Defender's Blood The Turning (An Urban Fantasy)

by A. K. Michaels

  She had no idea. “Don’t know, James – do you think I would like it?” She knew he wouldn’t do anything she didn’t want or that he thought she wouldn’t like.

  He smiled. “Oh yeah, I think you would. We could start off real slow. All my stuff’s in the garage – been there since the bomb. All I need to do is get it out. I was thinking of starting off slow, with the bandit fantasy, it would work well with that. What do you think?”

  As James spoke she realised she was getting aroused and she nodded her head. The smile that James gave her went straight down, and the feelings inside her grew.

  James stood up and disappeared, she guessed to the garage. Shit, she was aroused and scared at the same time! He came in with a long leather wrap thing – obviously there were things in it but she couldn’t see. He also had a smaller black silk bag and he took them both to their bedroom. She heard some noises … a hammer banging something? What was he doing?

  A little while later she was sitting daydreaming about what he was up to when all of a sudden a hood was placed over her head and she was bodily picked up over the back of the sofa. She squealed in fright and then James’s scent assaulted her nostrils. Oh shit – and she shook – she didn’t know if it was fear or arousal. She was carried through to their room and placed down on her feet. Her clothes were ripped from her and she stood naked with the hood still in place.

  Lisa felt his hands all over her body. He didn’t say a word and then moved her forward. She didn’t know what to do but something came over her – she was going to play along. She started struggling, her gasps loud in her ears. The minute she struggled his arms clamped round her, holding her in place and his mouth was at her ear. Through the hood she heard his voice: “Are you saying Fluffy?”

  She shook her head and he said “Is that a no?”

  She said the words “No I’m not saying Fluffy.” And she started to struggle in earnest.

  She was strong, very strong but his hands were like steel vices. He held her firm and laughed in her ear! She was moved forward and one of his hands held round her waist for a second while the other grabbed both her wrists in one of his very large hands and moved her arms up. His other hand moved and before she knew it her hands were tied above her!

  His hands were rough, kneading and feeling every part of her. She tried to kick him and he laughed again then his voice spoke in a tone she had never heard. “Now you will be punished, wench!” Her heart nearly stopped!

  She heard him moving about and then felt something being run up the back of her legs. She inhaled, smelled – what – leather? Then there was a short, sharp sting on her behind and she leapt forward with a slight scream. Then another. After another few, his hands covered where she had been hit and rubbed softly, gently and taking the sting away. It was incredibly erotic and she relaxed into her fantasy. This was the bandit, punishing her for trying to escape!

  The leather thing – what was it? A whip? Riding crop? She didn’t know but she felt it now in front, tracing up her leg, pushing between her thighs and then it touched her nub! Fuck – the sensation was nothing like she had ever felt and her knees grew weak! She moved her hands and realised that there was a rope or something above her. She grabbed it and tugged, testing if it would hold her weight. It was secure so she let herself hang, loosening her knees ever so slightly. The crop or whatever was massaging her, and then it was gone and she whimpered. This time the sting came on her back – once, twice, three times and immediately followed with his caress! Oh my God, she swore she was going to explode!

  This went on for some time, a long time, with bouts of him using whatever it was he had and then caressing her and fondling her. Then back to the whip or crop and she didn’t know how much more she could take, she needed a release and her moans got louder.

  His body stood behind her, and then his hand was round gripping her chin very firmly. She still had the hood on and couldn’t see anything! “Now – I’m going to fuck you wench, and you’re going to like it, aren’t you?”

  She nodded her head once. God yes, hurry up, please, she thought.

  A hand was placed at the back of her neck and she was moved forward slightly, the rope just long enough. Her legs were spread and the whip or whatever was pressed between them. She moaned and moved her behind. As soon as she did, she felt a sting and then the caress.

  A hand held one hip and she felt something near her entrance. She so wanted to push back onto it but knew she was not to move! He entered her hard and continued – hard, fast, harder. Usually in this position a hand would come round to rub her sensitive spot but that didn’t happen. She realised that if she had been kidnapped and was being used by her abductor, his last thought would be to pleasure her!

  She stood still and concentrated on the feelings and sensations – hard, fast. As soon as she did this she started to come. It was so fast she was shocked. She screamed his name and she heard him laughing! A second later her hood was off and he was up close his, fangs running along her shoulder – he pierced the skin and she rose again!

  James was ecstatic. Dear lord, her response had been strong, she had loved what he was doing! They were going to have so much fun! As she neared another climax he released his fangs and roared loud and clear and she screamed a second later!

  He held her tight, knowing that coming down from this sort of session could take a while and be a bit scary for someone who hadn’t done it before. He reached up, released her hands and carried her to the bed. He laid her down and laid beside her, taking her into his arms and rubbing his hands gently, very gently, and murmuring in her ear.

  He pulled the comforter up, making sure she was nice and warm. She needed to relax … just relax, he kept telling her, and soon she was lying in his arms quietly as if she had had a few drinks. He knew how she was feeling and just held her. Quite some time later she looked at him and the look was one of bliss.

  She reached up and pulled his head down to kiss him. When she finally stopped kissing him he pulled away just slightly, and she was smiling! Her voice was husky as she said “Oh my God, James, that was amazing – so much better than I had ever imagined in my fantasy! What was that thing you were using on me? And just when did we get those hooks in the ceiling!”

  He laughed. “First – a riding crop. Second – just before we started!”

  She looked incredible … sexy, satiated, glowing. “Why has it taken me this long to have a coherent thought? I’ve never felt like this before?”

  “Yeah that can happen, it’s to do with endorphins and adrenaline. Just be assured I know what I’m doing. I won’t harm you, my Wolf.”

  “I know James. Well I would have to give you a ten out of ten for that!” she said and then promptly fell asleep. James held her in his arms.

  Chapter 22

  Zach was finalising the plans with Alex. But she had argued with him and wasn’t going to budge!

  He sighed. “Alexina, come on, you need to do it my way – for many reasons. This has nothing to do with you not being able or ready to carry out a mission. It’s that this is the way the mission has the most chance of success. You need to do it or I will tell Vlad and Thadius when we get back that we will no longer be working together.”

  Alex gasped. Zach’s tone was serious! “You wouldn’t!”

  Zach nodded. “Yes I would, Alexina. You’ve got to understand … in our mating, marriage, we are equal partners. In any official capacity, on a mission of any sort, I’m your superior. You need to know that and accept it. If you can’t, well we won’t work together.”

  His tone was calm, quite cold and she realised this was their first real, proper, stand up argument!

  “Bite me!” she spat back.

  Zach raised an eyebrow at her and stayed silent. She sighed and sat down. Zach kept standing in front of the fireplace, watching her closely. He saw the exact moment when she realised the truth in what he was saying.

  She looked up at him and said “I’m sorry, Zach … it’s just I feel so po
werful. I felt I would be more help at your side.”

  Zach nodded. “I know you did but you have a very special part to play – you need to keep whoever I bring to you safe. You need to keep the kids safe, their mom safe, until I get them all out. I can’t move them all at once, my mate, so there’s going to be some time that you are in sole charge of them – guarding them.”

  “Okay Zach. So let’s go over it again.”

  She listened intently as Zach went over all the details and timings. She agreed, he was right – he knew exactly what he was doing.

  This was going down in a few hours, so Zach nodded once and disappeared. A few moments later he reappeared with Dmitri at his side. She saw Dmitri wince – and his face looked as if he was trying desperately not to throw up! Alex knew that look. When she had first met Zach, he had moved them to get away from a Demon and she had thrown up everywhere!

  She got a bottle of water and handed it to Dmitri. “Here, take this. It comes on good authority that it helps,” and she smiled at Zach.

  His face was clear of any emotion as he replied “Indeed!” Alex laughed. God, he loved that word and he had made it an art in using it!

  Dmitri took a swig of water and swirled it round his mouth before swallowing. After a few more swigs and a few deep breaths, he was standing straight and deadly once more. “That’s not great, Zach … can you not figure out how to do it without making us feel sick?”

  Zach shook his head. “Sorry, haven’t figured that out yet but I’ll work on it.” He then proceeded to outline the entire plan for them all.

  Dmitri nodded his very large head. “Da,” he said, reverting to his native Russian – everyone knew what it meant!

  Alex was nodding also but she had tears in her eyes. Zach frowned. “What’s wrong Alex?”

  She shook her head, rid her eyes of the tears. “Nothing, I just can’t wait to see my babies. I hope they know I’m their mom.”

  Dmitri said “They will Alex – you do not need to worry.”

  Both Zach and Alex looked at him. Weird … Dmitri didn’t participate in idle talking, he only spoke if he had something to say – no idle chit-chat.

  Alex smiled at him. “I hope so, Dmitri, I really hope so.”

  He only nodded once then found a chair, sat down, crossed his legs and closed his eyes. To all intents and purposes looking as if he was having a nap!

  The next hour dragged by and Alex paced and paced. Zach came up behind her and encircled her with his arms. He whispered into her ear “Calm down, it’s going to be okay. We’ll get this done and get home. You’ll be in your own bed tonight, meine Kleine.”

  At his nickname for her she pressed back into him. He could still melt her insides just by talking!

  She whispered back “Well I plan to make good use of that four–poster, Zach. Tomorrow we will be parents and might not get as much time as before. So you better be ready, willing and bloody able, my Vampire.” Her voice was low, sultry and Zach hardened!

  A loud cough interrupted them. “You do know I am in this room with you?” Dmitri growled and Alex and Zach laughed.

  *****

  Soon it was time and Alex left. She drove slow down the track, then through the cluster of Pack cabins and down the road. She could see the gate in the distance and spotted two guards. Usually there was only one. She slowed down as she approached – the gate had been closed. Fuck, she would just have to wing it.

  She stopped and started tapping the steering wheel in a very agitated manner. One of the guards walked over and looked through the jeep, checking nobody else was in it. He returned to her window and she pressed the button to open it. As the window went down she spat “What? What the fuck do you want? Open that gate now!”

  The guard took a step back, obviously not expecting the venom rushing from this tiny female’s mouth.

  Alex let her fangs out and the guard took another step back. She shouted “I said open that fucking gate now! My mate is an asshole – all men are assholes – so if you don’t want me to rip your fucking throat out, OPEN THAT GATE!”

  She snarled loudly and the guard motioned for his partner to open the gate. “Jeez lady, is it your time of the month or what?” and he backed away from the jeep.

  As soon as the gate was open enough, Alex gunned the engine and flew down the road, gravel spitting up behind her wheels! She laughed for a good while. The look on his face had been priceless.

  Zach, however, brought her down. ‘That was silly, Alex. He could have taken offence and the situation could have escalated. It may have been better to play the hurt weak female running from your bastard of a mate?’ His tone was a little reproachful and she realised that yes, she should maybe have done that – but hell, it had been fun!

  Alex drove for about half an hour and then noticed a derelict gas station up ahead. Perfect, though why they called petrol ‘gas’ here she still hadn’t worked out. Anyway, she parked behind it and then got out, took a good look around and opened her mind fully. Zach saw what she saw and soon he said ‘Got it,’ in her head.

  Now all she had to do was wait. Not something she was good at. Zach was always telling her patience was a virtue. It very well might be, however, it wasn’t one she had!

  *****

  Zach and Dmitri moved fast. They were nothing but a blur and were soon outside the back of the Alpha’s cabin. It was dark, no lights and silent. Dmitri used one of his talents, wedging a small piece of metal into the lock and got the back door open. They moved inside and stopped.

  Zach sent his senses out, trying to locate Dawn. It took him a few moments but … there, he had her. But it wasn’t where he had thought she would be. In the bathroom maybe, or a bedroom, but no – his senses said she was directly beneath them.

  Zach whispered “Dmitri, look for a door to a cellar. She’s underneath us.”

  Dmitri frowned but started looking. He found a door with a lock on it and got it open expertly and quietly. They moved inside, going down stairs. Zach kept his senses alert in case of anyone hearing them, they wanted to do this as quietly as possible. They had to if they wanted any kind of success.

  At the bottom of the stairs was a large cellar, with the usual shit in it that everyone had – stuff that they no longer used but didn’t throw out. Zach turned to his left, he could hear breathing and moved towards it. There in the corner, sitting huddled, was Dawn.

  Dmitri snarled. She was filthy, bloody, and broken, staring at them with fearful eyes. Zach went over first, whispering to her to try and calm her. “It’s okay Dawn – Lisa sent us. We’re going to get you out, okay?” he told her. She nodded her head and tried to speak but couldn’t.

  She went to move but stumbled. She had a broken ankle and it gave way when she tried to put weight on it. Dmitri moved like a blur and caught her before she fell. He picked her up in his huge arms and carried her up the stairs and out the back door.

  They moved a little away from the cabins and Zach said “Okay Dawn, where are your kids?”

  She pointed. “Over there – last house before the woods.”

  Zach and Dmitri once more moved fast and Dawn looked shocked that in a couple of seconds, they were standing behind the healer’s cabin.

  Zach tried the door and it was open. He went inside. There standing in front of him was a woman. She looked to be middle-aged but with Supers, you never knew – she could be over a hundred years old or more. Her eyes opened wide and she opened her mouth to scream!

  Zach’s hand was over her mouth in a second, his mouth at her ear. “Shh – please don’t make a sound, I’m not here to hurt you, but you can’t make a sound. I need you to look at Dawn, she’s outside and hurt. Can you do that?”

  The woman nodded her head once and Zach let go of her mouth.

  “Who are you?” she asked.

  “A friend. We’re here to get Dawn and the kids out.”

  The healer’s face went into a frown. “What do you mean? The kids are here, Dawn has the flu or something, that’s
why they’re here.”

  Zach shook his head. “No, Dawn doesn’t have the flu. Please come to the door and see.”

  Dmitri was standing right outside and Dawn looked like a broken rag doll in his arms.

  As soon as the healer caught sight of Dawn she let out a low moan. “Oh dear God – Dawn – what’s happened? Who did this?”

  The healer motioned for Dmitri to come inside. She closed the door after them and went to turn a light on, but Zach stopped her. “No lights. We can’t attract any attention.” Her hand moved away from the light switch and she went to Dawn, running her hands over her body, seeing a lot of damage.

  Dawn looked into the healer’s eyes. “It was Kade … my punishment for letting Lisa get away.” Dawn’s voice was low, as if she had no strength to even talk.

  The healer stepped back. “He did this to you?”

  Dawn only nodded. The healer stood up straight. “Okay, so how’s this thing going to work? You can’t get past the guards, you do know that, right?”

  Zach smiled. “I’ve got it covered. Can you go get the kids and get them dressed and bring them here?” The healer nodded and moved, quickly and quietly.

  Dmitri was looking down at the Wolf in his arms. She was hurt quite bad and she kept saying ‘Thank you,’ over and over, very quietly. It was clear to Zach that Dmitri’s anger was vast at this point. He could understand now why James wanted to get his hands on this guy!

  About ten minutes later, the healer appeared with four very sleepy kids in her wake. As soon as the first one saw his mother he ran forward – he looked to be about fifteen or sixteen. “Mom what happened? No don’t tell me, I know – HE did this, didn’t he?”

  Zach hushed him. “You need to be quiet, son, we can’t alert the guards, okay?”

  The boy nodded and placed his hand on his mother’s face – his own face contorted in anger. “I’m going to make him pay, Mom. I promise, once I’m grown, I’m going to make him pay.”