Finding You Always

One Soul

Chapter 196: One Soul

Snow was lost in a haze of pleasure, as David made love to her in the early morning hours just as dawn was rising. She writhed beneath his hard body and raked her nails along his back, as he pumped his hips, almost feverishly, gliding in and out of her with languid thrusts. This was the way it was supposed to be. The morning after their anniversary was always spent together, in bed, making love and losing themselves in one another. Many anniversaries had been marred by evil hanging over them or worse where they had even been separated, like their last two anniversaries. But this one was supposed to be different. This one was supposed to be spent together, free of worry or villains looming over them.

But sadly, that was not the case again. Once again, a multitude of villains and trouble were hanging over them like a dark cloud. They had never let this sully their time together and they had managed to find a way to be happy, despite everything. They always found a way to escape and find comfort in each other and their love. It wouldn't change the danger that awaited them outside their bedroom, but for these few hours, they escaped together into a schism all their own.

"Snow..." he breathed, as he kissed her with desperate passion. He could never get enough of her. Being with her was something he still couldn't quite describe in words. It went far beyond just sex. The physical act was amazing on its own, but the connection they had just elevated it to a level beyond normal comprehension. They were connected far beyond just physically when they were making love. As their bodies connected, so did their minds, their shared heart of course, beating in perfect sync, and then their very souls.

"David...ahhh..." she cried out, beside herself in pleasure, as he loved her so completely and thoroughly. They were going on pure adrenaline now. They had slept a few hours, but most of the night had been spent like this. She wasn't even sure where they ever mustered the stamina, but it never seemed to fail them. But then that was them. A love like none other.

This time though, it seemed that the villains facing them came with incredible power behind them. Seth was a Titan...stronger than any of the Gods. Another was considered a type of God in his own right, according to Fandral. He bartered deals in exchanged for people's souls, which scared the life out of her. Then there was the Queen of course. She seemed to be a shadow that Snow had never quite been able to shake. And now she was back, hoping that releasing Snow's own darkness might bring about her demise. Add to that, her own darkness, who had taken on the identity of Winter, sought her husband's dark half. And as much as she knew he was fighting it, she didn't know how long he could keep from separating. After all, her Charming would do anything to find her and be with her. So she knew the darkness inside him wanted Winter as much as David wanted her.

But perhaps most terrifying of all was the development concerning their youngest son's magic. The look Seth had given her little Bobby once he realized what the boy was doing chilled her to the bone. She was so frightened for their little boy that she had been on the verge of a panic attack the night before and knew that when they were forced to return to reality, it would hit her again. She clung tightly to her husband at that. It would not be easy to let either him nor their son out of her sight today. But she wouldn't stop him from learning about his powers if it was what he really wanted. She had so many questions about that too, but she had a feeling those answers would become apparent as his powers surfaced more and more.

Though neither of them wanted the escape to end, they knew it would and they experienced one more euphoric culmination of their lovemaking and then cuddled close beneath the bedclothes, skin slick with perspiration, and bodies completely sated.

"She came to me...in a dream last night," David confessed.

"Mmm...I'm not surprised," she answered, as he threaded his fingers with hers and she rested her head atop his bare chest.