Thanks for your reviews Kelly & EC Brenway! They really do keep me writing!
Kelly - I hope WolfElly doesn't eat Chloe too!
EC - Poor Chloe indeed! When you list all the things not going her way it really is a bad night for Chloe! Will Chloe be rushing out to break her routine again quickly? That would be about the only reason we'd want pierce on the scene!
The Chemistry In Darkness
Chapter Forty-Four
Friday 13th December 2024
Chloe laid unconscious on the pavement, down the back of the laneway next to the Back Lane Bar. She'd been inadvertently knocked out when a drunken lowlife had tried to force himself on her, managing to kiss her for a handful of seconds, before been pushed back then knocking Chloe to the ground, hitting her head dangerously.
But even though the drunken lout had run off, scared for his life, Chloe was still in danger.
WolfElly in her true wolf formation, due to the lack of the full moon cycle, was standing over Chloe's unconscious body.
WolfElly in this formation didn't have the capacity to think like Elly did, she didn't have the memories of Chloe or the knowledge of what Chloe represented as Elly's mate. She only saw Chloe as food, yet still felt conflicted over the woman lying on the ground.
WolfElly shifted towards Chloe, crouching down next to her, sniffing her face where the guy had struck Chloe in the side of the face. WolfElly licked the wound that was forming on Chloe's head, deeply confused over the feelings the woman was invoking in her.
Unbeknownst to either of them, Bea and Yashvi had given up waiting around in the bar for Elly to go look for Chloe. As the couple stepped outside the Back Lane Bar, the pair were stunned when they heard a howling sound. Almost like a wolf howling.
Bea and Yashvi stopped in their tracks at the sound. Bea stared up at Yashvi immediately, confused by the colour of Yashvi's eyes flickering in the light.
But before Bea could mention it, Yashvi grabbed her hand and they took off towards the lane next to the bar.
As they got to the entrance of the lane, Bea and Yashvi froze once more, seeing Chloe lying on the ground and someone leaning over her but in the darkness and shadows, they couldn't work out who it was.
"Chloe!" Bea yelled out loudly.
WolfElly turned at the sound of Bea screaming, instinctively rushing in the opposite direction of the sound. Leaving Chloe as she was unconscious on the pavement, WolfElly bolted down the alleyway, in the direction the drunken guy had. Her long legs, leaping far quicker than any human could. But as she reached the other end of the alley, WolfElly rounded the corner then unexpectedly turned back towards the alleyway.
Bea and Yashvi were racing down the lane towards Chloe, WolfElly stood there on her hind legs, peering at them from around the corner. WolfElly was unable to stop staring at the blonde woman, still feeling hungry but not enough to want to hurt the woman. Running away from humans wasn't something most werewolves did but they instinctively knew they couldn't be caught.
Bea and Yashvi reached Chloe quickly. Yashvi cradling Chloe's head as she checked for her pulse. Bea crouched down next to the blonde, trying to shake her shoulders to wake her. Yashvi was relieved when she announced Chloe had a pulse and Bea continued working on trying to wake Chloe from her state.
WolfElly stared at the three women before suddenly being overcome with a strange sensation.
WolfElly soon transformed back into human looking Elly.
Elly stood at the end of the alleyway, stark naked. Shivering in the breeze, Elly had to wait a few seconds until her eyes readjusted. When they did, the first thing she noticed was Chloe being held in Bea and Yashvi's arms.
Elly wanted to run over to them to help Chloe as she was freaking out if Chloe was alive let alone hadn't done too much damage when the guy had thrown her to the ground. But Elly couldn't run to her mate to check on her. How could she explain her naked state? Let alone from turning up in the opposite direction of where they had run from? Would Bea and Yashvi believe for one second that Elly would leave Chloe unconscious on the pavement and walk away from her? Also, whilst naked?
Elly groaned at herself as she instead turned away from the three women, swiftly moving down the street she was now on. Taking several minutes, Elly finally rounded the block surprised how big the area was and trying to be somewhat careful no one spotted a naked woman sneaking about.
Elly returned to the entrance of the laneway she had started on, glad the entrance to the Back Lane Bar next door was still empty and that it hadn't looked like any of the patrons had heard any strange noises.
Elly knew she'd turned into her true wolf formation but she had no clue what had happened the moment she had disappeared when the wolf took over.
Spotting her dress and shoes, that she'd luckily had enough time to scramble off her body before she had transformed in full, Elly snuck over to them. Elly rushed putting the dress back on, her eyes focused on her sister, mate and sister's fiancé the entire time.
The relief that had washed over Elly at the sight and sound of Chloe breathing was unlike anything Elly had experienced. Holding her shoes in her hands, Elly rushed over to the women.
"Chloe! What happened?" Elly lied, knowing full well the most of what had happened to her mate.
Chloe groaned, her head thumping in pain, but she almost couldn't help but smile at Elly's appearance.
Answering for Chloe, Yashvi said, "It looks like Chloe hit her head on the pavement. How you feeling, Chloe?"
"Like I hit my head on the pavement," Chloe answered honestly, groaning once more.
Elly knelt down next to Bea and Chloe, taking Chloe's hand, "You'll be okay though, right?"
Bea looked at Elly's bare feet and dress that somehow looked ruffled up, "What happened to you, Elly? How did we beat you to finding Chloe?"
"I went the other way when I left the bar, circled the block from the other direction until I found my way here," Elly lied, "But enough about me, what happened, Chloe?"
Chloe remained laying cradled in Yashvi's lap, "One of the guys in the bar, he followed me out here when I came out for a breather. He tried it on with me, I tried to shut him down but he kissed me, I didn't kiss him back. I finally managed to push him away but he shoved me to the ground…that's the last thing I remember. Did you see the guy?"
"We heard a howling sound then when we came upon this alley way, we saw a guy but he was huge, like 2 meters tall, it was shadowy but he looked dark-skinned, ran out of here quicker than I've ever seen a person run before," Bea admitted, glancing over at Yashvi, remembering how strange her fiancé's eyes looked earlier.
"That's not even close to how I'd describe the creep who tried it on with me," Chloe frowned, then wiped the side of her face that was sticky with the back of her hand, "Ugh…did he like drool on me? I'm all gross and sticky."
Elly frowned at the other girls, pretending not to know who'd done that to Chloe but having more of a clue than any of them combined.
Pretty sure that twat left long before…did I drool on Chloe as a werewolf…? How did I get that close to her and not eat Chloe…?
"We should get you to a hospital," Elly changed the subject.
Elly was surprised when Chloe shook her head, "I don't need to go to hospital, I'll be okay. Bump on the head, bit of a head ache. I'll sleep it off and be right as rain in the morning…just without the morning run…definitely skipping that, Elly."
"Are you forgetting you were unconscious several weeks ago too from your car accident?" Bea pointed out with worry, "You need to get your head checked out, Chloe."
Chloe reached for the area where she'd hit her head, "It'll only worry Pierce. I'm fine. I don't need to go to hospital…and also can we keep it between us that the drunken idiot kissed me…? I probably shouldn't have told you but…if Pierce finds out then he's just gonna cause a big ruckus in tracking the guy down."
I'd like to track that guy down and scare him all over again in human form for forcing himself on Chloe…but it's not my place, is it…? It's Pierce's…and if Pierce tries to track this guy down…what if there were any security cameras around this area that picked up a wolf-looking being wandering around…or there's also the naked me darting around the block before I found my dress again…
"Chloe, there's no need to worry about what Pierce will think about this situation. He'd be worried about you but he'd know it wasn't your fault this guy kissed you," Yashvi insisted.
"I'll be fine, it's not worth the hassle," Chloe insisted back, then when the three women didn't look like they were gonna budge, "Give David a call for me. We'll get me home to Ramsay Street, you can drop me off to David and Aaron's, David can check me out to give me the all clear before I go home."
"And if David wants you to go to hospital?" Elly pushed.
"Fine, then I'll go to hospital if David insists that I have to…I just don't want Pierce to know the guy kissed me," Chloe exclaimed.
Elly squeezed Chloe's hand, "Okay, Chlo. We'll make sure Pierce doesn't find out. Why don't we see if we can get you up and walking? Bea and Yashvi can organize us a taxi or Uber back home."
Bea wanted to disagree with Elly spending more time with Chloe but gave in, helping the other two to get Chloe to her feet, "You okay, Chlo?"
Chloe took a few steps, regaining her balance, "Yep, I'm fine…still wondering who the guy was that you two saw standing over me if it wasn't the drunken idiot cause he was nothing like you described."
"Let's get you home, then worry about the rest after David checks you over and makes sure you're perfectly fine," Elly dismissed Chloe's worry.
Bea handed Elly and Chloe's purses to them, having taken them with her when she and Yashvi had left the bar to look for the others, "We'll order an Uber, you two take it slow walking down the lane to meet us down the end. Yash and I will go stand out there, waiting for the Uber. Take your time."
Elly immediately reached out to place her arm around Chloe's waist to hold her upright as Bea and Yashvi stepped away from them to walk down the end of the lane, "You okay there, Chlo? For real, this is me, you can tell me the truth."
With the couple out of earshot, Chloe looked up at Elly, glad to slip her own arm around Elly's waist, "You're probably wondering why I didn't kick that guy's ass knowing that I could?"
"I'm sure you had your reasons like that idiot surprising you and you not seeing him coming," Elly made up, pretending she didn't see Chloe freeze.
"I froze," Chloe immediately admitted, "He came up to me and I froze. Every single piece of advice I've given my girls that I train to protect themselves went out the metaphorical window. I finally kicked him in the nads but that only made him strike out at me and I think that's when I fell to the ground…I just froze."
"It's okay, Chlo, no one can be prepared to have a drunken guy make a move on you and expect to kick his ass without warning," Elly reassured as she helped walk Chloe down the alley.
"I didn't want Pierce to find out…if I kicked the guy's ass then I'd have to come clean to Pierce that I know martial arts…I never thought about that before…that I couldn't use my strength to save myself because I didn't want Pierce to find out," Chloe replied quietly.
"Don't you worry about a thing. That guy will have karma come back to him for what he did. I just want to make sure you're okay," Elly squeezed Chloe's hips.
Good thing that Elly believes me…but I'll have to tell the truth soon…
"Guess I had someone else looking out for me if the girls saw someone else standing over me… Is it weird to think that person was protecting me even though I was unconscious and the person took off when Bea and Yashvi turned up?" Chloe asked.
"I think that person was your protector, Chlo. Probably scared the drunken idiot off but then got scared themselves that it would look like they hurt you when the girls appeared on the scene so booked it," Elly suggested.
That's what I want to believe…that even in my true wolf form I'd protect Chloe…from anything, even myself…
Bea and Yashvi stood at the end of the laneway, having booked an Uber to pick them all up. Bea stared up at Yashvi, eyeing her suspiciously.
"Anything wrong, baby?" Yashvi wondered, feeling anxious at the way Bea was staring at her.
Bea chewed on her lip before admitting, "When we were standing outside the bar and we heard that howling sound…your eyes flickered to a purple colour…"
"Huh?" Yashvi frowned.
Bea shook her head at the craziness, "I'm sure it was nothing…just a trick of light…or one of the building's from around here…their lights reflecting in yours."
"Had to have been, can't see any other reason for my eyes flickering a different colour. Glad you felt you could tell me the truth, Bea," Yashvi replied honestly, before leaning down and pecking Bea on the lips.
Next time - It's the night before the full moon and Elly needs to head off to The Pack but when Elly learns more about Chloe's past will it change their future?