by Desiree King
"And if we're in public Jacob can't attack you." I was serious.
"You're so cute!" He laughed joyously. He wrapped his arms around me a little tighter and held me against the front of his body. His skin was hot and I loved the rigid strength of his body against me. His lips were so soft compared to the rest of him.
"Victor!" I gasped when his lips left mine. He lifted me in his arms and laid me out on the bed. "Victor…wait."
"What's wrong?" He asked holding himself above me.
"We can't right now…" I was breathing heavy already.
"I just heard the truck pull up." Victor answered his own question and asked then got off me. "You better go play hostess. I need a cold shower first."
I got to my feet and helped myself to the mirror. I straightened my swimsuit out and ran my fingers through my hair then headed downstairs, just as Johnny walked in the front door.
"Just let yourself in!" I snarled.
"Bitch!" He smiled, as Jenny followed by Joey, Amber, Chris, Lynn and Jacob came in.
"We have extra suits for everyone but Victor thought it was too warm not to spend the afternoon by the pool."
"Okay…" Joey started.
"C'mon I'll show you guys to the trunks," Johnny said walking away with the guys following close behind.
"Come on, the girls' suits are in my room." I smiled and led Lynn and Amber up to my room with Jenny not far behind. We got to the top of the stairs and I realized I forgot to close his bedroom door behind me. As she passed, Jenny pulled the offending door closed without so much as a comment. Once we were in my bedroom with the door shut I walked over to the closet and pulled the tub with all my swimsuits in it, and dumped the close to 40 suits on the bed.
"He really is spoiling you isn't he?," Amber asked.
"What?" She caught me off guard.
"This is beautiful, the clothes, the shoes, your car…Doesn't he have kids to spoil?," Amber asked as they dug through the multitude of bright colored pieces.
"No," I laughed.
"Isn't there a suit for a normal woman in here?," Lynn asked.
"There is only one one-piece and it will be too big for you," I answered handing the black suit to Amber. Jenny quickly found her favorite, a sparkly purple string bikini similar to the one I wore. Lynn finally picked out a bright orange with yellow and cream colored hawaiin flowers on it that had boy shorts bottoms and a halter top. Amber and Lynn were too shy to change in front of us so I showed them to alternate changing options then returned to talk to Jenny away from listening ears.
"What the hell is going on?" Jenny whispered harshly.
"Oh, that's a long story…" I said spinning my new ring so she could see the huge diamond solitaire.
"OH MY GOD!" She gasped like she did not trust her voice. "Is that what I think it is?" she whispered.
"Yes…we have to tell everyone!" I was panicked.
"Now?" Jenny obviously could not control her voice.
"Shh! No tonight at dinner we will show up with our boyfriends." I whispered.
"Oh…I'll tell Johnny." She smiled as I explained.
"So don't say anything till then," Jenny laughed.
Just then, there was a loud knock at the door. We froze and listened and were relieved to hear Johnny call through the door.
"Yo! Are you girls ready yet?"
"Get in here!" Jenny called.
"What?" Johnny asked walking in and closing the door behind him.
"Look!" Jenny was out of control. Part of me thought it might be because she wanted a ring on her finger.
"So…you said yes." Johnny let that guilty shit eating grin spread across his face.
"What?" I was suddenly suspicious.
"I knew he was asking you," Johnny answered.
"Since when?" Jenny asked.
"I dunno a week or so." Johnny did not realize the hole he was digging. "What's the big?"
"Why didn't you tell me?" Jenny fired.
"Cause you'd tell her!" Johnny answered amazingly still calm. Jenny opened her mouth most likely to say 'no I wouldn't but then thought better of it. He would smell the lie'. "That's what I thought." He smiled.
"Anyway we have to tell everyone…" I spoke up feeling almost forgotten.
"I heard you…it's a good plan, but why so cautious?" Johnny asked taking Jenny in his arms.
"Jacob might be tempted to react violently; a public place would minimize that probability." I answered.
"So, Vic and I don't part after the reveal, strength in numbers." Johnny looked concerned.
"Finally someone sees the threat in all this."
"Let's do this later! Come on, we stay up here much longer it'll be suspicious." Johnny led us out into the hall.
"Is everyone out there already?" I asked.
"Almost everyone," Victor said standing in the doorway to his bedroom. I caught myself staring at him. He stood there leaning against the doorway, all muscle and sinew, built like a lion or a pit bull, built for power and destruction, his skin was like canvas, he wore black board shorts low on his hips.
"Two minutes!" Jenny smiled at me and pulled Johnny along toward the stairs.
"Thanks." I whispered after her.
"So everything is worked out for tonight," Victor said reaching out to grab my hips.
"Looks like," I was amazed at the effect he had on me. He pulled me against his chest when I realized if we got through that door enough to close it we would definitely be exposed. Jacob may not have heard our conversations but he would hear my screams, we might as well invite him to join us. "Vic…" I put my hands flat to his chest to try and put some space between us, but that battle was halfhearted.
"I know…There is a time, this is not it…" He answered, dropping his arms to his sides. I turned and headed down the stairs. "Alex! No booze for me or Johnny till they leave!" He spoke as an afterthought.
"Okay."
My family hung around for close to three hours before they all started to leave. The last ones there were Lynn and Chris who sat in a single lounge chair together beside Jenny in a similar chair. I sat on the edge of the pool. Johnny stood close to the center in the water and Victor sat in the seat five feet from me.
"Okay! Now that all the sensitive people are gone, what the hell is going on?" Lynn asked and suddenly all eyes were on me.
"What?" I said, obviously caught off guard.
"All four of you look like your waiting for the helicopter with the camera to come over the trees. Jacob and Joey have been fighting all week. Something is going on!" Lynn crossed her arms.
"Keep in mind, we know about the werewolf stuff." Chris spoke up.
"What?" I asked again.
"We won't tell them, just let us know." Chris spoke again.
"Why do you care?" Johnny asked.
"Well, I've been studying shifter societies for years…I'd like to clear the air to ask some questions. If you don't mind." Chris answered.
"And the fakeness is driving me crazy." Lynn spoke carefully.
"Who said we were wolves?" Victor asked.
"Jacob…sorry he spilled while you were all upstairs earlier, argued with Joe about it," Chris answered and everyone's eyes were on me again.
"Okay…Johnny I need a beer," Victor gave in.
"I'll get it." Jenny jumped to her feet and ran for the house.
"So!" Lynn probed.
"I'm getting married!," I blurted out.
"Johnny…I knew it!" Lynn smiled, but when the three of us all gave her a look that clearly said she was wrong she just about fell out of her chair.
"No…not Johnny…Victor." I corrected her.
"Really?" Lynn was tongue tied.
"Really…" I smiled and Victor came over and wrapped his arms around my waist for effect.
"When are you telling everyone?" Chris asked.
"Tonight." I answered becoming very distracted by Victor's closeness.
"Are you pregnant?" Lynn asked.
"God I hope not," I answered, no
t taking my eyes from Victor's.
"Oh damnit!" Jenny said walking back on the patio."
"What?" Lynn asked.
"We lost them!" Jenny gestured in our direction.
"What?" Lynn was confused.
"Shut it!" I called over my shoulder at Jenny. I was now turned completely around in his arms staring in his eyes.
"They are getting distracted. Once the moon starts to rise they are more susceptible, you'll notice Johnny is gone." Jenny pointed out to her fellow humans.
"Oh…Moon fever…I heard it was strong but I've never thought it could effect the behavior of the human half."
"Well, it doesn't make them monsters its more like um…" Jenny was struggling to answer the question.
"It's harder to control emotions." Victor spoke like he was listening intently as he ran his eyes over me, softly petting my arms, shoulders, neck, back, and anything else bare.
"That's what makes it dangerous. Control of emotion is how they are civilized, you lose that control and you're dealing with the beast, not the person." Jenny explained.
"Are we in danger now?" Lynn asked.
"No…they are being good and Johnny will come back when he feels better. Normally we try to keep them inside on moon nights, makes it easier to control," Jenny answered.
"Hell, why does it affect Alex?" Chris asked.
"Siren's are ruled by the moon as well, she's just much less dangerous," Jenny answered.
"Are they soul mates?" Chris asked.
"Vic thinks so," Jenny answered.
"Is there a way to be sure?" Lynn asked.
"Yes, I believe the plan is to test that tomorrow night." Jenny was uncertain.
"How?" Lynn still looked confused.
"I will make her shift forms and if the resulting form is compliant she's my soul mate." Victor answered and they all stared at him like he appeared out of nowhere.
"Why don't you wait till after to tell everyone, what if you're not soul mates?" Lynn asked.
"We are!" Victor did sound sure when he said it.
"But what if?" Chris questioned and for the first time since the fever started to burn, Victor's eyes rolled up to stare at Chris and a growl rumbled up his throat from deep inside his chest.
"Oh shit!" Jenny cursed under her breath. "Johnny!" She called out and seconds later Johnny appeared by her side.
"She is my soul mate." Victor's voice was too deep, it was almost inhuman.
"Okay," Chris said. He was still mesmerized by Victor's green wolf eyes in his human face.
"Victor, take Alex upstairs," Johnny said calmly but obviously being careful.
"Yes, take me upstairs…" I whispered into his ear then ran my tongue along the rim of his ear.
"Alex!" Jenny snapped at my actions. Victor then let another low growl escape his human lips only this time at Jenny.
"Alex take him upstairs!" Johnny was more forceful at me. Without words I took Victor's hands led him toward the edge of the pool, then in the house and up the stairs.
"He's not in control at all." Jenny was worried.
"Alex is making his control shaky." Johnny sat down on the chair.
"That was one of the scariest things I've ever seen." Chris finally spoke.
"That's what happens when an Alpha wolf is having trouble controlling the beast," Johnny smiled.
"He's Alpha…Jacob said he was forceful," Lynn said.
"Well that's what Alpha means. Right now he's like a Prince, his father is still Alpha or king if you wish for another 2 moons," Jenny laughed.
"Why do you seem fine if it's the moon fever that made them so wired?" Chris asked.
"Two reasons, I went and shifted for awhile. It helps bum off the fever. Two, I do not have a mate near so the hormones are at normal levels. But what happened was a good example of why not to mess around with us during the moon phase," Johnny laughed.
"Has he ever hurt anyone?" Chris asked.
"He almost tore off David's arms once and he put a human in Phoenix in the hospital for tossing Alex over his shoulder and walking away," Jenny answered looking at her watch. "Its 5:30, we need to get going if you guys are gonna have time to get ready for dinner," She smiled getting to her feet.
"I just have one more question for now…" Chris said standing up, he looked concerned.
"What?" Johnny asked.
"Is Alex safe with him?"
"He would only hurt her as much as she likes. Is she in danger with him? No." Johnny grinned. "Let's give them some time alone." Johnny led the way through the house and out the front door to his truck.
Meanwhile up in Victor's bedroom, we were completely out of control. Victor tore my clothes from me with a wild abandon. He dropped me on the bed hard and stood to untie his board shorts. Like every time I see him naked before me, I became almost hypnotized, his body was perfect and just the sight of him like this caused a burning within, me like if I could only touch him I could die happy. It felt so good when he pinned me to the bed, having his super-heated flesh pressed to me, his mouth worked hard at my throat. We touched and tasted as much of each other as we could before he grabbed me by the hips and positioned me how he wanted me. His eyes were glowing bright as they stared into mine and he was ruthless, pushing himself into me in a rhythm so hard and fast I knew I would be sore, but suddenly I knew the more I watched those glowing green eyes, the stronger the magic I could feel building inside me would be. I cried out for him and he shuddered. My eyes were glowing gold, flooded with magic and that magic was escaping with my screams, my words, my sounds, closing my body around him and the louder he made me scream, the stronger it grew. He was fighting to keep the rhythm going when I screamed for him and he pushed hard one last time, so much deeper than before, as he cried out. He laid limp with his head resting on my chest. We both laid there trying to catch our breath, gasping when he finally spoke. "My…God…what?"
"What?" I giggled.
"Hang…on…" He gasped then forced himself to take a deep breath.
"Are you okay?" I asked with a smile.
"Yeah, what the hell was that?" Victor said rolling onto his back.
"Magic, Siren magic," I laughed.
"And why are you our enemy? I think I would have gladly been your sex slave rather than kill you." Victor chuckled.
"Well, I don't understand either. I'm sorry for using magic on you," I apologized.
"You can use that on me anytime. Although we need to go back to the rules. What we did tonight, while it was the best I ever had, was stupid." Victor said sitting up. I rolled onto my side, wincing as I moved.
"Can we get pregnant?" I asked thinking of it for the first time.
"Honestly…I don't know."
"We need to find out somehow."
"We'll figure it out."
"What time is it?"
"Not a clue." He smiled. "I'm sorry if I was a little rough with you, your little trick pushed me over the edge."
"It's okay…" I snuggled into his arms, it felt so good when he held me like this.
"I missed this…"
"What?"
"Holding you…the way we fit perfectly together, the way you smell, the way you taste, the look on your face when I'm inside you…" He slipped his finger inside me smooth and slow.
"Vic," I shuddered when I caught a glimpse of the alarm clock. "Oh shit its 5:30…We need to be at the restaurant at 8 o' clock, we're gonna be late.
"Alright let's get in the shower," He laughed and climbed out of bed. I moved only a little bit and the pain shot through me again.
"Ow!" I winced.
"Are you ok?" He asked concerned.
"I`m fine. The only other man I let my magic loose with was smaller than you. I'll be fine; a soak in hot water would help." I smiled.
"Your wish is my command," He laughed. He gathered me up in his arms and carried me into the bathroom where he set me on the marble counter. He then walked over and turned on the huge tub. The water was steaming hot and filling rapidly.
"Mmm." I whispered as I snuggled against him.
"I second that. Hell, I'm a little sore." He laughed, laying his head back. I felt like I was enveloped to my shoulders in his skin, the water was about the same temperature."
"I'm sorry…"
"Don't say that please," He spoke softly.
"Okay…what time are Johnny and Jenny gonna be here?" I asked.
"6:30 I think."
"Okay," we soaked and kissed and touched in the tub till Victor heard Johnny's motorcycle roaring down the street. When I walked out of my closet, Victor was dressed and looked perfect, dark washed jeans with clean black boots, a blood red button down shirt, and his chains. I was still in my bra and panties.
"Damn baby!" I was stunned.
"What?" He was confused.
"Is it possible for you to not look good/"
"I don't?"
"No, you look perfect." I smiled and stepped closer to him.
"Mmm…" He smiled and wrapped his arms around me.
"We're gonna be late," I laughed as he leaned down and kissed me.
"Suddenly…I…don't care…" He spoke between kisses.
"Oh okay…" I laughed pulling myself out of his arms and grabbed my top on the bed.
"No, I think I'm gonna hide all your clothes…" He joked sitting beside the top.
"You think so? Why?" I said putting on my leather pants. I buckled my belt and I felt him unhook my bra.
"I think you should be naked," He answered with a serious tone.
"I think you'll pass out if you keep depriving your brain of oxygen," I laughed stepping out of his reach.
"I don't need my brain," He laughed standing up and following me.
I kept moving and circled around, snatching the top from the bed. He got ahold of me right as I got the spaghetti strap red top over my chest but not pulled down over my stomach.
"No? Well since you said that," I leaned my head forward and let my lips hop skip down his neck and pulled the top few buttons on his shirt loose and continued down to his shoulder. He ripped the shirt the rest of the way open. I was moving slowly but before I realized it we were so distracted, I was on my knees unbuckling his belt. Then I thought 'what woke me up?' But I heard it again only louder.