Chapter Twenty Eight
I spit the vamps head out onto his still burning corpse and scan the area for Adrian; I spot her pushing herself onto her knees at the base of a tree maybe forty feet away. I instantly bound in that direction; I phase and start yanking my jeans up my legs the second I reach her. As I pull her into my arms I smell blood, I push her back to get a look at her and gasp when I see blood pouring down the right hand side of her face. I push her bangs gently out of the way and instantly spot a huge red and purple lump on her forehead with a long gash running through it. "Are you ok?" I ask her then curse myself for asking such a dumb question, I can see she isn't.
"I think I'm ok" Adrian nods but she seems a little out of it and she's shivering like crazy. I wrap my arms around her to try and keep her warm and help her stand up, she wobbles slightly but insists she's ok. I'm about to bend to pick her up when she collapses into my arms. I grab her before she hits the floor and at the same time the pack minus Seth and Trey burst through the trees.
Seth was fine, just unconscious and caught up with us not long after Adrian passed out. But Trey was still giving me a wide birth, he knew I was pissed that Adrian had gotten caught up in pack business, I guess he thought I blamed him. We took Adrian back to my parents house and Kim and Jared were there waiting for us, their Daughter Lucinda biting her nails nervously next to them. the second she saw Shila she couldn't get off the porch fast enough, she literally dove at him and wouldn't let go. seeing the other wolves reunite with their imprints like that made my heart hurt, I wanted Adrian awake so I could hold her like that.
Adrian finally comes round about six hours later, after Doctor Cameron gave her the all clear I'd taken her upstairs and tucked her into my bed, I'd sat cross legged on the edge waiting for her to wake up and hadn't taken my eyes off of her since. "Riddoc?" she mumbled sleepily.
"I'm here Angel, you're gonna be ok" I tell her, I scoot up the bed and grab her hand.
"Is it over? Did it work?" she asks and I smile at her
"Yeah, you got him to drop his shield so I could get to him, he's never gonna hurt you or anyone else ever again" I promise her, she smiles for a second then tears spill down her cheeks. I move quickly and swipe them away with my thumbs.
"Riddoc I'm so sorry, I should have listened to you. I just got over confident, I've been sneaking out all week and you didn't notice and nothing happened. I told myself I was safe and I let my guard down I thought nothing would happen I'm so sorry" she sobs and I hug her tightly.
"It's ok" I tell her. I'm pissed she's been sneaking out all week behind my back but I let it go, she's safe and it's over now. That's all that matters.
We never really found out who the vampire was, only that he knew there was a group of shape shifters in the area and wanted to challenge the Alpha. They certainly got more than they signed on for when they messed with the pack that's for sure. It didn't matter anymore they were gone and never coming back. Adrian and my family were safe and that's all I cared about.
Four months later me and Dad are kicked out of the house for a girl party my Mom has decided to throw. It's a joint party to celebrate Misty and Seth's Engagement and Leah's Baby shower, she's got just over a month to go, Embry's about ready to piss his pants he's so excited. Turns out Adrian was right on the moneyLeah was three months pregnant at the time and didn't even know it. Leah just thought she'd gained weight because she wasn't getting as much exercise since she quit phasing.
Adrian and I moved into the house and it was great, she loved it there and I'd never been happier I loved waking up to her every morning. Adrian had been working pretty much non stop on a solo album and she's spent this last week in LA at a recording studio, an old friend of hers had called her up out of the blue and told her he wanted some female vocals on one of the tracks for his new album. She'd done a little dance when she'd hung up the phone then leaped into my arms, she was really excited. She was visiting Marina in San Francisco this afternoon then she'd be back in time for the party tonight, I was desperate to see her a week apart was far too long, it was hard to believe we ever survived two months while she was in England.
I drove up to my parents house where I was supposed to be picking Adrian up, Mom and Leah were whispering about something on the back deck and Adrian was in the kitchen with Willow, Claire and Misty. "Tell us please?" Misty begs and I hear Adrian laugh, it was pretty obvious the girls had all had way too much to drink, Adrian and my sister sounded like the only sober ones in the room.
"No way Riddoc would kill me" Adrian giggles and that stops me in my tracks, Ok now I want to know what they're talking about.
"Can we not discuss this? That's my brother you're talking about" Willow complains
"If you don't like it hun get out of the kitchen I wanna know what all the fuss is about and why the boys are all so jealous of it" Claire laughs and now I definitely know she's been drinking, oh boy, poor Quill. "Adrian just give us a number and we'll drop it"
"I can't believe you guys" Willow huffs
"One day we'll be pestering you for juicy gossip about Brady and then you won't mind so much" Misty points out.
"Yeah well excuse me if I don't want to discuss Riddoc's penis" Willow says and I hear her storm out of the room. My eyebrows hit the roof; I can't believe they're asking Adrian about my junk! The wolf girls were animals.
"So a number?" Misty asks. I couldn't believe my ears, were they rating me out of ten?
"No!" Adrian laughs
"Come on I'll tell you about Seth's" Misty says
"Quill's is about eight, eight and a half" Claire says and I cringe, I so did not want to be hearing this so I pressed on towards the kitchen hoping my arrival would stop the conversation
"Fine if I give you a damn number can we get back to my problem?" Adrian asks, Problem? What problem? What was wrong with my imprint? I stopped again hoping to overhear what was wrong and also a little curious to hear what my imprint would give me out of ten.
"Yes!" Claire and Misty quickly agree.
"I can't believe I'm doing this. If I had to guess I'd say twelve, maybe more I don't know" Adrian says
"Oh my god! More than twelve! How are you not in a wheelchair" Claire gasps
"How can you not be sure it's either twelve or it's over twelve honey" Misty says
"Well it's not like we keep a tape measure on the nightstand" Adrian says and I feel my eyes practically pop out, holy shit they weren't scoring us out of ten they were asking her about the inches, I feel violated.
"Is that when it's fully erect?" Claire asks
"Oh my God, Claire! No more wine for you, you must have known Riddoc since he was a baby I'm so not comfortable with this conversation. Now can we get back to Marina? I need your advice" Adrian asks. I instantly forget the harrowing and embarrassing conversation I just overheard, What was wrong with Marina?
"I think you should go for it" Misty says
"Yeah it sounds like you'd be doing a good thing" Claire agrees
"Yeah but what about Riddoc, I don't think he's gonna take this very well. I mean he's amazing with her but this would be different. It's a huge undertaking and I just... if he's not ok with this where does that leave me?" Adrian sighs and she sounds exhausted.
"Riddoc loves you, he'll stand by you" Claire says. I've still got no idea what's going on but I decide I should walk in there anyway. I round the corner and when Adrian's eyes fall on me her face lights up.
Claire giggles into her wine glass and Misty flushes bright red then in perfect unison their eyes travel to my crotch. I try not to smirk as I walk over to Adrian, I grab her and pull against me my lips finding hers and my hands dropping to her hips and holding hers against mine.
"Hey angel" I whisper and kiss along her cheek to her neck were I nip at it. she sighs and all but melts into me
"Hey" she whispers back
"I missed you like crazy" I tell her and back her against the counter and kiss her completely forgetting there's anyone else in the room until Claire clears her throat. We break apart and I turn to look at the others. "Could you excuse us please?" I ask, Claire and Misty both stare at me open mouthed before they shuffle out of the kitchen.
I pick Adrian up and sit her on the counter, my hands wind their way into her hair and my lips are back on hers, running my tongue along hers until she lets me in then I kiss her in a way I usually reserve for the bedroom.
She's breathless when I let her go and as soon as her head falls back I attack her neck with kisses. At some point Adrian's hand had slipped down the front of my jeans and I'd pulled her top down to kiss her breast, it's then I realise we're behaving very inappropriately in my parents kitchen. "Take me home?" she pants against my lips and I nod. I scoop her up and carry her out of the kitchen, I shout a goodbye knowing atleast Leah and my Mom will have heard me, then put Adrian in the car. It was good to have my car back, the guys had helped me fix it up after the accident and it was as good as new now.
On the drive home we can't keep our hands off each other, I rub small circles on Adrian's bare leg and when I trail my hand up her thigh a little bit she parts her legs for me. I grin to myself, God my girl was so naughty when she wanted to be. I pushed my hand under the tight material of her skirt and pulled her panties to one side. She was deliciously wet like always. I play with her like this for a mile or two until the car is making this horrible grinding sound and I know I need to change gear.
I'm about to apologise and pull away from her when she reaches out and grabs the stick. "Clutch?" she says and without hesitation I step on the clutch, she moves the stick into fifth like a pro and it's honestly the sexiest thing I've ever seen. My Angel operating the gears stick with my hand between her legs and her eyes closed, I almost come in my pants from the sight of her. How the hell I ever got so lucky I will never know.