Chapter One
“Thirty minutes? Why would it give us a head start?” She turned to face Conner and Ryan. “I don’t understand.”
“It’s playing with us. It’s a game.
Take us out first and the rest of mankind will be easy.” Moving around Conner began gathering together
everything that could be stuffed into a military style backpack, before tossing
one to each of them. “Gather as much
survival equipment as you can. Extra
MRE’s are buried in the various hiding places we showed you. But you still need to have some with you in
case we get separated.”
They moved through the cave quickly and efficiently. Gathering weapons, matches, flashlights,
extra batteries and radios in case they aren’t able to meet at predetermined
points in time.
Meeting and standing for a moment at the
entrance they looked at each other one last time; before taking off at a quick
speed, careful not to leave any evidence of which direction they went. Chance kept up without any problem as they were
all still in their human form.
Trees and underbrush flew by as they
continued on their hunt. She could hear the sounds of the rabbits and squirrels
scurrying out of the way. It might of
given them thirty minutes, but they sure as hell were not given it a chance to
catch them off guard again.
Knowing that the entity could change its
form was going to make it hard for them.
It almost seemed to know how to get in their heads. How to gain their trust. Danger was everywhere. No one could be trusted. Not even each other.
The moon was high in the sky when
they finally stopped for the night.
Keira was exhausted, the brief stop they had made at noon to eat seemed
like days ago. There was no way she
could have kept up with them before her training had begun. Sure, she was irritated at the time, because
they had almost mocked her. Treated her
like a child. She didn’t need training-
training, because she could do anything she wanted with her mind. Wasn’t that the entire point of her being
here to start with?
“Keira, there is a stream just a short
walk from here, could you take the canteens down for a refill while I set up
camp? Ryan is going to scout the
surrounding area to make sure we haven’t been followed.”
“Wait.
I don’t get it. I thought we were
going to find the entity. Shouldn’t we
want the entity to be following us?”
“No.
It’s going to be dark soon; I for one don’t want to fight it in the
dark.” He turned quickly away from
her. She took his almost abrupt change
in body language as the conversation was over.
Conner began gathering piles of brush and
leaves to make their makeshift beds a little softer. Thankfully it was a clear night so they would
sleep under the stars and not have to worry about finding shelter.
Nodding her head, she gathered up the
canteens and headed down to the stream. The slower pace was just what she needed to
calm her nerves anyways. She wasn’t
exactly happy with the feeling she was getting from the silent hint of them
running, but she could stand the quiet, alone time. Chance
as always, by her side.
Connor began thinking about all the
possibilities of what was to come. The possibilities of losing her. His mate.
He knew that at times he wasn’t clear with what he wanted to say to
her. It was hard for him to admit his
feelings. He wondered and kept waiting
for her to tell him she no longer wanted to be with him.
He had a fear of living a life like
Ryan’s. He watched Ryan’s marriage to
Ali, fall apart. Connor had envied them
for their relationship. He never knew
that behind closed doors the two of them had issues. He watched Ryan mope around, hurting for over
a year before he began acting somewhat normal again. He didn’t want to see that, much less
experience for himself. His only way of
coping with it was by keeping the brutal honesty of his feelings inside him.
Reaching the stream she stood on the bank
for a moment just to take in the beautiful scenery before her. The
moon put out just enough light for her to be able to see the cool water
trickling over the rocks by the bank, the little crawfish that ducked under the
rocks, then peeking out before continuing their journey across the stream. She
could see the little circles of bubbles in the middle of the creek, where the
fish made their presence known. She
almost felt sorry for them, knowing that later some of them would be her
supper.
After she filled the canteens she leaned
back on her heels. She gasped softly when looking across the
stream, eyeing a beautiful brown and white doe.
It looked up for a moment then continued
to eat from the bushes, greener at the edge of the water. She wished she had the freedom the doe
had. Nothing to worry about. Nothing pushing her to do this or do
that. No fear.
Boy what I
wouldn’t give to be able to jump in right now and wipe the days grime off
me. I can smell the stench on myself. Looking around, she was so tempted to
just strip off and dive in. Surely it is safe here. That lovely doe
would not just be standing there. Right?
Feeling eyes on her, she looked to her
side and saw Chance looking at her as if to tell her it was not a good
idea. “What can happen? You’re here and no one else is around. And we
have not seen any sign of evil.” Chance
just looked at her and with a shake of his head he laid down and placed his
head on his paws, as if he knew this wouldn’t end well.
After a few minutes of arguing with
herself, her vanity won out and before she had time to change her mind she
stripped her clothes and dove in.
The feeling of the cool water washing over
her seemed to revive her. Swimming out
to the middle she splashed her face and ducked her hair under the water
scrubbing at her head till it felt clean again. After swimming
for a while she turned to her back and floated.
Just lying there looking up at the sky,
letting the water wash her fears away felt good. She closed her eyes and as always her mind
began to drift to Conner and the last time he had spanked her. Then her imagination went wild as she began
to imagine what else she longed for him to do to her.
****
“Keira,
you have been a naughty girl. Naughty
girls get punished.” His hand came down
on her ass as she fought to keep counting.
“Fifteen,
Sir.” The fire on her bottom was nothing
compared to the fire growing inside of her.
“Ryan, take
over. See if you can get her to make
some noise.”
“Keira,
who is in control of your body now?”
“You are.”
“I am
what?” The sting of something on her
bottom, biting into her flesh sent a further rush of fluid straight to her
loins. She could feel the warm gush
sliding down her legs. She chewed on her
bottom lip, keeping her scream at bay.
“You are in
control of my body, Master Ryan.”
“I told
you, she doesn’t scream.” Connor
chuckled.
“Let’s see
if this will help.” She grew nervous at
both men, when they erupted into laughter.
Her hands were being pulled behind her back, the feel of leather binding
her wrists together was like the strike of the match, getting ready to ignite
her.
With a
violent pull, she stood being led.
Within seconds, her arms were unbound then rebound to a tree. The rough bark almost bit into her
nipples. She found herself moving
against the wood, taking the tender bites.
“Keira,
don’t move.” Ryan spoke. “What are your words?”
“Red,
yellow, and definitely green.”
“Good
girl.” The bite against her thighs
tempted a scream from her. The tender caress
from his fingers over the burning skin forced a welcomed moan. “That’s my girl.”
Again her
skin felt the objects viscous bite.
Across her thighs, her ass, her lower back, then between her shoulder
blades. Her body began to crave each
bite. Long for it. Want more of it.
The tickle
of lips against her neck, then his whisper.
“You will scream before I am done.
Connor has a soft spot for you.
Mine however is different.”
Bite after
bite threatened to break her silence and did.
She felt herself falling over the edge.
The next bite was aimed directly for her clit, pushing her over the
ecstasy cliff; she thankfully fell from as she screamed. Releasing all of the built up emotions.
…..
Suddenly she felt a pull at
her feet and then darkness as she was pulled under the water by an unseen
force. “Chance, go get Conner and Ryan!
Hurry!” She sure hoped this
telepathic stuff was working now. It
always worked in practice but now with her actually being under attack she had
her doubts.
Struggling to
swim to the surface, she could feel panic setting in. Blackness overcoming her as she succumbed to
the lack of oxygen. Looking around, all she could see was the beautiful
fields of wildflowers, the heat from the sun shining down on her as she ran carefree.
“Keira, come
with me baby girl, finally we can be a family again.” She heard her mothers’ voice calling to her. She turned, looking for her. The
scenery was changing on its own. It was
growing darker again.
“Momma, where
are you? I don’t see you. Help me
Momma.” She cried out to her. She
felt her way through the fog that surrounded her. There was a little light that seemed to go in
and out. “Momma is that you?”
“Come to me
Keira, you belong with me.”
The light was
fading, getting further away. “Hurry,
Keira! Come with me. Hurry before it is
too late.”
“I’m trying
Momma, it is getting so hard I can’t see you.”
Stretching her hand out she reached for the hand she could make out in
the distance.
Struggling to
fight the voice calling to her, franticly she looked around, searching for her
mother. Turning in circles she cried out, “Don’t leave
me Mommma!”
“Keira wake
up! Damn it you are not gonna die on me!
You are not gonna let it win!”
“Nooooo
leave me alone!” Keira screamed in her
head as she suddenly choked and water gushed from her mouth. Turning her to her side, Conner felt such a
feeling of relief, as he held her as she vomited what seemed to be half the
creek.
Rolling her
over to her back he wiped her face before gathering her into his arms. Lifting
her, he carried her further up the bank and laid her down on the soft moss. Holding her head in his lap, he rocked her as
feelings unknown to him washed over him. Feelings he was not ready to
feel. This was not the time. Silent
tears slid down his cheek as he tried to pull himself together. Holding her close he could feel her
breathing return to normal.
He glanced to
the silent hero at his side, “Thank you Chance, this would have been so
different right now if you hadn’t come to get me.” Chance looked into Conner’s eyes as if to say
you’re welcome, and then resumed his guard stance.
Pulling
himself together, Conner felt anger coming over him. Anger
because he could have lost her in the blink of an eye. Anger because she was so irresponsible! Anger because all of mankind could have been
changed.
Struggling to
sit up, Keira could only blame herself.
She knew she should not have thought only of herself, of how good the
water looked. She knew the danger was
always there. Turning to look at Conner she braced herself
for the verbal dressing down she was sure to come. And
she knew it wouldn’t be long before he did.
Maybe I should have specified for
Ryan to come help.
“What were you
thinking? Swimming? Really? This is not the time for you to take
a swim! If Chance hadn’t returned to the
campsite without you when he did, it might have been too late. You have got to stop being so careless. There is more at stake than what you want.”
As soon as
Chance had showed up at camp, he went running straight to Conner almost
knocking him down in his rush. Quickly
placing his hand on Conner, he felt as well as saw the danger she was in. Turning and running from camp he fought his
fear down. Following Chance down the path she had taken, he cursed
himself. He should have known things
were going to smooth.
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