Dorthena

by Sharon Barrett

  “Don’t ever back lip your alpha again Thena or you’ll get a hell of a lot worse then a slap or two. Maybe a good beating with a belt will wise you up? I should have raped you that day and tied you to the bed until you agreed to be my mate. I won’t be a fool twice Thena.” Seeker reached down and grabbed Thena by the arm and jerked her up, “walk Thena down the path stop crying or so help me I will punch you next time. Then I will carry you to the truck.”

  Thena moved down the path wiped her eyes of tears; she tried to keep pace up, but not to fast, nor to slow. She didn’t want it to look like she was in a rush, but was following Seekers orders.

  Thena turned to Seeker, “please let me go Seeker, you can find another female who will love you in return.”

  Seeker lost it at that moment he struck out and Thena ducked, kneed Seeker in front of his legs and tried to run. A shot went off the bullet hit just a head of Thena on the ground and Thena stopped. Seeker walked up to Thena and slapped her so hard her head snapped side ways and down she went. Blood ran from her mouth and her nose. One eye was hurting from a clip of one of Seekers finger nails. MaeSky began to cry; she was crying hard, the poor pup was terrified. She wasn’t hurt just scared. Her mother was in distress and she felt it, she felt he danger.

  Thena heard Ryker, “just another twenty yards sweet heart come to me, don’t anger him any more then he already is honey, now get up Thena another twenty yards, I am waiting for you! Storm is working to get behind Seeker so if you hear anything do not pay any attention to it.”

  Thena got up off the ground she took her sleeve wiped away the blood from her nose then pinched it tightly to stop the bleeding. She put her head down and walked down the path. “That’s much better Thena, you will be a lot happier if you just obey me, and after all I am your alpha now!” Seeker said with a big smile. When they reached the truck he pulled the keys out of his pocket, pushed the button to unlock the doors. Thena walked over to a tree leaned against it and started throwing up blood. The last fall she had not gotten hurt but she didn’t feel well, MaeSky was crying, she pushed her top open and put MaeSky’s lips to one of her nipples. MaeSky stopped crying. Thena leaned over again and threw up some more. Seeker seeing her sick laughed turned his back away from Thena.

  Suddenly Seeker went up against the truck the gun flew out of his hand landing about six feet from Thena she moved over picked up the gun. When Seeker came around he expected it to be Thena and was shocked to see it was a male! The smile left his face and Ryker hit Seeker so hard his head bounced off the truck window breaking it. Storm rushed down the path and over to Ryker grabbing him by the arm that was back and ready to swing a second time at Seeker, “Ryker stop! We will let the authorities handle it.”

  Ryker let Seeker go and Ryker walked towards Thena, suddenly the gun she had in her hand came up and was fired. Seeker dropped to the ground with a gun in his right hand. Thena moved towards another tree and threw up again. The blood from her nose had hit her stomach once again and was causing her to throw up large blood clots. When Thena stopped throwing up Ryker helped her up. MaeSky was wiggling to get free of her blankets, but would not let go of her mother’s nipple with her mouth. MaeSky had what she wanted and she was keeping it. To MaeSky it was a lift line to her mother as long as that life line was connected MaeSky was contented feeling secure in her mother’s arms.

  Seeker moaned and Thena moved towards him, “let me see my daughter for the last time Thena.”

  Thena stood there looking at Seeker trying to make a decision on telling him MaeSky was not his or just say nothing. Finally Thena decided on saying nothing he didn’t listen the first time he won’t listen a second time. Thena leaned over so that Seeker could see MaeSky. Then Seekers eyes glazed over from the death stare. Thena moved away from Seekers body. Thena wept as she walked over to a near by jack pine tree and sat down. Thena had enough of death, and killing and others trying to kill her, she decided she was going to retire once and for all, no matter what life would bring her now. She cried for Seeker, she cried for herself, her daughter, and all the misery she had felt in the past year.

  Ryker stood there starring at Thena, “was MaeSky Seekers daughter and not his he wondered,” Ryker’s inner wolf growled and stated firmly “she is ours and ours only.” Ryker growled “if she is ours then why did Thena take our daughter over to let Seeker see her? Why had Thena delayed and held back in the woods instead of following Seekers orders and go directly to the truck, was it because he was waiting for them?” Ryker stood across from Thena about ten feet away and starred at her. Ryker’s mind was going in directions he hated to admit it was going. Ryker couldn’t stop his mind from questioning the child’s parentage.

  Storm rushed back to Ryker’s home got the keys to their truck drove down and over to Seekers vehicle. Ryker help Thena get into the vehicle Storm and Ryker put Seekers body in the truck box.

  When Storm reached their place Ryker got Thena out of the truck up to the bedroom, pulled down the covers put Thena and his; MaeSky into the bed. He kissed Thena said he would be right back after he got rid of Seekers body.

  Two hours later Ryker came back to his home, walked in and then rushed up the stairs; Thena was in the bath room cleaning up. MaeSky was sleeping in her basinet. She smelled like all newly cleaned up pups smell of baby powder, fresh diapers. Thena came out of the bathroom looked at Ryker and rushed into his arms and cried. With having MaeSky, just getting out of the clinic and with Seekers death and the fear she felt for MaeSky’s safety had taken its toll on Thena and she could not help but cry her heart out. Ryker held her until she stopped crying. When she had stopped Ryker walked her over to the bed. Ryker wondered if she was crying, because she knew MaeSky was not his or that she felt bad over Seekers death or was it just the whole ordeal in it’s self. He knew her hormones were all screwed up right now. Thena sat down on the bed.

  Ryker cleared his throat, “I will only ask this once, and I won’t ask again Thena. I have to know the truth is MaeSky mine?” The hurt look that crossed her face, the pain he felt in her heart was answer enough for him, or was it. MaeSky was his somehow he truly knew it in his heart, but for some reason he wanted that question answered so the question would not keep eating at the back of his mind.

  Thena walked over to the phone called Paige up. She explained things to Paige and ask that a test be done immediately. An appointment was in half an hour so they drove over to the alpha house blood was taken from Ryker then little MaeSky and she screamed over the tests that were done to her. MaeSky protested over the tests for a couple of hours. No matter what Thena tried to do to comfort her daughter nothing worked she refused to stop crying, at the end of it both MaeSky and Thena were crying. Ryker tried to comfort MaeSky but she only screamed louder when he held her. Ryker felt worse then a dog, but he had to know the truth. He had forced pain on his mate and his daughter who was only two days old. What kind of werewolf was he?

  Thena slept extremely well and at peace never woke up once during the night except when Mae Sky needed changed and fed. Ryker could not say the same he tossed and turned and finally got up and went down stairs. Ryker drank four cups of coffee, he dreaded what the next day would bring it would either be great joy or some sorrow, If MaeSky was not his what could he say to Thena, they were not mated, were not dating, hell they were as far a part as two people could get at the time. He would accept MaeSky as his own; he loved her already in his heart. She reminded him of his sister with her eye color. Had he not visited several whores during the time they were apart. Finally Ryker went out and sat down on the couch and fall a sleep.

  In the morning the phone rang it was Paige. Thena asked “Do you have the results” Thena knew MaeSky was Ryker’s daughter, but she didn’t want him questioning every time he looked at his daughter.

  Paige replied, “Yes I have the results do you want to hear them yourself?”

  Thena starred at the wall, “No I already know the answer to the question!”

  “Ryker th
e call is for you, it is Paige.”

  Ryker picked up the phone down stairs, Ryker said, “hello Paige!”

  Paige came back with, “Ryker I have the results on MaeSky and she is one hundred per cent your daughter.

  Ryker hung up the phone rushed up stairs and grabbed Thena and pulled her into his arms and kissed her. Tears ran down his face he walked over to MaeSky’s basinet and she was looking up at him and frowning and he kneeled down beside her picked her up and held her close to his heart and wept. His inner wolf growled at him for not seeing the truth that lay in his arms.

  MaeSky protested being pulled in so tight to Ryker’s shoulder. When he released her a little so that she could move she stopped crying and made sucking sounds. MaeSky was hungry.

  Thena came over to Ryker kneeled down beside him, “I slept with Seeker once I was shot and weak I needed someone Ryker, he wore a condom I know they are not one hundred percent for sure safe.” Besides Seeker there was one other one night stand four months before we got back together. Before that it was you. Ryker never said a word he just hugged his daughter. When no reply came Thena began again. “I was not in heat and you know I could not have gotten pregnant with out being in heat first Ryker. Hell Ryker you didn’t live the life of a monk, did you use a condom every time?” Thena began to cry, “It is coming out all wrong, and I should not have to defend my actions to you or anyone. I was free; we broke up just as you were free to be with who ever you wanted to be with. I truly thought we were over!” Thena burst into tears and cried.

  Ryker looked at Thena, “Don’t you understand it doesn’t matter to me! Thena I love you we belong together I would have accepted MaeSky no matter what, we are mated now, your mine, now and always; there will only be me Thena!” Ryker was angry at Thena for trying to defend herself when he did not ask her to, nor did he imply she had done anything wrong at all. Hell he had been with a dozen whores since him and Thena had split! Worst yet he had not used a condom every single time, at least Thena had.

  Thena smiled through her tears, “Yes Ryker now and always only you!

  Ryker placed MaeSky in her basinet and turned to Thena and kissed her laid her back on the floor he kissed her lips until they were kissed swollen then nipped at her neck moved his hands over her breasts and down to between her legs he wanted to pushed two fingers inside of her and find her hot, wet and ready for him. He spoke softly to Thena, “I would make love to you if we could, but it is too soon since you had MaeSky we have to wait a week my love. I promised next week we will make love for an entire day. Ryker whispered in Thena’s ear, now and always Thena.

  Thena smiled and whispered back, now and always Ryker!

  MaeSky chose that time to cry out to let her mother know she was hungry or wanted held in her daddy’s arms. Ryker leaned up, reached in to the basinet and placed her in his arms and she immediately settled down and sucked on her fist.

  Thena smiled, “Daddy’s little girl; she will be Ryker’s little girl.” she laughed.

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  The next day Telme was notified that he was now alpha should he want to be, of the pack and that Seeker would not be returning. He had been killed trying to protect Thena. The lie was so small a one and Telme thought a lot of Seeker. Thena wanted him well thought of by everyone that knew Seeker. Thena figured that something snapped in Seeker the day Cue was murdered before his eyes. It was the right and just thing to do for Seeker. Telme notified Seekers family his parents swelled with pride that there son had been so brave to protect a female with a pup. Seeker would be buried with full honours of an alpha pack leader and be well thought of always. Seekers mother was delighted, and Seekers father was shocked that his son who he thought would amount to nothing amounted to something after all.

  Telme choose to become alpha pack member, he was far more suited to be an alpha then Seeker ever was. Telme had permitted three new families’ to join his pack and was enjoying the alpha of the pack experience. Something in side him changed that made him take his authority of the pack serious and in time would become one of the best known alpha pack leaders in Canada.

  When Thena’s second heat came along she was put on medication as Paige had advised, but the best laid plans always go a stray. The birth control pills didn’t work. And Thena was expecting her second pup in the spring. She was feeling wonderful. Ryker was off on a job for Storm doing some investigation work with Zand he was contented and happy. MaeSky was a bundle of joy and happiness at a year old. She was almost walking. Thena sat at her Nigerian black ebony wood desk with a smile on her face. Everything for once was perfection. Ryker and Thena had taken vows and were married by law in the eyes of the Canadian government. They had redone the binding ritual and both wore two scar’s on there wrists. They had done it while making love as Thena had wanted the first time. When she thought of Ryker he was their in her mind. Thena for a while had lost the ability to shift into a cat do to the blood transfusions of the male werewolves but it returned as her body produced her own blood. This led to research being done by Paige on the blood of werepanthers’s and its effects on other were’s

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  About the author

  I joy reading a story with twists, and turns, never knowing who is going to end up being the bad guy, who will help whom, make interesting reading for me. I get board with a story that I know who the bad guy is from the start to finish, the ending is expected. I wanted more details in stories about the phrases of the moon and how they affect werewolves. Not just turning them into killing machines on the full moon. The moons affects on werewolves in their daily lives, there temperament, what they will be like when grown up. That is why I mention what moon each cub is born on it gives the reader and idea of what that cub is going to be.

  I was born and raised in Pennsylvania, U.S.A. born Sharon, Pa. went to school in Oil City, Pa and graduated Erie, Pa. moved to Canada, wrote poetry for a while. Did some dog training for a few years until the economy caused a fall in operations. Told kids stories to entertain them, made them up out of my mind. They always seem to enjoy the stories even was ask to put together a small book for a girl for her daughter, but never got around to it. So I decided to put some of these stories into books. Each book has a little slice of me in each story.

  On line Contact:

  E-mail sharwy@mcsnet.ca

  Discover other titles by Sharon R. Barrett at Smashwords.com

  Amethyst https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/29945

  Storm http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/29962

  Paige http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/31090

  Daynight http://www.smarshwords.com/books.view/31265

  Zand http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/30034