Soulmates

In regards to those mentioning needing a editor and spell checking. Well. I've gone through four editors already. As soon as they hear that it is a long series, they aren't interested in helping me after the chapter/s they worked on. And for spelling. I do use two different spell checks so I submit when both show up correct spelling. If you have any suggestions of any good spell checkers, let me know please and I'll try to improve it.

CHAPTER SIX

Over the next week, the brothers and women stayed in the forest. The tribe knew not to go near them over the next week so they were never interrupted. Over that time, the spirits returned to them. Each time, letting a little more information about the child.

It was during one of the last days Ulisi finally shifted back to human. Everyone had to take a double look at her because of the major physical changes. She seemed to turn back time with her appearance. The only thing that never changed was her silver hair and the pale blue eyes. The rest of her looked like the same age as Maria or Dee. Except for her hair, she could pass off by being their sister.

* * * * *

It was on the last day when Bear finally spoke fully of what happened.

Bear looked at them and the cub bounded over to him and sat in his lap. He stroked the thick fur and listening to the little grumbles from the small bear. "I think I have made a mistake by asking you to care for the child. The Council believes I should leave him with one of them," Bear said softly.

Maria growled at that comment. "I certainly do not think so, Brother. A child should be in a loving family."

Bear looked over to her and then to the others sitting with them. "Do you each believe that? Do you want to be the cubs guardians?"

The brothers looked between themselves then Eric looked towards Dee and Ulisi. He gave each a smile before moving a hand over to Maria. "We're sure, Brother. We want to be his guardians. You and the other spirits can drop in on us at any time to make sure we're doing the job well. If you don't believe he's in a loving home, then we'll accept if you take him."

With a slight nod, Bear started to explain. "Over the last one hundred years, someones been hunting the bears down." Then softly sighed. "I know their coven, but we've never been able to track who exactly it is. Up until the last attack they had only gone after one family at a time." He moved his hand lightly over the dark hair of the baby sleeping in his arms. "But this last attack, it was done simultaneously."

Eric just stared listening to the spirit speaking. He couldn't believe what they were being told. "Why didn't we know about it?".

"The Council believed they were just after the bears. None of the other Were's were targeted like the bears were," Bear answered simply. He carefully stood up and laid the baby down on the bear fur, watching him curl up before settling down before he went back over and sat down with the others. "This last attack tho, we didn't know it was going to happen until it was to late."

During his last words, Brother Wolf appeared behind them and added. "That's why I was late." He walked over to sit down next to his brother. "We were at the Council when Bear felt pain and each of us who could teleport went to the families to see them slain."

Bear looked over to Wolf. "Only the boy and an adult was alive when we got there. We froze time to get them out. But like whenever we use our abilities, if we interrupt," he sighed again as the images flash in his memory.

Wolf touched his brothers arm. "The adult we got out, he said everyone started to yawn even tho it was early, but they didn't feel the need to contact anyone to tell them something was happening. Everyone that the Council had set as guards to the families were killed as well. It was well organized."

Then Bear took over once more. "The bears were killed at the exact same time, and I mean in the different locations as well." He shook his head a little. "The pain when I felt them die, all at the same time."

Maria softly asked, "So each spirit is linked to the spirits that are given to the human?"

Wolf nodded. "Yes we are. Some deaths are more painful than others. If they die of old age, we're there for them and we lead them to their next life. If it's in war, then they have a warriors death and we're proud but a death against their will like this attack, when they are under from some sort of ability. The pain is unimaginable. With multiple deaths like that at one time." He shook his head, not wanting to imagine what his brother went thru.

Eric and Richard stood up and started to pace the area. Then Eric spoke, "Call all the spirits to meet at the chambers. If people are going to be after the boy then we'll need everyone on side."

Richard agreed. "I'll call the vamp bosses as soon as we're back to make sure they keep their ears open for anyone new in town. And I'll give the big bosses a call to get them in the meeting as well."

Eric nodded at that then looked over to Wolf and Bear. "Can one of you, tell the Council what we're doing? We'll get a couple of them in on this as well so we're all on the same page."

Both the spirits nodded. "We'll ask Gabriella and Nikolia to come. She is the one who was heading the protection up," Bear answered.

Eric, Richard and Dee each chuckled. Dee saw the expression across Maria and Ulisi's faces and grinned. "It was the both of those two which made us into who we are today."

Maria nodded slowly, then Wolf continued, "They are born, elemental wolves. They are part of the council which oversees our kind and they are,...." he paused for a moment to figure out the right word. "They are like the law enforcement for all non-human kind."

Eric chuckled. "And they are the only two people I know who can win a fight against us in their human forms."

Lost in thoughts, Maria began to think how strong this Gabriella and Nikolia was if they could handle Eric in his wolves, after he said that as wolves, normal were's couldn't win against him.

* * * * *

The next day, they had packed and made their way back to the main house and car. Eric had a quick chat to Charlie, telling him if they notice anything new to give them a call straight away. After saying their goodbyes, they headed back to the city to get things organized

As soon as they were in cell range, Richard rang the local vampire bosses and the main players in the vampire world, he organized it for them to meet the following night as arranged with the spirits for the other spirits and council representatives By the time they arrived back at the apartments, all the meetings were placed and word had gotten around the vampire community to keep eyes and ears open for anyone new in the area.

First they took everything upstairs to the apartments and a few minutes later, Billy arrived at Eric's door and knocking.

Eric yelled out, "It's open."

So Billy made his way inside. "Welcome back," he said when he saw Eric. "Have a good trip?"

Eric smiled and went over to Billy and shook hands. "Let's just say, it was interesting."

Billy gave one of his big smiles then caught the scent of someone new and looked around before taking a larger breath. "What is that? Bear?" He looked a little curious.

Just then, Maria came out from the spare bedroom with the cub chasing behind her. She was laughing as he tried to trip her. Then she bent down and swung him around and he shifted into human and started to giggle loudly. Softly laughing with the giggles. "Hi Billy."

The cub then the shift made Billy blink before smiling again. "So who's this?" He went over to Maria to say hi to the child.

"This is," Maria started, then looked blankly at Eric.

Eric chuckled. "We weren't told his name so I guess, a new life means a new name. Brother Bear came to see us and asked if we'd become his guardians. We agreed to it."

Billy ended up giving the boy a tickle and the giggles coming from the child made everyone smile. "Well, Little Bear, welcome to the family." He then looked over to Eric. "That work you asked to be done is completed so whenever your ready. We also, kinda, moved her in already." Then cringed a little.

Richard, Dee and Ulisi came over when they heard Billy. "How's it going, Billy?" Dee asked.

Billy grinned big. "Great. Just came up to tell Eric the work is complete."

Maria then raised a brow. "What work?"

That made all of the men cringe and look to Eric. "Um, I think it's better to show than tell."

Everyone took the elevator down one level and headed to the left first and Billy opened the door to the studio. All of Maria's paints, paintings and brushes were all set up and she nearly dropped the boy when she saw the studio. "Oh my goodness." And started to look around the space.

Eric walked up behind her. "I hope you don't mind but I thought you needed a better room for your work," he said. Wrapping his arms around her and softly kissed the side of her neck.

She was breathless of words and tilted her head to the side for his kiss. "I love it". Then turned to the side and softly kissed his lips.

He smiled softly and he softly said, "That's not the only thing they were doing on our trip." He took her hand and and took Ulisi's when he walked past her. "I hope you don't mind Ulisi." And he nodded to Billy to open the other door.

Billy quickly went over to the other side of the hallway and opened the other door to show them Ulisi's apartment.

Ulisi stood shocked at the natural tones of the apartment with all of her belongings in it. "Oh my," she said, "I never thought you'd do this." She looked over to her family. "Are you sure?"

Maria squealed seeing Ulisi was going to be there with them. Richard, Dee and Eric all nodded. "Yes we're sure," Dee answered for them.

Ulisi nodded a little and turned back to the apartment. "I can't thankyou enough for letting me stay close to Maria." Then started to walk around the apartment, motioning them to come in and all of them had a good look around.

Billy ended up saying goodbye after a hour and since the kitchen was already stocked, Ulisi decided to christen the apartment by letting everyone stay for dinner.

* * * * *

That night, Ulisi offered to babysit Shvetank, or Jessie for his modern name for the night. They had decided on Shvetank as the childs Cherokee name due to the white mark on his chest when he is a bear.

Eric was happy with that idea. With everything that had gone on over the past week, he and Maria hadn't been able to complete their bonding and tonight was the perfect night to do so. Over the past week he and Ulisi had been teaching Maria the ways of the wolf, so time was consumed with the teachings.

He had left a few minutes before Maria and quickly went upstairs to surprise her. By the time she had arrived, he had lit candles all around the apartment with soft music was playing in the background. He had moved the sofa back and placed a thick fur on the ground. With a bottle of white wine and strawberries beside him on the fur.

As she walked over to him with a surprised smile across her lips, he poured two small glasses of wine for them. When she sat down next to him, he softly kissed her lips and handed her the glass. "Are you happy?"

She took a sip and nodded. "Very happy. Thank you for letting Ulisi stay close to me."

He grinned. "She would have been with us in any case. She is part of our pack, our family. She is blood to us and there would be no other place than with us, that she would ever belong."

She listened to the way he spoke and knew straight away he meant every word. She knew he would never push anyone he considered family away, and that was one thing she loved about him. Over the past week and being on tribal land, she had fallen completely in love with him. Even if Brother Wolf had denied her, her wolf. She couldn't see her life with anyone else but with Eric. He owned her heart, body and soul, completely.

He saw a distance look in her eyes and lightly ran his finger down over her cheek and down to her chin and asked, "What are your thoughts?"

Smiling as she placed her glass down on the floor and shifted to straddle his lap. "I was just thinking how lucky I am that Richard found me for you. I knew I cared about you. But over the past week. I know I feel more than I first thought. I could never imagine my life any other way." She slipped her arms over his shoulders, pressing her body lightly against his and then softly kissed his lips.

As soon as she moved into his lap, he couldn't help but let out a soft growl and place his hands on her thighs as she spoke. But as soon as she moved her arms over his shoulders and feeling her body pressing against his. He couldn't help but wrap his arms tightly around her body to feel her pressing harder, but he made sure to keep the kiss gentle. He pulled back slowly and looked deep into her eyes. "I love you til my last breath, Maria," he said in nearly a whisper.

The wolf inside Maria started to howl. It paced in the young humans mind and tried to keep it's feelings away until it was time to be released. Maria could feel the emotions coming from her wolf but her own feelings were over-riding them. She quickly whispered, "I love you too." She firmly rocked her hips against him and kissed him again, but this time it was harder with more passion.

Eric was a little shocked with her actions. She only had a sip of the wine. During dinner they drank water or cider. But in the end, he went with her pace. Not pushing her to do what he wanted. He gave her full control. He felt himself harden as she grind herself against him. A soft growl escaped from his throat as he tried to control himself.

She broke the kiss only long enough to remove their shirts before her lips were attacking his again. The feeling of her flesh against his, Eric couldn't handle it any longer and laid back against the fur and pulled her down on top of him. He rolled them onto their sides and looked into her eyes. "Are you sure? I can wait until you are ready, Maria. I don't want to push you into anything."

She grinned at him. Her hand went straight to the bulge at the front of his pants before slipping her hand up and undid the button then the fly before slipping her hand inside. Over the week, she had gotten use to the idea of being naked with him. The feeling of him as a wolf rubbing his body against her wolf form. She wanted to feel that as humans.

Soon with a bit of persuasion from her, they were both naked on the fur. Their bodies pressed hard against each other. Their lips tasting each others body. She knew exactly what she wanted to do, so letting go of all of herself, she wrapped her fingers lightly around his length and began to stroke him slowly.

His hand lightly touched her thigh and she allowed him to guide it to the top of his own which made her move up a little so as she stroked him, the large mushroom head would move against her folds to let him feel how moist she had become.

Remaining with the slow pace she kept, he rolled her onto her back and moved between her legs. His wolf howled wanting him to take her hard and fast but Eric remained in control and whispered, "I promise next time we'll do things longer. I'm having trouble keeping my wolf at bay."

Maria just smiled and whispered, "Take me. My wolf wants you now as well."

He lined his length at her entrance and kissed her softly. She wrapped her arms around his shoulders and her legs around his waist. Both let soft possessive growls into their kiss. With her opening herself up more to him, he slowly pushed himself into her. He pulled back from the kiss to watch the emotions that flooded across her face as he started to move slowly back and forth within her.

With her admittance of playing with herself, he knew he wouldn't hurt her with being taken for the first time. She had already used a vibrator so it would only be his width that would make him take his time. He continued making slow thrusts into her tightness. Only when she started to buck back against him, he felt his resistance falter slightly and thrusted hard inside her til he was buried completely inside her.

He panted against her neck, nothing has ever felt so right in that moment. Feeling her body take him fully, feeling her nails raking back and forth against his back. He waited til she started to move under him before he lent back and kissed her softly and started to thrust slowly back and forth. He could feel her passion building up along with his own, he knew straight away he wouldn't beable to last for to long. He hadn't revealed himself in weeks now and was quickly rising and knowing this would be an embarrassment to him especially if she thought it would be like that each time they made love.

They looked into each others eyes and both saw their wolves pacing close to the surface. He whispered, "I need to take you now."

She nodded and unwrapped herself from around him and he quickly flipped her over. As soon as she was up on her hands and knees, he thrusted back deeply inside her. He lent down and licked over the fold of her neck where he was going to bite her and couldn't hold his wolf back any longer.

Maria gasped when he entered her again and pushed back hard to feel him buried within her again. She continued to move even tho she felt his weight change and fur started to tickle her back. She could feel his width become thicker but nothing could stop her from her movements. She could feel claws digging into her flesh which only made her move back harder against him.

The wolf on her back began to pant. He started to thrust harder til he knew there was no going back. Just before he came, he licked her neck again before biting deeply into her flesh which made her cry out as she came and a moment later, he poured his seed into her. He shifted back into his human form and held her tightly before rolling them onto their sides and panted to get their breathing back to normal.

He licked the droplets of blood from the bite and let out a contented growl. She started to move but he held her firmly and whispered, "Don't move. We're joined."

She blinked and nodded a little. She had forgotten about his knot forming when they made love. They were joined for another fifteen minutes before he was able to slip from her and able to turn her around. She smiled looking at him but her wolf was still close to the edge and he smirked. He pulled her up to straddle him, he was already hard again and slipped inside her. He started to thrust as she started to bounce. He whispered, "Just before you feel on edge, shift so you can claim me as I did to you."

His hands went to her hips and his thumbs played with her clit. Her hands went to her breasts and started to pinch and squeeze them. He could feel her coming to the edge of the pleasure and nodded when she looked at him.

She shifted into her wolf form and laid against his body as he continued to thrust inside her. She licked his neck and just before she came, she bit into his flesh then quickly shifted back as she cried out and came around him. He pulled her tightly against his body and continued to thrust inside her before he became to cum again within her.

He could feel her breathing become slow and steady as she fell asleep on his chest, then carefully he rose, keeping himself deep within her and carried her to his, no, their bedroom to sleep.

To Be Continued...