Chapter 28

"SAM!" Jason desperately called out to her as he ran through the forest hoping to catch her. After all this time, after everything that has happened to them, she was finally in front of him. It didn't matter that she was currently running away from him, his heart was overjoyed at the sight of her, she was alive. "SAM! BABY, STOP!" He pleaded to her as he jumped over a fallen tree trunk that she hurdled over just seconds before. Luckily the ground wasn't littered too much with fallen branches, just a large branch here and there that they expertly avoided, and just a good coat of leaves that fell from the autumn weather.

Sam could hear her name being called almost muffled by the loud sounds of her heavy panting, the roar of blood rushing through her ears, and the snapping sounds of twigs and crunching leaves beneath the soles of her feet. Her feet were killing her, having broken the heels off of her favorite boots made great work in gaining long distances but did very little to offer comfort for her aching feet. Her body was tiring out, her feet were killing her, her lungs seemed like they were on fire but she couldn't stop. She couldn't let Aidan catch up to her. She had to keep going…. when suddenly her foot was caught by a tree branch causing her to stumble and land on her knees. The knife she held on tightly immediately slipped from her sweaty palms and instead of wasting time to find it, with the sounds of heavy booted footfalls gaining close behind her, she left the knife, righted her footing and took off again.

Jason's breath hitched when he saw Sam fall, he didn't want her to get hurt but saw this as an opening to finally gain on her. With her light body weight, she was incredibly faster than he was, his muscle mass slowing him down. "SAM STOP!" He tried to gain speed as he ran for her but she picked herself right up and took off again. He couldn't understand why she wasn't stopping especially after calling her name several times. Why wasn't she stopping? Couldn't she hear him? Realizing that he had to get her attention in some way, Jason pulled out his 9mm and fired off two shots into the sky, hoping that she would stop and at least look at him. Maybe she still thought that Aidan was after her. The shots in the air rang throughout the entire forest, no one would be able to miss the sound, and he was right. Stumbling a few steps before him, he saw her finally freeze, finally stop running from him. "Sam…" He croaked out, the emotions overwhelming him at seeing the woman he loved more than life itself standing alive and breathing before him. Jason's heart swelled and his eyes blurred with tears at hearing her soft gasp. Did she think he wouldn't come for her? That he wouldn't move Heaven and Earth to be with her once again. "Sam…" Her name was a desperate plea on his lips. His heart wouldn't stop beating fiercely, an impossible rhythm that echoed loudly in his ears. And when he heard her whisper his name… his knees nearly buckled at finally hearing her sweet musical voice after all this time. "Please baby… turn around, look at me…. Sam…"

Sam was completely paralyzed, what kind of cruel sick joke is this…. "Jason…" But no, Jason was dead… Aidan said that he was gone…. was it possible that it was all a lie? She closed her eyes, the tears silently falling from them, sending a silent plea to God that this was real, that Jason was alive. "Are you real?" She couldn't turn around yet, couldn't turn around and find him gone, she couldn't bare it, not again. She would die all over again.

"Turn around baby, you're breaking my heart." He pleaded and waited on bated breath as she slowly turned her body to face him. She was magnificent, a vision standing before him. No matter what she wore or what she looked like, she was his goddess, his ultimate ethereal fantasy. "Open your eyes Sam…. look at me…" His voice broke as he begged her. He needed to see all of her, and he needed for her to finally see him.

The tears fell faster as she listened to the sound of his voice, broken but beautiful, alluring, hypnotizing. She loved this man more than anything in this world and she was afraid to open her eyes. What if he wasn't there? What if he wasn't real? "Jason…." Taking a deep breath, she hardened her heart to prepare for the fatal blow she was going to painfully endure if he wasn't there. She opened her eyes….. and her breath hitched at the man before her. Her eyes widened and her heart broke simultaneously in disbelief. He was here, he was real and he was alive. "JASON!" Not waiting a moment longer, she ran and launched herself into him.

Jason couldn't bare it any longer, he needed her, he needed to hold her and he needed her in his arms. Meeting her halfway, he opened his arms wide and caught her in a fierce grip as she threw herself into his waiting arms. Finally! "Oh God Sam…. oh baby…." He held her tightly to him, holding her tight to his chest but careful as to not crush her. Bending his head down, he inhaled deep and closed his eyes in complete utter satisfaction, soaking up her soft scent in his nostrils and drowning in her essence. He couldn't hold his tears back anymore, so he let them fall. He had missed her, died without her and she was back in his arms. Not being able to stand not looking at her again, he pulled back and let his eyes devour her greedily. Running his hand up the back of her neck, he grabbed a handful of her silken hair and pulled her lips to his in a crushing bruising kiss. It wasn't sweet, it wasn't soft. It was hard, desperate, and hungry. He poured his heart into that kiss, feeling the same come from her, their tears mingled and mixed together, their love radiating from the very bottom of their souls.

Pulled back, gasping for air, Sam held onto him as tight as she could. "I thought you were dead…. he told me you were dead…." Not giving him a moment to answer, only enough to breathe, she pulled him back hungrily for more of his kiss.

"I did…" Jason pulled back to look deep into her brown depths. "I died the day they told me you were gone…" He could see the confusion in her eyes and he cursed Devane all over again. The bastard played with their lives too long. "I thought you were dead…. Aidan set it up to look like you died in a plane crash…" He knew that he needed to explain, to tell her everything, but now was not the time. Now, he needed her. He captured her sweet lips once more than rested his forehead against her. "I died that day Sam… but now… Oh God baby now, I can breathe again…" He sunk once more and recaptured her lips. Hearing her moan in his mouth flared up his desire for her…

"Jason… mmm…" Sam was completely lost in the kiss so much that she couldn't make sense of it all, and with feeling his hard body against hers, she realized that at this moment, she didn't care. She didn't want to think, she didn't want to make sense of their situation, she just wanted to feel. She wanted to feel the man who held her tightly in her arms, the man who was exploring her body with his strong hands, the man who let his hands trial to her bottom, squeezing them as he grinded her soft body into his hard length. She just wanted to feel him. "I need you Jason…" She whispered hoarsely as she broke the kiss for only a moment, then went back to trial her kisses along his jaw, his neck all while her hands whispered over his hard muscled chest. "Please Jason…. I need you… I need to feel you inside of me… I need….umph….'

She was completely cut off as Jason swooped down and effectively stole her breath away, cupping her face in both of his hands as he claimed her mouth in a searing kiss. Sam gasped and he used the opportunity to deepen the kiss, his tongue hungrily seeking out hers. His hands went to encircle her waist, pulling Sam tightly against him as he pulled her off of her feet. He kissed her with savage need and Sam could only yield to the demand, some feminine instinct knowing what he needed in that moment. Jason felt her soften in his arms and mold herself to him and he nearly shook with relief. He'd been so scared when she ran from him and he couldn't stand the thought of that. He needed her now, needed all of her and he could tell by the desperation and hunger in their kiss, she needed him too.

He cupped the back of her head with one hand to help deepen the kiss and Sam curved her body more into his, silently encouraging him to go on. Knowing he was losing his control and couldn't hold off any longer, with animalistic urgency, Jason undid her jeans and roughly shoved them and her panties down all at once. "Step out of them." He growled out as he pulled her up tight against him.

"I can't…." She panted out, hating denying him but knowing that her clothes weren't going anywhere with her boots still on. Growling low in his throat at the inconvenience, he roughly pulled his jacket off without breaking their intoxicating kiss, and used one hand to lay the jacket on the ground. In an instant, he immediately lowered her so that her soft delicate skin was laying on his jacket instead of the hard cold ground. Breaking the kiss had them both groaning at the loss, Jason grabbed her ankle with delicate grip, unzipping her boots and pulling them off. He was totally lost in their lust filled haze, and only one thing mattered, being inside of her sweet wet body.

Sam was struggling to hold on to her sanity, she was so desperate for him that she ached, and with each passing second, the ache between her legs intensified. She felt Jason's hands travel up her legs and roughly pull her pants and panties off of her, only one leg, only one was needed, they were too desperate for each other for wasting time in removing their clothing, too desperate and hungry for each other for foreplay, they needed the intimate connection now.

After pulling her leg free, he grabbed her succulent thighs with his hands and spread them wide groaning at the site of her wet nether lips glistening in the moonlight. He wanted to taste her but he needed to take her more. Quickly he covered her body with his, one hand holding himself up as his other shaking hand hastily unzipped his own jeans. Shoving them down just as far as they need to go, he grabbed his hard length….

"Jason! Please!" Hearing her pleas was his undoing. Crashing his mouth down to hers once more, forcing his tongue into her wet mouth, he entered her hard and they both cried out at the invasion. "Ohhhh…." Giving her a moment to adjust to his size, they both took the time to gaze into each other's eyes, having missed each other beyond belief, barely breathing, barely living until they were finally in each other's arms once again. Pulling out, Jason watched as her eyes fluttered at the intense sensation that passed between them both, he surged back in, moaning each other names, pulling back and surging forward, again and again. They held onto each other as they worked for that ultimate release. His thrusts were faster, harder, more desperate, more frantic, he wanted to feel her walls close and convulse all around him, wanted to feel her milk him and that's exactly what she did. A scream tore from her throat as she convulsed in arms from an earth shattering orgasm, a few thrusts later and he roared her name as his release followed hers.

Careful not to collapse on top of her, Jason held himself up and looked at her flushed face. "I love you." He gave her a sweet kiss after she repeated the words back to him. Having her in his arms made him whole again, breathe again, live again. He was now complete.