She woke up first. Keltin was sleeping rather deeply, and she glanced up at Howard's ghostly form. She still couldn't believe he was with her again. Rising up carefully, she leaned down and pressed a kiss to his mouth. Hands shot around her waist and pulled her underneath his form, as he turned with her. He moved so fast that it was as though a trap wire was sprung.
"It's been far too long," he whispered tantalizingly into her ear.
"Keltin is sleeping still. Should I wake him?"
"Not yet," he groaned softly and planted a desperate kiss on her mouth, his body pinning hers down even further. "You expect us to wait? How in the hell are we supposed to do that? Especially when you look like this!"
His hands roamed over her bared sides and up to the sides of her breasts. The soft mounds that were strained in the fur-lined leather heaved upwards, as she gasped. His mouth roamed down her throat to caress the tops of those mounds that revealed themselves just over the fur. His teeth moved to lightly bite at the zipper to lower it just a bit so he could have more of an advantage with her. A soft groan came from her before her own hands moved to trace up his ghostly back. His breath caught in his throat, and he forced himself to pull away. Looking down at her, his breathing was hard and strained. She was no better than him. Vivid memories of that last night long ago came back in a rush, and she was already starting to sweat with wanting for him. They both knew how much they missed each other.
"We should wait..." she whispered.
"Do you have any idea what you do to me?!" he said in a rushed breath.
"Howard..." she whispered softly. Her hand caressed his cheek, and he kissed her fingers. "Do you remember our first kiss?"
"Remember it?! I relived it so many times!" he shuddered and gazed at her, as he tried to keep himself in control. "We were together for practically a year and a half and returned to Geffen. You were almost a Huntress."
"Yes," she said with a smile.
"I took you outside to an area with an air-bound gazebo. I held you in my lap, and we watched the sunset. You said it looked beautiful."
"Then you said it wasn't as beautiful as me."
"It was at that moment that we kissed," Howard said with a smile.
"And then Seyren caught us and became flustered," she giggled.
"We need to find them, Sarine. We have a few of those books left."
"We will find them, How-How. We will," she reassured him, as her hands trailed over his form again. "I missed you so much! I..."
He didn't let her finish. His body pressed down on hers, and his mouth claimed hers possessively. Her arms pulled him down harder, and he crushed her to him in his own embrace.
"Why the hell did you agree to marry the Bongun?!" he snarled in his kiss.
"Because he...reminds me...of you! In so many ways!" she responded back.
"How?" he demanded to know, as his mouth moved over her neck.
"He's protective. Determined. Loving..."
"Not to mention jealous and feeling left out!" Keltin said, as he woke and looked over. Sarine blushed hard, and Howard swore as he pulled himself off her. She fixed her zipper back up and worried her lower lip.
"She started it!" Howard said, as he pointed at her.
"I had a feeling she would have," Keltin said, as he watched her. "She should be punished for doing this."
"What?!" Sarine said, as she sat up.
"Sarine, love, do you remember certain things that I did to you that made you pass out?" he grinned wickedly. Now he sat up and made ready to pounce.
"Keltin! You wouldn't dare!" she hissed.
"Okay. I have to know what this is all about," Howard said with a grin.
"Hold her down!" Keltin growled. Sarine shrieked, as she was quickly pinned. Her shorts were removed, and she was trying hard to keep from laughing. The moment Keltin started to use his hands and his mouth, her body heaved from pleasure. Howard raised a brow, as he never thought to try this particular thing before. After she released, he looked at Howard and gestured for him to try. A grin on the powerful ghost-like face now, they switched places.
"No! Not that..." Sarine whimpered, and she was ignored. They both continued to do this to her until she finally complained that she had nothing left to give out. After laughing, Keltin put her shorts back on, only to find himself shoved onto the bed.
"Now, dear husband, do you remember what I did in retaliation to this?!" she spat out a hissing growl with her own wicked grin. Howard never saw this side of her before, and his jaw dropped. Keltin stammered, as she yanked his pants down and started to caress him with her delicate hands. His body stiffened, as he surrendered to the pleasure her mouth soon gave him. She worked on him until he was a slurring mess and unable to function. It didn't take long for him to pass out. After that, she fixed up his pants. Then she eyed Howard with a seductive smile. Now it was his turn to stammer.
"Wait!" he said, as he rose up. She rose up with him and cornered him against the wall. A harsh breath over his ghostly neck was enough to make him lose control.
"Why wait?" she grinned, her body pressing against his even more. Her slender fingers moved to the heavy, ghostly belt, and she felt it give. Even though he was in a ghost-like form, he was also incredibly solid right now. He was never a true ghost. He gave a warning growl, but he lost his train of thought when her mouth left a trail of wet kisses over his flat abdominal muscles. When she finally found what she wanted, a grin formed, and her tongue slowly moved to caress what her fingers felt.
His body went rigid. This was new to him. Her mouth was warm, hot and wet. Her tongue traced and molded to him, as she took him down her throat and back up. He couldn't hold back, and he finally released with a shout while his hands moved to work through her hair. He found himself releasing again and yet again before he finally pushed her away forcefully to raise her up and kiss her hard. He still wanted her.
"I can't wait, Sarine," he groaned, as he moved to pin her against the wall and lifted her up in his arms. "I simply can't!"
"Yes, you can," she moaned back, her hips pressed against his hard length. "I...I want you to have me in flesh in blood..."
"This is flesh and blood!" he snarled, as he pulled her hips into his. He heard her gasp, and he grinned. In this ghost-like form, he was able to simply move through her clothing. There was no need to break her body open yet. That could wait. This could not. She cried out with surprise, as he moved inside her. He thrust harder until she clung to him and sobbed out her release. He let himself go with a small shout and crushed her to him.
"How-How!" she whimpered.
"Mine!" he snarled softly, as he held her quivering body tight. "You've always been mine, Sarine! Always! Always mine..."
Keltin was still out cold from the pleasure she gave him. Hard panting was all she could do, as she tried to recover. When she was able to speak again, she pressed her face into his neck and said, "I know, Howard. I know..."
"You were mine the moment I held you in my arms," he whispered. She shivered, and he squeezed her to him in a protective hug.
He lifted her chin and kissed her again with a possession that she relished. One that he always gave her after a hard battle took place as a form of victory. After the first kiss he gave her, he would always kiss her shamelessly in public. She vaguely remembered the first time he kissed her like this in front of the others. It had caught them all off guard. When the kiss was done, she whispered, "Howard..."
"What?" he nuzzled into her neck. He was still holding her tight to him, as she was pressed against the wall.
"I heard that Comodo was the town for Dancers, right?" she gave a mischievous grin. He looked at her with a grin of his own.
"What are you getting at, you minx?"
"I think I need to learn how to properly dance. At least, just enough to exercise my body when I need to. What do you think?"
He was still inside her and thrust up, making her gasp. Not saying anything, he let her ride out another release with him before he finally pulled away from her.
"I think that would be appropriate," he grinned and let her kiss him before fixing his pants back up.
"Should we tell Keltin?" she smile,d and he shook his head.
"No. This has to be for us alone right now. Maybe we can 'experiment' after our marriage, but this should be between us. It's been too long, hasn't it?"
"It was a very long time, How-How. So very long, and I have missed you so much..."
He brushed a forming tear away from her face and held her to him. He pressed a kiss to her forehead in the most tender of ways possible before holding her close.
"I'm here now. And I'm here to stay."
