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Unrequited Love

Wildwing walked the halls of the Pond, unable to find sleep. The argument he had with Mallory earlier that night was still on his mind. He hadn't meant to get so rough with her. He had to stop himself from shoving her when he walked away. He was experiencing emotions on a level that he hadn't felt before and it was confusing.

Was he being unfair? He always wanted to be a fair leader to his team but he was having a hard time controlling his jealously. Yeah he was jealous. He was duck enough to admit it, he didn't want his actions and reactions to be swayed by his emotions but when it came to Mallory it couldn't be helped. He should step back and really think about this. Wildwing had never been the jealous type but somehow with Mallory it was different and it wasn't just the situation they were stuck in. With Mallory everything was different.

The whole team had spoken about this situation and everyone agreed but only he had chosen the couples. Was that even fair? Was it selfish of him to pair himself with Mallory? He knew now that Tanya liked him but he couldn't bring himself to find the attraction to her like he had with Mallory. Mallory had his attention the moment he laid his eyes on her. Duke acted as if he didn't care either way but had made his choice clear to Wildwing. If they were to be paired off he wanted to be paired with Tanya. At first Wildwing was surprised, Duke explained that while Mallory was beautiful, they didn't always get along, there would never be passion between him and Mallory, so for him the choice was obvious. Wildwing was pleased to hear it, this meant that he was free to pursue Mallory. Everything had been in order but he still had to talk to Mallory and Tanya about what the actual pairs would be. In truth he held off cause he wanted it to happen naturally. That had backfired on him. Tanya liked him, Duke liked Tanya, he liked Mallory and Mallory liked some human! It was like some bad Wednesday afternoon drama that his mother would be watching when he got home from school.

His mother. He hadn't thought of her in some time. Of him and his brother he looked more like his father and Nosedive looked more like their mother. She was a pretty duck with long blond hair and blue eyes, her feathers were white. She always talked about wanting grandchildren. At the time he couldn't have cared less about her random ramblings of him getting married and finding that perfect girl. Now he wished he had listened more as she prattled on, folding clothes while he did his homework on the couch. One thing that she said had stuck with him though. She had been in a particularly melancholy mood when he came home one day. It wasn't the usual prattle and while he scribbled down his notes, glancing up to check on her, she said the sentence that made him pause and really look at his mother. "When you find the woman that you love, don't let her get away. Don't let her not see you, don't let her find someone else. Don't let that male push you out on the side lines. Don't do what I did with your father and let him slip away to someone else's arms. If you do, you'll regret it for the rest of your life." He didn't know what else to do but nod and hug his mother as she silently wept on his shoulder. She had taken care of him and his brother by herself. Their father had gone off with a younger woman. Leaving his mother with the burden of raising two young children by herself. They didn't have a lot of money growing up but they were happy with their mother, she always made sure of it. They had been able to get many years together before she died. She had gotten sick, a caught some sort of lung disease that eventually become too much for her. He was nineteen when she died, leaving him and Nosedive alone in the world. It was hard in the beginning but they got by. He worked jobs after college to support himself and Dive and Dive did the same after highschool. Both brothers understood the meaning of hard work and life had always been complicated for him. So why should it be any different here? He didn't know what he was expecting but he should have known better. For once he just wanted things to go his way.

But things couldn't have been more complicated if he had tried to make it so. Then there was Nosedive. Right now he didn't care or have an interest in relationships but he would and when that happened he had a choice to make. Lift the band on dating humans or let him date Tanya or Mallory. Nosedive was his brother though and they had a lot of the same tastes, so he knew who he would want. Wildwing ran a hand through his hair, a habit he picked up in recent weeks due to stress. Could he share Mallory with Dive? Would Mallory even want to stay with him if he lifted the ban on dating humans? Crap this sucked. Not only where they dealing with this drama but they still had yet to capture Dragaunus and there was possibly a new threat out there. Someone from Mallory's past that she refused to speak about.

He hadn't been paying attention to the direction he took and found himself at Mallory's door. His eyes ran along the heavy metal that barricaded her in her room from him. She may have been in the next room but the distance between them couldn't have been further. He wanted to close that gap but was truly lost on how to achieve this. Placing his hand on the door he contemplated how she used to act before meeting the human and how she was now. Before she seemed to reciprocate his feelings. He had been assured that he made the right decision when it came to the pairings. Now he wasn't so sure. How could he make her see? He had dropped so many hints but she either ignored them or was incredibly dense. He knew she wasn't stupid so what was it? Was it him? She didn't want him? Was he so unappealing? Back on Puckworld he was considered one of the more attractive guys in school and if he'd say so himself, he thought himself to be very attractive. He dated plenty of girls who told him he was handsome, so that couldn't be it.

Perhaps she wanted someone more assertive? But when he was more assertive with her it only seemed to piss her off. Actually perhaps he was a bit too assertive, maybe even pushy. If anything it was hurting his possible relationship with her. No, being pushy with Mallory wouldn't work. She was a strong independent woman; it was one of the things he liked about her. No, being pushy wouldn't work at all. Just being himself before worked fine only now she constantly avoided him. She barely even acknowledged him in the kitchen during meals or when everyone was hanging out in the rec room. It made going back to the way things were difficult. Somehow he had to find the words to make her see. He didn't want to lose her, not that he really had her but he didn't want to lose an opportunity to be with her. He would find a way, he had too. He would do what his mother said and fight for what he wanted. Mallory meant too much to him not to. Letting his hand slip from the door he walked down the hall to his room. Right now he needed rest. Tomorrow he would find a way to patch things up with Mallory. Hopefully she would let him.

…..

Mallory's muscles burned from over use. She kicked at the current that she was caught in. The powerful water threatened to suck her under and drown her but she kept fighting and kicking back up to the surface. She had to get out and get away! He was going to catch her! Mallory was plunged back under the violent waters as and she kicked back up to the surface to get a large gulp of air. Looking down stream she saw a branch hanging out over the water. She could use that to pull herself out. She prepared herself, when the branch was over head she kicked with all her might and shot out of the water to grab it. Success!

Slowly she pulled herself to land and fell to the bank exhausted. Breathing heavily, trying to take in as much oxygen as her lungs could possibly get, while laying down on the bank of the river. "I can't stay here. I have to run." She motivated herself to get up and moving. "He'll catch me." She stumbled to her feet and moved her burning muscles to run into the forest along the river. Pulling her com out she attempted to contact her team. "Wildwing come in." There was no answer only static could be heard over the com. She sighed to herself, she was on her own.

The scenery changed and she was no longer in the woods but in some building. She was still wet from her swim in the lake and water dripped from her hair, making a small tap sound as it hit the floor. Her shoes squeaked as she moved cautiously down the hall. The sound of heavy banging was heard far down the hall ahead of her. Where she was, was lite by fluorescent lights that would flicker with each bang. Further down though was pitch black, something told her not to go there but her feet kept moving towards the sound of the banging anyway. Frightened at not being able to control her own body she could only watch through her eyes as she approached the dark. Was it him? Was he in that waiting for her? She finally froze when the banging sound changed to a breaking sound and she saw water come down the corridor at her. It flooded in quickly, raising and getting higher with every second. The floors below her must have been flooded too.

She ran in the opposite direction of the water and made it to some stairs that lead up to an elevator. The looking around herself she found she was trapped; her only exit was the elevator and it was a risk because Orion could be controlling it. But as the water came up to her chest she found she didn't have any other options. Climbing up the stairs and out of the rising water she opened the doors, got in and pressed the button to go to the up to the lobby. The elevator sealed and started moving but it didn't go where she wanted, instead its numbers appeared to be going down. His voice came over the speakers, he was laughing. The elevator was going down but it didn't get a drop of water in it, it should have started flooding. That was a good sign right? Maybe he was just playing games with her. She waited nervously to see if he was going to drown her, the doors cracked open and she held her breath. Waiting to see what awaited her beyond the shiny metal. They opened to reveal a wall of dark water, it came flooding in through the crack in the door and filled the elevator with her in it.

"NO! SOMEONE HELP!" She screamed. "ORION DON'T!

His voice came over the speakers again. "If you agree to my terms I won't kill you. What do you say Mallory? Death by drowning or be with me?"

"OKAY! OKAY! PLEASE GET ME OU-" The water completely filled the elevator but the light in it remained lite. She started to choke.

Jumping awake she gasped for air. Frantically looking around to make sure she was safe, once confirmed she laid back on the bed, feeling like she had a knot it her stomach. It had been a strange dream but there was an air of finality to it. Something in her subconscious was telling her that if she didn't give into Orion and his wants this time, that he would kill her. In the past his obsession with her had saved her life on more than one occasion. Now though, something was telling her that he was out of patience. She was no longer safe from him. Wrapping her bed sheets around herself, she curled up on her side, wanting some form of comfort. With the way her heart was racing, she knew that she wasn't going to get sleep. So she got up, put on some pants and went to the rec room to watch some tv.

Upon entering she was surprised to see Duke sitting on a large couch watching tv. He turned to see who was up at this hour and was surprised to find Mallory. "Hey Sweetheart. What has you up at this hour? You okay?" There were some moments when Duke was so sweet that she wanted to hug him and just hearing him call her sweetheart felt familiar and normal. When in the past three weeks nothing had been normal. Hearing his voice, seemingly took an invisible weight off of her chest. She smiled at him sweetly, which confused Duke. It was a real smile. One of affection. It made him blush a little under his feathers. He cleared his throat and gestured for her to take a seat next to him, which she actually took. Another surprise, usually she would sit on another sofa, not directly next to him. He watched her carefully, like he was trying to find out if this was in fact Mallory McMallard. She noticed him studying her and raised an eyebrow at him.

"Something wrong Duke? Is my hair doing something funny?" Her hands went up to run through it as if to straighten or fix.

"No it's just that… you're not acting like yourself. Did something happen?" Mallory seemed to cringe at the question and looked away from him at the tv. "Mal Mal, please talk to me Sweetheart. I'm only concerned for you."

"I know."

"So what's going on?" He didn't want to say that Wildwing was acting strange too cause it would only close her off to him. He knew his teammates well.

"So many things Duke."

"We've got time to talk. Everyone is asleep." He offered, turning down the volume on the tv, fully prepared to listen.

Mallory smiled a little sadly at him but nodded. "It's that duck I was talking about before. The one I think is involved with those robots but don't have any prof yet…"

"Yeah? Go on."

"He did things to me Duke."

Duke grabbed Mallory's hands in his. "What did he do Mal?" He looked directly into her eyes, searching for an answer that she hadn't given yet.

"In order to better understand, I'll start from the beginning. Back in the Puckworld Special Forces there was a brilliant agent and scientist named Orion Bluebill. He made all kinds of equipment to help other agents on missions. I worked with him a lot. We were close for a while. Real close."

"Real close as in the best of friends or real close as in intimate?"

"Intimate."

Duke cringed realizing now how personal this was for Mallory, if only he truly knew how personal. "So you don't think that he could have been abducted by Dragaunus?"

"I don't know. Maybe? But it wouldn't have been easy Duke. He was a part of the Puckworld Special Forces. He's had training. Duke he is a really good fighter but because of how smart he was, the military thought that he would have been more useful as the lead scientist instead of in the field."

"Wow! That smart?!"

"Yeah he's possibly smarter then Tanya but to top it off he's deadly. Very deadly in combat. If it's him then it's bad Duke and something is telling me that it is. An instinct. I know he's out there, I can feel it, I can feel his eyes on me." Duke felt his feathers stand on end with the way she talked about him. Mallory was really frightened by this guy and that bothered him. He didn't like seeing her scared. "We dated for a while. This was when he was a normal guy. The kind of guy girls would die to date. Incredibly handsome, smart, strong, powerful, sweet, caring, gentle, organized, just all the qualities of a perfect man. But something happened and while we were together he changed. It was during the time he was working as the lead scientist for Puckworld's military. He no longer could see when he crossed the line, right and wrong was no longer a concern to him. Just as long as the outcome was what he wanted." Duke rubbed his thumbs over her knuckles and it calmed her. Steadying her breath, she continued. "Well he crossed the line when he experimented on me." Duke's thumb paused over her knuckles. "I had the military police arrest him but he escaped." She paused thinking about what happened to her. "Let's talk about something else now. This topic gives me a headache."

The question that had been on Duke's mind came out before he could stop it. "What happened to your brother?" Mallory stiffened and turned to look at him. "I'm sorry. It came out before I could stop it." He dropped her hands and Mallory found that she missed the small comfort.

"He died when I was young. It was a car accident. I loved my big brother so much. He was on his way up in the military when a drunk driver hit him and pushed him head on into a building. It had done too much damage to his body, they couldn't stop the bleeding, he died in the hospital. At least I got to say goodbye though." She said. "He was always my hero. He was a good brother, always taking care of me and protecting me. I didn't think I would ever be the same after Winston died."

"I'm sorry Mal."

"Yeah me too." She murmured. Duke wrapped his arms around her and she stiffened again, surprised by the hug he gave her. She relaxed and wrapped her arms back around his and buried her face in his shoulder. Enjoying the comfort his hug granted.

Feeling another presence in the room with them, Duke opened his eyes to find red eyes staring out at them from the darkness. Wildwing was getting better and better at sneaking up on people. The lessons Duke gave him were paying off. He nodded to the younger duck and Wildwing nodded back. A small communication between them, Duke would come and speak to Wildwing later that night. The young leader wanted to know everything that was happening with Mallory and Duke agreed that him knowing was in her best interest. He sunk back into the darkness and went to Drake One. He would want for Duke there to let him know what was going on.

Duke sighed and released Mallory from the hug. "I'm here if you need to talk. We all are. I know Wildwing wishes you would talk to him." Mallory looked at Duke surprised but nodded none the less. He walked away leaving Mallory to think about what he said. "What would Wildwing think about all of this?" She didn't realize he had been watching her interaction with Duke the whole time.

…..

The had just won another game against the Road Island Rattlers. Everyone seemed to be in a pretty good mood so Wildwing had suggested they go out for pizza to celebrate and then a bar after. Going to her room Mallory picked out her clothes for the night out. Everyone was told to dress up for a night out so she wanted to look good. She wanted to tease Wildwing.

She put on a short black tube dress that clung to her like a second skin. Pulling her hair up into a bun on top of her head, she let small strands escape the bun and curl elegantly on the back of her neck and side of her face. Her makeup was in the French cat eye style. She didn't put any jewelry on, wanting to kept her shoulders and neck bare to show more skin. On her wrists were matching bracelets that were ebony crystals and on her feet black shoes that laced up her ankles. To make it more casual she wore a short black leather jacket. Her nails were painted in the traditional French tipped style and instead of squared, they were rounded. She wore a black strapless lace bra that she kept her money and ID in and her panties were a matching lacy thong. She looked good and felt sexy. "Time to go have some fun." She said to the mirror. Turning and walking out to meet the others.

When she got there she was pleased to see everyone was as dressed up as she was. Duke was wearing black slacks and shoes with a dark teal button up shirt that matched the green in their uniforms. He left the top three buttons open and pushed his sleeves back. Nosedive was in similar clothes except he was wearing a dark blue button up shirt that he left open to show the black muscle shirt he was wearing underneath. Tanya was in a dress! This surprised Mallory and she didn't even have to beg her to put it on. It was a dark purple sleeveless dress that clung to her chest and hung nicely on her hips, her hair was in a ponytail and her eye makeup was a light purple that brought out the blue in her eyes. She still had her glasses but she really couldn't go without them, none the less they matched the dress. Grin was wearing dark grey slacks with black boots and black muscle shirt. Wildwing was the only one not there yet. "Wow guys. You all look great." Mallory smiled. Duke and Nosedive whistled at her.

"Speak for yourself Mal Mal." Duke winked at her. Tanya nodded in agreement but seemed a bit upset. Mallory and her were friends but with the way Mallory looked she knew Wildwing would have his eyes on her most of the night. She had been hoping to catch his attention, but secretly not only his attention. She glanced at Duke seeing him joking around with Mallory and felt a little jealous. She also found herself wanting Duke's attention as well. She was so torn between Duke and Wildwing that it was making everything a little confusing. Putting away these thoughts for later Tanya promised herself that tonight she was just going to have fun and not think about the awkward situation she was in with Wildwing, Duke, and Mallory.

Wildwing finally came out to meet everyone and froze seeing his team. Everyone looked great! He smirked but it faded when he saw Mallory. She looked amazing. Once again she was sex on legs personified. He swallowed nervously, wondering how he was going to handling going out with her tonight and keeping his hands to himself. "Oh wait she's still pissed at me. That's how." Wildwing lamented to himself. He tried not to be too obvious with his staring but Duke caught him and smirked.

Duke was laughing on the inside at Wildwing's reaction to Mallory and he had only seen the back of her, wait till he saw the front. He knew he had to get them together out on the dance floor tonight, it was his personal mission. Besides, he needed to sway Tanya's affections towards him. Wildwing had asked for his help with this and he was only too happy to oblige, so tonight his other mission was to seduce Tanya. "Good to see you've made it Wing." Duke smiled as everyone turned to look at Wildwing. He almost tripped on his own feet when he saw how Mallory did her makeup and hair. She was gorgeous.

Mallory let her eyes wonder over Wildwing's attire. He looked really good. He went with black slacks but had a dark purple muscle shirt on. The only thing that ruined it for her was that he was matching Tanya. "Oh brother. Are they one of those couples?" She asked herself sarcastically, even those she knew it was completely unreasonable, she couldn't help but be annoyed by the thought.

"Alright, looks like everyone is ready. Let's go." Wildwing said leading the group out.

…..

At the pizza restaurant, Duke sat in between Tanya and Mallory with a big grin on his face. While Wildwing and Grin sat across from them and Nosedive grabbed a chair to sit at the head of the table with. "Sitting between two beautiful ladies, I couldn't think of a bette way to start the night." He placed his arms around both female's shoulders. Tanya blushed heavily at his comments while Mallory just smirked and called him a Casanova.

Everyone joked around, telling stories and having a good time but there was an unspoken tension in the air. Mallory didn't speak to Wildwing if it could be helped and Tanya kept looking at him and blushing. Wildwing wanted to sigh. This was definitely not how he pictured the night going. Mallory barely spoke to him and Tanya kept watching him. Though he understood why Mallory wasn't speaking to him. He still had yet to make things right with her for grabbing her and being so harsh with her. Maybe he could apologize tonight if she would give him five seconds. The only thing that could have made this worse was if that human showed up.

Once the food was devoured they walked to the night club. Being the famous hockey team they were given immediate entrance to the club despite the line out the door and down the side walk. This club had a more modern vibe to it. Lights flash different colors on the dance floor and most of the club had a dark blue light theme. Its furniture was dark with dark marble tables. The booths were plushy, inviting to the weary dancer who needed to rest. They grabbed a large round table off to the side where a waitress came and took their drink orders. The drinks were brought back and everyone toasted to a successful game. They downed their drinks and Mallory was already in the mood to dance. "Well I'm hitting the dance floor. Tanya? Want to join?" She looked at the blond tech. Tanya seemed a little nervous but nodded and downed the rest of her drink. "Are any of you guys joining?" Mallory asked to be polite.

"In a bit Sweetheart." Duke smirked taking another drink of his whiskey.

Wildwing nodded "Same here. I'm gonna finish my drink first." He tipped his glass to them. Nosedive and Grin however both jumped up at the opportunity to dance. The four joined the crowd on the dance floor, giving Wildwing and Duke the chance to talk.

"She still seems pissed at ya." Duke said, watching the others walk away.

"Oh yeah." Wildwing took another swig of his drink. "Not that I blame her."

"Come on Wing. Don't beat yourself up about it. You got a little emotional cause the woman you want is running around with another guy. Who wouldn't?" Duke shrugged. In his mind there are worse things than yelling at Mallory that Wildwing could have done. Back on Puckworld he ran with a rough group of ducks. The Brotherhood of the Blade had a lot of members with bad tempers. When they got angry it usually ended up with someone getting stabbed. Perhaps his perspective was a little warped but he didn't think yelling at someone was that bad. But it was odd because Mallory was a military girl, she was used to being yelled at, so her being pissed for being yelled at by her leader didn't fit the regular thought pattern of the militaristic duck. Usually it would be like water off a duck's ass. Something else was going on that they didn't know about, it may have to do with this Orion. "I'm not too sure that she's really that pissed because of the yelling thing."

"Yeah she's pissed that I told her she couldn't date that human. She's pissed that I'm trying to control her personal life." Wildwing looked out at the dance floor to see Mallory in the crowd swaying her hips seductively and moving her body to the beat of the music. The way she moved her hips was alluring and sinful. He found his thoughts drifting to other ways she could move her hips.

Wildwing and Duke discussed possible reasons for Mallory's behavior for a little longer before the alluring thought of the females they wished to pursue lead them to discussing dancing. "She wouldn't let me dance with her right now. It'd be instant rejection." Wildwing finished his drink.

"Don't give her the option to say no." Duke said standing up. "Just do it." Duke smirked at his leader and excused himself onto the dance floor. Wildwing watched him go, thinking about what Duke said. Finally, he nodded to himself and went to the dance floor. The music here matched the feel of the club's interior. As Wildwing entered the dance floor, the club started playing "Sexe" by Saez. The song repeated the phrase "It hurts. It feels good." in French over and over.

Mallory had her eyes closed as she danced to the beat. Nosedive had been dancing with her but at a friendly distance. Peaking over her shoulder he saw his brother coming onto the floor toward them. He nodded to him, already knowing that Wing wanted some time with Mallory. Nosedive slipped off to get a drink leaving an unaware Mallory dancing with his brother. Mallory was lost in the music, swinging and twisting her hips gracefully from side to side, arching her back and moving her arms above her head. She felt who she thought was Nosedive move closer to her, not thinking anything of it she continued dancing with her eyes closed. Turning her back to him, she pressed back into him and moved her hips to the music. Large hands came to rest on her waist, holding her close and she opened her eyes to look out across the club. She spotted Nosedive ordering a drink at the bar... Very far from her. The large hands stayed respectfully on her waist, not going any lower or exploring her curves. Pressing back into him a little more she confirmed that it was most likely Wildwing she was dancing with now. When had they traded?

Turning around she looked up at him, staring directly into his eyes. The look in his eyes surprised her. He looked hungry. Like a man starved. "I can't be reading this right." She thought to herself. "None the less let's have a little fun." She backed away a little and he let her, thinking she wanted distance but what she really wanted was for him to be able to see all of her body as she danced. Turning up the heat a full two notches, she worked her body in smooth sexy moments that would leave the most talented of professional dancers impressed. Coming closer she leaned into him, taking his hands and placing them on her body, making sure he could feel her muscles under her clothes as she moved. His breathing had gotten a little heavier as she danced into him, both were getting carried away, not noticing the others watching them.

…..

Tanya turned away from them sadly. Grin had been dancing with her and watching Mallory and Wildwing dance too when he noticed Tanya's sadness. Glancing at the smaller blond duck he couldn't help but feel for her but he smiled when he saw Duke approaching. Tanya didn't realize it but she had another path laid out before her, one that was better fitted. She didn't see it now but soon she would. The large grey duck smiled at Duke, he placed a hand on Tanya's shoulder to get her attention. When she looked up he smile up at Duke again. Turning around she found the other duck on the team that had been on her mind as of recent. Duke smirked his lady killer smirk and took her hand in his, he pulled her close for a more intimate form of dancing, more similar to how Wildwing and Mallory were dancing. Tanya saw Grin join Nosedive at the bar out of the corner of her eye but refocused on Duke when his hand caressed her face. He ran his fingers along her cheek to the side of her soft beak making Tanya blush. She had always thought that Duke was handsome and debonair but he was such a ladies man that it made her shy away from him. No don't he was the kind that would leave a string of broken hearts behind him, hence why she leaned toward Wildwing. Wildwing felt like a safer bet but here she was hurting over him liking Mallory. Did she really misjudge so badly? Was she trying to force something that wasn't really that strong to begin with? If she honestly liked Wildwing so much, then would she even be attracted to Duke like she had always been? The answer was probably not. There was something about Duke that always caught her attention.

Her thoughts were interrupted. When Duke started moving them in a sensual rhythm to the music. Their fronts were pressed into each other, leaving no space for air as they danced around the floor, the color and noise around her was drown out, all she could focus on was Duke. Thoughts of Wildwing and her feelings about him disappeared into a heady haze of grey feathers, swift body movements and one steely grey eye.

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Mallory felt herself getting worked up by dancing so close to him. "Damn him for having such a strong affect me. Let's see what he does when I do this." She put distance between them again, this time Wildwing hadn't been as willing to let go. She had him right where she wanted him.

Wildwing watched as her eyes were glinting at him on the dark dance floor, watching him with a sexy tilt of her mouth. She knew what she did to men, she knew what she was doing to him. He felt like as mouse being hypnotized by a snake, teasing him to come forward so that she could strike. She was teasing him and enjoying every minute of it. Suddenly he felt annoyed that she insisted on playing with him, knowing that he wanted her but keeping herself out of his reach. Tired of the games Wildwing grabbed her and pulled her close, Mallory's breath hitched when she felt him press his hips into hers and start moving them to the beat of the music. Taking control, he forced her to follow his dancing. Keeping her close and running his hands along her sides. Mallory felt flushed and dizzy. This was not what was supposed to happen. He was supposed to sit back and watch something that wasn't his and not touch. Why was he touching?! He was messing everything up! Mallory looked up to find Tanya as a possible escape but she had been swept away to the opposite end of the dance floor by Duke. They were dancing just as intimately as she and Wildwing were dancing now. Tanya and Duke both looked a little flushed. Did Wildwing not care? Weren't they together. He looked up at Duke and Tanya and smirked. "Finally."

"What? What do you mean finally? Finally what?" She gasped when Tanya and Duke kissed.

"Finally that." One hand was on her hip, rubbing sensual circles on it that was making her feel a little heady and the other was exploring her curves and rubbing her arm. "Duke has liked Tanya for a while and Tanya unfortunately had a crush on me. I found out when she kissed me and I had to let her down easy. She's been difficult since that happened." Mallory's mind was racing a mile a minute.

"This whole time I thought he and Tanya were together!" Part of her was happy to hear this but another was frustrated, annoyed, and most of all worried.

Realizing that he had no interest in Tanya only made Mallory too aware of his hands all over her. All of a sudden there were no restrains and it made Mallory nervous. She had been teasing him this way as a revenge and it turns out it was for nothing. She felt Wildwing's hands grab at her hips and pull her back into him a little harder. Was it her or was the room getting hotter? He ran one hand across the front of her shoulders and then over her collar bone, letting it trail up her neck, he gently but firmly grabbed her jaw and turned her head to face him. He brought his head down slowly, she could feel his breath over her beak. Her legs felt like they were going to give out on her, so close now. His beak brushed over hers about to press hard into her when someone fell back and almost took them out, Wildwing moved fast and pulled them out of the way. The guy's friends came to collect him off the floor and left.

This had given Mallory the chance to escape Wildwing's arms. "I'm sorry I need to go." She went to run but Wildwing grabbed her arm and pulled her back. Before she could protest, he pressed his mouth against hers, laying a long kiss on her. Her body was on fire. It was sensitive to any part of him that was touching her. She fisted her hands over his thighs, unable to do anything but let him kiss and touch her on the dance floor. She was too dizzy, too flushed. She had to get away, she had to think this through.

Wildwing on the other hand had no intention of letting her do that. His body tingled all over, a hot flush had spread over him and was making him needy of her. His hands pulled at her, keeping her as close to him as possible as they slid over her stomach and hips, making her press back into his hard muscled stomach and chest. He broke the kiss but didn't let her get away from him. She wanted to play with him and make him feel this burning hot desire well he wanted her to feel it too, they would burn together. She twisted in his hold to try and stop the feelings he was causing in her but it ended up making it worse as he hugged her to his chest, kissing her again, harshly this time. Mallory realized that she had lost control of the situation. She finally broke the kiss. "We need to stop. I can't do this Wildiwng."

"Why? You tease me and string me along… for what?" He breathed heavily. "I know you feel something for me and you know I feel something for you. So why fight it?" He traced his thumb along the edge of her beak, making her close her eyes to savor the feeling of his touch. She wanted to protest but the words were stuck in her mouth. While she had her eyes closed Wildwing looked up, a strange instinct telling him to.

An attractive blond human with blue eyes walked into the club with a group of friends. Wildwing's eyes narrowed angrily at the recognizable human over Mallory's shoulder. Jim Holst just walked into the night club with a group of friends.

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