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Thank you for your consideration. -------------------------------------------------------- Elina, My First of Only Two Loves by desert bandit (dmaud56@yahoo.com) *** A 15 your old boy loses his innocence through war and massacres. But, a beautiful woman teaches him to love and thus the man, once again becomes a helpless boy in the arms of his beloved. (Fm, rom, 1st, preg) *** With bitter pleasure I remember the days when the Germans attacked my beloved Greece. There was a shortage of everything, and no one had the luxuries the modern generation of Greek young men now have. Luxuries such as all kinds of gadgets, toys and such. Truth be told I am glad for it; no generation should have to suffer what the young men of my day had to go through. At the tender age of 14, I lost my innocence when I killed several German soldiers during a foiled attempt of sabotage at one of their bases. My whole unit was wiped out, and I was the only survivor because entered into that "zone" soldiers enter in to preserve their life. That place that allows unnatural focus, animalistic rage, and a killing efficiency that haunted my nightmares for a long time after the war was over. The war that came after "The War to End all Wars." World War II. Greece was a poor country before the war because of the brutal Ottoman occupation prior to the war of my generation. The attack by the Italians, and later the Germans left a mere emaciated walking corpse of a country where before there was barely a starving vagabond. I was 13 in the fall of 1940 when the war began for us. I was 19 when it finally ended. Many things happened over the course of a year, namely the killing of the German soldiers. When I was 13 the Greek resistance had foiled the Italian attempt at taking our country, so I was only needed for logistics. I was a proverbial "water boy/errand boy" for the soldiers. However, at 14 when the Italians called on German aid, all that changed. The Germans were far superior soldiers than the Italians; they were better equipped, better fed, and more disciplined. Between the technology and their cold-hearted discipline, many of us felt like we were fighting a machine, of which the soldiers where mere cogs. War is no! t something I would wish on today's young men. Fighting in a war is like something out of the worst of all nightmares. Everywhere you see death and destruction, friends you make soon depart from this world from a bullet by an enemy soldier, and you are forced to kill just to stay alive. In our case, we died for our country for the sake of protecting it. We had no imperialistic interest in conquest or expanding our influence. To us Greece is the world's most beautiful land, and we don't need more. All we wanted then, and still do, was to be left alone. Centuries of fighting the Turks, and later the Germans left a bitter mark on my father, may he rest in peace, and many of my male relatives. The women, ever tolerant and resilient, did not seem to mind. So long as the family was fed, so long as we had clothes to wear, everything was fine for them. Not so for the men. National pride. The need for independence from tyrannical rule. These things were meat and drink to Greek men. In truth, I will not say I enjoyed killing the German soldiers who foiled our sabotage attempt. In the end, I realized the tragedy of the fact that everyone on both sides was dead except me. All my comrades-in-arms were dead, and after the rage had subsided, all the German soldiers in the base were also dead. At that point it did not matter to me what we were fighting for; all I saw was carnage and was overcome by a terrible sadness. In order for it to end, I knew, I had to help in throwing out the Germans. The Germans were influenced by a leader they followed fanatically out of gratitude for being taken out of poverty. Because of this they could not be reasoned with. They were convinced they were the world's most cultured people and yet, they seemed to forget, it was us the Greeks who first introduced the notion of civilization to the continent of Europe. A fact they all conveniently forgot whenever they murdered children and raped our women. It was during an attempted rape where I first re-encountered Elina, the baker's wife. It was the fall of 1942 and as usual the war was going bad for our side. Although I was only 15, I had gained a reputation as a vicious and efficient killer, something I will say, I was not proud of. In fact, just remembering it shames me. I was under the care of Demetrios, the baker, who happened to be the leader of our resistance cell. We operated in and around our village and gave the Germans a hard time. Okay, I was not under the "care" per say of Demetrios but, since both my parents were killed by Italian bombs, he took it upon himself to watch over me. He considered me the little brother he never had. I still remember, when I was six, Elina and Demetrios' wedding. Elina was a blushing and virginal bride of 18, and he was the 20 year old baker's son. Five years later he inherited the business. Four years later, the war started. Demetrios was a man's man; a man that woman loved, and that other men wanted to be. Although he was kind and gentle by nature, when the war started he turned to be a leader of razor sharp cunning. With only a rag tag group of villagers, the 28 year old Demetrios led assaults which resulted in the destruction of vast amounts of artillery for both the Italians and the Germans. One year later however, they captured him. I was not there when it happened, but I heard terrible stories. The Germans tortured him for days, and not to get information, but for the sheer pleasure of watching him suffer. Many had lost comrades due to his raids, and they were venting their frustration on him. I heard, also, to my horror, that one of the prisoners that managed to escape, who happened to know German, overheard the prisoners say to him; "we have fucked you up you piece of shit, now we will fuck your wife." I had to do something. Somehow the Germans found out where Elina was hiding. Miraculously she had not been raped because Demetrios had all the women hidden atop a monastery that was only accessible through an elevator basket, one of those baskets lowered down by rope and winch. The monastery was large enough to house the women in our village, and the women from the surrounding area hid in other monasteries. The only way to reach the monastery was through that single elevator basket it had. Of course, the women had to come down often to gather food for storage and preparation, it was then that I saw a horrible sight. Elina was stripped stark naked, and she was crouched on the ground covering herself while the German soldiers watched and laughed. One of them lowered his fly and pulled out his filthy instrument. Lucky for Elina, I was a crack shot. Not wasting a moment, I shot the fucker in the head. Unfortunately some blood splattered on Elina and she screamed. The other soldiers, after recovering from the initial shock, became infuriated and started firing at the bushes where I was hiding, all the while Elina was screaming in panic. She was not like the female snipers we had in our unit, she was not used to hearing gunfire at such close range. Nevertheless, I had to save her. I scurried around the bushes, creating distractions and making the Germans fire their guns here and there. I used tactics Demetrios had taught me, and they were well. Soon, the Germans had to reload, and that was my moment. I sprung out of the bushes and, while I ran, I was aiming my rifle like a sniper, keeping the rifle but firmly pressed against my shoulder. One after another, I brought them down. One, then two, then four, nine in all. Nine men who all tried to humiliate Demetrios' widow. The other squad members were busy with our resistance fighters and were a little preoccupied. Though we were few in number, we were a lot smarter than the Germans and much better shots. As a matter of fact, most of our soldiers killed the enemy with head shots. Yes, we were that good, and our leader Demetrios was no exception; in fact, he was a real demon with the rifle. Little wander the Germans hated him so much. Elina was still screaming when it was all over. I ran to her and grabbed her shoulders shouting "Elina, snap out of it!" After she pulled herself together, she looked at me and said "Niko? Oh Niko!!!" she screamed and she buried herself in my chest and started sobbing, holding me tight. After the tension of the gunfight had subsided, I then realized something I had forgotten; Elina, beautiful Elina, was pressed against my body, stark naked. I began to tremble, and I felt my cock harden and press against my trousers with tremendous pressure. I pushed her back, remembering the blood on her face. I grabbed a rag I had with me and gave it to her. Then, with my back turned on her, I stripped the corpse of a German soldier who stood at 6'4 and probably weighed around 350lbs. He was a big fellow, and now doubt his shirt would cover Elina pretty well. The shirt had a little blood on it and thankfully it could cover Elina; she only stood at 5'4, so the soldier's shirt cover! ed her up pretty well. "You can turn around now," she stated with a low monotone voice. "I'm terribly sorry about... seeing... You..." I stammered. "Oh its alright Niko," she reassured me. "You saved me from those animals, thank you." "Not a problem," I said shakily. It was sheer torture. Elina was the most beautiful woman in our village, and later on as I grew up, made my vast fortune and traveled around, I discovered she was also one of the most beautiful in the world. She was a veritable Greek goddess; long wavy locks, thick lips, a curvaceous and bubbly ass, beautiful curves, full breasts and large black eyes. I had also seen the vast nest black hair between her legs when the soldiers tried to rape her; it was too much for me to handle. I had the courage to gun down vicious SS soldiers and, when confronted by a naked woman who only stood at 5'4 I shook like a kitten. The travesty! Whatever the case, we made our way back to the monastery, and thankfully there were no more unpleasant German soldiers. On the way, Elina and started talking. "You've grown quite handsome," Elina commented. "I remember you when you used to dip girl's pony tails in ink and then run away laughing. You were so cute!" I could feel the blood rushing to my face. Where I a fair-skinned northern European, I would have been cherry-red from her comments. "Tell me," she asked. "Did you get a chance to visit a prostitute while you were fighting?" Now, given Greek, and for that matter Mediterranean, culture at this time period, it was customary for a father to take his son to a brothel at the age of 14 to lose his virginity. "N-nnno, not really." She was smiling a wicked smile, enjoying the power she had over me. "I'm a bit shocked to hear that. I talked to one of the prostitutes in the Market place, and she told me you were so handsome, she would make you the favor for free." I could not say anything to the comment. Regarding Elina talking with the prostitute; well, it was a very small village, and some young men had to work for years before they could get married, so they were seen as a necessary evil. Also, Elina, although she was a good Orthodox Christian woman and saved her virginity for her husband, she was not judgmental. In fact, she was very kind and forgiving. She even forgave Demetrios' own trysts in the brothels of Athens. Elina noticed, from my facial expression, that she had gone a little far so she reassured me. "I was just curious Niko, its just that, Demetrios traveled a lot to sell bread in other places and I never really saw you around that much the few times we were in the village." "Oh its alright," I said. It was all I could say. After all, I had been in love with her since I was 4 years old. When it came to teasing girls my age I was a rascal, but every time I saw her, I was so unbearably shy I always hid behind my mother's skirt. I had the courage to talk to her now because, well, war will do that. Girls my age would always tease me in front of her, taunting me with the "Niko loves Elina!" over and over, the way kids do. Demetrios and Elina just laughed, which of course was a terrible humiliation for me at the time. Puppy love did not turn into sexual desire however, as I had not seen her for a whole year when I was going through puberty. At 13 my father did take me to a brothel, but I ran away in fear. Now I was 15 and had not real time to think about sex; I was always fighting. However, seeing Elina again awakened long dormant feelings. At 27, she was even more beautiful than she was when she first married Demetrios. Her curves had grown more defined and feminine, more round. While not voluptuous, her proportions were perfect. What about Children? No one understood why, but Demetrios and Elina could not conceive a child. All the years they were married Elina blamed herself for the problem. I was to find out Later it was Demetrios, not her. We had been elevated up to the old abandoned monastery where the village women were hiding. Elina recounted the story and I was welcomed as a hero. Many of the women there had husbands who were fighting in the resistance and most them made sexual advances. Since they did not have the comforts of a husband many were sexually hungry, and naturally, seeing a young man whom many had heard was still a virgin was more than they could handle. Needless to say, I was spoiled and pampered like crazy. In fact, when preparing a bath, one of the women offered to clean me. I was to shy to say no, and when Elina found out she was noticeably angry. She always got angry whenever one of the women made advances at me. She would scold them telling them that they were married, that they should have patience, that they have husbands of their own, etc. For this one she could do nothing however. Her name was Anna, and she was in her early 30's, and nearly as beautiful as Elina. Naturally she saw her as her chief rival but could do say nothing to scold her as she had been a widow herself. Elina really did not want to share me with anyone though; virginal young men have always been rare, and naturally Elina wanted me for herself. As I bathed, Anna asked, "Do you mind if I undress? I don't want to get water all over my clothes." Again, I was too shy to say I did. Then, she came deliberately closer, and my cock sprung to life. Like Elina she had a beautiful body and rich nest of hair between her legs, and a pair of full breasts. She had light brown hair, a pretty little nose, and slightly full lips. Her lips where not as full as Elina's, but they complemented her face. She pressed her breasts against my back saying "Your body is so hard and tight, you don't mind if I enjoy you do you? Ever since my husband died I haven't had a man in me and I am going crazy." I could feel her soft melons pressing against my back, at the same time I could feel my cock become even angrier and more swollen, almost to bursting. "Turn around," she said in a gentle voice. As I turned I heard a gasp outside the door (we were being watched, by Elina no doubt) and Anna exclaimed almost laughing "my you're like a horse! And those balls are so round and big!" she further exclaimed reaching for them. She massaged them gently giving me waves of pleasure, "If you let me go a little further, I promise you, you will feel more pleasure than this." My dick was dripping pre-cum, and I felt ready to explode "How much further?" I managed to stammer. "Well, you grew up in a village, and you've seen animals mate haven't you. People operate on the same principle, in fact, I'll guide you in." "No!" I screamed "Ah.I, Ah, I can't!" "Why not?" she asked indignantly "don't you like me?" she said in a cooing tone as she pressed her tits against my chest. "I think my body is responding on my behalf, but I can't do this, I just can't" "Very well then," she stated, "you can finish your shower." With that, she dried up, got dressed, and stomped out. I just sat at the edge of the tub, with a massive erection. I got back in the water and slowly lowered myself. Then she walked in. "May I share your bath," Elina asked "Sure," I said. At that point Elina wasted no more time talking. She undressed, got in the water, and came over to were I was sitting. She began kissing me, ever so tenderly, almost as if to console me for the harsh way in which Anna had walked out, almost as if, she did it to make the pain of war float away, which, in those brief moments, those brief pieces of heaven, it did. I squeezed her breasts and ass and stroked her body while in the tub. She had straddled me, but there was no penetration. Not yet at least. We continued kissing for long moments. She looked into my eyes, and I saw in them mixed feelings of hunger, lust and love I did not see again for many years until I married my first and only wife. Elina did have tender feelings for me and now that her husband was dead, the feelings of love she had for him, she was transferring on to me. Now, don't misunderstand; Elina loved her husband. Deeply in fact. Indeed, his death crushed her so much that she cried herself to sleep the day she heard the news. Now, the desperation, the loneliness, the hunger, in me she saw a way she could satiate her hunger for lust, love and affection, which I gave her readily. Our age difference was a non-issue, as it was a time of war and suffering. So there we were, stark naked in a batch tub, kissing ever so tenderly. I held her close to me, not wanting to let go. Her hair had the scent of mountain air that was fresh and sweet. Her nakedness kept my cock hard and angry. After long moments of kissing, Elina managed to regain some degree of control and she said "Most of the women are asleep and I have my own room. You can't hear any noise coming out from it. Lets go there." With that, we climbed out of the tub. The slapping of naked feet could be heard as we went to Elina's room. I was treated to a beautiful view of one of the roundest and prettiest asses I'd ever seen. Without even bothered to dry up, we collapsed atop her bed. My cock was resting on her belly, and my balls right on her pussy as we kissed. I had no access to sex manuals in those days and no one had taught me to make love. What I did do however was follow Elina's lead. As she stroked me, I stroked her back. As she kissed me, I kissed her back. All under the soft light of an oil lamp. Her nipples were hard and small, and I continue kissing and stroking her for long moments. I suckled her breasts for long, long moments, and, as I looked down on her body, I noticed a slight protrusion in the middle of her pussy lips. It looked kind of like a dick but it wasn't a dick; it stuck out between her lips and pussy hair like a jack-knife barely out of its handle. A very fleshy looking jackknife. I know now it was her clitoris. Not being a fool, I noticed that my suckling of her breasts and nipples was making her moan, so I went down on her, kissing her belly and the area around her belly button as I went. Finally, I reached it. At first the sight of a clitoris popping out like that disgusted me. But, after a while, I found it highly arousing. I began kissing and suckling on it the way I had done with her breasts. She took in a deep gasp and asked, "Oh my God, what are you doing!? Oooh!" I began kissing and licking. I noticed that when I stroked my tongue against her clitoris, she seemed to get more pleasure. Her taste was sweet and tangy, and it made me pucker up at first. But, after a while, I could not get enough. Licking her pussy was giving her tremendous pleasure. Not only that, I figured, I was pleasuring the pussy which was to be the first to embrace my cock so, I took it upon myself to keep going. My erection was now iron hard; even though the taste was not at all appetizing, her scent, her taste made me very hard. I stroked her breasts and ass cheeks as I liked her pussy, her vast pubic hair tickling my nose and my lips. Finally, I couldn't take it anymore, and neither could she, "Niko, put it in me. Please, don't make me wait, put it in me!" Common sense told me it wasn't in the place where people normally defecate (although later I as I grew older I discovered some women actually sought it out). I still did not know exactly where it was though, so she took hold of my cock and guided the tip to where it was supposed to enter. She let go of my cock, and looked into my eyes, this time, with a look of hunger, and nothing else. I held my shaft in place, and with a smooth thrust slid my long, thick shaft into her. Exquisite moist sounds took hold of the room, and I was deeply shocked at how moist she was. You must understand, I was an innocent village boy, not exposed to today's pornography or erotic literature. Her moist warmth overwhelmed me; her pussy was so hot, wet and tight. Ever so slowly I slid all the way in, a painful process as she had not been with a man for quite some time, and my dick is pretty big. When I had buried myself in her to the point where my balls where caressing her ass cheeks, I looked into her eyes. Where I was in pain, there was a look of satisfied pleasure on her face. She reached for my head and kissed me. For long moments we kissed, until, she whispered in my ear "I know you've never done this before, so this is what I need; pull it out, but not all the way, only as far as your little helmet, then, slide it back in, slowly. Get a rhythm going, and lose your self in me. I'll be holding you close." She was true to her word; she wrapped her arms around my back, her left leg around my ass, and her right leg around my right leg. I did as she asked. Ever so slowly, pulled out of her just to the point where only the fireman's cap was in her, and then I thrust it back in. It felt so good, thrusting into her hot cunt, that it did not take long before instinct took over and I got a good rhythm going. The bed squeaked from my thrusting, and we were both breathing heavily. She stroked me with her arms and legs and not being able to take it anymore, and with strength unnatural for a woman her size she rolled us over so she could ride me. She was riding my cock viciously, slamming down as I watched it slide in and out of her. My cock was glistening with pussy slime, and I could feel some trickle down my balls. I squeezed her breasts, feeling her nipples with my thumbs, and I explored her body with my hands. "Kiss me!" I begged. She looked at me from her position, a look of tenderness and maternal love. Not so much maternal in a sense that it was incestuous, but maternal in a sense that all women have a sense of maternal instinct in dealing with younger males. Whatever the case. She complied. A long tender kiss was the answer to my begging. Having established a mutual rhythm, almost without thinking, we rolled back over and I was on top again. Then, I felt something boil within my heart. A wonderful whirlwind of emotion that brought me great ecstasy, great happiness. That feeling slowly traveled down from my heart, to my belly, and from my belly, to my loins. Then, deep with my balls I felt a slow burning feeling building up. I could feel an expression of pain on my face as Elina's hot pussy mercilessly milked my cock, almost beckoning it to release the contents of my balls. My thrusting became more urgent, more furious. Finally, with one vigorous thrust into her pussy, I rammed my cock into her slimy paradise. I felt an explosion of fire and electricity engulf my body as I felt my dick quirt one long stream of come. The stream was so long I thought I was peeing. The burning liquid intensified my orgasm, and as my dick pumped the contents of my balls into her pussy, I could feel her arms and legs wrap around me tighter and heard her gasping and moaning. I pelted her cervix with one final load of cum and then, with an exhausted grunt I collapsed on top of her. We breathed heavily there for long moments. She stroked my hair tenderly, and caressed my right cheek with her lips and her nose. "I love you," I whispered in her ear. "I will not let anyone hurt you," I promised her. She didn't say anything. She just held me close and kissed me on the cheek. Then, I pulled out what was left of my erection out of her, both of us gasping audibly as I did. Then, I snuggled close to her, rested my head on her chest and said "let me hear your heartbeat." She wrapped her lovely arms around my head as I rested my head on her naked chest. Her heartbeat was still rapid, but slowly subsiding. In that position, we drifted of to sleep. Epilogue: I had fulfilled my vow; no German soldier had ever laid a finger on Elina and, despite my young age my effectiveness as a soldier had earned the respect of many resistance fighters. It turned out Elina got pregnant as a result of our tryst. I had just gotten back from a sabotage campaign when I heard news that she was going to give birth. I hurried back, and when I went to the monastery the women told me to wait outside the room before I was allowed in. Then, I hear a baby crying. I can not really describe the feeling, all I knew is that I was glad to be a father. Then, as I walked in, I saw the most tender seen I have ever seen, a scene that told me what I was fighting for. I saw Elina nursing our child. Her lovely breast nourished our new born son, and seeing such a scene of life nourishing life made all the fighting worth while. Fighting, which was worthwhile because, at the end, our son would live in a better world. The sad thing was though, that Elina and I could never be together. Her parents discovered what we had done, and although they loved their grandchild they wanted nothing to do with me. They forbade me from ever seeing their daughter again, which made Elina extremely angry; she was, after all a grown woman. In 1943, when she knew our son was asleep, she came over to my encampment and kissed me. We went to a secluded spot in the mountains where we made love even more passionately than we did when we made Demetrios. Despite her protests, I insisted on the name because, first of, the kid was rightfully her dead husbands, and although I loved her, I felt I had taken advantage of her grief to satisfy my own lusts. That and, because of his sacrifice, he deserved the honor. Lying naked on a blanket, she gave me terrible news. She told me that her parents had bribed smugglers into letting them on a ship that would take them to Argentina. I felt my heart rip in two places, and I could tell that conveying the news was also breaking Elina's heart. Tearfully she told me she did not want to part with me, but her father was stubborn and, we both agreed that a war torn Greece was not an ideal place to raise a child at the moment. After holding each other for long moments, we made love again. Furiously, hungrily as we were never to see each other again. The horrible day came, and I never saw her again. In 1945, when I was 19, the war was finally over. I spent the first half of my 20's getting through high school and college. When I was 26 I got a job with a wine distiller in France and I moved there. I created a formula that was a smash hit. By 32 I had made a vast fortune, I was rich beyond measure, but I was empty. I sorely missed her, the village woman who had loved me enough to embrace me such long nights. After Elina left, throughout my 20's I had made love to many more women. I even made love to Anna feeling bad that I had rejected her that night made love to Elina instead. I told her it was too bad I was no longer a virgin, but she did not care; for her the pleasure of being with me was what mattered. Many of the French girls I slept with were women who closely resembled Elina, as I could not put her out of my mind. When I was 32, I met a woman who was a carbon copy of Elina. She was in her early 20's, just as beautiful as she was. There was a difference between them however. Whereas Elina had been a serious village girl with a sense of duty, this girl was a bit spoiled. She was not a bad person; that is, she was not snobbish, overly vain, or too sure of herself. However, from plain sight one could see she had never known suffering or hardship in her life. So naturally I felt protective of her, she was so innocent. On our wedding night I deflowered her; she had been a virgin. We had 4 children, and in time I loved her as a being separate from the woman I lost my virginity to. She was special in her own way, and I love her just as deeply as I loved Elina whom I heard had married a wealthy architect in Argentina. Word had it that the man looked much like I did, only older. Alexa and I had 5 children, 3 girls and two boys. All three of my girls are beautiful, and both my boys are athletic, intelligent and handsome. Our business empire expanded over the years and now we are the largest wine company in the world. Still, they say you never forget your first time. I will never forget mine, even now as an old man, an old retired warhorse who is waiting for rest from this life. My son Demetrios, I heard, became a scientist and found a vaccine that prevents the AIDS virus. Science has yet to find a cure, but when I heard the news I could not be more proud. I guess the old myths are true; the more in love a couple is when they conceive a child, the greater the child's intellect and good character will be. Thus, given how deeply Elina and I loved each other, it is not at all surprising that Demetrios achieved what he achieved. I loved her because she was so kind hearted, intelligent and beautiful. She loved me because she saw something of her husband in me, and an innocence that she says I still had even after I gave her my virginity. Alexa and I have to attend our son's inauguration as prime minister of France so, this will have to conclude my story. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Please keep this story, and all erotic stories out of the hands of children. They should be outside playing in the sunshine, not thinking about adult situations. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Kristen's collection - Directory 27