On the Seventeenth Day of Christmas Red Phoenix Gave to Me

The Phantom of the Opera...

I hadn't planned to write a sequel for In 9 Days, but so many fans needed to know what happened to Luke and Tesse. I chose to take them a few years into the future. Tesse has recently decided to move on with another man, Jerrod, after years of waiting for Luke to return. Naturally, that's when her scarred lover shows back up.

Excerpt from 9 Days and Counting: 
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 She kissed him again. It started out innocent, but the longer they kissed the more passionate it became. She felt Jerrod pause in indecision and then his tongue darted into her mouth, grazing against her teeth. Her body hummed in sexual excitement even though she wanted to resist it.

“I know you don’t care to hear this, Tesse, but I want to make love to you.” He nestled his head in her neck. “I want to touch you - to please you with my hands, my mouth, and my cock. To help you forget everything, if only for a while.”

Tesse moaned softly, her body hungering for his attention. “I want to, but I can’t.”

“Why not? What is stopping you from loving me, Tess?”

“I don’t know.”

“Then let me love you,” he growled into her ear.

She lay there in indecision, staring at the ceiling. Finally, she unbuttoned the top of her blouse and looked at him. Jerrod returned her gaze with unwavering love. She undid the second button and then leaned forward to kiss him.

The kiss he gave was fiery and demanding. His fingers fumbled at her buttons and she knew then there was no turning back. She gave into the passion he weaved, moaning Jerrod’s name.

He repeated several times, “I love you, Tess. I love you so much,” as he pulled away her blouse and quickly undid her bra. Before she knew it, her pants were undone and he was pulling them off as well. She lay on the bed looking up at him in only her panties.

“Do you know how beautiful you are? How many men would kill to have you?” Jerrod slid his body up against hers, kissing her neck and then moving down to her breasts. His tongue licked and teased her nipples, eagerly moving from one to the other.

She shook her head on the pillow, wanting to say no but yearning for him to claim her. She cried out in desperation, “I need you.” Tesse buried her head in the pillow after the declaration.

Jerrod jumped off the bed and quickly undressed. He called her name, waiting for her to look at him. Tess peeked up from the pillow and inhaled. Jerrod’s body was as handsome as his face. It was muscular and well defined. His shaft was long and thick, the head of it darker than the rest of his shaft.

“Tesse, I want you to touch me,” he groaned.

She held out her hand and grasped his cock when he moved closer. He threw his head back and groaned at the contact. The power she had over him was heady. She stroked his manhood and felt it grow harder in her hand. She noticed tears in his eyes when he lay down beside her.

“I have waited so long for you to love me, Tess.” She kissed him on the lips before moving down to his groin. She stared at his shaft for several seconds, remembering another time with someone else… Tesse wondered what it would be like to make love to another man. The thought both excited and scared her. She licked the end of his cock and felt it swell. “Tesse,” he hissed passionately, “I need you to suck me.”

She wrapped her lips around the large head of his shaft. The taste of his precome was slightly bitter and warm. Tesse closed her eyes, trying to forget everything and just focus on the man himself. She began stroking him with the added the suction of her mouth. His passionate groans made her quake inside.

Jerrod’s hands ran over her skin in worship of her. She could feel his love in every caress. It moved her and she responded by loving him back with her mouth. She moved up and down his cock, wanting to bring him even more pleasure. He stopped her with his hands. “Baby, please stop.” He physically pulled her up so that she was lying on top of him, his hardness pressing against her stomach.

“I’m ready to make love to you, Tesse,” he said, nuzzling her neck.

A cold chill traveled down her spine.

He could sense the change in her. “What’s wrong?”

She swallowed hard. “I don’t know.”

Jerrod rolled on top of her. “Let me in, Babe,” he said, rubbing his cock against her thigh. He bent down to kiss Tesse, but she couldn’t return it. Something had changed and she started to withdraw from him. “I need this, Tesse,” he whispered huskily. “We need this.” Jerrod kissed her again; desperate to bring back the passion they had just shared.

 

On the Sixteenth Day of Christmas Red Phoenix Gave to Me

A scarred boy and the girl who falls in love with him...

I have always had a thing for men with scars. I find them alluring and a testament to their survival and grit. I toyed with a story about a boy coming to a new high school and suffering the humiliation of ignorant bullying. Along comes a girl who sees him for who he  is and love unfolds between them...

Excerpt from the In 9 Days: 
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 Tessa ran to the door and then took a couple of calming breaths before she opened it. He stood in front of her with a bouquet of multicolored carnations in cheap cellophane. “Eighteen flowers for the eighteen year old.”

She smiled and took them from him. Her first bouquet ever! She smelled them and was disappointed that they didn’t have much of a scent. Well, at least they looked pretty. “Thanks, Kevin. I’ve never gotten flowers before.”

He stared at her and then stated, “You look different.”

Tessa blushed. His comment wasn’t exactly a compliment. “Yes, it’s my princess Tesse look. Do you like?” She turned around for him, causing her skirt to bounce for a little added effect.

He continued staring at her without speaking. Tess blushed a deeper shade of red. It was not the reaction she expected. Kevin cleared his throat finally and asked, “Can I come in?”

Tess took that as a positive sign and pulled him inside. “I’ve been looking forward to this all morning.” She noticed that Kevin’s eyes were glued to her chest. That was something she hadn’t experienced before. She glanced down and saw that her nipples were quite visible under the thin material.

“You’re beautiful,” he said hoarsely.

His praise made her feel beautiful, but it also felt funny. To hide her awkwardness, Tess leaned up and kissed him. “Thank you.” His hands went up to grab her face, but his left hand accidently brushed against her nipple. It sent a shockwave through her. “Oh!”

Kevin backed away, apologizing.

“No, I liked it.” She moved to him and shamelessly placed his hand back on her breast.

Kevin cupped it and then began kneading her nipple between his fingers. Tessa’s breath came out in short gasps. She closed her eyes when his right hand found her other breast. It was harder for him to manipulate and Kevin soon gave up, but Tessa wouldn’t let him. She took his scarred hand and moved it under her shirt. He groaned when he felt her naked breast. “What are you doing to me?” he muttered.

Both hands soon found their way under her shirt. The feelings were so new that she analyzed everything. It was strange to have Kevin touching a part of her body that no one else had ever touched, but it was also exiting. Tess was surprised that her body seemed to know what was going on and was responding to him so readily.

Tessa opened her eyes when Kevin lifted her shirt and bent down. She moaned softly when his lips landed on her nipple, her knees buckling as his tongue started flicking against it. Luckily, he caught her. “Are you okay?” he asked in concern.

“You… it felt… good. I think I need to sit down for a second.” Tessa headed to the couch in a daze. A light switch had turned on inside and everything felt different.

“Tesse, what are we doing here? I mean, as much as I want to touch you, it is only going to lead to trouble if we aren’t careful.”

Tessa patted the area next to her. “Please sit.” Kevin did, but cautiously as if he was afraid of her. “I only have one thing I want for my birthday, Kevin.”

“I’m afraid to ask what that is.”

She frowned, hoping her pouty lip looked adorable. “Why? Don’t you want me?”

Kevin stood back up. “You’re barely legal, Tesse.”

“But I am legal.” She looked into his blue eyes. “Yesterday you said you loved me. Today I want you to show me.” Tess was surprised he looked so nervous. She had expected Kevin would want to take a virgin. Maybe he didn’t realize she was one. “I want you to be my first.”

“Tesse, you don’t want someone like me to be your first.”

She looked at him in confusion. “You are the only one I want.”

He sat down next to her and put his hand on her cheek. “You deserve someone whole and fit. Not me.”

“Yes, you.” She placed her hand on his. “I love you, Kevin. I want to make love with you.”

“Are you absolutely sure?”

“Yes.”

He lifted her chin. “If you change your mind at any point, tell me. I’ll stop.”

She smiled, kissing him on the nose. “I love how sweet you are. But I want this; I want it more than anything else in the world. You’re like air to me, Kevin.”

He followed Tessa to her room. Kevin whistled on the way up the stairs. She grinned, knowing that her little skirt was giving him quite a show. Tessa giggled nervously when they finally reached her room. She did not turn on the lights in order to hide the posters of cats, horses, and dogs lining her walls. “Tah duh!”

“Cute,” he said, looking around in the candlelight.

“My mom still thinks I’m ten,” she said apologetically. Tessa took his hand and led him to her bed. Her heart was racing a mile a minute. As much as she wanted this, she felt scared when she joined Kevin on the bed.

He could read it on her face. “We can wait.”

“No! Just kiss me and everything will be fine.” She scooted closer to him and sighed happily when he leaned down to kiss her. Kevin was tender at first but then he started kissing her with real passion, exploring her mouth with his tongue. Tess moaned when Kevin’s hand snuck under her shirt and he caressed her breast again.

“I do love you, Tesse.”

She smiled up at him. “I love you, too.”

He pushed away the material of her shirt and moved to kiss her nipple. Tess held her breath. She whimpered softly when his tongue started flicking the hard bud.

“Feels good?” he murmured.

“Yes…”

He moved to the other nipple and did the same. She squirmed in pleasure, but then became completely still when his hand touched her thigh. Even though his tongue continued its dance on her nipple, all her attention was riveted on his fingers as they trailed up her inner thigh, getting ever closer. Tessa looked up at the ceiling, reminding herself to breathe. She bit her lip when his fingers touched her wet panties.