisses circles around the place where the clamp bites into my flesh. The initial blast of raw pain has subsided into a not-unpleasant thrum of sensation that comes in waves from my nipple and travels straight to my clit. “What’s your safe word, Nat?”

  “F-Fluff.”

  “Do you need it?”

  Only because I’m determined to try everything once, I shake my head.

  He moves to the other side, and because I know what’s coming this time, I’m seized with tension. “Keep breathing, sweetheart. Lots of breath.” He kisses and teases my other nipple until it too is standing at attention. As if it’s not attached to me, I want to warn it about what’s coming. I want to tell it to take cover. It pops free of his mouth, and again he provides comfort with soft, caressing strokes of his tongue. But I’m wise to him this time. I don’t let down my guard, so I’m better prepared for the searing pain of the second clamp.

  However, I’m not able to contain the scream or the thrashing need to move away from the pain.

  His hands on my hips keep me in place.

  When I feel his lips on my face, I realize tears are spilling down my cheeks, and he’s kissing them away. Time seems to stand still. I have no idea if we’ve been here an hour or a day. My entire world has been reduced to the compressed tips of my breasts. I tremble violently from the painful pleasure that radiates from my clamped nipples, making the rest of me feel tight and liquid and hot, so very, very hot.

  He’s kissing my neck, his hard cock is pressed tight against my belly, and I’m desperately afraid his chest will brush against my abused nipples. “Ready for more, sweetheart?”

  Though I’m not sure I can take any more, I bite my lip and nod.

  “Words, Nat. I need the words.”

  “Yes, Sir,” I say, sounding breathless even to my own ears. “I’m ready for more.”

  “Keep your eyes closed and remain still. I need your promise that you won’t move.”

  “I won’t move.”

  “No matter what?”

  “No matter what.”

  And just that quickly he has brought me back once again to the edge of sanity. I hear him blowing on something, and then smell the candle being extinguished. I’m so aroused and anxious, I can barely get air to my lungs, but I do as he wishes and keep my eyes shut and my body still.

  Until the first splash of hot wax connects with my belly.

  The sound that comes from me is a combination moan and a groan. It doesn’t hurt so much as sting, the heat radiating from the spot where the wax landed. A second splash lands on my left breast, the next one on my right breast. He leaves a trail of wax down the front of me, saving the last heated blast for my bare mound.

  “Talk to me, Nat. Tell me how it feels.”

  “It… I… Hot. I-it’s hot.”

  “Not too hot?”

  I shake my head.

  “Do you want to come?”

  “Yes, please.”

  “Not yet. We’ve got one more toy to play with, but first I need to do something about the mess I made with the wax.” He kisses the center of my belly. “Stay right there.” I feel the bed shift as he gets up. “Keep those eyes closed.”

  I sag into the mattress, taking advantage of the break to force deep breaths into my lungs. I’m acutely aware of the pinch of the clamps on my nipples. It’s no longer a fiery pain but more of a dull ache. The wax has dried on my skin, making it feel tight.

  “Those eyes had better be closed,” Flynn says as he returns and gets back on the bed. He’s loving this. I can hear it in the euphoric tone of his voice, and I can’t deny that I love it, too. I love not knowing what’s going to happen next. I love anticipating that the end, however we get there, will be spectacular.

  An icy chill hits my skin, sliding from my core to my belly and up to my breasts. Ice. Oh God…

  “Hold still, sweetheart.”

  The ice connects with my clamped nipples—both at the same time—and I nearly levitate off the bed. I make noises that barely sound human, but I can’t seem to control them.

  “God, you’re so hot, baby. The way you respond to everything is so amazing.”

  His words permeate my addled brain. I’m pleasing him. He’s happy. I’m floating on a cloud of contentment even as the drumbeat of desire continues its relentless march. “I’m going to turn you over now, sweetheart.”

  I’m aware of him turning me, the ribbon twisting loosely around my wrists and of the sharp pull of the clamps as my breasts fall forward over a mound of pillows.

  He’s kissing my back, my bottom, between my cheeks, licking me, making me crazy. He sucks for one, glorious second on my clit before leaving it begging for more. I hear a click, and the liquid sounds of lubricant have me on alert. “Just my fingers, love.” He’s pressing against my back entrance in that insistent way of his. I know how to stop him, but I don’t say the word. Then his fingers are gone and something else is there. Oh God, the balls, the string, he’s pushing them into me, one at a time. I try to remember how big the biggest one was and squirm a bit, trying to seek relief from the unrelenting pressure.

  The slight movement causes a tug on the chain that connects the clamps, setting off a fiery blast of pain. I don’t want that to happen again, so I remain still as he continues to insert the balls. How many of them were there? I wish I had counted.

  “Tell me what you’re thinking, sweetheart.”

  “That’s enough.” The words sound as if they are ripped from me.

  “That’s only half of them.”

  I grunt as another one, the largest one yet, presses against my entrance. “It’s enough,” I say on a whimper as I begin to sweat.

  “You know how to make it stop.” He holds me open for his tongue, swirling it into me, around my clit and back to where the balls are stretching me. Then he reaches under me and gives the chain the slightest of tugs, making me scream. The balls continue to come. If I’d known he was going to put them back there, I never would’ve chosen them, but it’s too late to change my mind now.

  “Three more,” he says. “The big ones.”

  “N-no… No more.”

  He rubs my bottom with his big hand. “You can do it, sweetheart. Here we go.”

  My safe word is on the tip of my tongue, but I don’t say it. I can’t say anything as I focus on the overwhelming pressure and intense sensation that burns through me as the final three balls are inserted. He kisses my back. “You did it, honey. You took them all.”

  I can’t speak or breathe or move from the fear of jostling one of the areas on my body that’s been taken over by him. Then I feel his hard cock pressing at the entrance to my body, and I begin to tremble all over again. Because of the balls, the fit is exceptionally tight.

  “Try to relax and let me in,” he says gruffly.

  “It’s too big.”

  He laughs. “He gets bigger when you compliment him.”

  “That wasn’t a compliment.”

  That only makes him laugh harder as he rocks into me a little at a time, gentle but insistent. I’m convinced he’s going to split me right in half.

  He tugs on the handle connected to the balls, drawing the largest one partially out of me and letting it sit half in and half out until the pressure becomes so intense that I nearly utter the word that would stop everything.

  Seeming to sense I’m reaching my limit, Flynn reseats the ball, presses his fingers to my clit and reaches under me with his other hand to remove the clamps. “You can come, Natalie.”

  As the blood rushes back into my nipples in a flood of excruciating pain, I explode. I come apart so completely, I lose all sense of place and time as everything goes dark.

  My eyes flutter open to discover the room itself has gone dark. I glance at the clock on the bedside table, and I’m shocked to discover it’s an hour
later than it was when I came in here. An hour. My God…

  Flynn is snuggled up to me, his front to my back, his arm around me, my arms untied from the ribbon. He kisses my shoulder. “Welcome back, sweetheart.”

  “What happened?”

  “You came so hard, you passed out.”

  “That’s a thing? That can happen?”

  “Yeah, baby. It happens.”

  “How long was I out?”

  “Only a few minutes. I was right here with you the whole time, making sure you were okay.”

  “Wow.”

  I cover the arm he has around me with my hand. “Did you…”

  “Oh yeah. Big-time.”

  Shifting to find a more comfortable position, I discover the balls are still in place, and I groan.

  “What’s wrong?”

  “The balls…”

  “I knew I forgot something.”

  I elbow his belly because he never forgets anything.

  Nuzzling my neck, he says, “I wanted you fully awake and aware when they come out.”

  “You’re just too good to me.”

  He cups my breast and squeezes my sore nipple gently between his fingers. “You did so great, Nat. You gave yourself over to me. You gave me your trust and your desire. You gave me everything. It means so much to me to receive those things from you and to know you love me.”

  His words of praise and approval go straight to my heart. “I do. I love you so much.”

  “I love you more.”

  “No way.”

  “You just have to accept it.”

  “Never.”

  His low chuckle makes me smile.

  “Did we really just have sex for an hour?”

  “Yep.”

  “Damn, you weren’t kidding when you said you know how to draw it out and make it last.”

  “But the ending…”

  “The ending was spectacular, as promised.”

  “Glad you think so. Tell me more about how it was for you. I want to know everything.” As he speaks, he runs his fingers through my hair, which calms and soothes me. Gone is the Dom, and in his place is the tender lover who has initiated me into a decadent life of sensual extremes.