This was originally titled Quicksilver Messenger, but based on some ideas from readers I have made some changes and retitled the series. In addition, I have a new editor that helped clean up some of the speed bumps in the story. Thanks to Glenn514. It is still the same basic story and the changes are not massive, but to me it is enough to warrant a new version. I hope you enjoy the series and please give me feedback.
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As she left Steve's room, April felt weak, confused and compliant, but it felt so incredibly good. These were feelings she hadn't recalled ever having and her mind was still spinning. She reached out and steadied herself with her hand on the hotel wall as her legs still wobbled with the effect of his kiss. April glanced over at the Sheriff and saw a faint smile on his face. She knew he was enjoying watching her recover from Steve's kiss.
Despite how unbelievably good this kiss felt, she was the dominant one in this town and she couldn't let him win. She tried to revive her cock tease status as she forced her shoulders back giving him the perfect view of her always-enticing cleavage. April gave him a haughty look letting him know that neither he nor Steve could ever really best her. She was the queen of this particular jungle and she needed to let everybody know that.
April straightened her queenly posture rising to her full height of 5'3", including her 3" heels. She looked up the Sheriff towering over her by at least a foot and snapped, "Okay Sheriff, I said my thank you, so we need to get out of here!"
The Sheriff looked over at her with his knowing smile growing on his face as he responded, "Yes, ma'am. We're on our way."
They began walking down the hallway and down the grand staircase. April was still breathing hard as they reached the lobby and it wasn't from exertion. Her mind was spinning, heart pounding, stomach quivering, nipples hardening and womanly folds weeping. Her perfectly crafted queenly persona had been rattled and shaken. She had to get out of there, away from his temptation and regain her imperial standing.
The Sheriff's smile told her he knew what was going on inside her head and her blush was a bright pink. A desirous, but transient newcomer to her town had challenged her Alpine sovereignty. The Sheriff had seen it and the smirk on his face told her he was enjoying her embarrassment. She stiffened her back, pulled her head erect and regally walked toward her car.
The entire staff of the hotel and restaurant had turned out to watch April. By now, everyone knew the kidnapping story and that he was her savior. This was the biggest news the city of Alpine's grapevine had in a long time. As April came into the lobby, she responded to everyone's presence in her usual haughty and regal manner. However, as she descended the staircase everyone could see something was different. She was not as aloof as she usually was and something was different in her walk. All the gossipmongers could immediately see the difference in her gait. She seemed less sure of herself, softer and more vulnerable.
Everyone could tell something had happened up in that room. April's knees wobbled as she walked down the staircase and her eyes were scared or unsure. When her tongue came out and sensuously caressed her lips, savoring Steve's kiss, they all knew the princess had met her match. Every woman in the lobby looked at the top of the staircase and wondered. If that newcomer could do this to April, what would he be like for a mere mortal?
April saw everyone looking at her with surprise. It was almost as if everyone knew exactly what had transpired up in Steve's room. For the first time in almost a decade April felt her face turn red and blush with embarrassment. She quickly averted her eyes and increased her pace as she rushed across the lobby. April was still confused and had no idea why Steve had the power he did over her. She had to fight it and get out of here to figure out what was going on.
April snuck into her car and for several moments sat staring out the windshield. She thought about going back to Steve's hotel room, just so she could feel his arms holding her tight. She toyed with her keys wondering what she should do, until she felt someone watching her. She swiveled her head and noticed the Sheriff still there waiting for her to leave. His knowing look made her blush as she put her purse in the seat beside her and thumbed the starter switch on the car.
She hurriedly backed out of a parking space and roared out of the parking lot, eager to get away from the Sheriff's perceptive looks. Her dad had a massive house off the loop overlooking the country club and she didn't want to go there. For now, April felt the need to think and to be alone. So she made a hard right on Avenue E and headed out of town towards Marfa. The ranch house was a good 45-minute drive and April needed the time to think about what just happened.
At the edge of town, the Sheriff stopped tailing her and returned to the Sheriff's office. April knew that the Sheriff being there had saved her from a potentially disastrous mistake. Deep down inside she knew without the Sheriff, she and Steve would've grappled for control of their combined passion. The minute their lips touched her desire had burst into flame and the kiss had been a battle, but one she had wanted to lose.
Since her libido had blossomed at the age of 13, April had dreamed about being amid a fiery romance like the ones she read about in the romance novels. Unfortunately, she was a spoiled little rich girl that also happened to be the towns' beauty queen. If her rich overprotective father hadn't intimidated her suitors, then her beauty did. Everyone assumed the rich beauty queen always had a date, but the reverse was true.
Whether it was her father's wealth or her ravishing beauty, very few boys had the guts to talk to her. Of course, all testosterone-laden jocks had chased her, but they were only interested in a notch on their belt. There had been only one jock she had been interested in, a wide receiver on the football team. He was the only one that seemed to have a brain in his head, plus he was Brad Pitt handsome. Unfortunately, his father worked for the Hunt's and he had been forbidden to have anything to do with April.
Growing up, her only friends were girls and even most of them were intimidated. In college dating got a little bit better, because men would at least talk to her. Most of the college men didn't know her history and would actually ask her out. When they were informed of whom she was, they were overwhelmed as well. When it came to romance, everyone always seemed to feel overmatched by all the noise around April. Nobody bothered to see the sensitive woman inside. The result was only the bad boys would ask her out, and they were only interested in another conquest.
April didn't know much about Steve, but he was obviously a kind gentleman since he had saved her on the road. He was masculine, handsome and at least in her eyes, very sexy. Since the Sheriff told her he was an engineer, she assumed he was smart as well. However, the most important issue was he hadn't let her intimidate him. Not only had he stood his ground when she tried to bully him, but he fought back, matching her toe-to-toe and finally she conceded to him.
Everyone had always put her on a pedestal with her amazing beauty, brilliant mind and incredible wealth. However, she did not want to be this cold aloof statue, but instead she wanted to live luxuriously in her femaleness. She wanted a strong man lying with her taking his pleasure and desire from her. As a woman, she wanted to feel chased and controlled by the spirit of a male. She wanted to be someone's sexual touchstone as he conquered and took her. He had to respect who she really was inside and she had to know she could trust him.
She had always stood on her own two feet, holding her own ground intellectually and emotionally. April was a strong woman that not only embraced her femininity, but also reveled in it. However, sexually she didn't want to hide who she was anymore and she wanted a strong man to make her feel the emotions she dreamed of. Her brief battle with Steve felt like a start and for the first time she thought she had found someone who could challenge her.
As she turned on the road that led to the ranch house, she fantasized about his lips kissing down her body and his hands extracting every bit of desire from her. In her daydreams, she had found a man secure in his masculinity and one whose strength matched her own. She dreamed that he made love to her mind until her body couldn't exist without him. April wanted somebody that she could surrender to. Someone that could worship her mind and body whenever and wherever he wanted. She longed for someone who owned her and someone she could belong to.
April's favorite kinds of romance were battles between a strong man and a strong woman, tinged with some dominance and submission. The thought of a little bit of BDSM made her crazy with need. These were her favorite kind of fantasies and ones she dreamed of constantly as she used the toys beside her bed. She sadly understood these dreams were just that, unrealized fantasies. No one would ever take on her father and steal her away. She still dreamed of being saved and taken by her White Knight. It was an unrealistic fantasy ... then Steve came along.
She dreamed she was lying helpless as he claimed every inch of her. She felt him tear down all of her emotional walls, taking more than she was willing to give. He took whatever he wanted and gave her more than she imagined. She dreamed of willingly giving herself to him, without hesitation or reservation. In her fantasy, she was vulnerable without embarrassment or shame, but happily felt like a real, sexual woman.
She had always had these images, now for the first time in her life she felt as if they might come true. Conceding that kiss to Steve was the first time she had ever given up control and he felt oh so good. The thought of meeting somebody that she wanted to surrender to was exhilarating and the thought of him taking her anyway he wanted was breathtaking.
Her mind snapped back and she knew she was in a war. She was going to fight him at every turn, but somehow she knew this was going to be a battle for the ages. In her heart, she knew that he was going to know what he had been in combat with the woman that was worthy. Likewise, she hoped that she had met someone that was worthy of her status and queenly presence.
She parked in the circular driveway of the ranch house and ran through the front door, up the staircase to her bedroom. April rapidly stripped off her dress, her bra and her panties, jumping naked on the bed. She pulled the large vibrator from her bedside stand and pressed hard against her throbbing clit. Her body was desperate for relief, but her mind still twirled thinking of that unbelievable kiss.
