Dorthena

by Sharon Barrett

  Just then Thena’s cell phone rang and he picked it up and said, “Hello!”

  Hi Ryker old man; how you doing this is Zand,” Zand said with a big smile.

  Ryker smiled deeply, “Zand I am great and how about you, and that glorious mate you have? How did you know it was me?”

  “Alexis is just fine and so are the two pups. Ryker your voice would be recognized by anyone it is such a deep baritone. Thena asked me to do some checking around on Melrodger Courtoreille, and I have the word on the street for Thena.”

  Damn Zand you now got two pups’ last I heard you had your first one on the way. Time flies when you’re having fun!” Ryker laughed! “What is it Zand I need to know to help Thena,” Ryker said with a knitted brows.

  “The word on the street is that Melrodger wants not only Seeker killed, but he wants Thena dead as well, she is the only tie in to Michael Claims death and Melrodger connection. Seeker is the man who was with Melrodger’s son Cue when he was killed. Get Thena to a safe place Ryker you your welcome to come up to the alpha house with Storm and Wind take residence in one of the cabins, if it is to far there is also Rain Walker and his mate Amethyst’s place they also have vacant cabins you can use. Storm and Rain are brothers; both will certainly lend you a hand if I asked.”

  Ryker smiled, “I’ll have to get back to you on this one, it’s pretty dangerous situation I just killed an ex-CIA OPS working for the highest bidder. His mate is still around I am sure and she is dangerous beyond words. It might be a situation where Melrodger may have to be removed from the picture all together. I would be more then happy to take care of that problem myself. I had a run in with him fifteen years ago when I was a young kid. And let’s say I lost that one and I don’t intend to lose a second time as far as Melrodger is concerned. I have learned plenty over the years on how that alpha operates.”

  “The name on the couple would not be Cullen would it?” Zand said with a worried looked.

  “Zand that is the name of them alright, don’t tell me anything concerning them unless it is something I would not know of which would be something recent; such as in the past year or a little more. ”

  “Recent news is they were behind the killing of the Hart family in Florida, the killing of Sam Douglas in Detroit and Marshall Wilcox’s son Steven, they did some mercenary work in Asia for a month or two, nothing else knew.”

  “Zand do me a favor and find out who this Seeker is for me and don’t let Thena know I was asking you to find out about him for me please? Zand I intend to kill the son of a bitch the reason is my own.”

  Zand thought, “ok will do see what I can find out tell me where he is staying?

  “In this area I believe Zand.” Ryker said with a deep frown on his face. Ok I’ll keep you informed thanks for a job well done, and I might get back to you on a safe place to stay. Problem is I don’t want to endanger others. And you know me I always put others first.”

  Zand figured that Seeker must have done something awful for a man like Ryker to want to kill him and he figured it had something to do with Thena. Now what would make a man like Ryker want to kill another man, he must have forced himself on Thena that was the only answer. Zand hit the steering wheel of his truck, he felt like taking pieces out of Seeker as well. No damn alpha would ever attempt rape no matter what. They had more control then that.

  Ryker hung up the phone walked to the refrigerator opened it up; looked in side. “Damn not much to eat a bag of chips from Thena’s motel room. Better then nothing.” As he sat there eating the chips at the table he heard Thena moan and got up quickly and rushed to the bedroom.

  Thena sat in the middle of the bed tried to see out her eyes but they were swollen shut completely. Her head ached beyond belief. Her jaw was aching like hell. Her lip felt like it was on fire. She wanted to cry, but was beyond tears. Her nose was tender and felt stuffed up. Then she heard someone in the room, she froze, “who’s there?” She reached under the pillow and came up with no gun, where the hell had she left one of her guns? She knew she left one under her pillow, who ever was in the room had to have taken it. Turning she leaned her head back as far as she could trying to see, but saw nothing, “Please tell me who is here?”

  “Thena it’s me Ryker,” his deep baritone voice seeped into body, “settle down in the bed you’re badly hurt and need to recuperate from the hell you went through last night.” Ryker looked worried. Then he new from the look on her face what was coming next.

  “What the hell are you doing here? I never ask you to come! Get the hell out of my motel room! I can handle the situation just fine without your help! I don’t want you here! Get out or I’ll call the motel manager!” Thena tried to reach for the phone by the bed and found no table. Thena began to scream at Ryker. “Ryker where is the damn table and the phone, where is my gun from under the pillow? Damn it, Ryker answer me right now or so help me you will regret it! Answer me Ryker, where the hell am I?”

  Ryker never said a word he just let Thena rant and rave on and on until she couldn’t rant and rave any more. When she threw herself back into the bed she waited silently as tears ran down her cheeks, Ryker spoke softly, “I am here, because Ned called me. I know you didn’t ask me to come, but I am here now. We are not in your motel room; you were in no shape to be left there to tend to yourself. As for the handling the situation love, I think you were doing great up until last night! The man Cullen is dead I killed him one bullet to the head took care of him. Since I am here now, I am staying as for lending you a hand if you want it fine I’ll help, if not fine, I have another job to do! There is no phone in this cabin we are staying in and your gun is under the mattress on your right.”

  Suddenly sitting up Thena was glad she could not see Ryker’s face with some self satisfied smirk on it. Or the, I told you so look! Truth was there was no smirk or I told you so look, just a worried frown. Thena laid back down in bed she felt defeated, tired, warn out, and half dead inside. Come to think of it she felt half dead inside since her and Ryker split a year a go, she was not going to tell him that. Here she was twenty six years old and she felt like a hundred years old. Thena turned on her side and shut out the world.

  Then it crossed her mind what day it was. She turned in bed and smiled, “Ryker,” when he walked into the room Thena sat up, “Happy birthday Ryker your thirty today. I hope you have many more, “With that Thena laid back down turned on to her side and shut out the world and tried to fall a sleep. Sleep would not come easy not with Ryker in the same cabin. Thena felt desire shoot through her body but was too weak to do much about it.

  “Ryker smiled, she had remembered it was his birthday, Ryker slipped out of the cabin locked the door walked down to the local store purchase some groceries, two candles and two candle holders, a box of chocolates, an apple pie stopped at the liquor store and purchased a bottle of wine! Ryker walked back to the cabin unlocked the door and walked in. Closed the door behind him and started dinner for the two of them. When the steaks were cooked both loved them medium done, wine opened, salad and mashed potatoes and sweet corn he walked to the bedroom.

  Thena looked a lot better, her eyes were not swollen shut any longer, but they were a beautiful color of reds, purples, yellow and even black, more then likely still tender. Her color was extremely pale and didn’t like the pasty look she had about her. It was not just her face but her arms and legs as well. He walked to the bed; Thena wake up love dinner is ready. Thena had slept the better part of the day away.

  Thena turned onto her back from her side and looked up at Ryker; he was still so handsome her heart skipped a few beats. His smile warmed her heart, and she felt warm between the legs, desire shot through her body. She wanted him, yet was so scared to let him know her desires for him still ran strong with in her body. Her body remembered the satisfaction Ryker could give her. The long hours of love making; and her body demanding more, what was she to do now with these feelings racing through her body?

  “Come dinner is ready your steak is
getting cold.” Ryker said with a big smile as if he had read her mind. He had not but his mind was racing along the same lines of thinking. And his shaft was growing hard. Dismissing the uncomfortable feelings he waited for Thena.

  “Slowly Thena moved the covers from her and slid her legs over the side of the bed. She sat for a moment feeling dizzy then got up. Ryker took her by the arm and led her to the table. When she was seated he put wine in her glass, lit the candles turned down the lights, served up steak, potatoes and corn. Thena said little at the table almost scared to say anything it might ruin the dinner. Ryker talked on about jobs he had done over the year, he didn’t mention any girl friends and Thena would not ask. He did not ask her about men friends which was fine with her since there had only been two with Seeker being the most recent if you could call it anything but one morning sex.

  When dinner was over he cut her a slice of apple pie and gave her a box of chocolates. Thena set the chocolates aside. They were her favorite chocolate covered nuts. When dinner was over Thena suggested she do the dishes but Ryker said absolutely not, she needed her rest and wanted her to go back to bed immediately after dinner.

  Thena got up from the table and started for the bedroom when she was half way to the bedroom door Thena felt funny and she stopped walking leaned her head off to one side as if she were listening. Thena began to sway slightly back and forth. Then suddenly Ryker was picking her up off her feet and carrying her to the bed. He laid her down, “Are you ok Thena? You do not look to well!”

  “Just need time to recover is all I have lost a lot of blood in the past few days.”

  “How much blood have you lost Thena? Damn it answers me?” Thena was unconscious in his arms he laid her back.

  “Rushing to Thena’s cell phone he dialled Zand, “Zand here!”

  “Zand it’s Ryker I need a doctor and a doctor fast, who can I call?”

  “Zand gave Ryker, Paige’s number and he dialled it.

  When the phone rang, “Jake and Paige, what can I do for you?”

  “Please let me speak to Paige Zand gave me her number.”

  Jake turned yelled, “Paige it is for you honey.”

  Paige came to the phone, “Hello.”

  Paige my name is Ryker I am a friend of Zand’s please help me?”

  Paige smiled; certainly I will help what is the problem.

  Ryker smiled, “Woman twenty six, multi shape-shifter mostly cats. Lost a lot of blood from two different situations one from being shot, bullet went through the shoulder. It is now healed, beating last night nose bleeds, mouth bleeding, cut on arm was bleeding, a lot of swelling she is unconscious feel it is from lose of blood.

  Paige looked worried, “she needs a blood transfusion right away must be a werewolf’s blood human blood will not work Are you a werewolf or multi shape-shifter?”

  “Yes I am a wolf!”

  “Then you need to give her blood right away. Is there someone there to help you?” Paige said with authority.

  “No I am a lone but I can do it. Ok run a needle with a tube from your vein to the females arm. Make sure you arm is up higher then the females, you should be able to go to a drug store and purchase what you will need say it is for a horse just purchase smaller needles. Call me and let me know how you make out!”

  Ryker rushed off to the drug store and when he got back Thena was still out on the bed. Half and hour later Thena was resting comfortable and sound a sleep. Her color looked so much better. He had given her a pint of blood and his werewolf blood was coursing through her veins healing her and helping to reproduce blood. Ryker undid the needles and tube. He had sneaked out to the local hospital and managed to get a bottle of IV for Thena, and set it up for her. Ryker was exhausted and laid next to Thena on the bed sound a sleep.

  Chapter 5

  The sun was up and it was sixty thirty in the morning. Thena woke up her arm was sore, but other wise she felt great. She had not felt this good in a long time she thought. Must have been that steak dinner last night, must eat more steak she thought. She straighten her arms out and felt someone next to her she turned her head and Ryker was sound a sleep he was laying on his back on top of the bed. Thena smiled, she suddenly wanted him so badly she could cry. He smelled so good, like musk, warm breath of air on the face in the summer time, he smelled of leaves and the woods, her inner wolf growled. Suddenly she could stand it no longer and she purred with desire. She ached in her tummy and between her legs, she felt wet between the legs. She sat up leaned over Ryker and kissed him hard and deep. When he returned the kiss she began to undo his shirt, his pants, when they were gone he flipped her over onto her back and looked at Thena her eyes were black from desire, her body was hot, she pulled him in but he refused, she cried out ,. “Ryker I need you, I want you know! Please! Thena ran her hand down to his shaft it was hard and large. She rubbed him until the need inside of her was out of control.”

  Ryker looked at her scented her, “no Thena. We are working together, no relationship.

  She tried to pull him towards her he refused again. She tore at her night grown until it was gone!

  “Damn it Ryker I need you now please! I am on fire for you, please Ryker!” Thena said as her body was hit with a wave of heat.

  “Thena listen to me your starting your heat likely in day or two, we can’t do it, and we are not a mated pair. I’ll get you some medication or you will have to bear this week out, please don’t beg me again.” Ryker got up out of bed picked up his clothes and walked out of the bedroom.

  Thena screamed, “Damn you Ryker if you don’t then I find someone else!” Thena dressed quickly walked out of the bedroom marched across the room and went to open the door. Suddenly she was grabbed from behind by Ryker and he held her tight. Thena began rubbing her butt into Ryker and she felt him growing hot and hard. She purred she tried to turn but he refused to let her move. Then undid the front of her jeans and let them fall to the floor. She bent over rubbing her butt against his shaft.

  Ryker held Thena to him his desires were growing beyond what control he had, His inner wolf wanted to dominate Thena and take her. He hoped it was just from the blood transfusion and it would pass. Thena shifted down into a wolf turned on Ryker he shifted down as well. He snapped at Thena trying to gain control over her. She snapped, growled, and snarled, bearing her teeth. Ryker knew she meant business and he had to get the upper hand on her now or it was over between them. Ryker hit Thena with his body knocked her down grabbed her by the throat and put pressure on her until she whimpered in defeat. When Ryker released her Thena shifted back to human form got up and rushed to the bathroom crying. She turned on the shower got in clothes and all, the cold water helped and when she was shivering she turned off the water crawled out of the tub. She wrapped a towel around herself walked to the bedroom and dressed. She knew that cold water nothing would work to help once she got into the heat.

  When Thena walked out of the bedroom she looked at Ryker with big sad eyes. Picked up her purse and keys and walked to the door.

  “Where the hells are you going” Ryker said in anger.

  “I have a job to do and I am going to go do it.” With that she marched out of the cabin and up to the motel she knocked on the door of the motel that Cullen’s were staying in, no answer she opened the door stepped back, and to the side. When she did a small explosion went off and Thena was thrown ten feet landing in the parking lot. Thena jumped up looked around in a daze.

  Ryker came rushing up to her. “Thena are you alright?”

  Thena looked down at her denims, brushed them off. Checked her self over and walked away from the scene. She walked over to her vehicle, noticed the passenger side door unlocked the rest of the doors were locked. She moved away from the vehicle bent down looked under the SUV saw a bomb attached. Ryker saw her and got down and looked he crawled over to the vehicle and took the bomb out from under the vehicle. Cut the wires and tossed it in a garbage container.

  Thena walked back to the cabin grabbed a
couple scanners from a box walked back to her vehicle starting at the engine she scanned the vehicle found three more bombs and disabled them. Once that was accomplished she got into her vehicle and drove away leaving Ryker standing in the parking lot.

  Ryker was angry with him self she wanted him and he turned her down that was a mistake maybe, once they made love maybe she would have hated him for taking advantage of her. Or she might have hated her self for coming on to him. Either way it would have been a mistake, now she is off by herself and nearly in heat and more then likely looking for a male once she gets hit with another wave of desire. He also knew that if she was in heat there was no female she could not destroy. Females were known to be very jealous when in heat, and they saw there mates as there’s alone.

  Thena drove out towards Seeker place of work. When she arrived she saw Seekers truck. She walked up to it ran a scan over the truck. She found two bombs and quickly disposed of them as fast as she could. Then moved her vehicle out of the way and out of sight, but where she could watch his truck and the door he existed out of.

  Three hours later she was hit with another wave of desire when she thought of Ryker and had to do something, she pulled her vehicle out and moved away from the buildings and down a side road when she came to a mountain stream she walked out into the water and sat down and cried. When she was shivering and could not stand the cold water another second she got up and walked to her vehicle. Got in soaked to the skin and drove back to where Seeker was working. When she got there she realized that it was after five and everyone had left work. She drove back to the cabin, walked up to the door still wet and cold. When she reached the cabin door she listened and heard nothing. She tried to open the door found it locked. She walked behind the cabin pushed open a window and crawled in. She was shivering and in bad condition she picked up fresh clothes from her suit case and walked to the bathroom taking a gun with her. She turned on the hot water when the tub was full she took off her wet clothes, stepped into the tub and sat down. A half an hour later she was still shivering. The mountain stream had been below freezing she knew, and only stayed in long enough to cool her body down; it must have been to long. She put a bath robe on instead of getting dressed, walked to the tiny kitchen put coffee on and sat down shivering waiting for it to perk. Two cups of coffee, the sun was going down and she moved to the bed in the bedroom, slipped on pj’s and put the bath robe back on took two quilts added them to the bed and crawled in. Breathing was getting difficult and she propped herself up with the two pillows. She fall into a deep sleep, but was still shivering.