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  Airek pulled the truck up to the cabin and shut off the engine. He gently shook Sheila by her shoulders to wake her.

  “We're home, Sheila. Wake up, my love.”

  Sheila groaned and slowly opened her eyes. “Hmmm, we're there already?”

  “Already? We've been driving for over a half an hour.”

  She looked around and gasped. “It's dark out.”

  “Yes, it tends to get dark at night.”

  Sheila slapped Airek's arm and clucked her tongue. “Funny, funny. I just didn't realize it was so late.”

  Airek helped gather all of her bags. “You spent at least an hour in the bookstore, love.”

  Sheila sighed. “I know, I'm sorry, I just tend to get overwhelmed. I want to buy everything.”

  Airek pulled out two heavy bags filled with books and grunted. “I think you did.” He laughed and dodged her swat. “When will you have time to read all of these books, Sheila love?”

  She shrugged. “I read fast. And, well, I have plenty of time to read while I am here, don't I?”

  “Yes, you are right. Although I hope you wish to do more than read.” He winked at her.

  Sheila laughed. “We have more than enough time for that, Airek. Now help me get these bags into the cabin.”

  Airek let out a long-suffering moan and followed his mate into the cabin.

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  Sheila arranged the bags on the floor and went to the small kitchenette to prepare supper. She gasped when she found Airek standing directly behind her.

  “My God, could you give some warning when you sneak up on me, please?”

  Airek laughed. “If I gave you warning, then I wouldn't be sneaking, would I?”

  “Good point.” Sheila picked up a can of soup and began to shuffle through the drawers with her free hand.

  “What are you looking for, Sheila-mine?”

  “A can opener,” Sheila said bluntly.

  Airek shook his head. “I don't have one.”

  “Are you kidding? Why didn't you tell me before I went and bought all these cans?” Sheila was disgruntled. “I could have bought one, you know, they're not expensive.”

  “You don't need a can opener, Sheila.” Airek said, still smiling. He took the can from her hand and brought it up to his mouth. He locked the can between his teeth and bit down, then handed the can to Sheila for inspection.

  Sheila looked down at the can and then up to Airek. Her mouth was open but no sound came out.

  “Sheila, you did say you wanted the can open, did you not?”

  Sheila swallowed. There were two large holes on the top of the can, the soup would pour perfectly. She cleared her throat. “Uh, yes, thanks.” She narrowed her eyes. “That can't be good for your teeth, Airek.”

  Airek laughed heartily and pulled Sheila to him. “I believe my teeth will survive.”

  “Okay.” Sheila pulled away. “Dinner should be ready in about an hour.”

  “Sounds good to me.” Airek watched Sheila busy herself in the kitchen.

  Sheila tossed him a look from over her shoulder. “Airek, you're making me nervous.”

  “Why?”

  “You're staring at me.”

  “I cannot help myself. You look delectable, Sheila-mine, so very domestic.”

  She rolled her eyes. She put the chicken in the pan and mixed the soup and spices together, adding them to the chicken. She popped everything in the oven and set the timer. “Your appliances are spotless, haven't you ever used this kitchen before?”

  He grinned. “I am not-so-fine a chef, Sheila.”

  “Yes, but you have to eat, don't you?” Her eyes widened. “Don't tell me you go off hunting deer every night?”

  Airek laughed. “No, be at ease, Lupe. I do not run about the woods hunting every night. I often take my meals with members of the Pack. Thane is a particularly fine cook.”

  “Thane?” Sheila asked, more than a little surprised. “What about Sira?”

  Airek frowned. “That one could burn water.”

  Sheila laughed. She finished rolling the dough for biscuits and placed them neatly in rows on tin foil. “What would you do without me?” Sheila opened the oven and placed the biscuits on the bottom shelf. She gasped when Airek looped his arms around her waist and pulled her hard against him. “Airek…” She moaned when he began to nibble on her sensitive earlobes. “Airek…dinner,” Sheila said haltingly.

  He lapped at her shoulder blades and smiled when she shivered. “Did you not say we have an hour, Lupe?”

  Sheila found it difficult to think when Airek was rubbing her breasts and nibbling at her ears. “I … I … yes, an hour sounds … ohhhh” Sheila let out a sigh when Airek's hand moved under her blouse to cup her breast.

  “You were saying?”

  Sheila turned in his embrace and planted her lips firmly on his. She ran her tongue over his mouth and moved to whisper in his ear. “Yes. I was saying, yes.” She laughed when Airek swept her up in his arms and strode to the bed.

  Airek swallowed when Sheila let the pins out of her hair. Her fiery tresses tumbled down her back and caressed her delicate face. He watched as she slowly undid the buttons of her shirt and pulled it off. She sat, looking up at him, wearing only her bra, skirt and newly purchased white thong underwear. She was spectacular.

  “Do you like what you see, mate?” Sheila ran her tongue across her lips to moisten them. She was quite aware of what she was doing to him.

  Airek pulled off his jeans and t-shirt and joined Sheila on their bed. He was already hard and aching for her. “A more beautiful mate there could not be,” was his strained reply.

  Sheila scooted closer to Airek and ran her hand down his sculpted chest. She was constantly amazed at his lack of chest hair. He was perfectly smooth and hard to the touch.

  “Not all Loopin are hairy in human form, Sheila.” Airek said hoarsely.

  Sheila continued to caress him. “Yes, I can see that.” Sheila reached down and cupped his balls gently. She smiled when he groaned low in his throat. She could see his body straining towards her, desperate for her touch, her warmth. She felt powerful.

  She ran her hand lightly over his cock. It was hot steel in her hand. She lazily traced the veins and rubbed the head gently. When she saw his seed escaping from the head of his cock she wiped it up with her fingers and licked her fingers clean. She let him see the darkening of her eyes and the pleasure she received from tasting him.

  Airek was thrust between heaven and hell. His body was screaming to take his mate savagely—now, without further ado. And his mind was forcing him to prolong their pleasure. Sheila's delicately small hands on his cock were instruments of divine torture. They were caressing and stroking him, bringing his blood to boil.

  Sheila inched down Airek's body. She replaced her questing fingers with her mouth, letting her lips slide deliciously over his straining flesh. She took him down to the root, loving the feel of him hard and hot within her mouth. His cock pulsed, and her throat closed tighter around him. She reached down and gently stroked his balls while she began to fiercely suck him off.

  Airek gasped. He twined his fingers through Sheila's lush hair and pushed her down on his rampant flesh. He could feel every muscle in his body straining to get closer to her. His heart was a wild drum within his body. Her sucking became more insistent and Airek knew that he was close. He could feel his release building throughout his body and he thrust his hips up towards Sheila's mouth.

  Sheila dug her hands into the taut flesh of Airek's buttocks and ran her tongue from his balls to the head of his shaft. She felt him spasm and heard his hoarse moans of pleasure. Encompassing his entire cock, she moaned around his flesh, letting him feel her vibrations. It was too much for Airek. She felt him stiffen and spasm, and then the delicious feel of his seed filled her mouth. She swallowed every last drop and licked her lips, long and slow, never taking her eyes off of his contorted face.

  Delicious shivers crawled up
Airek's spine as he looked down into Sheila's captivating eyes. They were twinkling at him now, full of mischief and desire. Airek pulled her up by the forearms and kissed her thoroughly. “Now, together.”

  Sheila moaned when he tweaked one of her hard nipples. “Can you, so soon…”

  Her words were cut off by the feel of his cock hard and insistent on her thigh. She grinned. “I guess you can.”

  Airek laid her down. He smiled devilishly. “Spread your legs, Lupe.”

  Sheila didn't hesitate, she spread her legs. She watched as his eyes dropped to her gaping pussy. She shivered when his fingers probed her moist flesh gently. “Oh, oh, that is…” Sheila arched towards him.

  “That is, what?” Airek slid a finger into her wet pussy.

  Sheila groaned. “So good, it feels so good.”

  Airek shifted closer and teased her portal with his stiff cock. “It will feel better, Sheila-mine, I guarantee it.” Airek wrapped her legs about his waist and thrust himself deeply into her waiting warmth.

  She gasped when she felt her scalding moist body enclosing his cock. Sheila moaned. He felt incredible inside her. “Please, move, I need to feel you.” Sheila urged him on with frantic gyrations.

  Airek obliged. He dug his fingers into her hips and thrust wildly into her desperate body. He leaned down to bite and to lick at her shoulder, loving the taste of her sweat on his tongue. Her pussy clenched his cock deliciously and her hands clawed at his back like a wild wolf mate. He groaned and rammed himself harder into her accepting flesh. She was mewing and her legs began to stiffen and spasm around his waist. Airek felt his mate's climax coming—he could feel her body in tune with his. He nuzzled the soft flesh of her breast right before he locked his teeth around her nipple. He bit gently at her pebbled flesh while rotating and thrusting his hips forward.

  Airek took possession of Sheila's mouth, catching each one of her pleasured cries. “Yes, you're there, Lupe, right there … let me see you.” Airek pumped into her twice more and bit her breast, this time leaving faint marks. He saw her eyes roll back and heard her short staccato pants. Her pussy contracted and clenched his cock like a vise.

  Airek groaned and joined his mate in her heavy panting. When Sheila arched her back and threw her hips upward to meet his straining cock, Airek let his climax crash over him. He screamed as his flesh jerked and pulsed and poured out into his mate's awaiting body.

  Sheila collapsed back. Her head hit the pillow and her legs fell, as useless as burnt rubber, onto the bed. She let out a couple of contented sighs and let the shivers course through her sated body. She groaned when she heard the first timer set off on the kitchen stove. “The biscuits, you go get them.” She rubbed Airek's shoulder lazily.

  Airek laughed from deep in his throat. “Me? Why should I get them, Lupe? I thought you were preparing dinner for me.”

  Sheila smiled, eyes closed. “I did, prepare, that is. Now you can set the table and put everything together.”

  Airek nipped her ear. “Wench.” He easily vaulted off of the bed and padded, naked, to the kitchen. “Should I take the chicken out too?”

  “Yeah, I left some cheese in a container on the first shelf of the fridge; you can pour that over the chicken and let it melt.”

  “Huh? You want me to put the cheese on the biscuits?”

  She groaned and got out of bed. “Forget it, I'll do it.” She laughingly pushed Airek away and went to retrieve the cheese for the topping of the chicken. When she turned around she found Airek staring at her ass with a large smile on his face. She narrowed her eyes. “Were you pretending to be inept merely so I would come over here and cook in the buff?”

  Airek gave her an innocent look and Sheila had her answer. She hit him hard on the arm. “Oh you, you faker,” she growled out.

  “You cannot blame me, Sheila-mine. The temptation was too great.” Airek reached into the pan and dipped his fingers into the sauce. He smeared the sauce onto Sheila's breast and quickly—before it could cool—lapped it up with his rough tongue. He smiled into her now smoldering eyes. “Come, let us eat.”

  Sheila swallowed and fanned herself with her hand. Unfortunately she had an entirely different sort of appetite now.

  Chapter Eight

  Dinner was delicious. Sheila was proud of her handiwork. She had learned, in college, the secrets to making relatively easy and totally delicious meals from canned soup. She cut into her moist chicken breast and watched Airek devour his meal, then laughed when she saw that his plate was empty. Without asking she served him another helping and grinned when he began to work on this second offering.

  “I'm glad you're enjoying it,” Sheila said, around a mouthful of chicken.

  “You are a Goddess, Sheila-mine. You look like an angel, your body gives pleasure unlike I have ever known before and you cook like a culinary genius.”

  Sheila blushed. “It's only canned soup, chicken and biscuits.”

  “It could be steak Diane and new potatoes for how good it tastes.”

  Sheila was more than pleased. She had just raised a fluffy biscuit to her mouth when the door to the cabin burst open. Raquelle and her mate Seth stood naked in the doorframe.

  Airek scowled at the uninvited visitors.

  Raquelle squirmed under her Alpha's intense scrutiny. She dropped her eyes submissively and spoke. “I am sorry for the intrusion, Airek, but Thane and Sira have gone missing.”

  Airek jumped up from the table immediately. “What do you mean they have gone missing? We were in town just this afternoon, together.”

  Raquelle nodded. “Seth and I saw Thane and Sira shortly after they returned from town. They were preparing to head back home for supper. We were to meet up with them for a run after dinner. It was the last we saw of them. We knocked on their door just a little while back no one answered.” Raquelle blushed. “So we, uh, broke the door down. They're not there, Airek, they’re not anywhere, they've disappeared.”

  Sheila saw that Airek was instantly on the alert. Two of his Pack had gone missing. He obviously had to find them.

  “I must go, Sheila. I must find them.”

  Sheila nodded. “Of course, I understand. But can I help?”

  Airek shook his head. “Not at this moment, thank you love. Seth and I are going tracking. But I will return shortly.” His face was somber. “Stay here, do not leave without me.”

  “Okay.” Sheila kissed him. “Find them.” She was unbelievably worried for the lovely Sira and her mate, Thane. “God speed, love.”

  Airek brushed a strand of hair away from Sheila's face and nodded. “Do not worry, all will be well. I will return with Sira and Thane posthaste.” He flicked a hand at Seth, who dropped in behind him. When they were just outside of the cabin, Airek turned to Raquelle who still stood shadowed at the doorframe. “You will stay here with Sheila, Raquelle. The two of you do not leave this cabin without escort, do you understand?”

  Raquelle nodded. She blew a kiss at Seth, who caught it in midair and blew one back to her.

  “If you are done behaving like lovesick fools, we have Pack members to locate.” Airek said in disgust.

  Seth laughed. “You are besotted with your mate; do not tell me you do not know how it feels.”

  Airek sighed. Seth was right. Sheila had completely stolen his heart. How could he begrudge such tenderness to Seth and Raquelle? “Fine, but let us go now. We have much to do. We do not want to lose their scent.”

  Seth nodded and followed his Alpha into the waiting night.

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  Sheila cast furtive glances over in Raquelle's direction. Raquelle stood by the window staring out intently, her short blond hair standing up in spiky disarray on top of her head. Raquelle was a cute blond with large hazel eyes, golden blond hair and a wildly lush body. She also had a frown marring her pretty face every time she looked at Sheila. Sheila did not know what she had done to offend this Pack member.

  “I'm sure they'll be all right,” Sheila said soothingly. She placed
her hand on Raquelle's shoulder and smiled.

  Raquelle shrugged Sheila's hand away and glared at her. “I know they will be fine. Seth is strong, intelligent and the perfect of mates, he and Airek will deal with this problem and return.” Raquelle's mouth curved up into a sneer. “I have no doubt of my mate's abilities.”

  Sheila swallowed. What the hell was the matter with this woman? “Listen, I didn't disparage your mate. I never said I doubted his abilities. You just seemed tense, and I thought perhaps it was because you might be a little worried.”

  Raquelle snorted and turned away.

  Sheila had had enough; this had to stop. Sheila spun Raquelle around and glared into her surprised eyes. “Okay, what's up with you? You are perhaps the bitchiest woman I have ever met. The sad part is that I hardly know you.”

  Raquelle straightened her shoulders. “I am a bitch.” Raquelle said with a twisted smile on her face. She snorted. “You wish to know what bothers me about you, Lupe?” She said “Lupe” with derision staining her voice.

  “Yeah, I'd like to know what bothers you about me.”

  Raquelle narrowed her eyes, and leaned into Sheila “You are half human, you aren't full breed and yet you reign with our Alpha as his Lupe? You come here and instantly we're all supposed to fall to our knees and worship you as our dominant? You haven't even shifted yet? Who knows if you can? You're lesser than me, and yet everyone wants you as if you were more.” Raquelle finished in a whoosh of breath and stood down.

  Sheila's eyes went wide when realization finally hit. “You're jealous.”

  Raquelle was furious. “I am not jealous.” She was positively seething.

  Sheila shrugged. “Everything you have said points only to one thing, you're jealous. But you have no reason to be, Raquelle. You're beautiful; you have people who love and care about you. You have a family and you're obviously talented and well liked.” Sheila smiled. “And you have the love of an adoring mate.”

  Raquelle's face fell. Her bluster was gone, like clouds rolling on the passing wind. She hung her head. “I have the love, yes, perhaps, but not the undivided attention of my mate. He hungers for more, he always has.”