Trey's knot receded and he felt his cock slip free of Rebecca's swollen pussy. They needed to get moving. He could hear the howls south of them, maybe a good five miles away, but they would make good time if they'd heard the passionate sounds of their mating. Most Werewolves could run at thirty-five to forty miles per hour. Five miles? They could make it in fifteen minutes or less if they weren't tired.
He gently moved her blond hair away from her face and whispered in her ear. "Rebecca, we need to go. Get dressed baby. We have to run." He reluctantly disengaged himself from her and pushed his clothes into the bag she would be carrying. He looked at her beautiful face as she sat up. Her hazel eyes seemed different somehow, brighter, more animated. Was she purring? He cocked his head and listened. It was there, just barely, as she breathed.
Rebecca blinked a few times as she looked at her mate. She stopped for a second. Her mate! That was the first time she'd thought of him that way. She had to concentrate hard to put her clothes on. There were other thoughts confusing her brain. Something about biting him. This was distracting, arguing with herself. She could hear Trey talking but she was having a difficult time registering the words. But looking at him made her want to do more than bite him. God he had a gorgeous body. She stared at the muscles that covered his tall, broad frame. She licked her lips slowly and made a move towards him on her hands and knees.
"Rebecca, did you hear me? Hurry up and get dressed." Trey was a little worried, more like a lot worried. This might have been the biggest mistake he'd ever made in his life. But at the time, it seemed like such a pressing matter, and they'd thought they were so far ahead of the pack. She just stared at him. Maybe it would be easier for both of them if he was in his wolf form. He shifted and the black wolf stood a good ten feet from his mate who seemed to be moving in slow motion. He whined in frustration at her.
Trey looked up at the clouds that were forming in the cold night sky. They looked eerie, illuminated by the full light of the Wolf Moon. He could smell the change in the air. Rain was coming.
She shook her head to clear her/their thoughts. "I need to take control of myself, us, whatever." She threw on her clothes as fast as she could and tried to walk normally but found herself moving in a new and entirely different way. She felt her strides were longer, more graceful. She didn't have time to think about it and forced herself to move faster. She climbed onto Trey's back and held on tight, forcing herself to control the urge to bite him. They didn't have time for that now. They had to wait, they had to.
When he felt her in place on his back Trey took off at full speed in the direction Troy, Danielle and Anneke had gone. He could smell them and was able to catch up fairly quickly. So far the terrain hadn't been too bad, but looking ahead of them it was steep and rocky. The howling south of him didn't sound any closer. Maybe they hadn't heard his howl and her screams? He could only hope.
"Finally." Danielle smiled at her friend as they caught up and then pouted when she saw her neck in the moonlight. "You're half way mated. Troy heard all the noise you guys were making and was so concerned you'd be heard he started listening for the pack and heard them howling and that put an end to our mating." She stared with envy at the deep bite mark on the side of Rebecca's neck.
Rebecca didn't even feel it anymore. She brought a hand up and slowly traced the ragged edges of the wound. She shivered with the memory of what happened such a short time before. She hoped they could escape these wolves fast. She didn't know if she'd be able to stop herself from biting him. And what would happen to her if she didn't finish mating tonight? What if they didn't finish until tomorrow? Would she be a panther? A wolf? Something in between? As she brought her hand back to Trey's neck she felt a wet drop hit the back of her hand. "It's starting to rain."
She looked up at the rocky ground ahead and the water starting to accumulate on the rocks. "Maybe it'd be better if Dani and I got off and walked?" The big head of the wolf she was riding turned and looked at her with his dark eyes and growled quietly. "Understood, not walking." Her hands grabbed hold of his thick fur to help keep her steady as he worked his way between the boulders. Every so often she would feel his haunches bunch and then he would leap to his next foot hold. If she hadn't been prepared she would have taken a hard tumble. She looked over at Dani who was holding on for dear life.
"Are they getting any closer?" Danielle twisted around to look behind her. She couldn't see a thing even with the light from the full moon. It hadn't yet reached it's zenith which Troy had told her would be at about eleven thirty. She felt like they must have been out here for a good twelve hours, but it couldn't have been more than four. This was going to be the longest night of her life, if she lived through it that is. And now on top of everything else, it was raining.
Rebecca struggled to see and though the moon was bright, the clouds were interfering with it's light and she still wasn't having much luck seeing what was ahead of them. The wolves must have amazing night vision to be running through these rocks. They never seemed to make a mis-step. Just as she thought it, she heard Anneke's surprised yip and then painful howl as she slid off a wet boulder and fall into a crevice between the rocks.
Trey and Troy immediately stopped so the women could dismount and then shifted. They made their way to the writhing brown wolf who whined and let out an occasional yipe as she moved the wrong way. Trey laid down on his stomach and slid his hand down the wolf's leg to see how tightly it was wedged. He couldn't even get a finger between the rock and her leg. "Troy, see if you can find anything metal around here, a T-post or something."
Troy shifted and ran off towards a fence they had passed not long ago. If he had to he would pull a post out of the ground.
Rebecca and Danielle picked their way in the dark to where their Omega friend was trapped. Dani knelt at Anneke's head and slowly brought her hand down to stroke her soft fur. "Oh Anneke, I'm so sorry. We'll get you out." Dani had tears streaming down her face. She hated to see anyone in pain. Anneke had already been risking her own life to help them and now she was hurt. She saw the grateful look in the wolf's eyes.
Rebecca saw Trey's face and knew it was more than her leg being trapped. She mouthed the word, "Broken?"
He silently nodded. "Stay here. Hold her back leg so she can't try to move it, OK?" Trey stood up, shifted, and ran up the hill and disappeared.
Rebecca tried to follow his form as he moved but lost him in the dark within a few yards. She listened intently for his return but there was silence. The whines from the injured wolf brought her attention back. She carefully held her with one hand in front of her knee and the other lifting up a little under her hip. She hoped she wasn't adding to her pain. "Let me know if I'm doing something to make it worse Anneke."
The wolf turned her head and licked Dani's hand. "I think you must be doing OK Rebecca." Danielle continued petting her. She hoped it was helping Anneke relax, it was helping her at least.
Rebecca heard some noise coming from the downhill side. She looked in that direction and listened. It sounded like a single wolf climbing the rocks. She was kind of amazed at how well she recognized the sound after only a few weeks of living with the pack. But was it Troy returning? Or one of the Jensen pack about to find them? She lightly laid a hand on Danielle's arm to get her attention and put a finger to her lips. She could see Anneke heard it. Her ears were forward and motionless and she was holding back any signs of her pain. Rebecca felt around and found a hand sized rock that she picked up and held at the ready.
Danielle saw Rebecca pick up a rock and felt around near where she was sitting and found a rock of her own. They may not be able to do a lot of damage but they might be able to slow down a single wolf. At least enough until Trey and Troy could make it back. They would protect Anneke as best they could.
