Chapter 23 - The Scene

Bruce awoke to blinding pain radiating from the side of his head and suppressed the urge to groan out loud. Damm how could he have been so stupid to have been taken! He cursed himself for allowing something so stupid to have happened all the while assessing the danger around them. Bruce remained still as in a hostage situation you never gave away an advantage. Being thought of as unconscious was an advantage and one that could cause the hostage taker to make a mistake by not viewing you as a potential threat.

Slowly he opened his eyes just enough to make out the scene and in that moment knew both he and Vicki were in serious trouble.

Across the room three wolves were laying together in a pile with the enormous grey haired man crouched beside a battering and barely conscious girl laying on the floor. Bruce could see her shaking under a thin rag as the tall man examined her. He turned to the pile of wolves and directed one with his hand to move over towards the girl. Bruce watched in horror as the wolf sniffed her leg and then bit into the calf, dragging its teeth back and tearing the flesh causing the girl to scream and pitifully try to kick the wolf away. The man stood with a look of disgust on his face watching her reaction to the bite before he threw the rag back over her before stalking towards Bruce.

...Werewolf...

Greyhair contemplated the little man as more than a possible training exercise or meal for his wolves now. The girl wasn't showing signs of turning even with the multiple bites and time was running out. He need to have new pack members and this little man wouldn't pose a threat to his dominance as the Alfa even as a male. He sniffed Bruce enjoying the smell but resisting the urge to kill him and just eat the tempting flesh off his bones. Smiling he leaned back looking for a suitable place to inflict the first bite which would hopefully turn him into a member of the werewolf pack.

As he extended canines moving towards the little mans face he became distracted by the vampires mate moving beside him. She was groaning but it was too soon to be recovering from the chloroform, she must be strong he thought. A fitting partner for a nightwalker and the perfect bait.

Leaning over her Greyhair sniffed her face enjoying her unique smell of power, lust and love which seemed to permeate her skin and hair. He bent to scent between her legs enjoying the smell of recent sex. His eyes defocused and rolled in his head as he revelling in the mixture of all the scents before moving back towards her face. Slowly to enjoy the first of many contacts he imagined with this one, he let his wolf like tongue extend from his mouth and run its tip from her strong jaw line all the way to her temple. Shuddering he leant in, nostrils quivering at the scent of his saliva mixing in with her essence. It felt right.

...Bruce...

Bruce knew that now was not the time for logical explanations for what he was seeing unfold before his eyes. Now was the time to work on an exit strategy.

...Henry/Mike...

Henry paused in the tunnel at the junction bring a hand to Mikes chest and pressing his fingers to Mikes lips to indicate the need for silence in the dark. Taking his hand Henry drew him towards the dim light in the distance knowing that it would only be a matter of minutes before the wolves became alerted to his presence. The only thing saving them from detection was the fact they had arrived quicker than the leader had planned.

Turning the corner and seeing that their luck had held with the breeze from the tunnel blowing their scent in the direction away from the wolves Henry forced himself to not react to the scene unfolding in front of him. Vicki was lying on the ground, hands bound in front and unconscious. The large grey haired man was leaning over her sniffing her crotch and scenting much the way a dog did, eyes rolling, lips drawn back before moving up towards her face and slowly licking. He could feel Mike twitch as he became aware of what the man was doing to her.

Henry and Mike turned to each other and with a nod of their heads walked into the cavern to face the wolves.