39 comments/ 41365 views/ 116 favorites Raised by Wolves Ch. 00 By: the_pleasure_in_me Hello, welcome to my first submission! I hope you like the prologue and I hope it makes you want to come back to read the first chapter. Please give me your feedback about the story, I'm new at this writing (and publishing) thing and English isn't my native language so every bit of help I can get is precious. Do criticize but do it in a constructive way and please be nice or leave ; ). TPiM _*_*_*_ Prologue Little Jade Bluebell ran through the woods as fast as her small legs allowed her, searching for some place to hide from her parents' attacker. Only wearing her flannel pyjamas and wool socks, she ran through the gelid night in the peak of winter. She ran as fast as her small legs allowed her. Earlier, Jade had been woken up by a loud crash coming from somewhere inside her house, she thought it might have been a burglar, or worse, a monster and even though she was scared, she managed to gather the courage to get up and wake up her parents. Jade was already a big girl "I am four! I'm not a baby I can do this!" She told herself. Jade got up as silently as possible and walked slowly to her bedroom door which was slightly open and peeked through with one of her big round eyes. Jade could hear voices, but there was no one in sight. She opened the door gently and ran to her parents' bedroom, her woollen socks effectively muffling the sounds of her steps. She closed the door behind her and ran through the dark room to their bed but it was empty and the sheets were cold. The little child felt like crying but controlled her anxiety because she knew she had to keep being brave, in case there was something wrong going on. Then while she was pondering what to do she heard her mama's voice, she was crying but she couldn't understand her words. She muffled a sob with her little hand, "someone is hurting my mama!" Jade gathered her now severely shaken courage, got up, and quietly opened the door and walked along the wall past her room into the kitchen door. From that position she could peep into the lit living room. Her mama gagged and bound to a chair and her papa lying on the floor also restrained with a man straddling his torso while holding a knife to his throat. Her vision got blurry with tears; someone invaded her home and was harming her parents, and there was nothing she could do! The attacker had his back turned to her and was leaning against her papa and saying something in his ear, her papa looked scared. Then she looked at her mama thinking on what she should do, her mama saw her and shook her head in panic without the man noticing, she wanted her to flee. Jade returned to the kitchen and hid under the table, she was very scared and didn't know what to do, didn't know who to call for help, since she lived in a small cottage in the woods with only her parents. Jade would have to walk down the road through the woods, she was very scared of the dark and of walking alone in the woods, and her mama had told her that there were wild animals in there but she had to do something to save her parents. She decided she would be brave and she would go find someone who could help her. She unlocked the back-door in the kitchen, remembering to grab the flash-light that her papa had left hanging on a nail beside the door. "I should take it with me, so I won't be scared of the dark", she thought. She stretched on her tip toes and managed to take it of the nail. She quickly left the house and walked through the front yard into the road, once she was far enough from the house she started to run down the road with the lit flash-light guiding her steps. Jade was getting really tired of running, she never ran for that long before and she was the fastest girl in her class. She knew her mama was friends with their nearest neighbour - June, an old lady that always baked yummy sweets but they had never walked from her home to June's. She didn't know how far from her home she was but she kept going. Less than fifteen minutes had passed since she had left her home when she heard a noise, leaves shaking and she stopped petrified, maybe a hungry bear was coming to eat her she was looking around for a place to hide when a small ball of fur rolled into the road and landed revealing its nature, it was a big puppy! It ran down the road without seeing her and Jade relaxed, she loved dogs but everything was scary in the dark. She was about to resume her journey when she heard another rustling in the bushes behind her, she turned around while a big wolf came out of the bushes sniffing the ground. She thought he was going to eat her for sure and she cried as loud as she could, the wolf approached her slowly with his head lowered to her level and his ears pointing upward and forward in an inquisitive fashion and then everything went dark. Jade fainted. _*_*_*_ Oliver McCall was pursuing Thomas, his younger brother who ran away in the middle of the night to play in the woods...again. He was going through a wild phase; he thought it was so cool to be a wild animal that Oliver hadn't seen him in his human form for a week. Thomas apparently enjoyed being as filthy as possible, the only baths he took in the current week were saliva baths and he loved to escape from home at night and go howl at the moon, he was really wrapped up into being a wolf. He was a little terror in the form of a cute little grey wolf. Thomas was a troublemaker since the day he started walking and could not be left unsupervised for five minutes or he would set fire to the housing compound. Today was the full moon and because his little brother couldn't be left unsupervised he had to stay with him while his twins and his parents ran with the pack in the full moon hunt, this month it was his turn to babysit. Luckily Nina stayed behind to make him company. Nina was a really hot 18 year old from his class, they weren't dating or anything but he knew she had a crush on him and she wasn't a prude so he asked her if she wanted to come stay with him while he babysat his brother and she accepted. He had smuggled a bottle of wine from the kitchen, he thought it made him look cool and maybe it would make him lucky too. Oliver and Nina were on the couch, they had drunk just enough to be uninhibited but not drunk and they had started to make out! He could still remember the softness of her big boobs and her pert nipple against the palm of his hand. He had finally reached inside her top when he heard the front door closing. That little bastard had run outside! He would be in so much trouble if he didn't find him before his parents got home. Oliver quickly got rid of his clothes and shifted so he could track his brother faster. He was a big black wolf with a white spot in his chest, and the same amber eyes he had as a human, he was almost as big as his father and was still growing. His father was the Alpha and he was next in line to be Alpha so most of the pack members respected and love him and all the cubs obeyed him without question...except Thomas the little devil. The only person Thomas feared was their mom, well anyone would fear their mom if she called them by their whole name...even his dad. And that is why he would have to find Thomas before their mom noticed he was gone. He followed his brother's trail easily through the woods while he sent him a mental warning that he was in big trouble if he didn't come back at once but he was ignored, he was going in the direction of the road without noticing, Thomas was warned to never go into the road because he might be seen by a human, now he would really have to catch him as fast as possible. He saw Thomas running 50 meters ahead of him when he slipped in a twig and rolled into a bush and then right into the road, he couldn't see him anymore and so he ran faster. He jumped into the road almost colliding with a little human girl, younger than Thomas, with huge dark eyes and silky curly black hair in her pyjamas and socks looking really scared. He cautiously approached her trying to look as little as possible like a big bad wolf. Obviously it didn't work and the girl released a high pitched scream and lost consciousness on the road. It was now officially the worst night of his life. _*_*_*_ Jade woke up feeling really comfortable and warm, thinking she had had a bad dream. Jade thought about calling her mom to tell her about her bad dream, but when her vision focused she was in a strange bed, in a strange bedroom and there was a big man with his back turned to her, so Jade closed her eyes again, to pretend she was asleep. Oliver noticed the change in depth of the girl's breathing, indicating she was conscious again; he turned to her and saw her eyes were close, she was probably scared of him and instead of crying she was pretending to be asleep. "I know you woke up, I want to help you. You can open your eyes and tell me what happened; you're safe here with me." The girl opened her eyes and looked at Oliver with suspicion. The little human was now visibly calmer so he spoke: "My name is Oliver, you are in my home. I found you passed out in the road. What happened to you? Did you run away from home?" Jade shook her head and looked down, she was still very afraid and he was a stranger but she needed help so she told him what had happened, "I fainted when I saw this really big wolf, I thought he was going to eat me!", she said anxiously. "I was outside looking for help, a burglar tied my mama and my papa while I was sleeping, maybe he didn't know I was there, so I got out to get help but I was very far away from anyone who could help!" Jade couldn't hold her tears any longer and started crying after she told him what happened. She was truly scared. Oliver was very worried, it looked like her parents had been attacked in their own home, the little girl managed to escape apparently because the attacker didn't know she was home or maybe because he thought she was sleeping and chose to restrain her parents first. He had to do something, this girls parents were in danger and everyone was away hunting but he had to help them. He quickly contacted his father mentally and told him about the situation, "Dad, I found a little human girl alone on the road; she saw me in my wolf form and fainted, She came to just now and told me her parents were attacked in their home, I want to go there." His father quickly replied, "OK son, you might go but wait for John to go inside, he'll meet you there. Your siblings are going home to watch Thomas and the girl right now. Once you get to the girl's home send me directions. Keep me posted." Oliver knew Thomas was already regretting his escape since their parents would have to know what happened but still he tried to explain the gravity of the situation to his little brother "Thomas, what you did today was very dangerous, and you will have to explain to mom and dad what you did today, and we both will probably be grounded for a long time but I need your help." Thomas was too ashamed to look at Oliver so he continued. "You know I found the human girl in the road. Apparently she was searching for help. Her parents were attacked and I'm going to her home to see if they're ok, and I need you to stay near her, keep your human form" Thomas nodded and without another word went to Oliver's room where the girl was resting. Oliver shifted and followed the girl scent for about ten minutes from the point where he found her. The house had the lights out so he cautiously approached the house from the side and looked into the living room window; he saw two human figures lying on the floor, apparently none conscious. He didn't detect anyone else in the house or outside but still advanced carefully. The front door was open, he reached mentally to his father, "I'm at the house, it seems like there are two people unconscious in the living room, the lights are out and the front door is open." his father quickly answered, "stay outside John is just a couple of minutes away." Just then John, his father's Beta arrived in his wolf form, both decided it was best to remain in that form so they wouldn't leave further evidence of the presence of humans that could implicate them in the crime. They secured the house, which was empty except for the people in the living room. Oliver went to the living room while John searched the perimeter outside. Oliver turned the lights on, what he saw almost made him puke, on the floor were the girl's parents, both dead on a pool of their own blood, there was blood spatter everywhere and there was a message on the wall written in their blood – "I will find her too". Raised by Wolves Ch. 01 Hello again, here is the first chapter of Raised by Wolves. If you just landed here for the first time there is a prologue you should read before reading chapter 01. A huge thank you to the readers that voted and gave their feedback on the last chapter it was very useful and I felt like you really appreciated my work so thank you from the bottom of my heart! Please vote and comment or give me your feedback about this chapter =). TPiM _*_*_*_ That fateful night where Jade's parents were killed, and she stumbled upon Thomas and Oliver, would determine that she would have an uncommon childhood. That twist of fate determined that she would be raised by wolves. Esther and Theodore McCall, the Alpha couple adopted Jade after her parents died, and little Thomas welcomed her as a little sister from the first day. Growing in a pack of wolves wasn't always easy but gave her the opportunity to be whoever she wanted to be and go wherever she wanted to go, the world was her oyster. She Lived with the pack from the age of four to the age of twelve, and then went to a boarding school to interact with humans as herself and hopefully bond with her kind and make friends. The alphas hoped it would be a stepping stone for her to become a part of the human world. It was expected that Jade would want to fall in love and have a family someday and that would be impossible with a wolf unless they were mates and it was very uncommon that a wolf would find a human as his true mate. A strong bond was formed between Jade and Oliver, he had found her on the road and had protected and cared for her so it was natural that after such a traumatic experience the only person she trusted was him. For a week after the death of Jade's parents, Oliver found himself with an extra appendage; Jade went wherever he went and never let go of his trousers, holding on to the extra fabric as strongly as possible with her little fist. Soon after he found Jade, Oliver and his twins, Finley and Penelope, went away. They were 18 and still had to attend one last semester on the pack exchange-program, the equivalent to high school, before going to college. Jade found herself riding the bike with no training wheels, it was hard but she made friends quickly. After Oliver went away Jade started gradually feeling confident and soon found out that everyone in the pack was kind and trustworthy and step by step she began to mingle with the other kids her age. Soon after that, she was told by her new dad that everyone had a double nature, and Thomas was more than happy to make a demonstration, as it would be expected. She was told that all of her playmates were in fact wolf shifters like Thomas. That wasn't a traumatic experience for Jade maybe because she had no preconceived notions that werewolves were bad or that they ate people as other humans might have thought, she was too young to watch horror movies, so she didn't know about werewolf myths. Jade interpreted the existence of supposedly mystical creatures in a naïve way; She saw her play mates as puppy-friends, and she had dozens of them, all tiny and fuzzy. What could make a little girl that had never been allowed to own a dog happier? The alphas decided it was best that Jade went to the pack school instead of the human school until she was old enough to understand that the double nature of her family and friends was a secret, and also because they were very protective of her. Soon after the accident she went to pre-school. Jade adapted swiftly to her new environment but sometimes, during the first month, when she woke up sad, she would keep to herself the whole day. On these days didn't play with anyone and didn't speak to anyone, she sat in a corner thinking about her parents. When momma Esther found out she had had a bad day she would offer her something chocolaty to chase the sadness away and lend her a shoulder to cry on. Momma Esther usually told her everything would be OK, and like every good mother in the world, she was right. No one ever found out who murdered her parents or why, but the Alphas would never forget the message that was left written in Jade's parents' blood "I will find her too". To protect Jade a new birth certificate was forged and she adopted the pack name becoming Jade McCall. It was understood among pack members that if anyone outside of their pack asked, Jade never existed. Jade was a lovable child, it was easy for her to make friends even though she were a little shy at first. On the first day of school everyone was curious about her scent, not knowing yet of the double nature of her play mates, she thought it was an odd behavior but she let them sniff her anyway. The kids approved of her attitude, and didn't feel threatened by her scent and Jade was soon invited her to play. They realized she was a sweet girl even though she was human, she quickly became friends with almost everyone; except three snotty girls, one of them was the queen bee the other two followed her lead; they kept to themselves and didn't play with other kids. Despite all the friends she made she had a friend she loved more like a sister, her name was Marie. They became best friends and confidants. The girls were as thick as thieves, but soon they had to part ways. Jade went to a human boarding school and Marie went to the pack exchange-program. It was mandatory for every wolf, from the age of twelve to integrate the program. The pack exchange-program had the objective of building bridges between packs of the same species and other species. The program promoted the development friendships and the encounter of mates. Both girls were heartbroken and both fought with nails and teeth to be together but it was not possible, the other alphas had no idea that Jade existed, even less that she had been raised by the pack and that she knew their secret. That would be against their laws and if it were found out that a human lived among wolf-shifters and that she knew their secret, the whole pack would pay especially her adoptive parents. The girls kept in touch over the years, via e-mail and Skype. They missed each other a lot, but both promised that they wouldn't let the distance and the time get in the way of their friendship. By their own volition they were reunited. Jade and Marie chose to join the same college, and ever after so many years apart from each other it was as if not one day had passed since. Just like both had promised. After completing their bachelor's and master's degrees both girls decided they would dig into their parents' wallets for a bit longer and decided they would go backpack-traveling for a year. The girls had just arrived in Thailand when they received a voice mail from Jade's mom the Alpha Lady. "Hello girls I hope you get this message...I might say you are avoiding us." A sigh came through the recording, "I haven't laid eyes on you since your last Christmas break in college, and it has been a year since then." Her voice was becoming even more irate, "you better have a good reason for not having stopped by sooner, like having been abducted by aliens maybe? I will see you both soon, and I really mean soon." Jade and Marie were having so much fun, they didn't notice that a year had already passed! They knew there was some serious ear twisting waiting for them. They phoned home and decided they would take another month to explore Thailand and then they would go home. _*_*_*_ A week had passed since Lady Esther had called when Jade started having the same dream, repeatedly. The girls got up early and were preparing breakfast; they had a big day planed ahead but Jade felt very tired. "I'm worn out, I lay my head in the pillow, I fall asleep and I could swear that five minutes later it's already morning." "Are you getting sick? Do you feel achy or feverish?" Marie laid a hand on Jade's forehead; she was worried that Jade might have contracted Malaria. "No, I feel fine but I've had the weirdest dream." Marie gave a sigh of relieve, "I had never had such a vivid dream; it feels as if it is really happening." Jade told Marie every detail of her dream "So, the dream begins when I find myself in a meadow." "I feel peaceful and relaxed, I lied on the grass to enjoy the sun," Marie was avidly munching on some sugary kind of cereal but managed to nod indicating that she was paying attention. "Then the temperature gets really hot and I start feeling sleepy and lazy, like when you're at the beach and it's so hot you fall asleep?" Marie nodded once again. "I'm dozing off when a shadow is cast over me, I open my eyes and over me is the biggest, blackest wolf I had ever seen!" Marie paused, "a wolf? Anyone we know?" Jade thought about it, she knew she had seen that wolf before but she couldn't precisely say where or when, "maybe...so it appears and calls my name." Marie interrupts, "the wolf talks? Its mouth was shaping the words?" Marie starts imagining a wolf talking and just breaks down laughing, "That must have been really funny!" "Don't be silly woman, he just stares at me and the words form in my mind, you know, how mates communicate." Jade added, this made Marie recover and pay attention to the rest of the story. "He called over and over again until I agreed to get up and follow him," Jade had the habit of gesturing while she spoke, the more worked up she was the more she gestured and she was really worked up about this dreams. "We walk and walk and when we finally reach his destination, he sits by a wall of tall reeds, I part them and beyond the wall is the front door of our home!" Jade furiously jammed a spoon full of cereal in her mouth while Marie mulled over the conversation, "The door of the compound? Did you go inside?" "Well no, the dream ends there." Jade answered with a mouth full of cereal and then continued chewing. "Jade, has anyone ever told you that you behave just like a lady?" Jade had a quizzical look on her face. "Your table manners are just... the best!" Marie added sarcastically "but who would blame you? You have been raised by wolves after all." Marie sniggered, "I should start calling you Mogli... or Romulus although I don't think you have lady balls that are big enough to be named after the first Roman king." "You're very funny princess mutt." Jade retorted humorously. "Well, about the dream, maybe you miss home," Marie said in a serious tone. "Or maybe you are being sent a signal that you're destined to mate with a mutt like me," Jade now knew that Marie was just pulling her leg. "...not the princess kind but the leg humping kind, and your leg humping prince has been waiting for you, and once he finds you he will hump your leg forever more and you will live happily ever after." She told Jade in a serious tone. The girls loved to bicker with each other, both called them bickering tournaments. "Girl I love you but I'm sending you to the kennel when we get home." After the light bantering over breakfast ended the girls got ready to explore. _*_*_*_ The girls were determined to explore as much as they could from the unknown country and usually when they finally got to lie their heads on a pillow both fell asleep instantly. Jade kept on having the same dream for the first few days they spent in Thailand, but then she started having a new dream and it was as vivid as her first. The first dreams she dreamt every night were grotesque caricatures of situations that happened during the day or about people they had met during their journey, she wouldn't remember those in the morning. With the growing depth of her sleep, her dreams became longer and soon she found herself in her old bedroom once again. In the dream Jade felt comfortable and sheltered, she felt like she was home. Jade heard a metallic sound, the sound was almost inaudible but it was enough to disturb her sleep. She woke up and when she heard someone turning the doorknob. She noticed the little sliver of light at the base interrupted by the feet of whoever was outside. The door was opened slowly. On the other side was a man. Jade looked at him while he was standing there, she had the feeling that she knew him, his name was there in her mind but still out of reach. He was a big and imposing man; his size and posture were enough to make it feel like he was a man that demanded respect. Jade was intimidated by his presence but oddly unafraid. He had left the bedroom door open, the back light obscured much of his body, and not much could be discerned of his physiognomy except the outline of his body. He was naturally muscled; the outlines of his body were more defined and sharper than usual, his broad shoulders tapered down into a lean waist and his legs were thick and muscled as the rest of his body. By the contours of his body Jade knew the man in her dream was naked, she blushed and focused her stare in a point somewhere in the middle of his chest. The sight of him was really unsettling; he just stood there, naked by the open door, his face obscured. It was as if the reason she couldn't see him clearly was because she couldn't make the connection and he stood there waiting for her to find out who he was! Jade really had the feeling that she knew him. At first she merely felt intrigued by him and the impression that she had to solve the mystery of who he was. The dream didn't change in almost a week, and with every day that passed Jade felt the ever mounting pressure to find out who he was. "Why can't I remember him?" she eventually started asking herself her question multiple times a day when she was supposed to be enjoying the view. By the end of the week she was completely obsessed with his identity and the reason why she kept on dreaming about him. Every day she spent exploring and reliving that dream left her more exhausted and Marie had noticed that Jade had been sleeping fitfully. Jade looked more exhausted and sick with each passing day. By the end of the week Marie couldn't ignore it anymore "Jade, are you Ok? You look exhausted and even a little sick." "Yeah, I've been sleeping but I can't seem to rest, I've had a new dream, it was the same dream all week." Jade confessed. "Was it about the wolf?" Marie enquired. "No it's about a man." Jade told her about the mysterious man that she had the feeling she was supposed to know, but couldn't remember his name and that, in her dream she knew the reason he was stuck by the door was that she couldn't remember his name. Jade told Marie that eventually the anxiety started to get to her even when she was awake. "I really don't know what to say. You know that we were raised to believe that our dreams may carry messages and warnings of the future that are sent by Luna herself." Marie felt a little helpless, she couldn't think of a way to help her friend "I could say that this is one of those dreams, a premonition maybe but who knows?" Jade heard Marie analyze the possible meaning of her dream or if it had any meaning at all but she was just tired. "To be honest I won't be able to stand this for much longer. I'm tired and I feel like I have to go home." Marie understood and agreed that they had to go or her friend's health would be in serious danger. "I have to admit that you don't look good and I miss home like crazy anyway, I'll book us tickets to the magic land of home were little elves clean your clothes while you're sleeping and the food is amazing and appears out of nowhere." Marie tried to make a Joke to lighten the mood. Jade laughed," I think you're confused, we're going home not Hogwarts." Marie mocked disappointment made Jade laugh even harder, "Yer not a wizard Mary!" Both girls laughed as if they were idiots at the reference. It was in moments like these that Jade knew how deeply she loved her friend; she was the only one who could make her laugh when she felt like crap. _*_*_*_ Marie managed to book them a flight home for the next day. They repacked their bags and prepared to go home quickly. Already sitting on her seat on the plane Jade was exhausted but happy that she was finally going home. She fell asleep as soon as the turbulence ended. Again she dreamt a little bit about this and that but she soon found herself in her old room looking at the sliver of light coming in from under the door, he opened the door and stood there. Jade had had enough, "You pressure me to remember, and I know that I know you but I can't remember your name, I can't remember who you are!" Jade was once again feeling the anxiety his appearance brought her, "I really hate this dream, dreaming of you makes me exhausted and I'm getting sick because of it. It's enough!" It was the first time she spoke to him and apparently the little tidbit of information left him worried because for the first time he left his place at the door to sit by her bed. The back light still obscured his face but the closeness allowed some of his finer features to be noticeable. He had a Roman nose, straight and beautiful, high cheekbones and a strong jaw; his eyes were covered in shadows, jade couldn't say what was their shape or color. "Who are you?"Jade asked him but he shook his head slightly and put a finger over her lips to silence her. He gently stroked her cheek and she sighed deeply, it was by simply touching her he had chased all the exhaustion and frustration away, for the first time in over a week Jade felt truly relaxed and at peace. Her mysterious man started to massage her temples applying a slight pressure that made Jade moan. He had powerful and masculine hands, the kind of hands that were roughed by heavy work, the kind of hands that make you shiver with pleasure when they stroke your soft skin. Jade laid her head on her pillow, he massaged her temples, neck and collarbone, she was feeling mellow but oddly she felt that she was starting to feel aroused. He gently put his arm around her shoulders and supporting her head he brought her up to lay her head on his shoulders, her eyes closed, she was feeling so relaxed she was almost in a trance. He gently removed the t-shirt, one arm at a time then over her head. She was now, almost completely naked, except for her panties. He helped her turn, so that she would be laying facing down, she opened her eyes and when she turned her room morphed into another room, her bed became a huge bed larger than a king size, and the new room had a fireplace that was not the only source of light in the room, it was a soft and relaxing light. There were aromatic, vanilla and orange blossom scented candles scattered here and there that perfumed the air, their aroma was soft and inviting. Jade couldn't even muster the strength to feel alarmed by the sudden change location. Jade focused her eyes on the dancing flames lazily licking the firewood. Suddenly, Jade felt the mystery man's hands softly land on her shoulders; he had applied oil to his hands warming it by gently rubbing them together. The oil smelled amazing; it made her think of spices and exotic places. He massaged her neck, magically dissolving the knots and the tension Jade had accumulated in her travels and especially during the past week. Jade felt the mystery man apply soft kisses on her back, following the same path his hard working hands had travelled. Jade started to feel aroused, every kiss he laid on her column sent a sparkle of electricity, a hum all over her body. Jade's eyes were closed when suddenly she felt the softest silk being laid over them, she was about to protest when he kissed her neck to reassure her. "Shhh," was the only thing he said the whole time. He turned her around. Because deprived of her vision her other senses jumped forward, all at once, fighting for dominance. Jade could hear the firewood crackle and the warm fragrant air licked her puckered nipples. He positioned her hands on the sheets giving the impression that he forbade her form using them and that was a little bit unnerving. Raised by Wolves Ch. 01 He gently applied butterfly kisses on her lips, rubbed his lips onto hers and then traced the seam of her lips with his tongue. He was driving her crazy with the slow consumption of her body...and soul. He slightly opened his lips, indicating that she'd do the same, she felt his tongue dance with hers, he tasted like ambrosia or maybe like the sweetest poison, at this point she wasn't sure. His kisses left her mouth to rain down her chest and the valley of her breasts... his rough hands caressed the underside of her breasts. He moistened his lips, kissed and blew all around her nipples never reaching them. Jade never knew it was possible to feel so much pent up desire, so much lust it felt as if her womb was contracting and would soon burst. He closed his mouth over her nipple and sucked. Jade exploded with a deep moan; behind her closed lids she saw stars. Marie heard the moan and shook Jade waking her up. Jade didn't know where she was at first but she soon remembered she was in flying heading home. Marie squeezed her hand reassuringly "another dream?" "Yeah... a... a bad one." Jade stuttered. "A bad one?" Marie inhaled profoundly and sniggered, "It doesn't smell at all like a bad dream, in fact it smells a lot like a wet dream" she whispered. "Hey but I don't think that you qualify as a member of the Mile High Club, sorry." Jade was mortified, "had she moaned out loud?" she thought. Jade tried her best to remain awake for the rest of the journey. After a flight more than twelve hours long the girls were beyond tired. When both got out of the airport terminal their parents were waiting for them. Theodore, always the sappy one, ran to hug both girls while his wife and Marie's parents calmly walked in their direction. "Oh my dear daughter is finally home!" he said while he gave her a crushing bear hug. "I've missed you! From this day on you're no longer allowed to leave the house!" Jade laughed, she had missed her dad, she always felt like she was five when she was with him, she was daddy's little girl and he'd crush anyone who tried to harm her. "I think I'll buy a shot gun too, you turned out to be such a beautiful woman, I think I'll have boys banging at my door at all hours of the day!" Esther slapped his shoulder, "Don't be silly Theo I want more grandchildren soon, let them bang at the door." Esther managed to extricate Jade from the arms of Theodore. "Now give me a really big hug, why didn't you girls come home sooner?" Ester held Jade at arm's length. She was crying "I hope you're planning on staying for a while." Jade felt guilty, she really had been away for too long. _*_*_*_ After dinner Jade quickly took a shower and unpacked her bags. She realized most of her clothes were so threadbare they were no longer fit to be worn. She was separating the clothes that weren't that old from the ones that would only be appropriate to use as rags for dusting when her door almost blew off of its hinges. Jade didn't even have enough time to turn around; apparently the Great Wall of China had collided with her. She and the Great Wall fell into the bed. "Hey sis, how are you? I've missed you!" at last the mountain revealed its true nature, it was Thomas! "Breathless." Jade answered. "Oh sorry sis, but I've missed you a lot and you didn't even call me that often, I was worried." Thomas pulled them both out off the bed and Jade finally got the chance to look at him. "My goddess Thomas what have they been feeding you? You are huge" Thomas looked very proud of his achievement; he puffed his chest and did a male model pose. "You're almost as big as dad!" Little Thomas, the unhygienic troublemaker, had turned into a man; he was big and muscled Just like his father and like everyone else from the McCall Pack Thomas had the usual south European bronzed skin and his eyes were a variation of the color amber. His hair was his most unusual characteristic his hair was black and in a spiky hair cut all except for a streak that ran from his forehead to the back of his head that was the same exact shade of grey his fur was in wolf form, Jade always thought this was a little peculiar but it was really cute. "Anyway, I came here to tell you that we are going out tomorrow night with the gang to celebrate your comeback" "Yeah, that is a great idea I would love to see the whole group together and catch up, I'm pretty sure you all must have as much amazing stories of your travels as we have. Thomas laughed "Yeah I can say that I have some pretty hilarious stories, you know me, trouble always finds me wherever I go." Jade laughed, "Trouble finds you? I'm pretty sure you are the creator of said trouble most of the time; remember when you were grounded for a month because you decided I needed to bathe in the lake in the middle of the winter? I was shivering so badly when I got home, I though all my teeth had turned into sand!" Thomas was laughing so hard the memories he had about that day he didn't hear his mother come in "I see you're having fun, but you made a mess in the library, why did you even though the library was a good place for you to dump your stinky gym shoes?" "Sorry mom, I was laying on the couch reading and I took my shoes of and forgot them when I went to take a shower, I'll pick them up." "I'll tell Marie about the party, see you tomorrow sis." Thomas gave her a kiss in the forehead and left. Jade and her mom separated the rest of the clothes. They ended up with a meager selection of clothes that may still be used around the house, a year of folding and rolling the clothes to fit in the bag, hand washing them with soap or dish soap, the exposure to heat, the sun and sometimes bugs had completely ruined Jade's clothes. "You should go shopping for clothes tomorrow or you'll attend that party naked." Esther threw another shirt in the garbage pile, "it's an inglorious effort to try to save any of these" Esther put some of the jeans in the garbage selection in a neat folded pile, "I'll send some of your jeans to the seamstress, and maybe she can use them to mend the kids' jeans. The rest shall go to the garbage or to use as cleaning rags." "OK, I'll go tomorrow morning with Marie I bet her clothes are as ruined as mine." Jade put the clothes that she decided to keep in the laundry basket. "How are the twins?" The twins were her three older siblings; they were fourteen years older than Jade and they had already left home when she had been adopted. "They're fine, Penny is going nuts with two big babies kicking her when she's trying to sleep, and Finn's kids spent Easter with us this year while he and his wife went on a second honey moon, they're getting bigger every day." Esther smiled. "Oliver is coming home from a meeting tomorrow night. You probably won't see him until the day after tomorrow because of your party." "Mom if he is not tired tell him to go meet us there, I'd like to see him." Jade told her mother. "OK dear now go to bed, you need to sleep." Esther kissed her daughter and left the room. Jade prepared to go to bed she was really tired and she hadn't slept restfully for almost a week. She looked at her bed, the scenery of her recent wet dream and hoped that she wouldn't dream at all that night. Her wish came true. _*_*_*_ Jade woke up around ten feeling refreshed. Sleeping in her own home in her own bed really did wonders. She had texted Marie the previous night asking her if she wanted to go shopping with her and Marie agreed since she also had a lot of shopping to do. Both girls met at the garage and drove to the nearest mall. Jade was not a big fan of shopping but Marie was so she knew this would take a long time. "So where should we start?" Jade asked Marie knowing that her friend was in total control of the shopping trip and was probably armed with a shopping plan she had prepared last night. Marie looked around and suddenly smiled mischievously, "We'll I have an Idea, why don't we start from the inside?" Marie grabbed Jade's hand and dragged her across the mall to the front of an expensive lingerie shop. The shop front was full of frilly and lacy panties, bras and garters all in bright colours, nothing Jade would imagine herself in. She felt herself blush "Marie, I don't have a boyfriend, there's no point in going into a store this expensive!" Marie looked at Jade incredulously, "What?" she admonished, "This isn't for any man it's for you! It's time for you to look in the mirror and realize you are not the ugly duckling you think you are." Jade sighed,"I know, we've had this talk before." "Oh yeah I haven't noticed a change in your attitude, maybe I'll have to drill it in even deeper to make sure that the thoughts stay there." Marie said, "Anyway there is no harm in trying some pieces on just for fun." The girls entered the shop and quickly got aided by a sales woman who measured them. Marie gave the clerk a brief description of the items she wanted both girls to try on and in a few minutes the woman brought them a sizable collection of items and led them each to their own cabin. Jade had never tried on such bold and feminine lingerie; she was used to wearing underwear that was white, cream or some other pastel color and always in simple fabrics. Today she had an assortment of lacy, see-through numbers that came in colors ranging from red to purple. Her favorite was a coral see-through ensemble with bra, panties and garter that had little opaque dots that looked amazing with her skin tone. Jade looked in the mirror evaluating her image. She couldn't believe her eyes; she really had turned into a beautiful woman, sexy even. She realized that the ideas that she was an ugly duckling had been imprinted in her head in such a way that she didn't even notice that her curves had matured from those that belonged to a teenager to those that belonged to a woman. Her breasts were now fuller, she had a big bosom. Her waist was narrower than it used to be and her hips and tights were plump and round, she didn't look chubby though because she was a tall woman. Marie knocked at the dressing room door ending Jade's reverie, "Well are you ready to go?" "Yes, I'll be out in a couple of minutes." Jade got dressed and tried to make a selection of the items she would buy but it was hard, everything was so pretty. Jade went to the counter and Marie was already waiting for her with a bag in her hand. "Which ones are you taking?" the clerk asked. "All of them. Do you have this model in other colours?"Jade asked, showing the clerk the coral see-through number with little opaque dots. "Yes! We have it in lavender and light green." The clerk said. "Ok, I'll take those too." Jade said, felling happy about the little sliver of confidence she felt when wearing that ensemble. The woman quickly folded the bras, panties, garters and silk stockings and put them on a bag, she added a card with store phone number and a discount coupon. "I see you really liked that ensemble, we ordered it in other colours but the order will arrive next week, if you want to take a look at those other colours call us and we'll save one of each in your size for you to try on." "Oh! I appreciate that; I'll call you next week. thank you." The girls waved the woman goodbye and walked into de atrium once again to decide where to go next. Marie was perplexed; she couldn't believe that her friend had bought all those pieces of lingerie but she decided not to comment on it so she didn't make her uncomfortable. Next the girls decided to go shopping for their night out and then find some everyday clothes to replenish their wardrobe. They scavenged high and low for the perfect dresses and shoes for the welcoming party and then did the rest of their shopping discussing with each other what looked good or bad on them and by two p.m they were exhausted and ready to lunch and go home but happy that both had such a great variety of clothes and shoes. They were sitting in a table eating their food and talking about the upcoming party when Marie noticed something odd, "hey, don't turn around suddenly. There is a man that doesn't stop looking at you, too bad he's too old and looks like a creep." Jade looked discreetly at the man, it was true he was looking at her, and he wasn't even blinking. He gave her the creeps but she thought nothing of it, she didn't know the man. The girls finished their food and quickly got to their car anxious to go home and rest. The man followed them unit they got in the car. The girls had forgotten him minutes after they had left the table but he didn't, he shall never forget Jade's face, she looked just like her mother.