The Three

by Meghan O'Brien

  “I’m a little afraid, but I know how much I love Elin’s fingers. I know how much Elin loves being with you like that. I want to be that close to you.”

  Kael tangled her fingers in her hair and waited until Anna met her eyes before she spoke. “Okay, sweetheart. But we go slow, okay? You’re in control.”

  “I’m in control?” Anna started a deliberate grinding with her hips and smiled cautiously. “That’s a little different than you’re used to, isn’t it?”

  Kael blushed, then pulled Anna down into a firm hug, pressing their upper bodies together. “I like being in control, yes,” she whispered. “I could never completely give up control. But the only reason I take control with Elin like I do is because she enjoys surrendering it to me. I don’t need it to be that way, especially when we’re trying something new like this.”

  “Okay.” Anna rolled off of her lover and watched Kael rise from the bed and kneel down by their bags. “I trust you.”

  “I know you do. It’s a gift I treasure with everything that I am.” Kael pulled her flesh-colored dildo from the bag, along with the black leather harness. “Let me just get ready, okay?”

  “Okay.” Anna placed one hand behind her head and laid the other on her belly. “Hurry.”

  “Yes, ma’am.”

  When Kael disappeared into the bathroom, Anna exhaled shakily. She slipped her hand beneath her Tshirt, fingers cold against the heated flesh of her stomach. Sliding her hand up, she touched her right breast through her bra. Her nipple was tight with arousal. She pinched it between her fingertips, then reached up to touch the slope of her breast, enjoying the simple eroticism of caressing her own soft skin.

  “You’re so beautiful, you know.” Anna turned to find Kael leaning against the bathroom doorframe. She was naked except for a pair of dark green boxer shorts. Hard pink nipples topped small breasts, and lean muscles flexed under Anna’s gaze. “I could watch you all day.”

  Anna’s eyes locked onto Kael’s shorts. Voice shaking, she asked, “You’re…ready?”

  Kael pushed away from the door and crossed the room to stand beside the bed. “Baby, I want you to relax.

  We’re going to work up to that part. First, I just want to love you.”

  “I’m not sure that relaxing is an option right now.” Anna’s heart thumped at the heat in Kael’s gaze. “Not with the way you’re looking at me.”

  “I can’t help it.” Kael removed Anna’s T-shirt and bra and pressed her back against the bed. “You have wonderful breasts.” She trailed licking, sucking kisses across brown skin until her mouth covered an erect nipple.

  Anna gasped and fell back against the pillows. Kael followed, licking and worrying at the hard nub with gentle teeth. The room fell quiet as Elin’s CD ended and the stereo stopped; contented murmurs and heavy breathing were the only sounds that remained.

  Thoughts of the mission ahead receded to the back of Anna’s mind. Her body still hummed with an acute sense of danger, a knowledge that this could quite possibly be her last chance to touch Kael, but rather than mute her desire, it drove her arousal to breath-stealing heights. She arched her back as Kael switched breasts, licking a trail from the left to the right, then dragging her tongue in lazy circles around Anna’s right nipple, now painfully hard.

  Anna groaned at the way Kael’s mouth was making her throb and ache. Wetness trickled out of her, soaking her panties, and she squirmed beneath Kael in excitement. “Take my jeans off,” she gasped.

  Kael released Anna’s nipple with an audible pop. She pulled back and worked on the button of Anna’s blue jeans with steady hands. “Fine idea.”

  Anna studied the strong lines of Kael’s body. Her arms were muscled and smooth, her collarbones well-defined. Her stomach was flat, almost concave after the events of recent weeks, but a healthy glow had returned to her skin since they’d arrived at Kate’s house. In fact, Kael looked better than she had in weeks.

  He’s gorgeous.

  “Lift up,” Kael said, urging Anna’s hips into the air. She took off Anna’s jeans and panties and inhaled deeply. “I can smell you, baby. You’re excited.”

  Anna allowed Kael to press her thighs apart on the mattress. “After the way you kissed me earlier? Of course I’m excited.”

  “I’ve been wanting you all day.” Kael slid her lips up over Anna’s ankle, her calf, her knee, her thigh. “May I kiss you here?” She trailed a fingertip through Anna’s wetness.

  “I may go crazy if you don’t.” Anna lifted her hips. “Use your tongue.” She grinned when Kael looked up at her with a wry smile.

  “You seem pretty comfortable giving orders.” Kael eased her hands beneath Anna and cupped her buttocks, bringing her close. “Don’t you?” She dipped her head and dragged the flat of her tongue up over slick folds. When she pulled back, Anna could see a shiny string of wetness connecting Kael’s lower lip to her center.

  “Yes.” Groaning in pleasure, she urged Kael nearer. “Lick me, baby. Please.”

  Kael allowed Anna to guide her face to her wetness, this time covering Anna’s swollen clit with her whole mouth. She swirled her tongue over and around the sensitive, distended flesh. Anna bit her lip to stop the loud moan that threatened to explode from her mouth when Kael gripped her buttocks and flattened her tongue over Anna’s clit and across her labia. Anna stared down, entranced by the sight of the shaven head moving between her legs.

  Kael pulled back, face shiny with wetness. “I love how you taste.” She licked her lips, then bent so she could drag her tongue up the length of Anna’s sex once again. Closing her eyes, she asked, “May I make you come?”

  Anna’s breathing picked up at the question. He’s really letting me have control. She squirmed when Kael’s fingers flexed on her buttocks. “I want to come in your mouth.” Her clit twitched as she gave the command.

  Kael lowered her head, and Anna’s eyes slid shut as she concentrated solely on Kael’s lovemaking. She thrust her hips against Kael’s face, though her movement was largely restricted by the fierce grip Kael kept on her bottom. Still, she felt a heady rush of power, and it pushed her close to the edge.

  “Don’t stop.” She kept her voice low, afraid of being overheard. “Don’t stop, baby, don’t stop what you’re—”

  Her words died in her throat, and she clapped one hand over her mouth to stifle the cry that nearly burst out when Kael’s tongue drew a quivering, shaking orgasm from her body. Whimpering, she squirmed away from Kael’s relentless mouth as she struggled to recover from the shattering pleasure. Her thighs trembled next to Kael’s head. “Stop, baby,” she pleaded. “Oh, baby…please, I can’t…stop, baby, stop.”

  Immediately Kael pulled back and ran her wet tongue along her shining upper lip. “Enough?”

  Anna gasped. “Give me a few seconds to catch my breath.”

  Kael rested the side of her face against Anna’s warm inner thigh. “That was nice.” She stroked lightly over her slippery labia. “You’re so pretty down here.”

  Anna flushed in pleasure at the compliment. Thighs spread, she caressed Kael’s head as her lover traced patient designs over her slick folds with reverent fingertips. “Thanks. I kind of like having you look at me.”

  Kael’s eyes flitted up to meet hers. “I love looking.”

  “How about touching?” Anna groaned as Kael’s fingers increased their pressure.

  “I love touching, too,” Kael husked. She eased her left hand from beneath Anna’s body, then slid it up over her abdomen until her fingers grazed the underside of Anna’s breast. “You’re so soft.”

  “Do you want to be inside of me?” Anna felt a surge of wetness at her own cautious words.

  From the way Kael sucked in a breath, stilled her fingers, and glanced up at her, it was clear that she felt the same thing.

  “One finger first?” Kael’s nostrils flared as she waited for Anna’s answer.

  “Sure.” She kept her body relaxed, eyes locked onto Kael’s. “I know you won’t hurt
me.”

  Kael slid her fingertip down to play at Anna’s entrance. “Never.” She pressed into Anna slightly, then drew back, holding her gaze. “I want to make you feel good.”

  “You do.” Anna ran her fingers over Kael’s head and down her cheek. She eased her lover’s face against her inner thigh. “I want you inside.”

  Kael pressed the length of her index finger inside in one slow, deliberate movement. Anna’s mouth fell open as she accepted Kael into her body, and a soundless cry of pleasure fell from her lips. She was so wet that she barely felt the penetration and was able to concentrate entirely on the pleasant fullness she felt with Kael’s finger resting within her.

  “Does that feel good, baby?” Kael held her finger steady, not moving. The effort of her restraint was palpable. “Do you like that?”

  “Yes.” She squirmed on Kael’s finger. “So good.”

  Kael withdrew her finger only to press it back inside again. “You feel like Elin,” she whispered. “But different.” She angled her finger and stroked Anna inside, finding a spot that made her gasp in muted surprise. “There you are.”

  “Oh,” Anna panted. She’d never felt anything like what Kael was doing to her; the pleasure never ebbed, just flared up more intensely at every pass of Kael’s finger over the spot she rubbed. “Oh, Kael, I…what are you—”

  “You like that?” Kael lifted her head from Anna’s thigh, grinning.

  Anna moved her hips to meet Kael’s thrusts. “I…I…love…”

  “That’s what I like to hear.” Kael withdrew her finger, and Anna whimpered. “I’m coming back with two, okay?”

  Anna granted permission with a quiet nod, exhaling steadily. She bit her lip as Kael pushed back inside, surprised at the pleasure she felt in being fuller. Then she smiled, awed by her body’s response at being touched that way.

  “That feels amazing.” Anna ran her fingers along the edge of Kael’s ear. “Come up here and kiss me while you touch me, baby. I want to taste your mouth.”

  Kael surged up Anna’s body, two fingers buried deep between her thighs. She wiggled her fingers gently, and her mouth met Anna’s in a slow, lazy kiss. “I love you,” she murmured.

  Anna felt herself contract around Kael’s fingers, and Kael groaned quietly. Brushing her lips against Kael’s, she murmured, “I love you, too.” She lay back and watched Kael’s eyes as her lover moved within her, as waves of pleasure rippled through her heavy-limbed body. Before long, she was rocking her hips to meet Kael’s gentle thrusts. “Baby, I…think I’m ready for more.”

  Kael stilled her fingers, but kept them tucked snugly inside. Her heart pounded against Anna’s chest.

  “You’re sure?”

  “I’m sure.” She lifted her hips, drawing Kael’s fingers deeper. “Everything feels so good right now.”

  “Okay.” To Anna’s surprise, Kael withdrew her fingers and rolled off. She lay on her back and gave Anna a cautious look. “I want you on top of me, baby, at first. That way you can…control things.”

  Anna’s body warmed at the tender concern in Kael’s voice. She sat up and ran her hand down a muscular arm. Kael stroked Anna’s bare back with her fingers.

  “May I take off your shorts?” Anna stared down at the dark cotton, stomach flip-flopping at the thought of what lay beneath. She was as excited as she was timid.

  “Of course.” Kael lifted her hips with a patient grin.

  Anna’s cheeks flushed as she hooked her thumbs in the waistband of Kael’s boxers and pulled them off.

  Her eyes locked onto the dildo that was strapped to Kael’s hips, jutting out away from her body. She tossed the shorts aside and settled her hands on Kael’s thighs.

  Kael shifted beneath Anna’s touch. “You okay, sweetheart?”

  Anna swallowed. “It seems a little…big.”

  “We don’t have to do this.” Kael laced her hands behind her head and gave Anna a crooked grin. “I would be perfectly happy to put my fingers back inside of you.”

  “No.” Anna ran her fingers down the length of the dildo, then wrapped her hand around the base and met Kael’s eyes. “I want your cock inside of me.”

  She settled on top of Kael, gasping at the way the dildo pressed into her belly.

  Kael pulled her down into a tight hug. “Do you know how much I love you?”

  Anna closed her eyes. “Yes.”

  “Good.” Kael slid her hands down to cup Anna’s bottom, squeezing gently. “As long as you know.”

  Anna nodded. She got onto her knees and planted one on either side of Kael’s narrow hips. “And do you know how much I love you?”

  Kael gave her a happy nod. “Yes.”

  With a pleased grin, Anna repeated, “Good.” Meeting Kael’s eyes, she reached down between their bodies and grasped the dildo in her hand. She bit her lip and guided the head to her entrance.

  “Go slow,” Kael said. She squeezed Anna’s hip when she winced at the effort of trying to penetrate herself.

  “Baby, go slow.”

  Anna was determined to take Kael inside. Sweat beaded on her forehead as the head of the dildo stretched her open and she pressed the first inch into her body. She exhaled, wishing that her body would yield to the invasion.

  “Don’t tense up,” Kael murmured. She rubbed her thumb over Anna’s clitoris, still swollen and wet. “Just relax, baby.”

  Anna stopped concentrating on the slightly uncomfortable sensation of the dildo, now fixated solely on the bliss Kael was creating between her legs. She breathed deep and watched Kael’s thumb swirl through her wetness. “You’re so hard,” Kael said. “So swollen.”

  Anna stared into Kael’s eyes. “Yes.” She realized that her hips were rocking against Kael’s hand and that the dildo that sat poised at her entrance was sliding deeper inside of her body. She gasped as she was entered, all of a sudden open and ready for Kael. Kael pulled Anna down against her chest again.

  “Give yourself a minute to get used to it,” Kael murmured. She kissed Anna’s face and rubbed their cheeks together.

  Anna nodded and pressed her lips against Kael’s temple. She brought her hands up and curled her fingers around Kael’s shoulders. Releasing a shaky breath, she willed her body to relax. Then she whimpered into Kael’s ear, surprised at a sudden revelation. “It feels good.”

  Kael chuckled at Anna’s awed whisper. “That’s kind of what I was hoping would happen.” Anna sat up fully.

  Kael was buried deep inside of her, and Anna loved the way she stared at their joining with inflamed indigo eyes. Instinctively, she rocked her hips, swaying against Kael’s abdomen. She could feel the length of Kael moving inside of her in time with her lazy rhythm.

  Anna tipped her head back and moaned. “Oh, Kael.”

  “Shh, baby,” Kael cautioned with a silly grin. “You were going to be quiet, remember?”

  Anna blushed but never stopped moving. Having Kael inside of her lit fires deep in her belly, driving her to rock harder against her lover in desperation. Kael’s strong hands stayed busy, one pinching and tugging on Anna’s nipple, while the other snuck around to stroke Anna’s clit again. Anna’s mouth dropped open in pleasure.

  “It feels…so…” she whispered under her breath, then gasped as Kael hit a rhythm that made her hips buck and jerk in reaction. “Oh, God…Kael, I’m gonna—”

  “That’s right, sweetheart.” Kael thrust her hips upward, meeting Anna stroke for stroke. “Ride me, baby.

  Does that feel good?”

  Anna nodded, not trusting herself to speak. If she opened her mouth, she would scream.

  “Are you going to come for me?”

  Anna nodded again, then arched her back as Kael rubbed tiny circles around her aching clit, delivering a breath-stealing orgasm that Anna felt in places she hadn’t even known existed. Her muscles contracted around Kael’s cock, gripping and releasing. Baring her teeth, she rode it out in silence, grateful that Kael’s strong hands supported her trembling body.

/>   When she recovered, she found herself cradled in Kael’s muscular arms. “That was amazing,” she said and sighed in contentment.

  “Absolutely amazing,” Kael agreed. She moved her hands down to Anna’s bottom and pulled her closer. “I can’t believe how sexy you are.”

  Only Elin had ever made her feel as safe as she did in that moment. “I can’t believe I was ever afraid of you,” Anna said. “When I first met you…but now that I know—” Her head was spinning.

  “You were afraid of me?”

  Anna couldn’t decide if Kael sounded confused or hurt. “Just a little. And not for very long.” Pulling back, she stared down at Kael solemnly. “I trust you with my life.”

  Kael touched the side of Anna’s face. “I trust you with mine.”

  “I want you on top of me now.”

  Kael blinked at the quiet request. “Are you sure?”

  “Very,” Anna said. “Do you think you could come that way?”

  “Yes,” Kael said, and smiled shyly.

  “Then do it. I want to feel your body on mine.”

  Without a word, Kael engulfed Anna in her arms and rolled them over, still buried inside of her. The sudden change in position took Anna by surprise, and she needed a moment to adjust, fighting off a brief brush of panic at the vaguely familiar scenario. But it’s Kael, she reminded herself, and reached up to touch her lover’s lean face.

  “Make love to me, tough guy.”

  Kael grinned hard at the nickname and pressed her lips to Anna’s. Anna pushed her tongue inside of Kael’s mouth, groaning loud. Kael moved tentative hips, withdrawing from Anna, then pushing inside again.

  Kael pulled back from their kiss. “Does that feel good?” She was panting, but she stopped at that single stroke.

  “So good,” Anna whispered, full of wonder. She never knew it could be that good, that her entire body could feel so sensitized and alive. “Don’t stop.”

  Kael began moving again, establishing a gentle cadence with her thrusts. She kept Anna’s mouth busy with kisses and moaned into the joining of their lips. Anna hugged Kael and spread her legs wide, eager for the pleasure that Kael’s body gave her. The base of the dildo bumped against Anna’s clit on every stroke, and she could tell from the way Kael ground against her that she was feeling the same sensations.