In the heart of darkness

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  He lifts his foot and moves it around, his boot has a hole in it, the bullet sat on top but there was no blood. Carter inspects it as I smack Rob around the head he yelps away from me
 
  "Awch what was that for!"
 
  "For being a dumb ass what if you had blown your damn foot of! I can't heal missing toes! How the hell are you going to run after bad guys if your off balance! Stupid boys"
 
  I snap and Carter snorts and laughs as I scold Rob for being an arsehole. He huffs like a big child.
 
  "She's getting more and more like you everyday"
 
  Scott tells mum
 
  "It's actually quite frightening"
 
  Jaxon adds with a smirk. I yawn and look at Carter.
 
  "Can you do max I'm too tired and I'm hungry can we get Chinese"
 
  "Where do you put all that food it's not even 5pm"
 
  Scott asks me. I shrug not caring as I leave the office and head to the kitchen to find a snack. I grab some chips and return, eating them As Carter bulletproofs max.
 
  "Did you get what you needed in town?"
 
  I shake my head swallowing the mouthful of chips
 
  "Nope, nothing like it down there I might send it to popa drake and see if he can track it down for me"
 
  My parents roll their eyes smirking at me
 
  "Teachers pet"
 
  Mum taunts me so I flip her the bird giggling. I pull out my phone and send the design of rugs, lamp shades, cushions covers and linen to my grandfather and ask him if he's ever seen anything similar.
 
  "Dad I need your help please"
 
  I smile sweetly at jaxon he smirks
 
  "What do you need?"
 
  "Your help cutting stuff"
 
  He looks intrigued so he follows me outside. When we started building the house we had to cut down a few trees, one being absolutely massive. I refused to let them cut it up in chunks and instead I had them cut it layer by layer. It took almost 3 weeks to do it properly but I didn't care, I wanted to repurpose the wood in the building even though it cost more and took longer. But I had taken the bottom layer for myself, it was absolutely beautiful and so huge so I was turning it into our dining room table. It was a little over 2 meters wide and around 6 meters long, it had the most beautiful intricate design showing how it grew over the years. I sanded it myself, it took weeks to level it out, then I used epoxy to fill in the cracks with electric purple/blue and seal it with clear epoxy on top.
 
  It was a surprise. Nobody but Daniel, Rob and Max knew about it and some of the builders but now I needed legs and help. It was too heavy for me to get it inside and I needed legs. Dad followed me out back and into the forest, the wolf pups ran to greet me and I chuckled as they fought at my feet.
 
  Carter keeps them in order and organised. He likes them controlled and behaved as where I love to watch them play fight and greet me. We come to where I had set up and I climb on top taking off the tarp and I show it to dad.
 
  "I've been working on this for a while, ages actually and I'm going to use it as our kitchen table as a surprise for Carter but it's huge and I don't have legs for it and it's heavy as hell. But I spent a lot of time sanding this down and well making it what it is now"
 
  I pull the tarp completely off and I jump off it and look at dad who's eyes are wide. He slowly walks around it running his hand over it. The edge were chiselled down and stripped but it still held its colour and shape. Some places had a fatter edge than others, but it was raw and beautiful and will definitely be my favourite piece in the house.
 
  "You did this?"
 
  "Yeah, do you like it?"
 
  I ask but he doesn't answer and I panic slightly
 
  "Shit you don't do you?"
 
  His eyes snap to my face and he frowns
 
  "Love it's amazing, truly fucking fantastic. Who helped?"
 
  I shook my head
 
  "Nobody? I had people carry it here out of the way so Carter couldn't see it but I did everything else. I love how the blue epoxy runs through the groves and makes the wood pop"
 
  "You did this on your own?"
 
  He asks again I scratch the back of my head awkwardly and max and Rob chuckle
 
  "Yeah we watched her she wouldn't let us help her unless it was to lift something that was too heavy for her"
 
  Dads jaw was slack as he looked at me dumb founded. I was a little embarrassed by his reaction.
 
  "Where the hell did you come from? Where do you get that Brain of yours? This is amazing. I can't believe you did it. Anyone else would order other people to do it but you just do it yourself. I love it and I want one"
 
  I chuckle as my face heats up.
 
  "Thanks, so do you have any ideas of what legs I should use?"
 
  He purges his lips
 
  "Steal to hold the weight but also it will match the theme of the house. I have a table that my father used at his house and the legs of that would be perfect for this. Come on we can go get them and have the men carry this in while we are gone"
 
  I hop on the spot excited to see it in the house. Dad gives the men directions as I link Carter
 
  Me-Carter
  ''Don't go near the house until later and don't listen to the builders thoughts. I made you something as a wedding present and I don't want you seeing it until it's finished later. Promise?''
 
  ''Ugh I'll try but now I'm excited''
 
  ''Please pretty please''
 
  ''Fine fine fine but I can't wait to see it''
 
  I cut the link and we head to the outskirts of town. I had never been to my dad's childhood home before. He said it held too many bad memories. It was huge, way bigger than I expected. It was boarded up and it definitely needed some work. He grabs his tools and we head inside, everything is covered in blankets and dust, it's dark and mouldy but a complete mess. The place is full of old furniture, but it's all in disgusting shape and it's clear the man was a hoarder. You couldn't even distinguish what room we were in there was that much crap everywhere
 
  "He made you live like this?"
 
  I ask holding my nose, he nods
 
  "Yeah, and people wonder why I'm ocd"
 
  "I'm not surprised. Did it always stink?"
 
  "Yes, it was disgusting. He would have all his friends over and they would drink and do drugs, have hookers. The place didn't have a chance at staying clean no matter what I did. My room was the only clean thing in the house. I should probably burn it to the ground. I will someday but I just haven't got around to it yet"
 
  The stench burned my nose and you could smell the drugs they smoked sticking to the walls and surrounding us. It was like a dark cloud. The place was gross.
 
  We make it to the table and dad pulls the blanket off and the boys remove the top and we take the thick steel legs. They were beautiful, it came in 2 parts. Front and back, they were large thick black star shaped legs and they would suit my table perfectly but they weigh just as much as the table so I'm little too no help.
 
  It takes us a few hours but by dinner time we have it in our house and set up. Dad helps me scrub the legs clean then I grab the electric blue/purple velvet scoop back chairs and I place them around the table. It sat 14 comfortably then I stood back and looked at it giddy.
 
  "So what do you think?"
 
  "I think I have the most amazing child that has ever been born"
 
  I chuckle and link for mum, dad and Carter to come over and see the surprise and we cover it in a sheet so they can't see it until I want them to. Carter runs the entire way, he pulls me into a hug and rocks me back and forth
 
  "I love it when you make me stuff you know that right"
 
  "I know that's why I like making you stuff but this one is for us both"
 
  He nods and we wait for our parents to arrive. Dad gets impatient and he screams out the door for them to move their asses and soon they come running into the house.
 
  "Now Carly made this, she spent weeks sanding it on her own with no help from anyone, then she used epoxy to fill in the holes, she chiselled the edges. She only had help to lift it inside and today we went and got legs for it so remember that when you see this"
 
  I blush deep red as Carter frowns watching me. Dad pulls the cloth off and they all gasp, stepping up to see it. It suited the room beautifully. The walls were the same colour and so were the cupboards in the kitchen. The worktops were white with the same blue appliances. The floorboards and decking area were from the wood we repurposed in the forest, stained dark a brilliant contrast to the white couch.
 
  It was huge, it sat on the other side of the room. It was a u shape surrounding a fireplace. A TV bigger than it had sense sat on the wall above it. I was missing matts and cushions that I had in mind but couldn't find anywhere to finish the room. I had everything else; they all tied into the colour of my table, complementing it but making it the focus point of the room.
 
  As I look around proudly, large arms grab me and pull me towards the table
 
  "You made this? When did you make this? How did you hide it from your thoughts?"
 
  Carter asks, pointing to it with his jaw on the floor. I grin at him
 
  "I used my power to hide it. I'm glad it worked. Would have been really shitty if you ruined the surprise."
 
  Mum laughs shaking her head
 
  "We created a genus, like a real life damn genus. Look at this place carly you have created something so beautiful here I'm so proud of you"
 
  She tears up crying, Scott has tears running down his face too
 
  "I'm in total shock. I love it carly. I want one"
 
  "Yeah me to"
 
  Mum adds wiping her face. I shrug
 
  "Yeah I can make it but you lot can help me this time. Took like a month to sand this on my own"
 
  "A month? You sanded it for a month for us?"
 
  Carter asks me gobsmacked
 
  "Yes of course I did. I wouldn't let them chop down the tree and make it into firewood so I repurposed it and made it into the floorboards. But I've still got around 6 slabs left of this size. Come see the other piece that I made"
 
  I pull them towards the other side of the room where the couch is. In the centre of the room I had made a coffee table from tree roots at the bottom, I had chiselled down the edges and stained it then placed a glass top on it.
 
  "Ohhh I love that too!"
 
  Mum tells me, their excitement is contagious. Carter kisses my head, mum grabs me pulling me in tight against her. After that the days fly by so fast it's hard to keep up. It was the day before our wedding and all of my grandparents were coming for breakfast with Luke who would move into the cellar below mum and dad's house.
 
  Ashley, Mark, Archie and his mate would be coming to stay for a few days as well. Carter, Max, Rob and Daniel were all training me this morning and completely kicking my ass. I stood in the center of them as they surrounded me. Normal training was over so we had a crowd around us watching us, giving me advice on my form here and there, some even took bets but I wasn't allowed to use any of my power or my primordial gifts. Not this time anyway.
 
  They advance on me, Rob falling to the ground and sweeping at my feet I jump narrowly missing them as max goes for my stomach I grab his hand and jump kicking him with both feet on the chest, I land on the other side of him pretending to break his neck and he plays dead as Carter punches out so I use max as a shield so he punches him instead, but as he swings again I drop max and grab him under his arm and I throw him over my shoulder and I twist his arm back and pretend to stab him in the throat and I drop him. Rob comes at me from behind so I elbow him in the stomach as he wraps his hands around my neck so I bite him hard he squeaks giving me a chance to pretend stab him in the throat and I throw him off me and towards Daniel, he smirks at me
 
  "Just you and me left princess"
 
  I growl as he advances, he dives for me so I roll grabbing sand and I throw it in his face. He growls trying to fight blind as I roll over his back and pretend to break his neck. I groan falling on the ground out of breath. Everyone cheers and I stick my hand up and give them a thumbs up
 
  "Come on, up and do it again"
 
  "Nope, not happening, tell him to go play fetch with cain or something, I'm pooped"
 
  Cleo complains
 
  "Oh really? Because from where I was fighting I'm the one that's doing all the dang work"
 
  "Oh don't be salty at me"
 
  She snaps making me chuckle
 
  "Carter please I'm tired and sore, please I need food. So much fucking food, please we are getting married tomorrow I don't want to be too tired"
 
  Because I want to have sex, and I don't want to be in pain when we finally have sex. I want a lot of sex and I want to be able to preform well
 
  I think smirking up at him his eyes widen slightly and he rolls his eyes
 
  "Well when you put it like that how can I say no"
 
  He scoops me up grinning. He kisses my lips and pulls back but I pull up and switch positions and I kiss him harder. Everyone around us groans so I flip them the bird as Carter's tongue softly prods at my lips
 
  "Can you both do that inside, little Luna kicked my ass and I need to sit down"
 
  I pull away laughing, Carter grabs my ass squeezing it and kissing my cheek.
 
  "Yeah you need food we can finish this inside"
 
  He kisses my neck as he walks us into the house. He sucks on my skin and I suppress my moan, my eyes rolling to the back of my head as my clit burns begging for attention. It had been getting harder and harder to resist doing the deed. I was constantly horny and it drove me insane. As we walked into the house everyone screams making me scream grabbing my chest
 
  "WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING!"
 
  Cleo nearly jumps out of our body, tucking tail and screaming in shock as I cling to Carter before I fall off him.
 
  Everyone was there holding a banner that said happy birthday as they laugh at my reaction. I don't share in there enthusiasm as my heart drums in my chest, making it difficult to breathe. Carter kisses me and my body slowly relaxes and my breathing comes back to normal. I moan pulling back and resting my head against his
 
  "Thank you"
 
  "Oh your so welcome"
 
  He answers, nudging my nose with him, I look at the rest of the family , giving them a pointed stare
 
  "Never and I mean ever do that again"
 
  Carter sets me on my feet as our family surround me to greet me, it takes a few minutes but finally they step back and leave me be as the smell of food makes me moan and I follow it and jump on the spot.