Piper (Queen's Birds of Prey 4)

She put her hand over his mouth. “You haven’t.” He nodded and kissed the palm of her hand. “Also, just so you know, neither have I seen a naked man. We’re new to each other. All right?” She laughed a little more. “Of course, if you were to tell me you’d really not seen a naked woman before, I’d believe you, after that show of clumsiness.”

“Yes, well, I wasn’t expecting you to be naked.” He kissed her neck, then her shoulder. “Perhaps we should stay on the floor, so I don’t toss you across the room when I enter you. You never know.”

“I do know. I know you’re the best thing that has ever happened to me.” She turned on his lap, so she was facing him. Grant willed his clothing away, and she hummed at him. “Very nice, Mr. Coby. You have wonderfully warm skin.”

They touched each other. Smoothed their fingers over their skin. Massaged muscles. Grant tasted her nipples, her entire breast. He even suckled on her ear lobes. Tasting each part of her that he could, Grant was getting a wonderful idea that his mate was as beautiful naked as she was in clothes.

Lifting her up when she asked for help, Grant slid Piper down over his cock like she’d been made to be there. He didn’t move, didn’t touch her again while he held his breath and counted to ten. Then to twenty. As soon as she moved, her body adjusting to his, he put his hands on her arms and held her still. When she giggled, he looked into her face.

“You’re very large.” He nodded, not sure he could speak over the large knot in his throat. “I love the way you feel inside of me, Grant. Like you’re now a part of me forever.”

Rolling over, so she was under him, he cried out when her legs wrapped around his hips. Not in pain, but in pure pleasure. Again he didn’t move, trying his best not to come yet. He’d never been so close to coming even when he’d been with his first woman. Piper put her hands on his face and pulled him down for a long and very thorough kiss.

“You’re very beautiful. Too much for me, almost.” She grinned at him and moved her hips. “Christ, do you have any idea what you’re doing to me?”

“Yes.” She moved again, this time raising her hips up to meet his downward stroke. It was too much for him and not nearly enough. “Take me, Grant. Please? I need to have you fill me.”

Wanting to take his time made him pause. When she moved again, he held her hips still as he looked into her eyes. Then, just like that, it occurred to him that he’d have the rest of his life with this woman. He’d be able to make love to her whenever he wanted. Have a quickie in the yard or even a long bath with her in the house. She was his. Forever and a day.

“I love you, Piper. For the rest of my days, I will love you more and more.” He laid his head on her forehead and smiled. “You are the very best part of me.”

Grant made love to her. He touched every inch of her that he could reach. Tasted parts of her body that were made for him. Even as he filled her over and over with his cock, he told her with words and actions how much he needed her in his life. How he wanted her there for him. But mostly just how much he loved her.

Piper’s nipples were peaked, and he couldn’t resist suckling at them. Her fingers wove through his hair and massaged his scalp. It was strangely erotic the way she touched him there. Even when he held her tighter to his body, he could see places on her flesh that he’d missed. More places to explore. When she came, shouting out his name and her love for him, Grant joined her, coming down to earth with the only woman he’d ever love.

~*~

Piper left their bedroom just as the sun was coming up. They’d made love several times throughout the night, and she was sore in places she’d never realized existed before. Moving down the steps, she had to smile. Getting the better of Grant had been more fun than she thought it might be.

He’d gotten up to go to the bathroom. Time had ceased to mean anything to the two of them. For all she knew, it could well have been several days or only several minutes since they’d dragged themselves to bed. But she wanted him again and had followed him into the bathroom. He was washing his hands just as she entered.

Sitting up on the counter, she spread her legs wide for him. Touching her fingers to her nipples made her hum with pleasure. That was all it took for him to attack her right then and there. He’d fucked her hard enough that the sink would never be the same. The floor had also suffered greatly.

Now she had to get to work. The idea that had been playing around in her head all day yesterday had finally come to fruition. She knew not only what it would look like, but what she wanted to use—glass and metal. It was something she’d wanted to play with for a while, but the project for it had never been there. Now it was.

“Mistress?” The little faerie was sitting atop one of her flames. It wasn’t on, thankfully, but she did warn him that should it have just been turned off, he’d still be hurt. “Thank you for that. I’ll warn the others. We have something to ask of you. Should you say no, we would continue to stay here in your domain. The master of the house, he said we were to ask you for whatever we wanted, as this is your place of peace.”

“He’s correct. However, I don’t mind that any of you are here. For some reason, I have more peace when I know someone is in here with me.” She asked him what he wanted. “However, if you want heat or air, it?

?s coming soon. The furnace, as well as the air conditioner, is going to be installed next month. The insulation and the vents are already here, so it won’t take them long to install it.”

“That is most excellent, my lady. Most excellent indeed. What we were wishing to ask you about is if you could please leave the water on for us. While we can go out and get it should we want, some of the others here, they’re breeding and do not wish to leave their young ones.” She told him she thought faeries were born in the flowers. “Most are. A great many of them are yearly. But these are our children. The ones that will take over the other jobs we have, such as the building of furniture. Some of the houses we use are needed for those couples.”

“I didn’t know that. I thank you for the information. In addition to the water being left on for you, is there anything else that I can do for you? I noticed that you’ve found the sugar cubes I’ve left out for you, as well as the petals. I have to admit, I wouldn’t have thought of either of those without Grant telling me. I had no idea what I thought you’d do for food in here, but I’m sorry it took me so long to put them out for you.” The little man told her they had ways of getting in and out of the building. However, it was difficult. She heard the tone he had but chose to ignore it for now. “Is there anything else I can do for you?”

“The scraps that you leave behind. We’ve been collecting them to use for things such as knives and the like. We were wondering if you’d show us how to use the sanding thing over there so that we might be able to make them sharper, or even bend them in a way to make other utensils.” She followed him across the room, terrified that he wanted to use her electric sander. All sorts of things jumbled around in her head until she thought of something else. She stopped in her tracks. “My lady?”

“This wasn’t here yesterday. This building was...it’s just like the one I had at home, but attached to the house as—” She looked around. “It’s much bigger than the one I had at home. This is new too. I just realized that everything in here is brand new.” He nodded at her, looking at her like she was off her noddle. Perhaps she was. “You were in the other building I was using. I saw you there. Where did this come from?”

“I did it.” She turned and looked at Grant when he came into the door. “I told you I had magic of my own. And being fae, I could ask the earth for all kinds of things. This, however, is a duplication of the other building you had. Only, as you pointed out, much larger. I wanted you to be happy here. I would have been happy too if you’d not left so early this morning.”

She laughed and kissed him as he had her. They had company, and she didn’t want to get into this with him while the others were wanting answers. Taking his hand, she went to the other side of the room with the little man. The first thing she wanted to know was his name.

“Gosh, I completely forgot. My name is Key, my lady. ‘Tis an odd name, I’m told, but I like the way it sounds when I say it. Key.” There were several sanders in the area he’d taken them to. One of them was the very one she had been afraid of him using. However, all he wanted to know how to use was the sandpaper. “It would be easy for us to use, I think, but it’s much too large for us to carry around. If you’d show us how to use it, we’d be very grateful.”

“You tell me how big of a piece you’re wanting to use, Key, and I’ll cut some of this up for you. Also, you should know that there are different grades of it. Some is used for shaping, but I also have the kind of sandpaper that is used for making the surface smooth. I’ll cut you up some of all that I have. When you need more, you need only to tell me. I’ll gladly do this for you.”

As she and Grant helped cut up the paper with scissors, they talked about the building. The others, perhaps a dozen or so more little people, came to help, carrying the cut paper to a place that would be out of her way. Piper decided to make them an area all of their own, so they could have their own space.