Chapter 2
Catherine's gift
The two lovers awoke next morning and lay on vincents bed just gazing at each other.
Catherine twiddled her fingers through his fur on his chest. And Vincent was deep in thought. He had been working on a plan that would ensure his catherine would never be diminished by the lack of sun. He was carefully considering how to approach the subject.
"Catherine, I have been thinking" catherine looked up at him in concern
"What's wrong vincent?" he silenced her with a reassuring smile and a finger to her lips
"nothing's wrong as such my dearest but is there anyway you can sell your apartment and buy a house with a tunnel entrance"
"I thought i could hear your brain ticking away there vincent. But since you ask, I have been looking at buying a brownstone
with a tunnel entrance like peter's house. We could have a solarium in the back so now you could enjoy the sun as well."
she beamed at him
"You know, I think we are on to something here but we need to discuss it with father first" said vincent happily
Just then a tapping on the pipes announced an intruder in the central park entrance. Vincent jumped up and dressed quickly before kissing catherine and he then sped off to frighten away the intruder.
It was sometime before he came back but he wasn't alone. Joe was slumped in his arms covered in cuts and bruises.
"Joe!" cried catherine "Catherine, you know this man" asked jacob as he arrived with his medical bag
"Yes, this is my boss joe maxwell, he was supposed to be at a reunion tonight." Just then Joe woke up and noticed catherine
being held by a strange leonine man and tried to whisper
"Catherine.....pat...hanlon....got blown up" suddenly catherine understood and took his hand "patrick hanlon"she asked
Joe nodded
"The book....the book.....in my coat" catherine searched his pockets and brought out a thick black book. She handed it to vincent and the first thing he noticed was the book was written in code and it had a symbol of the freemason brotherhood on it.
"Joe.. you rest now, father will see to your needs" he nodded and fell into a deep sleep
They both took the book back to their chamber and sat down to attempt to study it.
"This book, it has been written in code and it has the symbol of the freemason brotherhood and the inscription reads
Veritas de liberat, the truth will set you free" Vincent looked at catherine
"Vincent, what's this MDHNT" vincent shook his head "I don't know, catherine you do know that the freemasons were a leftover fraternity from the knights templar" she nodded "But I thought there were lots of fraternitys of templars left"
he shook his head "Just this one catherine, all the others were exterminated in the 1300's for devil worship"
"Vincent, M- malloy d-davidson h-hanover n-norton t- trust." she said quietly and at his curious look
began to explain that the district attourney's office had had dealings with this company.
"catherine I don't like this, it feels dangerous to pursue this book any further than we have, we should dispose of this quickly and quietly" catherine knew vincent and she trusted his word above all else, and vincent was usually right about his gut instinct
Just then father walked in to discover the couple deep in thought
"father, is joe going to be ok?" asked cathy and vincent together
"He's had a lucky escape and he's going to need a week down here to recuperate, catherine I suggest that you and vincent explain about your unique relationship and help him understand that for vincents sake these tunnels must be kept a secret so that our world may continue"
"We will, father but that can wait till later, Joe is to ill to worry about where he is being cared for"
"As you wish, who knows maybe this might be beneficial to you catherine. i do understand keeping this secret has cost you
and this could help lighten the heavy burden you have been carrying on your shoulders" catherine hugged him
"Father, It's a small sacrifice to pay to be with the man that I love so dearly. It is worth everything." Father hugged her again and placed a fatherly kiss on her cheek
"You two haven't eaten yet and catherine could you stop by the hospital chamber for an examination please. We are going to tryout peter's new portable phoetal monitor."
"Oh Father I have been prodded and poked enough by peter" she sighed
"Catherine my dear, this is to listen to the baby's heartbeat" Catherine and vincent left their chamber in a hurry to get some breakfast and agreed to meet father in the hospital chamber
when they arrived in the hospital chamber father instructed catherine to unbutton her blouse and lay flat on the cotbed
vincent held her hand and smiled at her sending his love through the bond.
"Now this is going to be cold at first but you will soon get used to it" said jacob as he placed the microphone like instrument on her abdomen. Just then they heard the sound of their child's heartbeat. It was very strong and vincent grasped catherines hand as he cried tears of joy.
"oh my love. thank you for this gift. I love you so much" he cried as he buried his face in her neck.
Father smiled at them both with moist eyes and they could see the pride in his face.
"Oh Father, this is so wonderful, I promise you your first grandchild will be looked after while he is still in here, I don't want to risk anything happening to our baby so I will be the picture of health in the next few months."
"And Catherine my love some of the helpers will make sure you are doted on whilst you are looking for our house"said vincent with that stubborn set jaw of his
"House, catherine are you selling your apartment?" asked father
"Father, I can't keep asking vincent to risk life and limb by climbing eighteen stories everynight just to get home to me and the baby. Besides this way as vincent said I will always be a woman of both worlds and now we can build a bridge between both so vincent would not have to worry about getting caught above anymore."
"father, I know what you would say but both catherine and I have done our homework and the risk to me is totally minimised,
there will be security cameras and all the latest technology installed so we can live our lives in peace. Also I helped conceive this child, I could not ask catherine to raise the child we both created on her own. it would be unfair to her and me if we lived separate lives." vincent pleaded for understanding.
"well, it seems you have both thought this through logicly, Who am I to stand in the way of what was meant to be?" said Jacob with an all knowing smile
"Thank you for understanding father" said vincent as he embraced his father
"Maybe Peter could help by looking at the property market in the manhattan area" suggested catherine
"I'm sure he would my dear catherine, I don't think vincent wants you traipsing around manhattan househunting in your condition" said father
"Right, we had better visit joe, get him used to the idea of my unique fiance" said catherine
"Vincent, after you two visit with joe I want my daughter in law resting ok"
"Yes father, I will make sure of it" said vincent chuckling as he carried catherine out of the hospital chamber
They arrived at joes chamber where vincent put her in the chair and put a cushion under her feet. He pulled the hood over his face and gently shook Joe who sat up startled out of his deep sleep.
"Hello Joe, I am vincent, catherine's fiance and I hope you recover so you can take in that information."
"Water..." Vincent poured out a glass for him and handed the glass to him as he sat up properly
"I'm catherine's boss pleased to meet you vincent" said Joe sticking out his hand. "it's alright vincent, I know what you look like" vincent shook his hand hesitantly, catherine started to question joe about the book.
"Joe, that book is dangerous, malloy davidson, elliot had dealings with them and he said they were a shady company at it's best. The freemasons run this company. A fraternity of the knights templar. It is written in code and we will have to either turn it over to the FBI anonymously or destroy it."
"How can one book be that dangerous radcliffe? I just don't get it" said joe excasperated
"For one it names the big crime syndicates and another thing joe. The district attourney of manhattan has a leak
It's moreno, he is so corrupt, bought and paid for by a man named gabriel konkani, ....Im sorry joe"
said catherine
"So am I, for ever bringing that book down here radcliffe" vincent put his hand on Joes shoulder and told him not to blame himself
"You get some rest Joe and I will make sure that william brings you a decent meal later" said vincent
"Bye joe" said catherine as she hugged him "And by the way I fully expect you to take your duty as a future godfather seriously" Joes eyebrow threatened to hit the ceiling
"Hey....when....what!" he admonished
"See ya joe" laughed catherine as she wrapped her arm around vincent and they both made a hasty escape from his chamber laughing as they left him to swallow that knowledge
"Vincent..that really was mean of us wasn't it to leave him suspense like that?" Vincent shook his head and chuckled heartily as they walked back to their chamber.
When they reached their chamber vincent pulled the tapestry over the doorway and proceeded to his now larger bed with catherine. Suddenly through the bond he felt catherine's desire for him again
"My love, are you sure this is a good idea? I would not want to put the baby's health at risk" catherine silenced him with
a tender kiss on his unique mouth and all his doubts and fears melted away as he responded eagerly with a low growl rumbling in his chest. "MMMmmmm....catherine, you are insatiable mmmmmmmm....I can't get enough of you, Let me have you please my love, I want....I need to be inside you" he pleaded
"Yes vincent, have me, I'm yours my love" vincent tore at her clothing and his, desperate to remove all barriers that prevented their nude bodies meshing together in a rapturous orgasm.
"Yes I shall have you now you temptress" this drove catherine even wilder with passion
He pushed her onto her back, and flung her ankles over his shoulders. "Put your hands on the headboard catherine and hold on while I come into you my love......mmmmmm" He entered her warm succulent tight center and almost ejaculated right then and there with the sensation of it. This was his home, this was his heart and soul. Her love had guided him to safe shores
Vincent withdrew all of his length and plunged back in gasping as he felt her vaginal muscles contract around him readying him to thrust quicker and deeper as she became wetter. "Oh! Oh! Vincent, It's here my love! I'm coming now" She clutched to him for dear life as he rode the crest of her orgasm which his own was not far behind
"Oh Gods Catherine" he panted heavily as his own climax came in a powerful wave
"Uh!" He thrust once twice making sure to expel his seed into her hungry clasp cervix
He rolled to his side after bringing her with him and holding her close
"Catherine...."he whispered
"MMMMmmmm......." cathy mumbled
"Up till which month is it safe to have full penetrive sex"
"I don't know, some people say it's better to stop after the sixth month" She giggled "but there are other ways we can relieve each other like heavy petting or masturbation, I mean it's either that or lots of cold showers but I could not cope with that abstinence, could you?" vincent shook his head fiercely
"neither could I my love" he chuckled "So guess it is the other then"
"that sounds lovely vincent.....now lets sleep for a couple of hours" vincent kissed her forehead and they snuggled down under the blankets with their legs tangled.