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Chapter 14 The Long Night (part 1)
Lucas had dropped Sophia off at her house to shower and get ready for tonight. He left for his own home to do the same and to "get supplies" as he called it. All the teens were to meet at the diner at 7:00 p.m., ready to go deep into the forest. Before he left her, he told her to not leave her home until he had come to get her. This made Sophia a bit nervous. Would she really lose control around humans if she went outside? After what almost happened with Jennifer, she decided not to test it out.
Now she stood in the shower, washing all the coconut oil off of her skin and hair. It had been a day she did not expect. She was so happy that things seemed right again between her and Lucas. Not only did they seem right, but even better. He had practically told her that he loved her. He didn't say those words, but what else could he mean? Sophia took a long time in the shower, as she thought over all his words. He said that she had his heart and that she was the only one he wanted. If that wasn't close to love, then what was?
Then she began to think about what she felt for him. She couldn't deny that the things he said made her extremely happy. She wanted him to feel those things for her because she too felt that way about him. He was the only one she wanted. She thought about him constantly and, before today, was scared of how badly she wanted a relationship with him. But with his words of today, she felt that all she desired could become a reality. Sophia smiled and hummed to herself as she dried off and found something simple to wear. She knew she would not be wearing clothes for very long tonight because she expected to remain in her wolf most of the night.
She was combing out her hair when she heard the door slam and her father bounding up the stairs. "Sophia?"
"In here Dad," she called from the bathroom. Matt came up behind her.
"Full moon tonight sweetheart, I was thinking…" he began, but Sophia cut off his words.
"I know Dad. I'm already planning to go into the forest with the others.
"Oh… well… alright, I guess that would probably be best."
Sophia's face grew concerned and she asked Matt, "What about you?"
Matt smiled at her in the mirror. "I'm working tonight. Who do you think keeps the humans safe during full moons? I basically scan around for potential trouble."
"But Dad, isn't it hard for you? Don't you feel the pull yourself?" she worried.
"Sweetie, I've been a pillar of control for a very long time," he let out a little laugh. "Besides, the older you get, the better you get at suppressing your urges. I do agree that you young ones need to get away, but the adults can usually handle it. I say "usually" because there are some that still feel the need to lock themselves away for the night. You definitely don't see many skin walkers on the street on full moon nights."
"Alright, if you say so," she said. She could hear the return of Lucas's car a few blocks away and turned to grab a few things for her bag. Matt could hear Lucas coming as well and came down the stairs after her.
Lucas pulled up in front of Sophia's house and watched as she came out of the house with the Sheriff close behind her. He sighed deeply wondering what lecture he was about to get. He stepped out of the car and went around the passenger side to open the door for Sophia.
"Hi," he smiled at Sophia as she got in. Then he looked at Matt, "Hey, Sheriff."
"Lucas," Matt greeted him with a neutral tone of voice. He knew that Lucas was important to Sophia, but he still wasn't sure about the kid. "I expect you to drive safely with her in your car," Matt informed him. Matt had given Lucas numerous speeding tickets in the past. "I also expect you to take good care of her out there. If anything happens to her, I will hold you responsible."
"If anything happens to her, I'll hold myself responsible," Lucas replied seriously. The two males stared intensely at one another. Matt finally looked away and gave a small smile.
"Alright," Matt stated. Sophia knew that something important just happened. Matt had sized Lucas up and decided to trust him. Sophia smiled at her father.
"I love you Dad, see you in the morning," she told him.
"Bye honey, love you too. You two be careful out there. Keep all those kids out of the north woods Lucas," Matt said in parting.
"Will do, Sheriff," Lucas gave him a wave and went around to the driver's seat.
Matt watched Lucas lean over and give Sophia a kiss before driving away. He sighed as he watched them drive out of sight. "He's her choice," he said to himself. Matt decided that he didn't want to be the type of parent that his were. He didn't want to tell Sophia who she can or cannot be with. He remembered from his own past, how much he resented everyone telling him that he shouldn't be with Marie. He could only keep his fingers crossed that Sophia would make the right choices in life. "She's a lot like you Marie," Matt said out loud, "falling for the biggest trouble maker in town!"
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The parking lot at the diner was busy as the teens organized themselves into different vehicles, ready for the drive out of town. Sarah and Sean sat in the backseat of Lucas's car, already kissing and teasing one another. Sophia gave Sarah a knowing smile and turned back to look at Lucas who was standing outside the car with everyone else.
"We are going west tonight to my parent's hunting lodge," he told them. "Park your cars just off the road and bring whatever you brought by foot the rest of the way. No one goes anywhere alone tonight, especially females. We all need to stick together when we go out and I think you all are aware why that has to be."
Presley was leaning on Dawn's mother's car listening to Lucas speak. She had her arms crossed and the look on her face was not kind. She kept glancing at Sophia sitting in Lucas's car and she felt like going over to her and scratching her eyes out.
If I have to be stuck in that lodge watching Lucas and Sophia climb all over each other, I'm going to puke.
She projected to Dawn and Dawn nodded in agreement.Randy sauntered over to her and pinned her against the car with his body.
"Aw Pres, don't look so upset. You know you always have me."
Presley tried to look mad, but a smile started to lift one corner of her pouting mouth. "That's better." He raised his hands to her ribs and tickled her. She laughed and pushed him away. "Dawn, do you have room for one more? I need a ride." He looked at Presley suggestively.
"I suppose you can ride in the back with Presley," Dawn teased her friend.
"Thanks a lot Dawn!" Presley said, trying to sound grumpy.
"Your welcome," Dawn laughed. She knew Presley needed cheering up and even though Presley always dwelt on Lucas, it was Randy that made her smile. Dawn knew Presley would never admit that though.
Soon everyone was driving down the old dirt road that led into the forest westwards. The sky was darkening and the moon was hidden behind the tree tops. Sophia closed her eyes as she felt her blood quickening in her body. Lucas reached over and stroked her cheek with one finger. She turned her gaze towards him.
"You alright?" he asked.
"Yeah," she smiled dreamily at him. She studied his face as he drove. He had such a striking profile. Her eyes lowered to his arms and chest and she remembered how he held her on the raft today and how good it felt to touch him. Her gaze went lower still, to his strong legs and hips. Her breathing became shallow as she remembered what he looked like without his clothing.
Lucas swallowed hard. He was aware this whole time of Sophia's undressing of him with her eyes and of how aroused she was becoming. He did not look at her or make her aware that he knew because he did not want her to stop. He could feel the sexual energy she was sending him and his clothing was suddenly feeling way too tight. Two can play at this game, he thought.
Sophia's gaze softened as she sat looking Lucas over. She began to feel a tingling feeling in her knees. She tried straightening her legs a bit and shifting her position, but it did not get rid of the sensation. In fact, the feeling seemed to be spreading slowly upwards. Her lower thighs started to tingle and grow warm and she scratched at them with her nails. Lucas looked out the window in the opposite direction and smiled. She had no idea that this was his doing. He then put on a serious face and looked straight ahead again, concentrating his energy in full force to it's ultimate goal.
The tingling now traveled to her upper thighs and Sophia slapped the top of her thighs.
"What's the matter baby?" Lucas asked innocently. "Did mosquitoes get into the car?"
Sophia rubbed and massaged her thighs. "No, I don't know what it is. My legs are feeling weird."
Lucas pretended concern on his face and focused the energy to travel higher to the junction between her legs. Sophia made a little jump and squeezed her legs together. But the feeling became so pleasurable she closed her eyes and gritted her teeth, her breaths coming much quicker now. She was becoming flushed when she looked over at Lucas to find him grinning at her. It was then the realization hit her. He was doing it!
"Lucas! Stop! This is not funny!" she gasped. He immediately stopped the energy assault and oddly Sophia was disappointed that he did. "Oh, my God! How? How did you do that? You are so bad!" she hit his arm playfully.
He just laughed at her reaction as he pulled off the road, finally reaching their destination. Sophia noticed the other cars that were following pulled over as well and people started getting out of the cars, gathering blankets and ice chests. Lucas looked over at her.
"Ready?" he smiled.
"I don't know," she said warily. "You are way too much for me to handle."
"Then let me do all the handling," he grinned wickedly.
"Huh!" she smiled, shaking her head.
Darkness had fallen when they all reached the lodge. Sophia was pleasantly surprised at how nice it was inside. A couple of the males lit a fire in the fireplace and they all settled in. Sophia had never been here before and she walked around, looking at the rooms. There was a large main room, with sofas and over stuffed chairs. Fur rugs on the floor and deer heads mounted on the walls made the place truly a hunter's retreat. On one side of the main room was a door that led to a kitchen and dining area. The other side of the main room held a hallway which led to three bedrooms and a bathroom. She was checking out the bedrooms when Lucas came up behind her.
"My parents used to use this place often. It made a nice get-a-way for them that wasn't too far away if they were needed back home," he explained.
"It's really nice," Sophia replied. She also noticed the doggy doors placed on all the doors in and out of the lodge. She thought of how all skin walkers had doggy doors on their homes.
When they walked back into the main room, Sophia stopped and turned her head away from the view of all the teens in various stages of undress, some had already flipped to wolf form. She suddenly felt very awkward and asked Lucas, "So… where are wegoing?"
He smiled wide at her and answered, "Hunting of course!"
"Seriously? Hunting what?" Sophia wondered.
"Well, the best eating is deer meat, but rabbits can be tasty as well." Lucas turned to the room of teens and said, "Remember what I said about sticking together. Absolutely no wandering off on your own. Also, only bucks tonight because the doe are still nursing the fawns."
Sophia was fascinated by his words. She had never hunted anything before, not even as a human. She had always felt sorry for the beautiful deer she saw hunters bring into town. Lucas looked at her now and could see her hesitation.
"Would you rather I call Jennifer to come up here and let you chase her?" he joked with her.
Sophia rolled her eyes. "Oh your so funny!"
"Don't worry Sophia, once you get into it, you'll find it is just what you need. Full moons attract bloodshed. Better it be the deer than the humans."
Sarah was already in her light brown wolf and came prancing up to Sophia.
Come on Sophia, hurry and flip.
Sophia glanced around the room at everyone. She still didn't feel comfortable shedding her clothing in front of an audience. Lucas didn't seem to have a problem with that as he was already half way naked next to her.
"Um… I've got to pee first," she said and walked to the bathroom, shutting the door. She took off her clothing and folded it neatly in a stack. Thank goodness for doggy doors, she thought as she flipped and stepped through the one on the bathroom door.
Lucas stood in his dark gray wolf waiting for her in the hallway. He watched as Sophia's soft light gray wolf padded up to him and then stood, looking at him with her wolven senses.
You are beautiful baby.
When Sophia and Lucas walked out to the main room, all the wolves looked at them. Sarah exclaimed,
Wow! Light and dark, you two look great together.
I think so too!
Lucas said as he gave Sophia a playful nudge.
Everyone waited for Lucas to take the lead and as he walked towards the front door he turned his head and said,
Sophia, stay next to me.
Lucas was very excited to finally have Sophia with him, in her wolf form, running and playing together. He could tell she was excited as well, running with a pack for the first time in her life. He wanted to howl, but they had to remain silent if they wanted to capture anything tonight. They naturally ran upwind so that the deer would not be alerted to their scent. Everyone was looking and smelling for any signs of recent deer habitation.
Groups of three to four wolves each spread out in order to cover a larger area.
Scat this way.
Someone sent to the pack. They all slowed and headed off in the direction of the signal. Sophia kept looking towards Lucas for what to do. She made sure to stay a little behind him to see all his cues.
Over there Sophia, by the stream.
She heard Lucas tell her this and she searched with her senses around the area. Soon she spotted a large buck standing cautiously by the stream. No one moved at all while the buck nervously looked around, on the verge of running.
Then ever so slowly, some of the wolves on the end started moving around to the other side of the buck in order to fence it in. The buck seemed to stiffen his legs more and stood very still. Then a slight movement caught the buck's eye and he took off running. Unfortunately for him, he ran straight into the thickest line of wolves.
Sophia watched as all the wolves sprang upon the buck, clamping onto anything they could hold, his legs, neck and muzzle. Some wolves jumped up on his back, clawing and biting as he let out a cry of agony. Sophia was unsure at first as to what she could do, but when she saw the blood start dripping from it's many wounds, her wolven senses over took whatever thoughts she may have had about it. She ran and leapt onto the falling deer clamping on to it's lower neck and she squeezed her jaw shut along with others who had also taken a hold of an area of neck. She didn't let go until the buck gave up it's struggle and lay down to die.
The wolves circled their kill and howled, joyfully congratulating each other on a good hunt. Lucas then stepped up to the buck and tore at the soft innards of his belly, taking his rightful place as first to eat. Then Sean joined him and soon the others made their way to the buck in order of rank. Lucas raised his head to look at Sophia, blood covering his muzzle. She stood back a little ways, unsure of just where her place was in the pack. After all, because of the Rilot, she had never fought for a place.
Sophia, come next to me.
She made her way to Lucas as others backed away a bit for her to have access to the buck. When she saw the half eaten buck, she did not feel repulsed in the least. She felt her mouth water and the smell of it's warm blood sent her stomach growling for fulfillment. She bent down and tore off a piece for herself, chewing it with joy. It was so good! She tore off more and she heard Lucas's chuckle in her mind.
I'd knew you'd like it.
When everyone had their fill, they went to the stream and drank deep of the cool, refreshing water. They washed their paws and muzzles and helped to lick the last remaining bits of blood off each other.
Now that they had their bellies full , they ran back towards the lodge, making as much noise as they wished. They howled and yipped and bumped and tumbled into each other. Lucas was right, Sophia thought, this is fun! She looked over at Presley's brown wolf and thought how well she was behaving. She knew that while Lucas was around, Presley wouldn't try anything, and that made her glad that Lucas kept so close to her side.
When they got to the lodge, they all went in single file through the doggy door. Many of the wolves flipped back to human form and laid down near the fire or on a soft place to rest their full bellies. Sophia again was faced with her dilemma. None of them seemed to care about being naked in front of each other and no one was making a big deal about it. Even so, Sophia felt uncomfortable as more and more wolves flipped back into human form. Lucas had flipped as well and bent down to stroke her head with both hands.
He realized her discomfort and knew that she was not use to her own nudity yet. It's time for her to get over this bashful stuff, he thought.
"Come here Sophia, I want to show you something," he said as he started walking away down the hallway towards the master bedroom. Sophia followed him, grateful to get out of the main room of naked teens.
She started to feel nervous when he led her into the bedroom and closed the door behind her. She sat back on her haunches and looked up at him.
What do you want to show me Lucas?
He sat down at the foot of the bed. "You have to flip in order to see it," he replied.
Why? I can see just fine.
"Trust me you can't, yet, because what I want you to see is yourself, in your skin."
Sophia looked at him, shocked. He wanted her to stand naked in front of him?
"Sophia, please. It's just me in here. You've got to get over your fear sometime or it may be a real handicap for you. Start with me, an audience of one. Then, if you feel up to it, you can face the others."
Sophia knew he was right. She needed to get over this. If there was any real trouble, she just couldn't find a handy phone booth like Clark Kent. Skinwalkers had to be ready for anything and she did not want to be at a disadvantage.
She turned her back towards Lucas, determined to do this. A part of her was also a little excited about Lucas being there. The whole situation felt scary but sexy at the same time. She flipped into human form but kept her back to Lucas, all the while smiling shyly at the fact that he was staring at her bare butt. She craned her head around to look at him and noticed he was looking in a mirror, off to the side. She looked into the mirror and realized that he could see her front side as well! One of her arms quickly reached over her breasts to hide them while her other hand went to cover her now not so private area.
"You tricked me!" she said in outrage.
Lucas kept staring in the mirror, looking now into her face. There was no hint of teasing or joking in his gaze. Instead he said in all seriousness, "Do you realize how beautiful you are Sophia?"
She searched his eyes for sincerity and began to relax as she felt the truth of his words. He seemed awed by her, almost worshipful.
He slowly stood up and walked towards her, coming to stand behind her, he put his hands on her shoulders and turned her towards the mirror. "I want you to see what I see, Sophia. I want you to see how breathtaking you really are."
He did nothing but stand behind her, looking into the mirror at her eyes that gazed back at him. "Don't look at me Sophia. Look at yourself."
She shifted her gaze to her own face and lowered hereyes to see her body which shewas shielding with her hands. The more she looked, the more wrong it seemed to cover herself up. She swallowed and slowly lowered her arms to her sides. She gazed at her body, realizing that it was a pretty decent body. It was a lot better than her old human one, she thought. Lucas was right, there is nothing to be ashamed of.
She moved her eyes back up to look at his in the mirror and noticed that Lucas now looked at her with pride. He felt her acceptance of herself and he began to smile at her beautiful face. Then she felt his hands clasp hers from behind and he raised her arms out to the side.
"Now you see what I see," he whispered and gave her shoulder a kiss, still looking in her eyes. "To hide yourself, would be like throwing a towel over the Mona Lisa."
She let out a small laugh at that analogy, and brought her hands up, reaching behind her head. She twisted her face back and up as she pulled his head for a kiss. They kissed sweetly for several minutes when Sophia felt his hands glide around her waist, pulling her more securely against him. When his lips began to travel down her throat she caught the view in the mirror and it struck her how erotic this whole situation was becoming.
She moved the backside of her body against him, losing herself in the sensation of his lips traveling down her shoulder. She watched him in the mirror as he suddenly looked up and caught her gaze. His eyes flashed amber. "Sophia," he growled. She could tell he was holding himself back, waiting to see if she would welcome more. She felt the moon's strong influence and her eyes flashed back at him. She wiggled against him more and closed her eyes, sighing with pleasure.
"Open your eyes," he gruffly ordered. Her big brown eyes flew open and watched as his hands began moving over her body. He was so strong and yet so gentle with her. Everywhere he touched sent her nerves spinning and she moaned out, "Lucas!"
Then his hands stilled and his head turned towards the door. Sophia could feel it too. Something had just happened outside. Lucas let go of Sophia and walked towards the door.
"What is it?" Sophia asked in a worried voice as she followed behind him.
"Let's find out," he said, grabbing her hand and pulling her behind him. When they left the room Sophia grabbed on to the back of Lucas's arm and used his body to shield hers from full exposure. She wasn't sure she wanted to be so exposed to everyone yet. As soon as they came into the main room they noticed everyone else was standing in alert looking at the front door.
Sean's wolf came bounding through the front doggy door and he skid to a halt, collapsing on the floor, blood matting many places of his fur. Everyone gasped and Lucas ran up to him. Sophia forgot about her nudity in light of seeing Sean so injured.
"Sean!" Lucas called to him, shaking him gently. Sean was panting with exhaustion and pain. He rolled his wolf eye up to look at Lucas.
Silver Lake… got… Sarah.
Everyone was listening in on Sean's words and fear filled the room. Sophia slumped down and sat on the ground, grasping onto the fur carpet. "Oh no… Sarah." She gave a horrified look up to Lucas and he said, "We'll get her back!"
"Sean, do you hear me? You need to flip and let the females tend your wounds," Lucas ordered. Sean whimpered with the effort but was able to take human form. The effort was too much for himand he fellunconscious.
Lucas looked around at some nearby females and said, "Help him, then get him to flip back to wolf form." Then he turned to the males and said, "Let's go." Every one of them was primed to go. Lucas threw open the front door and they started to follow him across the porch. Suddenly Lucas stopped and held up his arms to prevent the others from continuing.
Their gazes were returned by Silver Lake wolves. They were spread out all across the yard. Lucas did a quick scan and found there were many more in the tree line and surrounding the lodge on all sides. Lucas knew they were way out numbered this time and to walk out there would be suicide.
Back in now.
Lucas told the males behind him. They backed in, never taking their eyes off the wolves in the yard. Once in, they shut the door and locked it.
"Secure every door and window, now!" he ordered. "Stand the sofas up against the windows in here. Put the mattresses against the windows in the bedrooms and the table against the window in the kitchen. Some of us will have to be in every room, holding these things when they attack."
They all moved to follow his orders. Sophia looked at Lucas and asked, "Can't we call home for help?"
"Cell phones don't work here and we are too far from town for a mental link. We are on our own."
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