Page 13 of Branches of the Willow

“I always knew you were trying too hard when you didn’t want to date me,” he teased as his teeth nipped lightly at my ear, then the sensitive spot just behind.

I smiled while tilting my head so that I could trail my tongue down his throat, over his chest, and as far down his body as I could get while remaining seated there on top of him. The slightly salty taste on his skin reminded me of all the exertion we had put one another through since the night before. He would inhale sharply each time I hit a sensitive spot, and I marked those areas to come back to repeatedly, luxuriating in the taste of our efforts together as I did so.

“I also know I can’t wait for next year’s heat cycle, because if this is normal behavior for you after a little rest, that shit is going to be crazy!” He laughed, then sucked in another breath as I pulled my nails up his thighs while I sucked hard on one of his nipples. “I don’t know how I’ll manage that after having this,” he complained, but in his sultry, sexed-up voice, it didn’t seem like much of a complaint. I slid from our connection and down his body, paying close attention to all those wonderful places that made his muscles twitch, his heart beat faster, or his hands grab hold of me tighter.

“Jess,” he hissed as I scraped my teeth up the sensitive portion of his thigh, then the other, ignoring the place where he needed me the most. His hardness was right there, waiting for me to take it, but I was teasing him, moving all around his cock instead of just taking it in my mouth. “Sweet Jesus, that’s going to be a solid week of amazing sex. I think we better go ahead and ask for some time off.” I laughed at his suggestion and decided he was still way too coherent for my liking, so I licked up his full length, paying attention to that sensitive area just under his head, before I took him fully into my mouth. His head fell back once more, only to roll right back up into a position where he could watch what I was doing to him as he pulled my hair up and held it as a crown atop my head.

Once I had his full, undivided attention again, I sucked him all the way into my mouth, down my throat, and swallowed while he was there. “Oh fuck!” He cried the words out as his fingers tightened in my hair, pulling me back for a moment, only to aid my descent again just as quickly. Neither of us relented until he sent a hot stream of his release down my throat while I focused on the feel of him throbbing in my mouth. Pride swelled inside of me that I was able to make him feel so good that he had lost all control and stopped being careful with either of us.

When it was clear, later, that this was going to be a continual pattern until we were too exhausted to continue, Mikael sent my mom a message. “We’re on our honeymoon. Do not disturb. Love you!”

I laughed when I saw the message and asked him what was up. “I want you. You want me. We have been giving everything to everyone else for quite some time. We got thrown into this mess before we ever really got to enjoy each other. I am making it my duty to ensure you are pleased in every way for at least a couple more days before we go back to reality. We’ll call it our stay-at-home honeymoon period. Later, when things are settled more, we can take a trip somewhere and actually have a vacation together.”

“Going away sounds like heaven, but then again, so does getting to keep you all to myself for a couple more days.” I relaxed back then and stretched my muscles. Mikael took it as an invitation, and joined me, spreading his body out across mine, skin on skin, and everywhere he touched became a flaming heat that possessed us both once again.

It was a full two days later before I heard from anyone. My phone had stayed silent, as had Mikael’s. I owed my mom since I knew it was her doing. That didn’t stop my phone from ringing on the third day though. Apparently, we had met our allotted window of freedom, and now we were free game again. Mikael had gone to the store for coffee and some food since we’d pretty much run out of everything the day before. As my phone rang, I thought about not picking it up, but the possibility occurred that it might be Mikael, so I reached over and snatched it up off the dresser. Ashley’s name popped up on the screen. She was the only other person I would answer for today.

“Jess?” She questioned before I could even get a ‘hello’ past my lips.

“Hey girly! How’s Europe treating you?”

“It’s been,” she hesitated a moment, before continuing, “interesting. I will definitely have a lot to fill you in on when we get back.”

“Oh yeah?” I smiled when I thought about getting to sit around and just hang out, chatting with Ashley for a while when she returned. I missed her. “So, have the guys been treating you okay? I hope they’ve at least allowed you to play tourist a little.”

“Yeah, they’ve been great. Asi has shown me around. This place is crazy. It’s not the same as our little pack lands. It’s an entire fucking city full of werewolves. It’s ridiculously crazy, Jess.”

“I wonder if all of them will want to come here. Mikael mentioned to me the other day that the majority usually travels to wherever the source of power resides.”

“I don’t know. I think, maybe quite a few will try, but many have established homes and lives here too, so it might not be as bad as you’re thinking. There are a handful of special cases that will be coming back with us.”

“Really?” I questioned.

“Yeah, um, Evan will fill you guys in about that soon. There are some people here that certainly don’t want to be left behind.” She sounded a bit off, but then continued. “That’s a story for another time though. I was going to call the other day, but your mom sent a message to us saying you were not to be disturbed for a couple days. What’s going on with you? Everything okay? I was a little worried, but your mom said there was nothing to get excited over, you just needed some rest.”

I laughed. “I don’t know that I’ve gotten any rest. It’s been more like a honeymoon for Mikael and me. We just both realized we haven’t really been able to be together much lately. You know, we bonded, then everything happened, and we were too busy to really enjoy each other for a while.”

“Oh, I get that! Wait! What are you doing talking to me then? Go, get another piece of that fine man-meat.” She giggled through that sentence like only Ashley could.

“It’s fine, Ash. He had to run to the store. We haven’t left the house in days, so we’re out of pretty much everything.”

“Sounds like time well spent!”

“Definitely!” I agreed with a smile on my face that she couldn’t see, but I was pretty sure it could be heard, considering the way it stretched my face. “So, what about you? Have you and Asi had a little bit of time to treat this trip like a vacation?”

“Oh, we’ve definitely had our moments, and there was a taxi driver that I am certain won’t ever forget our visit. Poor guy!”

“Poor guy, hell. I bet he’s telling all his friends about the dirty, hot, red-head he had in his cab.”

“I don’t know,” Ashley said with a laugh. “I think he was more interested in Asi than me.

“Oh! Well, I bet he’s telling all his friends about the hot stud, who unfortunately had a busty redhead all over him, in his cab.”

“Ha! Ha!”

“So, when are you guys coming home?”

“I’m not sure. Evan is having to get together documentation for some of the people coming back with us, so it’s taking a little longer than we thought. We might be here a couple more weeks.”

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