Page 16 of Duty and Desire

She let her climax subside and felt Ros’s fingers sliding out of her before opening her eyes to see Ros, still situated between her legs, a pleased smirk across her face. Her gray wolfy eyes were dancing in the light. She looked beautiful and predatoryand Scarlett liked it. Ros pulled her up into a kiss, and she could taste herself on Ros’s tongue as she lost herself in kissing Ros. She wanted to please Ros in return so she flipped their positions, rolling Ros over so Scarlett was now on top. She rolled Ros one more time so that Ros was lying prone beneath her. Face down in the pillow. Scarlett lay on top of her with all her weight pressing down on her. Ros, however ferocious as a general was actually smaller than her and Scarlett enjoyed the feeling of covering Ros with her body and feeling her own breasts pressing into Ros’s back.

She kissed Ros’s ear, her neck. Kissing, nibbling, licking. She felt Ros shuddering beneath her and moans escaping her mouth. Deep guttural moans.

She likes this.

Scarlett did more of the same, her mouth, tongue and teeth working completely synchronized to tease Ros’s neck shoulders and ears. All of her senses were alight.

Scarlett positioned her mouth exactly at Ros’s ear.

“I can’t wait to taste you,” she whispered and Ros responded with a loud moan and a shiver ran right through her body.

“I want to push my tongue inside of you,” Scarlett whispered, her lips to Ros’s other ear.

Ros moaned again, her body beginning to writhe beneath Scarlett.

Ros’s right hand started moving beneath her. Scarlett took her hands both of them and pinned them by the wrists with Scarlett’s own right hand above her head near the headboard.

“No hands, General Carson,” she whispered again in Ros’s ear.

Ros’s body was writhing again as though trying to find something to press down upon to seek out some pressure for her clitoris.

Ros was clearly very very turned on. A thought flashed through Scarlett’s mind.

“Maybe you could come for me just like this,” she growled into Ros’s ear.

“Just thinking of what I want to do to you should be enough… shouldn’t it?”

Scarlett paused watching the visceral reaction Ros’s body was having.

“Just imagine my fingers pushing slow and deep inside you and beginning to fuck you…”

Ros moaned again, her breath now coming in short pants.

“I want to take you from behind, open you up, make you take all of me inside you until you are stretched and full…”

“Why don’t you come for me?” Scarlett went back to sucking and licking at Ros’s earlobe, at her neck, at her shoulder and pressing her body down into Ros’s.

She felt Ros tense beneath her and cry out in climax. Scarlett felt Ros’s orgasm screaming through the both of them. She smiled to herself and held Ros as she rode out the orgasm. She kissed her neck lightly and she noticed tears on Ros’s cheeks as she finally rolled off her.

She didn’t mention them. Ros didn’t say anything either so Scarlett took her in her arms and just held her as more tears came.

It wasn’t long before Ros fell asleep in Scarlett’s arms. She wasn’t entirely sure how they had ended up here, but she had to say, she liked it.

The early morning light had just begun to filter through the windows as Scarlett quietly dressed, careful not to wake Ros, who lay beside her in the peacefulness of sleep.

She turned to look at Ros one last time before leaving, her heart clenching at the sight. She was so strong and composed in the daylight, but now looked vulnerable and serene in sleep. The lines of worry and responsibility that usually etched her face had softened, replaced by an almost youthful calm. Scarlett wanted to reach out, to brush her fingers against Ros's cheek, but she resisted. They had already crossed one too many lines.

Scarlett quietly opened the door, taking one last look at Ros before stepping into the dimly lit hallway. The base was still, the usual bustle of soldiers and staff not yet beginning for the day. As she walked, Scarlett’s mind raced. She longed to turn back, to return to Ros's side, but knew she couldn’t. Their actions had been risky, reckless even, and the consequences could be severe. Yet the memory of Ros's touch, her kiss, the way she had held Scarlett as if she was something precious made it impossible to regret.

6

ROS

Back in her quarters, Ros lay awake, her eyes fixed on the door Scarlett had just closed behind her. The warmth of Scarlett’s body beside her had already begun to fade, leaving Ros alone with her thoughts. She knew she should feel regret and be preparing herself for the fallout of what they had done. But instead, all she could think about was how alive she felt and how Scarlett had reignited something within her that she had thought long been extinguished.

Ros ran a hand through her hair, mussed from sleep, and let out a long breath. She was in dangerous territory now, both professionally and personally. She had spent her entire career upholding the rules, setting an example, and maintaining the strict boundaries that came with her rank. And yet, in one night, she had shattered them all for the sake of one woman.

She was a general, a leader, someone who was supposed to uphold the rules, not break them. And yet, here she was, having crossed a line she knew could have serious consequences.