His Lady of the Night, Chapter 11 of a free rah romance read

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His Lady of the Night

Chapter Eleven

To not overwhelm Olivia with the extent of his abilities, Jake summoned a cab and had it waiting for them when they left her apartment.

He noticed that she had only two suitcases and commented on it. "You didn't pack much, love."

"There wasn't much to pack. Just my clothes, pictures and other personal things I want to keep. The apartment's furnished so I don't have to worry about storage," Olivia replied a little sadly.

As the cab left the curb, Jake pulled her in his arms, held her close and whispered softly, mind to mind. "I'm sorry everything in your life has changed. I wish I had listened to Connor and not turned you," guilt in his every word came through loud and clear.

A shadow in his mind, Olivia turned to him, "Don't do this to yourself Jake," she admonished then kissed him softly. "What's done is done. I've accepted what I now am and so must you," she said softly. "In fact," she teased, "Now that I think about it, I'm going to enjoy living forever. Seeing how human kind will evolve in a hundred years from now. Doing things I never thought possible, learning new things… "

Jake's guilt slowly vanished. His arms tightened around her in silent thanks for accepting her new life and stayed that way until the cab came to the edge of the city. The car stopped, Jake helped Olivia out of the cab, paid the cabbie and grabbed the suitcases.

Olivia looked around and saw nothing but trees, trees and more trees. "Where are we?" she asked. "I thought you said you were taking me to your house, but I don't see any around here."

"You can't see the house from here, its hidden among the trees," replied Jake. "Come on, it's not far," he walked off only to disappeared behind a huge Elm.

Olivia stared after him for a few seconds then realized he wasn't going to wait for her and scrambled after him, calling, "Hey! Wait for me!"

Jake slowed down letting Olivia to catch up. Smiling roguishly, he crooked his arm in invitation. After threading her hand through it, they resumed walking. Side by side they walked until they had cleared the woods, then Olivia gasped in wonder, "Ohhh Jake. It's…it's so beautiful," when she spotted the house.

The three-story house complete with awnings and a porch that wrapped all the way around it, stood like a sentinel atop the hill. It was surrounded by a profusion of night blooming flowers such as Moonflowers, White Angel's Trumpets and Pink Evening Primroses'; one would think they had entered a magical place. "I call it my Moon Garden," Jake whispered softly, pleased by Olivia's obvious delight in what she saw. He'd been right to add the flowers he thought to himself.

Olivia was stunned; she had caught Jake's thought and was moved by it. His simple gesture brought forth a wealth of emotion from her, tears slipped down her face as she turned to him and threw her arms about this man she loved with all her heart and held on to him.

Surprised, Jake quickly dropped the suitcases and wrapped his arms around her. He could feel her tears soaking his shirt and for the life of him couldn't figure out why she was crying. Not knowing what else to do, he gently picked her up and walked to one of the many stone benches that were part the garden where he sat down and simply held her until her sobs dwindled away.

Jake moved her from his lap to the bench and went down on one knee in front of her. He produced a linen handkerchief and mopped up her tears. "Now, tell me what's made you cry love," he asked softly, concern evident in his voice and eyes.

Olivia gave him a wobbly smile, "Oh, Jake, that is the sweetest thing anyone has EVER done for me. The garden, the flowers, it's…it's just so…so…" She didn't have the words to express it, but there was no need for Jake already knew, he was in her mind and had read her thoughts. She laughed and threw her arms around him and kissed him soundly on the cheek. Then pushed away, "Come on. It's time you showed me this amazing house," she said and left him standing there as she walked up the hill. Jake quickly grabbed the suitcases and followed her, his thoughts and eyes on her cute bottom, which swished back and forth.

"Get your mind out the gutter. Men and their lascivious thoughts, sheesh," Olivia teased as she reached the front door. Jake grinned wolfishly and with preternatural speed was by her side in seconds.

He opened the door for her and asked formally, "Do you enter my home of your own free will."

Feeling the importance of the question, Olivia answered the only way she could think of; she lifted her arms and encircled his neck. Then with all the passion and fire she possessed, she kissed him. Dropping the suitcases, Jake responded with equal passion and fire, he had heard the quiet "yes" in his mind. Sweeping Olivia into his arms he carried her across the threshold of his home, kicking the door close, leaving the suitcases where they fell... a silent witness to her consent.

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In his underground chamber, Drake roared his displeasure at Julius who sat in one of the Victorian winged backed chairs his Master had acquired many centuries ago.

"How could you have been so stupid as to give such an important a task to idiots like those two non-ghouls, Julius? You're a completely incompetent vampire. To think I made you my right hand," Drake exclaimed and picked Julius up by his coat and threw against the far wall. "Now Jake has her, they have exchanged blood and mated. You could've taken over for me down here when I went above!" raged Drake as he paced to his crystal ball. "Damn you! I can no longer even see them." Drake picked up the crystal ball and threw it at Julius. The vampire ducked just as the ball hit the wall and shattered. "Now, we'll never get her!"

Julius smiled arrogantly because he knew with what was in his pocket he could find the woman anywhere she was hiding. He intended to do just that and said as much to Drake, "I know how and where to find her Master," he said as he got up off the floor and dusted himself off. "I can get to her anytime we want."

Drake ceased his ranting and turned to him. "What did you say?"

"Before she escaped, she cut herself on this shard of glass," Julius replied and produced the piece of glass for Drake's inspection. Julius had already imprinted the smell of her blood in his mind so he no longer needed the shard and was quite willing to let Drake have it.

Drake quickly snatched the piece of glass from Julius's hand and dropped into an old druid divination bowl half-full of holy water. The water turned dark red and instantly an image formed of a three-story house surrounded by night flowers. He couldn't see inside given that Jake had his safeguards in place but he knew where to find them now. Drake's anger abetted and he smiled with malicious intent.

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