The Lady’s Choice

AFTER

Mental images of the dead men floated behind Kate’s eyes as Jade finished her story in gory detail. The chilling nonchalance with which the young woman recounted the grisly event should have unnerved Kate… yet somehow it didn’t. Jade was correct—Kate did understand her, all too well.

“Are you repulsed by me?” Jade murmured. “Now that you’ve heard my story?”

Kate walked closer and gently removed the hood from Jade’s head. It was hard to believe that such a lovely, sensual creature was capable of such brutal, ghastly deeds.

Aren’t we all?

Kate caressed her warm face and trailed her thumb across Jade’s full, soft lips… then kissed her. It started lightly, tenderly, and gradually deepened, growing stronger, and infusing with heat, passion, and lust.

Tense moans sifted through the kiss. Jade’s hands slipped beneath the tank top, peeling it up and over Kate’s head. Then they were on the sofa, Kate on her back, and Jade’s hot, wet mouth on her breasts, teeth tugging her stiff nipples, lips sucking the tender flesh.

“ Uuhh…” Kate gasped— God, it’s been so long! Her body burned with lust and desire… and so much more.

Jade moaned around her nipple and squeezed her full breasts. The hard, wet bud slipped from between her lips and Jade kissed between her breasts, then down her stomach, licking and sucking her quivering flesh. A haziness shrouded Kate’s mind and she was hardly aware of her pants coming off or her panties sliding down her thighs. Clarity returned in a rush when Jade buried her face between Kate’s thighs, her strong tongue doing things to the older woman that she hadn’t experienced in such a long time.

“ Uuh!” Kate gasped and sank her fingers into Jade’s hair. Her hips arched as Jade sucked her clit and slipped two fingers inside her. “ Uuuhh… yes… fuck… uuuhhh… god…”

Jade made her cum multiple times before backing off. She stood up and undressed before Kate.

“You’re… beautiful,” Kate whispered with a tremor and sat forward, lightly gripping the young woman’s bare hips, drawing her close. She spread Jade’s folds and licked her hot, wet flesh, her sweet juices tantalizing Kate’s taste buds.

Jade shivered and gently gripped Kate’s head as the sheriff savored her sweetness, sucking and moaning as Jade spasmed and gasped, cumming on Kate’s tongue… again and again.

“ Uuhhh… yes…” Jade trembled and rested one foot on the sofa cushion while Kate sank two fingers inside her slippery heat and brought her to orgasm. “ Fuuck… yes… oh god…”

Kate stood up and cupped Jade’s face, kissing her hungrily. “My bed.”

The two women walked silently from the living room and down the hallway to Kate’s bedroom. They made love beneath the cool sheets, using the “device” from Kate’s nightstand to pleasure one another until they were too exhausted to go on.

Kate lay naked and sweaty beside Jade, their fingers laced as they stared at the ceiling.

“Thank you for giving me this,” Jade whispered, “before taking me in.” A small smile touched her lips as her green eyes turned dreamy, misty. “I dreamed of this all my life.”

“Dreamed of what?” Kate murmured.

“Of…” Jade swallowed, and tears glistened in her eyes. “… this feeling … with another woman. After I was raped at sixteen…” Her chin trembled. “… I couldn’t get close to anyone. I didn’t think I would ever feel anything like…” She turned her head, and a tear slipped free. “… this.”

Kate turned on her side and caressed Jade’s flushed face, feverish from their intense lovemaking. “I never thought I would ever feel it again,” she whispered, her voice breaking as painful memories from the past crept forth. “I thought we were allowed only one… and when that one was gone… there were no more.”

Jade faced her and pressed close to Kate’s naked body, tenderly caressing her breasts. “How did you lose your one?”

Breathing deeply, Kate closed her eyes a moment, then looked Jade, her vision swimming. “She was taken from me… the way Amy was taken from you. There were more than three… a lot more. She was delicate and fragile and they…” Kate swallowed hard, a distant fury heating her blood. “… broke her.”

“What… did you do?” Jade’s question tumbled out in a rasp.

Kate gazed distantly over Jade’s shoulder. “We broke them.”

“We?”

Kate blinked. “My… family.”

“Family…?”

Kate kissed her. “I don’t talk about them anymore,” she whispered through a second kiss. “They’re my past.”

“You left them?”

“Yes.”

“Why?”

“Because I believed there was a better way to justice.”

Jade held her eyes. “Do you still believe that?”

Kate sighed and pulled Jade deeper into her arms. “Not so much.” She held Jade against her and kissed her lips. “And now, more than ever, I fear the only justice that will remain… is the justice we make for ourselves.”

Jade kissed her throat and slipped one hand down between them, pleasuring Kate. “Make love to me again before we have to say goodbye.” She nuzzled Kate’s neck. “Please, baby?”

Kate shivered as Jade’s middle finger circled her sensitive button, coaxing warm juices from within. “We’ve both said goodbye enough in our lives.” Kate lifted Jade’s face and kissed her soft mouth. She parted her legs as Jade pushed her fingers into Kate’s tight, warm cavern and slowly stroked. Kate shuddered with utter pleasure. “I’m never letting you go.”