CHAPTER TWENTY

AS SHE AND SONNY walked up the stairs to the bedroom, Carly was trying to figure out how she could play this without making Sonny realize what she was up to before it was too late. She could play the worried vamipiress to the hilt and beg Sonny to make love to her one last time because she was afraid something might happen to him and they’d never get a chance to be together again, but that should be saved for a last resort. Besides, if she came on heavy like that, he might suspect just why she wanted them to come up here. No, better to play it light and carefree, then lower the boom on Sonny when he least expected it to come.

“You go and lay down on the bed.” Carly instructed as she and Sonny entered the room. “And I’ll be right back.”

He gave her a speaking look. “I thought you wanted to come up her because you were tired.”

“I just wanted to be alone with you for awhile.” She replied. “And since you told Cassadine you think this has a better chance of working if you’re relaxed. That’s exactly what I intend to do. Relax you.” She headed into the adjoining bathroom.

Sonny went and laid down on the bed. “And just how do you intend to do that.” He called to her.

“I’m going to give you a full-body massage.“ She called back from inside the bathroom. She came out carrying something. “I knew a well-stocked joint like this would have what I was looking for.” She held up some baby oil. “Remember that time in the tub when we were going to give each other a baby oil massage? Only when I tried to levitate it, I sent it smashing against the wall.” She added. “You know, I’ve become pretty good at levitating things since then.”

“Carly, I don’t think this is a good idea.” Sonny replied uneasily. “You know what happens when we start touching each other. Now is just not the time for that.”

“Not this time.” She assured him. “I just want to relax you, not seduce you.” Liar, she said to herself, that’s exactly what you want to do. “So let me show you just how good I’ve gotten at the few tricks you’ve showed me how to do so far. You just lay back and let my magic fingers send you to nirvana.” She added. “To prove my intentions are pure, you can leave your pants on. I’ll just give you a semi-full body massage.”

“Carly, I don’t know.” He was still unsure about this. Probably because it took her so little to arouse him.

She sat down on the bed and stared at his shirt. It began to unbutton all by itself. Then the shirt pulled itself out of the waistband of Sonny’s pants and spread itself wide to reveal his chest. “Isn’t that cool. See, I told you I’d gotten good at this.” The shirt slid off his shoulders and down his arms, then floated through the air before landing on a chair across the room.“ Now just relax, baby.” She pushed him down on his back. “And enjoy what I’m about to do to you. After what you went through last night you need this. You need to relax all the tension from your body. And I‘m just the person to do it.” She squirted a little baby oil on the palm of her hand, then rubbed her hands together to coat them with the oil.

Sonny sighed in pleasure as he felt her hands move over his chest in a sensuous motion. “That feels so good, sweetheart. This is one thing you‘ll never be able to do mentally, thank goodness.” He opened his smoldering eyes and stared at her. “Did I ever tell you how much I enjoy it when you touch me.”

“You didn’t have to.“ She leaned over him and slowly trailed the tip of her tongue up his neck. “I knew you would have to enjoy it when it gives me so much pleasure doing it. I told you that you’d enjoy this, didn’t I? And this is only just the beginning.” She knew exactly where to touch him to bring him the most pleasure and she used her knowledge of his body against him without a shred of remorse. “Are you feeling relaxed yet?”

“I feel absolutely boneless.” He sighed. “You must have done this before.” There was a hint of jealousy in his voice at the thought of her doing this to any other man aside from him.

“No, Sonny,” She smiled, proving she knew what was on his mind and bothering him. “I haven’t. You are the only man I’ve ever done this to. You’re the only man I’ve ever wanted to do this to. It’s because the way I feel about you that I can touch you like this.”

He was so caught up in the way Carly was touching him he didn’t even feel it when Carly mentally unzipped his pants and removed them from him. It wasn’t until he felt her hands on a certain part of his anatomy that his eyes popped open in shock. “What are you doing?” Sonny sat up in surprise. “I thought you said you weren’t going to give me a full-body massage.”

She kissed him then shoved him back down on his back again. “I didn’t intend to.” She was all innocence. “But I can still feel the tension in you. You’re still not totally relaxed. So I think you really need your entire body massaged so you can relax completely.” If he had been thinking clearly at the moment he would have realized she was up to no good. “Come on, Sonny, you’re one of the most controlled people I know. Are you saying you have no control over your own body. That you won‘t be able to control yourself if you find yourself a little stimulated by what I‘m doing?”

“I have plenty of control.” He declared angrily. She knew how much he prided himself on his self-control. She had played her cards wisely.

“Then you should have no problem with me giving you a full-body massage, should you?” She returned. “Besides, what could happen between us as long as I keep my clothes on.” Of course, as soon as Carly was sure Sonny’s blood was heated to the point where he was filled with an uncontrollable lust for her she intended to remove them and finish the job of seducing him. She knew when Sonny realized what she’d done to him there would be hell to pay, but she didn’t care. She had absolutely no scruples when it came to protecting him and keeping him safe.

DOWNSTAIRS AN alarm went off in Stefan’s study as one of the sensory detectors was triggered. Sorel had arrived. From the direction of the sensor he had entered from the far side of the island. It would take him awhile to get her. It’s was time to get Corinthos and have him make a mental link with Barbara’s mind.

As Stefan rushed up the stairs, Bobbie looked towards the French doors in her room. He was here. She could feel his presence growing nearer with every fiber of her being. Her need for Sorel was so strong she decided not to wait for him to call her to him, but to go out and meet him. She sat up and threw her legs over the side of the bed, then stood up and headed for the bedroom door.

Carly could hear the tread of Stefan’s feet running down the hallway as he approached the room she and Sonny were in and she quickly locked the door mentally to bar him from entering and interrupting their love making. Sonny was so caught up in the passion of the moment he didn’t hear a thing. Not even when Stefan began to bang on the door. And Carly did everything she could think of to keep Sonny insensible to everything but her and the way she was making him feel.

Unfortunately, the pounding on the door finally pierced the sexual haze clouding his mind along with Stefan yelling his name through the door. It took every ounce of control for Sonny to leave Carly and pull away from her. But when he did his head suddenly became clear. “You set me up!” He spat. “You did this to me on purpose.”

“You left me no choice.” She replied holding the sheet to her breasts. “I couldn’t let you do what Cassadine wanted you to do.”

“Even at the cost of your own mother?” He asked as he climbed out of bed and tugged on his pants.

“Yes.” She admitted unashamedly. “You’re all that matters to me. My mother and I tried to make up for all the years we lost together but we never could. Now she’s just the woman who gave me life, while you are my life.” She added. “I’d kill if that’s what it took to protect you. I don‘t regret what I did. My only regret is not burying my teeth in your neck when I heard Cassadine at the door then you would have never known he was there.”

Sonny grabbed his shirt off the chair and was tugging it on as he threw open the door. Stefan looked him up and down disdainfully knowing exactly what Sonny and Carly had been doing and why Sonny hadn’t come to the door immediately. “I knew it was a mistake to let the two of you come up here. I should have known the two of you couldn’t be alone together in a room with a bed without going at it like the over-sexed animals that you are.”

“Look, Cassadine,” Sonny snarled. “You have a choice. You can either stand here and continue to insult me or we can go to Bobbie and see if it’s not too late to put the plan into motion.” With that Sonny walked ahead of Stefan to Bobbie’s room. When they entered they found it empty. “She must have gone to meet Sorel.”

“Can you try to link your mind with hers even if she isn’t here?” Stefan asked.

“I can try.” Sonny focused on Bobbie and amazingly this time it worked. “She’s walking down the stairs. She’s heading toward the front door. Sorel hasn’t called her to him yet. She’s going to him of her own freewill.”

“Let’s go.” They ran out of the room and down the stairs. When they reached the foyer the door was standing wide open. “You try to catch up with her.” Stefan ordered. “I need to get a weapon so if we catch up with Sorel we can deal with him.”

“Sonny, wait!” Carly called to him from the top of the stairs. She was dressed and came running down the stairs after him. “I’m coming with you.”

“Fine.” He grabbed her by the arm. “Thanks to you, I haven’t got time to argue with you. If I do, we’ll lose Bobbie completely.”

They headed out in the fog.” Have you any idea which way to go? It all looks the same to me.”

“This way.” Sonny directed.

“You still managed to link your mind with hers?” Carly asked in horror.

“Despite all your efforts to the contrary.” He spat at her. “Yes, I managed to do it.”

‘I was just trying to protect you.” She said in her defense.

“No.” He retorted. “you were trying to control me. My problem is I’ve been giving into your whims a little too much, lately. Now you think you can wrap me around your little finger. No woman, mortal or vampire, will ever control me.” He added. “From now on things are going to change between us.”

Stefan caught up with them. “Do you know in which direction Barbara went in.”

“She went in that direction.” Sonny directed. Silence descended as the trio continued to follow Bobbie through the foggy night. After some minutes they came into a clearing and saw Bobbie walking up to Sorel.

Sorel smiled as she approached. “You were so anxious to be with me, you couldn’t wait for me to call you.” He was pleased. “You came to me all on your own. An improvement over you trying to fight your need for me the way you did last night.”

Bobbie smiled at him as she slid her nightgown off her shoulders. “Take me, Joseph. Make me yours completely.”

Sorel leered at her nudity as she laid down on the ground at his feet holding her arms out for him to join her. “I’m going to enjoy having you as my slave.” He declared as he began to remove his clothes.

In the bushes Stefan aimed the gun in his hand at Sorel. “Well, it’s either now or never.” With that he pulled the trigger.

Bobbie started shrieking in horror as Sorel fell to the ground. Then she looked around to see who had dared to harm her master and spotted Stefan with the gun in her hand. “You!” She snarled as she jumped to her feet and lunged towards him planning to claw him to bits. Before she could reach Stefan, Sonny grabbed her from behind. “Let me go.” She struggled violently to break free of Sonny and to kill Stefan. “I’ll kill you all for this.”

“Take her up to the house.” Stefan ordered. “While I finish off Sorel.”

“How long is she going to be like this?” Carly asked.

“Until Sorel has been completely destroyed.” Stefan answered.

“The only one who is going to be destroyed, Witch.” Bobbie shrieked as Sonny dragged her back to the house. “Is you!”

Stefan could still hear Bobbie shrieking threats against him as he walked over to Sorel’s body. Sonny and Carly were unaware that he’d only shot Sorel with a tranquilizer gun. Sorel was merely asleep. He thought it best they didn’t know how he planned to dispose of Sorel until it was too late for them to do anything about it. While they had no problem with killing one of their own kind, he thought they’d have a problem with the method he had chosen to do it in.

Stefan removed four wooden stakes, a hammer and some rope from his pocket. He pounded the four stakes into the ground then tied Sorel’s wrists and ankles to each stake. Soon the sun would arise and Stefan wanted Sorel awake and alert for what was about to happen to him.