by Renee Larsen
Nicholas turned toward her voice and gasped. “You’re the most beautiful creature I have ever seen. Look at you.” He approached her slowly not taking his eyes off of her. “I knew it was beautiful, but it’s beyond beautiful on you.”
Danielle stepped towards him. “How does that mask feel? Is it flexible?”
Nicholas smiled. “Not bad…” Danielle pressed against him brushing her lips to his. His arms encircled her as her lips hungrily pressed his, her tongue stroking his.
Nicholas heard the announcer on the stage and released Danielle. “You need to get in place. The curtain will go up in just a couple of minutes” he said breathlessly.
Danielle touched his cheek gently. “Thank you, I’ve never felt so pretty,” she said as she opened the door. She was amazed as she took her place on stage and looked around the stage. “Oh Nicholas, you have done your homework…” she mumbled.
Half of the stage was Christine’s dressing room the other half was the phantoms lair complete with the ornate candelabras and piano. The music began, Nicholas played the phantom perfectly. He couldn’t wait until he led his Christine to his lair. Soon he was singing “Music of the Night” holding Danielle against him, running his hand up her stomach, over her breasts to her neck. Danielle leaned heavily against him feeling his erection against her back. She felt his breath at her neck as he sang.
From the back of the theater someone yelled. “Bite her Nicky. Suck her dry, you know you want to.” Gerry sprang to his feet and towards the voice of his daughter. Suddenly the theater was full of hissing vampires screaming at Nicholas to bite her. He took Danielle’s hand pulling her off the stage.
Emily and Derek were on stage before Nicholas had Danielle in the wings. “Quiet all of you.” Derek yelled. He looked at Emily. “Take Merrek and Claire and go to Nicholas.”
Emily nodded and walked off stage silently calling to Merrek and Claire to follow her.
The hissing grew louder then came the growling. Colin joined Derek along with Nick, Tanya, Eve and Frank.
Emily returned to Derek’s side. “Elizabeth, you and your friends have done your damage, now get out. My husband might not mess with you, but I will. You are no longer welcome in this family. Now leave.” Emily said calmly.
Elizabeth hissed. “Just like it’s always been. Auntie Emily has the balls, and Uncle Derek is the pussy.”
Derek was in her face, his hand around her neck lifting her off the floor effortlessly. “You little bitch. I’ve had enough of your shit. You leave, you’ll live, you don’t, and you’ll die. I’d think nothing of cutting your head off.”
Elizabeth’s’ eyes found Gerry. “Dad” she whined.
Gerry turned away from her. “You’re not one of us. Something went wrong with you. You don’t belong with us…Leave or he will kill you. I won’t stop him. You’re a disgrace.” Gerry walked towards the front of the auditorium.
Nicholas left Danielle with Claire and Merrek and joined his father. He looked at Elizabeth as she dangled in the air by the throat. “Elizabeth, leave, you’ve succeeded in ruining my life. At this moment I’d have no trouble killing you myself, if my father won’t.
***
Danielle sat in the dressing room looking at Claire and Merrek not knowing what had just happened. Claire sat next to her. “Claire, what did she mean? What did they all mean?”
Claire smiled. “Danielle, Elizabeth has been a challenge since she was a child. She likes to cause trouble especially for Nicholas. She says things that really have no meaning except to her.
Danielle tried to absorb what Claire was saying. “Claire, several of them screamed at him to bite me.”
Claire laughed. “Elizabeth has a thing about Vampires, she thinks she is one. She hangs out with people that believe they are vampires.”
***
Derek let Elizabeth go. “Now go. You are no longer welcome.”
Elizabeth looked at Nicholas. “I’m not through with you.” She threatened as she disappeared. Everyone else had been ushered out of the theater with the exception of the family.
Nicholas dropped into a seat and looked at his father. “How do I explain this?”
Derek sat next to him. “Claire is telling Danielle that Elizabeth has issues and is delusional. You need to go in there and act perfectly normal. Act upset about what happened here tonight. Until you are ready to tell her, deny it.”
Emily took Nicholas’s hands. “Go.”
Nicholas stood up. “Stay close, I may need you.”
Nicholas walked to the dressing room and opened the door. He looked at Claire and Merrek, “Thanks for staying with her until I got back. You can go. Derek and Emily are waiting for you.” Claire quickly and silently repeated what she had told Danielle as she and Merrek walked from the room. Nicholas closed the door.
“Danielle, I’m so sorry that self centered, delusional bitch showed up here tonight. She hangs with a bad crowd. They are constantly causing a commotion where ever they go. She’s jealous of me and has been trying to ruin what I’ve worked so hard for.”
Danielle stood up and went into his arms resting her head against his chest. “She ruined your special night.”
Nicholas breathed in her scent as he held her and sighed. “Let’s go upstairs.” He released her taking her hand. He sent a silent message to his family thanking them and letting them know that he thought that Danielle had accepted their explanation.
They had to walk onto the stage to exit the dressing area. Danielle pulled Nicholas to a stop looking at him. “You bought this beautiful lingerie; you went through all the trouble of creating this magnificent illusion on stage. We’re alone, play the music and sing to me.”
Nicholas squeezed her hand. “I’ll be right back; I have to get the CD player behind the back wall.” He released her hand and walked into the wings and behind the stage returning a few minutes later with the CD player. He found the track he wanted and pressed play.
Nicholas took her hand as Music of the Night began he sang to her, held her and caressed her. Again Danielle felt his erection growing against her back as he ran his hand up her body. He loosened his hold on her.
Danielle turned in his arms. “Kiss me… make love to me.” She said as she stood on her toes her lips seeking his.
Nicholas ran his hands up her arms and pushed the lacy dressing gown off her shoulders and down her arms until it floated to the floor. He looked at her, admiring her body covered in the satin and filmy lace. “You look so luscious” he said as he ran his hands up her body to the top hooks of her bustier. One hook at a time he slowly opened the bustier. With each hook he unfastened he saw more of her flesh covered with the sheer camisole with delicate lace inserts. Nicholas un-fastened the final hook and the bustier fell to the floor. He looked at her moaning her name. Her breasts were visible through the sheer covering of the chemise, the slip hung low on her hips below her navel. He pulled her against him and lifted her easily into his arms cradling her against him. Taking long strides he carried her off the stage and up the isle to the lobby stopping to kiss her. They disappeared through the curtain.
Nicholas took the stairs two at a time feeling Danielle’s fingers unbuttoning his vest, his shirt. She untied his cravat dropping it on the stairs. He felt her lips caressing his chest, her tongue circling his nipple. He leaned against the wall on the first landing his lips crushing down on hers, he ran his tongue along her lips. Her lips parted welcoming his tongue as it caressed hers. He was climbing the steps again. She shifted slightly in his arms pressing her breasts against his naked chest as she wrapped her arms around his neck tracing kisses to his ear. She slowly drew his earlobe into her mouth. “Nicholas, I want you so badly.” She said softly as she ran her tongue along the curves of his ear.
Nicholas set her on her feet on the second landing pushing her against the wall. He held her with one arm pressing his hips against hers as he lowered his head to her breast; his mouth covered her nipple sucking it gently through her chemise. Da
nielle arched her back pushing her breasts closer to him. He ran his free hand up her leg slowly caressing her inner thigh with his thumb. Nicholas slipped his hand into her panties covering the soft downy patch of hair leading to her sex. Danielle moaned as his fingers touched her. “Danielle, push your panties down,” he moaned as he drew her other nipple into his warm mouth. The warm wetness of his mouth as he sucked on her breast through the slippery fabric of her chemise felt so good, so arousing.
Danielle reached down pushing her panties from her hips. “Nicholas” She moaned breathlessly as his fingers touched her, thrilled her.
His kisses moved down her body as he sank to his knees in front of her reaching under the slip grasping her panties pulling them down her legs. She lifted her foot as he slipped her panties off. Again his hands moved up her thighs. As he slowly removed first one, then the other stocking he ran his tongue along the junction of her thighs. He stood up covering her mouth with his; scooping her up into his arms.
Nicholas opened the door to the apartment. Once inside he locked the door and carried her into the bedroom kicking the door closed with his foot. He laid her on the bed as his tongue parted her lips. Danielle reached up pushing his jacket from his shoulders helping him take it off. Nicholas stood up taking in the sight of her as he removed his vest and shirt. He reached down unzipping his boots his eyes locked on hers. Danielle sat up and unzipped his pants as he took off his boots and socks.
He leaned down kissing her, untying the ribbons that held the chemise closed. He lay across the bed next to her whispering, “The smell of your perfume, the floral fragrance of your hair, the scent of your arousal is making me so hot for you.” He pushed her chemise open and covered her breast with his hand as his tongue stroked hers. He kneaded gently then leaned over sucking her nipple into his mouth as his hand again covered the downy patch of hair. Nicholas pulled her against him; his hand still fondling her. He moved his leg between hers as his fingers touched her, excited her. Her lips eagerly found his as his finger moved inside her.
Nicholas suckled her breasts and slowly worked his way down her body. He ran his tongue along the junction of her thighs slipping it between her legs as he nudged them apart. His tongue touched the core of her evoking moans and whimpers from her as she trembled to his caress. He reached pushing his pants down as he continued tasting the sweetness of her arousal. He pushed her legs further apart as she writhed to his tongues pleasures.
Nicholas slowly inserted his penis feeling her body arch to meet him. Kissing her he moved with her. With each thrust, with each hungry kiss they became more alive and more in tune with each others bodies.
Nicholas held her as he rolled off her rolling them onto their sides. He smiled at her brushing the damp hair from her off her forehead; kissing her gently as she clung to him.
Nicholas heard Killer scratching at the door. “Danielle, I have to let him in. Climb under the covers, I’ll be right back.” He said softly kissing her forehead. Nicholas sat up and got out of bed. He pulled the covers free watching her crawl up the bed and under the blankets. He walked to the door opening it. Killer ran in and jumped on the bed lying next to Danielle licking her face happily. Nicholas walked to the side of the bed. “Killer, floor” he said sternly. Killer looked back at him showing all his teeth and returned his attention to Danielle. Nicholas chuckled. “Danielle, tell him to get on the floor. Maybe he’ll listen to you.”
Danielle hugged the big gray wolf. “Killer, get on the floor.” The wolf licked her cheek and jumped on the floor.
Nicholas mumbled, “Go figure” as he stretched out beside Danielle pulling her back into his arms.
“Nicholas,” she said softly and then felt his lips on the back of her neck.
“Danielle?” he whispered against her ear.
Danielle rolled over facing him. “You’ve done something to me. I’m twenty five years old and I’m ashamed to admit I’ve only had two orgasms in my life, both of them with you.”
Nicholas smiled and kissed her forehead “I guess it’s good that I’m a perfectionist.”
Danielle pressed her body against his. “Give me another, touch me”
Nicholas slipped his leg between hers. “How many do you want?” he whispered sucking lightly on her ear lobe.
***
Danielle stretched and looked at Nicholas smiling. He was asleep his head resting on her breasts. She ran her fingers lightly through his thick black wavy hair and whispered, “Nicholas Burnes you’ve flipped my switch.”
Nicholas smiled against her “Danielle Robbins, you’ve flipped mine too.” He said as he kissed the swell of her breast. He turned looking up at her then sat up and leaned over her sucking on her lower lip. “We have to figure out how to get Killer and Rusty together, I want you to move in here,” he said kissing her slowly. “I want to hold you when I sleep” he said running his tongue along the curve of her ear.
Danielle pulled his face to hers and kissed him. “Nicholas, I think we need to slow down. I can’t move in here with you. Not yet.”
Nicholas frowned. “Why?”
Danielle kissed him “I think I want this, I just think we both need to be sure.”
Nicholas sat up pulling her onto his lap. “I am sure. If you need time, then you can take all the time you need. I’m dead sure. I want you; I want you to be the mother of my child, my lover, my friend, my partner.” He threaded his fingers through her hair and kissing her deeply. “I’ll wait; I love you, love you face, body, voice. I love your smell, your taste, your gentleness.” He kissed her again. “Danielle, I come from a long, very long line of monogamous men; men that when they fall, they fall quickly. I’ve fallen for you my red haired beauty. Now I’ll leave you alone. There is a key to the theater and apartment on the coffee table for you. Come and go as you please.” He lifted her off his lap, set her on the bed and stood up. “I’m going to take a shower, get dressed and go to see my parents. I’ll be back later.” He walked into the bathroom and turned the shower on.
Danielle stood up and walked into the bathroom stepping into the shower behind Nicholas. She wrapped her arms around his waist as she kissed his back. “Nicholas, you’re not mad are you?” she asked.
He turned pulling her wet naked body against his. “Danielle, I understand. I’m not mad. Take your time. We have all the time in the world. I’ll wait until you want me as much I want you.”
***
Nicholas materialized in the field in upstate NY. Mishka ran to him nudging his back. Nicholas turned hugging the large black wolf. “I blew it Mishka. I spilled the beans and she’s probably thinking I’m a fool.” Mishka licked his cheek. “Mish, what do I do now? How do I tell my parents that my heartless body aches for her” Snow nudged him, along with Phantom and Shadow. He sat in the middle of them hugging them.
***
Emily paced the floor impatiently waiting for Derek to wake up. Finally she couldn’t wait any longer. She sat on the bed and shook him. “Wake up oh quirky one, your son needs you.” She shook him again “Derek wake up, Nicholas is in trouble.”
Derek’s eyes shot open and he sat up. “What’s wrong with Nicholas?”
Emily frowned. “Derek, I can’t go to him, he needs his father. It would embarrass him if I showed. He’s outside surrounded by the wolves. He’s in pain. Derek, please go talk him, it’s killing me. He’s been out there for hours.”
Derek disappeared and materialized in the field a few feet from his son. He watched as his son held fast to his childhood playmates. “Nicholas” Derek said as he approached. Mishka looked up and moved allowing Derek to enter the tight circle the wolves had formed around Nicholas. Derek knelt beside him. “Son, what happened?” he asked as he pulled Nicholas off of Snow and took him in his arms.
Nicholas looked up at his father. “Dad, how can I feel like my heart is breaking, no heart beats in my chest.”
“Nick, what happened?” Derek asked.
Nicholas held onto his father. “I blew it, I fell
for her, I planted my seed deep inside her. I told her I loved her.”
Derek rubbed his back. “And?”
Nicholas looked up at his father. “She said she wasn’t ready. She needed time.”
Derek smiled knowingly. “Son, your mother said the same words to me. As much as you’re my son, you’ve got that soft loving side from your mother. Calm yourself. Let’s go talk to your mom. Maybe she can explain female thinking to you. She’s frantic back at the house. Nicky your mother has always felt your pain; she’s in pain if you are. She’s been pacing since you arrived at dusk.” Nicholas looked at his father.
“Elizabeth is right. I’m a pussy. Here I am sitting in a field crying on my fathers shoulder over being rejected.”