Chapter 7
"In love and honor"
(Revised after reading Dark Demon)
Amy awoke inside her private chamber in the soil; Tristan was right beside her, holding her hand, looking very anxious.
"Hi." Amy whispered as she opened her eyes.
"Thank God! I was starting to get worried. Are you alright?" Tristan replied with fear etched in his voice.
"I'm ok; I'm just a little dizzy, that's all." Amy said as she sat up.
"I hope you understand the gravity of this, my love. You nearly died in my arms, your heart stopped for almost 60 seconds, an eternity if you ask me." Tristan said gravely as he stared into her cerulean eyes. "I cannot let this happen again."
"I understand, but this wasn't something I provoked."
"And that is what worries me the most, you have no control over it anymore, and every time you have a vision, you go into this strange place and you loose even more control of your body." Tristan paused to grab Amy's hand between his own again. "You are my lifemate, darling—my one and only Lifemate—if you died, I'd become deranged. I cannot let you have any more visions. It's an unnecessary risk."
"What do you mean you can't let me have any more visions, is not like a chose them on purpose, they just come to me!" Amy burst, stealing her hand away from his grip.
"You must stop touching people altogether; you must stop having these visions at any cost." He meant seclusion; he meant them to live alone, separated from the rest of the world.
"But Tristan this is my gift. Its how I help people, besides, is not like I can control it, when it comes I just have to let it happen, they will come no matter where I am." Amy repeated, it seemed to her like he didn't process the idea, she didn't always want the visions but she had them none the less.
"You've been seeking the visions all day, somehow, they start pulling you away, and I cannot fight it back anymore, you must stop. Don't you see you are destroying my sanity?"
"Somehow it's always all about you!" Amy replied angrily, kicking the covers away from her body and standing up in a blur. "How do you propose we do this, Mr. Know it all? Do you have a crystal bubble where you can lock me inside for the rest of my life?"
"We leave town now, we go into seclusion and cease all contact with other Carpathians… forever."
"How could you suggest me to leave right now? Maria and I have a number ready, all the other Carpathians are here. I promised Raven that I'd bring ginger bread cookies. It's almost Christmas! You can't just decide we'll leave now and even less that it's going to be forever! Who the hell do you think you are?!"
"Of course I can, I'm your lifemate, your safety it's my responsibility, been here is hurting you. I can't let harm come to you. I swore it." Tristan stood up from the bed and walked away from her, he couldn't stand her condemning eyes, her angry words, she was positively livid. "I can't allow pain to come to you is as simple as that, and just thinking about it … about how it feels when your heart stops make want to weep, if you died, Amy… if I let you die, I'd never forgive myself. Can't you understand that? You are everything that I have, my family, my life, my love, my everything!"
Amy's anger melted down a notch when she saw him been vulnerable. She didn't want to hurt him, it wasn't her fault to be cursed like that, but now that she had come to grips with it; her gift wasn't so much of a curse anymore, sometimes she even liked connecting with the rest of the Carpathians in that way.
"Think about what could happen when you walk into a room full of Carpathians, each and everyone of them is a potential vision. Anyone of them could kill you, my love." Tristan said and then he turned around with the moonlight shining through his eyes; a deep red tear was sliding down his cheek. "I'd rather cut my throat that hear your heart stop again."
"I will not touch them. I'll be right there with you. I swear to you!" Amy hugged Tristan's chest, resting her head above his heart; it had the exact same rhythm as hers. "I haven't even met my other sisters, I have a family here Tristan, I want to be with them. You must protect me, I understand that, but I could never be happy if we went away like this."
"I understand that, darling. But your family could kill you." Tristan caressed Amy's silky locks, wondering how he could deny her that right; he had crossed several oceans to get to his daughter. How could he tell her to leave when her family was a few feet away form her?
"We are hunted by humans, mages and vampires all the time; anything could happen to me any given day. And yet here we are, alive and kicking." Amy begged as she wrapped her arms around Tristan, she yearned to comfort him but at the same time; she wanted him to yield to her wishes. "Do it for Maria; she needs to experience these things, maybe she'll talk again, maybe her lifemate is there, and he'll discover her and help us unlock her mind."
"Fine! I must admit you have strong arguments. But I do swear we'll leave after Christmas." He would grant her some things, but not everything; they would leave, just not that night.
"Got it! I love—you are the best." Amy was about to say 'I love you' but she stopped herself, Tristan noticed, a part of him wanted to scream and the other part was overjoyed, the feelings were there at least, even if she didn't voiced them.
"We should feed, tomorrow is going to be a long day."
"Most definitely, I'll go do the cookie dough with Mary."
"No, stay in bed a little longer, your heart still sounds a little strained."
"Nonsense, I feel just great."
"Then I supposed it's my heart that feels a little strained." Amy wrapped her arms around Tristan's neck again, drawing him to her, he felt his body go taut and warm with instant desire, she smelled like pumpkins and honeysuckle, some kind of shampoo and body lotion that she favored, it drove him mad.
Amy's body had acquired a delicious roundness around the ass and the hips, a more female-like shape, something else Tristan couldn't get enough of. He grabbed it and followed the round curve to her firm thighs, pulling her legs up so he could carry her back to the bed astride his hips, kissing her with ardor as he felt their hearts begin pacing.
I supposed we could send Maria to watch TV for a while.
We could.
And they did, the girl should not witness her parents making love, so they made sure she'd not come out of her bedroom.
Tristan fell on top of Amy with ease, kissing her alabaster neck with adoration; her hips were a perfect cradle for his bones, he started building the conflagration within her, teasing her nipples above the clothes, feeding her images of what he wanted to do to her.
Amy followed the cue, grabbing his ass above the pants; Tristan roared needing the feeling of her skin against him, wanting her to scream for him.
I could go slow and take forever to build this, Amy; but I don't want to, all I want is to fell you come around me, could you…
Could I what? Could I use you, could I come fast and hard around you? Like the first time we made love?
Yes, that's exactly what I want, but I would easily wait if you don't want too…
Amy's response was more physical that verbal, she sought his mouth in the darkness and kissed him deeply, mating his tongue with hers, tasting the feeling of his elongated fangs, then she guided his hand inside her slick folds and he complied to the silent request making little circles around her clit, feeling her arousal soar higher.
Tristan's loins burned with need, and each time she moaned the beast roared a little louder, her wet heat was too much to bear, her orgasm was climbing, each clench came with a wave of fire, he could hardly wait for the final explosion to come.
He didn't wait; he wanted her to come around him, to feel her body contracting around him, so he whirled them up letting her be on top of him, she craved his body just as strongly, so she guided him inside her.
He trusted in and out endlessly, containing his need to dominate, he had wanted her to be on top and she was enjoying subjugating him too much, he enjoyed the position too, in fact he loved the view of her body above his, her perfect breasts and her long dark hair flowing as she rode above him.
Soon Amy's body began to lose control, she shuddered, perspiration covering her forehead, and then it exploded like a thunder that strikes and leaves everything burning behind.
She trembled, impaling herself harder and deeper on Tristan's cock, digging her nails into his flesh, drawing blood to the surface, tantalizing the beast to come to her. The waves were endless; when he sensed she had reached her pinnacle he turned her around to be on top, she was like jelly, all moans and content sighs, no resistance to his manhandle whatsoever.
There he waited endless minutes to continue feeling the small explosions, his own outburst came with a tautness that surprised him, he didn't held back the rush, it came and went like lightning leaving him spent and sated.
After that he laid there above her, feeling her constant breathing and her body tensing beneath him. She waited for the beast to roar, to take her again, but he didn't want to, he wanted something else.
He held his weight on his arms and stared at her with longing in the eyes. "I love ye, Amy, more than life and death, more than anything else in this world. I love ye even more that I love Maria. Every time I lay with you, I feel like my heart is taken out of my chest and torn into a million tiny pieces. I could not love you more … and to know you don't trust me, to know you are afraid of loving me… it's a dagger straight into my guts."
"Tristan… You have to give me time, before you there was no one else. I've never been in a relationship before. I feel uncomfortable when… after we… I just feel awkward, it's not you, it's me. I don't know how to love back."
"That's the problem, darling. I feel like I'm in heaven when I'm inside you, and afterwards, I just want to lay next to you, feeling you, I want to fall sleep with you pressed close to me, I want you to trust me with your life, like I trust you."
Amy pushed him away from her, and he complied, he knew she didn't like cuddling after sex, there's something about it that she disliked; and she definitely had trust issues. She thought it was all too intimate too quickly. She still craved her personal space, her capacity to make decisions on her own, to be independent, to think of her body like her own, not like his vessel.
"I'm not saying I won't ever love you back, I'm just saying I need time." Amy said without looking at him in the eye, inside she was full of fears and pain.
"There's no rush, I'll be here no matter what… after all; we've got eternity together." Tristan said as he caressed her naked back, he could no longer see her bones but he could feel them, she didn't push away from him, in fact she laid her head on his shoulder, feeling his warmth comfort her, even if her mind was against it, her body was in perfect ease with him. "You should rest, darling. I'll go hunting, you go to ground, you'll feel better when you rest."
"But I feel just fine."
"Yes you do, but I don't like to feel your fatigue, you know you are tired, so you need to rest. We have a long day, rest; I'll wake you up tomorrow."
"I'd never forgive you if you made me miss Christmas on purpose."
"I know, darling. I promise you that I'll wake you up in time, boy scouts honor."
"But you are not a boy scout."
"Alright, over my non existent boy scout honor, I swear to you that I'll wake you up for Christmas Eve."
"You better keep up your promises, Mister. I'm a vengeance demon and I'll make you pay for your offense … with blood."
"No, you are not, sweetheart. You are just a little mean kitten. Enough of this nonsense, I've never broken a promise, and I sure as hell won't start with you."
"Ok…God I'm so…Tired." Amy whispered in between yawns. Soon after she feel asleep and Tristan made sure she was safely buried inside the welcoming Carpathian soil.
Amy believed in his words. Why shouldn't she? He meant the truth, she needed to rest and he was going to hunt and prepare for Christmas while she was sleeping in the ground, but a great deal of things could happen while she was buried away…
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TBC…
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Someday
By Nickelback
How
the hell did we wind up like this
Why weren't we able
To see
the signs that we missed
And try to turn the tables
I
wish you'd unclench your fists
And unpack your suitcase
Lately
there's been too much of this
Dont think its too late
Nothin's
wrong
just as long as
you know that someday I will
Someday,
somehow
gonna make it allright but not right now
I know
you're wondering when
(You're the only one who knows that)
Someday, somehow
gonna make it allright but not right now
I
know you're wondering when
Well i hoped that since we're here
anyway
We could end up saying
Things we've always needed to
say
So we could end up stringing
Now the story's played out
like this
Just like a paperback novel
Lets rewrite an ending
that fits
Instead of a hollywood horror
Nothin's wrong
just as long as
you know that someday I will
Someday,
somehow
gonna make it allright but not right now
I know
you're wondering when
(You're the only one who knows that)
Someday, somehow
gonna make it allright but not right now
I
know you're wondering when
(You're the only one who knows that)
Solo
How the hell did we wind up like this
Why
weren't we able
To see the signs that we missed
And try to
turn the tables
Now the story's played out like this
Just
like a paperback novel
Lets rewrite an ending that fits
Instead
of a hollywood horror
Nothin's wrong
just as long as
you
know that someday I will
Someday, somehow
gonna make it
allright but not right now
I know you're wondering when
(You're
the only one who knows that)
Someday, somehow
gonna make it
allright but not right now
I know you're wondering when
(You're
the only one who knows that)
I know you're wondering when
(You're the only one who knows that)
I know you're wondering
when