Dorthena (9 page)

Ryker came in
around midnight with one job completed. He had hunted down Mrs.
Cullen, by tracking her in wolf form. Betty told Ryker that they
were only hired to kill Seeker, not Thena. She knew nothing of the
bombs in the vehicles except for Seekers truck those she planted.
She said she did not plant any bombs in Thena’s vehicle or anyone
else’s. She claimed that she had been hired by Melrodger to kill
Seeker only. Betty Cullen tried to escape and in the process Ryker
killed her and then disposed of the body.

Ryker opened
the door to his cabin and felt cool air coming from his bedroom. He
slowly walked toward the bedroom noticed the window open and looked
at the bed Thena was in bed shivering, no wonder he thought leaving
the damn window open. Ryker walked over to the window and closed
it. Walking back to the open area of the cabin he made himself a
cup of hot chocolate and drank it. Ryker started a small fire in
the fire place with the wood that was left beside the fire place by
the people who owned the cabin. Ryker walked to the bedroom and
noticed Thena was still shivering, she had removed the blankets and
he put them back over her. He walked over to her and felt her
forehead she was hot; when he put his hand on her under the covers
she was perspiring profusely. Her breathing was rattled, he knew
she was congested from the water in her lungs and she needed
something to bring down her temperature and to clear up her lungs.
He rushed out of the cabin to the local hospital explained the
situation talked to a doctor and he got into the vehicle with Ryker
and went to the cabin. When he looked at Thena took her
temperature, he gave her something to bring down the temperature,
and put her on IV and antibiotic’s told Ryker if she was worse in
the morning to bring her to the hospital immediately. The doctor
left a prescription and another IV bag to change over on once the
one on Thena arm was empty. The doctor had said call me if things
change for the worse. The doctor left with a thousand dollars in
his pocket.

At six in the
morning Thena was much better he put the new IV bag on her any way,
gave her two of the pills the doctor gave him to give her in the
morning if she was better. Ryker kept the fire going all day and by
evening Thena was back to herself. Almost except for the fact she
was one day closer to being in heat and his life was getting harder
and harder with her scent to stay away from her sexually. The more
into the middle of her heat she got the stronger the scent was.
Once it hit its high then it would decease to no scent at all at
the end of her heat. She was not speaking to him either which did
not help. Unable to take a cold bath she stayed in bed tossed off
her covers and cried and took her anger out on the bed.

When the next
day came Thena woke up at forty thirty in the morning. Thena was
hot, so hot she felt as if she was going to burn to death. She
cried, she hit the bed then her pillow, she got up out of the bed
drove her fist into the door, blood seeped from her wrist, and then
she shifted down into a cat and began screaming like a panther in
heat looking for a male. And when Ryker came up and out of his make
shift bed she snarled at him, she hissed, and he knew, he could do
nothing, a cat would not take orders from a werewolf. The one she
would listen to was a male multi shape-shifter. That would be the
only one who could handle her now. She slinked to the door and
clawed at the door screaming to be released. Ryker could not handle
any more he had to do something. Her scent was driving him crazy
his shaft was stretched to its limits and he growled at Thena.
Thena turned towards him hissed and he walked over to her so she
could scent his arousal and she shifted back to human form purred
her way into his arms reached down tore his briefs away releasing
his male shaft. He picked her up walked her to the bed on the floor
laid her down. He kissed her deeply stroking the inside of her
mouth with his tongue. He kissed and nipped her neck until she
cried out for more. He ran his mouth down to her soft breast and
squeezed them gently and then sucked them until her nipples were
standing. He moved down her body nipping and kissing and sucking
here and there until he reached the apex of her legs. Thena spread
her legs open to him and he stuck a finger inside of her and she
moaned and lifted herself to him. Slowly he worked his finger in
and out of her until two fingers went in then three making her
ready for his shaft. Ryker could never remember ever being so large
or so hard, yet he had never made love to a female in heat either.
Ryker knew it was her scent that was driving him into the mating
Thena making him larger then normal and harder then normal.

Thena tried to
lift herself to each stroke of Ryker’s fingers but he held her
down, dominated her completely it turned her on even more. Thena
worked her hands up and down the bed she purred, or she cried out
for more. Ryker knew what she wanted but would not give it to her.
Then he touched her clitoris with his tongue and she spread her
legs wider lifted herself to his mouth he stroked her with his
tongue nipped at her gently. She was hot and wet and ready for him
and he moved up to her kissed her lips as she took his shaft in her
hand and guided him to her, she spread her legs more lifting them
so he would have full access to her. Ryker drove his shaft into her
and she cried out. He filled her so deeply so fully at first it was
painful then uncomfortable, but she had to have him or she felt she
would die. The heat wave began again this time heating not only her
body but his. She worked his shaft in and out of her pushing hard
against her clitoris, banging it over and over again, she screamed
out when she orgasm all over his shaft.

Still he was
turned on he could not stop pumping it into her tunnel and when she
came a second and a third time Ryker released his seed deep in side
of her. He lay deep inside of her still hard and ready for another
mating. He moved slowly inside of her. Thena pushing her self up to
meet him with each deep thrust inside of her and then Ryker was
pulling himself nearly out and driving it into her again. When
Thena orgasm took over her body another couple of times Ryker
released his seed into her. When his shaft relaxed he pulled from
her and pulled her into his arms. He looked at the clock it was now
six thirty. Thena cuddled into his arms up against his chest and
purred. She was still purring when she fall a sleep. Ryker noticed
a small cut on her wrist it was not bad or deep but was seeping
blood; he pulled a knife off the table next to him, cut his wrist
and put it together with hers. Ryker whispered, “As our blood flows
together we are one, purity, love, respect and honour are yours. I
love you Dorthena now and always!” Ryker held his wrist to hers
making sure her blood mixed with his. He was not sure it would be
enough but he hoped it would be. The knowledge was the two bloods
must mix to make one. Ryker lay there trying to reach out to
Thena’s mind and he felt the connection building in him. He
whispered in her mind the ritual again, and then he heard Thena
whisper back the ritual to him. “As our blood flows together we are
one, purity, love, respect, honour, and obedience are yours. I love
you Ryker now and always. I have always loved you, I will always
love you Ryker.

Ryker smiled,
the connection was made, he tied their wrists together and fall a
sleep. Three hours later Thena woke she felt odd as if she was not
alone. Ryker was not in bed with her and she knew some how he was
not in the cabin either, yet he was there. She opened her mind and
she could feel Ryker, he was happy, contented, sexually satisfied.
He felt stronger, more in control of everything around him; he was
so filled with joy and love, love for her. Thena frowned, how would
I know this then she heard Ryker in her mind, “I am almost to the
cabin went out and brought you something special.”

Ryker had felt
Thena in his mind. When the little tinkle began in his mind it made
him smile and he opened to her telling her he was almost to the
cabin.

When Ryker
walked into the cabin he was all smiles until he saw Thena standing
in the door way of the bedroom looking at her wrist she saw the
scar and knew immediately what left a purplish scar on a wrist. She
was crying not just crying silent tears, she was sobbing out loud
and her face was soaked. She looked up at Ryker, “Why Ryker,
Why?”

Ryker’s smile
left his face, “You wanted it Thena, you said the words to the
ritual to me, and I thought it was what you wanted as much as I
wanted it. Don’t tell me I read you wrong you said the words to the
ritual, you wanted it Thena.” Ryker said almost in a pleading
voice.

Thena realized
suddenly it would not have worked if it had been one sided, it had
to be wanted by both sides for the bond to work. The mental
connection had to be agreed upon one mind could not reach out
without the other responding or reaching out at the same time the
ritual was done. She looked at Ryker, “we are mated now for always
until one or both of us dies.” Thena said sadly.

Ryker growled,
“You don’t have to look like you have been condemned by the
universe to be my mate.” Ryker said with deep pain in his
voice.

Suddenly Thena
felt awful she had hurt Ryker deeply. She wanted him to be happy
she wanted him to smile at her. “Ryker, it was such a shock to me.
I do not feel as if I have been condemned to be your mate. Actually
I am proud to be your mate, I truly do love you, and it’s just that
I wanted it to be romantic; I wanted us to be making love when we
did the ritual. Tears ran down her cheek. It was a foolish,
childish dream of mine is all.

“Honey come to
me, I love you so much, I have for so long and there has never been
anyone else but you since we met. I thought our ritual mating was
great you know what a romantic I am honey. If you want to redo it
we can my love. I am more then willing.”

Thena rushed
into Ryker’s arms and cried, ‘you truly love me Ryker?”

“Yes honey I
do love you more then words can express just read my mind and you
will see it all so clearly.”

Ryker opened
his mind to Thena and she searched his mind openly and when she
found what he was saying was the truth, she broke down and cried,
“I love you Ryker have since the moment I laid eyes on you at that
party in Sweden when we first met.” Thena opened her mind and Ryker
read the truth in her words, he smiled crushed her to his
chest.

“I brought you
something I think you might like.” Ryker said with a big smile.

He reached
into his pocket pulled out a small box handed it to Thena. Thena
opened the box and she took a deep breath. It’s beautiful please
put it on my neck. Ryker took out the two wolves that stood nose to
nose made of gold with a small diamond on each one for eyes. On it
was graved the date of there mating. Then he took out a bracelet
that matched and placed it on her wrist. She smiled up in Ryker’s
face then pulled him down for a kiss that set the world on fire.
After two hours of love making they both dressed and headed to a
local restaurant the most expensive in town serving the best
foods.

Ryker ordered
steaks for them both; they had the special home made ice cream.
They laughed over silly things; they smiled at one another all
through dinner. And both of them could not wait to get back to the
cabin and make love again.

When dinner
was over they drove the short distance to the cabin. After stepping
out of Thena’s SUV Ryker pulled Thena up short next to him and
stopped. Then scented the air, leaning down as if to kiss her he
whispered, “Someone has been here and may still be here.”

Slowly Thena
opened her purse pulled out a gun and hid it behind her purse. Then
she scented the area then smiled, “Ok Zand come on out you
devil!”

Zand stepped
out of beside the cabin and smiled, “Hi you two how are you
doing?”

Ryker said
“Zand you could have gotten yourself killed.”

Zand laughed,
“Not possible I new that Thena would remember my scent. In any case
I have information for you since I am on my way home I thought I
would deliver it in person. Zand leaned in to give Thena a kissed
noticed the necklace, and smiled so you two finally got mated, its
damn will time you both got smart, and realized you belong
together. Zand kissed Thena on the cheek, and took Ryker’s hand
pulled him in for a hug.

“What’ the
news you have for us Zand?” Ryker said with a smile.

“The hit on
Seeker has been removed; apparently the elders talked Melrodger out
of that hit. He is the man who was with his son Cue when he was
killed. They are still trying to get him to remove the one on
Thena, but he won’t move on that one and he hired someone new in
the field his name is Ben Wright. I talked to Rain and to Storm
both and your both welcome to go to one of their cabins and stay
until this mess is cleared up. What would you like to do guys?”

Ryker looked
at Zand, “which would be the safer?”

Well if you
come to Storms pack and stay in one of his cabins your better off,
because I am a beta for Storm, and I know the locations and there
is one perfect cabin for the both of you to stay in.” It is in the
middle of no where, the pack can make checks on both of you. Food
can be waiting there for you so you won’t have to go into town for
anything and supplies can be dropped off to you when you need
them.”

Ryker smiled,
but going into hiding is not our style we would rather face what is
coming and get it the hell over with!”

Zand smiled,
“Sweetheart you had better talk to Ryker and tell him it’s better
to go to a place where you can fight and win then stay in a place
and fight and lose!”

Thena turned
to Ryker, “Zand is right sweet heart and with my condition it might
be wise to get us a little time together without fighting for our
lives at this time. So far I am only into this heat one day now. I
think the desire I had for you was just the heat starting up.”