Ares (13 page)

“I can do that if you wish,” he smiled at her. “Remind me when we are in bed together later. After I’ve given you another orgasm and have you screaming in my arms once more. I’ll make your dream a reality and then I will stroke you some more.”

“Don’t worry, I’ll remind you.” She didn’t want the prickly skin when the hair began to grow back if she didn’t have to have it. “For now, I simply want to have you fucking me hard. I need this,” she groaned and tightened her legs around his hips.

He thrust in harder, her pussy sucking him deep and then trying to hold him as he pulled back out. “I need you,” he said quietly. He caught her lips in a hard kiss, his tongue stroking over hers in a mirror image of his cock stroking into her body.

Ava needed him as well. She would always need him. She kissed him back, her every motion mimicking his and her pussy milking his cock and squeezing it like a glove. She bit his lower lip, then his tongue and soothed them both with hers. She was feeling frenzied, out of control and so close.

Another growl sounded and his mouth landed on her neck. His teeth scraped and then bit at the sweet spot between neck and shoulder. He held her to him as he thrust once, twice and then came. The hot jets of his seed splashed into her pussy as he shuddered against her form.

Ava leaned in and bit his shoulder too. She didn’t think she was a biter, but here she was. She screamed behind the bite, her whole body convulsing and milking his cock for every single drop of his seed.

“I’ve got you, babe,” he whispered. Wrapping her in his arms, he hugged her close, his breath panting over her skin. “Gods, I love you, Ava. You blow my mind every time we’re together. I don’t think I’m ever going to get enough of you.”

“Same boat,” she muttered and held onto him limply, grinning crazily as she did. “God, I love everything about you, Ares, especially how you make me limp as a noodle.” She had been far too uptight for far too long, now he was what she needed in life.

“I’m glad you realize you need me in your life,” he chuckled. “I definitely need you in mine, Ava. You’ve given me more laughter and joy in the last couple of days than I’ve had in my entire life. You give me this sense of freedom, where I can just be me and not have to put on a pretense for anyone else. I don’t have to hide behind a shield. I don’t have to watch every word out of my mouth. Thank you for that, darling,” he whispered, pressing a kiss to her lips.

“I’m glad. This is what I want. I only want your happiness. I need your happiness,” she said with a smile. “I know you certainly give me peace, happiness, and joy. We are good together. We should be together forever.”

“And we will be as soon as I figure it out. I have feelers out, but I have to tread very lightly and very carefully. If the wrong people figure out why I’m asking it could cause an issue. I should know more by weeks end and then we can decide what you’d like to do given the information.”

“I know I've said this a hundred time but there is only thing I want to do and that is spend the rest of eternity with you. It doesn’t matter what it takes. I want this life with you forever. I will never give you up. You are mine, Ares.”

Smiling he hugged her tight, “And you are mine.” Kissing her gently he eased them under the spray of the shower. “I don’t want to move from where I am. So I’m not going to set you down, I’m just going to keep my cock in your pussy and we’re going to sleep like this tonight.”

“Then why don’t you flip the water off, dry us and flash us into the bed? I think that would be a very good idea,” she told him happily. “I would love for you to be able to sleep inside of me all night.”

With a chuckle he did just as she asked, kissing her as he flashed them to the bed. “You should probably be on top though, darling,” he commented, rolling them over. “Otherwise you might end up squashed. Especially since I’m a pretty healthy sized dead weight once I’m asleep.”

“Don’t worry, I love sleeping on top.” He adjusted them and she laid her head on his chest, thighs on each side of his and sighed happily. “Now pull up the blankets and turn off the light and we will be able to rest. Just make sure we don’t miss the sunrise,” she whispered with a yawn.

“We won’t, I promised you an Olympian sunrise and I will deliver you an Olympian sunrise.” The blankets slid up and over her body, the lights went out and his arms wrapped around her. “Sweetest dreams, my love.”

She relaxed right along with him and with a sigh, gave in to sleep. She rested comfortably and happily on top of him.

*****

Francois Von Maur looked over the files that had been handed to him and he frowned. “And you are certain this is all there is? This was the last place she was seen?” When his man nodded, Francois leaned back in his chair and smiled. “Good. Here is what I want and need for you to do next.” Steepling his hands, he laid out his plans, his desire. He ensured the man knew what he wanted, he wanted that fucking book, which should have been his from the very first moment in time!

“It’s understood.”

“Good, make sure that it is. That book is mine. Do not open it. I will know if you try to open it and if you do, I will kill you. No questions, no hesitations. I will kill you. Period.”

“Understood, sir,” the man whispered and gulped, literally. “I will get it for you and I won’t try to open it. I promise.”

“Good. Thank you. Until later. You are dismissed,” Francois said while waving the man away with his hand.

The man turned and left without another word.

Six months later...

“Ava, are you ever going to actually move in here with me?” Ares asked her while they sat at the dining table of his Italian home. “You have bits and pieces here and on Olympus, but the majority of your things are still in storage. I think you really need to move in with me, love. You live here with me all the time anyway. We’re together all the time and do everything as a couple. So what’s holding you back, sweetheart?”

“I,” she started and then stopped. She looked to him and put her fork down. “I love you. You know I’m absolutely over the moon for you but,” she didn’t know how to explain it. “Right now I love what we have, how we are together. It’s just I feel like if I do move in.” She ducked her head and felt herself blush rushing out the words so quickly they were practically on top of each other. “I feel like we will be living in sin.” There, she said it.

“Uh, darling, we’ve committed nearly every other sin there is and you’re worrying about moving in with me?” He wasn’t laughing at her and he never would thankfully. He was taking her comments seriously. Sitting up, he leaned forward and took her hand. “You know I’m going to figure out how to get you to live with me right. I’ve nearly figured out how to keep you with me forever. Once I do that, I’m going to insist you marry me, you do need to make an honest man of me after all. With all this living in sin we’ve been doing, it’s the least you can do to save my poor, tattered reputation.”

She reached out and hit him on his arm. “Not even funny.” She was blushing harder. “You know how I feel about marriage. You haven’t asked me, so I kinda figured that you didn’t want to,” she admitted to him very quietly. “I thought you only wanted me for what we have now. I know it’s only a piece of paper, but it means something to me. The vows more than the paper.”

“Ava,” he slid from his chair and knelt in front of hers. “Of course I want to marry you. It’s important to you so it’s important to me. I just wanted to do it right and was trying to figure that out. I’m a God but I do not know everything there is to know about love. Women are the hardest people ever to figure out. You are way, way too complicated for us simple men folk.”

“Simple. That’s what I want, something very simple. Not many people, just those that we still consider friends. A priest willing to marry us and we can do it here, at the Vineyard.” It was a beautiful setting after all. “During a sunset on our hill overlooking the Vineyards. What do you think?” But he still hadn’t asked.

“I think it’s a great idea,” he smiled at her. “And before you deck me again,” Ares rolled his eyes. He pulled something out of his pocket and looked up at her, all-serious. “Ava Von Maur, love of my life, keeper of my heart and soul, will you do me the honor of marrying me? Will you become my wife, my friend, my lover and the keeper of my secrets for the rest of our days until we are taken from this world unto the next?” Then he showed her the ring.

She looked at the ring and gasped, “Wow.” She was shocked, very shocked. It was perfect. The stone was the color of his eyes, the diamonds surrounding it perfect and pure and the platinum was wonderful, just what she wanted. “Yes.” That was all she could say. Tears clogged her eyes, but she slid into his arms and nodded, “Yes, yes, absolutely yes!”

Laughing, he hugged her tight. “I’m going to guess that was the right way to do it,” he teased. Pressing kisses to her face, he finally found her lips and kissed her deep. “Do you want to put the ring on now or should I just keep holding it?”

“Now!” she said with a nod. “Yes please, now.” Holding her shaking hand out to him, she let him slide it on and smiled when she felt it adjusting to her finger. “Making sure I never lose it?” she asked with a grin. “Don’t worry, I don’t plan on that happening, but thank you.”

“Just wanted to make sure it was comfortable for you.” Smiling, he kissed her deeply before moving them to his chair. She was draped in his lap and he was holding her tight. “The only thing I won’t help you with for this whole wedding is the dress. That is all for you, darling, you get to pick it out and I will stay away from it all so it’s a surprise.”

“Don’t worry, the wedding dress is something I want to pick out on my own. I want to be able to surprise you,” she said with a grin. “I think it’s going to be wonderful, but I need time to find the perfect dress and get it fitted and oh Gods, I’m getting ahead of myself. However, I still want a small wedding, okay?”

“As long as you have the dress, I will find you a priest. We have the location and once we know when we want to have this shindig, we’ll send out invitations to friends, Dion for sure and Apollo. I should invite my uncle too, don’t know if he’ll come but I’m hopeful he might.”

“I want Dion for sure, especially because he has such amazing eye for dresses. The gown he sent to me for that ball was utterly amazing. He has great taste.” She admitted. “I did like Apollo too, what small time we spent with him.” She grinned and added, “Think he will ever get over that woman telling him to go doodle himself?” Poor guys ego had been hit hard, they all could tell that when he had walked up to a stunning red head and asked her out with the worst pickup line on the face of the planet. After she tossed her water at him, they all watched her pick up her cane and nudge her sight dog to leave. It had been, epic. Poor Apollo with his amazing looks hadn’t been able to pick someone up because he chose the one woman in the pub who was blind.

“You should take Dion shopping, he’s always had an eye for the fashions and he likes you so he’d do it for you. You may have to promise not to torture him during the trip. Keep it short, do your research ahead of time or even ask what he might think you should get and where.” He looked at her with a smile. “Apollo will bounce back eventually. He doesn’t do rejection well, but he never lets it get him down for long. I do have a feeling we’ll be seeing that redhead again though.”

She snickered and shook her head. “Well I don’t know about that but it was truly epic.” She had never seen that look on the God’s face before, he looked baffled and the look on his face was totally weird. “And don’t worry. I will shop as little as possible because I really, really hate shopping. Shopping sucks ass.” She loved shopping with Ares, because she got to spend time with him moving from place to place. Shopping with him was more than just shopping. Shopping on her own just sucked.

“I distract you while shopping, but that’s half the fun,” he grinned. “I like shopping with you. It’s amazing the places one can find for a little fun. Adds to our encounters,” he said with a chuckle. “Dion loves to shop though. He finds the whole concept fascinating even after all these years.”

“I agree. I think it’s wonderful to feel you at my side when we are shopping. It definitely adds to our encounters.” Their encounters were wonderful amazing events really. “Then why would you tell me to make sure to have a short list? I don’t understand. I figured you said that because Dion hated to shop.”

“He doesn’t like getting trapped by a salesperson, which tends to happen when you don’t have a plan. I guess I should have said he loves window shopping, seeing how things are displayed to catch the eye and how people react to the displays. Don’t trap him in a store or leave him at the mercy of anyone and he’ll adore you even more.”

“Gotcha, I will make sure he doesn’t get trapped by anyone,” she promised. “But I do look forward to this shopping trip. If anyone can pick out the perfect dress it’s him,” she said with a smile. “He’ll also be able to make the alterations that will be needed and he can add the bling I’m sure he will demand.”

“Yeah, he’ll probably insist on some,” Ares shook his head. “I don’t know where he gets that from. No, actually, I do,” he muttered. “Although he likes the finer things in life he’s also not afraid to get all knock down dirty when it’s needed.”

“Very nice. I’m glad you will be entrusting me to someone that will be able to watch over me as well.” Not that she needed protecting because honestly, who the hell would want her, right? Well, other than Ares but the things he wanted her for were amazing.

“Damn straight I want you,” he said giving her a squeeze. “And if any other males had half a brain they would want you as well. You are one hell of a sexy woman. You are generous, amazing and so open and loving that it startles me on occasion to realize you are mine.”

“Well, I’ve been waiting for you my entire life,” she admitted to him. “No one else was even close to being you. I’m glad I was finally able to meet you. I’m happy we are together and we have the life that we do, together. Now we will get married and maybe one day we will have children or can you have children?” she asked with a frown.

“Of course I can have children,” he said sounding awfully offended. “Just because I never have doesn’t mean I can’t, woman. I’m not like my father or some of the other Gods who like to knock up anything that moves. I was waiting for you to come into my life.”

That had her smiling and she nodded. “Good. I’m glad you can because I do want a family with you one day. Not this moment of course but one day. I would love to see a little Ares running around our home.”

Snorting at that, he shook his head, “You say that now but you may end up regretting it. I was a holy terror in my early years. I won’t say childhood because we weren’t born as you would know it. We came into being as almost adults so I don’t have childhood stories as you would.”

“Wait, I won’t give birth to a fully grown adult, will I?” She prayed not because if so she might have to kill him. “We will have a baby, right? When the time comes we will actually have a child, one who we will be able to raise and teach and all that other fun stuff that comes along with having a small child?”

Laughing, he shook his head, “Where do you come up with this stuff? Yes, you will have a baby with diapers, throw up and snot, all the fun things that come with babies. The child will grow up like a normal human child and when he or she is at the optimal age, will remain looking that way for the rest of their very long life. They will be frozen into their immortality at some point the universe determines.”

“But they won’t have powers right? I mean, I won’t have to explain to his teachers the flying crayons weren’t really from our child, right?” God she hoped not. Home schooling, maybe that would be the best solution in the far off future. “Well, whatever happens will happen and we’ll deal with it, but we won’t have children for a while yet, right?” she asked hopefully. “Because I love you to death and I want to have time where it’s just us for a while, if that’s okay?”

“Some children are born with powers, others develop them around puberty. Either way, we can bind the babies powers until it’s of an age where it understands the responsibilities of it’s powers. Not a decision we need to make right now. We still have a wedding to get through with my insane family,” he told her.

“Yes that much is true,” she said with a grin. “See, this is the way of life. Getting married and then having a nice long honeymoon. Yes I look forward to it.” She winked at him, “Do you think that Dion will be willing to go shopping with me?”

“We can ask him when we have dinner at his place tonight. Apparently he’s in Vegas for some event and we’re having dinner there. He’s got a celebrity chef in for the big event and will have appropriate clothing awaiting us in the penthouse suite he keeps there.”

“Sounds good to me,” she said with a grin, “I actually look forward to that. If he has the right chef we can get some truly amazing food. I love food. Besides, it’s always fun to be able to spend time with good friends, right?”

“If rumor has it, you may meet another of my siblings tonight too. Apollo will be there and it sounds like he’s bringing his twin along too. She’s a little strange but okay. Don’t take anything she says too personally, she’s a little bitter since the whole breakup with her latest guy.”

“Ah, gotcha. That’s Aphrodite, right?” She was trying to recall the mythos correctly. “Don’t worry, I won’t take it too personally, but I might need you to remind me of that.” She likely would take things personally, it simply who she was, but if he reminded her then she may be able to let it all roll off her.

“Artemis actually,” he chuckled. “Apollo is the Sun God and Artemis is the Moon Goddess. Fraternal twins, polar opposites in looks, personalities and abilities,” he grinned at her. “She’s a little cranky because her latest boy toy just wanted to bed her. She gets very annoyed by shit like that.”

“As she should!” She snickered and asked, “So she wants love too? I think that’s great. Love is an amazing thing,” she murmured softly. “I do feel for her though, it’s not good at all to want love, to need it and to not be able to find it.” She understood that feeling.

“Actually, to be honest, I have no clue what she wants. Neither does Apollo, even though he does try to help her out about once every decade. So far to no avail,” he muttered. “Hopefully she’ll find what she wants and needs soon. She’s been driving us all crazy for the last millennia.”

“When she’s ready she will figure it out and find that person,” she assured him. “I promise you. When that time comes she’ll know.” Shrugging, Ava asked, “Will we get to see some shows and stuff like that while we we’re there?”

“Absolutely, we’ll make a weekend of it and enjoy the city. You can gamble a little, we can do some restaurants and shows.” He kissed her lightly. “Dion says I’m not allowed to gamble anymore. Something about being a bad sport when I lose or some such crap. Personally, I think he just hated having to pay me when I won.”

That had her laughing and she shook her head. “Then I likely shouldn’t let him know I can count cards faster than a pro can. I’m seriously freaky good with card counting and I’m actually pretty good at guessing the roulette numbers as well.” Dion was going to ban her from gambling too, she just knew it. “Think you can help me hide that part of it so we can give him a bit of a hard time for a little while?”