The man nearest to her turned and lunged for a rifle. She saw Dean roaring towards him, the door to the room shattered into a thousand pieces. Petey was rushing in behind him, going for the second man. Gina’s eyes flashed back to the man going for his gun, but he never reached it.
Dean made short work of him.
“Let me go, dog!” the last man yelled. Gina tried turning in her chair. She could see just enough to see that he was trying to run, but Petey was snapping at him, slowing him down just enough. Dean was moving in. Gina turned away and let Dean do what he had to do.
It was over within seconds. She heard Dean shifting behind her, then he was kneeling at the chair, undoing her bonds.
“Did they hurt you?” he asked.
“No,” Gina bit off. Dean undid her bonds and then pulled her out of the chair. He immediately grabbed her in a tight embrace. Gina let it go on for just a second: that was all she would allow herself. Then she pushed Dean away.
“I want you to stay away from me,” she said. “Thanks for saving my life, but Petey and I are going to the safe zone, and I don’t want you anywhere near me.”
“Gina, please.”
“I’m sorry, Dean.”
“I didn’t mean to kill that man,” he told her. She could see the sadness on her face. “I never wanted to kill him. But I had to, to keep others safe. To keep myself safe.”
Gina didn’t know if she believed anything he said. In her heart, she wanted to. Badly.
“It was two years ago, almost to the day. I was in a gas station, buying breakfast, when he came in. He was drunk and had a gun. There were a few others in the gas station with me: the clerk, a woman and her daughter, another guy. The senator’s son wanted the cash. It was some kind of thrill for him. When he didn’t get as much money as he wanted, he lost it.”
Dean paused. Gina could tell just how much it was hurting him to tell the story.
“He started firing, randomly. And he hit that little girl. I tried to stop the bleeding, but she bled out in my arms. She died, and I could have stopped it, if I had just acted sooner. When that man saw what he had done, he dropped the gun. He realized just how badly he had messed up.”
“Dean…”
“So I jumped on him. I attacked him. Tore him limb from limb. I thought he deserved it. Maybe he did. Maybe he didn’t. But no one else saw it that way. The news didn’t mention the little girl that died because of him. They only focused on how I murdered a senator’s son. So I fled and never looked back.”
“I’m sorry,” Gina told him. What else could she say? She felt ashamed of how she had acted. She should have asked him about it, should have talked to him, instead of running away. She’d almost got both of them killed.
She didn’t know what she should say. So she just grabbed Dean and pulled him close, as he cried on her shoulder.
*
“So, this is it,” Gina said.
They were on the edge of the community. It was much larger than she had anticipated: tents as far as the eye could see, big military ones. She could see men constructing log cabins. Despite looking like a military camp, she saw no military presence. A few kids ran around their mother, who was carrying a basket full of some kind of fruit.
“This is it,” Dean answered. They had left the library in a hurry, taking the men’s truck back to the warehouse. They loaded it down, parking the truck in the alleyway out back. They had enough food for months, now, including enough for Petey. They had even gone back and picked up his extra food and the rest of the medical kit. It never hurt to be safe.
And then they had left North Williamstown behind, hopefully for good. Dean followed the road north, then turned off onto a nondescript service road through the forest. Gina thought he was crazy, but he had led them right towards the encampment.
They got out of the truck as a man started walking towards him.
“I’m General Harris,” he said, extending a hand to Dean, and then to Gina. He didn’t look much like a general to her, but now, it didn’t matter. “Pleasure to meet you two. You two look like you can help out around here.”
“He’s not staying,” Gina said. General Harris gave Dean a look, but then nodded. “He’s dropping me off here. And half of this food.”
General Harris looked around to the back of the truck. His eyes went wide. “Where did you find all of this?”
“There’s a distribution center in North Williamstown. Loaded with food. This isn’t even a fraction of it,” Dean said. Gina felt herself smiling. He had really come into his own. Then she realized he would be leaving and sadness threatened to overwhelm her. The smile dropped, but she worked to put the smile back on her face.
“I’d really like to know where it is,” he said. He looked Dean up and down. “Are you sure you don’t want to stick around, son? You look like you could be of great use around here.”
“Afraid not,” Dean said.
The General nodded and then called a few people over to help unload what supplies would be staying with Gina.
“Do you have a doctor?” Gina asked.
The General shook his head sadly. “Afraid not. We have one nurse. She’s doing the best she can, but it’s not enough. We have enough medical supplies, but no one that knows how to use them properly. That’s one of our few shortcomings.”
“You’re in luck,” Dean said, grunting as he handed a box of food to another man. “This woman right here is one of the best doctors I’ve ever met in my life.”
General Harris’ eyes went wide again. “Is that so?”
Gina blushed, but nodded.
“Looks like we’re in luck, then. You don’t know just how much that’s going to help around here.”
After the food was unloaded, Gina walked up to Dean.
“Are you sure you can’t stay?” she asked.
He shook his head sadly. “It’s not my place. You’ll do fine.”
“Good luck, Dean,” Gina said. She wanted to say more: that she loved him, that she wanted him to stay more than anything, but nothing else came out. She kissed him lightly on the lips. Petey came up and jumped against Dean’s leg. Then he was climbing back in the truck. Gina watched him drive away, Petey at her side. They watched until the truck disappeared into the woods. Then she followed General Harris into the camp to see what she could do.
*
Gina was exhausted. She collapsed back into a chair, peeling off gloves and tossing them into the trash. It was over. It was finally over. She sat there for a few moments, catching her breath. What she had done was outside her realm of expertise, but she thought she had done an outstanding job.
She peeked her head back into the room. “Everything okay?”
“Wonderful,” the woman lying on the bed said. In her arms, she cradled a newborn baby. The woman’s husband stood next to her, looking down with pride as only a new father could. “Thank you.”
“You’re welcome,” Gina said. “Monica is going to come in here in a few minutes and get you situated. If you need me, just let her know.”
“Thank you, doctor.”
Gina smiled and left the room. As she left the building, she told her nurse to let her know if anyone needed her for anything — anything at all. Monica nodded and smiled.
Gina was exhausted. That was the first baby they had delivered, and it certainly wouldn’t be the last. No fewer than four other women were pregnant, now. Her schedule would get much busier in the near future, but Gina found that was okay.
It had been nearly five months since Dean had dropped her off and disappeared down the road. The weather was cool, but not cold, yet. Luckily, the General was a smart man, and they were prepared for the winter. He wasn’t a general anymore. Now, he was the mayor, but his title of General had stuck, despite his efforts to get people to stop calling him that. He had men working around the clock, replacing the tents with actual buildings. He was an important part of this new society. Gina smiled: she was, too.
Things weren’t back to norma
l, not yet. But they were getting there. More and more important members of society were filing in, slowly. A few engineers had recently shown up. A water treatment specialist had shown up immediately after she had. Both professions were definitely in high demand out here. There were no other doctors, but Gina held out hope that there would be more, soon.
She made it back to her cabin quickly, her coat wrapped around her to fight off the chill. When she opened the door, Petey greeted her, happy as ever. There was a fire roaring in the fireplace, keeping the entire house warm.
Gina went immediately to the shower. She needed it, more than anything. The water was warm — not hot; they hadn’t perfected that technique, but it was more than she had ever thought was possible.
She stripped down, tossing her clothes in the hamper. The bathroom was truly amazing. The whole cabin was amazing. Since she was one of the more important members of their new society, the General had insisted that she get a real house. There was a living room, kitchen, small bedroom, and a bathroom. It was so much more than she thought would ever have again.
She felt the warm water washing away all of the sweat and grime from a long day’s work. The water felt amazing. She heard the door open to the bathroom, then the door to the shower opened and Dean stepped inside.
It had been nearly five months since Dean had disappeared down the road, and then come back a few minutes later. He had picked her up in an embrace, telling her he would never leave her again.
“How’d it go?” he asked, coming up behind her and wrapping his arms around her wet body. She collapsed against him, letting him embrace her.
“A beautiful baby girl,” she told Dean. “It went so smoothly. How was your day?”
“Tough. But good,” he answered, then he turned her around and planted his lips on hers. She lost herself in them, feeling the softness against her skin. He kissed down her neck as he always did, then moved down to her breasts. She let out a small moan, running her fingers through his wet hair.
He dropped to his knees, kissing down and down, moving down her stomach, past her navel, and then between her legs. Gina let out a moan as his lips found her, kissing everywhere around. She felt his tongue slide against her clit, then between her lips, then dip deep inside of her. Gina braced herself by putting both hands on the shower walls.
Dean’s lips expertly kissed her, his tongue moving inside of her. She closed her eyes as he slid one of his fingers inside, bringing an altogether different type of pleasure as he brought her to climax.
After such a long, exhausting day, it wasn’t long before Gina felt her orgasm building within her. She let it come, quickly, the warmth spreading entirely throughout her body and making her legs weak. She held out against it, briefly, then when she couldn’t hold it back anymore, she let it peak through her.
Her pleasure hit her like a truck. Her legs shook, and if it wouldn’t have been for Dean, she would have slid down onto the shower floor. Her whole body was hot, the warm water running over it, her nipples hard as her happiness streamed through her like electricity.
Her orgasm finally passed and Dean stood up, a smile on his face.
“Was that good?” he asked, though he already knew the answer.
Gina breathed out a quiet, “Yes.”
Dean came around behind her, gripping her breasts in both hands. He squeezed gently, cupping both in his large hands, pinching her nipples carefully between thumb and forefinger. Gina moaned, rubbing her body against his. Against her ass, she felt his stiffness and gasped.
One of his hands came down between her legs, brushing her clit ever so slightly. She bucked forward, still reeling from the pleasure of her orgasm.
Gina reached around, gripping his girth with one half closed hand, and she angled him towards her. At the same time, she pushed herself down onto him. Gina felt the tip of his wet cock pressing against her lips. Their moans filled the bathroom as his length started to spread her wide. She felt her lips stretch, and as always, she didn’t know if she would be able to take his girth inside of her. But he pushed, slowly, and she felt the warmth of his penis entering her. His heat inside of her was one of the best feelings she had ever experienced.
He went slowly, pushing in and out, his hands running over her body. She felt one grab her breast, then run through her hair, his lips on the back of her neck. He pushed and pulled his hips, Gina did the same with hers, working in a perfect tandem.
They made love slowly, enjoying being as one, moving together. Gina pulled herself off of Dean, then turned around until they were facing each other. She placed her lips against his, then raised her body up. He grabbed her underneath her thighs, lifting her with ease, and lowered her onto himself.
She screamed out in pleasure, breaking the kiss as she sank entirely onto him, burying him entirely inside of her. He spun her around, pressing her against the shower wall, holding her up and moving faster than he had before.
Their moans were loud, louder than the shower, but there was no one else around to hear them in their own house. Dean’s cock was stroking her clit with every thrust, and she knew that she was going to cum, again.
The pleasure built and built, and Gina let it take over her body entirely. She went weak as the warmth exploded throughout her, nearly blinding her with the utmost bliss, and she felt herself tightening around his thickness.
At that moment, Dean’s breathing went ragged. Inside of her, she felt him cum, his penis jumping at the same time she was tightening around him. She felt his warm seed shooting deep into her, flowing everywhere through her. They came together, kissing and moaning, until their pleasure finally subsided for both of them.
Dean lowered Gina to the floor of the shower carefully, then laid next to her. The warm water rolled over them. Everything was perfect.
It hadn’t seemed like it could ever be perfect again, but it was. She had Petey. She had Dean. She was finally important: she was an integral part of society. A doctor that people respected and looked up to. She was no longer just the morgue worker in an abandoned hospital.
Dean placed his hand on her growing stomach and looked at her, a smile on his face. More importantly, they were starting a family, something she never could have expected — especially not in the apocalypse.
“I love you, Dean,” Gina told him, and she meant it more than she had ever meant anything in her life.
“I love you, too,” he said back, kissing her on the lips, then kissing her on the stomach. “You’re the best thing that’s ever happened to me.”
They lay together until the water went cold. Gina knew that they would never leave each other again. By some odd chance, the apocalypse had turned out to be the best thing that had ever happened to her.
The future was bright.
Bearly Christmas
by
Becca Fanning
Bearly Christmas - Becca Fanning
Fresh out of med school, Bear Shifter Tye expected to face adversity in joining a top hospital residency program. But feisty little Melanie might be more competition than he can handle, and a terrible rumor about his past catches up with him. Will there be a Shifter Christmas Miracle?
Copyright Becca Fanning 2016.
Chapter One
Tye
Tye hurried down the street towards his favorite coffee shop. He was running late to find out if he had been able to snag one of the coveted internships at Pittsburgh’s top teaching hospital. He had high hopes, but was ready to be disappointed. Shifters didn’t get opportunities like this one. He was lucky he had even been able to get into the university let alone medical school.
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