Pawn of Darkness

Chapter 11

Obi-Wan stopped suddenly and almost staggered backwards, only the force kept her in his arms. A shudder moved through his body , starting at his toes and gaining intensity as it reached the top of his head. Something vile and unnatural filled his senses, turning his stomach and making his head pound. He sat Arianna down cautiously outside the door, grabbed the saber from his waist and put his hand on her shoulder.
" Something is wrong here. Stay here, while I check it out. " he commanded, leaving her almost no room to argue as the lightsaber blazed into life with a blue glow that lit the darkened room.
Almost no room, " I am just as much Jedi as you are. I am going with you. " she insisted.
" Arianna, Please. Stay here where it's safe. You don't even have a weapon. "
Her hands flew to her hips and she gave him a penetrating glare. " I do not need rescuing, Obi-Wan. "
He sighed defeatedly and shook his head. " At least stay behind me. "
" After you , Master Kenobi. " she said, gesturing towards the open door.
He moved stealthily into the darkened room and opened himself to the force. Evil penetrated the room. It clung to everything like a sickening stench. His eyes darted into every corner of the space, scanning them for anything. His gaze fell to the bed and he faltered for a moment, remembering twelve years before, but he quickly drew his emotions inside himself and expanded his force sense to the balcony on the other side of the bed. Alarms rang out immediately inside his head. Whatever was here had been on the balcony.
With an agility only granted to a jedi master, he made his way to the glass doors and with a slight wave of his hand they opened quickly. He darted through them swiftly. His lightsaber swung out in a wide arc around him, lighting the entire space as it whirled. Still nothing seemed out of place.
" Obi-Wan, " Anna's voice came from behind him.
He spun around instinctually at the sound and leveled the blade at her chest.
" Please don't point that at me. They make me very nervous. You can do some serious damage with that. " she smiled, tensely staring at the blaze of blue inches from her.
He quickly disengaged it and clipped it back to his belt.
" Whatever was here seems to be gone now. " he said, stepping to her.
" I guess it is. I wonder what it could have been . Nothing like this has ever happened before out here. " she mused.
A look of horror crossed his face and his stance changed instantly.
" I have put you in danger coming here. " he whispered.
Anna rested her arm on his. " Don't be silly. How could you have possibly done that ? "
" The rumors are true. " he answered, stepping away from her and beginning to pace the expanse of the room. Suddenly he was wound tighter than she had ever seen him. Muscles rippled like waves under his clothing. Every inch of him looked tense. She felt very afraid of the him all of a sudden. " Something is hunting the Jedi and now it is after me. " he explained further still pacing.
He was like a large predator trapped in a cage, ready to pounce on anything that moved. He was so volatile and intense she felt like running from the room to get away from him, yet at the same time, the desire for him returned abruptly. She watched the tautness of his chest as it rose and fell rapidly, the power of his thighs as they carried him across the room. Masculinity poured from him like water from a fountain. He was power and strength. His presence was severe, dominating. She wanted nothing more in that moment than to feel his strong arms enveloping her in his protection and security.
" Obi-Wan. " she breathed, stopping him where he stood. He turned and caught her in his fierce stare. It was as if the sound of his name explained every emotion she was feeling to him. His stance changed again, this time there was no mistaking his intention. Desire and need covered his face. He crossed to her in two quick steps and drew her into his arms.
His mouth seized hers in a knee-buckling kiss. She gasped as one hand molded itself to the curve of her hip while the other rested on the small of her back, pressing her tightly against him. His tongue darted against her lips, requesting entrance which she readily gave. He explored the velvety recesses of her mouth hungrily. The taste of the wine still lingered on him and she drank it in.
His fingers tangled in her hair and tilted her head back so that his mouth could proceed to her neck where it nipped at the tender skin delicately, drawing a low moan from her. She felt certain the only thing holding her upright as he continued his ravenous attack on her ability to think was the hand that still rested firmly on her back. Even that was almost not enough when his mouth slide further down to the spot between her breast.
He felt her buckling under him and without hesitation her feeftedfted off the floor and she was cradled in his arms.
Three strides later and she was laying on the softness of her bed. She looked up at him, towering over her. Confidence and control flowed from him. There was none of the fumbling or uncertainty that was there before. The commanding, lust-filled glint in his eyes as they roamed over her body almost made her fearful. She felt like the prey of his unsettled appetite.
She opened herself to him through the force, letting him know exactly what he was doing to her and a growl escaped his lips, before they captured hers, drawing her close to him once more. In the next moment, it was her that was growling as his presence flooded over her engulfing her in wave after wave of passion and need - greedy, all-consuming need.
His hands were everywhere at once. She gasped uncontrollably as his mouth descended across her skin, kissing, licking, tasting her.
At his insistence, she shifted and raised her back from the mattress so he could deftly left her shirt off and dispose of it on the floor behind them.
He sat back and surveyed her with a scrutinizing eye. His gaze seemed to almost burn her flesh in its fierceness. She groaned deep in her throat as his hand fell to her abdomen and made an agonizingly slow trail up to her breast.
So beautiful. His voice purred in her head.
His head was merely seconds behind his hands as it too fell to first her abdomen then trailed its way up to grasp a hardened nipple gently between his teeth.
Again she was amazed at the difference in him. There was no trace at all of the nervous boy who had shared her bed years before.
His head raised up and caught her eyes in his dangerous glare.
I am no boy. 1 have grown a lot since I last touched you. He sent in a husky growl inside her head.
She threw her head back against the bed in ecstasy as he continued making small, easy circles across her chest and stomach.
Finally his hands moved to the waistband of her pants, she raised her hips slightllowllowing him to ease them from her body. They moved with painful leisure down her thighs, away from her calves and off her feet. Every move he made seemed to take an eternity. She was keenly aware that his body was no longer against hers. He had settled instead at her hip. She could feel his immense heat on her leg. His hand skirted the skin of her calf, stopped briefly to tease the tender skin of the back of her knee, then continued up until it rested on her hip.
" You are so beautiful. " he said, making her jump on hearing his soft, husky voice aloud.
She reached out and touched his cheek with her fingertips.
" So are you. " she whispered.
He turned his head from her eyes and gently kissed the palm of her hand, before taking it in his. He extended it fully and suckled the pulse point on her wrist lazily. He kissed his way to the inside of her elbow and did the same, then he moved to her shoulder, then her collarbone, then her neck, before finally landing at her earlobe.
She was falling. She no longer had the capacity to think of anything but him. He was everywhere. His hair brushed her shoulder lightly, his scent filled the air around her, the sound of his soft appreciative groans echoed off the wall, his force sense merged so deeply with hers she wasn't sure where one left off and the other began.
She wanto fto feel him against her. She wanted his bare flesh rubbing hers. She needed his heat. With a wave of her hand, she used the force to undo the latchings of his shirt. She felt his chest rumble as a loud groan issued from his lips at the unexpected move. Her hands went to his shoulders, shrugging the now loosened garment from him.
I needed to feel you. She explained feebly.
Apparently he understood as he moved quickly to cover her chest with his. His skin almost burned her with its heat. She gasped as naked flesh glided against naked flesh.
The familiar electricity was no longer familiar. It had become so intense it was almost painful. Everywhere their bodies touched, a shock rippled. It was almost as if the force was pulling them together, rejoicing in its triumph. The air around them crackled and flickered around the room. She could have sworn she had actually seen several tiny flashes of light. She had never experienced anything even close to this before. It was if the force had known their first time together wasn't their time. This time it seemed to scream in jubilation. She knew Obi-Wan saw it too. She could feel his awareness through their bond. As a matter of fact she could feel everything he felt. The same was true for him she knew. It heightened every move. Making every touch perfect.
She was so close to oblivion now, she knew one caress would throw her over the edge. When he reached down between her thighs and gently touched her center, she was undone.
Never had she experienced an orgasm so complete and consuming. She felt like she was falling, no flying to heights she had never reached before. Her body convulsed and spasmed as she shouted his name rapturously.
When she finally landed, he was there to catch her. She hadn't even realized he had moved, yet his pants and boots were gone now, leaving him naked and beautiful beside her.
He covered her body with his , nudging her legs apart with his thigh. Then he sat there perfectly still except for the throbbing heat pressing into her thigh and the heave of his chest as it rose and fell raggedly. His fingers tangled in her hair and he simply stared into her eyes for what seemed like ages. Finally he took a deep breath, his chest pressing heavily into hers. Then with teasing, tantalizing slowness, eased into her, not pausing until he was buried fully.
The rhythm he set was gentle, easy, almost lazy. She savored every ripple that pulsed through her as his body slid across hers. He entwined his fingers with hers and rained kisses on her lips and neck as he rotated his hips.
Soon his speed increased, until he was nearly losing contact with her before plunging back inside again. He leaned away from her, resting his weight on his hands on either side of her head and changing the angle of his stroke, eliciting a cry of desperation from her. She could feel the orgasm building again, more powerful than the last time. Where the force crackled around them before now it hissed and sparked like lightening filling the room.
His thrusts were forceful now, almost savage. His eyes burned into hers, then squeezed shut in a look of total concentration. She could feel him holding back, feel his control slipping even as he tried to grasp it harder. She could feel his intense desire to bring her over the edge with him and throwing her head back and clutching wildly to the mattress she let herself fall again.
The coarse, feral growl that ripped from his throat as he let his orgasm take him was almost terrifying. His hips pumped frantically as he poured himself into her.
Spasm after spasm racked her body and she clung to him anywhere she could grab him, fingernails digging into his flesh.
After what seemed like hours, she felt herself floating back to the bed. He lay collapsed on top of her, supporting some of his weight on his hands, but most of it rested on her chest. She felt him try to move, but she tightened around him, stopping him.
" Don't go anywhere. " she sighed, breathlessly.
" I'm too heavy. I'll crush you. " he answered between pants.
" Then it will be a wonderful way to die. " she smiled.
He offered her a exhausted grin before kissing her. " I love you. " he sighed, as he rested his head against her shoulder. Then tensed abruptly at realizing what he had said.
He attempted to move again, this time she let him. A thousand different thoughts blew through her mind at once. It wasn't possible. He couldn't love her. She wouldn't allow it. She knew he would never approve of the person she had become.
He settled himself beside her and looked at her timidly, she was amazed the man was capable of such a look.
" I ... I'm sorry. I shouldn't have just blurted that out like that. " he stammered, trying to repair any damage he done.
" It's okay. " she assured him.
" No, it isn't " he answered firmly. " I don't want you to think it is something I say casually. I have never said to anyone else. "
Her heart stopped for an instant and her lungs felt incapable of drawing in air. He had meant it. He loved her. Her cheeks felt hot. She knew full well she was in love with him too. He was almost all she thought of. She wanted nothing more than to throw the life she led now away and stay with him, but that wasn't the course the force had set before her. She had to follow the path the force wanted her to follow. But the crackles, the electricity. How was it possible for the force to pull her too him and away from him at the same time. She didn't understand what she was supposed to do. The only thing she did know was how she felt. The connection between them was too powerful to ignore or throw away. With a heavy sigh she answered him in the only way she knew she was capable of.
" I love you too. " she uttered softly around the lump in her throat.
He looked down at her with turbulent blue eyes. " I can't explain what is happening here, but I want to be with you every second. I think about you constantly. When you are on stage and my men are ogling you, men I have sworn to protect and lead, some of them I even count among my friends, I swear I could cut them down with my saber. The only explanation for that is that I love you. "
She could sense how hard it was for him to put his feelings into words through the bond they shared and her chest tightened. If she hadn't known herself better she would have sworn there were tears in her eyes.
His lips were on hers again, warm and tendehe she sank into his kiss and let herself swim in the feelings of love and adoration he was sending her through their bond.
" I don't know how I am ever going to leave you. How am I going to walk away from you at the end of the week and go back to my duty without you by my side ? " he muttered against her lips.
Her head spun as she imagined the pain that moment would bring. " Let's worry about that at the end of the week. Right now, let's just enjoy this. " she said, quietly.