The Darkness Comes (closed)

[heartofcourage]

"Where? Where will we go?" Rosie asked him, trembling violently as he kissed her forehead and talked about people coming soon. "I don't know where to go. Where will we go?"

She barely felt him lifting her up into his arms. Everything was a blur around her as he took off at a run, sprinting away from the scene and leaving the horror behind. She clung to his coat even though he kept her safe. She still felt as if she might fall at any moment as the wind whipped her hair out of the pins that she had so carefully placed just hours earlier.

"I'm going to be ill." She murmured helplessly as her stomach rolled painfully. "Edward, stop and let me down."

She was begging him as he suddenly stopped and she stumbled from his arms to retch into the damp grass beneath her. Her stomach heaved, bringing up bile and the remains of the meal she had eaten before she left to join Edward for a night out on the town.

 

[The_reluctant_wordsmith]

He ran, the buildings a blur as he reached the edge of the park, she begged him to stop and came to a screeching halt. She heaved into the grass and he held her hair back as he kept his eyes searching around. Once she had finished he offered her his handkerchief gently pulling her up.

“When need to get somewhere safe, my home is a lot safer than yours as I doubt he will know where it is, if he’s been killing prostitutes he may have some knowledge on the local houses, including yours”

He kissed her, his only thought to try and break through the shock her body was going through.

“We can get there faster if I carry you, please Rose, I know we can get through this, once you're safe I can help calm you down”

Her wellbeing was foremost in his mind at this moment, everything else needed to wait till she was safe.

 

[heartofcourage]

"You're home?" Rosie asked in a miserable voice as he held her hair back for her and wiped her face with a handkerchief. "But you live in a tomb."

She hadn't meant to say it like that. She wasn't in her right mind but she understood that he was wanting to take her home where she could be safely hidden away. It made her feel incredibly afraid that the man who had committed that horrible act might know who she was. Slowly, she nodded as he picked her up again, holding her against his chest as he started to move once more.

"I'm scared." Rosie whispered against his chest, trembling as she admitted that to him.

 

[The_reluctant_wordsmith]

He had to smile as she inquired about his place of residence, he picked her up and starting to pick up speed, his cloak billowing behind him. She whispered that she was scared, he could hear her heart drumming as she struggled to calm herself. He held her tighter.

“While it is true that I sleep in a tomb I do miss the trappings of human life, the tomb is beneath my home. I had the tomb built centuries ago, the house has changed as time has changed.”

He turned a few corners travelling at a blinding pace before abruptly stopping in front of a large door at the top of a small flight of steps. He went up the stairs and stopped to let her down, he took from his pocket a chain with a key connected at the end, inserting it into a lock.

He opened the door and led her into hallway that opened into a sitting room with two couches facing an empty fireplace that looked like it had never been lit. He guided her to the couch so she could sit down then sat next to her holding her close.

 

[heartofcourage]

Rosie's knees were shaking as he placed her on her feet, showing her the inside of his home for the very first time. She wished that it had been happier circumstances, but this moment he felt as if she needed to be there. She didn't say anything as he guided her into a sitting room and had her sit. Once she was in his arms, she burrowed against his chest and let herself slowly relax.

"Did she suffer?" Rosie asked in a trembling voice as Edward sought to alleviate her fear and terror. "I didn't hear anything but a scuffle."

 

[The_reluctant_wordsmith]

He held her as she laid across his legs his head buried in his chest. his hand stroked through her hair, he kissed her forehead as she shivered and asked if the girl had suffered and that she had heard nothing but a scuffle. He sensed she was trying to get the incident out of her system.

“She suffered only for a moment” he said, remembering the killer’s methods from the previous night “It seems like she wouldn't have heard anything so wasn't able to fight back, whoever he is he prides himself in silent”

He cursed under his breath, as kind as he was he could often be blunt when relaying information.

“You’re safe now my red rose.”

 

[heartofcourage]

"What if he knows me?" Rosie asked as he cradled her close, his hands tracing through her hair in a comforting manner. "Oh, Edward...what if he comes for me?"

She knew that her profession was a dangerous one. There were women who had been horribly mistreated by men who had purchased their services. She was lucky that nothing like that had ever happened to her. Still, it felt like her luck was quickly running out.

"I sound like a children crying about the monster under my bed." She said softly, lifting her head to look at Edward. "I'm a grown woman. I should be brave."

 

[The_reluctant_wordsmith]

...."Oh, Edward...what if he comes for me?"
He held her fiercely, he refused to entertain the fact that she would die, he would not let her, as long a he lived. He would not let her be ripped away after he had confessed to her how he really felt about him. She lifted her head and spoke about her embarrassment at being so beside herself. His hand stroked her cheek.

“You have been courageous beyond compare my love, more than you know. The only monster you need to worry about in your bed is me”

He kissed her, deeply and lovingly, then picked her up and carried her to a door at one end of the sitting room. He opened it into a bedroom. While there was a slight amount of dust here and there bed was relatively clean and looked like it had been lain in recently, drawers sat next to each side of the bed with lamps on the wall above.

A large chest of drawers stood on one wall. The bed itself was huge and at each corner a square wooden pillar went from the floor to the ceiling. It was dark and he laid her on the bed before lighting one of the lamps, the flame spluttering into life. He turned and laid on the bed next to Rosie.

“I don’t know if he knows you, I saw him for a moment, he ran past me while I was waiting for you.” His brow furrowed as he thought “It seems very unlikely he would know you, however he did seem familiar to me, something about the way he walked”

He stroked her hair and kissed her head as he thought, glad to finally have her out of danger and in his arms.

 

[heartofcourage]

Rosie melted as he kissed her but she was struck by how tender he was as he reassured her that she wouldn't be next. As he lay her in the bed, she watched as he lit the gas lamp on the wall before returning to her. She lay motionless and quiet as he stroked her hair and kissed the top of her head, still trying to come to terms with what she had seen moments before.

"Can I stay here for a while?" She asked him in a soft voice, feeling safe there beside him as they each sought comfort. "Until the danger passes, at least?"

 

[The_reluctant_wordsmith]

Her voice broke his thoughts as he lay there, she asked if she could stay until the danger passed and he smiled, drawing her up to kissing her soundly.

“Of course my love, nothing would make me happier, stay as long as you need.”

His hands wrapped around her and he rolled over, kissing her fiercely, his relief at her safety pouring out as he held her like she would disappear at any moment. Finally he broke the kiss, his head above hers, his eyes searching hers as he spoke.

“Anything you need I will make sure you have, perhaps I may even be able to fall asleep next to you, though not for the entire day you understand.” He smiled.

 

[heartofcourage]

The way that Edward kissed her certainly helped her to forget what she had seen. She sighed as his lips pressed against her own and he pressed his forehead against hers, promising that he would stay with her as long as he possibly could.

"Thank you." She said softly as her eyes stared into his own. "It means the world to me that you are willing to let me into your home."

She had never been to his home before. He had been to hers, but they had not taken the step to introduce one another to their private lives.

 

[The_reluctant_wordsmith]

He smiled as she thanked him for letting her into his home then slipped from the bed, taking her hand and pulling her up as he did. He undid his waistcoat and shirt, letting them fall to the floor, his muscles tensing beneath his pale skin. He embraced her and kissed her needily, his hands moving to the back of her dress.

“I sense some tension in you still my love, come, let me help you to ease your pain”

As he finished with the ties to her dress it fell to the floor and her his lips fell to her shoulders and neck, licking and kissing down her collarbone to her shoulder.

 

[heartofcourage]

Rosie gasped as he pulled her from the bed, shedding his clothes before he started on her own. He was going to make love with her. It was sweet that he wanted to make her feel better and ease her tension. She wrapped her arms around his neck and sighed sweetly as he kissed and nipped at her neck and shoulders.

"Edward..." She whimpered softly, her eyes closing as he pushed her clothing aside and left her standing bare in front of him. "Make it all go away."

 

[The_reluctant_wordsmith]

Stripping her bare he heard her whispered request in his ear and his arms held her close against his chest, their skin joyous as it met. He kissed her hard, his hands moving over her body, exploring her. His lips moving from hers he kiss moved over her chest and he lifted her up, engulfing her breast in his mouth.

He moved to the wall and placed her against it. His pants strained as he ground his hips into her, sucking and licking her nipple and holding her like he would never see her again. He removed his mouth from her breast to whisper in her ear.

“I love you, my red rose”

 

[heartofcourage]

Rosie gasped as he kissed her hard, their lips mashing together until she was dizzy and breathless. Edward's lips soon moved from her own, trailing over her throat and chest until he was suckling on her nipple. The wall was soon against her back, his hands holding her in place as his hips ground against her own. He was hard as steel and needing her and Rosie wanted him in the worst way.

When removed his lips from her breast, he was soon whispering against her ear that he loved her. Rosie's blue eyes turned towards his own, a small smile growing on her lips as she leaned in and kissed him with a gentle passion.

"I love you too." She whispered back, almost afraid of letting him into her life for fear that it would all be ruined.

 

[The_reluctant_wordsmith]

He groaned, his hunger for her increased as her words echoed inside him. He ground into her feeling her folds against the thin wall of fabric that divided him from her, her skin soft and warm in his hands. He pulled her from the wall and laid her on the bed then quickly removed his pants to stand naked in front of her, licking his lips in anticipation of making love to her.

She squirmed on the bed and he growled; then fell upon her, one arm behind her back lifting her and dragging her up the bed. He kissed her hard, then grabbed her and rolled over so she lay on him. Grabbing her ass once more he lined his rock hard member with her slit, feeling the heat that emanated from it.

His lips continuing to lock with hers he slowly lowered her down on to his shaft, groaning as she wrapped herself around him savouring the feeling of her as she came all the way down. Once he was fully sunk inside her he began to move slowly, his hips pushing and rolling upwards.

 

[heartofcourage]

She was a delicate person, but she felt absolutely weightless in Edward's grasp. He moved her with ease, twisting and turning her body until he had her where he wanted her. She was back on the bed and then scooped up in his arms until she was splayed across his chest and his hands gripped her bottom to tease her further with his throbbing cock.

"Yes..." Rosie hissed against his ear in heated need as he sank into her body fully, a steady rhythm starting as he pumped himself into her. "Edward..."

She panted in short gasps, her heated breath fanning along his chilled skin as they kissed again, their passions heating until she swore she might burn from the inside out.

 

[The_reluctant_wordsmith]

He marvelled at her beauty, her soft breasts, her hair, the way her body curved and her mouth was held open slightly as she let out small gasps each time he thrust into her. His hands reached up her sides and he rolled her nipples in his fingers increasing the pace his hips met hers.

“My love, my beautiful red rose, you are beautiful beyond compare, I am so thankful to have found you and made you mine”

Her warmth was divine, the sighs and moans that issued from her mouth spurred him on, his cock sliding exquisitely in and out of her as she rode him. She sat up, her hips rolling on him driving him insane as he gripped her and he groaned as she drove herself down onto him.

He pulled himself up then held her as he kneeled then began grinding into her again. His pace increasing as his lust began to take hold, his lips exploring her body till they reached hers, their tongues dancing, a hand reaching up to run through her hair.

 

[heartofcourage]

Rosie let out a cry as he placed his hands on her breasts, twisting her nipples until she bucked down against him. His words made her heart melt and she smiled as he told her that she was beautiful and his. She would never have to worry about another thing for the rest of her days as long as Edward where there.

Slowly, she pushed herself up until she was sitting on him. Her thighs clenched his hips as she rode him, her hips rolling against his own as they each found pleasure in the moment. Edward was soon holding her in his lap, grinding against her as he took a faster pace. His lips were all over her skin until he found her lips again, kissing her with a passion that soon had her cumming.

She cried out against his lips, her pussy gripping and pulsing against his hard shaft as his long fingers gently combed through her hair. The moment was magical.

 

[The_reluctant_wordsmith]

He growled and let out a roar as her orgasm set him off towards his climax, she clenched on his shaft, almost begging for him to cum and he responded. he gripped her tight as his cum shot inside her, he held himself deep inside, grinding into her as his shaft pulsed spilling his seed on to the walls of her pussy.

He held her as she shook, the ecstasy moving through her body starting to die down, he fell down onto the bed, still hard inside her, his cock twitching as the last shots of cum spilled from the tip. As they lay there in the dim light, his hand moving up her spine as the she shivered, he stroked her hair, glad that she was safe.

He frowned as his thoughts turned to the killer, when they made love it was as if nothing else existed but as he felt her heart return to its normal rhythm their situation returned to his mind. The dark thoughts were momentarily interrupted by her pussy squeezing his shaft, he groaned and then chuckled, gently slapping her bottom and kissing her.

“Forgive me my love, my mind had wandered a little.”

 

[heartofcourage]

Rosie was exhausted as Edward growled and came, pumping into her as he spent his seed. She let out a sigh as she settled against his chest, whimpering as he stroked her hair and moved his hands up and down her spine. She was comfortable in that moment, safe in his arms. There was nowhere else out there that she would have rather been.

She gasped as she clenched around him and was rewarded with a growl and a sharp slap to her bottom before he kissed her and apologized for the place that his thoughts took him. She understood where his thoughts were taking him. It was the same place her thoughts were going at the moment too.

"I'm hungry." She murmured softly, her cheeks blushing red as she admitted that as her stomach growled.

The rolling nausea that she had dealt with earlier was gone now. It was replaced with the gnawing hunger of an empty belly.

 

[The_reluctant_wordsmith]

He smiled as she complained of an empty stomach, he grasped her hips and side as he left the pleasure of her warm folds. He stood and drew the blankets around her to keep her warm. He walked naked to the kitchen , Rose heard some clanging and finally the sound of a plate and the clinking of cutlery.

Edward returned with some meager offerings “You’re in luck, I usually by some bread and cheese for the mice.” on a round wooden board sat a large loaf of bread and a block of cheese next to some butter and a knife.

“Here, eat, we can get something else once you’ve managed to fill that belly of yours”

He laid the plate on the table next to her then slipped into the sheets kissing her stomach then upwards to her breasts and finally to her lips.

 

[heartofcourage]

Rosie snuggled into the blankets as Edward made sure that she was warm and left the room. She closed her eyes and let out a sigh, dozing as she listened to the clanking coming from the kitchen. When Edward returned, she opened her eyes and gave him a smile as he mentioned the food her kept around for the mice.

"So, then I suppose I shall just be a mouse right now." Rosie murmured as he placed the food for her to reach and he kissed his way up her chest until their lips met again. "This will be fine. I don't think I can handle going outside right now. I'll need to get some of my clothing, though. I suppose I will have to leave sooner or later."

 

[The_reluctant_wordsmith]

He lay down then gathered her in his arms listening to her as she talked about clothing, she would need some of her own clothes but it would have to wait till the next night. He reached over and cut off a slice of bread, buttered it, and cut a piece of cheese to put on it, then offered it to her. She ate it hungrily asking for more and he obliged, enjoying the intimate moment as they laid in his bed.

“It will be strange to sleep in a bed, I’m glad I have no windows in here. I think waking up to will make it worthwhile, tomorrow we shall need to buy some clothes for you, and some food, hopefully there somewhere open late.”

He stroked her face, kissing her lightly.

“I would ask you to go out during the day but I am unsure how much danger there is for you going out alone my love.”

 

[heartofcourage]

As Rosie ate, she gave Edward a small smile. He watched her intently, taking in the moment as he spoke about sleeping in a bed that evening. It would be something novel to her. A man would share her bed the entire evening. That had never happened before and part of her was excited that it would be Edward that was the first.

"I could go out early in the morning." Rosie said softly. "If this monster is up all night, perhaps he would be asleep by the time the sun rises."