The Woman on the Lake Ch. 06

After he disappeared into the forest, Leda threw herself into chores. She didn't bother to change or wash until every animal and plant on her land had been tended to, but when her stomach growled, she decided she couldn't bring her filthy shift into the cottage.

Without thinking she went to the lake and walked into the rocky shallows. She thought about taking off the shift, and washing it and her body properly, but she was too tired to take it off. She walked over the rocks until she was wet to the waist, and then she submerged herself in the cold water and swam.

Under the water, the calm washed over her. Her hair and shift floated around her in a ghostly cloud, her body felt free of it's shell. She opened her eyes. All around her there was nothing but rock and water. On land, the lake always looked blue, either a dazzling sparkling blue or the torrid grey blue of raining days. But when she was underwater, she'd open her eyes and be suspended in green.

She surfaced for air. When she looked to the shore, she saw Rob.

It was the first time she had ever seen him in daylight. He looked just as large and brooding as he had the night before, but his wild looks seemed more out of place in the daylight. His hair and beard were black and his eyes were a steely grey, made all the more severe by his thick, furrowed brow. She was surprised by the harshness of his looks, considering how gentle he had been when they slept together. The arms that had held her steady on his chest looked like bludgeons in the daylight. And the hands which he had run through her hair to comfort her could just as easily crush her windpipe.

Just as she going to swim ashore to him, he walked into the water, submerging his breaches quickly. Unlike Leda, who had only learned to propel herself weakly in order to save herself from drowning, Rob could swim like a man born to water. In a few powerful strokes, he reached her.

"Good morning, Leda," he was treading water effortlessly.

"Good morning." she said. She could tread water, but with a great deal of effort.

"Been up long?" he smiled a crooked smile.

"I had to take care of the animals," she said, suddenly embarrassed.

"All animals have needs," he said, still smiling. "Horses, pigs, men, women."

Leda tried to think of something to say, but before the words came, her swimming failed her, and her chin dipped under the water. Before she could pull herself up, Rob caught her into his arms.

"Can't you swim?"

"I can swim," Leda tried to remove herself from his grasp, but he held her tightly. "Although you're better at it, I'll admit it."

"If you hold onto me I can use my hands to keep us up better," he said.

"Or you could just let me go," she suggested.

Rob thought about it and gave her that strange half grin again. "Alright, then"

He dropped her suddenly, and Leda felt her head go underwater so fast, it terrified her. She shot back up to the surface, throwing her arms around Rob's neck.

"Whoa, easy, I've got you."

Leda breathed deeply into the man's neck, trying not to run her hands over the taught muscles of his back and shoulders.

"Why don't you put your legs around my waist," he said in a low voice. "It'll be easier for me to hold you."

"You don't need to hold me. I swim in this lake all summer. I'm just not used to doing it with other people."

"Who taught you how to swim?"

"I taught myself."

"How?"

The look that Leda gave Rob couldn't be described as anything less than a glare. She could hide her fear, desire, terror, sadness, but annoyance was an emotion that spelled itself plainly over her face whenever she felt it.

"By starting somewhere I could stand, then pulling up my feet from the ground and trying not to drown," she said sharply, but Rob only met her indignant words with laughter.

"That's as good a method as any."

"I live alone."

"But you're not alone now," he smiled, reaching his hands under water and pulling her legs around him. Caught by surprise, Leda tried to cover her legs with her skirts, but not only was her shift floating around her uselessly, but it had gone almost transparent in the water. It occurred to her then that she should be feeling some kind of shame, to be almost naked and wrapped around a strange man from a strange place, but he acted as though it was the most normal thing in the world, so she didn't. When they were close like this, she felt safe, even though she knew she shouldn't.

They stayed together like this for a time, not saying anything, as Rob swam in small circles with her holding onto him. Then he dipped under the water with her, and together they were suspended in the green calm of the lake. Leda opened her eyes underwater, and when she looked at him she saw he was doing the same. With a smile, she detached herself from his body and kicked deeper into the lake, her shift floating around her like a spirit, and touched the rocks at the bottom with her hands. Then she felt his arms on her waist, and she allowed him to pull her up to the surface.

When their heads were above water, they both gasped for air. When her lungs were full, Leda laughed.

"Did you think I was drowning again?"

"I thought you might be soon," Even though she floated comfortably at the surface of the water, Rob drew her into him again. He was standing now, and this time when he took her legs around him his hands lingered over them, tracing their shape. Leda shivered. Rob met her eyes for a moment, then slowly he moved his hands higher, taking her ass in his hands and pushing her pelvis into him.

A tiny gasp escaped Leda as she felt her sex grinding against him.

"Shh... it's alright," Rob whispered in her ear. He pressed his cheek against hers and continued to hush her as he readjusted her against him, moving her cunt against the hard bulge of his cock. "Do you want this?"

Yes, she wanted it, but before she could say anything, he rocked her against him slightly and she caught her breath as a spark coursed through her.

"You're in heat, girl, you have been since the moment I met you," he let his harsh grey eyes travel from her eyes to her lips.

"I'm not in heat, I'm not an animal," she said.

"Everyone's an animal, Leda, and right now you're begging to be mounted and fucked. Let me be the one to do it." Rob kissed her then, roughly, pulling her head towards him with his hands. Leda cried out at the sudden force of it, only to hear her voice smothered as his mouth despoiled hers. His tongue penetrated her mouth and sought her response impatiently - If Brandon had coaxed pleasure out of her; Rob was demanded it. Leda was shocked to find herself submitting to his kiss, moving her mouth against his as she pressed her pussy against him.

He broke off the kiss and began to carry her towards the shore, and Leda began to panic.

"Please Rob, I... can't," she said the words but couldn't bring herself to let go of him.

"Are you sure?" He looked in her eyes searchingly.

"I can't, I... I don't want a baby."

Rob thought for a moment, then continued to the shore with her in his arms. As they came up on the banks of the lake, he carried her out of the water effortlessly, still holding her up as her legs were wrapped around him in the air now. When he found a soft spot of dirt between the rocks, he placed her feet softly on the ground.

"Alright, I won't fuck you," he said gruffly. "But I'd like to watch you come."

He stepped away from her, putting a space between them which felt unbearably far to Leda. "Is that what you want?"

"Rob," She stepped towards him, reaching out, but he held her back softly.

"You have to say yes, Leda,"

Leda breathed, trying to move through the haze of desire that had overcome her. Now that she could see him, she couldn't help but be drawn to his brutish form. He was tall, huge really, with long ropey legs and thick haunches. Unlike Brandon, whose chest was a map of defined, sculpted muscles, Rob's torso was thick and rocky, as if his raw strength were trying to rip out of his skin. His breaches could barely contain the long, thick bulge of his cock.

"Yes," she breathed. To prove she meant it, she approached him, and standing on the tips of her toes, moved to put her arms around his shoulders. He was far too tall, but he understood what she wanted, and allowed himself to pulled towards her and into a kiss. It was the first time Leda had ever taken done that, but instead of being put off by her forwardness, Rob looked into her eyes and smiled.

As her lips explored him, she felt his hands move to her shift and untie the front laces. The wet fabric still clung to her skin, even as the stays were loosened. Rob's lips moved from her lips to her neck, building a warm trail down to her cold chest. The contrast felt so wonderful that Leda almost didn't notice when he pulled down the top of her shift and moved his hands over her breasts, teasing them with his fingers. When he moved his lips lower she moaned and instinctively arched away from him, but he held firmly as his tongue replaced his fingers, licking around her taught nipple as she whimpered with pleasure.

He took his lips away for a moment and pulled the bottom half of her shift away from her body and to the ground. She stood before him naked and shivered.

"Open your legs," he whispered harshly. Leda complied wordlessly, assuming that he'd put his hands inside her, and silently hoping his touch would be more like Brendan's than Gerald's. But instead of touching her there, Rob fell to his knees and kissed her thighs. Without thought, Leda tried to move away, even as he held her legs to try and keep her standing still.

"Do you want this?" He asked.

"Yes."

"Then you have to stay still."

Leda took a breath and let him try again. This time, she let him brush her thighs with his lips, kissing the soft flesh there. She felt his tongue lightly graze her slit, and a shot of pleasure jolted through her, and instinctively she moved away again.

"I'm sorry," she said.

"Have you never come before, girl?" Rob's voice was gruff now as he tried to hide his own frustration.

"No, I didn't even know women could," she said. Maybe she shouldn't have told him. She expected that he might laugh at her like Brandon, but It was so easy to say anything to this man she found in the woods.

Rob got off his knees and rose to his full height again. Her kissed her lips quickly and ran his hands over her wet hair.

"Do you trust me?

Leda nodded quickly, and Rob scooped up her body and laid her down on the soft earth beneath them. He kneeled over her prostrate body and brought his hands to his breeches, quickly untying the leather strap he used as a belt. Taking Leda's wrists, bound them together before pulling her arms over her head and tying her to the tree behind them. Leda realised what was happening and struggled against the binds, but when they didn't break, the feeling that travelled up her body wasn't anything like fear. Rob leaned down to kiss her softly, and she knew that she did trust him. She was bound and wet; and she wanted him.

Her body was stretched out before him. He didn't touch her, he only watched her body twisting with lust against the leather straps and gently stroked himself. She could feel his eyes moving over every part of her while he pumped the thickening length of his cock. If Gerald had done this to her, she would have felt exposed, humiliated and used. But the way Rob looked at her, she felt powerful. Her body was not the offering, it was the idol.

Finally, he took one of her ankles in his hand, spreading her legs so he could see her cunt. With his other hand still pleasuring himself, he brought her ankle to his lips and kissed it. Leda breathed deeply and he kissed up her calf and licked the soft flesh behind her knees. Then he kneeled in front of her, and, holding her thighs apart with both hands, kissed and gently bit her inner thighs. Leda moaned in a mix of fear and pleasure when she felt his hot breath on her cunt.

When his lips touched her for the first time, Leda gasped and moaned, twisting against her binds. She couldn't help but cry out again as felt him lick her opening and gently played with that sensitive nub of flesh. A wave of pleasure made her back arch off the ground. She moaned again, but Rob continued to lick and taste her most sensitive parts. It was too much to take. She couldn't bear it.

"Stop," she said. Rob pulled away from her. He looked up and wiped his lips.

"I'm sorry," she said. "I can't take it."

Rob kissed her thighs again, then moved up to the flat of her stomach, kissing a trail up to her navel. Then he brought his lips to her breasts, sucking one nipple while his fingers played with the other. Once again, Leda felt the haze of desire fall over her, and her breath became ragged.

Rob brought his lips to her ear and whispered, his voice was so low and so thick with his highlands accent, she could barely hear the words. "Do you want to come on my mouth?"

Just the words made her shiver with pleasure.

"Say it." She could feel her pussy getting hot and wet.

"Yes."

Rob dipped down between her legs again, this time holding her thighs apart harshly.

"Do you want to ride my face, girl?"

"Yes."

"Say it again."

Leda was desperate now.

"Yes, please. Rob." she whispered. "Please."

He licked her then, harder than before, and Leda's body writhed and buckled with pleasure. The urge to move away took over again, but Rob held her down hard, and her struggling only made her pussy to grind against his mouth harder. She cried out in pleasure as he licked her again, and she couldn't stop as he sucked hard on her clit. She twisted against her bindings, moaning and whimpering as wave after wave of pleasure coarsed through her body. He held her hard against his mouth as he licked and sucked, it was more than Leda had ever thought she could endure but she couldn't escape. Finally, he closed his mouth on her clit and sucked once more, hard, and the waves became too much. Leda was crashing. She was falling outside her body. Every part of her was exploding.

She lay gasping on the ground after. Her body trembled as she tried to orient herself, but even as the waves subsided she still felt like she was falling.

Rob let go of her legs and got up onto his knees. Looking at her breasts rise and fall again as she recovered, he stroked his cock again.

"Do you know that you're gorgeous when you come, girl?" he said, with a half smile. He began to pump his cock faster as his other hand reached for her breasts.

"God, you're beautiful," he said as their eyes met. He moved his hand from her breast to her cunt, and coated his fingers in her wetness. Then he began to play with her again.

Leda whimpered in protest as she began to feel the pleasure building up inside her again.

"Please Rob, it's too much."

"Shhh..." he flicked her swollen bud between his fingers and she moaned again. "Look at me, girl."

He moved his fingers quickly over her slick cunt, pressing down hard on her clit as he pumped his cock with the other hand. Leda felt like her body was being torn apart with pleasure. She could feel her body racing towards a harder, stronger climax as he fucked her with his fingers.

She didn't know that she made any sound as the second orgasm tore through her, but Rob could hear her scream. He pumped wildly at his cock, watching her spasm with pleasure as he lost control and shot a thin line of cum over her breasts.

He lay down next to her. They caught their breath.

"Rob," she said quietly. "Untie me."

Rob got up undid her binds. Then, without a word, he picked Leda up into his arms and brought her to the lake. He walked in with her, cradled against his chest, and when he was finally deep enough that the water met her back, he silently washed the dirt and fluids off her body.

Leda didn't say anything while he washed her. Only once he had brought her back to shore did it occur to her that she had to do something about this man on her property. She considered what she might say, when he said the most sensible thing she'd heard all morning.

"I think we need to eat," he said.