Chapter 6 - Skinwalker 101
Sophia had gathered her belongings when the bell rang. As soon as she left the classroom, the two females came out behind her and grabbed her arms, one on each side. "Sophia, come with us, we have something to show you."
Sophia was startled and thought to pull away, but she was also curious as to what they were talking about.
They hurried Sophia down the next corridor and made a sharp turn into the girl's bathroom. Standing in the doorway was Presley. Sophia saw the rage on Presley's face and she made to struggle, but she was too late, it all happened too quickly.
Presley grabbed Sophia's arm from one of the females and flung her, flying, across the bathroom. Her head smashed hard into a sink and she collapsed onto the floor in a stunned shock.
Presley lifted her by one arm and Sophia could barely register that the whole restroom was filled with female skinwalkers, all looking smug.
"So you think your ready to play with the big kids now, eh?" Presley continued while Sophia hung from her arm, her head swimming with pain and confusion.
"Just so you know where your place in the pack is," Presley growled next to Sophia's ear, "it's at the very bottom!" She shoved Sophia down hard on the cold tiles.
Just then they all jumped back in surprise as the door opened with a loud bang. In the doorway stood Lucas, eyes flashing and an angry snarl on his face. His body seemed to fill the doorway and the females grew frightened at his rage. He slowly gazed from female to female, looking ready to rip one of them apart until he finally looked down on Sophia, lying on the floor barely moving.
The females backed away as far as they could, but Presley stood her ground, an angry look on her face. Lucas looked straight into her eyes and she saw in them a demonstration of his power. Her demeanor changed from defiance to fear and she looked down at the ground in submission.
Lucas then strode over to Sophia and pulled her into his arms. He held her to his chest with one arm and with the other hand he pulled the shoulder of her blouse down, exposing the bite wound he had given her last night.
Slowly he turned in a circle, making sure all the females had seen the bite, he challenged them all with his eyes. Presley's eyes opened wide as she realized what this meant. So that's where he went last night, she thought. She started becoming angry all over again.
The other females looked on in fear and would not dare show Lucas any defiance.
"Just so you all are clear on what this means," he said in a low, menacing voice, "from now on, anyone harming another under my protection, will be shunned."
Presley, and everyone else present, stood shocked. Shunned! That was the worse thing that could happen to a pack member. If you were shunned, then you would be open to all attacks and no one would be allowed to stick up for you.
Then he looked straight at Presley, "Since you did not know that Rilot was performed on Sophia, this offense will be overlooked. But consider yourself now warned." With a last looked at all the females, he left with Sophia in his arms.
As he left the bathroom, the males in the hallway craned their necks to see Sophia, but Lucas had turned her head into his chest and cradled it softly with his hand. He knew now that the news of the protection order would spread fast to the other skinwalkers and he let out a sigh of relief as he approached the nurse's office. Sophia should not have any trouble after this, he thought.
The skinwalker nurse stood and shook her head when she saw Lucas enter with Sophia and lay her on the cot. These kids kept her busy. She knew what had happened without being told. It was natural for a new skinwalker to get picked on a lot until their place was established.
She did not smell blood, but asked, "Where is she hurt?"
"Side of her head. There is a big lump forming." Lucas showed her."She's pretty out of it. Shouldn't she flip?"
"Yah, that would be best." She closed the blinds of the office and locked the door. They both knew Sophia would heal quickly if she changed into her wolf form. Lucas gently stroked her cheek.
"Baby you need to flip." he encouraged her. "Can you hear me Sophia? You'll heal much faster." The nurse started to lift Sophia's top off.
"Help me get this over her head without hitting the lump." she said to Lucas.
Lucas knew this wasn't the time to get excited, but he couldn't help but feel a heat growing in his loins when the nurse lifted her shirt, exposing her creamy smooth stomach and her white lacy bra.
The nurse thought nothing of him being there as all skinwalkers were use to nudity in front of one another. But she didn't know that in Lucas's mind, Sophia was someone he dreamed about. She was someone he had fantasized about touching in all her intimate places.
Sophia's eyes were closed and she moaned with pain.
"She must have got hit pretty hard," the nurse surmised.
But Lucas was beyond speech now. His mouth went dry as the nurse unbuttoned her jeans. His heart started pounding and blood shot to his groin when he saw her peel Sophia's pants down her shapely legs, exposing white lacy panties. He could see a small mound of dark hair just under the white silk and his eyes flashed with intensity.
The nurse snapped her head up and looked at him. "Mr. Cates, this is hardly the right time for that sort thinking! She needs help."
Lucas suddenly felt like a turd. She was right! He looked away and took some deep breaths, trying to get back into control.
"Why don't you go ahead to fourth period. I'll take care of the rest of this." she gave him a disgruntled look. "Here is a late pass." She handed him a slip of paper and shooed him out the door. Lucas heard her lock the door behind him.
Like I'm really going to be able to concentrate on school, he grumbled.
He sat in class, not even registering what was being said. All he could think of was white silk and lace.
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Lunch was halfway over before Sophia had emerged from the nurse's office to find Sarah sitting by the door waiting for her.
"Thank god your o.k." she jumped up. "Those fucking bitches! Three of them held me back down the hall when they thought I would try to warn you. So are you feeling better?"
"Yeah, just a little headache now. I love the healing advantages I have now! If I were still human, I'd probably be in a coma, or worse."
Sarah handed her the backpack she retrieved from the bathroom. "Here, I brought this for you. You're not going to have much time for lunch though."
They started walking to an area outside, a hilly mound that they used to eat lunch on last year. They sat down and Sophia got a bottle of water out from her backpack.
"I'm not really hungry anyway." she said. "Sarah, what the fuck happened? Was that a personal vendetta against me or what, cause I have no clue how I could have pissed Presley off that much?"
"All newly turned teens get pushed around," Sarah explained. "It's all that frigging status stuff, you know. But I think Presley was overly harsh with you. I think that when she saw how good you looked, she blew a gasket. I heard that when Lucas showed everyone the bite, she just about spit nails. Good thing he did Rilot Sophia, or you would have her pushing you around all the time!"
"He showed everyone?" Sophia did not have much recollection about what happened after her head hit.
"Yeah, he showed them, warned them and took you to the nurse." Sarah lifted one eyebrow and smirked.
"What is that look for?"
"What do you mean, "what is that look for."? You know girlfriend! LUCAS CATES! Mr. Hottie himself, sticking up for you, carrying you to the nurses office! Damn, Sophia, you are so lucky!" Sarah exclaimed.
"Yeah, this has been the luckiest day of my life!" Sophia replied sarcastically.
Sarah rolled her eyes. "Yeah, o.k. I didn't mean it that way. One thing to feel glad about, though, is that it won't happen again."
Sophia looked away and sighed. She felt a new gratitude towards Lucas for what he had done for her. He was a walking hard-on, but he did seem to have a heart. She finally remembered what she wanted to ask Sarah about.
"Hey, I wanted to ask you about something?"
"What?" Sarah said, taking a bit of her sandwich.
"How do you control your musk around guys?" she blushed a little when asking this.
Sarah looked confused. "What do you mean, control it? Either you want someone or you don't."
"Well, what if you don't want someone." Sophia tried to clarify, although that didn't sound exactly right either.
"Then you won't musk." Sarah looked at Sophia as if Sophia had asked her what was one plus one.
"Wait a minute... are you saying you can't control it. It's automatic?" Sophia felt a panic starting.
"Yeah. If a guy is hot, then your body reacts. If he's not your type, your body doesn't do anything."
"But what if he's hot and you DON'T want to react!" she blurted out.
"Now why the hell would you want to do THAT!" Sarah looked at her like she was crazy. "You make no sense Sophia."
"AAAG!" Sophia was frustrated. "This is just great! How I'm I suppose to stop him if my body is saying the opposite?"
"Him? Sophia, just who are we talking about here?" But Sarah already knew, she could see images of Lucas Cates in Sophia's mind. She smiled wide at her friend. "Never before have I met anyone who would even consider keeping Lucas Cates out of her pants!
"Why? Why should I just give it up to him?" Sophia threw here hands up to emphasize her point.
"Two words" Sarah stared at her. "Multiple orgasms."
"How would you know? Have you slept with him?" Sophia felt a bit of jealousy forming.
"I wish!" Sarah stated. "The powerful males of the pack get the most experience. If one took an interest in me, I'd roll onto my back so fast you'd miss it if you blinked."
Sophia looked at Sarah with wide eyes. "Just what have you been doing while I was in Italy?"
Sarah didn't like how Sophia said that question, as if she were to be judged. "I've been doing what every female skinwalker does, Sophia. I've been enjoying my body." She was feeling a little miffed now. "I think you need to get used to what you are now. Stop thinking like a human, you're never going to be one again."
Sarah stood up and started to pick up her things.
"Sarah? Please don't be angry. I'm sorry for saying stupid things. Your right, I need to get use to things."
Sarah sighed and looked at Sophia, her anger gone. "I'm sorry too. I keep forgetting how differently you were raised. Come on." She held her hand out and pulled Sophia to her feet. "Go ahead and ask me any stupid questions you want, O.K.?" she smiled as they headed back to class.
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