Lacey’s body was warmly caressed by the sand as she fell back. She looked up at the blue sky painted with white clouds and yellow sunlight. She closed her eyes taking in the warmth on her skin and the sound of the ocean waves lapping onto the shoreline.

The sound of the waves crashing in slowly lulled Lacey to sleep. Her body quiet and still gently lying there began to move as she entered a dream like state.

A seductive male voice began to whisperin her mind, “Hello my dear. Have you missed me?”

Lacey spoke back in her mind, “Who are you? Why won’t you tell me? It’s been 8 years since you first spoke to me. Tell me who you are.”

A light chuckle was heard throughout Lacey’s mind.

“You will know soon enough. Be patient my love and I will see you in 3 days on your birthday,” he answered back.

Lacey sighed in frustration, “Fine, but can you finally at least tell me your name?”

“No, not yet. Patience love and you will know everything,” he whispered back.

Lacey became angry, “If you won’t tell me your name then I won’t listen to you anymore. I’ll block you out!”

The man laughed again, “Do you really think you can do that to me?”

“Yes I do! So leave me alone. I don’t want to see you on my birthday. You aren’t real anyway. You’re just a made up dream,” Lacey yelled.

The smooth voice began to seductively caress Lacey’s body, “Love, you know you can’t resist means that I am real. I will be coming for you soon, but before then I’ll give you a present so you won’t forget me.”

Curious Lacey asked, “What is it?”

He responded, “Just listen to my words and your body will do the rest.”

“What do you mean,” Lacey asked?

Before she knew what was happening Lacey’s fingers began to slowly trace up her stomach, pulling up her shirt as she went along. Her fingers stopped to caress her breasts as she heard him whisper in her mind. “Love, pull your bathing suit strings loose,” his command rang through her thoughts.

Lacey’s hands pulled the knot holding her top and it fell loose exposing her breasts to the air. The warm salty sea air blew gently across her nipples hardening them into two tight buds.

“Please stop. This is too much. I can’t do this!”, Lacey pleaded.

“Mmmm....you know you don’t really want me to stop.”, the voice answered her back.

Lacey opened her closed eyes slightly peeking at a handsome figure hovering above her. His face was unclear when she tried to look at him. All she could make out was a muscular chest and dark hair that fell to his shoulders. His head slowly started to come towards her and she felt a warm tongue slide across her left ******. A moan escaped her mouth as she grabbed onto his arm.

She felt his chuckle as his breath ran across her skin. Then she felt his soft luscious lips kissing her skin in the hollow of her neck. Kiss after kiss he worked his way up finally stopping to nibble on her earlobe. Her fingers dug into the muscle of his back as she moaned even more. “Do you want me to stop now, Love?”, he seductively whispered in her ear.

“No, please don’t stop.”, Lacey’s voice huskily responded.

His hand slid to her very core and stroked her wetness as he continued kissing her lips; tongues intertwining. His touch was like heaven, but her body felt like she was burning in hell. She ran her fingers down the tight muscles of his back and slid them into the back of his pants. Her hands met nothing but firmness as she squeezed his bottom.

“Lacey.....Lacey wake up!”, a voice said in the distance of Lacey’s mind. “Lacey can you hear me? It’s time to wake up!”, the voice yelled again.

Lacey felt a sudden shake to her body and sat straight up out of her sleep. As she woke up, she noticed her best friend Cara sitting in front of her smiling. “Dammit it was another dream. It felt so real.”, Lacey thought to herself in frustration.

“Hey, can you hear me? I am talking to you.”, Cara said loudly waving her hand in front of Lacey‘s face.

“Yes, I can hear you. Sorry, it took me a minute to wake up.”, Lacey responded.

Cara looked at Lacey curiously, “Were you dreaming of your sexy mystery man again?”

Lacey lightly smacked Cara‘s arm, “Yes and I don’t want to talk about it.”

“Mmm...it must have been extra sexy this time.”, Cara laughed.

Lacey stood up quickly and grabbed her towel and bag. “Ughh....I am done talking to you. I am leaving and going home.”

“Awe don’t be mad at me. I am just kidding. Wait for me!”, Cara yelled as she ran up to catch Lacey.

Lacey sat on the edge of her bed unwrapping the towel from her head after getting out of the shower. She slid the strands of her tousled long brown hair in the towel drying it. A sigh wrung through the room as she sat dazed and thought about her dream.

Who was this person she kept hearing and seeing in her dreams? It had been eight years since he started first sneaking into her sleep and thoughts. It started the night of her 13th birthday after she fell asleep. At first, he would just speak to her and talk of pleasant things. He would ask how her day was at school and who her friends were.

Then as she got older and reached her 16th birthday his conversations with her began to change. He started to seduce her and her dreams became racy. Now, a week ago he came to her and said they would finally meet. He would see her on her 21st birthday. He claimed she was his destined lover and future wife.

Lacey didn’t know if she was excited or scared. For the longest time she thought he was just a figment of her imagination that she made up. Then at some point, she started to question her logic. If he was made up then why was he still talking to her after eight years?

Lacey sighed again as she realized she only had three days left until she found out the truth. What if he was real? What would she do when she met him? Also, how could he talk to her through her dreams? None of it made any sense and have been driving her crazy trying to figure it all out.

“Well I guess I’ll find out and the truth will be revealed to me in three days.”, Lacey spoke out loud to herself.

She threw herself back on her bed after brushing out her hair and snuggled under the blankets. It was time for sleep and she had some questions.

Lacey finally drifted off into slumber and found herself in a beautiful garden. She’d been here many times before in her dreams. It was the garden to the house he claimed belong to her and him. She sat on a bench next to a lake watching the swans swimming and making rebels across the water.

A hand gently touched her shoulder and squeeze lightly.

“You came to see me?”, he said to her.

Lacey looked over her shoulder and saw a tall dominating figure standing there. As always she couldn’t make out his face, but saw the rest of him.

“I have some questions to ask you.”, Lacey replied.

“What is it that you would like to know, love?”, he walked around the bench and sat down beside Lacey.

“Why can you finally show yourself to me on my 21st birthday?”, Lacey asked.

“You will finally awaken and become mine.”, he answered her honestly.

With a touch of fear in her voice Lacey asked, “Awakened....What do you mean awakened?”

He wrapped his arm around her and pulled her close up against his body in comfort. “Don’t be frightened. There is something handed down from generation to generation in your family that has lain dormant in you. It will become active on your 21st birthday. Only then can I claim you for my wife. I have waited a very long time for you. You will save our people.”, he said proudly to Lacey.

Lacey sat next to him wrapped in his warmth mulling over everything he had just told her. Even though what he just told her frightened her greatly; she felt strangely comforted with him by her side. “Do I have special powers? Is that how I can hear you and speak to you right now in my dreams all these years?”, Lacey asked him.

“It’s more like psychic abilities. You also can cast magic spells once your body awakens. You come from a long line of enchantresses.”, he answered back.

“Why are you just telling me all of this now?”, Lacey questioned.

“You weren’t ready to know any of this until now.”, he said.

Lacey thought over what he said and then asked, “Then what about you? What are you then?”

He hesitated for a minute and then spoke, “You will know when we meet. I will explain everything to you then.”

Lacey tried to look at him once again, but still his face was a blur to her eyes. “Are you ugly? Is that why I have never been able to see your face? What if we meet and I don’t love you?”, Lacey asked.

He just laughed at her questions and then replied, “I am not hideous, no need to worry. I do have a small scar at the corner of my left eye from an old battle. However, you not loving me is impossible. Our souls have been intertwined since birth. We are made for each other.”

“Oh!”, is all Lacey could manage to answer as his lips came crashing down into hers. His hand moved to the back of her head threading his fingers into her hair and holding her into place as he deepened the kiss. Lacey‘s arms lifted up and wrapped around his waist holding him closer to her. Her body felt on fire and that tingling sensation she always got at his touch made its way between her thighs. She squeezed her legs tightly to ease the ache inside her.

Beep...beep...beeepppp!!!!!! Lacey‘s eyes shot open to the sound of her alarm clock going off for school. She slammed her hand down on the off button and pulled the covers back over her head groaning, “UGHH...it was just getting good. Stupid alarm clock!”, Lacey grumbled in frustration.

Her fingers went to her lips as she could still felt his lingering kiss from her dream. Begrudgingly, Lacey threw her legs over the side of the bed and stood up to get ready for school. College classes and Cara were waiting for her and she had an hour to get there. Lacey sighed and put thoughts of her mystery man into the back of her mind. Two days and I will finally see you and touch you in real life she thought as she rushed to get ready.

In a not too far off Place, the mystery man sat at his desk looking over important documents. Two more days he thought to himself impatiently. Two more days and I can finally touch and hold her in my arms. I have been waiting for so long and it will finally be here.

“Sir”, his thoughts were interrupted as his assistant walked into his office.

“What’s wrong Jacob?”, he asked.

Jacob looked nervous, “Sir, the Dragon clan is getting restless and causing trouble again. I don’t know how long we can hold them off.”

“Send more reinforcements and ask the Wolf clan to help us. We have to bide some time until my wife arrives soon to help us.”, he responded.

“Yes sir.”, Jacob answered and left the room quickly.

The mystery man leaned back in his chair and rubbed his temples. He was tired from staying up all night to talk to Lacey in her dreams. The energy it took to enter her dreams was wearing on his body physically. He needed sleep desperately, but was willing to wait until his wife’s sweet body was wrapped next to his in bed.

He remembered when his father had told him about his future wife. He was angry at first to know he had no choice or say in the process of picking his future lover. However, when he met her for the first time, she was this cute young girl with long brown hair and beautiful dark brown eyes.

He soon found himself excited and impatient to meet her in her dreams to see her again. He was six years older than her and thought she would mind, so he hid his face from her when he met her. He didn’t want her to know the age difference until they met.

He fell in love with her laughter and smile as she would excitedly tell him about her day at school and what she did with her friends. He loved the sound of her voice and her love for life and everyone in it.

Soon, years had passed and her body started changing as she got older. He started to notice her new curves and the sexy way she filled out her clothes. That’s when he lost control of himself and started to pursue her; even if it was just in a dream.

It drove him crazy that he couldn’t touch her in real life and could only take things so far. It was also frustrating when she would wake up in the midst of their trysts and leave him on his own. Those were the moments he would have to take cold showers to ease the ache of need coursing through his body.

Two days he repeated over and over to himself as he waited patiently. He sighed as he ran his fingers through his long dark straight hair. Lacey wasn’t only his future wife; she was the savior to their people. He was the leader of his clan and she was the missing piece to heal their people. The lives of their people depended on Lacey and himself. He hoped she would be able to handle such a huge responsibility and leave the life she had planned out for herself.

It was going to be a long journey to make her understand her importance to their people. Maybe he should have slowly explained all of this to her over the past few months instead of throwing it all at her in a few days before her birthday. Would she understand her responsibilities or would she rebuke them?

All he could do was hope she was compassionate enough to understand and trust him in the future. He sighed once more and rubbed his hand down his face. He closed his eyes still in thought and drifted off for some much-needed sleep.