She used the only way that was free of enemy heroes: she ducked into the shadows of the forest to her right side. Their chance against the three of them was way too small for her to try to fight and she only hoped the Undying would be able to get away, maybe by using his Tomb Stone to slow the enemy down.
The wolves followed her and if the lycan did as well the undead could escape. Traxex ran as fast as she could but even if she'd had Boots of Speed, which she didn't, she wouldn't have been able to outrun the wolves at her heels. And then the lycan appeared. He was huge, his pelt black and red, and he was unbelievably fast. Her heart skipped a beat at the sight of him. He looked even more dangerous in this form and out of pure survival instinct Traxex activated the Shadow Amulet. She stopped, enduring two bites from the smaller wolves that didn't do too much damage without reacting and just as the lycan was in attack range the fading time of the amulet was over and she was invisible. She was still standing inside of the woods and the wolf, who had been about to make his first hit, was pacing around in front of her. He sniffed at the ground and then he started to circle around her, as if he knew exactly where she was standing. His wolves sat down on two sides of her and waited. Traxex tried to remain calm but it wasn't easy with such a dangerous opponent. She knew that she mustn't move or she would be visible again and then she would never be able to escape. She forced herself to breath even, though her heart was racing.
The lycan morphed back into a man but he didn't go away. "I know that you are still here." His voice was deep, with an accent she couldn't place. Goose bumps spread all over her skin. "Come kitty kitty, move and let me see you…" Dropping even lower, his voice almost vibrated through her body. "Move little one, move."
The man was gorgeous and he emitted an aura of such strength, Traxex felt as if she was pulled towards him. She kept her eyes on him all the time, watching how his muscles moved under the thin shirt. Her fingers itched with the wish to trace them, to follow the ridges on his stomach, to caress his wide shoulders… What would it feel like to be in the embrace of such a strong man? She knew that she was a sucker for big, muscled men and if the wolf man wasn't one…
Even though he was in human form he moved like a beast, like he was still stalking her. He growled and showed his teeth, his fists flexing, which made the blades on his hands move and the muscles in his arms flex. Traxex mouth went dry at the sight of him like that. A predator on the hunt.
Then he suddenly stopped. He stood absolutely still for a second, then he took a deep breath, his nostrils flaring. His eyes began to glow yellow and he growled again, so deep it was almost inaudible. But Traxex could feel it on her skin, almost like a caress. She was nearly panting now and no longer from fear. Simply watching the lycan move, looking at his body, was making her aroused. And his growls, which she felt in her whole body, didn't make it any better.
She had to get away from the man, and get away fast. Because it seemed her body was attracted to him, to his strength and his power, to the way he moved and to his looks and to the feeling of being the prey of such a glorious being. She had to use all her concentration to remain motionless and not jump at him. What would he do if she just rubbed her body against his, feeling his big form like that?
"Care to tell me what you are thinking about?" He rolled the 'r' differently and the words sounded softer with his accent. It was sexy as hell, especially with his deep voice. "I can smell your arousal as I can smell where you are standing."
Her breath caught. Of course he could smell that, he was part wolf after all.
"Don't you think you should be afraid of me? I could eat you for breakfast, tiny kitty that you are."
He was standing directly in front of her, the flex of his fists making the muscles in his arms move. Her eyes followed the movement, then farther over his wide chest and his stomach. And then she almost whimpered. Through the black cloth of his trousers she could clearly see the outline of his cock. Of his aroused cock. And before she could get a hold on her body, her free hand moved towards it, wanting to touch the hardness, to feel the more than visible arousal.
At his growl she looked up, her hand stopping only inches from his body. Their eyes met and she realized her invisibility had just vanished. But the man didn't move. His glowing eyes were totally focused on her but he didn't attack. They stared at each other for long moments.
Then she heard a sound behind her and the lycan reacted so quickly she almost didn't see him move. He shoved her behind him so their backs were touching and then he gave her a tiny push away from him.
"Be sure that I will find you again. And I won't let you get away that easy then. Now go."
And before her mind could process what was happening her body was already fulfilling his demand. She ran, going roughly in the direction of the middle road. When she was running through the water of the small stream that divided the land in the middle of the two towns, she stopped.
She wasn't really injured, so she took just a second to calm down, to take a few deep breaths and get her heartbeat to a normal rate, and then she went back to the bottom road.
That had been a strange encounter. Traxex could still feel the reactions of her body that the lycan had caused. How near he had been… She shivered. And he had let her go, just like that. He had been aroused as well. By the scent of her arousal? Or had he been before and she simply hadn't noticed it? And why had he saved her?
She saw the soldiers in front of her, as well as the Undying, as she trod onto the bottom road. He remained at a safe distance to the undead and the hedgehog, but he seemed to be doing well. He cast a questioning look at her when she joined him, but Traxex just shook her head. She was okay and she really didn't want to explain what had happened. Especially since it had left her a little off kilter and she wanted to sort through the event in her own mind first.
It was hard to concentrate on the fight in front of her and more than once her eyes drifted to the right, to search for the wolf man in the shadows. His promise to find her again on her mind all the time. And though she tried to tell herself it was fear that caused her heart to race at the thought of the lycan hunting her, she knew that wasn't the real reason.
Her shots weren't as precise as before and more than one didn't hit its mark. The Undying didn't seem to notice and Traxex tried to concentrate. Her thoughts drifted back to her encounter with the wolf man from time to time. She recalled the power he wielded, his strength, but also this animalistic part of him that made him even more dangerous. Faster and stronger, with sharper senses. She would never have a chance to escape him, even with the Shadow Blade. And again it wasn't fear she was feeling at the prospect of the lycan catching her. It was definitely anticipation.
She looked at the trees to her right again and debated for a second to walk into the forest with full awareness of what awaited her there. But that would take the fun out of it. Traxex decided that she didn't want to make it easy. She wanted to be chased and so the wolf had to chase her. Since she was more than sure that he would hunt her soon enough she would wait. That would also heighten the anticipation. A small smile played around her lips.
And if, by some chance, he wasn't able to get her, he wouldn't be worth it anyway. She wouldn't help him because she wanted to feel his power. She was a strong hero and it was seldom enough that she found an attractive male who could best her. Since she would never mess around with someone who was weaker, because she found it more than boring (weaker men tended to rely on her strength too much), it was difficult enough to find a partner.
Normally she didn't use the town wars to find one but from time to time it happened that she stumbled across a worthy male. She had always been able to postpone their interaction until after the war but she had the suspicion that the wolf man didn't care about them being in a war. The way he had looked at her when she had been about to touch him, he surely wouldn't want to wait.
And, if she was honest, she didn't want to wait, either. That had never happened before but maybe the lycan was even more powerful then all males she had encountered in her life. Hell, she loved powerful men. Powerful men who knew how to wield their power.
For a few minutes nothing happened. The two enemy heroes remained a little passive, the Undying casting one of his abilities from time to time and Traxex tried to concentrate enough to get the killing blows on the enemy soldiers while shooting a frost arrow at the enemy heroes as often as possible. It was boring but that way she was able to get her heartbeat almost down to normal again and she could finish the Shadow Blade. Next she needed Boots of Speed and then maybe something for more damage.
It was extremely quiet on their road, not like they were in a war. Normally the heroes from the middle road would've started ganking long ago but aside from the one time the Tinker had come down, nothing happened. Maybe it was time for her and the Undying to start roaming. It didn't look as if the hedgehog and the undead were going to start an offensive and so they could as well go to another road.
A glance to the woods. It would definitely make the hunt more exciting. Traxex smiled and turned to the Undying. "How about we have a look at the middle road? It's kind of boring down here…"
With a last cast of his ability at the enemy heroes he nodded and together they headed back a little. They followed the stream, because no way would they go through the woods, and the stream provided a straight line from the bottom to the top road, dividing the middle road in the process.
Nothing was going on on the middle road and Traxex used the absence of an enemy hero to kill the enemy soldiers. Then they went on in the direction of the top road. They debated shortly if they should head through the woods up there or follow the stream but decided, since they were in pairs, that it wasn't that risky to just go on.