A Biker's Tale

Chapter 13 - Encounters

They had reached Dawson Creek, British Columbia, which was technically the start of the ALCAN highway. So far it had been one of the most picturesque roadtrips Kate had ever made and could only be topped if they had made the trip on a motorcycle. Kate now understands why Castle had decided to make the trip on his Triumph. They would make this trip again some day in the future, but that would be with Rick on his Triumph and Kate on her Harley Softail. Once at Dawson they decide to use a hotel as a change to their routine. They find a good one at the Stonebridge Hotel rated quite highly on Google.

While in Dawson they take in some of the sites, most specifically the Mile 0 Marker, indicating the start of the ALCAN, the Dawson Creek Art Gallery, featuring many local artists, and the Farmer's Market where they stock up on supplies for the remainder of their trip. It is a whirl wind day as they take in as many of the other sites as the can. Canada was still relatively untouched when it came to its natural and untamed scenery. Along the way they had spotted deer, bear, and even buffalo along the route. It was truly Nature at its best putting on a show for them.

As it nears the evening hours, which with the persistence of daylight in this part of the world, evening could only be known by looking at one's watch. They head for dinner in the hotel's rated restaurant. The restaurant featured a fireplace that was lit with a roaring fire heating the dining area giving it the feel of country style dining. They order the beef rib dinner with all three side dishes and a nice bottle of wine. The ambiance is set and as they get back to their hotel room both are in high spirits. Castle in his usual fashion had gotten them a luxury suite which had a small living room area off to the side of the large king size bed and featured a sofa, barrel chair, and entertainment stand complete with large screen smart TV and satellite cable.

They are sitting in their living room area enjoying yet another bottle of wine which Castle had delivered to their room. Castle is telling Kate how he chose to do this bike safari, or at least what had started out as a bike safari.

"It had long been on my bucket list as one of the trips I wanted to make on my Triumph. When you left with Josh that day we solved the dirty bomb scare, I could not bear seeing you leave with him. I decided then I needed to get away from you as far as I could. How much further away can you get from the City than Alaska, without leaving North America. I had come to the conclusion I did not have a chance with you. You had passed me by twice, with Demming, then Josh."

Kate hears the hurt in Castle voice as he recounts his tale and his whole body echoes that hurt. She knows she has to make it up to him. To heal those emotional wounds she had inflicted on this man who had always tried to be there for her until he could not.

She comes into Rick's personal space, her lips lingering near his, as she explains, "Rick, I was a fool, so caught up in not becoming another one of your conquests, that I fought you every step of the way. That was the worst mistake of my life. I denied my heart in doing so, until I could not deny it any longer. I'm sorry for all that Rick, but it's you I want and only you."

With that she presses her lips to his and gives Rick a passionate kiss so filled with longing and lust. He responds by pulling her in closer as he celebrates her feel against him. His hands roam freely exploring every part of her incredible toned body. He undresses her slowly taking in her sight as each garment is pulled off her. She finally is completely naked and on total display for Rick who is taking in the sight of her fully; his eyes roaming up and down on her beautiful nude form.

"Rick", she says with such desire, "you have too many clothes on, let me take care of that right now."

Just as slowly as Rick had undressed her, she starts on Rick until he too is in front of her in his full glory. She had never realized that under his designer clothes was a body the likes of which shown like a Greek statue. His arms muscle toned, his chest full, his abs absolutely sculpted in washboard fashion. He had light brown hair on his chest which went down and covers the top base of his manhood. A male member now in full passion and so endowed, more so than any other man she had been with intimately. Kate's eyes grow wide at the sheer sight of him, and she wondered why it had taken her so long to come to this point in their relationship.

Rick, seeing the longing and pleasure in her look, asks, "Like what you see, Kate?"

"Yes", she replies so breathlessly giving away her stunned emotions of seeing Rick au naturel."

"Let me respond to that", he tells her as he takes her in a tight embrace and kiss. His hands once again explores her body but his touch on her now fully exposed body send shivers down her spine. They are now fully reclined on the coach in their hotel suite.

"Kate", he says, "let's take this to a place more appropriate for what we want."

And with that he carries Kate, bride style, to the king size bed of their suite. He drops her on the bed and then goes to the end of their bed, upon which Kate sits up on her elbows enjoying the view. Rick stands at the foot of their bed in his full raging glory.

"You cut such a glorious manly figure", she tells him unashamedly and lustfully, "and you are all mine tonight!"

"Always", he replies using their word.

With that he brings his mouth to Kate's core and teases her with his tongue. Kate had always been bold in her sexual preferences and what Castle was now doing pushes her to the edge.

"Oh Rick," she cries out so passionately, "I need you so much. I want you now!"

"Patience Detective. All in due time, let's savor our moment. Now is the time for even more foreplay."

His hands go for her breasts fondling her as he continues with his oral stimulation of her.

Kate is in sensual overload and she is panting heavily as if trying to catch her breath. Never had any man pleasured her so. She came to realize this was not just sex. She had sex before with Wil and Josh, but this was different. No Rick was not just having sex with her, he was making love to her. For the first time in her life a man was making love with her. He was worshipping her body, taking her to new heights of passion. How could she have ignored this man for as long as she had? They should have experienced this event sooner. She had been such a fool!

Rick continues to make love to her in ways she had yet to know. This man was everything the rumors had spoken of, a great bed mate, and very experienced. When finally Rick does enter her, she shatters in a climax that has her whole body succumbing to him. Then when Rick finally goes over the top and spills into her, she experiences another hard climax followed by multiple spontaneous orgasms after that. Never had that ever happened to her.

Sex was indeed different, in the best way, with a man you loved! She knew now without doubt that Rick was her one, She would spend the remainder of her life making up for all the hurt she had put him thru not wanting to be another conquest of his. For all the denial she had shown to him, she now would show Rick that she was totally his, she would live up to his love of her. Love, an emotion that she had so much tried to hide from him, but could no longer keep it hidden. She was now all in, her feet firmly planted inside her door.

Afterglow

She lay in bed, fully and blissfully satisfied from their first ever night of love making. Never had she experienced such a night with any man. So here she is, head on his chest, her hands touching parts of his body and taking in the feel of him. This man whom she had fully given herself to and in return he had showed her the depth of his emotions for her. She had not felt this way for any man she had ever been with. Men whom she had sought to be with in serious carnal relationships. All those men had been but pretenders for her heart. None had gained a space there.

Josh had come close but still missed. Rick had been the only one to gain a hold on her heart and try as she may to deny him he held that spot fiercely. It had taken time and a lot of resistance on her part until Rick's persistence had worn away her wall and she finally admitted that he was the one…her one.

Rick stirs, coming out of his sleep. He sees her and his face glows. Seeing this reaction to her, the look so wanting, and made for just her, Kate blushes at his response to their first time being together carnally.

"Why are you looking at me like that?", she asks of him.

"Because my fondest dreams have come true. Waking up the morning after, next to you, seeing you in my bed."

"Oh", she replies, but again blushes, this time in a noticeable red.

"Why the blush?"

"Because no one has ever told me that the morning after."

"Not even Josh?"

"He was often apologizing for being called to the hospital on an emergency. When he wasn't, his doctor side came out, and he would ask if there were any bad effects from the night before.

What kind of man asks that of his girlfriend after an intimate session?"

"A man with a driven sense of caring for people's well being, that is what made him a great doctor."

"Yes but how does one compete with that?"

"You don't, you can't, that was his calling. The same kind of calling that made you a cop seeking justice for people who have a love one murdered. An event in Josh's life changed him, drove him to give medical care for people without. Just like your mom's murder changed you to seek justice for people like yourself in similar circumstances. It is an all consuming calling that both of you had Kate."

"Is that how we are Rick, will we end up the same way?"

"No, because in my case it's a shared calling, not a competitive calling. Working cases with you to the point we have a mind blend. So strong is it that we do case analysis arriving at the same conclusion spontaneously. We see things together. Things that often others miss. It brings us closer Kate, rather than pulls us apart, as what happened with Josh and you. So this is the one thing that I have with you that Josh lacked. So I do not compete with your calling, but rather participated in it."

Kate realizes now what Josh had experienced in their union. How his calling had doomed them from the start. The very passion for his calling that had initially attracted her to Josh was in the end what drove them apart. Both were consumed in their pursuit of their calling to the ultimate exclusion of the other. It left no emotional energy for that other person. Their callings had taken all that, leaving behind only the physical aspect of their union. It was indeed ironic.

With Rick it was different. He did not compete with her calling, to the contrary, he was part of it. They had come to know each other's soul by it. Often she marveled at how much they knew each other in spirit. It was like they could read each others thoughts at times, and know what the other felt. A union of spirit now complete with a union of the carnal. The two had come together in them. They had become a complete one, in mind and body. They were now a joined couple.

That fact spoke so much about her and Rick and how they had come to be. For more than three years he had worked with her, assisting and sharing, in her life's calling. In many ways it had predestined them and brought about their joining. One might even conclude it had been in the stars for them all along.