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EPISODE 11 "SEASON FINALE.FOREVER"
PART 2
Beth was shocked when she looked at herself in the mirror, then she turned back and saw Lance covered in the blood pouring from his body and his face, shedding his life drop by drop, staining his hands red.
She dropped the sword while she looked at her hands covered in blood and stepped back horrified. Mick took her hands in his and turned her toward him holding her tight as he made a gesture to Josef, who in turn gave a look to the Cleaners to take Lance’s body from the room. A moment later, Mick and Beth were alone.
“Calm down my love, everything is okay.” He lifted her face toward him, stroking her cheek gently while she kept her eyes closed. He turned her toward the mirror again and placed the pendant back on her neck. Beth opened her eyes slowly, still scared, but when she saw her reflected again in the mirror the human Beth that she knew was back and yet that image could not calm her anxiety. What kind of mother would she be, if she was becoming a monster? Then she again closed her eyes again for fear that the mirror would show the truth.
She was not the same though her face was. She could now see in the dark and hear the sounds that the silence brought. She could feel what others felt and hear their thoughts. She could feel him close even when he was far away and she liked all that because it made her feel powerful and more closer to him than she ever had been. But ... what was behind those eyes seemed to threaten her dream turning into a nightmare. She didn’t want to turn into what he hated, than she turned toward him with shining tears in her eyes and said. “I'm afraid to think about what I'm becoming, Mick. I’m afraid that it will take me away from you.”
He took her face in her hands again and wiped her tears with his kisses. He looked into her eyes and said with an infinite tenderness. "You're still my light Beth and you will be forever. You are the angel who rescued me from my own darkness." He kissed her on the lips, it was a soft kiss but intense and full of love. "I wouldn’t let you get lost in the darkness, my love.” He was telling the truth, she could read it in his eyes. "But it is true that there is a part of you that woke up with my kiss, a part that you that you did not know about and now you must learn to listen and also to control it. But I´ll always be there with you." He said stroking the pendant on her breast.
“Is that what connects me to you?”
He nodded with a smile and she understood and smiled too. “Now come with me.” Mick said taking her hand. "I need your help with Celine.”
Beth closed her eyes and inhaled, multiple images came to mind, some more sharp, some more confusing, some recent and other of the past. She could feel Celine’s anguish in trying to safeguard to Anne, her courage and her decision to change herself into the young girl against Lance's attack ... and she felt his life too ... the Grigori´s sword had not killed her but she was very weak. "She´s dying, Mick, she needs help now!" But he knew there was only one kind of help for her. They stared at each other for a moment and Beth replied. "Okay, do it now ... I'm ready." She pulled up her sleeve offering her bare wrist to him. Mick took it into his hands and gently held it to his lips while looking at her. Beth was tense but closed her eyes, she felt a moan of pleasure as his breath caressed her skin, her whole body was shaking every time she felt him close, but now she was out of control.
Mick also closed his eyes and gently kissed her creamy skin like he was kissing her lips, Beth forget the her fear of pain and surrendered altogether to what she was feeling. His scent and his touch awakened in her the desire to surrendering to him, it was inevitable even in a situation like that. She could not help wanting him inside her.
He stroked her skin with the tips of his fangs pressing gently to penetrate into her vein. Pain became into an intense pleasure when she felt him penetrate the skin. Mick gave a little tug to start the blood flowing and as he drew on her arm they moaned in pleasure. Mick had to resist the urge to drink from her when the first drop of blood seeped into his mouth. He was hard and excited, he wanted her desperately but there was not time for passion, they could not forget that Celine´s life was in danger. So Mick withdrew his fangs leaving the two small punctures slightly open, pulled back the sheet covering Celine’s nakedness, letting Beth´s precious blood spill onto the wound that the female Guardian had in her chest. A few drops were enough. When Beth's blood touched the wound, it began closing until it completely disappeared. Mick licked the two little marks with his tongue and Beth felt a twinge in her core with his wet caress. He could not take his eyes off Beth while she was looking at him, the savory taste of her blood in his mouth was always a hard temptation to overcome, but now he can read what she wanted in her hungry eyes and Beth could feel his desire mixed with hers while their lips started to searching a kiss...
"Ahem…Ahem…Is everything okay?" Josef asked, as he walked back into the room.
"Yes… I…I think she begins to come around.” Mick said not taking his hungry eyes off Beth for one moment. "And what about ...you know..."
“Well, let me tell you, I don’t know anyone who has been able to rise from the ashes after losing his head!" Josef smiled wryly as he looked at Beth and gave her a little wink. “Welcome back beautiful!" Josef glanced at her two small marks oozing fresh blood and immediately offered her his silk handkerchief to cover her wrist, the smell of her blood could be too tempting. She smiled shyly while accepting his offer and then she covered her wound quickly.
Celine finally opened her eyes and Beth was relieved. Then she smelt a familiar scent that made her turn toward the closet.
"Celine, where is Anne?" Mick asked, trying to wake her up.
"She´s safe." Said Beth as she opened the closet and found the girl asleep, carefully hidden away.
MICK: Celine had taken over her mind when she sensed Lance’s arrival. She had stained the arterial pulse areas of Anne with her own blood as protection. She knew Lance would not touch Grigoris blood and then she wrapped the little girl with her own clothes so that Lance could not detect her presence. Celine hid Anne in the closet and then took her place in the bed, her naked body taking the scent of Anne. Lance did not realize it because he had just one goal, kill Anne and take Beth. I guess sometimes emotions can blind you. It was what Gabriel once told me..
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Once the danger had passed, Mick and Josef decided to leave, leaving Beth to take care of situation. When they were leaving the room, Mick's cell phone rang. "Where is he?" Mick asked in a voice almost guttural.
"Destroyed.” Replied Kassandra. "But don´t worry, we have enough evidence to show the community, than you can destroy it anyway you wish.”
“Okay." Said Mick. "See you in LA."
"Well, when the dog is dead, so are the rabies" Josef said. "Now I think we could use a drink ... Don’t you?”
"Why not! Give me a few minutes and I’ll join you."
"Where are you going now!!?" Josef exclaimed.
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The sun come out of hiding shedding its light generously while the two lovers lay together, oblivious to everything in their icy love nest. Beth looked at her mate, it was the first time that she had seen him sleeping in his bed of ice. She never thought she would get to share that with him without being a vampire, but things had changed and now she could do that without dying in the attempt. He looked beautiful and imposing, even in his sleep. The vision of his perfect body and the memory of his passion set her on fire in the middle of the cold walls of glass to the point that even the ice could not cool her skin. Feeling him so close meant eternal necessity of his hands on her body, caressing her skin and his mouth on hers kissing her senseless. Touching him meant the desire of having him inside her, loving every second of him. Her body shook again when she breathed in his male scent. That made her relive the moments they shared, his passion, his strength and his sweetness. He was the best lover in the world and he was hers, only hers and she did not resist and she started to sway in the perfect cold waves of his abdominal muscles. Her body was hungry for him and she felt his need for her too. It was like they were born to belong to each other every second of their lives. But she knew they had all the time in the world to make love. Now she had to control herself, her mind could not stay with him now. There were too many questions that needed answers and maybe she wouldn’t have too many more chances to find out. So she summoned all her willpower and more, and slipped quietly out of the temptation of his arms. Then she dressed in silence and left the room to go in search of Celine.
It was a great gift for her own birthday, but that same night, many gifts were waiting for Beth at Mick´s Penthouse. He knew better than anyone how to make her happy in every way.
THE END...FOR NOW
"Relax my friend, I must check on something, but it won´t take too long, I promise, I only need a few minutes."
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After helping Celine and Anne, Beth decided to take a quick shower before going to breakfast. She was really hungry but could not stand Lance´s smell on her skin a second longer. She knew that Mick was waiting for her and she wanted to erase any trace that wasn’t his on her body. But there was something that she could not erase and she didn’t want to erase it from her mind. It was the hoping that their love could be blessed with the fruit of a new life. That would be the perfect end to her happiness. But she didn’t want him know it, not until it stop being a dream and become something real that he could feel.
Upon exiting the shower, Beth went to the closet. She didn’t know if she would have any clothes to wear, especially considering the circumstances in which it got there. But when she opened the closet she found a surprise. There were a couple of perfectly placed outfits. She smiled, were it not that it was impossible, she would have thought that she had chosen them herself. At the very bottom were two shoe boxes and above one of shelves she found a box wrapped in white decorated paper with delicate flowers in pastel. Beside the box there was one beautiful rose.
Beth took the rose and inhaled its scent, among its essence was also hidden the recent scent of her man. She bit her lip slightly taking it in. It was amazing, just the fact of inhaling his scent in the rose, made her wet with desire and she felt her skin clamoring for him. She opened the box carefully and found a card that read. "I want to see heaven on your skin baby and I want to lose myself in you." Beth removed the paper and her face brightened with a mischievous smile when she discovered its contents.
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Back in the living room, Josef started to serve a rare old whiskey in a couple of glasses that were hand carved by D'Arques when Mick came in.
"Is there any change in Guillermo and Logan?" Mick asked.
"No ... I'm afraid not." Josef replied while adding a few drops of blood to the drinks. "So I think now that Lance is where he should be and Beth is back, it would be appropriate to go back to Los Angeles as soon as possible." But in his voice there was a tone of nostalgia, something not lost on Mick. Josef however skillfully changed the subject to avoid giving his friend any chance of questioning him about it. "And stop talking about Lance and everything that happened tonight." Josef suggested while he handed Mick his drink. "Don´t make me do something like that again, okay?” Mick raised his eyebrow when he heard the comment.
"No ... I'm afraid not." Josef replied while adding a few drops of blood to the drinks. "So I think now that Lance is where he should be and Beth is back, it would be appropriate to go back to Los Angeles as soon as possible." But in his voice there was a tone of nostalgia, something not lost on Mick. Josef however skillfully changed the subject to avoid giving his friend any chance of questioning him about it. "And stop talking about Lance and everything that happened tonight." Josef suggested while he handed Mick his drink. "Don´t make me do something like that again, okay?” Mick raised his eyebrow when he heard the comment.
“Something like what?” Mick asked.
"Oh, I do not know, maybe like disappearing without a warning or dying without my permission. You’ve been doing a lot of that lately!" He added with his characteristic frivolity tone while he prepared to take a sip of his drink, however this time Mick felt some real concern in his voice.
"I'll remember that next time." Mick said while watching his friend.
"Glad to hear it" Josef said with his back to Mick as he added a few more drops of blood to his drink.
There was silence and then Mick continued. "Josef ..."
"Yes?"
"Thank you for what you did in the chamber, my friend." Mick's voice sounded profound, sincere and more serious. “I just wish I could ..." But he could not finish what he wanted to say, it was not necessary for Josef, who bowed his head for a moment, feeling the lump in his throat one more time while his hand clung tightly to the glass.
MICK:The real feelings were too painful for Josef, so he always strove to hide behind a mask of irony. No one could know that the old vampire frivolous and carefree, was vulnerable, not even himself.
A second later Josef turned back toward Mick wearing his best smile and replied in his usual lighthearted irony. “Maybe I'm not so Shakespearian like I though.”
"Maybe ... ahem ... ahem ... although I thought I detected some paternal feeling." And the tone of their conversation changed again.
"Paternal? What are you talking about? Of course not!" Josef protested. “It was a matter of pure selfishness on my part ... you know. It has been extremely difficult to put up with you as a vampire who was tormented over the years. I don’t think I could deal with a ghost in love, torturing my mind with his grief every night!”
"Oh, yeah, of course." Mick smiled as he prepared to take another sip of his drink. “Anything you say... Daddy!"
"Bloody hell!! Would you please stop calling me that?!" Josef protested while he walked to a comfortable couch located in front of his friend. "You make me look older than I am!" Josef added as he dropped down on the couch with style.
"Older?" Mick could not help smiling. "Josef, you are four hundred years old, how much older could you be?"
"Oh come on, you don’t want to let it go." Josef exclaimed while he shifted in his seat try to get more comfortable on the couch. "And by the way ... What or who are you right now? With all this mess, I'm totally lost!"
"I do not know ... Maybe your conscience..." Mick said, staring straight into the eyes of his friend deliberately while holding back the laughter.
"Hey, wait a moment, you’re not rummaging through my mind!" Josef said threateningly. "Respect my gray hairs, okay!" Mick could not contain the laughter at that moment.
"Ahem ... am I interrupting something?"
Her voice and her scent alerted him of the presence of his guest and Mick turned instinctively to look at her. She walked toward him flirtatiously nailing her beautiful blue eyes in his. Beth always looked beautiful to him but this time there was a twinkle in her eyes that made her look even more irresistible.
She had gathered her hair up with a pair of combs that were white gold with a touch of turquoise blue, leaving her face clear while blonde waves fell softly behind her back. Two white gold earrings with a delicate tear in turquoise, framed her perfect face and emphasized her beautiful gaze, deep like the sea. Her clothes were formal but incredibly flattering. She wore high-heeled white shoes that made her look even more seductive and accentuated the shapely contour of her legs. A turquoise skirt that was perfectly suited to the softness of her curves highlighting her hips, a jacket in the same color embraced her waist, revealing an open white shirt that showed the lace of her blue bra like a subtle temptation that promised the Eden.
"Beth!" Josef exclaimed, rising from his seat. "The avenging angel has returned even more beautiful than I have ever seen her." He said as he approached her in front of Mick’s hungry gaze, who could not help but imagine her dressed only in blue lace underwear, ready for him. Josef took her hand with respect, brought it to his lips while he added with a seductive tone. "Really it’s a pleasure to have you back, beautiful."
"Thanks Josef, thanks for everything."
"You do not need to thank me, you know that deep down I’m a romantic and a devoted admirer of your beauty." He said giving her a playful wink.
"Ahem ... ahem ... " Mick interrupted. He moved behind her and put his arms around her waist pulling her toward him, and swept the blond strands of her hair with his fingers, caressing her skin as he placed a kiss to her neck while Beth dropped her head against his chest, breathing in his scent. She loved that part of the vampire, the alpha male proud of his female that marks his territory. It made her feel loved, desired and protected. She rocked in his arms as she searched his eyes and smiled as she realized the effect that the touch of her hips had on him.
"Well, I think it's time for me to retire." Josef said feeling the sexual tension that was beginning to grow between the couple. He moved closer to Beth and whispered. "If you ever get tired of him, remember that I am not the jealous type."
She turned to look at Mick, who could not stop staring at her and she replied with a smile of love on her lips. "That will never happen!"
"Yes, that was what I feared." He took a last drink and then placed the empty glass on the table and said. "Well, I think now it’s time for me to indulge in the cool and refreshing solitude of my freezer. I’ll leave you two lovebirds. Be good!"
Beth was watching Josef as he closed the doors of the room behind him headed toward his cold and lonely rest.
BETH: Loneliness... that was what I felt when Josef touched my hand.... I felt it despite his irony, his jokes, his games, his eternal coquetry and frivolity apparent that wrapped him ... All this was just a mask that covered his vulnerability ... His heart was not beating but Josef was not quite dead, he was suffering desperately in silence. He was suffering for her.
"What are thinking about, honey?" Mick whispered in her neck as he pressed her against him and rested his lips on her shoulder, breathing in her perfume.
"I´m thinking of Sarah." Beth said, stroking his strong arms around her waist. "I was wondering if there might be away to bring her back." Beth turned around looking at Mick. “I´m thinking that maybe my blood can help her. It saved Anne, and Celine, right?”
“I don’t know baby. Maybe yes and maybe no, the problem is that Sarah is not a vampire nor a human, let alone a Grigori. I don’t know exactly what effects it may cause in her."
“Do you think it could be dangerous?”
“It could ... but I wouldn’t rule out that possibility. It's a matter of investigate before we try and I am sure that Celine would help you if you ask her. After all, she owes her life to you now." He said while stroking her face tenderly. "But ..." He attempted to continue, but her beautiful gaze erased all thought from his mind and his eyes fell hypnotized in those soft lips, wanting to make them his.
"Yesss?. She asked him in barely a whisper as she went closer and closer as if she was also attracted by an irresistible force.
"Well..Ahem ... I was thinking... Celine is not the only one ... that owes her life to you." He answered weakly when he felt her warm breath on his face, then he closed his eyes in search of a kiss. She closed her eyes too when she felt him and responded with passion while he encircled her waist pulling her against his body and laid her slowly on the carpeted floor. She couldn’t feel the ground under her foot. Her hands fell on the hardness of his perfect arms that were hugging her body like he was taking her with an embrace.
The kiss became deeper and deeper and the distance became shorter and shorter, inflaming intense desire between her legs in the same way that she felt him invading her mouth. Beth forgot her hunger, the Paula´s cake and even the whole world. Her hands trembled as they moved up those powerful muscles until sinking into the dark curls of his hair as a way of saying “I want you closer”. Her body began to tremble at the touch of his wild passionate body, feeling the urgency of his desire through his caress that became more intimate, greedy and possessive under her skirt. Through the delicate blue lace of her panties, rising in her the longing for deliverance. Mick heard her pulse accelerate because of his touch while her breathing became wheezy by the fever of passion, her body screaming to him "I'm yours".And really she was his more than ever. He felt her moans of pleasure drowned in his mouth as he held her in one hand and was stroking her core with the other, taking her until she reached her climax during that kiss as if he were really making love to her. He loved every second of her, he enjoyed every second of her pleasure that was his too.
When their lips finally parted, she opened her eyes and looked at him in surprise. "Oh My God, has been incredible my love!"
"You made it amazing, baby." He said looking hungrily at her mouth while biting his lower lip slightly in a gesture that betrayed his absolutely irresistible desire for her. His hot gaze and the sensual and velvety tone of his voice turned her cheeks red and wet her crotch.
“Tell me… how do you can make each moment unforgettable." She moaned as she watched those lips that drove her crazy.
He smiled as he stroked the soft blush of her cheek feeling her excitement and he replied. "Because I love you, baby." Then he kissed her again and she lost track of everything while he took her in his arms to bring her to a more intimate place in which he could show her how much he loved her
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The sun come out of hiding shedding its light generously while the two lovers lay together, oblivious to everything in their icy love nest. Beth looked at her mate, it was the first time that she had seen him sleeping in his bed of ice. She never thought she would get to share that with him without being a vampire, but things had changed and now she could do that without dying in the attempt. He looked beautiful and imposing, even in his sleep. The vision of his perfect body and the memory of his passion set her on fire in the middle of the cold walls of glass to the point that even the ice could not cool her skin. Feeling him so close meant eternal necessity of his hands on her body, caressing her skin and his mouth on hers kissing her senseless. Touching him meant the desire of having him inside her, loving every second of him. Her body shook again when she breathed in his male scent. That made her relive the moments they shared, his passion, his strength and his sweetness. He was the best lover in the world and he was hers, only hers and she did not resist and she started to sway in the perfect cold waves of his abdominal muscles. Her body was hungry for him and she felt his need for her too. It was like they were born to belong to each other every second of their lives. But she knew they had all the time in the world to make love. Now she had to control herself, her mind could not stay with him now. There were too many questions that needed answers and maybe she wouldn’t have too many more chances to find out. So she summoned all her willpower and more, and slipped quietly out of the temptation of his arms. Then she dressed in silence and left the room to go in search of Celine.
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That evening...
Mick walked down to Anne´s room looking for Beth. He was worried. At that moment he only saw Paula leaving the room with a tray in her hand.
"Paula, is Miss Turner here?” He asked impatiently.
"No, Mr. St John. She spent all day with the little girl. It seems that the two have become very good friends. But she did came out with the other lady about one hour ago."
"Do you know where they went to?"
"Not exactly, but she left this for you." Paula handed him a note. "I can’t leave this town without putting the past behind me... it is time to bury the hatchet. I love you, Beth."
MICK: She had gone to say goodbye to Coraline.
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In the Grigori´s garden...
Mick watched Beth from afar. She was staring at the statue of two young lovers with curiosity.
"Do you think that she really loved him?" Beth finally asked.
"Coraline had a strange way of showing love." Celine answered "But yes, she did, she really loved him more than she believed. Perhaps because of that she never forgave herself for his death.”
"I know ... I felt that when she touched me in the chamber. I'm here because of that. She helped me to save Mick and she tried to protect me for him. Somehow I feel I owe her for what I have and what I am." She knelt before the statue and laid a beautiful white orchid in the wet grass. "I'm glad you found your peace finally, Coraline" Beth whispered. As they left the place, Beth turned to Celine and asked. "Who was he? Who was my real father?"
"He was a great warrior, the best, but he wanted to be a man and know love even if it was forbidden for him. Eric gave up everything for this love, even his own life but he never lost his soul."
"Like Mick." Beth said proudly.
"Yes, like Mick...I don’t think that Gabriel could have chosen a better guardian for you than him.”
Gabriel?” Beth asked.
Mick was about to join the two women but when he passed in front of Eric and Coraline’s grave, something caught his attention. It was another statue located a few feet away that he had not seen before. Mick approached it. The marble face had a strong resemblance to that of Gabriel, and then saw the date at the base that read. ‘Gabriel Tournell 1985’
"It can’t be possible." Mick whispered.
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“Who is Gabriel?” Beth asked Celine as they prepared to get into the car.
"Gabriel was the brother of your real father. He sacrificed himself in exchange for Eric's life and yet he failed to save your father from Lance’s hatred. But his sacrifice generated a bond between them strong enough to let him fulfill a promise. When Gabriel knew that you and Anne existence, he took measures to mislead the Duvall´s clan. He had to protect the chalice and the prophecy until he could find the Guardian that would take the place of his brother and his own. That's how Gabriel became Elliot Turner, the father that you knew."
"But my father was ill and died shortly after my kidnapping."
"Yes, Gabriel died when he fulfilled the promise he made to his brother on his deathbed. He died when he met Mick and he knew that you and the prophecy would be safe in his hands.”
MICK: But Gabriel returned from death when he knew that she was in danger again. He returned to show me the way.
Mick looked into the eyes of the statue and remembered the words that Gabriel had said when he found him in Beth's apartment. "I returned from the dead to guide you to your destiny, to give you all the whys that you have searched for since you woke up in the shadows. I will show you all the power that sleeps inside you while you waited for her."
But that was not the first time that he had heard that voice. Now he was sure that he and Gabriel had crossed paths before, many years ago, even before he met Beth. Mick looked at the white gold ring that was shining on his index finger and then a memory that had been erased, came back into his mind.
DECEMBER 11, 1981
It was a cold night, Mick had lost the battle against himself and he had succumbed to his thirst for blood, as he so often had done since he was turned. But this time the thirst was too strong and he could not control his need. He tore the veins of his victim and drank from her while the woman was fading little by little in his arms. When he quenched his thirst reality set in, she was dead. At that moment the vampire looked at his bloody hands and felt nauseous at the sight of his crime.
He ran desperately, aimlessly, his victim's face forever engraved in his mind, reminding him again and again that he was a monster and that he had to die. He wanted to destroy himself but he didn’t know how. Then, some gang members appeared him in the middle of the night, they attacked him and started to fight. One of the guys pulled a knife and threatened to kill him. Mick challenged him to do it. He was ready to accept physical pain as a voluntary purge for his torture and he stood still, without defense, while the guy stabbed him again and again. All he wanted was to die, but death didn’t want to come.
The criminals decided a new punishment for ending his feat, and between loud laughter that echoed in his head like the devil's voice, they doused him with a bottle of whisky ready to ignite him on fire. Yes...fire. Mick knew that it was the only way and closed his eyes waiting for the freedom of death. However the flame of his release was not ignited. One shot cut the air and the thugs fled the scene without looking back.
Mick laid there, his body was in pain as he lay on the ground in the middle of a huge pool of blood. He listened to footsteps approaching him in the silence and then he heard that voice. Yes it was the same voice that would remain engraved in his soul even though it had been erased on his mind. He could not understand the reason of this oblivion, but now he could remember what that voice said him word for word. ‘If you hate what you are, do not run away, do not hide, just fight by ceasing to be it, just fight to save your soul ... your conscious is not dead, the vampire can’t destroy it, so listen to it. Listen to your soul and you'll find your destiny.’ Then he took his right hand and put something on his index finger. It was a ring.
Mick decided to use his vampire abilities to help people as a way to compensate for the damage he had caused. Four years after that, he met his fate like that voice had predicted. Four years later he met Beth and the innocent gaze of that little girl changed his life forever.
Remembering all this, Mick was sure that this person had been Gabriel. He had found the Guardian that he was looking for. Then it was just a matter of time that fate would do the rest ... and today, twenty seven years later, knowing he had the love of his Beth, he felt that he had to thank Gabriel more than ever that he saved his life that night and showed him the way.
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At Josef´s house ...
Paula was preparing Sara's room. The nurse placed a fresh bouquet of white roses in a vase each evening from the last thirty years.
"Okay Paula, thank you. Now could you leave us alone for a moment please?" Asked Josef.
"Yes sir, of course." Paula left the room closing the door behind her.
Beth walked past Sara's room and she heard Josef’s voice in a tone that caught her attention and she stopped for a moment behind the closed door. Josef was saying goodbye to Sara, he was speaking about his need for her, the way in which he was missing her lovely gaze and her sweet smile, illuminating his darkness. He was talking about how loneliness began to weigh on him more and more every day since she was gone. There was so much sadness in those words causing Beth´s eyes to filled with tears when she heard them.
"Didn’t anyone ever tell you it’s not nice to listen in on other people's conversations." Mick whispered in the ear. At that moment she turned to him, took him by the hand and led him to the other end of the corridor to prevent anyone from listening to the conversation.
"Mick ... The possibility that Sarah can be brought back is real." Beth whispered close to his face. "I've talked to Celine about it and she said that we could try. She proposes a formula from a mixture of blood. She said that it would be a slow process that would counteract his blood making it clean again. Of course, it is not one hundred percent certain that the result will be as expected but at least it is not going to cause damage to her. So there would be nothing to lose by trying."
"Maybe, but if it doesn’t work it would be cruel to Josef to let him think there was hope, when we know that it may never happen.”
“Mick, he still loves her... I think it would be even more cruel not to try, wouldn’t it?
MICK: Beth can be so persuasive that it is sometimes impossible to say no.
"Okay, we will, but let me talk to him first, alright?"
"Aha." She replied, her eyes sparkled with the idea that it could work.
"Now we need to get back to LA. I´m sure that Sara and Joseph can wait a few days but Logan and William can’t."
"Okay, so let’s not make them wait any more" She said with a wink as she showed a small reddish stone placed in a metal box. "Wow ...!" Mick said puzzled. "You had really been busy today."
"You have no idea just how much." She kissed his lips gently and then pulled his hand while she ran towards the door. He followed her as she licked the delicious taste that her lips had left on his.
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A few drops of blood from Beth weakened by Celine´s blood, was enough to help William and Logan recover. And because of that, Beth became a member of the community for her good merits.
Josef and Beth agreed to begin the experiment with Sara. With or without results, this attempt gave him new hope and an eternal loyalty to Beth and Mick for their help.
Josef offered Beth one of their apartments until little Anne was entirely recovered. After all there were things in Mick’s world that would be better that Anne did not see. It was a real sacrifice for Beth because since Mick woke her up with that special kiss, she felt a constant need for him, something that was obviously mutual because Mick could not be without her.
As for the little Anne, her curious and innocent spirit helped her recover in an amazing way. She felt like the princess in the tale after her fairy godmother saved her from the evil witch. She remembered nothing more and did not need remember. No doubt because of the power of Celine, and the love of Beth and, why not? Josef´s gifts, helped her to further accelerate her recovery, but in the process there was something that had taken everyone by surprise. It was the way in which the little girl came to grow fond of Mick and Mick of her. Anne seemed to feel safe at his side and he enjoyed this feeling. Beth liked seeing them together, she loved his paternal side, so sweet, so lovely and now she could see that from another point of view.
She couldn’t help but smile proudly every evening when she saw Anne running to him and how he picked her up and sat her on his knee and then she talked to him about the little discoveries she had made during the day. Beth loved the tenderness with which he looked after her when she was restless. Mick would be the best father in the world, she was sure about this. She could not wait for that day to come and prayed to God that he would grant them the miracle.
Mick was happy with Anne. But an environment around vampires was not the best thing for Anne. She needed to return to her lost home and there was someone who was waiting for her...
...The time for a meeting had come.
.......::**::........
Absorbing the fact Anne was the same little girl he remembered was not easy, however, Talbot chose not to ask questions this time, he didn’t need too. It was as if he’d forgotten the past, giving him a new chance to repair the damage. She was back and he didn’t need to know anything else. His only fear was that she would reject him if she remembered what happened ... But she didn’t.
When he finally had her in his arms he knew that he had finally regained a peace of his soul. She looked at him suspiciously at first until she saw something in those dark eyes that looked excited, something that was familiar to her.
“Benny?" She asked and Talbot smiled as tears escaped from his eyes. That was what she called him when they were children. "Oh my God I cannot believe you're alive and safe, honey. You don’t know how long I have searched for you." He told her as he hugged her little body, and then he looked at Beth and Mick while the little girl embraced him too. There was no word that could express what he felt at that time, just a word, THANKS.
Ben Talbot managed to gain her love and her trust little by little, until it the day came to take her to his house. It was hard for Beth and Mick to say goodbye to her, but they both knew it would not be forever, they would still be her family and they would be always.
The day chosen was Anne´s birthday. Beth and Dorothy, the nanny that Ben had chosen to take care of Anne, had prepared a beautiful party for the little girl and her new friends. After the cake, while Anne was finished opening her gifts, Ben motioned to Mick to accompany him to the other side of the room under the guise of offering him a drink. Beth watched them with caution.
"I have something that belongs to you" Talbot said while he took a large envelope that was on the dinner table and offered it to Mick saying. "I think it's time to bury the hatchet." Mick opened the envelope and looked at Ben absolutely surprised.
It´s about those... ahem... photos of you in ...shall we say in unconventional situations, along with other information I found out about you when I was investigating you. Beth destroyed most of the evidence. I´m sure it was her because I know her and she loves you more than anything. You know something? I always envied the way she believed in you. I guess she knew you better than me and therefore she tried to protect you in the same way that you seem to protect her. But ... ahem ... I always keep a copy of everything that has a special interest for me in my house." Ben said pointing to the envelope. "You know... I guess it's an old habit.” He smiled slightly but then turned serious. "I don’t know what or who are you exactly and I don´t want to know. I know you killed Tejada, I know you had something to do with the disappearance of Emma Monaghan. But ... I will not question your motives now, I guess there is a lot of things that I won’t ever understand and as far as Tejada is concerned, I guess my kind of justice would have been heaven for him. You brought back Beth despite my mistakes and now Anne is here with me, that's more than I ever would have expected. So ... well ... Maybe I´m wrong but I think that it’s only fair that your secret will be yours and nobody else’s. Ahem... That is my way of thanking you for what you have done for my family and for me." Talbot extended his hand, Mick still looked surprised but then accepted the offer of peace while the two men turned to look at Beth and Anne. "Thank you" Talbot said as he watched Anne´s sweet smile and Mick shook his hand tightly while he looked at the satisfied and proud gaze of Beth.
It was a great gift for her own birthday, but that same night, many gifts were waiting for Beth at Mick´s Penthouse. He knew better than anyone how to make her happy in every way.
……::**&**::…....
A few days later, Park Lawn Cemetery at sunset ...
Talbot went to the cemetery to take flowers to the graves of his parents as he had done many times. But when he turned to the direction where Dorothy and Anne were waiting for him, he saw the little girl waving to someone, he turned but saw no one, so he asked her. “Who are you saying goodbye to, my little princess?"
She answered. "It´s my fairy godmother."
Talbot was surprised at the response by Anne and he looked again toward the grave. At that moment, next to the headstone that marked the place where his mother was buried, he thought that he saw the image of a beautiful woman with an alabaster skin and blue eyes like the sea. She was the same woman who was talking to his mother when his sister was only a baby and those eyes were the same that had looked at him like a beast when he went with his father to visit her grave, just after Anne’s disappearance. But this time her gaze was not wild and frightening, it was calm and tender. Celine smiled sweet and beautiful in a gesture of thanks and then she disappeared like a ghost between the last rays of sun.
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Two months later ...
Beth had traveled a few times to New York since she and Josef agreed to start the experiment with Sara, however the formula that Celine had left, didn’t seem to give the expected results and time began to die out like the flame of a candle, but Beth was not willing to give up. This time Beth had traveled to NY for her job and she wanted to make one last attempt with Sarah. She had a feeling that this time everything would be different and she insisted so much that she spread her enthusiasm to Josef./span>
Beth had traveled a few times to New York since she and Josef agreed to start the experiment with Sara, however the formula that Celine had left, didn’t seem to give the expected results and time began to die out like the flame of a candle, but Beth was not willing to give up. This time Beth had traveled to NY for her job and she wanted to make one last attempt with Sarah. She had a feeling that this time everything would be different and she insisted so much that she spread her enthusiasm to Josef./span>
But something happened after the donation, Beth seemed more weak, more tired, perhaps too much so. Josef insisted that she should stay in NY until she recovered but she just wanted to go back home to Mick as soon as possible. Josef undoubtedly thought that her weakness was the result of her work, the travel and the loss of blood. She would be fine after eating something and get some rest, and then she could go back to LA and meet again with her love, ready to respond appropriately to the passion of her lover. Beth finally accepted his advice./span>
Contrary to expectations, when Joseph saw her again a few hours later, at the end of the afternoon, she looked considerably worsen. Paula had managed to convince her to eat a little piece of her favorite cake, but she could eat nothing. When Josef came in her room, Beth was asleep but seemed restless. She had not recovered with food and sleep, her skin had become even paler and she was cold as ice. She seemed thirsty and yet water could not to soothe her thirst. Something was not right and Josef did not understand what it was. Beth had donated her blood to Sara other times but nothing like this ever happened before. If it were not impossible, he might have thought that Beth was turning into a vampire or something worse, maybe the story of Sarah was repeating itself. That alarmed him so much that he called his doctor friend and then tried desperately to track down Mick but Mick was already coming through the door before Josef could finish dialing his telephone number.
……..::**&**::………
"Mick ... Mick ..." She kept calling him in her dreams.
"I'm here baby, I'm here with you, everything will be okay, I promise.” Mick whispered, stroking her cold forehead.
"I´m so thirsty my love..." She moaned distressed while trying to open her eyes.
"We tried to give to her all kinds of liquids and when I say "all… I mean "all." Josef insisted in a tone of concern. "But she refuses to take anything. Frankly I'm baffled, I don’t understand what’s happening, I thought she couldn’t ..."
"And she can’t." Mick replied before Josef could end the sentence.
MICK: She could not become a vampire, neither Gabriel nor I would have ever allowed it. There must be another reason for that thirst ...But what?
"Sorry ... I should not have let her do it. I won´t forgive myself if anything happens her."
"It´s okay, Josef. I'll take care of her.”
"As you wish, but if you need anything, whatever, you know I'm right out here. Okay?"
"Okay. I know that."
MICK: Beth needed to take blood, that was more than evident and perhaps that might have some logic. She had had a real loss because of the donations and that thirst might be an instinctive reaction of her supernatural side. But she was able to overcome her instinct, was able to control her need and wait for the only blood that she wanted, the only blood that she needed.
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When they were alone in the bedroom...
She stroked her guardian angel´s face. He looked really worried while he searched her eyes for an answer. Her eyes were the same as ever, her perfume smelt even more intense. She seemed the same Beth in spite of that thirst and yet she wasn’t. There was something different in her gaze. Something that was tarnished by her anguish. But there was no time to discover the reason for her change or her thirst. Now she was the most important thing for him and if she needed him, there was nothing he wouldn’t do.
Mick bit his wrist and then brought it to her lips while he held her head gently. She laced her fingers with his without taking her eyes off him and then she closed her eyes and started to pick up gently with her tongue the gift of life that he was offering her. Her lips frozen by the need, rested on his skin with a sweet kiss and she began to drink slowly in small sips. The sensation of feeling her drinking from his veins, was absolutely delicious ... so intense ... so deep that there was nothing that could compare.
Each time she drew on the vein it sent an electric charge into his groin and he could feel the pressure of his desire, subjugating his mind like a siren song. At first concern prevented him from enjoying the pleasure but in the end he surrendered to the magic of her delicious mouth on him and he dropped down and rested his lips on her forehead and in doing that, he felt how the warmth of his love was warming her skin and his, until they both were on fire. Oh yes... She was so sweet ... the touch of her tongue on his skin was like silk, so soft and yet so intense and sensual that there were times he was almost unable to keep his desire under control, but all the time the only thing he knew was that he wished that she never stop doing that.
However ... she stopped and he could not avoid the feeling of loss when she broke her contact, she could perceive it and smiled with tears in her eyes. Then she took his hand and placed it on her belly. "Now I also want to give you something. " Her soft, warm hand caressed the face of the man she loved while her eyes filled with a special light and her lips approached his slowly. "Kiss me, Mick...Kiss me like that night." And he felt her breathing on his lips, calling his desire while her pure gaze silenced all his questions, all his fears. "Just kiss me my love ... I want you to feel what I feel." Then her lips touched his and he was on fire for her...oh yes...his body was a flame impossible to extinguish. Mick dropped down on her lips and kissed her, driven by the need he felt for her. His tongue invaded her mouth, tasting her delicious moisture, yielding to the madness that she provoked in him and he fulfilled her wish with all his body and his soul like that night when he brought her back to life.
His fangs descended while his lips left the warm paradise of her mouth for a moment to visit the sweet softness of her neck and his tongue rolled over her skin smooth and soft, her delicious taste increased his need for her while the wild beats of her heart were ignited further by his desire of take her and make her his right then.
"Oh yes my love, I want to be yours, I want you to feel me now, I want you to know how much I love you."
His fangs caressed the velvet softness of her lips and her skin opened for him and small drops of blood flowed from her. Mick let those precious drops fall on his tongue while he kept kissing her. Her delicious and pure vital essence, invaded his senses, clouded his mind and resurrected his heart like he was part of her and he felt more alive than ever. Oh yes, he was alive and warm with her. Then he sensed something new under his hand, something that kept him connected to her more than ever, something that was running through her veins at that moment and filling his eyes with tears like hers. He felt a heat source grow under his hand there in the smoothness of her belly and he felt a different beat, soft and distant, which joined them in his kiss. It was the heartbeat of a new life, the life that he just fed a few minutes ago. That was why she was thirsty, that was why she rejected all food and drink. She was waiting for him. She only wanted his blood and nothing more. There was no greater proof of love than that. She was ever and only his and he knew that he would always be her everything like she would always be his.
Now she would fulfill his more special dream. She would give him a son and her body warm, beautiful and sweet that drove him crazy of passion and desire contained the most precious treasure of all.
"There will be a baby boy, strong, good-looking, powerful and noble like his father." She said stroking his hand softly which was still on her belly feeling the miracle of life.
"Why didn’t you tell me?" Mick whispered in her hair and then took her in his arms absolutely crazy with happiness and he began to explore the softness of her throat raining small and sweet kisses until finding her lips again.
“I did not know I was pregnant until today. It seems like our baby felt the need to know his daddy... and well... I think he likes you." She whispered smiling when Mick came to her mouth, then he looked into her eyes while his happiness began to flow from his own eyes. "He will be beautiful and brave as his mother." He smiled proudly and taking her face in his hands and kissed her forehead first and then sought her lips and moaned "I love you,"
Now she would fulfill his more special dream. She would give him a son and her body warm, beautiful and sweet that drove him crazy of passion and desire contained the most precious treasure of all.
"There will be a baby boy, strong, good-looking, powerful and noble like his father." She said stroking his hand softly which was still on her belly feeling the miracle of life.
"Why didn’t you tell me?" Mick whispered in her hair and then took her in his arms absolutely crazy with happiness and he began to explore the softness of her throat raining small and sweet kisses until finding her lips again.
“I did not know I was pregnant until today. It seems like our baby felt the need to know his daddy... and well... I think he likes you." She whispered smiling when Mick came to her mouth, then he looked into her eyes while his happiness began to flow from his own eyes. "He will be beautiful and brave as his mother." He smiled proudly and taking her face in his hands and kissed her forehead first and then sought her lips and moaned "I love you,"
She open her eyes, her body was trembling with desire for him and she barely could whisper. "I love you too." She closed her eyes again, she just wanted his mouth on hers right then and he did. He kissed her, taking her soul and her body with that kiss, deep, sweet and intense while he savoring the sweet and delicious taste of her lips and his tongue invaded her again and again as if he never had enough of her sweet honey, then he looked at her with tears of happiness and he asked. "forever?"
She looked into his eyes absolutely in love with him and moaned. "forever" Tears rolled down their faces while they melted into a deep kiss till get lost in the flame of their love.
Words were not necessary, now was time for passion, of mutual need and it was time for love ... and he made love to her, slow, soft, sweet, and passionate, showing her in every kiss and with every caress that she was everything he loved, everything he needed ... she was his life, she will be forever.
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Josef could not resist the temptation to open the envelope that his doctor friend had left with the results on the tests of Beth´s blood. When he read it he could not help smiling broadly while he was thinking. "Wow! She finally changed the rules of vampire love. Well done, my lucky friend ... well done."
At that moment he heard Paula cry out. "Lord, Lord ... Miss Waverley has opened her eyes!"
The letter fell from his hands while Josef ran in search of his own dream...
At that moment he heard Paula cry out. "Lord, Lord ... Miss Waverley has opened her eyes!"
The letter fell from his hands while Josef ran in search of his own dream...
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I'll always be there
I'll always be there
There when the world and it's promise is failing
I'll always be there
There when the frost of it's winter is cursing
I'll always be there
There when tears in you eyes
Keep asking me
I'll always be there
I'll always be there
There when the world and it's promise is failing
I'll always be there
There when the frost of it's winter is cursing
I'll always be there
There when tears in you eyes
Keep asking me
I'll always be there
THE END...FOR NOW
If you enjoyed it, just tell me please. Kisses. Selene
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Thank you so much for giving us such an exciting and moving story Selene, and thank you for giving those we love their dreams come true !
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