Slender fingers reached between Casey's legs and delicately stroked the outer lips, an arousing wetness already trickling from *Casey's inner folds. Tessa pulled away slightly and looked deep into Casey's eyes. Seemingly having made a decision, Tessa reached off the edge of the bed to the bedside table and pulled open a drawer. The item she took from the wooden table was laid on the side of the bed as Tessa resumed her hungry mouth's caresses .

Casey watched out of the corner of her eye as the long, cylindrical object was pulled from the drawer. Her heart raced, and she felt a distinct increase in the wetness between her thighs.

She heard an involuntary whimper escape from her own throat as she watched Tessa casually lay the toy to one side.

The sound caused Tessa to pull away and look down into the deep green eyes, gone dark with desire. Tessa had a look akin to amus.e.m.e.nt in her sparkling eyes.

"Are you going to use that...on me?" Casey asked hesitantly.

"Perhaps...if you'd like."

"Will I use it on you?" Casey tried a different approach with her suddenly uncommunicative lover.

"Hopefully."

Tessa captured a perfect earlobe with her teeth, putting gentle pressure on the sensitive flesh and delighting in the shiver that ran through Casey's body. G.o.d, how I love being back in control.

I know exactly what I want and how I'm going to get it. No surprises, everything predictable.

"Do you have a harness for it?" Casey boldly asked.

"Huh?" Tessa looked up, her composure slipping.

"I asked if you had a harness for it."

"I heard you. I just...I mean, I didn't..." Wake up, woman.

She's asking, so deliver. "Do you want me to get it?"

Casey nodded slowly but enthusiastically, a seductive grin on her lips, then watched as Tessa went from total confidence to fl.u.s.tered embarra.s.sment to awkward shyness in a matter of seconds.

Their gazes locked, and the fire that was turned on high within Casey's body transferred itself to Tessa's belly. Tessa gave a small grin and leapt from the bed. After pulling open the top drawer in a solid oak chest, Tessa searched for the black leather harness.

*Casey couldn't stifle the giggle that arose.

"What?" Tessa turned toward the sound.

"The last time I saw you move that fast, you were saving my life."A deep, even blush spread across her dark skin. Tessa turned away to retrieve the leather item and could feel her own heart racing along. This was becoming a common occurrence, being tongue-tied around this woman.

Returning to the bed with the object, she was suddenly at a loss as to how she was expected to play this scenario.

"Uh...do you want me to wear it or do you..." She trailed off. Casey rose to her knees. Picking up the toy, she moved to the edge of the bed where Tessa stood, harness in hand. Casey took the harness and tossed it on the bed next to her. She kissed and nipped Tessa's neck, working her way down the well-muscled torso."Mmm, why don't you go first, then we'll...improvise,"

she said with what, to Tessa's eye, appeared to be a thoroughly mischievous grin.

Casey nudged Tessa's thighs apart slightly and teased the swollen folds by pressing the large end of the d.i.l.d.o into her wetness, running the head along the moist slit. Rising up on her knees, the two women met in a kiss, their tongues warring for dominance. Casey continued the teasing motion of the phallus in her hand, swallowing Tessa's groans within her kiss.

Casey turned the toy around until she was pressing the smaller end up into the dark curls. Tessa widened her stance even more, a silent plea for Casey to continue. The smaller end of the object was slowly slipped inside Tessa's slick opening, and the accompanying protrusion fitted against her c.l.i.t. Casey held the d.i.l.d.o and slid her hand up its length, pressing against Tessa as she did.

"Oh, G.o.d!" Tessa moaned, wrapping strong arms around Casey's waist, burying her head against the smooth skin of Casey's neck. "You know exactly what you're doing to me when you do that, don't you?" she asked knowingly.

*Casey's only answer was an enormous smile.

Casey picked up the leather harness, and it took only seconds for Tessa to find the equipment held snugly to her body. Each time Casey leaned her kneeling body into Tessa's, Tessa could hear herself moaning as the smaller end slid inside her and the protrusion rubbed against her swollen c.l.i.t.

"Have you used this on many women?" Casey's voice interrupted Tessa's fantasies.

Tessa wasn't sure how to answer. She decided the truth would be best. "Actually, no. I haven't used it on anyone but myself.

I've never even used the harness before. Look, baby, if you don't want to, we-"

"Shh," Casey whispered, receiving the answer she wanted to hear. Tessa watched as Casey slid down to the bed, her lips and tongue leaving a trail of fire in their wake.

Tessa's brow arched about as high as was possible as Casey swirled a pink tongue around the head of the phallus. Casey made sure to press against the object and could feel it move against Tessa.

"Yes," Tessa moaned, her head falling back against her shoulders and her hips rolling forward.

Casey could taste her lover's essence on the toy, and she moaned herself as the truth of Tessa's words was manifested. The thought of Tessa using the toy on herself seemed to arouse Casey even more.

Tessa felt the delicious pressure again, and her eyes snapped open to watch the woman between her legs. She usually wasn't this verbal, but Casey had her groaning like the world was coming to an end. She didn't know which was more erotic. Watching Casey's movements as she wrapped her lips around the head of the object and slid its length into her mouth or the feeling of the small end that slid inside the increasing wetness of her own s.e.x. Alternating between gentle and firm pressure, Casey took more and more of the phallus until she stopped and let the object slide out, but not completely. She moved her head backward and forward; the pressure that the forward motion placed on Tessa's aching s.e.x brought her pleasure to a quick peak.

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*Tessa couldn't believe this was happening or how turned on she was by Casey's actions. Casey slid her hands up the back of Tessa's thighs, clutching at the hard muscles of her b.u.t.tocks.

Casey used her handhold to pull Tessa's hips closer, taking more of the d.i.l.d.o into her mouth.

"Oh, baby, yeah." Tessa moaned loudly as her hips took on a life of their own.

Tessa buried her fingers in the short blond locks, encouraging Casey's mouth to keep doing exactly what it had been doing.

Tessa's hips pumped wildly, her thighs trembling as she felt the distinct pleasure of electrically charged sparks shooting up and down the backs of her legs. Throwing her head back, Tessa released a growl of pure pleasure.

"Casey!" Tessa exclaimed breathlessly.

Tessa let loose a moan, then her undulating hips froze momentarily as she allowed her o.r.g.a.s.m to sweep her away, her heavy-lidded eyes snapping open to reveal blue irises glazed over with pa.s.sion. She plunged her hips once more, then twice into the talented mouth, finally exhaling the breath she now realized she'd been holding. The gasp came out as a loud groan, and she brought one knee up to the bed to steady herself, leaning over Casey.

Casey helped Tessa ease her tall frame onto the bed. Tessa lay on her back as Casey snuggled close.

"I don't know...how this...happens," Tessa panted. "I start out trying to seduce you, and I inevitably end up flat on my back, gasping for breath and begging for mercy."

Casey laughed aloud at Tessa's predicament.

"Are you complaining?" Casey chuckled.

Tessa pulled away to look into Casey's eyes. With a smile of satisfaction, Tessa rested her head on the pillow.

"Never," Tessa finally said. "Hey there." Tessa caught Casey's roaming hand in her own as the small fingers were about to grasp the phallus. "Are you trying to kill me?"

"Some big tough Kare, " Casey teased.

In a move so fast Casey never saw it coming, Tessa grasped the hands of her lover and rolled until Casey was pinned beneath her.

*"No fair!" Casey laughed and tried to squirm away at the same time, with no success.

Tessa nudged Casey's knees apart and Casey complied. Tessa could see the desire burning within the green depths of Casey's gaze, but she figured turnabout was fair play. She leaned in and hungrily kissed Casey's mouth until Casey matched her fervor, then she abruptly pulled away. Tessa repeated the process with other parts of Casey's body, keeping Casey's hands in her strong grasp. Tessa would use her lips and tongue to light a fire on Casey's overheated skin, then she would suddenly stop.

"Nikki, please..." Casey finally whimpered, arching her body in an attempt to increase the pleasurable contact.

"Mmm, please what, baby?"

"More" was all Casey's fevered brain could think to utter.

"More? More of what, love?"

"Oh, G.o.d, more of...everything!" Casey blurted out.

"Ah, everything," Tessa said in a low, husky voice, kissing and nipping at Casey's neck and shoulders. "Don't you really mean more of this?"

Tessa pressed her hips into the apex of Casey's legs and her own belly clenched at Casey's throaty moan. Casey felt like her body was in another dimension. Her small frame shivered as the phallus slid across her wetness. Her hips rose off the bed to prolong the contact, and a quiet grunt of satisfaction came from Tessa as the small d.i.l.d.o inside her pressed against her already sensitive flesh.

"Tell me," Tessa whispered against Casey's ear.

The moist breath and the sound of Tessa's rugged voice vibrated against her skin, causing Casey to whimper involuntarily. Casey understood what Tessa was requesting, and she was powerless to do anything beyond giving in to her demands. Casey's head told her to hold out, her heart whispered that she would do anything to please her lover, and finally her body overrode the other two by absolutely demanding the pleasure Tessa was promising for her obedience.

"Please," Casey repeated her plea.

"You know what I want to hear." Tessa pressed her hips *against Casey once again. "Tell me what you want, Ca.s.sandra."

Tessa's throaty whisper in her ear and the abundant wetness between her legs combined to produce an ache that transcended above all her other wants and desires. The final straw was when Tessa whispered her name, rolling the syllables in that incredibly low, s.e.xy voice of hers. Casey could feel her brain sparking like it was on overload. Then Tessa's hand guided the head of the d.i.l.d.o, pressing it against her opening.

Small hands suddenly realized they were free and entwined themselves in long strands of ebony hair. Casey looked into the flames of blue fire that danced in Tessa's eyes and whispered the words she wanted to hear.

"Please...f.u.c.k me."

In one smooth motion, Tessa slid the length of the phallus inside Casey and stilled her hips, letting Casey become accustomed to the sudden fullness.

"Sweet Mother of G.o.d!" Casey exclaimed as Tessa's hips slid the d.i.l.d.o in and out in a slow, torturous fashion.

"Do you need me to stop?" Tessa asked in alarm.

"Oh, no. Please, don't stop," Casey cried out.

Tessa took in the expression of rapture on Casey's face and her hips set their own pace as each movement brought about pleasing sensations within her own body. Casey's hips rose from the bed to meet each thrust and bury the object even deeper inside. Her breath came in pants, and she had to fight the urge to explode in immediate o.r.g.a.s.m the moment Tessa's lips fiercely took her own.

Casey's whole world narrowed to the feel of Tessa's tongue in her mouth and the friction of the object sliding between her legs.

Tessa continued her penetration, delighting in the feel of the woman under her. Each forward thrust of her hips caused the same motion of the phallus within her own body, and soon the sensations caused her to feel as if she were actually inside Casey.

The more she thought about it, the more it felt like it. Soon, Tessa was groaning at the imaginary feel of Casey's warmth surrounding her as she buried herself in the soft wetness.

Tessa and Casey moved to an age-old rhythm, one their bodies instinctively knew. No words were spoken, no tender endearments *or promises bartered back and forth. The raw excitement and pa.s.sion crackled in the air around them. There would be other moments of tender lovemaking, but this moment of pa.s.sion was one of carnal pleasure alone. Harder, faster, and deeper were the only verbal pleas exchanged.

Casey pressed her nails into strong shoulders and felt Tessa's responding growl before she heard it. Not a sound conceived out of anger but the seductive rumble of pleasure borne of pain.

Casey raked her nails sharply across the broad, muscled back, and the sound rumbled forth from Tessa's chest again. Strong arms wrapped around her, and the biceps bulged against her. She ran her hands down Tessa's torso and the muscles in her hips tightened and flexed with each thrust inside her. In her mind's eye, she could see the thighs that pressed against her open legs, all hard muscle covered in the softest dark skin. How could Casey tell Tessa later that it was not only her voice, but the image of Tessa's overpowering, muscular physique that sent her careening over the edge into climax?

"Come for me, baby." Tessa moaned the words breathlessly as her own o.r.g.a.s.m could be held back no longer.

Their bodies shuddered together as waves of release rolled through them as one, their cries swallowed up by their kisses. Tessa finally collapsed onto Casey. Sliding the phallus from her lover's haven, she rolled over onto her back. Long moments of silence existed as each woman struggled to regain her composure.

Casey turned and snuggled against Tessa's side, an arm quickly wrapped around to pull Casey closer. Tessa turned and gently kissed the top of the golden head.

"Casey...I-I-" Tessa was caught again. She so much wanted to tell her how she felt, but a breath-stealing panic gripped her heart at uttering the words.

"I love you, too," Casey finished, kissing her collarbone, then looking up at Tessa with a lazy smile on her face.

Nearly a half hour went by as they caressed and bathed in the afterglow of their pa.s.sion.

"Are you going to sleep in this?" Casey finally spoke.

"I think it's welded to me," Tessa said dryly.

*"Let me help." Casey unfastened the harness, at last sliding the toy from within the dark curls.

"Oh." Tessa couldn't hold back the languid moan as Casey slid the object from her body.

"You're still so wet," Casey said.

"Well, you're responsible for that, so I guess you should be the one to do something about it," Tessa tossed back.

The next thing Tessa realized, Casey was nestled between her legs, her warm tongue tenderly lapping up the juices there.

"Good G.o.d, woman!" Tessa exclaimed but spread her legs farther apart, doing nothing to discourage her.

Casey used as tender a touch on the swollen flesh as she could, avoiding the sensitive areas altogether. The taste of Tessa seemed to explode on her tongue, and it was all she could do to keep herself from burying her face in the sweet flesh. She ran her tongue softly along each fold, pressing the warm muscle slightly into Tessa's opening in a teasing motion. Tessa's hips picked up a slow, sensual grind in counter-rhythm to Casey's tongue, and eventually, long slender fingers found their way into the golden locks and Tessa pressed Casey against her harder.

"Please, baby...now," Tessa pleaded in a hoa.r.s.e voice.

Casey wrapped her arms around the bronze thighs and pressed deeper. Her tongue found its way to the swollen and sensitive c.l.i.t.

Casey pressed the flat of her tongue against the tender bundle of nerves and could feel Tessa's o.r.g.a.s.m begin. The trembling thighs spread wider, and Casey took the nub of flesh between her lips and sucked hard, releasing it to let it slide against her tongue.

It was a good thing they decided to stay in the apartment as opposed to the hotel because Tessa let loose a roar loud enough to make Casey's ears ring. Tessa half sat up as the force of her climax hit her. Dropping back down to the bed, her muscles continued to jump and quiver.

Pulling Casey up to lie half against and half on top of her, Tessa kissed her soundly, delighted at her own taste on Casey's lips. When they pulled apart, Tessa flung her arms wide on the bed and groaned.

"Mercy," she said in surrender.