I really meant this to be a one-shot but Munyo asked so nicely for another chapter, that I couldn't say no. So here it is and this time it complete for sure. Thanks everyone for the reviews - I love them all and truly appreciate that you take the time to read and leave comments. It makes the writing experience all the more enjoyable.
"I'm yours." He whispered again...as if he could ever be anything else. He was hers that night in the rain. Hell he was hers before that, from the beginning, before he realized the truth of their fate.
"Who the hell are you?"
"I'm yours."
Her skin had the softness of silk as his fingertips traced the contours of her face, his thumbs gently brushing against her lips. His words a plea. "Tell me."
She told him of her dream, the nightmare of seeing him with another woman, the nightmare that she was gone from his life forever. She told him of her despair, her pain at the thought of not being the one by his side. Her tears flowed as he spoke of his insanity when he was searching for her, lashing out at anyone who came near him, fear and desperation his constant companions.
He saw the depth of emotion in her eyes...for him. She lay wounded before him and yet her compassion was for him. "Julia"... her name a true note murmured against her lips, her name becoming a kiss that spoke volumes of his love for her.
When they parted, she buried her face in his neck, his scent a familiar drug to her senses. Breathless, she whispered... "I was afraid."
"I know." His hands caressed her back, her shoulders, finally moving to twine his fingers in her hair, wanting only to comfort her, to reassure her of his presence.
"I couldn't lose you again."
"Julia, look at me." He lifted her chin so that their eyes could meet. "You know what happens when you take in a stray...that stray never leaves...ever."