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Chapter 544: Foolish Aunt Diana
Diana drove the sleek black car in complete silence for nearly an hour, her fingers never once releasing their tight grip on mine where they rested on the gear shift. The city lights slowly disappeared behind them like fading embers, giving way to twisting mountain roads lined with dark pine trees.
The cool night air rushed through the cracked window, carrying the fresh scent of wildflowers and earth. Every so often, she would glance sideways at me, her usual dominant mask softened by something vulnerable and almost shy.
Finally, she turned onto a narrow gravel path and parked at a completely remote scenic overlook perched high above a vast moonlit valley.
The engine ticked quietly as it cooled. She killed the headlights, and suddenly the world opened up before them — a breathtaking panorama of rolling hills, distant twinkling village lights, and a sky so full of stars it looked like someone had spilled diamonds across black velvet. A gentle breeze whispered through the trees, rustling the leaves softly.
They stepped out together. Diana took my hand again and led me to an old wooden bench facing the valley.
She sat first, then gently pulled me down beside her, immediately curling into my side like she needed the warmth. Her head rested on my shoulder, one arm wrapped around my waist as if afraid I might vanish.
After a long, peaceful silence broken only by the distant call of a night bird, she finally spoke. Her voice was small, hesitant — a tone I rarely heard from the powerful, commanding woman I knew.
"Dexter... will you ever go back to the Stone Age?"
I gazed out over the moonlit valley and nodded slowly, honestly. "Yeah... there are a lot of things there. People I care about. A whole life I built. I can’t just abandon it forever."
Diana’s fingers tightened on my shirt. She stayed quiet for several heartbeats, then asked in an even softer whisper, almost afraid of the answer:
"What about me? If you go back there... what would I do without you?"
I turned to face her fully. The moonlight caught the faint shimmer of unshed tears in her eyes. I smiled gently at how vulnerable and beautiful she looked right now, then flicked her forehead playfully with my finger.
Thwack.
"Ow!" Diana cried out, rubbing the spot and looking up at me with big, pitiful, teary eyes like a scolded kitten.
"You fool," I said affectionately, my voice warm and full of love. "Didn’t I already tell you? I died here... and went back to the Stone Age. Was I missing here? "
Diana blinked slowly, processing my words. Then her eyes widened with dawning realization, the tears shifting from sadness to pure wonder.
"You... you mean... yeah... You can time travel..." A bright, amazed smile broke across her face like sunlight after a storm. "That’s... that’s incredible. You can literally go anywhere, any time, and still come back to the exact same moment... no one would even know we were gone..."
Before I could say anything more, Diana suddenly pounced on me with surprising strength and passion. I fell backward onto the bench with a soft thud, landing flat on my back.
She straddled my thighs, sitting on top of me and looking down with intense, sparkling eyes full of love and possession. Her hands pressed firmly against my chest as the cool night wind played with her hair, making it dance around her face.
"From now on," she declared, voice firm yet trembling with emotion, "you have to protect me. No matter what happens. I don’t care how strong or ruthless I am out there in the world... when I’m with you, I want to be the one who feels safe. I want to be the one who gets protected for once."
I smiled up at her, my heart swelling with warmth. I wrapped my arms around her waist and hugged her tighter, pulling her down until our bodies pressed together completely, her soft breasts against my chest and her breath mingling with mine.
"Do you want to go to the Stone Age with me?" I asked softly, brushing a loose strand of hair behind her ear and tracing her jaw with my thumb.
"I would love to show you that place... the endless forests, the hidden villages, the rivers where I used to bathe, the people who became my family. Don’t worry — we’ll come back at the exact same time we left. No one here will even know we were gone. Time travel means we can have both worlds... together."
Diana’s eyes shimmered with happy tears that finally spilled over. She nodded without hesitation, leaning down to press her forehead against mine, her breath warm and shaky.
"Yes," she whispered, voice thick with joy and love. "Take me with you. I want to see everything you’ve seen. I want to stand beside you in those ancient forests, sleep under those same stars, and belong wherever you belong. I don’t care about empires or power anymore... I just want to be with you."
She kissed me deeply under the endless sky, slow and passionate, pouring every ounce of her love, relief, and unspoken fears into it. Her lips moved against mine with a hunger that was both tender and desperate, her tongue brushing mine as if she wanted to memorize the taste of this moment forever.
The cool night air wrapped around them like a soft blanket, carrying the faint scent of pine and wildflowers while the distant valley lights twinkled far below like scattered stars that had fallen to earth.
For the first time in what felt like forever, the world felt perfectly, beautifully still — just the two of them, a simple wooden bench, and the promise of countless lifetimes stretching out across time itself.
When she finally pulled back, breathless and flushed, Diana rested her head on my chest, her ear pressed right over my heartbeat.
She closed her eyes, listening to the steady, strong rhythm beneath her cheek as if it were the only sound that mattered in the universe. I stroked her hair gently, fingers threading through the silky strands while the breeze played softly around us.
"I love you, Dexter," she murmured against my heart, her voice low and filled with raw emotion. "More than anything in this world... or any other."
I hugged her tighter, wrapping both arms around her protectively and pulling her even closer until there wasn’t a single inch of space between our bodies. Then, with a gentle smile, I activated God Speed.