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Chapter Twenty-Seven
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2021-08-31 09:46:33It was cold, dark, and dank inside the cave. Neither of us had on adequate coverings for such an environment. We couldn’t have been inside it for more than a few minutes before our bodies felt the full impact of the cold.
“I can’t stop my teeth from chattering,” I complained, “It’s like my body has a mind of its own.”
“Huddle close to me,” she stuttered past teeth that were behaving the same as mine. “If we share our body heat, we might be able to get it under control.” After I snuggled into her so close that my only other option would have been to climb beneath her skin, she added, “I didn’t realize how damp it was in here. I was properly dressed when I found it.”
“Did you come in?” I asked.
“I hid from a bear for about thirty minutes,” she replied.
“A bear?” I gasped. “There are bears in these
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Having spent the night awake with my great, great, great, great grandfather’s ghost before running for safety from abductors, I was in dire need of sleep. Since it was daylight and Danica was refusing to leave, I was given the guest room with the assurance that I would be guarded at all times. My lucky friend, Kenzie, went off with Oscar. I wasn’t sure, but I assumed they went to one of their homes.“So, even though the full moon is passing, I’m still in danger. Is that what you’re saying?” I bitterly asked as I listened to Noah’s offering of the guest room. “Is there no end to this nightmare?”He looked at the floor.“I wish I could say differently,” he replied.“I can’t stay with you forever,” I grumbled as I allowed him to escort me into the room. Standing at the door, I turned to look at him which prevented him from entering behind m
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We lay, peacefully, in each other’s arms after making love into the night. As I listened to the steady beating of his heart while he slept, I wondered if the fact that he’d been such a powerfully virile lover was due to his recent shift from being a werewolf or if it was something that I’d have to look forward to on a regular basis. I hoped it was the latter.I have no idea how long I reveled in sheer ecstasy over finally getting him to want me before I fell into a deep, dream filled slumber.I rarely remembered my dreams, but this time it was so vivid that it seemed real.I stood in the middle of a sea of wildflowers with scents that were both intoxicating and alluring. Closing my eyes, I inhaled through my nose until my lungs could hold no more. Feeling delightfully heady from nature’s sweet floral bouquet, I slowly and reluctantly exhaled.When I opened my eyes, a tall, rugged middle-aged highlande
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Oscar and Kenzie had arrived by the time I was dressed and out of the bedroom. Eager to share my joy with my friend, I entered the living room with a broad smile on my face. It quickly dissipated when my eyes landed on Danica snuggling close to Noah as if they were the couple of the century. Not knowing what to do, I stopped in my tracks and gave him a what the hell? glower. To my shock and disappointment, he worriedly pursed his lips and looked away.I wanted to fade into nothingness. I worried that the fact that I’d been used as a sex object throughout the night and into the morning had become common knowledge. Although I didn’t want anyone to know, I especially worried about Danica finding out. What a feather in her mean girl cap that would be.I felt used and cheap.Kenzie moved close to me and asked in a soft tone, “What’s the matter?”I forced a smile as I replied, “Nothing.
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The sound of Noah and Oscar arguing in the living room could be heard out onto the patio. Although Kenzie didn’t seem as surprised as I was with their reason for their mini war, we both had to snap our mouths shut to keep from giggling as we listened to them battle over the fact that Oscar wanted to remove me from Noah’s care.“You’ll leave her here and that’s that,” Noah bellowed.“She wants to go with Kenzie,” Oscar bellowed back. “She’s not a child, Noah. If she wants to leave, let her leave.”“She’s not safe,” Noah growled.“With me?” Oscar said with an outraged tone. “Are you saying that you’re the only one capable of keeping her safe?”“She stays here,” Noah demanded.I lept from my chair and stormed back into the house. Planting myself just inches away from him, I looked Noah in th
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I was more nervous than I could imagine ever being as I sat in the waiting room in the veterinary office of Caleb Smyth’s rescue shelter while awaiting his arrival. With a good number of animals in need of care, Kenzie and Oscar immediately went to work. Left alone, my thoughts went to the absurdity of the situation. I was literally there to meet a man who was openly shopping for a wife. Or, as the werewolves put it, a mate.Was I really going to go through with this?I’d thought that when I broke my engagement with Rob that I’d wait a while before I let love come my way. As for marriage, it wasn’t something that I was really anxious to enter into. After all, as long as I continued to live the way I’d chosen for the last few years, I could see no issue with finances in my future. I’d inherited a tidy sum from my grandmother and the novels that I wrote padded the money pot.Unfortunatel
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Don’t ask me why, but for some reason I thought that Caleb was going to cook our dinner for us. Perhaps it was because of his smooth confidence with all aspects of his animal care facility that I assumed that he’d be proficient in all areas of life.Not true.The man confessed that he was hard pressed to make eggs and toast and, then, the eggs had to be scrambled.His saving grace was the fact that he had a full-time cook. I don’t know when he managed to inform this cook that there would be company for dinner, but when we entered the main house just as dusk was approaching, the prepared table was set with delicate fine china that looked like it was a family heirloom that had been tenderly cared for since the early nineteenth century. Crystal wine glasses and water goblets reflected the soft and gentle glow of candlelight that was strategically placed on either side of the low flowered center piece.As I admired the tabl
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The expression Danica wore was both amusing and frightening as she watched Caleb lead me into the chair next to his at the dining table. If he noticed the hate for me in her eyes, he gave no indication of it as he made the introductions around the room.He seemed mildly surprised to discover that Kenzie and I had already met her. Even so. Other than express his surprise, he made no effort to explore how and why we were acquainted. Instead, he initiated light and interesting table talk about the history of the mountain while we enjoyed several courses that could easily have been served in a five star restaurant. I found the stories that he and Oscar told of their ancestors’ practices and beliefs to be both entertaining and intriguing.It was eye opening to discover that there were significant likenesses and differences in the beliefs and operation of the packs.Since Caleb was pack leader and Oscar was second in line behind Noa
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I was furious. First I was kept in Noah’s home like some kind of prisoner for my protection and, then, Caleb insisted on the same thing.“I just want to go home,” I pouted as I walked with Kenzie back to the SUV. “I may not have been abducted, but I feel like it. I came here to meet him and now I can’t leave. It’s so wrong.”“You can come back with us,” Kenzie offered. “I’ll speak to Oscar about it.”“I wish that she could,” Oscar said as he approached us from behind. “Unfortunately, I don’t hold the power to go against Caleb. The only one who can is another pack leader.”“Like Noah,” Kenzie mused.“Oh, hell no!” I exclaimed without hesitation.“Listen to me,” Oscar said with urgency. “Caleb is a renown humanitarian, but, over the years, I’ve noticed something abou
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I could feel the life force slowly ebbing from Danica. The human part of my mind reasoned that, with Kenzie out of danger, the right thing to do would have been to release her, but the wolf in me refused to let go. The urge to finished the job and tear her throat out was so intense that I trembled from the effort to resist it.The shouts of the crowd around me as they rooted for their pack leader to take Noah down and finish him off only served to drive my animal instinct to kill even further. I’m not sure if I’d have resisted much longer had Oscar not returned with Noah’s pack.With the numbers on a more equal basis, Caleb’s pack quieted down. I took note of this fact. Apparently, not only was Noah a strong leader, but his pack was ready to fiercely defend him if the need arose.From what I could see, they need do nothing. Although Caleb managed to get in a few good punches, bites, and throw downs, Noa
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Noah’s altered werewolf voice was a welcome sound as he bellowed from the distance, “Snow! Down boy!”The beautiful white wolf ceased his snarling, but he didn’t move an inch.No longer feeling threatened, I turned in the direction that the command came from just in time to see Noah leap through the air toward us. His strong legs had managed to catapult him over yards of ground with one single bound. I found it incredibly impressive.“Lisa, is that you?” he asked as he cautiously approached Snow and me. His voice had a tone to it that I couldn’t decipher. Was it anger or sadness when he said, “It smells like you. You’ve shifted to full wolf form.”I wanted to say something, but could only make canine sounds.When he moved a bit closer, my heightened sensed took in the familiar smell of his body. The combination of his human and werewolf pheromones was all the
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Caleb waited until an hour before the moon was full to come to my room. Furious at being ignored by him for days, I snarled as he entered.“You’re in the process of shifting, I see,” he said with a smug smile as he lowered himself into the room’s only easy chair that was located in the far corner. Resting his elbows on its thickly padded arms, he touched the tips of his fingers together, tapping his index fingers lightly as he spoke. “I understand you miscarried. I suspected as much.”I went to respond to him, but found that my voice didn’t want to cooperate. I was shocked at how foreign it sounded to me when I finally managed to eke out, “What?”“I lied, you see,” he said as he sat forward. “It’s true that putting venom into your system promoted your shift, but I didn’t need to put as much as I did. One small bite would have been sufficient. I could
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There were still a matter of hours before the full moon would rise and I already felt terrible. In fact, the sensations in my body were so strange and awful that I couldn’t even accurately describe them to anyone if I tried. Every inch of me twitched and ached, from my bones to my muscles.Since I’d never experienced this before, I suspected that it had to do with the fact that I had Caleb’s venom inside of me. I would have confirmed it with him, but he was nowhere to be found. After I’d submitted so willingly to him a few nights earlier, he’d not returned. It was almost as if he’d lost interest after a successful conquest of my body.Since I’d arrived almost a week earlier, I’d not been allowed out of my room. The only faces I’d seen were Caleb, Philip, and Danica. Kenzie returned several times over the course of the few days, but was unsuccessful in getting near me. It was
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I was disgusted both with myself and with Caleb. He’d managed to subdue my body and get the response from it that he wanted through sex while he left his venom inside me night after night. Week after week. Surprisingly, unlike with Noah, the more time I spent with him, the less I liked him. By the time the moon’s cycle had reached the brink of another full moon, I could say that I actually hated him.Unlike when I awoke after the first venom installment, I not only could use my legs, but they were so full of energy that it was almost too much. I needed to walk some of it off, but since Caleb was afraid that I’d run away, I still wasn’t allowed to leave the room.As I paced the floor with my new and improved legs, I found that I was moving with the ease and grace that reminded me of a caged panther I’d admired in a zoo when I was younger. Approaching the window just in time to see Kenzie pulling into the driveway, I immediately
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I hadn’t eaten since the dinner party the night before, so the spicy broth hit the spot.It occurred to me to question its contents, but, then, I thought better of it. What did it matter? I didn’t like being handicapped in such a way. It actually brought forth hints of the claustrophobia that I suffered from. As the creepy cook so adamantly insisted; if I wanted to use my legs, I’d have to drink the broth and I definitely wanted to use my legs again.I found the fact that this broth had such crazy healing properties puzzling since it tasted like a simple Asian beef broth to me. Since I knew so little about werewolves and their ways, I accepted that it had some type of property that would renew my ability to function normally and drank every last drop.I didn’t get a chance to test out the results of the broth before Caleb returned to my room. I’d fallen into a deep, dreamless sleep almost immediately after consumin
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When I awoke, I was surprised to discover that I’d slept through the majority of the day. To add to my confusion, I felt weak and exhausted.I was about to climb out of bed and find the nearest bathroom when the door to my bedroom opened and the cook entered with a food tray.“Good. You’re awake,” he said with a deep, baritone voice that didn’t match his short, stocky stature. “I’ve brought you some broth. You’re to drink it all up.”Extremely self-conscious of my nakedness, I held the sheet tight to my collarbone as I said, “I need to go to the bathroom.”His tone was matter-of-fact as he said, “There’s a bedpan under the bed.”“What?” I said with surprise. “I’m to use a bedpan? Why can’t I just use the bathroom?”“I was given instructions to keep you in the room no matter what,” he explained.
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The guest room where I was placed in the big house was adjacent to Caleb’s. In fact, there was a concealed door that allowed him to enter without going into the hallway. This wasn’t something that I was aware of until I heard it open a few hours after I’d gone to bed.I was in that zen state of not being fully awake, yet not quite into a deep sleep when I heard the creaking of the door. My mind was aware of it, but my body remained unwilling to respond as I peacefully lay beneath the damask coverlet that adorned the bed.The wherewithal to react finally hit me when I felt the cool air on my nakedness as the covers were pulled away from me. Sitting up, I quickly turned on the light while pulling the top sheet up high enough to cover my bare breasts.I rarely slept in the nude, but since I’d arrived with the intention of an afternoon visit and not a lengthy stay, I had no night clothes to wear. I could have rem
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I was furious. First I was kept in Noah’s home like some kind of prisoner for my protection and, then, Caleb insisted on the same thing.“I just want to go home,” I pouted as I walked with Kenzie back to the SUV. “I may not have been abducted, but I feel like it. I came here to meet him and now I can’t leave. It’s so wrong.”“You can come back with us,” Kenzie offered. “I’ll speak to Oscar about it.”“I wish that she could,” Oscar said as he approached us from behind. “Unfortunately, I don’t hold the power to go against Caleb. The only one who can is another pack leader.”“Like Noah,” Kenzie mused.“Oh, hell no!” I exclaimed without hesitation.“Listen to me,” Oscar said with urgency. “Caleb is a renown humanitarian, but, over the years, I’ve noticed something abou
