This chapter is rated M for sexuality. If you are the least bit sensitive or blush easily I would wait for my next update.

Chapter 8

Norrington pressed her firmly against the wall as he kissed her and moved to sink his fingers into her hair. She glided her fingers up his back to clutch at his shoulders as her knees weakened. He ran his tongue against her bottom lip to signal he wanted more intimate access and she quickly obliged, opening her mouth and seeking out his tongue. He caught her moan in his mouth and smiled against her lips before pulling away.

"Was that still terrible?" He whispered, gazing into her eyes.

"It wasn't terrible the first time." She replied, pulling off his wig and tossing it on the table next to her.

"But you said..." He began.

"You were so dead set against having anything to do with me that I had to prove you wrong. I was trying to torture you." She said as she began sifting her fingers through his soft brown hair and tugged him closer.

"Well you're doing a damned fine job." He growled in her ear before capturing her lips again.

His hands slipped to her waist and stroked the small of her back and she could have sworn that he had singed a hole in her dress. He thrust his tongue in the warm recesses of her mouth again and pressed so close that she could not doubt that he wanted her.

He broke the kiss and began nibbling his way down. Across her bottom lip, to her jaw, to her neck, her shoulder and back up again until he reached her ear. He bit her lobe gently then laved it with his tongue. She sighed and he felt he knees buckle as she clung to him, struggling to remain upright.

"Commodore." She moaned.

"James." He insisted.

"James." She repeated in a breathy voice.

"I love how my name sounds on your lips." He replied as he lifted her easily and set her on the table, pausing to just admire her.

Her lips were swollen and red from his kisses, her cheeks were flushed and her hair was mussed from his fingers. He'd never seen anything more tempting.

"What?" She asked self consciously smoothing her hair down.

"You're very beautiful. Every time I see you my mouth goes dry. Even when I was angry over the engagement, I had to fight to stay away from you." He replied and watched as she blushed.

"You are the most handsome man I've ever seen." She admitted shyly, reaching for his hand and pulling him close so that her legs were either side of his hips.

He'd never wanted anyone so much in his life. He kissed her fiercely until he was panting and so drugged with the taste of her that he had to break away. James buried his face in the crook of her neck and began pressing kisses there in between ragged breaths.

Elise felt as if her whole body were on fire from his heated kisses and she didn't know what it would take to cool it down again. She just knew she needed more from him.

She guided his hands to her heavy breasts and watched his eyes as they lifted to hers with surprise.

"Touch me James." She said with false bravado and tugged her bodice loose.

"Elise..." He groaned.

"Please." She begged as she arched into his hands.

"Are you sure this is what you want?" He asked.

"I've never been more certain. I'm aflame and only you can quench it. I want it to be you." She said, leaning further back inviting him to feast on her bared flesh.

Norrington watched hungrily as her nipples hardened at the exposure to the cooler air of the room and he could resist no longer. He stooped to capture a crested peak in his hot mouth while his hand stroked the other breast until he reversed his attentions. Her hands slid into his hair as if to hold him there as she thrust her head back. He nipped and licked at her until she moaned and bit her lip as he looked at her from under lowered lashes.

His free hand pulled her dress down lower to expose her flat stomach and he nibbled his way down to her belly button.

"What do you say we get this out of the way?" He asked as he began tugging on her dress, feeling her tremble beneath him.

Not trusting her voice she only nodded and shifted to help him. He stripped her of her clothes until she lay before him wearing nothing but her sparkling diamond necklace.

It was his turn to groan at the erotic picture she made, reclining on the table where he took his meals so that all her womanly beauty was exposed to his gaze.

"Perfect." He whispered before leaning down to capture a hardened nipple.

Elise felt completely vulnerable but at the same time she trusted him with it. He wouldn't abuse his power over her. This was what she wanted. There were so many foreign sensations running through her she didn't have time to think. Only feel. Her nerves were humming and her heart was singing.

She found her body uncontrollably rubbing against his, the friction of his breeches against her heat was making her eyes glass over and the only noises she seemed capable of was moaning or mewing.

He nipped particularly hard on her nipple as his fingers stroked the inside of her thigh until he reached her wet heat. She gasped as he began caressing her hooded femininity and she experienced on onslaught of pleasure that was not comparable to anything she'd felt before.

James gazed into her blue eyes that were shining with innocence and felt his heart squeeze at the pain he was going to cause her. He pulled his hand away only long enough to shrug out of his coat and cravat but still she groaned in protest.

"I'm going to get you as ready as possible but I'm not going to lie, this is going to hurt for a minute." He said softly and leaned down to kiss her.

"I trust you. Love me." She replied when he pulled away, finally finding her voice.

He kissed his way down her body until he was kneeling before her. She leaned all the way back on the table, unable to support herself any longer as he kissed her thighs until the first touch of his tongue to her cored nerves had her sitting bolt upright.

"James?" She asked unsurely.

"Shh. It's alright. Just say the word and I'll stop." He said soothingly and resumed his attentions.

She forced herself to lay back down. She didn't know what she wanted but she didn't stop him. His wicked mouth and tongue had her writhing beneath him until she was so close to an edge that she'd never been on before. She didn't know whether to step back or jump off. He lapped at her delicate folds and then added two fingers to his ministrations until she was left little choice but to be shoved from the precipice.

Elise cried out and spasmed around his digits as she thrashed about in ecstasy but he stayed with her until she had calmed down. She lay there, utterly boneless for about a minute while she caught her breath and she was able to sit up again. He pulled her to him for a heated kiss and she could taste herself on his tongue, renewing her passions and making her ache to feel him as he had felt her.

She slid off the table, untucked his white shirt and began unbuttoning it until she could push it from his shoulders, his pants soon followed so that he was as exposed as she was.

She backed up to admire his leanly muscled body before pushing him onto the table with a wicked smile. Mimicking his previous actions, she stepped between his legs and pressed a kiss to the strong column of his neck, moving toward his shoulder and lower until she scraped her teeth across his flat nipples, giving his the same attention that he'd gave hers.

She listened with delight as he groaned when she ran her fingers timidly up his thigh until she was grasping his velvet shaft. Her eyes widened in surprise at the sheer size of him as she stroked him in wonder and lowered her head to take him in her mouth.

James was too close to losing it to take her intimacies and had to put a stop to her curious exploration.

"Stop love." He said with a pained look.

"Did I do something wrong?" She asked worriedly, feeling silly and inexperienced.

"You did something right. Too right. I'm afraid I can't control myself when it comes to you." He explained and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear.

"I don't want you to control yourself. I want to see the cool and collected Commodore lose it." She said and began stroking him again.

"Be careful what you wish for love." He growled and pulled her to him so hard that she toppled over.

He caught her and rolled her underneath him as he kissed her surprised lips. She groaned beneath him and stroked her fingers from his lower back to his shoulders. James poised himself at her heated entrance and plunged into her with one stroke. Her eyes widened with pain and her nails dug into his back as he forced himself to hold still so that she could adjust to him.

"Are you ready?" He asked tenderly.

She nodded and pulled his head to hers roughly for a kiss as she nipped on his lips, he supposed to distract herself from the pain. He thrust into her again and again until she was matching the steady rhythm. He could tell the moment when he was no longer hurting her, her kisses became softer and needier as she mewed low in her throat.

She was so tight and she just felt so damned good he knew he wouldn't last long in her wet heat. He broke away from her lips to trail hot open mouthed kisses down her heated flesh until he could captured a straining nipple his mouth.

With a sudden burst of strength that he wouldn't have thought her capable of she had rolled them over so that she was straddling him. The sexy picture she made would be forever ingrained in his mind. His hands on her breasts, her back arched, her tousled red curls tumbling around her shoulders and the incoherent noises of pleasure she was making as she rode him were enough to send him to his release. He screamed out her name as he spilled himself inside her.

She didn't stop riding him until she had came a second time, her muscles clenched around him as she shook and moaned in pleasure. She collapsed on top of him in exhaustion and he reached up to stroke her back.

"Wow." Was all he said. It had never been like that. Ever. Of course, his heart had never been involved either.

Elise had nothing to compare it to but she didn't see how it could get better than that. She managed to lift her head and lose herself in his green eyes.

"Mmm." She replied with a satisfied smile. "I hurt in places I never knew existed."

He sat up quickly, bringing her with him. "See what you do to me? I should have been more gentle. I forgot. I'm so sorry. Are you alright?"

"Don't be sorry. I've never been better. It's a good hurt." She replied before kissing him passionately. She felt him stirring against her stomach and she pulled back to smile.

"Ready again?" She teased.

"I fear with you I'm always ready." He answered seriously.

Elise could see that not being in control of himself bothered him and she said they only thing that she could think of to comfort him.

"James, you can't control everything. Some things are too big to fight against. Fate is at work here. Relax and see where it takes you."

He opened his mouth to reply but was interrupted by a knock on the door. They froze as their surprised eyes met, each with the same silent question.

"Who could that be?" James asked quietly, voicing it first.

"I don't know." She whispered back.

"Miss Gold?" Came Gillette's voice from the other side.

"Damn. I forgot about him." Elise said with a frustrated sigh.

"You knew he was coming? You were going to allow him in your quarters? Alone?" He asked jealously.

"Calm down James. It's not what you think at all. Besides, you were in my room alone." She said with exasperation.

"And look what just happened." He pointed out.

She would have laughed had they not been in such a precarious position.

"Miss Gold? Are you alright?" Gillette called.

She slipped as quietly as she could off James's lap and began tugging her dress on. James watched a moment before doing the same.

"He caught me as I was leaving the galley. He wanted to have dinner. I shook him off by telling him that I didn't feel well and I was going to go lay down. He said he'd check on me. That's it. He certainly wants more but he is not going to get it." She said as she helped him button his shirt the rest of the way.

"Indeed? Has he bothering you often?" Norrington asked protectively.

"Yes. Since he learned who my father was. The allure of my father's power is enough to tempt some men. Married or not." She replied contemptuously.

"He told you he was married?" He asked in surprise.

"He didn't have to. He has a white ring around his left hand where his wedding band should be." She said.

"I've been playing this game for a while now James. Don't look so surprised. You don't get to be my age with a father like mine and not learn to be cautious and read the signs. He's not the first man to try and woo me." She continued at his raised eyebrows.

"Nor am I." He said resentfully.

"I'm certain I'm not your first James. Listen, others have tried but you're the first one who has caught me. The only one." She assured him with a tempting kiss.

"Miss Gold? Are you sleeping?" Gillette's voice interrupted.

"What do you say we get rid of the Lieutenant once and for all?" Norrington said.

"I'm welcome to ideas." She agreed.

Norrington grinned at her wickedly before running a hand through his hair to muss it as he crossed to the door.

"James? What are you going to do?" She asked as she tried not to laugh but he had already opened the door to a shocked looking Gillette.

"Good evening Lieutenant. What's the problem?" He asked casually, making sure the door was open wide enough that Gillette could see Elise.

"Commodore!" He replied in surprise as he tried to hide a bottle of rum behind his back. "I was just checking on Miss Gold. She was feeling a little ill earlier."

"I doubt rum would have helped but in any case she's much better. She just had a little...exercise and that cleared it all up. Thanks for your concern. I'll let you return to your duties." Norrington said in his commanding tone and shut the door on his speechless officer.

Elise was doubled over in laughter and when she stood again she had tears streaming down her face.

"You do realize he's going to sully my good reputation." She said with her hands on her hips.

"What makes you say that?" He asked huskily as he moved closer to her.

"He's going to tell the other men what he just saw." She replied.

"I think that's the first time that man has ever been topped. He's infamous for his womanizing ways. I think he'll be too embarrassed to tell the other men." Norrington assured her and pulled her into his arms.

"What are you known for Commodore Norrington?" She asked, her lips a fraction of an inch from his.

"My control." He answered and crushed his lips down on hers.

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