Chapter
Blood dripped down Kady’s fingers and onto the floor. The fucking bastard had cut her. He would have sliced into her face if she hadn’t blocked him.
“I told you there would be consequences if you tried anything.” The same man who’d blustered his way into her bath house hovered over her now.
“You’re the douchecanoe who is going to be facing consequences.” She didn’t know what those were yet, because she’d tried to magic him to death, and all it had done was put a few icicles in his hair.
She needed Black to come help recharge her magic. Then she’d freeze this TFO bully’s balls off.
“As soon as my back-up gets here, we are taking you in. You’ll never see the light of day again for destroying months of work.”
The front door crashed in and the biggest most beautiful black bear snarled in douchcanoe’s direction.
“Ha. Here are those consequences I told you about.” She kicked out, catching the TFO man in the knee.
He lost his balance and his knife-like weapon went clattering to the floor. Black took the opportunity to lunge, but his great size in the little space put him at a disadvantage. The dude rolled, narrowly evading Black’s claws, which cut right through the floorboards.
Kady snatched up the knife-weapon, that wasn’t a knife at all. It vibrated in her hand and was cold to the touch. It might not be a knife, but it had cut her, so it could hurt douchecanoe too.
Before she could throw it, or stab at him, Black put his big ole bear butt between her and the bully. That left the doorway open and he escaped from the container and Black’s wrath.
Black charged after him, but by the time they got outside, straight out of a spy movie, a helicopter swooped down and dropped a rope ladder. Their nasty enemy climbed, signaling the crew to pull him up.
He pointed toward them, rather ominously, as the chopper flew away.
Black’s sides and chest expanded and huffed. He was breathing hard and a snarl rumbled low in his throat.
Jiminy Christmas he was big. The last time he’d shifted they’d been getting shot at and fleeing for their lives and she hadn’t really gotten to see him in all his beary glory.
She touched the fur on his shoulder and he turned on her, snapping at her hand. He was still deep in protective bear mode, but she wasn’t even a little bit afraid.
He continued to huff and puff, shifting back and forth on his front legs like he had too much angry energy.
Kady smiled, loving this big bad side of him. She shouldn’t. The alpha male rumbling represented all that had always scared her. He was cranky, and big, and cranky, and male, and cranky, and could hurt her like most every other big bad man in her life had.
Because she’d let them. She hadn’t known what was inside of her, and she didn’t mean her magic. Sure, that helped, but pushed to the brink, tested and tried by an alien ship crash, a covert government agency, and some weird ass spectral warrior monsters, she’d withstood. In fact, she’d thrived.
A cranky bear, who she loved, yeah, that’s right loved, didn’t scare her one bit.
Kady reached out and held Black’s muzzle between her hands. She stroked the soft fur on his face, looking into his eyes, the same ones that she saw in the man, and softly called his name. “Black, come back to me now.”
He huffed one more time, but then his form shimmered and soon she held the man’s face.
He grabbed her in his arms, lifting her under the knees and carried her back into the house. He was heading back toward the bedroom again and with the adrenaline of that last battle still coursing through her system, a good ole romp in the hay sounded like a great idea.
“Black, wait. Stop. Margreth is hurt too.”
He didn’t stop. “Sigar can care for her.”
“No. She was trying to protect me. Put me down. There will be time for some nookie later.”
Black growled, but set her down. “We will be nookie-ing as soon as you tend to Margreth. I need you in my arms, under me, crying my name as I make you come. I need to know that you are okay.”
Aww. That made her heart go pitter-skip-patter. “I know, I want to feel you inside of me, and know that you’re okay too. But, first let’s make sure our gnomes are okay, and get the hell out of here.”
Black stared at her for a few moments and then nodded. He took her hand and gently touched the wound. “I’ll go help Sigar finish hooking up the trailer to his vehicle. You tend to yourself and Margreth.”
He kissed her hand and then went outside. Kady found Margreth sitting on a stump in the yard. She had Percy in her lap and was stroking his belly.
“Percy. I wondered where you’d gone off to. I’m glad you’re okay.” Kady tapped Percy’s little nose, happy her tiny friend wasn’t injured.
Margreth smiled and handed him over to her. “Little thing was biting at the pant leg of one of our evil friends. He’s a tough little familiar.”
Percy crawled up Kady’s arm, nuzzled her neck and then disappeared into her sleeve. “Are you okay? Were you hurt?”
The TFO man had tossed Margreth out of his way like a rag doll. That man ranked right up there with Darth Mal if you asked her.
“Oh, I’ll have a bruise or two, but we gnomes are built solid. I’m fine. We should have a look at your hand though.”
They bandaged her cut and picked up the broken furniture and bits of the door and doorjamb that had gotten broken in the fruckas.
The trailer jolted as Sigar and Black got it hooked up to the truck tractor. Then they both popped back inside.
Kady eyed the truck through the broken front door. “I don’t know where you kept that big rig hidden all this time.”
Sigar laughed. “Oh, these funny youngins, twins, Joseph and Jonah, in Magic, gave us a miniaturization spell. They are big pranksters, those two, thought it was funny to turn each other gnome sized. We’ve been using it ever since to transport the tiny houses we make.”
Margreth joined her husband, pecking him on the cheek. “Speaking of transport. We’d better get this truck on the road. Now that the wards are down, we can call my cousin and get you connected with your team.”
They all worked on the final preparations. Sigar nailed a tarp over the broken door, while Margreth moved the truck and trailer to the hidden entrance to the road.
“Roger that. Carlsbad Caverns. We’ll meet you there in approximately ten Earth hours.” Black punched the button to hang up the iPhone Margreth had loaned him.
“I thought maybe they’d, umm, fly up here and get you.” Kady had begun to worry about how long she and Black still had together. Would he go back to his job in space without her when they got to New Mexico?
“No. Passion, our commander, has sent down some orders in my absence. She’s had Titian set up a base for us to work from outside of Magic. My brothers are tracking a lead on a group of spectral soldiers in a placed called Roz-well, and Fedelis will be working to infiltrate the TFO. Everyone needs time to work on their tasks.”
“Do you have a task?”
“Indeed, I do, my curvy witch.” Black’s voice had jumped down and octave and he stalked toward her.
Kady’s heart revved, excited by the lust in Black’s eyes. “What do you have to do?”
He backed her up against the wall and caged her in with his arms. “My part of the mission is key to defeating the spectral scourge.”
Her breathing joined in the race with her heart, competing to see which could go faster. “It is? How are you going to do that?”
He leaned in and nibbled at Kady’s earlobe. “You and I have learned more information about them, and how to destroy them in the past two days, than my team and the entire force of the Rangers has been able to in a year.”
“That’s good. I’m glad I could help.” She ran her fingers along the back of Black’s neck, wanting to tease him as much as he was teasing her.
“It’s very good. I’ve been tasked with making sure you learn to wield your magic. Help you learn to control it.”
“Mmm-hmm.”
“You and I both know how to build your powers up, to make them want to burst from deep inside of you.”
“Oh, yes, we do.”
Sigar cleared his throat. “Ahem.”
Oops. She’d completely forgotten he was still in the room.
“We’re set to go. You’ll be more comfortable riding in the container house, than in the cab with me and Margreth.” He unhooked one corner of the tarp and stepped outside. “Maybe you two can call up some of Kady’s magic to shield us on our drive down to New Mexico while you’re at it. I don’t think those TFO folks and their spooks are going to just let us truck on down the road.”
“Okay, we’ll work on that,” Kady called.
“Yes, let’s work on that. Right now.” Black stripped her shirt right up and off her. He tossed it, and Percy on the couch.
“I don’t think I’ve paid nearly enough attention to these fucking amazing tits of yours.” Black cupped his hands over her bra and lifted her breasts.
Kady wiggled her nose and in a blink the bra was gone. His skin to hers tingled and burned in a lovely way.
He stroked his thumbs across her nipples and the telltale glow of arousal sparkled across her chest.
“Yes, mah wah, show me your soul. Harness the feeling, understand how my touch calls to your body, to your magic.” He lowered his head and licked one nipple and then sucked the other into his mouth.
A burst of light flooded the room when he did that. “Ooh, Black, that feels so good. I love it when you do that.”
He bit at her sensitive skin before letting her breast fall from his mouth. “I’ll do it all night, but you must focus on how it brings up your power.”
Kady closed her eyes, imagined having Black touch her, pleasure her, and pushed the feeling out and around them.
“Yes, Kady. Good.” Black unbuckled her pants and pulled them down her legs, following them.
Kady helped him the rest of the way by making her undies go the way of her bra.
“Fates above, I love these lush thighs of yours.” He kissed one, and then the other, working his way from above her knee to her pussy.
Kady had never particularly liked her thick thighs, except maybe that one time they had caught her cell phone and kept it from falling into the toilet. But with each of Black’s licks, nips, and kisses, she grew to like them more and more.
“Your dark curls call to me. Look how your plump pussy is already wet. It’s begging to be licked.”
“Yes, please.” How could he keep talking at a time like this? She needed his mouth on her now.
“I’m going to lick, and suck, and even bite your sweet pussy, but if you don’t focus your power, I’ll stop, my love.”
“Oh, that’s not fair. How would you like it if I said you had to fly your spaceship while I sucked on your dick?”
Yeah. She’d blurted that out.
Black stood up so fast, she didn’t even have time to blink. He pushed his fingers between her legs and stroked across her clit. “Focus your power now, and I’ll be sure to let you try your seductive little plan just as soon as we get to a ship.”
“I’m going to hold you to that.” Actually, at the moment, she didn’t care at all. She only wanted Black inside of her, pushing them both to orgasm.
“Push the field you have around the two of us, out. Wrap it around the transport.” He pinched at, pulled at her clit, driving her crazy.
“I can’t focus with your fingers doing that.”
He stroked her faster, pushing her higher. “You must. Your magic, this thing between us, draws them. If you don’t focus, and create your shield to protect us, we won’t make it to New Mexico.”
No pressure.
“Kiss me, Black.” She took several gulps. “I can do it, if you kiss me.”