(As always hope this new installment doesn't disappoint and remember to let me know what you think. Alicexxx)
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Hannah groaned as she slid against the thing supporting her and her shoulder hit something.
"Hannah? Are you awake?"
The voice broke into her fuzzy mind and Hannah groaned again as she tried to straighten in the awkward position she was in. Then a hand was closing around her arm and pulling her easily back into an upright sitting position.
"Hannah, come on."
"What?" With a lot of effort she opened her eyes and blinked in confusion at the moving scenery in front of her. Hoards of snow and a long stretch of grey concrete. "I don't..." she began, a frown sliding over her lips even as she placed her hands beside her to lift her upper body.
"You fainted."
"I fainted." She repeated. That was unusual, she didn't think she'd ever fainted before. Wait. Who was she even talking to?
With hazel eyes wide open in alarm now, she turned and glanced at the person that sat beside her in the driver's seat... in her car. But one look was all it took and then her mind was being flooded with hot feelings and the most erotic images... they included her and... Kai.
Relief coursed through her as the temporary memory loss that had coursed through her disappeared. What the hell had happened for her to be in this kind of state? Kai had said she fainted.
"How long did it take you to remember?"
At the low voiced question, Hannah threw him a sharp glance and encountered luminous blue eyes. Had his eyes been that blue before? She frowned; something was definitely wrong here.
"To remember what?"
"Me, and what had happened before you fainted." He answered.
She stared blankly at him for a few seconds. He was really gorgeous. Had he always been that gorgeous? Hmm, she would have remembered that wouldn't she? "Uh... something weird's going on." She said carefully, reaching up to run a hand through her hair only to freeze when she found it wet. "Why is my hair wet?"
His lips tightened and she glanced at him again.
A wave of apprehension travelled up her spine. Something wasn't right here. "Kai - what's going on?"
"Your mind and body aren't taking the change the way they should."
Hannah gave a nervous laugh and looked at him again, reaching out unconsciously to brush a blue black strand of hair from his face. "What change? Are you attempting to make some kind of joke? You don't seem to be very good at them you know." Actually... she couldn't remember if he was good at them or not. After all the time they'd been together, one would've thought that one would remember things like that... but... just how long had they been together?
This was starting to get scary. "I don't understand what's going on Kai. Has something happened to me? I can't seem to remember basic things about you - or about us." She gave a nervous laugh and she shook her head as if the laughter was at herself. "I can't even seem to remember how long we've been together." She smiled at him only to have her expression freeze in place when she saw his face.
Everything about his face was taut, his full lips, those amazing cheekbones more pronounced then usual as he seemed to be clenching his jaw.
"Okay. You're making me really nervous here. What's going on?" There was no trace of humour in her voice now. "And where are we going?"
"We had to leave. Don't you remember?"
"Remember what?" Her temper was starting to work itself up. And under the circumstances who wouldn't get pissed? "Kai, what the hell is going on?" Her hazel eyes narrowed when all he did was focus on the road and tighten his hands around the steering wheel. God, that was something about him that always annoyed her. Why couldn't he answer her when she asked him something. It was like pulling a tooth with him.
Wait - yes, she'd just remembered something hadn't she? The noose of fear that had been tightening around her neck loosened slightly. There was nothing wrong with her - maybe she'd hit her head when she'd fainted.
"Hello? Earth to Kai. Am I talking to myself here?" She groaned in frustration when again he stayed silent. "For god's sake, why can't you ever just give me a straight answer - it was the same when that creep got a hold of me and you-" she skidded to a halt in her speech as she. Oh. My. God.
Out of its own volition one of her hands snapped out and her fingers curled tight around his arm, despite the puffy material of the parka he wore. "Kai." Her voice was a taught string as everything came rushing back.
Even though he remained quiet, he slid his arm across her shoulders and pulled her as close as was possible in the car.
"I'm not taking the change well, isn't that what you said?"
Kai gave a grave nod before bending his head to her and pressing a soft kiss to her head.
"So... what's likely to happen if I don't start... taking it well?"
Kai gave a heavy sigh. "When a person doesn't take the change well, it can result in unstable hormones and memory loss - the person can even become - unbalanced." As he said the last he threw her a look from the corner of his eye and then he winced when she jerked away from him, her hazel eyes wide open in horror.
"And you didn't think to tell me this!!!" Her voice was a shrill sound that had him wincing again.
"I didn't think the change would have that effect on you - I mean - after we had sex the first time you seemed fine... you even went for round two in the..." his words trailed off and he narrowed his eyes.
As she wondered why he had stopped in his explanation her mind drifted to what had happened. They'd had sex - correction, they'd had mind blowing sex - in the shower. She frowned. She couldn't see anything wrong with that... Her eyes cleared as understanding dawned. She'd been rather assertive, something she wasn't usually when it came to sex... and she'd bitten him. Slowly she touched her fingers to her mouth. Her hormones had been out of sync then already. It had changed her demeanour instantly.
"Oh for Christ's sake!" She exclaimed, burying her face in her hands. "Why didn't I just leave you on the side of the road? Why couldn't I just let it go?"
Beside her Kai stiffened. "Is that really how you feel?" He asked quietly.
Great! Now she'd hurt his feelings. Hannah sighed. "Kai - I'm turning into a dog person, my hormones are unstable and now it seems that my mind isn't going to be that reliable from now on either so I don't think I should be feeling positive, do you?"
"We're not dog people." He said tightly.
"No. Just their ancestors - what a step up the ladder."
This time he looked briefly out the window in what she could tell as an effort to bring himself under control. Her sarcasm was obviously starting to grate. "I think we should talk about this when we stop for the night."
"Fine." She bit out. She crossed her arms over her chest and then turned her eyes to her window.
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She sat on the bed as she looked around the room. It was okay... if you overlooked the bright red wallpaper with some kind of flower pattern. The carpet wasn't bad, although the green colour of it did clash with the wall.
Hannah groaned and fell back on the bed. What was all this leading to?
The door opened. Hannah turned her head and watched as Kai came in and unzipped his parka. He threw it over on the single armchair in the room. He stooped there, his eyes were bright lights in the darkening room.
He really was magnificent, Hannah thought as her eyes traced the long strands of his hair all the way down to his hip. His smooth skin was flushed from the cold outside and his arms were mostly bare, showing her those toned muscles which had held her as he'd driven her to ecstasy she hadn't known before.
"How come you always look so perfect?" She asked before she could stop herself, and saw the corner of his mouth twitch.
His eyes tracked her body as it lay spread out on the bed, her hair was strewn all over the duvet, her hair still slightly damp. Slowly, like the predator he was, he moved closer to the bed and then climbed on, crawling over her in all fours until he was braced over her.
His hair fell down either side of her face, curtaining them and adding a certain intimacy. He leaned in close until his lips were brushing her ear. Hannah shivered. "How come you always look so edible?" He whispered into her ear.
Really the guy was irresistible. Giving in she wrapped her arms around his waist and drew him down until his weight settled on her. Lifting her head from the bed she nipped his lip. "Don't try and distract me, wolf man. Tell me what's going on."
He took a deep breath, and then rested his head on her shoulder. "Hannah..." he trailed off, turning his head into her neck and placing a small kiss there, "I'm afraid this isn't going all that well for us."
"No shit." She said with a humourless laugh. Absently she stroked his hair as her eyes fixed on the equally charming ceiling that matched the carpet.
"I think we should get someone to suppress the spirit wolf presence in you." He murmured against her.
Her fingers stilled. "Kai... try telling me this in human speak." She said dryly.
A hand slid up her body and cupped her breast. She took a deep breath and then copied his actions, slipping her hand up underneath his shirt and tracing the line of his spine. His back felt smooth that she couldn't help images of making her mark on him there.
"Okay," he said in an exasperated tone, "the abilities that you will gain aren't the problem... it's the wolf spirit that will try to fuse with yours that will be." Pushing himself away from her, he sat - his thighs straddling her's as he looked down at her.