They dried off and went out to the bedroom. Calla wrapped the towel around her torso and rummaged through the suitcase again while Daniel went and sat by the fire. “What are you looking for?” He asked as he watched her tear through the contents of the bag.

“Something pretty.” She sighed. “It seems no one packed such an item.”

Smiling, he patted the floor next to him. “It’s toasty here.” Daniel invited but she didn’t come to him. “Whatever you put on I’ll just have to take off and, besides, you know, I really like you just the way you are so come on over here and sit with me. Bring your brush.”

Daniel wasn’t wearing anything but the towel and to her he certainly looked very appealing. Calla walked over and sat down next to him. “I see you’ve put some effort into this.” She remarked as she looked at the rose petals scattered on the soft blanket and pillows arranged so lovingly by the fire.

“A little.” He told her and held his hand out for the brush. Calla gave it to him and Daniel ran it through her hair. “I missed doing this.”

“You did?” Calla asked with surprise in her voice. She always enjoyed it when Daniel brushed her hair but she’d never thought about it in terms of bringing him any pleasure.

“Yeah I do. I like brushing it and helping you put it up,” the brush ran from the top of her hair through the long strands of auburn hair down to the small of her back. Something was in his way. “You could lose the towel.”

“So could you. I thought you liked undressing me.”

“Ah-huh. Definitely, another one of my favorite things.” Daniel agreed, put the brush on the floor and his arms around her. Undoing the towel he let it fall away from her. “This,” he pointed at her thoughtfully, “I think this would be my absolute favorite thing of all time.” Daniel seemed to ponder that statement for a moment. “Yep, I’m sure of it.”

“You’re just a horny old goat.” She bantered with him. “That’s all.”

“Yeah but I’m your horny old goat, doesn’t that count for something?”

“Everything. More kiss?”

“Many,” he pecked her lips, “many,” another peck, “many more kisses.”

He planted a long slow deep kiss on her that Calla felt all the way down to her toes. There was nothing like this in all the universe. Mount Olympus was just a big rock, the Rings of Saturn nothing more than a pre-schoolers’ toy compared to the feel of his lips on hers. Keep the Eiffel Tower, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and even the Great Pyramid they were only pebbles in so much sand. Romeo and Juliet had nothing on Daniel and Callestah.

Daniel’s hands ran down her back and over her soft smooth skin. None of those women felt like her. They were soft and supple but Calla was tender and soft like a cloud or marshmallow. No, not one of them felt the way she did in his arms. So Right. So Connected. The whole world fell away, just as it always did in nights past, there was nothing but them anywhere. Just this moment and their lips pressed together. Their lips, heads, toes and every part in between prickled with electricity. Wanting to go slow and needing a breath of air, Daniel pulled away from her, his tongue flicked out across his bottom lip. She so loved to listen to his heart, Daniel laid his hand over hers. It beat with rapid passion. Picking her left hand, he laid it on his heart. “Feel that?”

All the Gods could feel that. They were all jealous of it. The energy their love created ebbed and flowed from him to her and her to him and back again, filling them both and taking nothing away. Her fingers flexed and grabbed at his skin. “Yes.”

“I just wanted to be sure I’m not the only one.”

“Never.” Calla promised with wide eyes. “Always you and me.”

“Forever.”

“I swear. Forever. Only you. Only me.”

“My girl. I love you, Kitty.”

“I love you, Beautiful.” She purred and brought him back down to her. “I’m so—“

Daniel covered her lips with his, kissed her deep and pulled away. “We’re not going to talk about that anymore. Not now, not tonight. It’s over.”

“Over?” Calla asked in a small voice and gazed up at him with questioning eyes.

Duncan was right Kitty always said a lot more with her eyes than she did with her mouth sometimes. This was one of those times. Looking down into those glistening waiting emeralds, Daniel remembered the way she’d waited for him to punish her after posing for those pictures and on the same night that he’d discovered those pills. David was very insistent that night and maybe she had little ‘putting in her place’ coming that night and maybe she didn’t, Daniel couldn’t really say anymore. They’d been through enough this time they’d suffered enough and paid their dues to get back here. “It’s over.”

“No anger?”

“All gone.” Daniel whispered. “Never with anger…I promise.”

Gazing up into those blue eyes she loved she so much, Calla saw only love and desire reflected there. “Kiss. Give. Please.”

Yes, more kisses. That was always a good place to start. The last of the sun’s rays were sinking over the horizon the night was descending and they shouldn’t let it go to waste. That would be just awful. Beside them, the fire crackled and held them in its warm embrace. Two old Lovers finding their way back to each other and making up for lost time. To still be this much in love, after so many years and after so much ugliness passed between them was truly a Gift from the Gods. “I don’t ever want to be without you again.”

“Never again.” Calla agreed. “Being without you is torture. A living hell. I didn’t know what to do to make it better.”

She left the rest of that sentence out, which was ‘so I took a bunch of drugs to numb the pain.’ Calla didn’t have to say it, he knew. He’d done the same thing with his liquor bottles and Antoinette. Calla, being a Goddess, just did it on a grander scale. As for making it better, he had an idea. Daniel’s lips glossed over the sensitive nape of her neck. Calla drew in a breath he felt her nipples harder against his chest his own answered them. One of her hands found the back of his head it played with his hair and held him gently where she wanted him while the other pulled the towel away from his waist.

Calla had gone without for a very long time and her need was great. “Give.” She moved under him to guide him inside but Daniel pulled away.

“Not so fast, Kitty. Slow down.”

She felt the hardness of him against her thigh he was ready, so why was he refusing? “Please?”

“Soon,” he said softly. “Don’t fly so high so fast, stay down here with me for a while.”

“You can fly with me now.” Calla invited and Daniel couldn’t help the smile that crossed his face at the ideas suddenly flooding through his mind.

“Soon.” Daniel said again. “Just relax and let me.” Her brow furrowed and she looked a little upset. Oh, god, you’ve gotta be kidding me. “You just had a bath.” He reminded her easily. Kitty sighed as though she were giving up, a small little ‘hum’. She always did like to get right down to business whenever they’d been apart for a while. Not tonight. With a shake of his head, Daniel returned her sigh and slid off her. His body blocked the heat from the fire as he stared at her.

It didn’t take long for her to get chilly and she was moving closer to him for his heat. “I will do for you,” Calla purred. “As I recall, you used to like that.” Her fingertips traced a line from his heart past the muscular ridges on his stomach and down to that soft patch of hair where he caught her hand.

“I do remember something like that.” He said lightly and then countered her offer. “After I do for you.” Why was she playing this chess game with him? He didn’t know but something in her eyes said he might not win this round.

“I want to please my Husband, is there something wrong with that?”

Well, he did miss the way she did that. If she wanted to then why should he stop her? Looking down into those fiery eyes, he saw that she did want to. “No,” Daniel rolled over onto his back and the fire’s light and heat was no longer kept from her.

Straddling his waist, she pulled her hair behind her and bent her head to kiss him. “I love you,” she whispered. Callas’ lips brushed over his before descending to the muscle below his right ear. The one that she so loved to suckle on the one she’d missed so much. Her bare breasts to his chest their hearts beat together as one and the energy rose in the heat of the fire. The salty taste of his skin danced on her tongue as she made her way to his chest taking each nipple in turn and rolling it around in her mouth just to say ‘hello’ and her body moved down him to his stomach. More kisses and licks, Calla loved to lick—didn’t all cats? His heart racing and his cock so hard he swore he could cut diamonds with it, Daniel took handfuls of her hair and brought them up to cover his chest while he stroked her head. Rose petals stuck in her hair rained down over him in a soft embrace.

One of her strong points was drawing out the ecstasy, if she didn’t get down there soon he thought he’d cum anyway. Never one to draw things out to the point of absolute torture, the tip of her tongue flicked across the tip of his cock. Daniel’s hips rocked upward to greet it. Every animal instinct he had wanted to push her head down on it but he didn’t, he just let that energy fill him as he his hands ran over the top of her head with no force bearing down.

When she did take him into her mouth his cock jittered and jumped and a fine bead of sweat broke out of his brow. Yeah it had been a damn long time. Too fucking long. Inside it was hot and moist as her skilled tongue tangoed around and up and down his hard shaft. One hand stroking him off and the other soft palm cupping his balls, his hard cock slipped out of her mouth. Calla ran her tongue down it while she pumped him and the hand massing his balls gave a harder squeeze, she took the sack inside her mouth and the hand which hand been cupping it reached under him.

Oh no she’s not going to….. his wet slippery balls slipped out of her mouth and her head kept going down while her tongue danced around and her index finger with its shorter finger nail probed his ass. Oh Christ she is! A little trick she picked up from Hartley or Ares per….

Before he could stop her that index finger slicked by her tongue slid into him while the other hand pumped and jerked. The finger gently made its way deeper into him and her mouth took his hard shaft inside once more. Fully into that tight hole, she started to glide it in and out of him in time to the movement of his mouth. Calla’s body rocked forward and pulled back while she sucked him off. Daniel just couldn’t hold back. He let out a hard grunt as the fire burned in his belly and he reached down for that hard cum as soon it as it started here was no stopping the hard rush of cum which ejected itself from his throbbing cock. Calla didn’t stop, she didn’t even slow down, she kept pace until she got every drop and he was breathless and shaking.

“Jesus Christ, Calla.” Daniel muttered and she pulled out of him. His heart was racing like a run away horse and he couldn’t stop the spasms racking his limbs.

“Been a while.” She said in a soft voice. “Still good?”

“The best,” he held his arms out to her, “come here.” She lay down in his arms. “You blow my mind.” Yes she did and how was he going to top that? He didn’t now but for the first time in a very long time he needed a breather to figure it out. His throat was dry and he didn’t want to let go of her but that sweating bottle of cold Coca-Cola sitting on the silver tray looked damn good. Daniel sat up and got it. He took a long swig from the bottle while his heart slowed down wiping the sweat off his brow and staring incredulously down at his wife he offered it to her.

Calla took it and had a long drink before giving it back. “Make love now?”

“Ah….no…no.” Daniel stammered and took another drink of the cold liquid. “Not yet.”

“Why Husband, don’t tell me I’ve managed to satisfy you so easily?” She reached out for him. “Not after so long apart.”

“You wish.” He said. Still he needed a few minutes after that mind numbing blowjob. “It’s my turn now.” From the look in her eyes she was going to give him a hard time again but, nope, no way Jose, not tonight. Daniel smiled as he pushed her back down on the pillows by the fire. “We agreed.” He reminded her. “Close your eyes.”

“What?”

“Close your eyes.” He said in a slower tone. Calla sighed one of those huffy sighs and lay back on the pillows. “You’re such a pain in my ass.” Daniel said playfully.

“Was I?” She returned. “I’ll be gentler next time.”

“Oh, that’s it.” He warned. “You’re mine.” Daniel came in to kiss her but she turned her head away even though she’d had the drink of Coke. All cats had a thing about cleanliness he supposed as he turned her face back to him and kissed her. Hang ups about cleanliness quickly dissipate when your body’s on fire and your heart ignited with desire, she didn’t fight any longer not once his lips touched hers and pried them apart. When his hands cupped her breasts Calla shuddered and the hands roaming his back stiffened and flexed on his skin. Hartley had been very bad to these little beauties, so rough and unkind, not Daniel. “Close your eyes.” He said again and this time she gave him no argument. Daniel reached behind him and plucked a white rose from the vase. “Keep them closed.” Holding the rose by its long stem, he drew the flower over forehead and down her cheeks. “Soft?”

“Very.”

“Not as soft as you.” He let the rose linger by her nose so she could get a good head full of its scent then it was making its way over her neck and tickling her ear. Calla let out a little giggle, her eyelids fluttered. “Uh-huh, closed.” Daniel encouraged.

“Daniel…”

“Shhh,” the silky white rose ran across her chest and over the space between her breasts. “Just stay still.” The fire beside him was losing a bit of heat, keeping the rose on her skin with hand he tossed another log into it and it burned brightly once more. Turning his attention back to his wife, the white rose traced its way across one breast and then the other and back again. She smiled and let out little giggles but she didn’t open her eyes. Licking his lips, he moved closer to her and held the rose upside down so that it hovered over one hard pink nipple and he watched it carefully as it lowered down and took that sweet flesh into the center of its warm embrace. The rose splayed over her as he twirled it around. His lips closed down over the other, he heard her suck in a breath and then slowly let it out. His ear this close to her heart he could hear it quickening its pace with each new shallow breath she took in.

Now the rose was making its way to that space between her breasts and down the flat of her stomach just to that place where a patch of hair should be before making its silky way back up again. As he played with the rose, Daniel’s mouth never left her breast, drawing the rose here and there all over her skin leavings its soft scent on her. Teasing her with the flower he drew it over her thigh and up her inner thigh where just brushed past the sweet spot between them as his lips made their way down her wanting body after it. Each pass of the flower between her legs brought her higher until she was pushing his hand, begging him to lay it on and over the tender area he was making his way to but he just kept teasing her with it until he was ready to give in.

Not yet, he thought as he breathed in his first head full of the musky scent between her legs. The cock which had been only lightly tingling was suddenly roaring and ready to go but it too would have to wait a little longer. Daniel by passed the space between her legs as he kissed his way down her outer thigh. Calla let out a heavy sigh and he smiled. The rose made its way down her calf, over her toes and across the soles of her feet along with his lips and then back up the other side.

“Daniel,” she said in a soft pleading voice. “Please.”

“Please what?” He asked and wiped the drool away from his lips when her legs parted below him. Just a little while ago she was fighting him on this but not now, no, now Kitty wanted to play. So did he just a little longer. Lying on his stomach, Daniel moved between her legs and drew the soft petals of the rose across her outer lips. Callas’ hands reached down for him but he pushed them aside and lay them down by her sides. Watching with the same close eye as before, he settled the center of the rose over that hyper-sensitive clit and applied a gentle amount of pressure as he drew it over her. Callas’ hips jumped and she let out a low moan. His cock twitched with the sound and his mouth salivated and couldn’t wait any longer for a taste of her.

One more thing.

Daniel took the slightly bruised white rose in the palm of his hand, snapped the head off and sprinkled the petals over her. “What are you doing?” She giggled as they cascaded down on to her skin.

“Worshipping my Goddess.”

“I do so like it when you do that.” She purred.

“Yeah, then you’re gonna love this.” The long flat of his tongue moved around on the tender area between her legs. The taste made his tongue tingle and the scent filled his head with desire.

Drawing in a hard breath, Calla’s hips rocked upward to greet his mouth while her hands gripped the blanket below her. His soft moist tongue rolled around on her, one of his hands on her thigh and the other….Calla was suddenly afraid, she opened her eyes and looked down at her Husband. Daniel was looking back at her with love in his eyes but a twinge of the same trepidation in his heart. They were about to find out just how strong their Daughter’s magick was. Calla looked away from him and Daniel said not a word as he ventured his index finger gently inside of her. She felt him smile against her. There was no pain.

Not a scar, not a mar, not a mark. She was hot, wet, tight and perfect inside. In fact, now that he’d slid into her she was getting wetter by the second. Those warm sweet juices fell down on his tongue and covered his chin while they soaked his hand. He didn’t have to do much more than apply a bit of gentle pressure and keep his tongue working around the outside of her, Kitty had been too long without to hold out on him. Above him her breathing was shallow and below him her hips were rocking in time with his thrusts and the walls around him were grabbing him and drawing him in deeper, just as they would with his cock in a few minutes. The soft shallow breaths were accompanied by soft shallow moans and her little fits, still holding on to the blanket, started to pound on the floor. He couldn’t believe it when she started pulling away from him, he still had one hand firmly on her thigh and he didn’t let her get away.

Kitty used the blanket to pull her body up to a sitting position. “Daniel…Danny, please….”

There were tears in her eyes but they weren’t from pain he knew he wasn’t hurting her. So close. Daniel quickened the pace of his hand, Kitty collapsed back against the pillows and let out a little grunt. Then it was over, she couldn’t hold on anymore.

“Danny.” She moaned.

Dat’s Mama Cass.

Those hot sweet juices washed down from her like a soft summer rain while the walls around him pulsed, grabbed, convulsed and then finally relaxed while those little fists pounded on the floor. This time, it was Calla, who lay breathless and shaking on the floor.

“Time to fly.” Daniel whispered as he settled his body over hers. “Ready?”

Calla nodded vigorously. “Please. Yes. Make love with me.”

“Always.” Daniel promised and slid home. Just as in nights past, they were a perfect fit. Snug, tight and made for each other.

Calla pulled him down to her and kissed him even though he hadn’t another sip of Coke and the taste of her was fresh on his tongue. No longer empty and alone, Daniel was hard and full inside of her filling every inch of those empty spaces and chasing away the darkness. Calla climbed higher and higher as her hands raced around on his skin and finally settled on grabbed his firm ass in both hands. She pumped her arms up and down with his thrusts. This was what made living, the day-to-day grind and the Andrew F. Hartley’s of the world all worthwhile, just laying here with him inside of her. It was all she ever wanted and more. Without this Forever was meaningless. “I love you,” she whispered as her lips moved away from his to suckle his neck once more. Callas’ nails sunk into his soft flesh of his ass and her legs pinned his down to her. “Love you,” she murmured again and began nibbling at him.

“I love you,” Daniel whispered back. He was flying with her. Kitty could usually get some much higher than he could but not this time. They were always Connected but now she wasn’t pulling him higher with her. Now they were side by side, passing over treetops and through fluffy white clouds into a bright blue sky and he was flying on his power. Up through the stratosphere and beyond. Being Immortal had its perks and he was going to enjoy the hell out of this one for a very long time. His heart raced until he thought it would explode in his chest and they just kept climbing higher and higher. Two souls encased in two sweaty bodies holding onto each other for all they were worth and flying, filling each others empty spaces as they went.

Lying there by the fire making love with his Wife Daniel realized something. Just as though making love with her was never about achieving the climax but always about the entire act, Life is a journey and not a destination. Make the ride last as long as possible because once its over, well baby, cash in your chips, see ya at the door, it’s over. At least with her he was always sure there was another car coming by any minute, the ride would always start over from the beginning and it would never ever get boring. Over the course of Forever he could fuck a million women or more and never reach this level of ecstasy. This feeling, this energy, this Connection was only between them and it was damn addictive. The more he got of it the more he wanted and the more it grew. Well if this was what being a junkie was like then Daniel was quite content to be her little Strawberry for Eternity.

“Kiss, kiss, kiss.” She moaned with urgency.

No need to ask twice never mind three times. His lips came down over hers and her little fists pushed upward against his thighs. Thinking he might be crushing her, Daniel took his weigh off her and brought his body first to his elbows, Calla didn’t let go. Daniel brought himself up to his hands and knees. Callas’ legs wrapped high and tight around his waist while and arms encased his neck she hung from him while her tongue probed the recesses his throat and her whole body worked its way back and forth below him. Higher and higher still they kept climbing, the fire ignited in his belly and somewhere he was sure his heart did explode. Surely his cock was going to.

“Cum with me, cum with me.” Calla begged and sunk her teeth into his shoulder.

One hand holding them up and the other pressed tightly against her back Daniel thrust harder into her and reached down for another one of those relentless climaxes. He hoped his arm was strong enough to hold them up and he didn’t come crashing down on her. The thick flesh walls enveloping his hard cock heaved and contracted against him, they got wetter and tighter, sucking him deep inside and not wanting to let go. Her teeth gnawing him, he swore he felt tears against his shoulder. The fire hot both in and beside them, he held her closer, thrust harder and found that sweet spot that kept her cumming and wouldn’t let her go so long as he kept stroking it. Kitty was deep in the throes of passion, holding for dear life with her legs and arms and rocking harder and deeper on him. She couldn’t stop, the breath in her lungs became shallower as her body tightened on him.

“Please…Danny.” Her body losing his strength her grip on him loosened and was hard to regain with the sweat between them.

“More. Give me more.” Daniel taunted but knew he couldn’t hold back much longer. Still it didn’t stop her from giving it over to him and he milked her for all he could get.

“Danny,” she moaned again. Her face was turning red she couldn’t breathe anymore there was no air left in her lungs and still she was cumming. Callas’ arms let go but his arm didn’t.

“I love you,” he whispered one last time and the climax they were both waiting for came.

Her legs found a reserve of strength they clamped down around his waist as she took it all inside and let it fill her. “Yes, love you, Beautiful.”

His cock pulsed, throbbing and spewed inside of her and his arm lost its strength. Daniel was able to lower them to the floor instead of crashing down on her. Both of them shaking, spent and covered in rose petals, he rolled her over so that she was on top of him but he was still inside her. Calla lay on top of him, her heart beating against his and panting for breathe as they both started to come down from their very high flight. No words were necessary as they cuddled and grounded by the fire.

After falling into a light doze and enjoying the afterglow for a while she raised her head, looked over at the tray of food, then up at him and said, “I don’t suppose there’s any ice cream?”

“Uh,” he laughed and felt very pleased. “There is, fudge ripple.”

“Let’s raid the fridge.” Calla encouraged and rolled off him.

Daniel was sad to see her go but knew she’d be back. Calla wanted to fuel up for a second round. “Ok.” Naked as jaybirds they made their way down to the kitchen for cups of ice cream. Calla found a can of whipped cream in the refrigerator and it found its way up the stairs with them. She also found a package of chocolate chip cookies which, likewise found their up the stairs to the bedroom.

Laying back to front on the chaise lounge by the fire they indulged in their cups of ice cream. Looking down at her, she looked so happy, radiant, he felt it coming from her, it filled the entire Manor House with its warmth. How did he ever let her go? But, how the hell did he ever get lucky enough to get it back was probably the big question.

“So, um, I take it you have plans for that whipped cream?” Daniel asked with a happy lilt in his voice. He’d been watching her scoop the melted ice cream onto the chocolate chip cookie and eating it.

“Oh yes, I do.” Calla cooed finishing the last of the ice cream in her cup she wiped the cookie crumbs from her lips and put the cup down on the floor.

“Well don’t use all of it,” he said, “I’ve got my own plans for it.”

“Do you now?” With a devilish grin she picked up the can and shook it in her hand. “We might have the same plan in mind.”

“Might we?” He asked with a bit of curiosity and sat up a little straighter when she turned around to him.

“Um-hum.” Calla bit down on her lower lip, pointed the canister downward and covered her nipple with a dollop of whipped cream. “Want to lick it off?”

“You know I do.”

So began the Second Round of the evening, which lead into the Third and then the Fourth. Somewhere past noon of the next day, the ice cream all gone, nothing but cracker crumbs left on the tray, not enough cheese to satisfy a mouse, and the whipped cream empty, they finally called it quits. It was still the wee hours of the morning back in Colorado, Colleen and Lilly wouldn’t be home for hours. Lying by the dying fire spent, exhausted and wrapped up in the blanket and each other’s arms, Daniel looked down at his wife. “It’s a damn good thing I’m Immortal now.”

“Why is that?” She asked.

“Because you’d kill a Mortal man.” His heart was still racing and he was still trying to get his breathing under control as he laid there with her. Every muscle was completely relaxed he probably couldn’t raise enough energy to run out the door if the place were on fire.

“Me?” Calla asked and turned over onto her stomach. She rested her hands on his chest and her hands upon them. “You’re the one who is insatiable.” Kissing the space between his pecs she lay her head down again.

Calla drifted off to sleep and he soon followed her.

End of Chapter Two
Tarnished Heroes: Keep the Fire Burning
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