THE WOLF IN THE SHADOWS

Chapter 14

Loren's POV

I knocked on Elyssa's door the

next day. She opened the door

smiling. "Mom, I'm off to school!"

"Okay, honey!" her Mom yelled

from upstairs, then she said,

"Take care of her, Loren!"

"I will!"I said. I offered my arm to Elyssa, and she gladly took it.

"So, what's on the agenda

today?" she asked me.

"Well, I was thinking of a double date if you don't mind me asking."

"Of course not, but with who?"

I smiled down at her. "Duh,

Kenny and Mel, You and I..."

She rolled her eyes. "Yeah,

okay, fine with me. Just make

sure you fix Kenny up a little bit,

alright?" she teased.

"Yeah, yeah..."

I was sitting in Mrs. Webb

class, not really paying attention,

when all of a sudden, I heard

something ruffling, and a

disgusting familiar smell hits me.

I looked around, and everyone is

listening to the teacher. "Othello:

Keep up your bright swords,

for the dew will rust them," she

quoted out of the book.

I looked out the window and

squinted into the darkness. I saw

brown fur tinted with beige, and I saw brown eyes.

The wolf.

What the hell is it doing here?

Is he stalking Elyssa, or me? I sat up in my seat and looked at Elyssa. She was drawing, not really paying any attention to teacher that much.

I raised my hand.

"Yes, Mr. Lexington?"

"May I please use the bathroom? It's an emergency."

"Go ahead. Now Othello was

quite a-"

I didn't listen to her talk. I went

out the door. No one was in the

hallway. Good, because I'm gonna

ditch.

I went outside, and into the

woods, where the wolf was just

laying down. I was just about to

form, until he started to change

into a human.

His tail disappeared, and he

was on two feet, not paws. His

nose shortened, and his ears

turned human. His fur was gone

that showed tanned skin. He was

standing completely naked in

front of me right now.

"What the hell do you want?" I

growled at it.

"Not you.." he said, dusting

himself off.

I snorted. Clearly. "Why are

you here then?"

He looked at me with his dark

brown eyes. "It's pretty obvious

that I'm here for Elyssa," he smiled and evil smile at me. Boy, did I want to smack that smile right off his face.

I snorted again. "Oh, please,

you really think you'll get pass me to her? Try again, buddy."

He tilted his head as if he was

reading me. "Little Alpha," he

smiled, and I glared at him. "I

was an alpha once." He started

pacing. "She might be your mate,

but once she sees me, she'll be

crawling."

I really growled this time. "She

will never..." Does this guy really

think he could take Elyssa away

from me? "She wouldn't leave

me. "

"Really?" he smiled again,

showing pointy teeth. "Think

about it. Has she said those three

words yet? Huh? Have you told

her that she's-"

"Enough!" I said, charging at

him. I thought it would have him

caught off guard, but he moved

out of the way as I was about to

tackle him to the ground.

"You really think you can

defeat me?" Jeez, I hate when

people say that crap.

"No, I just want to kick your

ass."

He laughed then, as if I just told a good joke. "Good luck..." he

turned into a wolf, and dove off

into the forest.

Man, I was so ready to hurt him.

I went back into the school,

I looked around but didn't see

Elyssa. When I found her, she was walking by herself and coming towards me. I found a nearby janitor's closet, and when she was right next to it, I pulled her in, but just to get a blow in the face.

"s**t!" I cursed.

"Loren? Loren what the hell?"

She clicked on the light-bulb

above out heads and looked at

me with a sad face. "Where were

you? When you asked to use the

restroom, and you didn't come

back, I got worried."

"I know, Elyssa, and I'm sorry. I was just taking care of things." I lied.

"What things? Did you see the

wolf?"

"Well..I found the scent again, but I didn't follow it." I can't let her get involved than she already really is. If she hears about what the wolf-guy said to me, she'll freak out, and I don't want her to freak out. She'll start jumping to conclusions about how to be safe, and stuff.

"Good, I didn't want you by

yourself," she looked at me with

her beautiful blue eyes, and I

forced myself not to tell her about my encounter with the wolf.

"Yeah..." I said. She smiled,

pecked me on the cheek, and

opened the janitors door. She

looked back and forth to make

sure no one was watching. When

it was clear, she grabbed my

hand and pulled me out.

After school, she ordered me,

seriously she ordered me to take

her to the woods, and I seriously

couldn't say no. But I had a bad

feeling, and I can sense the wolf

was here.

"Maybe we should leave...." I

suggested.

"What are you talking about?

We just got here, Loren."

There was a shuffle in the

leaves and Elyssa clutched to me. I had to say, I kind of liked where

and how she was clutching. Wait,

did I just think that? Uggh, I better not say that out loud or she'll think I'm a pervert..

"She's right, Loren," someone

said, and I straightened up,

pulling Elyssa behind me. "You

just got here." I know that damn

voice. He came at the wrong time

and the wrong place and started

messing with the wrong people-

Yeah, yeah, yeah, you all get

what I mean.

He showed himself, same as

before but he was clothed. Oh,

sure, he gets butt naked in front

of me but puts clothes on in front

of Elyssa. Okay, whatever, dude.

"What do you want?" I growled.

"You already know what I want, Loren." He looked straight at Elyssa's. "Her."

Elyssa's POV

"Her." The guy said, in a smooth slow voice.

Loren growled again. There

was some weird some building up inside me, but I wouldn't stop. The guy started coming towards us, when he realized the sound I was making.

"Are you.." he looked at me.

"Growling at me? How dare you!"

That's what I was doing? I was

growling? Well, hell! "I don't know who the hell you are," I said to him. "But you better stay the hell away from us."

He laughed, and I just had to

say, it was the most adorable,

sexiest laugh ever. But not really

anything compared to Lorens'.

I just noticed him. He looked older than us. Maybe late-twenties? It's hard to tell how old werewolves are. He was well tanned, tall and broad. Brown hair that dangled not half-way over his brown eyes. He had on a black shirt, with blue jeans. That's it, no shoes.

He actually kind of looked like

Loren, but in my defense, Loren

looks hotter.

"Well, then, let me introduce

myself," he said.

"I rather you don't-"

"My name is Tristian Sandrino," he said, interrupting completely what I had to say. His damn attitude makes him ugly. "And you, Elyssa Sean, belong to me."

"I'm sorry, what? I didn't quite

catch that."

"Elyssa," Loren growled. "He's

messing with your mind, don't

listen to him."

"Look at you," Tristian focused

on Elyssa. "You think you're an hero, but your nothing just a little Alpha."

Alpha? My brain echoed at the word Alpha, like I'm supposed to care about that word.

Alpha....alpha....alpha.....

"What is he talking about Loren?"

"He's messing with my mind,

trying to get me to change," Loren said eyes on him the whole time.

Tristian snorted. "Well, I must

be going now. Good luck with

whatever you're doing." Then he

looked straight at me. "We'll meet

again Elyssa, my dear."

He changed into a brown wolf,

his clothes shattering, and he

disappeared, leaving me shocked

and Loren annoyed.

After Loren and I told Brady,

Kenny, Aaron and Mel about our

encounter with the wolf in the forest, they freaked out. But

someone smart, not saying any

names, suggested that we go out,

out as in like out of state, and

sort these issues out. Well, mainly

because we wouldn't want to

really be bothered with damn

Tristian Sandrino.

So, after everyone was done

packing, everyone as in, the

werewolves, R.Jay and Darren.

Andy or Cqari couldn't come,

they stayed home with the

grownups. We gathered our bags,

and set them in the trunk of my

Mom's truck.

We had difficulties with the

seating arrangements. Mel drove,

and Kenny was in the passenger

seat. Loren, Aaron, and Brady

were in the back, and R.Jay and

Brady were way in the back by the bags. And where was I?

"Why don't you just sit on Loren's lap?" Brady suggested.

"Yeah," Mel agreed. "I'm sure

he'd like it," Mel winked at Loren

while his cheeks got red.

Loren's POV

My cheeks got warm and red

as Mel winked at me.

I actually sure as hell would

like it if she sat on my lap....

"Uh...alright," Elyssa said, a little

unsure. She got in the car, and

slowly put her butt on my thighs.

But one little problem, she was

sitting on my crotch.

Everyone chuckled, but Mel

started driving to Missouri. I

almost moaned when Elyssa had

to make herself comfortable by

moving around on my lap.

Brady tapped my shoulder,

and when I looked at him, he

snickered. I narrowed my eyes

at him, and Elyssa shuffled around Some more. Jesus Christ this girl......

"Sorry, I'm done moving.." she

smiled at me.

I didn't want her to be done,

my-perverted-self thought.

I forced myself to smile back.

I think I was sweating. Am I

nervous? I shouldn't be. Is it

because my sexy girlfriend is

making me hard and I can't really do anything about it? Maybe that's why I'm sweating.....

I can sense that she's gotten

really comfortable, and she's

thinking about the wolf.

Man, I cannot keep myself

down. And when I mean myself,

I mean, my crotch is actually

halfway sticking up... hope Elyssa

doesn't feel that....

Elyssa's POV

I thought Loren had something

in his pocket, like a pen or

something like that, and it's kind

of poking me, so when I move my butt off his-

OH! My god! I think I know

what was sticking me.... kept

moving around so much, and I'm

kind of in between his legs....Jeez.

We reached Missouri a few hours later. Yes, we were stuck like that in the exact position until we made our destination.....

I hurriedly got out of the car,

and looked up at the hotel. The sign read: Sheraton City Center Plaza Hotel. Loren came out behind me, slowly, and I couldn't tell, but I think he was hiding something over his mid-section. But anyways, we were just about to unload or things when a bellhop came. "Oh, no need for that, I will bring them in right away."

"Thank you," Mel smiled at

him, and Kenny looked a little

upset at that.

We went inside, and it

immediately reminded me of

20 mansions put together. There

was an elavator, a food court,

everything there would be in a 5

Star Hotel.

Brady said he'd pay for the

rooms, and when he did, we were too excited to go see our rooms.

The bellhop said the rooms

take up to 4 people only. So, he

payed for two rooms, for a whole

week. Well, this skips school,

completely.

We figured it out. Mel, R.Jay,

Darren and I will sleep in the

same room while Kenny, Aaron,

Brady and Loren will be in the

same room. "It's like back at your

room, Elyssa, all over again. We're all together again," R.Jay smiled.

"Let's go see our rooms!"

Room 489 was ours, and Room

490 was Loren and theirs. We put

the key in, twisted it, and stepped

in, gasping.

We dropped our bags and went

to explore the room, put up our

things, and relax. After we were

done exploring and stuff, we

washed up and put on our swim

suits and met Loren and others at the pool, which was incredible.

As soon as I jumped into the

pool, Loren swam over to me and started tickling me. We all started having pool fights and splashing each other.

It kind of reminded me when I saw Loren at the beach and we started plashing each other.

"Let's play Marco Polo!" Mel

exclaimed.

"I'm sorry, what?" Kenny asked.

"You don't know what Marco

Polo is?"

"Of course he does," Loren said. "He's just shocked that you'd

want to play." He smirked at

Kenny.

Kenny rolled his eyes. "Okay,

smart-ass, I'll be Marco..." he got

in the center of the pool, and got

underwater. His head popped

back up, his eyes were closed and

he said, "Marco."

"Polo." We all chorused.

The first person he found is Mel....and she wasn't even the

closet to him, Brady was.

It was Loren's turn. Great....

He did the same as Kenny.

"Marco."

"Polo."

He smiled underwater, and

started making his way over to

me. I tried to run in the water, but we all know how hard it is to run in the water. I felt his hand grab hold of my legs, as he pulled me underwater. He smiled at me, and I smiled back at him, before he kissed me.

This is actually my first time

kissing underwater. It felt good,

as we swam around in circles,

unaware of the people all playing.

But then we realized we were

running out of breath, so we had

to go back up. "Okay, love birds,

what to do next?"

"There is seriously a lot of things in this hotel, and you don't know?"I asked Aaron.

"Not really. What is there to do?"

I smiled, and looked at Mel. She smiled back, and we chorused, "Bowling."