Rebekkah Jacobs stretched as she got out of her car in front of her father's cabin. The drive down through the Appalachians was always longer than she remembered. The sun was starting to set in the western Georgia sky. With a shake of her head, she popped the trunk and pulled out her travel suitcase. She could get the rest of her stuff later.
The cabin's door swung open at her knock. Unlocked. Not a surprise. After all, there was no one else around for at least a mile. "Dad?" Rebekkah called out as she stepped inside. Silence greeted her. His truck was out front, so he was home, but perhaps not
at
home. He could be out fishing or hunting or any number of other activities, and she did stop by unannounced, after all.
With a shrug, she wheeled her luggage into the spare bedroom. A yawn struck her. Rebekkah stretched again, feeling the long hours of driving catching up to her. She glanced over at the door, partly open, then shook her head. No reason to close it; she was too tired even to take her clothes off. A minute later, Rebekkah curled up on the bed, and darkness soon claimed her.
The scuff of something hard scraping across wooden flooring woke Rebekkah. A glance outside showed that night had fallen during her nap. "Dad?" she called out in a groggy voice.
Scfff. Tak-tak. Tak-tak.
Rebekkah sat up with a frown. She glanced out the window again, then froze, the color draining from her face. The moon crested the top of the pine forest, bathing the yard in silvery light. The
full
moon. "Oh, shit," she whispered to herself, realizing the enormity of her mistake. She'd gotten out of the habit of tracking the moon's phases while she was away at college. It hadn't been important since she wasn't a werewolf herself.
Not like her father.
As fast as she dared and as quiet as she could, Rebekkah got up and moved to the door. It was still ajar from her earlier arrival. She cursed her laziness now. She'd be safe if she could get the door closed and locked before her father made it into the room. In his wolf form, he wouldn't be able to get in, and in his half-shift, he'd have enough presence of mind to avoid her.
When a long, black-and-grey snout nudged the door open, those plans dissolved away. Rebekkah froze again, mind racing. That was her dad, alright. She'd recognize him anywhere, in any form. She'd seen this wolf plenty of times growing up--while her mom was still alive. After Hazel's death six years ago, her father always went away on a three-day trip around the full moon, saying it wouldn't be safe for him to be around her. He never specified the danger she'd be in, but it wasn't hard to guess.
Werewolves were no less intelligent in their wolf form, but it manifested differently. Her father's wolf was not her father, despite sharing his body. He had his own goals and motivations, and Rebekkah couldn't be sure what they were. She was an intruder in his territory, and lone wolves were more prickly about such things than established packs.
Her father's wolf would have full control of their shared body with the moon full. He couldn't wrest control back like he could on other days. Whatever the wolf wanted, it would pursue regardless of his efforts. The best he could do would be to try and reason with his alter ego, and that was only if Bekkah's father was paying attention. She knew he sometimes "took the night off" as a form of stress relief, especially after her mother's death. If this were one of those nights...
Still, it was the only thing she could think to try. "Dad, it's me, Rebekkah. Your little angel, remember?" She couldn't keep the nervous quaver from her voice. "Talk to Moony, Dad. Don't let this happen."
She backed up. The huge form of her father's wolf advanced in step with her. His shoulders reached Rebekkah's waist, and his chest was broader than hers. Two hundred and fifty pounds of feral muscle, at least. Lupine lips parted in a doggy grin, and a long, pink tongue emerged as the shaggy wolf panted.
"Woofy," she tried again when she felt the bed against the back of her legs, using her baby name for the wolf. "Woofy, come on, you're starting to scare me." Those golden eyes showed no hint of mercy. "Daddy--" Rebekkah started to say again, only to cut off with a shriek as the wolf lunged forward. Her eyes widened in terror, then screwed shut.
A wet tongue slathered Rebekkah's face with slimy moisture. She froze, then sagged with relief. He was still inside there, after all. It'd be okay. She opened her eyes and scratched her father's wolf behind the ears as he continued to bathe her face in his saliva. "Down boy," she said, spluttering as a lupine tongue lashed between her lips.
Rebekkah turned her head to the side, denying entrance, and the wolf's writhing, squirming appendage found her neck instead. A shiver went down her spine at the sensation. She never let people touch her neck. It was one of her worst weak points, and her father's canine tongue was lapping away at her smooth skin. She shifted her grip on the wolf's head, trying to push him away, but he was too big, too heavy, and having far too good a time for her to succeed.
Within seconds, Rebekkah found herself back to scratching her father's head. She couldn't help it. It felt so good. She tilted her neck, baring more skin to his hot tongue and cold nose. A soft, traitorous moan bubbled up from her chest, followed by a rush of blood to her cheeks.
"No, Woofy, stop," she whined. She couldn't believe she was getting turned on at a time like this. Her thighs rubbed together, already outside her ability to control them. Finally, she gathered the willpower to tighten her fingers in the scruffy fur around her father's neck and push his head away. "I'm happy to see you, too, Woofy," she said with a smile as she turned her face toward him.
A low rumbling growl made Rebekkah freeze. With the doggy tongue-bath, she thought her father had recognized her and exerted some influence, but no. If anything, those golden eyes looked even less human than they had before. The only thing lurking in those primal depths was feral desire. Another growl accompanied the wolf's lips curling up to reveal pointed canine teeth. Then he lunged forward again.