Stryker

15 - She wants me to go

Stryker

I’m struck dumb. I’ve never met anyone who has been abused like that as a child before, much less the woman I love, and I do love her. I never knew I could love anyone the way I love this woman.

I led a shi.t life before BlackJack found me, but nothing I ever went through could compare to her pain.

Now I know what Roman was getting at that day in the woods. I never pushed Coral for answers because he was right; it was her story to tell. I just never imagined it could have been something this bad.

Twelve years old, kidnapped, raped, beaten, left with child, a child that was taken from her.

Jesus Christ!

She asked me to leave.

She wants me to go.

Except, I know she doesn’t.

I stand in front of Coral. Her head is hanging down, her arms wrapped around her slim body, and she’s trying not to cry. “I’m not leaving, Coral.”

Her head shoots up, eyes narrowed.

Does she honestly think that what she's told me has changed a damn thing?

“I told you nothing would change how I feel about you. You are the bravest woman I’ve ever known, and I fuckin’ love you so much.”

Her gasp is audible. “You love me?”

“More than life itself.” Then I grab her, holding her in my arms so fuckin.g tight.

I’ve never had a family of my own. I ain’t gonna lie. My daddy was a drunk, and my mother split when I was seven, like I said. I basically raised myself. It wasn't until I joined the Snakes that I even knew the meaning of family. I didn’t know what love could be until I fell for Coral. But I do know that she's mine. I’d kill or die for her in a heartbeat.

Stroking the back of her head, I tell her, “I’m not going anywhere, baby. What happened to you was the worst thing that could happen to anyone, but I’m here now. You’re mine, Coral. I’ve got you, baby girl.”

“And I’ve got you, Mark. I love you. I am so in love with you.”

I squeeze her tighter, a smile on my face. Nobody ever said they loved me before, not the way Coral did. She doesn’t need to know that, though.

“I was so scared. I thought I was going to lose you.”

“You’ll never lose me, Coral. Never.”

“You will never lose me either. You’re my soulmate. I was meant to find you. I know that I was.”

I smile while planting a kiss atop her head. I believe that, too. Someone or something brought her here to me. Something out there said it was our time to be happy.

This woman is my true happiness. If I didn’t have her, I’d have nothing.

Sure, I’d have the club, BlackJack, and Taylor, but it wouldn’t be the same. I lived, but I wasn’t alive until Coral.

“Mark?” Her hands stroke up and down my back.

“Yeah?”

Coral finally looks up at me, and I see so much in her beautiful eyes. “I’m ready. I want you to make love to me. Show me what it’s like, please.”

I eye her for a moment. I don’t want her to do this just because she thinks she should. However, I don’t see that in her eyes, all I see is the need to be shown that she’s not a victim of her past. She’s my girl, my love, and I will show her how much I love her.

I lift her into my arms and carry her to her bedroom. I kick the door shut with my foot and carry her over to the bed. I stand her on her feet and strip her slowly.

When she’s naked, I tell her, “Lay down, Little Bird.”

She does.

She watches me strip my clothes, and all the time, her eyes travel the length of my body. We’ve touched each other a few times now, and she looks at me like this every time, like she can’t believe her eyes. I’ve never shown her my back; strangely, she never needs to look. I know Coral feels my scars when she runs her hands up and down my back, but she’s never made any comments about what she’s touching. Somewhere deep inside of me, I want her to notice, but I don’t have the strength to tell her my truth just yet.

I climb onto the bed, my lips instantly kissing her shoulder. Her legs open for me, and I can feel her heat against my coc.k. It makes me groan. I’m already hard for her, and that just made me harder.

I kiss every inch of her porcelain skin. I don’t leave a part of her unkissed. I want her to feel my love for her. I kiss her from head to toe and back again.

“Mark, please, I need you,” I smirk against the tender flesh of her inner thigh. Coral smiles at me, fingers in my hair as she guides me between her legs.

She’s getting bolder the more she's with me.

I like it.

The first flick of my tongue on her puss.y, soaking fuckin’ wet, I might add, has her ass lifting off the bed. I grab her thighs and hold them open as I feast upon her.

She tastes so fuckin.g good I’m scared I might cu.m all over the bed!

“Oh, God! Mark, that feels so good!” I slip a finger inside of her; she’s so wet and tight, and I can’t wait to have my coc.k inside of her.

She’s screaming so loud the neighbors can no doubt hear us.

But do you know what?

Don’t. Fuckin’. Care.

“Mark! Baby! I’m cumming!” And she does, all over my face and in my mouth, and I can’t stop licking her, drinking her sweet-flavored juices.

Damn, she tastes good.

I wipe my mouth and chin on the back of my hand, smiling at the blissed-out look on Coral’s face as she reaches for me.

“Is it my turn now?”

This is how we get each other off. I eat her out, and she sucks my coc.k. But not this night.

“No, baby. I have to be inside of you. I need you, Coral.”

“You have me, Mark. Always.”

“Little bird, I don’t have a condom.”

She smiles at me while stroking my jaw with her fingertips. “I’m on the pill, and I trust you, Mark. With my life.”

Could she be any more perfect?

I kiss her hard. Her lips, her neck, both breasts, stopping to suck her nipple.s until she’s cumming again from the sensation of it.

Fuc.k, that was the hottest thing I’ve ever seen.

But I have to have her now, or I’ll explode.

“Are you sure you want this, Little Bird?”

“I want you more than anything. I never wanted this with anyone until I met you. Make me yours, Mark. Only yours.”

A tear leaks from her eye and down her temple. This is a big thing for Coral. She’s putting all of her trust in me. She’s never been with a man, not willingly at least. I’m her first. I’ll make this perfect for her.

“I love you, baby,” I tell her with conviction, hoping my words penetrate her heart.

“I love you, too.”

Slowly, so as not to hurt her too much, I push my way inside her body, both of us groaning. I’m trying to keep my weight off her by leaning on my forearms, but I can’t stop my head from dropping to her shoulder for a second.

I soon lift up; I want to look at her. I want Coral to know that I’m hers just as she is mine.

“Oh, my God,” Her eyebrows pinch together the second I’m seated inside her.

Fuc.k, she’s so tight, I’m fighting the urge to cu.m already.

“God, you feel so good,” So fuckin.g good. I’ve never felt anything like this in my whole life.

I move inside of her; her legs tighten around my waist and her puss.y clenches around me, causing me to groan loudly.

I’ve been with a few women in my time, ain’t gonna lie, but it was never like this. I used them to get off. Sure, I made sure they came, I wasn’t selfish, but my heart was never really in it. But this right here, this is everything.

Long nails drag down my back, which causes me to arch in pleasure. It turns me on to be marked as hers. Then Coral’s nails are digging into my ass cheeks as she pulls me deeper. Any deeper and I’ll be coming out through her throat!

Her insides massage my coc.k so perfectly that I don’t think I can hold on much longer. It’s too much, and I never thought I’d say that in my lifetime.

“Baby, I’m close.”

“Me too.” She pants and smashes her lips against mine. I saw her eyes roll to the back of her head before they closed. She’s right here with me, enjoying this as much as I am. She’s all mine. I’m all hers.

“Cu.m for me, Coral!”

“I couldn’t stop it if I wanted to!” She screams, throws her head back, arms spread across the pillows, puss.y convulsing around me as she cum.s so hard I can’t stop my orgas.m from erupting from me like molten lava.

I ram her a little harder as I spill my seed inside of her. I latch onto her neck, licking and sucking while riding the waves of pleasure.

When Coral finally goes slack in my arms, I pull out of her body and lie beside her.

I pull her into my arms, her head on my chest, and I hold her tightly. I kiss her head. I can’t stop smiling.

Who the fuc.k does that?

“You just made my dreams come true, Mark. That was everything I imagined it would be with you.”

I kiss her head again. “Ditto, Little Bird. You’re mine now forever.”

“Ditto, Stryker.” She laughs cheekily.

But I am hers for the rest of my life. There’s no way I’m ever letting her go. Not a damn chance. There’s nothing that could part us.

Maybe Shepard, but I’ll talk to him. He has to see how badly I want this woman, how much I love her.

No matter what he says, I’ll make him see this is no game to me; Coral is my life. I can’t be without her now that she’s mine.

He may well kill me for going against him.

Not that I see what I’ve done as going against him, but I did something he forbade any Snake to do. I claimed the girl he sees as a surrogate daughter.

But now I finally understand why he said all those things. He wants to protect Coral from ever getting hurt again.

I would never hurt her, nor would I allow anyone to live should they hurt her.

As I hold her against me as she sleeps, I know if I have to choose, if Shepard tells me I can no longer be a Snake should I choose Coral, then I’m no longer a Snake.

I love my club, but I can’t be without this woman.

Being without her now would be no life for me. I’d get myself killed on the first mission post-Coral.

“I love you, Little Bird. I will always love you.”