Into the Ashes [The Arcadians 2] (Siren Publishing Ménage Amour) Read online

  Still, he loved the softness of her skin and couldn’t help caressing it every chance he got. He was also fascinated with her hair and loved to play with the bouncing curls that so resembled the images the Arcadians had of the Goddess of the Moons. Raven was his own goddess and he still couldn’t believe his good fortune at being able to call her his.

  Their last stop was to one of the many havens set up around the city. Havens were sanctuaries that had been created to give unmated females, without families or who had been abused, a safe place to live.

  The large building was unadorned on the outside, but had every amenity inside for the females that lived there. All havens were ruthlessly maintained with a steady rotation of warriors that patrolled the area surrounding the building in order to keep the inhabitants safe.

  Many of the females in the havens were underage, having not yet reached their eighteenth birthday, but there were other females who were older. Most of the cities in Arcadia practiced something called a formal breeching ceremony when a female turned eighteen. Three males were chosen from different trios, and they pleasured a female to see which trio she would choose as her mates. After a year, she could choose another trio if she didn’t want to formally bond with the mates she had initially chosen.

  Due to the rogue problem in the Citadel, the kings had done away with the breeching ceremonies. Raven was glad when Kadan had told her that, because there would have been a reckoning if they had tried that shit when she was around. Still, the underage females in the havens had to wait until they were eighteen to be considered as a potential mate.

  Males were allowed to place their names on a list and once a week they were able to have monitored visits where they could meet the females inside the haven. Males could only place their name on the lists after a rigorous background check to make sure they were males of honor. If a trio took a liking to a particular female, they announced their intention of mating and had one month to convince the female to agree.

  Kadan had the guards wait outside while he and Raven entered the building. He was always pleased when he looked around inside of one of the large buildings, even as it made him sad there was a need for such places for so many females under his rule. It made him furious to see the bruised and battered faces of those females who had been in the hands of the rogues, but he ruthlessly controlled his rage, not wanting to scare the females.

  There were many mated females who worked at the havens, caring for the ones who needed protection and they were always honored when one of the kings came to visit. There was always a slight feeling of guilt that came when they praised him for his patronage. He and his brothers did what they could to help, but there was always more that needed to be done.

  He and Raven were given a tour of the facility and the females came out from their private rooms to greet Raven. He stood back and watched with pride as she talked with everyone there. She was a natural when it came to speaking to the females. Perhaps it had been the training that she learned on her home world, but the females instinctively knew she was there to help and opened up to her about their fears and concerns.

  After a few hours Raven came back over to where he sat waiting for her on one of the large couches in the main sitting room. Even though she was smiling, he could see the pain in her eyes. Immediately alarmed, he stood and pulled her into his embrace. “What is wrong, mate?”

  “Nothing,” she replied then sighed. “Is there somewhere we could just have a moment alone?”

  “Aye. Come, Raven.” Not waiting for her to follow him, he scooped her up in his arms and quickly made his way up the stone steps to the rooftop. Once they were through the door, he nodded at the two guards that were patrolling who quickly stood at attention upon their arrival.

  “My king!” one of the guards said in a rush. “Is something wrong with the queen?”

  “Nay. We would just like a moment alone.”

  Both guards bowed and quickly left the rooftop. Kadan looked down at Raven and blinked in surprised when he saw her smiling at him. “What?”

  “You’re better than an elevator,” she said, making him chuckle.

  Raven sighed as Kadan sat down on a large lounge chair holding her on his lap. The rooftop had been made into a sort of zen-like garden, with strange big-ass flowers and several sitting areas. Curling up against his large body, she relaxed and looked out over the cityscape. The citadel really was a beautiful city. It was a strange mixture of futuristic and old-world structures. The bright sun had begun to set and she leaned her head back to look up into the darkening pink sky at the two purple moons.

  Today had been an interesting adventure. She loved the pride that Kadan had in his city. It was obvious he loved it, and from the way everyone they met had greeted him, it was clear that he and his brothers were excellent rulers.

  She had been excited to visit one of the havens, but once they arrived it had broken her heart to see the faces of several badly beaten women. It reminded her of her work back on Earth, dealing with victims of crimes and struggling to find ways to get justice for them. In a sick sort of way, seeing the victims here made everything seem more real to her and that was just depressing.

  “What is bothering you, sweetling?” Kadan asked softly.

  She could tell by the veiled frustration in his voice that he was aggravated her mind wasn’t open to him. So, she took a deep breath and tried to put what she was feeling into words. “So far everything has been out of some sort of fairy-tale. Like some fantasy come to life. Women from my world dream of having one man who wants to love and protect them, and here I have three. I know we got off to a rough start, but I feel things for you, Savitar and Tristan that I never knew I could feel. It scares me at times, but since it’s been like my own fantasy come to life, I’ve sort of just been going with the flow.”

  She paused for a moment, grateful that he was quiet and willing to just listen to her. “Back home I worked with victims of violence all the time. I became a cop, a warrior, because they were the ones who saved me when I was too young to save myself. I was a victim once, and swore it would never happen again. That’s why I do…did what I did. To make sure that those who couldn’t get justice for themselves had someone who would fight for them. Seeing these poor women today just made this more real to me.”

  “My sweet, beautiful mate,” Kadan whispered in a voice filled with emotion. “We will never let anyone hurt you ever again.”

  “I’m not looking for you to give me a promise like that, Kadan. I’m a big girl who has seen way too much reality to know better. It just makes me sad that most of those women in there don’t even believe that sex with a man can be good or pleasurable. And some of those girls are so young…it breaks my heart.” Her breath hitched as she struggled to contain her emotions.

  Kadan tilted her head up so she was staring into his intense golden eyes that burned with conviction. “Hear me now, mate. I will never let another harm you. Not while there is breath left in my body or my heart still beats.”

  “Kadan…”

  Raven was overwhelmed with emotions. His, hers, it didn’t matter. There was a connection between them and it was making her crave him with a hunger that would never be sated. She could feel the sincerity of his words and was grateful for the blood bond between them. It made it so mates could never lie to one another and helped her trust him like nothing else could.

  “I am sorry for your past, sweetling. I am sorry for every minute of fear you have ever had to feel in your life, but I cannot be sorry that all of it has brought you to me. Having you here in my arms is my every wish, my every dream come true. You are who I have been waiting for my entire life and I will spend the rest of my days proving it to you.”

  “Wow,” Raven said on a breathless laugh. “You totally get bonus points for that.”

  His brow furrowed. “Bonus points?”

  “Never mind.” Raven smiled. “Just shut up and kiss me.”

  Kadan’s eyes darkened with desire. “Aye, my queen.
”

  He moved one of his large hands to support the back of her neck and lowered his lips to hers. Her mouth opened under his and their tongues met in a sensual dance, touching and tasting.

  Raven shifted on his lap, sitting up and swinging her leg over his so she was straddling him. She could feel his thick erection pressing against her heated core and couldn’t help but rub against it. His answering growl and the slight tug of his hands in her hair made her shiver with the need to feel his cock deep, filling all those empty spaces inside her. He pulled her head back, breaking the kiss and the inferno burning in his eyes had her pussy clenching.

  “I wish to do this right for our first time together, sweetling. I wish to make up for my earlier blunder and show you how much you mean to me. You deserve more than this when I truly make you my mate.”

  “This feels right, Kadan. You and me. Right here. Show me now, right now.”

  Feeling bold, Raven circled her hips so his cock rubbed against her pussy. She wished their clothes to hell and gone. Her body felt like it was on fire. Instinct and need driving her now, she gripped his hair and smashed her lips back down on his.

  The urge to mate with him was like a compulsion now.

  She couldn’t wait.

  Pushing him back on the chair, Raven slowly lowered herself onto the ground in front of him so she was kneeling between his legs. Confusion clouded his glowing eyes.

  “What are you doing, Raven?”

  “You are mine, right?”

  “Completely,” Kadan vowed, making her smile.

  “Then I want to see what belongs to me.” With her eyes on his, she reached for the front of his leather pants and unfastened them. She watched his eyes grow wide as he realized what she was doing and felt a thrill at the power of taking control. She knew that oral sex on Arcadia wasn’t something most males received very often, if ever. They excelled at doing it to females to prepare them for mounting, but very few females ever offered to return the favor.

  “Raven…” His words faded into a growl as she took hold of his enormous shaft in her small hands. She pulled his cock out so it was sticking out of the opening of his pants, stroking his length as she continued watching him.

  His eyes closed in pleasure as she moved her hand up and down his entire length. Looking down she got her first good look at his cock. With Savitar she hadn’t had a chance to really look at it before it was deep inside her, but now with Kadan she could take her time to appease her curiosity.

  Sweet Jesus, they were big boys.

  The bulbous head was larger than that of a human man and there were three ridges right underneath the head that acted as an extreme pleasure spot from the way Kadan shifted in the chair every time she touched it. The shaft of his dick was so large there was no way she could close her hand around it, so she used both hands to continue to stroke him. She ran her thumb over the head and worked it back down along the veined column of flesh. A pearly drop of liquid appeared at the tip and Raven leaned forward to taste it.

  The taste of him exploded on her tongue like the sweetest candy. It would almost be impossible to take him like she wanted, but she would try. Wanting more of the sugary taste of him, she opened wide and took the large head into her mouth, sucking lightly. Kadan’s eyes popped opened and the snarl he unleashed would have frightened her if she didn’t feel the acute pleasure he was feeling through their blood bond. Raven stroked her tongue over the ridges under his cock with her tongue and felt him jerk.

  “My mate,” Kadan snarled, making her look back up at him. His glowing eyes were wild, almost insane with the pleasure she was giving him. Her jaw stretched wide, she began to slide her mouth up and down him, working him deeper each time until she could no longer take anymore. Working one of her hands up and down his shaft, she continued to suck on the head of his cock and used her other hand to rub at her throbbing clit through the barrier of her pants.

  “Mine!” Kadan’s control snapped as he watched Raven touch herself.

  His hands had balled into fists to keep from grabbing her as she sucked on his cock, but no more. Not wanting to spill his seed down her throat before he had a chance to fuck her pussy, he pulled her away from him. He lifted her so she was standing in front of him and in the blink of an eye he had her pants and boots off her. He knew he was acting like an animal, but he had been pushed to his limit. His chest was billowing as if he had just gone for a run and his hand shook as he looked at his mate’s pretty pussy.

  “Spread,” he growled, too overcome to form a complete sentence.

  Shit, he wanted to wince at the guttural sound of his voice, but it was taking every ounce of his will not to drag her down to the ground and pound himself into her like he wanted. He wouldn’t though. That would hurt his tiny mate and he would rather cut off an arm than do that to her.

  Kadan knew he was probably scaring Raven and chanced a quick glance up at her. He relaxed a little as he saw a small smile appear on her beautiful face. She braced a hand on one of his shoulders and spread her legs wider. The scent of her desire for him drove him mad with the need to taste her. Lifting his hand, he rubbed two fingers over her slit and growled out with satisfaction when he felt his fingers become saturated with her liquid heat.

  He gently pushed the digits inside her, feeling her tight muscles part to allow him entry into her body. She was so tight that it reminded him that he needed to take it slowly before he entered her with his cock. His mind snapped to and he yanked his fingers out of her pussy, bringing them to his lips to suck her essence from them. He growled as her taste hit his tongue. He wanted to bury his tongue inside her to lap up all the sweet juices spilling from her pussy, but he felt like he would die if he didn’t get his cock inside her, right now.

  Reaching into a pocket of his warrior’s vest, he pulled out a little packet then yanked the vest off of him, throwing it to the ground. He pushed his pants further down his legs then tore the packet open with his teeth, quickly coating two fingers with trela oil. He pushed the oil up inside her pussy, his fingers gliding in easier with the aid of the oil, hoping with everything in him that it would begin to work fast.

  Raven’s brows furrowed in confusion and he fought to form the words to give her an explanation. “This is trela oil. It will ease your muscles and help your tight pussy take my cock without pain.”

  Her brow quirked up at that. “Planned on getting lucky, did you?”

  He continued to work his fingers inside her, coating the walls of her pussy while his other hand gripped her hip hard to hold her in place. He wanted her prepared enough to take him before he lost all control and mounted her. “Savitar insisted we each carry a few packets from now on for fear we may hurt you since your channel is so tight.”

  “Oh. Remind me to thank him later. Wow, that tingles.”

  “It is working.” His nostrils flared as he pulled his fingers out. He lifted her back onto his lap. “Need you,” Kadan growled urgently.

  “Then have me,” Raven whispered.

  Kadan forced himself to stay completely still as Raven raised herself up on his lap enough to position herself over his large shaft. He felt the head of his cock nudge against the tight, wet haven of her body, and he pulled her down slowly as she began to impale herself on him. “Slowly,” he growled, reminding himself not to thrust into her hard and fast like he wanted.

  “No. Need you now,” Raven whispered and slammed her hips down on him, engulfing his shaft with her hot pussy with one shove. Her head fell back as she let out a gasp.

  Kadan let out a vicious snarl as he gripped her hips hard, stilling her movement. His desire to pound himself into her was at war with ensuring she was all right. “You are not ready!”

  “I am. Oh god, Kadan. I need you. I need it hard and fast. Give it to me. Please, please…”

  Out of his mind with pleasure, Kadan wound a hand in her hair. He yanked her forward so he could take her lips in a brutal kiss thrusting his tongue deep into her mouth. Her passion matched his
as their lips fused together.

  She began riding him, at first slowly until he felt the trela oil take full effect and she picked up speed. His hands palmed her ass, helping her movements. Using the fingers still saturated with the trela oil, he circled the rosebud of her asshole, pushing lightly at the tiny entrance. He stopped moving as she went rigid in his arms. Concern had him pulling back to look at her and he saw the uneasiness dimming the passion in her brilliant green eyes.

  “I…I’m sorry. I’m not ready for that yet. I know we’ll have to do it sometime, but—”

  “Shh, my little goddess. Never apologize or worry about telling me if you do not like something. It can wait until you are ready. I did not mean to make you uneasy. The feel of your sweet little pussy is more than enough for me.”

  She gave him a jerky nod and started to ride him again, but he could tell that the desire she had felt was muted from what it had been before. He cursed himself silently for pushing her before she was ready.

  Wanting to clear her mind of everything but the passion between them, Kadan kissed her again. When he felt her begin to melt into him, he palmed her large breasts through the warrior’s vest she wore then impatiently tore at the fastenings to release them to his gaze. She let out a loud moan as his head lowered and he sucked on each of her nipples in turn. Her pussy clenched him tight with each pull of her nipples then he leaned back so he had better leverage to thrust up into her.

  “Oh god. Don’t stop,” Raven commanded.

  “Never,” Kadan snarled.

  He lifted his hips, thrusting his cock deep inside her, concentrating on the angles that made her moan the loudest. He didn’t want to go too far and hurt her but she wouldn’t let him hold back either. She slammed her hips down, meeting his thrusts until his cock hit the entrance to her womb over and over again. He felt her pussy fluttering around his cock with her impending release and he reached between their bodies to rub her clit with his thumb.

  “Come, mate!” he demanded, working her body to a fever pitch.

  With a cry she came, her pussy gripping him so tight he couldn’t move. He swiveled his hips, continuing to jerk up into her in short, sharp jabs in order to ride out her orgasm. When her body went lax in his arms, he quickly flipped their position. Laying her down on the lounge chair, he fell to his knees in front of her.