Page 59 of A Two-Faced Laird
They breakfasted quickly and packed a few provisions for the journey to Inverness, which was about fifty miles away. It would take them at least three days to get there, since they were sharing a horse and were only able to move at a moderate speed.
When nightfall came, they found themselves far from any villages, so they sat down on one of the blankets Edina had packed. They made a fire and cooked the pieces of meat she had brought with them, then made a passable, if primitive, meal with some bread and cheese. Afterwards, full and contented, they lay back and pulled another blanket over themselves.
“I have never been so happy,” Edina murmured as she snuggled into the warmth of Aidan’s body.
In a few more seconds, as she breathed in the musky scent of his body, however, every particle of her body was clamouring for more.
“The fire is warm,” Aidan said huskily. “And we are alone under the moon, Edina Findlay. Shall we consummate our marriage?”
“Oh, yes,” Edina breathed, pulling him down for a searing kiss. “Do anything you wish with me, husband.”
“I wish we were in a cosy bed,” Aidan said, “but this is our wedding night, and we are free, Edina—actually free to do as we wish. Can you believe it, my darling?”
Then he began to place small, nibbling kisses all the way down her neck, at the same time gently kneading her breasts through her dress. After a short while, he became impatient, however, and pulled down the front of her dress on one side to expose her flesh.
“Damn,” he growled. “We should be naked.”
“We will find a warmer place tomorrow,” Edina assured him. “Now, husband, you must consummate this marriage before I die of impatience!”
He took one of her nipples in his mouth and suckled it, while Edina moaned with pleasure and ran her fingers through the thick mass of his hair. Then she felt his fingers sweeping through her soft wet womanly folds and pushing inside her, in and out, with a rhythm that was driving her to madness.
Lewis knew he could not hold out for much longer, but he had to, because this was the first time he and Edina had ever had the time and the freedom to do as they pleased. He watched her face as her climax came closer, until finally, she threw back her head and screamed her pleasure to the heavens, with no one but the night birds and other wild creatures to hear her.
Afterwards, she looked into his eyes and begged, “Please, my love—I cannot wait any longer.”
Aidan thrust inside her, and after only a few strokes, he came to a titanic climax, and he roared his pleasure into the night, then he heard Edina scream again as she came for the second time. He did not withdraw from her this time; there was no need. They were married now, joined in every way, and if a baby came they would welcome it joyfully.
Edina had no idea that she could climax twice in a few moments, but it seemed that Aidan and her own body were conspiring to take her to peaks of ecstasy she had never dreamed of before.
“I think we have succeeded in the consummation process,” Aidan said, chuckling.
They were still joined together, but as he made to withdraw, Edina stopped him.
“Stay for a while,” she whispered.
He grinned and kissed her softly.
“With pleasure, my sweetheart.”
They lay for a while, wrapped in contentment, and then Edina said, “Aidan, do you not think it’s time to tell everyone who you really are?”
“Nobody knows us in Inverness,” he replied. “Apart from your uncle, and I doubt we will be seeing him. Let us worry about that when we need to. At the moment, Mistress Findlay, all I want to do is be with you.”
They arrivedin Inverness on a wet, foggy day, and both of them were soaked. After eating the last of their provisions, they sat inside the nearest church they could find for shelter, then wondered what to do next. They had been so keen to leave that they had forgotten about things like food and accommodation.
They had plenty of money for the time being, they knew that Aidan would have to find work of some kind eventually.
Aidan frowned as he looked out into the damp and depressing day.
“I suppose I could find something to do at the docks,” he said.
“If we ever become desperate, we can stay with my Uncle John,” Edina pointed out. “But we are a long way from being poverty-stricken yet.”
“And if we stay with your uncle, that is likely to be the first place my father will come looking for us,” Aidan pointed out. “I do not want to be dragged back to my castle again.”
He looked miserable at the very thought.
Presently the rain stopped, the sun came peeking out through the clouds, and they ventured out of the church and onto the dockside.
