"I built it from the money that I got from the insurance for my parent's accident. I needed something to get me through a tough time and music helps. I wanted the music to sound the best, so I built this. If you think it looks impressive, just wait; it gets a whole lot better when you hear it.""Now, about what I am going to do for you. I did this for Damien, for different reasons, of course, but I am closing that off today. So, I want you to have everything he had, and then some. That way, you can never feel jealous again.""Really, Elena, I'm not jealous of you and him.""Maybe not, but I want to do this for you."Elena slowly took off her clothes, doing a little strip tease as she did it."God, Elena, you are really trying my will here.""Trust me, my love. You will get what you want afterwards. Now, I have to ask you to do one more little thing. Ah-ah, no touching, yet. I want you to listen to the words of this song. I chose it for Damien because I thought it was close to what I
"Then there's that werewolf sense thing he told me about. Evidently werewolves can feel each other's presence from a distance and they feel like they have to stay away. However, I think Damien is smart enough that if he senses me, he'll come for me. He'll know that another werewolf is in the area and he'll put it together that it's me.""Okay, I can see that. God, I hope this works. I hope you won't be gone that long, because I'm going to be counting the hours while you are away.""Don't screw up your own life, marie. You have to go back and teach your classes. No, don't argue with me on this one. If we are a couple now, and I am stuck with this, working for your brother isn't going to be an option. I have some money stashed away, but I didn't win the lottery. I have to work to pay the bills and have a savings account. You can't lose your job; we may have to depend on it for a while. I hate to be a killjoy, but we do have to be realistic.""Yeah, I hate it, but you're right. So when a
"But not really, Hollywood can never get it right. All this does is slow the sound down and redirects it. When you are using it like this, it is very difficult for anyone else to tell what direction the shots are coming from and the sound that does come out doesn't go very far. It's a loud whoosh, not a bang. The caveat to this is; you have to wait until after you pull it out of the holster to put it on. Next, are the sights. I assume because you asked for this you do know how to shoot?""Yes, Mark, I do. One of my previous boyfriends taught me to shoot. He left me because I turned out to be better than he was, and it burned his ego.""Oh. Okay. The sights are zeroed at twenty-five yards. See this button on the side? That's the internal laser sight. You push that button and it's on, push it again, and then it's off. Last is the ammunition. This is Federal Hydra-Shok 230 grain +P Jacketed Hollow Point ammunition. It's the best at stopping things, fast.""I have the magazines full; ther
They met back at her house just after eleven and they brought most of the stuff inside. Elena packed her largest backpack with cold weather clothing. Marie questioned her about this since it was over 70 degrees today."It's obvious you've never been up in the high mountains camping. It's warm during the day, but at night the temperature drops to freezing or below. I might end up above the tree line or even the snow line, I just don't know, so I have to prepare as if that's where I'm going.""Oh, okay. What are those brown packets you put in the side pockets?""Those are some MRE's I got off the Internet.""MRE's?""Yeah, Meals Ready to Eat. They have their own heat source and even if they taste like crap, they have tons of calories and carb's for energy when you need it.""I can think of one MRE that tastes great and has no calories.""God! Don't you ever get enough?""Nope. Not when it comes to you I don't."Marie caressed Elena's butt and kissed her cheek.They ate a light lunch and
She followed the scent for a few yards and found the source. A large pine tree had a slightly darker stain on the base of the trunk. She looked around her again, but nothing changed in the sounds, and so she knelt down and sniffed the stain. Yes, it was Damien's scent, and it was newer than the ones inside the cabin. So, he had been here since we left that night. She felt something click inside her head and she knew this was a territorial marking.Something else came over her; she had the sudden urge to pee. Without really thinking about it, she loosened the holster and her pants and she squatted over that spot and squirted two pulses of urine over his mark. Then the urge was over and she was just squatting next to the tree. She shook her head at what she had just done and pushed aside the strange feelings. She pulled her pants back up and reattached the holster to her thigh.She looked around and sniffed the air, trying to pick up another marking scent. Nothing. She tried to think ab
She made it around the trunk when a gouge of wood exploded right where her head had just been. The whine of the ricocheting bullet sang through the air. BOOOOM! She stayed on her stomach and making sure that the tree stayed between her and the rifle, she crawled down off the top of the mountain.Once she was sure that no more speeding chunks of copper and lead could find her, she got up and ran as fast as she could down the mountain. She pushed off trees and large rocks as she careened down the side of the steep grade. It didn't take her long before she was back at the cabin, she passed it and kept going until she was at her truck. She jumped in and started it, backed up and drove as fast as she could down the rough fire access road.Twenty minutes later she was at the junction point and she stopped, looking around, she couldn't see any other vehicles. Looking at the road, her tire tracks from earlier were the only ones that showed fresh on the dirt road. She put the truck into neutra
She managed to cover another twelve miles, stopping and checking the breeze every mile mark on the odometer. The scent became stronger as she traveled along the upper ridge of the valley. When it was too dark to go on safely without lights, she found a spot where she could get off the fire trail and parked.She got out and listened, but there was nothing but the breeze through the pines. She sniffed the air again and found that the scent was rather strong. She pulled out a flashlight and flipped its red lens down in place. She also pulled out the pistol and threaded the silencer onto it. She clicked on the flashlight and started walking slowly towards the scent. She carefully walked about a hundred yards when she found the tree he had marked. It was a huge pine, easily four feet across at the base. She looked around on the ground but there were no tracks, the thick layer of pine needles prevented it. She walked around the tree first, looking outwards. There was nothing that registered
She lifted her shirt up and using the flashlight, looked at the damage. There was an irregular bruise just below her left breast, if she hadn't been wearing the vest, it would have been fatal. She took off the gun belt and holster. She removed the pistol, screwed the silencer onto it and set it next to her pillow. She put the flashlight right next to it. She crawled into her bag and went to sleep.She dreamed of gunshots and blood. There were growling monsters and torn bodies. She heard a voice calling her name. She knew that voice. That deep bass of Damien was saying her name. She felt sick to her stomach and her skin itched. There that voice was again. She sat up, sweating and breathing fast. Her stomach still felt queasy and she itched everywhere."Elena."There it was, that deep bass, and it wasn't in her dreams. It was in her ears. WHAT? She reached for the pistol and the flashlight. She slid out of her sleeping bag and crouched."Elena. I am here. You called me."Now she was rea