Thought it would be fun to focus on another side of Sophia in this chapter. Hope you like it. Let me know.

Chapter 17: Urges

Sophia was fresh out of the shower and deciding what she would wear to church today. It was a good thing that Vivian had rescheduled the church service for one o'clock this afternoon, because it had given Sophia some time to take a small nap and a long shower. She was feeling so much different today than usual and she didn't quite know what it was. She looked at her nude body in her full length mirror and remembered the mirror from last night.

She thought about Lucas standing behind her, touching her, and how wonderful it felt. Sophia now wrapped her arms about her waist and sighed as she thought of Lucas. She backed up and fell down on her bed, smiling. "I don't think I'll be a virgin much longer," she said to herself and giggled. Thinking about Lucas made her heart beat so fast. He was so good looking and strong and powerful, she mused. And the best thing of all is that he loves me, she thought as she hugged herself with joy. "Mrs. Sophia Cates," she said aloud, trying the name out.

A knock on the door startled her out of her dreaming. "Honey, are you about ready to go?" said Matt through the closed door.

"Almost," she called back, springing from the bed to her closet. She chose a short little sundress, knowing how nice the weather should be today. The material was soft and breezy and it made her feel sexy. In fact she was feeling very sexy, she thought as she moved her hands over her stomach. She sighed as she thought about Lucas again and she wished he was standing behind her now as she looked in the mirror. She wanted to feel his hands lifting…

"Sophia!" Matt interrupted her thoughts. "Time to go." His voice came from downstairs and she grabbed her brush to finish her hair in the truck.

As Sophia and Matt left the front door, Sophia noticed Scott walking up towards her front gate. He smiled a nervous smile at her and stopped, waiting for her to come out of the gate.

Sophia smiled at him and approached, noting how he smelled of soap and a scent that was uniquely his own. It was also a scent of human that any skin walker could pick up on. It was not unpleasant to her senses and she stepped closer to him than usual to breath it in.

"Hi," said Scott as he backed up a bit from Sophia's closeness. "Can we talk for a minute?" Scott could see that there was something different about Sophia. Why was she trying to stand so close? She seemed like some sort of sex kitten trying to cuddle up with him. He took another step back. How was he suppose to break off the prom date with her doing this? And her Dad was standing right there!

She lifted her big brown eyes from the vein in his neck to his face, "I'm on my way to church," she said. Sophia glanced at her Dad.

"Just a few minutes, we've got to be going," Matt said as he passed them and made his way to the truck.

"Um… Sophia…" he began, nervously. She stepped closer to him again.

"Yes?" she said.

Scott took another step back. He had never seen Sophia like this before. Dreamt about her being like this, yes, but never in reality.

"I'm going to have to call off the prom thing. I don't think it's a good idea considering your… other… guy." She was again stepping closer, sniffing him as he spoke.

She looked at him thinking that he must have found out about Lucas somehow. His breaking this date didn't even affect her as she really didn't care one way or the other. If she wasn't going with Lucas to the prom, then she had no desire to go at all.

"O.K" she smiled at him. He looked a bit shocked at her flip response.

"That's all? O.K.? That's all you want to say?" he asked.

"Yes," she said, "but I'd like to give you a hug too," she laughed. He stood there confused as she put her arms around him and hugged him tight, inhaling his human scent once more. He did not hug her back and stood there stiffly. Sophia let go and smiled at him. "It's o.k. Scott. I understand, really. We can still be friends can't we?"

He loosened up a bit and gave her a small smile. "Yeah, of course. I hope he treats you right Sophia." He was thinking of Randy and he remembered seeing Randy with many different girls. Inside he felt that Randy would really end up hurting Sophia. "Well, see you around."

He walked away and Sophia watched him for a moment. She didn't feel attracted to him as a guy. She was attracted to the scent, the human scent, and she realized now why. She was now a predator and by instinct, humans were prey. She shook her head to clear that thought and got quickly into the truck.

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Lucas and Sophia sat next to each other at church with Matt and Vivian on either side of them. They held hands and listened to the pastor's words, thanking the ancestors for the outcome of last night. The news had now spread of how easily Lucas had taken down Nathan and the skin walkers now looked at the young Alpha with new eyes. It boded well for the future of the pack to have a strong Alpha that could have the respect of other packs as well as their own.

Sophia kept glancing over at Lucas, her leg pressed against his, feeling so proud of him and it made her desire him all the more. She had never felt so ready before and she found it hard to concentrate on anything else being said.

Lucas could feel Sophia's desire and it was distracting him greatly, although he tried to look interested in the sermon as he felt many people watching him today. Something else distracted him as well. He could smell ungulate all over Sophia and he wondered who Sophia had come in contact with.

Let's go for a walk after this is over.

He projected this to her and felt her squeeze his hand in response.

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After the service, Lucas had grabbed a blanket from the back of his car and they set off into the woods. Sophia held onto his arm, stroking his bicep as she walked next to him. She enjoyed touching his body and feeling it's strength and she began to think of what she would like to be doing with him.

Lucas heard her soft growl as they walked to a nice place to sit. He knew Sophia was getting aroused and he started to smell her musk. She was coming into her feminine power, Lucas thought as he spread the blanket on the ground. Now that she was accepting who she was, she was finding the joy of arousing the males. It was a natural thing to happen. Lucas had witnessed it many times with other females who had discovered how much power they held over the males when it came to their sexuality. Normally he would be half way to heaven by now, but the smell of an ungulate male on her body was bringing on a bit of anger.

Sophia lay down on the blanket and stretched her body in a full stretch with her arms over her head. This brought her dress up a little higher and Lucas found her extremely hard to resist. He lay down next to her and swung one leg over both her legs while he rested on his side propping his head up with one arm to look at her. His other arm went over her waist, trapping her where she lay. She did not mind in the least, however, as she softened her gaze to his face and gave him a sultry smile. Her hand started stroking his arm again and she said, "Mmmm Lucas, I love how you feel."

"Who else were you feeling today Sophia?" he asked seriously.

"What are you talking about?" she said as she continued stroking his arm and not quite seeing how upset he was.

"I smell human male on you. Who was it Sophia?" he said with a little more force.

She looked at his face now, starting to understand. "Oh… it was… you

know… Scott." She knew she couldn't lie to him but she was afraid of his reaction.

He just stared at her as if he was trying to control his anger. She wouldn't run to that human boy just because she was horny, would she? Why the hell would she chose to go to an ungulate and not him? His head was a kaleidoscope of all these thoughts and he felt a knot of anger forming in his gut.

Sophia could see the change in Lucas now and she grew worried. "He came by this morning, before we left for church. He broke off our date for the prom," Sophia tried to quickly explain before things got out of hand.

"So you gave him a little parting gift?" Lucas growled out.

Sophia opened her eyes wide. How could he think that of her? She tried to push his arm off of her but he kept it there like an iron clamp.

"No! It was just a hug! I wanted us to be friends still and I gave him a hug!" she said, feeling her anger rising as well.

Lucas looked into her mind, finding the images he needed to see. He could see now that she was telling the truth. It was just a hug, but it bothered him none the less. Sophia knew that he had found her memories but she was still angry that he didn't trust her in the first place.

"Are you happy now?" she snapped at him. "Why don't you just get off me," she tried struggling again, "I need to go stand on my street corner and whore myself out."

Lucas lay his forehead down on her shoulder and took a deep breath, "I'm sorry baby. I just can't stand to smell another guy on you. It makes me crazy."

She stopped struggling, feeling her anger leaving a little with his apology. "Well this whole conversation has really ruined my mood! I was hoping that… well… never mind."

Lucas quickly lifted his head and looked in her eyes. "You were hoping what?" he asked quickly. He knew already what it was by the way she had been acting earlier and he had hoped his little jealous fit hadn't ruined it. His hand around her waist had now moved up to the top of her stomach and he began to give her soft caresses.

"Nothing… the mood is gone," she pouted.

Lucas bent his head into the crook of her neck, giving her tender skin soft kisses and little nips. "Are you sure it's gone?" he whispered onto her neck. Sophia sucked in her breath and closed her eyes.

She was just about be begin musking again when he stopped and sat up. "Well, I guess another time then," he teased. Sophia growled and pulled him down roughly to her with both arms, bringing his lips down upon hers. They kissed hungrily for several minutes until Lucas pulled his face away to look at Sophia who was flushed and breathing hard.

"Baby, I'm not trying to ruin the moment or anything but I want your first time to be gentle and as long as you smell like that ungulate I'm afraid I might get rough. You have no idea how much it affects me," he told her in all seriousness.

Sophia lay staring up at him, trying to understand. She didn't think Scott's smell was unpleasant. She tried to imagine how she would feel if Lucas had a female's scent on him and she didn't like the feeling that brought up at all. She sighed heavily trying to get her hormones under control.

He stood up and held his hand out to her to help her up. She felt disappointed at how the afternoon turned out. Mental note to myself, she thought, don't touch any males if I want to have sex with Lucas.

She grabbed his hand and let him pull her to her feet.

"O.K.," she pouted. "I'll go home and shower. But I may not be in the mood later. You snooze, you lose." She whirled around, her long hair hitting him in the face, and walked off back towards the church. Lucas just smiled as he gathered up the blanket.

"Soon, sweetie, I promise you that," he said to her retreating backside.

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Lucas had dropped her off at her house promising to meet her at the rave tonight. He told her he would be late getting there as this was Sunday night, the night in which he always met with Ruby.

Now he was driving through the town on his way back up the hill when he spotted Scott coming out of the drug store. Anger flared up inside of him and he couldn't help himself as he pulled the car over to the curb. He hopped out of the car and strode angrily across the street never taking his eyes off his target.

Scott turned his head and saw Lucas coming at him and knew that he was in trouble by the look on his face. He put his hands up and said, "Hey… I didn't do…" Lucas did not give him time to talk but had put his hand on Scott's chest and pushed him back against the wall of the store front. Scott could not believe how strong Lucas was to be able to pin him to the wall with one hand like that. He remembered how Lucas had also thrown him across a parking lot before, on that date with Sophia. None of this seemed natural and he grew more frightened by the look on Lucas's face and the way his teeth seemed longer somehow as he looked Scott over.

"Never… ever… go near Sophia Donner again," Lucas growled. "Got that? You don't go to her house, you don't talk to her at school, and you definitely don't hug or touch her in any way. Is that clear?"

Scott's heart was pounding in fear as he felt in great danger. The hand on his chest now had very sharp nails protruding through the material of his shirt. "Yes, I understand," he said quickly, trying not to shake with the terror he was feeling. Cates didn't seem human! God! What the hell was he?

Lucas put his hand down. "Good," he simply said and walked off to his car, trying to get himself under control again. That was stupid of me, he thought, showing myself like that. Damn! Oh well, if Scott becomes a threat to the pack, he'd be dealt with, like all the others were.

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