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Stonewall
“Are you fucking kidding me right now?” What Angelique just told me about blew my mind. There’s no way what she said was true. It just couldn’t be. She reached across the table taking my hand in hers. She gave it a sympathetic squeeze.
“This was just a myth I found in my research. It could be just that, a myth.” She looked over at her mate, my president, my leader, my friend, and he nodded for her to continue. “I wasn’t going to say anything until I did more research, but Wraith thought you’d want to know. That it could hold some keys to your origins. I think...Stonewall...” Her voice faltered, like she was afraid to say the truth. The sadness in her eyes practically said everything I suspected. Before Angelique could continue Wraith butted in.
“Man, don’t let this change a fucking thing. These aren’t your people, we are.” Wraith practically vibrated with unsuppressed rage. “We’re your family, not these assholes.” I nodded. “I’m fucking serious, don’t let this shit get into your head.” I looked over at Angelique and she smiled before standing up and hugging me against her side. Wraith was right, this was my family, it didn’t matter who my biological family was. Before I could say that though, a cross between a hiss and a growl emanated behind me.
“Get your fucking hands off my mate!” Angelique backed up slightly while Wraith skidded his chair back before planting himself between his mate and whoever was threatening her. Standing up I whirled around to face them and was nearly knocked back into my seat at what I saw. My cat reacted almost instantly.
“MATE” I growled in low warning to the rest of the men that had begun to circle her like vultures waiting to strike. Her hands rested on the curve of her hips as she glared at Angelique menacingly. She was magnificent standing there, looking all badass and sexy all at the same time. Such a tiny thing, but full of curves made my cock stand at attention, while my cat demanded I claim her right that second. I shook his voice out of my head, I’d been down this road before. Women like her did not go for big lumbering idiots like me. Even if she was my mate, it was all biology or fate maybe, she didn’t really want me.
“I think you’ve got the wrong cat sweet-cheeks.” I grinned down at her, taking in her outfit, I knew what she was really here for and the realization stabbed me with pain. “Club whores don’t mate; didn’t they tell you that.” I could still feel Wraith and Angelique behind me, ready to defend her if need be. Not that Angelique couldn’t take care of herself, I realized I needed to get this woman out of here before murder kitty made an appearance. Angelique was more in control these days, but someone threatening her wouldn’t make her murder kitty happy.
“I’m not a fucking club whore, I’m...” She stood there lost in mid-sentence. Angelique scoffed behind me, before pushing Wraith out of her way to stand beside me ignoring Wraith’s objections.
“If it looks like a duck, and fucks like a duck, it must be a duck. If it looks like a whore, and dresses like a whore, I bet it fucks like a whore too.” My mystery woman glared at Angelique, but she simply smiled sweetly at the woman. I was shocked to hear such harsh words from my friend, she rarely ever cussed, and hated whenever we called the club women whores. She was up to something; I just wasn’t sure what that was.
“I didn’t say I didn’t fuck like a whore, just that I’m not one.” She looked me right in the eyes as she said it, like she was trying to impress me or something. It made no sense to me, it only confused me more. My cat was prowling back and forth, he was ready to pounce on her. I had to maintain control.
Grab her, bite her, make her ours.
He was getting louder in my head. Angelique started laughing, full on belly laugh beside me, which only added to my confusion.
“Oh girl, that was a good one. Dude congrats! You got yourself one helluva spitfire in that one. Good luck with that. Alright assholes, back to your corners, let them work shit out on their own.” Angelique twirled her finger in the air, like she was rounding up small children. There were lots of grumbles, and Wraith looked at her like she had lost her mind, frankly, I was pretty sure she lost that when she was turned, but what did I know.
“I’m not after your man cupcake, see that hunk right there, that’s my mate.” Angelique flicked her thumb over her shoulder pointing to Wraith, who turned slightly red before he nodded.
“This big lug, he’s more like my brother from another mother.” She smacked me in my stomach and my mystery woman gaped at us right before tucking her tail and making a mad dash towards the door. I stood there dumbstruck, not sure what to make of what just happened.
“Dude go after her!” Angelique pushed on my back propelling me forward slightly before my brain caught up to the rest of my body and I was moving to follow her. “Good luck bro!” Angelique and Wraith yelled as I made it out the door. I raced to catch up to her, flying past The Kid on my way out the door.
“Whoa there, buddy, where are you off to in such a rush?” The Kid put his hands out to stop me, but I dodged around him talking as I went.
“Mate...got away...chasing her.” I could hear The Kid’s laughter following me as I kept going out towards the parking lot. It only took me a second of searching to find her, she was just opening her door. She glanced behind her and our eyes met, the fear in her eyes was like a living breathing thing.
Get her before she gets away, claim her, claim her NOW!
My cat wanted her, I wanted her, but her fear made me hesitate. Suddenly her whole demeanor changed, like she’d made some kind of epic decision in the span of time we were standing there looking at each other. She straightened her corset; took a deep breath like she was gathering her courage and began walking back towards me. I stood there dumbstruck by how beautiful she was. Her hips rounded out where I could tell her ass was the perfect size to fit in the palm of huge hands, which made my dick stand up ready to beg. Her plumped to perfection breasts were overflowing from the corset’s cups, driving me insane with the temptation there might be a nip slip any second. When she stopped in front of me, she looked me up and down, before a feral smile crossed her lips. My fingers itched from wanting to touch her, to see if her skin was as soft as it looked.
NOW! Claim her NOW!
I shook my head, ignoring him.
“This.” She said pointing back and forth between us. “Can’t happen, like ever.” My heart plummeted to my feet. “Not that I don’t want to climb you like a tree right now, and rub my scent all over you, but it’s not safe, for either of us.” She looked sad now, and all I wanted to do was make her smile.
“This is the way it has to be, I’m sorry.” Placing her hand against my chest I felt a tingling sensation, and then she lifted up on her tiptoes and kissed my cheek before turning to leave. Go after her, don’t let her leave, claim her!
What the hell just happened? Why had she been so sad? What wasn’t safe for either of us? I needed answers and more importantly I needed her. My feet are moving before I even finish that thought. I can’t let her leave without finding the answers, not that I want to let her go at all, but if she wasn’t safe then I needed to make her safe. Once she was safe, I’d let her go, I had to let her go.
“Wait! Please wait! I can help you. If you’re in danger, me, the club, we can help.” I reached her before she got in her car. She whirled around on me; shock written all over her face.
“How?” Her eyes were searching me, like I was hiding something from her. “How did you do that? You shouldn’t be able to do that. Here let me try again.” She was trembling now; I was scaring her which made me feel like complete shit. The one thing I never wanted her to be was afraid of me. Her hand touched my chest again, her eyes downcast, and I felt the same tingling sensation as before.
“There that should do it, by the time you wake up I’ll be gone, and you won’t remember me at all.” Her voice sounded sad, regretful even, it made me want to comfort her.
“What did you just do? It felt funny.” Screeching she jumped, before stumbling backwards. The shoes she was wearing slid against the concrete, she would have fallen on her perfect ass if I hadn’t caught her in time. She was shaking her head at me, looking like she’d seen a ghost.
“You shouldn’t...you can’t...I don’t understand.”