CHAPTER FOURTEEN-ONE YEAR

“Ben, have you seen Mr. Rabbit?” Imara got down on her knees and looked under the table in the kitchen. “I can’t find him anywhere.”

Ben pulled his shirt on as he came into the room then he smiled as he saw Imara with her ass high in the air just like it was when he was slamming into it before he went to bed last night. “Sorry, baby. He has to be here somewhere.”

Imara pushed herself back to her feet then walked to Ben and stood on her tip toes and kissed him gently on the lips. “Good morning, Mr. Sleepy Head.”

He tucked in his shirt and licked her taste off his lips. “Tell me you haven’t been up all night again.”

Imara looked at Eliza playing happily on the floor with her wooden blocks and pulled her lips to the side. “Well, not all night. She got back up right after about midnight as soon as that big old moon started poking through the curtains. You Lycans and your full moon.”

Ben smirked. “Thank you for letting me sleep.”

Imara put a plate of food in front of Ben’s place at the table. “You can pay me back for it later, sweetheart.”

Ben sat down then pulled Imara onto his lap and rubbed his hand between her legs through her skirt as she closed her eyes and moaned. He leaned into her ears and whispered, “I’d like that. I’ve been wanting to get back in between those legs for a while. I might be the only man who likes owing favors to someone.” He smelled the back on Imara’s hair, and the crisp scent of apples and cinnamon filled his nose. Imara tilted her head away and smiled as Ben placed soft kisses over his mark.

Hearing Eliza giggle behind her, Imara pulled his hand away from her and straightened her dress as he sighed in disappointment. “Later, Mr. Logan.”

Eliza crawled up beside them then pulled herself up as she wrapped her tiny hands around the wooden rungs. Imara pushed Eliza’s dark hair to the side, “I can’t believe it’s been a year already.”

Ben rubbed his hand along Imara’s thigh and looked down at Eliza. As he pressed his face against the back of Imara’s head, Ben closed his eyes as the burning sense of impending doom rose in his chest. “Me neither, baby.”

Imara pushed herself up from Ben’s lap and sat down next to him. Ben leaned down and picked up Eliza then sat her on his lap. “Hey, there sweet pea.” Eliza bounced back and forth and smiled a big gummy grin that showed off her two sharp bottom teeth. Her green eyes twinkled as she slapped her hands playfully on Ben’s chest.

“Do you have many deliveries today?”  

Ben pushed a piece of Bacon in his mouth and shook his head no. 

Imara drug her fork through the egg yolk and broke it then cut a piece of it off before giving Eliza a bite. She wiped off Eliza’s chin then said, “Wonderful. They’ll be here round dinner time.”

Ben looked to the door as a knock came, he could tell from the scent that it was his mother. “Come in Momma.”

Anna quietly opened the door and peeked inside. As Eliza saw her grandmother she excitedly rocked on Ben’s lap and giggled. Anna came to the table and held out her arms. “Come to Grammy.” As she scooped Eliza from Ben’s lap, Anna twirled her around. “Happy Birthday, sweet pea.”

Ben stretched out his back and rolled his neck from side to side. “I heard you got sweet pea something special, what is it?”

Anna gave Eliza an exaggerated smile and said in a sing songy voice, “No. No. No. That is Grammy’s secret. You’ll just have to wait and see.” Anna had lots of secrets. She kept them buried deep in the graveyard of her past, but the cruel hands of Fate were about to uncover them all.

As the evening sun beat against Imara through the window as she washed dishes, Sofia spread the last of the icing onto Eliza’s birthday cake then licked the remains off her thumb. “What do you think?”

Imara looked back over her shoulder and smiled. “It’s perfect. Thank you so much. Eliza will love it. So will Ben, he just loves sweet things.”

Sofia chuckled to herself. “Mmm-hmm, I just bet he does you little vixen.”

Imara snapped her in the behind with her dish towel. “Stop! You’re making me blush.”

Sofia brought the bowel and spatula to the sink and said, “Oh come on, Imara. Tell me all the disgusting details. So, is he...well, judging by the size of his hands and feet, I’d wager…”

Imara covered her mouth with her hand as her cheeks flushed and she nodded. “He is. I swear the first time I saw it I was terrified Sofia. I could hardly walk the next morning.”

Sofia fanned her face and chuckled. “Oh, Imara, you dirty little tramp you. Oh, I’m so happy you found Ben. You just seem so very happy. Well, I guess I know why now.”

As they laughed at each other, Thorin, Shaw and Thomas came through the doorway. Shaw came to the sink and kissed Imara’s forehead. “What are you old hens cackling about?”

Imara waved her hand as Sofia dried her eyes with her apron, “Nothing at all, Shaw.”

Thorin stooped down and picked Eliza up from the rug and held her to his chest. “Hey there sweet pea. How’s my number one girl?” Thorin made num-num sounds as he kissed her cheek making Eliza chuckle joyfully.

As Ben walked through the door behind his parents, he caught a glimpse of Imara laughing with her arm around Shaw and the flash of an image of Shaw lying face down in a pool of blood crossed his vision.  He gasped and closed his eyes as his heart pounded against his chest. “Stop it. Don’t see it. Not tonight,” he whispered to himself.

Once everyone left, Ben kissed Eliza and stopped down then placed her in her cradle and covered her. He rocked it slowly as Eliza puckered her fat lips.

Ben stood up and stretched as arms then rolled his neck from side to side. “I need to get cracking on that other room. Eliza’s nearly pouring out of that cradle, she needs a proper bed.”

“Ugh! I won’t like her sleeping in another room at all, sweetheart.” Imara sat on the bed brushing her long dark chair. Ben took his pants off then slid in bed behind her. He clasped his hands under his head and said, “Might be nice, though, we can get as crazy and loud as we want.”

Imara put down her brush on the table then put her legs in the bed and pulled up the covers, as she put her fingers up in the air to snap the pale glowing orb away, Ben grabbed her hand. “Leave it on.”

Ben pushed himself up and climbed on top of Imara. “I told you I’d pay you back, didn’t I?”

Imara grinned and nodded as she played in his black hair. “You surely did.”

Ben kissed Imara’s lips then slowly slithered back her body and pulled up her gown as he did. Once he pulled it over her belly, he pushed it up and uncovered her breasts then squeezed one in his hand while he took the other in his mouth. As he sucked and licked her nipple, the smell of Imara’s building desire wove itself around him and he growled against her skin.

He released her breast from his grip and slid his hand between her legs then rubbed his fingers in her slick juices. After he’d finished his proper adoration of Imara’s breasts he sunk down between her legs to begin his favorite sacrifice to her. 

He licked her juices off his fingers then slid them inside her. As Imara bit her lip and shifted her hips she looked down to see Ben watching her. He kept his eyes on hers as he slowly leaned into her and kissed her clit. 

Imara licked her lips as Ben slowly flicked his tongue up and down her swollen clit then closed her eyes and moaned as he synced his fingers to match. 

As the feeling spread through her, Imara slid her hands to her breasts and rubbed at her nipples. Ben opened his eyes and took in the sight of Imara pleasuring herself and he smiled against her skin then started to suck her. Slapping her hand across her mouth, Imara cried out into her palm as Ben pushed her thighs to his ears and ate her like a starving man until she couldn’t take anymore and pushed the top of his head until he hesitantly pulled away. 

“I wasn’t done yet,” he said as he hovered over her face and slid his fingers across her forehead. “It’s so good, baby. I can’t get enough.” Dragging the back of his fingers down her cheek while she panted for air, Ben pulled down his brows and said, “I need you. You’re like the blood in my veins. I can’t live without you.”

Looking around his eyes for the truth, Imara pouted her lips then slid her hand between them and wrapped her hand around his manhood then pulled it to her entrance. Ben asked, “You won’t stop me this time, will you?” Imara looked at him in sincere remorse and shook her head no slowly.

As he pushed off the bed with is toes, Ben slide powerfully in and out of Imara, as she tilted her head away from him in submission, Ben smiled a dominating grin while he watched her pant and moan for more. As soon as the first twitches began around his dick, Ben found himself strikingly  moved. It was like he knew he’d never feel the warm embrace of her pussy ever again. He missed it already.

The slow burn of her ecstasy seeped into her abdomen then up through her breasts until it finally fell from her lips. “AH! AH! Ben!”

Having finally fulfilled his obligation for Imara’s kindness the night before, Ben closed his eyes and snarled then his seed shot from his body as it filled her up inside.

Ben collapsed on Imara and boxed her head in with his elbows as he kissed her softly. “Baby, I love you. Don’t you ever leave me.”

As Imara panted, she looked around his face and saw the trouble in his eyes. She knew he’d been more on edge lately from his terrible nightmares. Imara put her hand to his face and rubbed her thumb across his cheek. “There’s nothing that can take me from you. Not even death will break our bond. I’m yours forever.”