Disclaimer: I don't own SoN or it's character's, nor do I own Big Bad Wolf by Christine Warren. Just borrowing the story line.

Idwalkthrouhghell4you- you guys need to thank her as she was a big inspiration for this as well as the last couple of chapters. If she hadn't of been after me I wouldn't have finished this chapter when I did. (Let me know if you like this version better) Thanks hon.

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Not Quite a Faerie Princess ch.16

I'm sitting here with all these Were woman talking about all the males coming in town for the mate hunt and I've got to tell you it's not really keeping my interest. Instead I'm thinking about the last couple of days I had with Ashley. I think I mentioned she was very persuasive I just didn't say how persuasive.

I started to get comfortable on the couch against the wall when I started drifting off…..

It was two days prior to this meet and greet that I finally had my way…..or I should say we both had our way with each other seeing as Ashley is well…for lack of a better word Ashley.

We were at her house and I pushed her on the couch and straddled her, nipping her ear and laving my tongue over her neck where I had bit her earlier, she moaned and wiggled beneath me like an animal in heat trying to bring our bodies closer together as her hands gripped my hips and proceeded to massage my buttocks.

"Bed…now." She growled into our heated kiss and stood up with me in her arms as I wrapped my legs around her waist. She sprinted to the bedroom and threw me on the bed all the while ripping her clothes off before she stood before me in all her naked glory. I drank the sight of her in with my eyes…..she was glorious standing there panting and looking at me like a starved animal.

She growled low in her throat then put a knee on the bed and started to crawl up my body in a predatory way. She kissed my ankle and then kissed her way up to my thigh where she stopped and took a hand and undid my pants kissing the now exposed flesh. She gently tugged as I lifted my hips up for her and pulled my pants off with ease then she slipped her finger under the hem of my panties and tore them off in one fell swoop.

I moaned as she brought her face inches from where I wanted it and became still as she inhaled. "Mine…" she purred as my hands twined in her hair and tried to make her go where I wanted her to go. She wouldn't budge as I tried once again to get her to lower her head. "Mine.." she repeated. It was then that I knew she was waiting for an answer from me.

"Yours…" I said as she lowered her head and placed a gentle kiss to my nether regions and then started up my body kissing as she ripped my shirt apart baring me to her. She worshiped my body but did not give me release. I wanted to raise my voice and demand that she finished what she started but it was stolen from me as she savaged my mouth with hers. It was a fight for dominance one I so didn't want to lose. I flipped us over and straddled her once again. "Yours…" I whispered in her ear as I leaned forward and kissed her neck then proceeded down to kiss and tweak her breast as my hand wondered down to her center and I coated my finger with her juices before inserting a finger in her as her hips came up to meet me thrust for thrust, then I added two more as I continued in and out at a rapid pace.

I was not gentle but I was not rough, I was somewhere in between taking what was mine and loving every minute of it. She fought with her self to surrender herself to me as I had already surrendered myself to her. She was mine as I was hers, and I wanted her to know that.

"Spencer!" She yelled as she came into my waiting mouth as I licked up all her juices and cleaned her with my tongue, then I wrapped her in my arms and held onto her.

As her spasms resided she brought my head towards her and kissed me as she tasted herself on my lips she moaned and flipped us over as it was her turn to take what was hers by right. She worshiped my body like only she could do.

When the night was all but through we collapsed in a heap with our legs intertwined and arms around each other panting trying to catch our fourth or was is it fifth wind. We had just closed our eyes when we were awakened by a noise. We opened our eyes and we were somehow transported to a grassy knoll over looking a glorious lake by a waterfall. "How?" Ashley asked as I placed a finger over her lips.

I recognized the place as a magical place in the Fae Realm, all I could think was that Paula had something to do with this and I wanted to enjoy our time together and answer questions later. "Don't ask….." I said. "Enjoy."

Ashley smiled that wolfish smile as she turned to me.

"Please…." I said not knowing if I was begging or asking.

She turned me on my stomach and jerked my hips off the ground and stood up behind me. "Don't move." She rumbled out in her gravely voice as she stroked my back to my buttocks with her hands dipping in between to coat her fingers with my essence. Then she brought her finger to my mouth and I opened wide for her and moaned as I tasted my self.

Then she dropped to her knees behind me and I purred in my own satisfaction. Then I felt her bare skin against my bare skin and her breast pushed up against my back I shivered in anticipation as I bit my lip to keep from making any noise. It was all for naught as her fingers lightly traced a path over my hips to my southern region and entered me with such force that I let out a low keening sound at the sensation of her filling me.

"Mine…" she said at the same time.

"Yours…." Grunt, "heart…" deep breath, "body…." Release, "and soul…" I panted as she continued her onslaught on my body as she nipped her way across my shoulders and to my neck as her fingers thrusted in and out of me. "I want you to bear my pups." She huffed out against my neck. "I want you pregnant by me and no other." She continued as she pounded her hips into me faster as her fingers continued their onslaught on the inside. "Ripe with my seed." She huffed out.

"Yes…" I managed to get out which seemed to be the catalyst as she howled out her release for all to hear and her juices poured out of her and down my back side. I could feel her essence mix with my own as her hand came out and scooped up some of our combined nectar and then brought her fingers up and sucked them clean as she collapsed on top of me covering me with her body. "Mine." She said once again before surrendering to sleep.

I couldn't keep my eyes open. It was like I was so tired and I couldn't hold my eyes open no matter what I did, just as they closed I could have sworn I saw a dark shape, a dark shape coming out from the forest towards us. I fought to keep my eyes open but it was a losing battle as I followed my love into sleep.

I shook my head to clear it, I had forgotten about that shape until now. Who could it have been, and why were we transported to the Fae Realm? Ashley never mentioned it when we woke up and I had assumed it was a dream, but now I don't know. I couldn't shake the feeling that I was missing something.

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I couldn't believe what Ashley had picked out for me to wear to the hunt. Here she was trying to get me to go faster. "Come on, hurry up, we're already running late." She said as she pushed me out the door.

"I don't want to flash the entire Were clan." I muttered as she herded me towards the park. "This outfit you gave me to wear is ridiculous."

"Can you move?" she asked as I nodded my head. "Did you want to run in heels and a skirt?" she asked.

"How much worse could that had been to this?" I said as I waved my hand up and down my torso. "I mean really spandex and biker boots?" I asked with a head tilt as I brought my hands up and squeezed my arms together in front of me which just about caused my breast to pop out of the tight fitting top I was wearing. "I feel like a cross between a pole dancer and a biker chic….What's wrong with blue jeans and tennis shoes?"

"They don't give me a good view of your scrumptious ass." She replied with a smirk right before she slapped said ass. It wasn't enough to make me flinch, but when she lingered and squeezed I gave her a dirty look.

"Why am I not surprised?" I asked in a huff.

Ashley grinned that much more wider and continued to lead us deeper into the park. I was so nervous my butterflies had butterflies….hell they all had little butterflies and they were having a party in my stomach. In the end I just gritted my teeth as Ashley veered us off the path deeper into the woods.

It was so dark the only light I could see was Ashley's eyes as I hung onto her arm for support. "Where does this hunt happen?" I asked as I continued to scramble over boulders and between trees. "We must be in Canada by now."

"Shhhh, look." Ashley pointed in front of us.

At first I didn't see anything but after a couple of minutes moving in the direction Ashley pointed I could make out a cluster of orange lights in the distance.

"Is that it?" I asked with hope.

Ashley nodded her head and urged me forward once again. "And it looks like their ready to start….hurry."

I decided not to mention that we'd been hurrying for the last hour or so, ever since she gave me these clothes and told me to hurry my sexy ass. Those were her words not mine. Ashley did seem rather fond of my behind, after all, and I could definitely appreciate that fact about her. After all I did have a nice ass.

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The trees began to thin out as we came to a clearing in the woods lit by torches and a big bon fire in the middle of the clearing. It was surrounded by at least a good hundred or so Were's. As we got closer Ashley pulled me to a stop.

"Remember, what we talked about." She said with a serious face.

"Of course." I answered even though it wasn't a question. I mean seriously we just had this "mate" talk, like I was suppose to forget that fast. She lectured me on how to behave around other Lupines for at least three hours, I so wanted to interrupt her, but she kept going and going. It was a long night. I almost regretted not telling her about our previous life but I had decided to live this one as if it was our first one. Besides I didn't want to temp fate too much as it was, since I knew I was going to be on Mary's bad side for some time to come. "I'm supposed to stay close to you and to keep Madison and Kyla in my sights just in case something happens." I huff and then continued. "I'm not to look anyone in the eyes but I'm not to look down either or they'll think I'm submissive. Don't get too close to someone and don't be offended if someone smells me. I should respect the Lupines and treat them with respect…O yeah, and when the hunt starts I should run like hell north." I finished with a smirk.

Ashley just stared at me for a few second and then she grabbed my hand. "Good enough." She gruffed out, as she all but dragged me the rest of the way into the clearing. "Let's go."

She tugged so hard that I almost went flying into her back; she muttered an apology but kept going, not even bothering to slow down, dragging me behind her.

I watched her as every step seemed to make her more wild, more feral, less civilized. I expected her to start growling and barking out her responses to her fellow pack mates. I shivered at the energy building up around her.

When we stepped into the clearing I tried to keep that shiver from turning into a shudder, as we were surrounded by Werewolves….Lupines more then I had ever seen in one place at one time. More then the hundred I had originally thought was going to be here. Their forms ranged in sizes from small dogs to big black monsters the size of a large pony. Lucky for me not everyone was in wolf form. Some were wondering around in half form and others in human form.

On the other side of the clearing a couple of individuals stepped out and from the look of them they were straight out Werewolves, real Werewolves, not Lupines who could look like humans and even behave like humans when needed. Not even Lupines in wolf form, these Werewolves were as hairy as the others but that was were the similarities ended.

They seemed to travel in their own pack each walking on their hind legs that bent in the wrong direction, they looked ready to strike at any given moment. I couldn't tell what color they were so I looked until I saw one the color of mud with red highlights I followed all the way until the fur shortened and to the very human penis. I made sure not to stare below the waste on any of the others after that.

The last Werewolf had a sprinkling of black and gray throughout its coat and judging by the snarl on its face he wasn't friendly.

Ashley dropped my hand and stepped out of the shadows before I had a chance to ask her who they were. I stumbled after her; no way was I going to be alone in this clearing, thank you very much.

Ashley was dressed more like a model then a fierce leader of a pack of Were's, as she strode across the clearing to the light of the bonfire. I had to hurry to keep up with her and I followed her until she stopped by the Werewolves that had looked more like monsters in a nightmare then anything else.

"Jacob" Ashley growled.

The Lupine stepped forward with the muddy looking coat. I made sure not to look towards his man parts and moved along to notice that he stood upright like a man, but his legs were the legs of a large wolf and his feet were like paws of a dog only a whole lot larger. His arms were muscled and his hands were tipped with lethal looking claws. His head looked like a large dogs head with a pointed muzzle full of razor sharp teeth.

I kept behind Ashley because I didn't want to be any closer to any of the Werewolves then I had to be, and besides I could see just fine where I was, in fact I might have a better view if I was in Fae. I really had to fight the urge to go and see.

"You're being very impolite, cousin," Ashley said in a menacing voice.

The very large muddy looking Werewolf swung his head in our direction and snarled. One minute I was looking at this Werewolf and before I could blink I was looking at a man were the Werewolf stood. He had hair the same muddy color as the Werewolf and his eyes were the same yellow-gold, and he stood there stark naked.

"I'm not impolite, just impatient. It's been way to long since we had a mate hunt." He said with a sneer on his face.

"It's a dying tradition, that the majority of the pack thinks needs to be replaced." Ashley said as she stood up straighter. "They would like to choose their mates in a more dignified way."

"Yes, they want it to be more in the fashion of humans." He snarled, "I, for one, hardly call that progress."

"Well it's a good thing it's not your call to make." Ashley snarled back.

I just listened to them as I watched the other wolves that had come out of the woods with Jacob. They all transformed into their human forms, completely naked.

"If you and your so called mother don't want to lead the pack in the way of our traditions, then don't be surprised if someone else does." Jacob snapped.

I heard a dangerous growl and then there was a movement and Ashley had her cousin by the throat and had him lifted into the air. Instead of shouting or struggling Jacob laughed a deep dark evil laugh.

"I haven't challenged you," he rasped out. "It wouldn't help your cause if you killed a member of your pack without cause, would it?"

Ashley's jaw clenched and there was a hint of her fangs as she began to speak. "Oh, I've been provoked," she snapped. "and I know your behind it. Did you think I wouldn't notice you call a howl when you have no right?" punctuated with a shake of said fist. "Did you think I wouldn't notice someone calling a mate hunt? Someone other then Alpha?" Ashley tossed him aside as if touching him contaminated her. "I am Beta of this clan, and Christine is still Alpha cousin, and we know exactly what you are trying to do."

Jacob stood up in a crouch and sneered at Ashley. "You may know, but you can't stop me." He taunted. "You can't even produce a pup, your useless to the pack, a female that thinks she's a male." He sneered. "I thought I was doing you a favor." He finished as he looked her up and down.

I snarled this time, hell I didn't even know where that came from, it had just ripped out from me as I took a step forward.

Jacob's head snapped around and his eyes landed on me. He narrowed his eyes to menacing slits. "What do we have here?" he growled as he took a step towards me. "Some new prey for us? She's pretty enough, but she smells human." He finished as his mouth twisted and he reached to touch my hair.

Ashley leapt forward and forced me back a few steps and turned to face her cousin with her lip curled and teeth bared. "Stay the fuck away from her," she ordered "She's mine."

"Yours?" I watched as Jacob's face contorted into a sneer like he had smelled something foul and took a step towards me.

"Stay away." Ashley growled in a commanding voice as her eyes flashed in anger. "I don't want you anywhere near her."

Jacob offered us a fake look of innocence as he replied, "Cousin," he said as he held his hands wide. "I mean no one any harm, I'm only curious, It's not often a human is offered up to us for the hunt." He looked towards me. "I do hope she's not harmed to badly seeing as our young males can get excited easily." He bared his teeth in what he assumed was a beguiling smile. "Human flesh tends to tear easily." He said as he looked right at me.

"No one will touch her."

"Ah…ah… ah," Jacob said as he wiggled his finger at Ashley, "Now who's being rude? You now the terms of the hunt as well as I do. She belongs to anyone who is strong enough and fast enough to catch her."

I opened my mouth to make a remark when the crowd around us parted in excitement to allow Kyla and Madison to appear beside me, one on either side. I looked to Ashley as if to ask a question.

"The moon is almost up." Kyla said "It will be less then fifteen minutes before the hunt begins."

"Stay close," Madison said as she leaned towards me. "That rat Jacob has something planned, I can feel it."

I looked at her, "I believe you…and believe me I don't plan on wandering off by my self."

I looked towards Jacob and Ashley as they continued to growl at each other in their own Were language and I could no longer understand what they were saying to each other. They were communicating in grunts and growls, snarls and nips, with a bark thrown in every other time. I looked to Kyla and Madison and they seemed to know what was being said, but neither one of them seemed inclined to fill me in.

"I see he has Ed, Eddy, and Ed with him," Kyla said with disdain in her voice as she stared at the other three that had appeared with Jacob.

"Larry, Moe, and Curly," Madison had replied, "Their his right hand guys.

"I think stooge number three heard that." I said as Curly turned his head towards us. He came towards us in a swagger.

"What are you two suppose to be?" he asked with a sneer. "The poor human's body guards."

I raked my eyes over him dismissively and paused at his unimpressive manhood. He snarled in response.

"She needs very little guarding," Madison responded. "Ashley, your Beta, keeps one eye on her at all times…and she hates to see worthless dogs with fleas annoy her."

He snarled in response, "You shouldn't antagonize me…..its bad protocol to piss off one of your males before a hunt…..he might decide to catch you and make you pay."

"You couldn't catch me if you tried," Madison scoffed, "and you couldn't take me if you did, I'm a Beta female in this pack, I would never let a Gamma like you catch me." She snarled. "Besides Aiden….you know the Beta's cousin…..the one that's built like a steam engine….." she stopped to let that sink in and then continued. "Would kick your ass if you came anywhere near me." She finished with a smirk.

He didn't appreciate that comment as he leaped forward and attempted to drag Madison beneath him.

We both were quick enough to jump out of the way and Madison snickered as the one known as Curly grabbed at nothing but thin air and hit the ground.

"You see what I mean?" Madison asked sneering down at the fallen man. "You're beneath me…I think even less of you then I do your boss, and I think he's a worthless piece of shit, a disgrace to the pack. Don't think you're ever going to touch me, because it's never going to happen."

He looked like he was about to commit murder, but before he could get back up a sharp commanding voice echoed throughout the clearing. "Spencer," it was Ashley, "come here. Now." When I looked at her stony expression I thought better of arguing with her.

This was her world and in normal circumstances I would have argued with her for the way she commanded me, but as it was I rushed towards her side like an obedient child. I knew she was aware of me even though her eyes remained on her cousin.

"She's very obedient," Jacob said in a tone of voice that made my hair stand on end. "I wonder if she'll obey so readily when I order her to spread her legs when I catch her?"

I was disgusted and I responded as such. "I don't think that would be possible," I said as I looked at him, "I find it hard to come running when I'm doubled over vomiting at the mere thought of you touching me."

I thought Jacob was about to strike me as his arm twitched out at me, Ashley growled and that seemed to keep Jacob in check.

"First I will kill you were you stand if you even think of touching her….." Ashley said, "….and secondly she will run only to me, and thirdly she is my mate."

"Mate?" Jacob hissed full of icy rage. "She's not fit to be the mate for one of the pack…needless to say a Beta. She's human…..and human's aren't worth the bite of our teeth."

A smug smile spread across Ashley's face. Even in our position I couldn't help but want her. I tried to ignore the spark of lust that was forming in my gut, I looked to Ashley and her eyes began glowing in that primitive animal energy that I knew so well. I shivered and forced my eyes from hers to look around at the forming pack, but that idea was trashed as I felt Ashley's hand snake around my waist to rest on my stomach.

"I think this one is worth a lot." Ashley purred as she replied to Jacob's taunt.

I noticed Jacob's eyes narrow as he watched Ashley's hand rub small circles on my bare belly. "In fact, I'd say she's just about priceless. Now that the next generation grows inside her womb." She looked up to Jacob. "Congratulate me Jacob," she smirked before finishing, "I'm going to be a daddy." She finished the announcement with a kiss to my neck and a wink towards Jacob.

Jacob looked on in angry shock. I'm sure my face wasn't as far off. Did Ashley mean what she said? Has she just told her cousin that I was pregnant? That I was now carrying a little Ashley inside me? How? I started to smile, but then I thought she's got to be out of her mind even if she could get me pregnant the embryo would be less then a week old, and no one could know something like that this soon, not to say she's a woman and I'm a woman. It must have been a lie a taunt to upset Jacob. I decided I'd go along with it for now, and I'd rip into Ashley about it later.

"You Lie!" roared Jacob.

"Do I?" Ashley drawled in her sexy voice.

"It's a trick, a trick to buy you some time." then he sneered, "You don't even have the equipment to breed…" he said as he looked towards her crotch. "…..but you won't be able to lie to the council….." He said with confidence.

"I don't need to lie Jacob, and if you weren't blinded by your ignorance and greed you'd realize I speak the truth."

I thought Jacob's head might explode, his rage was so intense, his nose flared and his eyes drew to slits as he turned his rage onto me.

"You bitch," he growled as he took a threatening step towards me, "You whore, you think you can come into my pack and ruin all my plans? I'll rip that pitiful brat right out of your stomach."

Jacob lunged toward me, but Ashley was faster, she picked me up and moved me out of the way, blocking Jacob's charge with her own body. I felt the rippling of the shock wave as he impacted with us, but Ashley held us up as Madison and Kyla rushed over to us. Ashley handed me over to them. "Keep her safe." She growled as she changed into her Lupine form.

I took a step back and Ashley must have thought I was afraid of her as she turned her eyes toward me. "Don't be afraid of me, my mate." She purred out. I squared my shoulders and went towards her, "I'm not afraid…I have no fear of my mate, or of any other member of her pack." I stood a little taller before I continued. "The Omega of the Silverback Clan doesn't need to be afraid."

"BITCH! WHORE!"

Ashley spun around and blocked me from Jacob's attack. Jacob transformed as he jumped and attacked. They were a ball of fur and teeth, and claws slashing and neither had any intention of giving in.

The moon rose over the tree line and shone down on the clearing, and before either could draw blood a low haunting noise filled the clearing stopping both in their tracks. One lone wolf sounded the howl and everything fell into silence.

"It's almost time." Kyla spoke into my ear, but as I turned towards her I noticed her eyes were glued to the moon. I looked around the clearing and noticed all the Were's eyes were on the moon. "When the moon goes a little higher and the howler stops, run"

I clenched my teeth as my nerves started to kick in. "I don't know if I can do this"

"You are Omega. You can do anything you need to do, and you need to do this." Kyla finished as the last note of the howl ended. It was still for a second before the woods exploded in excitement.

I was shoved from behind by two sets of hands belonging to Kyla and Madison. "Run!" they shouted as they propelled me forward and the Hunt began.

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ch.17

My arms were pumping and my feet were hitting the packed hard earth for all I was worth. I was running as fast as my feet could carry me, and it didn't help that either Madison or Kyla would shove me every couple of seconds trying to keep me ahead of the herd of wolves coming up behind us…..

My adrenaline kept me running and pushing through the dense brush as I ignored the sting of the slapping branches tearing the skin on my arms and face.

"They're following us?" shouted Kyla so that I could hear her over the pounding of our feet. "Jacob's goons, they must be after Spencer!"

"Well tough shit! They can't have her!" Madison said as she herded me in between her and Kyla.

In this instance I would usually feel like a caged animal but at the moment being caged didn't seem like such a bad idea to me.

My legs began feeling tired and heavy from all the running I was doing, I would have stopped for a break but I kept thinking about all the sex starved wolves behind us so I kept pushing forward.

"Left!" shouted Kyla, and then she veered in that direction, forcing me to turn right along with her. I was looking forward and when she veered left someone crashed out of the trees just a few feet from us. "Madison, they planned this!" Kyla shouted, "It's a goddamned ambush!" she finished.

Madison growled a response and then darted into the path of the approaching Were and cut him off. He roared his displeasure and backhanded her with enough force to send her flying into the air a good ten feet until she came in contact with a tree and slid down to the forest floor in a heap. It was Larry, one of Jacob's wolves, he looked towards us and then leapt forward after us again.

"Come on! Faster!" Kyla said as she gripped my shoulder and tried to force me to go faster.

But my limit was already failing me as I gasped out, "I can't!" Every breath was painful as I drew it in and released it from my abused lungs.

"You don't have a choice!"

Well since Kyla put it that way…..

I tucked my chin to my chest and reached deep inside myself to tap a little of the forest's energy around me, praying that it would work. With all the restrictions Mary put on me I didn't put much faith into it working, but it did and it gave me that little bit of a surge that spun my legs even faster as we struggled to escape.

I could make out Kyla in front of me as she kept glancing back to make sure I was behind her, and her face showed unease and a look of concern. She was holding back on my account, if she didn't have to worry about me she could have probably been at the state line by now, but she kept her pace slow so that I could keep up. If I hadn't of already felt like a pathetic excuse for an Omega then this would surly cinch it.

Not a few seconds later I shrieked like a little three yr. old girl as a huge Werewolf jumped out at me from the tree line.

"Kyla!" I shouted and darted left just as the wolf tried to reach out for me. "Kyla!"

All I saw was a blur as my attacker vanished from my sight then I heard Kyla yell "Spencer, run!"

Kyla had tackled the wolf that had tried to grab me and as I turned forward to run once again I saw Jacob in his wolf form loping towards me with a frightening long stride. He was coming right towards me so I pounded my boots against the uneven ground even faster then before as my heart was ready to burst out of my chest. I knew I wasn't going to be able to outrun him I didn't have the leg span for that, all I could do was hope that Ashley or Kyla or Madison would come to my rescue in time.

"Whore!" I heard as he was close enough behind me to whisper it roughly into my ear, I screamed, and dodged sideways, but Jacob moved faster.

He caught me by the arm and spun me around forcefully. The expression in his yellow eyes didn't do much to set me at ease, but it did cause my skin to crawl in revulsion at his touch. He radiated hate as his eyes narrowed an his lips curled into a snarl. He was panting from his run and from the earlier struggle with Ashley. I don't know how he got away form Ashley, unless he bolted when she was distracted by the moonrise, and it didn't matter at the moment, all that mattered was that he had gotten away and that he had come after me.

I recoiled when he put his face right up to mine, but he followed the motion with his wolfish muzzle pressing close and scenting the air around me. I heard the quick sniffs as he drew my scent in, then I felt the rush of air against my skin when he pressed his snout close up against my neck and drew in deeply. I gritted my teeth and bit my tongue to keep from screaming and jerked my head away.

"Bitch," he growled, rearing back to meet her eyes. "My cousin didn't lie, she did get a cub on you, a filthy human, not only human but female." He looked me in the eyes then roared, "How!"

He held me with one clawed hand gripping my hands above my head to keep me still, but my instincts wouldn't allow me to remain so. I squirmed and struggled as that wolf mouth kept making strange and guttural sounds issue forth from it, then he continued in English, "She would shame our kind by letting a half breed grow up to lead our pack!" Jacob ranted all the while shaking me to make his point. "Allowing human blood to taint the Silverback line. Well, I won't stand for it. I'll cut that little brat from your belly before I let it play as either Alpha or Beta over me and mine!" he roared right into my face."

That was it, I snapped. I literally felt something give way inside me, I now knew I was pregnant and that it was a gift from a higher being, be that Fae or something higher, and I would be damned if I was going to let some filthy mutt lay a hand on him or her. I would kill anyone or anything that tried to harm our child. I growled fiercly and I brought my booted foot down hard on to Jacob's bare one, then followed it with a quick knee to the groin, unfortunately I didn't know how long that would slow him down seeing as he didn't have much there to begin with, but he was unprepared for a struggle from the pathetic human and his grip loosened. He doubled over in pain and I linked my hands together and brought them down hard at the base of his skull. He remained standing, bent over at the waist while he struggled for breath. I ripped free from his grip and continued to run hoping I was going in the right direction.

Behind me I heard an angry growl that told me Jacob wasn't down for the count, so I tried to use my power once again as I was running, I dug deep but there was nothing, until I searched inside myself and I found the energy and strength in my belly, where the baby rested. Thinking of nothing else but protecting my baby and maybe flaying Ashley's skin off her back when I saw her again, I fled deeper into the forest.

I was concentrating so hard on listening for pursuit from Jacob that I didn't see what was in front of me until I ran headfirst into it and bounced off, something hard, thick with soft plush fur. I backpedaled so quickly while looking up…..way, way up….and that was when I realized I was staring into Ashley's wolfish features.

She was staring down at me with eyes I recognized as her's, glowing brightly. She reached her hands out to steady me. She was gentle, despite the tips of her claws. She was covered in her fur with her wolfish form, but when I stared at her all I saw was Ashley. My Ashley the one I was wildly, irrationally and irrevocably in love with.

"Stay put," She growled as she picked me up and deposited me on the far side of a fallen tree, just a second before Jacob came leaping out of the shadows and aiming for her throat.

Ashley countered, throwing herself at Jacob as well, with a midair claw thrashing and teeth tearing, before they even fell back to the ground. They grappled with each other but for the most part they fought like animals, each using teeth and claws and sheer physical strength to force the other into submission. They moved so fast and furious, I could barely see what was happening.

They were fighting for control, a struggle for dominance, not just for the hunt but for the pack. This was a dominance fight, with emotions and hormones running high, this was a fight that would only end in one of the opponents death or complete surrender.

I knew Ashley was the stronger and could take Jacob in a fair fight, but what I had seen of Jacob I knew he wouldn't play fairly.

My hands were fisted at my side as I was trying to keep from entering into the fight and helping Ashley beat her cousin into a bloody pulp. I only stopped because I would be in the way and the pup in my stomach. I reached down and cradled my stomach with my hands, and then I looked back up towards the fight. God, I wanted this over with as soon as possible.

I winced every time I made out a blow that Jacob landed on Ashley and bit my lip to keep from cheering every time Ashley landed a blow on Jacob. There was the occasional grunt or growl or snarl as each of them tried to kill the other. Fur and teeth made it hard to tell where one wolf began and the other ended. Then all the sudden Ashley howled out in pain and a dark red stripe appeared across her chest. That was all it took, I jumped forward, not caring whose way I got in as long as I could get my hands around Jacob's throat and choke the life out of him for hurting my mate.

Lucky for him, I was still slower then him, because just as I leapt forward a hand grabbed me from behind and halted my forward momentum. I turned towards the intruder and saw that it was Kyla, and my angry growl turned into a sigh of relief when I saw Madison following closely behind. I had been afraid she had been hurt badly, but she looked completely conscious and relatively unharmed as she jogged to my side.

I blushed when I looked behind Madison and saw Aiden jog up behind her, and I figured I'd probably keep blushing every time I see him, especially after he caught me and Ashley in that compromising position at her house.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Aiden snapped as soon as he got close enough for me to hear him. "That's a Beta challenge. You can't interrupt it, besides you might get hurt." He finished as he scowled and straightened his shoulders and stood to his full height to look over me towards the scene of the fight between Ashley and Jacob.

A rush of anger took over as I snapped out of anger, "Don't tell me what I can and can't do, I am Omega here, and that….." I pointed towards Ashley, "Is my Mate, getting her hide torn to pieces!"

He crossed his arms over his chest and looked back down at me. "You may be Omega here, but I am her next in charge. Your authority is over the females, not over me." He lowered his head and continued, "I will defer to you under normal circumstances as a sign of respect, but I will not and cannot let you place yourself in danger. You belong to Ashley and I will protect what's hers with my life as she would what's mine." He finished as he straightened back up and glared towards the fight, as if dismissing me.

I ignored the differences in our height as I stormed over to him standing toe to toe with him. I tilted my head back and looked up at him through narrowed blue eyes. "I'll place myself in any damn place I want to, asshat," I said in a deceivingly calm voice. "And instead of spouting off your protecting me, why don't you do something, I don't know like protect Ashley, you know the one currently getting her hide cut off her!" I finished in a yell, standing on my tip toes and leaning toward Aiden forcing him to lean backwards so as not to touch me. If we weren't in such a bad situation it might have been funny.

He swallowed audibly before answering, "Before you take my head off," he said in an amused voice, "Maybe you should look over your shoulder, and take a look at your mate and tell me if you think she needs my help."

I swung around so fast I nearly lost my balance but I saw Ashley lift Jacob over her head and slam him back down onto his back on the ground. Jacob lay belly up yelping as Ashley stepped on his chest and leaned forward to wrap a clawed hand tightly around his throat.

"Yield To Me!" she growled so thickly and savagely that it was barely recognized as a language.

Jacob spat out a curse and spit in Ashley's face, when he started choking and tried pulling Ashley's hand away from his throat.

"YIELD!" Ashley growled again. Jacob with hatred in his eyes went limp and relaxed and turned his head, averting his eyes from Ashley's, who had a triumphant smile on her face.

With a growl of satisfaction, Ashley stood, still keeping Jacob pinned to the ground as her eyes turned and connected with mine and then her eyes sparked even brighter.

"You. Leave. Now."

I jumped at her gravelly command, but before I could do or say anything Kyla and Madison both turned away and started to walk away. I took a step back from Ashley but froze as soon as she growled.

"Take him. Away. Go." Ashley said as her eyes stayed glued to mine, but Aiden moved forward to obey the order. Ashley raised her foot as Aiden began dragging the bloody and battered body of Jacob toward the clearing where the bonfire was.

I was now alone with Ashley, I took a deep breath and looked her right in the eyes, she stood in the center of where her and Jacob had fought, her chest heaving, her muscles tensed and bunched, ready to spring. She was still in her Were form, and her fur was matted and darkened with blood where she was injured, but already the blood had stopped.

"Come here." Ashley said but my feet seemed to be glued in place. I was still fighting my instincts to make sure she was fine. But instead of doing that I remained in place with my eyes locked on Ashley, and I imagined running my hands up to the tips of her ears, down towards her feet.

I was following the trail with my eyes only I never got to her feet, I stopped and stared at her center where her smell wafted up, she was aroused. I dragged my eyes back up and stopped at her chest again and her nipples were as hard as ice. I moaned in my throat as my legs started to become like jell-o.

"Here," she repeated as she gestured impatiently. "Now."

She was intimidating in her Were form, tense and aroused. I looked up and recognized the light in her eyes, the desire for me, her need.

I started to take a step back but Ashley growled and leapt across the space between us in a single bound, landing in front of me with the grace of a large cat, or wolf as the case may be and she started herding me backwards.

"Don't!" she growled. "Don't be afraid." She said with such love in her eyes. "Here," she said, "Now."

I took a deep breath and crossed over to her and craned my neck up and met her gaze. I laid my hand on her chest and stroked over her chest, she growled, and took two steps back and clenched her hands into fists.

"Don't," she growled again. "Too dangerous, don't want to hurt you."

I slid my hand down further over her furred covered stomach. I marveled at the similarities between her human body and her Were body. This might be larger but she trembled the minute my fingernails scraped over her toned stomach and up over her breast.

"You won't," I murmured, "You won't hurt me."

Ashley gasped, "Won't want to." She clenched her teeth together, "Won't be able to stop." And then she stepped back to evade my touch and took in a ragged breath. "Don't touch. Can't shift if you touch." She said as she trembled in place. "Need control."

Even when she was in rut, a state which most Were's could not control, she was still trying to protect me. In her Were form she was at least two and half to three feet taller then me and three hundred pounds heavier, it was all sinewy muscle, fur and claws, yet she still fought for control, for me, for us.

I bit my lip and laid one hand back on her chest, meeting her eyes as my hand drifted down and cupped her.

"You need me," I whispered, leaning forward on my tip toes to caress her nipple with my tongue, and I felt her shudder under my ministrations, it caused me to smile as I gave her a gentle squeeze. "And you can have me."

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ch.18

I looked at Ashley and for a heartbeat she didn't move, she remained utterly still, I wondered if just maybe I had made a mistake with her, maybe I had pushed her too far. Then her clawed hand curled around my wrist, I looked up at her.

"Don't tease," she growled with a feral expression on her face, but her soulful brown eyes were looking at me not the glowing yellow eyes of the wolf. "Need you. Now."

My hand drifted down her tight fur covered stomach down between her legs and I brushed lightly over her soft dewy mound. "Then have me. Now." I said

I think that was when she broke all restraint that had been holding her in place, and she snapped like a rubber band. She reached for me burying her hand in the neck of the spandex suit that I was wearing and ripped it from my body with one rough tear. She fisted her hand around the tattered remains of the cloth in a bunch around her fist and snarled. "Last…Chance."

I just bent down away from her and unzipped the boots I had on wiggling my behind just a little, and then proceeded in kicking them off to the side. "It's about time." I huffed.

It wasn't long before Ashley sprang into action and wrapped her arms around me, carrying me towards the earth floor, but she rolled before we landed and I landed on top of her, instead of the ground, the move took my breath away, it happened so fast, but before I could even draw a breath she lifted me up off her and deposited me on me knees beside her.

I started to sit back on my heels and admonish her for trying to save me from her and her wolf, but before I could open my mouth she planted her palm between my shoulder blades and pushed me gently forward and lifted my hips until I was on all fours. Then she got on her knees behind me, I dug my hands in the leaves and dirt on the earth floor and braced myself for what was to come, Even when I was with Ashley before she never attempted this in her half wolf half human form, she was always afraid she would lose control and hurt me, I had to admit I thought it would be a rough brutal claiming, skin ripping and sharp bites, and I was a little afraid, more nervous then anything for I knew she would never hurt me, so I braced once again, I waited for what felt like a life time and nothing ever came.

I heard her moving behind me and I tried to look around to see what she was doing, but she placed her hand behind my neck to pin my head in one position so that all I could see was the backs of my own hands. She held me in that position while she positioned herself behind me, her legs on either side of mine, and I could feel her leg muscles bunching and twitching underneath her velvety fur against my naked skin. I expected her to claim and penetrate me immediately and burrowing inside to feel her weight draping over my back surrounding me while she claimed me as hers.

Instead, I felt a stir of warm breath against my butt and then a hot, wet swipe of her tongue slowly rising up along my spine, until I wanted to scream. I managed not to scream but I couldn't control the shudder that ripped through me when she reached the nape of my neck and swirled her tongue at the base of my skull, my teeth clicked together when another shudder ran through me.

I could hear a low rumble at first then it turned into a purr then into a low growl, and her tongue traced a damp path form my neck to my ear and she traced her tongue over the shell of my ear. I dug my hands into the ground once again in anticipation, and arched my back to press against her chest, needing the contact of her body heat and her weight against me. She made another low rumbling noise and then she nuzzled her way around to the other ear, torturing it with the same sweet torture of the other one.

"Ashley," I husked out, savoring her name like I savored her touch. I shifted a little more and brought her center into contact with my backside, I could feel the familiar curve and the unique and heady sensation of her fur caressing the back of my legs and my backside.

I was eager and I had the deep internal aching to prove it. This was Ashley and I wanted her and only her. I felt suddenly empty and needy so I began to shift my hips in a thrusting motion, rubbing firmly against Ashley and I felt her push herself against me.

"Ashley," I purred. "I want you."

She let out a growl with a rush of breath, and she let her weight drop onto me until she was flush against me as her hands rested palms down on the ground beside mine, they had shifted to be more human hands but she was still fur covered as I could feel her pert nipples and the fur around them rubbing up and down on my back. Her head fell forward until she rested it against my shoulder. It caused me to shiver with excitement.

"Can't…" pant "go..." pant "slow," Ashley rasped into my ear with her gravely voice. "Can't…." rumble, "be gentle….." growl. "Sorry."

I shook with excitement as I thrust as hard as I could back into her and wiggled my round cheeks teasingly against her.

"I don't need slow, or gentle," I hissed out. "I just need you."

This time, I felt Ashley shudder, and then I felt her hand at my entrance and the other gripping my hip with a bruising force as she lifted her weight up off me.

"Sorry," she repeated, I could feel her poised at my entrance, and then she thrust inside and buried her self deep within me.

A long high howl tore out of me that sounded more Lupine then Fae, and I wondered about it for a second before Ashley pulled back and impaled my tender flesh over and over. I braced my elbows and clenched my fists on the forest floor and used the leverage to force my hips harder against her.

Ashley grunted with appreciation and pulled back until just the tips of her fingers remained inside. I bucked, trying to force her back in, but she held her place with her hands.

"Mine," she snarled, teasing me with a shallow thrust of her fingers, but no more then an inch or two.

I moaned and tried to thrust backwards again, but this time Ashley stopped me with the grip on my hip and held me in place. If this was her idea of fast and rough, I need to have a serious talk with her.

"Mine!" She growled with more force, but kept her fingers were they were in a tortuous limbo.

"Mother Earth, Ashley, please!" I gasped out, shaking and shivering beneath her, I was clenching hard around the tips of her fingers that she allowed me, trying to lure her in deeper, but she resisted.

"Mine!" More force this time, along with one blessedly hard thrust that sent her deep inside me, before she drew back again and paused as before.

My entire body clenched and shook under her merciless teasing. I panted out in shivering sobs, and clenched my teeth hard to keep them from chattering. Ashley had reduced me to a begging mass, and I would do it gladly if it meant I would feel her driving hard and fast into me until I reached my orgasm. "Ashley!"

"Mine!" Her hands clenched my flesh hard enough to bruise, and she began to ease out some more before I could clear my head and think what she wanted.

"Wait!" I half gasped, half screamed, and I prayed she could understand me. It was enough because Ashley paused; right at the tip of my opening her fingers just shy of coming all the way out. Now I just needed to get her back inside and I could die happy. I drew in a shuddering breath and licked my lips, and gave myself to her fully.

"I'm yours, Ashley. Your lover, your mate, your friend. Whatever you want me to be. I am yours!"

"Mine!" Ashley roared as she thrust forward so hard, I thought I'd died. She pierced me to the core, tunneling through my moisture until she filled every aching bit, and when she started moving, I thought I had been reborn.

After that thrust, she kept her promise. She rode me hard and fast, moving forcefully within me, her hips thudding up against my bottom and all you heard was the raw, slapping sound of sex. Every forward motion drove the air out of my lungs and every withdrawal made me sob for more. It was fast, hot, and primal, and it made me understand what it meant to be claimed once again.

Every time she filled me, I felt the brand of her ownership of me which burned deeper into me. Every time she pulled away, I wanted to beg her to mark me, make me hers, to claim what was already hers.

Ashley tightened her hand on my hip and jerked me backwards into her to meet her thrusts. I cried out, as she lunged into me with an even greater force. The tension in my belly tightened, and I felt my thighs clench and my heartbeat race double time. My climax approached like a tornado, quick and powerful, and I wanted nothing more then to be swept up in the force of it.

I threw myself back against her, pressing every possible inch of my skin into her hard frame. Ashley leaned forward and caught the bend of my shoulder and neck in her dangerous jaws and bit down hard, it sent me over the edge, my entire body clenching with the force of my pleasure. A howl ripped through me the instant Ashley's teeth cut through my flesh, marking me forever as her one true mate.

I was lost in a sexual haze when I heard Ashley growl and pull away and start to lick the wound she had made. Then she pushed deeper and harder and stopped, holding her self still against me. I felt her twitch and rub against me, as she started to wiggle her fingers that were still inside me, my flesh was tender and soar, yet I cried out a wild moan and threw my head back. Ashley echoed my moan with one of her own that then turned into a roar as she pushed back in with one mighty push and yelled, "MINE!" so that all could hear.

The force of her final push knocked my legs from off under me, and I lay sprawled on the forest floor, with Ashley collapsing on top of me blanketing me with her heat. While I was laying in contentment I could still feel her fingers inside me twitching every so often. I lay still trying to catch my breath, but every time I felt her fingers twitch I let out a little moan. I was content in this position I wanted her to be in me forever, I loved the feel of her surrounded by my flesh trying to bring her back in once again with my own spasms. She slipped off me to the side of me and I thought we were finished.

But she wasn't finished.

Ashley tensed appreciably, and then relaxed, as the tension faded from her muscles yet her fingers stayed were they were.

I frowned and turned my head towards her and rubbed my cheek against her plush fur. "Are you alright?" I murmured on the edge of sleep. "Aren't you….?"

"I'm not finished yet." She growled back, though now it lacked the ferocity and sounded more like her husky gravelly voice. "Not…nearly finished."

I felt her fingers twitch once again only this time it was more as she hit that perfect place and my eyes opened wide as I tried to pull away, "What are you…..ah!" I said as my arousal returned with a passion.

Ashley's tongue slipped out to caress my cheek, followed by a gentle nibble to my ear. "Lupines have a few other things in common with wolves," she rumbled as she stretched her fingers once again. "In our Were forms, we can orgasm like wolves, we can climax in lots of short burst over an extended period of time."

My thighs clenched around her hand involuntarily, sending another shiver coursing through me as she lightly scratched my g-spot.

"H.. " another shiver, "l…long?" I managed to gasp out while struggling to bring my self under some semblance of control, but it wasn't working.

"Well it varies," she drawled, and if her head had been in her human form I was willing to bet I'd see one of Ashley Davies's patented wicked grins, as it was she was sporting a wolfish grin and her eyes sparkled with love and lust. "but it can last an hour or so, sometimes all night." She said as her body twitched yet again and the movement caused her fingers to scrape me once again, which in turned caused me to let out a long low moan of my own.

"N….night?" I managed to squeak out as my body clenched while she licked the curve of my ear and then she husked out. "About that….sometimes a little more." She whispered as she brushed the hair away from the side of my neck and gave a nibble. "I hope you're comfortable. This could take awhile." She said as she rolled on top of me straddling my waist while pulling her one hand out gently and spreading me open to her as she lowered herself down and started a gentle grind swirling and mixing both of our essences together.

My head hit the ground hard as I let out an uncontrollable moan, she was trying to kill me, and I knew she knew exactly what she was doing to me….oooo, but what a way to go, I thought as I brought my hands up to squeeze her hips and grind back into her. Her head fell back as she transformed into her human form and I trailed one hand up her stomach to pinch what was on display before me, as I raised my head up and took a pert nipple in my mouth sucking and swirling my tongue around it before nipping gently as my eyes wandered up to notice she was looking down at me and stayed glued to hers as they started to glow with her need once again…

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ch.19

We didn't make it back to Ashley's until early morning and only because of Aiden, who left a bag of clothes and a cell phone under a tree a few yards back from where we were. I shouldn't give him such a hard time; he can be a sweet person if you can get past his less then chivalrous tendencies. I remembered what we were doing and what Aiden must have heard. 'Damn that man knows way too much about our sex lives.' I turned red just thinking about some of the things we did in anticipation of doing it again.

Ashley had been such a gentlewoman afterward, she was so gentle and caring. She wrapped me up in some of her clothes and practically carried me out of the park and hailed the nearest cab. She paid him in advance and told him to drive around the park for a little while, offering him an extra hundred if he forgot there was a rear view mirror. The cabby tilted his mirror towards the ceiling of the cab and stayed facing forward the entire drive. I don't think I could have done it with the noises we were making in the back seat. Let's just say Ashley has a very talented tongue….mmmm, 'Very talented.' I think again as I start squirming. It's turning me on just thinking about it; as a matter of fact it just sent a quiver through my body. Now I'm all tingly. 'Damn it where's Ashley when I need her.'

That's when I hear the shower running, a mischievous smile appears on my face as I make my way to the bathroom. I peek through the door towards the shower, it's all foggy and I can't see a thing. I make my way over and open the shower door as quietly as I can stepping in. I feel around but I don't see or feel Ashley anywhere until arms wrap around me from behind and pick me up.

"AHHHH!" I scream as I'm set back down on my feet.

"Baby you can't sneak up on a Were." Ashley says as she turns me around and shoves me into the wall, attacking my neck and hiking my leg around her waist shoving her fingers in me. My head slams back into the shower wall and I let out a satisfied wail as I grind on her fingers without shame.

It was taking all my energy just to keep pace with her, my back being shoved repeatedly into the wall sliding up with each thrust of her hand. Ashley's head was buried in my neck, nibbling her way around to her mark. As soon as she got there she swiped it with her tongue before sucking for all she was worth then nipping it deeply, it was all I needed to be sent over the edge.

As I slid down the wall she took me in her arms and sat me down on the shower bench, pulling me to the edge before forcing my legs apart with her hands. She gave me a primal lustful look before diving in. I came repeatedly, each time she would take her time cleaning me up before diving right back in. When I was nothing but a puddle and the water was cold Ashley decided it was time to get out. She grabbed a huge towel and dried me off before drying herself off. She picked me up kissing me passionately. I heard her purr as she rubbed her body up against mine hands going all over the place. I pulled away and looked into her eyes, they had that wolfish glow and she was still in heat. Suddenly I noticed her smile and her canine teeth. My baby was still in rut, I smiled, before my eyes got wide and I realized she's going to kill me. Ashley picked me up and pushed me on the bed demanding that I yield to her.

I lowered my head and kept my eyes down as I bared my neck for her. This is the one thing I thought I would have the most trouble with, giving someone control over me. I never had that problem with Ashley, as long as she was the only one, and every once in awhile I'm in control.

I was brought out of my thoughts as I was turned over on my stomach and raised by my hips until I was up on my hands and knees. Her hands came forward and slid down my arms until she had her fingers intertwined with mine. She picked one of my hands up and placed it on top of the headboard then raised the other one and put it up there as well. She was stretched out across my back as I was leaning all the way forward, she released my hands and cupped my breast squeezing and pinching them. "Keep them there" she purred into my ear, dripping with earthy honey sex appeal. I so wanted to push back into her but I couldn't seeing as all my weight was balanced on my knees. She was kissing the back of my neck and working her way down my spine, oh glorious Ashley. Then she was gone, just like that. I whipped my head towards the door when I heard yelling in the other room. I jumped off the bed and looked around for something to wear. My clothes were in ruins but one of Ashley's shirts was laying on the floor. I had just slipped it over my head when the bedroom door burst open and in strode Mary of all people with a very large and imposing man.

I tried to look around them for Ashley but I had no luck seeing as the man took up the whole door way. "Spencer..." Mary trailed off.

"Grandma" I replied coldly back. "Where's Ashley?" I asked as I started walking towards the door.

"She's fine for the moment." Mary replied

"For the moment, what are you insinuating?" I asked with worry.

"Insinuating, why nothing dear, I just wanted a few minutes of your time." Mary said as she made her way towards a chair in the corner of the room.

I was standing in the middle of the room trying to pull Ashley's shirt down to cover myself when I heard a chuckle. I looked up at the very large man and he had a twinkle in his eyes. He lifted his arm and waved it at me, as if to say hello. I raised my hand back to wave when I noticed I was no longer wearing Ashley's t-shirt but my robe from the Fae realm.

"I thought you would be more comfortable in your robe dear-heart." the man boomed out in a regal voice.

I dropped to my knees at once and bowed my head. "Ashe.." I said.

"Rise my child, and it is and always will be grandfather to you." he said as he helped me up and gave me a great big bear hug.

I couldn't help but wrap my arms as far around him as I could and hug him back.

Mary cleared her throat to get our attention. "If you two wouldn't mind I have other things that need to be done back in Fae." she said, before smiling at me and getting up and coming over and placing her hand on my stomach...

I looked at her and when a tear slipped down her face. "Spencer, I..I am so sorry for what I put you thru..." she said as she let her hand slip from my stomach.

"Nonsense..." boomed my grandfather. "It was out of your hands Mary." he said as he took her into his arms.

"Yes, but if it was up to me Spencer would never have gotten back with Ashley." she said as she buried her head into his chest and mumbled "And mmm litmmun..woulmm bmm here."

I couldn't make out what she was saying but the Ashe seemed to know exactly what she meant as he replied. "It was as it was suppose to be."

Elders cryptic to the very end. I crossed my arms over my chest waiting for an explanation when who else decided to walk into the room but Queen Paula and Ashley, both with a smile on their face.

Ashley walked over to me and kissed me on the lips before stepping behind me and wrapping her arms around my middle in a protective gesture.

Her eyes were still glowing with need but her need to have me seemed to be damped a little, seeing as she wasn't trying to get in my pants and she wasn't growling at all the people in her room. Although her nose was right against her mark sniffing and every once in awhile I could feel the roughness of her tongue as it would sneak out and take a taste every now and then...'Does she not know what she does to me.' I thought as I closed my eyes and moaned as I squeezed my legs together in an effort to stall any lustful feelings I might have seeing as the Elders and my mother were all in front of us....'Damn..' I thought as my eyes snapped open to all their smirking faces.

I tried to straighten up but Ashley wouldn't release her hold on me, and she growled low in her throat when she thought anyone was getting to close.

"I really thought that potion would have worked on her.." Mary said with a smile.

"It's not meant to stop the heat, just to give us a few minutes with a coherent Ashley so that she understands all that is being said to her." replied the Ashe with a smile. "Besides I'm sure she would like to know how Spencer became as she is..." he finished as he looked at me.

"What do you need to say to her?" I asked. "and what do you mean how I became the way I am?" I was starting to get upset.

"Pregnant of course." Paula gushed out as she started to rush over to me with her arms wide open.

It happened so fast I don't even know what happened. One instance I was wrapped in Ashley's arms the next I'm on the bed with Ashley frozen in front of me halfway in the air and in mid transformation.

"Paula..." the Ashe admonished, "I told you, no sudden movement."

"Yes, she is a wild animal." Mary exclaimed as her stare bore into Ashley.

"What?" I said as I got up off the bed. "Release her...NOW!" I was pissed and I could feel something in me just waiting to snap.

Mary backed up and stuttered. "L..l..look at her eyes." she said as she went behind the Ashe.

"Ah, it's already happening..." the Ashe said as he smiled at me and waved his hand again.

"What's happening?" Paula asked as she started towards me and then stopped.

"I knew that when I gave them the gift of this child that it would somehow change Spencer's genetic makeup to that of something more, something between a Were and a Fae." he said as he smiled at me. "Look at her ready to defend her mate with her life, that is what's wrong with the Fae, we don't look for our true mates we settle with what ever comes along, and when we tire of that we move to the next one. But Spencer found her one true mate and is now stronger for it."

"What do you mean stronger?" Mary snarled, "She bedded with a mongrel and now she'll have a mongrel of her own."

I was angrier then I have ever been, what right did they have to interfere in my life and Ashley's life repeatedly over and over. I really wanted to lash out, but I didn't want to hurt anyone, not even Mary. I just wanted to be left alone with my mate. I bit my lip but I couldn't keep a growl from escaping between my lips as I felt a sharp pain "Ouch..." I said as I reached up to my lip and drew back with bloody fingers.

That was when I felt around in my mouth with my tongue, my canines had enlarged and they were very pointy.

I looked towards Paula in confusion, and she came forward and encircled me in her arms. "Shh, it's alright." she whispered in my ear as she kissed the top of my head. "It's just the hormonal changes...your body is trying to compensate for the difference in your biology with that of a baby Were's biology and it's trying to find a way to support you both in harmony."

To say I was confused would be a huge understatement. I mean didn't Ashley tell Jacob and his cronies that because she wanted them to know she had a heir apparent on the way to lead the pack if something happened to her, even though at the time she didn't. I rested my hand on my stomach and felt something stir within. 'My child.' I thought to my self then I amended that with 'Our child.' as I turned and looked at Ashley frozen in mid jump. She had a glint in her eye as if she knew exactly what I was thinking.

I heard movement to the side of me and I looked that way to see Mary making her way over to me. I glared at her daring her to come any closer.

"Don't be mad at your grandmother." The Ashe said as he came to stand besides her.

"Why not, because of her I was torn away from my mate." I snarled as I looked at her and she blanched and took a step back as if I had slapped her.

"Not so..." said the Ashe

"What do you mean not so?" I asked with confusion. "Was she not the one in the woods that told Ashley to chose?"

Paula stood off to the side and shook her head yes.

"Did she or did she not tell Ashley she could bring me back but as a price. The price of our relationship, a sort of sacrifice if you will." I said again as I took a step towards them and this time I could feel something rise up in me wanting revenge for what was taken from me. A warmth spreading through my body, and when I looked down I had a ethereal glow about me and I was floating off the floor. 'Magic', but how. Mary had taken all my magic even my reserves from me when we had left the Fae Realm.

"It's okay dear-heart." The Ashe said as he moved closer to me. "This is your evolution into the supreme being you were always meant to be. You no longer rely on the Fae realm for your magic. You can draw upon anything living in any realm in existence."

"What, how?" asked both Paula and Mary at the same time.

"NO!" I meant only to say, but instead it came out alarm ringing in your head loud and it caused everyone in the room to grab there ears and to cringe away, all that is except the Ashe.

He just stared at me smiled and raised an eyebrow. "You need to calm down, and then I will explain." he said.

That was easier said then done seeing as I was floating in the middle of the room glowing.

He said "Your mate will be able to help you calm down." He said is such a sure voice

I looked towards Ashley, 'If only she wasn't stuck in limbo' I had just finished that thought when Ashley dropped to the floor and crouched down in front of me in a protective stance snarling at anyone and everyone in the room, and just like that I was on the floor behind her wrapping my arms around her and whispering that we were okay. It seemed to work as she unconsciously leaned back into me and a slight purr could be heard around the room.

"See, I told you perfect for one another." Paula said with a smug smile on her face.

That seemed to snap Ashley out of what ever trance she was in as she straightened up and turned towards me. "Are you okay love?" she asked me tenderly as she cupped my cheek.

I leaned into her and shook my head yes as I replied in a whisper, "I am now."

She turned back around to face the audience in her bedroom. "Now I think you need to finish up this little meeting otherwise you will be in for the show of your life seeing as I'm about to jump Spencer's bones." she said as she strutted over to the bed dragging me with her as she sat down and pulled me onto her lap.

The Ashe cleared his throat, "Yes, yes we really need to finish this. As I was saying it wasn't Mary's fault for the way she has been acting." as he said this he took Mary in his arms and kissed her, as he pulled back it looked like a tentacle of light stretched between them and something dark came from Mary towards the Ashe as it was about to enter his mouth he grabbed it with his hands shattering the light trail in the process and squeezed till there was a blinding light from his hand then he opened it and nothing was there. " As I was saying, I needed her to do this because if she didn't then neither of you would be here now, and that little one in your stomach would never existed."

"What was that?" Paula and Mary asked at the same time.

"That my love..." said the Ashe as he looked into Mary's eyes ignoring everyone else in the room. "Was the seed of doubt about Ashley I had planted into your soul."

Mary looked hurt as she took a step away from the Ashe. Paula circled her mothers waste and hugged her to her.

"Why?" Mary asked shakily...

"I had to, for this time line to come out the way it was suppose to." The Ashe said as he started to take a step forward.

Both Mary and Paula took a step back and at the same time Ashley growled and got everyone's attention.

"How did this happen?" Ashley asked as she stroked my stomach with her hand.

The Ashe looked towards Mary and Paula then shook his head as he tried to explain,"In order to answer that, I need to fill you in on some of the finer details of the situation." The Ashe said as he bowed his head to the floor mumbling something under his breath as he waved his hand a glowing pool of light appeared in the floor expanding out to the width of a large mirror and stopped. Then a picture appeared in it of the first time that Ashley and I had met, and then the fight with my Uncle and how we had won. Then it changed again and it showed us in California and in the Hotel room right before Kelly showed up, then it froze.

"This is what you Spencer remember of your time with Ashley." I shook my head yes and looked towards Ashley who was still staring at the image on the floor.

"It's so different from what I remember." Ashley said as she looked up at me with confusion.

"Yes that was unavoidable as I said." The Ashe said, as he looked with compassion onto Ashley. "You see, Spencer here wasn't suppose to survive the attack with Author. She was suppose to die, and I'm afraid to say Ashley you were as well..." Here he paused and took a breath. "That would have caused a great war among the Were and the Fae and the human race would have paid the ultimate price of that annihilation."

"How, why?" I stuttered out.

"The Demons of course, and Author would have taken advantage of Paula in her grief." He said as Paula lowered her head. "So I wanted to see what would happen if you survived, I helped as much as I was able. That warmth you felt right before you struck Author..." here he paused and looked at me and I shook my head yes. "That was me, or I should say the essence of my power coursing through your veins."

"Why?" I asked again.

"Because...I didn't want to see my only daughter destroyed by the death of her only child...I didn't want to see her destroy the human world for her vengeance and grief..." here he stopped again and took a deep breath. "I didn't want to have to chose between mankind and my daughter..." here he harrumphed and stood up straighter. "So you see it was purely selfish on my part."

"No, you didn't answer the question." Ashley said.

The Ashe turned his eyes on Ashley and bowed his head at her. "So true" He looked down to the floor and waved his hand over the picture and it changed to the bizarro world which I like to call it, where Ashley was stuck as a wolf and didn't know me or anyone else really but Glen and Paula. Then it switched to the scene in the clearing of Ashley with my lifeless body in her hands and of Mary making her chose.

This was the first time I had seen this scene and it was heartbreaking to me, it brought tears to my eyes. Ashley went completely still. When she looked back up she hugged me to her tightly and whispered she would do it again as long as I was alive.

"What was the whole point to that?" I asked with anger in my voice yet again and I could feel my teeth elongating as Ashley tightened her arms around me holding me on her lap.

"If you had come back together after the battle with Kelly and Author..." here he waved his hand again and a scene I've never lived or seen came fourth. It was of Jacob and his so called entourage. These so called Were would have killed Christine before you even arrived back and would have gained Ashley's confidence only to kill you Spencer in her your own home when Ashley was away on business. She would loose it and go on a killing spree. Jacob would claim she was rabid, and he would have the pack hunt her down and kill her, but not before the human race became aware of the Others...This would cause an all out war between humans and demons and supernatural." Here The Ashe stopped and took a breath again. "Annihilation, yet again for the human race, as well as all the supernatural."

So many questions but all I could think of at the moment was the baby. Ashley was rubbing my stomach gently around and around as I placed my hand over hers and stopped her. "How, why?"

The Ashe looked at me and understood what I was asking. "The little one...ah, that was a gift from me to you...You see I let you go to the glen in Fae and I put you under a spell." Ashley growled low in her chest and tightened her arms around me...The Ashe hurried to explain. "I wanted to bless your union and this..." he said as he stepped forward and placed his hands over the both of ours. "This is a consequence of said blessing." Then he straightened up and walked away and turned back to face us. "And I also thought this would shut up the uprising amongst the pack." He said as he turned back around and walked towards the door of the bedroom and faded out of sight. The last thing we heard was "I'll be waiting at home dear, when you are ready to talk."

Mary pulled away from Paula and started to walk towards the doorway.

"Mom?" Paula said as she took a step forward and grabbed Mary's hand.

Mary stopped and turned towards Paula and cupped her cheek.

"You can stay with me." Paula said.

"My dear child..." Mary said as she dropped her hand and turned towards us. "I'm so sorry for everything..."

"No, it wasn't..."

"It's alright..."

"No, I should have known something was off..." Here she straightened back up.

"How could you have known?" Paula asked as she stepped forward once again.

"I am mother nature...I helped to create all life...I treated Ashley like she was a common..." here she stopped and took a breath and then continued. "I'm so sorry..."

"No...nothing to be sorry for." Ashley said as she stood up and walked towards Mary and hugged her.

"My child..." Mary said with tears in her eyes. "How can you forgive an old woman for what she thought of you."

"Easy..." Ashley said. "Your Spencer's grandmother and she loves you.

Paula stepped up to Mary and grabbed her hand, "Mother won't you come back to Fae and stay with me for awhile at least until you can make sense out of what happened?"

"I can't let this fester with your father dear." she said, "It will only get worse the longer I stew over it." she said as she dropped Paula's hand and started walking towards the door way. "Be prepared for a storm..." she said. No sooner had she disappeared the wind outside picked up and storm clouds started accumulating in the sky along with majestic lighting.

"Fae won't run itself." Paula said as she hugged me to her and turned and hugged Ashley before she to disappeared in the doorway.

Ashley scooped me up and stalked over to the bed...

"Now where were we..."

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I know not the nicest place to stop it. But there it is, sorry for taking them all down at the same time again, I was just going to go over them and correct any misspellings and make certain changes..I didn't intend for them to be down for so long...Then life gets in the way, and like I said I moved and am starting a new job, and hopefully school. I hope I didn't lose any readers and if I did I apologize...

Please review as this one and the next chapter will probably be the last of this story arc for awhile...although I already have the fourth story line figured out, now I just have to get my muse to cooperate...and I need to find the time.

"Hey muse come back here..." as you see it's not cooperating very nicely, as a matter of fact it likes to pull my hair and smirk at me, and stand just out of reach on occasion. Every so often I get it back though...and then we'll see who's smirking.