"Oh, I'll be coming," he assured her with a wicked smile and started into the water. He walked out until the water was just above his knees, then raised his arms and made a shallow dive under the water's surface.
Saidh watched the water between them, trying to spot his approach, but didn't see him until he suddenly splashed up out of the water directly in front of her.
"Good morn," he growled and she felt his arm slide around her waist under the water, and then he dragged her against his chest and claimed her lips. Saidh smiled against his mouth and wrapped her arms and legs around him to keep from swaying in the water. Feeling his erection bob against her bottom, she pulled back from his kiss and arched an eyebrow.
"How are ye feeling this morn, me laird?" she asked sweetly.
"Better now," he said with a grin, shifting his hands down to clasp her bottom and squeeze gently.
"And did ye enjoy playing with me brothers?" she asked dryly.
"No' nearly as much as I enjoy playing with you," he assured her, shifting her slightly. Saidh's eyes widened when his erection rubbed against her and then was caught between them.
"How did they convince ye to play their drinking games?" she asked a little breathlessly as he shifted her to rub against him again.
"They said ye could drink all o' them under the table and surely I wanted to prove I was a better man than ye," he admitted wryly.
Saidh chuckled and shook her head. "I have drunk all o' them under the table, all but Aulay," she added. "And only one at a time."
"Ah," he said dryly and then shrugged. "If nothing else, they seem to hate me a little less now. At least only one o' them threatened to kill me this morning."
"Aulay?" Saidh asked with amusement.
"Aye," Greer said wryly. "Although he did include the others in the threat, saying they'd all come after me if I hurt ye."
Saidh tilted her head and eyed him with interest. "Ye do no' appear to be overly concerned by the threat."
"Because it's no' a worry, since I ha'e no plans to hurt ye," he assured her solemnly.
Saidh stared at him silently, and then tightened her legs around his waist and stretched up to kiss him.
Greer kissed her back briefly, but then pulled back to point out. "Ye ken we've yet to consummate the marriage?"
"That is no' my fault," she pointed out dryly. "I was waiting patiently abed last night when me brothers carried yer drunk arse in and dropped ye on the bed, antlers and all."
"Antlers?" he asked with a start. Greer had been carrying her toward shore, but paused now to peer at her with amazement.
Saidh nodded. "Ye had antlers strapped to yer head. The strapping was tied under yer chin like a bairn's bonnet. Ye looked quite ridiculous," she added.
"Yer brothers must ha'e done it," he said grimly as he continued out of the water, and then added, "They do no' seem to like me much."
Saidh nearly laughed at his confounded expression as he said that. She managed not to though, and simply pointed out, "Ye seem surprised."
"Aye, well, e'ery one likes me usually . . . except mayhap the men I've killed," he allowed thoughtfully.
Her eyebrows rose. "Ha'e ye killed many men, then?"
"Oh, aye," he said as if it was of no account. "I would ha'e had to be verra bad at what I did to earn me coin if that were no' the case."
"Oh, aye, ye were a sword fer hire," she recalled as he stopped in the middle of the clearing. Saidh waited until he'd set her on the plaid he'd discarded earlier, and then leaned back on her elbows and asked, "What was that like?"
Greer was silent for a minute, his gaze sliding over her naked wet body. Once he'd looked his fill, he turned his attention back to her face and arched an eyebrow. "Would ye rather I talk or get to the consummating?"
"Can ye no' do both?" she taunted.
"O' course. I just did no' think ye'd want me to," he said as he dropped to his knees beside her. "Since it would mean no' being able to kiss ye."
Saidh's eyes widened at that announcement and she sat up. Slipping one hand around his neck to urge him toward her, she whispered, "Ye were right," against his lips, and then slid her tongue out to run along them.
Releasing, a low growl, Greer slid his arms around her and covered her mouth with his in a slow, sweet kiss that left them both breathless and clinging to each other.
"I need ye, lass," Greer groaned, urging her back to lie flat on his plaid, his hands now moving over her body, caressing every inch revealed to him.
Saidh shifted restlessly under his touch, her hands covering his and giving a brief, encouraging squeeze before moving on to touch him. One hand slid up his arm to find and massage his chest, but the other dropped to the knee beside her and began to run up it. She'd nearly reached the stiff erection poking up between his legs when Greer gave off caressing her to snatch the hand away.
" 'Twill be over ere we've begun do ye--" his words died on a startled gasp as Saidh suddenly sat up, letting her other hand drop to claim the prize the first had failed at grasping. Holding him firmly, she prevented any protest he may have offered by kissing him.
Greer hesitated, and then opened his mouth to kiss her back. Saidh sighed her pleasure into his mouth as his tongue plunged inside, and was so distracted by his kisses for a moment that her hand remained still, merely clasping him. When she did recall what she'd intended to do and started to slide her hand tentatively along his sheath, Greer broke their kiss.
"But--" Saidh began in protest, and then snapped her mouth closed in surprise when he abruptly caught her by the waist and turned her in front of him so that she knelt with her back to his chest. "What--?"
Saidh nearly bit her tongue off with surprise when he plastered his chest to her back, his arms snaking around her body so that he could cup and caress a breast with one hand, while the other slid down between her legs.
"Oh," Saidh moaned, pushing back against him as his skilled fingers slid between the folds of her womanhood to find the nub it hid. When his fingers then began to dance lightly over the sensitive flesh, she shifted into the touch, gasping, "Oh, husband."
Greer nipped and then suckled at her neck in response, then removed the hand at her breast to urge her face around for another kiss. Saidh responded eagerly, alternately thrusting her own tongue out to meet his, and then retrieving it so that she could suck on his instead. All the while her hips were riding the caressing hand between her legs, her bottom pressing and rubbing against his rock hard erection where it was caught between their bodies and then moving forward again into his touch.
When he suddenly broke their kiss, Saidh moaned in protest, then gave a gasp of surprise when he pressed on her back, forcing her forward on her knees. Releasing the stranglehold she hadn't realized she'd had on his hands, Saidh reached out to catch herself, hands flat on the ground, and then she cried out with surprised pleasure as he suddenly thrust into her from behind.
Already on the verge of succumbing to her pleasure, his suddenly filling her pushed Saidh over the edge and her surprised cry was followed by a scream of pleasure that sent the birds flapping in the trees overhead.
Greer froze, his erection planted deep inside her as her body convulsed around him. But he didn't stop caressing her, and, finding herself extremely sensitive there of a sudden, Saidh braced herself on one hand and started to reach back with the other to urge his caressing fingers away, but then gasped in surprise and quickly returned her hand to the ground to brace herself as he withdrew and then thrust into her again. Much to her amazement, after three or four thrusts, the excitement that she'd thought was spent began to build in her again, stoked by both his touch and his erection sliding in and out of her.
Planting her hands more firmly and shifting her knees a little further apart to adjust to a more pleasing angle, Saidh began to push back into his thrusts almost violently, demanding the release that lay just out of reach. She had nearly found it again when Greer suddenly withdrew both his hands and his body. Saidh glanced sharply over her
shoulder, ready to bellow at him for it, then gasped instead when he caught her by the hips and flipped her like a bairn in a cradle. She landed on her back with an "oomph" and then simply stared in amazement when he caught her by the ankles, lifted her legs and thrust into her again from this new position.
Saidh simply gaped at the man's face where it was framed by her ankles, not at all sure she liked this position. Apparently, he wasn't as pleased with it as he'd thought he'd be either, because just as quickly as he'd changed positions earlier, he released her ankles, then caught her by the waist and lifted her up even as he sat back on his haunches. Now she was straddling his lap and she was able to wrap her arms around his shoulders and hold on as he raised and lowered her with his hands on her bottom.
Her breasts rubbed against his chest with each motion and while he wasn't able to caress her with his fingers this way, his cock did that for him, rubbing against her core each time he withdrew. Saidh liked it, especially when he began to kiss her as well . . . although, she soon had trouble concentrating on the kissing, and began merely to suck on his tongue almost desperately as her body pulled into a tight ball of anticipation.