Cashing In (Luck's Voice Book 2)

by Daniel Schinhofen

  “No, neither of those are what I will tell,” Lia laughed lightly before her face became serious. “No... Instead, I will speak of a man who puts himself in harm’s way for others. Some call such men heroes. I’ll let you decide.”

  The crowd went silent again, eager to hear her story.

  “My establishment had a marshal staying in it not that long ago. The marshal is a good man, one of the few lawmen I’d share a drink with. He’d gone to court to see the outlaw he’d captured brought to justice. The marshal had no idea that his outlaw’s gang had come to free him... Doc had just purchased a gun from Blackbeard and was on his way back to the Lily when he noticed these men. He grew wary and hurried back to let the marshal know, only to find out that he was at court, the same place the gang had been going to. He didn’t hesitate— he sprinted out the door to help.”

  The room was silent, the only sound the hush of people holding their breaths.

  “The next part, I only know from secondhand accounts,” Lia said before launching into a tale of Doc’s actions she’d heard. “Wounded, but unbowed, Doc survived his brush with death, all to save a good man who he barely knew. A hero, by my standards.”

  The room was still silent when Lia raised her mug. “To a good man, and a hero, who will surely stand up to anyone or thing, if it’s for the right reasons. I used to wonder where all the gods and the good men who championed them had gone. Maybe we weren’t worth saving anymore, but then you came. We can use a hero in this day and age.” Lia met Doc's eyes. “I hope you’re ready, hero, because there are going to be many fights ahead of you.”

  A song danced through Doc’s mind, and he raised his mug back to her in the silence. “I’ll fight those rising odds.”

  “To your friends and allies— may they stand beside you when needed,” Lia said, draining her mug in a single long gulp.

  Doc raised his mug and tried to match her, but ended up choking and coughing. Sonya began pounding on his back and the crowd laughed as they drank to the toast.

  Chapter Thirty

  Doc kept an eye on Sonya when they got to the Lily. She’d been growing increasingly nervous as they walked. Doc could feel her hand growing clammy, but didn’t comment on it. He’d caught a number of comments from the crowd when they crossed the main room and went up the stairs, and none of them were gentlemanly.

  Reaching Doc’s room, Sonya was breathing faster than normal, and her eyes were a little wide. She entered when he opened the door for her. Taking in the small space with its single bed, her face heated.

  Doc closed the door and watched her jump at the sound. Instead of going over to her, he took a seat at the lone chair by the table. “Sonya, are you okay?”

  Sonya took a deep breath and walked toward the bed. “Yes.” She paused before adding, “Nervous, though.”

  “First time?” Doc asked gently.

  “Of course,” Sonya replied. “I’ve talked with others, so I have an idea of what normally happens, but…”

  “I understand,” Doc said. “Most of that is about to get set aside.”

  Sonya turned to face him, staring at him. “Oh?”

  “It’s your first time, and our wedding night,” Doc told her calmly. “I want it to be special for you, something for you to remember for all our years together. It’s going to be slower and more loving than you’re probably fearing.”

  “No,” Sonya said quickly. “It’s not the speed that I fear. It’s… well, your… size.” Her face went redder at the last word. “You’re built like a human and they say humans are… much longer than a dwarf.”

  Doc smiled at her. “Ah. Don’t worry. I’m sure it’s not as bad as you think. Before we even get to that, there’s so much more to experience.”

  “But...” Sonya said, looking down, “what if I can’t please you?” She looked up with uncertainty. “All I want is for everything to be perfect for you.”

  Doc met her eyes and his heart warmed. He knew Sonya might be just like him in one regard— wanting to pleasure their partner above even themselves. “You already are. Tonight is about you.” He held up a hand to stop her when she started to object. “Hang on. I’ll get plenty of pleasure, too, but tonight is for you. That’s what I want most of all.”

  Sonya closed her eyes and took three deep breaths. Opening them again, the fear was gone. “If that’s what my husband desires most.”

  Doc stood up and took a single step toward her. “It is, my beautiful bride.” Reaching her, one hand gently lifted her chin as he bent to kiss her.

  Doc made sure the kiss was soft, tender, and loving. Ever so slowly, he let the kiss deepen and become more impassioned, trying to find out what she responded to. Sonya kissed him back, happy that they were together at this moment.

  When Doc broke the kiss, Sonya’s face was even brighter red and she was breathing fast. “For the first part of tonight, I want to learn your body.” He could see the moment of worry cross her face. He kissed her softly and briefly. “No, don’t. I’ve seen you mostly naked already, Sonya. There’s nothing about you that isn’t beautiful.”

  Sonya swallowed hard, staring into his steel-gray eyes. “That was one of the hardest things for me to do. I imagined all the things you would say... how disgusted you’d be. You didn’t say any of those things... you praised me as beautiful. How my heart sang at your words.”

  “I try to only speak the truth to the people I care about,” Doc said. “If you’re uncomfortable, I’ll get naked first.”

  “Together?” Sonya asked.

  “That’s fine,” Doc said, stepping back.

  It didn’t take long for the two of them to strip out of their clothing. Doc drank in the sight of her youthful body and offered a silent prayer to Luck. Sonya’s eyes roved over him until they latched onto his hardening member. Eyes growing wider, she watched him grow larger.

  “Oh, Luck... preserve me...” Sonya whispered.

  Doc chuckled. “She will, but calm down. First, I want to get to know you. Lay down on your stomach, please?”

  Pulling her gaze from his naked body, she lay down on her stomach and wondered what he was going to do first. She didn’t expect the light, tender touch on her shoulders. Doc’s hand began to gently massage her muscles, easing her tension.

  Sonya enjoyed the moment, smiling when his lips joined his hands in exploring her. When he asked her to roll over, she began to breathe a little faster, as she was now even more exposed to him.

  “Shh...” Doc said softly, kissing her cheek. “You’re lovely.”

  Sonya felt her nerves fade again, and she just smiled as he trailed a line of kisses down her cheek toward her neck. He added in light nibbles and took his time, trying to find where she enjoyed being touched the most.

  When his lips grazed one of her nipples, Sonya inhaled sharply. Hearing her react, Doc gently rolled her other nipple with his thumb and lovingly suckled at the hard point in his mouth.

  “Ohhh…!” Sonya moaned, her breath coming faster as her eyes closed.

  Doc took his time, switching from breast to breast to give each attention. When he gave one nipple a testing nibble, Sonya let out a shuddering breath and her hips bucked. Smiling around her breasts, Doc lightly teased and pinched her other nipple.

  “Luck... oh, Luck!” Sonya moaned, her hips moving on their own as pleasure washed through her.

  Doc eased her back down before kissing down her body again. Sonya let out a soft whimper, her eyes fluttering open to look at him, full of questions unasked.

  Doc lifted his head from just above her navel to answer her, “Just wait. I promise it’ll be worth it.”

  Sonya nodded, lowering her head back to the pillow and breathing deeply. Her body was still tingling from the attention it had received. When Doc adjusted to lay between her legs, she raised her head again, clearly not understanding what he intended to do. She got the idea as he lowered his mouth toward her sex. She started to say something, but when his tongue lapped at her, she gasped, instead. />
  Doc smiled broadly at her reaction and took his time to explore her. She was moaning and her hips were moving with need by the time he decided it was time. Using his thumb to help clear the way, his tongue finally found her clit.

  “Nugh!” Sonya gasped as her muscles locked up. Pleasure hit her like a hammer and she felt like heated copper as Doc continued to pleasure her.

  Doc didn’t stop— he kept licking as her hips bucked into his mouth. Just as she started to calm again, Doc clamped down on her clit with his lips, gently, but firmly, massaging it.

  Sonya’s eyes went wide and her hands grasped his head as she growled like a beast. Doc winced at the raw strength in her hands, but he didn’t relent. The sounds went up in pitch and her hands squeezed until she whimpered and went boneless. Gasping when she let go of him, Doc looked up to find her glazed eyes looking down at him.

  “Now we can see about more,” Doc said softly. Shifting so he was kneeling between her thighs, his hard cock lay across her trimmed patch of black pubic hair. Bending down, he kissed her and felt her respond, though slowly.

  Doc rocked his hips back, letting his cock slide down her body. Leaning into his left arm and using that to keep him above her, he made sure to guide himself to her entrance with his right.

  Sonya was drifting on a warm, fluffy cloud when Doc kissed her. She’d never felt such pleasure, and wondered if she’d ever be able to give him even half as much in return. When his lips met hers, she did her best to return it, but she felt languid. That languidness was shattered when she felt him penetrate her. Gasping, Sonya whimpered, her hands grabbing at his shoulders as he pushed into her.

  Doc paused, only having gone in a couple of inches. Sonya was tight, tighter than any woman he’d ever been with. “Are you okay?” Doc asked, staying still, now balanced on both his arms above her.

  Sonya stared up at him. Her eyes were bright as the realization of what was happening hit her. “Yes, but you’re too big…” She swallowed as tears began to spill from her eyes. “I’m sorry…”

  Doc felt his heart rend. “Sonya,” he said softly, making sure she met his eyes, “there’s no need for tears. I’m going to ease out, but that isn’t rejection. We can make this work. We’ll just have to go slower, okay?”

  Sonya hiccupped, her body shaking as she sobbed silently. Doc’s eyes were filled with concern and love for her, and her heart wilted that she was unable to do what a wife should be able to for him. Why is he so calm and loving when I’m failing him? “W-we can’t even consummate our marriage...!”

  Doc withdrew from her slowly until only the tip was still inside of her. Bending down, he kissed her cheek. “Shh, Sonya... relax. Trust me? Please?”

  Sonya swallowed and tried to calm down, her heart in knots. “I do trust you... my life is yours,” Sonya sniffled as she took deep shuddering breaths, “but you’re too big.”

  “Possibly,” Doc admitted, “but if you’re willing to walk the hard road with me and take all night, I’m certain we can come together.”

  The idea of being one with Doc made her heart soar and ache at the same time. Part of her thought he was just placating her, but the rest of her gave in to his words. “Please…?”

  Doc kissed her again and waited for her to calm down.

  When Sonya finally stopped crying, she was watching him with hopeful eyes. Doc gave her a loving smile and kissed her gently. Sonya kissed him back, but Doc pulled back slightly, slowing her impassioned kiss and making her be slow, measured, and controlled. In time, the kiss deepened and Sonya felt her heart calm.

  Doc will make it right, she told herself. Just trust in our husband, and he will make it work.

  When the kiss started to become impassioned a second time, Doc changed it and kissed down her neck. Sonya exhaled and gave herself over to him. When his lips found her nipples again, Sonya gasped and let out a soft moan.

  Doc was glad he’d managed to stay hard during her meltdown. He didn’t know how, but he wasn’t going to look a gift horse in the mouth. This time, he stayed still and worked on her nipples, bringing her pleasure again. He went from one to the other, slowly ramping up the attention until she was moaning and her hips were pushing up into his.

  The first few times her hips rocked, Sonya’s breath caught. Her pleasure was nearly overwhelmed by the pain, but the pain quickly faded, and the pleasure seemed even greater for its absence.

  Doc never moved his own hips as he pleasured his wife, but after a long while, Sonya was working him in and out of her all by herself, and Doc was in a place of heaven and hell. Sonya was nearly impossibly tight, but they’d worked so long on her that she was also a river of wetness, letting him move inside her.

  Knowing he wasn’t going to last much longer, Doc lifted his head from her well-loved breasts and leaned back on his knees as Sonya continued to work her hips. “See, my dear wife?” Doc shuddered, his breathing a little uneven as he tried to make sure she realized what was happening. “We managed it.”

  Sonya’s head was lost in a thick cloud of pleasure, but she looked at him towering above her and felt the hardness working itself in and out of her. “Doc... please make me yours,” she said in a daze.

  Seeing her lost in the moment, Doc shuddered again. His toes started to curl and he touched her hips gently, slowing her pace. “As you wish, Sonya, but gently,” he said and pushed himself deep into her. Buried to the hilt, he groaned deeply as he felt the dam burst, finally free to orgasm.

  That last push was enough to lift Sonya from her haze. She realized that he was buried completely inside her, but that moment was lost when she felt his cock swell, twitch, and pulse as he came. That pushed her over the edge and her legs clamped around his waist. Her whole body felt like it was on fire as pleasure unlike any she’d known before slammed into her.

  Doc shuddered time and again as he rode out his own orgasm. Sonya’s legs tightening on his waist brought a big grin across his face, glad he’d gotten her there one more time. When her legs slipped free, Doc was done with his own orgasm, and he slowly pulled himself free from her.

  With a last shuddering breath, he slumped onto the bed beside her, pulled the blanket over them, and held her as sleep came to claim him.

  Chapter Thirty-one

  Doc woke up with Sonya snuggled in against his chest. Her dark hair obscured most of her face, but that didn’t stop him from admiring her. Her arms were pulled together in front of her so they rested against his chest, and her chin was perched just above them. She looked so vulnerable at that moment, and Doc recalled her breakdown the night before.

  Did I do the right thing for her? Maybe I should have stopped...? No, she’d have felt worse about that. Life is hard, even here, Doc thought, but we’ll do what we have to do— keep moving forward.

  Sonya stirred slightly, murmuring, “Did I make you proud?”

  “Yes,” Doc whispered, kissing her brow.

  A smile brightened her sleepy face, but it faded and her brow furrowed. A moment later, her eyes twitched open and locked onto his steel-gray eyes.

  “Good morning, my sleepy wife,” Doc whispered before kissing her brow again. “Did you sleep well?”

  “Yes...?” Sonya asked as she started to slowly gain awareness.

  “Did you enjoy last night?” Doc asked.

  Eyes going wide, she stared into his as the memory flooded her mind. “I… you…!”

  “I worried for you,” Doc said when she had trouble finding her words. “I don’t know if I did the right thing for you, Sonya. I just wanted to give you what you wanted. And it worked, after a while. We came together as one.”

  Sonya leaned her head against his chest. “I failed you.”

  “You can only fail by giving up,” Doc said softly. “Otherwise, you just have a setback. In the end, it was you who brought us together.”

  “No, it was you,” Sonya said, her voice muffled.

  “I didn’t move until the very end, when I couldn’t take anymore,” Doc corrected he
r gently. “From the moment we paused until I lost control, everything in between was you moving your hips to join us.”

  Sonya frowned, and Doc could feel her forehead contract against his lightly-haired chest. “Did I...? I remember breaking down, and then you soothing me. You eventually lowered your mouth to my breasts again…”

  “And as that pleasure built for you, your hips began to move of their own accord,” Doc whispered.

  “I remember the small flares of pain before they were subsumed by pleasure,” Sonya replied. “Why did it feel like the pleasure grew more intense after that?”

  “Mixing pleasure and pain is a kink for some. I’ve been told the sensation of pain helps heighten pleasure.”

  “Kink?” Sonya asked, lifting her head to meet his eyes again.