In the process of getting a Beta to proof my musings, until that time please bear with me. Sometimes my ideas get ahead of my typing. Feel free to leave critiques as reviews. Hope you enjoy.
Dyson could only stare as he watched the rise and fall over Kenzi's chest as she slept. When Kenzi and Dyson entered the small study off the bar's common room, Kenzi was asleep before her body hit the couch. Dyson found a blanket to cover her up. As he drew away, he gently brushed his thumb against her tear stained cheek while slipping his fingers behind her ear and into her hair. Even after being held captive in a cave for days her hair still had a silk quality to it that Dyson enjoyed as he entwined his fingers into it. As he brushed the pad of his thumb over her cheek, she subconsciously turned her head into the caress smiling and pulling the blanket tighter to her chest. Dyson had decided to speak with Trick about what might be happening to him in regards to Kenzi but he also couldn't shake the doubtful feelings that still kept into his mind after Tamsin's attack on him earlier. Thinking of Tamsin brought up the images of the dead imposter Kenzi lying in his arms. The emotions from that moment rushed over him like a tidal wave. He wavered on his feet thinking about the possibility that Kenzi was dead and he would never be able to speak to her again. He slowly sat in a chair near the couch and continued to watch Kenzi sleep. He would not fail her like this ever again. Dyson promised himself that he would not let anymore harm come to this human. She had reminded him what it was like to be part of something bigger then him. As his self pity was reaching an apex, Lauren, Bo and Trick entered the study. Bo seemed to be worrying about something. Dyson raised an eyebrow to her in quiet questioning fashion. Bo quickly mouthed 'Later'. After the day they had he was quick to accept that response.
"I'm going to head back to the lab and get these samples tested and make sure everything is fine with Kenzi. I would suggest you take her home and make sure she does not exert herself for a few days. I will call you with the results." Lauran said as she started walking towards the day with her medical bag in tow. She glanced over to Bo who quickly turned away and began fusing over Kenzi's sleeping form. The doctor left without further interaction with the group. As the rest of them broke apart Dyson came up to Bo. "Are you going to be alright with her tonight? If you need I can come over and help look after her."
"Dyson I think you have done more than enough today, I'm just glad you got there when you did I'm not sure how much I had left in me." Bo said with a small smile. "I'm glad Kenzi has someone like you looking out for her even if she is just a human."
"You know she is a part of this group and I will also do what I can to protect her." Dyson said. As Bo went to rouse Kenzi in order to take her home Dyson went over to Trick.
"Trick, I need to talk to you later about something dealing with my wolf." Trick just looked at Dyson and then glanced over at Kenzi.
"Does this have anything to do with a certain human?" Trick asked with a grin plastered on his face. Dyson just looked at him dumbstruck.
"What do you know, Trick?" Dyson voice had a certain edge to it. He didn't like be left in the dark.
"Let's speak after they have left." Trick tilted his head towards Bo and Kenzi. Kenzi had just gotten up and was stretching out. Dyson's eyes went immediately to the sliver of skin that escaped the confines of her shirt. The white skin threw Dyson's head into a kaleidoscope of what may lie further under that shirt. A small rumble was growing in his chest but he suppressed it as they walked towards Trick and himself.
"Alright D-man, Bo and I are heading back to the clubhouse but if you want to stop over later be sure to bring ice cream." Kenzi said as she moved past them out of the study. Bo just chuckled as she walked past as well.
Lauren was prepping the tubes and slides in order to test Kenzi's blood and saliva samples. She was reflecting on the last few days today in particular. She had not believed Bo and it seemed that because of this their relationship was finished. Lauren could see how as someone so intimately involved with another that they would feel betrayed when the other would not come to their aid. Lauren's only excuse was that she was worried about Bo and it still seemed vindicated since the explanation of her trial coming two hundred years early was described by Trick earlier. She had to try and put her emotions aside in order to help Bo with whatever these trials will entail.
Lauren had just slipped a slide of Kenzi's blood under the clips on the microscope. She was adjusting the zoom on the eyepiece when she saw something that couldn't be in Kenzi's blood. She brought her head away from the scope and rubbed her eyes, she had been up for over sixteen hours now. She looked through the scope a second time only to see the same results. The cells had a slightly different shape. She had to run analysis on the sample. If was not mistaken these cells looking oddly familiar. She had only seen them in one other individual, Dyson.
"So what can I do for you Dyson?" Trick said as he slide a beer into Dyson's waiting hands.
"I'm not quite sure how to explain it." Dyson sat in contemplation for a moment. "Ever since we brought Kenzi back, my wolf has had this possessive feeling towards Kenzi, as if she were a part of my pack. I know that can't be true because we would have to go through the ritual would we not?"
Trick nodded "Yes to be part of a pack you must go through the blood ritual but what you are talking about seems to be a different direction all together. It sounds like your wolf has found another potential mate."
Dyson sat there stunned. "I thought wolves mated for life. It has always been Bo in my heart."
Trick raised his hands in a show of peace. "Dyson since you have gotten your love back have you actually felt the same way about Bo or have you been trying to piece together something that is to far broken?"
Dyson sat in thought and began to think about the time he saw Lauren and Bo together at the prison and how it felt when he feed her just weeks earlier. Of course it was amazing to be with Bo but there was always something missing and he seemed to get over the encounters far too quickly to be truly in love with Bo anymore.
"Dyson if I may suggest a theory here. As a wolf shifter you have a great deal of traits related to a wolf. One trait of wolves is that an alpha male will look for a mate that can be an alpha female. Before, that was Bo, we all saw how she took charge and never backed down to any challenge. Recently though, with Kenzi getting your love back maybe your wolf sees her as an alpha contender, even if she is a human." Trick theorized.
"That still doesn't explain why my wolf reacts to Kenzi as if she is a wolf herself. When I was carrying her I felt my wolf nuzzling with Kenzi as if she were a wounded member of a pack, a wolf pack." Dyson was starting to get frustrated with not being able to understand what was happening between Kenzi and himself. In truth, if only to himself, he had always found the spunky human quite attractive. She had a figure more attuned to that of a ballerina but she did not lack for womanly qualities. In certain outfits he had caught himself staring at her as she walked out of a room and wondered where the girl got that butt. He was a connoisseur of all women but with his fierce animal side he always leaned towards strong and lean females. Someone his wolf would run with in the wild, with a little training he could see Kenzi being a nimble warrior. He was brought out of his musings by a cough. He glanced over to Trick who was just waiting for Dyson to be brought to reality.
"As I was saying," Trick continued "the only thing I can't account for is the affinity that your wolf seems to have towards her. You said it reacts as though Kenzi herself is a wolf?" Trick questioned Dyson.
"Yes as if somehow she has acquired a wolf spirit or transformed somehow…" Dyson glanced up at Trick. "You don't think that she somehow absorbed my wolf after being in contact with that /creature/, do you?" As if it was written from a script Lauren came bursting through the doors to the bar
"I need to talk to you two about Kenzi. I think she may be Fae!"
Lights and images blurred in front of her vision. Smells were everything and yet she couldn't smell anything at the same time. Her senses were being sent in to overdrive. Kenzi lay on her bed in a fitful sleep with a cold sweat forming on her skin. In her dream one smell finally dominated the others. A heavy masculine scent that sent her into a frenzy. She had to find where that scent was coming from. She started running towards it's origin, she realized she was running with her hands on the ground. In the present moment she didn't care she had to find where that smell was coming from. She came to a clearing where a large wolf stood panting watching her. She felt the hair on her back stand on end. As Kenzi rolled on her bed her hand drew across her stomach leaving behind irritated red lines as her nails dug into her flesh. In the dream the two wolves approached one another and began to circle one another and sniff the air around them. She realized that she was trying to attract this male to mate with her. Kenzi rolled to the other side of her bed her hands roaming freely of her torso. Her one hand slowly crept towards the waistband of her pajama bottoms. The wolf began rubbing its muzzle against her neck. The low growl that escaped her gave the male wolf all the invitation he needed. As he was slowly went behind her she was jolted awake by Bo's voice yelling her own.
"Kenzi, wake up!" Bo yelled and gave Kenzi's shoulder a quick shake. Kenzi sat straight up and quickly removed her hand from where it was almost entirely in the top of her pajama bottoms. She looked over at Bo. Mentally she was screaming at her. Couldn't she realize that the dream wasn't a nightmare she had to have been able to sense the sexual tension from her body?
"Kenz, are you alright?" Bo asked "It looked like you were having a pretty intense nightmare." Bo slowly looked Kenzi over, "Oh sorry it was a bad dream was it?" she shyly asked. The glare Kenzi gave her was all the confirmation Bo needed. Bo got off the bed "You know what I'll take you out for breakfast to make up for it. Go grab a nice warm shower and we can leave whenever you're ready."
"Alright Bobo, sounds good. I'll need some coffee before we leave though. Still feeling pretty drained today." Kenzi said.
"Got some on right now so when your done come on down and we can get going. I want to go see Lauren about your results and I need to tell you some stuff Trick laid on me last night." Bo said, after getting a questioning look from Kenzi. "Grab a shower and I'll get you up to date." She left the room and Kenzi slowly stretched and went into the bathroom and began her morning ritual, while recounting the dream she had just been ripped from. She kept thinking about the wolf in the dream and how familiar it felt when she was close to it. The coat and its eyes were so familiar, as if she had seen them in another place besides her dream. Her thoughts were thrown off course as she stared at her eyes in the reflection of the mirror. She inched closer not believing what she saw. Around the iris of her normally electric blue eyes there were flecks of gold trying to shine through. She blinked her eyes quickly and when she looked again the flecks were gone. She had to have just imagined it. Why would there be gold flecks in her eyes? She shook her head peeling her top off and starting the shower when she looked down at her stomach and saw the four scratch marks that marred her otherwise flawless stomach. She lightly traced one mark with her hand and she felt a jolt in her mind as the presence that she had nearly forgot about stirred and images from her dreams came to the forefront of her mind. The images came in a barrage and sent her down onto the rim of the tub. She moaned slightly but recovering quickly. She just needed a shower and to get out of her own head for a bit. Everything was going to be fine she would just ask Trick or Bo. Normally she would think of Dyson as one of the first person she would ask about this but after that dream and the inappropriate thoughts she kept having about him she couldn't deal with that right now. Bo needed to tell her something important so she pushed all images and emotions from last nights dream down and got into the shower to start her day…