In the heart of darkness

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  Daniel snorts, nodding his head as dad rolls his eyes, grabbing Carter by the ear and yanking him out of the house. Daniel slaps his hands together grinning at me
 
  "You ready?"
 
  "Yeah let's do this"
 
  I go to the office and I grab the supplies and then we head out the back door and into the forest towards the lake. We measure out the area and place red poles throughout the area. It takes a while to get it right but when we are done we head back to the house and I wrap his presents in a bow and hide it away in the kitchen.
 
  Mum had gone all out this year making all his favourites so I stayed to help her, we made waffles, strawberry sauce, chocolate sauce, croissants, pancakes, bacon, eggs and sausages. When I was done with that I grabbed a cup of coffee and I headed out the front to the training field, eager to see Carter.
 
  As I approached I saw him stop the fight he was in the middle of and he ran to me grabbing my hips and lifting me up and off the ground so I'm eye level. I squeak in surprise as he smashes his lips against mine. I fall into it moaning as he squeezes my ass. I wrap my legs around his waist pulling him closer to me, I tangle my fingers in his thick head of hair, melting against him. I deepen the kiss, using my tongue to explore his mouth. He tastes phenomenal, the kiss was passionate yet satisfying.
 
  I could feel his burning desire through the bond, I knew how much he wanted me, just as much as I wanted him. He groans, pulling back for air and resting his forehead against my own.
 
  "Damn I missed you"
 
  "I missed you too, why don't you ditch and you can have your present early?"
 
  His face lights up and he grins walking us back to the house. I've never seen him so excited for a present before, I just hope that it was worth his excitement.
 
  "I'm excited because you went to such an effort to make it, hide it. And then prepare it. It could be a damn cheese omelette and I'd love that more than a million pound"
 
  He tells me as I kiss down his throat, sucking his skin into my mouth and tasting him. He groans, grabbing me tighter.
 
  "I'm going to end up hard as hell if you don't stop that"
 
  I chuckle pulling away as we enter the house. He places me on my feet so I take his hand and lead him to the table nervously. Mum grins, grabbing her phone and recording his reaction.
 
  She loves what I've done and she thinks he will love it too. I hand him the present and he smirks looking at the cardboard cylinder and popping off the lid, he empties the contents out on the table then he slowly unrolls the blue prints. He frowns looking over everything carefully. He looks to me and back at them and my stomach drops
 
  "Shit he hates it!"
 
  I internally cried because I wanted him to want this as much as I did.
 
  "Don't be silly he will love it"
 
  Cleo reassures me
 
  "I'm lost? You made me a blueprint to a building? It's really beautiful by the way"
 
  I roll my eyes shaking my head
 
  "No, I made blueprints for our future house. I designed our dream house for us for the future"
 
  His jaw goes slack as he looks at them again, going through each page with his jaw on the floor. When we were kids we would talk about our dream house over the lake.
 
  it would sit 15-20 feet in the air, underneath would be used as a cave for the growing Wolfpack, the bottom floor would be for the bedroom, we would have 5 bedrooms, all with en-suites and walk-ins. The master suite wouldn't be much bigger but a little. A small gym and a cinema room would complete that floor. You could only access the bottom floor by going to the top level. You would walk up the stairs on the outside and enter the building on the second floor where the place would completely open up into a kitchen, dining room and a tv room with an office to the back. The wall overlooking the lake would be made of glass, the decking coming out to where the bedrooms end below.
 
  We always called it the upside down house. He finishes flicking through each page then he drops them on the table fisting his fist and bringing it to his mouth. He looks at mum and back to me. But what shocked me was the tears he had in his eyes. Maybe I got it all wrong? Maybe when he described it I picked him up wrong.
 
  "You designed our dream house for us?"
 
  I nod nervously
 
  "Yes, we were given the project a long time ago and I couldn't get our house out of my head so I designed it. Then we got together and I realised that I always loved this house but now I have a true connection with it. It's everything I would ever want in a house and I thought since we thought of it together it might be nice that we build it as our first home together? I even have a spot picked out for it but if you don't like it we can change it"
 
  "Like it? Carly you designed us a house, a real life house for our future and you have it drawn in detail you even know where the furniture will go. I don't like this present. I love it carly. I can't believe you did this for us."
 
  My face breaks out in a wide grin as he walks to me grabbing my hips and yanking me up into the air.
 
  "Dee I told you he would love it"
 
  Cleo prances around on her toes happily as He kisses my lips softly, pulling back so we are nose to nose. His huge arms and tall frame make me feel tiny in his arms. They make me feel safe and secure.
 
  "So you really like it?"
 
  "Love it, I can't imagine anything better than a future with you"
 
  He holds my face as he talks, kissing my lips softly.
 
  "So do you want to see where it's going to be?"
 
  He grins nodding his head
 
  "Yes please oh wise one"
 
  I giggle in excitement as I jump down grabbing his arm and I yank him from the house and out the back. When we get there I show him the marking points and he's giddy with excitement
 
  "Carly this is amazing, and such an amazing view it's going to be. Does dad know where you want to build it?"
 
  "Yeah, he even sent the prints off to the contractors to see how much it will cost and how long it will take"
 
  "I can't believe you. You're definitely making my Christmas present too. Who needs expensive things when somebody wants to design a dream we have been talking about our entire lives. You realise you're so damn talented?"
 
  I grin at him, he lifts me up wrapping my legs around his waist
 
  "I do have these things called legs you know?"
 
  He snorts rolling his eyes