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Chapter Nine
Return Trip
Klaus tried to watch Dorian’s reactions as they approached the cabin. It was difficult to do while driving. He had arranged to take the week off under the pretext of wrapping up things and getting his cabin back in order. He parked the car and looked over at the Earl, who simply shrugged.
“Anything?” Klaus asked evenly.
“Major, I already told you that I remembered coming here to…” Dorian sighed heavily. “To get things ready for our meeting.”
“Yes. But you don’t remember what happened at that meeting.”
“Nothing constructive, obviously,” Dorian said coolly. “I don’t know what you think this’ll prove.” He folded his arms, and looked as though he might refuse to get out of the car. “And I still don’t understand why you’re trying to be nice to me.”
“That’s because you’re still mad about something that happened ten years ago.” Klaus got out of the car and went to open the front door. As he kicked at the light dusting of snow on the porch, it occurred to him just how much time had passed since the incident. It was early spring then. Now it was autumn with winter fast approaching. He turned to see the Earl reluctantly getting out of the car and looking around, possibly to get his bearings.
Klaus led the way inside, where he again waited for the reluctant Dorian to follow.
“Okay, I’m here,” Dorian said gruffly, folding his arms again. “It looks…about the same.” Then he rubbed his arms with his hands. “Colder outside.” He glanced around, seeing the same dark wood panels and leather furniture he remembered when he was there the first time. The room just screamed masculinity. It just screamed Klaus.
“Why don’t you look around while I light the fire?” Klaus said as he got down before the fireplace. Once the cabin had been released as a crime scene, Klaus had had it cleaned from top to bottom and all the bedding completely replaced. Then he had his butler make certain everything was in its place, and the kitchen restocked.
Dorian turned an impatient glare in his direction. “Major, you don’t have to pretend anymore, okay?”
“Pretend?”
Dorian sighed heavily. “Yes, pretend. We both know what I was doing here when those men…” He closed his eyes and counted his blessings for the hundredth time that he did not remember the cause of his still healing injuries.
“Do we?” Klaus did not even turn. The logs were already in the grate. He opened the damper and pulled out his lighter, setting the kindling alight. Within a minute, the fire was crackling loudly.
Dorian waited until the officer stood up and turned to look at him before going on. “You know perfectly well I was here to annoy you, as usual.” He waved a hand to take in the room. “I may not remember what happened at that meeting ten years ago, but I do remember you had no intention of giving me a chance of a snowball in hell of proving myself to you.”
“That may have been true initially, Dorian, but it isn’t what happened,” Klaus said firmly, crossing to stand before him. “The reason you were here the day you were attacked was to meet me.”
“To…” Dorian blinked. “You called me Dorian.”
“I always call you Dorian here.”
“What?”
“The meeting ten years ago didn’t go the way either of us intended. We…” Klaus paused, drawing a deep breath. “You pissed me off so badly that I broke the bed and I came damn close to raping you,” he admitted guiltily. “That’s why Doctor Westphal thinks you’re blocking everything.” He pointed to the kitchen. “Later on, you cooked for me
over there.”
“I cooked? You tried to rape me, and then I cooked?” Dorian tried to make light of it, brushing the stray curls from his face. He had his hair pulled back in a thick ponytail to cover the bare spot where the stitches had been. The result was ineffectual.
“You told me you learned from a French chef who was trying to get you to sleep with him.”
Dorian’s mouth dropped open. “I told you that?”
Klaus nodded. “Then we walked down to the lake, had to run back in the rain, and got soaking wet. I made a fire—” He glanced over to the fireplace. “—like that one.”
“I didn’t know you could tell such romantic stories, Major,” Dorian said caustically. “But you should’ve ended it with us kissing in front of the fire.”
The officer’s eyes flickered. “You mean like this?” Klaus took the Earl’s face in his hands and kissed him very tenderly on the mouth.
Dorian froze for a full second and then pulled away. “What’re you doing?”
“I thought that was obvious.”
Too stunned to speak, Dorian stood staring, a hand to his mouth. “Major…”
Klaus drew a deep breath. “We’ve been lovers from that day on.”
“What?” Dorian continued to stare, not quite able to take it in. He put a hand to his spinning head and looked around the room. It seemed he might bolt through the door any second. “I’ve gone mad.”
Klaus actually laughed. “That’s what I used to say.” He saw several things flash behind the Earl’s bright blue eyes and wondered what was going through his mind.
“You’re serious?” Dorian said finally.
Klaus rolled his eyes. He never expected that it would be this hard to convince the man that he had succeeded in winning his affections. “Yes, I’m bloody serious.” The next thing he knew, Dorian was hugging so tightly he thought he might hurt himself. At first, he thought the Earl was trembling. Then he realized he was in tears.
“Why’re you crying?” Klaus asked softly, putting his arms around Dorian, which only seemed to make things worse. “I thought you’d be pleased.”
“Pleased? I forgot,” Dorian sobbed. “You’re all I’ve ever wanted, and now you’re telling me that…I’ve lost all that.”
Klaus had to struggle a little to break the embrace in order to look him in the eye. “Doctor Westphal said you’ll remember…”
“What if I don’t? What if I never do?”
“Then, we’ll just have to create some new memories.” The response to this was the Earl hugging him tightly a second time.
“Oh, Major, I’ve been saying so many horrible things to you all this time. How could you let me?”
“You were angry,” Klaus said mildly. “I forgive you.”
Dorian tightened his grip and continued to sob. “Oh, Major, I love you so much.
“You used to call me Klaus.”
“Did I?”
“Yes.” The officer broke the embrace again, and gave the Earl a steady look. “When we’re here, Iron Klaus and Eroica are to be left at the door.”
“Oh, God…ten years…” Dorian moaned.
Klaus wiped the tears from Dorian’s face with a caressing hand. “Let me show you what you taught me in all that time.”
* * *
“I’m afraid.”
Dorian’s words actually startled himself. He had gotten as far as the top of the stairs and froze. The bed was new. Bigger than the one he remembered. Big enough to comfortably accommodate two six-foot tall men.
Klaus was holding his hand, having led the way up the stairs. As he stood watching the Earl, he was reminded of himself their first time together. Tentative, hesitant…scared to death. Klaus leaned close to Dorian’s ear. “Just tell me to stop and I will.”
Dorian turned sharply back to look at him. The words sounded strange coming from the Maj—no, Klaus. Coming from Klaus. A soft kiss was being planted on his mouth and he closed his eyes, fighting back the tears that threatened to burst forth again. God, how could I ever forget being with you?
“You always used to tell me to relax,” Klaus said as he gently caressed the Earl’s arms. “Do I have to tell you that now?”
Dorian gave a nervous laugh. “That sounds like me.” He received another soft kiss in reply. Then the buttons of his shirt were being undone, very slowly. Caressing hands were rubbing his chest, up to his shoulders, over his arms, expertly pushing the material off his body. Then his pants were being unfastened and gently pushed down, followed by his underwear.
My God, Klaus, you’re so good at this. Did I really teach you all that? Dorian looked the other man in the eye before he started undressing him, slowly, tentatively. He still couldn’t believe it was true; that the officer wasn’t going to panic any second and run screaming into the night.
When he had Klaus down to his underwear, he started kissing his chest, moving his way downward. His fingers slipped in between the officer’s skin and the material of his underwear. He slid it downward as he continued to kiss his incredibly flat stomach, moving down to…
“Oh, my God!”
Dorian practically fell over backwards when Klaus’s manhood was revealed. He ended up on his still healing backside, but didn’t even notice any pain; a hand went to his mouth, his eyes growing wide.
Unlike the first time, Klaus found the Earl’s reaction to his considerable endowments amusing.
Dorian looked up, his eyes sparkling. “Oh, Major! Magnificent!”
“You don’t want to stuff and mount it again, I hope,” Klaus said mildly.
“Oh, God what I want to do with that…that…” Dorian waved a hand, finding himself at a loss for words.
Klaus saw a very familiar amorous expression come to the Earl’s face. He also saw an immediate erection and held out a hand. “I think the bed will be more comfortable than the floor, don’t you?”
* * *
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