Sorry Chapter 9 was so short, episode 2x15 has me mesmerized and I can't stop watching it long enough to write! Thank you dear readers and reviewers, I really appreciate all of the kind words. The story continues….

Chapter 10

Catherine and Vincent meet with Reynolds. Catherine explains Rognvrald International. Bob looks stunned, "Catherine you have to believe that I knew nothing about this. I had no idea who or what was behind all of this."

Catherine looks at Vincent with the question in her eyes. Vincent nods his head. "He is telling the truth."

Catherine looked at Bob, "Then you are no help to me." At that she turns and walks away.

Vincent approached Bob's cell. "I know that everything you did, you did because you love her and wanted to protect her. In time she will understand that, but for now…."

"Vincent you have to protect her. I know this is not enough, but I am sorry. I was wrong about you, I can see that you love her and I am sorry I did what I did to keep you away from her. If this is all true and we are related somehow to these people, and they are this old and powerful, they will never stop looking for both of you. This group or this family…It's too big to fight, you have to take her and run…"

Vincent looked at Bob, "You really don't know Catherine."

Vincent came out into the lobby and Catherine was standing against the wall waiting for him. As he came up to her, she put her hand up, palm out. "I do not want to hear what you two talked about in there." Vincent didn't say anything, just put his arms around her and pulled her close. He kissed the top of her head and said, "Let's go see JT"

JT and Tess were eating pizza and drinking beer in their PJ's. They were not expecting to see Vincent and Catherine again tonight. So the look on all their faces when Vincent came in calling JT's name was priceless.

"Cat!"

"Tess?"

"Vincent!"

"Whoa" Vincent chuckled looking at Catherine. "I totally forgot you did not know about this."

"YOU knew about this?" Catherine turned to Vincent. "Well yeah, since Valentine's Day, I just forgot about it in my quest to get you back." He walked up to her and put his hand on the side of her face, looking into her eyes. "We have been a little busy." He said with sly grin.

Catherine immediately melted, and laid her head into his hand. JT cleared his throat…"Sorry to interrupt, but what are you two doing here?"

"Nevermind that….how…what….Is he Thanksgiving?" Catherine looked at Tess and JT.

Tess looked softly at JT, "Yes he is, and Valentine's Day too" JT came up to Tess and put his arm around her. "You guys want some pizza?

An hour later and with appetites satisfied, they all sat down to try and figure out what to do next.

"I'm sorry that your Dad, Bob, Daddy Reynolds, whatever…. did not have any answers for you." Tess said. "Well at least I know now that he is no more use to us." Said Catherine, shrugging her shoulders.

"For now," interrupted Vincent placing his hand on her shoulder. "You never know what might happen down the road. I understand that your angry with him, believe me I do, but he is your last living relative and I don't think you should close that door completely." Catherine just grunted, which just made Vincent smile more.

"Maybe we should look through the file boxes that your Mom had?" JT asked Catherine, "Back when we were looking for a cure for Vincent's fugue states your Dad, Daddy Chandler, had all your Mom's files. Maybe she knew something about the company she worked for. She would be closer to them than Bob would have since he was in government and she worked directly for them."

"Do you think she could have known about all of this?" Catherin asked? JT shrugged his shoulders and said "I have no idea, I am just making this up as I go along, but it makes sense right? You are a beast wrangler; your Mom was responsible for helping to develop the beast serum."

Vincent was staring off into space…."She said she was doing this to protect her daughters." Vincent's voice was hollow. He shook himself, "Back in Afghanistan, we were talking and she told me that she was doing this for her daughters." He looked at Catherine, "Did I never say that before?"

"This is the first time I am hearing it, I wonder what else you don't remember?"

"And my Father is now dead so I can't ask him, he must have known and that is why they killed him last year." Catherine stands up frustrated, pacing back and forth "How in the hell was all this going on around me and I never saw it?"

Tess stood up as well. "Why would you? You don't remember being sick and how much attention does any kid pay to what their parents are doing? You didn't even know that your Dad was not your Dad until last year. Your parents were protecting you….That is what parents do; don't be angry at them for that, I am sure they had no idea that all this would happen. They certainly never could have foreseen you meeting Vincent and your Mom might not have known of the side effect of the therapy you had and its effect on beasts."

Catherine looked at Vincent and at her friends. "So we need to find those boxes.

JT reaching for the Tums said "What about Gabe, he could be a beast already and come after any of us."

Tess sat down on his lap and said "Don't worry I will protect you", she leaned in and kissed him. JT smiled at her, but then said "I am serious, you two have guns and Vincent is well Vincent, but I got nothing.

Vincent looks around and finds the tranq gun. "Just keep this with you all the time, or at least when Tess isn't around to protect you," Vincent said smirking.

Vincent looked at the group of people, he loved them all and was so afraid that something was going to happen one of them. Dealing with Beasts had been their focus for so long, especially JT. Would any of them know what to do with a normal life?

"Look, I don't think Gabe is going to come looking for us, I got the impression that he wanted to go back to being a beast for the power it gave him. He will get as far away from me as he can right now. So don't drop your guard, but I think that Rognvrald is our biggest concern right now.'

Catherine spoke up, "We have to assume they have the Gem, Vincent and could control you if they got a hold of you. What I don't understand is why they haven't come for us yet?"

"I don't know but I don't want to wait around for them to find us, I am not going back into hiding or on the run. I say we bring the fight to them, so let's go find those boxes."

After Thomas' death, Brooke had sold the house and placed all of the items from Catherine's parents shared past into storage.

JT said, "We can meet in the morning at the storage facility."

Catherine looked at Tess, "After WE meet for coffee, apparently we have a lot to catch up on!"

Catherine and Vincent left the club and headed back to the boathouse.

JT and Tess cuddled back up on the couch. JT placed a kiss on Tess's forehead, "Sorry about that"

Tess frowned, "About what, Cat finding out?"

"Yeah, I know you wanted to keep it secret." JT loves the crinkle she gets between her eyes when she scrunches up her nose and he absently smoothes it with his thumb.

"Well, not really a secret, I mean Vincent knew, I just haven't been able to tell Cat, I didn't want to hurt her feelings, she has been so messed up for the last few months and even though she chose Gabe at Valentines I could tell she still loved Vincent and I felt bad that you and I were falling in love at the same time she was struggling so hard, and I knew…"

"WAIT! What did you just say?"

"What?"

JT could barely breathe, "You just said falling in love."

Tess and JT stare at each other… She leans towards him and softly says "Did I? He mirrors her and leans towards her, he is staring at her mouth, and he has always been enthralled by her mouth. "Yeah you did."

She leans a little more, "Well I never say anything I don't mean." She places her hands on the side of his face, pulls him towards her and says with her lips just about touching his. "JT, I am falling in love with you." She stares into his eyes, he takes a deep breath, not believing his own ears, and then he places his hand on the back of her head and closes the distance between them.

This kiss is different than the ones before, this kiss has meaning and a promise, this kiss says I am here to stay and I want to see where this goes.

Tess has crawled up into JT's lap as they kissed and he picks her up. She loves that he is big and strong enough to pick her up like she was a petite little thing, no one ever makes her feel small and cherished, not like he does. He carries her into the bedroom, for now she lets him take control; "Intimidating Tess" will be back in the morning.

"Vincent I'm scared" Catherine said to Vincent as he was pouring her a glass of wine.

"Of what?"

"I am scared that this is just too big for us to take on. This agency, family or whatever you want to call them has been around for hundreds of years, how are we supposed to stop them.

"I don't know exactly."

Vincent hands Catherine her glass and clinks it against his beer bottle. "We will figure something out; maybe something in your Mom's files will give us a direction?"

"Maybe but….." Vincent stops Catherine talking by kissing her; she pulls back and looks into his eyes. She is scared but finds strength in those hazel pools.

Vincent smiles at her, "We will figure this out tomorrow, tonight let's just enjoy the here and now, and we have a lot of catching up to do."

Catherine wraps her arms around Vincent's neck and kisses him, leaning the length of her body against his. Vincent wraps one hand around her neck and the other skims down her back to cup her against him. She can feel the hardness of his chest and thighs pressed against her length as well as the hardness of the only thing that can fill her.

Her hands slide down his arms worshiping the strength they contain. His hand continues to kneed her ass as his other hand adjusts her head to kiss her deeper.

Vincent breaks their kiss; he is breathless and stares at her. She is his humanity, even when she brings out the beast in him; he can still feel her there holding his human soul in her hands.

He takes her hands and holds them to his chest, Catherine frowns and presses up against him desperate for the feel of his chest against hers. She looks up at him a question in her eyes.

"Catherine" he says her name and she is wet and ready for him, he can tell she is aroused. Her heart is racing and her breath is heavy. Her eyes are heavy as they look up at him wanting, waiting.

"I promise you no matter what happens I will always be with you, we will never be separated again. I will not let them take you away from me. You are my life, you hold my soul in your keeping and I promise that nothing will ever change that. I can take a lot of things but I can't live without you, not ever again."

With those words he kisses her senseless, Catherine desperate to let Vincent know that the same is true for her, kisses him back with an intensity that borders on madness. Tongues swirling, licking and flicking.

Catherine pulls back; she holds Vincent's face in her hands. "Vincent, promise me that you won't let them take me. I can't be separated from you again, if it looks like they are going to win, you have to make sure they don't take me alive." She looks at him holding his gaze. "Promise me Vincent!"

He stares back at her, and he takes her face in his hands he says "I promise."

Vincent picks Catherine up; she wraps her legs around his waist as he walks her upstairs to the bed. Setting her down gently, still kissing her he lays her down.

He breaks the kiss, pulls back and looks at her, her face is flushed, chest heaving. He smiles as he unbuttons her shirt, exposing the ivory lace bra she is wearing.

"You have beautiful breasts," he molds his hands around them, pushing them together to place a kiss in the space between the swell. He runs his hands down her sides and comes to her waistband.

"Such a tiny waist on such a powerful woman." He says as he unbuttons her jeans and slides them off, his hands lingering on her thighs on the way back up. He buries his nose at her center," God you smell so good" His finger dips inside her panties as he places his lips against the ivory lace panties she is wearing. She is writhing around, back arching, hips flexing. He puts one finger inside her as his mouth fastens on her clit, sucking through the lace.

"Damn Vincent" is all Catherine can say as Vincent places another finger inside her, her hips are bucking now, her hands grab his head and hold him there as she rides his hand. He can feel her starting to come, the small tremors that will grow. He withdrawals his fingers and lifts his head, giving her a chance to catch her breath.

Catherine is panting now, eyes glowing as if she is the beast. She gets up on her hands and knees and pushes Vincent up onto his knees. She runs her hands over his shoulders, down his arms and grabs his shirt, it's a button down and she rips the shirt off of him. Buttons pop off and go flying. Vincent lets his eye's glow for a minute. She rubs her hands over his chest, flicking his nipples with her fingertips.

His breath catches. She moves her hand down to his waistband. "Get these off" Vincent stands and makes quick work of his pants. He stands at the edge of the bed; Catherine sits back on her heels in front of him.

She leans down and takes him in her hand, feeling the length of him; one hand reaching to cup the heavy weight of his sac, as the other strokes the tip, feeling the small bead of moisture there. Catherine lowers her head and takes him in her mouth, her tongue swirling around the sensitive tip.

She grabs his ass with both of her hands as he thrusts into her mouth. His hand cups the back of her head to gently hold her there. She opens her throat to him and growls, the vibration nearly makes him come. He gently pulls back and lifts her up onto her knees. He kisses her, he can taste himself in her mouth, and she can taste herself in his.

Catherine lies down on the bed, Vincent covers her with his body, she opens for him and he slides inside. They move slowly, gently rocking in a rhythm all their own, yet as old as time. Catherine arches her neck and Vincent laves kisses up alongside. He lifts his head and looks into her eyes as he leans in to kiss her lips. She caresses the side of his face where his scar used to be and runs her hands through his short hair as she pulls him closer for another kiss. Their tongue seeking each other, desperate to be entwined.

Catherine wraps her legs around Vincent's waist and urges him deeper, harder and faster. They are both breathing heavy. Vincent buries his face in that spot between her shoulder and neck as Catherine runs her hands down Vincent's back, rubbing hard in that dip he has right at the top of his ass.

He can feel her start to come apart, he quickens his pace, thrusting deeper and faster as only a beast can. She starts to tremble, she is milking him, then stars explode and he comes inside her, his eyes glowing golden as he growls.

After, they lay curled up in bed, Catherine has her head on his shoulder and she falls asleep in the shelter of his arms.

Vincent was still awake, as he lay there with her in his arms, he was terrified. He meant it earlier when he told her he could not live without her again. They had been separated once, and then lost to each other because of the things they had done to him and the things he had done because of it.

His fear wasn't being captured or even tortured, if that happened again he would make them kill him; he would not be turned into a monster again. His fear was if they got a hold of Catherine, would he have to kill her too?

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