Harder, she gasped, squeezing his male flesh between the apex of her thighs.
Ahh. The lady wants it wild tonight, does she?
She lifted herself up, poising the tip of him at her feminine opening. Any complaints?
Ahh. The lady wants it wild tonight, does she?
She lifted herself up, poising the tip of him at her feminine opening. Any complaints?
His hands skimmed down her belly to grasp her hips firmly. He jerked down, hard, impaling her on him in a single forceful movement. She cried out, just on the verge of pain from the fullness of him deep, deep inside her, pressing tightly against her cervix. He lifted her up and pulled her down again, and she leaned back as much as she could under the low roof, driving herself even further down onto him.
His big hands curled around her buttocks, his fingertips opening the crevice between her cheeks and driving her down and forward onto him. Holding her in place with effortless strength, this time he surged up to meet her. Only by relaxing her internal muscles completely was she able to absorb all of his size without pain. He completely filled her, massive and throbbing deep within her very core.
Thus completely opened to him, he drove up into her relentlessly, pounding into her until she thought he would split her in two. But what a glorious, stretching fullness, on a shaft of velvet-covered steel, burning her up from the inside out. A liquid, languorous shower of pleasure drenched her as her body responded to him. She felt swollen, growing tighter and tighter around him. Or maybe that was her muscles clenching as he steadily drove her out of her mind. A tingling started low, building and building, spreading outward from the point of his penetration. Her breath caught and she gasped for air as the building orgasm climbed her throat, her entire body clenching in anticipation of the moment of release.
And then it broke over her in an electric explosion that zinged all the way to her fingertips and toenails and teeth. She gasped as her entire body spasmed around his, shivering as wave after wave of sensation ripped through her.
He gave her just a moment to catch her breath, and then he was moving again, demanding more from her, sliding already wildly stimulated nerve endings against his slick heat. All of a sudden, another orgasm clawed its way through her, bursting upon her without warning, making her cry aloud with the power of it.
He slapped a hand over her mouth and rolled over abruptly, without breaking his rhythm. Her flesh throbbed around him, milking him of more and yet more pleasure. He matched her rhythm, meeting each of her hip thrusts with one of his own, a collision of desire that rode them both mercilessly.
Gripped by instincts far beyond either of them to fight, let alone control, they mated wildly in the forest with the animals of the night for a serenade, and the earth for a bed, the smell of crushed moss rising around them to mix with the scent of their sex.
Just when she thought she couldnt bear any more, the rhythm of their lovemaking accelerated, and one more orgasm exploded behind her eyes. Johns hoarse, muffled shout matched hers and for an instant, she spun out of herself, into the blackness of the night. It wasnt quite a faint, but it was close.
Panting, John collapsed on her, and they struggled together to catch their breath. After a minute, he pressed up onto his elbows with a muttered apology for crushing her. By way of reply, she wrapped a leg around his hips to keep him from going anywhere.
When she could finally speak, she murmured, There now. Wasnt that a more productive use of your remaining time than talking?
His forehead dropped to touch hers and he laughed under his breath. Madam, I concede the point.
Her palms slid across his back, kneading and massaging randomly. He felt utterly relaxed beneath her fingertips, a lion at indolent rest. But then, she was feeling pretty boneless herself at the moment.
He murmured, Think you can sleep now?
She smiled up at him. I could sleep a week with you inside me like this.
He made to draw out of her, but she tightened her leg across his buttocks.
Honey, if I dont move soon, Im gonna deprive you of even more sleep tonight.
And that would be the point, Einstein.
He laughed. Youre going to kill me.
It was as if a bucket of ice water fell over both of them. Finally she replied, Its a better way to go then what you have planned for yourself.
His rueful chuckle curled around her heart, breaking it a little. It is at that. Making love to the death it is. Last one breathing wins.
She whispered, If you play this game right, we both win, John.
Ahh, sweet Melina. Youre everything a woman should be. I could love you so easily.
Show me how youd love me.
And somehow she thought he knew she wasnt talking about sex.
Chapter 11
When John opened his eyes the next morning, he was immediately aware that something had changed. He took stock quickly. Tarp intact overhead. Trip wires at the entrance to their shelter intact. No sounds out of place in the morning chorus of creatures busily going about their day. Melina peacefully asleep against his shoulder.
Melina.
That woman did things to him that no other woman had ever begun to do to him. And he wasnt talking about the sex. Although she was clearly in a league of her own on that score. He was by no means a Casanova, but hed bedded his share of women over the years, and not one of them completely blew him away like Mel. She got inside his head. Hell, inside his heart. She made him feel things when they made love, provoked a host of unfamiliar emotions he had no idea how to begin cataloging.
No doubt about it. She was an extraordinary woman. Hed ask her to marry him in a minute if he had any intention of staying alive for more than the next few days. But as it was, he didnt harbor any illusions on that score.
A guy named Huayar was the crime boss in this region, and he was infamous for never letting anyone live whod seen his face. The guy was heavily guarded, smart and vicious. And his men were well equipped, well trained and as casually cruel as their boss. Even if there wasnt already a noose with his name on it, going up against Huayar and his men solo like this-he didnt stand a chance of getting out alive. The trick was going to be to give Melina and her family enough of a head start so the guys from H.O.T. Watch could rescue them before Huayars men caught them.
Jennifer Blackfoot and company might be very good at what they did, but there was no way she was convincing the Peruvian government to let her insert a full-blown Spec Ops team into the Andes. But, a search-and-rescue teamhe could see her pulling off that one. After all, the team would, indeed, have to find and extract the Montez family.
The big problem would be the equipment the H.O.T. Watch team would be allowed to bring with them. In the unlikely event that they were given a green light for a full-scale military operation, theyd roll in with gun ships and choppers, predator drones and missiles, and Huayar and his men would be blasted back to the last ice age. But if the H.O.T. Watch guys had to come in as an S &R team, theyd only be allowed the weapons and ammunition they could carry on their backs. Taking on Huayar and his men in a straight-up fight would be a much dicier proposition.
And by himself, with four civilians dragging him down, the only real weapons he had were his brainsand his life. Huayar wouldnt expect him to be willing to die, and that was his lone ace in the hole. Huayar was no stranger to American soldiers. He would assume that John had a healthy desire to live and would predict Johns actions based on that assumption. Hed get one chance to surprise Huayar. He only hoped it would be enough.
Melina shifted against him, murmuring in her sleep. What was she dreaming about? The two of them and the love theyd made last night, maybe? She smiled against his shoulder and then settled back into slumber.
Unfortunately, it was time for them to get going. They still had a long march today to reach the rendezvous point by sunset. Despite his big words about getting there whenever they got there, he wanted to get to Huayars camp as quickly as possible so he had time to scope out the area, and do a little surveillance before he and Melina made contact with the bandit.
He leaned down to kiss her smooth brow. Morning, sweetheart.
Mmm. She protested sleepily and snuggled closer against his shoulder. He knew the feeling. Hed love to lie here with her for a week or so, just resting and absorbing her into him. But the clock was ticking.
Always his enemy, but even more so now, time was slipping away from him. For the past eight months, each moment had been a dragging eternity. But now that the end was approaching, it was flying through his fingers like windblown sand. A moments regret for what he must do stabbed him. If only things could be different-
He cut off the thought sharply, before it could take root inside his brain. His path was set, dammit. Now his job was simply to walk it. No use questioning it at this late juncture.
Melina sat up beside him, stretching lazily, nude and beautiful. Her skin was a delicious golden-caramel color he couldnt get enough of. She leaned forward, peeking out the end of the tent. Looks like were in for a warm day.
Itll be sticky, too. Dress lightly, but keep out a jacket. Itll cool off once we head back up into the mountains.
She groaned in anticipation of an uphill trek.
He commented, At least were burning through our supplies and lightening the load.
Her gaze clouded at the reminder that they were nearing the end of their journey.
The green dot on the map is where we left the Land Rover. Theres enough food in my pack for you and your family to walk out to the car. Youll need to collect water after the first day or so and use the water purification tablets on it. Oh, and remind me to show you how my satellite phone works. If you get in trouble, you can use it to call in help.
She glanced over her shoulder at him, frowning. Why wont you use it to call in help for us?
Odds are good I wont make it out of this, Mel. Itll be up to you and your family to get yourselves out of here.