The following story is a standalone short featuring the characters from the Leader of the Pack series. It is intended to be a snippet of an important event that occurred between the storyline in the first series and what will be the second.
It is intended that each story be capable of being read without having read the rest of the series. But if you haven't read the rest because you think it's too long, don't blame me if this encourages you to try the rest.
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Warning for those of you who wanted warning: This chapter contains a long f/f/m scene.
You may want the beginning and ending of the story, if you don't want the middle. But I think there's a point to it. Call it getting to know Cadifor...
*Cadifor and Makeda*
On the Hunt
Cadifor came into the shithole motel room and slammed the door behind him. It wasn't as if his night hadn't been bad enough, but they were stuck in this nowhere town, with an incompetent federal agent tagging along, his target had gotten away again, and the lousy motel they ended up in stunk of mildew, cigars, and human filth. His foggy yellow eyes were on fire. He ran his hand through his short white blonde hair and paced back and forth. His usually perfectly pressed white shirt was untucked and disheveled. His black suit jacket had a torn pocket, and there was mud on his shoes and the ankles of his jeans.
"Problems?" Makeda looked up from her book at the pissed off lycan. She was already dressed for bed in one of the never ending supply of teddies that she seemed to have. Cadifor had stopped trying to figure out where she produced them all from a long time ago. This one was dark blue, silk, lace and allowed for glimpses of her chocolate skin though the panels. The beautiful dark woman smiled at him. Her nearly solid black eyes sparkled no matter what her mood was. She had braided her hair in his absence. She loved the fact that he always noticed even the little changes in her appearance. She would do things like change her hair often and wait for him to comment on how it suited her. He wasn't in the mood to play those kind of games tonight though.
Cadifor didn't answer. He just growled at the beautiful woman lying on her stomach and propped up on her elbows on his rented bed and he started to undress. It looked as though she had paid a trip to the local discount store, acquired some clean sheets and blankets and changed the disgusting ones that had been on the bed on the bed. Makeda never complained about their accommodations, but preferred the best when it could be arranged. If he couldn't provide it for her, she would deal with it herself.
The two ancient lycans had a nondescript relationship. No one had ever said what it was. One night they had started sleeping together and had just never stopped. They didn't count themselves as a couple, but Makeda followed Cadifor pretty much everywhere he went. She was capable of taking care of herself whether it was monetarily, independently, or defensively. It suited him well. He didn't have to worry about protecting her or watching her. While Makeda was capable, she tended to prefer to not get her hands dirty. She'd go with him, fight if she had no choice, but mostly she stayed in the hotels, went shopping, and waited for Cadifor to come back so she could fuck his brains out. That was the best part of having her around all the time. The woman had some definite talents in that area.
Cadifor tossed the last of his clothes off to the side of the room. The pale blonde man headed for the beautiful dark woman on the bed with obvious intent. "On your hands and knees woman," Cadifor growled at her.
"Not tonight," she said off hand and picked up her book again, ignoring him.
Cadifor growled again. "I don't want to play games tonight, Keda." He reached down to her bare legs as he came up behind her and tried to push them apart as he knelt on the bed.
"Hey, whatever aggression you have will have to be worked out on someone else's body tonight. Sorry." She kicked him back from her and turned to look at him. "You're all worked up and I'm going into heat. Do you really want to mess with that?" She raised her eyebrows as she looked at him.
Cadifor growled and got off the bed. "You should have gotten your own room if you were going into heat," he said angrily.
Makeda smiled at him. "I tried. There are too many of us. The others are doubling up as well." She stretched out on the bed and looked his naked body over. He had a number of new scratches and bruises on his pale flesh. "If you want I could go next door and have Ray come in here with you. I'll bunk up with Leah." Makeda's eyes began to shine. "I can play with Leah, she won't get me pregnant."
Cadifor stomped toward the bathroom. "No chance. Ray snores."
Makeda went back to her book when she heard the shower turn on.
"This place is disgusting," she heard Cadifor call through the open door.
"Yeah, I know," she replied softly, even though she knew he couldn't hear her over the streaming water.
Cadifor came out of the bathroom with water dripping off of him. "I can't bring myself to use those towels," he complained.
"At least you sound a bit calmed down." Makeda put her book down again.
Cadifor stared at her as she lay temptingly before him. "The least you could have done was wear something less enticing."
She smiled. "But what fun would that be? Do you want to tell me what happened?"
Cadifor slumped down on the edge of the bed and laid back, throwing one hand behind his head and staring up at the ceiling. He closed his eyes and took in Makeda's scent. She was rose petals, sex, and something exotic he could never put his finger on, but it tasted incredible. Few women caught his attention the way she did. He breathed deeply, trying to relax. "The bitch was holed up in the other shitty motel in this town. We went in the front, she went out the back. We managed to track her into the local swamp, before we lost her again. Hense the mud. She's doing something to fuck with her scent. She's impossible to track."
"What was she doing here," Makeda asked with concern.
Cadifor turned his head to face her. "I like the braids," he said, letting the foul mood drop and giving her have the little compliment she'd set herself up for. He reached out and pushed one of the carefully groomed locks back behind her ear. Her eyes sparkled some more. Cadifor stopped himself from leaning over to kiss her and answered her question. "Recruiting."
"What?"
"She's systematically making contacts with some easily bought, but currently disorganized lycan groups. Then there's the fact that our lovely fed contact has informed me that they've 'lost track' of some of the mix-n-match weres who were handed over to them. They were supposedly in this area as well. We don't have any proof that there's anything going on between Jenna and the others, but you never know." He sighed. "How close to being in heat are you anyway?"
"Close enough," she grinned. "Go get one of the other girls, if you're so interested this evening."
Cadifor stared at her as she spoke. She was propped on her elbows and he had a wonderful view of cleavage, with just a hint of her dark brown nipples peeking over the low neckline of the dark blue teddy. He really didn't want to invite anyone else over. Cadifor growled and laid his head back on the pillow, closing his eyes. "So what if you ended up with a litter? Big deal. We've both had kids before."
Disbelief creased her face as Makeda stared at Cadifor. He could feel the long pause before her response. "Did you hear what you just said?" Makeda didn't know how to take it. They had never discussed anything beyond the next day. She really liked Cadifor, but she'd already been through the misery of losing a mate. It wasn't something she cared to revisit, and Cadifor had a very dangerous life.
At the same time... She really liked Cadifor.
"Yeah, I heard it," he sighed. He could tell from her tone that it wasn't something she was interested in. He was surprised to find that he was a bit disappointed.
Makeda watched Cadifor lying there naked, with his eyes closed, and his hand behind his head. He was an exceedingly attractive man, hard muscled, intelligent. He had been around for longer than even Makeda had been. Maybe he wasn't such a dangerous match for her after all.
She scooted across the bed and kissed him on the shoulder. "You want me to call someone to take care of you?" Makeda reached down to toy with his limp cock. It immediately started to respond to her talented fingers.
"Mmm," he groaned and a smile spread across his lips. "No." He kept his eyes closed and lay there feeling her hand play with him. She stroked the foreskin down from the head and traced delicate patterns along the ridge.
"You don't know what you really want, Cad." She bit him on his shoulder hard enough to leave a distinct mark.
Cadifor smiled, opened his eyes and looked over at her. "I have never had a problem knowing what I want," he answered.