She had never seen a man unclothed before, even though the spaces on the scow were small and did not give one much room for privacy. She could not help being dismayed by the size of Wolf Hawk’s manhood as it pressed against her flesh. Its warm touch made her feel oddly giddy.
“Open more widely to me,” Wolf Hawk whispered into her ear. “It is time for us to make love. I will be gentle. I want you to remember this first time as one of much plea sure.”
Having no idea what to expect when he went all the way inside her, and being somewhat afraid, since he seemed so big and she was so petite, Mia felt her pulse race.
If not for that strange yearning inside her, she might even change her mind about making love, but her heart seemed to cry out for their complete togetherness.
Wolf Hawk realized how tentative she now was about what they were doing, and he understood. The first time for a woman, especially a woman as sweet and as inexperienced as Mia, could be frightening.
“I shall kiss you and hold you in my arms as I go further inside you,” he whispered into her ear, holding her tenderly against him. “There will be some pain, but with me the pain will be very brief and I will then take you with me to a place that will make you cry out with plea sure.”
Trying to ready herself for that moment of pain Wolf Hawk had prepared her for, Mia lay stiffly, her mind no longer filled with ecstasy but fear. She clung to him as he tenderly nudged her legs farther apart.
She closed her eyes as he slowly shoved his heat within her. To her surprise, she was filled with desire all over again when Wolf Hawk held her tightly against him and kissed her.
She did feel a pang of pain when he went even farther into her, but then realized it was true what he had said about plea sure coming after pain. As he began his rhythmic strokes inside her, now thrusting deeply, ecstasy rose up in her.
Her eyes pooled with tears of joy as he leaned down and showered her breasts with sweet kisses, then stopped at one of the breasts and drew its nipple gently between his teeth to nibble on it.
Never had she known such things happened between a man and a woman, that a breast could be worshipped by a man as Wolf Hawk was now doing. He cupped one of hers so gently in his hand, as his tongue sent plea sure throughout her.
She felt a splendid joy when his lips came to hers again and kissed her hungrily. She knew now to move her body with his, in order to deepen the plea sure that was filling her.
Wolf Hawk enfolded her in his solid strength as he held her. Their togetherness, their lovemaking, stoked fires within him that he had never felt before.
But he had never been in love before. He had never known a woman like Mia before.
Ho, the Winnebago women were beautiful and desirable, but there was something about Mia that made him know she was born to be his, no matter the color of the skin. In her heart she was Winnebago.
Theirs was a union that had been blessed by not only his Earthmaker, but also her own god.
“I want you as mine forever,” he whispered against her lips as he paused for a moment before taking her on to paradise with him. “I want you as my wife.”
Mia’s eyes clouded with doubt for a moment. “But will your people accept me?”
“They already have,” Wolf Hawk said, searching her eyes. “Will you be my wife?”
“You know that I will,” Mia said, smiling sweetly at him.
Everything within him sang and soared as Wolf Hawk smiled back at her.
“Soon, my woman,” he said huskily. “Very soon we will be blessed by both our gods as husband and wife.”
“I already feel that we have been,” Mia murmured.
“My woman, my love,” Wolf Hawk said, then kissed her with a heat that w
as new to her, yet welcomed.
Fiercely, he drew her even closer. He thrust into her as their lips met again in trembling kisses.
And then as they clung and made love, Mia felt something so wonderfully blissful, she knew that she had just experienced the ultimate of plea sure. The wondrous feeling seemed never to stop as he continued with his thrusts, and then moaned as his body quivered and quaked against hers.
Slowly they came down from the clouds of rapture, lying together beside the slowly burning embers of the fire, their bodies still touching, their hands clasped. Mia closed her eyes and smiled.
“I never knew such wondrous feelings could exist between a man and a woman,” she murmured.
She opened her eyes, turned on her side to face Wolf Hawk, and ran a hand slowly over his powerfully muscled chest. Then she dared to move her hand lower, where he was no longer as large, yet still large enough to amaze her at his greatness.