A/N – This is a chapter where the M rating comes from. If you can't handle it, then skip to the last paragraph please. The wedding is coming, I promise!

Erik was looking at her imploringly, begging for an answer"She has to tell me yes. Having her pleasure, me with her hands was gratifying, but claiming her as mine would be much more than that. She would truly be mine in every way, and on one else would be able to have that claim."Christine could feel the heat pooling between her legs again, wondering what it would feel like to have Erik filling her with his member and his seed."Why does this feel so right, if all I have been ever taught is that a joining before marriage is wrong? What am I supposed to do? He looks like he is in agony, and I know that I want to feel that sensation again and again. Why does this have to be so difficult?"

Christine's grip on Erik's shirt tightened until her knuckles were white. She tried to take a steadying breath, but every time she did she would pull Erik's scent into her nose, and be captivated all over again. She could feel how hard Erik was against her, as she tried not to wiggle too much, so that she wouldn't put him in more agony. She tried shifting to the uncomfortable heat and weight between her legs would lessen, but it seemed that shifting only caused her sensations to increase. Christine captured Erik's lips again, and he took hers with a ferocity that neither knew existed within them. Christine pulled back just enough to say one word "Yes" and Erik groaned, picked her up and went to the back tunnel that led straight from his bedroom to the solar. The whole-time Erik was walking, he kissed Christine's lips, and moved to her throat. He would dampen a spot, then blow on it lightly to send tingles up and down Christine's body. He would lightly nibble the ear lobe, then kiss her throat again. Erik could tell by the way her breathing was accelerating that he was only adding to what she had already felt, and that she would be ready to combust, and take him down in the flames with him when they reached the bed. Erik cursed himself for making the tunnel so long and winding, thinking about adding a bed to the solar, just for an occasion like this "I have never had this much of a reaction to a woman before, this must be what they spoke about when they would talk of soul mates. I'm only complete when I am with her. When I'm without, something is missing." Erik barely managed to get the door open to his room before he slammed the door, and then raced to bar his bedroom door as he worked his shoes off.

Christine was in awe of what she saw of Erik's body. He was already without his shirt, and his breeches hugged his rear and legs perfectly. His muscled body was complete, with not an ounce of fat or extra flab on him. Christine didn't know if he kept himself that way, or was that way on his own "How does he do that? His body is perfect, the essence of being a man." When Erik turned around to face her again, she saw that he had unlaced his breeches, but not taken them off. The proof that he was a man was very evident against the front of his breeches, struggling for freedom from their confinement. Christine removed her wrapper, and worked on her gown when Erik jumped at her "NO! I want to be the one with the privilege of all the firsts here. I will be the first to undress you." Erik came behind Christine again, and traced his fingers up her arms until he reached her shoulders "My angel, you belong with the celestial beings. How do I thank you for blessing my carcass with your love?" Erik kissed her throat as he slid the straps of her gown off her shoulders, holding the gown up by the sides, next to her breasts. "My songbird, does your body still sing a song of passion? Is your blood heated and ready to burn us both?" Erik knelt as he slid the gown down her body farther, his face now even with Christine's prefect and porcelain rear end "My life and my love, you are my everything. I have been through hell waiting for you, created my own hell on earth when I thought I had lost you. You… are… mine" Erik gave Christine a quick nip on her behind, before whisking the gown away and taking her to the bed.

Erik saw her with new eyes, laid bare before him as never before "She is amazing. I have never seen perfection like this in or on anything, and I never will again. The Gods are smiling on me as they allow me to have her, to keep her. She is MINE!" Erik smirked, and possessively kissed her again. Christine reached for his breeches, trying to free him so the hunger in her body could be sated. Erik took her hands, and held them above her head "Not yet my dear, I am going to take care of you first. I am going to show you a little of what I know. You will see stars, and then we will join." Erik kissed down Christine's slender throat, down to one of the snowy mounds of her breasts. Erik smiled inwardly when he saw that her nipples were already erect and ready, showing the effect he had on her "She wants, no NEEDS me as much as I need her. We are truly going to join our souls this night." Erik licked the nipple that held his attention, and then blew lightly across it as he had done with her skin earlier. Christine bowed her back, "Erik – please" was the whisper that left her mouth as Erik repeated his actions on her other breast. Christine bowed her back again as she gasped, never having known a sensation like this before. Christine felt like her blood was on fire, her mind disconnected and her center was awash in sensation, pulsing and demanding a touch. She reached down to soothe herself, thinking of what Erik did to her before, when he grabbed her wrist, and held it above her head "Only I will be doing that tonight. Your body is my most perfect and coveted instrument to play. It will sing for me, and you will know heights of passion you didn't know possible." Christine pulled in a shaking breath "If it is more than what you have already shown me, I don't know if it is something I will recover from. You may have to show me again and again, my Phantom." Erik smiled at her revelation, knowing that after this night and their joining, he would never be sated again unless it was with her.

Erik glanced up from his place between Christine's breasts "If I remove my hands from yours, will you keep them at bay? I will be the only one to bring your body to pleasure tonight. All your rapture will belong to me. This belongs to me, along with your heart and your mind" Erik said as he cupped her most feminine area. Christine gasped at the slight movement between her legs that his hands made "I have always only been yours, Erik. Even before I knew your name, I have always been yours." Erik smiled, and circled his fingers on her fleshy center "I know that my angel. Now, quiet and feel what I can do for you." Erik slid a finger inside of her, and swiped it around before bringing it out and running his finger down her center, and concentrating on her pink nub. Christine at first didn't know what to think about his long and flexible fingers inside of her, but when she felt Erik swipe around, she felt him hit something that she didn't know existed. Her breathing picked up even more, and Christine moaned his name, grasping his face. Erik smiled against her folds, and licked his fingers, then her nub. Christine's eyes shot open with this action, and she grabbed Erik's head again. Erik smiled again "This is only a taste. You are ready with wanting, but you must be patient, my songbird." Erik began his ministrations again, making Christine gasp and sending shocks and prickles through her body. She thought she couldn't handle anymore, Erik slid a finger inside of her again, and swiped her inner core. Christine came off the bed, fireworks in front of her eyes, and thought her body was going to burn in place with Erik sending continuing shocks through her core by still licking and laving at her center. Christine moaned and then screamed her passion, trying to form words but only saying one thing "Erik!"

Erik raised himself from between her legs, wiping his mouth with her dressing gown "Now that, was a wondrous song my love. Now, you shall be mine in all the ways that are physical." Erik unlaced his breeches and pulled them off, not caring where they landed. His member was painfully engorged, and Erik feared that his control would be lost the moment he slid inside of her. "I have never been this close to release as I am not without having contact first. At least my breeches are still clean, for now. She is spectacular, and she is MINE!" Erik held his base, and looked at his love "This will hurt the first time. I was making you ready, and I will take this slowly. Tell me if it is unbearable." Christine nodded, trying to figure out how his length was going to fit into her tiny body. Erik sensed the apprehension "It will fit, your core will stretch and conform to me. The pain will be caused by your maidenhead being split by my entrance. Ready, love?" Christine nodded, and Erik thrusted into her until he left the resistance of her maidenhood "This may hurt love" He said, as he pushed past her membrane and felt himself full sheathed in her damp core. Erik groaned with the feeling, never having felt a woman that made him so ready and so aroused before. Christine had winced with the pain, and was them mesmerized with the feeling of her angel filling her completely.

Erik looked at her "My love, I have to move. Are you alright?" Christine nodded, wondering what other sensations Erik would bring. "Very well, my dearest song." Erik began to move slowly in and out, applying gentle pressure to her fleshy nub. Christine felt a different sensation in her core as he moved within her and applied pressure to her center. She soon felt the pressure build again, wondering if she was going to float away on a wave of pleasure. Erik groaned in pleasure again "Please my love, release yourself again, so that I may feel mine at long last." Christine ground her hips into Erik's tall frame, and felt the shocks begin again "Erik, I am so close to that point, please don't stop!" Another thrust and Christine fell apart, shattering and seeing so many colors and lights in front of her eyes, as she felt the world fall away Erik felt her release, and allowed himself to go "Thank you, my Venus, my muse and my lover." Erik groaned like he was in pain, as is apex reached him, and he spent his seed in her depths. "My Gods Christine, you have slayed me with your perfection. Shall I be dead, and in your embrace, forever?" Christine held him close to her, the scarred side of his face resting between her breasts as they both worked to catch their breath "No, not dead, but forever in embrace with me, that is something that I want with all of my soul."

After the pair could rise from their bed, Christine heard Erik preparing the bath for them. She walked closer to the room where the bath and hot water were, and she heard and saw something that she never thought was possible. Her angel was humming a tune to himself, one that she did not know. As he hummed, he had a full smile on his face. Christine never thought to see his face like this, so light and joyful. As she approached her love, she could smell the scented oil that he purchased for her to use in her baths, and the smell of roses filled the room. Erik turned to her, and helped her out of her dressing gown again "We will clean you up, and I want to wash that delectable hair of yours. You are perfect, and I want to worship you as the goddess you are."