Chapter 29
Aileana
Kendrick’s accident out on oil platform put everything into perspective for her. You can’t take any person for granted in your life; a loved one can be taken away in a heartbeat. As the old adage goes “only death and taxes are guaranteed.” To think she nearly lost one of the most important people in her life was a wake-up call for her. She would’ve had a lifetime of regret if something happened to him, and she hadn’t even expressed how much she cherished him. Therefore, it was time for her to put on her big girl panties and lay out her feelings to him.
Life was full of risks, and if you didn’t make the big moves, you never reaped the big rewards. Trust was a major issue for her. Trust went both ways and Kendrick had entrusted her with his Selkie secret. Now, she needed to trust her instincts that he would take care of her heart.
After getting back from the hospital that night, Aileana made plans with Kendrick to pick him up the next afternoon after the doctor released him. She already had thoughts about what wicked things she wanted to do to him. It had been a long month without his hot, passionate ways. She never thought of herself as being as sexually driven as most of her friends. But since being with Kendrick, she realized she just hadn’t been with the right male. Now sex and his hot sculpted body were constantly on her mind.
After the drive home from the hospital, Kendrick was in a playful mood. She surprised him with a Christmas tree, all decked out with ornaments, some of which she had made. It was a sea-themed tree. The tree sparkled with white lights, and brilliant sea blue colored glass ball ornaments which she purchased. She also collected shells from the beach, to which she added clear glitter. She had drilled a small hole in each and hung them with blue ribbon. For the top of the tree, she’d made a large fluffy bow with wide blue ribbon. It was a modest tree, but it brought the mood of Christmas spirit to his seaside cottage.
She also prepared a scrumptious dinner to celebrate his homecoming. They would feast on chicken Parmesan, salad, sourdough rolls, and lots of dry red wine. She decided that their dessert would be each other.
As they walked through the front door of the cottage, he smiled and turned to face her. He wrapped his warm muscled arms around her. Kendrick placed a passionate kiss on her lips and told her how much she meant to him.
“Aileana, the Christmas tree looks perfect. It gives the room an aura of being part of the sea. It’s a thoughtful gesture.”
“I wanted this to be a fun Christmas, and I loved decorating the tree. This is also my first Christmas away from my mom, dad, and my sister. Besides, the best part is it’s my first Christmas with you.”
“This is an excellent time to start new traditions of our own,” he said with a wicked smile.
“Okay, Mr. Selkie, what new traditions did you have in mind?”
“I have all kinds of mean, evil, wicked, bad, nasty things. Would ye like me to show ye?” He grinned.
“Why, Mr. Selkie, I had hoped you would be up for some reindeer games!” She squealed as Kendrick scooped her up in his arms.
“Forget the damn reindeer; we’re going to be playing Selkie games! They invented bedroom games,” he murmured in her ear.
Aileana wrapped her arms around his neck and leaned toward him to breathe in his warm spicy scent. His intoxicating scent drew her in like a moth to his flame. The heat between their bodies scorched her. She needed to shed these clothes which were in her way from touching skin to his skin. She couldn’t fight her heart any longer; she craved this male in her life. Her brain was now on the same page as her heart.
She enjoyed the salty taste of his skin. As she ran her tongue up his neck to his ear, it only made her think of his other salty, sweet tasting body part she wanted to wrap her lips around. She felt the rumble deep in his chest as he moaned when she nipped his earlobe.
“Kendrick, I need to feel your rigid throbbing length inside of me,” she murmured in his ear as he made his way to the bedroom. Her panties were drenched from thoughts of his hard body pushing into her. A deep growl filled the room as she voiced her desires and what she needed from him.
“Woman, mo chride, do ye ken what you’re doing to me?”
“I have a decent idea if you’re experiencing anything like I am,” she said with mischief in her voice.
He put her on her feet so close to the bed that the back of her legs brushed against the edge. He wrapped her in the warmth of his arms. Aileana felt his desire rolling off him like the waves in the sea. Her heart pounded beneath her breast. He placed his lips on hers; his kiss was long and slow and she opened to him as the petals of a flower unfolded in the sun. His chest was ripped with solid muscles that she caressed as she slipped her hands beneath his shirt. She lowered her eyes to the huge bulge in the front of his pants, which was just a few buttons away from being in her grasp. The air in the room was charged with a palpable volatile energy.
His dark eyes seemed to glow with a burning fire of his desire as he pulled her sweater over her head and tossed it into a corner of the room. His strong hands palmed her breasts. The pleasurable scrape of his callused hands made her body tingle as they brushed against her pebbled nipples. Aileana moaned with need. Every nerve in her body hummed with sweet anticipation. He brought his mouth down to one of her lace-covered nipples, which brought on a sweet flood of juices that soaked her panties. The fire between them was so intense that she expected to see flames scorching anything within ten feet. Never before had she felt such a sexual intensity.
His inner beast was unleashed and roared to be sated. Aileana’s insides clenched with need. She needed to be possessed by her Selkie’s beast. She was ready to trust with her whole heart, ready to trust Kendrick.
He removed her black over-the-knee boots. He first pulled one off and then the next before kissing her ankles and arches as he slowly worked his magic. She had dressed with seduction in mind, and it seemed to have the desired effect on him. His hands moved to the zipper of her skinny black pants. She felt the slide of fabric as the pants slid down her hips. He tore them from her legs and flung them, along with the boots, across the room.
He circled her waist with his hands, lifted Aileana up, and tossed her to the middle of his sumptuous black-clad, king-sized bed. She landed on her back with a whoosh against his soft silky comforter. She’d never seen this side of her Selkie lover. His tangible lust ratcheted up her own raging libido.
Kendrick quickly removed his clothes and pounced on the bed, straddling her hips. He leaned down and tasted her lips. Aileana nipped at his full bottom lip before she sensed his tongue moving to explore her mouth as he sucked her plump bottom lip into his wet mouth. Their tongues fought for dominance; his mouth sucked at her tongue and pulled it into his mouth. He was out to conquer her last ounce of resistance, which hung by a slender thread.
Kendrick slid his huge body down as he dipped his head to nip at her inner thighs. His long, dark hair caressed her sensitive skin. His mouth moved to capture the moist inner folds between her legs. He lapped at her core; his tongue flicked her sensitive clit with the expertise and precision of a skilled lover. He took her to the edge of release and then eased back off, only to do it once again. Was he trying to make her lose what small amount of sanity she had left? She clawed at his head, gripped handfuls of his long hair to grind his face into her sex. She needed him to give her the fiery release that her body burned for.
His mouth gave exquisite pleasure and just the right amount of pain to the juncture between her thighs. His thumb pressed into her throbbing clit rubbing the sensitive button with a perfect pressure.
“Aileana, I crave yer sweetness now and will crave ye forever.” He moaned with desire as he continued to feast at her pussy.
Down between her knees, Kendrick parted her legs wide over his thickly muscled shoulders to lie on his smooth brawny back. His obsidian eyes were fastened on her sex.
While he spoke so easily of his need, she felt a rush of wetness as she experienced the rumbling vibration of his voice against her. Aileana was totally engulfed with a rush of emotion for Kendrick. She decided to let her heart rule where her analytical mind was too afraid to go.
“Kendrick, I love you.” There, she said it. Wow. She did it, she said it.
Kendrick stopped mid-stroke, his eyes met hers. “Mo maise, tha gaol agam ort.”
“Again! With the Gaelic? What did you say?”
“I said, mah beauty, I love ye,” Kendrick stated.
“Kendrick, I do love you and have for quite some time. I was just too afraid to trust again. But your love has given me the courage to love again. I can’t seem to get enough of you and your loving.”
“Aye, lass, this is just the beginning of our loving, and sharing our life together. I also have a great need to be buried in yer wet folds.” There was a wanton happiness in his voice.
“Let me show ye how pleasurable I can make it for the rest of our lives together.”
With that smile on his face and his dark eyes blazing with his lust, he lowered his head again.
His tongue went back to probing her inner walls, and his fingers worked their magic against her throbbing clit. Within moments her world exploded with the pleasure of her orgasm.