Shifters, Beasts, and Monsters

by Aya Fukunishi, Linda Barlow, Elixa Everett, Virginia Wade, Savannah Reardon, Skye Eagleday, Giselle Renarde, Jessi Bond, Natalie Deschain, Audrey Grace, Francis Ashe, J. E.

  Zane’s pelt was the blackest of the group, matching his raven locks. His cool ice eyes melted to silver, and his tall, muscular body transformed into the largest of the werewolves. His roar sounded loudly in Nikki’s ears as their transformations neared completion.

  Nikki fell to all fours and Zane’s hand slipped from hers.

  Come, Zane’s voice sounded in her head. The first time she’d heard one of the member’s voices in her head, she’d yelped. It took a few moments for her primal brain to understand the family communicated telepathically in wolf form. She couldn’t speak with anyone, only a wolf who was within a few feet of her. Over time, she’d learned to focus enough that her thoughts didn’t broadcast to everyone within range but only to the person to which it was directed.

  Growling low in her throat, she followed Zane and she knew the rest of the family brought up the rear. For hours, they simply ran. Stretching their legs and muscles and thundering as one through the trees and splashing through streams. As the night grew late, couples splintered from the pack, some to hunt and some to copulate. Nikki knew Sara and Adam would be doing both with their cubs as they needed to be initiated fully into the ways of the family.

  Nikki stopped when she realized Zane was no longer ahead of her. She knew he was near because she smelled him. He hadn’t given any orders to hunt, so she waited. She sensed him a moment before his body fell onto hers. The mating was purely primal, he mounted her from behind and claimed her as his. Human foreplay didn’t exist in this form. The male took what he wanted from the female, and she let him.

  She remained on all fours while his claws dug into her muscular shoulders. Howling loudly, she pushed back to meet him as when cock rammed into her pussy. He fucked her relentlessly. Zane roared and held onto her tightly as he pounded into her. Nikki gripped the rocky dirt with her claws, the powerful thrusts threatening to send her toppling to the ground. Her tight pussy muscles gripped his cock while he continued to slam into her. She could hear Zane growling low in his throat as he fucked her.

  Nikki could hear the yips, growls, and howls of the other members of the family, and she knew they weren’t the only couple giving in to the frenzy of lust that gripped them each time the moon shone in the sky. Being horny was a constant condition as a werewolf, but it was especially strong during the full moon phases. Zane’s teeth nipped at her neck, and she yowled in response. Digging her claws deeper into the earth, she worked her hips, pushing back to meet Zane’s thrusts and fucking herself on his large cock. He stiffened and threw back his head and howled. His come flowed from her pussy as he slammed deep into her and emptied his seed. He nipped at her before withdrawing his cock from her pussy.

  “Hunt!” his voice commanded, and Nikki followed the scent of the herd of deer she’d smelled when she arrived at the cabin. Once she’d tracked them down, Zane jumped in the middle of the herd, his teeth and claws slashing and tearing into the succulent meat. He ripped out the heart of the buck and offered it to Nikki. She’d learned long ago to no longer be sickened by what she did as a wolf, and she gladly took the gift from Zane and savored the tasty treat. After their bellies were full, they padded down to the stream and washed up, cleansing the blood of the massacre from their fur.

  Zane settled on a rock by the stream and Nikki lay beside him, her body fitting into the curve of his. It would be sun-up soon, and Nikki could feel the essence of the animal draining from her as she drifted off to sleep.

  Chapter Three

  Nikki woke to the warmth of the sun streaming through the trees and onto her naked skin. She also felt the heat from Zane’s body spooning hers. She didn’t realize he was awake until his fingers began to trace patterns on her belly. Rolling to face him, she smiled and reached out to brush a raven curl from his face. His ice blue eyes still held the slightest trace of silver and they glinted in the sunlight.

  “Do you have any idea how much I want you?” he whispered.

  She wiggled slightly against the hard cock pressing into her stomach and laughed. “I can feel it.”

  “I’m not just talking about sex, Nikki. I’ve felt it since the first moment you joined the family. There’s something between us. Something that defies description.”

  Nikki propped up on one elbow and stared down at the leader of her pack. “What are you telling me, Zane? You have to be totally clear on this.”

  “It’s going to happen soon,” he stated instead of answering her question. “She’s not going to wait for you to challenge her. She’s going to attack first. You need to be ready.”

  Nikki remained silent for a moment, knowing the words he spoke were true but wanting more from him than what he’d given her. “Zane…”

  “I’m not big on sharing emotions, Nik, you know that.” He rolled onto his back, and his cock pointed toward the trees at their heads.

  “That’s not good enough, Zane. This is too important.”

  “I want you to win. Is that good enough?”

  “Not quite.”

  He turned his head towards her, his eyes piercing through hers. “I want you as my alpha female. I love you, Nikki. Sara never compared to you. Never… and she knows it.”

  Nikki felt a tremor of fear run through her. “She’s going to kill me.”

  Zane bolted to a sitting position and grabbed Nikki’s hands. “No! Don’t for one minute think that way. Of course, she will try, but you have the advantage.”

  “How?”

  “She’s an emotional fighter. You’re a thinker. Besides, you’ve got an instinct she lacks. I can’t explain it. It’s just something I feel. She never fully embraced her wolf nature. You have.”

  “Is that why you love me instead of her?”

  “It may be part of it, but it runs far deeper than that.” Zane cupped her chin. “When the time comes, use your instincts. Trust them.” He pulled her into his lap and wrapped his large arms around her. “It’s going to be okay. You’ll beat her.”

  Nikki rested her chin on his broad shoulder and began to relax in the safety of Zane’s embrace. Her eyes swept over the trees surrounding them and her body suddenly stiffened as she spied a naked form a moment before it slipped behind a tree.

  “What is it?”

  “Sara. She’s watching us.”

  “I know. I smelled her some time ago. It doesn’t matter. She’s not going to see anything she doesn’t already know.”

  Chapter Four

  Nikki picked up her clothes from the great room floor while members of the pack milled about and chatted. She picked her way through the various bodies lying in the floor as she headed to one of the bedrooms to get dressed in private. Before she managed to extricate herself from the crowd in the great room, she found her path barred by Sara. The alpha-female grabbed Nikki by the arms and flung her around so that her back slammed up against the paneled wall.

  “You forget your place,” she hissed. “Zane belongs to me.”

  Nikki held her tongue. She knew a show-down was inevitable, but she felt this wasn’t the time and place for it.

  “I think you need to be taught a lesson.” Sara grabbed Nikki by the hair and dragged her to the middle of the great room. Nikki fought the urge to twist from her grip. She knew Sara intended to take her down a peg. In the hierarchy of the pack, Nikki had to grit her teeth and bear it unless she planned to challenge Sara at that very moment… which she had no desire to do. She’d take whatever Sara had to dish out. It wouldn’t make any difference in the long run. Zane had declared his love for her, and Sara would soon realize alpha-female theatrics in front of the pack wouldn’t change a thing.

  Sara did not make a statement to the group; she simply shoved Nikki’s head towards her knees so that her ass stuck up in the air. With speed borne of wolven instinct, she brought her hand flat against Nikki’s cheeks. A sharp smack sounded in the air, and Nikki bit her lip to keep from crying out. A soft murmur floated through the great room as the action grabbed the attention of the pack. By the time the fifth slap landed on
Nikki’s now red ass, tears trickled down her cheeks, but she remained silent. She would not give Sara the satisfaction by making a sound. Her ass burned with each smack of Sara’s hand, but she did not give in. Her teeth left an indention in her bottom lip from the effort of staying silent. After the tenth slap, Sara realized she would not make Nikki cry out, so she switched tactics.

  Dragging her once again by the hair, Sara led Nikki to the couch where she settled onto the cushions and spread her bare legs. “Eat me, and do a good job. I expect one fantastic orgasm.”

  Nikki gritted her teeth and frowned before getting on her knees before the alpha female. Unless she wanted to challenge Sara right then and there, which she didn’t, she would have to do as Sara commanded. It wasn’t the first time Sara had used sex to humiliate her after some perceived wrong-doing on Nikki’s part.

  “Get busy, bitch,” Sara growled when Nikki hesitated a moment too long.

  Nikki frowned once more but bent to her task as Sara’s hands grabbed her by the hair and pushed Nikki’s face between her legs. With Sara’s grip holding her in place, Nikki figured the best thing she could do was do a good job and get it over with as quick as possible.

  Nikki ran her tongue over the alpha female’s silky folds. She groaned when Nikki found the hard little pebble of her clit and circled it with slow strokes. She lapped at the bud, coaxing it to swell beneath her tongue. As Sara’s breathing grew heavier, Nikki pushed a finger into the wet warmth of her pussy. Sara flexed her hips in response and ground her pussy against Nikki’s face. As Nikki licked, she felt a surge of electricity run through her body. Zane had entered the room. She knew it, even though she couldn’t see him.

  She knew Zane would not intervene since Sara still held the place of highest honor in the pack. She returned her attention to the task at hand and redoubled her efforts. She thrust a second finger into Sara’s pussy and was rewarded by a sharp intake of breath as she curled her fingers and rubbed the spongy spot on the front wall of Sara’s cunt. She pressed and stroked hard on Sara’s g-spot while her tongue swept across the swollen bud of her clit.

  Feeling Sara’s legs tense around her head, Nikki drove her fingers deep into Sara’s pussy, causing the woman to cry out with pleasure. She alternated between deep strokes and stimulating Sara’s g-spot as her tongue continued to lash against her engorged clit. Sara began to tremble and her fingers dug into Nikki’s hair and release claimed her. Nikki felt her pussy ripple around her fingers and her clit pulse beneath her tongue as Sara’s cries rang out in the great room. Nikki continued her ministrations until the sounds faded and Sara sagged against the couch.

  Without a word, Nikki rose to her feet, her eyes gazing around the room until they locked on the deep ice blue eyes. She walked straight to Zane and wrapped her arms around his torso. Having no doubt that Sara watched her every move, Nikki stood on her tip toes and pressed her lips against his. Zane responded immediately by pulling her close and darting his tongue between her lips. He kissed her hard, letting his tongue dance with hers for what seemed an eternity before pulling away. Nikki smiled at him before turning in his arms and staring defiantly at Sara. She wanted the message to be loud and clear. Nothing Sara had just done would sway Nikki away from Zane.

  Chapter Five

  “It looks like you’re in big trouble.”

  Nikki looked up at Rachel and smiled ruefully. “What else is new? Sara’s always on my back.”

  Rachel settled down on the floor beside where Nikki lounged by the fire. “Rightfully, she has reason to be.”

  “Oh come on Rachel, you know that doesn’t make any difference with Sara. Anybody Zane beds gets hit by her wrath. She doesn’t care that it’s his honor as leader of the pack to physically claim who he wishes.”

  “True. It’s one of the reasons why she’s not the greatest alpha, but we’ve had this conversation before.”

  Nikki considered Rachel her best friend, inside and outside the pack. Most of the pack tended to hang together even away from the cabin, except for the new ones, and they eventually learned pack members made the best friends because they understood the changes to their personalities and the fluctuations of their moods. Once they were released after their first change, most cubs tried to go back to their old lives, but it rarely worked. Humans tended to shy away from them, even if they had been the best of friends before the turn. It happened with their families too, and often the pack ended up being the only family the majority of them had. She and Rachel shared an apartment in a complex owned by Zane. Most of the units were occupied by pack members.

  “Things have changed.”

  Rachel’s eyebrow lifted and she shifted closer to Nikki. “How?”

  “Because now I know how Zane feels about me. You know that’s all I waited for.”

  “And I told you all along what the answer was.”

  “Yes, I know, but I had to hear it from him.”

  “So you’re going to challenge her?”

  “No. At least, I don’t think so. I plan to wait for her to come after me. I’m hoping her earlier retribution will buy me some time to prepare.”

  “Don’t count on it after that display by you and Zane afterward.”

  “I couldn’t help it. She pissed me off. Besides, Zane is irresistible.”

  “You’ll be a great alpha.”

  “You act like I’ve already won. It’s not going to be that easy. Sara’s powerful.”

  “Power isn’t everything. You’ve got to have cunning and strategy. She has none when it comes to fighting and you know it.”

  “And yet she’s won every challenge made against her.”

  Rachel shook her head. “Come on Nik, be reasonable. She’s never had to fight anyone who was a real threat to her. It was always some new cub with stars in her eyes for Zane. This is different. This is you we are talking about. You’ve been a wolf longer than Sara. The only reason you aren’t alpha now is because you were brought into the pack under Zane’s protection after your sire challenged him and lost. Besides, you’ve won as many fights as she has, and you have the advantage.”

  “What advantage?”

  “You’re smart. You don’t just jump in without thought. Even as you fight, you analyze. Besides, you fully embrace the lupine part of your soul. She doesn’t. It’s no secret she hates what she is. It’s a hindrance you can use.”

  “That’s what Zane said.”

  “Well there you go. If he believes it, then you definitely should.”

  “She’s fought to the death though. I haven’t. Every pack member I have challenged has surrendered before we reached that point.”

  “That’s only because you gave them the choice. You’ve never challenged anyone to a death fight. In my eyes, that just reinforces the fact you’d be a better leader than Sara. For her, it’s all about the kills. For you, it’s more about the honor.”

  Nikki rolled over onto her back and stared at the wooden cross beams of the ceiling. “I just hope she waits. I need some time to think about the best way to fight her.”

  “And in the meantime, she still has Zane.”

  “Not really. Not anymore. Technically, she’s still alpha, but his heart is mine. For now, the knowledge is enough. I don’t have to act like an animal all the time.” She grinned and stuck her tongue out at Rachel.

  Rachel laughed and then pounced playfully onto Nikki, the two women rolling around the floor and wrestling. Nikki gained the upper hand, and she planted her knees on either side of Rachel’s hips and bent over her friend. Before she could speak, she smelled Zane. Cocking her head to the side, she saw him approach.

  He crouched down and ran a fingertip along Nikki’s jaw. “You two have probably just incited an orgy with all of the pheromones you’re throwing around.”

  “It wouldn’t be the first time,” Rachel quipped.

  “Nor I imagine the last. An orgy is a good a way as any to complete the initiation of the cubs into the pack. However, I have plans for the two of you that do
not include a roomful of others.” Nikki shivered from the waves of lust emanating from the alpha-male. His blue eyes smoldered as they swept over the two women. “You’re going to finish what you’ve started, but you’re going to do it in my room.”

  Nikki rose and grabbed Rachel by the shoulders and hauled her to her feet. “You need to pounce on me more often. This is going to be fun.” She shoved Rachel toward the stairs and followed her friend to Zane’s room.

  Zane stood by the bed, a set of handcuffs dangling from his fingers. “Now who should I lock up?” His feral eyes swept over the two women. “Both of you have been very naughty getting the pack all riled up into a sexual frenzy. Hmm, maybe I should lock both of you up.”

  Nikki shivered at the idea of being restrained, and she sensed Rachel felt the same.

  “Both of you take off your clothes and lie on the bed on your backs.”

  Once Nikki and Rachel had complied with his order, Zane knelt beside Nikki and grabbed her left hand. He slapped the cuff around her wrist and then snaked the other cuff through the iron bar on the headboard. He snapped it onto Rachel’s right wrist.

  “Now you can move around some, but you can’t get away.” Zane yanked his shirt up over his head and then shucked off his pants in one fluid motion and climbed onto the bed beside Nikki. His hands roamed over her skin, sliding up over knees and curving in to caress her thighs. As he moved higher, she parted her legs, inviting his touch. He grinned at her protest as he detoured around her mound and trailed his fingers over her flat stomach. She arched her back as he neared her breasts, but once again, her movements came to naught. His hand slid up her sides and passed over her collar bone before he placed one finger on her lips and traced the outline of them.

  Nikki darted her tongue out to flick at Zane’s finger. He pressed between her open lips and she sucked him in, swirling her tongue around his finger. As he moved his finger in and out of her mouth, she gave him a look that let him know just how much she wanted another part of his anatomy between her lips.