The Savage Garden Ch. 05

The scent was growing stronger, and Jade could pick up the low hushed sound of weeping. She came to the edge of the trees and looked down on the small cabin nestled into the mountainside. The windows were shaded, but she could hear voices inside. She slowly slunk up to the side of the cabin and listened. She could make out four voices, three men arguing and a woman whimpering in a back room. Jade slowly made her way back into the trees and let out a piercing cry. The cry was answered by a howl, and a voice in her head. “How many?”
“Three men, and the missing woman,” Jade replied. The three men are in the front room and the woman is being held in the back. Darion let out another howl. Jade answered with another scream and soon they had their voices echoing off of the mountainside, coming from all directions. The door to the cabin opened and a man looked out, he scanned the darkness and then closed the door. Jade slunk back to the cabin and listened once again. She could smell the fear of the occupants. The kidnappers were getting edgy. She turned to see Darion approaching the tree line. “All set?” she asked.
“No time like the present.” he replied and began running full force towards the door.
Jade moved around the back of the cabin and changed back into human form. She eases her fingers under the edge of a window and pulled, the squeak of the window opening were drowned out by the sound of screams and gunfire coming from the front of the cabin. She slid inside the cabin and closed her eyes, trying to focus on the whimpering sounds the woman was making. They were coming from a closet on the far wall.
As Jade opened the closet the woman tackled her. They fell to the floor in a pile of arms and legs, wrestling around with Jade finally ending up on top. “Stop it ” Jade whispered. “I’m going to get you out of here but I can’t do that if you fight me.” The woman instantly stilled and looked up at her. Jade found herself looking down into a pair of tear filled blue eyes. “Damn,” Jade thought, “she’s hysterical.” But as it slowly dawned on the woman that she was being rescued she calmed. Her heart slowed and she breathed evenly. Jade pulled the woman to her feet and pointed to the window. “I will go out first to make sure that it is safe and then I will pull you through.” The woman nodded as Jade slid out the window. The front of the cabin became suddenly, eerily quiet. Jade waited a moment for the all clear from Darion, and then pulled the woman out the window and guided her back into the trees.

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Jade sat next to Darion in their kitchen, drinking her morning coffee and reading the paper. The front page headline read “Kidnap Victim Saved by Mysterious Stranger.” Jade smiled as she read the woman’s account of her rescue. Just as Jade had requested few details had been given about her appearance. The woman was quoted as having said that it seemed as if she had been saved by the forest itself. That she had heard animals attack the kidnappers, and that she couldn’t remember the features of the woman who had rescued her and only had a vague sense of her voice. Setting down the paper she turned to Darion. “So this is it huh? This is what it feels like to save a life? I feel like there should be more... something... it’s all sort of anticlimactic.”
Darion reached up to run his fingers through her hair and grinned. “Well, if it’s a climax you’re looking for...” his eyes darted towards the stairs leading up to their bedroom.
Jade leaned in and gently brushed her lips against his ear while whispering “Race you!” The two bounded up the stairs together, falling in a heap on the bed. Their clothes began to fly across the room as they tore at each other, lips locked together in an almost feral kiss. Jade’s nails dug into Darion’s ribs as his teeth bit into her shoulder. Small whimpering sounds filled the room. Within moments they were naked and panting, wrestling for position.
Darion growled as he pinned her to be bed, and as he slid inside of her he whispered “Mine!” Their eyes locked as he slowly began to stroke back and forth. His hands holding hers above her head, her legs wrapped around his waist. Panting, sweating as he picked up speed. Sliding out, and then back in with a growl. “Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine!” Jade began to writhe beneath him, completely losing control of her body as her eyes rolled back. “No!” he whispered fiercely, “Look at me... I want to see your eyes when I take you over the edge.” Her teeth dug into her bottom lip as she faut to maintain eye contact. His eyes began to glow as he again picked up speed, thrusting into her harder and faster until all she could do was moan. She felt the tension building inside of her. Her stomach tensed and she held on, balanced on the edge until with one last thrust he let go inside of her. She saw the sparks fly inside of his eyes as she lost control. Her body pulsing around him as he filled her. He collapsed on top of her and they lay sweaty and panting. Their bodies tangled in the sheets. “Well... I hope that was climactic enough for your tastes.” He whispered on a chuckle as he licked the sweat off of her neck.
Jade stretched beneath him and closed her eyes. “Well that ought to hold me over until lunch.” She grinned and snuggled closer to him as she drifted off to sleep.