by Terra Wolf
“What gives? This guy had it comin’!”
Ultan smiled. “I bet he did, but I would prefer that ya let me handle this.” When we both turned around to face the jackass that I almost punched, he was gone.
“Now look what you made me do! He's gone.”
“That worries me more than it worries ya I'm afraid.” Ultan looked around the bar concerned. When his eyes settled back on me his lips curled into a smile. “Ya look nice. Real nice.”
I chewed on my lower lip. The adrenaline still running through my body.
“Come with me.”
He took my hand and pulled me to the back of the bar toward the bathrooms. Secretly I was hoping we weren’t just going to talk.
The bathroom had two stalls and a separate sink with a large counter and mirror. I looked at myself in the reflection as Ultan snaked his hands behind me to lock the door.
He wasted no time and crushed his lips into mine. I grabbed the bottom of his shirt and I quickly pulled it off of him. Why was it that even though he made me question everything about my life, that I also wanted him so bad it hurt?
His hard muscles were even better than I imagined. He slowly started to move me back towards the counter and lifted me up. Luckily I had decided to wear a dress and I was easily able to wrap my legs around his hips.
Ultan moved his hands down my body and slowly pushed them up the hem of my dress. Every touch of his left a trail of fire over my body and I could not wait for him to be inside of me. His strong hands ran up my thigh and slowly started to tease me by flicking the elastic on my lace thong. I felt shivers run through my body in anticipation of his touch.
He moved his face down and started to kiss and gently bite my neck. He moved his fingers underneath my thong and lightly grazed his fingers over my slickness.
“You are so wet,” he growled.
The rasp in his voice only made me want him more, and I tightened my legs around his hips. He trailed his kisses down my collar bone down to the straps of my dress and he slowly removed them. Ultan moved his mouth down to my bra line as he used his thumb to slowly rub my clit and pushed his fingers inside me. A rush of pleasure ran through my body as I rolled my hips on his hand.
He moved his left hand around my back and unclasped my strapless bra and pushed my dress down to my waist. He cupped my breast and gently started to suck on my nipple. I let out a slightly moan and I heard him chuckle. He started to move his thumb and his fingers a bit faster inside me. I felt the tingling sensation start to build and I knew that he would soon take me over the edge.
He grazed his teeth lightly across my nipple and added a second finger inside me.
“Oh God Ultan,” I said as I felt the tingling sensation explode across my body. I let out a load moan as I felt the release of my orgasm.
“Keep coming Paige,” he grunted as he pulled my body closer to his. He pulled his hands from me and unbuckled his pants and pulled down the zipper. He quickly pulled me off the counter and turned my around so I was facing the mirror. I heard his pants drop to the floor and I let out a loud moan when I felt his hard length push into me. I grabbed the counter for support as he used my dress that was still around my waist to pull my body toward his.
Ultan pumped his hips into mine and with each thrust, I felt a pressure begin to grow. He tangled his fingers in my hair and gently pulled my head back which pushed me towards my breaking point. With another hard thrust Ultan threw me over the edge and I let out load moans as I felt my whole body release and melt into his.
He flipped me around again, and crushed his lips into mine. He then picked me up and wrapped my legs around his hips as and pushed my back up towards the bathroom stall. I threw my hands up and grabbed to the top of the stall for leverage and tightened my legs around his waist. He grabbed my hips and started to pump inside me again. I felt the stall wall start to rattle, but I didn’t care. All I wanted was him deeper inside me.
The door handle to the bathroom started to jiggle.
“Someone’s in here!” I cried out, and I heard Ultan start to laugh. The woman outside started to pound on the door. Ultan thrust his hips up inside me and held them there. He moved his mouth to my ear.
“Looks like we have to end this soon,” he said.
“Screw her,” I said and I rolled my hips onto his. He let out a low growl and pulled my legs from around his waist and flipped me around. I continued to hold the top of the stall as I arched my back, thrusting my hips up to meet his. He pushed inside me and wrapped his right hand around my waist.
He used his fingers to rub my clit as he grabbed onto my hips guiding himself inside me. I felt the pressure start to mount again with his touch. His fingers started to move faster with his hips and I knew that I would not be able to last much longer. I turned my head back towards him.
“I want you to come with me,” I said. He let out a growl as he nodded and pushed his hips harder into me. I felt my whole body start to shake and I knew I could not hold the pressure any longer. I felt him move faster behind me and I let myself fall over the edge. Load moans escaped my lips and I felt myself tighten around him. He let out loud grunt and I felt him release. My orgasm grew stronger feeling him release with me.
We dressed quickly and we left the bathroom at the same time. Some blonde gave me a nasty look as she went in behind us. Oops.
Ultan walked with me but stopped midway to the door. He looked worried.
“I think it's time that ya and yer little friend went home.”
Unfortunately, I’d now had just a bit too much to drink and was in the mood to party. Besides Ultan didn't own me and he wasn't going to tell me what to do. It didn’t matter what just happened in the bathroom. Or that I wanted it to happen again.
“Forget it. Your buddy Dave ditched Joy. Oh my God, Joy. Where is she? Shit I’m a terrible friend.” I began to walk away, but Ultan caught my arm for the second time tonight.
“Ya need to stay with me, we’ll find her together.”
“Why?”
“I saved yer arse back there. Ya don’t know what he's capable of. Ya may have at one time, but not anymore.” He looked at me, rolled his eyes and began to walk away, but this time I caught up with him.
“What's that supposed to mean?”
He sat down at one of the small tables and a waitress came up to him, smiling like a giddy schoolgirl. Apparently she was also on the Ultan train and he did look good tonight in his leather jacket, it gave him this bad boy appeal. He ordered “the black stuff,” and looked past me towards the door. But I wasn't going to let him get away that easy, I wanted answers.
I waved my hands in front of his stone like face. “Hello? I said what is that supposed to mean? I need to find Joy! Let’s go.”
He acknowledged me and allowed his cool gray eyes to linger on my chest. Finally he said, “What's what supposed to mean Paige?”
“What's it supposed to mean that I used to know him? I have no idea who that guy is. All that I know is that he came in here tonight with some slut that was hanging all over Dave. He was supposed to be Joy's date, not hers. And you were supposed to be mine!” It slipped out before I had the chance to stop it. Right there in the middle of the sleazy bar was my jealously. I was envious of the redhead, the waitress, and any other girl Ultan laid eyes on.
Lucky for me, he didn’t catch the last part. “Natalia is here? Where did ya see her last?” He got up from his seat and began frantically looking around the bar. Maybe she's a crazy ex-girlfriend or something, I didn't know, but for the first time Ultan looked truly afraid.
“Do you know them?”
“Ya don't?” He looked at me inquisitively almost like I was a puzzle that he was trying to figure out. “Yer Gran really hasn't told you anything has she?”
I shrugged. “I guess not.”
“She truly thinks she’s protecting ya. But she’s not. If they’re here she’s only putting ya in danger by not telling ya the truth.” He reached out and touched the pentagram
around my neck. I felt a warm sensation under his touch but I brushed it off.
“Okay Ultan, since you seem to know so much, why don’t you tell me what’s going on?”
“That guy that ya saw, he doesn’t look familiar to ya? Nothing about him strikes a chord?”
I thought back to the first day I saw him in town. How much I had thought that he looked like Nick, but after speaking with him I knew that he was nothing like him. Nick was sweet and calm, he would never be in a scuzzy place like this. Or with girls who stole other girl’s boyfriends. He hated drama, but his eyes, his eyes still looked like Nick’s.
But how would I explain that the Ultan? None of this seemed possible, it just made me feel even crazier. The whole point of this summer was to get back to normal, but suddenly things just seemed so strange here. I resigned myself to telling some of the truth, only because I believed it would gain me more answers.
“Well, I guess he kind of looks like this guy I used to date.”
Ultan raised his eyebrows on her. “Used to date, huh? I've heard it differently. Ya thought ya were going to marry Nick.”
“How do you know that?” I seethed.
“Yer Gran told me. Ya forget how close she and I are.” The waitress arrived with his beer and he paid her in cash, telling her to keep the change. It was a nice tip. He took a long swig and allowed the cold liquid to flow down his throat while I waited impatiently. He was playing a game, I could tell and I realized the only way to get any good information out of him was to play along.
“Fine Ultan, I’ll bite. Why does he look like Nick?”
Ultan set down his drink with a thud and looked directly at me, almost like he was sizing me up to see if I could handle what he was about to say. His mouth went into a thin line before he finally spoke. “Because lass, that is Nick.”
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About the Author - Terra Wolf
I love to write about romance that isn’t your typical love story. My books allow my imagination to run free and explore every possible idea I have. That makes writing less like a job and more like a fantasy come to life.
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Salem Shifters Three
Terra Wolf
The Salem Shifter Series (Formerly part of Discovery/ Summer in Salem)
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1
“You’re a damn liar. Don’t talk about things you don’t understand.”
“Paige?” I heard Joy behind me. “Paige can we go home?” She sounded far away like she was speaking in whispers. When I turned around I saw how red her cheeks were. Jesus, crying in the bathroom at a bar. This was not the classy Joy I knew.
“Yeah, wanna stay with me tonight?” I took her by the hand and led her to the door. I was angry at Ultan, but I wanted to kill Dave. You mess with my friends, you mess with me.
Upon arriving at the door Ultan stood in my way. “Move!” I yelled at him. Joy looked at me confused and unsure of what to do with herself.
Ultan held out his hands as if he were waving a white flag. “Paige I didn't mean to upset ya, but ya need to know the truth. Things aren't the way ya think they are.”
“I don't know what to think anymore, but what I do know is that I'm trying to leave right now and you're in my way, so move.” The words struck a chord and he slid to the side not looking like his casual self anymore. I guess perhaps he did care about what I thought of him and his sick joke wasn't something I was going to go along with. This time he had pushed too far.
When we got out to the car I realized that I’d been drinking too much to drive. Joy, on the other hand, had been smart and hadn't wallowed in her own self-pity at the bottom of the glass.
I was shaking when I sat down in the car. Between Dave and Ultan, the entire male gender had taken a serious nosedive tonight. But seeing the guy who looked like Nick? Being so smug and arrogant? It brought back all of the feelings of the night that he disappeared. Waking up the next morning to police officers knocking on my door asking me questions. Making me feel like I didn't know Nick at all. It wasn't fair, I promised myself that no one would make me feel like that ever again. But here I was having trouble strapping myself in with the seatbelt because of how hard my hands were shaking due to my emotions.
Joy put the car in drive and we sped off. She gave me a few seconds to relax before diving into the lengthy questions I knew she had been waiting to ask.
“What the hell happened back there? What was Dave doing with that girl? And then I come out of the bathroom and you’re screaming at Ultan.”
I shook my head. “Nothing. He’s just messing with my mind. I can’t take him sometimes.”
“Why? What happened? He didn't hurt you, did he?”
“No! Nothing like that. He just thought that playing some sick joke would be funny. Remember me telling you about my ex-boyfriend, Nick?”
Joy nodded, continuing to keep her eyes on the road. It was dark and had started to rain. I could tell she wanted to listen but she also had to focus on driving.
“He said that guy that I saw when we were shopping, the one I said looked familiar, was Nick.”
“No way!” She said, only taking her eyes off the road for a moment. But that's all that fate needed to intervene. Our tires couldn’t catch on the slippery pavement and we spun out of control. I watched the dark night spin around me and screamed until my lungs burned. I put my hands out in front of me and focused on my life. I do not want to die, I repeated in my head. I do not want to die! I felt warmth spread from the pentagram sitting on my chest flow out through my arms and into my hands. I opened my eyes for only a moment to see blue light extending from my fingertips into the air. The light stopped as our car came to a halt only mere inches from a tree. We were so close that I could see the moisture running down the bark from the rain. I took deep cleansing breaths trying to calm myself as I thought about all the other times I had been so lucky.
Things like this had happened to me many times in my life. My mom always said that someone like a guardian angel was watching over me. I rubbed my pentagram necklace, hoping that whoever it was would know I was saying thank you, as I had done probably a thousand times before. There was the time that the knife slipped in the kitchen and I should’ve lost a finger, but instead it just fell to the floor. Or when I was ten and playing on a slide that was too small for me and it came loose, I simply fell to the ground. No scrapes or bruises. My parents always just called me lucky, but maybe it was something else.
I stared down at my hands in amazement. Had I just saved us?
Joy began to panic. “Oh my God! Oh my God, are you okay? I am so sorry.”
She quickly checked herself, and then me, for any injuries, but we couldn't find any on either of us. When we got out to check the car it seemed fine too.
Joy began to pace outside of the car. We decided not to call 911 because everything seemed okay. She was in shock. I stopped her and put my hands on both of her shoulders to try to focus her.
“Joy! Hey Joy, what made you drive off the road? What did you see?” I had seen her turn her head just a split second before our almost crash.
Joy stopped as the realization dawned on her face as to why we
swerved. “There... There was a man near the road. Oh my God, there was a man near the road, Paige! We have to find him!”
She began looking back towards the darkened street, but neither of us saw anything. I stood shivering from the rain hitting my bare skin where my top was cut out.
“Did I hit him? Paige did I hit the guy?” Joy was frantic.
“No, I mean I don't remember that.” I didn't mention that I'd been a little more concerned about our own lives and the light coming from my hands that I hadn't even noticed the person on the road.
Just then a man stumbled from behind the trees, looking very dazed and confused. It only took us a second to realize that it was Dave, Joy's would-be date for the evening.
Joy ran to him, throwing her arms around him the moment she could. “Dave? What are you doing out here? We just saw you at the bar. With that girl.”
Dave looked so lost. “What girl? I was supposed to meet you. Were you there?”
Joy held his face between her hands as she searched his eyes for recognition. It seemed as though the past few hours hadn't happened for Dave as they had for us. Something weird was going on here.
“Dave, the girl in the bar. The redhead. Do you remember her?”
Dave just kept shaking his head. He looked muddy and disheveled.
“Joy,” I called, “Let’s just take him home.”
I sat in the back, so that way Dave could sit in the front seat with Joy. He was so dirty, almost looking as though he had crawled in the mud to get onto the road. I didn't want to confuse him further, but I needed answers.
