Read Awakened (A Fairy Tales Novel) Online
Authors: Melanie Walker
She wrapped her arms around his neck and fell completely into his stare. "Come baby, come with me..." she whispered.
"
Ahhh
...
God
Bri
...." He cried and felt her pulse and tighten around him, releasing himself in the very depth of her.
She fell limp against his chest as he released inside of her, marking her in every way, mind body and soul. He rubbed a smooth hand up and down her back listening to her heart pound, feeling it against his chest before he lifted her from his lap and laid her back against the floor, though separated physically he followed and stayed above her, resting on his elbows as he kissed feather light against her jaw, to behind her ear then along her neck.
Bri ran her hands along his spine, in no hurry for him to move, loving the feel of him above her, having missed it for so long the last several months. She tilted her head to the side, again submitting to the monster inside of him, letting him know she was his in the most basic way possible.
Fangs accepted the offer and struck her neck, drinking her in not because of substance but because of something entirely primal inside of him, needing to own a piece of her. Bri moaned at the bite feeling him suck from her, sustain from her made her feel more important than anything ever could have.
Wanting nothing more in that instant, than to be offered his vein again in return, to establish and strengthen the claim that was barely there to ensure once and for all that she could and would live happily ever after.
*
Fangs watched as Bri slept curled into his side. She had never been as open to him as she was last night, and though initially she pleaded for a second chance, and he was just as desperate to give it, they had still needed to sort a lot of shit out, and spent the majority of the night doing that.
They had fought and yelled and then come together desperate again to see their love through, making love and then fighting again. It was the greatest night of his long life though, because it ended, literally as the sun came up with a promise from Bri that he couldn’t refuse.
She had finally realized that she was and would always be his, that more importantly he was hers and had been since that first meeting so many nights and days ago. Solidifying her promise of forever with a request that he couldn’t deny his Princess, knowing that it was what he wanted too.
He watched her sleep and smiled. She was in that moment everything that was in a name. Sleeping Beauty. She was naked and flushed, her skin pink from all the touching between the two over the night. Her neck had a love bite, two small holes that were healing as he watched her. Her sheets were tangled around her waist and her breasts were exposed and red from his many kisses. She was breathtaking, strikingly perfect.
What made him tremble most was the scars that marred her cheek, the marks that left her broken for so many years were now on display proving to him that she was no longer hiding, from him or anyone. She was free for the first time in her long life and the fact she was still asking to be his humbled him...made a dead man long for life just so he could see her hair in the sunlight.
He ran his fingers along her spine and couldn’t help but place a kiss in the small of her back, in awe at the wealth of love between them. She was now Peaceful Beauty. She sighed and stretched a smile along her lips before rolling to curl into him, her eyes bright, the lavender shade so unique and beautiful as she looked at him.
"You should be sleeping." She said and ran her fingers along his arm until their hands laced together.
He smiled. "Your too distracting, lying here naked and warm." He had taken her so many times throughout the night that he found it remarkable he wanted her again.
She scooted as close as she could before draping her bare flesh over his chest and resting her head in the crook of his neck, her thigh curled over his legs. "Naked and warm and no plans to leave." She said and placed a kiss just below his ear making him growl and roll her to her back, pinned beneath him.
"Trust me, the thought crossed my mind." He dipped his head and kissed her softly on the lips and cupped a breast in his palm unable to help himself. A beautiful naked woman in bed made a man one lucky guy, Fangs wasn’t one to waste his luck.
"Fangs, I promised you, I’m here forever." Her voice held a level of hurt, having spent the majority of the night saying that same thing over and over again. He hated that he made her say it again.
"I know..."
"But..."
"But..." He said and nibbled on her ear. "But I can’t help but wait and see... keep myself on the fence... Until tonight that is..." He smiled then as he said it knowing exactly what tonight would bring.
"So what you’re saying is I have a lot to atone for until tonight?" She was smiling now and tracing her fingers in streaks down his back making him hard and needy.
"Yep." He rolled to his back and tucked his hands behind his head, smiling fiercely at her. "Better get to it Princess..."
She did... a few times.
*
Fangs and
Bri made it to Winters early on in the day, having locked Fangs in the trunk of her Audi with no other options to lock the daylight out. She felt bad about it, but still laughed when she closed the trunk; his curses still loud and clear from the driver’s seat of the car. He made her promise that she never breathes a word of his hiding in a trunk to anyone.
She couldn’t help it that Winter and Ashess were waiting out front when they arrived twenty minutes later. "Really Bri kidnapping...?" Ash laughed. "I’m sure he would have forgiven you in time."
"Ha.Ha.Ha. Cinderella." Fangs said when he gracefully rose from the trunk of the car like it had been a peaceful ride. He looked around the house as they entered before looking back at Bri. "Where is she?"
She being Belle, Fangs had been anxious to see her in the flesh after mourning her death with the rest of them.
"Did Bri explain the rules?" Winter asked keeping her voice low so she must have been close.
Fangs nodded then...smiled when the beauty in question entered the room. "Well hell." He said taking a few steps toward her and pulling her into a hug. "If I was alive I swear the sight of you would have stopped my heart."
"Jesus you guys are too emotional over this. I wasn’t dead for hells sakes."
Fangs looked at Bri that spoke volumes and just how off Belle really was.
"Well good to see your spirit is still in check." He patted her on the shoulder knowing all too well that Belle, of all of them was least likely to enjoy being fawned over.
"So what’s this big news break in the Bri and Fangs world?"
"Well..." Bri said and looked around. "Where’s Erych?" She had assumed from the instant Belle got home Beast would have been present at all times.
"Outside..." Winter said. "Working out...shirtless."
The smile on her face spoke volumes. Beast was in fact trying to catch Belles attention and in the process acting a little peculiar to the Beast they all knew and loved.
Bri glanced out the window and smiled. Beast was shirtless and in a pair of workout shorts and sneakers. His bronzed skin only enhanced the defined muscle and size of the man who was a Beast. His long hair was pulled back and he sat lifting weights in full view of Belle.
Dirty old dog!
"Well, it’s a lovely picture." She said and smiled when Fangs nudged her growling.
"Very lovely." Ash agreed.
"He looks...warm." Winter said not hiding the fact from anyone that Beast was a hell of a fine specimen.
"You guys are pigs." Belle said, not bothering to enlighten the group on whether or not she found the sight of him, sweaty and ripped appealing.
"You’re blind." Ash said and went to the door to yell for Beast that
Bri and Fangs were there. Winter had made special arrangements a year ago to have UV protectors put on the windows so Fangs enjoyed the rays as they came through the protected glass, rolling a strand of Bri's hair between his fingers, smiling like a child on Christmas. Bri looked at him and smiled no idea that it was such a special moment for him.
Beast came in with a towel around his neck and walked through the room kissing Winter then Ash then Bri on the cheeks before stopping at Belle. "Belle..." He said his voice low and kind. He leaned in and kissed her softly, with tenderness along her cheek before pulling back and winking at her. Bri could see a slight blush in her cheeks, a blush that Belle was absolutely pissed about.
Based on her reaction though, Bri had a feeling that Beast just might pull this whole thing off... he just...affected her.
"So what’s the big announcement?" Beast asked walking away from Belle and taking a seat at a barstool in the kitchen. Bri smiled because he was so playing hard to get, totally upping his chances.
"I spent the night with Fangs last night, going over all the wrongs in our relationship...and then the rights and realized finally after hours of...discussing...that I have absolutely been a fool and need to atone myself, prove myself and my love for him." Never mind that discussing meant making love and atoning meant...making love.
"That’s a little harsh." Belle said, like always taking the defensive when any of the girls were before a firing squad. She looked at Fangs. "You can’t honestly tell me you put her up to this public apology?"
He smiled, igniting her anger. "What the hell Bri?"
Bri laughed. "I don’t mind atoning myself Belle... I look forward to it."
"I don’t think prove was a good choice of word Bri." Fangs said and chuckled. The girls and Beast looking at them like they were insane.
"Your right, prove is the wrong word. How about, I need to show my love for him in the best way possible?"
"If you two do it right here I swear I'll leave." Ash said referring to them getting down and dirty for the world to see.
"No, but we are getting married tonight in the 'Enchanted Forrest'."
Ashess, Belle and Beast all stood still as statues in shock... Winter however was suddenly jumping up and down squealing in delight. It was the first time in months that Bri had seen her happy. "Oh my God you guys I’m so happy for you."
"I’m confused." Ash said.