“Not yet, lord, but there’s a piglet on the spit outside.”
Cenric nodded to the two of them.“Go.Both of you.”
Esa and Kalen bowed and slipped out.Kalen kept close beside Esa, which should reassure Brynn.
“Do you think we’ll be back in the next fortnight?”Brynn’s question came soft, quiet the moment the tent flaps stilled.
Outside came the low chatter of their thanes and Hróarr’s people around the campfire.If Cenric listened, he could hear the soft murmur of the waves along the beach.
“Yes.”Cenric chose to believe that they would be home soon.If they weren’t it would mean something went terribly wrong.
“If we aren’t?”Brynn squeezed his arm.
“We will.”Cenric didn’t plan to spend an entire raiding season away from his lands, promise from Ovrek or no.
Brynn exhaled a long breath.She tilted her head back.
“I’m sorry to be keeping you from home,” he said.
Brynn twisted in his arms, facing him.Her fingers stroked his jaw, a featherlight caress.“You are my home.”
Cenric couldn’t hold back anymore and kissed her.Her mouth was soft, giving.He wrapped an arm around her, pulling her flush against him.
The night’s chill clawed at his back, but Brynn’s gentle warmth beckoned him.He clenched her backside, pulling her against his hardening groin.
Brynn broke their kiss.“Kalen and Esa will be back soon.”
Cenric glanced in the direction the two youngsters had gone.They might be out for an hour, or a half, or less.Cenric wasn’t too concerned about being interrupted, but perhaps there was still a compromise.
Cenric nuzzled her hair, nipping at the top of her ear.“What if I just eat you?That shouldn’t take long.”
She wanted to learn Valdari.Even amongst total strangers who didn’t speak her language, she had spent the whole evening showing nothing but courtesy to his old friends.He ached to show his appreciation, to show what her effort meant to him.He felt intensely loved at the moment and he wanted her to feel the same.
Brynn lifted her head, frowning in confusion.“Eatme?”
Cenric smirked wickedly and decided to demonstrate.He swept his tongue over the tip of her nose, making her yelp.
“Cenric!”She wiped at her nose, giggling.
He caught her and licked her cheek.She let off a shriek that devolved into laughter.
“Stop!”Brynn shook with giggles, hiding her face with her arms.
“Well?”Cenric kissed the top of her head.“I won’t even have to take your clothes off.”
Brynn straightened, gasping for breath.“I might not be able to see to you before Esa and Kalen return.”
“I’ve been getting seen to for years.”Like most boys, Cenric had started seeing to himself not long after puberty and as an adult he’d never been deprived of partners for long.“It seems to me that you have much catching up to do.”
Brynn had never climaxed before Cenric, despite being married for six years to her first husband and having a child.On one hand, Cenric reveled in being the one to give her that.The swell in his pride had been undeniable, but on the other hand, it didn’t seem fair.Brynn was a good woman with a body made to be pleasured often and well.It was an injustice Cenric had been working hard to remedy.
Brynn hesitated and Cenric knew exactly what she was thinking.She usually felt guilty receiving without giving back.
“Let me do this for you,” Cenric pressed.“I want to do it.”
Brynn bit her lower lip.“Alright.”
“Is that ayes?”
