“Jericho?” Cara tried to keep the hurt from her voice.
“Why should I be angry? Because you’re lunatic brother decided to kill us, because you could have told me you live in a palace and are practically royalty, or because your father is aSaint?”
Cara held him even closer. “Technically, Thor did not kill us; he just transported us to another dimension. If you had truly died on earth, then I am sorry to say, my love, Grimm would have been your escort with a much different destination. We may live in a palace, but I would have been just as content to stay in your cabin. And you also have royal blood, being a demigod.”
Cara felt his back stiffen against her and thought now might not have been the time to remind him of that fact.
When Thor had awakened them on their arrival at her mother’s palace, her family had been gathered to welcome her home. Even Mother Nature and Father Time had been present, which was a great honor. Still, Cara had been terrified until she had turned and seen Jericho by her side.
Seeing her terror, her mother had stepped forward and explained that Thor had followed her orders. Then she further detailed how Jericho was a demigod, a human descendent of a goddess, which explained the golden threads Cara had seen in Jericho’s soul.
Jericho had stood silently while Cara introduced her family. Her lips twitched in a grin when she remembered Jericho’s face when introduced to her father. His face had turned bright red, and he hadn’t looked at her father once during the dinner they’d sat through.
After the long dinner, Cara excused herself and Jericho, taking him to her bedroom. Before he could start with the recriminations, however, she threw herself into his arms, igniting a fire between them that led to several hours of lovemaking.
Nibbling on his ear, Cara murmured, “My father may be a Saint, but I’m only half. The other half is—”
The rest of her sentence was lost in a squeal of surprise as Jericho turned and pulled her wiggling body onto his lap, flipping her until her stomach rested against his naked thighs. Surprised to find herself face down, a startled cry escaped her at his first smack on her bare ass.
“That is for using sex to try to manipulate me.”
Cara tensed her buttocks for the next smack.
“And that is for not telling me about your father, and I expect you to ask him to marry us as soon as possible.” This time, he left his handprint on her other ass cheek.
Quickly, Cara yelped her agreement.
His fingers slid between the curves of her buttocks slowly until they came to her anus, tracing it gently before moving on to her liquid warmth. Rubbing her wetness, his fingers parted her slit and slid deep within her tight sheath.
Cara began squirming on his lap, but Jericho held her still by placing his other hand on her back. His fingers then began to plunge deep within her.
Wiggling her hips, Cara began to thrust back against his fingers, trying to drive them deeper, but Jericho wasn’t going to allow her any control. Removing his now slick fingers, he rubbed her clit until he felt her body stiffen in climax.
As she began to peak, his hand once again smacked her buttock. “That was for doubting I wouldn’t be as willing to sacrifice my human life as you were to sacrifice your immortal one.”
Still shaking from her climax, Cara was allowed to slip from his lap until she sat on the floor between his thighs. She placed a hand on each one.
“You’re not angry?”
“How could I be angry about spending eternity with you?”
Smiling, Cara started giving him small kisses, alternating between each thigh. Gradually, she worked her way to his dick. Hesitantly, she reached out to touch his rigid flesh, expecting him to draw away. When he didn’t, she scooted closer until she could take him in her mouth. Inexpertly, she began to suck on it, waiting for him to tense or ask for her to stop. His hands burrowed into her long hair, instead.
Tears silently slid down her cheeks. No words could have shown his love for her, but the trust he was now giving her spoke volumes.
Her tongue swirled as she discovered his sensitive spots. His hands gripped her hair when she managed to work his cock to the back of her throat while her hands stroked the long shaft she was unable to take completely into her mouth.
When she felt him tense, she sucked harder until he groaned and then stroked his come into her waiting throat. Cara then tenderly licked his cock while Jericho’s shuddering subsided.
Embarrassed, Cara looked up at the man she loved to find him looking down at her.
Jericho reached down, pulling her onto his lap, kissing each eyelid, her nose, and then her swollen lips. Bending her backward until her breasts thrust upward, he leaned forward and kissed the curve of each breast before placing his hand on the creamy flesh covering her heart.
“You did give me fair warning.”
“I did?”
Nodding, he smiled. “When you told me you were very loveable, you were right.”