She began to suck on one of his fingers and liked the feeling of him being near the back of her throat. Putting two fingers into her mouth she pushed them down as far as she could.

  “I think you want to deepthroat me,” Carl joked.

  “Of course I do,” and she smacked his side to signal for him to move.

  She pushed him back into the bed and looked at his face for a moment. He was so handsome and gorgeous but such a dark horse. She knew there was a dark side to him and she needed to bring it out.

  “I’ve never done it before. You’ll need to show me how,”

  “It would be my pleasure,” he smirked sexily and put his hands to her head. “Be careful though. I’m still sensitive,”

  She nodded to show she understood and took one last look at him with her big eyes before moving down. Sliding the head into her mouth she felt him shake again. Then he grew rock solid in between her lips.

  “Yeah just like that,” he was still gripping her by the hair. “Now just a little further sweetheart,” he pushed her head down another inch and waited for her to reel back.

  But she didn’t and instead took more of him in her mouth until he was grazing the back of her throat. She moaned as she swallowed him and the feeling up his shaft was intense. Struggling for a few seconds she eventually took him all in and held her breath for a moment. He lingered in the heat of her body and the way he felt completely smothered by her. Then she gasped for air and pulled herself off him.

  Watching her take him whole again took his breath away and he grabbed her hair even tighter. She moaned and for a second he was scared he was hurting her. But then he saw her move her hand between her legs and rub at herself furiously. Her moans became louder as a long strand of spit dripped from her mouth as she held it to the base of his penis.

  Meanwhile Anna loved every new sensation that was taking place in her body. She felt so consumed by her desire for him that she wanted to possess his body and feel him own hers. She wanted them to melt together in an endless circle of pleasure and she didn’t want the feeling to end. Loving the way he grabbed her hair she felt between her legs and rubbed at the slick wetness between her lips. Pushing in one finger at first then two, she pushed them against her g spot and felt herself open up even more.

  She’d never been so aroused and she wanted to feel him in every new way imaginable. Feeling the tip of his penis against the back of her throat, she was scared at first but after the second and third stroke she developed a steady rhythm and matched his movements to her breaths. She loved the way he thrust into her while gripping her head, but more than anything she loved the way he grunted.

  “Yeah that’s real good. Just like that,” he moved her head up and down.

  After only a few minutes he couldn’t wait any longer and the wave of pleasure intensified within him.

  “I’m gonna cum baby,” he tried to move her off him but she refused to budge.

  Instead she bobbed her head up and down faster and faster taking more and more of him until he climaxed with a violent shudder. He roared as he ejaculated into her throat and held onto her head so tight she thought he pulled her hair out.

  Anna pulled herself off his penis carefully as she took in a deep breath of air. Gasping heavily she wiped at her mouth.

  “That was…. Amazing,” she smiled.

  “You’re telling me,” Carl’s words were barely audible as he collapsed back on the bed.

  For a moment he thought his sight would never come back to him and he held his hands over his eyes as he regained his strength. Eventually he felt Anna lay down beside him and he rolled over to hold her.

  “You’re so incredible,” he kissed her cheek.

  “And you’re the best,” she was still breathless.

  Cuddling into each other they breathed in each other’s scent and gripped on tight. Anna ran her fingernails up the length of his back as she straddled his thigh. He could feel the heat permeate from her as his leg became wet.

  “I think you need more…” he held the back of her head tenderly as he looked into her eyes.

  “Really?” she kissed him softly as she moved his hand to her sex.

  He instantly felt her open up for him and he pushed in two fingers, enjoying the expression on her face. She instantly began to scream but stifled herself as she reached forward and bit into his chest. Tasting his body made her only hornier as she felt his tangy sweat on her tongue.

  “Harder!” she screamed as she bit into him again.

  She wanted to feel him more and more as though he could take over her body. Wanting to feel entirely owned by him she pressed herself into him and wrapped her arms and legs around his torso. More than anything she wanted to feel as though they’d never be apart, that he was her protector and that he’d hold onto her forever.

  As her orgasm ripped through her body she shuddered and clenched onto his fingers. Still biting him hard she was certain she could begin to taste blood. Pulling away she looked to his body and saw a fine red trickle fall down into the bed.

  “I’m so sorry,” she breathed. “I didn’t mean to hurt you,” and she stroked the side of his face tenderly.

  “Don’t worry. You didn’t,” he took her hand and kissed it.

  For a long while they held each other in silence as they merged their senses together. Feeling each other’s warmth and listening to the sound of each other’s breath. Anna felt the beat of his heart against her and it made her smile to know he was so close.

  Somewhere in the distance a truck rumbled passed and Anna wondered where it was going and who was driving it. But then as the sound of the morning traffic began to sound Anna imagined it was the sea and she fell asleep peacefully.

  When she awoke it was the middle of the morning and the sound of the printing press overhead was banging itself into life. It was louder than she could have ever imagined and it made her jump out of the bed petrified before she realized what it was.

  “Don’t worry sweetheart,” Carl called. “Come back,”

  And she did so to feel the strength of his arms once more. He cradled her close and kissed her forehead.

  “You’re awfully jumpy this morning, what’s up?”

  “Nothing, just…. I can never remember where I am when I wake up,”

  “I know that feeling but it’ll be over in a couple days. Once we get over the border I’ve got a place to live,”

  “Really? Is this owned by another one of your Special Forces friends?” she spat the words sarcastically and regretted it. “Look I’m sorry. It’s just all so crazy and stressful,”

  “I know. I get it,” and he kissed her again.

  “That’s so loud up there!” she resumed her complaining.

  “Yeah, but I guess it has its perks,”

  “And what would that be?” she wasn’t in the mood for games.

  “Well… no one would be able to hear you scream,” he joked.

  And she took the hint. Rolling on top of him she felt him go hard immediately. Placing his penis flat against his stomach she slid onto his and caressed it with her lips. Sliding along it rhythmically she felt his length and girth stimulate her and soon she was dripping her wetness all over making him slick and slippery.

  She moaned as she moved and clenched her eyes shut as she felt the pressure against her clitoris. Keeping her eyes closed she focused on the pleasure and the sound it made when she glided up and down him.

  When she opened her eyes she saw Carl’s face so enraptured in ecstasy that he almost looked pained. He was staring down at her pussy intently and loved the sight of seeing them both pushed together.

  Then the time came when Anna needed more and she let the tip of his penis slide inside her. It felt incredible and she quickly let out a primal cry as she felt his width inside her. But it wasn’t enough and she wanted more. Pushing herself onto his entire length in one go it hurt only for a second before she needed to feel him quicker and harder against her g spot. Finding a quick rhythm she bounced up
and down as fast as she could.

  Looking down she saw the way Carl’s stomach muscles contracted as he thrust and she placed a hand on his navel. Feeling the hardness of his muscles and watching the way he gyrated as he moved his hips to meet hers.

  She wanted to feel him as hard as possible and she became wetter by the second. Before long she needed to feel his weight on top of her. She needed to see his strength at work on her tiny body and the way his muscles worked to hold her down.

  Pulling herself away from him momentarily she bent down to kiss him hard.

  “Fuck me as hard as you can. I can take it,”

  And he didn’t need to hear anymore. Holding her down on her back he lifted up her legs and pinned her knees behind her ears. It revealed her sex to him and he lightly slapped at it to tease her, to feel the juice smack against his hand.

  “Do it harder!”

  “You want me to slap you harder? Are you sure?”

  He saw her nod and look at him with those big wide eyes. Then he spanked her pussy hard and saw that it was turning a dark pink.

  “Aw, yeah!” she screamed. “Harder!”

  And he slapped her again.

  “One more time! As hard as you can,”

  Carl hesitated for a moment not wanting to hurt her but when he looked to her face she mouthed the words, “Pretty please….” and pouted.

  Readying himself he looked to her increasingly reddening lips and kissed her gently. She moaned softly feeling the tenderness of his kiss against the stinging pain of her lips. Then without warning he smacked her hard and she squirted instantly.

  “Oh FUCK!” she screamed and her pussy quivered as she ejaculated onto his chest.

  CHAPTER 23

  John Reiner handed over his passport as the midday sun poured through the windscreen. It hurt his chapped lips and as it made him squint, his broken nose ached terribly.

  “Thank you, Sir,” the border guard smiled politely and handed his passport back through the window.

  John nodded in acknowledgement and drove away. The journey had been arduous but he knew it was worth it. However his side was aching more with every hour he spent on the road. After a few miles into the Mexican desert he had no choice but to pull over and inspect his injuries.

  Lifting up his shirt he saw the swollen mess that was his ribcage. To his untrained eye it seemed one of the cuts was becoming infected and the bruising was spreading rapidly. He’d seen enough television to guess he was bleeding internally. Still though, he felt he must plod on to reach Carl. He couldn’t stop until he saw his face and apologized.

  Glancing back at his side he saw the bruising and infection was so rampant in his body that his ribcage began to look distorted. He felt as though he were looking at the body of someone else. There was no way this monstrosity could be attached to him.

  Breathing through the pain he pulled his shirt back down and pulled back out onto the highway. It was only a couple hours to the house. He knew he kept painkillers there and other supplies, he just had to grit his teeth and bear it for a little while longer.

  But the more Carl’s father drove the more his teeth began to grind together as pain took hold of him. He began to sweat profusely as he felt a fever fast approaching. It wouldn’t be long until he couldn’t sit up any longer.

  ~

  Anna looked at her passport as it hung from a miniature washing line. She never imagined it would take so long to dry but she was happy to sip at her coffee for a little while longer.

  “So….” Chuck grinned at the couple. “Mexico… How romantic. Gonna check out one of those donkey shows?” he joked.

  “No… we are not,” Carl placed his mug down with a clunk and wiped at some rogue milk foam on his chin.

  “What’s a donkey show?” asked Anna innocently and then she remembered a TV show she’d seen once. “Oooooohhhh,”

  Both boys laughed and she blushed.

  Chuck prodded at her passport gently and concluded it was ready.

  “And boom! Here you go madam,” he pulled it carefully from the line and placed it inside a Ziploc bag for safe keeping. “Now this will grant you only three wishes so you must choose wisely,” he handed it over.

  “Shut up Chuck,” Carl pretended to slap him across the face and they both laughed. “But seriously we’re so grateful. You’ve done us the biggest favour anyone could have ever done,”

  “Really man it’s no worries. If I’m not mistaken you actually saved my life back in the Congo,”

  “The Congo?” Anna was flabbergasted.

  “Another story for another time,” Carl patted her on the back and kissed her cheek.

  The more she found out about Carl the less she knew. He was a human enigma.

  “Well we better be on our way. Hope I’ll see you again someday,” the two men hugged.

  “Don’t be a stranger,” Chuck looked slightly tearful at his friend’s departure.

  ~

  When the couple arrived at the bus station it was as if they had a second wind and were more excited than ever. If everything worked out they’d be over the border in only a few hours. But as they took their seats at the back of the bus something niggled inside Anna. Carl could see something brewing in her eyes.

  “Penny for your thoughts?”

  “What if the Mob find us over there? Surely it’s possible,”

  “Well anything is possible,” Carl nodded in agreement. “But believe me this place is on the outskirts of a beautiful city and surrounded by so much land. You can see for miles and the locals are known to be pretty hostile to strangers,”

  “So how are they gonna respond to us?” Anna asked irritated.

  “I spent a lot of time there as a kid. Have some distant cousins in the area,”

  “I thought you had no family!”

  “They’re not really family. More like cousins of cousins,”

  “I’m confused again. This is starting to get old,”

  “What is?” he looked upset at her sudden bad mood.

  “This whole God damn rigmarole of you and your secrets, just tell us where we’re going Carl. I don’t wanna have to ask again,” she sighed heavily and pleaded with her eyes.

  “Fine… We’re going to my Dad’s holiday home in Monterrey. It’s where his parents grew up and well… That’s it,”

  “Why didn’t you just say that? Why would that possibly be so difficult for you to explain?”

  “Because….. Because…. My Dad comes from a long line of cops. I thought you’d be suspicious of that. Bein’ a Mob kid and all,”

  “Well I’m suspicious of a lot of things about you but not that!” she was so delirious with the whole situation she didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

  “Yeah but…. You know when you hold something small back for a moment and it just snowballs. And suddenly you feel like you have to cover up everything and not let anyone in?” he was squeezing her hand so tight his knuckles were turning white.

  It was then she realized he had more problems than she initially thought and that he was wounded in places she was only just starting to discover.

  “I understand that more than you can know,” she smiled faintly and kissed his cheek.

  He nodded to show he understood. Then their conversation was broken by the sound of the engine clanking into gear. The sun streamed through the window as San Antonio said goodbye.

  “Can we come back here again someday?” Anna asked.

  “Of course we can. One day we’ll travel the world,” he leaned over to look out the window beside her.

  “But do you think we’ll always have people chasing us?”

  “I can’t answer that,” Carl sounded sad.

  As the bus pulled out onto the highway they relaxed back in their seats and looked forward. This time the bus was nearly empty and Anna only spotted two other people to keep them company. There was a young, skater kid about fourteen years old and a scruffy older man who looked as though he’d just been released from prison
. It was amazing what characters you saw on public transport and Anna wondered whether it was a good thing she grew up so sheltered. At least a lot of the world had been hidden from her. But at what cost?

  The desert passed by the window in a haze of brown. And after a while Anna stopped noticing the landscape. Instead of looking out she began to turn her thoughts inward. A week ago she couldn’t imagine the journey she had been on. And the journey of both mind and body had taken her to a place she didn’t know existed, a place of strength.

  She looked to Carl and thought anybody could do anything if they had the right person by their side. Of course there would be problems and every person came with baggage but wasn’t that what made us all human? So engrossed was Anna in her thoughts that she barely noticed the sound of the engine stutter.

  Carl however was instantly panicked and he looked out the window to see where they were. They appeared to be in the suburbs of a town he didn’t know and he prayed the bus would make it to the station. But of course his prayers weren’t answered and instead the bus eventually staggered as it died a slow death. It broke down just off the highway on the edge of a rundown neighborhood.

  “Shit!” the bus driver could be heard shouting from his seat.

  The four passengers watched as he jumped down onto the road and inspected the smoke rising from under the hood. He looked outraged at the incident and they could hear him complaining as he looked into the engine.

  After a while he pulled out his cell phone and the passengers watched as he paced anxiously up and down the side of the bus while shouting at whoever was on the other end. After a few excruciating and confusing minutes he eventually came back on the bus and addressed the passengers.

  “Sorry guys. Looks like this ole mule ain’t goin’ anywhere anytime soon,” and he huffed and crossed his arms angrily.

  “But where are we?” Carl leaned forward and looked out the window again.

  “On the edge of Corpus Christi,” sighed the driver as he took his hat off and wiped his bald head.

  “But now what?” the skater kid at the front of the bus was angry.

  “Yeah they gonna send another bus or what?” the older guy was incensed.

  “Calm down guys,” the driver raised his hands as if he was surrendering. “Another bus is on the way as soon as they find someone to drive it. Then they’ll be taking you guys back to San Antonio where they’ll compensate you,”