Everything Is Different Now

Chapter 21

June 14, 2013

5 AM

JPOV

I awoke slowly to the soft touch of a warm, wet, probing tongue exploring my neck and trailing across

my collarbone. With a massive effort, I kept my eyes closed, my breathing as steady as possible,

remaining still. I loved pretending to stay asleep and seeing how far my girl would go before one of

us couldn't stand it anymore and jumped the other one. We'd discovered that each of us loved doing

that to the other.

She licked her way down the center of my chest, pausing to lap around one of my flat nipples before

continuing lower. Her tongue traced back and forth in the dips of my stomach muscles. How I

managed not to let them even so much as twitch, I'll never know.

The sheet was barely covering me from the hips down. When Laura rolled to her knees, she placed

one hand on the mattress beside me and the other delicately pulled the linen away, pushing it past

my ankles. I was lying on my back and, thankfully, both hands were shoved up under my pillow. If I

couldn't have pinned them there, I'd have already reached my fingers into the luscious strands of her

hair.

As she settled herself on her heels, leaning over me, that mass of sandy silk fell with a whisper across

my groin and thighs. I couldn't stop a small moan from moving up my throat but I tried to make it

seem like just a restless dream moment. I was pretty sure she wasn't fooled, but who was I to stop

her playtime? I remained as motionless as I could.

She withdrew her tongue and grazed her lips past my navel before turning her face to slide her cheek

along my hipbone and across the trail of hair that pointed her to what I happily realized was her

ultimate destination. When she reached the base of my penis, she briefly nuzzled her nose into the

patch of hair just above it before gliding her velvety lips around and up toward the tip. I was now

fully erect and the movement brought her back up to my navel where her tongue once again

investigated that spot.

She wasted only a millisecond before moving her lips back to the swollen head of my morning wood

and placing a tender kiss there even as one hand was gently caressing my balls, giving them a soft

squeeze. That was my breaking point.

"Oh god! Laura. Baby."

"Hmmm?"

"Anything your heart desires it's yours, just please, oh please don't stop."

"Mmm hmm."

She wrapped her warm, wet lips around the head and began inching her way down my length with

agonizing slowness. But I wouldn't have rushed this if my life depended on it. She was subjecting me

to the most exquisite torture imaginable.

Once her lips reached nearly to the base and the head was snuggled into the back of her throat, she

hummed a contented moan around me. It was nearly my undoing. She slowly pulled her lips back

toward the tip, her tongue swirling and lapping non-stop as she went. Once she reached the halfway

mark, her other delicate hand wrapped itself around the base of my shaft and began to pump up and

down even as her mouth echoed the movement on the top half.

I exercised all the control I could scrounge up, holding my hips mostly still and only placing one hand

gently on her head, weaving my fingers through her soft hair. By now my girl knew exactly what I

liked and which moves drove me over the edge at just the right velocity, not too fast, not too slow.

And I could tell by her tightly contained concentration that she planned to finish me off with her

hand and her mouth. Her turn would come later. I swore under my breath to let her know.

"Fuck Baby, I'm gonna love you so hard when you're done."

I felt her lips curl up around my shaft in a smile as she added a small burst of speed, increased the

pressure and suction just a touch and gave my balls another caress as she hummed her agreement

with my plans. That did it. I felt the tingle and tightness begin low and spread up and out. As she

felt me enlarge and lengthen, straining toward her throat, she pushed the head deeply into it then

pulled back just enough to swallow everything I had as sparks burst behind my eyelids and a feral,

growling moan issued from my lips.

Even as I fought to catch my breath and contain the RPMs my brain was doing, I reached down and

grasped her waist, pulling her up to my chest and wrapping her up in my arms, holding her as close

to my pounding heart as I could. She laid her ear to my breastbone and listened to the rapidly

beating muscle as I buried my face in her hair and kissed the top of her head. I lifted my hand to her

chin and coaxed her face up to place a loving and tender kiss on those lips that had just rocked my

world.

"If that's not the most perfect way ever to wake up, I can't imagine what would be. And good

morning to you, too."

"Mmm, you're welcome. I'm sorry. I couldn't control myself. I had this dream you see, and it woke

me up and you were in the dream and then you were just right there so handy and...well..."

"Jeezus Laura. Don't ever apologize for a wake-up call like that. I think I've died and gone to

Heaven."

"Ooh, not yet. I'm not done with you down here yet."

"Ah, I like the way you think. C'mere honey."

I rolled her to her back and hovered over her, using my reinvigorated erection to press between her

nether lips, dipping into the moisture collected there and lubricating us both. I slid my tip up to her

tender bud and dragged my length all the way up and back down, pushing on the overly sensitized

spot and creating a heat build-up with the friction I was causing. She loved it when I paid attention

to her body this way. I used my body to tease her sweet center, while my hands caressed and

kneaded her breasts and my mouth was free to roam from her lips to her sweet, pink nipples and

back across her gorgeously long, golden neck. I paused just below her ear, where her intoxicating

scent was the most concentrated and drew in a deep sniff of my woman's unique fragrance. God!

She smelled like love and passion and sex and the list went on and on in my head. I loved this

woman! I was willingly trapped in her honeysuckle cloud.

She slid her hands down my back and gripped my ass cheeks, giving them a push as she also used

them for leverage to lift her legs up high around my waist.

"Yes Ma'am, your wish is my command."

I pushed into her to the hilt in one solid, continuous thrust. She sucked the air from my own lungs as

I placed my mouth on hers at the same time. I set up a steady rocking as I slipped the fingers of one

hand into her hair and snaked the other arm around under her hips. Lifting my head to look into her

ocean blue eyes, I lost my mind and my heart to her all over again.

"Laura you are my world. Stay with me forever. "

"And you are mine, Jacob. I will. Always."

Pressing our lips back together tightly, I began to pound into her wildly as she urged me into her

body with her hands and legs and her sweet, tiny whimpers of pleasure. Even as I felt myself losing

my battle to prolong our moment, her walls began to clamp down on me and she curled her face into

my shoulder as her orgasm tightened her muscles. Suddenly she cried out my name, which made my

heart soar, and the sound became a growl as she bit down onto my shoulder with a force I never

dreamed she possessed. The bite sent me flying over the edge and I held her body to me as I pushed

into her passage as far as I could go, spilling my seed deeply into her. My mate. My woman. My

heart. With a hoarse whisper she murmured.

"Mine."

I answered in kind.

"Mine."

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9 AM

"I smell coffee."

"Yeah, and French toast. With cinnamon."

"You love cinnamon, I know this about you."

"And you're a fool for Marie's French toast. With lots of syrup."

"I am a toast and syrup idiot, you're right."

"How long do you suppose we'll lie here talking about breakfast before we drag our backsides out of

bed to go fetch some?"

"Hard to say, that. Do either of us have enough energy to stand, dress and actually walk to the

kitchen?"

"Good question. We've both been 'up' since 5 and we've each had a workout no gym could provide

and,...and you've still got teeth marks showing on your skin. Jacob, they're not healing. Are you sure

you're okay?"

"Of course honey. I'm fine. They don't even hurt. Maybe they're not supposed to heal and fade.

You're my mate, my forever. Maybe your mark isn't meant to be temporary. Fine with me if

everyone sees it."

"If you're sure. Does it still tingle down there when I do this?"

"Ah! Yes, it still makes my balls tingle when you lick your mark. Shit baby, at this rate we may not

get any food until tomorrow."

"Oh no you don't mister. Your stomach's making obscene sounds and I think mine has just collapsed

in on itself. Besides, six times in one morning should really be enough to hold us for a few hours,

don't you think?"

"Was it only six?"

"ONLY?! Unless you count the very first one, me acting out my dream. In that case that would be

seven for you, six for me."

"Well, that's just not fair. How could I be so insensitive? C'mere honey."

"Nope, not gonna happen. Food Jacob. Feed your woman. I need fuel. I'm running on empty."

"Okay, okay. Spoilsport."

"You're kidding right?"

"Does this bottom lip pooched out answer your question?"

"I've created a monster."

"Nah, I've been a monster for several years now. You just left the cage door open."

We managed to keep our hands to ourselves just long enough to shower, again, dress and make it to

the kitchen before 10. Marie was pouring orange juice into glasses and a fresh, obviously second, pot

of coffee was just finishing up its brew cycle. Marie gave each of us a wide grin and a blush of her

own to echo the one on my mate's cheeks.

"Barney and Willikins polished off the first pot of coffee so you're just in time for the new one."

"Thank you Marie. You're sweet to hang around waiting for us. Sorry we're so late. My fault."

"Oh dear Jacob, you're such a sweet boy. I've not had a care waiting for you. I've been preparing the

beginnings of supper and smacking Barney's hands as he reached for one more piece of French toast.

Madam, I've cinnamon and blueberry. One of each?"

"Ooh yes! Yum Marie! And of course, four of each for the big guy who followed me in here."

"Hey, I can't help it. Like Marie said, I'm a sweet, growing boy."

"I don't believe she included 'growing' in her statement. Just the 'sweet' part. Oh yeah, and the 'boy'

part."

"Marie, did you know that your mistress was a comedian?"

"Well, to be honest Jacob dear, she wasn't until you came to stay with us. You seem to have found

her inner muse."

"He's found my inner something."

"What was that honey?"

"Nothing. Nothing at all. Ready for coffee?"

"That's what I thought. Yes please, black."

"Naturally."

"Oh by the way, Jacob, Barney and Willikins asked me to see if you can meet with them sometime

before the evening. Something about delivering a message I think was how they put it. They said

they'd both be in the barn."

"Of course, thanks Marie. We'll head out there soon as we finish up this delicious toast."

"I have some correspondence to catch up on babe, and some calls to make. I'll take care of that while

you go talk to the guys."

"Deal. Come on out to the stables when you're finished okay? How about a ride this afternoon?"

"It's a date Mr. Black. I'll see you there."

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"Barney, Phillip? You fellahs out here?"

"Good marnin' Laddie. How're ye doin' today?"

"Couldn't be better Barn. Couldn't be better. Marie said you and Willikins needed to see me?"

"Yes we did Sir. Thank you for taking the time."

"Hey Willikins. Good morning. It's no trouble at all. Whatever you guys need, just ask. We are Pack

now, right?"

"Yes Master Jacob, we are and that's what Barney and I needed to talk with you about."

"Okay, enough with the 'Master' stuff Phillip. Just Jacob okay?"

"Yes Sir, I mean yes Alpha, I mean, yes Jacob."

"Phillip, what's going on? You two are acting a little odd and you're starting to give me the heebie

jeebies. Something happen?"

"Well, yes Jacob. You could say that."

"Well, lay it on me. What can I do for you?"

"We've been contacted by some of our former...um...clients?"

"Huh?"

"What Barney means is that several of the other shifters that have passed through our doors over the

years have been in touch with us. They are some of the ones that Laura's parents helped in the past.

It seems they have felt your presence."

"Beg pardon?"

"We know it sounds a bit off, Laddie. But apparently, the rising of THE ALPHA has been felt

throughout the shifter world. We don't quite understand it ourselves, but it looks as if you've been

recognized, all over."

"We've had over 200 calls Jacob."

"Two hundred?!"

"And nearly 2500 emails. It appears that EVERYONE knows you're here."

"In Boulder?!"

"Not in Boulder, exactly. In the world. In existence. In place. Some of them have been able to

pinpoint you to the United States but no more specific than that."

"This is nuts! What's tipping them off? How do they know what's going on? Hell, I don't. And what

do they want from me?"

"We aren't positive m'Lad, but we think the connection is like a quickening of the energy that all

shifters possess. Ye know the energy ye feel just afore the phase? That's a universal thing and we

think now that you're here and stepping up to take your rightful place, that it's been consolidated into

a worldwide connection between all shifters. Phillip thinks you may even be able to mind link with

anyone, anywhere, if you wish it. This is it Lad. When someone says, 'take me to your Leader', we're

gonna fetch him to you. And so would any other shifter, anywhere."

"Jacob, Sir, are you alright?"

"Yeah Phillip. I'm just a bit...overwhelmed? And this isn't just emotional or mental. It's

physical. I'm starting to feel a prickling on my skin, all over. What's happening?"

"Not sure Sir. I think perhaps your 'legions' for lack of a better term, may be connecting to you, a few

at a time, as they locate your own energy source."

"I think I need to sit down guys. Damn! This is kickin' my ass!"

(If I hadn't been leaning against one of the stall doorframes it would have dropped me to my fucking

knees!)

"O'course Alpha Lad. Plop down on this cot in the office. Phillip, I guess he's bein' hit all at once.

Everyone's comin' online."

"Looks that way Barney. Jacob, the best way I can guess for you to handle this is to phase and tell

everyone to 'take it easy' and try not to get so excited. There's been quite a bit of 'talk' going back and

forth about you."

"Yeah, I can feel that too. Shit guys! I gotta do something about this right now. I'm gonna pass out if

I get any more jolts of energy in my brain. Stand back a minute."

I stood up, swaying like a drunk, and Phillip and Barney helped me peel out of my clothes while

keeping me from falling over. I don't know what I would have done if these two hadn't been here

with me. They backed away and I phased quickly.

I was immediately bombarded with thousands of images and thoughts, well-wishers and followers

were all crowding into my head. The loyalty and respect flowing into me was astounding, all from

total strangers to me. I was almost staggered by its power. Amazingly, there was no language

barrier. Everything was thoughts and images. I quickly projected thanks and promised my best

efforts for them along with pleas for restraint and calm. I sent feelings of gratitude and welcome as

well as notes of admonishment to not all crowd through the door of my brain at once. I couldn't

separate them if they all came at me together. They seemed to instantly understand and the majority

of them 'stood down' while pledging patience with me to establish a 'new order' as one of them called

it.

I didn't like the sound of that and nipped it immediately. Not a 'new order' I sent, just someone to

help bring them all together as one family. I made sure they understood I wasn't a General or

President or Messiah. Alpha meant something different to me. More like a father-figure, or perhaps

a brother I told them, someone who was just like they were, but with the additional strength and the

desire to bring them into the fold and walk in front when we moved into a battle. The wave of calm

and dedication flowed over me and renewed my own strength. Yeah, I told them, this is what I'm

talkin' 'bout. My family just grew by several thousand and I was assured by the images in my mind

that that number would be growing daily as everyone else discovered what the feelings they'd been

experiencing meant and where the energy was coming from. This Ultimate Alpha was some serious

shit. I couldn't wait to talk to Laura. And hell, I needed to talk to Embry too. Soon.