Chapter 49

WARNING: SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONTENT AND LANGUAGE

Adria woke to early morning sunlight on her face and a weird sound. At first, she thought it was snoring. Looking to the side of her bed on the floor, she saw Marnie and another male, who had himself wrapped around her.

He was the source of the loud noise, and she couldn't help but giggle a little at the sight. Looks like Marnie has taken in a stray kitty. She looked at Marnie's face, which seemed so happy and content. Adria wished she had a camera.

She wondered if they would be compatible as mates, then shrugged. If they weren't compatible, they wouldn't be mates. When fate has decided what tune she wants to play, all we can do is dance to the music.

Odd as it was to hear, the purring was comforting. Adria found herself sinking back under the covers and going back to sleep. Ashton opened his eyes while still purring, smiling when he saw that the Luna went back to sleep.

She needed it. When they'd checked on her earlier, she still had dark circles under her eyes. He knew the effects of his purring, especially on females. It always calms them right down. He put his arm back around his mate, kissing the top of her head and taking in the scent of her hair, smiling as he went back to sleep.

Dr. Taylor stood horrified at the creature that had just bent the iron bars on its cage like they were wet noodles. Clearly, it was pissed. Dr. Taylor looked for the tranquilizer gun, which was across the room. He would have to go by the creature to get to it.

The only other thing he had to protect himself was the gun in his desk drawer. The beast let out a loud roar, shocking Dr. Taylor to his knees in fear. He crawled to his desk and reached inside his bottom drawer.

He grabbed the gun and stood up to face the beast before him. With shaking hands, he aimed the gun and pulled the trigger. Nothing happened. He tried again, still only an empty click. Before he could even think or react, the beast was on him. He felt a terrible sharp pain down the middle of his body, along with a terrible wet ripping noise.

In shock, he watched in the reflection of the glass partition as he was ripped in half. The pain was unbearable, but no scream came out of his mouth, just blood. Then he was no more—a much too easy death for the monster, but fitting.

Still pissed off, the beast picked up both halves of the doctor and violently shook them before whipping them in different directions.

Duncan, Jack, and Archer decided they should see what was going on, though none of them were too eager. Still, curiosity is a bitch. All three of them went through the doors slowly and cautiously. What they saw on the other side was beyond their imaginations. Blood was everywhere. It looked like half of a man lay about three feet in front of them; where the other half was, no one could tell.

What they saw looking back at them made them all stop in fear.

Duncan knew what he was seeing; he had an encounter once with one, though nothing like this. He'd never seen a pissed-off one. It had blood dripping from its fur, and the look on its face was one of pure rage.

Jack mind-linked Duncan and Archer. "Is that what I think it is?" Archer was a little more worked up about it; he almost seemed happy. "Holy shit, flea-bat man, is that a Bigfoot?"

Duncan mind-linked back as they all just stood still. "Yeah, that is what we call the Wild Man."

It just stared at them, breathing heavily. You could tell that it was still under the influence of whatever they injected him with. With another ear-shattering roar, it turned and ran to the other side of the room. There were two more doors there.

It broke through them with two hits of its body and then was gone down the hall into the darkness.

Archer mind-linked his brother August, telling him what was on its way to them and to give it a wide berth.

They could hear banging at the end of the other hallway, and then a crash as the doors gave in. They could see the creature silhouetted in the light from the outside. Then it was gone.

August mind-linked his brother. "Holy shit, is that what I thought it was?" Archer simply answered, "Yes."

As they all looked around the lab, they found the other half of the scientist. They also found a whole computer full of nothing but logs and experiment results. It was a terrible account of what went on in this place and for how long. It made them a little sick to know that this was going on for so long right under their noses.

Collecting all the data and pictures they could, they left the room and went to join the others.

"Soon, various teams will converge here to investigate and check out all these beings to see if any of them can be saved," Duncan said with a big sigh.

Jack and Archer looked at Duncan.

"Duncan, why don't you head back to your Luna? We know you have thought of nothing else. We will take care of everything here. Once this place is empty, we are going to set it on fire and then blow it to hell."

"The remaining scientists will be dealt with and delivered to our dungeons by afternoon. So go back to your pack and Luna, reassure yourself that she is doing okay, get some sleep and time with her. You and Apollo have expended a lot of energy. Do you need us to set you up with a ride home?"

Duncan didn't need to be told twice. He didn't even answer them; he just shifted and ran off. Though the distance was pretty far, they knew he wouldn't have too much trouble, and if he got tired, he could always contact Marco to send transportation.

Adira woke once again; this time it was dark. She looked at the clock—12:35 AM. That was when she realized that she could hear the shower running. She sat up for a minute, unsure. She went up to the closed door and felt the presence that she had been needing for a long time.

She opened the door, and there, standing in the steam in all his naked glory, was the love of her life. She ran into his arms and started to cry. He held her in his arms high against his chest, kissing her everywhere he could reach with his lips. With a sigh of content, he rested his face in the silky softness of her hair.

"I was going to sneak into bed with you and surprise you that way. Looks like you beat me to it, though. God, I have missed you so much. All I wanted to do when you first ran past me was take you in my arms and leave, lock you away with me forever."

"I know, my big bad wolfie, you had things to do that needed doing. I was right here waiting for you, always and forever. Don't worry, I have been guarded night and day while I was resting. Oh, I have something to tell you later."

"Later?"

"Why yes, darling, after we get reacquainted again. It was so long, after all. I need to feel all of you, got to make sure you're not just a dream."

"That is good 'cause I have all kinds of stuff to share with you... later."

He put her down on her feet, taking off all her comfy clothes. Her breasts were the first thing he noticed. They were getting even fuller than before, because her body was making ready for their pup. He was going to be a little jealous, perhaps, that he would have to share them soon.

She started to lick the droplets of water off his chest, making swirling motions with her tongue as she made her way downward. She swallowed his member whole, then started to suck back and forth, driving him over the edge. With a roar, he came to his climax, and she greedily sucked every drop from him.

He picked her up again, this time straight to their bed. He very gently laid her down on the sheets. He was in heaven; her scent enveloped him, and the rest of the world was gone. It was only her and him.

He lay behind her while she lay on her side. He pulled her closer to him, relishing the feel of her warmth, the softness of her skin, and her scent. There was nothing else on earth like it, and it was all his.

Adira was in heaven or a dream; she didn't care which. Everything that had happened was now completely gone with his touch.

When Duncan laid his hand over her swollen womb, he felt a surprise; his son gave him a kick. He pulled his hand back with a grin on his face and looked lovingly at his Mate. He just stared at her in wonder and Love.

He kissed her passionately, with all the longing and worry and now the joy he felt for the last couple of days. Being in her arms was epic. His kisses moved down her body as she started to moan, the most beautiful music he would never tire of hearing.

Once he drove her over the edge twice with his tongue, he moved her up against him, spooning her. He gently put her leg up over his hips, and in one thrust from behind her, he was all the way in. Finally, he was home. He reached around her and held onto her swaying breasts—fucking heaven. His movements became wild, and both of them screamed as they were overcome with ecstasy.

As the whole pack could hear them, they were smiling because that meant that both their Luna and Alpha were where they belonged and were happy.

Just two doors down, August was talking to Marnie about pack rules and the hierarchy of werewolves' lives when, all of a sudden, he heard screaming and roaring coming from down the hall.

"Marnie, what was that?"

"Don't play dumb, Mr. Kitty"—her new name for him. "You know what those sounds were," she said as she turned a bright shade of red. "Those sounds mean that my brother is now home safe and sound."

He wondered what she would sound like when he brought her to her climax. Baby steps, Ash, baby steps.