Craving Red: Paranormal Erotic Retelling of Red Riding Hood (Erotic Kingdom) (4 page)

 Unable to relate to her moral convictions, Dane
scrunched his brow at her, his eyes searching to understand this woman.  He did
sympathize with her and he wanted to understand where she was coming from,
really he did.  But his upbringing had been as contradictory to hers as it
could possibly be.

Dane thought long and hard before speaking.  “Alright
Kaia, here is the way this is going to go.  I won’t force myself on you
tonight
. 
That will give you some time to adjust to the idea.  But I am required to bring
you here every night until the mating is ordered to ready you and I cannot
shirk that duty to my pack.  So, tomorrow night when I bring you here, you are
going to be a good girl and let me carry out my duty.”

“No, I will NOT!” Kaia raised her voice again.

“Yes, you
are
.  And we can either do this
the easy way or the hard way.  For your sake, I hope it is the easy way, although
sometimes the hard way can be fun, too.” He flashed his crooked smile at her.

Deriving no humour from his comment, she held
her stance.

“Right… well.  Anyway, Kaia, trust me, you don’t
want to go into the group mating without having been sufficiently primed.  It
will make it all so much easier on you.  And I don’t want to see you like
that.  You may even enjoy it if you learn to relax enough.  But you can’t do
that until you let me do
my
job.”

Kaia shot a look of disgust at him.  “Let us get
one thing straight.  I will not derive
any
form of enjoyment from that
vile act.  And furthermore, nothing is going to make it
easier
.”

“With all due respect, Miss, you are not the
first female I have had to deal with in this occasion.  Maybe it is just a
facade they feel they must put forth, but they all say something similar.  And
if I am not mistaken, most of them seem to enjoy their mating rite
exceedingly.”

“I will have you know that I am not just another
one of the bitches that have been brought here for your pack’s vile group
rape
sessions!  And I have no façade.  I speak the truth.”

“If you say so.  Just please consider what I
have said.  Tomorrow night can go a whole lot better than this.  Besides, the
more time you spend with
me
in here, the less time you have to be
scrunched up in that cage.  Speaking of which, if you are ready for me to take
you back now, I will certainly oblige you.”

Kaia was fuming.  Dane knew he had her right
where it hurt.  But she couldn’t possibly admit that to him now.  She elevated
her chin high with all the dignity she could muster.  “Yes, that will be fine,
thank you.”

When
she was huddled back in the cold
cage a few minutes later, Kaia suddenly wished she had not been so rash.  She
decided she preferred being in that room arguing with Dane to being alone in
the cold, harsh reality of the cage, nothing more than a spectacle for every
male which passed to leer at.  Besides, she could look at him all day long,
even if they were yelling at each other.  Something about that man drove her
crazy— in the worst
and
the best way possible. 

She groaned to herself.
  Boy, am I in a heap
of trouble.

M
ore and
more Kaia found herself thinking of the dark-haired man with the captivating
blue eyes.  But in the state she was in, what else did she have to dwell upon? 
She reasoned with herself that he was merely a pleasant escape from this
dreadful reality.

Each time Dane would pass by, he smiled his
heartbreaking smile at her, making it impossible for her heart not to be
affected. 

And from the shadows, Dane watched Kaia, more
than she realised, wanting to make love to her, wanting to be close to her.

The next night when Dane came for her, he
brought her a warm blanket.  He wrapped it about her, making her feel cherished
for the first time since she had arrived in that horrid place.  Immensely
grateful for this small gesture, her will crumbled just that little bit more. 
She decided perhaps she would allow him to touch her this time. 

Instead, to her intense frustration, Dane did
not attempt to touch her.  He merely stood there and stared at her in silence.

His non-action, along with her inappropriate
musings over him making her restless, Kaia finally blurted out in a rather
shocking confrontational tone, “What happened to your ‘take charge’ male
thing?  Would you just do
something
already!”

Dane peered at her, a sly smile touching his
lips.  “What would you like for me to do with you, my lady?”

Well, that is certainly a loaded question!

Kaia cleared her throat uncomfortably, and
glared back at him.  But he just stared at her, waiting.

 “For starters, I would
like
for you to
release me so I can get back to my life,” Kaia hissed, though she knew it would
be to no avail.  Still, a girl had to try.

Dane had to chuckle at her spirit.  “What and release
you to the wolves?” he taunted.  She was perturbed at how the playful tone of
his voice sent her heart racing.  “I am pretty sure you would be safer here
with me, but if you really want to take your chances…”

“No!” she said curtly.  “Oh, just never mind!”

“Are you sure?” he asked again, knowing full
well the answer.

Feeling defeated, Kaia nodded her head.  “May I
request that you at least unshackle me?” she tried, softening her tone.

“Hmm… Perhaps next time,” Dane replied, gazing evocatively
into her eyes, “
if
you are a good girl for me this time.”  He stared
down at her a long moment, his ice blue eyes penetrating her, making her feel
more naked than she already was.  There was that overwhelming sense of
familiarity again.

Suddenly it came to her!  He
was
the
black wolf who had lain by her side to keep her warm throughout the night.

Kaia stared back at him, relaxing a little more
with this new realisation.  But then she wondered why he would do such a thing
for her— especially in his wolf form.

Sensing her ease, Dane decided to proceed and
stretched his naked body out alongside hers.  Her breath caught in her chest at
the heat of his skin against hers.  His sheer size made her feel so small, so
powerless.  She knew he would be fully capable of breaking her in two, if he
wanted to.  But she knew that was not what he wanted.  The unexpected gentle
side of this strong man entranced her.

“So, what do you want me to do to you, Kaia?” he
asked again.

What she wanted was to kiss him. 
Badly.
 
Kaia had never kissed a man before.  She had imagined her first kiss would be
placed upon her lips by her husband at her wedding.  But that was so far behind
her now, she couldn’t even imagine it.  Furthermore, she had never felt
anything close for her husband-to-be like she now found herself feeling for
Dane.  Was that merely because of the position of vulnerability in which she
was currently or could what she felt for him truly be something real?

Kaia wished she knew the answer.  With all that
had happened, her head was such a jumble, and now these confusing desires and
emotions plaguing her just made it all worse.

“I don’t know.  I know so little about these
things.  I suppose I want
you
to show me what you can do to me.”

Dane smirked.
  Show her what I can do to her
,
he thought. 
If only I was free to do what I really want to do to her…

“Alright, Kaia, I’ll show you.   Do not be
afraid.  I am only going to touch you a little.”

She nodded in anticipation.

He placed his hand upon her belly.  “Is this alright?”

Kaia nodded again.  The heat of his hand
migrated through her, going straight into her core, heating her insides in a
similar way to when the white wolf had put its tongue to her. 

Dane caressed his hand over her abdomen in a
soothing circular motion before moving to the indentation of her waist and gliding
up the side of her ribs.  Kaia was a slight bit disappointed, for her body was
calling it to go the other direction and explore the stirring region between
her thighs. 

Dane’s hand reaching just under her armpit, she
closed her eyes enjoying the sensation of his masculine hand cupping the
softness of her breast.  Kaia cooed.  She could not believe how good it felt to
have a man massage her breasts.  She could lie there and let him do that all
day!

It astonished her that though he had not so much
as touched her between her legs, it had filled with an ache just the same.

When he leaned down, his mouth grasping her
nipple, Kaia gasped and stiffened.

“Shh,” he murmured.  “Just relax and allow
yourself to enjoy it.”

Oh I will enjoy it!

As Dane suckled her, his hand kneaded her other
breast, until it, too, craved his oral attentions.

His mouth upon her driving her insane with
desire, Kaia had the sudden uncouth urge to spread her legs wide, but instead,
she clenched them together to ward off the ever increasing ache.  Instead she
arched her back, pushing her chest into him.  Suddenly she wanted more than
anything to be able to run her hands through the thick waves of his dark hair. 
She strained against the shackles on her wrists, knowing it would do no good. 
Oh if her hands were ever free, the things they would do to him! 

Kaia whimpered when she felt his mouth abandon
her nipple.   Then she felt his smile against her skin as he moved across her
and placed his face against her other breast.  She was eagerly awaiting the
feel of his lips drawing it in and suckling it as he had the other.  Instead Dane
tortured her, placing light kisses about the perimetre of her breast, working
his way to the centre excruciatingly slowly.  By the time his kisses were
skimming the outside line of her areola, it felt as if it were on fire for all
the desire centred there in it.  She took a deep breath, anticipating the next
movement of his mouth to draw her in and give her that which she had been
aching for.

Dane’s hand travelled down her body, until it
had reached her pubis.  There he paused, letting his fingers entwine in the
little curls embellishing her womanhood.  Now Kaia was on fire in both spots,
both crying for his full attention.  No longer able to maintain the resolve to
keep her thighs clamped tight, she parted them, hoping to encourage him to move
down lower.

Dane smiled knowingly.  Kaia wasn’t sure whether
that made her happy or infuriated her.  Perhaps under different circumstances
she would have cared.  But right now it didn’t matter.  All that mattered was
the pleasure this man could give her.

To her delight, she felt his fingers move
lower.  When they came in contact with her aching flesh she could not refrain
from moaning out.  Kaia never imagined that being touched there could hold so
much pleasure.  And this was only the beginning.  As his fingers slowly weaved
through the folds of her flesh, Dane’s mouth devotedly suckled her nipple.  She
couldn’t decide which she loved more.  But she was delighted to experience
both.

His fingers found a secret spot which seemed to
contain the key to her pleasure.  They set to work manipulating it in circular
motion, dipping his finger in to her opening to gather the slick extract there. 
Kaia thought she was going insane with the amount of pleasure he was providing
her. 

In delicious frustration, she strained at the
shackles again. 
God, I want to touch this man so badly!

In the heat of her climax, Kaia cried out, “Kiss
me, Dane!”

He hesitated.  He wanted to kiss Kaia more than
anything.  God, how he did.  And though he had placed his mouth upon the
various places on a woman’s body on more females than he could count, never had
he kissed any of them intimately, mouth to mouth.

 But Dane also knew that if he was to kiss her,
he would not be able to maintain his already shaky hold on himself to not allow
his feelings to interfere with his duty to the pack.  He knew that once he
kissed this exquisite woman, there would be no turning back.  And he certainly
would not be able to stand by and allow her to be taken by the other pack
mates, because in his mind she would belong to him.