Resurrection.
Chapter Three: Too Sexy For His Shirt.
Leah stirred with a fustrated groan. Gone was the cool air conditioner of the truck. The heat had returned and now she was sweating as if she had been lost in the desert for a couple of hours during the hottest period it had ever had. As she came to full conciousness she realised they must have been found, hence why they were no longer cool. She blinked open her eyes a few times as she forced herself not to stall waking properly any longer. What she did see surprised her. There was no lorry around her or near her and as she craned her neck around she noticed she was laid in the middle of a medium sized area mixed of gravel and grass with houses and barns surrounding it as far as the eye could see with a heck of a lot of greenery mixed and beyond it. Her nostrils were flooded with scent of lupine shapeshifters which instantly caused her to be on guard, especially since she had just noticed her wrists and ankles were tied together.
"Seth, wake up!"
She hissed, kicking him beside her with both feet on his shins. Leah knew the rope binding her was no match for her strength in either form but she wasn't about to break free and leg it without Seth awake as well as knowing where everyone that lived on this territory was - or at least the ones who were nearby and would hear them. After a few more kicks Seth woke up, much to Leah's mutual relief and annoyance.
"We've been caught. We've been taken to a wolf's territory. I can't see or hear any of the pack nearby but they could be still and silent, hidden well. How are you feeling?"
Leah told him quickly, firmly, and quietly. Seth looked at Leah for a while before looking around himself and whistling.
"They have a good thing going here."
He commented, much to Leah's anger who promptly kicked him some more.
"Shut up! Now we're going to break free and make a run for it, go in wolf form if we have too. They won't keep up with our longer legs."
Leah spoke in an authoritarian tone. A second later she yanked her wrists and hands apart, tearing through the ropes, before using her hands to tear the ropes from her ankles. Seth, slightly reluctantly, did the same. Leah leapt to her feet and bolted in the direction she had been facing with Seth hot on her heels. It wasn't long before she heard Seth tripping over tree roots. Looking over her shoulder she sent him an incredulous glare. After all how could he trip on tree roots? They had been practically born in the forest and that was before they became shapeshifters. They had agility and grace that was unparelleled. Clearly Seth was doing it on purpose.
"Cut it out!"
She hissed, taking a sharp turn as she smelt a close water source - river if she wasn't mistaken - and turned her head back round to look ahead of her a moment too late. She face planted into a white coloured wall of some sort - or at least that was what it had looked like in the second she saw it - before falling backwards and landing on her bottom. Seth wasn't far behind her but managed to skid to a halt an inch behind his sister instead of meeting the ground.
"Shit! That hurt."
Leah grumbled, rubbing her forehead as she got her bearings. She definately hadn't expected that wall to be there.
"Thats not appropriate language for a lady."
A husky male timbre responded which instantly made Leah tense up. A growl rumbled in her throat as she lifted her head, placing her hands on the ground as she got into a crouch, but the sound died as she looked at what she had assumed to be a wall. He was seriously huge, a hell of a lot bigger then her, and most definately had the Alpha presence about him. His skin had a golden hue to it showing he worked outdoors for the most part. The muscles of course backed up this theory. All he was wearing was a pair of jeans that showed he was definately huge everywhere, large work boots and a white wifebeater. For the first time in her life Leah didn't feel like she was the top dog. For once she felt as if someone else was more superior which sent a bolt of shock through her. She finally looked him in the eye, his glorious bright green eyes, and found herself speechless.
It wasn't like the males of her specific species. It wasn't love at first sight with her completely bound to him and him alone. She didn't feel the need to please him in every way, to be everything he wanted her to be, and protect him in every way. For her she felt true lupine instincts, instincts she had never truly felt before or at least so very strongly, declaring he was her mate. She felt a need to test him, to see if he was worthy, and if he measured up she had a distinct desire to sink her teeth into the flesh of his strong neck to mark him as hers forever. After that, if things went well, she wanted to bear him all the pups she could. That thought sent her back down to earth, her gaze shifting to her lap as she blinked back tears. As far as she knew she could never have children. She hadn't had a period since she phased for the first time.
Feeling far too vunerable for her comfort, Leah jumped to her feet and stood tall as she tried to intimidate through body language and growling.
"Get out of my way."
Seth looked at her with widened eyes, having noticed the strange look in his sister's eyes previously and guessed she had imprinted, before looking at the male Alpha before him. Seth gave the guy a helpless shrug, knowing anything he said would be ignored by Leah at this point.
Alcide found himself smirking a little as he eyed the firey woman before him, raising an eyebrow at her attitude. He couldn't help it. She reminded him of a kitten trying to be a lioness.
"No. We have a few things to talk about pup."
He responded, a chuckle in his voice, and before she could move he lifted her up over his shoulder and proceeded to walk back the way the siblings had come. Seth, of course, followed dutifully.
"PUP?!"
Leah screeched, angry already at the fact she was in a fireman's lift, at the male's nickname for her. She held onto her anger tightly, knowing if she let go of it even for a second she'd find herself groping, pincing, and or smacking that worldclass ass of his. Those jeans definately showed off his lower body extremely well. Leah closed her eyes tightly as she forced herself to think of anything else. It would not do to get aroused. After all everyone would be able to smell it and that would lower her advantage even more then it was already.
"Let go of me! I'll rip you to pieces you... you asshole!"
She refused to feel any embarassment over the lame insult. In moments Alcide had returned her to where she had been put originally before dumping her onto the ground. Members of his pack had already gathered by this point having heard Leah's shouting and finding it highly amusing. Seth stayed loyally by his sister's side. Leah let out an 'omph' sound as her body collided with the ground before lifting her head to glare up at the Alpha as she stood, fists clenched by her side.
"Right. Let me guess, you're the ringleader of this troublesome duo I've been hearing about."
Alcide said with a devious grin, giving the woman a once over and making it clear he was expecting someone taller and more muscular then she.
Seth pouted at the nickname they had been given.
"Thats the best nickname they could give us?" He whined before turning to eye his sister, "You said they'd be in awe, respect and fear us!"
Leah felt like face-palming and hitting Seth all at the same time. Sometimes he could be such a kid. She could almost feel her face heating up as Alcide chuckled.
"Seth, shut up!"
She hissed as she swung her face around to look at him. He was not making this situation any easier. Leah turned back to glare at the Alpha male.
"You've taken us against our will and tied us up. As much as neither of us are human, regardless we do have human rights. You will let us go. Now!"
Alcide couldn't help but find this little woman, little at least compared to him, highly amusing.
With a mischevious glint in his eyes he spoke, "No," before taking hold of Leah's left hand and yanking her to him so their bodies were flush against each other before kissing the back of her hand whilst looking her in the eyes.
"I'm Alcide Herveaux, Alpha of the Longtooth Pack."
He whispered huskily. Leah found herself unsure on how to proceed. On one hand her hormones were all over the place. No male had ever kissed her hand like that, and his strength! Despite being a rough, bad ass tomboy ever since she first phased there was still a hint of the romance-loving woman she used to be buried underneath all her shields and defenses.
"Her name is Leah Clearwater. I'm Seth, her brother."
Seth said cheerily before Leah could say a word. Seth had a feeling anything she would say would be defensive and thus the worst thing for this situation. Leah turned her head round to glare at Seth. Why was he always interrupting? Looking back at Alcide, she yanked her hand away hard before stepping back with a quiet growl.
Feeling cornered, not only by Alcide but by her brother no less too, Leah did the only thing she could do to get back control of the situation.
She phased, ripping through every item of clothing she had to stand tall and proud in her silvery grey form. Granted she wasn't as big as the males of her specific kind but she knew she just had to tower over these types of shapeshifters. Ears pinned, she snarled at Alcide with a mocking look in her dark brown eyes.
Seth meanwhile rolled his eyes at his sister's typical behaviour. Of course she'd be the only one to get so defensive that she found the one meant for her that she'd rather attack him then actually take a step back and get to know him.
"Maybe if you took your shirt off she'd calm down."
He suggested, a playful grin on his innocent face as he gave Alcide his suggestion. Leah, of course, didn't appreciate this and so lunged for her brother. Seth expected this and managed to dodge the attack by a few inches before he took off at a run away from her. Leah was hot on pursuit. So much so Seth ended up having to phase too just to keep ahead of his speedy sister. Both were so lost and focused on their playtime (well it was playtime for Seth at least) that neither noticed Alcide or his pack members around them or the fact they were watching the pair.
Seth skidded behind Alcide and a couple of other men who had been behind their Packmaster. Leah didn't even see them, skidding round in a sharp turn to face her brother's sandy tail, and so didn't notice Alcide strip down to his skin and shift to his wolf form himself. Although larger then the average Werewolf, Alcide barely matched Leah's size. Nonetheless, considering his strength - a strength that had grown with the title of Packmaster - he managed to leap and pounce on top of the slim grey form, shoving her onto her back on the ground as his front paws pressed down on her exposed chest and his hind paws stood either side of her hips. A lupine smirk was on his snow white muzzle as he stared Leah down, tail wagging all the while.
Leah was stunned. He was smaller and yet he had been effortless to take her down. Even if another of his kind had tried the same she would have normally ploughed through them like a steam engine leaving them in pain on the ground behind her. She remembered her thought she had near to the beginning of this whole trip since she left La Push. She had wanted a powerful male that actually could take her down. Someone who was a challenge. A male that she could fight beside but could also allow the male to protect her and know he could do it just as well as she could if not better.
As she realised that Alcide could truly be IT for her she found herself panting although she was no means exhausted or tired physically from her bout of excercise.
Was this what a panic attack felt like?
Author's Note: Would have been out yesterday but my father ended up needing the laptop (mines being tempermental) so had to finish the last bit of the chapter today after completing my morning shift at Forest School. Hope it was worth the wait! Also, i'm very pleased I managed to get this chapter out sooner then usual.
