Part:3
Tessa groaned with pain as she settled down on her sleeping blanket. It had been three days since she had arrived in a strange land with even stranger creatures. Sighing Tessa settled down for another night of hard ground and strange incomprehensible dreams. She was trying to rub a place on her back when she felt something touch her she was about to move away when a familiar voice washed over her.
"Hey hold on don't move I'm just trying to help you." Looking behind her Tessa saw Tiger looking at her with those big blue eyes of his full of mistrust and surprisingly concern. "Lay down on your stomach." He ordered. She did as he said not sure what he was planning on doing. Soon she felt him step on top of her and begin to knead her back with his paws. Tessa groaned with pleasure as she felt the pain of the last three days melt away under the magic movements of Tigers paws. Soon Tiger stopped and made his way over to her face. Smiling and too relaxed to care about what he would do Tessa reached out and began to pet Tiger's head scratching his ears. She heard him growl but it didn't sound like a mean growl more like one of pain. Gasping she pulled her hand back looking up at Tiger. She saw him sitting next to her his eyes tightly shut as though he was in pain.
"Oh Tiger I'm sorry have I hurt you?" She asked once again reaching toward him this time to try to soothe him. Before she could touch him once again Tiger yanked himself out of her reach. "NO!" He cried out. Tessa snatched her hand away as if burned.
"I-I'm sorry I didn't mean to cause you any discomfort." She quickly turned away trying to hide the tears that had managed to escape her.
Tiger didn't miss the hurt look on her face however as she turned from him. He felt a sharp pain in his chest. He didn't know what was going on with him and this human girl. She was causing him to feel things that he shouldn't for a human. When he was massaging her back and she began to sigh he felt an extreme wave of desire and another emotion he couldn't no wouldn't name. When she had reached out and began to pet his head and ears in warmth and kindness it was too much for him, and he had pushed her away with his sharp words.
Sighing he rubbed his nose against her hair, breathing in her sweet scent. Tessa felt his nose against her hair and giggled when he tickled her ear.
"Tiger, that tickles stop that." She said laughing pulling away from him and facing him.
"Well at least I got you to smile, look I- I'm sorry for snapping at you okay, I'm just tired like all the rest of us and I'm just a little snippy."
"A little?"
"Okay a lot, forgive me?" Smiling she hugged him around the neck placing her face in his fur.
"Always." Suddenly coughing slightly Tiger moved away from her.
"Get to sleep human, we have to travel a long ways tomorrow and I don't want you to lag behind."
"Yea that's what you think dog-face I'll keep up." Smiling slightly Tessa laid down once more to go to sleep. She didn't know what was going on between her and Tiger she was just glad that for now he was not treating her like a bad rash he wanted to get rid of.
Tiger laid down making sure he was close enough to protect Tessa and the group. He had no idea what was going on between he and Tessa he just knew that for some reason he was beginning to trust her. He just wished he knew what was going to happen next. Sighing he put his head down and drifted off to sleep.
A pair of golden eyes peered at the human girl and dog-like monster from the woods beyond.
"So Tiger you have feelings for this human girl, I'm surprised, you better protect her well brother for when you least expect it she'll be gone."
To be continued.....