Chapter 06: On the Run

They had been running and stumbling through the forest for what seemed like hours. Setting the pace the entire time, Alexa urged Kasper to keep moving forward. His lungs burned and his mouth was dry he doubted he could even swallow. Stumbling yet again, he just let himself collapse in exhaustion and Alexa moved towards him. “Get up, K, we have to get out of here.” 

“Alexa…please. I…don’t think…I can…take…another step. Can we stop for a while? At least…so I can catch my breath?”

As she knelt beside him, she analyzed his appearance. Dilated pupils, increased heart rate, dots of sweat glistening on his face and a heaving chest, straining for air; he was in no condition for this. “Just a few minutes; the cabin’s not far from here and we need to get there, soon.”

Kasper leaned against a tree as he caught his breath and Alexa stayed alert for sounds of their pursuers. The Client had sent another squadron of thugs to their location at the motel. Luckily, the Starks were still under police protection, not to mention their own armed guards. They were safe for the time being. But, Alexa and Kasper were on the run for their lives.

A large thicket of dense scrub hid them from sight of the hiking trail some distance to their right and there was a cliff just beyond the grove of Ash trees that stood about twenty feet above a reservoir. It was the perfect place to get lost…or hide a body.

From deep within the brush she heard the sound of wood snapping and slowly rose to her feet. Silently she drew her gun and turned to Kasper with a finger to her lips telling him to keep still. As she moved towards the thicket she could hear another dry twig snap and pushed herself against a tree. The dark shadow a figure moved ten feet in front of her but she remained put to see if he was alone. 

Quickly she stepped behind the man and before he had the chance to turn his gun on her, she snapped his neck and dropped him to the ground. Alexa sank low, listening for other sounds. Minutes passed before she was on her feet again, she had to get back to Kasper and get them out of these woods. Dragging the man’s body to the edge of the cliff, she tossed him into the ferocious waters below, listening as he hit the jagged rocks with a thump.

Alexa hurried back to where she left Kasper. Grabbing him by the hand, she pulled him to his feet and together they charged out of the woods and followed the sound of the river until they reached a clearing. “Now which way?” Kasper huffed, out of breath as he fell over on his knees. He looked up at Alexa who appeared calm and in shape and shook his head. He had no idea how she did it but this much running was about to give him a heart attack.

“This way. Stay close, the path is extremely narrow.” Keeping to her heels, the two climbed a windy trail leading up into the mountains and away from the forest and reservoir below. Kasper kept his eyes on Alexa’s back, too afraid of looking behind them or down as the incline continued to rise. Finally reaching the top, he fell to the ground and exhaled loudly and Alexa looked down at him and laughed. “You should have come from behind that computer a long time ago. For such a small guy, that should not have been such a chore.”

“Yeah…well…try…telling that to…my…heart,” Kasper strained between breaths as he felt his pulse start to regulate. Before he could get to his feet again, Alexa was moving. He followed her with his eyes as she lightly jogged down a stone path which led to the front door of a cabin in the woods. Slowly he pulled himself up and joined her just as she got the latch unlocked.

“Whose place is this?” Kasper asked, stepping into the door behind Alexa. He watched as she draped a cloth over the welcome mat and pulled a string through a tiny crack between the archway. After tying the one end to a knob hanging in the entrance hall, she closed and locked the door.

“Mine. I bought it and had it stocked when I got to town for the job, in case I needed a quiet place to regroup. You like?”

“Well…” before he had the chance to answer, Alexa brushed passed him heading to the kitchen. Once there, she began looking through each cabinet, checking the contents of the small home for provisions before placing a few bottles of water into the mini fridge near the wall. 

The small cottage was complete with furniture and the tiny touches that made it feel like home. In the living room sat a couch, two chairs, a flat screen TV and a bookcase near the fireplace. The dining room had a table set for two and a bowl of apples as a centerpiece. Flat, white blinds hung in the windows, concealing the light and occupants from the outside. The place appeared to have been vacant for quite some time. Dusty, white sheets covered every surface and Alexa went through pulling them off and tossing them into the utility closet.

“You’re good with electrical stuff right?” she asked, tossing him a flashlight and pointing him in the direction of the shed out back. “See if you can get the generator running so we can get the lights on. Otherwise, it’s candles and campfire.”

“I’ll see what I can do.” He exited the backdoor and Alexa continued checking through the small home. Extra blankets were in the linen closet as well as clean towels and pillows. There was a change of clothes in the dresser and closet of the bedroom, some she suspected would suit Kasper just fine. Once the electricity was up and running they would have television and an internet connection.

Entering a 7-digit numeric combination into a large chest sitting at the foot of the bed, Alexa checked the trunk for its weapon cache and smiled contently at the items. The lights near the bed flickered a few times before staying on and she heard the backdoor open and close. Locking the trunk once more, Alexa placed a small flower pot on top of it before heading back to meet Kasper. “Nice work; looks like we can use the stove tonight after all.”

She pulled a few items from the cabinet and sat them on the countertop as Kasper wandered around the living room. He checked over the place now bathed in new light and seemed pleased at his surroundings. “It’s really dark out there.”

“Kasper, come away from the window. It’s not safe.”

He shut the blinds and backed away as instructed, finding her gaze as he looked towards the kitchen again. “Earlier, there was someone in the woods, wasn’t there?” Alexa nodded in response as he continued, “Did you kill him?”

“It was him or us. And as far as I’m concerned, it’ll never be us.”

“You think there were more that followed?”

Alexa shrugged and moved towards him as he took a seat on the sofa in the center of the room. “Anything’s possible but, this place is built far above the city. That incline is hard to navigate unless you know where to put your feet and I have traps set along the way in case any unwanted company tried,” she replied, watching him intently and the shallow breaths he took. It was her closeness that caused the sudden rise in his temperature not their forced situation and she realized it a moment too late.

Standing to gain some distance between them, Alexa felt Kasper’s fingers thread between hers and turned to face him as he stepped in front of her. “Don’t go, please. I-I can’t…I don’t want to be alone right now.” He trembled as he spoke and she could clearly see the terror in his eyes. 

Before now Kasper had only been words on a computer screen. And ever since he’d been forced out of hiding he’d become a challenge to Alexa’s strict and organized system. They were never supposed to work in person, this one rule she made clear to him the first time they’d crossed paths. He was just some desperate runaway living off of money he liberated from hacked ATMs. And after he’d become a nuisance to one bank in particular Alexa had been tasked with ending their problem. He was a job, nothing more.  

However, Alexa had saved him and for that he was eternally grateful. Kasper tracked down one of her aliases and left a message for her to contact him in a secured chatroom he’d setup. And after that, the rest was history. “You’re shaking,” she whispered and calmly moved forward. Without thinking, Alexa pulled Kasper against her chest and wrapped her arms around him to still his shuddering.

Instinctively he hugged her back, resting his face in the crook of her neck as he breathed in the scent of her shampoo. Almost instantly he felt his anxiety ease as she soothed him with a gentle coo and tenderly caressed his hair. “It’s just nerves,” he spoke against her ear when he felt her pulling away, hoping his confession would keep her draped in his arms a little longer.

“You’re tired, K, you should get some sleep. Come on let me get you to bed.” Her silky words and the way Alexa used her warm, vanilla scented body to comfort him threatened to destroy Kasper’s quickly crumbling resolve. After that last kiss he promised himself he’d leave things alone; that he wouldn’t pursue his feelings for her. But then she’d kissed him at the motel and that led to him wanting to know more about her body.

It was not in his nature to make the first move but something about the eight year relationship they shared gave him courage in her presence. Granted the time he spent with her online paled in comparison with being in her company but he had the urge to extend each moment; to savor every touch, every smile and every look she graced him with. He felt as though he knew her, more than she’d allowed anyone to in her past. And yet somehow it was still not enough.

She started to move away and Kasper quickly pulled her into his arms, locking her against his body, and swiftly delved his tongue into her mouth. Alexa tensed and immediately he regretted testing her tolerance with his overzealous infatuation once again. Pulling back, he smiled stiffly and tried to apologize for his brazen behavior but, Alexa didn’t give him the chance before she stood up on her tiptoes and connected their lips once more.

Unsure of where to put his hands, he let them remain at his side as he leaned forward and kissed her back. Alexa delicately curled her fingers into his palm, sliding his hands around her slender waist and she felt his cock stiffen against her as he melted into the tender kiss. Her tongue energetically mingled with his as the kiss intensified and he moved his hand upwards to touch her breasts. She moaned with his caress and he felt her nipple harden beneath his fingers and pinched it gently through the cotton material of her shirt.

Alexa kissed him sensuously as his actions became a bit more frenzied which she found revealing of his virtue. His kinder pinching gave way to harsher squeezing and she winced slightly and broke their kiss. “Not so rough,” she admonished, “Take your time, be gentle.”

“I’m sorry,” he whispered against her lips, hoping she wouldn’t make him stop now. He didn’t want her to realize what they were doing went against her rules. Alexa backed away and Kasper sighed miserably and looked down at his feet. He felt her fingers lightly brush his hand, her index entwined with his and she tugged him behind her as she moved.

Stopping in the middle of the bedroom, Alexa kicked off her shoes before turning back to Kasper. His expression appeared reasonably frightened but was mixed with curiosity as her hands slowly brushed up his chest. Unzipping the front of his sweater, she slid it from his shoulders and untucked the bottom of his shirt from his jeans. Kasper inhaled sharply when her fingers caressed his bare skin and she looked up at him before continuing her exploration. “Is this ok?” He nodded but didn’t speak. “Do you want to keep going?”

“Please,” he quickly answered, kicking himself for seeming too eager.

“You can say stop at any time.” Kissing his chest, she flicked her tongue across his nipples until they were erect just as he’d enjoyed caressing hers earlier. Alexa’s hands skirted down his hips, stopping on the buckle of his belt and she strategically placed kisses over his collarbone as she undid his pants. Kasper anxiously kicked out of his jeans and boxers, holding his breath as he watched her hand trace the thin line of hair on his belly down to his pelvic mound.

Her teasing fingers drove Kasper to the brink of madness and he closed his eyes in silent desperation, hoping somehow her hand would find its way farther south. And as if answering his unspoken prayer, Alexa closed her fingers around his thick, rigid shaft and fondled his excited cock in languid, long strokes. Kasper groaned and wobbled on weak knees as her hand pumped a little faster. Looking down through the haze of pleasure that filled his every nerve, he kissed her angelic face and took her lips again with his.

Although Kasper had never slept with a woman before he had come close with a girl in junior high. She had let him touch her between her legs and suckle her luscious breasts but that was as far as it went. Knowing how excited he was by her, she made him come prematurely in his pants while touching him and then blabbed about it to the whole school. Kasper hoped Alexa wouldn’t tease him like that. He had no plans of saying “stop.” 

Backing away again, Alexa removed her pants, shirt, and bra allowing Kasper to view her completely and he was amazed by how beautiful her body was. Her luxuriously slender waist that curved perfectly to meet her creamy thighs, her magnificent, flawlessly shaped, round breasts with rosy pink nipples that seemed to harden in the cool air and her beautiful, toned physique which appeared soft and supple.

Kasper flicked his tongue over his lips as he stared at her heaving chest. Slowly he took a step forward, backing her into the bed behind her, clutching her hands desperately like each touch would bring him closer to the pleasure he craved. Laying her onto the downy, soft pillows, he wasted no time joining her, watching her perky bosom shake as she settled against the sheets.

Alexa encouraged him to touch her as he wanted and Kasper explored every inch, moaning with desire at every curve and sweet seductive mound of her skin. His smooth hands bent to the shape of her breasts as he lowered his tongue to taste her. Hungrily he pinched her nipple and cupped its firmness in his eager hands and Alexa softly mewled when his warm mouth covered her.

Kasper’s nimble fingers slid across her white cotton panties, tracing the outline of her hidden gem and he looked at her as if asking permission before removing them from her hips. Slipping his hand between her legs, he leisurely caressed the soft skin of her thigh, making his way to the lush forest covering her mound. Finding her clit, he circled one finger around the sensitive little bud and listened as her breath hitched. He repeated the action several times, reveling in her tiny moans of satisfaction and felt her body become slick with lubrication. 

Kasper lay against her a moment, studying her intently. Alexa’s eyelids fluttered open and she could see concern glisten in the shimmering depths of his baby blue gaze. He swallowed hard and shut his eyes pensively as he took a breath. “Is this ok?” His words were whispered, his warm breath falling to her face as he shook and trembled above her.

He felt Alexa’s soft hands cover his cheeks and she coaxed him to open his eyes and look at her. “Yes, it’s ok, Kasper. Take me,” she replied, slipping a condom over his swelled shaft. Swallowing again to get passed the lump in his throat, Kasper moved his body over her and guided his hungry cock towards her warm entrance. Excitedly, he pressed forward as his dick parted her labia and entered her hot, wet folds. Her muscles clamped against him and he groaned from the sensation.

Bracing himself, he drove completely to the hilt, joining their bodies as one. Alexa was not prepared for that. Kasper stretched her so wide and filled her so deeply she felt she might split in two. Her fingernails buried into his shoulders as she hissed in pain and closed her eyes to endure the throbbing ache.

He withdrew a little and sank into her again and she whimpered at the intrusion and wrapped her legs around his waist as the pain quickly faded. Kasper’s mouth hung open and his eyes rolled back at the incredible feeling of being inside her. Her walls were an inferno of wet heat, tight around him like a vice but soft and silken like cream.

She was heaven. She was paradise. And, finally, she was his. The feel of her muscles reflexively throbbing against him drove him towards the edge of ecstasy and he moaned without reserve. Kasper remained still, absorbing this intense, new feeling. Moisture crept into his eyes and Alexa felt a tear fall to her shoulder.

Slowly he started moving and she gasped when he filled her completely in one smooth thrust, delighting in this sense of absolute fullness. His glazed eyes never left hers as his hardness stroked inside, stretching her and a strong fire burned deep within his belly.

Matching his movements, Alexa rocked her hips against him in concert. Her hands wove into his hair, grazing against his scalp as her head fell back against the pillow. Kasper’s body knew satisfaction in touching her, having her unbelievably close to him but now he hungered to get impossibly closer, to absorb every inch of her being. 

Lost inside her soft, exquisite warmth he concentrated only on feeding this longing hunger that burned so deep. Kasper desperately yearned to extend their sensual enjoyment. But this first time being inside the woman he strongly desired, this first time experiencing the intimate connection of her warm, soft body and fulfillment of everything he wanted for so long he knew he would not last much longer.

Breathless with pleasure, Alexa embraced him tighter as his tempo increased. She wrapped her legs around him, scoring her nails down his back and eliciting his husky groan. Her hands wandered over the lines of his smooth back. His name rolled from her tongue. He growled and drove into her harder, burying his face in her neck while he humped her like an animal. “I’m almost there,” she softly moaned in need, whispering a desperate plea for him to take her where her body desired and he wanted nothing more than to fulfill her wish.

But Kasper’s rhythm was abruptly lost as his body jerked hard in spasm. “No!” he groaned harshly as he tensed against her. He felt a warm sensation of defeat as he lost control and his cock began to throb, “Unh, unh, Alexa…” His hot breath scorched her neck. Liquid warmth filled her deeply and spread inside her belly. Kasper moaned and fell into a shivering mass of trembles before she felt him slowly relax against her. 

But Alexa felt far from relaxed. Her heart was rapidly racing and her body burned with sexual frustration as Kasper sank against her chest. Still she held him, waiting for him to move or make a sound other than the pained groans of failure he muttered beneath his breath. “I’m sorry.” His shoulders slumped in disappointment and she felt him slowly pull up. Quickly reaching up, Alexa pulled Kasper’s lips to hers and kissed him tenderly. 

After a short time, Kasper lifted himself on his arms and rolled to the side of the bed, too afraid to look at her. He discarded the rubber to the wastebasket near the bed and felt the mattress lower and the coil springs cry in anguish as Alexa turned herself to face him. With a gentle touch beneath his chin, she drew his head to turn to her. His beautiful blue eyes mirrored the anxiety and embarrassment he felt over the premature release and she noticed the pool of tears that had collected in the corners of his eyes.

Alexa smiled at him and gently wiped them away before kissing his damp cheek. “Are you hungry?” she asked, making a motion to leave the bed. He shook his head no and wrapped an arm over her waist, pinning her in place with the weight of his body.

“C-can we talk for a minute?” He pulled his arm back beneath him and Alexa moved closer, sharing in the exorbitant warmth that rolled off of him. “That wasn’t—I didn’t mean—I saw things going much differently in my head.”

Alexa smirked causing Kasper to blush as he realized he’d just openly admitted to fantasizing about her. She rolled to her side, inadvertently pushing her breasts into his face and his eyes happily followed the jiggly motion of her soft flesh. “It was your first time, K. And you did fine.”

“Until I blew my wad.” 

“It was great, Kasper, really.”

“Yeah. See the thing is I know you’ve had better…I’ve heard you have better. I’m a 26-year-old virgin, which alone was pathetic enough. But then to…you know.” He fell quiet a moment and she waited to see if he’d continue or whether or not she should speak. “Alexa, I like you. And I know you deserve someone as experienced as you are.”

“Experienced? How many guys do you think I’ve slept with, Kasper?”

“What? No…that’s not…I-I-I mean, I’m not saying y-you-you’re uh…fuck. I wanted, well I don’t really know what I wanted but, I know it wasn’t this.” Alexa teasingly smiled at Kasper’s frustration and straightened on the bed beside him.

“Kas, the first time can be awkward. Trust me, this was nothing compared to mine.”

“Yeah?” he asked, his eyes showing a glimmer of hope.

“Yeah. My first time was on the job and it was nothing that I care to remember to be honest. It’ll get better with time. Just, don’t stress about it. Now, I’m gonna make something to eat. Join me if you’re hungry.”

Alexa hopped up from the bed and Kasper watched her until she disappeared, enjoying the way her hips moved. While he would have liked to dine with her, he felt too humiliated to keep her company. Instead, he closed his eyes and slowly drifted to sleep.

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