Full Moon on the Lake

by D. M. Angel

  Her knees buckled, he quickly stood to catch her as she came down, her muscles no longer able to keep her standing. Dressing her quickly he lowered himself to sit, pulling her into his lap, his hands closing her shirt as he placed her arms in front of her. Wiping the hair from her face, her eyes closed were unable to open. He caressed her soft face kissing her temple. Kissed her eyes. Her cheeks all while rubbing her back and arms. He would never get enough of her. She was the beauty of the world in a small package, dangerous to his sanity. He looked at her in wonder, confused. How could he have not known before that she was missing from his life? How could he have been so content?

  Slowly her eyes opened to look at him with wonder and confusion.

  The night ended too quickly as parents gather their sleepy children to go home. Daniela suddenly aware the music had stopped, stood shakily, her legs still like jello and moved around the cabin panicked. Jacob calmly followed watching her. The tables had been cleared, items packed up already, fidgeting she pulled away from Jacob. What had she done, how could she have let herself be controlled like that again? Was she just stupid? She swore she would never be controlled, by any man in any way. Yet Jacob played her and she…. She stopped her thoughts. Turning around she looked at Jacob; confused, warmth, love, need were all there in his face for her to read. She knew he saw the same thing in her face. Kate nervously wondering what she was supposed to do next. Looking around she saw Derrick talking to Kyla as they both walked over, hand in hand, to where Daniela stood lost next to Jacob.

  “Jacob, it is time to go.” Derrick announced when he was close enough to be heard over the departing pack. “Daniela offered a small hunters cabin for us to sleep in and that is where we are going to stay.” He turned away and kissed Kyla on the lips reminding her good-humoredly to whom she belonged. Looked at Jacob with a silent order and turned to leave.

  Jacob sighed and faced Daniela. Taking her face in his hands, kissed her soft and sweet, then reluctantly turned to follow.

  Daniela walked into the cabin chaotic at what had happen and stood staring at the one small bed, turned to Kyla in question. “I will take the couch if you want the bed.” She offered halfheartedly, her mind lost in thought. Just as there was a knock at the door awakening Kate from her dazed look and Eric walked in with a cot. She laughed uncomfortable mubbling, “Ok, I’ll take the cot.”

  Kyla laughed, “We are not fighting over who will sleep where; I will take the cot.” Kate grabbed the extra blankets and sheets from the trunk by the wall, grabbed up a pillow off the bed and laid them on the cot for Kyla. She was just too tired; too much in shocked to argue. She fell into bed after changing into her t-shirt and shorts with happy yet very confusing feelings of what had happened less than an hour before. Moreover, practically in public! Warmth spread across her face, as she turned red from the memory. Memory of those hands on her body, his mouth on her devouring her. Her fingers moved to her lips dreamily.

  “Jacob,” she whispered sleepily, the warmth of those lips she still felt pressed to hers as she fell asleep.

  6

  The following days continued with more of the same information as the day before. Lessons on pack life, which included the chain of command, Derrick and Kyla’s status, elder roles and mating. Someone was always at the cabin with her. Kate could tell they were not telling her everything but could not figure out what it could be. They crammed her mind with more information than she could have ever imagined. It left no time for her to be with Jacob, not that it would have been smart to be alone with him. Yet, she longed for his touch. Almost to pain she needed his touch. They explained that during a mating there was a never-ending pull to be with the other, yet something felt as though they were deliberately leaving something out, at least for now.

  Derrick and Jacob came every day in the late afternoon staying for dinner and then leaving again for the night. As the days went by, Daniela noticed Jacob becoming more and more agitated when it came time to leave. Tonight he seemed to get really angry, everything was going fine then abruptly Jacob got irritated suddenly unable to focus on what was going on. He was short-tempered with everyone including her. She tried to help calm him by holding his hand rubbing softly a crossed his palm but not even that seemed to help. He unexpectedly growled, and then grab her hand roughly.

  Derrick grabbed a hold of Jacob and they both went flying out the door. Moments later Daniela heard a lonely, mournful howl and looked at Kyla. The sound of that cry and the ones answering him back made her want to cry. She felt as if she needed to run out the door to find him, give him comfort, but she was not ready and she knew it would only make matters worse. She knew it was going to get bad from all the lessons she had been given, she had never really believed Jacob would lose control the way he did tonight.

  Thomas and Eric relieved Derrick when he came out of the cabin following Jacob as he changed and darted off into the forest. Nodding to the Alpha, they shifted and gave chase keeping an eye on him.

  Kyla walked out after a few minutes and leaned against Derrick for support. She rarely showed her emotions on the surface but Derrick could tell she needed his arms around her. “How are you doing babe’?” He asked as his arms wrapped tightly around her.

  “I miss you; this mating just makes it so much harder.” She laid her head on his chest, “I feel for the both of them, it feels almost like we are going through our mating all over again.” Derrick sighed in agreement.

  Serena came out of the shadows, smiling at her alphas, knocked on the cabin door and walked in smirking at the both of them as she closed the door. “I think she just told us to go play?” Kyla laughed.

  “Well let’s not disappoint the lady and not take her up on her offer.” Derrick replied smiling like a little boy about to steal a cookie from the cookie jar. Kyla took off around the corner stripping as she ran changing shape on the fly daring Derrick to catch her. She had gone several hundred yards when she heard Derrick’s howl accepting the challenge.

  It had been a week since they could run together, so it didn’t take long for Derrick to catch up nipping Kyla playfully on the leg as he pass her. She picked up speed to run beside him. They ran through the forest chasing the deer and other nighttime wild life feeling free to run, feeling the wind blow through their fur. They jumped over logs, through brush and over the river until they became exhausted. Stopping in a small glade they dropped and shifted into each other’s arms. Light from the moon shown down on them like a spotlight in a theater and they were the main focus of the play. The coolness of the night and the dew on the grass cooling their bodies from the long run.

  Derrick brushed the hair from her eyes as he rolled her to her back and kissed her showing he had missed her desperately for the last week. She returned the kiss just as urgently. Losing control Derrick grabbed her hands and pinned them over her head, kissing her neck down to her breast pulling the nipples into his mouth sucking hard and desperate. She moaned loudly arching her back pushing her breast toward him for more. His hands slid down the curve of her body until it found her hip then slid across to her mound, frantic for what he had been missing.

  Finding her wet his hand messaged her; the heal of his hand applying pressure on her clit as his fingers sunk into the warmth of her womanhood. He played her as if she was a violin, he knew what cords to hit, what strings to strum making her sing in pleasure as she moved to meet him movement for movement. She clinched tight around his fingers and flew over the edge screaming a crescendo silencing the forest around them.

  Before she could come down he flipped her over on her knees and entered her from behind roughly, slamming hard and deep. He intended to prove how much he still needed her, the feel of her around him; the closeness only she gave him. Her desire so strong she rocked back into him wanting to feel him deeper inside her. He held her tight around the waist with one arm while the other hand moved and found her clit again driving her toward another orgasm.

  As he was about to cum, he bit down on the back of he
r neck sending her over the precipice again, hard. She tightened around his cock, he stiffened as she sent him over and he filled her with his seed. Their minds joined sharing each other’s orgasm; extending it while the sensations bounced between them continually.

  Hours later Derrick was not sure what woke him, so he just enjoyed the feel of Kyla’s warm, soft body on top of his and rubbed her back gently as he listened to the sounds of the night. Everything sounded peaceful, yet he could not throw the urgency that something was not right. Hating to do it, he tenderly moved Kyla and kissed her awake.

  “Hey you.” She said smiling groggily when her eyes opened, gazing lovingly into his eyes.

  “Hey you.” He answered back, “It’s time we got back.”

  She groaned her protest at leaving so soon and he nipped her neck playfully then rose, reaching down to help her up. Reluctantly she accepted his help and brushed the leaves off her body seductively, laughing girlishly. He slapped her on the ass and gave her an ‘I wish’ look then shifted and waited for her to shift. When she did, they raced back to the cabin like two kids who were late coming home from a date.

  7

  Henderson sat in the brush across the lake watching the cabin. He had seen his target two days earlier but realized she was under constant guard. Hence, he waited patiently for an opportune moment. Tonight he saw his opening.

  The person Kathleen had been seen holding hands with took off suddenly into the forest and two of the guards followed close behind him. Then, a few minutes later the leader of this strange commune took off with one of the women staying at the cabin with Kathleen leaving the female guard and one other.

  “Bill get the guys together we move tonight!” he ordered as he stood bushing off the dirt from his pants. He was going to get this job out of the way. He gathered up his gear shaking his head, a freaking runaway wife. He was not normally into domestic issues, but the man on the phone offered an awful lot of money for such a simple job. Well his group was for hire. They needed to lay low for a while after the last job, so when this job landed in their lap, how could he turn it down.

  “Jeff grab the four wheeler and meet us over there near the road in forty-five minutes. Bill, I will take Mike with me we can handle the two women. You take the rest of the guys and cause a diversion and meet us at the rendezvous in one hour. Use the dart guns only if necessary, unless the situation warrants otherwise, no mistakes this time! Anyone not at the rendezvous on time is left behind you will have to find your own way out. Let’s go!”

  Henderson and Bill hurried off into the forest circling around the lake. They had noticed the guards never went beyond a certain point so it was easy going up to that point. When they reached the edge of the patrolled area, Henderson gave Bill the hand signal to go. When Bill’s group disappeared into the trees, he move stealthily and fast toward the cabin.

  Arriving at the cabin Henderson noticed there were no lights on, but if the guard was worth her weight in gold, he knew she would be alert. He signaled Mike to move to the other side of the cabin and waited for him to get in position. When Mike signaled his readiness, Henderson picked up a pebble, threw it at the porch causing it to roll across the worn planks, and waited.

  Serena heard the sound of leaves crunching outside and listened intently. A few seconds passed and she heard something clatter across the porch, jumping up she went over to Daniela and woke her placing a hand over her mouth to keep her quiet. “Shh, someone is outside.” She whispered. Daniela nodded her understanding and Serena removed her hand, “I am going out to investigate. Where is your phone?” Daniela reached under her pillow and grabbed the phone showing it to Serena who nodded. “Good if something happens call for help. Stay in the cabin!” Serena turn away and quietly walked to the door.

  Standing at the door she listened for a few seconds then cracked the door opened. As she opened the door further, she took a deep breath and found a scent that did not belong. Looking back at Daniela sitting on the edge of her bed she nodded once, opened the door and stepped out. She spotted the man in the trees right away and headed in his direction. She had gotten only two steps in when she felt something bite her in the shoulder and fell hard onto the ground.

  Daniela watched Serena rush out, heard her take a couple of steps on the porch, then heard something heavy hit the ground. Worried she jumped up and ran across the cabin to the door. The intention was to peek out to make sure Serena was okay, as she held the phone tightly in her hand. She got to the door and cautiously looked out. Seeing Serena lying unconscious on the ground, Daniela raised the phone to dial the number she had ready for help, when a man emerged around the side of the cabin. Before she could scream or even press the button to send, something hit her in the chest, she looked down surprised to see a dart. She looked up at the man astonished as everything went dark, the phone slid loose from her fingers falling to the ground.

  “Like clockwork.” Mike said smiling down at Kathleen lying on the floor.

  “Yeah, text Bill tell him mission accomplished.” Henderson returned as he bent down to check her pulse. Finding her pulse and breathing steady he picked her up and threw her over his shoulder, heading to the rendezvous point smiling. Bill finished his texted and followed pocketing his phone.

  They had been running for twenty minutes when they met up with Bill just five minutes from the SUV. Henderson set Kathleen down on the ground then stood looking at Bill, “Any trouble?”

  Bill smiled, “Nah, you were too fast, never even came across anyone. It was almost too easy.” He laughed.

  Henderson nodded, “Grab her and let’s go. We need to get to the car before the sedative wears off.” Bill nodded, pointed to one of the men who picked her up and they took off toward the car.

  Jace had just finished his rounds and was heading back to the cabin to meet his relief when strange scents caught his attention. Following the scent, it lead to the lake just outside the patrol area where he found multiple scents in one place. He circled the area coming to a spot where the unknown people split up. A bad feeling circling in his gut as he realized one set of scents were leading toward the cabin. Pulling his phone out of his pocket, he dialed Michael rapidly as he ran toward the cabin. The bad feeling growing worse the closer he got.

  Jacob woke abruptly, frantically looking around the room. Seeing Eric sitting by the door and Thomas sleeping on the floor in his wolf form, he stood looking back at Eric. Eric stood slowly feeling a threat coming from Jacob as he growled, watched as Jacob’s eyes darken in confirmation something was wrong. Thomas hearing all the commotion woke alert and ready. Jacob took a step towards the door and Eric held up his hands, “Jacob, you can’t leave and you know it, so stop right there.”

  Jacob reluctantly stopped, “Something is wrong! We need to get to the cabin.” He pleaded almost frantically.

  Eric looked at Jacob and assessed he was not lost in the mating, but a real concern edged his appearance. “Look we have orders to stay here,” putting his hands up to stop Jacob from arguing he continued rapidly, “I will call the cabin and check on things, ok?” Jacob relented and nodded his assent pacing impatiently. Eric pulled his phone out and dialed Jace, it went directly to voice mail. Hanging up, he dialed Serena next where it rang four times also going to voice mail again. He looked up at Jacob and Thomas and dialed Derrick’s number, again nothing. Jacob getting further agitated, paced the room with Thomas following. Eric confused was starting to wonder if Jacob was right, hurriedly dialed Michael next.

  The phone beeped as Michael was finishing his call, with the last man on his list given instructions for the search. Jace had called as he raced to the cabin to let him know what was going on. Getting up he hurried to the garage grabbing a car and drove quickly out to the cabin. He found Serena unconscious but alive on the ground in front of the cabin as Jace arrived. Nodding he left Jace to watch over her as he checked in the cabin for Daniela, it was empty. Answering the call, he heard Eric ask him ‘what was going on, he had been trying to get
a hold of someone at the cabin, Jacob convinced something was wrong.’ Michael shook his head forgetting that particular problem voiced, “Shit” in answer to Eric’s question. Then explained quickly what was going on.

  Derrick heard the commotion long before he saw the lights of the cars shinning all around the cabin, picked up speed. He entered the area and shifted as he walked over to Michael who was yelling at Jacob to calm down. Jacob was on the edge fighting for control over his wolf. Laying a firm hand on Jacobs shoulder to help calm him, he looked to Michael to explain what was going on. He feared the worst.

  Kyla seeing Derrick take off suddenly, followed close behind watched him shift and head to Michael. Seeing the door open to the cabin, she headed in that direction running through straight to the bathroom to get clothes. She noticing Serena on the bed and looked at Doc beside her as she sped through. Dressing quickly Kyla grabbed a pair of sweats and headed back into the main room throwing them at Thomas standing off to the side. “Derrick.” She ordered, Thomas nodded and left.

  Kyla walked over to Doc and looked down at Serena sleeping on the bed, “What happened?”

  Doc looked up with sadness in his eyes, “She will be alright,” He pointed to the dart sitting on the table,

  “She was tranquilized, she will be out for another hour or so. She was found outside on the ground, Daniela is missing, her phone found on the ground by the door. Michael thinks it was a professional job.”