The next two days passed quickly. Lucy returned to work. She studied each worker more closely now. Now she could clearly see how their werewolf nature aided in their jobs. A keen sense of sight and even keener sense of smell seemed to pay-off in the small scale laboratory work areas. They could sense a change in material composition long before Lucy could even begin to understand.
This is amazing. Maybe being a wolf isn't so bad after all.
She felt proud. Proud of the pack. Her pack. She would soon be one of them. A mate to their Alpha. It was a tremendous amount of responsibility. She hoped she would be ready.
She had moved her things into Jackson's house. After the mating ceremony, she and Jackson would return to the city to collect the rest of her belongings from her apartment.
Maybe we'll even get to see Mel and Bri.
Lucy hadn't had the strength to call her best friends and tell them what was happening. She didn't trust herself not to give too much away. She couldn't risk letting slip the pack's most important secret. Maybe with Jackson by her side, she'd find some way to explain her moving out of the city without being too honest.
Telling her boss had been much simpler. Ed hadn't even sounded surprised.
"Yeah, when he asked for you by name, I figured it was only a matter of time before he got his claws into you." Ed said gruffly during their phone call.
Lucy almost laughed out loud at his choice of words. She was thankful that Ed took the news so well. He didn't even make a big deal about her lack of two weeks' notice.
"But make sure you don't forget where to send referrals..." he said with a smile in his voice. "I'm happy for you, kid. If you ever get bored in the countryside, you know where to find us."
She remembered Ed's parting words fondly as she tried to pick out an outfit for the mating ceremony. The big day had finally come. In addition to withholding penetrative sex, Jackson had even been withholding anything more than making out.
"Little one," Jackson had begun the night before as they cuddled close in his...
their
...bed. "I cannot begin to describe how much I want to sink my cock into your hot, wet pussy while you claw at my back. I want to make you scream my name for all the pack to hear. I long to taste the sweet juices dripping from you. But most of all, I
need
to sink my teeth deep into your creamy flesh. To mark you as
mine.
" Lucy was practically panting at his words, opening her legs wider. He wasn't giving her his dick, but man, those words were a damn good consolation prize.
"But Lucy, my love, I cannot bear to start something I cannot finish." She pouted her lower lip at him and crossed her arms. His eyes flashed amber quickly. "Keep it up, little one. I've always wanted to punish a brat."
Lucy gasped as her nipples hardened at his suggestive words.
Yes, please!
"Oh, Alpha, I need help that only you can provide."
Jackson growled as he quickly grabbed her wrists and held them above her head as she was forced to lay back on the bed. "Dammit, woman. You will be my undoing." Lucy bit her lip to hold back a moan at his show of force.
Jackson stared at her hungrily. His mouth formed a quick smile and he suddenly released his grip on her. He leaned back and started to get under the covers, preparing for sleep.
Lucy felt as though she had gotten whiplash. "What the fuck?"
Jackson grinned at her devilishly. "If its punishment you want, it is punishment you shall get, mate. If you cannot handle my affection without being so...greedy... then you shall receive none." His smile broadened as she began to understand his words.
"What?! No! Jackson, please!" She reached for him.
He grabbed her hand and kissed the palm. "Plus, the extra anticipation will only make it that much sweeter." He kissed her other palm. "Now sleep, my love. We have a big day ahead of us tomorrow."
Lucy sighed as she remembered last night's conversation.
Can women get blue balls?
He was right though, the anticipation was creeping from her loins. She had never felt desire like this before. And she knew it would only get worse.
Lucy stared at herself in the mirror, trying to brainstorm ideas for her hair when the heavy bedroom door burst open.
"Now where's my favorite bitch?!" Came a loud, boisterous female voice. Lucy ducked her head out of the bathroom to see Melanie and Briana standing in Jackson's bedroom.
Mel! Bri! Oh my god!
Her very best friends from the city! Her very
human
best friends.
Wait...or were they?
How could she be so sure anymore? How did they even get here?
They're not fucking human either, are they?
Lucy paused just as was an arm's length away from the two sisters. Melanie and Briana exchanged a knowing look before Melanie began to speak. "Luce, you have to understand. There was no way we could tell you."
"Yeah," Briana agreed, "even that night at The Den when Alpha asked us to bring you... I had to bite my tongue a couple hundred times to stop from saying too much."
Lucy took in what the women were saying. Logically, she knew they were bound to secrecy to protect their pack. But still. They were her friends. Her
best
friends. Her only excuse for a family. Did she even know them at all? And what did Bri just say?
