Charles [Short Story]

Chapter 4

He wrapped his arms around me and held me tightly, never making a move to let me go. I could feel his body start to shake. I looked up to see tears running down his face. I reached up and wiped some of them away leaving my hand there cupping his cheek I gave him a small smile.

"I thought I lost you, before I even knew you." he said through he cries.

"I am here Charles, I am safe because of you." I said as I moved my hand down to his chest. He leaned down and his face was only inches from mine, his eyes asking for permission. I moved the rest of the way until our lips met. It was tender, soft but filled with passion.

"I can't lose you." he said before returning to our tender kiss. I pulled away looking into his eyes.

"I am here. You won't lose me." I said before resting my head on his chest. "Promise me something Charles."

"Anything Stella." he said quickly

"Promise me you'll never hurt me. In anyway. If I give you my heart I wouldn’t survive if you broke it." I whispered. He let me go, and kneeled in front of me lowering his head he pulled out a dagger. He ran the blade across his hand letting the blood drip onto the carpet.

"I Charles Broadrick swear to you Stella Douglas, You will want for nothing, you will be safe and loved until the day I take my final breath. I bind my vow to you with the blood from my veins. If I break my vow, I give you permission to end my life." he said looking into my eyes with fresh tears falling down his face. "I love you Stella, even if you do not feel the same."

I fell to my knees taking his hand in mine "I know my sweet Charles. I know."

I helped him and into to the bathroom, I washed and wrapped his hand.

He started laughing "You don’t have to do this Stella, it’s almost healed." I looked down at his hand to see the skin binding itself back together. I kissed his palm and placed it on the side of my face. Before turning and looking into the mirror. That is when I said the large bite on my neck surrounded by black and blue buries. I placed my hand over it and began to cry. Charles wrapped his arms around my waist pulling me into him.

"He wont be coming back my love, he can never hurt you again. It is my fault." he said into my hair.

"What do you mean?" I asked confused.

"I should have marked you again before we went into town, but I didn’t want to scare you." he said with shame covering his face. "If I had, he would have not followed your scent home. He would have known you belong to me."

"It's okay Charles, it was most likely my fault when I ran away from you into the dark tavern." I admitted.

"It's over now." he spun me around and planted a kiss to my lips before swinging me into his arms. Before I knew it we were walking into the kitchen where I saw Peter cooking and Lilly giving tasks to the other maids and servants.

"Oh my dear your awake!!" Lilly said as he came running towards us. Charles set me softly onto my feet so Lilly was able to wrap me in a warm hug. "Peter has been cooking all morning, he even made those pastries the master made you. I hope your hungry!"

"I am famished thank you Lilly." I replied as Charles and I sat down at the large round table positioned in the middle of the kitchen. They all started placing large plates of food and pitchers of coffee in front of us, once they all finished they moved to leave the room.

"Wait, aren't you going to join us? I cant possibly eat all of this by myself." I said with a smile. They looked at each other before joining us at the table.

"Thank you Mistress" they all started saying as they piled food onto their plates. We spent most of the morning talking, laughing and getting to know each other better. Once we finished I started to help clean up but Charles scooped me up and took me outside to the stables. He sat me down and took my hand leading me inside. There was a beautiful solid white thoroughbred, she was stunning. I approached her and ran my hand across her body feeling the muscle and warmth. 

"Do you like her?" Charles asked

"Yes she is stunning." I said with a big smile.

"Good I was hoping you would, she is for you." he said as he lifted me onto her back. He handed me the rains and moved to mount his own horse which was all black. Than we took off out of the stables across the meadow and into the tree line. A couple miles into the woods we can across a clearing, there was a waterfall and crystal clear water. I got off and tied her to a tree, than wondered over to the water for a better look. The fish were brightly colored and the flowers framing the pond with in full bloom.

"It's beautiful here Charles." I said. He came up behind me, moving my hair so he could kiss my neck, I fell back onto his chest and his hand made its way under my shirt to my breast, the other remained firmly attached to my hip. I could feel the heat running through my body. His touch made something stir deep inside me. His hand moved to unbuttoning my pants and sliding his hand down until he could trace a soft figure eight across my sensitive bud. I arched back into him making my breast fill his more with a moan escaping through my lips.

"Please Charles." I whined.

"I've got you love, I know what you need. Let me take care of you." he said with a raspy passion filled voice. He turned me around, laying me down on the soft moss, he lifted my shirt and pulled it over my head, than moving to remove my pants. Once I was laying under him naked, he started placing kisses to my face moving to my neck. I gripped the bottom of his shirt I needed to feel his skin on mine. He slipped his shirt over his head and is pants were thrown to the side. His speed still surprised me. He smashed his lips into mine. This kiss was different, it was filled with need, passion, and something else. I wrapped my hands into his hair moaning into his mouth.

He pulled away saying "I love the way you taste." I pulled him back down kissing him again, I rolled him over and placed a knee on either side of his waste.

I sat up looking down at him saying "it's my turn to take care of you my sweet Charles." I started placing kisses down his neck, to his chest and to his stomach until I made my way to his rather large shaft. Wrapping my hands around it I licked the tip before sucking him into my mouth. He let our a hiss, wrapping my hair around his hand he worked my head up and down placing himself deeper into my throat until I took him fully in. I pumped my head up and down sucking faster and faster until I could feel him climax as his hot sweet liquid flowed into my mouth, I lapped him up. I sat up and looked at him, seeing dark eyes and his fangs. His breathing was heavy and he wanted more. I climbed up placing my entrance above his already hard d**k. I placed my hands on his chest and slowly lowered on to him, feeling the way he stretched me, filling me. I threw my head back taking all of him in. I looked down into his eyes when I heard a deep growl. He sat up wrapping his arms around me, thrusting up causing me to moan loudly, gripping on to him. He pushed me down into the moss, he started thrusting in and out. It wasn’t soft, it was rough and full of passion. He moved faster thrusting into me harder until I could feel my climax stirring inside of me. He pushed his thumb into my mouth, I sucked and licked it before he removed it placing it on my entitative swollen bud, moving in hard rapid circles until I exploded around him.

"Charles!!" I screamed. He kept his pace until he climaxed and collapsed on top of me. His breathing was ragged and heavy. He pushed himself up on one arm. Leaning down he placed soft tender kisses to my lips.

"I love you." he said before rolling to lay on his back. I rolled over placing my head on his chest and my hand on his stomach. "We should be getting back love, it will be dark soon and I don’t want you out here."

We got up, dressed ourselves and mounting our horse before we speed towards the keep. We were almost out of the woods before I heard the howling. My heart started racing. What the f**k is that? They don’t sound like normal wolves, before I had a chance to finish my thoughts I was thrown from my horse and pinned to the ground. I looked to see a very large wolf with blood red eyes staring back at me. I tired to fight it off but it slashed me across the chest making blood pool all around me. "NO! STELLA!" I heard Charles yell. Than I heard the wolf yelp. The next time I opened my eyes I was looking up at Charles and we were racing towards his home. Than everything went black again. I opened my eyes again to see Charles hovering over me, tears coming from his eyes.

"Charles" I said

"No love, don’t speak you need to save your strength." he said as he smoothed my hair out of my face.

"I love you Charles. I want you to know that." I said before passing out again.

I came to for a moment, only to hear Charles fighting with someone.

"If you change her she wont die, she will stay with you forever Charles." the man said

"No, I cant not without her permission. I don’t want her to hate me." he said

"The Sire bond will make sure that didn’t happen. She would love you no matter what." the man replied.

"NO Paul! I cant have her loving me without choice." he said. It was quite for a moment, than I heard crying and sniffling. "Paul, I cant lose her. Not now. Not when I know she loves me."

I moved my hand slightly feeling pain shoot through my body.

"Charles." I said

"My Love" he said rushing to my side. "Shhh, I am here. I've got you."

"Am i going to die?" I asked as tears  fell.

"No Princess, your not going to die. You will be okay." He said with a soft smile. "You need to rest. Sleep my love, sleep."

With that I let the darkness pull me back into her tight grasp.