Page 12 of Hearts Under Fire
“You’ll be okay. The pain will be a distraction, but this wound won’t keep us from moving on when the sun goes down.”
Kate’s voice was professional, but Alexis could hear the wavering sadness in her tone and see the tremble of her jaw. It had been close—obviously too close for Kate’s liking.
Alexis nodded, unable to speak. Normally, she kept herself pretty guarded, staying irreverent and keeping things fun. That way whenever she wanted to leave, or someone else wanted to leave her there was little to no pain involved. If you didn’t get attached, you didn’t get your feelings hurt.
But she could have died. And if Alexis had died there in the clearing, what would Kate have done? Would she have been able to get to the helo without taking fire? The idea of Kate having to traverse the valley and reach the next extraction point on her own had anxiety rolling through her.
The moment Alexis had opened the door to Colonel Williams's office and looked into Kate Cross’s eyes, she’d been yanked out of her comfort zone and dropped into unfamiliar territory. Her piercing brown eyes had looked through Alexis, sending an electric shock through her entire being. Her soft blonde hair had been pulled back into a severe bun, perfect, without a single hair out of place. Her lips had parted softly in surprise when her eyes had landed on Alexis instead of Colonel Williams. Alexis was brought back to her original fear of what it would be like to be addicted to Kate. She wondered if it would be worth it to be addicted to something so tempting.
Kate looked into her eyes, and Alexis leaned down, completely mesmerized, her gaze locked on Kate’s lips in thesemi darkness. Adrenaline, fear, and visceral desire collided in Alexis, and she reached out to Kate to pull her into her arms, needing to hold her. Kate surprised her and leapt at her at the same time.
Arms thrown haphazardly around Alexis's neck, Kate latched on, wrapping her legs around Alexis’s waist, and their heads leaned in together, finally closing the gap and letting their lips touch. Soft lips caressed and tongues slid together, and she moaned into Kate’s mouth. Kate’s hands skimmed along her neck, sending electricity skittering down Alexis's spine. A groan tore from her throat, and she instinctively bucked her hips against Kate. The lust was blinding, and Alexis just wanted to get her hands and mouth on Kate’s skin.
A soft, lilting moan came from Kate, and Alexis felt her blood heat at the sound. They both needed this. After spending the last two days together taking fire, saving the crew, and her getting shot, the two of them needed some sort of release, and Alexis was determined they’d get it now.
Grabbing Kate by the back of her neck and securing her in her arms, Alexis rose to her feet. She took a few unsteady steps to the darkest corner of their hideaway and slid them down so that she was seated with Kate in her lap, her legs still wrapped around Alexis like vines.
Nearly frantic in her need, Kate sucked Alexis’s lower lip into her mouth and caressed it with her tongue, urging her on. Alexis went to work on Kate’s buttons, frantically trying to get her hands and mouth on her bare skin. The last button finally freed, Alexis pushed the uniform from Kate’s shoulders and tugged the t-shirt from her beltline. Kate came to life, pulling the shirt over her head. She tossed it to the side, ripped off her bra, and went to take what was left of Alexis’s uniform off, too. Alexis reached for Kate’s hair, which was still pulled back from her face.
Alexis wanted to run her hands through the golden honey of Kate’s hair, so she tugged on the hair tie until the gold curtain fell. Her blonde tresses surrounded them, and Alexis dragged one hand into her hair and pinned Kate’s hips against her own before lowering her head to Kate’s newly exposed breasts.
The chill in the air had Kate’s nipples hard, and Alexis lapped at the left one with her tongue before sucking it into her mouth and nipping it slightly with her teeth. Kate cried out, thrust her breast further into Alexis’ mouth, and bucked her hips forward, grinding her pelvis directly into Alexis’s. They both moaned at the friction, and Alexis released Kate’s neck to pull off her belt and unbutton her cargo pants. She tugged at the buttons and yanked the pants down just far enough to get what she wanted. Alexis cupped her hand and gently kneaded her palm into Kate’s pelvis. She could feel the damp patch in Kate’s panties, and she had to have more. Pulling the panties roughly aside, Alexis’s fingers delved into Kate’s wetness.
“Alexis,” Kate breathed, and Alexis froze. Her gaze snapped to meet Kate’s.
“Do you want me to stop, baby?” It was the last thing she wanted to do, but she would if that’s what Kate wanted.
A whimpering moan tore from Kate’s throat. “Godno, don’t youdarestop.”
Lust burned through Alexis like wildfire at the puredesirein Kate’s voice, and she resumed her mission worshipping Kate’s breasts as her fingers slid and teased through Kate’s labia. Luckily the wound was her left shoulder and she was right handed. Alexis’s legendary sexual skills hadn’t been harmed by her injury.
Thank God for that!
Kate bucked and moaned as Alexis’ thumb began swirling in tantalizing rhythmic circles over Kate’s clitoris.
“Oh god, Kate. You’re so wet for me,” Alexis groaned and kept up the pace. Kate bucked again and gasped, and Alexis slid her index finger inside her.
Kate whimpered. “Please,” she begged, writhing. “I want you so bad.”
The right breast, which had been neglected up until this point, was calling to Alexis. She released the left breast with a pop, causing Kate to cry out, and pulled the right nipple into her mouth, biting down softly. A shudder went through Kate, and Alexis used the moment to slide in a second finger while still swirling circles around her clitoris with her thumb. Kate tightened around her fingers like a vice and Alexis briefly wondered how long it had been for her. Kate’s sexual hunger was all encompassing.
“Oh, fuck,” Kate swore, her eyes closed in ecstasy, her face pinched in pleasure.
Kate ground her hips into Alexis’s hand, riding the rhythmic thrusts of her fingers, drunk on the swirl of Alexis’s thumb over her clit. Alexis knew her own pussy was wet- she was so turned on, and she ached to have Kate’s hands on her. Time was suspended around them, and Alexis wasn’t sure how much longer she could keep Kate on the edge.
An erratic thrust of Kate’s hips was the first warning that she was ready to come before she gasped out, “No. No, no, no. Not yet. I don’t want to come alone.”
One moment, Alexis was in control. Kate had practically rode her hand while seated in her lap. The next second, Kate had pushed her down to the floor and was yanking her belt off and undoing the buttons on Alexis’s cargo pants.
Electricity zinged through her as Kate right hand pushed its way into her underwear and slid immediately through her own wetness. Alexis cried out against Kate’s breast, and Kate zeroed on her clit almost immediately. Kate had skipped straight tothe point and began a punishing rhythm, nearly blinding in its intensity and threatening to send Alexis over the cliff. She was already dangerously close to orgasm from Kate’s grinding needily on her fingers.
A whimper escaped Alexis’s mouth, and she clamped back down on Kate’s soft, perfect nipple and reached her right hand back between Kate’s legs, pushing back inside her and resuming her rhythm. The more she swirled her thumb in time with her tongue, the faster Kate’s fingers worked on her clit. Heat rose, and Alexis wasn’t sure how much longer she could hold out.
Kate’s hips thrust erratically into Alexis’s hand, and she moaned. Kate inserted one finger, and then a second into Alexis’s pussy seeking out her G spot and pressed the heel of her hand against Alexis’s clitoris. The world exploded, stars filling Alexis' vision, and Kate ground her clit into her palm. Kate was whimpering and moaning incoherently and Alexis realized that she was too.
Mmmmm.
Having Kate sexually was better than Alexis had ever imagined. (And she had imagined it.)