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Chapter Eleven
With both of us lost in our own thoughts, the silence during Noah’s and my trip off the mountain was acute. With my mind tortured by what had happened to me, I paid little attention to the drive or the time that it took.
When he pulled down a long, narrow drive that was lined by ancient and massive looking oak trees that mingled with balsom fir and white pine trees, I forced myself back to reality.
Positioned in the middle of a clearing that was circled by a thick mass of the same species of trees that lined the drive, his cedar sided house looked lonely, but majestic. The lawn was well manicured, but void of any shrubs or flowers. Since he was a busy man, it didn’t surprise me that he’d kept the landscaping simple to care for.
Having met him at his rustic cabin and noticing the weathered cedar siding on the house, I was surprised to see how technically advanced his furnishings were. Being a fan of antiques and old homes, the d&eacu
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Dr. Mitchell Blake was a small, wiry man in his mid-fifties who looked like a perfectly normal man. Had I not known that he was one of Noah’s pack, I’d never have guessed it. Then, I never would have thought Noah to be a werewolf either. The good doctor’s appearance helped to lessen the trauma that I experienced at having to expose myself to a stranger for an intimate examination. His mild mannered politeness also didn’t hurt.“You’re torn in two places,” he informed me after completing my internal exam. “They aren’t excessive, but I’m going to give you a cream to insert for the next few days. It will help to accelerate the healing process.” As he turned his back to me and searched the cupboards for the medication that he wanted to supply me with, he added, “No sex until I’ve examined you again in two weeks.”“No worries there,” I said with a tr
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It was dark when I felt someone’s weight lowering onto the mattress beside me. Still groggy, I was only vaguely aware of the fact that Noah was now sharing the king sized bed with me.“You’re in my bed,” I drowsily slurred.“Actually,” he said with a low, soft tone, “you’re in mine.”Forced into a slightly more coherent state from the surprise of discovering that I’d been sleeping in his bed for the better part of the day, I said with dismay, “This is your bed? I’m in your bed?”“There’s no need to panic,” he assured me. “I want to keep you close. It makes sense to put you next to me during the night. This is the most vulnerable time.”Hearing his words, I moved a little closer to him. My body was still trembling. I wasn’t sure if it was still the remnants from the attack or from the reality of
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Inserting the cream that the doctor sent home with me proved to be more difficult than I’d expected. The pain in my ribs and my fear of making matters worse prohibited me from being as flexible as I needed to be in order to do it properly. I was still struggling with maneuvering my body to better accept the applicator when Kenzie knocked on the bathroom door.“Are you okay in there?” she asked with a concerned tone. “Noah tells me that you’ve been in here for some time.”“He noticed I went to the bathroom?” I cried with disbelief. “Is there no privacy in this house?”“Not if you want to stay safe, there isn’t,” she replied. “What’s going on. Do you need help?”I hesitated for a moment before giving in and telling her that I did indeed need help. When she entered the room and I explained why her assistance was required,
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When I awoke the following morning, there was no sign of Noah. Since he’d risen before me the day before, I didn’t think much of it. Instead, I settled back into the pillows while I waited for him to arrive with coffee and a bagel, as he’d done the morning before. To my surprise, he didn’t come.I waited for half an hour before I climbed out of bed and went to the bathroom to relieve myself. I was surprised at how comfortable I was wandering about in the bra and panties that I’d slept in. I couldn’t explain it even to myself, but Noah’s house felt like home to me.After taking the time to brush my teeth, wash the sleep from my face, and eliminate my bedhead hairdo, I pulled on my shorts and a tee shirt and headed out of the bedroom in search of him.Although I felt more alert from the hours of sleep that I’d had, I was still feeling the effects of the sedative. The world had a touch of surre
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We sat on the front porch of Noah’s cedar sided house and watched as the sun slowly slid behind the treetops that bordered his property.“How much longer before you turn?” I asked as I looked directly at Oscar.I couldn’t explain why, but I was avoiding looking at Noah. I inwardly thought that it was because I didn’t want to witness his handsome face turning beastly. Since I had no feelings for Oscar, other than the fact that he seemed like a nice person, I assumed that it wouldn’t affect me as much.“It won’t be long now,” Oscar replied as he moved next to Kenzie and asked, “Do you want to go inside before it happens?”She looked from Oscar, to Noah, and then to me before saying, “I believe I would.”“Kenzie?” I said with surprise.Oscar raised his hand and shook his head.“It’s okay,” he said with a soft voice.&nbs
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We spent the next few hours drinking wine and playing cards. I’d never played rummy, but I found myself to be quite good at it. I enjoyed Kenzie’s frustration over what she called ‘beginner’s luck’ so much that I actually forgot where I was or that the moon was full and I was technically in danger. It wasn’t until Snow stood at attention and snarled that it all came rushing back to me.I froze in dumb terror as I watched Kenzie slam her cards on the kitchen table where we’d been playing and push herself off of the chair. Moving with rapid stealth, she went to the window and peered out from behind the closed curtains.“I don’t see anyone,” she said in a hushed tone.Finally regaining my wits, I raced to Noah’s bedroom to get a view of the back part of the house. The bright moonlight made visibility easy as I scoped the landscape through the bedroom window. I was
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We remained in the basement while the men cleaned up and made sense of the main house after the battle. It turned out that there were three werewolves come to fetch me back to their pack. I could only imagine the mess the fighting created.“How badly did they destroy his house?” I asked.Even though the décor wasn’t my taste, it was a beautiful home. I felt horrible that I was the reason for any destruction that occurred while protecting me.“They broke a few things, but it’s mostly the bodies and blood that need to be cleaned up,” she replied. “I’m going to go up and see if they want our help.”I nodded as I watched her climb up the stairwell. Within seconds, she was back down relaying the fact that they would appreciate it if we just stayed in the basement until morning.Since there was a futon sofa, a recliner, and a television, we made ourselves comfortab
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True to their claim, the brothers’ wounds were barely visible by mid-morning. Oscar explained that, had he not tended to them with a special cleaning liquid that their grandfather concocted, their wounds would not have healed so readily and would have left scars. As it was, their bodies were fairly devoid of marks that would mar their beauty.I kept it to myself that, had Noah been scarred, I would have loved him just the same because my brief moment of intimacy with him was just that. Brief. Just as he’d held me close in his bed while sleeping, only to keep a good distance from me in my waking hours, his intimate demeanor disappeared as soon as we returned to the main floor of the house and he was reminded of the danger that I was in.His shifting of behavior around me made me question his true reasoning for caring for me. Was it the same love that I felt? Or, was it guilt over the fact that he’d inadvertently exposed me to th
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