by Aubrey Brown
“Really, Your Grace, I have a marvelous smile?”
David then pulled more firmly on her hair to bring her in for a soul-searing kiss. “I told you I would kiss you if you called me by my title again.”
Anna sighed against his mouth and said, “Kingsberry.”
It was as if she lit a match to his self-control, his kiss turned feral. She was drowning in sensation. She couldn’t get close enough to him for her satisfaction. David moaned and pulled away from her. “I want to make love to you. I want to claim you and keep you and exhaust you. Marry me, Anna. Marry me,” he pleaded.
Indecision roiled in Anna. She wanted to make love to David. She wanted it more than anything. She deepened their kiss and demanded a response greater than them both, and what she got was a certainty that she was in love with the duke. Perhaps she had been infatuated by the idea of him, but was she in love with the man who had come for her, or the man she created around a picture?
Should she take a leap of faith? Could she take a chance on him to keep her unto himself and to never take another woman to bed? She did not know this man, her intended. He was a virtual stranger to her, but she did know that she wanted him.
“If we marry, David, will you take a mistress? Will you leave me home alone to raise the children? I know our marriage was arranged, but I want a dedicated husband. I want what my sisters have.”
David looked sincerely perplexed and then horrified. “Anna. I promise to cleave only unto you. I have had terrible…experiences with men seeking other women. There were reasons my family needed your dowry.”
Anna had not considered David had his own views on marriage. Mayhap that was the reason he waited so long to claim her. It sounded as if his parent’s marriage was not a happy one. There was much she did not know about this man, her future husband. He knew even less of her, and she suddenly felt shame over running away and not staying to listen to the reasons for his delay.
“What of your father?” Anna asked.
“He died, Anna. Months ago, but before that he took to his sick bed, five years earlier. I have been running the estate since that time. My father left everything in such disrepair that I had to travel to each home and see to it that the restorations were made, and the tenants had everything they needed. My father left many debts, and I have been quite busy since then,” he explained.
Mortification rolled through Anna. She had been wrong about David, so very in error, and entirely selfish. She grabbed him by the collar and sealed her lips to his. After she kissed him, she whispered, “Yes, I will marry you, David.”
Chapter Five
David felt his chest tighten and his heart sing. She agreed to be his wife. He held her body in a tight embrace that brought contentment to him. He would marry her, give the estate an heir, and secure his family’s legacy, as well as his sister’s and mother’s reputations. Shortly after she accepted his proposal, they decided to hurry back to her home to plan a hasty wedding. Her family was informed and traveled back to their estate to begin preparations. David was insistent that they marry before Christmas.
Anna and David made the journey back to her home in Shropshire. The carriage ride was riddled with bad roads and terrible weather. It was only a few weeks until Christmas, so their journey was not harbored by others traveling to their family’s estates. They embraced each other with kisses and touches, but dared to go no further until they were wed.
Once they entered the long drive to her home, she sighed in pleasure. She was about to marry the duke in front of her family. Her sisters were making their way to the estate already for the holidays. Her father met them at the doors with a scowl set upon his rugged face as he saw David holding Anna’s hand. Once Anna explained she was happy to marry him, and that she wanted to be wed as soon as possible, her father, with the help from her mother, relented.
Later, that evening, her mother and she had “‘the talk.” It was a tortured session of her mother’s explanations about Anna’s duties toward her husband. When the embarrassing conversation came to a close, her mother imparted more advice to her.
“I know you can be headstrong like your father, Anna. However, try not to push too quickly. Everything comes with time. Newlyweds can experience bouts of stress within the first year. Do not let it deter you. Your father and I certainly had our fights that preliminary year. If it weren’t for the cold, I may have left your father to rot in that residence alone!”
Anna laughed with her mother and continued to dress.
The couple had stolen a few kisses and touches since their arrival, and Anna was frustrated to say the least. The duke beheld fiery touches, so the rumors of his prowess held true. He would be a magnificent lover in their marriage bed. She was becoming wet with thoughts of their wedding night. She shook her head to try to clear the impure thoughts.
* * * *
There was much hustle and bustle around the estate, since Christmas was shortly to come and guests would be visiting with relatives. Their wedding was to be small, followed by a celebration, which was perfect for David. The sooner they married the earlier he could bed his new wife. They stole moments of kisses and touches underneath the mistletoe and in concealed corners.
She was driving him mad with her inexperienced touches and balmy kisses. Her hair was a source of eroticism for him. He played with the tresses, for she liked to keep her hair down. She smelled of the country, which was fresh air and crisp apples. Her skin was smooth and creamy. He kicked himself for not coming to her previously, but he was here now, and he would have her writhing underneath him presently. A few days, he kept telling himself. It was just a few more days.
Anna’s family had come to the home a few days before the ceremony. Since David had a marriage license readied before his journey, they just needed to convene at the town’s local church.
The day of their wedding brought a snowstorm in its wake. The entire family and select friends attended the blessed union. Anna looked beautiful in her wedding finery, and they were pronounced man and wife a short time later. David’s family was absent due to the time shortage and the impending weather.
The family returned home for a short celebration of food and drink, and then their first marital night came early to the newlyweds. With the extensive traveling they had both had of late, the couple was equally tired. They decided to stay in a small hunting cottage owned by her parents near the woods. Anna was worried that David would balk at staying in such a minuscule space. However, David assured her that he only needed a bed.
Anna blushed furiously over his statement, and David laughed at her reaction.
They walked the short distance to the cottage as well-wishers cheered them in holiday glee. Anna was laughing by the time they reached the door and seemed to have gained her energy back. David entered the dwelling with Anna in his arms. As soon as the door closed, David latched his lips upon hers. They moaned in equal delight. It was time he made her his wife, in the most basic sense. David craved the feeling of her. He wanted to be buried deep inside of her and seek his release. However, this was her first time. He needed to prepare her. Conversely, he felt like they had been preparing each other for days!
He had never bedded a virgin before, but if the rumors held true, they were tricky and could be scared if handled improperly.
“Anna, do you need help preparing for bed?” Since it was their wedding night, her maid, Penelope, was asked to stay in the main house.
“I will need help with my dress and corset,” she said as a fierce blush came over her face.
“I have had some practice at playing a lady’s maid. I am sure I can handle the task.”
“Have you had much practice, Your Grace?” she whispered, already knowing the answer.
David shook his head and said, “The past is the past, Anna. You are my wife now. You are the only woman I shall ever play lady’s maid to from this day forward.”
With that said, he kissed her, and she kissed him. He then turned her around and exposed her crea
my skin to the cool night air. She shivered as goose bumps formed on her body. David kissed her as he disrobed her. When she was fully naked, he turned her back to him, and his breath caught. She was stunningly beautiful. Her breasts were large and pert. Her waist was nipped, flowing into the juncture between her thighs, and down her long legs.
“You are so beautiful.” He shuddered.
“Undress, David.”
She helped him remove his wedding clothing as well. When they were both startling naked, he laid her upon the bed. He kissed her long and sweetly, as her pussy became wet and uncomfortable. Her hips connected with his as she sought relief.
“Anna, wait, I need to ready you,” David pleaded.
As she watched her husband regain control, he kissed her lips, followed by her neck, and then he circled his lips around her nipple. She bowed off the bed in delightful sensation. He was making her feel wanton and sinful, and she loved it. His hand massaged her hip as he pleasured her breasts.
“David, please. I feel I need something more, please…” she begged.
He then moved his finger to her slit and opened her to his touch. She was hot and wet, and he growled into her mouth as he seemed to realize she was almost ready for him. She felt swollen and quivering with need. He sought her clitoris and gently circled her into a feverish frenzy. She gasped at his invasion. Her head quickly snapped from right to left on the pillow. David must have felt her start to quiver.
Anna had never felt anything like this before in her life. She felt full, and she felt greedy. She wanted to feel his cock inside of her. She grasped his hair as he kissed her into oblivion. Her cry of release should have filled his mouth, as her quaking body shook beneath his. She wanted to know what he was thinking and feeling at that moment.
* * * *
David almost spilled his seed in embarrassment, her release was inexplicable. He had never seen a woman look so enraptured before. He kissed her lips one last time before he placed his cock at the weeping entrance of her cunt.
“It will hurt only for a moment, Anna, but after that we will share an exquisite release together.”
Anna could only nod her head as she waited for what was to come. As he started inside of Anna’s wet, hot, and tight slit, she gasped at his penetration. He was big, and she was unsure that he would fit inside of her. He kissed her slowly, which made her relax in his embrace. Inch by inch, he made his way into her pussy. As he came to her hymen, he hissed through clenched teeth. He wanted to impale her and ride her into sweet release, but he kept control and broke through slowly.
Anna yelped in slight pain, but David settled her with a kiss. He waited for her to become accustomed to his cock. When her twat clamped around his penis, he began to move in a slow rhythm.
Anna panted and held onto his shoulders as he pumped into her. She looked into David’s half-mast eyes and must have realized he was close to coming. She could not seem to lay still beneath him, so she pumped her hips in tune with his. David growled and placed his hand into her folds and found her clitoris. He stroked her until her yell of pleasure joined his.
They lay together in the aftermath of their mutual orgasm. David was stroking her wet spine as their cooling bodies found sleep.
Later, they came together again. It was a lazy coupling, with her leg thrown over his. Their eyes connected as they pleasured one another. He kissed her slowly and tenderly as their hips moved in a rhythm as old as time. As the pinnacle came, they cried out into each other’s mouths as they shook with pleasure, and their combined cum wet the sheets. Exhaustion crept over them, and sleep claimed the lovers.
The next day the weather was well enough for them to travel to his estate outside of London, just a day’s ride away. He wanted to check on the progress of the work. Christmas was upon them, and he wanted the staff to meet their unknown duchess. As newlyweds, Anna and David found new and interesting ways to pass the time away inside of a moving carriage.
David kissed and caressed her into a frenzy. He also tossed up her skirts to kiss her pussy. She seemed shocked to find that she delighted in his ministrations. She writhed beneath his clever touch. His tongue moved with such purpose that he felt her trembling begin. His cock was as hard as a board, but he wanted to give her release before he sought his own orgasm. So he quickly lapped at her dripping cunt and was certain she was close. He reveled in the idea that she would soon squirt her cum onto his tongue, and he would suckle her clean. He loved the taste of his wife and was sure he would never become tired of her sweet slit.
Working his fingers into her pussy and rolling her clitoris with his tongue, she came in his mouth in severe waves. It was the most pleasurable, delicious experience of his life. Feeling proud and content, he made his way back up to his very satisfied wife.
Kissing her sweetly, she moaned into his mouth as her hand found his cock. Feeling his heart pound and his blood move quickly, he watched as she undid his breeches and found him hot and hard. His cock was ready for her attentions. And like a good wife, she lowered her head and experimented in licking him. He was surprised to find out that his wife was a very astute student and had him writhing in his seat.
Her mouth was wicked and talented, and his cock was covered in her saliva. She was making the most delicious suckling sounds as she serviced his dick.
“Where did you learn how to…” he started, but stopped when she lifted her head.
“I lived many years in the country, Your Grace. I came upon footmen and maids servicing each other from time to time. And in addition, there was breeding season.”
And with that said, she went back to his cock. He hummed with pleasure and strange passion in the knowledge that his wife was almost as carnal in knowledge as he was. She was still innocent, to be certain, but she was an avid learner, and she would not shy away from sucking his cock.
He placed his hand into her red-russet locks and pulled her hair in a manner that brought the most pleasure to him. When she found his rhythm, she sucked strongly and brought him to a mind-shattering orgasm, which she swallowed wholly. David was amazed and grateful that Anna was now his wife.
“Ah, you are clever, girl,” he gasped, as she sucked the last of his cum.
* * * *
The Winthrop estate
His estate was beautiful, but not decorated for the Christmas season. Anna wondered at that fact, but did not announce her thoughts aloud. David had not said in so many words that his childhood was an abnormal one. So Anna, trying to be the duchess whom she was trained to be, kept her own counsel.
Christmas was close, and their lovemaking seemed to grow stronger as each night passed. David taught her new and very pleasurable ways to seek release. Sometimes she felt as if David might be falling in love with her. He certainly encouraged her and screamed his completion as she bucked on top of him. She could almost imagine that his heart was as full to bursting as his cock was within her pussy. This brought her mind wandering to how he really felt about her.
* * * *
David fell into an easy routine with Anna. Every day that passed the duke felt as if his duchess had always been there, helping him. Connecting him with his tenants. She had a comfortable touch with the children of those tenants. He found himself musing about having children with her. Which lead to thoughts of making those children, which in turn had him seeking his wife out at the most inappropriate times. He would lift her skirts in his office during the day, which made it very difficult for him to get any real work done.
He would call her into his office and ask her to lock the door. She would give him a passion-filled stare, and he would sweep his paperwork from his desk and lift her delicious bottom onto the cold wood.
He sought her already drenched, creamy cunt and groaned in gratification to find her ready and weeping for his cock. It would seem she was always ready for his touch.
He would place a digit within her slit and then press his thumb to her clitoris, and watch as she writhed. He would next remove his fingers and sample her cu
m. That particular day, she did a very crazed action and took his soaked fingers into her own mouth and groaned as she licked his hand clean.
The action alone sent him over the edge and into her pussy. Her breasts bounced beneath her simple day dress, but he knew what she looked like completely naked. She was a glorious woman whom he hungered for.
As his cock stroked into her a few last powerful times, he shuddered and came. Feeling his seed spill within her womb, and all of his energy depleted, he collapsed into his chair and took in a fortifying breath.
“I thank you, Your Grace,” Anna whispered.
She then climbed off his desk and straightened her skirts and walked from the room as if they had discussed nothing more vital than the weather, leaving him confused and still aroused.
Christmas Eve came, and Anna had a fresh tree brought in. She trimmed it with decorations and had the local children come into the home to eat sweets and drink cocoa. It was a very festive time that made David feel ill at ease. He was unused to celebrating the holidays. His father was never at home, and his mother was too grief stricken to celebrate. However, Anna’s attitude toward the holiday was infectious.
“David, the children have been fed, and they are ready for the evening game.”
Anna had told him they were to play seek your gift with the duke. David had thought the idea mad, but she wanted the tenants to feel as if David really cared about their families. So David relented and said he would participate.
“Indeed? All right, children. I have riddles to pose to you, and when you know the answer shout out, and we shall find the gifts, ready?”
As it went, David led a broad of eager children around his home and found various gifts behind every corner. Anna was laughing at him and turning her smile to a very small child who walked with a limp. He had a very hard time in keeping step with the other children. The duchess took pity on him and carried him. She smiled at his infectious laughter, and David felt his heart turn over.
