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"SEASON FINALE I.FOREVER"
PART 1
MICK: She's like the wind that envelops my body with her warm breath, entering my mind with her sweet perfume, filling me with the desire to love and need for her. She is sometimes delicate, soft, and other times strong and stormy but always perfect.
She is the evening breeze that refreshes my soul with her smile and sets my body on fire when I look in her eyes. She’s a gust of wind that spreads the fire that her scent lights me and she is a Tempest that brings me to the edge of passion when she looks at me, when she touches me, when I feel her breath caressing my face and her body next to mine. She stuns me, shakes me, dominates me, frees me, wakes me and holds me captive to the sentence of her sweet love without measure, to desire, to the need for taking her every time she is close to me. She is subtle like the morning that enters my senses ... so clear and transparent ... so pure and real...so mine.
She's like the wind and I just need her breath on me to stay alive.
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Beth had fallen asleep in his arms, her head resting on his chest, legs tangled on his. It was amazing to feel her breath on him, feel her pulse again and her heat as if nothing had happened. But yes, something had happened and his desire rose again just from remembering that kiss.
She had drunk his blood and had returned to life, but despite him having baptized her with his own blood, he was sure that Beth had not been turned into a vampire, he could smell it. Without a doubt the pendant had worked like it was expected, but she was not exactly a mortal either. Even though he knew it, he continued to watch her sleeping so sweet and helpless in his arms, she looked even more fragile than ever.
Human or not, Beth was his only reason for living, his life and he would protect her and would love her forever. Beth turned to him sweet and sensual looking for shelter and called him between dreams. Mick looked at her as if contemplating a dream, carefully brushed the blond strands falling over her face and kissed her tenderly on the forehead while his arms closed around her waist as if he feared that someone will take her away from him again.
Then he fall into the hypnotic sway of her breathing that caressed his skin and he closed his eyes hearing the gentle beating of her heart that seemed to be beating in his, giving him life, until his mind gradually rested and his senses were lost in her whispers calling him.
Human or not, Beth was his only reason for living, his life and he would protect her and would love her forever. Beth turned to him sweet and sensual looking for shelter and called him between dreams. Mick looked at her as if contemplating a dream, carefully brushed the blond strands falling over her face and kissed her tenderly on the forehead while his arms closed around her waist as if he feared that someone will take her away from him again.
Then he fall into the hypnotic sway of her breathing that caressed his skin and he closed his eyes hearing the gentle beating of her heart that seemed to be beating in his, giving him life, until his mind gradually rested and his senses were lost in her whispers calling him.
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Josef had returned silently like he did each time he visited NYC, but that night more than ever he needed a bit of amusement and frivolous distraction to avoid thinking about what had happened. And yet this time, not even the fresh blood of the anxious Freshies had achieved its purpose. He closed the door with his head down and before going to his freezer for some rest, Josef decided to go to Sara's room once again like he’d done so many other nights in the last five decades. He stopped outside the door and remembered Gabriel’s words and a spark of hope was kindled inside him, in spite of himself and his own fear to expect the impossible. He had always used sarcasm to cover his enormous loneliness, but all that disappeared when he looked at her, only then his four hundred years old dissolved into nothingness and he felt vulnerable again.
He entered her room, his sheepish eyes looking down until he found the strength to look at her. She was still immersed in her eternal slumber, but she was still so beautiful though her charming green eyes were still closed to him with what was left of his own soul. Nothing had changed and perhaps it never would. Josef took Sara's hand in his, struggling to hide the fruit of his own despair.
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Meanwhile on the outskirts of the city in a cold, damp basement Lance remained motionless with Grigori´s sword still stuck in his chest. He had been locked in a cage of fire which blazed in a golden glow on all four sides, and it was the only light he had. That would be his prison until the time of his execution and there was nothing he could do but wait. Desperately he would have to wait while the blood of his executioner was running through his body slowly, seconds ticked by as all the power he had stolen by drinking Beth’s blood faded.
… At that moment the sound of a few steps echoed in the room, someone had entered the room and that person was coming slowly toward him.
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At the same time...
A strange feeling of anxiety woke up Beth and her reaction alerted Mick. He knew she would start feeling different after that kiss and he did not want to leave her alone when that happen.
"Beth...Are you okay?"
"Yes... I just need some water." She said as she kissed him on the lips, and his sweet touch stirred an internal struggle, convincing herself not to give in to the temptation of his arms. But this time curiosity won the battle to desire. She had to figure out what it was that made her feel so restless. She closed her eyes so she couldn’t look at Mick and summoning all her willpower, she eased from his tempting embrace, she put on a gown and prepared to leave the room while Mick kept watching her with a worried gaze.
When she started to walk out into the hallway, she began to feel like a fool, surely all her anguish had only been the result of all that had happened, maybe all she needed was to return to Mick’s arms and she would be okay again. But when she went to retrace her steps she thought she heard something like a groan from the other side so she moved a little further and listened. She heard it again, now more clearly, and yet she could not believe what she was hearing. It was the sound of a child crying.
Beth started walking down the hall in the dark following the sound that grew louder and louder the closer she got. It was dark, just the faint moonlight coming through the rear window, which illuminate her way and yet she could see with amazing clarity. Finally she stopped at the foot of the stairs, the crying seemed to drift upward, so she decided to climb the carpeted stairs with her bare feet until she found out where the sound was coming from.
The cries grew louder and more intense until she stopped in front of a door. She put her hand on the doorknob and the crying suddenly stopped. Beth opened the door softly, it looked like a child's bedroom. In a small bed there was a little girl sleeping peacefully, clutching a teddy bear. Beth approached slowly until she reached the bed. She could not believe what she was seeing and her pupils dilated to capture that image better. Anne, the girl that she had seen in the chamber was an adult woman, like herself, but the girl before her was the same little girl that she had seen in that photo at the Talbot´s home. How was it possible?!
Moved by a strange impulse, Beth sat down on the bed next to her. Looking at her as she slept was almost like seeing herself twenty-three years ago. Suddenly she felt that she was not alone, someone was watching. She spun around and stood up startled when she saw two eyes shining in the darkness. Anne began to stir as she sobbed "Mommy ... mommy...a monster."
"Quiet baby." Beth whispered. "I won´t let him hurt you." She picked up the lamp from the table ready to use as a weapon. But when she looked again, the eyes had disappeared and all she saw was her own reflection in the mirror.
"I would never hurt her." Answered a woman's voice from behind her. A second later Celine appeared before Beth. "I just wanted to be sure that you wouldn´t hurt her now”
"Who....Who are you?" Beth asked a bit confused but still on the defensive.
"My name is Celine and I´m her Guardian" Her voice was like glass, fragile, delicate, almost ethereal.
The Guardian woman turned her blue eyes toward the little girl who was moving restless in the bed. She passed before Beth in silence and sat on the bed beside Anne. Her face wore an indescribable sweetness as she approached the little girl and started stroking her hair, then whispered something like a lullaby and little Anne finally calmed down again as she fell back into a deep sleep.
Beth watched the scene like she it was déjà vu, then a fleeting memory awoke in her mind. It was the moment when Mick handed her to her mother after her rescue.
A strange feeling of anxiety woke up Beth and her reaction alerted Mick. He knew she would start feeling different after that kiss and he did not want to leave her alone when that happen.
"Beth...Are you okay?"
"Yes... I just need some water." She said as she kissed him on the lips, and his sweet touch stirred an internal struggle, convincing herself not to give in to the temptation of his arms. But this time curiosity won the battle to desire. She had to figure out what it was that made her feel so restless. She closed her eyes so she couldn’t look at Mick and summoning all her willpower, she eased from his tempting embrace, she put on a gown and prepared to leave the room while Mick kept watching her with a worried gaze.
When she started to walk out into the hallway, she began to feel like a fool, surely all her anguish had only been the result of all that had happened, maybe all she needed was to return to Mick’s arms and she would be okay again. But when she went to retrace her steps she thought she heard something like a groan from the other side so she moved a little further and listened. She heard it again, now more clearly, and yet she could not believe what she was hearing. It was the sound of a child crying.
Beth started walking down the hall in the dark following the sound that grew louder and louder the closer she got. It was dark, just the faint moonlight coming through the rear window, which illuminate her way and yet she could see with amazing clarity. Finally she stopped at the foot of the stairs, the crying seemed to drift upward, so she decided to climb the carpeted stairs with her bare feet until she found out where the sound was coming from.
The cries grew louder and more intense until she stopped in front of a door. She put her hand on the doorknob and the crying suddenly stopped. Beth opened the door softly, it looked like a child's bedroom. In a small bed there was a little girl sleeping peacefully, clutching a teddy bear. Beth approached slowly until she reached the bed. She could not believe what she was seeing and her pupils dilated to capture that image better. Anne, the girl that she had seen in the chamber was an adult woman, like herself, but the girl before her was the same little girl that she had seen in that photo at the Talbot´s home. How was it possible?!
Moved by a strange impulse, Beth sat down on the bed next to her. Looking at her as she slept was almost like seeing herself twenty-three years ago. Suddenly she felt that she was not alone, someone was watching. She spun around and stood up startled when she saw two eyes shining in the darkness. Anne began to stir as she sobbed "Mommy ... mommy...a monster."
"Quiet baby." Beth whispered. "I won´t let him hurt you." She picked up the lamp from the table ready to use as a weapon. But when she looked again, the eyes had disappeared and all she saw was her own reflection in the mirror.
"I would never hurt her." Answered a woman's voice from behind her. A second later Celine appeared before Beth. "I just wanted to be sure that you wouldn´t hurt her now”
"Who....Who are you?" Beth asked a bit confused but still on the defensive.
"My name is Celine and I´m her Guardian" Her voice was like glass, fragile, delicate, almost ethereal.
The Guardian woman turned her blue eyes toward the little girl who was moving restless in the bed. She passed before Beth in silence and sat on the bed beside Anne. Her face wore an indescribable sweetness as she approached the little girl and started stroking her hair, then whispered something like a lullaby and little Anne finally calmed down again as she fell back into a deep sleep.
Beth watched the scene like she it was déjà vu, then a fleeting memory awoke in her mind. It was the moment when Mick handed her to her mother after her rescue.
Twenty-three years ago
Her eyes remained closed and she clung to his neck like he was her lifeguard. She felt that if she open her eyes and walk away from him, she would never be safe and the horrible woman wrapped in flames would come back for her. There was nothing in the world that could change her mind, not even the voice of her mother trying to convince her that it was over. Then Mick stroked her hair and whispered in her ear, something that made her fear fade. "I promise you I will always be with you. I will always take care of your bad dreams.” That night he stayed at her side, holding her little hand until she fell asleep. Now she was sure that it was not the only night that he had been there, with her, taking care of her bad dreams.
Mick kept his promise, yes, he did it and now, looking at Celine taking care of Anne, Beth thought of Mick calming her when nightmares assailed her in the middle of the night, and she could almost see him taking care of her between the shadows, night after night, alert to her every move, whispering with his velvety voice in her dreams when her subconscious brought back her memories involuntarily. Yes, he was with her, night after night until she felt safe and her fear eventually disappeared completely.
…She was lucky to have him. But Anne had suffered consequences more serious than her own. That little girl had lost all her past, her parents... in short, she had lost everything she once loved or ever knew.
Beth sat down on the opposite side of the bed while Celine’s blue eyes remained fixed on the little girl. She timidly approached until she could smell her scent. Yes, she could smell it now and the smell seeped into her mind like the strong scent of decay, that drew strange silhouettes before her eyes, blurred images that she could not distinguish. Beth then extended her hand until her fingers barely touched her sister´s forehead. Then something strange happened.
When Beth touched and smelled Anne´s scent, she saw her soul and felt the terrible burden of solitude and pain that this little, so fragile and innocent child had endured all this time. The tears overflowed from her eyes when she realized the immensity of her emptiness, her loneliness ... her distress. Celine watched Beth´s reaction and said. "I can recover the stolen time and give her life again, I can take care of her dreams, and calm her mind, but Anne is going to need something more than a guardian angel to deal with everything that she has lost.br />
.......::**&**::.......
Beth left the room and descended the stairs in shock. She had promised Talbot that she would bring Anne to him when she found her, but now she felt that they were not prepared for this meeting and perhaps they never would be. "Are you okay babe?” Mick´s voice sounded worried when he saw her blank stare. "You took a long time to return so I decided to see if you..." But he just could not finish because when she heard his voice, she turned back to him seeking his embrace. "Hold me Mick, please, I just need you to hold me." Mick hugged her with all his might while caressing her hair and kissed her forehead sweetly. He knew that at that time he did not need to say or do anything more.
“It´s horrible, Mick... I ... I saw ... I touched her and at the time all the pain she had suffered in her prison, filled my mind. It was so intense ... so real … she has suffered so much!” Her tears wet his chest and her body shook like a leaf in his arms just like the night when he rescued her..
MICK: I knew something would change in her when she woke up and after what happened in the chamber I should have known it would be something like this. But for Beth, the power to feel the pain of others had taken a toll on her, it was like reliving her own fear.
“Forget what you saw my love, everything that happened will not return, she is no longer alone and neither you are.” His arms hugged her tightly making her feel the strength that she needed.
“But how can I help her, Mick? I don’t even know where to begin.”
He took her face in her hands, wiping her tears with his thumbs and he kissed her forehead again, then, looking into her eyes, he said. "Just let yourself be guided by what you feel and then you'll know what to do.”
She placed her hands on his and looked into his eyes and asked. "Did you feel me when you found me?”
“But how can I help her, Mick? I don’t even know where to begin.”
He took her face in her hands, wiping her tears with his thumbs and he kissed her forehead again, then, looking into her eyes, he said. "Just let yourself be guided by what you feel and then you'll know what to do.”
She placed her hands on his and looked into his eyes and asked. "Did you feel me when you found me?”
MICK: I felt her since the first moment I entered her room looking for clues to find her when she was a little girl, but I felt her much earlier than that, when I decided to use my skills as a vampire to help instead of destroy.
"Beth, I know it sounds complicated, but it isn’t, believe me, it's not. Anne is a survivor and she’ll be fine, she´s like you." She smiled shyly and hugged him again. “Don’t worry babe, her innocence will erase the pain in her mind and her wounds will close much faster than you think, but she will not have to do it alone, she has Celine, and Talbot, who is waiting for her and now she have you too.”
"And what about you?" She asked then.
"Me? Yes ... of course, babe." Mick answered gazing down at her. "I´ll be there for her when you want me to be.
“You really love me." She said absolutely surprised when she looked into his eyes and first saw the intensity of what he felt for her.
"Did you have any doubts about that?" Mick smiled with that half smile that she loved.
"No." She answered stroking his face, and then she swept the rebel brown tuft from his forehead and kissed him. He stayed with the tenderness of the kiss that trembled on his lips while his hand gently moved down to find her waist as he responded deepened the kiss with such intensity that Beth lost track of time and space when he lifted her up in his arms and carried her to their room.
"Beth, I know it sounds complicated, but it isn’t, believe me, it's not. Anne is a survivor and she’ll be fine, she´s like you." She smiled shyly and hugged him again. “Don’t worry babe, her innocence will erase the pain in her mind and her wounds will close much faster than you think, but she will not have to do it alone, she has Celine, and Talbot, who is waiting for her and now she have you too.”
"And what about you?" She asked then.
"Me? Yes ... of course, babe." Mick answered gazing down at her. "I´ll be there for her when you want me to be.
“You really love me." She said absolutely surprised when she looked into his eyes and first saw the intensity of what he felt for her.
"Did you have any doubts about that?" Mick smiled with that half smile that she loved.
"No." She answered stroking his face, and then she swept the rebel brown tuft from his forehead and kissed him. He stayed with the tenderness of the kiss that trembled on his lips while his hand gently moved down to find her waist as he responded deepened the kiss with such intensity that Beth lost track of time and space when he lifted her up in his arms and carried her to their room.
………::**&**::………
He stood her on the bed and though he’d die if he didn’t make love to her, but he decided to keep his desire under control for the moment giving her the time she needed to assimilate what she had seen and experienced. So he laid down beside her, his hand swept her blond hair that was falling over her shoulders and he hugged her burying his face in her neck, inhaling her perfume, wanting to make love to her. Beth stayed wrapped up in his arms and closed her eyes. Now she could feel him, felt his love caressing her soul while his breath caressed her skin. She felt the warmth of his embrace around her body and his musky scent that invaded her senses, evoking sweet memories, filling her with peace and security. Yes, because, even though she could still remember the agonizing moments that they had spent in the chamber when she thought that Mick was dying and she was still feeling the weight of what she had seen as she entered into the soul of her sister, all her anguish had vanished when she felt him so close to her. His hug was enough to erasing her fear. Yes, it was all she needed at that moment, to feel his love, smell his presence, his protection, knowing he was next to her and that he always would be. And so, wrapped up in his embrace, Beth slowly let herself be overcome by sleep again.
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Just two hours before dawn someone knocked on the door and woke up.
"It's time." Josef warned while he opened the door and poked his head around it. Then he smiled mischievously looking at the scene "Well, well ... I see you've been busy.” Josef whispered in a tone inaudible to any human.
"Yeah, always the good observant." Mick replied in the same tone so as not to wake Beth "Can you wait outside, please?" Mick rebuked him in a whisper while his eyes were screaming "Get out!!" But all their forced silence did not work; Beth's eyes had been opened, though her body had not moved one inch.
"I guess if I don’t have a choice." Josef said, his mouth agape as he looked at Beth’s delicious curves that were showing through the sheets. “All right, all right, I was just joking.” He replied quickly in a whisper when he saw Mick’s threatening gaze while he was pushing him toward the exit and then shut the door in his face.
Beth could not help smiling while she was still pretending to be asleep when she heard the faint sound of the closing door. They didn’t know that her hearing was now as good as theirs though it was not the only thing that had changed in her. She loved how territorial Mick was. He always protected and defended what was his and she belonged to him too. Mick turned back to her, thinking that she was still asleep and watched her with pride and desire. She was really beautiful, her soul and her body, and she belonged to him, only to him. Beth blushed just feeling his desire when she listened to his thoughts and felt his eyes undressing her.
“Umm.” She moaned while she was pretending to wake up continuing her little game "Where are you going?"
"Uh." He also tried to pretend he was thinking unable to take his eyes off the perfect softness of her skin while he began to dress. If he kept looking at her would end up forgetting everything and would fall into the temptation of her sweet body. "Ahem .... I...I...have to something to take care of that can’t wait." She saw that his expression had changed completely. He was frowning and that meant that it was something that was worrying him, so she jumped out of bed and walked toward him.
"This is about him, isn’t it?" She did not need his answer; she knew that it was about Lance. "Ok, I´ll go with you."
"No, Beth, no ...It´s better that you don’t see him. I assure you it won´t be a pretty sight, and all the members of the community will be there too. I won´t expose you to danger unnecessarily."
She made a slight grimace of disappointment and slumped against the wall. He approached her blocking her path with his arm to keep the distance between them, stroked her face with the back of his other hand he said in a voice deep and sensual voice that was like honey to her ears while he gazed into her eyes. “I assure you that there is nothing I´d want more than to shout to the world that I love you." His eyes sought her lips and he leaned in kissing her slow ... deep ... intense. “When he’s dead, I´ll do just that babe, I promise. Everybody will know that I love you above all things and my community is going to learn to respect you. Just give me two hours, honey. I'll be back before dawn, I promise." He whispered against her mouth.
"Okay" She said but her eyes were still closed and her lips were waiting for more. She knew that he also wanted to kiss her more than anything. Yes, she could feel him, she could read his thoughts and she knew he needed her, just as much as she needed him. Mick smiled and kissed her again, and his kiss was sweet and tender. He eased from her lips and leaned in whispering in her ear. "If you need me just call me... ok?" His voice was so irresistible that she was on fire.
"Okay." She answered completely mesmerized by the sound of his voice, but she was not going to end it so easy. "By the way, Mick." Beth whispered to him in a sensual tone as she put her arms around his neck and pressed her body against his until she felt his erection. She looked at him in a way that he couldn’t avoid getting lost in her eyes. Then she sought his lips and kissed him, invading his mouth with a delicious and sensual sweetness. She was so warm, so sensual, so deliciously tempting that eventually he surrendered to her and closed his arms around her waist. Beth stroked the tips of his fangs with her tongue making him want her even more. Then she deliberately broke the kiss and traveled her hungry eyes from his lips to his eyes whispering against his lips. "Don´t make me wait too long time...ok?"
"It's time." Josef warned while he opened the door and poked his head around it. Then he smiled mischievously looking at the scene "Well, well ... I see you've been busy.” Josef whispered in a tone inaudible to any human.
"Yeah, always the good observant." Mick replied in the same tone so as not to wake Beth "Can you wait outside, please?" Mick rebuked him in a whisper while his eyes were screaming "Get out!!" But all their forced silence did not work; Beth's eyes had been opened, though her body had not moved one inch.
"I guess if I don’t have a choice." Josef said, his mouth agape as he looked at Beth’s delicious curves that were showing through the sheets. “All right, all right, I was just joking.” He replied quickly in a whisper when he saw Mick’s threatening gaze while he was pushing him toward the exit and then shut the door in his face.
Beth could not help smiling while she was still pretending to be asleep when she heard the faint sound of the closing door. They didn’t know that her hearing was now as good as theirs though it was not the only thing that had changed in her. She loved how territorial Mick was. He always protected and defended what was his and she belonged to him too. Mick turned back to her, thinking that she was still asleep and watched her with pride and desire. She was really beautiful, her soul and her body, and she belonged to him, only to him. Beth blushed just feeling his desire when she listened to his thoughts and felt his eyes undressing her.
“Umm.” She moaned while she was pretending to wake up continuing her little game "Where are you going?"
"Uh." He also tried to pretend he was thinking unable to take his eyes off the perfect softness of her skin while he began to dress. If he kept looking at her would end up forgetting everything and would fall into the temptation of her sweet body. "Ahem .... I...I...have to something to take care of that can’t wait." She saw that his expression had changed completely. He was frowning and that meant that it was something that was worrying him, so she jumped out of bed and walked toward him.
"This is about him, isn’t it?" She did not need his answer; she knew that it was about Lance. "Ok, I´ll go with you."
"No, Beth, no ...It´s better that you don’t see him. I assure you it won´t be a pretty sight, and all the members of the community will be there too. I won´t expose you to danger unnecessarily."
She made a slight grimace of disappointment and slumped against the wall. He approached her blocking her path with his arm to keep the distance between them, stroked her face with the back of his other hand he said in a voice deep and sensual voice that was like honey to her ears while he gazed into her eyes. “I assure you that there is nothing I´d want more than to shout to the world that I love you." His eyes sought her lips and he leaned in kissing her slow ... deep ... intense. “When he’s dead, I´ll do just that babe, I promise. Everybody will know that I love you above all things and my community is going to learn to respect you. Just give me two hours, honey. I'll be back before dawn, I promise." He whispered against her mouth.
"Okay" She said but her eyes were still closed and her lips were waiting for more. She knew that he also wanted to kiss her more than anything. Yes, she could feel him, she could read his thoughts and she knew he needed her, just as much as she needed him. Mick smiled and kissed her again, and his kiss was sweet and tender. He eased from her lips and leaned in whispering in her ear. "If you need me just call me... ok?" His voice was so irresistible that she was on fire.
"Okay." She answered completely mesmerized by the sound of his voice, but she was not going to end it so easy. "By the way, Mick." Beth whispered to him in a sensual tone as she put her arms around his neck and pressed her body against his until she felt his erection. She looked at him in a way that he couldn’t avoid getting lost in her eyes. Then she sought his lips and kissed him, invading his mouth with a delicious and sensual sweetness. She was so warm, so sensual, so deliciously tempting that eventually he surrendered to her and closed his arms around her waist. Beth stroked the tips of his fangs with her tongue making him want her even more. Then she deliberately broke the kiss and traveled her hungry eyes from his lips to his eyes whispering against his lips. "Don´t make me wait too long time...ok?"
Mick licked his lips to savor the taste of her mouth, now he was the one who desperately needed more of her. He wanted everything she had to offer, he wanted to savor every inch of her body right down to paradise that she reserved only for him. Beth was testing her power over him and it was driving him crazy to the point that he could not think of anything else. He wanted to invade her body, to sink into her sweet honey, take her right then and there and make her scream his name while she comes for him.br />
“Sorry for the interruption, but duty calls, Romeo." Joseph screamed from behind the door.
Mick looked at her with hungry eyes. "I have to go baby but when I come back I´ll make you paying for this." He whispered nibbling her lower lip gently her lower lip.
"I hope so." She said. He smiled and walked to the door. Then, he turned back and winked at her as she looked at him with a satisfied naughty girl´s smile, dreaming of his return.
Mick looked at her with hungry eyes. "I have to go baby but when I come back I´ll make you paying for this." He whispered nibbling her lower lip gently her lower lip.
"I hope so." She said. He smiled and walked to the door. Then, he turned back and winked at her as she looked at him with a satisfied naughty girl´s smile, dreaming of his return.
……..::**&**::……..
When Mick left the room, Josef was waiting for him with a mischievous smile, Mick raised his index finger threateningly as he pulled on his duster and his friend replied with a finger of silence over his mouth. "Okay, quiet as a tomb." He gave Mick a quick glance and added. "I have a small observation to make from a purely visual point of view, if I may say so, of course."
“That depends.” Mick said.
"Look... I thought that since we are going to an important trial in which you are going to be the executioner in front of a community of vampires, perhaps it would be nice if you zipped up your pants!?" Mick looked down and realized that the zipper of his jeans was down. "Ahem, ahem.” Josef tried to stifle a laugh, than he added. "And since we're on the subject, maybe it would be better to button up that dusty. I assure you that after four-hundred years, very little shocks me, but I don’t know if the women of the community will see it the same way." Mick´s erection was so obvious, even under his jeans that Josef barely fought back another chuckle.
“That depends.” Mick said.
"Look... I thought that since we are going to an important trial in which you are going to be the executioner in front of a community of vampires, perhaps it would be nice if you zipped up your pants!?" Mick looked down and realized that the zipper of his jeans was down. "Ahem, ahem.” Josef tried to stifle a laugh, than he added. "And since we're on the subject, maybe it would be better to button up that dusty. I assure you that after four-hundred years, very little shocks me, but I don’t know if the women of the community will see it the same way." Mick´s erection was so obvious, even under his jeans that Josef barely fought back another chuckle.
“Is this better, Daddy?” Mick made a deliberate emphasis on the last word.
“Oh, that was a low blow!” Josef replied.
“Well, you asked for it.” Mick smiled.
“Ah! You ungrateful youngsters!” Josef exclaimed while lifting his hands in the air looking up.
“Oh, that was a low blow!” Josef replied.
“Well, you asked for it.” Mick smiled.
“Ah! You ungrateful youngsters!” Josef exclaimed while lifting his hands in the air looking up.
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A pleasant whiff of fresh coffee and homemade cake aroused Beth from her sweet dreams. God she was really hungry. Mick had probably returned and was preparing a surprise for her. She got up, washed her face, brushed her teeth, and put on her silk robe and ran to the kitchen following that delicious smell. She had a sunny smile on her face when appeared in the kitchen door. She was ready to thank him for the breakfast and then...Oh yeah she was really hungry...Hungry of him. She wanted him in her, she wanted to continue what they had started before Josef had interrupted them. But her smile was replaced by a gesture of disappointment when she entered the kitchen and she saw Paula, Josef's employee who took care of Sara. She was putting the finishing touches on a breakfast tray that was made for a king.
"Good morning." Beth greeted in disappointment.
Oh, Miss Turner!" Paula exclaimed a little startled when she watched Beth entering into the kitchen.
"I'm sorry I didn’t hear you coming ... I thought that you were still sleeping. Anyway I'm glad you’re feeling better. It´s always good to have someone new to talk with in this house during the day, you know." Paula said looking at Beth with an air of complicity while serving her a cup of hot coffee.
"Good morning." Beth greeted in disappointment.
Oh, Miss Turner!" Paula exclaimed a little startled when she watched Beth entering into the kitchen.
"I'm sorry I didn’t hear you coming ... I thought that you were still sleeping. Anyway I'm glad you’re feeling better. It´s always good to have someone new to talk with in this house during the day, you know." Paula said looking at Beth with an air of complicity while serving her a cup of hot coffee.
Beth smiled; she understood perfectly what Paula meant. Then Beth smelt that delicious scent in the air. "Ummm, it smells delicious!"
"Really? Oh, thanks sweetie. You see, I guess I'm a nurse with culinary skills. Today I couldn’t sleep and decided to distract myself in the kitchen. Now I´m going to prepare something to go with your coffee while the cake cools."
"Oh no, that’s ok, after seeing the look of that cake, I think it will be worth the wait." Beth took a sip of coffee. "Tell me Paula ...Did Mr. Kostan and Mr. St. John return home yet?"“No, they haven’t, but it shouldn’t be too long now, it’s about dawn and Mr. Kostan always comes back before sunrise.”
“Yes, I understand." Beth started to get worried maybe something was wrong or maybe it was the fact that she was separated from him that upset her. Then she saw the tray on the counter and pointing to it she said. "Is that for the little Anne?"
“Oh Yes ... You know, children love sweets and I thought that would be a good idea to surprise her. She must be hungry too.”
"Okay, I´ll take care of it. I´ll wake her up while the cake cools and then we´ll have breakfast together."
"Okay, here you go." Paula cut a generous piece of the cake, put it on a plate in the tray and then covered it with a spotless white linen napkin and handed it to Beth. She would carry the tray to Anne´s room. But when she started up the stairs she again felt that strange sensation of anguish that had invaded her during the night.
"Really? Oh, thanks sweetie. You see, I guess I'm a nurse with culinary skills. Today I couldn’t sleep and decided to distract myself in the kitchen. Now I´m going to prepare something to go with your coffee while the cake cools."
"Oh no, that’s ok, after seeing the look of that cake, I think it will be worth the wait." Beth took a sip of coffee. "Tell me Paula ...Did Mr. Kostan and Mr. St. John return home yet?"“No, they haven’t, but it shouldn’t be too long now, it’s about dawn and Mr. Kostan always comes back before sunrise.”
“Yes, I understand." Beth started to get worried maybe something was wrong or maybe it was the fact that she was separated from him that upset her. Then she saw the tray on the counter and pointing to it she said. "Is that for the little Anne?"
“Oh Yes ... You know, children love sweets and I thought that would be a good idea to surprise her. She must be hungry too.”
"Okay, I´ll take care of it. I´ll wake her up while the cake cools and then we´ll have breakfast together."
"Okay, here you go." Paula cut a generous piece of the cake, put it on a plate in the tray and then covered it with a spotless white linen napkin and handed it to Beth. She would carry the tray to Anne´s room. But when she started up the stairs she again felt that strange sensation of anguish that had invaded her during the night.
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On the other side of the town
Mick and Josef walked to the door of the old mansion. Kassandra was waiting with a scowl.
J: “Where are the others? Josef asked. "I e-mailed them, I don’t understand how come they haven’t yet arrived?”
K: “They arrived on time but then they left.”
M: And why in the hell did they leave!!?”
K: “You don’t know?” Kassandra asked.
J: But, that´s impossible, how the hell ...!?” Josef exclaimed looking at Mick.
M: "Cynthia." Mick replied when he smelt the odor floating in the air, reading in it little flashes of what had happened.
Mick and Josef walked to the door of the old mansion. Kassandra was waiting with a scowl.
J: “Where are the others? Josef asked. "I e-mailed them, I don’t understand how come they haven’t yet arrived?”
K: “They arrived on time but then they left.”
M: And why in the hell did they leave!!?”
K: “You don’t know?” Kassandra asked.
J: But, that´s impossible, how the hell ...!?” Josef exclaimed looking at Mick.
M: "Cynthia." Mick replied when he smelt the odor floating in the air, reading in it little flashes of what had happened.
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With each rung up the stairs her feeling of restlessness increased more and more. Beth cocked her ear but she heard nothing except a whisper that seemed to come from herself saying ‘do not upload’. She decided to ignore the whisper and sat the tray on one of the rugs, ready to return back to the kitchen looking for something that could serve as a weapon if it was necessary. Then she noticed that on a hall table, next to a small pile of papers, there was a silver letter opener that looked like a dagger. She took it and turned back toward the stairs.
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On the other side of town.
"We haven’t touched anything, we waiting for you." Kassandra said pointing to the scene.
Mick entered the room, the prison of fire was empty, and at his feet lay the maimed body of Cynthia. There was no sign of Lance nor Eric’s sword.
"I can’t believe that Cynthia has betrayed Coraline by freeing her murderer only to hurt you." Josef murmured stunned in front that horrible spectacle.
"She didn’t want to free him, she just wanted revenge.” Mick said while he showed him Cynthia hands.
"We haven’t touched anything, we waiting for you." Kassandra said pointing to the scene.
Mick entered the room, the prison of fire was empty, and at his feet lay the maimed body of Cynthia. There was no sign of Lance nor Eric’s sword.
"I can’t believe that Cynthia has betrayed Coraline by freeing her murderer only to hurt you." Josef murmured stunned in front that horrible spectacle.
"She didn’t want to free him, she just wanted revenge.” Mick said while he showed him Cynthia hands.
MICK: The remains of her gloves was still adhered to her skin, the leather was completely burned like the palms of her hands, in which still could be seen the marks burned into her from touching the silver sword. She pulled the sword from his chest to behead him but she didn’t have time enough to do so. The fire consumed the fabric and it left her skin in contact with silver. The pain of the burn blocked her reflexes and, well, it is clear that Lance was faster than her.
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Beth arrived at Anne´s bedroom door with the dagger in her hand. She pressed her ear against the door but didn’t hear anything inside, not even a whimper. She touched her pendant with her fingers to be sure that it was where it should be. She knew that it would protect her. Then took a deep breath and opened the door slowly. The room was completely dark, the curtains were drawn, so the timid light of dawn that was starting to shine could not penetrate through them. Beth's pupils were dilated again to adapt to the dark. There was something shining on the bed and her eyes saw drops of blood sliding down the sheets but, for some reason, she knew that the body that she was seeing was not Anne´s, it was...
"Celine!" Beth cried as she ran toward the Guardian woman, dropping the dagger on the floor without thinking of anything else. "Oh my God!! Celine!! What happened? Where is Anne?"
Celine was lying motionless, her naked body covered with a sheet stained with blood and a shiny silver sword stuck in her chest.
"GO! "Celine whispered with her eyes fixed on the ceiling. "Run, please..."
At that moment the door closed slowly and Lance appeared in front of Beth "Surprise!" Lance took a step forward so he could be seen. "I think that you and I have a score to settle." The vampire said while baring his sharp fangs. Beth tried to recover the dagger but Lance was faster and grabbed her by the hair to expose the fragile purity of her throat under his fangs while he tore her protective pendant off her neck and threw it down.
"Where's Anne? What have you done with her?!"
"The brat doesn’t interest me, but you do." He whispered, stroking the softness of her skin. She spat on his face when she felt his touch on her skin and he smiled with a lustful look.
"Mick will kill you if you touch me!"
"I'm afraid he can’t kill me if I kill you before he returns. After all, you're still his weak point perhaps now more than ever and if he really is your Guardian, your death will also be his." Lance whispered grinning horribly while he came closer to her jugular. But just as she felt his dirty breath on the skin; Beth squirmed with all her strength and scratched his eyes making him bleed. That made the vampire let go of his prey for a moment, time enough for Beth to reach out and locate the dagger on the floor.
Lance noticed it and reacted by pouncing on Beth before she could reach the dagger, then turned her sharply to place her in front of him, immobilizing her body under the weight of his. He didn’t have much time. Soon he would begin to lose the power that Beth´s blood had given him. He had to kill her before she could call her Guardian. "Don’t fight, don’t resist, it´s useless ...it will only increase my excitement even more." Lance sniffed her again flaring his nostrils to capture her scent while his face was transformed by hatred and rage. “He took you...He made you his ... I know ... I can still smell his scent on you." The vampire muttered as she tried to resist. But I will not let the prophecy be born of your union. I will not let you give him what you should´ve given to me!" And then he pulled violently at the back her hair, exposing Beth's bare throat, ready to bite down killing her. "I would rather destroy The Chalice before I let his offspring live in you!"
"Celine!" Beth cried as she ran toward the Guardian woman, dropping the dagger on the floor without thinking of anything else. "Oh my God!! Celine!! What happened? Where is Anne?"
Celine was lying motionless, her naked body covered with a sheet stained with blood and a shiny silver sword stuck in her chest.
"GO! "Celine whispered with her eyes fixed on the ceiling. "Run, please..."
At that moment the door closed slowly and Lance appeared in front of Beth "Surprise!" Lance took a step forward so he could be seen. "I think that you and I have a score to settle." The vampire said while baring his sharp fangs. Beth tried to recover the dagger but Lance was faster and grabbed her by the hair to expose the fragile purity of her throat under his fangs while he tore her protective pendant off her neck and threw it down.
"Where's Anne? What have you done with her?!"
"The brat doesn’t interest me, but you do." He whispered, stroking the softness of her skin. She spat on his face when she felt his touch on her skin and he smiled with a lustful look.
"Mick will kill you if you touch me!"
"I'm afraid he can’t kill me if I kill you before he returns. After all, you're still his weak point perhaps now more than ever and if he really is your Guardian, your death will also be his." Lance whispered grinning horribly while he came closer to her jugular. But just as she felt his dirty breath on the skin; Beth squirmed with all her strength and scratched his eyes making him bleed. That made the vampire let go of his prey for a moment, time enough for Beth to reach out and locate the dagger on the floor.
Lance noticed it and reacted by pouncing on Beth before she could reach the dagger, then turned her sharply to place her in front of him, immobilizing her body under the weight of his. He didn’t have much time. Soon he would begin to lose the power that Beth´s blood had given him. He had to kill her before she could call her Guardian. "Don’t fight, don’t resist, it´s useless ...it will only increase my excitement even more." Lance sniffed her again flaring his nostrils to capture her scent while his face was transformed by hatred and rage. “He took you...He made you his ... I know ... I can still smell his scent on you." The vampire muttered as she tried to resist. But I will not let the prophecy be born of your union. I will not let you give him what you should´ve given to me!" And then he pulled violently at the back her hair, exposing Beth's bare throat, ready to bite down killing her. "I would rather destroy The Chalice before I let his offspring live in you!"
BETH: His offspring? Was this really our destiny? Was it because we had the privilege of returning from death? The thought of Mick and me having children was more than I could ever dream of and I was not willing to let anyone take away the hope that it might be real.
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Meanwhile...
Mick went into a kind of trance.
Mick went into a kind of trance.
MICK: At this point my blood should have already begun to take effect on Lance and he should have lost almost all the power he had managed to get from drinking Beth’s pure blood. That made him more vulnerable to me, but also more dangerous for her, he knew that Beth was my Achilles heel and that made her his main objective. But this time she would not be alone.
J: “Mick? Are you okay?” But Mick could not hear Josef at that moment, his mind was far away from there, with Beth.
…….::**&**::…….
Call me ...
BETH: Mick's voice sounded in my ears and I closed my eyes for a moment while my mind tried to imagine him. Then I don’t know what exactly happened because it happened too fast. I just remember feeling a strange force growing inside me and all my despair and my fear began to flow and turned into anger against that horrible monster. Lance looked straight at my eyes and at that moment I don’t know what he saw but whatever it was it managed to block him for a few seconds. Meanwhile I got one of my hands free and quickly extended my arm as much as possible in a desperate attempt to reach the silver dagger so I’d have a chance to protect what he wanted to destroy.
The dagger was two spans from my fingers but I couldn’t touch it. Then I closed my eyes in a desperate prayer and I don’t know how, but the knife came in my hand just when his fangs were touching my skin. When I felt the cold metal on the palm of my hand, I grabbed it tightly and instinctively stuck it in his chest. I didn’t need to think anymore. If Mick´s life depended on mine, I would fight the devil himself to keep him from death.
The vampire fell to the ground and I thought he was paralyzed so I turned to Celine to try to help her. But Lance stood up again with the silver letter opener in hand ready to stick it in my chest and I noticed it was already too late. Then Mick appeared from nowhere before me and his chest received the stab instead of mine. I don’t know what was running through my head when I saw and felt the dagger entering through his skin. I guess my mind unconsciously back to reliving the scene in the chamber as rage and pain seized me at that time.
.......::**&**::.......
Lance plunged the knife into Mick’s chest and when the silver tip was about to sink into his flesh, Beth turned toward Celine and fixed her eyes at the shiny metal that kept sticking in her breast.
Mick's blood began to flow from the wound and Lance felt it burning his skin, forcing him to drop the dagger instinctively and take a step back.
Beth grasped the sword tightly while Mick got up again closing his fist around the dagger nailed in his chest and without take his eyes off Lance an instant he drew it from his chest, promising the worst of deaths through his gaze of fire and ice. But the dagger was not the only metal that came out of its sheath of flesh and brandished the air at that moment. A second before the silver dagger that was stained with the blood of the vampire guardian was shoved into the flesh of the traitor. Lance's face became a mask of horror and his eyes were stained with blood. Then he lowered his eyes to his chest, looking at it puzzled. There was something else stuck in his chest. Beth had stuck him with Grigori’s sword, not only taking him by surprise but Mick too, along Josef and Kassandra who were entering the room ready to open fire at any moment.
The sword stained with Celine’s blood entered the body of the vampire, who had lost all immunity and when it mixed with Mick’s blood it became a kind of deadly cocktail. After a few seconds Lance's body began to convulse violently while thick crimson tears welled from his eyes that had stopped smiling and were now expelling panic and death.
Mick's blood began to flow from the wound and Lance felt it burning his skin, forcing him to drop the dagger instinctively and take a step back.
Beth grasped the sword tightly while Mick got up again closing his fist around the dagger nailed in his chest and without take his eyes off Lance an instant he drew it from his chest, promising the worst of deaths through his gaze of fire and ice. But the dagger was not the only metal that came out of its sheath of flesh and brandished the air at that moment. A second before the silver dagger that was stained with the blood of the vampire guardian was shoved into the flesh of the traitor. Lance's face became a mask of horror and his eyes were stained with blood. Then he lowered his eyes to his chest, looking at it puzzled. There was something else stuck in his chest. Beth had stuck him with Grigori’s sword, not only taking him by surprise but Mick too, along Josef and Kassandra who were entering the room ready to open fire at any moment.
The sword stained with Celine’s blood entered the body of the vampire, who had lost all immunity and when it mixed with Mick’s blood it became a kind of deadly cocktail. After a few seconds Lance's body began to convulse violently while thick crimson tears welled from his eyes that had stopped smiling and were now expelling panic and death.
BETH: It really was a horrible sight. I stood there cold, motionless, oblivious to everything, as if contemplating his agonizing death. I could relieve my anger and finally get peace just for a few seconds. I thought time had stood still at that moment and I was unable to remove myself from there and I kept waiting anxiously while I was feeling him, dying slowly and painfully at my feet. Then I felt Mick's arms around my body, he was trying to get me away from there but I was like a stone. Then the sound of his velvety voice came to me and I looked at myself in the mirror. It was like I was slowly emerging from a trance. Josef and Mick were there beside me ... but there was something else in front of me ... reflecting in the mirror. They were the same eyes that had me startled me a few hours before, they were shining now before me and my whole body shuddered at that moment when I discovered that those eyes were actually mine.
TO BE CONTINUED...
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