“Oh…Ahhh!”I gasped, throwing back my head as my orgasm hit me. This one was more intense, maybe because my clit was already sensitive from coming before on his tongue.

Kael watched me as I came, his silver eyes heavy-lidded with lust.

“That’s right, come for me, Willow,” he growled and his deep voice sent shivers through me. “Come on my shaft—love to watch you coming!”

“You…you come too!” I commanded breathlessly and ground myself against him. “I want to feel you shooting while I’m pressed against you! Like this…”

And reaching between us, I took his shaft in one hand and pressed it against my clit.

“As my Mistress wishes,” Kael growled. He gripped my waist even tighter and then, with a low groan, he came for me.

I could feel every pulse against my clit as he shot—even more than the last time, which didn’t seem possible. His cum felt tingly and good as he painted the inside of my pussy with his cream. I moaned and rubbed against him.

It occurred to me that I might be taking a risk—I wasn’t on any kind of birth control, after all. But were we even compatible that way? He was a fallen angel/gargoyle and I was human. I doubted he could get me pregnant and I liked the feeling of him coming against me.

Afterwards we took a shower together to clean up. You wouldn’t think that a seven foot tall fallen angel with huge wings and a curvy girl could fit together in a shower stall, but the cottage made the stall much bigger to accommodate us.

I took the lead again and Kael let me, spreading his arms and standing passively as I soaped and scrubbed and explored his big, muscular body. Then he washed me in turn and knelt in the shower to “clean” my pussy with his tongue because he claimed the scrubbing mitt was too harsh for my most delicate area. I came for the third time, moaning and grinding against his mouth.

It was hands down the best shower I’d ever had.

Following the shower, I was absolutely exhausted. The three intense orgasms might have had something to do with it.

“Oh, I’m sotired!”I yawned as Kael took one of the big, fluffy towels and dried me off.

“Then you should sleep,” he said simply.

“But it’s not even night time yet—is it?” I had honestly lost all track of time—not that I really minded.

“You’ve had a long, exhausting couple of days,” Kael reminded me. “If you’re tired, you should rest. Please don’t worry—I can feed Miss Sassy for you if she gets hungry.”

I gave a sleepy little laugh.

“She’ll let you know if she does. Okay, if you don’t mind I think I’ll take a little nap.”

“Let’s get you to bed then, Mistress.”

He finished drying me and then led me into the bedroom. The cottage had changed the bed, I noticed. It had been Queen sized before—now it was most definitely bigger—big enough for my guardian gargoyle to lie down beside me.

Kael did just that. He lay on his side and pulled me close to him so that we were spooning.

“But I thought…” I yawned again. “Thought you didn’t sleep,” I finished at last.

“I don’t. But I want to hold you until you do,” he said. “Do you mind?”

“No—this is nice.” I snuggled back against him and Kael put one long arm around me and tucked his legs behind mine. It was wonderful but I started to protest that I didn’t have any clothes on and I would get cold. Then he wrapped his right wing around me. As the warm silvery-white feathers caressed my skin, I felt cared for and loved and most of allsafe.

With a sigh, I let myself relax fully. I knew I was with someone who wouldn’t be randomly cruel in the middle of the night. Kael wouldn’t wake me with a pinch or a slap the way Carlo used to do. He would hold me and keep me warm and cherish me as I slept curled against him. For the first time in my life, I could drift off to sleep with a man without fearing that I might be woken by pain.

I never wanted it to end.

But it did, two hours later when I woke up to a horrible nightmare.

27

WILLOW

It wasn’t really a nightmare, but it certainly seemed like one. It started with a deep grinding noise that penetrated my dreams. Then a dull orange glow pressed against my eyelids and I began to get uncomfortably hot.