Veins of Shadow and Lace

Chapter 3

I awoke to the gentle stroke of Mherr's fingers running through my hair.

I wonder if he'd mind if I called him that.

"Good morning sleepy head." He smiled.

I smiled reflexively in return.

"How did you sleep?"

"Like the dead." I replied "How about you?"

I sat up to stretch not realizing I was still naked from the night before, the comforter falling away to expose my breasts to the morning air.

"Great." He said his gaze descending from mine to my now bare nipples. He reached out to cup my breast and lower me slowly back to the pillow.

In response to his gentle touch I instinctively pulled him closer for a kiss. The tender collision of our lips brief but satisfying.

"You were amazing last night. I didn't expect you to be so.......so." He hesitated searching for the right words.

I cut him off before he could find the words, "I'm so sorry I don't know what came over me. I was in some kind of frenzy, I've never been so forward."

Flashes of last night cascaded into my mind. "I'm sorry I didn't help you out of that cage I just..."

"It's okay. Last night was wonderful Hazel." He interrupted.

Mherr leaned in again to kiss my neck as his fingers traced circles around my now erect nipples. Then he pulled away suddenly sitting up beside me.

"Tease." I protested.

He smiled again, "Your first field assignment is today and as much as I'd like to spend the day in bed with you we need to get ready."

"It's strange being up during the day again." I said sitting up, this time making sure the covers fell away, making a show of what he's missing out on.

"You get used to it. We operate in different time zones so you never really know when your assignment will be until the day before."

He slid out of bed and moved over to his clothes still in a crumpled pile on the floor. My gaze sliding down his body, committing every part of him to memory and noting for the first time the horrific scars carved into his skin. My eyes lingered for a moment on his sculpted ass, taking in the view of as he bent over to retrieve his garments.

Admiring the view, I wondered if I could convince him to play hooky?

Merrick quickly got dressed in the dark stopping to plant a kiss on my forehead as he made his way to the door.

"I'll meet you up in the observatory in an hour, it's attached to the great hall. Oh, Lorelei asked if you could stop by her place before you head down."

"Yeah, of course."

With a final peck he made his way into the hall.

What a fucking night!

I fell back onto the bed as memories of the night before erupted in my brain. I ran through the events again and again in the private theater of my mind. I couldn't help but think of Lorelei and how I lost control of my body. I've had orgasms before but nothing like that.

My cheeks burned a pale red, I've never begged like that before. While I'm not proud of it, I would have done anything for release in that moment and it was worth it.

Her voice whispered in my mind "Good girl."

I couldn't get those words out of my head.

My attention turned Mherr next. The night that we shared, the frenzy that took over me. I can't believe I just took control like that.