Chapter Ten
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Chapter Ten
“Alright,” he grinned. She kept her hand in his as her family gathered close. “So, I have no idea what you all remember, but things have been pretty damn weird around here lately. Brody was a man I didn’t recognize, Aunt Penelope was having a baby, which is awesome, and I floated into a void of nothingness where a glowing lady made me visit three different realities. One was incredible, one was terrible and the last one was just really freaking lonely.”
“What happened?” Shawna asked, always the inquisitive one. Sarina smiled at her.
“I chose the one I wanted most and here we all are,” Sarina grinned, leaning over to kiss Brody’s cheek. “Apparently setting everything right took some supernatural workings because the woman I encountered was unlike any other I’ve ever known. She was stunning and it was like looking into the most pure light I’ve ever known.”
“That doesn’t sound terrible,” said Shawna.
“It wasn’t that. It was seeing a world where I was stuck in a loveless marriage or a reality where I chose to be alone rather than risk my heart.”
“What about the reality you liked?” Jason asked, curious.
“That,” Sarina grinned, “is the lovely thing about this reality. I know where I hope to go and who I want with me when I do. Come hell or high water, I’m going to make the best of this life and love everyone in my life the way I hope to be loved.”
“You are loved,” Romeo and Amanda said in unison, sharing a smile.
“I know,” Sarina gave them all a wobbly smile.
After everyone had gone their own ways, Sarina accompanied Brody on a picnic and told him the finer details of the reality she’d chosen.
“We had twins?”
“Honestly,” Sarina chuckled. “I’m surprised we only had two children considering how hot the s*x was. I’m glad I can remember it.”
“Want to refresh my memory?”
“Absolutely,” Sarina laughed, pressing her warm lips to his.
“Wait,” Brody said, chuckling when she pouted. “I’m not stopping, just delaying for a second so I don’t forget.” Sarina watched him inhale and saw a change in his eyes that melted her heart. She loved how easily he shared his feelings with her. All she had to do was look into his eyes.
“It has been one hell of a life since I asked you to dinner. When we mated, I thought it’d be easy to watch you walk down the aisle. Then all this craziness happened and I thought for a long time that I had lost you. I can’t tell you the terror that caused in me. I don’t want to spend another minute wondering what it’d be like to not live the life I imagine us having. I want to have all of your future, if you’ll have me. Will you marry me, Sarina?”
She sobbed through her acceptance speech and when her tears were finally dried by laughter and giggles of joy, she made love to Brody with all the enthusiasm and caring of their first time.
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Pounding his fist on the table, the man cursed the Traverse family. Who the hell died and made them rulers of the werewolves and their world? How long had he been trying to destroy them? How many had he sent through the generations to stop their progress? He couldn’t come right out and tell them off, smite them where they stood, but if you wanted a job done right and all, you could rarely leave it to someone else. Even Lilith hadn’t managed to escape them.
“Get me Dankar,” the man said to his assistant who went out without making a sound.
“You called for me, sir,” the small, hunchbacked man said, looking at his master at an angle.
“You’ve studied the black arts for years now and yet these people still plague my kind.”
“Yes, sire. I have found no permanent solution in the black magic that can destroy that family line completely. The only way to do it is to end the lives of the male children forever. Even then the females will pass those genes on to their heirs as well.”
“And yet I have been unsuccessful at every turn in destroying any of them, let alone the whole lot.”
“Then perhaps, sire, a more grandiose plan is needed.”
“Such as?”
“All-out war?”
“Annoying,” the man grumbled.
“Regardless sir, it’s virtually unavoidable at this point. You’ve been trying to take out this line for decades, nay, centuries now. It’s time to stop the namby-pamby bullshit and hit them so hard, they never get back up.”
“Alright,” the man sighed. “Gather everyone so I can address them all and form a plan of action.”
“Yes, sire.”
Dankar did as he was told and sent word to the fifteen colonies of his master’s pack. It took nearly two weeks for them to all gather into the Delta area. He liked being close to his prey, not too close, but close nonetheless.
“They’re all here, your highness.”
“Thank you, Dankar. Go ahead and keep studying. We will surely need your skills when the full moon comes.”
“Welcome!” the man said, his voice booming over the crowd of more than fifteen thousand. It was Dankar’s expertise that he never needed a microphone or loudspeaker. “We’re gathered here tonight to discuss the annihilation of the Traverse pack. The pack that has plagued our kind since nearly the beginning. Despite my best efforts, I have been unable to find a solution to this problem and have called you all together for an all-out assault on them. I want stealthy intelligence first though.”
A handsome young man stepped forward and grinned, his dimples shining. His pretty blue eyes gave off an air of trustworthiness the man was sure would serve him well, regardless of his true intentions. He had jet black hair and when he smiled, the man was forced to admit that he was a handsome devil. “Have you ever thought about infiltration, sir?”
“What do you mean?”
“Their women are beautiful, but hardly are they the strong and more seasoned of our kind. Their oldest female has just become of breeding age. Have Dankar work a spell on her and I promise you sir, I can do the rest. I’ll have her wrapped around my finger in days. She’ll let me take her to my bed. If I can produce offspring with her, she’ll have no choice but to give into your demands, for the sake of her unborn baby, of course.”
The man mulled over the young man’s idea and grinned. Infiltration would certainly be easier with one of the Traverse women. “Alright,” he agreed. “Go and meet with Dankar. You’ve got exactly two weeks to impregnate the Traverse daughter and gain as much intel as you can about their pack, the numbers, knowledge, so on and so forth.”
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Sarina felt as if someone had dropped all of her dreams in her lap all at once. Her Aunt Penelope announced that week that she and Elijah were expecting a beautiful baby boy and Sarina told them his name before they ever said anything, a smile of knowing on her face. She had fixed things with Brody and her body felt sanguine as she stripped for the shower.
“May I join you?” came a sultry and very masculine voice. Turning she saw Brody standing there. He looked different today, dark and dangerous in a way that made her body hum with expectation.
“Gladly,” she grinned. Turning the hot water on, she cranked on the cold and adjusted the temperature. She stepped beneath the spray as the hot water hit her flesh. She heard the shower door open and felt Brody step behind her. His hands massaged her shoulders and she moaned when his lips touched her flesh. He kissed her from shoulder to shoulder, slowly turning her on as his hands found the perky roundness of her breasts.
He teased her n*****s, rubbing her tight peaks between his thumbs and forefingers. Her head fell back against him as her a*s bumped against his aching c**k. When he bent her over, Sarina gladly acquiesced, feeling the thick press of his tip against her yearning p***y. The first thrust was hard and deep, filling her in a way that tore a moan from her chest. He pulled out and pressed in again, setting a savage rhythm that made Sarina grab at the walls and faucet for purchase. “Oh baby,” Brody groaned, filling her over and over again. He slammed into her, his shaft taking her in a way they’d never touched before and Sarina felt her body boil over as her o****m screamed through her body.
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“Can I steal Brody for a minute?” Sarina smiled, addressing her father.
“Sure, honey.”
“Are you okay?” Brody asked.
“I’m wonderful,” Sarina said, wrapping her arms around Brody’s waist as they walked. “I just thought that telling you you’re going to be a father might be something you’d like to hear.”
“What did you say?” he asked, stopping and facing her.
“We’re having a baby,” Sarina said, “I’m nearly eight weeks pregnant!”
“We’re having... a baby,” he whispered almost reverently.
“Isn’t it wonderful?”
“Your dream thingy,” Brody said. “Is it twins?”
“I don’t know, yet.”
“When can we find out?”
“In about three days, when I go see Aunt Briana.”
“I’m going with you,” Brody said, his face leaving no qualms about what he wanted. “Wherever you have to go, I’m going with you.”
“I wouldn’t have it any other way.”
Brody kissed her soundly, pressing her up against the building at her back and plundering her sweet mouth.
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“I think,” Amanda said as she and Romeo dressed for bed, “that very shortly here, our oldest is going to announce an upcoming arrival.”
“Please not yet,” Romeo nearly winced.
“We’re ripe for grandchildren,” Amanda grinned. “Can you imagine little ones running around here again?”
“Shouldn’t we get our oldest out the door first?”
“You know darn well you and Brody have been working like dogs on his home. You can’t blame him for wanting the best for her. Would you rather he be a lowlife?”
“No,” Romeo sighed. “Letting go isn’t nearly as easy as I thought it would be.”
“We’re not letting go,” Amanda assured him, “We’re just opening our arms a little wider.”
“If you say so,” Romeo grinned. “You wanna open your arms wider?”
“Come here, lover boy.”
As Amanda and Romeo enjoyed each other, the spy slinked back to his master with information that was badly needed.
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“His daughter is pregnant. Now whether it’s my seed or her mate’s I’m not sure, but either way, she’s expecting. Taking any of them out would be a bonus, but catching their youngest breeder would be a coup and you could easily break them then. If I’ve learned anything about this family, it’s that breaking their spirit makes breaking their physical ranks so much easier.”
“You’ve done well,” Fenris grinned. “Surely we’ll have them taken down in a short time now.”
“I can already see the end sir. And may I suggest congratulating Dankar on a job well done? Sarina Traverse never even suspected that I wasn’t her Brody. And she puts out like a wolf in heat, even when she’s not. I don’t mind saying that I’d screw her six ways to Sunday if given another chance.”
“I’ll congratulate Dankar in due time,” Fenris agreed. “For now, you may bed any female in the pack you wish, whether to screw or mate, is up to you.”
“How long can I keep her?”
“If you mate with her, forever. If you choose only to take her to your bed, you’ll have to accept my good graces for as long as they last.”
“Alright,” Brandt said. Walking through the halls of the huge mansion Fenris had built an eon ago, he smiled. Remembering how it’d been with Sarina, he felt a need claw its way into his system. He turned the corner and saw a lovely little blonde standing there. “Hello,” he smiled. She blushed and curtseyed, her breasts nearly falling out of her top. “Would you like to know a secret?”
“Sure,” she smiled.
“Fenris has given me permission to take any female I wish as my mate.”
“Oh,” she said, her pretty blue eyes going round with surprise. Brandt could already feel the ache to touch her, to take her. “I hope the fortunate woman knows how lucky she is.”
“I do as well,” he grinned. Holding out his hand to her, he walked with her a ways. “What is your favorite pastime?”
“I like all manner of things. Arts, politics, racquetball. If it interests me, and most things do, I enjoy it.”
“Does s*x interest you?”
“I’m not of an age to breed yet, sir.”
“I didn’t say breeding. I asked if s*x interested you.”
“Yes, sir.” Brandt watched the girl blush and need knifed through him.
“Good,” he smiled. “What’s your name, darling?”
“Sadie, sir.”
“Call me, Brandt. Come with me won’t you?”
“Yes, sir.”
Brandt took her to his room and offered her a glass of wine, which she accepted. “I’ve never seen the upper class chambers. They’re beautiful.”
“They are, I suppose. I don’t much care for anything in here save the fireplace when it’s needed and the bed of course. I find it the most comfortable for showing a woman how it should be. I have a need for you.”
She blushed crimson and Brandt took her hand. “I want so much to show you how good it can be between us. Will you let me have you, Sadie?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Call me Brandt,” he said, his voice sterner.
“Alright, Brandt,” she said, stiffening her spine. Taking her mouth, Brandt plundered her roughly as his hands stripped away her clothes. His hands bruised her flesh as he lay her down on the bed. Lying down next to her, he sank his fingers into her center, plunging into her until tears ran from her eyes.
“You’re so lovely, Sadie. Open yourself to me.” Pulling his hand back, Brandt made love to her gently now, slowly opening her wet core. He buried himself inside her, filling her completely and tasting the salt on her breasts with the tip of his tongue. He took her over and over again until she came hard, squeezing his c**k until he exploded.
Not sated, he touched her everywhere, exploring her beautiful body as memories of his time with Sarina played through his mind. He took her over again, explaining how it would be between them if she’d mate with him. “When we join and it builds between us, we must bite each other, therefore marking us as mates.”
“Okay,” Sadie said breathlessly as his fingers played over her swollen clit. He rode her a little harder this time, needing the roughened, hard edge of her o****m. On her c****x, he sank his teeth into her neck and tasted the hot flavor of her arousal. Only Brandt had lied. He’d said that they’d need to bite each other, but Sadie never got that far as Brandt changed, snapping young Sadie’s neck and ending her life.
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Sarina and Brody went to see Briana, the Radiant, the next week and learned that they were indeed having twins.
“It looks like a boy and a girl,” Briana smiled. “Congratulations.”
“Thank you,” they said, smiles on their faces.
“You’re welcome,” she grinned. “I can imagine your parents are thrilled. I know how much your mother loves children.”
“She’s over the moon and we haven’t even told her about the twins, yet.”
“Well. We’ll see you rested and home before you know it,” Briana smiled.
The next morning, Sarina and Brody headed home, their news spreading joy through the entire family.
“To a new generation,” Jason said, holding his champagne in the air.
“To the future,” Romeo added and everyone, save Sarina, enjoyed the bubbly.
Little did the Traverse family know that somewhere in the darkness, a force was planning to end the future they were celebrating and Fenris, a wolf they’d thought to be long-dead, was leading the cause.
-To be continued in Book 2-
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