The Claiming of Beauty Ch. 07

I am starting a new series that will be six or eight Modern Erotic Fairy Tales. Four have already been written and I am sure you can figure out which ones.

This is basically an erotic love story and of course all characters are over 21. It will definitely not start out as a love story, but it will get there. The Series contains BDSM, bondage, exhibitionism, and lots of kinky sex. If you don't like these things then this story may not be for you. Please vote often (fives are most welcome) and of course please leave constructive comments.

PS - If you have fantasies, ideas, etc for new stories please let me know, that includes twists on existing stories and I will see what I can do. Many of my stories have started out that way. I already have a list of fairy Tales I am writing but if you have a favorite I could maybe include it.

The Claiming of Beauty by the Beast

A Modern Erotic Fairy Tale

Chapter 7

Gia's idyllic morning was suddenly ripped away from her with the Sheriff's comments. The hair on the back of her neck stood up as she suddenly longed for the safety of Archer's strong arms. As she stumbled back toward Archer, in a panic-stricken voice she screeched, "Who, when, what is happening?"

With the background noise the Sheriff was obviously on his way to them. The siren and the road noise both made it difficult to understand what he was saying. "We have an informant that claims two gun thugs from Presidio are on their way to your castle. That's all we have, so hunker down until we get there."

Gia's face was a mask of fear and panic as she reached Archer. In a halting voice, she asked him what the Sheriff said. He gave a three-word synopsis, "Their coming again!"

Archer knew they needed to move quickly. He gathered her in his arms as he moved to the back of the house toward the gun cabinet. He held her tightly as he whispered, "He's not after you baby, he is after me. Right now, you're just in the way. Killing me means more to him than killing you, but you are a witness."

Archer and Gia headed to the back of the house and head to the gun safe. Gia knew the combination the gun safe and they were able to get some of the better rifles, pistols and ammunition. They gathered up their defense weaponry, kitted up and headed back up the stairs ready to do battle.

Once they reached Gia's bedroom Archer slipped on a shirt and jeans. Meanwhile, Gia shimmied into a skintight sundress and slipped on some panties. Then all hell broke loose. A high-powered rifle shot came through the window hitting the dresser mirror. It hit Gia's mirrored reflection with a perfect head shot. Archer grabbed the frozen Gia around the waist and pulled her to the floor. It was less than a second later that another rifle shot came through the bedroom window, narrowly missing Gia.

Archer shielded Gia for a few more seconds and then ordered, "We need to get in defensive positions, you take overwatch like you did last time but make sure not to hit any of the Sheriffs people. Meanwhile Philip and I will address the threat head-on."

As Gia headed upstairs a shotgun blast breached the door and Archer heard someone coming up the stairs. He knew it was not the sheriff, so he turned to face the threat coming up the staircase. Archer aimed his pistol out the door ready to confront anyone who came up the staircase. He didn't really want to shoot or kill anyone, but protecting Gia was his first priority. If they pushed him, he would do whatever is necessary to protect her. Letting everyone else know that, he shouted out the door, "I don't want to kill you. However, if you come up the stairs, I will do whatever is necessary and you will die first."

Letting the gun thugs know that he was serious, Archer fired two shots into the wall above where he supposed their heads were. He heard shuffling on the stairs stop. Then in the distance, he heard the soft wail of a police siren. He knew reinforcements were not far away and he heard the gun thug's footsteps retreating down staircase.

Archer heard footsteps running out of the house, but he knew this could still be a trap. He stayed prone on the floor hoping the Gia was okay above him until he heard the sirens stop in front of the house and police cars screech to a stop. He slowly rose to a crouch and turned to the staircase to go up and check on Gia. When he reached her, she had a mixture of fear and awe on her face.

He had put his life on the line to protect her... again. She never expected anyone to do that and yet he did it twice. His protection was just one more confirmation of his love for her and proof that he was the man she had always dreamed of. At a minimum, he cared enough to protect her with his life, or he truly loved her with all he had. Either way, it was an amazing feeling to have someone who loves you as he did. It was even more amazing to love him back the same way.

They heard the Sheriff shouting their names as he prowled up the stairs. Archer grabbed Gia, headed back down the stairs and laid the guns on the floor before helping Gia. They looked deeply and lovingly into each other's eyes and for a moment, their hearts were revealed to each other. Their love and caring for each other poured out through their eyes. As the Sheriff carefully skulked to the top of the stairs, they turned to face him.

The Sheriff breathed a sigh of elation as he saw them both okay. As the sigh passed his lips his tense shoulders slumped in relief. He whispered, "Thank God you're alright."

The Sheriff smiled at them with genuine happiness that they were okay. Just a few moments of genuine affection quickly vanished as he looked at the bullet holes in the windows. He turned his back to the loving couple as he started issuing orders to his deputies. There were still at least two-gun thugs out there and they needed to round them up.

When the sheriff turned to give them a moment of privacy, Archer turned to look at her radiant Gia. Her face was lit up with joy and happiness. The love in her eyes was obvious to even the most casual observer. Archer was not the casual observer and his whole inside turned to mush as she looked at him. He started to lean down and kiss her when something in the corner of his eye caught his attention.

His eyes shifted and he saw the smoky trail of an RPG heading towards them. Without even thinking, he pushed Gia to the floor. He turned and shoved hard on the Sheriff's back forcing him to stumble through the bedroom door. Only after everyone else was safe did he dive to cover Gia.

Unfortunately, too much time had elapsed and in mid-dive the room exploded into a shower of glass, stone and wood. Everyone else was safe, but Archer caught the full brunt of the blast. He landed hard on Gia momentarily driving the breath from her.

Gia squirmed underneath Archer as her breath came back. He was still lying on her with his full weight keeping her pinned to the floor. Her left arm was trapped beneath him, but with her right arm, she gently caressed his back. She kissed his cheek and whispered, "You have to stop saving me like this. I'm starting to feel like a damsel in an action movie."

Archer didn't respond, but Gia didn't think anything about it until she felt warm liquid on the arm trapped beneath him. She squirmed trying to look at him, then in a voice filled with concern she mumbled, "Archer... Archer!" The longer he didn't answer the more panic filled her voice until she was screaming, "ARCHER... ARCHER!"

Suddenly the Sheriff was there lifting Archer so she could squirm out from under him. Together they gently turned Archer onto his back and assessed the damage. His whole right side was peppered with hundreds of pieces of glass, stone and wood. However, there were three major wounds. A large chunk of stone was embedded in his thigh and a large piece of glass was embedded in his arm. Both were bleeding heavily, but the most life threatening wound was a large piece of glass sticking out of his side.

The Sheriff immediately got on the radio shouting, "I need a med flight here and I need it NOW! I need one person to help me transport the wounded. The rest of you I want you to find the son of a bitch that did this, and I don't care if he makes it to trial."

Gia rushed over to his gym bag and pulled out the leather strips that had given her so much pleasure the night before. Now she used them to create tourniquets stemming the blood flow from his arm and leg. Both she and the Sheriff worked silently and methodically. They both knew what needed to be done to stabilize Archer so they could get him to the hospital.

However, the tears in Gia's eyes made it difficult for her to see what to do and occasionally she had to wipe the tears from her eyes. The Sheriff heard Gia muttering prayers as she worked over Archer and joined in with some of his own. In the background Philip could be heard taking on the thugs. Gia had done everything she could do to help Archer, and she knew the Sheriff needed help to get Archer to the med-flight

Gia called over their hand-held radio, "Philip please come help take care of Archer, I will take over the defenses."

In the short time they had known each other, the Sheriff had come to admire and respect Archer. Archer had taken care of Gia throughout this whole fiasco. Archer regained consciousness shortly after the tourniquets went on. He drifted in and out of consciousness with obvious pain on his face. His glances at Gia were always thankful and his eyes were filled with happiness.

Gia had run upstairs with her rifle and began taking out the now more than two attackers. Her eyes were filled with tears, and it was difficult to see the attackers. She wiped her eyes and kept defending the castle but prayed in between shots to hopefully to give Archer some help from above.

Gia saw the chopper land on the lawn and saw the sheriff, Philip and a deputy transport Archer to the chopper. They used a sheet to create a makeshift stretcher, and everyone struggled under Archer massive weight. Once Archer was on the chopper. The Sheriff turned his attention to the manhunt and the chopper sat on the lawn. Before he left for the manhunt the sheriff called to Gia and told her to come down and go with Archer. She dropped her gun and within seconds was on board with Archer and the chopper took off.

As they took off Gia heard two more explosions and glanced back to see sections of the castle crumble from the RPG explosive on-slot. She glanced around and saw Philip still fighting the cartel from the rubble of sections of the castle. She felt badly about leaving Philip but Archer needed her now. She put the battle out of her mind and paid attention to Archer.

Word had spread quickly and every law enforcement agency in the area was hunting these men. They had some of the best trackers in the world working in this area. The Sheriff knew the gun thugs would soon be either dead or in custody. So, he turned his attention to the mastermind.

The Sheriff had known and fought the cartel all his life. He and the head of the cartel had gone hunting and fishing together in their younger days. When they grew older, they went in opposite directions with his friend with the cartel and the Sheriff went to law enforcement. The sheriff knew many of his secret hideaways and he started with the ones that had the most memories. Anyone that would hurt Archer's family and his or her own children for financial gain deserved to be dead or in jail, even if they were a former friend.

The Sheriff kept in touch via radio on the manhunt as he headed to where he was sure the cartel was. But his objective was to make sure the cartel would no longer be a viable organization. His friend and the head of the cartel needed to be in jail and he hoped that he didn't force him into a gun fight.

Chapter 8

Archer's Hummer was packed and almost the entire town turned out to see him off. He remembered back to Philip's comments about how this was the most devastating thing to happen in their town for decades. He had to admit he was going to miss this town, but he knew he would be back when the castle was repaired. He and Gia had already met with the architects to redesign and rebuild the castle, then left Philip to watch over the construction.

He shook hands with the Sheriff, but winced as the Sheriff wrapped him in a big bear hug. While his wounds were on the mend, they were still tender. The town's twins had shown up in identical skimpy outfits that left little to the imagination. They were the town's teasers and had tried to seduce Archer several times, but he had never been interested. It was an obvious last attempt at seduction, and he had to shake his head in wonder. As they plied their seductive act Archer cast a side glance at his co-pilot.

Archer gingerly climbed into his Hummer and looked over at his new copilot. He wasn't sure he could keep his eyes on the road, because she was devastatingly distracting. Gia was sprawled casually in the seat beside him in a tiny bikini top, some Daisy Duke shorts and her slave collar. The smile on her face let him know she was happy to be where they were. Her eyes were luminous with the love she felt for him and for the thousandth time his heart responded. His insides turned into mushy goo again as her love filled him to overflowing.

She was leaving everything behind to come with him. She still had college classes to finish but she would do that later. However, Gia still had a large fortune and trust fund squirreled away and she would never hurt for money. She had offered to help pay for the rebuilding of the castle, but he declined, but he did allow her to choose their first destination for what were to be six months of recovery, relaxation and basking in the love they had both found.

Archer handed Gia a large, zippered case full of CDs and a Rand McNally map book. He smiled at her and said, "As my copilot, you're in charge of music and navigation. So, for at least a little while you get to tell me where to go."

Gia gave him a pout that morphed into an impish smile. "Why don't you have a GPS? What happens if I get us lost?"

Archer chuckled and smiled at her. He knew with that sexy outfit and that impish smile, there would be many detours. Archer already knew the route, because the Interstate system goes all the way Florida to California. Archer got a pretend scowl on his face and said, "If you get us lost, I guess I will just have to find some way to punish you."

Gia's smile widened, taking over her entire face, with her eyes full of love and mischief. She squirmed in her seat and eventually leaned over the console with her breasts dangerously close to spilling out of her top. "Oh Master, then I will be sure to get us lost... several times!"

Archer couldn't help but smile as he leaned over and gave Gia a devastating kiss. Their tongues dueled for dominance just like their very first kiss and this time they were both winners. After the kiss, Gia sat back in her seat with a dreamy look on her face as Archer started the hummer. The throaty rumble kicked in as they drove away. Gia popped a CD in the player and as they reached, the city limits sign, "Babe" from Styx began blaring through the speakers.

The End