Chapter 3

Kai moved quickly, so quickly that Alice almost felt dazed when he laid her wet and naked on the bed. He kissed her with such reverence in that moment as his body joined hers on the bed. She clung to him in a way that both concerned him and boosted his ego. Her hands gripped his upper back just below his shoulders and Kai could only think of her as a scared baby bird. She looked so vulnerable in that moment, her eyes dark, her body pressed tight to his, and kai knew she just needed him. That she needed to feel his body close to hers, to know he was there, and as his kisses moved to the slope of her neck, Kai assured her of that as his hands touched her with a feather light touch. He started at her hips, squeezing the firm flesh his hands trailed to the curve of her stomach before continuing up. When he cupped her breasts in both hands, Kai looked directly into her eyes seeing as her jaw dropped, a gasp leaving her at his touch, and in that moment, he reveled in that sound. In the scratch of her nails as they gripped his back all the harder. He reveled in her, in having her back, and looking at her, he didn't need to say it. He vowed to never lose her again and looking into her eyes, they said it. That noise changed suddenly though, it sounded pained, and it broke his heart. When he looked at her, it broke him more when he saw the pain that resided in her eyes.

"I'm sorry, Kai" gasped Alice suddenly, the tears running down her face. Alice had tears running down the length of her face and wrapping his arms around her, Kai touched his forehead to hers.

"What is it?" whispered Kai his lips ghosting across hers. At first, Alice cried her silent tears her eyes baring into his until her hands touched his chest.

"My memories of that past few months won't go away, Kai. Men have used me, hurt me, and thrown me away. Those witches…they left me just the same way…I feel broken" whispered Alice her eyes begging him to understand. Kai held her in his arms as he kissed her forehead. She was shaking with every word she spoke. In that moment, Kai wanted to tell her that she wasn't broken, that she was the strongest person he knew, but he decided to show her instead. That was why he kissed her as he smoothed the tears from her beautiful face.

As he was doing this and their lips parted, Alice touched his face with her hand, her eyes opening then closing again. They looked at each other and Kai leaned into her touch. There was something in her eyes, like there was something she wanted to say, something she wanted to tell him.

"Even though I couldn't remember you, I think I missed you all this time" whispered Alice drawing him into a kiss then her arms wrapping around him. Even when their kiss ended, Kai noticed that look never left her, and her hands never left him. They touched his chest, somehow managing to be both soft and firm at the same time as if making sure he was real as her eyes refused to look away from his. Kai knew when she knew that he wasn't going anywhere because the most brilliant smile broke out across his face. They were touching some part of him the whole time as he kissed along the length of her body. He kissed all the places he knew she loved. The places that did things for her that he had memorized. He reveled in the moans he caused in her and when he reached her favorite place, he lingered there listening to the sound of her. The breathy timber of her voice, the way her body arched as if melting beneath him, and especially the cool heat of her skin as her arousal grew. All of it assured him as much as it did her, assured him that she was there, and this time she wouldn't disappear like in his dream's past.

"I love you, baby, it's going to be okay now. I'm here, I'll protect you. I'll take you home" whispered Kai drawing her legs tight around his waist. Their eyes met then and as her hand touched his face once more, Kai began to sink inside of her watching as her eyes closed in a type of ecstasy.

"I missed you, baby…I'm never letting you go again" exclaimed Kai watching as her eyes opened the look in her eyes something almost mystic.

"I'm gonna hold you to that…now come here…I need you closer" gasped Alice her breathing heavy. Every part of her seemed to be out of breath in that moment even her voice was a breath as her hands dragged him all the closer. As she said it though, she was smiling, and it made Kai smile too as he relived what it felt like to be inside her again.

"I'm here. I'm always right here and I always will be" whispered Kai gently kissing her lips at first until she felt the rough touch of her fingers in his hair.

That was when he deepened it, moving at a rhythm all their own as they reveled in their reunion. They had been apart so long that they had been afraid that something would have become lost in the distance of the time they'd spent apart. Nothing was lost though as they moved together. It was still as if they were one body, sweat on sweat, skin on skin, passion on passion. They breathed together as one breath, gasped as one being, and it was as they'd always been. They were one heart, one body, one soul. They were still connected, soul to soul, even after their cruel separation.

"Make love to me, Kai. Please, I need you" exclaimed Alice her arms wrapping around him as her body gave a fluidly visible shiver that ran through them both. He knew from that shiver that she was close and moving swiftly inside of her still, Kai found he enjoyed watching her in that moment.

"Kai" exclaimed Alice, looking into his eyes a second before they closed reminding him how much he had missed seeing her this way, and how he had missed the way his name sounded on her lips.

"I need you, baby…I was so lonely, so lost without you by my side" whispered Kai his lips ghosting over her skin once more until suddenly he stopped as he looked at her a second before biting into her skin to leave his mark just above her collarbone. The yelp like scream that Alice released into the air around them only spurred him on as he moved hard and faster inside her. As he did, he felt as her hips started to buck beneath him in her pleasure, and she released a scream. A livewire shiver ran up her spine as the pleasure ran up her body. It was then that she felt her magic in her veins for the first time since they had wiped her memory away. Kai saw it too when her eyes opened, and that magic sparkle was in them once more. As the pleasure erupted inside her, the magic came spilling out in a crashing flow of power, and Kai smiled as he looked into her eyes. He stopped all movement inside her for only a moment and he just watched her. He watched and felt and heard as everything began to shake and crash around them. It turned Kai on even more as he moved inside her once more. It was the first magic he had seen in her since finding her in that club. It reminded him of the moment when he first felt her magic. That was a day so long ago and yet, it didn't feel that way as he felt her magic run across his skin in a burst of heated energy. It made him kiss her then as he moved inside her their bodies sticky with sweat.

Alice recognized it immediately and it invigored her as much as the very touch of his hands. It was that burn of fire that she had known her whole life. That she had learned to harness and love and that she knew Kai loved too. It was why she kissed him in that moment. Because he had always loved her, accepted her, and now, he had found her. Now, they could begin again, and get back to the path they were on before they were thrown apart. Kai felt that love as her magic continued to run over his skin. It stayed there as he thrust inside her still and as they kissed melting into one another. It shook them both once more as Kai stilled as he exploded inside of her. It stayed there as he collapsed atop her body feeling as she held him as he held her. His body collapsed without warning onto hers, both a heap of breath. Kai felt as she moved his hair out of his eyes. When she did, he looked at her, something inside him giving when he saw that black sparkle in her eyes again.

"There was a moment when I thought I'd never find you…when I was so scared. I fucking missed you" exclaimed Kai his voice trembling. She barely gave him time then as she took his face into her hands feeling as he did the same. Her lips were on his in one fierce movement. They didn't let up, not until they had to breath.

"But you did find me, baby. I'm right here and nothing is ever gonna tear us apart again. Because we're not gonna let it. Because I love you and you fucking love me" exclaimed Alice her voice that sexy growl he had missed all these months as he drew her into his arms. At some point, they both fell asleep, but when Kai woke up again, he was alone. His fear rose in him almost immediately. Fear that it had been another dream to tease him. That Alice was still gone, and his search wasn't over. His head turned though when he heard the soft patter of rain and his fear lessoned immediately. Because she was there, standing in the door to their room, and he sighed as he left the bed to join her. Alice stood naked, not caring who saw her as she stood watching the rain. She stood in the center of the doorway, completely still, and as Kai approached, he watched her. She didn't move, it didn't even look like she was breathing, and for a moment, he was startled. He couldn't help but wonder what sorted thoughts were plaguing her.

After a moment, Kai came up behind her, wrapping a sheet around the both of them to wrap his arms around them.

"I love you" whispered Kai tenderly kissing the back of her shoulder. As he did, the rain began to pour even harder, and lightning flashed. Kai knew it was her magic and, in that moment, she looked at him.

"They took me away from you, Kai, they tried to break us…I want them. I want revenge" exclaimed Alice, lightning flashing once more at the words.

"I know, we'll get them" said Kai his eyes looking into hers.

"Promise" whispered Alice, receiving her answer when Kai kissed her in response.