Jaden

At last the chapter is completed and I hope you like what I have so far, chapter 52 may not be completed until after the holidays. So much to do and so little time to do it in. So until then I hope everyone has a wonderful and safe holidy and a very Happy New Year. Thank you everyone to staying with me this far. Read, enjoy and review.

Chapter 51


“Mmmm Marcus you’re the best back scratcher ever.”

He sighed softly as his hips moved lazily on Marcus’s lap, warm water undulated gently in the tub and every now and then small droplets of water spilled over the rim and splashed on the stone floor. Both Jaden and Marcus enjoyed one of the many lovely perks of sharing a bath together.

Loving words whispered softly to each other, a gentle touch to the face, arms embracing and holding on as lips met to kiss tenderly. Their bodies moved slowly in the water, soft sighs caressed them as they expressed their love for one another.

It wasn’t long before their hearts began to beat faster, and their bodies became hotter their breathing stopped as they held on to each other riding out the waves of pleasure. They stayed that way, waiting for their breathing to return to normal, and for their heart beat to slow down.

The silence in the room was disturbed by soft whimpers; Marcus held on to his mate and carried him out of the tub. He knew sooner or later it would happen. For all of Jaden’s good humor and bravado it would catch up to him.

He grabbed a thick plush robe and covered Jaden and put on his own, carrying Jaden over to the bed he lay him down and held him close. Wrapping his strong arms around his mate and getting Jaden to rest his head on his shoulder. He waited it out and let him cry.

The fear and anguish of being taken away, the uncertainty of not knowing what would happen next all caught up with Jaden; through his tears he told Marcus about his fears of never seeing him again.

He sat up and pulled Jaden onto his lap, rocking him gently in his arms and lovingly assuring him that he was safe. His deep velvet voice soothed Jaden’s fears and calmed his nerves, it wasn’t long before he stopped trembling and ended his soft cries with a hiccup.

Marcus smiled downed at his mate and cupped his face, his thumbs wiped at his tears. He leaned in and kissed his soft lips and whispered against his face. “I love you Jaden, you are with me now and I will do everything in my power to keep you safe.”

He sniffed like a small child and nodded his head; he hugged Marcus and kissed him back. He played with a lock of Marcus’s hair and looked up at him. He could see the love and deep concern in his ice blue eyes.

“I’m sorry I made you worry, I’m fine now.” He hiccupped once more. “I love you, I love you.”

They held each other in a tight hug; it helped Marcus as he held onto his mate to calm his nerves. While they were apart it was just as agonizing not knowing of his whereabouts, if he was in pain or terribly frightened.

The only thing he knew for sure is that Jaden lived; unfortunately it gave him very little comfort when it left him blind with worry and unable to tell of his and Adrian’s condition. And so Marcus held on to his mate, lovingly caressing him soothing away his fears.

He held on for however long it would take; soon Marcus would have to face the demands of trying to resolve the murders and not knowing how long it would take, he needed to be here with Jaden. To hold him, love him and reassure him of being safe.

And while he held onto him, they did talk. Jaden filled him in on all of the recent events of the past two days. He told him of the flight with the two brothers and Marcus smiled, pleased to see that his mate found amusement with the brothers.

He liked Micah and Kathel McKiernan, they were good men. Master Vampires in their own right and they choose to serve under Ignatius’s house. But they were not loyal to the master, this Marcus was fully aware of, their loyalty was to Philippe.

“Do you think he was telling the truth about just finding you and Adrian?” Marcus asked.

Jaden’s head rested on Marcus’s shoulders, “I don’t know, I mean the last thing I saw was you and Victor getting tossed around like rag dolls.” His body shuddered and Marcus kissed the top of his head while his arms held him securely against him.

“He said he found us, but I get the feeling that lying comes naturally to him. I know for sure that Adrian doesn’t believe him. So I wouldn’t take Ignatius word for it. He’s cold Marcus, he’s a cold SOB.”

Marcus smiled, “You can say son of a bitch.”

Jaden sat back and smiled at his mate’s beautiful ice blue eyes, “Ok, he’s a cold MOTHER FUCKING son of a bitch!”

Marcus threw his head back and laughed and then he pulled Jaden in for a resounding kiss. “I love you my sweet angel.” Jaden sighed happily and hugged his mate closer.

“So are you going to kick the Ignoramus’s ass?” Jaden asked.

“I believe Victor and I would like to toss a coin to see as you say who gets to kick his ass first, however, he will be brought in to stand before the council and they will decide his punishment. I assure you, it will be quite severe not even Philippe will be able to talk his master out of trouble this time.”

A small snicker escaped Jaden’s throat as he moved to stand and sit behind Marcus, he reached for his hairbrush and began to tame his mate’s long hair. Marcus’s hands lovingly caressed his legs, he could get used to this maybe he will keep his hair long.

“Well I get the feeling you won’t have to worry about that, looks like Philippe has had enough of his master’s stupidity. I know he has this love loyalty crap going on, but he didn’t look too happy when he saw his master in the cell. I expected him to be angry with us and go rescue his master; instead he got our asses out of there and left the jerk right where he found him.”

“That is very interesting Jaden, perhaps you are right. It may appear that Philippe has reached the end of his patience with his master. Everyone knows that the only reason he is master of the house is because of Philippe, Lord Philippe is the true Master of the House.”

Jaden nodded in agreement, “Yeah, I kind of got that feeling when we were there.” He had brushed Marcus’s hair dry. He let his fingers massage Marcus’s scalp in the same way his mate had done for him, he smiled hearing him sigh in pleasure.

He wrapped his arms around Marcus’s shoulders and kissed his neck, “Want me to braid your hair? It’ll keep it out of your way and off your face.” He buried his nose in the golden blond tresses and inhaled deeply. Jaden loved his mate’s scent and if he kept it up they would never leave the room.

Already sensing the impatience of the others outside in the living room both Marcus and Jaden sighed as they looked into each other’s eyes. Knowing that they had to get dressed to deal with the issues ahead, a quick kiss was exchanged. “Thank you my love, I would like that very much. I am afraid I will have to brush your hair quickly before the commander begins pounding down the door.”

Jaden smiled and shrugged his shoulders as he moved into position, “That’s ok; you can do double hair brush duty when we get back home.”

“That my sweet love, will be my pleasure.” He turned up Jaden’s face so that he could kiss his lips. They stayed staring into each other’s eyes wishing they could be anywhere else but here. There was a loud sound out in the living room as if someone was clearing his throat.

With their foreheads together, Jaden and Marcus laughed quietly. “I do believe we have been summoned by our very patient commander.”

“In that case we better get dressed; I don’t think your commander will appreciate meeting me in my birthday suit.” Jaden let out a long suffering sigh. “Crap.”

Jaden was glad to see that Marcus had packed a small wardrobe for him; he had his pick of jeans and sweaters and his favorite leather coat. While he dressed in black jeans and slipped into a soft cashmere pullover that matched his eyes he watched as Marcus pulled out a metal suitcase from under the bed.

It looked like a black steel enforced safe with handles, only it was 30 inches long, 24 inches wide and about 6 inches deep. He watched as Marcus prick both thumbs and placed them on the side of the case, the blood seemed to be absorbed within the sensors. There was a low hum and then a click, Marcus entered a series of symbols and numbers and the case opened up.

Inside Jaden could see black leather; Marcus took everything out and placed each item on the bed. Jaden sat there staring at it while his hands passed over the smooth surface of the material. The lining is very soft and he noticed there was something hard between the lining and the leather.

He realized it was a suit of armor, much like the outfit that was worn by Micah and Kathel. He was practically drooling as he watched Marcus get dressed; the suit looked like it was painted on his body. Unlike the movies this suit did not require any padding to emphasize the natural form of his body.

Long lean firm muscles moved fluidly within the suit, and when he turned around to put on his boots.... well Jaden wanted to bite his ass off. A mean streak of possessiveness overcame him, when Marcus turned to face him he checked out the family jewels making sure it was not as pronounced as his ass.

He was glad to see that they were appropriately covered by all the leather. He sat there admiring his mate for who knows how long that it got Marcus worried as he tried to get his attention. Feeling Marcus’s warm hand on his shoulder brought Jaden back to earth.

“What the hell Marcus? Give a guy some kind of warning why don’t you!”

“Warning, Jaden are you all right?” Marcus wondered if maybe Jaden was still traumatized.

He jumped off the bed and began to circle around Marcus, waving his arms around and pointing at him.

“I mean look at you! Your all hot and sexy, and and.... you expect me to let you leave the room now? You could have at least told me what you were going to wear, holy crap you look good!”

Grabbing his mate by the arms and reaching up on his tip toes, “I could eat you up right now.” He licked Marcus’s chin. “Do whatever you want to me, rip my clothes off. Throw me down on the bed, on the floor and make me scream till I can’t scream no more, just sex me up and down until I pass out.”

Marcus was pleasantly surprised by his mate’s reaction, oh he has received compliments from past suitors but no one ever made him feel this good about his appearance in the same way his mate did. Trying not to laugh he kissed his mate’s forehead and held him at arm’s length.

“Do try to focus my love; I need for you to be strong for me. Unfortunately as much as I would love to stay here and be with you, I must attend to the issues at hand.”

Seeing Jaden pout, he added. “I promise you when I have completed my obligations to the council I will take you away and sex you up in any way you desire.”

“You really promise?” asked Jaden.

Marcus smiled as ice blue eyes stared at him. “I never make promises I cannot keep.”

The thinnest smile crossed Jaden’s lips and he began dancing around the room, his hips seem to sway to its own music.

“No fair, we should be on a honeymoon.... doing the ah and ah. Gettin down low, doing the bump and grind, nasty and dirty. Oh yeah real dirty and sweaty and hot and ooey gooey good.”

“Jaden”

“Licking, sucking, pushing, squeezing, touchin, lovin, hot and heavy..... how the hell am I supposed to focus when you look like that?”

“Jaden”

He crossed his arms over his chest and glared at his ice blue eyed mate, “Fine, I’ll focus. But you’re killing me Marcus, your killing me.”

Marcus squeezed Jaden’s butt and kissed his pouty lips. “Thank you my love.” He then turned back to his case and entered another series of symbols and numbers on the inside wall near the bottom. What looked like the bottom was in fact a lid that lifted up to reveal the true contents in the case.

He removed two long swords and sheathed them behind his back, it was then that Jaden noticed the armor had secret compartments. He watched as Marcus took out shorter blades and hid them within the armor.

Knifes and daggers easily tucked away in breast slits, arms, thighs, legs and boots. Marcus showed him how neatly a garrote hid inside the high collar of the armor and two more on the wrist sleeves. The last item in the case was a Katana which hung on Marcus’s waist as he belted it on.

“Damn Marcus, I lost count. You got about 20 weapons on our body, hey! Where’s my armor and knifes?”

Jaden looked into the case seeing that it was empty he stared back up at Marcus waiting for an answer.

“I am sorry my love, you must first learn to use the blades and as for your armor it will not be ready for some time as the correct measurements are needed.”

He tried to lift the case to see if there was a false bottom underneath, but he could hardly lift it surprised to find it so heavy.

“Freakin hell, are you sure you don’t have anything for me in here? Hey..... Wait a minute....” he turned towards Marcus and started to jab his finger in his mate’s chest.

“Whatta ya mean learn to use the blades? I’ll have you know that most of the time I did a pretty good job of taking care of myself. Theres some jerks out there missing a few nuts because of me. Lizzie and me always looked out for each other, so I don’t need no stinkin lessons on how to use a knife.”

Marcus smiled sadly at his mate, his hand came up to caress his mate’s cheeks and gently brush back his hair. It was clearly understood, no words were needed and Jaden nodded as his shoulders dropped and let Marcus embrace him in a tender hug.

Jaden squeezed back and pressed their bodies as close as he could, “Well I guess I really didn’t do a good job of it the last time.” he whispered into his mate’s chest, remembering the horrible night he was found by Marcus.
Marcus kissed Jaden’s forehead, his warm breath bathed his skin as his deep velvety voice spoke softly against his love’s ear.

“That is why I have arraigned for a good friend to meet us here, his mate is an expert swordsman and he will begin training you as soon as possible. While Victor and I go to Storka House, he will remain here as your bodyguard and trainer. Adrian will also stay with you, while you and Cyrus train. Helene has an excellent workroom for learning self defense and the art of the blades.”

Jaden looked up, “Aww come on Marcus, why can’t you train me?”

A blonde eyebrow arched as ice blue eyes stared down at Jaden. “Do you honestly believe I can train you? Why, we would never be serious enough when we are together all we want to do spend is the time loving each other. Even as we speak I am having enough problems staying focused and not dragging you off to the bed.”

Jaden let out a soft giggle and hugged his mate tighter, “Well.... I am irresistible.”

“That you are my love.” Marcus smiled down at Jaden and caressed his back enjoying the close contact.

Marcus let out a deep regretful sigh and pulled Jaden back pointing a finger at him, “You see what I mean?
Already we both forgot what we came here for, come along Jaden we are needed outside.”

Jaden rolled his eyes giving in reluctantly, “Fine....” he took one last look at his mate as Marcus took out a long leather duster from the closet and put it on, his gloves finished the look. “Damn” he hissed under his breath, his mate looked real fine and dangerous.

He didn’t know where it came from, but he was feeling extremely possessive over Marcus and wanted to make his point very clear.

“I’m telling you right now Marcus, if anyone so much as try to come on to you.... I’m punching their lights out and cut them down to size. Your mine and I’ll be damned if anyone thinks they can get in between us. Is that clear? You’re all mine!”

Once more Marcus was taken aback by his mate’s enamored compliments of him; a tiny smile crept across his lips as he nodded his head towards his darling mate.

“Of course my love, I would not have it any other way.”

Jaden admired his mate and shook his head, {Focus} he told himself. At this rate they will never get out of the room. “Ok, then um lets go.”

Marcus opened the door and followed his mate out as Jaden kept muttering something about hot leather and not being fair.