The Dark Garden

Loneliness can blur the lines between good and evil

The breezy wind made her long hair swirl into her face as she stood vigilante waiting for the deadly Horseman to appear. Crane would kill her if he knew that she came here at night to meet their sworn enemy. His feelings about this matter did not concern Abbie or the Horseman. They rarely discussed Crane or anything else about their war against each other. He would just let her talk about anything that she wanted and listen to her every word. Occasionally he would grunt or chuckle when she mentioned some failure his sworn enemy Crane had had.

Their strange relationship began one day a month ago while she was chasing down a perp. The man surprised her and knocked her gun from her hand. He then tackled her to the ground. He could have run away but he wanted something more than freedom. When he began tearing at her clothing and telling her that he was going to make her suffer and never forget him; Abbie began to scream in fear and frustration. Her partner Luke was nowhere around to help her. He was her back-up and was always absent. Her attacker ripped her shirt and then balled his hand into a fist when she landed a punch to his face. She closed her eyes and braced for his strike but it never came. She never knew how strong the Horseman was until she witnessed him throwing the man up into the treetops with a simple flick of his wrist. The demon just stared down at her shivering body and then kneeled beside her. He touched her tattered shirt and frowned. He seemed different that night. He was usually threatening but that night, his face looked annoyed at something or someone. He gathered her up into his arms to provide warmth and she surprised herself by accepting his touch.

He covered her body with his redcoat jacket and helped her stand. Abbie fell onto his body because she her twisted ankle. Abraham easily lifted her into his arms bridal style. "Where is your male friend the one who lusts after you?"

Abbie trembled in his arms and he held her tighter so that his warmth would invade her body. "What?"

"The one who stares at you when you are not looking. Is he visiting the witch while you come to harm?"

What did he know that she did not? Luke was not anyone that she wished to get involved with…ever. She never felt completely safe around him especially when he had his gun out. "I have no feelings for him."

The white stallion of the rider of death came from the dark woods towards them and kneeled as Abraham easily sat on the saddle with her securely in his arms and swung his left leg around to the other side. Daredevil stood and slowly walked back into the woods.

"He has feelings for you that I do not think you will submit to." Abbie rested her head against his warm chest and closed her eyes. His voice rumbled against her ear and travelled throughout her body. His voice was soothing and the pain in her foot began to fade away.

"I have asked for another partner but there aren't any new ones. I have to wait."

Abraham frowned at her words and instinctively held her tighter. He had watched her for a while before letting her know that he was tracking her. She was afraid at first but he never approached her. Soon she came to expect his presence and today she was not fearful or disappointed with his rescue. He flexed his muscles against her body liking the softness of her flesh against his shirt. He loved the smell of her unkempt hair. Usually her appearance was flawless but the wrestling with her attacker undid her professional look.

"If he touches you I will not throw him up into the treetops…I will snap his neck and stomp on his body until I break every bone and then I will send him to hell."

He felt her shiver as his words filled her ears. She knew then that this demon was attracted to her. She always knew that he was around when he showed himself to her one day. He was outside her home in the backyard just watching her. He never approached her until today and she was grateful beyond words.

There was silence between them as Daredevil headed towards her home. The stallion stepped from the woods and kneeled in her backyard. Abraham held her securely and swung his leg over the saddle and then stood up. He walked with her in his arms towards her unlocked back door. She never locked it anymore since she discovered that he was watching her. She often wondered if he came into her house at night and watched over her as she slept. It would not disturb her in the least if he did. Knowing that someone cared about her that at the moment wanted only her company made her feel as if she had purpose and was needed.

He opened her door and then walked inside and closed it behind them. He knew his way around her home as if he had truly been inside on many occasions. Abbie stared up at him as he walked into her bedroom and set her on the bed. He moved down towards her right ankle and carefully removed her shoe. She was surprised at how gentle he could be. Abraham removed her sock just as carefully and looked at her throbbing foot. Her feet were beautiful as he remembered. On occasion when he visited her at night they would find their way from under her blanket while she slept.

A tingling sensation began to spread from her foot and up her leg. Abbie smiled and tried not to giggle because of the tickling filling her body. Abraham smirked when he heard a giggle escape her. He knew the only reason that she was not screaming in pain was because he wanted to heal her not hurt her. The feeling began to fade as the Horseman removed his warm hands away from her foot. She watched him stand and extend his hand towards her. She placed her hand in his without a second thought.

There was no pain when she stood. She looked up at him and noticed him staring at her ripped shirt. He carefully removed his jacket from around her shoulders and saw the scratches on her neck. Abbie closed her eyes when heat filled her body as his fingers gently ran down the scratch on her neck healing it. She felt his fingers drag lower and dip between her breasts. She could feel the stubble on his cheek as he moved closer to her. His breath was on her neck as he breathed deeply of her scent.

"Is there any other mark or flesh that needs to be touched, soothed or rubbed to make you feel needed. I will heal it…. completely and willingly."

She did not remember what she answered but she did remember waking up the next morning dressed in her nightgown. He was her own personal bodyguard from that day on and she liked that. She liked having him around to make sure that she was okay. She liked the silences between them when he wanted to touch her. The nervous excitement that ran through her body was enough to make her light headed. He loved the power he had over her.

Abbie heard the happy whining of Daredevil and she woke from her reminiscing as he approached her. She turned to watch her big blonde horseman coming towards her at a steady gallop. He was powerful and he knew it captivated her. She noticed that his eyes roamed over her body. She was wearing a dress tonight. She also knew that Abraham liked when material contoured her curves. He raised an eyebrow when she placed her hands on her hips. The frown that crossed her brows made him smile.

"You're late."

Not many…correction no one would dare talk to him about his being punctual but this scrap of a woman staring up at him. Daredevil nudged her with his snout and Abbie giggled and started petting him.

"Did you wear this dress for me?"

Abbie continued petting Daredevil as she slowly rolled her passion filled eyes up towards her Horseman in the saddle. The wind decided to add to her seduction and gently whip her hair around her face and body and raise her dress slightly to reveal more of her legs. "Maybe,"

She watched him move around in the saddle as his body became uncomfortably hard. "Then I will have to remove it to make sure no other has laid a mark upon you."

He could sense the moisture already flowing from her womb in anticipation of making his journey inside of her wet and smooth. Abraham got down from the saddle and Abbie stepped back feeling desire flood her already primed body.

"I am late because there were four demons on your scent. They are no more." Abbie stayed her ground as Abraham approached her. He raised his hand and moved her windblown hair behind her right ear so that he could see the out of control passion growing in her eyes and body more clearly. She moved closer to him and stared up at him.

"What does my Horseman want as payment?"

He stared down at her for only a moment and his lips assaulted hers. He bent his knees so that his hands would travel under her dress and as he straightened them his hands connected with the firm flesh of her bottom. She heard him growl in his throat. A torturous moan escaped her as the vivid memory of him telling her what he would like to do to her from behind filled her thoughts and body. Her arms wrapped around his neck as she kissed him back with full blown savagery. Abraham left no doubt in her mind about what he wanted to do with her and to her.

Something deep inside of Abraham alerted him to the presence of old and evil magic lurking near.. He suddenly pulled away from the kiss and looked towards the Hollow woods. He knew that it was not Moloch;but he could not tell what or who it was watching them. His need to protect his female rose the aggression in his body to almost the level of his lust to be inside of her.

Abbie suddenly slipped from his grasp. Abraham watched her run away from him. She would always run from him. He did not know if it was pure instinct or planned but he loved chasing her through the woods and tonight was no exception. She could scream as loud as she wanted because no one could hear them in the deep forest. He would always catch her by the biggest tree in the forest no matter which way she ran. She would put a fierce defense but there was no escape once he had her, it was fate.

"So what …you are stronger and faster." Abraham leaned his body into hers and growled. Abbie smiled and bared her neck to him and let him mark her he always did. The exquisite pain just added to her need to have him.

"Abraham…." Her soft whisper of his name made him move against her as he licked the wound that he had made.

"I want to know."

Abraham sucked on the wound and felt her tremble and moan. Her body arched towards him and he could feel the wetness between her thighs and pressed harder between them. A sound of pain escaped her. "I want to know what it feels like to be with you."

Abraham growled and ripped her underwear from her body. His kiss ran down her neck towards her breasts as Abbie arched her body towards his ravenous mouth. "You will bleed more than normal when I break the barrier separating you from knowing man."

His hands touched the wet flesh between her thighs and she winced and gasped at the painful need that took over her body from his simple touch. His bottoms suddenly moved down his muscled thighs and passed his knees. She could feel his hard flesh near where she wanted it so desperately to be. She tried to shift and get him to move inside but Abraham stopped her. Her passion filled eyes focused on his angry ones.

"I will do the honor of getting inside of you and I will take the innocence that you are offering me."

"Yes,…please Now!..." She squirmed against the tree as Abraham lifted her legs at the knee for deeper penetration. His simple move all but sent her to the stratosphere of pleasure. When his hard flesh touched the liquefied lips of her flesh she could not hold back her scream of anticipation and want. Abraham growled and sucked on his mark on her neck as his hips moved forward and squeezed his flesh inside of her a few inches. The feminine sound that escaped her made him want to claim her quickly before anyone else decided that they wanted her and challenged him to claim her. His body moved slowly forward and touched what was keeping her innocent. He had to close his eyes and calm his raging desire. He wanted to gently take her moaning into his loving not screaming. When Abraham opened his eyes he saw something move just past Abbie's left shoulder. The thing moved from the shelter of the leaves and out into the opening. The horned beast smiled at Abraham. The thing was unafraid of him but he would teach it that that was not wise. Daredevil suddenly appeared beside his master. The horned beast was not smiling for long because the death rider's axe came hurtling at his head. The axe cut into the side of his face as he leaped back into the woods.

Abbie trembled as Abraham slowly pulled his still hard flesh from her body without taking what he wanted from her. She stared at his hard profile as he looked in the direction that his axe had gone. He was in hunt mood. She could smell his aggression and lust growing at break neck speed. He slowly pulled up his bottoms and moved away from her as Daredevil's big body shielded her in his absence. Abbie turned and watched as Abraham walked towards the empty opening to recover his axe. He cautiously pulled his weapon from the tree and noticed the blue blood dripping from a section of the razor sharp blade. He touched the blood and then wiped it on his pants transferring the unseen toxins. They travelled through the fabric of his pants; melted through his skin and then dissolved into his blood stream. Abraham flicked his wrist and the rest of the blood flew off the axe. He looked in the direction that the creature had gone but he could not sense it or see it. He turned and walked back to Abbie.

"What was it?"

Abraham saw the worry on her face and gently touched her cheek. "You are safe with me. Do not go into those woods without me."

She nodded as he moved closer to her. The moonlight began to fill the dark garden as he pulled her towards him for a slow kiss. He knew that he had to take her home and that tonight his needs would not be fulfilled. He slowly pulled away from her and leaned his forehead against hers.

"I want you…still" Her soft voice filled his ears and made his body lust for her again.

Abraham ran his hands down her body as his lips moved closer to her ear. "Nothing will keep me from you."

Even though night had rolled in, he could see perfectly as if it were day time. He gently pulled her dress down and then his arm circled her waist. Daredevil bowed as Abraham climbed onto the saddle with his precious cargo tight against his body. He held her securely as Daredevil straightened. Her cheek rested on his chest as she closed her eyes and listened to his heartbeat.

"You will meet me here in our dark garden tomorrow and I shall have you here under the moon and stars." His deep voice made her quiver. Abbie leaned away from him and stared up into his dark eyes.

"I will meet you here in our dark garden tomorrow and I shall have you here under the moon and stars."

"Nothing will keep me from you." His right hand gripped the back of her neck as his lips claimed hers with a hungry kiss.

*()*

Her body cried with need the next morning. She dreamed about him as she slept. This morning in the shower, she had to hug herself to stop shaking. A part of her was gone. Only with him would she be whole. Only when she whispered his name did the aching and soreness abate so that she could walk and think. A smile filled her lips and joy camped in her body. She had someone that cared about her and only wanted her. He had no other love nor was he trying to hide secrets from her. She knew who he was and what he could do. He wanted only to be with her. Tonight she would be whole under the moon and stars.

"Abbie are you listening to me." Luke wondered at her new found happiness. He liked seeing her miserable and lonely. To him, that meant that he had a shot at stealing the picky princess of Sleepy Hollow. Abbie moved her long ponytail back over her shoulder and glared up at him.

"Where were you yesterday? I needed back up and you were nowhere to be found."

Luke was taken aback at her anger. "I had things to do."

"ON DUTY! I was in dire straits Luke. What were you doing?"

He could not tell her that he was with the witch trying to find something to make her fall in love with him. He did not even tell the witch his real reason for an interest in her trinkets. "Look I am sorry and I will never do that again."

He made a move to touch her but Abbie moved away from him. "If it does I am going straight to the Captain. You need a different partner."

Luke watched her walk away from her desk and towards the copier. What was up with her? She was smiling a few minutes ago and now she hated him. Something or someone was taking up all her time now and he was going to find out who or what it was. He was not going to lose her after wasting all his time with Katrina and her boring speeches about this trinket being dangerous.

Abraham was all that she could think of as she stood at the copier waiting for it to finish with her papers. She had traded her night shift for a day shift so that she could have three days to recover after they shared their lust. Her body shivered just thinking of his strength and his gentleness made her wish she was with him now.

"There is a call about a domestic." Luke yelled to her as she stood by the copier even after her papers had finished. She was in a daze standing there. A frown filled Luke's face as she suddenly looked at him then nodded. She grabbed her gun and badge and followed Luke from the station.

He watched her smiling in the car as he drove to the call. What did she have to smile about these days? She had no one that he knew. Luke began thinking about the way she looked. Even in her black slacks and tan police shirt, she was stunning. Her ponytailed hair only made her face that more visible. He could not stop looking at her but she did not seem to notice him. She was too busy smiling and daydreaming. She laughed with ease and the other men took notice of her lightheartedness within the past month. She had someone and he did not like that. He needed to know his competition. He had his ways of finding information.

*()*

He waited one minute after the appointed time and then the Horseman vaulted to Daredevil's saddle and headed towards Abbie's house. She was not there but he could hear screeching sirens rushing somewhere. He turned Daredevil and followed the sound at a hard gallop along the tree line. He trailed the speeding police cars to a house almost at the end of town. He dismounted and walked towards the bright lights that lit the starry moonlit sky. He could hear the men of the law yelling over a loud speaker. Abbie's partner lay on the ground with blood on his uniform. He crawled towards his comrades as the gunman inside screamed that he was going to kill the other one. Something akin to pain filled Abraham's heart. Where was Abbie? He walked along the police cars unnoticed even though he towered over everyone. He could see a man through the living room window yelling back at the cops. The man moved to his right and Abraham saw Abbie in his arms with a gun to her stomach. He could feel her fear and hear her pleading with the man to let his family leave and that she would stay. The man's family was still inside crying for the man to let the woman go.

The new feeling of anxiety that came over the demon rider's body only made his anger grow. His muscles twitched as Abraham stared at the man holding Abbie. He would snap his neck for touching her. He would bruise his body and rip out his heart for making his own heart hurt. The gunman inside yanked Abbie away from the window and Abraham heard her cry out in pain from his violence. Abraham had seen enough. He walked around to the back of the house and saw more police men. He was not on speaking terms with them so he climbed up the house to the roof. He ripped off some shingles and wood and then lowered himself into the attic.

Abbie winced as the gun barrel pressed harder into her abdomen. The soreness from her activities with Abraham made it hurt worse. She panicked until she saw Daredevil in the tree line. The demon horse shook his reigns in the light to get her attention. He knew where she was. Abbie's fear began to subside knowing everything would be all right. The crazed man screamed at his wife when she would not stop asking him to let the cop go. "I am the master of this castle and if I say that she dies then she dies. If that other one would have just let me talk to her none of this would be happening now."

Heavy footsteps from above them made everyone stop talking and look up as the footsteps came down the stairs. The man pressed the gun to Abbie's head as the thumping footsteps became louder as they got closer. Abraham appeared in the doorway looking none too happy that this human male had to delay his claiming of Abbie and had the audacity to touch her.

The gunman's face held fear. His body shook and in his desperation he held Abbie closer to his body.

"If you come closer I'll kill her."

Abraham looked at his future mate and watched her sigh with relief that he was there. He then returned his attention to the man holding the gun on Abbie. Within a blink of an eye, he had his hand on the gun and bent the man's hand backwards. Abbie moved away from his hold as Abraham grabbed him by the neck as his family watched. He lifted the man from the floor and then threw him down into the floor. The wood planks below shattered and splintered under the horseman's power. Abbie quickly ushered the wife and two children from the building as SWAT prepared to enter. She turned back and looked at Abraham as he headed for the stairs. He felt her gaze and faced her.

"I will be waiting for you."

*()*

"I know that was stupid Abbie but I did not want you to get hurt." Luke lay in his hospital bed trying to get sympathy from his partner but she was not listening to him. She just wanted the Captain to release her so that she could leave. Abraham was waiting for her. Luke frowned at her faraway look.

"Are you here or somewhere else?" Abbie frowned at him and turned to Captain Irving.

"Can I go?"

The Captain smiled. 'Doctor says your fine. I read your report and still don't believe it but you can go."

"I think Abbie and I need to talk a little longer." Luke said as Abbie gathered her things. She had to get home and change into something more enticing. She ignored Luke as she smiled at her Captain and walked from the hospital room.

Frank looked down at his lieutenant with a frown on his face. "You need to stop chasing her. She is happy with someone that I am sure we will meet when the time is right. Let her be happy that's an order!"

Luke said nothing as his commanding officer walked from the room. No way was he going to lose Abbie to some mystery man. Luke picked up his phone from the table beside him grimacing with every movement he dialed Andy's number.

"I need you to follow Abbie. Andy you owe me. I do not care if she is your friend! I want to know what is going on with her."

*()*

She wore a thin white fabric and nothing else. Abraham watched it sway in the cool breeze as he walked towards her with Daredevil following. He had placed his redcoat across Daredevil's saddle. He would play watchdog tonight while his master was preoccupied. All of Abraham's attention would be on Abbie tonight. Her long hair wrapped around her body and face and carried her alluring scent to him to sample before he tasted it. He watched her shiver and knew it was not from the coolness of the breeze. He could smell her want for him. She stared up at him as he towered over her. Abraham could see the outline of her hard nipples and his mouth watered. She was naked beneath the fabric and that thrilled him. He would take his time with her. He bent down and picked her up bridal style. She gasped in surprise as he began walking towards their dark garden unaware of the eyes following their every move. Unnoticed pollen followed behind them as the dark garden opened her foliage to let them inside.

Author's Notes

Well I added more than 1500 words and changed some stuff. I wanted to flesh things out a bit and I did. I hope that you enjoy it and keep reading ~Frostbytefire