In The Eye Of The Moon

by Mara Lee

  Airek's face was stormy. “When did he read your mind, Sheila-mine?”

  “Back at that underground prison, I was wondering where I was and he answered me.”

  “He bit you, claimed first blood. The mind sharing came from that. But do not worry, he cannot read your mind now that we have mated.”

  “Only you can.” Sheila said sarcastically.

  He smiled with satisfaction. “Yes, only I can.”

  “You realize this is all totally crazy. I've half a mind to still believe this is all one mad dream.”

  Airek ran a hand down her back and pressed a kiss to her neck. “Can I prove to you how real I am?”

  Sheila bit her lip. She couldn't resist, she just didn't have the will to anymore. Okay—and it helped that he was gorgeous. She reached down and stroked his cock, learning the texture of him. He was smooth with firm ridges. Her caresses grew bolder as he moaned low in his throat. “You can try.” She gave him a coy look and laughed when he swept her quickly up in his arms.

  Airek took her to the bed in three giant strides. He smiled and bit her neck gently. “On your hands and knees.”

  Sheila's eyes widened.

  Airek growled. “On your hands and knees, Lupe.”

  Sheila quickly positioned herself as he demanded. She felt surprisingly vulnerable in this position and loved it. At the first touch of Airek's hand on her buttocks she quivered and tensed. She wanted this, oh how she wanted it, no matter how wanton, no matter how against her character it was. It was deliciously wicked.

  Airek drew his hand back, flattened his palm and slapped her soundly on the rump. He smiled when she moaned and her head fell back in abandon. He slapped her several times more, each slap slightly stronger than the last. When she began to pant he removed his hand and replaced it with his tongue. He traced each red mark with his tongue and blew gently on the soft, flushed flesh. “You are good, Lupe.”

  Then he grabbed her long tresses and wrapped them around his hand. He pulled her head back and stared into her wide, unblinking eyes. “Do you want me, Lupe?”

  Sheila nodded, throat dry.

  Airek bit her neck, and with his free hand slapped her ass one more time. “You must answer me. I cannot proceed if I do not know your desires, Lupe.” He blew gently into her ear and knew that she was wet and needy.

  Sheila was desperate for his touch. She gave him a defiant look. “Are you going to fuck me or just talk me to death?” She gasped when Airek pressed the entire length of his body against her and flattened her to the bed. The mattress muffled her cries of pleasure.

  “You must learn obedience. Your behavior is shockingly inappropriate.” Airek rubbed himself against her back and reached around her to cup her heavy breasts. He teased her nipples hard and pinched the buds, delighting in her cries.

  “Please,” Sheila cried out.

  “Please what?”

  Sheila gasped when she felt Airek's teeth at her neck. “Please, I need you, please.”

  Airek smiled, satisfied. “Since you asked so nicely,” He flipped her over easily. He bit her breast gently and rubbed his hand against her pussy fur; she was deliciously wet and enticing. “You smell like a Lupe in heat,” he murmured.

  Sheila's eyes had darkened considerably with her pleasure. “I am,” she said, right before she took his entire long, hard length in her hand and squeezed. She massaged his cock gently at first and then with more vigor; he was pulsing and growing gloriously harder in her hand. He smelled so good—sexy and primal. Her heart pounded and something deep inside of her longed to find out if he tasted as good as he smelled. She didn't know where it came from, but she wanted him. She wanted him with such ferocity it shook her to her very core.

  Smiling, Sheila dropped her head to his shoulder and scraped her teeth across his heavy muscles. She laved him with her tongue, tasting the tang of sweat and man, before biting down with her incisors.

  Airek groaned low in his throat. The feeling of Sheila's teeth on his flesh was incredible. Mimicking her, he bit her neck, just hard enough to leave shallow marks and cause tremors to race through her. He pressed his finger lightly against her pussy and traced the lips teasingly. He ignored her cries and gentle pleas and continued with his heavenly assault. “You must earn your reward,” His tone was teasing but his eyes were dark with heady need.

  Sheila swallowed and scooted down his body. She traced his dime-sized nipples with her tongue and bit each one gently. When he shuddered she smiled. His cock jumped against her leg and Sheila felt lightheaded. She forced herself to remain focused. She worried his nipple with her tongue and felt it harden beneath her. Sheila was delighted to discover that he, too, had sensitive nipples. “Have I earned it yet?” She asked impishly.

  Airek dug his hands into her hair and pulled her head back. He looked into her eyes and shook his head slowly back and forth. He licked his lips and watched as her avid eyes followed the movement of his tongue. “Do you remember what I said I wanted, earlier?”

  Sheila began to shake her head no and stopped, then smiled devilishly. Without a word she placed her hands on his shoulders and pushed him away. Airek obliged and fell back easily. He lay on his back, arms crossed behind his head, eyes challenging. Sheila ran her tongue lightly across her lips, wetting them enticingly. She bent over him, hair fanning his thighs and took his cock within her mouth.

  The taste of him was musky, salty sweet, and she loved it. He was so smooth and hard within her mouth, and as she worked her tongue around him he grew even harder. She could feel each pulse, each vein straining for release and she knew that it would not be much longer. She gently cupped his balls and increased her suction. Her head bobbed as she quickened her ministrations and her pussy began to drip shamelessly.

  The moment Sheila's mouth encompassed his cock, Airek groaned. It was better than he had imagined. His Lupe's mouth was unbelievably hot and wet. She ran her tongue around his cock head, licking and sucking, right before she swooped down to take him completely to the root. Airek had not imagined she would be able to fit him entirely within her small, delicate mouth, but here she was, swallowing him whole, throat working convulsively around his shaft.

  “Enough.” he could barely speak, his voice hoarse with longing. He yanked Sheila up, ignoring her protests and pressed her back against the bed. He would not come without her. There was time enough later to see his seed bathing her body, now he needed to feel her around him. “We have both earned this,” Airek said before plunging his cock deeply within her dripping pussy. They groaned together.

  Sheila locked her legs immediately around Airek's waist and rose up to meet his demanding thrusts. She could feel sweat popping up on her forehead and grew increasingly wetter as Airek took his pleasure with her. Her pussy was on fire; Airek stretched her to the limit, and it felt like paradise. She could feel her muscles contracting wildly and knew that she had to come and she had to come soon. She ground her teeth together and bunched his shoulder muscles within her hands. “More,” Sheila cried. And she thrust her pelvis tighter against him.

  Airek met each of her body's demands threefold. He kneaded her full and aching breasts, leaning down to lick and to suck her hard nipples. Slipping a finger within her pussy he caressed her clit as his cock speared in and out of her aching body. He took each one of her cries into his mouth.

  “Too much,” Sheila gasped and wrenched her mouth free of his. Her breaths came out in short, desperate pants.

  Airek bit her ear. “Not enough,” he said and grabbed her buttocks in his hands and ground her against him.

  Sheila screamed as each of her inner muscles spasmed and quivered. She was coming. “I'm, oh God, I'm…”

  “Yes, my beautiful Lupe, come for me.” Airek sank his teeth into her neck and heard her cry out in pleasure. The moment her blood washed over his tongue and bathed his mouth his cock stiffened, jumped and exploded his seed within her shaking body. They lay spent, a tangle of pulsing, quivering limbs.

  *


  Sheila's tongue was thick and dry; her pussy still clenched around Airek's now-slack cock. Her heart pounded furiously within her chest and her vision was blurry. The loud buzzing in her ears made her deliciously lethargic. She reached up and touched her neck, then drew her hand back and frowned when she saw the blood. “Do you think you could fuck me without biting me? I'm losing precious liquid here. I'm not a blood bank.”

  “I could, however the sex is better when I bite you.” Airek licked his lips. “Do not try to tell me that you do not enjoy my bite.”

  A sly smile graced her face. “You sure you're a werewolf and not a vampire?” she asked.

  Airek couldn't keep his laughter at bay. “Vampires are not the only species that enjoy blood and flesh.”

  She blanched. “You're not telling me that vampires exist, are you?”

  “What do you think, my Lupe? You now know that shifters exist, that the Loopin are real. Can you not answer your own question?”

  Sheila nodded slowly. The wheels in her head spun at lightning speed. This was a lot to digest. “Are all the bites going to scar?”

  Airek shook his head. “Rarely do Loopin bite marks scar, Sheila-mine. We have amazing recuperative powers.” His eyes grew hot and Sheila shivered. “Only the one will scar.”

  Sheila looked down immediately to her chest. The teeth marks that rested in her flesh above her heart had indeed scarred over. The mark was pink, slightly blue and puffy. She swallowed when she realized that this was no ordinary scar. The scar came clearly from a pair of teeth, a large pair of teeth. “Is this like some sort of brand?”

  “Exactly,” Airek said with a smile.

  “Nice and barbaric,” Sheila muttered.

  Airek shrugged. “It is our way. All must know whom you belong to. Now that I have marked you all will know that you belong to the Alpha of the Loopin.” He traced the mark gently with his hand. “My mark, my Lupe.”

  “Listen buddy,” Sheila began, “just because we're uh, sort of sleeping together and you've sunk your teeth, amongst other things, into me, does not mean that you're my keeper.”

  Airek's eyes grew stormy. “It means exactly that, Sheila-mine. You are my Lupe, mine to protect, and mine to have for always. We are intrinsically bound to one another now; to harm one is to harm the other. You will always feel me here.” Airek placed Sheila's hand over his heart. “We are one, forever.”

  Sheila swallowed. Forever was a very long time.

  “Nonetheless, it is true.”

  She glared at him. “Stay out of my mind.”

  “I will inevitably share your mind.”

  “But you can keep out of it, right?”

  Airek laughed. “Why would I want to?”

  “To give me some damn privacy.” Sheila rubbed her eyes. “This is all very new to me, Airek. Please, can't you just try to give me a little privacy?”

  Airek rubbed her back and worked the knots from her shoulders. “Wolves crave closeness. Did you know that, Sheila? The Pack is very close. We have no secrets from one another. We often sleep together, just to feel the warmth of one another's bodies. I told you before, privacy is rare amongst wolves.”

  “But I'm not a wolf.” Sheila said quietly.

  “Not yet.”

  Sheila said nothing, but knew her eyes showed the extent of her fear and confusion.

  Airek sighed. “Perhaps you need to see the workings of the Pack.” He pulled her to her feet.

  Sheila gasped. “Now?”

  “What better time?”

  “But I have no clothes.” She protested.

  Airek laughed. “Loopin rarely wear clothes, they are a hindrance. Only when we are in human cities do we put on the trappings of humans, to blend in. Otherwise, our bodies are beautiful.” Airek ran his hand over her full breast and watched her nipple pebble beneath his light touch. “Your body is beautiful.”

  She blushed furiously. “Uh, thanks. That doesn't mean I want total strangers ogling me.”

  Airek smiled and hugged her to him. “They could never be strangers, Sheila-mine. They are your family now. We are Pack.” Airek dragged her to the door and flung it open. “Greet your family.”

  Sheila was rooted to the spot in shock. In front of her were a dozen or so naked men and women of various ethnicities. They all stared at her with an intensity that was positively frightening.

  Airek knew that his Lupe was scared. She stood, stiff as stone, eyes wide and mouth slack. He had not meant to frighten her. He hadn't intended to spring the entire Pack on her at once. But his people would not be denied. They knew that their Alpha had taken a mate and they were eager to meet her. He knew that his Pack members would not understand Sheila's reluctance and fear. They did not realize yet that she was still more human than wolf.

  He brought her gently down the porch. “This is my Lupe. This is Sheila.”

  Sheila still could not speak past her fear. What did Airek expect her to do? How was she to greet these people?

  “Welcome to our circle, Sheila, Lupe to our Alpha.” The woman who spoke was lovely, with wide almond-shaped eyes, honey-hued skin and a heart-shaped mouth. She was slight of build, with pert breasts, an impossibly small waist and perfectly tapered legs. “I am Sira, and this is my mate, Thane.” The woman gestured and a large man stepped up.

  Sheila nodded her greeting. Thane was almost as large as Airek. But where Airek was broad shouldered and lean, like a soccer player, Thane was built more like a linebacker. He was handsome, with chiseled features and a mane of thick auburn hair and was staring at Sira adoringly.

  “Is your Lupe mute, then?” A man standing in the center of the group asked.

  Airek scowled fiercely at him, but ignored his question, and turned to Sheila. “Will you not greet your family, Sheila?” He placed his large, warm hands on her shoulder. She relaxed instantly.

  Sheila dropped back into Airek's embrace and swallowed several times. “He … hello, it is nice to meet you all.” She stopped when she saw the baffled expressions on their faces. She inwardly groaned, she had to have done something wrong.

  Airek smiled. He addressed the group. “Sheila is my Lupe, but she is unfamiliar with our ways, our traditions. You will have to be patient with her.”

  Sheila frowned. She didn't like people talking about her as if she weren't there. It bugged her, big time.

  Airek was oblivious to Sheila's disapproving glare and continued. “Can we show Sheila how we greet the Lupe of a Pack?”

  Sheila instinctively backed up into Airek when each naked person advanced on her. A tremor shot through her when Sira came to stand but a foot away. The beautiful woman was staring at her expectantly. Sheila swallowed. What the heck was she supposed to do?

  “Proceed.” Airek said softly.

  Sira walked forward until she was but a breath away from Sheila. She smiled and pressed her face forward, rubbing her nose against Sheila's nose. She then licked Sheila's neck, causing her to shiver, this time not from fear. Sira grinned and turned to Airek. “Your mate is beautiful.”

  Airek nodded.

  One by one each member of the Pack rubbed their noses against Sheila's nose and licked her neck. After they were done they came to stand in a semicircle around Airek and Sheila. Sheila blushed when she realized her nipples were hard and her palms were sweating.

  Airek smiled when he saw his Lupe's delightfully flushed skin. It seemed as if his Lupe would be a fast study. She obviously enjoyed their greeting.

  “Will we hunt this night?” Sira asked.

  “Yes, we must teach Sheila the ways of the hunt.”

  Sheila turned to him. “Hunt?”

  Airek smiled. “But of course, there is always prey to stalk. We are the Loopin, Sheila-mine, we must hunt.”

  “Hunt for what?”

  Airek's eyes widened and he laughed. He laughed all the harder when he saw Sheila's disgruntled look. “I do not mean to laugh at you, my love, but you sound as though you fear we will attack human babies in their beds.”
He shook his head. “We stalk animal prey, Lupe. It is tradition that the night a new mate is claimed we have a hunt, it is most anticipated.”

  Sheila saw the feral look in the men and women's eyes and knew that what Airek said was truth. They all were dying for a hunt. She cringed at the thought. It would be like killing Bambi.

  “Bambi is a fictional character, Sheila-mine; you feel sympathy for a creature that does not exist?”

  She ground her teeth. She was going to have to break Airek of the habit of spying on her thoughts. She believed that he had more self-control; he had to be able to keep out of her mind. She was determined to have her privacy yet. “I just don't like, uh, killing things.” She shuddered. “I never even liked guns, I think they're foul.”

  Airek nodded. “We do not approve of guns either, Sheila. Firearms of any sort are, in a sense, cheating.”

  That made sense to Sheila. Of course they would not approve of guns. But still, hunting? It gave her the creeps. “You don't expect me to uh, come along, do you?”

  “Of course you will come; the hunt is in your honor.”

  “Oh goodie.” Sheila said dryly.

  “She mocks our ways.” The same man, who had spoken out against Sheila before, said.

  Airek moved Sheila behind him and came to face the bitter-faced man. “Kristoff, I am fast losing my patience with you. You have twice spoken where you ought not to have, and both times you have spoken with ill intent towards my Lupe. If this behavior continues we will have to settle this in some other manner,” Airek's eyes gleamed brightly, “in a manner more fitting wolves.”

  The man, Kristoff, glared at Airek. “You are the one whose behavior is shocking; you kill your own cousin over a woman?”

  Airek stiffened at the mention of his cousin. “How did you know Rex and I fought over Sheila?” Airek's voice was deadly sharp.

  Kristoff flushed and for the first time he looked away. “It … it was obvious that you went in search of your mate. I just assumed…” His voice trailed off.

  “You are a very poor liar, Kristoff, but then you always were. I have known for some time what you and Rex have been planning. Make no mistake, I am still Alpha of this Pack, and you, you are nothing but rogue.”