I'm glad that you could join me for the next installment of my story! So, Nick has deflowered his woman and made her his wife in the process. Let's see what happens next.

Aftermath

Landi woke up later that morning alone and sore. Her body felt like it had been thoroughly used. And it had. She could remember Nick dominating her all night long; his tongue in her mouth, his penis in her pussy, his mouth on her chest… It was unbelievable how much she had enjoyed herself last night. Now that the initial bout of lovemaking was over though, would he change? He'd stood up to Flagg on her behalf, but that could mean anything. Before she could panic and cry, her hand hit a piece of paper.

This isn't high school, Yolanda. I'm not looking for fast times or someone to ridicule. I was taught how to be a real man, remember? And as a real man, I figured that you might be sore after our time together. If I'm not back yet, it's because I'm at the river gathering water to bathe you. Don't try to move, I don't want you to hurt yourself. I love you so much

-Nick

How did you like my speaking voice? You belong to me, little one

This last was written on the back of his note and she grinned at it. Of course, his speaking voice was everything he was; dominant, thoughtful, and authoritative. She shivered just remembering it. How he sounded telling the Dark Man to pound sand was enough to make her hot again. But even the smallest twinges caused a sharp pain to shoot up her legs. Deciding to follow Nick's advice, she settled against the softness of the blankets and knew no more.

"Hey, lady, what are you doing in Nick's bed?" Landi jerked awake and immediately regretted it. Her thighs were on fire. She felt grimy and out of sorts. And there was a stranger in her house. Wait, 'her house'?

"Are you a deafmute too, lady?"

"No, I'm not a deafmute," the girl answered the blond-haired man standing over her. Making sure that she was covered where it counted - and even where it didn't - she attempted to sit up and immediately laid back down. Nothing was working the way it was supposed to this morning. The man hadn't stopped talking since she'd admitted to being able to hear, but she was only getting about every other word right now as she tried to marshall her rebellious body back into order.

"I'm in Nick's bed because I'm Nick's wife," Landi finally answered Tom's original question. "We were married last night. I'm a little dis- I'm a little confused right now. What are you doing in Nick's house?"

"Me? Nick and Tom Collin were going to get some more mannequins in town for my house. I like to decorate. M-O-O-N, that spells decorate!"

"Um… okay…" she yawned. "I'm Yol- Landi. Everyone just calls me Landi, Thomas."

"I'm just Tom. Stu called me Tommy this morning at Mama Abby's place."

"'Mama Abby'?" Landi giggled. "That works, I guess. I guess my last name is Andros now. My daddy always said that girls carry the blood of the family. Boys carry the name."

"What?"

She shook her head. "Nothing. Maybe I can help with the mannequins after I get dressed." A sharp clap got both of their attention. Nick was standing on the stairs, looking like a GQ model to her gaze, if GQ models were in the habit of wearing flannel and slacks. The smirk on his face said that he knew what she was thinking and she looked down in embarrassment. He handed her a note and moved to the fireplace. He took a large washcloth off the mantle and pulled the boiling cauldron off the fire. He took it upstairs without looking back. She watched him climb the stairs, appreciating that he wasn't even straining with that hot, heavy cauldron in his hands. Lord above, what a man!

"Hey, Landi? What did he say?" Landi shook her head again and read the letter. She blushed at parts of it but read out the rated G bits for him.

"He says that he'll go with you to get mannequins tomorrow. He wants to make sure that I'm… um… all moved in and settled today before going out. And you know what, Tom? I bet I can borrow my brother's truck so that we can get a whole bunch of mannequins for you. You'd only get one or two if you went on the bike today."

"Well okay then," the man said excitedly. "It's always hard to wait, but Tom Collin will wait if it means more mannequins! M-O-O-N, that spells tomorrow!"

"Indeed," she smiled. "So, you just drop on by tomorrow and we'll see about getting you some mannequins, okay?"

"Okay, miss. Do you know something? I'm glad Nick got himself a good woman like you. You're nice, not like that lady in Kansas city, laws yes."

"Well, thank you, Tom. I'll see you tomorrow, okay?"

"Okay!" he cried happily. He left after that and Landi sighed in relief that he didn't get an eyeful coming into people's houses unannounced. Strong hands were suddenly under the blanket she'd been desperately clutching to her body during Tom's visit. She squeaked as Nick picked her up without so much as a 'by your leave' and carried her up the stairs. It was eerie, she wasn't used to being considered light enough to carry. She really had lost a lot of weight since Philly. He put her in the gigantic tub full of steaming water, and she threw the blanket off of her before it could get wet. She sighed in pleasure as the hot water hit her sore thighs.

"Oh my gosh, Nick, this feels wonderful," she hummed in his general direction. She opened her eyes - she hadn't even realized that she'd closed them - and witnessed him taking off the last of his clothes. She turned away quickly. The man slid into the water behind her and cuddled her close. A note appeared in front of her face and she took it, noticing a stand by the tub where he'd put his notepad.

I figured you'd be used to naked bodies, being a nurse and all

"Well sure I've seen naked bodies before, but none of them were mine. And it wasn't like you got naked on the job with them. It wasn't that kind of hospital!" Nick laughed and hugged her close, relaxing in the burning hot water. After a while, he started massaging her thighs and lower body. She gasped and hummed into his neck. He could feel the slickness of her excitable body, but he ignored it for the knots he could feel in her inner thighs. He kept at it until he couldn't feel anymore, then massaged more because he could feel that it was making her hot. She moaned into his neck, undulating against his delightful touch, gasped his name when one of his fingers slid into her soaked folds. This is what he'd threatened to do to her in his note downstairs, but she hadn't really thought he'd do it. Shaking as he added another finger to the first, she writhed in his grip until she couldn't take it anymore and came against his hand. By now his dick was hard from watching his bride squirm against his hand and he pulled her onto him, groaning at how good she felt squeezing him. Her innocent taunting resulted in several orgasms for the two of them.

Nick couldn't remember feeling better during sex; it was obvious that she was made for him. He pulled out of her after several orgasms and turned her so that he could get at those glorious breasts of hers during their lovemaking. Sliding her down onto his rock hard phallus, he started devouring her tits. They kept at it until the water was lukewarm. After that he bathed her, using her soap and shampoo from Philly. He didn't stop his thrusting as he cleaned her up. She came yet again as he massaged the shampoo into her scalp. He put his cloth in her hand, indicating that she was to clean him now and she obediently did, scrubbing him down as she came on him repeatedly. It felt so good! Then he turned them in the cold water so that she could get the soap out of her hair, which she did while he pumped his seed into her. She wrapped her supple legs around his trim waist and they kept at it until Landi's stomach growled. She blushed and pulled the stopper out of the tub. Nick looked at her strangely even as he emptied his semen into her open body for the umpteenth time.

"I need food," she told him while writhing in ecstasy. "My stomach is growling." He picked her up and thrusted into her against the wall. She screamed, her stomach forgotten about as he fed her pussy. It took three more full-blown orgasms, and his own stomach growling as well, to end their lovemaking for the late morning. He pulled out of her with a wet slurp, his cock still long and hard as he seemed to consider continuing their antics. She sank to her knees and sucked his penis into her mouth. She couldn't fit all of his length into her mouth, so he surrounded what was left with her breasts. Thus covered, she suckled his thick length, massaging the rest of him until he exploded in her mouth. She literally sucked the life out of him, swallowing his essence. His legs gave out and he sat heavily on the side of the tub in shock. He was even more shocked when she did it again. Her mouth was magic, spreading joy and contentment to his dick and the rest of his body. When she went to do it a third time, he pulled away.

"You don't like it?" she looked at him innocently and he groaned. Not like it? He didn't know of a single man anywhere that wouldn't like that. He rubbed his belly and reached for his notepad.

I don't know of a single red-blooded male that wouldn't love the feel of you on his cock, darling. But we need to eat something today. Not only that, but we're going to Victoria's Secret for underclothes for you. Let's get started before I take you against the wall again.

"Oh my," she giggled in embarrassment. He passed her a towel and dried himself before he made good on his threat. This timid little virgin was proving to be irresistible. He hadn't intended to make love to her so soon after last night, but something about her just called to his instincts. God, what a woman!

He'd gotten all of her things from Larry this morning while she slept. But he really liked her in her dress from yesterday. He wanted to see her in more dresses in fact. She had a lovely body and should be showing it off. After they were dressed, she did something strange. She took the sheet with her virgin's blood on it and hung it out the second-story window. He gave her a strange look and she shrugged.

"It's an old Italian tradition. Come on, let's eat, I'm starving." Instead of going to Mother Abigail's for breakfast and a side of teasing, Landi whipped them up a meal using the food in the freezer and the still going fire in the living room. They ate while sitting on the sofa-bed. now that it was packed away to avoid temptation. He rubbed his belly once the food was gone and gave her a thumbs up.

"Thank you," she said quickly, looking down in embarrassment. "It would appear that Glenn was right and frontier cooking is my niche."

You definitely made an amazing meal this morning, little one. Mother Abigail's food is good, but something about knowing that the food is coming from my sexy wife makes it that much better.

"You flatter me, good sir," she said flirtatiously. He nodded with that same impish smile on his face that made her heart flip. God, where was her camera when she needed it?

They emptied their backpacks on the sofa-bed before heading off to the mall. Nick locked the door this time, seeing her nervousness at leaving her things out in the open after so long carrying them with her. He kissed her passionately and she melted against him. Then they got on their bikes and took off. They ignored the dead bodies on the way, both used to the sight after so many weeks of it.

Landi stopped suddenly in the middle of the road. Nick stopped too and looked at her curiously.

"Weeks, Nick. It's only been weeks since this all started. Two months ago the world was spinning like normal. I was working my nursing shifts and feeling vaguely restless for adventure - likely from too many adventure and science fiction books. Now, my God, now…" She sobbed, just once, and looked at her new mate. "What were you doing two months ago?" He looked at her, wondering if everyone had a moment of realization like this.

I was wandering middle America, doing odd jobs for money, and trying to stay out of trouble. It was harder than it should have been. Them 'good old boys' are always on the lookout for someone different. One month ago almost exactly I fell into a deputy job with the locals in Shoyo, Arkansas. Now I'm in Boulder, Colorado with an amazing woman that I couldn't imagine my life without. It's okay to mourn your old life, little one. It sounds like it was worth mourning.

"You… You were a cop?" she asked quietly and Nick nodded with a shrug. She started laughing hysterically and the deafmute smiled, waiting for the punchline.

"You see, my mama always said that I was going to end up marrying a cop because if I was anymore straight-laced I'd be a fuckin corset. Jeez…" She laughed more.

It was a very short stint in law enforcement. I was mostly a vagrant. Not a lot of people were interested in employing a deafmute.

Landi shook her head, still laughing. "Doesn't matter. You were a cop before the world died, that makes you a cop. God, not only did I marry a cop, I married a white cop. Jesus Christ, I'm a mess!"

What's so funny about marrying a cop?

"It's not funny," she said with a sudden sob through her laughter. "My family is famous for bad situation humor. Hell, Matthew and I dug our own graves as a joke near the end. Sixteen years old and digging his own grave. And I buried him in it the very next day. It was supposed to be a joke," she shouted at the sky. She was quiet for a while as if the sky would part and give her Matthew back. When that didn't happen, she sniffled and wiped her face with her arm. "God, I hate that Mommy was right. The jokes aren't funny and the world is dead. What's a girl to do?" He put his kickstand up and came over to hug her close. She cried for a long time, soaking his shirt with her tears and snot. Finally, she looked up with an embarrassed smile. "I'm sorry for going all weird on you." He shook his head and wrote on his pad.

I like you weird. I like you silly. I like you sad. Hell, I just like you.

She blushed hard at that and sat down on her bike. Thinking about what they might find at the mall, a random question popped into her head. Nick seemed to notice this and nodded his head encouragingly.

"I was just thinking… What does the fox say?" At his blank look, she elaborated. "Well, you know how the dog says 'bark', the cat says 'meow', and the fish says 'blub'. What does the fox say?" Nick shrugged with a crooked smile on his face. "See? I'm weird." She sniffled and wiped her red-rimmed eyes before setting off for the mall. Nick followed her with a fond smile on his face.

They arrived at the mall an hour later. A family of foxes was feasting on the corpses outside of the building. Nick pointed them out to his bride. She giggled and shrugged. As far as she could tell, they didn't say anything. The two pushed the doors open and saw that it was surprisingly corpse-free. Most of the shops were unlocked too. It looked like a riot had waged in here and the people had taken their ill-gotten goods and left to die with them. The parking lot seemed to be the hardest hit. They went into the lingerie store and found it in surprisingly decent condition, all things considered. They figured out her sizes the old-fashioned way and got a bunch of pretty bras and underwear for her. The dress store next door didn't fare as well, but they still found a lot of dresses in her size. She got a bunch of nice, expensive shoes for both of them. Once their backpacks were full, Landi wandered back to Victoria's Secret and sat on the counter, pulling her dress up to show that she was wearing absolutely nothing under it. Nick smiled lecherously at her and came over to fill her up with his seed. With her sitting on the counter, she was almost his height, making his thrusting that much more comfortable for him. He didn't hesitate to give her his love, not even when he noticed the corpse behind the counter, likely the only reason that the lingerie store was in such good order.

Ignoring the dead body, he thrust into her feverishly, loving the feeling of her soft insides. She was so pliant, so submissive… He came in her repeatedly, his hands on her abdomen to feel her body quivering. From what he could tell, she was screaming fit to wake the dead as he had his way with her. Nick kissed her passionately and let her burn in his fire, never stopping his thrusting that was making her so crazy. No one disturbed them as they fucked in the middle of a public building. He didn't stop until she started to tire around hour four. In that time, she had covered the counter in her juices and his semen. He tapered off reluctantly as she tried to get him to continue loving her.

Later, love. Later I promise to screw you into the ground. But right now I think we should head home, maybe eat something before meeting up with Mother Abigail.

You're an insatiable little thing, aren't you?

"I don't mean to be," she blurted, her embarrassment almost showing through her dark skin. "You just feel so wonderful inside of me! I'm not a-" He covered her mouth and shook his head at her before she could berate herself and kissed her passionately. She moaned into his mouth contentedly. They left the mall hand in hand, with Nick leading his bike by his right hand and Landi by the left. They closed the mall doors as they left to keep the critters out.

That was a very satisfying trip.

So much for being a corset; I don't think that last part was strictly legal.

"Screw you," she said with a grumpy frown. He laughed at her embarrassment, unable to resist teasing her some more.

As a cop, I'd offer to put us in jail for the night for public indecency, but I don't want our child conceived in the slammer.

"You know what? Go fuck yourself." She pushed him away from her and started fast walking away from him. He dropped the kickstand on his bike, unzipped his pants, and jogged to catch up to her. Once he did, he whipped her around and kissed her, picking her up and dropping her on his throbbing penis. She immediately dropped her bike and smiled down at him. Nick was surprised that he had more to give her; he thought that the mall had been his undoing. As it was. he lowered himself to the ground and let his wife cover their nakedness with her flowing dress as she pulsed against him. He exploded inside her for the umpteenth time that day, content to let her have her own way with him. Her butt cheeks were squeezing his scrotum from this angle and he was enjoying that best of all as he squirted his seed into her. Landi, for her part, was soaking his pants with her nectar, her eyes closed in rapture as she writhed atop her man. Her mouth was hanging open and Nick stuffed his fingers in it, loving the vibrations as she started sucking his digits. Oh, this was nice.

He flipped their positions suddenly and she grinned up at him with his fingers in her mouth, spreading her legs wider as her vibrations got stronger. He pushed her dress up and massaged her breasts with his free hand as he pumped his semen into her on the front lawn of the mall. She felt incredible with her juicy center surrounding him. He let her have her head until he noticed that the sun was setting. He laid his free hand against her cheek and pointed at the sky when she opened passion-glazed brown eyes to him. She looked up and pulled him closer to her breasts. Who was he to deny her? He nuzzled her breasts, taking one of the bruised globes into the cavern of his mouth. A howl nearby broke the mood for her an hour later. She gently pushed his head away from her breasts, cupping his face.

"The wild animals are starting to come out and man isn't exactly the dominant species anymore. Let's go home and continue this."

They got up and gathered their things for the trip when four wolves appeared out of the gathering gloom in the east. They had red eyes, like Flagg's, and Landi knew that he'd sent them. They surrounded the couple and she suddenly knew that they were dead. Then Nick pulled out a gun from somewhere as if by magic. He aimed it at the sky as if to frighten the animals, then seemed to think better of the idea and aimed at the biggest one. He shot him right between the eyes and the hungry wolves immediately started attacking the fresh meat. The two rode away from the scene before the wolves remembered their mission.

Ooh, that was close! What did you think of them fooling around in an empty mall? Landi and Nick seem to be adjusting to life as a married couple, eh? ^_~

Please look forward to the next chapter. Reviews are loved ^_^