"Max?!" She exclaimed as she pulled back the covers.

"Hello, schatzi." His smile was relief and joy, and she flew across the room, his spectral embrace catching her around her waist as he held her close.

"How are you here right now? I thought…." She was speechless, unable to make sense of how he was standing in her bedroom in Buffalo, when she had thought she would never see him again.

"That I was tied to Wernigerode? As did I. But it seems that has changed." She pulled back to look at him, and his fingers swept her hair away from her face in a tender gesture.

"In what way?" She murmured.

"It is not the castle I am tied to….but you, Anna Marie…my soul, my entire being, longs for yours…" He spoke in a low tone, and she felt shivers down her spine, his lips on her cheek, featherlight as she stood rooted to the spot, unable to move under his affections.

His lips danced over her skin, and his hands pushed back her hair from her shoulders, the nightgown similar to the one she had worn the night of their first union, the memories of how she had so willingly given herself to him stirring his passion once more.

She tilted her head back, begging silently for his touch, her soft little sighs driving him mad.

"How I have longed to have you again…."

"Max…" She whispered his name, and they both moved at the same time, his lips capturing hers in a heated kiss, her fingers in his long tresses as he lifted her by her thighs, wrapping her around his spectral form, the soft little noise she made against his lips the sweetest sound.

He carried her to her bed, his hands gripping the material of her nightgown, bunching it up at her waist, her lower half exposed for only his eyes.

Her curls fanned out over the bed, and he kissed his way down her neck to the buttons that hid her body from him, his fingers swiftly removing the offending garment, wanting to see every inch of her, voluptuous and beautiful, all for him.

The sight of her, naked and willing, it took his breath away. Her eyes were equal fire and sweetness, his innocent and fiery siren.

He watched her face as his fingers danced over the slick skin between her legs, finding her wet and ready for him, the way her eyes darkened further, and the blush rose to her cheeks as those little moans came from her lips.

Gods, he would never get enough.

"So perfect…..and all mine….." He growled.

"Yes…." She breathlessly stated.

"No one else will ever bed you again….so long as my soul is anchored to yours." His possessive tone made it clear.

"Ah only want you, Max…." Her sweet confession was all the confirmation he needed.

He angled her in such a way that her feet were anchored on his shoulders, her body practically folded in half, that familiar pressure between her legs making her gasp, the position he had her in hitting her just right.

When she tried to reach for him, she found that her hands were being pinned above her head, his grip unrelenting as the bed rocked with his steady pace, her body taking him in and out.

Her moans filled the room, cries of his name as she found pleasure in being held down, as he took control.

"That's my sweet girl…." He encouraged.

"Max….oh, Max…" Her moans were desperate, her body tightening around him. He knew she was close, teetering on that edge.

"Come for me, schatzi. Fall apart for me…." He held her hands above her head with one hand, the other circling the bundle of nerves between her legs, the action causing her to scream his name as her body shook with the orgasm, her eyes rolling back in ecstasy. Her walls squeezed him in a glorious way, and he couldn't hold back anymore, not when her body begged for his release.

She was panting under him, unable to move, her eyes slowly opening, the satisfaction and pleasure on her face the sweetest reward.

He kissed her slowly, and her contented little moan was just irresistible.

He released her hands, and slowly dropped her legs off his shoulders, cradling her against him as they laid together in the aftermath.

He kissed her forehead, stroking her hair gently.

"Max…" She softly called his name.

"Yes, my dear?"

"Ah love you…."

"Say it again…." He commanded softly.

"Ah love you, Max…." She whispered.

He kissed her once more, those three words reigniting him. "Keep going….."

"Ah love you…" She repeated it over and over again, even when he had rolled her to be on top of him, and was positioning her again, letting her take him again, those words she moaned to him as she bounced on top of him, chasing her pleasure once more.

He couldn't stop, wouldn't stop, until she was thoroughly satisfied.

Eternity was not long enough…..