Control

Chapter 55

Dom followed his wife into the bathroom and held her hair back. He reached his other hand around, removed her towel, and gently rubbed her stomach. When it seemed to finally pass, he flushed the toilet, and held her in his lap. “Was it the baby or what you pulled from Leon?”

“Both I think.” She moaned. “Eww. I need to brush my teeth.” He helped her up and she set about removing the horrible taste from her mouth. After she gargled, rinsed and turned off the water, she sagged against the vanity.

He picked her up and carried her to their bed. He laid down beside her and was slightly taken by surprise when she threw herself into his chest. He stroked her hair and back in an effort to calm her. “What is it, baby?”

“I…I’m not use to being sick except…for the fevers and migraines.”

“The fevers you’ve had since I’ve known you are enough to kill most people or at the very least leave them brain damaged. What you are going through now is natural. You aren’t sick.”

“I feel like hell. If I was wearing shoes, I thought for sure I would see them come out of mouth. Dominic, it is all hitting me so fast.”

“I’ll take care of you, baby.” He continued to comfort her and a thought came to him. “Mick, maybe we should stay here until the baby is born.”

“I don’t have a doctor here.”

“We could get one…”

“No!” She rose up and looked at him frantically. “I don’t want anyone to know where this place is.”

He caressed her cheek and tried to understand her mindset about this. “We all know about it.”

“That is different.”

“How? What is this place to you?”

“I have accepted all of you as safe. This place is a refuge from the outside world. I let all of you into my home in Mexico but the rest of my family eventually found it. It is a refuge also but is no longer completely safe like this one.”

“Baby, do you still feel like you need your safe places?”

“Yes, I do. It isn’t something that will just go away but if it will make you feel better I will tell you where the others are.”

“There are more?”

She nodded her head somewhat ashamed. “I have one in Italy, Switzerland, Greece, New Zealand, and a private island in the Caribbean.”

“Holy shit.” He was shocked. “The island is the last resort. The place you would go to disappear forever, right?” She nodded again. “How much are you worth? All of this must have cost you a fortune.”

“Do you really want to know or will a lot suffice as an answer?”

“That will do. I don’t need to know an exact figure. So…your mother married poor, huh? I mean your father comes from a, or the, richest Italian family ever and he is still a peasant compared to your mother.”

“My Italian family has a lot of money. The Indians are wealthy with land. I know it is hard to believe, huh? So, yes, you could consider them poor compared to my mother’s side.”

“I really am a prince in Romania?”

“Yes.”

“And here?”

“In today’s day and age, you are the husband of the granddaughter of a diplomat.”

“But?”

She smiled at how well he knew her. “I am a descendant of royalty. The people here would still call you prince as well.”

“Damn. Here I am thinking that you are a goddess walking the Earth and really you are just an extremely rich princess. What a let down.” He started laughing when she swatted his chest.

“I will give you the exact locations of my other homes.” She ran her fingertips over his face and lips. “I don’t want you to ever feel like you did earlier. You alone will know all my secrets.”

“Are you saying that you’ll run again?”

“No but I am saying that if I do, you will always be able to find me. I’m saying that I love you enough to share everything with you.”

He fell into her eyes and pulled her into a tender kiss. “Does that include what you pulled from Leon’s mind?”

“If you wish.”

“How did he feel?”

“Guilty.”

“Could you be a little more forthcoming?”

“He believes he raped me and his guilt for hurting the both of us was more than he could bear.”

“So you took it away.” She nodded. “Has he accepted the fact that you are not his?”

“Yes and no. Something has given him hope for the future but he accepts it for now. Any ideas where this false hope comes from, my love?”

“Nope.” He averted his eyes from her penetrating gaze. “Not a clue.”

“I see you are not as forthcoming as you wish me to be. I know perfectly well that you gave it to him based on Rain’s words. I cannot believe that you would accept him as a replacement for you after everything that has happened or that you think I would go on living without you.”

“Hush! I expect you to go on if anything ever happens to me for the sake of our children!” Her eyes widened at his outburst and his last word. “That’s right. I said children. I want to have a litter of them with you.” The mixed look of shock and horror on her face made him laugh.

“What is so funny?”

“The look on your face is fucking priceless!”

“What did you expect? You just told me you want me to be a baby factory! This one is kicking my ass now and I haven’t even begun to show yet.” Her face fell and she shuddered. “I’m going to get fat. I’ll have to get fat clothes.”

“You’ll be beautiful swollen with my child.”

“Right.” She said in a disbelieving tone.

He rolled her onto her back and kissed his way down to her belly. “You will be and I will worship every inch of your body.”

“Then I can look forward to a lot of worshipping because there will be more inches of body to cover.” He laughed against her abdomen and kissed his way down to the juncture of her legs.

She moaned when his tongue worked its way between her folds and squirmed when his fingers rubbed her clit. He could feel her tension leave her body as he feasted on her tender flesh. He moved his tongue up to lap at her sensitive nub and stroked his fingers into her hot channel until she came. He licked up her sweet cream until she stopped shaking from her release. “Every inch of you, baby.” He said before he gave her another long lick.

“Okay.” She gasped. “You promise to keep that up and I’ll give you a litter.”

He chuckled and crawled up to lie beside her. She rolled over and sprawled across his body. “You feel better?”

“Mmhmm.”

“Should we join the others now?”

“No.” She ground her pelvis against his erection. “I believe I should do something about this first.” She crawled down his body and released his straining shaft from its confines.

“I’m not complaining but are you sure you’re up for this?” His eyes screwed shut when her tongue ran over his length. She gripped him in her hand and engulfed him in her mouth. “Oh shit. I guess you are.”

She rolled his balls in her palm as her tongue and teeth grazed his cock. She sucked, licked and nibbled him repeatedly until he grabbed her head and shot down her throat. “You feel better?” She grinned up at him licking her lips.

“I was wrong. You are a goddess come to Earth.”

“Whatever you say, my love. Now we can join the others.” She got up and dug through the bag of clothes he brought for her. “You weren’t fucking kidding. This is all old Egyptian wear. Crap!” She spun around and glared at him. “You could have brought my things.”

“I could have but I wanted to see you in those.”

“Fine. Of course, everyone else will see me in them as well.” She turned and picked up one of the short sheer outfits. “Nothing a pair of scissors and a little imagination can’t fix.”

He watched her cut away some material and tear some into strips. She wrapped a strip around her breasts and tied a newly made sarong at her hip. She used the last strip to tie her hair up in a ponytail.

“Only you could take a sexy outfit and make it sexier.” He walked around her and looked her over. “I don’t know if I want you outside in that.”

“This is your fault for not allowing me to wear my own clothes. Besides I should wear things like this while I can. When I get fat, I’m going to hide in our room until I’m skinny again.”

He grabbed her hand and they left their room walking the halls. “Hmm. I like the sound of that. You not leaving our bedroom for a couple of months is music to my ears.” He led her outside and they smiled when they saw everyone playing in the water. The 3 dogs were also enjoying a cool swim.

“Look who decided to join us! If it isn’t Papa and Mama Bear that have come out of their cave.”

“Funny, Vince.”

While the 2 men traded quips, her eyes scanned the area searching for one who was not present. “What did you do?” She spoke to no one in particular and ran back into the house.

“Dom?”

He turned to the others and shook his head. “God help you if she finds out which one of you messed with him.”

She ran with purpose and direction. She could find him anywhere but had hoped it wouldn’t be there. Her luck was not with her and she quietly entered her weapons room. “Why are you in here?”

He turned and saw her short of breath with angry eyes holding him in their gaze. “I don’t know. I was wandering around and I found it.” He had a sword in his hand and her heart stopped.

“Leon, be careful with that blade.” She held up her hands in warning. “Don’t touch the steel.” She edged closer to him. “Please put it down.”

“Why? It’s beautiful.”

“It is also deadly.”

“Beautiful and deadly.” He smiled and looked at the blade. “That makes it just like you.” She kicked the pummel in his hand and the sword flew out of his grasp straight up in the air. When it began its downward trajectory, she pushed him back and the blade embedded in the ground where he was standing. He looked down at her in his arms in confusion. “Micki, I know it’s sharp but I’m a big boy. I think I can play with knives and not cut myself.”

She walked over to the sword and pulled it out of the stone. “It isn’t that it’s sharp! The blade is poisoned.” She slid it back into its scabbard and set it in its resting-place. “Does that still make it like me?”

“You are not poison but…you are like an infection.”

“How sweet. I am overwhelmed by the flattery.” She turned and regarded him with an arched eyebrow and her arms crossed over her chest. “How did you get in here?”

“Same way you did – the door.”

“Don’t even pull that smartass bullshit with me. This room is inaccessible to anyone but me.”

“Well I was you for a while so I guess I’m granted access and I assume that would extend to Dom too.”

“Why are you in here and not outside with the others?” She noticed the sadness in his face before he turned away.

“I wanted to be alone…and I decided to explore this thing that you covet so much. Sanctuary.”

“You’re lying to me.” Her anger flared and she stalked up behind him. “Do not insult me with a fucking lie! You know it isn’t possible!” She spun him around to face her and her eyes bore into his. “Tell me what happened!”

“Nobody wants me here. I can’t blame them really. I fucked up the harmony of our little family. I nailed Mama and Daddy didn’t do a thing to stop it.”

“These are not your words. Let’s see if I can use good old fashioned process of elimination to narrow down the list of suspects.” She turned on her heel and walked the wall of weapons. “Vince and Letty are out. Richard and Anton wouldn’t dare. Mia isn’t that cruel and Dominic wouldn’t hurt me like that.” She grabbed 2 sets of sais off the wall and turned to the door. “That leaves Brian and Janna. I already have a guess which one it is. Would you like to confirm my suspicions?”

“I’m not wanted here.”

“You are by the only one who matters. Now come with me and seal the door behind you.”

He quickly sealed the room and ran after her. “You don’t need to do this.”

“Trying to protect the guilty party, are you?” She was getting angrier by the second and spun one of the blades in her hand as she swiftly made her way to the outer hallways.

“I am the guilty party, Micki.”

“So am I.”

“It isn’t the same and the words don’t bother me.”

“If they don’t hurt you, why are you hiding in the house? I repeat…don’t lie to me. I do need to do this so shut up and follow the other guilty party!”

They came out the front and her eyes locked in on her prey. “Hey bitch!” Everyone’s head snapped up to see her standing there like hell had just come to paradise. She threw 2 sais across the yard and they embedded in the ground at Janna’s feet.

“Pick. Them. Up.” She grated the words out of clenched teeth and descended the hill. “You’re awfully quiet now for someone who was spouting some hateful shit earlier. You really should pick those up so you can try to defend yourself.”

Janna crouched down to retrieve the weapons and kept a watchful eye on the best warrior her people had produced. “I don’t stand a chance. It would be suicide to try.”

“You don’t give yourself enough credit. You trained just like Andros.”

“Not like you. No one has been trained like you.”

Mikaela’s eyes narrowed and she got a smirk on her face. “You never know, Janna. I might be having an off day. Either way I am not giving you a choice in the matter. Try or don’t. The end result will still be the same.” The women squared off against each other; one scared to death and the other smiling at her fear. “Come on. Let’s see if your skill is as wicked as your tongue.”

Mikaela twirled the sais in her hands and settled them pummel out with the blades distending against her forearms. Janna had the points facing out and was going for blood. Janna struck out and was easily deflected by her more experienced cousin. “That was pathetic. Maybe Andros shouldn’t change things too quickly back home.”

She blocked 3 more thrusts and drove a pummel into her younger cousin’s shoulder with enough force to make her cry out but not to incapacitate. “I sense some hostility in you, Janna. Could you be upset with me?”

“Why wouldn’t I be hostile? You’ve always had everything!” She swiped at Mikaela’s head, which was ducked. Her other sai came at her chest and clanged against the sai-protected forearm.

“I’ve had everything? Would you care to break that down for me?” She smashed a pummel into her jaw and followed with a glancing kick to the same spot. She pushed Janna back and turned one blade out. “Are you jealous of my mind-blowing migraines?” She hit her with a fist in her temple. “Or could it be my raging fevers that you want so badly?” She drove the pummel into Janna’s gut, doubling her over. “Maybe it was my self-imposed exile so I wouldn’t go insane like your mother!” A spin kick to the chest sent her flying into one of the columns.

“I love chick fights. It’s so sexy. She’s like the chick in the Matrix.”

“Shut up, Vince.” Dom kept his eyes on his wife. She was warring with keeping this fight as a hard-learned lesson to letting her rage take control.

“None…of those…things, Mikaela. Just good old jealousy over a man.” Janna watched her cousin turn to her side to stare at Leon on the veranda. She took her distraction as an opportunity to pick up a sai and throw it at her with deadly accuracy.

Mikaela spun around caught it in mid-flight, and hurled it back to its sender. The blade penetrated Janna’s outstretched palm and embedded into the column. A blood-curdling scream pierced the air and Mikaela laughed.

“Okay. This is getting too real. Dom…”

“Be quiet, Vince.”

She walked up to the pinned girl and looked at her sideways. “Janna, that looks painful. Am I right?” She crouched down in front of her and smiled. “You were right. You didn’t stand a chance. The kicker here is you should have kept your mouth shut and not purposely hurt the man who loves you.”

She pulled the blade out of her cousin’s palm and the column and Janna slid to the ground cradling her injured hand. “That is rich, Mikaela. He loves me and yet he had sex with you!”

“You are a stupid child! Did you let your fucking jealousy cloud your memory? The bond is from our Romanian blood. He had no control of the situation. It is a force!” She grabbed Janna’s hair and put the tip of a blade under her chin. “He loves you, idiot, and your forked tongue made him hide in his own home!”

She stood up abruptly and turned to go to the pond. Her anger evident on her face, the blades spinning in her hands, Dom knew it wasn’t finished. She spun and threw the 2 sais into the stone on both sides of her cousin’s face. “If you cannot forgive him – leave. If you stay and hurt him again – I’ll kill you.”

She strolled past the others and shouted over her shoulder. “Brian, you have a patient to tend to. Leon, get your ass down here!” She dove into the water and surfaced in her husband’s arms. “And you – give us a kiss.” She pressed her mouth savagely against his.

“You are beautiful.” He stared at her in awe.

“I make you hot when I fight?”

“You make me hot by breathing.” She laughed at his comment and turned around in his arms to face the others.

“Did I put a damper on the party? This was nothing. I actually took it easy on her. Andros and I use to beat each other bloody when we sparred. This training started when I was a child and never stopped. It is built into me and will not go away. I have seen shock and fear on your faces when I do…what I do. I want you to know that you have managed to make me calmer.”

“You all questioned my family at my wedding about my past. I don’t have a past. Until the day I met all of you, I was the same as I always was…except for Bill. So I have my life as it was before you and I have a future with you. The question is can you accept my faults as well as my strengths?”

“Before you answer take into consideration that Leon is one of my faults and strengths. He is part of this family.” She held out her hand and Leon took it. “So are we okay or do I need to hurt someone else?” She saw their eyes widen and laughed. “Just kidding.”

She received nods and smiles all around. “Should I see to my patient now?”

“I don’t care. Go ahead.”

“Before I go, Mia and I would like your permission to have Sallah marry us before we go home.”

“Only if we all wear this ridiculous clothing so I don’t feel left out.”

“Deal.” Mia chimed in.

Brian kissed her on the cheek. “Thank you.” He smiled and then remembered the injured woman. “I should go. I’ll be back soon.” He ran off to the house.

“Baby girl, I am so glad you decided to do this now while I’m still skinny.” She hugged her sister-in-law.

“Are you kidding? I can’t wait to see my nephew growing in you!”

“See, baby.” Dom rubbed her abdomen and purred in her ear. “I said you will be beautiful.”

“Uh huh. How long will I get to keep my form before you impregnate me again?”

“What?”

“Your brother plans on keeping me barefoot and pregnant. He wants a litter of children.” She saw Mia’s face light up and rolled her eyes. “Great. I can see your sister has no objections to you making me a breeder. Letty! Please tell me you are on my side.”

“Definitely. Dom, her body and her art are important to her. She’ll have to limit her training. She’ll go nuts if you keep her knocked up and she can’t keep her routine.”

Mikaela turned in his arms and gave him a smug look. He grinned at her, wrapped her legs loosely around his waist, and reached a hand down between them. Her eyes widened when she felt his fingers dip into her pussy and a shudder went through her. “Letty, there’s something you should know about my mate.” He unwrapped the material binding her breasts, replaced his fingers with his cock, and leaned her back on the water. “She is at the mercy of my every whim.”

She was in heaven. Her lips parted and her eyes closed when he pushed into her deeper. She felt his hand glide over her exposed nipples and vaguely remembered everyone was watching. “See. She can’t deny me anything.” He grabbed her hips and stroked in and out of her at a slow pace.

“Look at her, Letty. She was afraid to let me see her body once and now she’s lying here letting me take her in front of all of you. She’s so wrapped up in the feeling she doesn’t even know you’re here anymore.” He heard her moan and watched her run her hands over her breasts. “If you’ll excuse me, I need to tend to my wife’s needs.”

The observers were getting hot as they watched Dom and Mikaela. He lifted her upper body up and took her nipple between his teeth. She held his head to her and cried out when he bit down harder.

“Did I miss something?”

Mia turned to Brian and pulled him into a hard kiss. She freed his cock from his shorts, pulled her bathing suit aside, and sank down on him. “You haven’t missed a thing.” She held onto his shoulders as he moved in her.

Vince came up behind Letty and untied her top. He grabbed her breasts in his hands and rubbed his straining erection against her ass. “What do you think, baby? When in Rome…”

She turned to face him and her arousal was evident in her glazed eyes. “Oh yeah. I want to feel what she’s feeling.” She kissed him hungrily and they began to remove clothing.

“Okay.” Richard looked around at the couples and turned to Anton and Leon. “There is way too much sex going on around here and since I don’t swing in your direction, I’m going inside.”

Anton looked at his cousin in the throes of ecstasy and shook his head. “I’m with you.” He followed Richard out of the water and turned to Leon. “Are you coming with us?”

Dom looked up and saw Leon watching them. He ran his tongue over her swollen peak and returned his friend’s gaze. “She’s magnificent, isn’t she?” He pounded into her harder and she cried out. “There isn’t anything more exciting than to see her cum. You’re gonna stand there and torture yourself, aren’t you?”

“I deserve it.”

“Bullshit. I’m not getting into this with you right now. I’m busy fucking my wife. As much as a part of me would like to see you stand there and suffer while I take what you want, I can’t. She would be pissed. So fuck off and try to patch things up with your own woman.” Dom focused his attention back on Mikaela’s writhing body and latched his teeth onto her other nipple.

Leon walked out of the water and followed the other 2 men. When he reached the entrance to the house, he heard her scream out her release.

“I feel for you, man. Micki isn’t an addiction I’d want to live without. I don’t know how Rob survived his lust for her all that time.” Richard patted him on the shoulder in a gesture of sympathy.

“Shit. She’s my cousin and I got wood watching that.”

Leon turned to look at Mikaela wrapped in Dom’s arms. “It’s different for me. She is beautiful but I got to see inside of her. I don’t think anyone has seen it besides Dom and me. Her inner self is something to behold and covet. You just can’t let go of something like that.” He walked down the hallway and left the other 2 men thinking about his words.