Chapter Eleven: Letters

Vincent Valentine:

A week went by since I got Reno and his accomplices on my side. Aubre had been slightly more depressed lately claiming it was because she missed her family so much. My heart ached every time I saw the hurt in her mother's eyes and the crack of emotion in her father's voice as he yelled out the last threat at me as I ran away with his daughter.

It was risky, but I had to do it. It would help ease my mind, make Aubre feel better, and give hope to her family knowing that she was still alive. I entered the bedroom and smiled as I met eyes with her. She stood in front of the vanity desk brushing her long red locks. I was wrapped in her fresh from the shower scent as I hugged her from behind and pressed my lips against her neck. "I'm going to sneak out with Reno tonight..."

"Why?"

"Aubre, I want you to write a letter to your family. I'm going to go there tonight and let them know what's going on." Her face fell and she let the brush slip from her fingers, hitting the desk with a clank. "What's wrong?"

"Why even bother, Vincent? I won't be able to return to them after this? They may as well think of me as dead."

I frowned. "Don't say that, Aubre. You'll be able to reunite with them briefly before we leave town. Eventually this will pass and we'll be able to visit them regularly or they can always come find us." I still held her in my arms as she stare down at the desk contemplating.

"I'm going to go by there regardless to apologize for what I've done." I said.

She turned around and pulled me into her embrace. I stroked her soft hair and held her closer. She pulled away from me and suddenly grabbed my face taking my lips in a powerful kiss. I did not want to come off as indecent, but I couldn't stop it from happening. I tried to moves my hips back away from hers so she wouldn't notice the bulge threatening to protrude right out of my slacks. She came closer anyways coming into contact with it. She stopped kissing me and looked down. I couldn't hide my blush and it made her giggle. She reached for my zipper. My hands quickly came down to stop her.

"Aubre, I couldn't do that to you again... not after..."

She looked up at me and it seemed like there were tears in her eyes. "Vincent..." she paused putting her hands on my face so I couldn't avoid her eye contact. "That night... I felt so sick, so disgusted with myself..." I tried to pull away not feeling like I would be able to hear the rest of what she was about to say without having a break down.

"Look at me!" she demanded and I stopped struggling. "It made me sick that ... a Turk who had kidnapped me, brought me into this hell, and was attempting to rape me..." I closed my eyes and felt a tear slide down my cheek. Some Turk...look at how pathetically weak I am. I listened to her as she finished. "...had given me the best feeling I'd ever had. You felt good inside of me... It felt right. And when I saw you tear up at the end... I couldn't truly hate you anymore."

"Aubre... I'm so sorry." I whispered. I closed my eyes as I felt her soft fingers wipe the single tear off my cheek.

"Don't be. Just take me again, Vincent. I want you to." She whispered and the arousal that had started to go away, rose up again. I cradled her face in my hand as I kissed her again. Our tongues danced together passionately as I eased her towards the bed.

"Are you sure it's ok to..."

"Yes, Vincent. It's fine you won't hurt our baby." She answered quickly as she pushed my jacket off of my shoulders and went to work with the buttons on my white buttoned down dress shirt. When she was done I threw the shirt off and pulled her T-shirt off as well. She sat down on the bed and scooted back as she pulled her pants and underwear off. My heart pounded as I stared at her in only her black bra. I dropped my boxers and crawled towards her on the bed. She reached back and unclipped her bra, slipping it off of her shoulders and letting her perfect breast free. I wasted no time taking a nipple between my teeth giving it a gentle bite. She arched her back beneath me and gasped slightly. I planted kisses from her breasts, up her neck, to her lips again. I touched her to make sure she was ready before gently entering her. I moaned slightly forgetting how good it felt being inside her. With two thrusts I was already ready to finish. I calmed down and took a few deep breaths. I wanted to make sure I'd pleased her first before I came. I rocked my hips to a slow rhythm with hers. We rolled over to our sides with me behind her. I held on to her hips as I tried not to pound her too hard. I heard her breathing change as I sped up. She moaned for me and that set me off. I pounded her hard and fast as I felt her climaxing. She moaned again and said my name. My head was spinning as I continued to thrusting until I finally exploded I gave a few final thrusts as I left my fluids in her. I stayed in her for a while just holding her close to me as we caught our breath.

Aubre Naluri:

I pulled away from Vincent noticing he'd fallen asleep inside of me. I took another quick shower to wash his seed off of me before sitting down at the kitchen table with a snack and a piece of paper and pen to write my letter.

Dear mom and dad,

I'm still alive though I can't imagine the pain my absence has caused you. Father, I'm sorry I didn't listen to you when you told me not to trust those Turks. Mother, don't blame yourself for leaving us unattended that evening. I'm alive and I am well. I have not been brutally tortured and I have not been forced to join the Turks. Fortunately, the Turk who kidnapped me turned out to be a good man. He regrets the job he had to do and is doing all he can to help us escape. Please do not come down on him too hard when he delivers this letter because without him, I may not come out of this alive. Please tell Jay I love her. I hope my absence hasn't changed her too dramatically. In four months I will be able to reunite with you all. I love you very much and I can't wait to see you again.

I contemplated adding the fact that I was pregnant, but chose to leave that detail out. I was afraid my father would literally kill Vincent if he knew what he had to do to me. I folded up the letter and finished eating my snack. I went back to the bedroom and watched Vincent sleep for a few moments. He was such a beautiful man. I reached up to brush his bangs off of his face. Before my fingertips touched his skin, his eyes snapped open. I jerked my hand back and smiled at him.

He yawned and rolled onto his back. "What time is it?"

"A little after seven... You've only been sleeping for maybe an hour." I reassured him. He hated losing time to sleep. He sat up and looked around for his clothes. I threw his boxers at him.

"Did you write that letter?" he asked as he put his boxers on and got out of bed gathering the rest of his clothes and putting them on.

"Yes." I left the room to pick up the letter off of the kitchen table. When I returned Vincent was dressed, straightening his tie in the vanity mirror. I handed him the letter and he took it while bending down and giving me a kiss.

Vincent Valentine:

I met Reno at the gate. He kept checking his watch. At 7:45:30 exactly Tseng would have gate's security shut off for ten seconds. I couldn't say I wasn't nervous about going to her family's home. Her dad probably wanted to put a bullet through my head so bad.

"Go." Reno said simply. We climbed over the gate in less than ten seconds and started running. I remember where her house was. As we got closer I saw that the lights were still on. I turned to Reno as we started walking slower.

"You might not want to join me."

"Didn't plan on it. Meet me at the Shady Lady." In a flash he was gone.

I approached the house slowly with the letter in my hand as if it were some sort of shield. I raised my arm and knocked firmly on the door. For a few moments there was just silence. Then I heard soft footsteps coming close. I felt relief knowing those softer steps must have belonged to her mother and not her father.

The door opened and I was face to face with her mother. Her green eyes widened and she looked as if she were about to slam the door in my face.

"No wait! I have a letter from your daughter." I held it out to her. "Please just let me inside for a moment I only want to apologize."

"Honey!" she called. "Come quick!"

My heart stopped as I heard those loud footsteps coming from the hall. I was so close to throwing the letter at her and running. The large man entered the room. In the five months that his daughter had been gone he already looked like he'd aged five years. He didn't even so much as glare at me.

"What is it?" he asked in a low voice.

I blinked a few times and then sighed. "You're daughter's alive... and I'm going to do all I can to keep it that way. Here is a letter from her."

The man snatched the letter from me and read it aloud right in front of me and her mother. I glanced at her once and she was instantly at her husband's side. I lowered my head as he finished reading.

"What are you doing with her?" he asked taking a step closer to me.

"I could be killed for telling you. If I knew what I was doing when I kidnapped your daughter I would have accepted my death right then." He eyed me with disbelief. "You were a Turk once, weren't you sir?"

He only sighed.

"You know how they do you. Set you up on missions not even telling you the gruesome details you have to do until it's too late and you're life's on the line. I'm done with the Turks." It was quite for a moment after I spoke. Neither one of her parents looked like they were going to say anything else so I continued. "We won't be able to stay in Nibelhiem after we escape, but I'll make sure you get to see your daughter before we leave town."

"Who's we?" Her father growled.

"You're daughter and I." I answered quickly.

"So you think you're going to hold her captive for the rest of her life? You bring my daughter back here or I'll have your head mounted on my wall in between those two deer, you hear me?"

I swallowed hard before I continued. "Aubre's pregnant. I was forced to impregnate her. If she and our child is to live, we have to get out of town. Nibelhiem is being heavily monitored by Turks if you haven't noticed. She'd be captured and killed if we stayed."

"You son of a bitch!" He threw his heavy fist at me and I took the blow staggering back before I hit the wall and lay against it. His wife held him back before he could do anymore damage. She then spoke.

"What are you going to do with my daughter and her child?"

I pushed myself off the ground. The whole left side of my face was throbbing. "I'm going to find us a place to live and take care of them. I'm in love with Aubre and I'll love my child the same."

Her parents both looked shocked.