The Legacy series: The Love series, the Wrapped series, and the Burning Souls series.

by Mj Fields

  Brody stood and held both of her hands, ���It���s warm outside?���

  ���Yes, Indian summer,��� Emma smiled.

  ���Good, I���ll hang out with him then you and I need some time to.��� Brody rubbed his nose across hers, ���I love you.���

  ���I love you,��� Emma blinked.

  ���Emma, don���t be sad, this is different.��� Brody held her face so she couldn���t look away.

  ���I know,��� she forced a smile. ���You should go see Maddox. I���m going to finish packing.���

  Brody walked down the stairs and went into the bathroom, he looked in the mirror and closed his eyes. There was too much going on in his head, so much to worry about. He stepped back and tried to calm himself by breathing slowly. He couldn���t spend the entire night in here, he needed to make it alright with his family. He squatted down and held his hands tightly in his hair and wanted to scream but instead he held it. He felt tears form in his eyes, and he stood up and clenched his fist. He turned on the water and splashed his face several times washing away the tears and the pain.

  He turned the water off, turned and saw Emma���s reflection in the mirror, her tears came immediately.

  ���Em,��� he scrunched his eyes, ���It���s going to be fine.���

  Emma shut the door and walked quickly up to him and hugged him tightly and whispered, ���I���m so afraid to lose you again.���

  He held her face in his hands and kissed her. Her arms wrapped around him, and she held the back of his head tightly to hers. His kisses slowed and moved from her mouth to her neck.

  ���I need you now and always Em,��� he said between kisses.

  ���Then have me,��� she pulled his shirt over his head and he did the same to her.

  His mouth moved to her breast and he sucked hard with need, and she moaned. Her hands moved down pulling his pants down swiftly as she covered his body with kisses. Emma took him in her mouth and he tensed up, and she felt him jerk inside her mouth.

  ���Em, love that���oh fuck,��� he moaned and pushed into her mouth, ���Fuck.���

  Emma moved faster, and he looked down at her with hunger in his eyes. She opened her mouth and licked the tip seductively as she rolled his scrotum in her hands and tugged gently.

  ���Em,��� he let out a low raspy moan.

  She used her hands to stroke him up and down, and her mouth to take all she could handle. She sat on her heals to breathe, and he began to pull her up, ���No, I want to taste your body.���

  She licked and sucked gently on the bulging veins from root to tip again and again as she rubbed him against her face and down her neck, ���Mine.���

  She took him in her mouth and looked up at him hollowing her cheeks as she rolled his scrotum. His shoulders hunched forward, and he clenched his jaw tightly and tensed up, ���Oh ���fuck���Em…stop love.���

  She shook her head no and continued sucking hard and fast. She felt the first hot thick burst and opened her mouth stroking him with her hand and licking his tip. As the next came she closed her eyes and tilted her head back and rubbed his final burst all over her lips and looked up at him boneless and weakened. His eyes were mere slits, and his hands were still holding himself up against the counter. Emma licked her lips slowly clean and he moaned loudly and tensed, she was rewarded with even more of what she desired, what she needed from him at that very moment.

  ���Em,��� he slide down the counter and sat on the floor and pulled her against him tightly. ���That was the most amazing���kiss me.���

  Emma kissed him, ���Thank you for that. Now go see your son.���

  Emma stood and washed her face and brushed her teeth and Brody still sat with his head back, and eyes closed feeling adored.

  ���Hey Music Man, let���s go,��� Emma giggled.

  ���You just sucked the life out of me Em,��� Brody smiled as much as he could muster up the energy too.

  Emma smiled and laughed, ���Good to know.��� She squatted down and grabbed his shirt and pulled it over his head, and he lazily put his arms through the holes with her help.

  ���Thank you Love,��� he closed his eyes.

  ���Come on Brody,��� Emma laughed trying to pull him up off the floor.

  ���Oh no, I���m going nowhere, the picture in my head of you ravenous for my come Em, taking as much of me as you could get, and then more������

  There was a knock on the door and he opened his eyes, and he and Emma said, ���Just a minute.���

  Emma started to stand, and he tugged her arm smoothly back down and whispered, ���Un-fucking-believable.���

  ���Well good, I���m glad because that is exactly how I feel every time.��� Emma smiled and kissed him before she stood up, ���Come on.���

  They walked out of the bathroom, and Tessa laughed as she walked past them.

  ���Do you think she knows?��� Brody chuckled.

  ���Did you look in the mirror?��� Emma laughed.

  ���No, why?��� Brody asked running his hands through his hair.

  ���You look kind of high,��� Emma smiled.

  ���Best high ever,��� Brody kissed her.

  ���Maddox,��� Emma reminded him.

  ���And then you Em,��� Brody hugged her tightly before walking out to the deck.

  Brody sat next to Maddox and smiled, ���How are they doing?���

  ���They are extraordinary,��� Maddox smiled and pet them.

  ���Do they have names yet?��� Brody pet one of the dogs.

  ���No, but London is taking suggestions,��� Maddox giggled.

  ���Let���s hear them,��� Brody pet the next one.

  ���Um, Tessa likes Gwen and Gavin, Collin thinks James and Bond������ Maddox stopped when Brody jumped out of his chair, ���Are you oaky?���

  ���That thing is appalling,��� Brody tried to move away, and Birdie followed him, ���Get that��� thing away.���

  Maddox laughed and picked it up, ���Birdie���s actually pretty cool.���

  ���I���m glad you think so Maddox,��� Brody���s expression was unchanged from disgust.

  ���Check this out,��� Maddox sat up and put Birdie on one of the dogs back and Birdie walked in a circle a few times before laying down.

  Brody laughed, ���Did you teach it that?���

  ���Nope, I think, well Harper thinks he may be cold, but it���s cool that they let Birdie perch on their backs,��� Maddox sat back and smiled.

  ���We should buy it a sweater, it may look less atrocious, maybe a toupee?��� Brody laughed.

  Maddox smiled, ���I bet London would love to dress him up.���

  ���So how are things with������ Brody stopped.

  ���Fine, has to be right, I���m stuck there while you,��� Maddox looked up at Brody, ���Fine.���

  ���Maddox, I don���t want to do this, but I won���t have anyone threatening our family,��� Brody took a deep breath, ���We shouldn���t live in fear. I won���t allow my children to live in fear.���

  ���It would be better than losing you,��� Maddox whispered.

  ���Maddox, I���ll be fine. You feel exactly the same, you were going to leave us Maddox. I won���t have that happen again. Do you know how it felt to think my son, who I just found out about and who is already more important to me than my next breath felt he needed to���don�
����t you ever do that to me, to us again Maddox, promise me now!��� Brody snapped.

  ���Okay���I ���I���okay,��� Maddox sat back trying to hold his emotions in check.

  ���I can���t lose you,��� Brody stood and hugged him, ���I need you Maddox.���

  ���I promise,��� Maddox hugged him back.

  After a minute passed Brody sat down, ���May I ask a favor?���

  ���Anything,��� Maddox looked up at him with sad eyes.

  ���Keep them safe, when I���m gone Maddox, stay with them, watch over them, don���t leave them. Promise me,��� Brody���s voice was full of feeling.

  ���I promise,��� Maddox cleared his throat and looked him in the eyes. ���I promise.���

  ���Okay,��� Brody looked at him and his face softened. ���Our song has just begun Maddox. I will not miss any more than I���m forced to.���

  Maddox smiled, ���I believe you���do you promise?���

  ���With all that I am, I promise,��� Brody smiled.

  ���Are you tired?��� Maddox asked.

  ���Not really,��� Brody smiled, ���Why what did you want to do?���

  ���Fish, if we go to bed early we can get up early and maybe we can fish?��� Maddox asked.

  ���Sounds like a great idea,��� Brody smiled and stood up.

  * * *

  Brody searched the house for Emma and could not find her. He walked outside and looked on the deck she wasn���t there. He walked back in and grabbed his phone and sent her a text.

  Emma responded,

  - I���m waiting for you���Emma

  - Where might that be���MM

  - Walk to the beach and look to the right, I want a date under the stars tonight���Emma

  - Hmm���MM

  Brody all but ran out and down the deck stairs and looked right. He stopped and smiled when he saw her sitting on the beach with candles and a basket.

  * * *

  She stood up and wiped the sand off of her hands as she watched him walk towards her. He was wearing loose fitting khaki shorts that rested on his hips and a tee shirt. He didn���t have shoes on, and he hadn���t shaved in days, his hair blew gently in the breeze. Just the sight of him made her soul smile, her heart melt, her belly flip, and her girly parts nearly max out. Not in need but in knowing, he belonged to her and her to him. She smiled broadly unable to smile any other way at the man she loved more than she ever felt possible. The man who loved her through sickness before promising to do so, who loved her daughter immediately needing to be a strong force in her life. He married her without a long drawn out engagement, knowing they were meant to be together. He loved her enough to open up his past in order to give her family back something taken long ago. A man who not only could open his heart and soul to her but needed her to know what was inside. He had gone through a nightmare and worked to get it all back, and he brought it back with more than they began with. He showed her every day he loved her, and she hoped that it was enough to fill him as much as it did her.

  * * *

  Brody looked at his wife, a word that was not strong enough to describe his Emma. A woman whose heart, regardless of the jabs and blows it was dealt, stayed with him, she stood strong and believed in him. Whatever he held from her, whatever the outside world may have shown her when she was looking at him, into his eyes, she knew the love he had for her, and he felt it in his heart, in his soul. Whatever had happened she loved him, they hadn’t stolen the light from her eyes that fueled his soul. The love he was given by her was more than enough for ten lifetimes.

  ���Em,��� Brody smiled and opened his arms, and she hugged him tightly.

  ���I made a picnic,��� she smiled, ���On the beach.���

  ���I see that, what a lucky man I am to have been asked by the most beautiful woman in the world,��� he looked up at the clear starry sky and continued, ���On this heavenly evening, to this extremely romantic date.���

  Brody lifted her chin and looked into her eyes.

  ���Are you hungry?��� Emma���s voice quivered, and he smiled.

  ���Yes Emma,��� Brody smiled and his eyes danced. ���Shall we sit?���

  ���You first,��� Emma stepped back and extended her hand showing him the pillow behind her.

  ���Very swanky Emma,��� Brody smiled and sat.

  ���Don���t tell the dogs, they may be upset I borrowed it,��� Emma smiled as she knelt down in front of him and opened the basket and pulled out a blue bottle of wine, Doobie Blues.

  Brody chuckled, ���Is that an ass on that Bottle?���

  ���It���s Doobie,��� Emma laughed. ���A miniature donkey that lives at Swedish Hill Winery this is my favorite, Tessa brought it.���

  She poured him a glass and handed it to him and smiled.

  ���So a little arse?��� Brody winked, and Emma laughed.

  ���It���s a fun, fruity, and slightly sweet white Riesling,��� Emma took a sip and smiled.

  ���Nice description Em,��� Brody smiled.

  ���I read it���off the bottle,��� Emma giggled and sat back on her heels.

  ���The one with the little ass?��� Brody smiled and sat forward and kissed her abruptly.

  Emma laughed against his mouth, ���You are a funny, sweet, talented, smart, kind, incredibly sexy man Brody Hines.���

  He stared at her and sat back.

  Emma sat back and smiled as she pulled out a container of strawberries, ���Sorry no chocolate. Bite and then take a drink.���

  Brody did as he was asked, ���Very nice.���

  ���Want more?��� She asked and put the strawberry to his mouth.

  ���Yeah I want more.��� Brody pulled her onto his lap and bit the strawberry and licked her fingers.

  ���Drink Em,��� he lifted the glass to her mouth and she took a drink. He bit the strawberry and took a tiny sip of his wine and pulled her head to his and kissed her.

  Brody titled her head to the side and dipped her slightly sharing the content in his mouth with her and pulled away and watched as she chewed the piece in her mouth and shifted on his lap.

  ���How did it taste Em?��� Brody smiled and sat back.

  ���Fruity, slightly sweet, with a heat that spread through my entire mouth and is still moving down,��� Emma smirked, and her face turned red.

  Brody���s mouth opened slightly, and amusement touched his eyes, ���You���re embarrassed by your honesty.���

  ���No,��� Emma giggled.

  ���You have said the most incredible things to me in the five minutes we���ve been out here,��� Brody smiled.

  ���Do you want me not to?��� Emma looked down and he saw her brows knit together, and she swallowed hard.

  ���No Love, it feels wonderful please don���t frown,��� he rubbed his thumb upward softly as he stared into her eyes.

  She sat silently for a few moments and a tear fell, ���Should we just go to bed?���

  Brody pulled her against him and held her rubbing her back. ���I have watched you all day, pushing me through knowing what tomorrow brings. We spent the morning and afternoon with our children having an amazing time. I held Lexington and London while they fell asleep as you packed. You came into the bathroom and��� well literally blew my mind. Then shuffled me off to Maddox������

  ���I didn���t mean to������ Emma sat up.

  ���Shh listen please Em,��� Brody closed his eyes
. ���You prepared a picnic and spoke words of love and adoration, leaving me at a loss for words. I often find myself wondering what I could have possibly done to have been so blessed to have met you. You are my everything Emma, my world, my heart. Your smile breathes air into my lungs, and I don���t think I could possibly ever thank you enough for the life you have given to me. From the kindness, and forgiveness to the love and the reverence I feel from your heart and soul. I am so madly, deeply, always, and forever in love with you. You are my rock and my soft place to land, whichever I need whenever I need it. You���re beautiful and kind, loving and giving. I adore you, I cherish you.���

  Emma clung to him tighter and released the breath she had been holding and softly spoke, ���I just want to make you as happy as you���ve made me.���

  Brody sighed and pushed her back, ���I���ve marched you through hell at least four times Emma.���

  Emma sighed, ���And I believe every word you���ve said and I���I don���t deserve you, I truly don���t, I kissed Troy and I wasn���t…���

  ���Emma shut up,��� Brody smiled.

  ���No, damn it listen to me! I have never been so in love with anyone as I am with you. I���ve never felt so loved and complete Brody and I pushed you away, and you came at me full speed and I was awful, more awful to you than anyone in my life and you stayed and loved me through cancer, and bitchiness. You loved London immediately and dealt with the things you knew bothered me so I wouldn���t have to. And Lexi, my God Brody you were so sweet through it all from day one, always putting me first. Before your own safety you put me and our girls first and Maddox. Brody I������

  Brody sat up and kissed her, she grabbed his hair and kissed him back passionately. She lowered her hand and unbuttoned him and gently rubbed him. He growled into her mouth and pulled her tighter to him.

  ���I need you,��� Emma pulled his erection free and shifted, so she was rubbing skin to delicate skin against him.

  ���Damn Em, no panties,��� Brody kissed her neck.

  ���No���none,��� she began, and her head fell back as she moaned.