This chapter is rated M for sexual content.

Chapter 26: The Picnic

Arthur, Lilly, Brian, and James trotted down the road south. After a few miles, they came upon a big farm house. There was a sign that said "Alco Farm" and they passed it. They headed down the avenue and Lilly looked around. There was a large apple orchard to the left where people were tending to apple tree branches. To the right where some horses running about. Lilly grinned at Arthur.

"I want to start breeding horses," she said to him.

"Yeah?" Arthur asked her.

"Yeah. Da and I have been talkin' about buying a female Arabian for The Count to mate with."

"White or black?"

"White, but maybe black. Get a little variety in."

Arthur chuckled with a nod. "Sounds good. We should look into that when we go home."

Arthur and Lilly neared the stone farmhouse and the boys looked eager to chase chickens but Lilly chastised them and they stopped. She dismounted and walked to the porch, then she knocked on the door a few times before an elderly woman came to the door, graying hair in a bun and with a weathered face.

"May I help you?" the woman asked, her British accent on the heavy side.

Lilly nodded. "Yes, ma'am. We're here to investigate the werewolf infestation and disappearances of people in the town of Caterham?"

"Oh yes," the lady said, opening the door. "Please come in and..." the lady stopped and stared at Brian and James. "Oh my God!" she screamed.

Lilly put up her hands. "Relax. They're with me. They're harmless."

The woman started having a fit. "Get those creatures off our property!"

Lilly rolled her eyes and looked at the wolves. "Brian, James, go huntin'."

Brian and James went running down the road. Arthur laughed and the woman huffed at him. "That is not at all amusing, sir!"

Arthur coughed and calmed himself down. "Apologies, ma'am. People aren't usually afraid of them."

The woman scowled even more. "An American."

Lilly held back from laughing. She forgot the British were sore against America, even after over a hundred years of losing the Revolutionary War. "That is my husband, ma'am."

"Oh. Well come in, both of you. I'll have some tea made. I'm Mrs. Beasley."

"Mr. and Mrs. Morgan." Arthur and Lilly walked into the house and were directed to a sitting room. It was very rustic looking with grey furniture, wooden plank tables, and a stone fireplace. The room was light and airy and the woman told the couple to sit. She had tea brought out and Lilly put cream and sugar in hers while Arthur struggled to remember if he liked tea or not. Lilly told him to put in a cube of sugar and drink. He did and he liked it.

"So, Mrs. Beasley, we were told your farm had the worst of the attacks?" Lilly asked the woman.

"Yes. I've lost twenty cows and fourteen horses so far," Mrs. Beasley said.

Lilly's jaw dropped. "Woa."

"And my husband is one of the people that has gone missing. I'm terribly worried about him," Mrs. Beasley said with tears in her eyes.

Lilly frowned. "I'm very sorry, Mrs. Beasley. Mr. Morgan and I will do everything we can to bring him and the others home. Do you know how many went missing?"

"Five people. That's Mr. Beasley, Mrs. George, Miss Page, and the Kellington boys, ages five and twelve."

Lilly nodded and wrote it all down in her journal. "Did they all disappear at the same time?"

"No. It was at intervals. There's a cave in the woods nearby where no one is supposed to go, but the town kids always go there to play. I've told them not to, but...anyway, the boys went missing first. Then Mrs. George, then Miss Page, then my husband."

"I see. Can you give me directions to this cave?"

"Yes."

Lilly handed Mrs. Beasley her journal and the woman wrote down the information. Lilly thanked her and Arthur and Lilly finished their tea before leaving the extravagant farmhouse. Lilly and Arthur mounted up and headed off towards the woods. They went west once they made for the tree line and they headed down the trail. It was muddy from the rain they'd had so it was hard to walk the horses through, so they both got off and lead the horses by trudging through the mud with them.

"How much further we gotta go, Lilly?" Arthur asked her.

"About a mile or two, maybe," Lilly replied. Just then, Brian and James, caked in mud, came running down the trail and knocked into Lilly. Lilly went down into the mud and she scowled while Arthur burst into hysterics...until the wolves knocked him down too. Lilly pointed and laughed as she got up. "Boys, you're so evil!" she shouted with humor in her tone.

Arthur made a"yuck" noise and stood from the mud, brushing himself off. "God dammit!" he snapped.

Lilly laughed again. "Relax. There's supposed to be a river down the trail. We can wash off the mud there."

They continued forward and soon they came across the river. Lilly spottedva waterfall and squealed in delight. She put down her weapons and satchel, then she started undressing.

"What are you doin'?" Arthur asked her.

"I'm goin' to go bathe under a waterfall!" she yelled.

When Lilly finished undressing, she turned around and saw Arthur staring at her with dark eyes. As he walked to Lilly, he started declothing as well. "You mind if I join you?" he asked.

Lilly shrugged. "Sure." Lilly walked into the river and made her way towards the waterfall. She stopped under it and unbraided the Celtic knots out of her hair, then she started scrubbing the mud from her auburn locks. Lilly felt Arthur grab her from behind and she giggled. "Mmm, hello, mo fhear céile." [my husband.]

"Hello, mo bhean chéile." [my wife.]

"I wish you remembered Gaeilge. I miss our conversations."

Lilly felt Arthur's lips on her shoulder as his hands went to her breasts. Lilly leaned back against him and moaned while he caressed her wet nipples with his thumbs. "I want to remember everything," Arthur said into her ear. "When I do, I'll tell you in Irish."

Lilly turned around, wrapped Arthur up in her arms and kissed him deeply. Both of them held each other and Arthur pressed her against the rocks. Arthur nibbled Lilly's lip and she grinned into his mouth, then suckled on his bottom lip and ran her fingers through his wet dirty blonde hair. Arthur pulled her out of the water fall and back into the river, then he found steady footing and raised her up. She wrapped her legs around him and he walked to the river bank. He laid her down on her back and put himself inside her, then he slowly began to push in and pull out of her. Lilly held him close to her and kissed him hard, and Arthur increased his pace.

"Mmm, oh Arthur," Lilly moaned out against his lips. "You feel so good inside me." Arthur chuckled and kissed her passionately. He leaned down a little and sucked on her breast and nipple as he grasped it. Lilly arched her head back and shut her eyes. The coolness of the water kept them from sweating but it didn't prevent their breath from going harder and faster as they continued with their love making. Eventually Lilly rolled him over and she straddled him, then she gyrated her hips and Arthur sat up, holding her in his arms and he went back to suckling on her nub. Lilly wrapped an arm around him and leaned her head back as she continued to ride him. Arthur grunted against her skin as his breathing got heavier, and soon Lilly felt her climax approaching. "Arthur, I'm gonna come..." she groaned out.

"Come all over me, baby girl," he whispered. Lilly's hips ground into Arthur harder and faster and finally, she cried out as her orgasm hit. Her inner muscles tightened and relaxed around Arthur's shaft but she kept going. Arthur laid back and played with both her breasts as she kept riding him. "Come for me again, Lilly."

Lilly nodded and grunted, looking down into his eyes with a sultry expression. "You like it when I come for you, Arthur?"

"Yeah, darlin'. Do it again, please. It feels so good when you do."

Lilly's hips rocked back and forth, side to side, and soon another wave of pleasure hit her. She cried out once more and her back arched, pressing her hands into Arthur's chest. Arthur chuckled deeply and placed his hands on her hips to help her go faster and harder, which she appreciated greatly. Time dragged on as she kept coming undone over and over, much to Arthur's happiness. Finally, Arthur himself came undone and he shot semen up inside her with a loud growl. Lilly collapsed on top of him and they laid there, holding each other close and kissing each other gently. They stayed like that for a while.

"Tá grá agam duit," Lilly murmured into his ear.

"What's that?" he asked her.

"I love you."

"Tá grá agam duit," Arthur said flawlessly.

"Very good," Lilly giggled.

Arthur kissed her neck and rolled over on top of her. "I love you so much, Lilly. Don't ever forget it."

"Ditto." Arthur and Lilly got up and dressed into new clothes, then they rinsed off their muddy clothes and decided to have a picnic. Arthur put down a blanket and got food ready while Lilly hung up their wet clothes to dry. Brian and James played in the river to get the mud off their fur and the couple ate some cooked venison and had some rum while they snuggled and chatted away. "Tell me another memory you have, Arthur. Anything."

"Hmm, well..." Arthur rubbed his chin as he grinned at his wife. "I remember how I got TB."

Lilly frowned. "Don't tell me that one. You beat a man practically to death for your trouble, if I recall correctly."

againArthur nodded sadly. "That I did, and I regret it."

"Tell me a happy memory."

Arthur sighed and took a bite of venison. "When I asked you to hang your washing with mine."

Lilly giggled. "Let me guess. Molly helped you with that, didn't she?"

"Oh yes. But if I recall correctly, you didn't give me the right response."

Lilly blushed a little. "Yes, I know. But I was so surprised, I just...I wasn't expecting a traditional Irish proposal."

Arthur smiled and kissed her softly. "Lilly...when this werewolf business is over and done with..." Arthur grasped her hands. "I want to put a baby in you."

Lilly snorted with laughter. "I think you probably have done that in the last few days, but okay."

"No, I mean...gah. I mean let's try for more children. I want more kids."

A slow smile formed on Lilly's face and she got on her knees. "How many more?"

"Hundreds."

Lilly cackled with glee. "I don't think I can give you that many. My body will wear out."

"Okay," Arthur laughed. "Not hundreds. But...can we have more?"

"I don't see why we can't. Although you've probably already done it at some point in the last few days!"

Arthur cackled and lowered down to her belly. "Hello, is there another baby in there?" he said to her stomach.

Lilly laughed loudly and smacked him softly. "Oh shut up!"

Arthur cackled again, grabbed Lilly by her rump and kissed her softly. "Fuck it, let me put one in you right now."

"Oh ho ho ho, oh really?"

"Yes."

Arthur and Lilly started snogging and Arthur knocked her down, then laid down on top of her. "Oh, Mr. Morgan!" she yelped.