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legs, but there was also an innocent wantonness about him.
His staff was erect and curling toward his stomach, his sac
was hard. I leaned over to taste him, smelling of his desire
and herbs. He smiled at me and poured some oil on his
fingers. I watched, enthralled, as he prepared himself for me,
because I was afraid I would hurt him. He was moaning and
whimpering as he worked three fingers into his opening
slowly. His eyes were half-open, and all I could see was love
in them. "I can't," he husked out.
"Prepare me," I said.
He dreamily withdrew his fingers and poured more oil on
them, then caressed my shaft, oiling it thoroughly. I loomed
above him and guided his left leg onto my shoulder,
marveling at how flexible he was even as I pushed into him. I
was in no hurry to end this, so I made sure that my pace was
fast enough for him to enjoy, but not to bring him to climax. I
held his wrists down by his sides so he couldn't touch himself
and proceeded to kiss him breathless as I rocked in and out
of him.
"Please," he begged, sounding needy and shameless. I
marveled at the changes a year had wrought in him. I knew
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that he wouldn't have been this way in the beginning, even
after we had become intimate.
"Please what?" I asked lazily.
"Please... I'm close," he whined, begging delightfully.
"So am I," I told him, getting a bit breathless myself. "And
I will not be hurried."
He whimpered deliciously until he came, a soft moan deep
in his throat as he spilled. I relaxed then, coming with him,
delighting in the fact that we had come together.
I collapsed gently upon him, eventually shifting so that he
was curled in my arms.
"You don't have to go," he murmured.
I thought about that. I didn't have to now, but I would
soon. The Hakkenshi were gathering forces across Nippon to
drive the invaders out. I just hoped it would be enough to
save it from what I had learned from Iida.
I did something so cowardly I should have been ashamed
of myself. I kept silent and didn't remind my lover that while I
might not be leaving now, I would leave him eventually.
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Chapter Seventeen
Tamazusa
I was surprised to see Mason return with Aboshi from
Inumura's castle.
"Just wanted to make sure that you're all right," he said,
trying to sit down gracefully in a kimono. All he managed to
do was not expose himself to me. I've seen drunken
merchants who were more graceful. But he was trying, and
that was what was important.
"And why wouldn't I be?" I asked. "Iida's forces have
melted away, like the snow in spring."
They had. His troops had fled in the night, returning to the
sea, it seemed to me. Mawatari had committed seppuku.
Okita had found his body in their camp. It looked like the man
had not had a second and had died in agony after he opened
his stomach.
Now the Hakkenshi and I had to rally the other lords of
Nippon to chase the Trust and the Southerners out of Kyushu.
"It was you who seems to have been in trouble," I teased.
"Fuck, that was embarrassing," he said. "Just don't give
the kid shit about it. He kicked ass."
"So I have been told," I said, stepping closer to him,
smiling coyly at him. "And you have nothing to be ashamed
about either."
Mason grinned. "I knew there was a reason that I liked
you." He sobered. "Iida was bugfuck insane. And shit, I think
that there's something nasty hidden on Kyushu."
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"We will deal with that when we have to," I said. Then I
sighed. "And now I have to convince the other lords that
unifying under one banner is the only way we can save
ourselves."
"Hinaginu-san tried to explain that crap to me," Mason
said. "I still don't understand shit about it. But are you going
to be the big boss?"
I laughed and shook my head. "I will leave that honor to
Inusuka Shino. The Hakkenshi are clever strategists and are
thought of as honorable men. I have a reputation for being
none of those things. I will support whatever they decide."
Mason nodded. "While I want Wolf to watch your ass, he
lost it again, and that ain't good." He hesitated for a second.
"Shit, I'm not supposed to tell you this, but I think that Wolf
would if he knew how. I think that the Trust shrink at
Waltham really fucked him up. Stupid shit too. Something
about Keno and bein' in love with him. I know that he don't
swing that way, but he lost it when McGann got hurt and then
when Keno got hurt. Before that? Fuck, he was like the
iceman in a fight. So I don't know what to think. I know that
he wouldn't want to tell you this, 'cause you still ain't his
favorite person. But he's smart enough to know that you're
able to take care of McGann. So, while he would be willing to
protect you, I think that it's better that he stay with McGann
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