Betwinx (Paranormal Erotic Romance Novella) (10 page)

Valerie squeezed
Midge’s
arm, indicating
for her to
be quiet.

“
Whatever happens, nothing will be your fault. You are helping us and we appreciate it very much
,”
Travis
said
, then gazed at Midge
.
“
It’s strange that your friend can’t see me. Earlier
I was fully m
anifested in the physical realm. E
veryone could see me
.
I co
uld touch people and feel them.”

“When you were talking to the lady in the ice cream shop?” Valerie asked.

Travis
nodded.

“I wondered about that.”

“
N
ow I
’m not
and only you can see me.
I’m
not sure
,
but this
fading in and out
could be a temporary
situation before you send
us into the light. We’re hoping
that once we’re joined in the bonds of matrimony you will be able to see
both of us.”

“
I hope so too.” Valerie said.

“
Then you’ll meet us at my family’s house before midnight?
”

“I’ll be there. Midge and Philip are coming too.”

“Thank you, Valerie.”
Travis
turned around and walked away.

“Do you think this will work?”
Lorna
asked
.

“It has to. I can’t spend eternity without you.”

Lorna
clung to his large, warm hand. Thoughts of their life before raced through her memory. They’
d been so happy.

“I’m sorry,
Travis
.”

He stopped
walking and faced her. “Why? This isn’t your fault. If anyone is to blame
,
it’s John.”

“
Why can’t we remember all of the details of our lives?
”

Lifting her chi
n,
Travis
pinned her with his gaze. He
tucked a stray tendril of hair behind her ear. “
You’ve got to s
top worrying so much,
Lorna
. Everything happened the way it was supposed to happen. I wish we had lived, but that wasn’t meant to be. I’m not upset with you
, I don’t blame you
. Don’t ever think that.
I love you.”

“
I hate John for what he took away from us
,
”
Lorna
said.

Travis
led her down the sidewalk toward the
House of Terror
.
“
It’s like I told you on the beach.
We’ll have our chance again.
Let’s
agree right now that in our next lifetime, nothing will keep us apart
. We’ll
grow old and feeble together.”

“I want that more than anything.”

Lorna
followed
Travis
inside the old house to
where
their room
,
decorated with Egyptian artifacts
, once stood
.
S
he really didn’t even want to
go through the motions anymore.
If it were up to her, they’d go to the light right now so they could start their next lifetime together.

“What are we going to do until midnight?
The illusion of our room has been shattered.
I want to make love to you and not on
this
rubble
.
”
She couldn’t even imagine
her life without him
, yet she
had known
this day
could
come.
Hoping beyond hope
that they could change their destinies
, she
watched
Travis
examine what was left of the house
.
Her
heart
was full to
bursting with love.
She saw the sadness in his eyes.

“I don’t want t
o leave you
,
Lorna
.
” He stopped in front of her.
“
I want you
as my wife and with me in the next dimension
and every lifetime forever
. I won’t go alone
.”

“
I’ve always
been yours.
That will never change, regardless what happens tonight.”

“
It’
s going to work. I know it will
.”

“I hope you’re right and
we receive a miracle
. Until then, I only want to think about how you make me feel. How your body tantalizes me.
Travis
, please m
ake love to me
again so I’ll remember this day forever. Just in case I don’t get to go with you
.”

“Come here you.”
Travis
lifted her in his arms and carried her into the gardens in the backyard.
At least this area
was still
well maintained
.

“Do you remember our tree?”
he asked.

How could she forget it?
She
’d
given him
her virginity
under that tree. It was t
he place where he’d asked her to
marry him.

“Yes, but it’s probably not there anymore either.”

“Let’s just see.”
He walked toward the center of the five acre property until he reached
an enormous ficus. The
area
underneath was covered in moss that his dad had planted when
they’d
bought the house.
Travis
kissed
Lorna
’s
shoulder as he laid her down on the soft
ground.

Travis
’s
mouth on her flesh
was
hot and moist. Chills shot through her, tweaking her nipples into hard little nubs.
He kissed
the
hollow of her neck
and s
he
tipped her head back to give him better access
as his hand
slid underneath her shirt and trailed across
her abdomen. U
nbutton
ing
the shorts
,
he
dipped his hand inside.
Parting the flesh of her pussy he caressed her clit with his finger and
bent down
to nibble
her nipple through the shirt.

Lorna
ran her fingers through
h
is
hair
.
Q
uivering sensations
fluttered
through her stomach.
She closed her eyes
,
lost in the
touch of his lips and tongue
. Heat coiled between her legs.

Travis
lifted her shirt and laid
his
cheek
against her
bare
stomach.
“
I
f only
we
could sta
y like this
.
”

T
onight
they would be split
apart for all eternity if their plan didn’t work and no one acknowledged her
. The pain and loss of never touching him again
broke
her heart
in two
. Leaving him tonight would be the most difficult thing she’d ever done
in life or in death
. If only there was some way to stop time, to prevent the inevitable from happening.

Reaching down she cradled his head as a tear slipped
down her cheek
.
A sob ripped from her
throat
.

“
Don’t worry,
Lorna
.
”
Travis
looked at her.
“
Getting
married will work. It has to.”

The
love shining
in his eyes reflected
her
own
feelings
. Not trusting her voice, she kissed his lips and then hugged him in a fierce embrace. Her heart was breaking and there wasn’t a damn thing she could do about it.
Unless a miracle ha
ppened, tonight she’d lose him
.

“I want you to feel
what I’m feeling
,
Lorna
. I want you to understand just how much you mean to me.” H
is finger
traced a line along her shoulder blade and
he leaned over to
nibble her ear.

“Make love to me,” she whispered.

He pulled away from the embrace and gazed
down
at her for a moment before
capturing her lips. She moaned
as he slid his tongue around hers
, the warmth of his mouth
ignited flames
low in her abdomen
.
She was desperate to hold onto him and never let him go.
I
f she lost him
, she’d lose the biggest part of herself
. That pain would be too much to bear.
F
or now,
in this moment,
he
belonged to her
.

Lorna
unbuttoned his jeans with one hand and slipped her fingers
inside to touch the crown of his cock. He was hard and ready for her. She lowered the zipper so her ha
n
d would
slip
inside
the tight material. Grasping the silky length of him, she stroked, feeling
him
throb
beneath
her touch.
He wrapped his arm around her and
pressed his lips hard against hers.

She opened her mouth
, inviting him inside.
Heat flushed over h
er body, rushing to her pussy as a burning d
esire crowded out her worries. There was only
Travis
. This moment would be imprinted in her mind and heart forever.

She angrily
warred within herself.
She
c
ouldn’t
give him up
. Her heart surged with sadness. Who was she kidding?
There was a very good possibility that she’d lose the love of her life tonight.
She pushed the negative emotions aside and allowed herself to sink deeper into the
sensation
s cascading over her with the urgency of his kiss.

Travis
tugged her
arms above her head and pressed into the
length of h
er
body
,
g
rinding
his cock
against her mound. The small crotch of
her
shorts slid between her pussy lips and rubbed against her clit.
The friction of his thrusting sent her
pulse
racing
.

“
I’m
burning
,
Travis
. So hot…
” she
panted.
She
grabbed
the hem of his shirt
and
jerked
it
over his head
.

Lorna
brushed against him, letting
her nipples lightly
rub
his chest.
Her breasts tingled with each touch and se
nt hot
s
parks
to her pussy.
She was rewarded with a deep groan as he cupped her breast
s, massaging them in his hands.
He
held
them together, tweaking the nipples between his thumbs and forefingers.

“I want you to
take
me slow
ly
this time. I want to remember each second of your body touching mine.”
Lorna
rubbed against
him.