Ok guys sorry for the long wait thanks so much for the positive feedback for last chapter. I started getting some complaints on the violence of it but then I started getting really positive reviews so I appreciate it. Or those of you who PM'd me upset if you are still reading I'm sorry you didn't like it but I'm going to continue on with the story as it is. It is my choice to write it as much as it is your choice to not read it.

This will be a smutty chapter so be warned.

CHAPTER 10

Kate wasn't sure how long she sat that cradling Jack in her arms. Truthfully she didn't care and she'd stay there for days if it was needed. He had told her he loved her and her heart had sang. It was still cracked by his horrific story and her heart had broken for him and his pain. However it had sealed when he had spoken those words. She knew it was a big step for him and she would not treat it lightly. Kate wasn't stupid though and she knew that just because Jack had opened up to her didn't mean he was going to change over night. He was a hard man and he had let her in to see him vulnerable. He might have told her he loved her but there was a chance he would become even harder now after letting her see him so grief stricken.

That's why Kate knew she had to play her next cards carefully. Jack had fallen asleep against her and she knew when he awoke those first few minutes would be crucial. If played wrong Jack could easily shut her right back out and now hearing those three beautiful words from his lips Kate couldn't allow that to happen. She knew Jack had felt helpless during his ordeal with Bella and as his emotions overtook him and he had cried in her arms he had felt helpless once again. Kate knew when he woke up he would want to take those helpless feelings and shove them far away. Kate knew she would have to help him by basically giving him all control of her. She knew he would respond to being in charge of her of protecting her. Sure it probably wasn't the best move for the feminist movement Kate didn't give a shit. If she needed to be the willing female to his dominant male until he could come to grips with his feelings for her so be it.

Kate had listened to his story and had realized why his reaction to Marco had been so strong. He had probably flashed to Bella all over again when he thought Kate might suffer the same fate. He had killed Marco with no second thoughts to protect her. He had fought and protected his mate and that would be what Kate would do for him. She would fight and protect him by giving him full control of her. She shivered slightly it was funny no matter how far the human race got they still went to their animalistic instincts when it came down to it. She felt Jack stir within her embrace and she readied herself for him to awake.

Jack's eyelid fluttered a few times before his eyes snapped open and his beautiful brown orbs took in his surroundings. Kate had noticed this was always how he awoke, always on guard. He looked at her and she saw the memories of the last couple hours flood his memory. She felt his stiffen slightly and she knew she had to act quickly.

"Thank you" she said softly. Jack looked at her confused. She clarified her meaning. "Thank you for telling me about your past I appreciate the trust more than you'll know. And also thank you for protecting me against Marco." She threw her arms around him and buried her face in his neck. She was truly grateful for him saving her but she knew she would never act this helpless around another male. It just happened though, Jack needed this. It was hard for Kate to completely understand her need to act as the vulnerable woman and she knew if Jack knew she was doing this on purpose it would blow up in her face. Her instincts told her though for Jack to completely embrace his feelings for her and not shut down on her she was going to make him protect and care for her. If she had jumped him with words of love in response to his right away Kate knew he would shut down. It would be too much for him. This way he could get used to the fact he loved her as he cared for her. It might not make a whole lot of sense but Kate's instincts told her this was the right thing to do to get Jack back on his feet she had to take his helplessness away from him and give him back the sense of being in charge again.

Jack rubbed his hands along her back stroking her hair. When he awoke had been slightly nervous. He had told Kate he loved her and he meant it. He had just been terrified slightly that Kate would pounce on him and start making wedding plans or something. He knew it was stupid but his chest had contracted uneasily when he first saw her. He did love her but he wasn't ready to just open up and give her everything just yet. He still had to work out a lot of his feelings about Bella before he could consider a real future with Kate. That's why he liked his arrangement with Kate. They could be together but not have the pressure of the future on them. At least he thought that until he opened his eyes and waited for the fallout of his words to hit.

Instead of being overbearing and pushy like Jack found some women to be Jack found Kate to be the complete opposite. She hadn't even mentioned his confession of love, instead she was burrowed in his arms as her memories of Marco must have been assaulting her. The truth of how close she came to ending up like Bella must have sunk in with her and it was catching up to her. Jack immediately took control of the situation holding her tight. It was his job to protect her and damn if he wasn't going to do just that. He had failed Bella but he would never fail Kate like that, he would die first.

Kate felt the change in Jack and she stifled the small smile that threatened to expose itself. She had felt how uncomfortable he was when he awoke and Kate wondered if he thought she would jump him with words like wedding, and reception and cake. She felt his body change when he realized she was seeking him for comfort, his demeanor changed and the helpless man turned into the protector just as she had predicted. Now that his anxiety that Kate would go out and buy a white dress the minute he turned his back was gone, he could concentrate on taking care of her and protecting her while he got used to the idea that he loved her.

"Its ok baby," he said his voice slightly rough. "No one will ever hurt you again, I won't allow it Kate. I will protect you with my last breath." Jack said solidly.

Kate sat back and looked at him her eyes wet with unshed tears. It was funny she started this as a strategic play and somehow it was turning real his words were affecting her and she found herself really wanting to turn her control over to him, not to boost his ego but because she needed to be fully possessed by him. She may have started out as hunter to his prey but suddenly things were changing and the funny thing was Jack had no clue this was all happening.

"I'm so sorry that you suffered the way you did Jack." Kate nuzzled his face.

"I'm learning to live with it" Jack said stroking her back.

"Make love to me Jack, make me yours" Kate whispered and Jack's whole body tensed in anticipation. "I'm not Bella and I can't be to you what she was but I am Kate and I want to be what you need." She whispered the game was over she truly wanted to be his willing female.

Jack practically snarled as he got to his feet taking her with him. The woman he loved was practically pleading with him to take care of her and he wouldn't let her down. He pressed her down on the bed and crawled on top of her.

"Bella isn't here Kate it is just you and me" he said. "I loved her yes, but you and her are alike in ways that you are so different in others. She was delicate to the point of fragile. I sometimes was afraid to touch her because I thought she'd shatter. You burn hot for me, you lean into my touch and you set me on fire. You let me touch you and taste you in ways that if I tried with Bella she probably would have had a heart attack. I loved her yes, but my love for her is in the past. She is tucked in my heart in her own place but my heart beats for you Kate I love you now and I don't ever see that changing." He leaned in kissing her hungrily.

Kate's back arched as his body covered hers and his mouth took hers. She couldn't help but feel the relief flow through her as he told her she didn't have to compete with Bella's ghost. He had also given her his words of love again. Kate had thought she would have to work hard to get him to admit it to her again but he had surprised her. His need to take care of her was stronger in him than she had initially thought. She didn't need to play games to stroke his ego or manipulate him to make him feel safe with her. This love didn't need to be led along it was fine on its own carving its own path.

Kate hungrily kissed him back fully participating in the kiss. The need to let him dominate her became a need to dominate each other. She tugged at his shirt and pulled it over his head. He pulled his mouth away as the garment cleared him and she tossed it into the corner. Kate's hands went to his exposed chest touch him as much as possible. He thrust his clothes covered body against her when she tweaked his nipple.

"God baby I need to bury myself so deep inside you." He said as he yanked her blouse from her. Kate grappled with his jeans and finally got them undone. The sound of her lowering his zipper seemed to fill the whole room and it made them even hotter for each other as the sound was a sign of things to come. Kate ripped her skirt and panties away from her and Jack rid himself of his pants. When he was naked he looked at her like she was a steak and he a starving man. He made his way up her body placing pen mouth kisses along her breasts, neck, throat and finally her hungry mouth. Kate spread her legs for him wrapping them around his waist. He pushed the tip of his rock hard penis into her opening and Kate sighed happily only to get annoyed when he stopped there not moving. She looked at him and saw he was watching her bemused.

"What's wrong sweetheart?" he asked as if he had no idea his teasing was enough to drive her insane.

"Dammit Jack" she bit out trying to push on her own accord to take him in her but he was holding her hips steady.

"What?" he asked innocently.

"You know what, god please just enter me please" she begged.

"Like this?" Jack asked with a grin only pushing in a slight inch. Kate moaned in frustration her body was humming and her vaginal walls were desperately trying to squeeze him within her but he wasn't far enough inside her. "What do you want?" Jack asked his voice husky.

Kate moaned losing her mind. "Fuck me dammit fuck me hard" she ordered and this time Jack obliged her.

He gave a good thrust filling her with the one push. Kate screamed her body accepting him fully.

"Like this Kate?" Jack asked slightly breathlessly.

Kate gave a moan. "So deep" she whimpered.

Jack grinned and began to thrust inside of her deeper and deeper. The sound of their bodies hitting against each other the bed squeaking and their gratuitous moans were all that could be heard. Jack pounded into her branding her to him. Kate held him tightly as he thrust in and out of her. She felt her release coming and before she could prepare for it, her body arched in bliss as her orgasm ripped through her and she shook with pleasure in his embrace. When the pleasure passed Kate looked up at him and smiled happily. He was still hard inside of her when Kate had an idea. She pushed against his shoulders.

"Pull out" she whispered but she smiled reassuring him it wouldn't be for long. Jack eased his heavy and hard cock from her body and Kate couldn't help but stare at it. He was solid in his need for her and he was covered in her juices from her own release. She stretched on her stomach and gently ran her hands along her ass cheeks. "Jack?" she asked softly.

Jack eyes widened ever so slightly. "Are you sure?" He asked when he realized what she wanted him to do.

Kate pushed her self up to look back at him. "I want to experience this with you" she whispered. She smiled shyly. "I can't give you my virginity but I can give you this." She said blushing and Jack leaned in to kiss her hungrily.

"Promise you will tell me if you want to stop or if it hurts?" he asked and Kate nodded. She rolled back onto her stomach. Jack straddled the back of her legs. He dipped his fingers into her to gathering her wetness on his fingers which he used to lubricate himself. He gently eased her cheeks apart and saw her tight little hole. "Here we go baby." He said. He had taken other woman this way but those women were pretty slutty and used to this kind of invasion he had never taken a woman anally for her first time before. He remembered how tight she had been when he had slipped his finger inside her and she had accepted him easily. He hoped it would be just as easy with his cock.

With one hand bracing himself he used the other to lead him self to her. When he managed to get to the tight hole he took a deep breath. He pushed his tip in gently and he felt Kate stiffen and moan. "You have to relax baby" he bit out and he felt her calm down. He pushed in a little father and Kate whispered stop.

He froze and was about to pull out in fear of scaring or hurting her. She surprised him though.

"Don't move stay where you are" she whispered she pulled her legs up to fold underneath her. The change in positing opened her self more to him and Jack suspected her curled tightly practically in a ball would be more comfortable for her. He eased in farther and he listened as Kate whimpered.

"Don't stop Jack please keep going" she begged gripping the sheets tightly in her hands. Jack eased farther into her until he was halfway inside. She was so tight Jack thought he might lose consciousness. His cock was throbbing as her walls pressed tight around him. He pushed in farther and Kate arched and whimpered his name.

"Here we go" he bit out and with a thrust he buried himself inside her ass. He paused as he waited for Kate's reaction. He wasn't disappointed. Kate began to writhe and moan beneath him. He leaned down and kissed her bare shoulder and leaned in to suck on her neck. Kate tilted her head back to give him better access.

"So deep" she whispered as their lips collided in a frenzied kiss. Jack eased her gently up on to her knees so she was upright with him her back against his chest. He took his hands and with his talented fingers entered her vaginally from the front. He used three fingers and Kate felt like she had never been stretched like this before. He was taking her from both ends and he began to thrust his cock gently inside her ass as he co-incited thrusts with his fingers inside of her.

Kate was overwhelmed with sensations. He was so deep inside her ass that is caused pleasurable pain. Every time it would get to the point of pain and she readied herself for the pain it never came and all she felt was pleasure. She kept clenching around him without even meaning to and the effect of it was to make him harder within her. His fingers were plunging in and out of her and stroking her clit. Kate looked up and saw her reflection in the mirror. She shocked her self how wonton she looked as this man double penetrated her.

He began to thrust harder on both ends and before Kate knew it she was coming hard though this time it was different more sensual as she clenched down on both his fingers and cock. She writhed and moaned beneath him and seconds later Jack couldn't take it and he erupted inside her filling her with his release. They collapsed on the bed. Kate resting her head near her knees that were pulled tight against her chest. Jack tried to rest on his arms and not her as to not squish her. He then pulled out of her just as gently as he entered her. When he was free of her body her rolled her gently on her back. She looked up at him with glazed slightly stunned eyes.

"Are you ok Kate?" He asked concerned by her lethargic behavior, what if he had hurt her?

Kate answered by moaning with pleasure and lifting herself to press her lips against his. "God Jack that was amazing" she whispered settling back on the bed and yawning. Jack realized he had worn her out and he couldn't help but smile at that thought. He got up and pulled the covers down and managed to maneuver her into the bed and her head rested on the pillows. He then crawled in next to her where he found her string at him still slightly dazed with love in her eyes.

"I love you" she said tiredly and he smiled.

"I love you too" he said.

Kate yawned and snuggled into his chest. "I think since we are in New Orleans in seems only fitting we should hit up a sex shop" she said with a giggle.

"Oh yeah?" Jack asked with an amused smirk and he kissed her forehead smoothing her hair back.

"I think we should get a copy of the Kama Sutra and try every position" she said with a satisfied smirk. Jack groaned if she kept this up she'd get him hard all over again.

"If that's what you want to do" he said shaking his head amused as he watched her eyes flutter closed.

"I want to do everything with you" she sighed and fell into a deep sleep.

Jack held her close watching over her until he felt his own eyes droop shut. He would wake them up for dinner in a bit right now he just wanted to sleep with the woman he loved.

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