Chapter Six
Noah
Noah almost laughed at Jade’s enthusiasm for them to get back into the cave, until he remembered that she had no experience with men and her innocent reaction was based on her trust of him. After knowing each other for almost a week, it was heady to realize that Jade truly did trust him. She’d never even shared something as innocent as a kiss with another man. Although beautiful, she had no real understanding how truly stunning she was, but he had to make her understand that he didn’t want her because of her beauty. No, he wanted everything that encompassed Jade.
“I didn’t mean to pressure you into this. I wanted to tell you how I felt, and if we’re moving faster than you wanted, please, just let me know.”
Jade shook her head. “I’ve been drawn to you before I’d laid eyes on you. I scented you when I walked into Ghost’s building, and because I didn’t understand what my body was trying to tell me, I had no idea what it meant at the time. But I do now and when you touch me and kiss me, it feels indescribable and I want to feel that again. I know you’re not pressuring me into anything, because I want you.”
“And I want you. We’ll live in the moment.”
“Yep, and I don’t want to overthink this because I’ll start analyzing everything. And I want to enjoy everything we do.”
Knowing they were on the same page, they quickly ate up the miles back to the cave. When they reached the entrance, Jade turned around and scanned the area. He kept quiet, knowing that she would use all her senses to see if they’d been followed. When the wind shifted, he watched Jade’s face and noted that it remained passive as she took one large inhale. He had been watching her expression since they’d met and he would have known if she detected anything off.
“All clear?”
“Clear.”
He shrugged off his parka and gloves, and the thermal fleece jacket underneath, leaving him in a thermal Henley. With quick movements, he set up and switched on the two portable heaters and the three LED lanterns Jade had brought, giving a soft glow to their space.
As he finished setting up the last of the lanterns, he startled when he heard a deep rumbling, as if they were having an earthquake, but there was no movement under his feet. Noah turned around and watched as Jade easily dragged a boulder and partially blocked the entrance to the cave and kept their scents from drifting outside. He could still see the orange glow of the setting sun through the space between the boulder and the cave.
Noah hadn’t realized he’d moved, so when Jade turned back inside the cave, she was pressed against him, her warmth bringing a smile to his face.
He released her long hair from its hold and ran his fingers through the soft locks. Unable to stay away a moment longer, he leaned forward and pressed a kiss to her lips, savoring her taste as he gently explored. There was no rush in getting to know each other intimately. Rather, they wanted—at least Noah wanted—to map her body and find where she loved to be touched.
When they broke the kiss, he lifted her easily in his arms and while she was pressed to his chest, he buried his face against her neck, breathing her in.
“The more time we spend together, your scent seems to change.”
Jade leaned back slowly and met his gaze.
“When we met, I could detect a hint of peaches along with vanilla, but your scent becomes…well, it’s going to sound ridiculous, more earthy. I sometimes still smell the vanilla, but mixed in is lavender and pine.”
She shrugged. “Maybe we’re more in tune to each other and my scent is changing based on you, adapting to more familiar scents. I remember Kai telling me Liv’s scent never changed, but I don’t really know about the others. And to me, you smell like the earth dampened after a heavy rain.”
Noah, unable to stay away, captured her lips in another kiss. He had been holding her against his body and loved when she wrapped her legs around his hips, pressing them closer. Like the actions that came before, Noah felt as though everything elemental in him knew by this movement alone that they were made for each other.
Jade panted as she pulled back. The beautiful green haloed her blown pupils. “I’ve never craved a touch as much as I want yours, right now, but before we make love, can I explore you?”
Noah swallowed and absorbed a shiver that ran through him as she waited in anticipation of his answer. “I would love for you to touch me.”
He loved it when Jade took charge, and after his answer, she captured his lips in a searing kiss that had his cock throbbing against the zipper of his jeans. Noah felt the loss when Jade hopped down out of his hold.
They held each other’s gazes for a long moment before her fingers skimmed along the bottom hem of his shirt, and when she touched his already scorching skin with her soft, cool fingers, he sucked in a breath and bit his bottom lip to prevent the moan from escaping. It was a simple touch but it set his body on fire.
As her hands slid torturously slow up his clenched abs, Jade surprised him by standing on her tiptoes and nuzzling into his neck. When he sucked in a breath, she moved her hands around his sides and onto his back, all while nibbling on his skin underneath his ear and lower, to where his shoulder met his neck. This move sent heat and a pounding pulse straight to his cock.
“Fuck!” Noah shouted when Jade scratched her nails down his back, causing his entire body to shudder. He took a deep breath to prevent himself from throwing Jade onto their makeshift bed and ravishing her body.
With quick movements, she pushed his shirt up and off, groaning as she saw his naked chest for the first time. In the military, you had to be in shape. It was a matter of life and death. And in the months since his discharge, he’d been diligent with his exercise routine. Never in his life had he been as grateful for it as when Jade raked her eyes over his exposed skin and exhaled a half moan, half plea.
“Anything—whatever you want to do, just touch me.” His voice came out gruffer than he wanted, but he saw the flare in Jade’s eyes and knew she understood his desperation.
Jade started by kissing down his chest, taking her time as if her lips were exploring every curve and indent, while causing the most delicious ache to run throughout his entire body. Her lips explored his pecs, her tongue drawing across his nipples, before she traveled lower. She kissed his belly but he was distracted by her hands moving all over his exposed skin, but when she dropped to her knees, he sucked in a deep breath and prayed he wouldn’t embarrass himself.
Her fingers deftly opened the top button of his pants and he groaned when her fingers brushed his hips and she pulled the waistband down a couple of inches. That groan turned into a deep moan when she pressed her mouth against his skin. He hadn’t been aware, until that moment, his hips were an erogenous zone.
When she pressed her mouth a couple of inches above his straining cock, he moaned her name, not recognizing the deep reverberation that escaped his throat. She surged to her feet and cupped his neck, bringing their mouths closer. He leaned down to meet her swollen, soft lips against his.
His cock throbbed as she slid her tongue against his. The kiss deepened and he wanted to press his body to hers to relieve some of the throbbing pleasure he received whenever she touched him, but she was in control and he didn’t want to take that away from her.
They broke the kiss, both taking deep breaths, and he watched as Jade bit her lower lip and glanced up, meeting his gaze.
“Could you lay down?”
He nodded and started to move, but she gently stopped him with her hand on his forearm.
“Could I undress you first and then explore?”
Unable to find his voice, he nodded and faced her again. She made quick work of his pants, but when she slid them off, he found himself still clothed in his boxer briefs. With slow movements, she lifted his arm and traced the veins on his forearm before dropping his arm at his side and, using just her fingertips, traced the cut from his abs down to the waistband of the only remaining item of clothing he had on.
Her touch elicited a shiver of anticipation of what was to come.
“You are the sexiest man I’ve ever seen.”
Before he could respond, her thumbs hooked the waistband of his underwear and slowly lowered them over his hips and down his legs. The pounding pulse of need almost had him reaching for her, but he clenched his hands at his side, knowing this was her time to explore and he could get through it.
Hopefully.
This sweet, delicious torture was almost too much for him and he opened his mouth to beg—for what exactly, he had no idea—but it came out as a choking gasp when her small hand palmed his naked cock for the first time.
The moment she stood up to see his reaction, he slid his hands through her hair and brought her closer before he brushed a kiss against her lips. Even that minuscule touch stripped away a little more of his control.
The chaste kiss was as powerful as anything he and Jade shared. “Touch me, mark me, make me yours.”
“You don’t know what you’re fully asking, but I will touch you and bring you pleasure. I want to make you happy.”
“Fuck, baby. You make me happy.”
Jade smiled at him and stepped back, raking her gaze on his now naked body. He didn’t know what he expected, but when Jade’s eyes grew bigger and she clutched her hands into fists and then tucked them under her arms, he managed to regain some control. She looked nervous about touching him, but he wanted nothing more.
Glancing over his shoulder, he found the sleeping bags a few feet from where he stood. He stepped backward until he felt the fabric and, without taking his eyes off Jade, he lowered himself down onto the makeshift bed and laid back.
He sucked in a breath to steady himself and before he could blink, he spotted Jade kneeling between his legs. Her skin was hot when she ran her palms up the top of his feet to his shins. Since this was all about Jade, Noah held his hands near his sides.
“How do you like to be touched?”
Noah opened his mouth to speak, but the words stuck in his throat. This wasn’t a typical woman. She was Jade and his destined mate, and her touch set him alight. “However you want to touch me. My body is already humming from being able to kiss you. I have a feeling that any touch from you will bring me pleasure. But this is about you and what you’re comfortable with. I would say do what comes naturally.”
Jade exhaled shakily and gave him a short nod. She continued with her touch of his legs, brushing her delicate fingers over his inner thighs, drawing a breath from Noah. But when her mouth followed the trail of her hands, his breathing pushed out a series of low, deep moans.
Her tongue darted out and she tasted his skin and the sensation shot jolt straight to his cock, which pulsed visibly against his stomach. She started to crawl up his body but paused. He wondered if she wanted to stop, if they were going too fast. But instead, he almost choked on his tongue when she straighten up, still on her knees, and whipped her shirt up and over her head, leaving her beautiful pale skin with a smattering of freckles in full view.
Noah stopped breathing. She was the most exquisite creature he’d ever seen before. He must have mumbled it aloud because a blush stained Jade’s cheeks.
“It’s true. You are.”
With movements that looked blurred to Noah’s human eyes, Jade stripped off the rest of her clothing, throwing them into the same pile she created with Noah’s clothing. His mouth watered at the thought of tasting each inch of her body, but all thoughts scattered when she moved up his body to kiss him.
“Touch me,” she begged against his lips.
He splayed his hands over her back and pressed her against his body for the first time, savoring her heat surrounding him. His hand caressed her back and down the curves of her ass, loving the gasp as his hands cupped her, pressing her against his cock for just a moment. Her breasts pressed against his chest and the feel of the hard tips against his skin almost felt surreal. Noah had never been as turned on in his life.
Noah captured her lips and savored her taste. Each kiss was exploratory, but he noticed that she told him with each kiss what exactly she liked. When the sensations became too intense, she broke the kiss and buried her face against his neck. Each breath against his heated, slicked skin sent shafts of pleasure throughout and he held her tighter.
“I’m going to taste you, all over. Is that okay?”
Jade lifted her gaze and he made sure she could see his affirmative nod. She wasted no time straddling his waist and sitting on his stomach. He could feel her heat and groaned aloud as her tongue darted out and flicked a long lick against his right nipple. She paid attention to both before kissing down his stomach and across his hips. He was getting addicted to feeling her mouth there.
“Can I touch you…here?”
With her words, she drew her pinkie a small way down the head of his cock.
“Yes, please. Touch me.”
Jade reached out and wrapped her hand around his cock, both of them moaning at the movement. He watched Jade’s face and her fascinated looks as her hand traveled down his cock until she reached the base, before slowly sliding back up to the head. After a few strokes, a bead of pre-come pooled at the head and when Jade spotted it, her tongue darted out and tasted him.
Noah thought she wouldn’t continue after she paused her actions, but he was taken by surprise when she swallowed the head of his cock, her tongue flittering on the sensitive skin and drawing a shout from Noah’s tight throat.
“Is this okay?”
“More than okay. You took me by surprise because I figured you would be put off by the taste.”
Jade shook her head. “No, you taste wonderful, tangy and salty.” And to prove her point, she bent down and swallowed his crown before slowly moving down, taking more and more of him in her mouth.
With no experience, Jade reduced Noah into a puddle of pleasure using only her mouth and tongue. Words were spilling out of his throat. He was torn between watching her mouth stretched over his cock or tilting his head back and trying to stay calm, breathing in deep and hoping he didn’t embarrass himself by coming too soon. He lost all sense of time and place as Jade drove him out of his mind.
Noah felt the familiar throbbing of his release and fumbled with the words to warn Jade. Finally, he pushed the words past his tight throat.
“Jade, baby, I’m gonna come. Move…your mouth…”
Jade shook her head and sucked him harder, flicking her tongue along his slit. He allowed his body to take over and with a shout, Noah fell back as his body trembled through the best release of his life. Having her mouth on him throughout his orgasm had him shivering uncontrollably.
When his mind had rebooted and his senses weren’t centered around the pleasure she’d given him, he felt Jade by his side and he curled an arm around her, bringing her closer, not leaving an inch between them.
“Give me a few minutes, baby. I want to taste you now, but I don’t think my limbs will cooperate as of yet.”
Jade’s laugh filled him with warmth, and when she kissed him, nothing could make him change his mind about this woman and he knew that she was meant for him alone.