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Heart of the Wolf Ch. 01

By: SacredHarlot



It was peaceful here. There was a peace and contentment found in the small mountain cabin that Sadira hadn't found anywhere else in far too long. No one for miles around and a small lake ten minutes away made for the perfect retreat. It was the perfect place to rest, to regain her bearings. In other words, it was the perfect place to hide.

Jack would never find her here.

She was one of the lucky ones. She had managed to escape her abuser with her life. Not all women were so fortunate. Not all women had the friends she did. The damage had been done, though. The once vibrant woman confident in her own strength and abilities now saw only a shell of her former self when she looked in the mirror. That was what this retreat was about. It wasn't just hiding from Jack, which she would freely admit was a big part of it, but it was about finding her strength again as well. About remembering who she used to be.

On her third day at the cabin she rose with the dawn and pulling on only her short robe she left the cabin to make the short hike to the lake just beyond the small grove of trees that shielded the cabin from view. Enough time had been wasted sleeping and recovering from her mad dash from the place she had called home for the last five years. It was time to explore her surroundings, and herself, and recapture some of the magic she had let Jack destroy.

His disdain of her family's traditions had started out small, seemingly joking remarks disparaging paganism and witchcraft quickly turning into blatant acrimony once she had moved in with him. At first she had defied him, insisting she would not give up her traditions just because he did not agree with her spiritual path. It wasn't until she came home to find the small alter she had erected on her side of their room destroyed that she had packed away all of her ritual items. She wouldn't risk them being destroyed as well. She had tried to leave for the first time after that and had almost not survived his brutal response.

Forcing her thoughts away from the past she focused on the forest floor beneath her feet, the trees towering overhead, and the first rays of the golden sun as it broke through the morning haze to bathe the lake and the trees surrounding it in a golden light. A nearby tree stump was chosen to hold the towel she carried and sliding the robe from her shoulders she laid the satin material on top of the folded terry cloth and stepped to the edge of the lake.

Chilled water lapped at her toes and she shivered, a smile beginning to curl the edges of her lips as she turned her face up to greet the first rays of the sun as they broke over the tree line. It had been a long time since she had greeted the sun like this, without fear of discovery and the consequences that would come from being found out. Closing her eyes she let her head fall back, sending cascades of golden chestnut waves to brush against the curve of her ass as she offered herself up to the healing power of the Sun.

Time became irrelevant as she stood there, basking in the growing warmth of the sun, the water lapping at her toes, the earth beneath her feet, the pure air of the woods filling her lungs. She was anchored to the elements, filled by them, buoyed by their strength and she might have stayed as she was for a good portion of the morning had the sudden sound of a twig breaking not broken through her elemental meditation.

Eyes that had been firmly closed snapped open, her head lowering so that her piercing green gaze could scan the line of trees surrounding the lake. Her body became as still as stone, her breathing slowed until it was so shallow even she could not hear it without focusing on it first. Her reaction was instinctive, her body quieting so she could focus on her surroundings and the source of the noise she had heard coming from the trees beyond. This was the forest, the likelihood that she was alone was slim, but the question was...was her companion four legged or two? She wasn't afraid of her four legged companions; at least not in the same way she would be a of another human being, but she knew better then to treat them with anything less then the respect they deserved.

The forest seemed to fall silent around her, as though responding to her need for quiet to sense her surroundings. After several tense moments when nothing more nefarious then a skunk wandering through the underbrush across the lake from her appeared she relaxed. Mentally shaking her head at herself she laughed and that simple act broke through the tension and all around her the forest came alive again, the call of birds mingling with the wind as it rustled through the trees. She was far away from anyone who could hurt her and the one man who would, would never find her here.

Wading into the chilly lake water to her knees she knew she would have to take the plunge or she would chicken out and retreat back to the cabin. Steeling herself against the shock that was coming she pushed off the ground and dove cleanly into the water, breaking through the glasslike surface and sending ripples to the far corners of the lake.

Emerging through the surface she gasped from the shock of cold water. It had been colder then she'd been prepared for, but she welcomed it. It made her skin tingle, turning pink from the chill, and for the first time in a long time she felt awake....alive. Stretching out she began to swim short laps about the lake, her arms pulling her through the water with long smooth strokes. The water soon felt warmer and though she knew it was her own body temperature rising as she acclimated to the cool water, she still felt enveloped by the caress of the water, safe, welcome.

She swam laps until she was breathing heavily and her arms were beginning to feel like lead weights. Slowing her speed she moved to float on her back, her body cradled in the gentle water. Inch by inch she relaxed, her body floating serenely as the silken caress of the lake lapped against her limbs. It was the first gentle touch her body had been graced with in ages and she felt herself slipping into an almost meditative state as the water brushed against her sensitive skin. 

Slowly her hands drifted through the gently lapping water until her fingertips caressed against the sensitive skin of her hips and thighs. Instinctively she parted her thighs as though welcoming the more intimate caress of a lover and she gasped gently in surprise when the motion caused the water to lap against her slit. Her body was growing warmer in spite of the cool water and fanciful images of a lake god using the water to caress her instead of his hands began to fire her imagination and had her squirming slightly beneath her own touch. Jack had hated it when she touched herself, wanting to control every bit of her life including her pleasure, and to avoid the fights she knew it would cause if she had continued to do so, she had stopped all together. Since the sex with Jack was rarely about her pleasure she might as well have been celibate and now she found herself hungering to be touched, even if that touch was her own.

Hesitantly, as though afraid she would be caught and reprimanded any moment, her hands began to explore her body, relearning the generous curves she had nearly forgotten she had as her left hand skimmed up her stomach to caress her breasts, her fingertips teasing her nipples until they tightened almost painfully beneath her touch. Continuing to awaken her long slumbering libido her right hand eased down her body until her fingers brushed almost shyly over her pussy. Cupping herself she felt her body tighten with the anticipation of being touched and her fingers might have delved between her swollen lips but the sound of something, or someone, large moving through the trees broke through the fantasy she had submersed herself in, loud enough to have her body jerking upright, the water splashing around her as she turned in circles to examine the shores of the lake.

She saw nothing but the slight rustle of leaves settling after being disturbed had her kicking off the lake bed and swimming quickly to the shore and scrambling up towards where she had left her towel and robe. Panic seized her as she wrapped the towel around her without bothering to dry off first and turned to make her way back up the path leading to her cabin at a near run. The part of her mind where logic ruled argued that the likelihood of it being Jack was slim, but the fight or flight part of her mind didn't care about logic. Besides, if it wasn't Jack, just who the hell had been spying on her?

Rounding a bend on the dirt path she came to a sudden stop, nearly stumbling over her own feet with the abrupt action, and a strangled cry filled the oppressive silence. Standing on the path and effectively blocking the way to the cabin, was a large ash gray wolf. Just the sight of a wolf that large was enough to startle her, but seeing it so up close and personal had her suddenly worried about another kind of predator all together. Her eyes met the wolf's and she was startled by the icy blue hue that gazed calmly back at her. Blue eyes...not gold. There was no time to ponder that oddity, however. She should be backing away, slowly and carefully, but she couldn't seem to make her feet obey her mind. She was entranced, enchanted by the wolf's stare. 

Wolves had always held a very sacred place within her life. Wolf was her totem animal, her spiritual guide and guardian on the astral plane, and she'd had two wolf's paws tattooed on her lower back long before she had met Jack. He had hated them, but they had always reminded her that she was strong enough to endure him, to endure anything he did, and that she was not alone. 

The wolf now standing before her moved forward, just a bit but enough to cause awareness to return and in response she eased a step or two back. As though the wolf understood she was afraid he let out a soft whine and lowered himself down to the ground, his head falling to rest on his front paws. He seemed to be trying to reassure her, the light of intelligence in his eyes again capturing her attention. She didn't know how she knew the wolf was a "he", she just knew. She could feel it, sense him, and the energy roiling from the wolf was definitely masculine. 

The situation was so surreal she began to wonder if she was dreaming, or hallucinating, but how either of those circumstances would have come about was beyond her. This must be real...right? She was a witch; she was supposed to believe in the magic of the universe, was this part of it? Deciding she would have no one to blame but herself if the wolf in front of her decided to rush her and use her as a breakfast snack, she began to ease forward slowly, her right hand extending to the wolf as her left clutched the robe still dangling from her fingertips to her chest.

"Um....hello boy?"

What the hell do you say to a wolf? A wolf that looks as though he understands every word coming from your mouth, no less. At the hesitant sound of her voice the wolf's head raised, his head cantered to the side as he sniffed the air as though checking for danger. Once satisfied she meant him no harm he stood to his feet and ambled slowly towards her outstretched hand. Her breath caught in her throat as he neared, the brush of his muzzle against her fingertips causing her to exhale in sudden relief. Gaining confidence she stroked his head and he moved closer to her. He must be someone's pet, she finally decided. Some people kept them as pets and in this neck of the woods, no pun intended, it would be far more likely to find someone with a wolf this large as a pet. 

Mentally berating herself for being so foolish she smiled and let her hand fall from the wolf's head. "You lost buddy? C'mon. I think I can find some breakfast for the both of us."

Feeling utterly foolish she began to make her way back down the path, the wolf quickly falling into step at her side. Glancing down at her new, and highly unusual, companion she couldn't help but smile at the turn of events in her life. She had not been looking for companionship but life did not always turn out how you expect it too. Besides, this kind of companion she could handle.

Arriving at the cabin she climbed the few steps to the porch and beckoned for the wolf to follow her. He might not be comfortable in doors, depending on how his owner treated him, and did not wish to force him into an enclosed space. She personally did not feel a wolf could be kept as a pet. They might befriend a human or two, but they would always be a predator. Propping the door open she stepped aside and waited to see if he would enter the small cabin or choose to remain on the porch. After a few moments of examining the interior from the threshold he finally stepped over and padded into the main room. Closing the door behind her she smiled, genuinely, for the second time today.

"Welcome to your temporary home, Wolfie."

Heart of the Wolf Ch. 02



Arik couldn't take his eyes off of her. He'd heard someone was staying at the Connor cabin and intended to do a little snooping when he had departed his own cabin early that morning. The Connors had been trusted friends of the loup garou wolf pack that inhabited the remote mountain range and he knew it was unlikely they would allow anyone who might be a threat to his pack to stay in their cabin but he still had to be sure. He wanted to judge this newcomer himself before the others got wind of an unknown human living on the mountain. 

Many in his pack were very traditional and set in their ways and as a result were prone to react without thinking, especially when it came to humans, and such actions always brought unwanted attention from the very humans they were constantly trying to avoid. Most of them, anyway. Not all of the pack clung to the Old Ways.

He was up before anyone else stirred and was at the cabin in time to see the stranger depart for the lake, assuming that was her destination given the direction she walked in and the towel she carried. He had noticed all she wore was a thin robe as well. Noticed it quite intently actually. It was far too easy to let his thoughts linger over what she looked like without the robe.

He was silent in the woods, a predator in his natural habitat, and his eyes never strayed from her softly swaying hips as he shadowed her path to the lake, hidden by the trees and brush on either side of the narrow trail. When they arrived at the lake he began to ease his way through the trees that bordered the clearing until he was positioned across the way from her, his view completely unhindered. He settled himself behind a tree with a lot of underbrush to shield him while he watch through the leaves and turning his attention back to the woman his eyes locked on her just as she let the robe slide from her arms to reveal that he had been right, she was naked beneath the thin silk.

He remained crouched where he was, transfixed by the sight before him as she stepped to the edge of the lake and tilted her head back to greet the sun, golden skin picking up the shining light and seeming to glow before his very eyes. The moment had him spellbound until he made a mistake even the clumsiest cub could avoid; he stepped on a twig that broke so loudly he was sure they had heard it back on the mountain. She definitely heard it and going as still as the forest around him he watched as she searched the tree line for the source of the sound, the moment growing tense as the minutes stretched between them.

Eventually he saw the tension slowly drain from her body, her inspection seeming to assure her she was alone or at least in no immediate danger, and she dove into the lake, his own posture relaxing as she disappeared beneath the surface of the water. He knew how cold the lake could be, even this time of year, and wasn't surprised by the gasp he heard when she surfaced from the water. He couldn't seem to tear his gaze from her lithe body as she swam laps across the lake and was still watching, transfixed, when she rolled onto her back and began to float. 

Instantly he felt his cock harden in the faded denim that encased his legs until it throbbed painfully. As he watched her hands begin to tentatively caress her body he could feel hunger rising within him, fast and heated, the wolf demanding that he move forward, make his presence known, and claim the woman they both lusted after. Would he have done what the wolf demanded? His control was usually iron clad but he was beginning to doubt his ability to resist the sight of her when he saw his left hand curl into the the tree next to him. His nails had become claws digging into the bark while the woman only a few feet away remained oblivious to just how close she was to becoming prey. He didn't want to hurt her though, quite the contrary in fact. The things he wanted to do to her centered around screams of pleasure, not pain.

Pale blue eyes took on a predatory glint as he watched her fingertips begin to caress her body, stroking skin he longed to touch, teasing flesh he just knew would become rosy when flush with passion. The sudden craving for her was overwhelming and when it seemed she would touch herself in the most intimate manner possible he made yet another rookie mistake. He moved without thinking around the tree and into the brush that had been hiding him, his actions causing an incriminating rustling of the once protective foliage.

He knew the exact moment that his mistake registered to him. Just as he realized how much noise he had made he saw her jerk in the water, sinking beneath the silvery surface of the lake to shield her nudity from whomever made the noise and may be spying on her. Preternatural speed gave him an advantage luckily and he was back behind the tree before she could resurface. Hearing the splashing that indicated she was swimming hell bent for shore he told himself to leave, to go the other way and head back to the pack's lands, to his own cabin and forget about her. Just as soon as the thought surfaced it was discarded. Irrational though it may be, he knew he had to see her, get closer to her....touch her.

Risking a glance around the tree just as she reached the shore he took advantage of the fact that her back was turned to his location and took off like a shot, running through the trees with a grace and speed that easily betrayed the fact he was not human. He managed to reach the path that would lead her back to the Connor cabin before she did and quickly he slipped the pants and shirt he wore from his body to leave him fully nude. Rolling the clothing into a bundle he stashed them in an old hollowed out tree and silently he prayed the woodland creatures would not find the items and turn them into a nest of some sort, though as they smelled heavily of lycan he doubted it would be appealing to any of them.

The moment his clothing was stowed away he began to shift, the shimmering mist that heralded the magic of the change swirling around him as his body shifted, forcing the figure of the man into the guise of the wolf. When the transformation was complete a large white timber wolf stood in the place of the man he had been only moments before. Moving out into the road he waited for her to reach him.

He did not have long to wait as only a few seconds later she was rounding the bend and coming to an abrupt halt at the sight of him. He could sense that she was afraid of him and on impulse he did something that as an alpha wolf he would never do, he lowered himself down to his front paws in a gesture of submission and gave a little whine to show he meant her no harm. It was unthinkable that a wolf of his stature should show such subservient behavior but he didn't want her to fear him. In either form.

It worked and soon he was walking at her side as she led the way back to the cabin. He was familiar with the Connor cabin having been friends of the family for years, their son Caleb especially, and was comfortable enough following her in though she graciously left the door open for him should the "wolf" need time to adjust to the confined space. She was adapting to the presence of a wolf quite well and it only served to intrigue him further. The cabin had been built for weekend retreats and hunting expeditions though it was an ongoing joke between Arik and Caleb that his family was secretly preparing for the apocalypse. Fully self contained the main body of the cabin consisted of a large open room with the kitchen to the right, the large double bed, two chests of drawers, and an armoir to the left. In the center of the room was the sitting area, a couch and two armchairs situated around the hearth which was located directly across from the front door. A door to the right of the fireplace opened into the bathroom, the shared wall between the bathroom and the fireplace ensuring proper heating of the bathroom. A structure built onto the back of the cabin and just a little apart held the generators which allowed for hot water and refrigeration as well as a fortified supply room holding food, candles, lamp fluid, anything the occupants might need.

He watched her move around the large room as she gathered her clothing in preparation of taking shower. As his eyes lingered over the body he had seen in all it's natural glory only a half hour before he wondered about this woman. Had Caleb mentioned her before? Why was she here? Who was she to Caleb? He doubted they were lovers. Caleb was married and so devoted to his mate you would think he was a wolf. He wondered what her story was and cursed the fact that he was in wolf form and had no means of asking her without freaking her out. 

She paused at the doorway to the bathroom to look back at him, a hesitant smile on her lips as she spoke, as if mentally castigating herself for speaking to an animal as if he would understand her. "I'm going to take a shower, Wolfie. I'll be really quick so please don't panic if you can't get out. I promise I won't trap you here." 

Of course he understood her perfectly and he gave a soft yip in response as if trying to reassure her that he would be fine in her absence. Her gaze grew quizzical, unsure, as if she were truly wondering if he understood her but she soon gave her head a shake and retreated behind the bathroom door, closing it firmly behind her, but not before he heard her mutter to herself, "You're losing your mind Sadira...he doesn't understand you, at least not on that level."

Sadira. Her name was Sadira. Vaguely he recalled Caleb mentioning her long long ago, the girl was like a sister to him if he recalled correctly and that knowledge went a long way towards easing his mind about her intentions on the mountain. The sound of the water started and the mental image of her disrobing and stepping into the spray of warm water tormented him. The only thing separating them was a flimsy piece of wood, a door that wasn't even locked, and still he could not reach out and touch her. Without thinking he allowed himself to transform again, back into the body of a man, and before he knew what he had intended he was at the bathroom door, his hand on the doorknob. The change in the water pattern made it clear when she stepped into the shower and after several heartbeats he slowly turned the knob and eased the door open a few inches. 

Though he longed to push the door open and pull her into his arms he managed to refrain from doing so only by the knowledge that she would be terrified and that was the last emotion he wished to instill in her. He contented himself with letting his eyes pass over what was visible of her lush figure, the shower curtain hanging in the large claw footed bathtub only partially obscuring his view. The water cascaded over her and for the second time that day he felt his cock harden with need for this woman. 

It was when she turned her back fully to him that he finally noticed the tattoo's at the base of her spine. Two wolf paw prints had been inked into her skin on either side of her spine, as if marking the place for his hands to grip her body and pull her back into him. The image filled his mind unbidden and as he fixed his hungry stare on those paw prints he couldn't seem to stop the low moan that escaped the confines of his lips.

Instantly he realized his mistake and backed quickly away from the door. He had pulled it closed as he moved but in his haste it had not latched completely. There was no time to fix it as he could hear her moving about in the bathroom. She'd heard the noise and it had alarmed her, he could smell the fear that had claimed her instantly and he wondered at the source of it because instinctively he knew it wasn't just the random sound. Hearing an unusual noise might cause someone to feel the need to inspect but it was no cause for the instant panic he could sense within her now. 

Quickly he changed back into wolf form though he knew he would need to be careful with such a thing lest he grow fatigued and be incapable of maintaining one form. The last thing he wished was to shift in front of her and cause her to fear the man he would become. The shift had just completed, the magic of it still hanging thick in the air, when she appeared at the door to the bathroom, eyes reflecting her fear searching the cabin for the source of the noise and finding only her new wolf companion.

"I know I heard a sound...and the door wasn't latched...I'm not losing my mind..am I?"

Whether she was speaking to herself or to "Wolfie" he wasn't sure but he knew he didn't wish to see that look of distress on her beautiful face so he padded softly to her side and nuzzled at her hand, the action one of reassurance that she wasn't alone, wasn't unprotected, if nothing else. After a few moments she began to calm, her shaky laughter breaking the tense silence as she finally left the bathroom doorway.

"I think all this solitude is getting to me, Wolfie."

She'd dressed in a hurry and he could see her white tank top clinging to her body where she hadn't managed to dry herself before pulling her clothing on and his mouth watered at the sight of it, the short denim shorts that clung to the generous curves of her ass doing little to help his state. Damn, the woman was trying to kill him. Or at the very least drive him insane.

After breakfast, which she kindly shared with him, he watched as she began to lug boxes in from the storage building out back. Her scent was all over them so he knew they had to be her's, and not something belonging to Caleb, and again he found himself wondering about the circumstances that brought her here. Why would she come to the cabin with all of her belongings unless she was planning to stay a while and why would a woman like this decide to leave city living behind for an isolated mountain cabin?

Music from a portable battery operated CD player filled the cabin and he settled in front of the fireplace to watch as she sifted through the contents of the box, much of which appeared to be old photos and various documents, even a large leather bound book that looked as old as Methuselah. Nearing her side he leaned over and read the tooled writing on the cover and it was only then that he realized it was a grimoire. This woman was a witch? Again a question that would have to go unanswered and he was soon regretting his decision to appear to her in wolf form.

The longer she went through her things the sadder she seemed to become. After lunch she opened up one of the several bottles of wine that he knew Caleb kept stocked for the romantic weekends he shared with his wife and she quickly consumed several glasses. It soon become apparent to him that she wasn't used to drinking as he could already see the effects of the wine on her. Her eyes slowly grew hazier, her movements a bit more wobbly, and as the afternoon lengthened into evening she began to speak, her words slurred as she tried to hold a conversation with a wolf.

"I let him beat me Wolfie....an' I don't just mean the bruises. I let him win...I let him isolate me from my friends...take away my magic...all of it...because I was weak." 

She had managed to light a fire in the fireplace without burning herself when it got dark outside, providing the only light within the cabin, and she now sat in front of it clad only in her skimpy nightgown with her second bottle of wine and her wine glass. She had nestled down into the bear skin rug that he had gifted the Connor's with, the skin having come from one of his kills. He listened to every word she said and soon it became apparent that she was speaking of an ex lover and it was clear that he had abused her.

Rage seared through him at the thought of someone putting their hands on her, of someone hitting or harming her in any way, and it took all his control to maintain his shape and not lose his temper. Why was he so concerned with the safety of a human woman? He had no idea but he couldn't deny the intensity of the feelings now coursing through him. She continued to drink, the wine loosening her tongue and causing her focus to waver drastically. As if unable to stay upright she toppled over to lay on her back, her body stretching luxuriously against the fur rug, her natural sensuality enjoying the tactile sensation on the bare skin of her legs and arms. 

Her eyes fell closed and for a moment he thought she had fallen asleep until she began talking, well muttering really, her awareness of her surroundings fading as she became lost in the waking dream-like state brought on by her emotional fatigue and copious amounts of alcohol. As she spoke her hands slid over her body, caressing her breasts, her stomach, her thighs, as if starving for physical contact.

"He never wanted to touch me...just get on me, fuck me, and leave me..."

Her actions, her words, they taunted him, teased at his desire for her, daring him to act on his impulse, and nearing her he nudged at her shoulder with his nose in an attempt to draw her out of her stupor. Her eyes fluttered open but she looked right through him, caught up in whatever fantasy was filling in for the real thing. He could smell her arousal and knew she was already wet, the knowledge tearing at him. Again he nudged her shoulder and still she seemed oblivious to his presence.

Backing away from her he watched as her knees drew up, her legs parting as her hands caressed down the inside of her thighs, the already short nightie pushing even higher to reveal that she was wearing nothing beneath it. It became too much for him. Instinct demanded that he touch her, desire commanded him to take her, to give her what her body was silently screaming for, and without warning he began to shift, intense blue eyes fixated on her writhing form until he again knelt on the floor a naked human male. 

He knew he should leave. Get out of the cabin clear his nose of her scent, her image from his mind, but he couldn't make himself leave. He wanted to fuck her, his cock already throbbing with need, but he wouldn't take advantage of her that way. She had obviously been hurt enough. But he couldn't just walk away either. She was practically sobbing in her mindless need and he knew he couldn't leave her to suffer. He needed to taste her too much.

Slowly he crawled towards her, each movement subtle, stealthy, as if he were a part of the waking dream that had captured her mind. He was taking a huge chance and he knew it. If she came to her senses she would freak out and he knew it, but he had to try. His need to make her cum was as fierce as her need to be touched and gently he eased himself between her parted thighs. Gazing down at her bare pussy he could smell her arousal and it made his mouth water, his cock already so hard it was bordering on painful. 

Easing down between her thighs his eyes remained fixed on her face the entire time. If her eyes opened he would wait and see if she was any more aware than she had been earlier, but whatever happened he was going to taste her. Once situated on his stomach between her legs his head lowered until his lips brushed her pussy in a feather light kiss. Her entire body jerked with the sensation, a low moan whispering from her lips as he deepened the kiss, his tongue emerging to slowly lick the length of her shaved slit. She was sweeter than he could have imagined and with a low growl he began to devour her.

The tongue that had been teasing her slit delved between her swollen lips to find her clit. She was already writhing beneath him, soft cries of pleasure filling the air around them as his tongue teased at her clit, rubbing the swollen nub until it throbbed beneath his tongue. Easing his hands beneath her ass he drew her hips slightly up to meet his mouth, her legs falling further apart as he sucked her clit between his lips, his teeth gently scoring the sensitive flesh until she cried out in pleasure.




Heart of the Wolf Ch. 02



Warning! This chapter contains a rape scene! Please skip this if you don't want to read about that! Otherwise, read on and add fuel to the hatred of Dr. Travis and Logan!!

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Kaine closed his eyes for a moment and let Luka's thoughts sink in. Luka was trained by the compound members to only care for and defend his master. Yet, now he was very distraught about a human that Kaine had no idea about nor why this particular human had caught his attention. When he re-opened his eyes, he focused his complete attention on the grey hybrid whimpering in front of him. Once this was all sorted out, he'd have to meet with Lia to get to the bottom of this.

Luka, you are going against what you're trained for. Your master is your only concern. You were trained to believe that as soon as you were weaned.

Please! Help her!

Stop this now!

Please! Help Cadence!

Luka's plea kept going through Kaine's mind to the point of where he had to close off himself off so that he wouldn't have to listen to the begging hybrid.

"Marshall, I want Luka taken into the lower level and caged up in the hybrid wing. He may need restrained with how worked up he is. I do NOT want him injured at all! Make sure that no harm comes to him no matter how shitty he gets!"

"Yes, sir," Marshall replied. He grabbed ahold of Luka's rope lead and started walking towards the basement of the manor half dragging him along with him.

"Syd," Kaine continued on, "Call Trina. Tell her that Luka needs to stay with us while we sort out what he's so worked up about and figure out why he's so in tuned with this other human. Afterwards, I want you to go down to the hybrid ward and help Marshall if he needs it. Understood?"

"It will be done," Syd said as she takes off heading into the compounds offices to make the call.

Kaine rubbed at his temples trying to figure out what to do next and trying to relieve the pressure of Luka's thoughts running through his head. What was so important about this woman that Luka demanded the pack to go after her and save her? Humans died all the time for various reasons, so why did this one matter?

Jake, come to me!

Moments later, a large brown wolf came trotting up to Kaine from the wooded region behind the manor. He lowered his head as a sign of respect to Kaine, who acknowledged his submission before Jake shifted. Jake stood about the same height as Kaine although he had a smaller muscular build. He was scrappier, but almost as powerful as his best friend. He had dark brown hair and honey colored eyes.

Jake was Kaine's right-hand man. They grew up together, trained together, and became the powerhouse for the clan together. Jake knew when Kaine was angry or upset at something. Hell, everyone knew. The pack always treaded lightly whenever those days happened because he could be an asshole about the slightest things. However, Jake knew how to approach him and talk to him whenever he was in these moods. He kept getting moodier after Jake became mated with Lia.

"Jake," he sighed and folded his arms across his broad, muscular chest, "I need advice."

"What's going on? I just saw Marshall carrying Luka down to the holding pens. Is something wrong with him? I thought they were just taking out the bad eye," Jake said with concern lacing his voice. The wolf hybrids were prized amongst the pack and made it possible to have allies in the human world as well. Luka was one of those and had been one of the best. Jake had personally worked on training Luka for his job of guarding Trina Jones. Lia had tried, but it was obvious that at a very young age, Luka was going to need some serious training and work. Jake gladly stepped up to help his mate and together, they trained Luka to be one of the very best guarding hybrids around.

Kaine sighed and went through everything that happened when Luka returned and Jake quietly listened as he customarily did. "Luka is insistent that we go help this girl which is what I don't get. With his training, he shouldn't be caring one bit about some bitch that cared for him and yet, something intrigued him about this woman," he paused and thought some more about the situation.

"Kaine, with all due respect, we don't go off chasing damsels just because one of our hybrids comes back screaming that we must," Jake stopped for a moment to look into Kaine's face and tried to gauge his emotions. Finally, he decided to continue on with his thought, "However, this IS Luka we are talking about. You're right; he's the best of the best. If he says something is wrong, maybe we should consider. We don't know this woman, but he obviously saw something in her that we don't understand just yet."

Kaine closed his eyes and let his best friend's words sink in some more. He then reached out his mind to Luka who was pacing the cage. He was constantly repeating that he had to get to her and the name, "Cadence."

'What in the fuck am I thinking,' Kaine thought to himself angrily. "Jake, bring Luka to me. We're going on our first wild goose chase."

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Catie woke up very groggy and in an unfamiliar setting. The area smelled of mildew and was very dark, so she guessed that she was in a cellar or basement. Where she was another mystery. She couldn't see very well due to it being so dark. She also couldn't move at all. Upon further investigation, she noticed that her arms and legs were strapped down on a surgical-like table and that she was nude. She shivered from the cold crawling along her backside and from fear. She strained with all of her senses to see if she could pick up any clues as to where she was or who was holding her here. There was nothing.

She felt adrenaline kicking in and that she was starting to panic. 'Relax Catie.' she said to herself as she tried to focus on taking deep breaths to keep calm. This was a difficult feat to accomplish since her mouth was taped shut. Slowly, she focused on slowing her rapid heartbeat and on continuing her breathing exercises. 'Maybe the trips to the therapist helped after all,' she thought to herself while chuckling a little bit. After about 15 minutes of working on calming down, she relaxed enough to get a little bit of sleep.

She then woke up to someone or something shaking the table violently. This time she felt fabric over her eyes and that her limbs were tied even tighter to the table. She knew that there would be ugly bruises on her after she was able to get off of this table. If she could....

"You're awake beautiful. How was your sleep? I do hope that you rested well."

Catie stopped breathing for a second as she recognized the voice that was mocking her. It was Logan, the kennel tech from the clinic. She tried to pull against her restraints. Anything for him to let her go. Why would he do this to her?

"No. No. No. Catie! You're my little plaything for now. Soon, I'll have what you wouldn't willingly give to me," Catie gagged at the sound of that and at the thoughts of what was to come. She'd never had sex and everything within her screamed about the thought of Logan being the first to be in her. "I'll be back for you soon baby. Be a good girl and stay put."

'Like I can fucking move,' she thought angrily to herself and pulled harder at her restraints.

She yelped as Logan roughly grabbed ahold of her breast and squeezed it hard. She had larger boobs for her petite 5'6" figure and she had a sinking feeling that she was going to be in for a rude awakening whenever he decided to take her. He smacked her other breast hard which caused her to yelp again. "We're going to have fun with you baby. Don't worry though; I'll take good care of you." Catie whimpered as Logan's hands roamed down her naked body. She couldn't help but squirm as he reached her belly and they went lower towards her cleanly shaven pussy. "You're so beautiful, Catie. It's a shame that you couldn't just let me have what I wanted. We could've avoided all of this fuss," he said as he ran his fingers along the folds of her pussy. To her utter surprise and disgust, she felt herself getting slightly aroused by the contact.

Abruptly, he pulled his hands away from her and walked away. She listened to him leaving and counted how many steps it took him to reach the exit. 21 steps exactly. Her spirit dropped some when she heard him deadbolt the door from the outside. She really was trapped. Catie wasn't one for crying, but she was on the verge of doing just that.

'How am I going to get out of this one?' she thought to herself. She contemplated different ways of getting off of the table, but even if she could, she wouldn't be able to get out of here with the door being locked from the outside. Saddened by the thoughts of defeat, she refocused on calming herself down and tried to get some sleep. She was sure that she wasn't going to appreciate what was to become of her next.

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Luka lead Kaine and Jake straight to Country Hill Veterinary Hospital owned by none other than Dr. Greg Travis. As they drove the black Ford Escape up to the dimly lit back entrance to the clinic, Luka growled low in his throat. Kaine and Jake looked at each other, both sharing a silent feeling that this wasn't going to turn out pretty.

"Damn mutt has had it bad here, huh?" Jake said as he watched Luka's hackles rise on his back. "Relax, Luka. We'll find her," Jake said trying to reassure the angered hybrid.

Kaine parked the SUV by the back door and exited. He stood outside of the clinic and could tell right away that something was very wrong. Jake came up beside him along with Luka. He kept a tight lead on him due to the fact that he was pulling trying to go inside.

Both of you stay near me. Luka do you understand.

Kaine looked down to see the hybrid staring at him. He nodded slightly and focused intently on the job ahead of him. Jake released Luka and went up to the locked door. He made quick work of picking the lock thanks to his claws. Soon all three entered the hospital and looked around for clues as to what had happened. Luka lifted his nose into the air and sniffed, trying to pinpoint her scent.

Over here. I smell her. Luka said excitedly. All three walked down towards the surgery room into the open door. No one was there, but there was quite a bit of things strewn all over the counters. Among the contents were a couple of bottles of injectables that were nearly used up. Also, the safe for the narcotics was unlocked an all of its contents seemed to be missing.

"Kaine, someone or something was given a large dose of Morphine along with Propofol," Jake said as he studied the vials in front of them along with the needles and syringes all over the place, "What in the fuck is going on here?"

Luka placed his front paws onto the stainless steel surgery table and sniffed deeply. He then jumped backwards from the table and started growling uncontrollably. She was here! Now gone! He has her!

Luka!! Kaine yelled mentally. Luka quiets down immediately and comes to sit by Kaine's side.

"Kaine, maybe we should go and check out the office. There might be something useful in there." Kaine nodded his head in agreement and all three leave the surgery suite and head for the office.

It was locked by a heavy wooden door. Kaine extended his claws and worked the lock until it fell open for them. Inside were large filing cabinets labeled and occasionally dated depending on what they contained. There was also a large, wooden desk centralized to everything with stacks of scientific research papers all over the place. There were veterinary medicine books all over the place as well. Kaine and Jake start opening drawers and searching through filing cabinets, hoping to find some clues as to who has Catie and where they are. Luka climbed into Dr. Travis' seat and nudged a notebook that is slightly hidden by some scientific papers. Read this. Maybe this says where he took her.

Kaine opened the barely used notebook and started paging through it. Halfway into the little book, he saw some writings by somebody. They were about the girl.

8/8/13

Today, Catie was cleaning out some of the kennels while we weren't that busy. God, that girl is beautiful. She had to bend over quite a bit in order to pick up miscellaneous food or hair that was on the floor. She has an amazing ass. Oh, what I'd love to do to it. As I watched her scrub the floor, her perfect tits bounced in just the right way. I can only imagine suckling on them. Just thinking about it makes me rock hard. One day, she'll be my little bitch.

9/13/13

Catie...... if only you'd stop denying me. I want to see that beautiful body of yours naked beneath me. I want you screaming in ecstasy for me and only me. I will have you!

9/20/13

Today, we made a plan on how we'll get Catie to the cellar. We had planned on doing it this afternoon, but that damned mutt, Luka is here. He always growls at the most inconvenient times. Anyways, first, we'll wait until that stupid mutt is gone. We've already calculated the doses that we need in order to sedate her so all we have to do is wait for her to be busy doing something. As long as her back is to us, I couldn't fucking careless about what she's doing. Logan will grab her around the head and blindfold her while I'll inject her. She'll be our very own sleeping beauty. Then she'll be taken to the cabin basement and she'll be ours. Just thinking about this makes me so horny. I can't wait to have my cock buried in that sweet pussy.

4/5/14

I'm getting fucking impatient. Now we have to take out that damned wolf's eye. Fucking mutt! Now, I'll never be able to get her........... Actually, yes. Yes, I will. This is perfect. That sexy bitch will finally be mine. I can't wait to have her bouncing on my cock, screaming my name, while I'll suckle those glorious tits.

5/3/14

Today's the day. The mutt goes home and Catie will be my little fuck toy. I can't decide how I'll take her first.... I guess Logan can have her too. I wonder how tight that little bitch is. Fuck I'm hard thinking about it!

Kaine read each entry and got more and more disgusted by the thought of what was going to happen to the girl. He knew that he must find her soon and figure out why Luka had such an affinity to the woman. He grabbed the notebook and headed back towards the door. As he reached the exit, he grabbed out his iPhone and called Mitchell at the compound. Mitch was their IT go to at the manor. If it had to deal with computers or find information, then Mitch was the man for the job. He wasn't much use in a fight, but he could sure be one hell of a problem if you had a computer.

"Mitch here."

"It's Kaine. I need you to run a search for me. I'm looking for properties owned by Dr. Greg Travis or Logan Miller. Preferably cabin type homes."

"Yes sir. I'll email you everything that I find," at the confirmation, Kaine hung up. About 5 minutes later, he received an email from Mitch listing the properties that the two men owned. Each man owned a cabin, but one was nearer to town than the other. He decided that they'd check into Dr. Travis' cabin first.

We're leaving. Kaine said through the link. A few seconds later, Luka and Jake both appeared and got into the SUV. "Let's go find us a damsel."

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Catie felt warm as she woke up the next time. 'Fucking bastard,' she thought angrily to herself. 'He probably fucking drugged me again.' She tried to move her limbs a little and they felt like jelly. She'd definitely been drugged again.

She heard movement from her left which was where the exit was. This time, there were two sets of footsteps. Catie went into complete meltdown mode on the inside, but stayed as calm and as quiet as she possibly could. She feigned sleep and listened to see what would happen next.

"I can't wait to get my cock into that tight pussy. I wonder if she's ever been used before."

"I guess we'll find out soon enough, huh Doc?" Logan asked.

Catie felt hands running up and down her body as she fought to control herself from writhing to get away. She felt heavier, thicker hands groping her breasts and smaller ones running up and down her thighs.

"Should we wake her up?" she heard Logan ask.

"Not just yet. I want to savor playing with these," Dr. Travis said maniacally. She felt his hot breath getting closer to her nipples before he finally started sucking on her left one while groping the other roughly. She felt Logan's hands roaming up and down her spread thighs and getting closer to her pussy. Dr. Travis left the left nipple and leaned his hefty body across hers so that he could suck on the right one. Catie's was screaming from disgust inside her mind, but her body was betraying her and responding to the unwanted contact from her assailants.

"Look how wet she is from this, Doc," Logan said slyly as he ran his fingers through her moistened labia. Her body jerked at the contact and both men stopped what they were doing. "Looks like she's awake after all."

"Catie," Dr. Travis started, "My beautiful Catie. So nice of you to wake up and join us." He ran his fat fingers down the left side of her face. She quickly turned as far away as she could. "Now, don't be like that. See how your body responds to us," he said as he ran his hands down to her belly. Catie's body flinched as he reached her pussy and found her swollen clit. He started circling her clit roughly causing her hips to jerk uncontrollably. "Darling, we could've avoided all of this fuss, if you would've just accepted my offer in the first place to be mine. Do you know how much trouble you put Logan and me through?"

Catie shook her head no and screamed to herself, 'No! Please stop!' She felt smaller hands rubbing on her breasts as Dr. Travis' fingers continued to quickly assault her clit. Then the fingers on her clit stopped and moved away.

"Logan, raise this table some. I want it a little higher for what I have planned next for our little girl." Catie felt the table lock being released and then felt the table being raised up and locked into place again. She then felt meaty hands running down her sides and slender ones along the side of her face. Then she was forcefully slapped across the left side of her face which caused her to yelp.

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Kaine, what the fuck just happened?

Kaine abruptly stopped the car and got out for a moment to get fresh air. All three of them felt pain come through the bond. Typically, they could only feel each other's pain or feelings if another were or hybrid allowed them into their mind or if they were mated. Suddenly, Luka howled from the back of the car. A long, sorrowful howl. Jake quickly opened the door and put his hand on Luka's head to try and calm him.

They hurt her!

Who did they hurt, Luka? Jake asked mentally.

Cadence!

Relax boy. We'll find her, Jake said trying hard to reassure him. He patted his head a couple of times before reaching out to Kaine. I don't understand how we all just felt that.

Kaine didn't say anything. In all of his teachings, there should be no way that a human can broadcast their feelings to them. Only an Alpha wolf can broadcast like that, but not to humans. He was puzzled and quite concerned by this. He knew that he had to find this woman soon in order to figure out what was going on. Jake slammed the door where Luka was and both men quickly got into the SUV and took off.

Kaine got out his phone and made another phone call to Mitch.




Heart of the Wolf Ch. 02



"Yes, sir?"

"Mitch, I need you to find known instances where a human has been able to broadcast their feelings to us. I expect that you felt it too?"

"I did, sir. But how is that possible?"

"I don't know, but I need you to search the archives and see if anything like this has been recorded. We're trying to find her quickly before we lose our chance to figure out what the fuck is going on. I'll contact you again once we find her."

"Understood, sir," Mitch said and hung up the phone.

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"What the fuck was that for, Logan?"

"Sorry boss. That was for all the frustration that she's caused us."

Big, fat tears came to her eyes and were immediately caught by the blindfold. She'd never been slapped in her life and she sure as hell didn't want that to happen again.

"My sweet angel," Dr. Travis crooned as he came up beside her and kiss her redden cheek, "I'm sorry about that. Don't worry though. That won't happen again." He started caressing her fiery cheek with his hand, trying to ease the blow that had just happened.

'Fuck you!!' Catie screamed at them in her mind as more tears came to her eyes and immediately got taken away. Slowly, Dr. Travis' hand traveled from her beaten cheek down to her breasts again. He laid soft, butterfly kisses on her neck while he groped her. He continued his path with his hand until he reached her pussy again. This time he removed his hand from her and she felt his hot breath inching closer to her. When his mouth made contact with her virgin clit, she bucked forcefully against him and whimpered at the touch. He slowly circled her swollen clit with his tongue and placed his meaty hands on her hips and pushed them down onto the table. Then she felt another mouth on her right nipple along with slender hands squeezing her breasts. 'No! Oh god! Stop!' she cried out in her mind to no avail.

"Catie," Logan said from her chest, "You have such beautiful breasts. I could play with these all day and never get enough of them. I wonder what it would be like to have my cock between them."

She squirmed and bucked more from the attention that her clit and breasts were getting and to her disgust, she felt like she might actually cum. She had played with herself before and knew the feeling, but this is not how she wanted her first time to be. Dr. Travis then slowly inserted one of his fat fingers into her tight hole until he was at her hymen. Her body instinctively arched and more liquid came to moisten her pussy. Logan sucked harder on her nipples causing her to arch her body again.

"My sweet Catie, you're a virgin. That makes things so much better," Dr. Travis said slyly as he slowly inched his finger in and out of Catie's vagina. She felt herself being stretched some and luckily he stopped whenever he touched her hymen. He then pulled his finger out and stuck his tongue inside of her. She felt him wiggling his tongue around inside of her before he pulled it out too and lapped up her juices that were along her labia. "You taste wonderful baby. Imagine how good you'll feel with my cock inside of your tight pussy."

Catie retched at the thought and cried more. She felt hopeless and just wanted them to get it over with. She then felt the table being lowered and heard clothes dropping to the ground. 'This is it.....' she said to herself. She was scared, but she wasn't going to let them know. She'd be strong no matter what.

Logan loosened the straps slightly around her arms, so that Dr. Travis could pull her more towards the edge of the table. Once she was in an acceptable position, the restraints were tightened again. She then felt something Dr. Travis' belly overtop of her pussy and his penis at her opening. Then she felt Logan get on top of the table with his legs on either side of her chest. Then she felt Logan squish her tits together and his saliva-slickened dick start going back and forth between them. Dr. Travis then pushed the head of his cock into her hole. Although small, he did have a wide girth that stretched her quite a bit. When he got to her hymen, he stopped for a moment to catch his breath. He was obviously way too excited and was having a hard time breathing. He then pushed quickly pasted her hymen and broke it. Catie screamed against the tape covering her mouth at the pain. Both men laughed and continued fucking her tits and pussy.

"Oh, Catie. You're so tight around my cock." Dr. Travis' cock felt huge inside of her as her pussy stretched from the intrusion of his 3 inch dick. He didn't last much longer and quickly came inside of her. He pulled out and she heard him quickly walk off and sit down in a nearby chair.

"Now," Logan started as he got off of the table and went to stand between her legs, "It's my turn to fill you with my cock." Catie cringed at the thought. He had felt much longer that Dr. Travis and she was already sore from him.

Logan placed the head of his cock by Catie's opening. His felt slimmer, but she still knew that this wasn't going to be pleasant. He didn't waste any time and quickly forced himself all the way inside of her. Catie screamed and bucked her hips from the pain of how deeply he was in her. She felt full and stretched. Logan forcefully grabbed onto her hips and dug his nails into her to keep her at his pace. He quickly fucked her seeping pussy until he too came inside of her. He waited until his cock stopped spasming before he pulled out of her. Catie whimpered as his cock and hands left her abused body.

"You're quite messy now princess," Logan mocked her as he wiped off the juices from her pussy. "Looks like you even bled a little bit too, baby."

She heard a chair squeak from the left side of her and heard heavy footsteps come to rejoin her and Logan. She then felt a needle poke into her vein on her right arm and felt herself become useless and unable to move. The restraints were then removed from her and she felt herself lifted up and carried a few feet away from the table. She was then laid down on a mattress that felt like a rock and she was once again restrained. However, this time she could move some. The blindfold was removed and she slowly opened her green eyes and saw both men standing over top of her.

"Catie, you know the effects of propofol will wear off in a few minutes and that you'll be able to move again. We will bring you something to eat soon," Dr. Travis said as he and Logan started to walk away. She waited until she heard the door close and the deadbolt locked before she allowed herself to sob.

After she stopped crying, she took in the scene of where she was. The walls were grey cinderblocks and there were no windows to the outside. Above the surgical table and the make-shift bed that she was on, there was a single light bulb otherwise it was very dark. She looked down at her pussy to see that it was swollen from her assailants and that there was still liquid oozing out of it. She saw what looked like blood and cum mixed together. She quickly looked at her hands and feet to see ugly, deep bruises on them from the restraints. Her hips also had bruises that were starting to show up and little droplets of blood from Logan's fingernails. She looked terrible and felt hopeless.

Logan returned about 10 minutes later with a tray. He brought it to her and set it down on the bed. She saw little bits of cheese, a couple apple slices, a piece of white bread, and a plastic cup of water. 'Damnit!' she thought angrily to herself. She'd been hoping for an actual glass.

Logan reached his hand up to her face and slowly caressed the right side. He then grabbed ahold of the duct tape and quickly ripped it off causing her to squeal. "Eat up, princess. You'll need your strength for what we have planned for you," he mocked as he turned and walked out. She had half a mind to throw it at him, but he stomach rumbled and she didn't know when she'd be fed next so she ate and drank everything. After she was finished, she threw the tray and the cup as far as she could and lay down on the hard mattress. She was in pain and still hungry, but she was still alive for now. She shivered from the cold and wished that they had given her a blanket at least. Curling herself into a ball, she silently cried until she fell asleep.

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"Fuck!" Kaine yelled angrily at the air. The first cabin was a bust. No one was here. "We've fucking wasted time coming here."

Slowly, Jake approached Kaine. He knew that he was very close to ripping this place apart out of anger. "Kaine, we have one more place to check. We don't have time to sit here and wonder what to do next. We need to go." Luka grumbled in response.

Kaine had dug holes into his hands from his extended claws and had bit his bottom lip from his extending canines. As blood dripped down his hands, he finally unclenched his fists and teeth and started calming himself down. "You're right, Jake. Let's move."



Heart of the Wolf Ch. 02



Hands sank into his hair and his eyes flew to her face, afraid she had awoken, but her eyes were still closed, her lips parted as she moaned lustfully. The sight of her face caught in the throes of passion inflamed him and he moaned in response, the sound vibrating against her clit as he flicked the swollen nub with his tongue until she was writhing uncontrollably beneath him. 

Instinctively he could sense that she needed more and his left hand slid from beneath her ass. Sliding his fingertips along her slit he slowly eased his index finger into her throbbing pussy. Her tight walls pulsed around his finger as he began to slide it in and out of her, fucking her with his thick digit until her hips were arching against his hand, her body demanding more even if her mind was incapable of doing so.

Easing a second digit into her he began to thrust his fingers into her, harder and harder until she was practically screaming, the sound of her wet pussy as he fucked her with his tongue and fingers filling the room and making his cock throb in response. Her hands tightened in his hair, her body rocking with the force of his fingers thrusting into her pussy. His tongue continued its assault on her clit, flicking the engorged flesh mercilessly before again drawing it between his lips, his mouth sucking on the engorged flesh until her body began to tremble with the beginning of her orgasm.

She was going to cum and cum hard, he would accept nothing less from her, and his fingers drove forcefully into her cunt, fucking her with his hand as he longed to be fucking her with his cock, his mouth and tongue devouring her clit as he felt her reach that crest, her entire body tensing as her pussy tightened around his fingers, her hands clenching in his hair as a strangled scream tore from her lips. Her body began to thrash on the fur rug, her hips arching uncontrollably against his fingers and tongue as she forced her pussy against his face and hand.

Hungrily he lapped at her slit as she came, his fingers continuing to thrust into her until he had tasted every last bit of her release, his actions prolonging it until he had wrung every last bit of her orgasm out of her. Slowly her hands slid from his hair, the tension in her body easing until her hands and legs had fallen lax at her sides. Gently he eased her ass back to the floor, his right hand sliding from beneath her as his left fingers slid reluctantly from her pussy. Unable to resist a final taste of her he slid his tongue down her slit until he could bury it deeply into her, the action drawing another low moan from the sultry woman he had just made love too with his mouth.

He wanted more, so much more, but he knew if he did not stop he would do something he would never forgive himself for later. He was going to fuck this woman, of that he had no doubt, but when he did he wanted her willing and as hungry for him as he was for her. Bracing his hands against the floor he pushed himself up from where he lay between her legs and was nearly home free when her eyes parted and locked unerringly on his.

He froze, a swirl of concern rising within him, his mind already searching for a plausible explanation for why he was here, what he was doing, and just who the fuck he was, when he realized that she wasn't truly seeing him. Just as earlier she was caught up in her wine induced illusion. She saw only the fantasy lover that had just given her the first pleasure she had known in years.

"Who are you..?"

She sounded curious rather than afraid, as if she were used to meeting random entities while in a trance like state and completely nonplussed he stared at her a long moment, his sense of preservation warring with the need to answer her, his need for her to know him.

"Arik."

Silently he cursed himself for being nine kinds of a fool but he rationalized that she wouldn't remember any of this in the morning anyway so there was no danger in telling her his name. She smiled at the sound of it, her eyes dreamy and unfocused before falling closed again, the smile still upon her lips.

"Arik...thank you Arik..."

And moments later she was sound asleep. He could tell the instant she went from her trance like state into true sleep and his body relaxed suddenly with a sigh of relief. He was a fool for doing this, but he couldn't bring himself to regret it. The scent of her, the taste of her, was still on his lips, his hands, the scent of passion hanging heavy in the air, and he relished it.

Deep down he knew he would never regret touching this woman.

Pulling the quilted blanket off of the back of the couch he covered her up and moved to step outside. He spent the next few hours running in the woods, hunting, chasing, anything to work off the unspent sexual energy that tormented him. When he had exhausted himself he returned to the cabin and and locked up before shifting back into wolf form. He longed to draw her into his arms and hold her as she slept but he knew that was impossible, at least for now. 

Curling up next to her sleeping body he eventually drifted off to sleep, the image of her body writhing beneath him ensuring his dreams would provide no respite from the un-quenched need that burned within him.

Tomorrow. Tomorrow he would figure out what to do. 



Heart of the Wolf Ch. 03



How convenient that this cabin is located so close to here. Kaine thought as he pulled the SUV onto a service road that was owned by and used by the pack for runs through the nearby forest. Jake exited and walked up to the large, metal gate. Kaine watched him put in the code before walking back some, so that he could pull the SUV into the area. Jake locked the gate as Kaine was parking the car. Kaine exited and opened the door for Luka to jump out as well. Luka stretched and yawned. Anticipation was coursing through him. 

We have about a 8-9 mile run before we reach the cabin. You will follow my lead and do NOT kill the bastards involved. I have some plans for them. Kaine said mentally to them. He then broadcasted louder so that his pack could hear him. Listen up. We are located at the Dawson Mill Rd. I need Marshall, Syd, Lia, and Bailey to meet us here. Bring a van with you and make sure to keep Bailey leashed. Stay where we have parked when you get here. I imagine that I'll need some help with this. 

Understood Alpha. He heard back from three voices in unison. He then focused his mind on the two males that were currently with him. Soon, they'd work as one unit and run off of his orders alone. Both men stripped off their clothes and grabbed rope to tie to their pants around Luka. They didn't care about being naked, but figured the girl would be traumatized by two naked guys beating the shit out of her attackers. Kaine nodded at Jake that it was time and let the change come over him. He felt his bones shifting and rearranging and his fur start sprouting everywhere. It only took seconds for the large wolf to appear. His fur was jet black to the point of having a blue sheen to it. He shook himself out and stretched out his wolfen limbs. 'It's been too long,' he said mentally. His wolf nodded in agreement. He was then joined by the large brown wolf that was Jake on his right side and Luka on his left. 

Alright, let's go. Stay with me and do NOT engage anyone without my signal. There was no response from either of the males. There wasn't any need. His word was law and they would not challenge it. Kaine took off sprinting into the woods. He took in all the sights and smells of the night time forest. The air was cool and crisp and he smelled everything around him. The crescent moon shone brightly above and watched over them as they ran towards the cabin. He felt calm and free in this moment. The dew-kissed grass beneath his feet and the smells of the forest around him gave him his freedom. He had missed this for so long. 

After three miles of running, he spotted a stream. He ran up to it and lapped up some of the cool waters, instantly feeling refreshed. With his advanced immune system, he didn't have to worry about the qualms of drinking from the forest. When he looked up from his drink, he saw that Jake and Luka had followed suit and were doing the exact same thing. 

We should be getting close. I smell smoke nearby and the faint scent of fear is mixed in it. I hope that we aren't too late. A slight feeling of dread washed over all three of them. Quickly, Kaine pushed it aside and set them back on course. 

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Catie woke back up later and saw that she was alone. She had been sleeping on her back and felt stiff from the make shift bed and from the assault. She had no idea what time it was or where her assailants were. She felt sore of mind, body, and spirit. She felt broken. 'This isn't how it's supposed to happen,' she thought to herself, 'Now what will I do?' Tears silently streamed down her face as hopelessness set in once more. She'd given anything just to go home. Her stomach rumbled angrily at her and silently she hoped that one of them brought her some food soon to quiet it down. 

She curled herself up into a ball, wrapped her arms around her legs, and silently listened for anything. After about 10 minutes, she heard footsteps up above her. They were muffled and she couldn't hear any other noises associated with them. They continued above her across her ceiling until they continued on to where she couldn't hear them anymore. A couple slow minutes passed and she continued to listen for movement above her. She then heard a door open and close again followed by footsteps coming towards her door. She heard the deadbolt on her door being unlocked as her heart rate increased and adrenaline kicked in. She strained to see who opened and closed the door, but couldn't make out who it was until they came closer. 'Fuck! What does he want?' It was Logan. 

"Catie," Logan started as he walked towards her carrying another tray, "I figured you'd want a snack." He came up to the bed and set the tray down beside her. On it was a ham and cheese sandwich and a plastic cup of water. She eagerly sat up and scarfed the sandwich and water quickly while he watched her. 

"Thank you," she said as she set the cup back onto the tray and looked up at Logan's face. He smiled at her wickedly and Catie's stomach lurched at the thought of what he probably had planned. All too quickly, Catie felt an eerie calm wash over her. "What the fuck did you do?" she spit out at Logan as she felt her limbs start to feel like jelly and her vision blurred slightly whenever she moved her head. 

"I just wanted to calm you down, baby. You know how valium works on the patients, right?" 

'Son of a bitch!!' Catie thought furiously in her mind as she tried to hide the fear she felt. She knew that she was pretty much at his mercy now. The side-effects would continue for a few hours. She put on her best "fuck you" face and scowled at Logan. He would not see the fear that she felt. 

"Why don't you be a dear and lay down for me?" 

"Why don't you go fuck yourself!" Catie yelled. She was quickly met by him slapping the right side of her face. She yelped and clutched her burning cheek while trying to calm her churning stomach and dizziness. Tears streamed down her face as she turned to look at him. She put on her best defiant look. Although her mind was hazy from the drug, she wasn't going to let this asshole have her without a fight this time. 

~~~~~ 

The three of them reached the edge of the forest that was behind the cabin. Kaine inhaled deeply and smelled fear coming from somewhere in the cabin. As they slowed down to start scouting the area, they felt pain from an unknown link once again 

Bastards! They hurt her again! Luka screamed in his mind as he took off running across the field towards the cabin. Kaine bolted after him and quickly knocked him over and pinned him to the ground. Luka continued to growl and tried to get out from underneath Kaine's body. Kaine was not detoured by Luka's actions and instead forcefully took his neck into his powerful jaws. Whenever he started struggling, he squeezed his mouth closed a little tighter until he tasted blood. 

Luka! Submit! Kaine commanded mentally while growling deeply back at him. Luka finally stopped struggling and held still. Kaine held him in his jaws for a couple more seconds before releasing him and getting off of him. Go to Jake now! Luka kept his head lowered and walked sulking all the way back to Jake with Kaine following closely behind. 

Don't try me again, Luka! 

Luka didn't look up or say anything to Kaine. He had disobeyed an order and was ashamed of himself. He nodded his head and took his place beside Jake. He kept his head lowered and occasionally whimpered. 

What's the plan? Jake asked Kaine. 

Kaine paced around Jake and Luka thinking of strategies and ways of dealing with the threats inside. First, he had to get himself under control from Luka's disobedience. The assholes inside were no match for them, but he still planned on being cautious. Then there was the matter of the girl. The cabin appeared to be one story with the possibility of there being a basement. They were either going to have to sneak in, grab the girl, and leave. Or engage the fuckers that had her. 

Lia, Kaine mentally called out, I want you to bring Bailey and wait in the forest behind the cabin. Marshall and Syd, standby near the vehicles. 

I'm on my way. 

Jake, I want you to shift and to open doors for Luka and I. Plus, it may be a little easier for you to tie these fuckers once we get in there. I don't want them killed but they can be maimed. Let's try and keep the shifting to a minimum so that we don't scare the girl anymore. Luka, when we get in there, find her, and stay with her. No matter what you hear, stay with her. 

Jake shifted and grabbed his pants from Luka. Then, the three of them made their way to the backdoor. 

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Catie's face hurt and her mind was fuzzy. She was eerily calm for what was about to happen to her. 'Fucking valium!' Logan was gently caressing the cheek he had slapped. She tried hard to be strong. She closed her eyes and allowed the unwanted contact. There was no way that she could stop it, so she decided that she'd let it come and would deal with the repercussions later. 

She heard the door open and close again. She choose to ignore it and kept her eyes closed. 

"You better not have hit her again," Dr. Travis said. She heard him walk up to the bed and felt his meaty hands grab her breasts and push her down into the bed. She heard his sharp intake of breath as he noticed the marks on the right side of her face. "Dammit, will you quit fucking hitting her. What the fuck does that help with?" 

Logan ignored Dr. Travis and stopped touching Catie's face. She opened her eyes and watched him walk away. He opened the door and left. She stared and listened for his steps above them, but didn't hear anything. 

"I'm sorry that he hit you again. I don't know what his fucking problem is," he said trying to reason with her. She ignored him and continued staring towards the door. He continued to play with her boobs using his hands and planted butterfly kisses on her neck and down her chest towards her nipples. When he reached them, he took each one into his mouth and sucked on them while making sure to flick his tongue on them. She squirmed against her restraints from the contact that she was receiving. 

Movement caught her eye and she looked towards the door to see Logan slowly making his way over to them. For some reason, alarms were ringing in her head. Something was very wrong with this picture. As Logan drew nearer to them, Dr. Travis stopped sucking her nipples and turned towards him. 

"Welcome back. Are you ready to get to business now?" He asked Logan. Logan didn't respond and continued coming towards them. She heard a 'click' sound and then the noise of something small and plastic dropping to the ground. "Logan, what's wrong?" 

Logan stopped about a foot away from the bed. Catie fearfully looked at him with her adrenaline screaming at her to get out now! "Yes, Doc. I think I'm ready now," he said as he ran at Dr. Travis and shoved him onto the bed on top of Catie. Catie shrieked as his full weight landed on her right leg. She felt something pop and screamed even louder as large tears rolled down her face. Then she looked up to see Logan beside Dr. Travis' left side with a large syringe. She watched in horror as he drove it into Dr. Travis' heart and injected it. He convulsed and seized on top of her leg until he finally stopped breathing. Once he stopped, Logan rolled him off of Catie until he dropped onto the floor face first. He made a sickening smacking sound as he landed. 

Catie examined her leg and found that she was unable to move it without hurting. 

"Now, it's your turn princess," Logan said mockingly as he came towards Catie and started licking her nipples. Logan was too busy paying attention to her nipples and breasts to hear the faint scraping sounds coming from upstairs. She focused on listening to them instead of the asshole on top of her. He continued kissing down her chest and belly oblivious to the sounds coming from upstairs. She looked towards the door and saw movement beneath the door. Logan was now between her legs and was forcefully sucking her clit. He dug his nails into her hips as the door slowly opened up. In the faint light, she saw a tall, shirtless man silently walk into the room followed by two large dogs. Not dogs, wolves. Both of them started snarling and growling at the same time, which caused Logan to turn around. 

"What the fuck? Who are you?" he screamed at them as he stumbled over Dr. Travis' lifeless body to get away from Catie. 

"Who we are is none of your fucking business. Get away from that woman now," he said as the wolves continued growling. 

Catie started to cry more at the thought of what was going to happen. She stared intently at the three by the door and swore that she recognized one of the wolves. "Luka?" 

The grey one stopped snarling at Logan and sprinted to Catie's side. When she looked at his face and saw his one eye, she knew that it was Luka. He laid down beside her as Catie threw her arms over top of him and wept harder. "Oh my god! Luka!" She cried as she held onto him tightly. 

Logan grabbed ahold of a metal pipe that was against the wall and ran at Luka and Catie. Luka leapt at Logan and was hit across the chest with the pipe. "Luka!!" Catie screamed as he landed on the ground with a thud. As Logan turned to strike her with it, he was met by the black wolf's jaws around his right arm. The wolf jerked his head and threw Logan across the room. Catie heard the sickening snap of bones being broken/dislocated from the wolf's jaws. 

The man quickly ran over to Catie and undid all of her restraints. Without even thinking, she dizzily bolted off of the bed towards Luka. It wasn't until her weight came down on her leg that she realized it was broken as she fell. She started crawling towards the Luka before she felt nuzzling by her right cheek. She looked up and was breath-taken by the icy eyes of the black wolf. He slowly lowered his head so she could lay herself over his neck. Once she was positioned, he took her to Luka. 

Catie was set down gently and quickly started checking Luka for his pulse and to see if anything was broken. He was breathing, but he was unconscious. She felt dizzy and sick as she laid beside Luka on the cement floor. Yet for some reason, she felt safe with them. 

"Ma-am, I know you're tired, but we need to go," the man said as he quickly picked up the tied and gagged Logan. 

"I'm not going anywhere without him," she said pointing to Luka, "Who are you?" 

"My name is Jake and I didn't plan on leaving Luka behind. My wife would kill me if I did. And so would my...boss." 

Catie frowned. So Mr. Tall, Dark, and Handsome was taken. She was then nudged by the black wolf again. She turned to face him and found herself mesmerized by those eyes. She felt an overwhelming sensation to trust him. Something sparked within her. She felt pain in her lower abdomen. The last thing that she saw before her world went black were those piercing blue eyes. 

~~~~~ 

Fuck! Lia, Bailey come here now! Kaine screamed mentally as the girl feinted and landed on Luka's chest. Both wolf and hybrid burst into the basement. Lia was a smaller wolf with light brown fur while Bailey was colored the same as her sibling Luka. Jake carefully picked Catie up and placed her onto Kaine's back. He then picked up Luka and laid him on top of Lia's back. Finally, he shifted and tossed Logan onto his back. 

Let's go, Kaine said as he ran out of the cabin. Please hang on Catie. Nothing will hurt you ever again. 

They sprinted the 8.7 miles to the vehicles. Once there, Syd and Marshall helped to unload the wolves. Catie and Luka were laid in the back of Jake's van while Logan was tied up in the back of Marshall's. Marhsall shifted and stayed in back with Logan and Bailey while Syd drove. Kaine curled himself around Catie to help keep her warm on the trip back to the mansion. 

Mitch? Kaine broadcasted. 

Yes, Alpha? 

Call Dr. Adams. Tell her I need her at the mansion. I have the girl and she's in rough shape. Also, Luka was hit in the chest so have Zoey ready to see him as well. Don't let Trina freak out. He should be fine, but I need her to focus on the girl. 

Yes, sir. We'll see you soon. Also, I have some information on humans that are able to broadcast to us. 

Tell me. 

It seems they are part of our line. She is a wolf, but one who hasn't awakened yet. For some reason, her wolf never woke like ours did when we were young. But...there's more... 

Mitch never hesitates when he talks, so Kaine instantly became alarmed. What? 

If she mates with a wolf, then he can help her awaken. If she mates with a human and is impregnated by him, then the wolf maybe lost forever. 

Dread washed over Kaine. His wolf was drawn to this woman. More than he'd been drawn to anyone. He inspected her closer. She'd been hit several times and had bruises on her hips. Kaine lowered his nose to her vagina and inhaled deeply. He smelt the metallic scent of blood and something more that made his heart drop. Mitch, she was raped! 

~~~~~ 

In her sleep, she felt warm and safe. She heard unspoken words and occasionally caught glimpses of her name and wolf. In the depths of her mind, she felt something there. She knew it was there. It always had been. It comforted her when her mom died and yet she had no idea what it was. Occasionally, she'd catch glimpses of white and then it would hide away from her. 

'Come back to me' she'd say into the nothingness that was her mind. Most of the time, she was met with silence. Today, she was met by a howl.



Heart of the Wolf Ch. 04



She heard the sound in her mind. 'A howl?' It seemed mournful to her, but then again, most howls sounded like they were in mourning. She had always tried to follow whatever it was that lurked within her and she felt at peace when she caught glimpses. It had never shown itself or made a sound until now. She felt consciousness start to come back as she faded from inside her mind. Before she fully came to, she heard another sorrowful howl.

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Catie came to in a hospital-like setting. She was hooked up to a blood pressure and ECG machine and recognized the beeps coming from it as being her own heart. She listened as the beeping picked up from the adrenaline rush that she now felt. 'Where am I?' She started to feel panicky. The last thing she remembered before she had passed out was the black wolf. What had happened since then?

She decided to calm herself by taking in her surroundings and focused on breathing slower while she did so. The bed she was on wasn't a typical hospital type bed. It was much more comfortable. Her battered body was thankful for the comfort after the rock she had slept on. She was covered in a soft, white blanket and noted that someone had put a hospital gown on her. The room was small but cozy. It reminded her of her mom's house. The walls were a light brown color and there was a window to her left. The blinds were drawn and she decided to try and get up to open them. She tossed off her blanket and started to move to get off the bed. As she went to move her right leg, she almost screamed from the pain. She looked down to see that her shin was very darkly bruised and upon touching it, she cringed and this time cried out some.

To her surprise, a second later, a man and woman burst through the door which caused her to yelp in surprise. She couldn't help but stare at them as they stared back at her. "What the fuck is going on here?" she yelled at them. These were the ones that picked up Luka from the clinic the other day.

"Get out of the way. Let me see her," she heard a female voice say. They moved out of her way and in came a shorter but equally pretty blonde lady. She was wearing dark blue scrubs and had short bobbed hair. She had a no nonsense stance about her. "Please go get Kaine," she said without even looking at them with her pale brown eyes. Without saying a word, they both quickly turned and left as the lady went and looked at the ECG machine and started jotting down notes.

"Who are you?" Catie slowly said as she stared bewildered at the woman.

"I'm Dr. Trina Adams. Just try and relax, Catie. The "owner" of this mansion asked me to come take care of you. His word is law around here, so you are safe. I heard you were in quite the predicament."

Catie just nodded her head. Dr. Adams came up to Catie's left side and held out a thermometer. She took it into her mouth and waited for the doctor to finish taking her vitals. The thermometer was then removed and Dr. Adams started examining her.

"How are you feeling this morning, sweetie?"

"Could you please call me Catie? I don't know how to feel. I feel numb and my leg hurts."

"That's to be expected. Could you please take off the gown? Do you need my help?" Catie shook her head no and removed the ugly green hospital gown. Dr. Adams looked over the entire front half of her. She took note of the various bruises and marks that were on her. She then started looking at her legs. She felt her left leg first and felt no problems with it. Then she started looking at and moving the right one. Catie tensed when she touched her thighs, but as soon as she touched her shin, she screamed.

Just then a man burst through the door, "What the fuck happened?" He was tall and very muscular. His hair was dark and his eyes were blue. Almost as blue as the black wolf's. Catie stared bewildered at the fact that another man was seeing her naked. Unannounced tears then started rolling down her face. At the sight of her crying, he immediately ran to her side and took her into his arms and held her tightly to his chest.

"Kaine!! Let go of her! That's not helping any!" Dr. Adams yelled at him and crossed her arms around her chest.

He released her and noticed that she had started crying harder. "I'm so sorry," he said. Through her tears, Catie thought that she saw shame cross his face. He turned on his heel and quickly walked out closing the door behind him.

"Sorry Catie. That's Kaine. He's the one who brought you here along with the rest. I know he didn't mean to scare you. We may need to think about putting a cast on that leg. We'll get x-rays taken later on though," Catie just nodded and wiped the tears from her face and eyes. "I need to examine the rest of you. I hate to ask this of you, but did they rape you?" She couldn't face the doctor. She felt dirty and wrong. She slowly and painfully nodded her head yes. After her admission, she felt slightly better.

"Ok," was all she said before she left the room. Catie watched her leave and wrapped the blanket around herself. She thought about what was going to happen next and about how strangely some of these people were acting towards her. The doctor seemed to be normal enough, but she was confused about the rest of them. A couple of minutes later, Dr. Adams came back into the room carrying a black case. "Catie, I'm sorry to put you through this, but I need to examine you thoroughly."

Catie understood what was going to happen and shook her head yes. She wanted to be rid of those fuckers and would gladly go through anything to do so. Dr. Adams held out her hand to Catie and in the palm was a small blue pill. "Please take this. It'll help expel any semen that may be inside of you, then I'll do the rest." She took the pill out of her hand and quickly swallowed it and laid back. She closed her eyes, threw off the blanket, and waited for the rest.

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Kaine left the room distraught. He hadn't meant to cause her anymore mental harm, but he had to see what had happened since he felt her broadcast again. He had to face the fact that she was hurting in more ways than one and would have difficulty coming to terms with things. There was hope though. She had been calm to his wolf and had relaxed with him. However, he was puzzled. His wolf was very protective of this human. Similarly to Luka? Or maybe it was something else that attracted his wolf to her. He'd have to think on it some more before he came to any conclusions. Maybe he'd talk to Jake about it.

He decided to walk down to the wing that Luka was kept in and check on him. Along the way, he thought about the girl and wondered if there'd be anyway to help her. He pushed the thought aside. Of course there would be. It would just take time.

When he reached the hybrid hospital ward, he walked into the holding area where Luka was. He was still lying on the bed of blankets that had been made for him in his cage. Zoey had kept him heavily sedated to help him heal and keep him from searching out Catie. She was the veterinarian that was on staff for the hybrids. She was going to be the one to take out Luka's eye, but an emergency had come up with her mother. Now that things were well again, she was back on duty.

"How's he doing, Zoey?"

"He's stable, but I've had to sedate him more. His rib injuries need time to heal and he was starting to come out of the sedation that I had him under. He was mentally screaming 'Cadence.' Is that the girl?"

Kaine nodded his head yes and walked up to the cage that the sleeping hybrid was in. With his advanced eyes, he could see the Luka was breathing slowly and painfully. He had 5 broken ribs on his right side and an injured shoulder. He would heal quickly due to what he was, but he needed to be kept calm. Zoey had him hooked up to IV fluids and laced with morphine to keep him resting.

Kaine placed his hand on Luka's head and felt him stir some. It's ok, Luka. I just saw her. Your master is with her and is taking care of her. Don't worry and just continue resting. As soon as you're well enough, you can go see her. He felt a calmness wash over the sleeping hybrid at his words. You did very well, Luka. He patted his head a couple more times before getting up and heading out of the wing.

He continued on until he walked up the steps to reach the first floor of the mansion. He passed by the hospital wing that Catie was kept in. Curiosity begged him to go in, but respect for the girl kept him out. He walked out of that hallway into the main entrance of the mansion. He passed by several of his pack who nodded at him before continuing what they were doing. Finally, he reached the outside doors. He removed all of his clothing and threw them onto the porch. Someone else would get them later. Then he shifted. He felt the wolf come to the surface and finally take over. Once the shift was done, he took off running into the woods. After the stress of what had happened, the wolf needed to get rid of some extra steam. Also, they both needed to think. He then felt others running with him. His pack felt the stress and they too needed to run.

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Once the doctor was done and had left, Catie allowed herself to cry some more. Dr. Adams said that she saw evidence of trauma, but that Catie looked ok. She would heal and be fine, at least physically. Mentally would take time. Catie had been cleaned out and scrubbed more than she'd like to admit and was thankfully not pregnant by her attackers. She continued to cry until she fell back asleep.

An hour later, she was awakened by her grumbling stomach. She was starving! Catie got up the courage to get up and slowly hobbled to the window. She opened up the blinds and was met by a beautiful sunset. She guessed that she was on the first floor and looked off into the distance at the forest. She felt a sense of awe at the sight and was happy that she was still alive. There were moments that she had thought that she would die down in that basement. She had hoped for it even.

She continued to stare out the window and watched the sun start to sink lower. Suddenly, she gasped in shock at what she saw coming out of the forest. On the horizon running back towards the manor, was a pack of wolves, led by none other than a black wolf. As they got closer, she swore that the black wolf leading the pack was the one that had saved her. She felt herself getting woozy and quickly hobbled back to the bed to lay down. She tightly wrapped the blanket around herself and wrapped her arms around her knees. She started to slowly rock herself on the bed. 'What the fuck is going on here?' she thought to herself. 'I must be insane. Clearly I am.....'

She sat on the bed rocking for what seemed like forever. She was having a hard time believing what she had just seen. Sure there were wolves around here, but why would a pack of them be running back towards here? Maybe she'd ask the doctor about it. Or maybe the doctor would think she was insane, put her on crazy pills, and send her to the looney bin. Catie chuckled some at that thought. Mentally, she felt the urge to see the black wolf again. She felt comforted knowing that it was coming here. 'Yep, I'm clearly insane.'

Catie thought about Luka. She wondered where he was and if he needed help. She was worried about him. After much self-convincing, she got up from the bed, threw on the ugly gown, and slowly hobbled out of the room. She had no idea where she was going, but she decided just to follow her instincts. She slowly made her way down the hallway and looked at the various decorations and paintings along the way. A lot of the paintings depicted nature scenes or typical home-like décor scenes.

She continued her slow trek down the hallway until she exited into what looked like the great room. The room was huge. Around the edges of the room, were large stair cases that led up to the second floor of the mansion. She silently wondered at how large this place actually was. The walls were painted a light green color with white trim running the edges. She looked up towards the center and saw a large chandelier. It looked like a waterfall and was breath taking. She'd never seen anything quite like it before. After staring at it in awe for a few minutes, she continued looking up towards the ceiling. She gasped at what she saw. On the ceiling was an intricate painting depicting wolves doing various activities. They were running, sleeping, fighting, howling, everything she expected wolves to do. It was absolutely beautiful.

"What are you doing out here?" she heard a familiar voice say. She looked down and saw a man standing in front of her. He was shirtless and sweaty like he'd just been running. She couldn't remember his name, but the eyes made her weak and yet they calmed her at the same time.

"I don't exactly know," she started, "I was getting bored and wanted to explore some. Also, I was looking for something to eat and to find Luka." She felt herself blushing some as she rambled. He just nodded and kept staring at her. "Uhm.... I'm sorry, but what was your name again?"

"Kaine."

"I'm Cadence or Catie whichever you prefer. Thank you for letting me stay here."

"No problem. How about we go get you something to eat? Everyone would like to meet you and then we can explore a little," she nodded and slowly started walking. He quickly reached out his hand and grabbed her arm, "On one condition, you let me help you walk and if you start hurting, then I get to carry you."

"Seriously?" she asked without looking up at him. She was secretly trying to hide the fact that she was blushing and appreciated his thoughtfulness.

"Yes, seriously," he said as he went up to her right side and put his left arm around her back to support her. He kept pace with her and led her through a couple of doors until they were in a large dining room. The room was painted a teal color and had several china cabinets that housed lots of fancy dishes. In the center of the room was a large dining table that seated 26. There were some people that were seated at the table already and as soon as she walked into the room it fell silent. All eyes were on the both of them and she suddenly felt out of place and nervous.

"Everyone, this is Catie. She is my guest and under my protection. If anyone has any problems with this, then come to me. She will be with us for as long as she wishes to be." Catie just listened and watched the faces in the room. Nobody spoke up or said anything to Kaine's challenge. They just seemed to accept it and move on.

Kaine moved the both of them to a couple of the middle seats at the table and carefully helped her sit down. "Is there anything in particular that you'd like?"

"I'm fine with whatever. Thank you."

"No problem," he said as he turned and walked threw another door to what she figured was the kitchen. She was suddenly afraid and hoped that he'd be back soon.

"Hello," a small, brown haired woman in a blue sundress said to her from across the table, "I'm Lia. It's finally nice to see you out and about. And this is Jake."

"Jake? You saved me, didn't you?" he nodded his head yes. "Thank you so much. I don't know how else to thank you."

"Don't worry about that. I'm glad you're ok."

"Where's Luka?" Catie asked cautiously. She was afraid of the bad news that she was sure to hear.

Both Lia and Jake looked at each other before Lia finally spook, "He's down in the hybrid hospital ward. I believe Zoey has him sedated right now. From what I've heard, he's doing well."

Catie let out the breath the she'd been holding and a silent tear rolled down her cheek. All to suddenly it was wiped away by someone. Kaine was back and looked like he was ready to murder someone. "Why are you crying?" he asked her trying to hide the anger in his voice. He sat down the plates of food and took the seat to the right of her.

"I was worried about Luka and Lia was telling me where he was at. Could we please go see him?"

He seemed to calm down after her admission. She also felt the tension in the room dissipate as well. "Sure after we get some food into you. You look like you're starving," he said and smiled at her.

She quickly looked away from him to hide the blush on her cheeks. She looked at the plates of food that he'd brought back. One plate was full of fresh fruits and the other had grilled chicken that smelled like it was cooked with lemons and slices of cheddar and swiss cheese. She quickly dug into the fruit and started eating a kiwi. Kaine watched her ravenously attack it and chuckled some. She then ate a piece of the chicken and some slices of both cheeses. While she was finishing her last slice of cheese, a cup of lemonade was placed in front of her by somebody. She looked up and was looking at the blonde that had picked up Luka.

"Sorry that I was kind of a bitch when we first met. Anyways, my name is Syd. Nice to meet you," she said way too bubbly. She bounced away rather than walked out of the room. After she was gone, Catie grabbed the glass that was in front of her and took a drink of the lemonade. It was very sweet and she quickly drank the rest of it. As she went to set it back onto the table, it slipped out of her hands and shattered onto the floor.

"I'm so sorry. I clean it up," she said as she tried to start picking up glass from the floor.

Kaine put his hand on her arm and she immediately stopped, "Don't worry about it. I'll get it." He quickly picked up all of the pieces of glass and threw them into a nearby trash can. He walked back to her seat and offered her his arm. "Do you want to go see Luka?" She shook her head yes and grabbed onto his arm to pull herself up. She winced from the pain and he quickly put his arm around her to support her the rest of the way. She eerily felt safe in his arms.

"Where is the hybrid ward?"

"It's down in the basement. We'll take the elevator. I don't want you to hurt yourself any more than you already are," he said as he started leading her through another doorway and towards an elevator at the end of the hallway. When they reached it, Kaine pressed the button to call it to them. The doors opened and they stepped inside. He pushed the button for the basement and they rode it silently down. When the doors opened again, Kaine started to lead her out of it. She tripped over the edge of the elevator door and was quickly caught by Kaine before she fell on top of her injured leg.

"Are you ok?" he said inches away from her face. She stared bewildered into his eyes and nodded her head yes. He slowly straightened her back up and looked her over. "Sure you're ok?"

"I'm fine. Thank you again," she said. 'What the fuck is wrong with me? Why am I so nervous around this guy?' she yelled at herself internally. Kaine chuckled and this time picked her up. He started walking down the hallway with her effortlessly in his arms. She looked straight ahead, too embarrassed to look at his face and hoped that they'd be there soon.

He walked down the hallway until they reached the end of it. He set her down and opened the door. Inside was a large facility full of dogs? "Kaine, what is all of this? Are these all dogs?"

"Some of them are. Some are wolves and most of them are hybrids like Luka. We breed them occasionally and give and/or sell them to our clients. Only a select few get one of these. Luka is our very best."

All of the animals had an 11' by 7' pen that they lived in. Each of the pens, had a large sized dog bed in the center and an automatic water fountain. It looked like they had and area to go outside into from their pens.

"How do they get outside? Aren't we underground?" she ask as she pointed to the doggie doors.

"Each of those are connected to a tunnel that goes up and outside. All of them have their own outside pens. If they are breeding, then we move them into our large 16' by 20' pens to your right. They will also have their pups in those. We work with each and every one of them from day one, so that the pups get used to commands before their eyes are open."




Heart of the Wolf Ch. 04



"How does that work? Their ears aren't opened either."

He chuckled, "I'll explain that a different time. Come. Let's go find Luka." He wrapped his arm around her waist and lead her towards the back of the facility. Kaine opened the large, wooden door and Catie was filled with the sight of a full blown veterinary clinic.

"Wow," she said as she looked at all of the high tech equipment. As she looked around the room, she noticed the observation ward. Inside one of the cages was Luka. "Luka!" she said as she started hobbling as quickly as she could over to him. Kaine quickly grabbed ahold of her and helped her over to him. When they reached him, he helped her to sit on the ground and opened up the cage so she could reach inside. She noted that he was on fluids and that he looked to have broken some ribs. Otherwise, he seemed ok. She patted his head and felt at ease. "Luka," she crooned to him as she continued to pet him, "Thank you so much. You're such a good boy." She then turned her attention to Kaine, "He's going to be ok, right?"

"Yes. He'll be fine. He's much happier now that you're here."

"How do you know that?"

"I've been around him his whole life. It's just a guess though," he said as he shrugged his shoulders. She felt like he was lying to her, but she let it slide for now. She'd question him more about it later.

"Kaine, why is she down here?"

Catie immediately recognized Dr. Adams' voice from behind her. "She was asking to see Luka," he said as he moved out of the way to make room for her to sit beside Catie.

"I need to thank you, Catie," she started to say as she placed her handed on Luka's head, "I heard that you were the one with Luka after his surgery. Thank you for that! You don't know how much I appreciate that."

"No need to thank me. It was my pleasure."

"I wish Zoey would let him wake up. I hate seeing him sedated like this," she said as she wiped away a tear.

"Kaine help me up. Show me where the drugs are kept."

"I don't think that's....... Woah woah! Let me help you!" Kaine yelled as Catie attempted to get up on her own. He led her to the injectables and watched as she mixed a couple of them together into one syringe. He then helped her back to Luka and watched her inject them into his bicep. After a couple of minutes, Luka started to stir and slowly woke up.

"Easy baby. Easy," Trina said to him as he started moving around more. When he started growling and trying to get up, Catie threw her arms around his neck. "Luka, stop buddy. It's ok now. I'm ok," Catie said. He slowly calmed down. "You be good for them, Luka. Stay put and be a good boy." Kaine watched in shock as Luka calmed himself and laid back down on his blankets.

"You really have a way with him, huh?" Trina said.

"He hates being restrained. I found that talking to him works much better. That's why he hated Dr. Travis. He wanted him restrained or sedated. I did most of Luka's care because of that reason," she shuddered some at mentioning Dr. Travis' name. Kaine noticed this and wrapped his arms around her protectively. She subconsciously leaned into his embrace more and felt safer than she probably should've been in this strange man's arms.

"Catie, let's get you back up into your bed ok?" Kaine said as Catie yawned. "Good night, Doc." Kaine picked up Catie and carried her back to the hospital wing she was staying in. He gently laid her onto the bed and covered her with the blanket on the bed.

As he turned to walk out, she stopped him, "Kaine?"

"Yeah?"

"Would you mind staying with me and talking to me for a little bit?"

"Sure. What would you like to talk about?"

Now she was slightly embarrassed. She figured that he'd tell her no, but now he was actually staying here to talk to her. "Uhm.... Tell me about yourself."

He frowned some and thought about what to say, "I'm not very interesting. I'm an only child. My father passed away about 6 years ago and my mother was murdered when I was young. I guess you could say that my dad just died from a broken heart. I work mainly from here. I own many businesses around the city mostly restaurants or dance clubs. What about you?"

"I'm alone actually. I don't have any siblings that I know of. My mother was killed in a car accident. I tried to pull her out and ended up maimed myself. I occasionally abuse sleeping pills to help rid myself of the nightmare of losing her. My father left before I was born. Ever since mom died, I work every day to keep myself from dwelling on it. I find comfort in the animals that I take care of, so I don't mind the long hours."

"I'm sorry about your mom. How are you not taken?" he said as he stared at her enchanting green eyes, "You're so beautiful. How hasn't someone come and wooed you yet?"

Catie blushed, "I try hard not to attract anyone. It's easier that way. I don't have to worry about being hurt."

He shook his head in disbelief, "You can't be afraid like that."

'Who are you to judge me?' she said mentally and scowled at him. "Could I ask you something kind of crazy?" He nodded his head yes and she continued, "Earlier, I swore that I saw a pack of wolves running towards here. Is that common?"

Kaine chuckled some, "Yes, it is. Why don't you get some sleep, ok?"

"Ok. Goodnight, Kaine. Thank you."

"Goodnight, Cadence."

She watched as he left the room and listened for his footsteps until she couldn't hear them anymore. Once she couldn't hear him anymore, she finally closed her eyes and, for once, drifted into a restful sleep.

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Kaine would have to learn to be a little bit more careful while Catie was around. She had seen him and the pack running back. He couldn't help it though. When he looked up and saw her standing naked at the window, his wolf immediately took off towards her. Why the hell was that anyways?

He opened the door to his room, stripped off all of his clothes, and jumped into the middle of his bed. His thoughts were on the green-eyed beauty that was downstairs. His wolf whimpered and whined to go back to her and Kaine tried desperately to surpass the urge to do so. The wolf had been happy with the proclamation earlier about Catie being their guest. 'Mine,' was what kept playing in his mind. Suddenly, it hit Kaine like a ton of bricks. 'Fuck, she's our mate!!' The wolf howled in acknowledgement.

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Her dream was surreal tonight. She was in the forest running with the wolves that she had seen earlier today. 'How is this possible?' She saw the black wolf and she was running beside him. However, she felt different. She abruptly stopped running and looked down to see that she had paws instead of feet.

Before she could figure out what it meant her dream switched and she was chasing whatever was hidden inside her mind. 'Please come back to me,' she said to whatever was out there. After the first few minutes of nothing happening, she began to lose hope. She felt crazy and sat down, waiting for anything. Off in the distance though, she caught another glimpse of white. 'Wait!' she yelled and got up and started running towards it. She got to the place that it had been standing and nothing was there.

'What is going on?' she asked herself. She was utterly confused. She looked out towards the mental forest that her mind had created and again saw a flash of white. This time she sat down and just watched. Finally and very timidly, something came out from under the shadows of the trees. Catie was now staring at a pure, white wolf. 'Who are you?' It howled back to her and Catie was forcefully sent out of this dream into a dreamless state of sleep.



Heart of the Wolf Ch. 06



Catie awoke the next morning feeling very warm and had something heavy drifted across her. She opened her eyes and was greeted by Kaine possessively holding her to him while he slept. He wore only black shorts so she got an eye-full of every muscle on him. When she tried to move slightly, he mumbled something unintelligible and pulled her closer. Instead of trying to get up, she decided to check out where she was. 

In front of the bed, was a large stone fireplace. It looked like it hadn't been lit in a while and given what she now knew about Kaine, he probably never got cold enough to need it. The walls were a light grey color. The bed that they were on looked to be about queen sized or maybe bigger. The mattress was very comfortable and hugged her sore limbs nicely along with the fluffy pillow that was cradling her head. There were blankets and sheets on the bed, but she had been covered by Kaine instead and was warm without them. She could see that there was a door towards the left of the bed behind him and wondered where it went to. To her right, was a set of windows with golden curtains drawn over them. She could just make out the sun peeking through some of the corners. 

She really had to use the bathroom at this point and tried to shove herself away from Kaine's grip. He once again pulled her against him harder and this time, she felt herself pulled right up against his morning boner. She blushed profusely as she felt it rub on her ass and yelped a little when she felt it pulse beneath his shorts. "Kaine," she said quietly almost like she was afraid to wake him. He continued to lightly snore away and ignore her. 'How am I going to get his attention?' she thought to herself. Then she thought of an idea that would catch him off guard. She moved her ass around some, so that it rubbed on his dick. "Kaine!" she felt him stir some and continued to move herself slowly on him. 

"What exactly are you doing?" Kaine said groggily and chuckling at the same time. He flipped her over to where she was straddling him with her face inches from his. She yelped as she once again came into contact with his cock. However, she was now at his mercy. He ran his hands lazily up and down her back as she stared at him stunned. "What's wrong, Catie? Wolf got your tongue?" he asked laughing. "You don't seem so confident anymore," he said as he rested his hands on her waist and looked up at her. 

Words wouldn't come to her. Her mouth seemed dry and she was afraid of betraying herself. She was fearful at the fact that she was starting to trust this man after everything that had happened to her. How was this possible? 

"Kaine," she finally squeaked out, "I need to use the restroom. Where is it?" 

"It's over there," he said pointing to the door to the left of the bed, "Help yourself." 

"Thank you," she said as she quickly jumped off of him and practically ran to it. Once inside, she shut the door, locked it and sighed loudly. She swore that she heard him laugh again, but chose to ignore it and looked around the bathroom. It was large and immaculate. The walls were a pale blue color with white tile on the floor. The sink was on the left and had a large mirror above it. Behind the sink, was a large, Jacuzzi bathtub that looked like it could fit four people in it. Behind the tub, was a shower that took up the rest of the length of the wall. It had bright, white tiling and a large cascading shower head. Catie did her business, washed her hands, and left the bathroom. 

Kaine was sitting on a leather couch that was behind the bed in an area that Catie couldn't see before. There was a large flatscreen TV back there as well. He was quietly sitting and offered for her to join him when he saw her leave the bathroom. She had a lot of questions about what was going on and wondered if now was the appropriate time to ask about them. She also wondered if he had tried anything while she was sleeping. She highly doubted that he'd do anything like that, but her mind was very leery of the fact that they slept in his bed overnight. She reached inside to find that her wolf wasn't concerned and that she was resting. She swallowed her fear and sat down with him on the couch. She needed to know what was going on and this was the only way to find out. 

"I hope that you slept well," he said as she sat down beside him. "I know that I sure did. Sorry about being all over you. My wolf was happy too," he said smiling at her. 

"Kaine, we need to talk about that. I don't know anything about any of this. I'm afraid." He frowned at her admission of her being afraid. There was nothing that she needed to worry about. Then it dawned on him, that she wasn't raised as he was, so this was all new. She was also very scared of men. She was starting to trust him some, but he knew that this would take time. He was prepared for that. 

"First off, you shouldn't be afraid. You and your wolf will get to know each other and things will naturally work out. You just have to give her a chance. You probably won't be able to change until the next full moon. That's about a week away, so until then, we'll just work slowly and see what happens. I know that you have a hard time trusting me, but look to your wolf for guidance as well. She will tell you if something is off about someone. What is she doing right now?" 

"She's sleeping." 

"If she had a problem with me, then she'd be up and would probably try to defend the both of you like she did yesterday with those guys." Catie nodded her head and thought about what he was saying. He was giving her the opportunity to trust him because her wolf did. Why? Why was the wolf so trusting of him? She had to see something that Catie didn't just yet. 

"How come my wolf stayed hidden from me for so long?" 

"That I'm not sure about. We'll have to ask Mitch. He's my IT guy and has been digging into that matter for me." 

"Oh ok. Could you do something for me?" he nodded his head yes and waited for her to continue, "Could you shift for me? I'd like to meet your wolf." 

"Are you sure?" Kaine said as he sat up and looked her straight in the eyes. She nodded her head yes and watched him get up from the couch. "Ok. Lesson one in wolf shifting: remove all of your clothing," he dropped his shorts and Catie quickly turned away from him blushing. He started laughing some, "Catie, wolves have no qualms with nudity. You can look if you want to or you don't have to. I don't mind." 

She turned back around and watched him start shifting. It was all too quick for her to notice every detail within the change, but soon a very large wolf stood behind her. She got up from her spot on the couch and walked slowly towards him. He sat on the ground as Catie made a couple circles around him looking him over completely. He then laid down so she could get an easier view of him. She tentatively held her hand out to him and he butted his nose into it. She ran her hand down his head and back feeling how soft and silky his fur was. He shuddered underneath her touches. She touched him everywhere, feeling every bit of him and taking in just how large and powerful he truly was. She laid her hand on top of his right front paw and was shocked at its size. It was about 2-3 times the size of her hand! He could easily kill her with it if he truly wanted to. She then grabbed ahold of his lips and pulled them aside to look at his large teeth. He yawned and she saw the fearsome canines that he had. He then laid his head back down between his paws so she could keep exploring. She came inches away from his face and stared at his eyes. They were captivating to her and she remembered how he'd protected her from Logan. She shuddered at the thought and he let out a soft whine. 

"You didn't do anything. Sorry. I just had a bad thought about my ordeal is all," he let out a low growl at her admission and she put her hand on his head. He pushed his head into it and seemed to calm down some. He then licked her arm quickly and shifted back to his human self. 

"So did you learn anything?" he said as he pulled his shorts back on. 

"Does that hurt? Shifting like that?" she asked as she turned back around and looked at him again. 

"No. I've done it so much that it doesn't bother me anymore. The first few times that you do it thought, it'll probably hurt a lot. I'll be with you the whole time though, so don't be worried about it. My wolf likes you." 

"I like him too. He, well, you saved me. Thank you." 

He took Catie's hand into his and laid it on his heart and smiled so sweetly that it almost broke her own heart, "You don't need to thank me. We couldn't have gone on without you." 

'What is that supposed to mean?' The wolf just nodded her head in agreement before going back to sleep. 'Some help you are...' 

"Do you and your wolf talk? Mine just seems to ignore me and sleeps all the time." 

Kaine started chuckling, "They do that when they get bored or if they aren't worried about a particular situation. Yes, my wolf and I talk, but we have a better understanding of each other than you and your wolf do. It'll take time, but you'll figure each other out." He took a seat again on the couch and she followed and did the same thing. He then turned to her and gave her a serious face, "Catie, let me properly introduce myself to you now that you know what I am. I am Kaine Bardou, Alpha to the Bardou pack." 

She just nodded her head yes and stared at him for a few seconds before questioning him once again, "Kaine, what does that make me?" 

"Before I go into what that makes you, let me tell you a little about how we work," he took a deep breath and sighed before continuing, "Wolves are born into this world knowing their place. When I was born, I knew as did the other wolves that I grew up with, that I was the next Alpha. Betas are born as well but they can also be ranked up and made by the alpha's choosing. We are also born trying to find our mates. We are destined to be with someone although we won't know it until we just so happen to be near them or around them. To be honest, I didn't even want to go looking for you. I don't take orders from hybrids unless it has something to do with their masters. However, Luka was insistent and he is our very best. I'm glad that we went though. Anyways, I didn't know at first where you would fit in the scheme of things when we found you. However, you can do something that not many other wolves can do. You probably don't even know that you did it either, but when you were held captive, you broadcasted your pain to us." 

"Wait? I did what?" 

"You broadcasted a feeling to us. The wolves can communicate telepathically with each other. In human form, we can communicate to each other, but not as well as we can in our wolf form. However, typically only an alpha can broadcast feelings to the whole pack at one time. If I were to do so right now, the whole pack would run in here trying to figure out what was going on. Think about it. Remember when Dr. Adams was looking at your leg and I came running in?" she nodded her head yes and stared at him wide-eyed. "I came in there because you projected your emotions to everyone. You're lucky the whole pack didn't come running," he said chuckling. 

"I'm confused. So where does this put me? What role do I play here?" 

Kaine thought for a minute about what he was about to say before he told her his conclusion, "Please don't think that I'm crazy, but you're role is one of the most important. Catie, when my wolf first saw you, he knew exactly what you were," he sighed again before continuing, "You're our mate, Cadence. You're the next alpha female." 

Catie was stunned. So much so, that she didn't even know what to do or say. At his admission though, her wolf was standing at attention and howling in agreement. "Kaine...I... I don't know if..." 

"Catie," he said interrupting her thought, "Don't doubt yourself on this one and trust me. What is your wolf doing?" 

She was quiet for a few seconds trying to digest everything that had just been said. "She was howling. Now, she's sitting and staring at you." 

"Because she knows that it's true. She knows who her mate is as well." 

"Kaine, I don't know what to say. Honestly, I'm overwhelmed. Would you mind leaving me for a little bit?" 

"Sure. Take all the time you need. I'll know when you're ready," he said and quickly got up from the couch and left the room. 

Catie waited until he had left the room before she got up and started pacing. 'He's crazy. There is no way that I am what he says. This is so fast. I'm so confused.' She felt that she was on the verge of tears. How was she supposed to do any of this? A couple of days ago, she was her normal self with her normal life and now, she was supposed to be... something else. She started pacing even quicker around the room thinking more about the past few days and now the predicament that she was in. Her wolf thought that she was being ridiculous. "What do you know?" she said angrily to her wolf. She huffed loudly and laid back down ignoring Catie. 

She thought about being mad at her, but what good would that do. And technically, according to the wolf, she was being dumb. Like Kaine said, they were born knowing their place in the world, so the wolf knew what she was supposed to be whether or not Catie did or didn't. The wolf had accepted it and moved on. It was as simple as that. Catie was still having a very hard time wrapping her head around everything. She decided to ignore it for now and take a bath instead to calm her nerves. 

Once in the bathroom, she stripped off her clothes that she had on yesterday and turned on the water to the tub. She made it hot to the point of being almost unbearable and then climbed in. She eased herself into the water finally giving herself the chance to relax her sore muscles. She looked at her submerged body under the water and saw the bruises reflecting back at her. How was she supposed to be an "alpha" when she couldn't even protect herself? She was angry and upset all at the same time. She felt dirty and had the overwhelming urge to clean herself. She found a washcloth and some Dove soap and went to work scrubbing herself until her skin was red and raw. Tears streamed down her face as she did so. 

"Cadence. Stop hurting yourself right now. For your privacy, you're lucky that I haven't ripped this door open, but if you don't quit then I will," she heard Kaine say from the other side of the door. He didn't sound angry, but sad by what was happening. He sounded upset at the fact that he wasn't near her to help her. Catie turned to her wolf who also seemed sad as well. She wasn't sure if it was due to the fact of what she had been doing or because Kaine was upset. 

"You're still there, aren't you?" she asked in between hiccups from her crying. 

"Yes I am," he said. She heard him sigh loudly before speaking again, "It's killing me not to be in there with you right now." 

At his admission, she went to war with herself mentally. She didn't want to be alone while she broke down, but she was afraid of him seeing her. What if he hurt her? What would he do when he saw her marks and scars? Her tears started falling even harder. She felt worthless and alone. She then turned to her wolf again who was confused by her fears. This was their mate. He wouldn't care about any of that. All he would care about was making them happy. Things seemed much easier and clear-cut in the wolf's eyes. She took a deep breath, built up the courage, and shakily spoke to the door, "Kaine, please, can you help me?" 

Kaine slowly opened the door and left it opened so that the steam could clear out. In the tub, was his mate. His heart broke when he saw here. She looked tortured and alone. He could see the raw spots on her skin from her scrubbing roughly at herself. He could also see that she was crying even more and that she was afraid of him being in there, but he also saw a hint of relief on her face. He sat down beside the tub and held his hands out to her. He didn't want to strip and jump in like his mind screamed to do. He would do this at her pace. He felt her take ahold of his hands. She was shaking and fear was pouring off of her, but he stayed silent and kept his eyes focused at her face or the wall. After a few minutes of sitting like this, she let go of his hands and laid her head in his left hand. He placed his right hand on her cheek and slowly stroked her skin. As he did so, he felt her flinch several times under his touch. 

"Catie, I don't have the luxury of a matebond to know what you need from me. I want to help you, but you need to tell me what I can do," he pleaded with her. 

Catie sat herself up and looked into his eyes. He looked tortured to say the least. He was fighting with himself and she could see it. He wanted to help her, but he didn't want to cause her any fear or distress as well. Why was he doing this? 

Because he's our mate. 

She was stunned. The wolf had actually spoken to her! She was standing at attention and was staring at Catie. Catie felt an overwhelming calm sensation roll over her. She didn't know if it was the wolf's doing or Kaine's but she felt herself calming down. She stopped crying altogether. She reached her hand out to Kaine which he grabbed ahold of. She then lightly tugged on his hand indicating that she wanted him with her. 

"Are you sure?" he said as he stood up and looked down at her. She nodded her head yes and quickly looked away as he dropped his shorts to the floor. He walked around to the back of the tub and lightly pushed her forward before sitting down behind her. He looked at the lines of scars on her back. He was curious as to how they got there, but decided to keep his curiosity in check and focus on helping her feel better. She leaned back into him and rested her head on his shoulder. Ultimately, he felt calmness wash over both of them as they stayed silent like this for some time. He kept his arms around the sides of the tub although he wanted desperately to hold onto her. The last thing that she needed though was to feel possessed even though that's what his wolf was dying to do. Trying hard to ignore his wolf, he kept his eyes shut and tried hard to keep his dick in check. 

Catie was afraid to move any after she had leaned back onto him. She was scared of what it might imply to him. Her wolf urged her to not be afraid of him and she was trying very hard not to be. He hadn't done anything to hurt her, but neither had Dr. Travis or Logan until that day. She shuddered and instinctively felt Kaine's arms wrap tightly around her chest and pull her closer to him. "You don't have anything to be afraid of anymore Catie. I will always be here and soon I'll be able to teach you how to utilize your wolf." 

She nodded her head in agreement and placed it back on his shoulder. She had the overwhelming urge to kiss him on the neck where she could see the pulsing of the vein beneath his skin. Where was this coming from? She turned to her wolf who was urging her on. She wanted their mate. No matter what Catie's fears were, the wolf was not afraid. She wondered if Kaine's wolf did this as well. With what was poking her in the back, she figure that was a yes as well or that he just wanted her. Either way, Catie chuckled lightly at her private joke. She thought more about what had transpired and decided that she needed to take the wolf's advice and stop being afraid. If she was to be considered the alpha female of this pack, then she needed to quit being weak and afraid. This male was hers. She built up her courage and lightly placed butterfly kisses along his neck. 

Kaine took in a sharp intake of breath and tried to hold himself as still as possible. He couldn't believe what she was doing and was surprised by it. "What are you doing, Catie?" he asked. He kept his eyes closed and his head back as she kissed him from the bottom of his neck up to the hollow of his ear. When she bit his earlobe ever so slightly, he could barely stifle the moan of her name that escaped his lips. He felt his cock jump to attention which she no doubt had to be aware of now. She stopped her assault as he unwrapped his arms from her and pushed himself upright a little bit more. Once a bit more upright, he pulled her roughly to his chest and again wrapped his arms around her. This time, though, she couldn't move. He lowered his head to her neck and shoulders and returned her butterfly kisses. She squirmed and moaned some but was held in position by his powerful arms. 




Heart of the Wolf Ch. 06



"Is this what you wanted from me, baby?" he said with a low quiet voice. "I'd be much obliged to do this for you, but the last thing that I want to do is hurt you." 

Catie's heart hammered against her chest. Was this something that she could do? Could she give herself to him willingly? She already had her answer. She wanted this. She wanted Kaine. He could help set free her fears and give her something more. She found the plug for the tub and pulled it out using her toes since she was trapped against Kaine's body. He took that as a signal and continued his slow trail of kisses from one side of her neck to the other. She felt empowered by him. This man wanted her in a way that she'd never been wanted by anyone. She felt safe and at home with him. It was unnerving and flattering all at the same time. 

As the water finally drained out, Catie felt exposed and shivered as the cold air hit her heated skin. She felt Kaine shifting his weight underneath her until she was lifted out of the tub as Kaine stood up. She squealed some as more cold air hit even more exposed skin. He stepped up out of the tub and walked to the bed with both of them still dripping. He then gently laid her down onto the bed and stood over her taking in her body. She felt suddenly afraid and grabbed for the sheets that were next to her to cover herself. He playfully took ahold of them and slowly pulled them away. "Don't cover yourself from me. You're beautiful, Catie. I don't care about any of the marks or scars that you're worried about. I want to make you see that you're beautiful as well," he said as he positioned himself over top of her on his hands and knees. "Please, baby, tell me if I do something wrong or go too quickly. I want to do this at your pace." 

She nodded her head yes, sighed, and then closed her eyes. When she reopened them, his face was inches from hers. She looked up into his eyes and had the overwhelming urge to kiss his inviting mouth. He smiled down at her and she took the opportunity to finally kiss him. She was very new to this, so she had no idea what she was supposed to be doing. He quickly took over and led her through the kiss. She moaned some and he took the invitation to delve his tongue into her mouth. She opened her eyes, shocked with what he was doing. Kaine just chuckled and continued tasting her mouth. She writhed underneath him and noticed that she was already wet from such little contact with him. He finally broke the kiss and looked at her face. 

"Are you still doing ok, baby?" She nodded her head yes and he continued to explore her body with his mouth. "My wolf and I have been dying to taste you," he said in a low growl as he kissed his way down her neck towards her chest. When he reached her breasts, he cupped them both with one in each hand and went to work lightly licking and suckling on them while his other hand gently squeezed the other. Then he'd switch sides. Catie moaned as he worked magic on them and felt like she was going to cum. He must of sensed it as well because he kept at it until she came from him playing with them. 

"Kaine... That was..." 

"Unexpected," he said smiling at her chuckling some, "But I'll definitely take that." He continued his course of kissing down her body and made a point to lick her belly button as well. She squealed and he had to hold her hips down as she bucked them. She had a light smattering of pubic hair and when he reached it, instead of going straight to her vagina like she expected, he went and kissed down her legs. We he reached her feet, he kissed down the tops of them to her toes, kissed each one of her toes and then did the same to the other foot before kissing his way back up the opposite leg. When he reached the apex of her thighs, he inhaled her scent deeply. She smelled amazing to him. 

"Kaine wait!" she yelled just before he spread her legs more. She had her hands over her face at this point. He went into panic mode and climbed up to where she was and wrapped his arms around her. "I'm sorry. I don't think I can do this yet." 

"You don't have to apologize to me," he said as he laid himself down onto the bed. "Come here." She hesitated a second before rushing into his arms. She laid her head on his chest and felt herself being covered up by a sheet. He ran his free arm up and down her side and held her tightly with his other arm. She could feel concern pouring off of him. 

Kaine felt her start to relax until he finally heard her softly breathing from falling asleep. He was afraid that he had caused a flashback to surface. Up to this point, she had done remarkable well with keeping them in check. Either way, they would work through this together. After he was convinced that she was sleeping well, he let himself drift off and rest. 

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'What is wrong with me?' Catie said while sitting face to face with her wolf in her mind. 

'Nothing is wrong with you. You were traumatized. It will work out. Trust our mate.' The wolf butted her head up against Catie's as she spoke mentally to her. 

She had fallen asleep in Kaine's arms after her flashback of what had happened to her. She had expected him to be mad or disappointed in her because she couldn't keep going on. He was neither of those. He had been very concerned and probably blamed himself for it as well. She hoped that he didn't blame himself for that. He didn't do anything wrong and Catie had enjoyed everything that he had been doing to her. They would get passed this. It would just take her some time to do so. 

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Kaine... Dammit Kaine. Wake up! 

You better have a good fucking explanation for this, Jake. Kaine said groggily through the link. 

I'm sorry to wake you, but the prisoner has escaped. 

Kaine immediately shot up out of bed which caused Catie to startle and jump awake as well. She looked up and saw a very furious looking Kaine quickly dressing himself. 

"Kaine, what's wrong?" 

"It's not your concern. It's pack business." 

"What is that supposed to mean? Am I not part of this pack now?" 

"No! Dammit, that's not what I meant! I'll explain it to you later, but right now, I need to go take care of something. I'll send someone up to take care of getting you some food," he said as he quickly opened the door and slammed it shut. 

'What the fuck is his problem?' The wolf seemed to shrug her shoulders some and went back to lying down. Catie remembered that she never finished washing her hair and decided to take a quick shower before throwing on some clothes and heading downstairs to see if she could figure out what was going on. 

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Kaine reached the storage section of the basement in no time. Once in the storage room, he went to the back wall, entered his code on the keypad, and entered the hidden door that opened up. Once inside, he saw Jake standing over someone. "What happened? Is Mitch reviewing the security footage?" 

"Yes he is. I honestly don't know, but that bastard took out Russ." 

"How in the fuck can an unarmed man take out a full-grown wolf?" Kaine yelled as he looked over Russ' body. He was dead and Kaine couldn't see any signs of trauma to him. "I want this fucker found! I should've killed him when I had the chance." 

Mitch came through the door at that time carrying a laptop. He was small for a wolf about 5'5" and was the epitome of computer geeks. He walked over to the table in the center of the room, moved some of the equipment that was sitting on it, and set it down. "Kaine, I have something to show you." Kaine and Jake both walked over to the laptop and looked at the screen. It showed what had happened an hour before. Logan was sitting in the metal chair with his arms and legs bound to it. Russ was in the room as well and looked like he was getting ready to inject Logan with something. Just as he went to do so, Logan shifted. 

"Son of a bitch!! You mean to tell me that this fucker is a wolf?" Kaine yelled as he picked up a metal chair and threw it against the far wall. It shattered and fell to the ground. Kaine continued watching as Russ was bested and finally killed by Logan. He then watched as Logan ran out of the room. Mitch had tracked the hallways that he had taken and continued the surveillance tapes showing how he had left through one of the unused hybrid tunnels. 

"Fuck! It's a wonder that he didn't come upstairs and try to kill some of the others," Jake said as he watched horrified about what had transpired. 

Kaine was stunned. Logan's wolf was big, almost alpha-like in size, so there would have been no way that Russ could have taken him on with being an omega. He couldn't believe that he had lost a pack member to this bastard. He would find him though. He would avenge Catie and Russ when he did. 

"Jake, I want round-the-clock surveillance by the pack. We will work in shifts between running the forest and guarding the manor. Until this asshole is found, we keep an extra close watch on the females and the young ones. Make sure that every hybrid tunnel is locked and stays locked while he's out there. Start assigning watch shifts to everyone. I want everyone gathered in the main entrance in 30 minutes. They all need to know what is happening." 

"Yes, sir." 

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Catie finished her shower and stepped out into the room wrapped in a towel. As she walked out, she shrieked when she notice Syd in the room with her. Syd startled and dropped the clothes that she had been carrying. 

"I'm sorry, Madam Alpha. I didn't mean to scare you. Kaine asked me to bring all of your clothes up here." 

"Oh... It's ok. Sorry that I scared you," Catie said as she went over to Syd and helped her to pick up the scattered clothes and put them in a nearby closet. 

"I was actually going to see if you were hungry and wanted something to eat, but Jake just called to everyone and said that Kaine wants us all assembled in the main entrance in about 30 minutes. So, I grabbed you a banana and a granola bar really quickly before bringing the last load of your clothes," Syd pointed to the small end table as she spoke. Catie nodded her head and walked over and quickly ate both of them. She then went into the closet and grabbed a matching cotton set of black colored bra and panties, along with some jean shorts, and a green t-shirt. She then threw on some sandals and followed Syd out into the hallway towards the main entrance. 

Catie looked around the room at everyone in the pack. She honestly had no idea that there were so many wolves staying here. She spotted Kaine on the second floor standing by the banister looking down at everyone. Jake was standing to the right of him. He noticed her and motioned for her to come and stand near him. She slowly walked up to him and took the position to his left. She heard lots of whispers and felt that all of the packs' eyes were now on her. She felt uncomfortable until Kaine wrapped his arm around her waist. 

"Everyone, I have news that I need to share with all of you," Kaine started. Everyone grew completely silent and turned their full attention to him. "First off, I need to introduce someone to all of you. This is Cadence. She will be your next Madam Alpha. You will all respect her as you do to me. In the next coming weeks, she will awaken her wolf and will be learning all the ins and outs of wolf-life." Catie blushed as mixed reactions went throughout the crowd. Some people cheered for Kaine while Catie noticed that others seemed disgusted by his proclamation. "Although, I'm overjoyed to announce my mate to you, I also have some troubling news to share with you. One of our own was slain today," Kaine paused for a second as gasps ran throughout everyone. Catie also gasped and looked at Kaine, shocked by what he was saying. He squeezed her tighter to him and continued on, "Most of you know by know how Catie came to be with us and matter of her attack. We had been holding one of her attackers, Logan, prisoner here. He was to be dealt with at the next full moon as is customary. However, he has escaped, but not before killing Russ." 

Catie was even more shocked. Why had Kaine kept this from her? She shuddered. Logan had been this close to her and she hadn't even known. She felt betrayed that Kaine hadn't told her this beforehand. She then looked through the crowd of wolves. A lot of them were upset to the point of almost shifting while some were crying. However, none of them took their eyes off of Kaine. He had their full attention. 

"Unbeknownst to us, Logan was a wolf as well. He shifted and killed Russ before escaping through an unused hybrid tunnel. I know that Jake has briefed some of you, but until he is found, we will be running patrol shifts through the forest and here at the manor. I don't want anyone else killed and I want this fucker brought back here so we can get justice for Catie and Russ. Jake will now take over and go over the patrol details." 

Kaine grabbed ahold of Catie's hand and took her back to his room. Once inside, she pushed herself away from him and went and sat down on the couch. "When exactly were you going to tell me that Logan was here?" 

"Catie, I didn't keep this a secret to hurt you. I was afraid of how you would take this. I'm sorry." 

She looked at him with daggers in her eyes. She was beyond pissed off at him and her eyes had the faint glow telling him that her wolf was very near the surface. "Baby..." 

"Don't 'baby' me, Kaine. Fuck you! You don't know what that asshole did to me and now I find out that he was he being held captive. Now, he's fucking gone!" 

"I know. I will find him. Until then, I want you with someone at all times. When I'm out on patrol, you will stay with Lia, Syd, or Jake. I don't want to risk anything happening to you." 

She didn't say anything because she was too pissed off at him to do so. She chose to ignore him and turned on the TV instead. He kissed the top of her head and walked away. She heard the door shut and started crying. She was overwhelmed at everything that had just happened. Soon after, she heard the door open and close again and was soon joined on the couch by Syd. She had brought up ham and cheese sandwiches, apple slices with carmel, and pink wine. They sat together in silence, watched the latest episode of Maury, and dined on their lunch. 

"Are the males here always asinine?" Catie asked as she munched on an apple. 

Syd laughed a little bit before answering, "Yes. Especially, when it gets closer to the full moon or if they are just in a shitty mood. Marshall does it too." Catie and Syd laughed and talked together while drinking their wine and waiting on their men to get back from their patrol shift. 

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Logan ran through the forest. He felt the wind rushing past him as he ran reveling in his freedom. He'd find a way to get back at Kaine at to get Catie back, but for now, his wolf was dying to run. It had been so long since he had ran and now he wanted to enjoy it. He'd suppressed his wolf for such a long time and had been a loner forever. He wondered if Kaine would remember him. He surely remembered Kaine. His mother had been a wonderful piece of ass before he killed her all those years ago. Logan decided to push that thought down and focus on enjoying his run. He'd pay Kaine a visit again soon enough.



Heart of the Wolf Ch. 07



A few days had passed since Logan had escaped and Catie and Kaine hadn't made much headway on their situation. Honestly, Catie was still pissed off at him and didn't want to talk to him. Each morning, when he came in from his patrol shift, he'd jump into bed and pass out without saying a word to her. Even though she was mad at him, she still had feelings for him. Maybe she even loved him. She'd quickly push the thought of love down and watch him for a few minutes while he slept. After some time, she'd quickly kiss his cheek and leave the room in search of Syd or Lia. If they were busy, then she'd go down to see Zoey and see if she needed help. 

Zoey had specifically asked that she come to help her today, so that's where she went. When she reached the hybrid ward, she immediately spotted Zoey in front of Bailey's cage. She walked up to her and noticed that she was pouring water into her bowl. 

"Morning," Zoey said without looking up at her, "Would you mind grabbing some breakfast for Bailey?" 

Catie continued passed Zoey and went into the hospital to get Bailey some meat. She grabbed a couple pieces of raw venison and brought it back. She then opened Bailey's run and found her meat bowl. She yelled for the hybrid, dropped the meat, and quickly exited the run. A couple seconds later, the grey hybrid came running in from outside and went to work on eating. 

"Bailey is in heat right now and is scheduled to be bred soon. We have another hybrid that will be coming in later today. I need you to help me set up one of the larger runs for the two of them." 

"Where is this hybrid from?" Catie asked as she watched Bailey eat. 

"He's from an earlier breeding from a couple of our retired pairs. His master works as a lawyer for the pack although he his human. He's a very sweet hybrid although he is a bit bulkier than Bailey is. I'm hoping that her pups will gain her speed, but a little more bulk. We'll see though. Anyways, let's get this ready." 

Catie nodded and followed Zoey over to one of the larger pair runs. They remove everything from the run and first scrub it with soap, disinfectant, and water. Catie then squeegeed the floor dry as Zoey started gathering things that the pair will need. Once the floor is dry, Catie started bringing in the things that Zoey had brought over and sat outside of the run. There is a large dog house that will fit two full grown wolves in the back right corner. Catie dragged in the large dog bed and set it inside the house. Then, she brought in a large, plastic container for their water. Finally, both Zoey and Catie go outside through the tunnel and remove any large sticks or rocks that might be in the area. They have a large area to go about so it takes them about an hour to do so. Once they finish, they head back inside and are greeted by a tall man in a grey business suit. 

"Derek! It's so nice to see you again!" Zoey called out from the run. Both women walk out of the run and up to him. He's tall and has blonde hair with brown eyes. He had a typical no nonsense lawyer attitude about him. Catie looked down at his feet at the large black hybrid. He hadn't moved from his position, but he carefully surveyed his surroundings. 

"Nice to see you again, Zoey," he said as he shakes her hand. He turned to Catie and shook hers as well. "And who might you be miss?" 

"I'm Catie," she said back to him. She then held out her arm to the hybrid that was on the floor. Derek nodded his head and the hybrid got up into a sitting position. He slowly sniffed Catie's hand, determined that she's ok, and butted his head into it. 

"Wow! Zeke never does that to anyone that is new!" 

"I guess I just have my way with the hybrids," Catie said smiling as she politely patted Zeke's head. 

"Derek, this is where Zeke will be staying for the next month or two depending on how long it takes," Zoey said as she turns around and pointed to the run behind them. "As I've told you before, you're more than welcome to stay here if you'd like." 

"That won't be necessary. I'm sure I can live without him for a little bit. I'll let you know if I want to take you up on that offer though." 

"Ok. Would you like to see his female?" Derek nodded his head yes and the three of them plus Zeke walked over to Bailey's run. She wasn't in her run, so Catie went inside to find her. She walked outside through the tunnel and found Bailey sunning herself. She whistled to her and she quickly trotted up to her. She followed her back inside and up to the front of the run. 

Zeke excitedly walked up to the door of the run and tried to sniff at Bailey as she walked by him. She ignored him and sat down beside Catie. Catie reassured her by patting her head. She could tell that Bailey was on alert with this new hybrid here. 

"It'll take them a little time to warm up to each other. Although, I don't think Zeke minds at all," Zoey said chuckling some. Zeke laid his front paws and head on the ground and kept his butt up in the air. He barked a little at Bailey and started whining some when she continued to ignore him. 

"Give her some time, buddy. She'll come around," Derek said patting Zeke on the head and laughing at his playful display. 

Catie exited the run and followed Derek and Zoey to the pair run. Derek lead Zeke inside and then left him in there. Zeke took off and started sniffing everything and running in and out of the tunnel. Derek watched him running around for a few minutes before turning to look at Zoey and Catie. 

"We'll call you if anything happens and you know you can always get in touch with us if you need anything," Zoey said to him. He nodded his head and sighed. "Thanks for leaving him with us." 

"Not a problem. I'm sure he won't mind it too much in a little bit," he said chuckling. "Well, I'll go and let you ladies get to work. Let me know if something comes up," he said as he turned and started to walk out. 

Once he was gone, Zoey and Catie watched Zeke continue to run around the large run for a bit. He then stopped when he noticed that his master was gone. He laid down in the middle of the run and let out a low whine. 

"Oh, don't be like that, Zeke. He whines like that anytime Derek leaves him here," Zoey said rolling her eyes. "Here's what we're going to do. I'm going to go rope Zeke and move him out of this run. Bring Bailey over here, so she can run around and get used to this run and his scent. Zeke will stay in Bailey's run for a bit, and then we'll introduce the two together in here." 

Once everything was said and done, it was six o'clock at night. Both hybrids were together and were doing well. Zoey decided that they could both leave and let them be alone. Catie and Zoey took the elevator up together and walked into the dining room. Both of their stomachs growled loudly at the smell of all the food. 

Catie went into the kitchen grabbed a cheeseburger, some macaroni and cheese, sliced peaches, and sweet corn. She then grabbed a cup of lemonade and went to sit down at the table. She happily ate her food by herself before Syd came and sat down beside her. Syd informed her that Kaine had woken up pissed off that he couldn't find her. He had been yelling at everyone through the link before Zoey finally told him where she was. Catie rolled her eyes and continued eating her food. 

Suddenly, everyone went silent in the dining room. Catie looked up and saw Kaine looming over her. She smiled sweetly up at him and continued eating some of her corn. He walked away, grabbed some food, and then sat on the right side of her. Syd quickly finished and left the dining room. 

"How are you today?" Kaine asked highly irritated. 

"I'm fine. Why are you so pissy?" 

"Pissy?" he asked. 

"Yes, pissy. Why are you being a dick to everyone?" 

"You didn't tell me where you were going," he snapped back. 

"You were asleep! Besides, I was with Zoey all day. I don't understand why you're so pissed off." 

He sighed loudly, took a bite of his hamburger and swallowed it, before he spoke, "I just expected you to be in our room when I woke up." 

"I'm not a damn trophy, Kaine!" Catie quickly got up, took her plate and cup to the sink, and then rushed back up the stairs to their room. Lately, he'd been very bossy and angry whenever she left without him. Even after he had told her that it was ok as long as she was with someone. Something had to be bothering him. 

She decided to take a quick shower to wash off all the sweat and dirt from today. She threw her clothes on the ground, turned on the shower, and stepped inside the cascade of water. She loved this thing. It was like her own personal rain shower and it automatically helped to calm her down. She let the water just run all over her body for a while before she shampooed and conditioned her hair. She then grabbed the washcloth, lathered it with soap, and started washing off the grime that was on her skin. She went slowly over her body and kept her eyes closed as she did so. She felt all of her curves and spent extra time on each one of them. Even though she was mad at him, she imagined that Kaine was the one touching her. 

She washed her breasts extra and reveled in the feel of the cloth slowly rubbing her nipples. She felt herself being aroused even more and circled both of her nipples again with the cloth. This time she lightly pinched each one as she went by and let out a soft moan as she did so. 

She leaned herself back against the right wall of the shower and continued exploring lower on her body. Kaine hadn't touched her since he began patrolling. She was surprised to find that she was frustrated from the lack of it. When she reached her belly and hips, she slowly ran the cloth up and down it. She burned for him to be touching her, but her imagination ran wild, especially when she reached her slit. 

She let out a small gasp as the cloth lightly rubbed against her clit. She circled it a couple of times before moving down lower and running it along her lips. She felt herself becoming wet from her touches. She dropped the cloth to her feet and ran her fingers along her lips. She felt how wet she was and wished that Kaine was here to touch her. She then started rubbing her clit slowly, circling it causing her hips to buck slightly. 

"Ooooh!" she moaned as she rubbed harder on her excited clit. Catie then stopped with her clit and slowly inserted her middle finger inside of her. She moaned again from the way she stretched herself. It had been awhile since she'd done this and she enjoyed feeling how tight she was. While her finger was still inside her, she took her thumb and quickly started circling her clit. 

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Kaine felt like an asshole as he watched her leave. He quickly ate what was on his plate and tried to ignore the stares that he was getting from some of the pack members. She was right. He was being a dick to her and she hadn't done anything wrong. And now, he was doing the same thing the pack as well. He needed to fix this. 

After he put his plate in the sink, he slowly walked upstairs to their room. When he opened the door, he was immediately met with the scent of arousal. He looked around the room excitedly and was upset when he couldn't find her. Then he noticed that the bathroom door was closed. He walked over to it and put his ear up to it. He could hear the shower running and the soft pants and moans coming from Catie. 

She was...masturbating? He was astounded and very aroused. His body screamed at him to open the door and take her, but he decided against it and just listened instead. He heard the soft slaps of what he imagined was her hand against her, but he was dying to know what she was doing. He couldn't take it anymore. 

He slowly opened the door, went inside, and quietly shut it behind him. In the shower, was Catie. She had one hand circling her clit while the other looked to be fingering her vagina. He was hard instantly and had the insatiable urge to be near her. He quickly dropped his clothes and got in the shower. 

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Catie knew that she wasn't alone anymore in the bathroom. She heard something drop to the floor and then smelled thick, male scent close to her. Kaine was here and now she was nervous. She stopped what she was doing, removed her finger, and kept her eyes closed waiting to see what would happen next. She then felt a mouth latch onto one of her nipples and start to roughly suck on it. Then, he switched sides and started on the other one as well. She was already very aroused, so now she was being overwhelmed with sensation. She felt hands running down her stomach and resting on her hips, pulling her more into his mouth. She grabbed onto his head for support and heard him growl in approval. Then she dug her nails into his skull which made him moan her name. 

At this moment, her past didn't matter. She felt beautiful, sexy, and now she felt wanted. He was her sweet release. "You asked for him and now he's here," she said mentally to herself. She smiled silently and opened her eyes to look at him. He was now kissing down her belly and had to get onto his knees to do so. To see Kaine, her mighty Alpha, on his knees for her, was her undoing. He looked up at her with his wolfish icy blue eyes filled with lust for her and only her. She knew that she needed this man more than anything else in the world. 

He slowly pushed her thighs until she spread her legs enough for him to see her. He tentatively ran a finger up and down her vagina as she quivered from his touch. She had her hands pushing on his shoulders in order to support herself. He again scented her like he had the other day. She smelled divine to him. He burned to taste her. He wanted to run his tongue over her and have her taste in his mouth. 

"Baby?" he questioned as he looked up at her. She looked down at him with nothing but trust and lust in her eyes. She nodded her head yes and watched as he slowly flicked his tongue on her clit. He grabbed ahold of her hips and held her upright as she bucked from his small touch. This time, he took her clit into his mouth and suck slightly. 

"Oh god! Kaine!" she cried out and ground herself onto his mouth. Kaine continued to lick and suck on her clit until she quickly came for him. He slowly licked up her juices from her weeping hole which caused her to convulse more on him. 

Finally, he stopped and stood up to meet her. She opened her eyes and stared at him. "How was that?" he asked smiling at her. She couldn't speak. She just nodded her head yes and closed her eyes. She then felt his lips devour her mouth. His tongue broke through her defenses and danced with hers inside of her mouth. She tasted herself on him and was slightly aroused by it as well. 

He then quickly broke their kiss and backed away to the other side of the shower. "Catie, I really want you right now. If we keep going, I won't be able to stop. If you want me to stop, then tell me." She could see that he was straining to speak and seemed to be growling at her as well. His wolf was very close to the surface and she could see that he was struggling with how much he wanted and needed her. 

She slowly walked over to him and wrapped her arms around his neck. She looked into his eyes and saw that he was fighting hard with himself about what to do next. She had to spread her legs some so that she could get her body close enough to him with how hard and big he was. She tilted his head to hers and lightly nipped his ear lobe. The next three words that she said lit him on fire, "Kaine, take me." 

Kaine reached over with his right hand and shut off the shower. Then he lifted Catie up and all but ran out of the bathroom with her and laid her down on the bed. Her leapt on top of her and kissed her swollen lips. While he kissed her, he used his left hand to rub her clit and make her wet for him. They had waited long enough for this. Tonight, he would claim his mate. 

When he felt she was ready, he stopped kissing her, took his cock in his hands, and positioned it at her opening. Her eyes got wide as she felt how big just the tip of him was. She was suddenly afraid. He grabbed ahold of her right hand and brought it down so that she could feel him. "Don't be afraid, Catie," he said smiling at her. "Wrap your arms around me." 

Catie did as she was told. She slowly felt him easing inside of her. She felt herself getting fuller and didn't think that he'd fit all the way inside of her. She started digging her nails into his shoulders as the burn from stretching started to happen. Once he was all the way in, he held still, so she could stretch and get used to him being there. The clenching of her muscles made him want to move badly, but he waited until he felt her start relaxing around him. 

"I'm sorry about scratching you." 

He smiled sweetly at her, "Don't be. Most female wolves do worse things to their mates. I think I'll survive." 

He started to slowly move himself in and out of her. He reveled in the feel of her hands around him and the muscles clenching around his dick. He then started to ground into her deeply to where the pelvis' met and picked up the pace to start going faster. She lifted her hips up more to meet his thrusts and he obliged her by holding them up for her and supporting her. 

"Oh, Kaine!" she could feel him hesitating, worrying that he was hurting her. She needed him and needed him more, "Please don't stop! Faster!" 

He couldn't believe what she was asking, but he wasn't going to deny her either. He sped up and started going quicker. This was his mate and his wolf was more than ready to show it. He felt the knot starting to swell up in his cock and had the insatiable urge to bite her and claim her. He needed it. 

She was suddenly flipped over and put onto her hands and knees. Kaine quickly entered her and mercilessly began to pound deeply into her. She felt herself quickening and knew that she was getting ready to orgasm again. She felt open in this position and tried to adjust her hips to help with the blows that he was dealing to her. She felt him reach his hand around and start rubbing quickly at her clit while her continued to plunge himself deep inside of her. 

"Kaine!!" she screamed as she felt herself orgasming all around his cock. He continued to fill himself with her and didn't stop as she rocketed through her orgasm towards another. She swore that she felt his cock get slightly bigger as he plunged deeply inside of her. 

He leaned his body forward and positioned himself to that he was on his hands and knees on top of her. "Mine," he growled deeply right next to her ear. Her body felt aflame as she became even more amped up from how much possession was in his words. She needed him more. 

All too suddenly, she felt Kaine shift above her. Instead of the man now she was being taken by the wolf. She felt even fuller now that the wolf was there and the thrusting seemed to be shorter in length. She felt herself quickening and knew that she was going to orgasm again. Right before she came, Kaine bit her at the base of the neck, causing her to scream out his name. A couple of thrusts later and Kaine howled above her and came deep inside of her. 

She collapsed onto the bed. She then felt herself being pulled down more and onto her left side. Kaine was now back and was holding her close to him. "I'm sorry. I should have warned you," he said breathing heavily and slowly running his hands up and down her body. "My wolf wanted the world to know that you were ours though." 

Catie was exhausted from their lovemaking and tried to pull away from him. She realized that as she pulled his cock seemed to be stuck inside of her. He chuckled some and pulled her closer to him, "We're stuck like this for a little bit. My knot will go away in about an hour." 

He looked at the blood that was dripping off of her neck and quickly shifted to his wolf. Catie moaned as his cock grew again in her already spent vagina. The wolf slowly lapped at her wounds on her neck until she had stopped bleeding. He then shifted back and held onto her tightly as she drifted off to sleep. 




Heart of the Wolf Ch. 07



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A few hours later, she woke up and saw that he was gone. She was still naked and was covered by a light sheet. She looked around the room and saw a vase full of multi-colored lilies on the table. She stood up and walked over to them to take in their scent. The smelled beautiful. She opened the curtain and looked outside at the forest and wondered what exactly Kaine was doing now. She then looked up at the moon. The day after tomorrow was the full moon. Butterflies danced in her stomach at the though. She looked to her wolf. They were both ready. 

She turned around and walked back towards the bed. Suddenly, she stopped dead in her tracks. Something was wrong and now her wolf was on high alert. 

"Did you miss me, baby?" She turned towards the closet door and saw Logan standing in front of it. He quickly crossed the room, grabbed her into his arms, and slammed her against the wall. 

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Kaine felt it first and stopped dead in his tracks. The other wolves that were running with him all stopped as well. His heart dropped as he figured out what he was feeling. 

Catie! he screamed through the link as he turned around and bolted back towards the manor. 

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Her head her badly and when she reached back, she felt blood. Logan barricaded the door before coming back to Catie. She looked up at him, dazed and fighting consciousness. Suddenly, he shifted and a large, black wolf with amber eyes stood in front of her. He was big like Kaine. He bit down on her left arm and tossed it over his back. She screamed and pulled her arm away. He then slammed his body into hers. 

Before she blacked out, she heard people screaming her name on the other side of the door. She then felt herself being thrown over something large and furry. The last thing that she remembered was glass shattering as she felt herself falling. 

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When Kaine got back to the mansion, he ran up to their room. He saw that Lia and Syd were around the door, pushing it, while yelling and crying. Both Jake and Marshall shifted and took their mates into their arms as Kaine destroyed the door with his body. He threw himself into the room and breathed in deeply. He smelled the earlier encounter with him and Catie before smelling Logan. 

The wolf went into a rage and destroyed the bed in seconds. He then went around the room trying to find out what had happened. He noticed blood against the wall. Then he looked to his left and saw that the window was broken out. Logan had kidnapped her. 

Jake, assemble every able pack member. We will find her and this asshole will die.



Heart of the Wolf Ch. 08



Catie woke up lying on the floor of a cave. She heard water dripping from somewhere deeper inside and smelled the dampness from it. She shivered as cold traveled through her naked body from the cave floor. She looked around but couldn't see much of anything, so she mustered the courage to stand up and try and take in where she was. 

She didn't know which way she was going so she walked away from the sounds of the dripping water, hoping that she'd find the exit to the cave. She wrapped her arms around her breasts, trying to warm herself as she continued to move. She was surprised that she hadn't been tied up, but then again, she was surprised that she had been taken again by Logan. She silently wished that she and Kaine had some sort of bond, so that he could find her. 

As she continued to move in the direction that she thought was out, she heard sounds coming from behind her. It sounded like she was being followed. Alarms rang through her mind and her wolf growled deeply at the thought of danger. She decided to run and bolted quickly in the direction that she was going. 

Suddenly, she was tackled to the ground and pinned beneath a large, black wolf. Logan. No matter how much she struggled, he didn't move off of her, just kept her pinned to the ground and growled at her. Catie's wolf screamed in her mind and fought hard to take over so that they could fight. Catie was imbued with her strength and continued to fight with the wolf above her. She could feel the wolf at the surface and knew that she was in control now desperately punching, clawing, and trying to get him off. Nothing worked. 

Finally, Logan had enough of her antics and forced his jaws around her neck. He squeezed some causing Catie to cry out. She could feel blood dripping down her neck into her hair. She stopped moving and could feel the submission coursing through her body. As much as she wanted to fight this, she couldn't. She was mad at herself that she had submitted to him, but both her and her wolf recognized that they would die if they continued. 

Logan removed his jaws and shifted above her. He licked up some of her blood from the right side of her neck. "Very sweet, Catie. Soon, you'll mother a whole new race of pups for me," he said inches from her face. "Now, are you going to walk with me back to where I want you or do I have to carry you?" 

"I'll walk," she said defeated and kept her eyes away from his. Logan stood up off of her and helped Catie to her feet. He put his arm around her back and walked her back inside the cave. She felt dread as she was lead farther back away from freedom. 

They finally reached a larger chamber of the cave. Along the right wall, Catie saw three jail-like cells. Two of them were occupied with two other women. They both came to the front of their cells to look at the newcomer. The woman on the left had short bobbed black hair and had a more slender frame than Catie. The one on the right was a red-head with waist-length hair and seemed to be the same size as Catie. Both of them were naked as well. 

Logan smiled as he walked Catie to the middle cell. "Catie meet Layla and Sage," he said pointing to the left then to the right. "You'll be joining these ladies tomorrow during the full moon," he said as he opened the middle cell and pointed for Catie to go inside. 

She walked into the small 6' by 8' cell and felt Logan come in behind her. She looked to the left and saw a small, metal cot with a thin blanket on top. At the far end of the cell, was a small metal toilet and a small sink. Otherwise, the walls were covered with bars on all sides. She could see the other women as well. 

Logan came up behind her and held her around the waist. "Just give me what I want, Madam Alpha, and maybe I'll let you go," he said slyly. She quickly whipped around and slapped him hard across the face. She felt that her wolf had reacted and could see that Logan's was at the surface as well with his glowing amber eyes. "Ladies, you could learn and thing or two from this one," he said mockingly as he walked out of the cell and locked it behind him. Catie watched him leave the chamber before sitting on the bed and putting her head in her lap. 

"I can't believe that you hit him!" she heard from the left. She turned to see Layla standing near enough to her that she could probably reach out and touch her. She looked astounded that someone had challenged Logan's authority. Catie huffed at her and wrapped the thin blanket around herself. 

"Just ignore her. She adores that piece of shit. I'm Sage and it's nice to meet you." Catie looked up to see that Sage was sitting on her bed facing her. She could tell that she already liked her a lot. "Are you really an Alpha?" 

"Not officially, yet. My mate was going to help me change tomorrow night. He's the Alpha of the Bardou pack." 

"Kaine? Wow. I never would've guessed he had it in him to settle down. No offense to you," Sage said in disbelief. 

"Who are you?" Catie asked trying to figure out how she knew about Kaine. 

"I'm a nobody. I was forced out of my pack because I didn't want to be used as a whelping bitch. Funny how circumstances come around and find you, huh?" 

"I don't blame you. I would've left too." 

Sage nodded her head in agreement and sighed loudly. She had deep blue eyes and pale skin. Everything about her was stunning, so it was no surprise to Catie that Logan had taken her hostage. 

"You mentioned that Kaine was going to help you shift. How do you not know how to?" 

"I didn't even know that I was a wolf until a few days ago. She started surfacing after I was captured by Logan the first time. I honestly don't know why and I haven't been able to get with Kaine's IT guy to figure out why." 

"Strange. I'd heard about wolves like you, but hadn't ever met one before. I see that you've been bitten. By your mate presumably." Catie blushed and nodded her head yes. "Anyways, I didn't answer your question fully. I'm Sage Connely and I'm a lone wolf now. I was a beta in my old pack." She sighed loudly as if remembering a bad memory. She then shook her head and hardened her voice as she spoke again, "Jackass attacked me when I was asleep one night and brought me back here. I'll be damned if I let him get near me." 

Catie smiled to herself. She liked this female a lot. "Sage, I'd be more than happy to welcome you into my pack if we get out of this." 

"I'll think about that offer," Sage said as she laid her head down and covered up with her blanket. 

Catie looked over towards Layla and saw her scowling at the two of them. She could feel her wolf getting pissed off at that girl and chose to ignore her. She too followed Sage's lead and laid down to try and get some sleep. 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 

Kaine ran through the pack territory again retracing every possible way in and out of the area. He couldn't pick up either Logan's or Catie's scent. He was in a panic as was the rest of the pack that was searching the area. They'd pick up a faint trail of scent, follow it, and then it would just disappear. How was this possible? He'd felt Catie project pain to everyone and as they all tried to follow it to the source, it too faded. 

They'd been searching ever since late last night. It was now dawn and they still had nothing. Tonight was the full moon. He had to find her before then. He didn't want her to have to shift alone and he sure as hell didn't want Logan trying to mate with her. Thinking about Logan infuriated him even more and he howled out in anger. 

Alpha. I have some news for you. Please come to the lab. 

Kaine rushed back to the mansion and straight up to the lab where Mitch was. When he reached it, he shifted and walked up to the screen that Mitch was looking at. 

"What do you have?" 

"I found some hair from Logan on the window and ran it to see if I could find anything. It's interesting to say the least." Kaine watched him pull up a couple more windows on the computer until it came to the analysis of the hairs. 

"What am I looking at Mitch?" 

"I ran it through our systems and couldn't find out what was on it. There is a shiny substance that is present at the base of the follicle shaft though. I ran it again through our database and hit on something." Kaine looked at the screen as a second analysis of hairs came up on the next window. "We have had this same substance seen in our systems before, but we couldn't identify it. I continued to run tests on it and found that the properties are consistent with silver which is probably why we lost the scent." 

"How is this possible? He shouldn't be able to be anywhere near this stuff since he's a wolf." 

Mitch nodded in agreement before continuing on, "I don't know how this is possible. The only explanation that I can think of is that he's been injecting himself with some form of silver which should be a death sentence to any wolf. For some reason though, he has a silver compound that is shedding into his fur and is making it difficult for us to track." 

Kaine turned away from the computer and started to pace. He was flustered and was starting to fear that they might not find Catie in time. He wanted to be angry, but that wouldn't bring his mate back to him. 

"Kaine, I have more to add," he sighed deeply before he continued on, "The reason I hit on this in the system was because we found Logan's hairs on somebody else before." 

"Who?" he asked as he turned back towards Mitch. 

"I'm sorry to bring this up, sir, but we found them on your mother the first time." 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 

Catie woke up a little while later. She didn't know what time it was, but she looked around to see that the other girls were awake as well. She sat up and noticed that there was some food on the floor of her cell. She picked up the plate and saw some scrambled eggs and a couple pieces of bacon. Her stomach growled at her as she quickly ate the contents. 

"Good girls. Eat up because soon you'll need your strength," Logan said mockingly while sitting at a nearby table. Catie suddenly felt nauseous at the thought of what was to come tonight and held her stomach as she sat back down on the bed and wrapped herself in the blanket again. 

She felt different and she couldn't place her finger on it. It was like there was an energy in the air that only she could feel. It felt like it was coursing through her waiting to come alive. "Was this from the prospective full moon?" 

"Yes," her wolf answered her. "Every wolf can feel it. I can't wait to run for the first time." 

Catie smiled at her wolf's thought before retreating out of her mind and back to the hell she was stuck in. Logan had now gotten up and was walking more like pacing back and forth in front of the cells. Layla was at the front of her cell and seemed to be almost begging for Logan's attention. Catie and Sage kept their places on their beds and ignored his movements. 

Logan stopped in front of Layla's cell and knelt down to where she was sitting on the ground. He reached his hand in and she instinctively laid her head in it. She even whimpered some as he stroked the side of her face. Catie felt disgust run through her as she watched Layla's behavior. 

"You two could learn a thing from this one," Logan said as he caressed Layla's face. "It's really up to you on how this happens. You can either submit, like Layla, and it can be a pleasant experience, or you can choose for me to make it unpleasant for you." 

"Fuck you, asshole!" Sage shouted from her bed. 

Logan stood up and walked over to Sage's cell. "Don't worry. I fully intend to enjoy you tonight." Sage spat at him and turned her back away from him. Catie decided that she did indeed like this woman and hoped that she'd become an ally once they got out of this. 

"And you, my sweet Catie," Logan started as he walked to her cell, "First, we'll have to wait for you to shift before I can have my fun with you. It shouldn't be too painful for you though." 

Catie ignored him and watched him walk away from the cells. He sat back down at the table and picked up a syringe from the table. Catie watched as he used his right hand to position the needle with his vein in his left arm and injected himself with whatever it was. Once the drug was administered, his body froze and dropped the syringe on the ground. Then he violently started to seize before he shifted. The wolf howled out in pain and continued to seize for another two minutes. Afterwards, everything was calm. He shifted back as if nothing had happened and left the chamber. 

Once Catie couldn't hear his footsteps anymore, she turned to Sage, horrified at what she'd just seen. "What the fuck was that?" 

"He's been injecting himself with some form of silver. Silver is highly toxic to us wolves and typically would kill us on the spot if we got exposed to enough of it," Sage said matter-of-factly. "However, I've been here for a little over a week and he's done it every morning. My wolf can barely smell him because of it." 

Catie didn't know what to make of this information, but she figured that that was how he'd gotten into the manor in the first place. She hesitantly wondered if Kaine had anything going and was any closer to finding her. She missed him and didn't want to shift with this asshole around. 

"Sage?" 

"Yes?" she said as she turned and looked at Catie. 

Catie was trembling and scared about what was going to happen, but tonight was the night that her wolf would emerge. She needed to be strong and take on her role as madam alpha. If Kaine wasn't able to get to her, then she'd need someone's help. 

"Would you, please, help me through the change?" 

"Of course. I'd be honored to." 

Catie felt relief course through her. Maybe once she shifted, she'd be able to escape this asshole. She wasn't sure how everything would work, but she tried to calm her nerves and make herself feel better. At least she had a female here that would help her through this and give her guidance if it came to that point. She hoped that it wouldn't, but just in case, it was better to have a plan. 

Layla looked at both of them and scowled as she laid back down on her bed. "You bitches had better get your rest. I'm sure our alpha plans to have fun with us in a little bit." 

Catie felt the urge to vomit. It quickly subsided though with the look of defiance in Sage's eyes. "You fucking rest, whore. Make sure you're good and ready for that bastard." 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 

Kaine woke up around 4pm. He had needed the sleep, but he felt guilty for wasting time. He still had no leads as to where Catie was. He was more than worried and pissed at himself. 

Any updates? Kaine asked through his link to the whole pack. 

None, sir. I'm sorry. Was the response that he got back from Jake. 

He felt his mood falter and dread start to course through him. There wasn't much time left and still there was nothing. Then there was also the news of Logan's hairs being found on his mother all those years ago. Kaine felt rage at the thought of that bastard possibly killing her. He would exact revenge for the people that that asshole had damaged. 

Kaine heard a buzzing noise coming from the nightstand to his left. He looked over to see that Catie's phone was ringing. He grabbed it and didn't recognize the number on the screen. He let it ring until it went to voicemail. When it started ringing again, he decided that he'd answer it. 

"Hello?" 

"Kaine. So nice to hear your voice again." 

Kaine's blood boiled as he heard Logan's voice on the other line. Mitch, tap Catie's cellphone now! I have him on the phone. 

"Where is she?" 

"That's no way to talk to someone." 

"I want to know where she is. If you so much as harmed her, I'll..." 

"You'll what? Kill me?" Logan said mockingly on the other line. "She's doing fine. In fact, she's preparing herself for the shift and to give herself to me." 

"DON'T YOU FUCKING TOUCH HER!!" Kaine roared into the phone. 

"Oh, but I plan on doing just that and more to her. She's going to make a wonderful whelping bitch, don't you think?" 

Kaine could feel that he was about to lose control. He fought hard to keep it together. "Why don't you just come after me then? Leave her alone and come fight me. Alpha to alpha." 

"I could but this is much more fun," he heard Logan chuckle on the other line. "Well, I think I've given you enough time to ponder what I'm going to do to your little bitch. I need to go and tend to them now. Enjoy the moon, Kaine. I know that I will." 

The line went dead and Kaine felt himself shaking with rage. Mitch! Tell me that you have something! 

I have a hit, sir. It's about 15 miles from here. I'm checking into the area, but he called from a payphone. 

Jake, I know it's the full moon, but... 

You'd don't have to ask me. I'm coming with you. Lia is ready and so are Syd and Marshall. Just tell us when. 

Meet me in the lab. We'll get the coordinates from Mitch and be on the way. 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 

Catie watched horrified as Layla and then Sage was lead out of their cells and then out of the cave. Sage didn't go without a fight though and even landed a couple of blows to Logan's face before he managed to restrain her arms and lead her off. She chuckled at the memory of that. She sat down on the cot and listened quietly. She remained like that until Logan returned 10 minutes later. 

He walked up to her cell and quickly unlocked it. Logan walked inside the cell and Catie could feel that her wolf was at the surface. She could tell that she wanted to change, but wasn't sure of how to do it just yet. 

"Are you going to come quietly with me, Madam Alpha?" 

Catie didn't say a word. She stood up and followed Logan out of the cell. He quickly got behind her, placed her hands behind her back, and started leading her out without the use of her arms. His grip was very rough and tight on her wrists. She ignored the tinge of pain and walked where he lead her. 

Once outside of the cave, Catie could see that the sun had set and that the moon was starting to come up. She noticed that Logan purposefully walked her in areas where the moonlight wasn't shining. They walked through the forest for about 7 minutes before they came to a forest clearing. To the right, was a small pond that looked to have crystal clear water. To the left, she saw the girls. Layla was sitting naked without restraints on the ground while Sage was shackled to a nearby tree. Sage was trying to struggle against her bonds, but was unsuccessful. 

Logan walked Catie to a tree beside Sage and shackled her to it as well. "I can't have you running off, now can I?" 

Catie ignored him and kept her head down. She felt very different and felt something coursing through her. The need to run and be free was heightened when Logan restrained her. She reminded herself to stay calm though. Somehow, she'd get out of this. 

Logan lifted her chin up and looked into her eyes. She could see that his were a bright amber color and her wolf warned her that his wolf was at the surface and ready to do whatever it took to subdue them. "Your wolf has beautiful eyes, Catie. I can only imagine what she actually looks like," he said without letting go over her. "My wolf can't wait to be mounted on her." 

Catie could feel her wolf taking over completely and fighting hard to get out of their restraints. She wanted to rip his head off. Finally, he had had enough of her struggling and punched her in the stomach. All the breath quickly left her as she gasped and her legs gave out some. He turned and walked towards Layla. Catie's wolf watched him go and thought of ways to kill him. 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 

Kaine felt Catie's pain signature run through him and the rest of the wolves with him. As soon as they felt it, they immediately turned and started rushing off in the direction it came from. Rage built higher in Kaine. He was alarmed because not all of it was from him. With dread, he realized that Catie's wolf was about to emerge. He'd promised to help her and hoped that he could make it in time. 




Heart of the Wolf Ch. 08



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 

Catie gripped her stomach and watched with half-lidded eyes as both Layla and Logan shifted. Layla started playfully barking and wagging her tail at him. She felt bile rising in her throat at the display. Almost too quickly, Logan brutally ran at Layla, knocked her onto her belly, and stood over top of her baring his teeth. Layla trembled underneath him and quickly submitted. He allowed her to stand up and started walking circles around her like she was prey. She shook, but held still occasionally flicking her tail some. 

Logan went up behind Layla and jammed his nose into her vulva. Catie could hear slurping noises coming from them and it seemed like Layla moaned some. Logan then quickly mounted her and shoved his large cock deep inside of her. Layla howled and Catie saw her trying to readjust herself to take on his large size. He grabbed ahold of Layla's shoulder and bit down. Catie could see blood trickling off, but also noticed a bluish tinge mixed in as well. 

"That...is the male's poison. Females of our kind can only get pregnant when a male releases that into our bloodstream during mating. It causes us to ovulate," Sage said disgusted. 

Catie closed her eyes and nodded her head. She didn't need to see the rest to know what was going to happen. She felt woozy and shoved herself back against the tree. Something wasn't right. She opened her eyes to see that some of the moon's rays were on her bare chest. She felt heat radiate from her chest outward. 

"Catie. Shit! Catie, look at me!" Sage yelled. 

Catie's head felt like it weight more than it should, but she forced herself to look up at Sage. She had a look of concern on her face. Catie knew that the change was starting. She felt feverish and wanted to be laying down. 

"What do I do?" Catie said whispering and straining. 

Trust me. We will get through this. 

"Catie, trust me this part sucks. You feel feverish and like your body weighs a ton. Your wolf is starting to learn how to switch and come out. It will pass and then the real challenge of shifting will come." 

She wanted to nod her head in agreement, but she couldn't. She felt like gravity was much heavier now. It seemed like it was hard to breathe. All too quickly, pain radiated out from the point of wear the moonlight was touching her chest. She felt bones shifting and rearranging. Her limbs became more slender and her hands and feet became paws. She felt her nose and jaws elongate into a snout, her ears moved to the top of her head, and a tail sprouted. All of this took only about 30 seconds, but to Catie it felt like hours. 

"Catie?" 

She heard a voice but didn't completely comprehend who it was. She didn't like the fact that she was suspended by her feet and that her belly was exposed. She felt threatened. She went into survival mode and immediately growled. 

Wait did I just growl? 

She struggled to look down at herself. Why was this so hard to do? Finally, she realized what had happened. She had shifted. 

The world was hazy at first. Her senses were overwhelmed with everything. There were new smells and sights. And she could hear so much better. The wolf longed to be on the ground and feel the Earth beneath her feet. She whimpered at the fact that it wasn't possible yet. 

"Catie?" 

She looked over towards the voice and saw a woman restrained to a tree similarly like she was. She knew this woman, but couldn't seem to remember her name. 

"Madam Alpha, welcome! I know it's all new to you now, but welcome to the wolf world." 

Before the female could say anything else, a large black wolf ran up to both of them. He then shifted before them. She knew him, but couldn't scent him. He didn't have one. She was confused and growled at him. 

"You weren't supposed to shift yet, little wolf," he said chuckling at her. He grabbed onto the restraints and lowered them. She was now standing on the ground although she was still restrained to the tree. "I've never seen a white wolf before, but I expected no less from you. Simply beautiful," he said as he ran his hands down her right side. 

She growled and shied away from his touch. When he tried to touch her again, she snapped at him. He smacked her muzzle. Instead of backing down, she snapped at him again and bared her teeth. He laughed at her and she felt her restraints being loosened some more. Then suddenly her back feet were freed. She shuffled her back legs some and got used to what it felt like to have four feet. 

She then felt the restraints on her front legs slacken to the point of where she could pull them. She looked up at the other female who nodded at her and smiled slyly. As soon as she felt him let go, she sprinted off into the forest. She made a lot of noise with the shackles still on her legs and chains dragging behind her, but she reveled in her freedom. 

Her happiness didn't last long as she heard a loud roar coming from behind her. She felt like she was now being chased and caught in the middle of a game of keep away. She kept running and didn't stop. She was a lot leaner than the male that was chasing her was, so she could quickly maneuver around trees and other obstacles. 

Suddenly, she ran into another group of wolves. There were 5 of them. She got scents from all of them and started to realize that she knew them. However, she was scared and growled at all of them. One of the smaller wolves tried coming up to her and submitting and she quickly turned and ran in a different direction. 

As she ran in this new direction, she felt even more afraid. Not only was she being chased by Logan, but now she was being chased by a group of wolves. One of her chains got caught on a rock and she tripped and flipped over herself. As she started to stand back up, she was quickly rammed in her left side by a large wolf. Logan had finally caught up to her. 

She fought as much as she could but was quickly flipped onto her belly by him. She continued to flail and snap at her attacker until he finally took her neck into his jaws. As she started to submit, he was quickly thrown off of her by another wolf. Four wolves quickly encircled her as she laid on the ground exhausted. She felt a sort of calm wash over her from the four of them, so she stayed laying down. 

She looked out into the woods and saw the two males squaring off. Both of them were black wolves. One of them had amber eyes and the other had blue eyes. Icy, blue eyes. 

She quickly stood up and regretted it. She retched from the movement. She knew that male and she knew these wolves. Kaine. He had found her.



Heart of the Wolf Ch. 09



Catie was overjoyed to see them there. They had finally found her. She felt safe and at home with them. She sniffed the air and took in all four of the scents standing above her. She couldn't place their names at the moment, but it didn't matter. She butted her head onto the leg of the wolf to her right. The light brown female turned to look down at her, nodded, then turned back towards the fight that was ensuing. 

Catie looked forward as well and saw the two black wolves squaring off. They were both circling each other and grumbling lowly. Both of them seemed to be the same size although Kaine looked a tad leaner than Logan. Either way, she was hopeful that this would be the end of everything. She was ready to be freed from this nightmare. 

She slowly and tentatively stood herself back on her feet and used the female to her right for support. She realized after she was standing that she was a lot larger than the two females that were with her. She also had the insane urge to protect all of them flow deeply through her. Was this what it was like to be the alpha female? 

Go slow, Madam Alpha. Your side should be feeling better now that you rested. 

Catie looked around confused trying to figure out where the female voice was coming from. She shook her head some and looked back to the brown female at her right. She nodded in Catie's direction and huffed. 

The ability to speak to us in your mind will come, Madam Alpha. I must say, I've never seen a white wolf before. I don't think anyone has for quite some time. Anyways, you seem confused as to who is around you, so let me reintroduce these wolves to you. Lia is to your right, Marshall is the black wolf behind you, Syd is the grey wolf to your left, and I'm Jake. 

She nodded to all of them. Then she heard the two males collide together and turned her full attention to watching them. 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 

Kaine was happy when he finally saw Catie stand up with a little help from Lia. He was scared that the impact from Logan ramming her in the ribs had broken a few of them. She would've been fine even if that were the case, but he was still anxious and worried about her. She seemed to be doing ok now though. His happiness was short lived as he continued circling around Logan. This would put an end to things. He'd make sure of it. 

Logan made the first move and charged towards Kaine. Kaine stopped his movements and allowed the male to collide with him. He used this to gage just how strong Logan's tactics were and the actual strength of his wolf. He was stunned to be hit with the force seemingly close to an alpha and was knocked back some but managed to stay on his feet. Was this an effect of the silver that he'd been shooting up with or was there something more that he didn't know about? He was puzzled, but had to think more of fighting strategies than the logistics of the hows and whys. 

Kaine focused his full attention on Logan and shut out the world around him. He shivered from the adrenaline that coursed through him now. He was more than ready to take Logan on and get rid of him for good. He was done playing with this bastard and wouldn't let him escape again. His whole pack was on the line, so there was no room for failure. 

Logan again ran at Kaine with the intention of ramming him and knocking him onto the ground. However, Kaine being much more agile than Logan, easily maneuvered and jumped out of the way of the charging male and managed to rake a claw on his right side. Blood filled the air with a tangy scent that left Kaine's wolf craving more of it. Logan roared loudly at the fact that he'd been blooded first and stared Kaine down with murder in his eyes. 

You will not get anywhere with this, Logan. Submit to me and I'll allow you to live, but if we continue this, you will die. Kaine said mentally with his alpha voice throughout the link. Catie and the other four wolves shivered from the power that oozed off of his words while Logan stood menacingly and ignored the submission command within them. 

You're pack is as good as mine Kaine. That pretty mate of yours will be whelping my pups soon. 

Kaine howled in anger before rushing at Logan. Both males began to wrestle together on the ground. Barks and howls rang out from the both of them as claws and teeth found their marks on both of their bodies. 

Catie and the others tried to determine who had the upper hand, but neither male seemed to be backing down. She even walked out in front of the other wolves to get a better view and see if she could tell who had who. They seemed to take turns on pinning each other to the ground and then somehow they'd inch their way out from the other male and the fight would continue on again. The smell of blood thickened in the air as the fight drew on. 

Both males then separated from each other and ran off to opposite sides of the clearing. They then charged each other and collided together with bone shattering force. Kaine somehow got the upper hand and began pinning Logan to the ground. Logan howled and roared as Kaine's full weight came down on his chest. Finally, Kaine's jaws went around Logan's neck and started to tighten. Catie watched as Logan struggled to push Kaine off of him which only made his jaws tighten harder around his neck. Blood started pooling underneath him and Kaine shook him furiously causing more blood to fly. 

Submit or die!! 

Catie watched as Logan's body shook with how forceful Kaine's alpha voice was. He started to raise his neck even more into Kaine's mouth and stopped struggling against him. He closed his eyes and finally held himself completely still and at the mercy of Kaine. Kaine continued to hold onto his neck and stayed seated on top of him. 

Jake, Marshall, tie him for me. He comes to the moon ceremony to be judged by the pack. 

Catie looked behind her and watched Jake and Marshall both shift and slowly make their way towards the males. Marshall produced a rope and she watched as both of them begin tying Logan's feet. Kaine slowly climbed off of Logan's chest and watched as the men continue to tie him up. Once he was tied, Jake helped him to his feet, shifted, and took ahold of the lead rope. Marshall grabbed ahold of the end rope and Syd and Lia go to either side of the prisoner. 

Catie quickly rushed to Kaine's side as he took the lead in front of Jake. She butted her head against his neck and barked happily at him. Although weary from the fight that had taken place, he returned the favor and licked her muzzle. 

Catie, I'm so sorry that I wasn't there for you. You're so beautiful. My wolf and I are so lucky to have you. 

Kaine, we need to help a friend of mine. 

Where is she? 

Follow me. 

Jake, take him to the judgment grounds. I have to help Catie with something. 

Catie ran off trying to remember where she left Sage. She could feel Kaine running behind her and revealed in her feelings of happiness. 

Catie, I want so badly to chase you down and claim you. I promise you that I will. 

Kaine quickly picked up the scent of another female and took over the lead for Catie. She was still new to all of her new senses, so he decided to help her along. Once they started running in the new direction, Catie perked up and ran off ahead of him again. He was stunned at how fast and agile she was with how new she was at being a wolf. She must have found the scent of her friend which is why she ran ahead. 

They burst into a clearing and stopped. Kaine looked around and growled at what he saw. He turned to his right and saw Catie trotting up towards a red-headed woman that was shackled to a tree standing upright. She had fallen asleep like that and looked very uncomfortable. 

Kaine, I don't know how to shift back, but could you help her down. She helped me shift. Her name is Sage. 

Kaine obliged and shifted. When he started to make his way up to Sage, Catie butted herself in between him and her. He chuckled as he ran his hands through her silky fur. 

"Stop being jealous! I'm doing what you asked me." 

Catie moved out of the way and Kaine walked up to the woman. As he started pulling at her shackles, she woke up and screamed and tried kicking at him. Catie quickly ran up to her and put herself between the two. 

"Catie?" Sage asked. She nodded yes and sighed loudly. 

"I'm sorry that I scared you. She lead me back here to help you," he said as he pointed to Catie. "By the way, I'm..." 

"Alpha Bardou. I never thought that I'd see the day where I saw you again," Sage said chuckling. 

Kaine walked back up towards the woman, smirking, and began working on setting her free, "I never thought I'd see you again either, Sage. How is Alpha Connely these days?" 

Catie was now thoroughly confused and walked up to Sage and sat down beside her. She stared up at her with wonder and confusion in her eyes. 

"Still an asshole like usual even towards me. You're mate offered me a place within your pack without knowing who I was." 

Kaine released the last cuff holding her against the tree and offered his arm to steady her as she dropped down. How could he be mad at Catie for offering protection to Sage? She knew nothing about the bad things that Alpha Connely had done and he could see why she liked her. 

"You're more than welcome in our pack. I trust Catie's judgment," he said smiling at Catie. "Speaking of judgment, Logan is going to be judged at our moon ceremony. You're more than welcome to be a part of it." 

"I'd be honored to watch that asshole be destroyed," she said as she lowered herself to the ground and shifted. Catie watched as a red wolf appeared where Sage once was. She came up and butted heads with the new female. Kaine watched as she already started accepting her into the pack before he shifted and started leading them back towards the pack ceremony. 

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As they began getting closer towards the pack ceremonial grounds, Catie felt more connections starting to take place within her mind. She fell behind and eventually stopped following Kaine and Sage. She was confused by all the newness and shook her head to try and clear it. 

Catie? 

She looked up from the grass that she'd been staring at to see both Kaine and Sage looking at her concerned. She walked up to both of them and butted her head into Kaine's neck for comfort. 

I feel so strange, Kaine. All of this is so new to me and I guess I'm confused by it. I feel like I'm somehow sharing my connection with hundreds of other wolves. 

Not hundreds, baby. He said and chuckled at her mentally. We're near the pack. As alphas, we have to be mentally connected to every pack member. We can control when to turn it off, but I know that you're new to this. I'll help you disconnect from them right now. If you focus you're mind on me, I'll show you how we do it. 

Catie did as he said and focused her thoughts and mind on only him although she felt the incessant buzz and excitement from the pack. After a few seconds, she felt what seemed to be a mental wall come up and block her and Kaine off from everybody else. Her head seemed a little clearer at that point and her confusion left as well. 

Thank you. That's better. 

Kaine nodded his head towards her and turned to start walking again. Catie trotted up to his left and followed with Sage to the right of him. 

A minute later and Catie's senses were again overwhelmed. They walked out of the forest and into a lush, green clearing. All around them were pack members engaged in various activities. She saw some of them talking happily amongst themselves, some were swimming in the natural spring that was off to her left, while some were engaged in mating. All around her was an air of happiness and playfulness that she hadn't seen from them yet. 

The pack felt more than saw Kaine step through the clearing. A hush rolled over everybody as they focused their attention on their alpha. Kaine shifted and stood next to Catie. He looked over towards his right and saw Jake and his group with Logan tied up. 

"Bardou pack," he started. Every eye turned to his direction as the alpha force found all of them. "First off, I want to tell all of you that Logan has been captured and will be judged by the pack." Members of the pack started cheering or yelling insults towards Logan. Kaine waved his hand and everyone became silent again, "Next, I want all of you to welcome Sage Connely into our pack. That is, if she accepts," he said as he turned towards the red wolf. She shifted as gasps came up from the pack. 

"All of you are aware of my father's actions. Your Madam Alpha and now Alpha have both extended the offer for me to join your ranks. I hope that you will let my father's actions speak for him and not for me. I left to get away from being turned into another whelping bitch for his men. Even with my beta status within his ranks, I was nothing more than another bitch to him," she paused and took a deep breath. She then walked and stood in front of both alphas and dropped to her knees in front of them. "I'd be honored to join your ranks Alpha and Madam Alpha Bardou." 

Catie stepped forward and butted her head into Sage's chest. She wasn't sure how to change back to her human form yet, so she hoped that that was sufficient. Sage stood up and stepped back to Kaine's right. As she left, the pack finally set eyes on Catie. More gasps rang out and immediately the pack was stunned. There hadn't been a white wolf in a long time and none of them could believe that there was one standing in front of them. Pack members started stepping forward to come closer to her. 

Kaine? What do I do? 

Go forward and just relax. Let them come near you. They will probably touch you. Everything will be ok baby. The pack is very curious about their new Madam Alpha. 

Catie slowly walked out into the clearing between her and the pack. Once she felt like she was in the middle of the clearing, she stopped. She turned back to look at Kaine who nodded at her and waited. She looked around her as pack members came up to her and stared at her. Finally, she felt tentative fingers run through her fur on her left side. She looked back to see Zoey in awe by her. One by one, members of the pack came up to her; each of them touching her with their human hands. Each touch caused her to shiver. Catie closed her eyes and imagined that Kaine was the one running his fingers through her fur. She heard him groan from her right. 

Catie, I will do that. I promise, but right now the pack must learn you and your scent. They will all come back now as wolves and scent you. I will come to you now. I'm sure you can imagine where your scent is the greatest at. 

Catie huffed and her eyes widened at the thought of the other wolves scenting her vagina. She waited as all the other wolves stepped back while Kaine took his place. He shifted and trotted up to her. He started circling her inhaling deeply. She held still and waited unsure of what to do next. 

Relax baby. 

Kaine brushed his body against hers causing her to shutter even more. She heard a low growl escape his throat as he continued to circle around her. He then came face to face with her and butted his head against her forehead. He moved down towards her neck and deeply inhaled while pushing his nose into her fur. Again, she shivered from the contact from him and a new scent hit the wind. Arousal. 

Kaine, this is wrong. She sighed as she spoke to him mentally. 

No baby. You're doing everything right. Just try to relax. 

Catie closed her eyes and waited for Kaine to finish. He walked down the length of her body and purposefully made sure that his fur touched hers along the way. Once at her tail, he pushed his nose into her vagina. She yelped from the cold touch of his nose, but forced herself to stay still. He inhaled and revealed in the smell of her and her arousal. He flicked his tongue out and licked at her. He felt her shutter harder this time and heard her breathing pick up. He licked her a few more times before coming to stand at her right side. 

Why did you stop? 

As much as I'd love to make you cum here and now, the pack is eager to learn your scent. Besides, you may cum just yet. 

One by one, wolves lined up to make their way up to her and scent her. Each of them scented her neck and brushed their bodies up against hers as they walked down the length of her. She leaned against Kaine for support. Then the first nose pushed its way to her vagina. She again yelped as she was scented by one of the wolves. 

Kaine? 

It's ok. I'm here. None of them will hurt you. 

She felt a tentative tongue run up her slit and groaned from it. If they kept that up, then Kaine's theory would be right. She felt Kaine groan as well. He was aroused by her arousal and it must have been killing him now to have his pack arousing her even more. 

They continued on. Each wolf came up to Catie and scented her the same way. Males and females alike licked her. There were no gender boundaries. There were times where Kaine stopped whatever wolf was coming up next in order to lick Catie until she came. Once she came, then he'd let them continue on with scenting her. 

Finally, Sage came up to Catie. She was the last wolf to scent her. When she came up to face her, she lowered her head to Catie and butted it into Catie's. 

Thank you. I don't know where I'd go if it wasn't for you. 

She then scented Catie's neck and walked down her body. She purposefully kept herself within close proximity of her and touched her all the way down. When she reached her vagina, she tentatively nudged her nose onto it and inhaled deeply. Instead of licking, Sage started sucking on her. She felt Catie shiver hard and growl lowly. 

Sage? What are you doing? 

Repaying you. 

Kaine? 

Yes? I don't see a problem. 

Catie heard a mental chuckle from Sage as she continued to lick and suck on her swollen vulva. She felt herself getting closer to cumming once again. She groaned and started panting loudly. 

Just imagine that it's me driving my cock deep inside of you. Unless of course you like Sage, then please think about that as well. He said chuckling to her and growing more aroused. 

Catie quickly came afterwards for Sage and was obliged by Sage licking up the excess of liquid from her seeping vagina. After Sage had cleaned her up, she stepped away and walked over to join the circle of wolves that was around the alphas. All eyes were on the two of them awaiting what would happen next. Catie laid down beside Kaine. She was exhausted from that experience. 

As much as I want you all to begin celebrating the moon, we have one more task as a pack to take care of. Jake, bring him over. 

The pack watched as Jake, Lia, Syd, and Marshall lead over Logan. He was standing once again and was fully healed. He walked quietly with the other wolves and was stopped in front of the alphas. Growls and angry howls were heard all over the pack. Their wishes were obvious. 

Logan, you've been brought before the Bardou pack to be judged for your crimes. You are accused of murdering Russel Brown and Leanna Bardou. You are also accused of kidnapping and raping Cadence Channing. What do you have to say? 

Logan stood quietly for a few moments. He sighed deeply and stared at the blue-eyed alpha. He then averted his eyes to Catie and sighed again before looking back at Kaine. To Catie, it seemed like an eternity passed before he spoke. 

Russel? Was that his name? Heh. He snapped like a twig and was an easy kill. He inhaled deeply and paused for a moment. Catie stood up from her laying down position. He quickly turned his eyes to her and looked her over before continuing on. As for Cadence and Leanna, what can I say? Both of those bitches were great fucks. It's too bad that I won't be able to sink myself deeply into either of them again. 




Heart of the Wolf Ch. 09



Before Kaine could react, Catie charged Logan with a rage that nobody had seen before. Her jaws quickly found their mark where both of his jugular veins were and punctured both of them along with crushing his windpipe. He collapsed to the ground as blood spurted out and began pooling around him. Kaine walked up to Catie and stood protectively next to her and watched as Logan sputtered and coughed before finally dying. Kaine was satisfied with the fact that the last imagine he saw was of him and Catie standing together. 

Howls rang out from the pack along with praises. The pack was pleased that their Madam Alpha had killed Logan and they were proud to have her. They began preparations to burn Logan's body and eagerly awaited the celebration to come. The pyre took little time to finish and Logan's body was quickly thrown onto it. It was then ignited by Kaine as Catie watched farther back. 

The pack had made a half circle around the pyre with it to one side and the alphas in the center. They all watched quietly as it burned. Everyone was finally happy that Logan had been dealt with. They felt safe. 

Before any celebrations could begin though, Catie was charged by a small brown female. The female had appeared from the forest. Catie was tossed onto her side before she quickly righted herself and faced the unknown attacker. The female howled mournfully and looked towards the pyre with Logan's burning body. She then quickly turned towards Catie and growled low and deeply at her. 

Catie returned the threat and watched as the female trembled some and backed down a little. It was obvious that she was somehow connected with Logan, but who was it? Catie looked behind the female to see Kaine with concern flowing through him along with the rest of the pack. He stayed back along with the rest and waited to see what would happen. 

You must hold a pretty big grudge against me in order to attack me in front of my pack. Who are you? 

Why did you kill master? What the fuck is wrong with you? 

Catie shook her head. Master? Who the fuck is this woman? Finally, it dawned on Catie. She remembered exactly how she knew her and why she was so pissed off about Logan's death. 

Layla! What the hell do you think you're doing? 

You killed him!! I was happy until you showed up! This is all your fault! 

I don't know what you think you had with that monster, but whatever it was, was obviously a lie. 

We were going to start our own pack elsewhere and be happy. Why couldn't you and that whore, Sage, just submit to him? I loved him and now he's dead because of you!! 

Layla again charged at Catie. Catie quickly moved out of the way and swiped her on her left side as she ran by. Blood trickled out of the cuts from Catie's claws. Layla howled at Catie and ran at her again. This time Catie didn't move fast enough and was hit in the side. Catie was thrown onto the ground from the impact a rolled a couple of times. Layla ran at her and began trying to pin Catie to the ground. Both of them clawed and bit at each other while trying to avoid being pinned. 

Catie quickly got the upper hand with her being larger than the smaller female. Layla tossed her body and tried to claw at Catie's face. Catie grabbed her arm with her jaw and bit down causing Layla to howl in pain. She finally found the opening that she needed and was able to closer her jaws on Layla's neck. Layla continued to thrash about as blood left her neck. 

Layla, submit or die! 

Layla swiped Catie across her right cheek as she shook from the force of Catie's submission order. I'd rather die than live without my Logan! Fuck you Cadence! I'll see you in hell bitch!! 

Catie bit down onto Layla's neck. She could feel the force of her bite snapping bone within her neck. Quickly, Layla laid lifeless beneath her. After a couple of minutes of waiting to make sure she was dead, she finally got up off of her and laid down beside her. Kaine rushed up to check on Catie and licked the wound that was under her eye. 

Kaine, what have I done? 

You didn't do anything wrong, Catie. She was obviously delusional and blamed you for everything. Besides, she asked to die. 

Catie watched as a couple of wolves picked up Layla's lifeless body and tossed it onto the pyre. She got her wish. 

Well, now that all of that shit has been taken care of, can we actually start to enjoy the moon? 

Sure what do we do? 

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Hehe we'll find out in the next chapter how to celebrate the moon!



Heart of the Wolf Ch. 10



How do we celebrate the moon, Kaine? She asked as she felt Kaine's excitement growing. 

This is the part where you run away from me and I chase you. Actually, all of the females run and their mates will chase them. 

What? 

You have two minutes. So you'd better start running. 

Catie turned towards the rest of the pack and saw that there were other females that had shifted and were running into the forest. Actually, every eligible female was running. She then looked back at Kaine who was shivering from the rush of adrenaline that was surging through him. She decided that she'd better listen and turned around and started running. 

It felt amazing to run. She burned off all of the extra stresses and worries to where she forgot about them. Nothing in this world mattered at this point and time besides her and Kaine and the game of keep-away that they were now playing. She heard other females running all around her and for the first time, she felt free and at home with all of them. She still wasn't completely sure about the alpha female role, but she was more than happy and willing to learn about it. 

She continued her run and watched as other females were caught by other males. If they wanted to mate, then they did. If not, then the female would take off running again in the hopes of getting caught by the male that they wanted. Catie saw that the females that were claimed by another male were never caught by anyone other than that male. She wondered what would happen if another male besides Kaine caught her. 

I'd rip them apart if they did. 

Catie slowed down some at his response. He sounded close to her. How could that be possible? He wasn't that fast, was he? 

She stopped and looked behind her and saw Kaine standing a few feet away from her. Catie was huffing from her run while Kaine didn't seem fazed at all. He looked like he could've kept on chasing after her for hours on end. 

Fuck! How are you so quick? 

I've had much more practice than you have baby? He slowly walked closer to Catie. She saw him run his eyes up and down her body. Are you giving up? 

No! Catie turned to run off, but before she could, Kaine was standing face to face with her. 

Are you sure you want to run away from me, Catie? 

You fight dirty, Kaine. 

I know. He butted his forehead against hers and sighed. She pushed against him enough that he moved giving her the chance to lick his muzzle. I don't think you're ready for me yet. 

What? 

He backed away from her and moved over so that she could run again if she wanted too. She decided to do just that. He was being cocky which was really starting to annoy her. Maybe she'd find a different male that wanted to mate with her tonight since hers didn't seem to want to. 

She growled at him and swiped her paw out towards his face before running off away from him. She heard him howl at the fact that she was thinking of giving herself to somebody else. She then heard him chasing after her. 

I thought you didn't want me? 

I changed my mind. The thought of you with anyone else made me want to die. 

What if I don't want you? 

Well, then I guess I'll just have to take you for myself. 

Catie sprinted off again. Before she could change her direction in hopes of outrunning Kaine, he barreled into her and flipped her onto her back. She laid on the ground stunned as Kaine licked her muzzle. She thought about struggling against him and taking off again, but she was tired. She decided that he'd won this time and held still for him. 

Now what, Kaine? 

Well, since I caught you, then it's time to finally claim you. 

He moved off of her so that she could stand up onto all fours again. Once she was upright, she held completely still and waited. Kaine slowly circled around her and sniffed the air quite a few times. She trembled with anticipation and noticed that he shivered from it as well. He then stopped near her tail and used his tongue to lick her. She adjusted herself to give him better access to her and whimpered for him to keep going. After a few moments of that, he stopped and positioned himself behind her completely. Then he quickly mounted her and entered her all in one motion which caused Catie to howl from the quick and forceful intrusion. 

Kaine was quick and relentless in his mating. He clamped his jaws down onto her neck and quickly pumped into her. Together, they rapidly found their release and howled out in pleasure. 

Once they had finished, both of them collapsed onto the ground and shifted. They were stuck together with Kaine's knot. Kaine chuckled as Catie tried to pull away from him and tightly pulled her to him. 

"You're not going anywhere anytime soon." 

Catie snuggled even more into his arms and listened to the other howls and growls around them. The pack was happy and seemed to be enjoying themselves tonight. She felt a strong sense of happiness flowing throughout everyone. 

"Our pack is at peace tonight, love. Part of that is because of you. They're excited to finally have an alpha female to lead them again. I'm happy to have you by my side as well," Kaine said as he trailed butterfly kisses down her neck and shoulders. She shivered from them and giggled trying to pull away again. He laughed as well and pulled her tightly to him again. 

"I love you, Kaine," Catie said as she wrapped her arms around his. 

"Catie, I don't know what I'd do without you. I love you too." 

An hour passed of them cuddling together and listening to the sounds of the forest. Finally, Kaine's knot went away and they could separate. Kaine stood up and helped Catie to her feet as well. The two of them walked back towards the forest clearing hand in hand to join the rest of the pack. 

Once they entered the clearing, Catie noticed that a lot of the pack members had built a separate fire from the one that was burning the bodies of Logan and Layla, and that some of the males were dragging up freshly killed deer or rabbits. She watched as the females went up and helped to field dress the animals before starting to cook them on the fire. She could already smell cooked venison and her stomach rumbled. 

Kaine and Catie separated. Kaine went to join Jake and some of the other males that were starting up a game of ultimate Frisbee while Catie went and joined some females that were sitting on the sidelines watching the males play. 

"Here. I can hear your stomach growling from the fire!" Sage said as she handed Catie a plate of warm venison. She sat down beside her and the two of them ate and watched the men play. 

"Sage, how are you doing?" 

"I guess I'm doing alright. No one has given me any trouble yet. I actually think that most of the others are afraid of me. I'll just have to work on changing their opinions on me." 

"It'll just take time. Not everyone was fond of me being here either." 

"You'll make one helluva madam alpha though," Sage said smiling at her. 

"And you'll be one helluva a beta." 

Sage gasped at Catie, "What are you saying?" 

"I'm asking if you'll be my beta Sage. You saved my ass quite a few times and helped me change. I don't know how I would've made it without your help. I'd be honored to have you as my beta. That is, of course, if you except?" 

Sage and Catie sat quietly next to one another. Both of them contemplating the offer that had just been thrown out into the open. Sage began to nervously poke around some of the venison on her plate from the tension that was rising while she thought about Catie's offer. 

"Madam Alpha, I'd be honored to be your beta. Thank you," Sage said as she felt tears swell. She felt accepted and for once, she felt like she had a home. 

Catie felt more than saw Sage's emotions and quickly grabbed her and hugged her. She wanted her to feel like she belonged to the pack and could understand how she felt at this point and time. She'd felt the same way herself not so long ago. Either way, she was ecstatic to have Sage as her beta. She could feel that Kaine was happy with her decision as well. 

The two girls finally separated and started happily to talk about all kinds of things. Each of them feeling that the bond between them was close, almost sisterly to say the least. They had been through quite a bit together and felt completely at ease with each other. 

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Finally, around 4 in the morning, the festivities died down and everyone started heading back towards the manor. Sage was given one of the vacant beta rooms located near the alpha quarters. Both her and Catie, worked on quickly setting the room up to Sage's liking before they all turned in for sleep. 

Catie walked into her and Kaine's room and was greeted with candles lighting up the room and rose petals all over their bed. 

"What's this all about?" she asked. 

She felt more than heard Kaine come up behind her and grab onto her. He was so silent compared to her. It was something that she needed to work on. 

"I wanted to surprise you, baby." 

Catie chuckled some as Kaine walked them forward towards the bed, "Rose petals and candles are a little cliché, don't you think?" 

"Do you not like it?" he asked as he lightly kissed her neck. 

"I never said that." 

When they reached the bed, Kaine turned Catie towards him, and gently pushed her down into a sitting position on the bed. He looked her entire body over. Both of them were covered in dirt, grass, and whatever else from earlier in the night. He dropped to his knees in front of her and kissed from her feet all the way up to her hip. Once he reached her hip, he did the same thing on the other side. 

This time when he reached her hip, he gently laid her back onto the bed. He then kissed from the top of her pubic bone up her stomach towards her neck. Catie sighed and squirmed some from his kisses. When he reached her neck, she grabbed ahold of his, and brought his lips to hers. They kissed ferociously with each of their tongues dancing with the others. 

She eventually let go of him and he began to kiss down her body. When he reached her breasts, he took each one into his mouth and lightly sucked on them causing her to moan. Kaine grumbled low in his throat with the scent of Catie's arousal in the air. 

He continued to kiss down her stomach towards her slit. Once he reached there, he slowly flicked his tongue over her lips and tasted her. She tasted sweet to him and he instantly needed more of her. He found her swollen clit and sucked it into his mouth while rolling his tongue on it as well. 

"Fuck! Kaine!" she cried out as her hips bucked from that small motion. He used his arms to steady her and continued with suckling her until she came for him. 

He stood up and positioned himself with her opening. He slowly entered into her and deeply kissed her at the same time. Once he was as deep as he could go, he held still and allowed her time to adjust to his size. He could already feel her muscle contracting around him, urging him to continue on. Kaine grab ahold of her legs and wrapped them around his back. He felt himself inch a deeper into her as Catie let out a small cry. 

"You feel amazing, love," he said as he slowly started to make his way in and out of her. 

He placed his hands onto each side of her head and used it as leverage to start picking up his pace. She grabbed ahold of his biceps and tightened her legs around his waist and urged him on more. As he began to speed up, she started to claw his arms until small rivets of blood appeared. 

"Oh, Kaine! Yes!" she screamed as he picked his pace up even more and started to grind into her. Each of them began racing towards their own release as Kaine began to relentlessly pump into her. 

Before either of them could finish though, Kaine quickly pulled out of her and laid down on his back on the bed. Catie quickly mounted him and took him inside of her as deeply as he could go. 

"Baby, you're so wet for me," Kaine moaned as Catie bottomed out and held still for a few moments as she tried to get used to how large he was from this position. 

She placed her hands on his pecs and slowly started to grind on him. Her movements caused sweet friction on her clit as well which caused her to gasp from the contact. She felt powerful on top of him and was in awe of the male that laid before her. He continued to watch her with love and lust in his eyes. 

She again grinded on him and began to move quicker. Kaine began getting impatient and grabbed ahold of her hips and moved her at the speed that he though was acceptable. She dug her nails into his chest as he continued to move her faster on top of him. 

Suddenly, he wrapped his arms around her shoulders, pulled her down roughly onto his chest, and began to quickly pound himself into her. Catie moaned loudly from the force of him quickly going in and out of her. 

"Kaine! Oh fuck! Please!" she cried out as he continued to quickly pump into her. Just as she felt herself getting ready to cum, Catie latched onto his neck, and bit him hard. Soon she tasted blood from his neck as she came with a scream. Kaine followed her not too long thereafter. 

Both of them were finally spent. Kaine wrapped his arms protectively around Catie who was quickly falling asleep on his chest. 

"I love you so much, Catie," Kaine said as he kissed her forehead. He saw her smile and nod her head before she nuzzled herself into his neck and drifted off to sleep. 

Kaine finally had what he needed and felt whole for the first time in his life. He finally had a mate of his own that the pack adored almost as much as he did. Together, they would build a strong pack and family. Together, they could do anything.  

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Note from the author: 

Thank you guys so much for sticking with me! I hope you all enjoyed reading about Kaine and Catie as I did about writing about them as well. This concludes the Heart of the Wolf, but doesn't conclude Kaine and Catie's story. I'll write about them again! ^_^