by Iva Britt
She walked very close to me and pointed her finger in my face. “I’m happy that you’re not the whiny fat girl anymore,” she said. “That would be so pathetic. But I hope you don’t think that a man like that would ever go for a girl like you.”
I should have turned my back on her right then. I must have been a glutton for punishment because I couldn’t keep my mouth shut.
“Why not?” I asked. “Why wouldn’t he go for a girl like me?”
“I see you’ve grown some backbone over the years,” she said. “I hope that doesn’t end up getting you in trouble.”
She pressed her finger into my nose and snickered. Then she took off running.
Twenty minutes later, I got back home. I was completely exhausted. I had gone through so many different emotions during the last couple of hours. The last two days had been some of the strangest of my entire life.
As dusk approached, I felt a tingly sensation spreading throughout my body. I didn’t quite know what was going on. But then I remembered the wolf from the night before. I had promised myself that I would wait for him on the back porch. I wanted to make sure that I had enough energy to stay up and wait for him, so I went to my bedroom and lay down for a nap.
Chapter 6
Colin
“You’ll never find another woman like me,” Melissa said putting her hands on my face, trying to pull me down towards her.
“Get away from me,” I said, turning my back to her.
“You know you love me. And even if you don't you’ll learn to love me.”
“I told you ten months ago that it was over. Why do you insist on bothering me?
“It’s not over. I'm not going away. I love you and you love me. We’re going to have children together. We were meant to mate.”
“No, we were not meant to mate. I don't want you as a wife and I don't want you as the mother of my children.” I felt as if my head was going to explode. I had said these same words to her many times before. Yet she refused to accept them. I cursed myself for ever having gotten involved with her.
She turned her back to me, walked to the other side of my office and began sobbing.
This sort of drama was precisely why I didn't need to have anything to do with women, why I had chosen to spend much of my life cut off from the rest of the world. Interacting with other beings brought only pain and disappointment to me and to them as well.”
“It's not that bitch, is it?”
I wasn’t sure what she was talking about.
She crossed her arms against her chest, sniffled, as the tears streamed down her cheeks, as her eyes tried to cut me into pieces. “Don't lie to me. I saw how you stared at her yesterday in the forest. I saw the way you looked at her. Don't lie to me.”
“Melissa, I don't know what you're talking about.”
“I won't let her have you. You’ll never be together. Never.
She darted out of the office, slamming the door shut.
For the next several hours I stayed in that room, staring out the window, reflecting on Melissa's words. Had I stared at that human woman in some strange, revealing way? I wasn't sure. But I still wasn't able to get her out of my mind. I had to see her again. Until I did, I wouldn't be able to think about anything else.
Chapter 7
Emily
I set the alarm for 10 p.m. That would give me a few hours of sleep. I would be rested and I would have no problem waiting all through the night until the wee hours of the morning if I had to.
Several hours later when my alarm went off, I shot up in the bed. My entire bedroom was dark. At first, I was afraid that I had overslept. But I looked at my phone and realized that I had woken up just in time.
I breathed a deep sigh of relief. I wasn’t sure whether or not I would see the wolf again that night, but I wanted to get some food ready for him just in case.
I went down to the kitchen and searched through the fridge. The only thing that a wolf might have enjoyed was the roast chicken I’d bought a couple days ago. But I decided that it would probably be better to give nothing than such an unsatisfying meal.
I pulled a half-full bottle of chardonnay out of the fridge and poured myself a glass. The wine would help me remain patient while I waited for the wolf to arrive. It would also help keep me calm once he did show up. I knew that if I was afraid, he would be able to sense it. There was no way that I would be able to fool his animal instincts. He would immediately pick up on any sign of weakness. I wanted to show him that I wasn’t like the other humans that he encountered.
I took the bottle of wine and my glass out to the back porch. The night air was cool and comfortable. After finishing my first glass, my mind began to wander. I thought back to the encounter I’d had earlier in the day with the jogger. He looked so uncomfortable when I asked whether he was from the area. That still didn’t make sense to me.
A sound coming from the bushes caught my attention. I pushed all of the wandering thoughts out of my mind and listened. A few moments of silence passed before I heard the sound again. It was clearly coming towards me.
I considered going back inside for my flashlight, but I quickly decided against that. There was enough light coming off the back porch for me to get a good look at anything or anybody that wandered into my backyard.
The sound came closer and closer. I stood up so I could get a better look into the bushes that ran around the perimeter of the yard.
My eyes scanned the darkness. I didn’t see anything at first. But then I saw something that nearly made me jump out of my skin.
There was a pair of eyes, dark green eyes staring at me from the bushes.
The wolf!
Chapter 8
I didn’t know whether to call out to it or wait for it to come to me. And I couldn’t figure out why he had come so close to the yard and then stopped.
My entire body sizzled with excitement, yet I was also anxious and a bit nervous. It took a few steps forward and its head emerged from the clump of bushes. I could tell by the way it stared at me that it was the same wolf.
It came all the way out of the bushes and continued toward me. I was frozen to the spot, but my brain was racing in a million different directions. As the wolf came closer and closer, I began to back up on the porch. I was seriously considering turning and running back inside.
But before I did something strange began to happen, something strange that I can hardly explain. The wolf raised its head and let out a loud howl towards the full moon. The sound made me shiver.
I had never heard anything like it from so close a distance.
After the sound died down, the wolf fixed its eyes on me. And then its form slowly began to change.
It was the most extraordinary thing I had ever seen. I stared with my mouth agape. A large light shined in my eyes and when the light disappeared a few seconds later, the wolf was gone.
But there was a man standing before me. I was certain that it was the same man who had come to my rescue earlier in the day.
He began walking towards me. I couldn’t see all of his body because of the darkness but I could sense that he was naked—completely naked.
When he got to within a few feet of me, he stopped walking and stared at me.
“I hope I haven’t scared you,” he said. His eyes shined brightly through the darkness, I was completely mesmerized. All I could think to do was to open my arms to him. I wanted him to embrace me. I wanted to feel his strong, masculine body enveloping me.
Before I could fall into his arms, I heard something rustling in the bushes. Colin’s eyes were filled with fear. I had no idea what was going on.
“What is that sound?” I asked.
He didn’t respond. But he kept looking in the direction of the sounds.
“You should probably go inside,” he said.
“Why what’s wrong?” I asked.
“Please, go inside,” he said. “Before it’s too late.”
Seconds later, I saw something coming out of the bushe
s. It was another wolf. Colin’s whole demeanor changed. He had a menacing look on his face.
The other wolf kept its eyes locked on Colin. I wanted to run inside. I wanted to scream. But my body was frozen and I was unable to form any words. Fear had taken hold of me.
The wolf stopped in the middle of my backyard. Without making a sound, it opened its jaw. The sight of its teeth made me tremble.
“Get out of here,” Colin yelled at the wolf.
The animal didn’t show any fear. It continued walking towards us. My skin began to crawl. I felt like I was going to throw up.
“I told you to get out of here,” Colin said. “Be gone!”
The wolf growled at us. It was a low, menacing growl.
That was all Colin could take. He howled at the moon. A bright light flashed. And when the light went away, Colin had shifted back into a wolf.
The two wolves eyed each other angrily. I didn’t want them to hurt each other. I especially didn’t want Colin to get hurt.
The other wolf leaped at his neck and pinned him to the ground.
But Colin quickly shook free of the hold. Then he lunged at the wolf and sunk his teeth into its neck. He didn’t remove his teeth from the animal until after it had stopped breathing.
When he took his teeth out of the other wolf, I noticed that something strange was happening. The wolf wasn’t dead. It was shifting.
Another bright light flashed. The wolf was gone.
In its place was a woman. But it wasn’t just any woman. It was Melissa. She was staring at me with fear and anger in her eyes. Before I could say anything, she took off running into the woods.
I think that’s the moment when the shock overwhelmed me and I passed out.
Chapter 9
Emily
When I woke up the next morning, I was in a bedroom that was not my own. Sunlight was streaming in through a large window. The bedroom was huge with a high ceiling. Before I got a chance to look around anymore, I heard footsteps coming down a hallway and toward the bedroom.
I sat up in the bed.
The doorknob turned and the door slowly opened.
It was Colin.
“How are you, Emily?” he asked, with a wide smile on his face. He was wearing a very stylish three-piece suit that perfectly complimented his slim but muscular physique.
“I’m fine,” I said. “But I have no idea where I am.”
He laughed and smiled at me warmly. “Yes, I thought you might ask me that,” he said.
“You are in my compound.”
“A compound?” I said in disbelief.
“Yes, it is located very deep in the forest, much deeper than you have ever been. I am sure of that.”
He came over and sat down on the bed.
I swallowed hard and had to look away from him. This was all too much for me.
“Have you recovered from the fall you took yesterday?” he asked.
It took me a minute to recall what he was talking about. So much had transpired in my life, so many strange things, during the last twenty-four hours.
“Yes, it was nothing,” I said. “And thanks again for coming to my rescue. I’m not sure what I would have done without you.”
“I love helping beautiful souls,” he said while staring directly into my eyes. I almost melted beneath the intensity and the passion of his gaze.
I began blushing. My pale face turned deep red.
“It’s true. I could tell there was something beautiful about you when I first saw you. Many, many, years ago.”
I looked up into his eyes. “We both grew up in this town,” he said. “I saw you many times when you were a young girl. You were always a little bit chubbier than the other girls. And you were the only one that I was really attracted to.”
I couldn’t help smiling. That was such a sweet thing to say. What woman could resist such a compliment?
“I knew that you were different because you would always say hi to my father.”
“Your father?” I said. “Now I’m really confused.”
“Yes, my father. He would often walk through the forest disguised as a homeless man. He was not homeless. He was a very good businessman and he made a tremendous fortune for himself at a young age. But once he had obtained the money, he discovered that he was no longer happy. He yearned for a simpler life. He began a search for the perfect location. The search stretched over several years but he finally found this location, deep, very deep inside the forest. This is where I have lived all my life.”
I had nothing to say in response. It was still hard to make sense of what he was telling me. But it was clear from the look in his eyes that he wasn’t lying.
“So was your father a—” I couldn’t quite get the words out. Maybe I was afraid to offend him. Maybe I still couldn’t believe that the wolf and the man were the same being.
Thankfully, he didn’t have trouble understanding what I was trying to ask him.
“A wolf, you mean,” he said with a smile. “Yes, he was a wolf as well. That’s why he chose to live so deeply in the woods. This is where we were meant to live. I feel at home here.”
He turned his eyes away from me and sighed. Suddenly it seemed like he had been overcome by an extreme sadness.
I reached out and touched his arm. “What’s wrong?” I asked.
He took a minute before answering. I feared that I had done something to upset him.
Before I could ask, he turned and looked at me. “I am very happy that my father chose to raise me in this environment. There’s no way I would have been able to tolerate life in the city. But because I’ve spent all of my life here, I have different problems than he ever experienced.”
“Like what?” I asked.
Instead of answering the question, he kissed me gently on the lips then began to pull back. But I wouldn’t let him. I pulled him down on top of me.
I opened my mouth wide and he slipped his masterful tongue inside it. We kissed hungrily and began tearing at each other’s clothes.
We made love for hours in his bed. And we stayed in each other’s arms until morning.
Chapter 10
When I woke up, I reached out to the other side of the bed. It was empty. For a moment, I was seized by panic. But I quickly got a hold of myself. I could hear movement in the rest of the house and I could clearly smell food cooking.
I looked under the covers at my naked body. I really enjoyed staring at my curves. And I was excited that I had finally found a man who could appreciate them as well.
I smelled like sweat and sex and I felt like washing off before I went down stairs.
After showering, I slipped into a silk bathrobe and walked out of the bedroom. I made my way down a long, winding staircase.
Colin was waiting for me with a tray in his hands.
When I got to the bottom of the stairs, he smiled and kissed me on the lips. “I didn’t make this food,” he said. “But I wouldn’t allow anyone else to serve it to you.”
I blushed and thanked him.
"You have your own chef?"
"Yes, as you might imagine, I have quite the appetite."
"I think I could imagine that," I said a twinkle in my eyes, wondering when I would get to experience his voracious sexual appetite.
He leaned down and kissed me gently on the lips, cupping my face in his strong hands. I gazed into his eyes. They were dazzling, sparkling, penetrating. They were eyes that I wanted to wake up next to every morning for the rest of my life.
I pulled Colin down on top of me. I could feel his hard dick pressing into my thigh. I closed my eyes and moaned as I reached out for his cock.
"I can't wait to feel you inside of me," I said. "You make me so wet."
He smiled and kissed me lustily on the mouth, his tongue darting in and out, sloshing around.
As the large head of his cock pushed into my wet pussy, pleasure and excitement gripped my body. He grabbed my ass with both his hands and thrust even deeper. I could feel the juices o
ozing out of my pussy. I wrapped my legs around his torso, dug my heels into his ass urging him to fuck me, to fuck me harder and deeper. My body trembled. My voice quivered.
The next day I moved all of my belongings into Colin’s forest compound. I knew that I would be staying there for a long time.
THE END
Bonus 6 of 30
Truth and Pretenses
Description
Lucy and Will became step-siblings when their parents married each other years ago. Despite living under the same roof, they never had the bond that normal brother and sisters have. Lucy grows up and becomes the town’s school teacher while Will becomes a cowboy on a ranch. Their paths should never cross but one fateful night Lucy finds Will standing outside her door and everything changes. For the first time in her life, Lucy is seeing Will as someone other than her step-brother and it terrifies her and exhilarates her at the same time. When danger seems to be following Will, can Lucy walk away and keep herself on the straight and narrow? Or will her love for Will throw her into something more than she can handle? Sometimes desperate situations show a person’s true colors and Lucy will have no choice but to rise and meet her faith or lose everything that she holds dear.
Chapter 1
Lucy remembered her mother being kind. She’d hug her tightly when she was proud and she’d always be there to wipe the tears away. Her mother had been kind but she hadn’t been soft. She had left comfortable New England to travel out west and honored her husband by following his dreams. They’d dealt with terrible traveling conditions, savage natives and starting from scratch. Many didn’t go to Texas because they simply couldn’t handle the journey, let alone the wilderness. Lucy’s parents had done it and for as long as she could remember, they had thrived.
Just as she remembered her mother’s character, she remembered the exact moment that she knew her mother was dying. She’d just turned thirteen; pale and thin from a harsh winter and a bout of fever. They’d all had it but the difference had been that Lucy, her father and her younger sister had bounced back. Her mother hadn’t.
