Two Hard

by Amy Brent

  She took out the card for the professional service and was tempted to ring them straight away. Unfortunately, she was exhausted and could barely stand on her own 2 feet. That kind of sex would’ve been nice, but it could wait, until she was ready to pounce on her prey. She didn’t want to just lie there and take it. Her idea of a good time was to give, as good as she got.

  Picking up her briefcase, she slipped the files that she would need to spring this little surprise on the business tomorrow. It would come as a shock, but she wouldn’t be around long to hear the arguments. She stepped towards the elevator, pressing the button and waiting for it to arrive on the top floor. He stood demurely inside the enclosure and then took the elevator all the way down to the garage. Stepping out, she smelled the acrid odor of exhaust fumes and had to cover her face with the sleeve of her very expensive suede jacket. It was an impulse buy and one that she did not regret. It fit her perfectly and molded to her body like a second skin.

  Her heels clicked across the pavement and then she could feel that she was not alone. The shadow was that of a man and then it morphed into something that was not human at all.

  Chapter two

  Petra didn’t want to look behind her. She stayed completely still, almost like she thought that was going to stop what was going to happen.

  “I think you know the reason why I’m here. This is nothing personal and it’s all about business. I think that especially you would understand something like that.” Carter wrapped his hands around her waist and lifted her clear off her feet. His huge arms were covered with a trench coat, but his claws were that of the bear variety. “Money has exchanged hands and your life has been forfeited. Trust me, it’s better that you don’t struggle. Give in to it and it will be over before you know it.” He squeezed with the might of an uncaring animal. He stood over her by at least 2 feet. Had she looked back, she probably would have fainted from realizing that it was a true black bear that was hurting her in this fashion.

  “I…can’t…breathe.” She tried to wrestle free, but the strength behind whoever was doing this was beyond the norm. “Please… I can pay you…whatever you want.” As a last ditch effort, Petra decided that a bribe was in order. There was nothing in life that money couldn’t solve. If you had enough of it to throw around, you could do practically anything without dealing with the consequences. “Name your price…name your price.”

  Carter heard her Pleas, but a contract was a contract. “I’m afraid to say that no amount of money is going to get you out of this one. I’ve done my due diligence and I feel nothing about killing you. You’ve stepped over too many lives and this is what happens when you do the things that you do.” He was squeezing tightly and it was music to his ears to hear that first crack of one of her ribs. “That’s the sound of one of your bones breaking. The rest will follow suit soon enough.”

  “That’s more than enough.” Michael Lang a man that had just returned from a tour of duty overseas had stumbled upon something that was not for the faint of heart. If he was a normal man, he probably would have been stunned into silence, but he knew exactly what Carter was. He knew what Carter was, because he was one himself. He tried to keep that part of himself hidden, but it appeared that he was going to have to do something out of the ordinary “I don’t know who you are, but killing her is not going to happen on my watch. Put her down and leave before this thing gets ugly between the two of us. We both know that neither one of us wants to fight. That is not how we deal with things, unless it’s absolutely necessary. You really should be ashamed of yourself for taking your talents in this direction.” He saw that the bear wasn’t going to let go.

  “This is none of your business. I suggest that you turn around and go back from where you came from. You really don’t want to tangle with me. I have no beef with you and my business is with Miss Fulton. You shouldn’t interfere. This is only going to come back and bite you.” He howled, as he felt a punch to a very soft part of his body. Only those of his kind would know of that weakness. It did not stop him from squeezing, but it did lessen slightly, until he gritted through the pain.

  “I don’t think that you heard me. Let me make this painfully clear for you.” He used his military training and the strength of the bear to crack him upside the neck. This stunned Carter and made him release the girl out of necessity. “That’s more like it. Before I forget that we are the same, I would strongly suggest that you go somewhere and lick your wounds.” Michael brought his foot down behind the knee of the bear. He saw what he needed to see. In the throes of pain, the bear started to change back to normal human form. It was the pain that caused the transformation.

  “This isn’t over. When I take a contract, I make sure that it’s followed through and this is not going to be any different.” His words were through clenched teeth, as he hobbled away, until he disappeared.

  Petra didn’t really hear their exchange, as she was dealing with trying to breathe through the pain. She was on her knees and her panty hose had been cut open. Her hands were on the pavement and she was trying to collect herself with her glasses thrown off of her face. She moved her hands around to try to find them, only to come in contact with a manly presence.

  Michael Lang, a man with a distinctive crew cut and a black shadow of a one day beard stood and watched her stumble around like a blind woman. He was over 6 feet tall, 190 pounds of solid muscle and was wearing a black pair of jeans and open denim shirt with a white tee shirt underneath. The building had a physiotherapist that was helping him to deal with some mobility loss in his right hand.

  “Let me help you with those.” He knelt on the ground and picked up the glasses. He placed them very carefully back on her face.

  She blinked and saw him, as clear as day. This was the first time that she was speechless, as she stared at the man that had come to her rescue. “I don’t know what to say. He was going to kill me. I was lucky that you were here. I didn’t see my attacker, but he was very strong. I would say that he was a giant of a man.” Petra could not help, but to admire the contours of this man’s body. He was a little rough around the edges, but there was something about his bad boy personality that rubbed her the right way.

  “It was lucky that I was here. My appointment was postponed for an hour. Had it not been, I probably wouldn’t have been able to help you out of this sticky situation.” He helped her to her feet and saw that she was slow to get her balance back. “I think that you should seriously consider getting some security. That man didn’t seem like the type that’s going to leave this alone.” He wasn’t sure how much to tell her without revealing that her attacker and himself were almost one in the same.

  “I’m sure that it was just a disgruntled ex employee that decided to take matters into his own hands. I’ll beef up security around the building, but I don’t think that it’s necessary to go any further than that. I suppose, I wouldn’t stop some good samaritan from protecting me. It’s obvious that you have training. That look in your eye is indicative of somebody that has seen their fair share of violence. I think that if anybody is uniquely qualified to protect me, it would be you. Name your price.” She remembered saying that to one other man and finding that her attempt to use money to get out of it had gone nowhere.

  “I don’t know about that. I just got back from someplace that I would rather not talk about. I’ve only been back in the city for a couple of months, but things have definitely changed from last time I was here.” He had found out his legacy by an impromptu altercation with a boy in high school. Thankfully the exchange was private, but it left the kid in a comatose state. He had been confronted by his grandfather, who informed him of his condition. He had apologized profusely for not giving him all that information. He enlisted into the navy and became something of a weapon onto himself. He would go into insane situations and come out of it unscathed, unlike some of his brethren.

  “Surely a man of your considerable talents could use something of employment. I’m not asking for much. You stay at m
y place in one of the guest rooms and you have the run of the entire house. The only thing that I ask is that you take me from my home to the office and then back again at the end of the day. I’ll even allow you to make some suggestions about my security at my home. Believe me that is a very big deal and one that you shouldn’t take lightly.” She was shaken up, but finding herself in the presence of this man had certainly brightened her day. “I’ll give you a salary of $10,000 a week. I’m sure that’s more than enough to get you to see things my way.”

  It wasn’t about the money for Michael. He didn’t need anything more than what he had. He lived a minimalist kind of lifestyle with very little to call his own. He liked it that way and found the trappings of society to weigh him down unnecessarily. He was going to take the job, but mostly to make sure that that bear could not get his claws into her again.

  “If I take this job, then you have to do exactly what I tell you without question or delay. I can’t have you being a problem.” He had to admire the woman. She was strong and confident and there was a sense of sophistication that surrounded her. “I mean it and if I sense that you are not taking this seriously, then I will leave and you’ll never hear from me again.” It was an idle threat, but one that he thought was necessary to keep her in line.

  “I don’t think that we have to be melodramatic about this. This is a professional transaction and one that should be treated, as such. With that being said, I do expect my security to be dressed for the part. We can’t have you standing by my side in jeans. People will talk and I would rather they didn’t. I have a reputation to uphold. I have an expert and I believe that he would love to get his hands on you. I’ll be more than happy to be there for the tailoring. He owes me a favor and let’s just say that I helped him when nobody else would.” Petra was not about charity, but sometimes she felt like it was best to give back to those of her own country.

  “I’m not really one to wear a monkey suit, but I guess I can entertain the idea.” He helped her to her car and he was slightly impressed by the sporty little number that she had acquired. It was of European design. He could hardly wait to get behind the wheel and to feel the horsepower underneath him. “I do believe that this was custom made in your honor. I’m sure that you had a hand in what went into this marvel of technology.” He looked up in time to see the keys come flying over the hood in his direction.

  He snatched them out of the air and he could tell that she was visibly impressed by his speed. “I’m glad that you were able to catch them. If you didn’t, I probably would tell you to take a hike and that your assistance was not required. Let’s just call that a test and one that you passed with flying colors.” She sat beside him in the car, watching the scenery go by and then feeling slightly more relaxed, as they entered into a country like setting. She had programmed her address into the GPS and he was following it like a good soldier should.

  “I can’t believe that you live here. This place is a logistical nightmare when it comes to security. At least tell me that the windows are bulletproof” She shook her head in the negative, but she didn’t think that she needed to answer any of his inane questions.

  They approached the house and it began to light up with the motion sensors that were there to predict her every movement. He went in and he found himself surrounded by a black and white motif. There was no personality and everything was sterile like that of someone that really didn’t care for her surroundings.

  It felt impersonal and she had an interior decorator that followed her commands. She wanted something contemporary and did not go into the antique kind of look.

  “I’m going to have to call some friends of mine to come over and give this place a security makeover. I don’t want any arguments and this is going to happen, whether you like it or not.” He watched her climb the winding metal staircase and he could see a hint of her inner thigh that made him lick his lips with a sort of intense impatience.

  “I’ll see you in the morning. I wake up at exactly 6:00 AM. I work out downstairs in the weight room for an hour and then I have breakfast at exactly 7:30 AM. I’m out of the house by eight and I expect you to follow my routine.” She didn’t even look back at him. It was primarily, because she didn’t want to jump into his arms. She had to use a lot of willpower to stop herself from touching him inappropriately in the car driving over here.

  When she got to the top of the stairs and went into the master bedroom, the lights in the house extinguished. It didn’t matter and Michael was able to see with his enhanced sight all the way to the guest room. He’d never been in a place that was this fancy. He really did feel out of place. It didn’t stop him from languishing on that queen sized bed that had a mattress that was the product of many sheep giving their all for his comfort.

  Chapter three

  In the morning, Petra got up and walked completely naked into the hallway without a care in the world. She was still half asleep and she had forgotten that she had invited company. It wasn’t, until she went towards the bathroom that she got the surprise of her life.

  She had her hand on the knob, when it opened to the sight of a man with only a towel on. She stepped back momentarily shocked, but then she remembered what happened last night. “You scared the hell out of me. We might want to consider putting a bell around your neck.” She couldn’t help, but to look in a southerly direction. If that was flaccid, then she could only imagine what it would look like with all the blood rushing to the head.

  “I don’t really care, but my eyes are up here.” He got a giddy little thrill out of putting her on notice. “I don’t know how you treat your other employees, but I don’t particularly enjoy being looked at, as a piece of meat.” He found it funny that this was what most women felt like. He was getting a taste for what that was like. He kind of enjoyed the way that she was staring at him and most likely undressing him with her eyes.

  “I…I…I don’t have to take this kind of abuse. Go downstairs and wait for me and I will be there shortly.” She had stumbled over her words for the first time in her life. Petra went into the bathroom with the steam providing her the escape that she needed. Leaning back against the door, she thought of how easy it would be to seduce him into her arms. This was mostly caused by the need to get naked and fuck like a couple of crazed animals. It had been 2 weeks without any and this merger had taken up a considerable amount of time and effort. The one thing that took a back seat was her pleasure. She hadn’t the energy to even pick up one of the toys in her night stand. There was an assortment of goodies with a supply of fresh batteries to get the job done. It wasn’t the same, as having a flesh and blood substitute, but it had sufficed for what she had in mind. Unfortunately, she was still hungry and it had nothing to do with food.

  The way that that man looked in the towel was only a tease for what lie underneath. She was tempted to snatch it off his waist and to make him embarrassed by her behavior, but she decided against it. It took a very cold shower to douse the flame that was burning between her legs. The chilling effect of the cold water was enough to stifle that desire for the time being. She needed to find a permanent solution, either with one of her toys or an emotionally free moment with one of her professional gigolos.

  She dressed quickly, putting on a black dress that was short at the bottom and plunging at the top. It was meant to throw people off their guard. She couldn’t reach the zipper, but she had in house help that could probably put their hands to good use.

  Going down the stairs, she stopped short in the kitchen to see the naked ass of Michael in only an apron.

  Michael knew that he was putting on a show and was consciously aware that he was most likely making his new employer very uncomfortable. “You did say that you wanted breakfast, but you never did say, if I should be wearing clothes. I gave it some thought and I came to the conclusion that you would probably want to have it your way or the highway.” He didn’t turn, but he did flex his posterior to hear the chair from in front of the island being pulled back for her
to take a seat. “There has to be something on the menu that you find to your liking. I took the liberty of whipping up a few delicacies. Don’t be shy and I suggest that you dig in, before it gets cold.”

  He turned and he found her staring like that of a woman that had one in the chamber. This woman was a balls to the walls big woman with an attitude. Her caramel skin was like fly paper to his eyes.

  “You are doing this on purpose. I don’t appreciate being made a fool of. I think that it’s best that you go and put something on immediately. I can’t have you running around my house naked.” She was saying the words, but she was more than eager to have him, as her naked chef any time of the day.

  He went around with a plate of scrambled eggs and sausage with a side order of bacon and placed it in front of her. “There’s nothing to be ashamed of and we are after all consenting adults. I don’t think that I have anything that you haven’t seen before.” He was aware that his 8 inch cock was hard and was projecting nicely underneath the apron. That tent had only made it that much more difficult for her to keep her eyes off of him. “I was looking for the fatter sausage, but I could only find these breakfast links. I have no idea where you’re going to find something bigger than those tiny little shriveled pieces of meat” He was teasing her and was having fun at her expense.

  She had a feeling that this man was trying to get underneath her skin. He believed that she wouldn’t do anything about it, but he was about to find out how wrong he was. Her panty hose clad foot stretched out and came in contact with that huge presence. With her other foot, she moved the apron out of the way to see the object of her desire.

  “You really shouldn’t play with fire and sometimes that can be dangerous to your health.” She turned in the swivel chair with the plate of food in her hand and her 2 feet now holding his cock on either side. She jerked it back and forth and was rewarded by the leakage at the top. It made contact with her hose and gave her that slippery feel to move unencumbered against his hot flesh. “You don’t know this about me, but I tend to pick up the gauntlet of a dare. You can’t tell me that you weren’t daring me to do something.” She was biting her bottom lip and dragging her teeth back and forth along the skin.