Shelly Laurenston: Pack Challenge

He caught her staring at him and nipped her ass cheek. “What ya starin’ at?” He asked playfully.

But she was deadly serious when she replied. “You. I love you, Zach.”

He looked at her for several moments then leaned down and kissed her ass. His hands slid under her breasts and, holding them firmly but gently lifted her so that her back was flat against his chest.

He kissed her along her neck and shoulder. Licking wounds new and old. When he reached her ear, he leaned in closer than any one before him ever had. “I love you, baby.” He whispered in her ear. “More than anything.” Then he was inside of her and she forgot about everything else.

TOC

Miki held up a tennis ball, looked at Sara’s new Pack, and tossed it out into the forest away from the ongoing rave. They all watched it go, then they turned back to Miki.

“Okay. Go…”

Sara and Angelina slapped their hands over their friend’s mouth before the word “fetch” could come out of it.

They pulled her over to one of the food tables.

“Are you out of your ever-loving mind?! Everyone here but us is like Sara.” Angelina snapped. “And after seeing them in action I’d rather not fuck with them!”

Miki gave that innocent smile. “It was just a little experiment.”

“I don’t want to know.”

How sweet, her friends were having one last fight before she left. Tomorrow she’d be leaving with Zach. Back to her original home with the man she loved. She wasn’t sure, but she thought her father would be happy about that. She was sure that her grandmother wouldn’t be. That thought made her giddy.

The last thing they were doing before they would leave was throw this all-night rave for Marrec and his Pack. Seemed only fair after they helped her tear a whole Pride to pieces.

But just the thought of leaving was sending her into a full-blown panic attack. How was she going to leave her best friends? These crazy bitches that had risked their lives for her. Accepted her for what she was. And was there whenever she needed them. She knew she should tell them that. She knew she should tell them how much she loved them. But instead she turned to Angelina and glanced down at the $400 shoes on her feet. She looked back at her with one raised eyebrow. “Those are nice gold-colored shoes.”

“Actually they’re champagne. My signature color. They look fabulous on me, don’t they? I just found them… lying around.”

Sara smiled warmly at her two friends and tried to think how she was going to do any of this without them. Already the females of the Pack were waiting for her to give them orders. She didn’t know what to tell them, although “Move out of my way” seemed to be quite effective at the moment. And thankfully she knew music and DJs because apparently she was partnering with Zach to take over the club business from Yates and Casey. Considering she had no idea what she was going to do with the rest of her life just the week before, it was kind of startling to suddenly be “in charge” of anything. Especially a thriving business. She didn’t want to disappoint them or Zach. But she especially didn’t want to disappoint herself. Deep down she knew she could do it. But that knowledge didn’t stop the panic from causing her to hyperventilate in the bathroom just 10 minutes before.

But maybe she couldn’t do this. Maybe she shouldn’t leave. Just because she could suddenly shift into a wolf at will didn’t mean she should leave what she knew best. It definitely didn’t mean she should change her whole life for some guy she just met. Hell, they hadn’t even gone on an actual date. Christ, did wolves date? And if they do date where do they go? To dinner at a restaurant or just hunting down some deer? Nope. Nope. She couldn’t do this. She was nobody’s Alpha Female. She’d just have to tell Zach to forget it. He could just take his big cock and go. Yup, that was the plan. Good plan.

That’s how it started in the bathroom, and the hyperventilating was just about to begin again when she felt Zach’s arms snake around her body from behind. He kissed her neck and pulled her close against him and suddenly it all felt right. He felt right. Him and his big cock.

“Ladies.” He nodded at her two friends. “Hope you’re having a good time.”

They both nodded. “Great little party,” Angelina offered with one of her dazzling smiles.

“Thanks.” He snuggled closer to Sara, “Dance. Eat. Everything’s on the house for you two.” He paused. “But please don’t ask our Pack to fetch anymore.”

Sara and Angelina cringed as Miki rolled her eyes. “It was just an experiment. Honestly.”

She turned to walk away but crashed into her own personal shape-shifting stalker. “Hey, Miki.” Conall smiled, “I think you dropped this.” He handed Miki the tennis ball.

“Dude!” Zach barked.

“What?”

Zach was so disgusted he walked away.

They were polite enough to wait until Conall followed after his friend, asking Zach to tell him what he did wrong, before the three friends burst out laughing.

“No one is safe around you three.”

Sara turned to find Marrec behind her. She threw her arms around his neck and hugged him tight, “Thank you so much, Marrec. Thank you for everything.” And she wasn’t just talking about the fight with the Pride. She was talking about the last 20 years.

“You’re welcome. But are you trying to get me killed?” Sara opened her eyes and saw Zach watching her from 50 feet away. He definitely didn’t seem too pleased. “Or maybe you’re trying to get yourself killed?” Sara looked and saw Marrec’s wife glaring at her. Funny, the woman had made her graduation dress and invited her to every family event. Now she acted as if she were some hooker on the street trying to pick up her husband.

Sara pulled away and looked at Marrec. “I can never come back here, can I?”

“Sara, you’ll always be welcome here. But never as Alpha Female.”

Sara gave a half-smile, “So I can never come back here, can I?”

Marrec smiled like a proud father. “That’s my girl.”

She stepped away from him. “Have a great time tonight. Everything is free for you and your Pack. Enjoy.”

“We will.” He turned to head back to his mate.

“I’ll miss you.” She whispered, knowing he would hear her. He nodded once and walked away.

“Are you okay?” Angelina put her hand on her friend’s shoulder. All three of them had been close to Marrec, for varying reasons he was the only father the three of them had ever known.

Sara took a deep breath, “Yeah. I’ll be okay.” She was feeling such a huge sense of loss that she wondered how she could face the rest of the night.

Miki appeared at Sara’s elbow but she was glaring at Angelina. “You know, I wasn’t doing anything wrong.” Clearly she had been arguing with Angelina in her head for the last 10 minutes. “Just seeing what their play-drive is like. That Conall guy clearly has a big play-drive.”

“They’re not dogs, you idiot.”

“Um… I know you didn’t just call me an idiot.”

“Um…” Angelina imitated back, “I think I just did.”

Yup. There went that sense of loss. Sara realized that when she left the next morning there would be no tearful goodbyes with these two. This wasn’t goodbye. These crazy women would always be her best friends. Besides, you never get rid of friends like these. They follow you to hell so they can torture you for eternity.

When Angelina poked Miki in the shoulder with one manicured fingernail, Sara left. Zach had disappeared, but she followed his scent into the woods.

Zach leaned against a tree. He was about half a mile away from the rave. He was waiting for her. And he knew she’d find him.