Chapter 29 : "Feelings"

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It was particularly cold out tonight but it was nothing compared to what she felt in her heart at the moment. The mere sensation powerful enough to summon a thousand winters, and it only worsened when her mind recited those images of him laughing in that woman's arms.

"Kate?" she suddenly heard a voice behind her announce and she knew who it was right away mainly because there was only one person who would call her that.

"What are you doing out here?" she inquired while furiously trying to sniff her tears away.

"The same reason as you." he confessed while offering her one of his heart warming smiles and earning an honest chuckle from her as well, but in the back of her mind she couldn't help but wonder the real reason he had come here.

Does he still feel the same way as I do for him? She wondered with all curiosity in her heart as she gazed forth at the man in front of her. His eyes as rich and delicious as ever, and that sort of description spoke for every other inch of him as well.

"Care to elaborate on that." she rather boldly asked of him and he was momentarily speechless with her forwardness, but he soon cleared his throat and opted to speak his mind from that point onward.

"I just had to get away from it all." he admitted with a sigh and then allowed himself to focus on her eyes in an attempt to convey the real reason he had to get away from this lie he had constructed to keep his parents happy. It was truthfully the only reason he had agreed to meeting Isobella, the girl his Mother had chosen for him. She was undeniably beautiful on the outside, but the same could not be said for the inside judging by the way inhumane way she would treat their servants.

Never the less he decided to bypass this flaw of hers, firmly believing that he was the farthest example of perfection, but still he felt like there was something missing in his life.

"Guess I could say the same for you." he added and she just chuckled at the fact that he always managed to sense what was on her mind at that moment. She just wished he could sense what was in her heart as well, the unrequited love she longed to have requited by the one person who was more than capable of doing that for her and more.

"So would you say to taking a little walk with me right now." Jack then suggested in an attempt to ease some of the growing tension between them as their conversation progressed.

"I think I would like that, but shouldn't you tell Isobella first and….." Kate reluctantly reminded him of the woman he had brought with him tonight.

"She can bear to spend a few hours without me." he sweetly assured her while offering her his arm to take, and she hesitantly complied while trying to suppress the evident spark she felt when her skin made contact with his.

(Meanwhile)

"So how long have you and my brother been together?" James inquired of the brunette before him. Her appearance willing his extremities to react just like any other man who was strongly under the influence would, and he was sure his brother wouldn't mind sharing.

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"So how are things with you and my brother?" Jack casually asked off her, secretly hoping that she wouldn't take offence in stating that he was prying on her private life.

"Things are……..good." she started off and nearly slipped up with what had really been happening all this time. The emotional and physical scars she had unfortunately received during the years being valid enough to prove that this arrangement was far from pleasant, but she could never tell him the truth cause she knew it would only makes matters worse not only for her but for his relationship with James as well.

"What about you and Isobella?" she asked, opting to change the subject before he asked anything more about her and James cause all it did in turn was evoke an expression of sadness and regret to adorn her features.

"She's…..she…" he started out and then stopped when it all seemed too much for him, and it was more the evident enough for Kate to pick up on.

"Jack are you alright. Is she……" she tried finding out the specific reason, not even realising how dangerously close she place herself towards him. Her hands grasping the sides of his bowing head, and with feeling her electrifying touch he slowly placed his hands over hands and lifted his face saying……..

"She's not you Kate." he sadly admitted while searching her eyes for some sign of agreement of his feelings for her. However all she did instead was drop her hands from his face and back away before things got too intense, but it was already too late for that as Jack grasped hold of her arms to bring her back into him.

"Jack please let me go……."

"Not until you tell me why I couldn't have you back then, why I still can't have you." he demanded off her in a low voice while his face bowed down to her height. His face inching closer with each word, and by the end of it she was left with nothing to say or think due to the wonderful sensation of his breath hitting against the surface of her skin. The action causing for her lips to slightly part in return, but before her desires gained complete control over the situation, she momentarily closed her eyes and focused on what she felt the need to say.

"I'm sorry Jack." she whispered in shame for what she had done to him and for what she had put him through as a result. However Jack grew incredibly confused not by her apology, but by her shame for what she had apparently done to him. Although he had his vague assumptions as to what it might be.

"I lied." she admitted and she knew right away that he took it the wrong way so she carried on with what she felt he had the right to know.

"I lied when I said that I loved someone else. The truth of the matter is that I didn't want to put you through all the heartache I had to endure when I found out about my arrangement with James." she confessed in one breath, before her gathering emotions swelled to a point where she was fighting for her next breath and all he did in response was pull her into his arms. His voice soothing her sobs while his hands humbly helped in their own way. The combination comforting and arousing the brunette at the same time, but as his hands continued to roam over her slender frame, she found her body slowly giving into what she was feeling deep within her. The temperature in the air growing considerably warmer as Jack's hands stopped to massage the sides of her waist.

However some sense of realisation sparked within Kate when she felt Jack slightly pulling away from her to engage what she felt this moment was building up to.

"Maybe we should go back." she suggested while averting her gaze from his the entire time cause she knew one look would crumble her resolve completely, and that would only jeopardise the people around them.

"No." he replied despite sensing her growing fear of what might happen if she were to stay in his arms any longer.

"No?" she repeated while offering him nothing but confusion. Although he could see she was masking it to hide her understanding of what he was getting at.

"I'm not going to let this happen again Kate." he simply felt the need to explain as he only tightened his arms around her trembling form, and when she failed to respond or disagree in any manner he took a bold move and seized hold of the opportunity this moment offered them.

Kate could honestly say that she never saw this coming, but she wasn't about to fight how right it felt as his lips brushed ever so slightly against hers, looking for acceptance and entrance of which she gladly obliged with a moan of her own.

They spent several minutes just tasting each other with their tongues, relishing in what they had been missing out on all these agonising years. The pain, the longing all of it being channelled through this kiss. However it was a matter of time before they were left wanting to share more than just a passionate kiss, especially Kate much to Jack's surprise who seemed to be fighting with an unexpected bout of physical hunger as she more or less plundered his mouth nearly knocking him off his balance as a result, but he managed to avoid it in the end using his bodily strength to gain the upper hand of the position once again.

He too would be lying if he said that he wasn't afraid of attempting something like this, but he took comfort in the fact that he would be experiencing it with the one woman he wanted to give it to. So with that he slowly and reluctantly pulled away from the woman across from him, earning an expression of confusion and sudden realisation of what she had been doing.

They were both kneeling opposite each other on the forest floor they had originally taken their walk through ; Jack's arms still wrapped around her form while her hands placed themselves on the tops of his broad shoulders. For the first few minutes they just stayed like that, simply gazing at each other and somehow conveying whatever each one felt for the other.

"What do you want now Kate?" he whispered as his hands sub-consciously brought her closer into him.

"What I have always wanted Jack. To love and be loved by you and only you cause mphhh……." she barely got the chance to express before his mouth was on hers again. His passion for her now matching the level she was working with only moments before, but within seconds she too was responding with an equal fervor. Her hands hurriedly roaming any part of him accessible to her, but it was put to a sudden stop when she found them being grasped by one of his hands and then lodged straight into the air. An attempt to issue him some semblance of control over this moment and if it were anyone else other than him then she would be kicking and screaming without hesitation for being controlled in this way, but with Jack it was a completely different story, especially as she felt his muscles straining and rubbing against her front through the flimsy material of their clothing.

"Jaaack." Kate moaned in a pre longed moan as Jack's lips travelled down the length of her throat. His lips stilling and then latching onto the point that elicited an appreciative moan of his name from her. By the time he was done, he wanted to hear her screaming it just like she had done in every one of his dreams for the last ten years.

Kate on the other hand felt the necessary need to allow his mouth to do anything to her at this point cause if it felt so good like this then imagine how it would feel on the one place she felt warming with want and desire.

"Please." she started to plead when Jack continued to feast on her neck. Her pleas only persuading him to put more pressure into his ministrations, and when he seemed relentless to comply, Kate momentarily took control of the situation and gently pushed him away, chuckling when he whined while leaning forward to feast on her again and for a minute she felt like giving in, but she closed her eyes and stayed focused on what she wanted to achieve from this engagement.

"Let me love you as well." she simply asked of him and his warm smile in return was enough to show her his firm agreement to the statement and with that said she leaned up and sealed her lips with his once again. The action slow and innocent at first but it soon escalated as their hands commenced with roaming and removing what restricted them from fully loving each other.

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"And see that star there, and that little cluster next to it……" Kate pointed out as she lay very naked but warmed within the embrace of a man she loved with every fibre of her being, and judging by what she experienced only moments ago, for a third time much to her surprise ; she knew that he loved her just the same and more if it was physically possible.

"Jack?" she questioned for a minute when she failed to receive his attention and she immediately smiled and blushed when she found that he was focusing on her the entire time.

"Don't you want to see the stars?"

"I don't need to and you know why?" he replied, earning a look of confusion to adorn her sated features.

"Why?" she softly asked and was immediately pulled even closer into him, and when she was close enough, he proceeded to continue with what he wanted to say and for her to know.

"Because my star has been in front of me all this time. Watching and shining over me and I thank the heavens that I get to love someone as radiant and loving as you. My true Queen."

So there we go. A nice fairytale ending and yes they did run away with each other and lived happily ever after in their own Castle with many children to carry on their shining legacy, hehe. So what do you think guys?