Sapphire: A Werewolf Love Story (18 page)

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Dolly knows I want to catch up with Sapphire to make
sure she’s protected.  After two minutes, Tatiana storms into the room,
obviously irritated she was called out.

“Tatiana, you’re on house arrest for a month.  You
will only be able to run with the pack once a week.  You will take your dinners
in your room.  We don’t tolerate spoiled brat attitudes here in Oklahoma.  If
you’d like to say a smart comment, you can pack your bags and leave.  Is that
understood?”  Dolly scolds.

Tatiana lowers her gaze and quietly says she
understands. 

I excuse myself for the evening to go to Sapphire’s
house.  Dolly wished me luck and gives me a quick hug.

Sapphire answers the door, her eyes look happy to
see me.  Her lips curve up in a smile, and my heart pleads for her to have me. 
I’m taken off guard as she tells me that she wants something between us.  She
believes me about not wanting to leave her years ago, and she gets it about me
not wanting to turn her.  I’m amazed by her.  We kiss our first kiss in almost
three years, and I’m catapulted into the memory of meeting her.  Our first
everything happened in this house, and I’m ready to be that couple again.  Sapphire’s
house stirs my memories into a jumble of desire.  Her hair, still long and
beautiful, is tied back into a braid…a braid I want to pull and tilt her head
back and devour her.

Even though I assigned two weres to guard the house,
I won’t allow her to be alone in the house tonight.  Thankfully, it will only
be the two of us and Storm. 

The moment the door opens, I have no doubt our son
Storm is a werewolf.  He’s on the road to shifting for his first time. 
Thankfully, if the first shift is before the fifth birthday, it’s painless and
happens randomly.  We’ve learned not to take a toddler wolf in public.  One
minute they’re in their stroller a happy bouncing human baby, the next they’re
a curious little wolf. 

After Sapphire regained her memories a synergy
flowed through us.  We weren’t touching, but we linked.  Nothing prepared me to
literally become part of another human being.  Every aspect of her life from
the first minute we met until this very moment sizzled through my brain.  By
the way she is fidgeting in her chair, I detect she’s experiencing it too.

Everyone says their good-byes and Sapphire and I can
finally get some alone time.  Ruby insists on taking Storm next door so he won’t
wake up to a strange man in the house.  She’s going to be a pain in the ass to
convince that this is a forever thing.  We mate for life.

“I’m going to go put on some yoga pants.  Can I get
you anything?”  Sapphire asks.

“No, I’m content right here.” 

She disappears to her room and I’m surrounded with
the sorrow I brought her.  I’m unsure if I’m happy the sex, and our talks, kept
her fire alive, or if it makes me sad.  She used those memories to ease the
pain.  The day Storm was born, she asked Ruby to find me, but she refused. 
Sapphire’s tears streamed down her face as our son entered the world.  As she
cradled him, she made promises she’d find me, and we’d love him forever. 

Like me, she threw herself into work.  The more
successful her shop got, the more determined she felt.  Will I ever be able to
fill the void that consumed her for almost three years. 

If I could have been there for her the day she found
out she was pregnant, the joy and fear could have been shared with me. Damn, I
have so much to do to fix this, to fix the pain.

“Beta, are you lost?”

I smile up at her smiling face.  “No, I’m never lost
when you’re so close.”  Taking a chance, I stand up and pull her to me.  One
step closer to our forever.  “I could hold you like this for the rest of my
life.  Shutting out the world and dying in your embrace.  If I could strip away
your fears, and the heartache I caused, I would bear that burden and leave you
with nothing but love.  You’re such a good person.  You’re kind to people even
when they don’t deserve your kindness.  Please, I beg of you, let me make it up
to you.  We’re perfectly amalgamated to each other.”  I kiss her forehead.

“You’re right, I had pain.  Keyword, HAD.  You
weren’t without pain Parker.  I know how much it hurt you to hurt me.  I
understand… we have time to make-up for lost time.  You haven’t a clue how much
I hope you have a bag of tricks with you.”  She pulls her head back and looks
up at me with a mischievous grin.

“Darlin’, anything you want, I’m obliged.   Do you
have anything in mind?”

“Oh, do I ever.  Let’s get out of these clothes! 
How can you stand being dressed?  My sensory system is overloaded.”

I nuzzle her neck, the softness of her skin on my
lips, I’m intoxicated by her scent.  “I need to run out to my car.  Don’t go
anywhere.”

SAPPHIRE

The clock is ticking too loud, my skin is aching to
be touched, my heart is pounding, pulse racing, desire…causing tingles.  Oh.
My. God! 

I run into my room and rip off my clothes and slide
on a cute silk robe from my store.  I’m so glad I shaved my legs this morning. 
I run my hand down them to make sure I don’t have any stubble.  I take a lady
cloth and freshen my girlie parts. I fluff my hair and get on my bed in my most
seductive look possible. 

What is taking him so long?  He should be in here
taking advantage of me.  A tapping on my bedroom door sends my nervous system
in overdrive with excitement. 

“Come in,” I whisper, knowing he can hear me.

His eyes glide over the length of my body, his
eyebrow arches slightly as he continues the seduction.  I want to rip my robe
off and throw him to the floor, exploring his limits.

Parker comes to the edge of the bed using his knees
and the bed to keep him stable.  He reaches for the silk tie on my robe.  It
took one tug and it fell open.  His hands slide under my butt and in a single
motion he has pulled me to the edge of the bed and wrapped my legs around him. 
My robe is bunched up under me and my hair is splayed across the bed.  Using
both of his hands, he caresses my sides up higher and higher until they’re at
my breast.  He cups them and bends to give each a light kiss.

For the love of all things sacred, will
he lose the boxers and take me already! 
I let out a soft
moan as he continues his caressing torture.  I arch my pelvis up a little.  A
grin spreads across his face and heat spreads across my body.

“Shhhhh, my little wolf.  We’re going to savor every
single little moment.  It has been a long time since I’ve touched you, and I’m
going to enjoy it one hundred percent.” 

He lightly blows on my belly, giving me the shivers. 
Who would have thought it was several hours ago and I was a wolf?  I’m human
again, with my memory, and I’m in bed, about to have great sex and my life
colored wonderful. 

I wrap my arms around him, pulling him down on top
of me.  My breasts are smashed against him, legs around his waist and heat
running through my veins.

“Phire, I must remind you that we’re werewolves,
we’re strong, and resilient.  You won’t hurt me, this I promise you.

I look at the clock, 9:30 p.m.   “You don’t worry
about me, I have lethal hands after all,” I tease.

In a matter seconds he flipped us over, and now he’s
on his back.  “Hmmmm, that’s a turn on…lethal hands and all.”

I open my mouth in surprise, “I’m serious.”

“Me too.”

“You’re about to find out what tricks I’ve learned
since you’ve been gone.”  I wiggle around, enjoying the filling of my nipples
rubbing against his bare chest.

“Take me, I’m all yours, love.  Defile me with your
lethal hands.”  He spreads his arms out on the bed. 

I lean forward and gently bite his chest.

“Oh, I do like that.  What other tricks do you
have?” 

I sit up, I’m straddling his belly, on my knees,
careful not to let my girl parts touch him.  Not yet, at least.  “You want to
play do you?  Good, because I’m playful right now.”  I jump up in one movement. 
Oh, I like my cat-like reflexes.  That doesn’t make much sense, I’m a wolf. 
Should I say I have wolf-like reflexes?  He cocks his head over to the side and
flashes me a sexy smile.  The kind of smile that gives a new meaning to
hot-flash.

He casually sits up and grabs me by my wrists,
“You’re biting off more than you can chew, beautiful.”  He wrestles me around
until he is behind me and he’s pinned my arms to my side.  “God, Sapphire, I’ve
missed you.” He whispers in my ear.

My breathing quickens as I feel his breath on my
ear.  “I’ve missed you too.”

“I want you.”

“Now?”

“Yes,” he says and spins me around to face him. 
There’s me, on the floor, in a puddle.  He gently kisses my mouth, within
moments our kiss is deeper and deeper.  His hands are touching me everywhere. 
My body responds as I tentatively rest my hands on his shoulders to steady
myself.  He takes his foot and guides my feet to spread apart.  I suck in my
breath, knowing he’ll touch me there, as in there…the places that are begging
to be touched.  Demanding in fact, yes, my body is demanding for this man to
make love to me.

“Parker, I can’t stand much longer.” 

He dips down and picks me up, cradling me in his
arms.  “You will never stand alone again.  I’ll always lift you up….right now,
I’m going to set you on your bed and ravage your body for the next seventy-five
years.” 

Is it possible to faint if you’re already on your
back?  He pulls off his boxers and climbs into bed with me.  As he entered me,
my legs wrapped around his back, and my heart bursts into a million shards of
love.  If anyone tells me this is wrong, I’ll tell them I never want to be
right.  I arch my back as we both explode and reconnect as one single soul.  I
am without a doubt meant to live this life.

I curl up next to him on the bed, his arm around me
and my finger lightly tracing his chest.  “This is almost like a real fairy
tale.”

“Hmmmm, I like to think of us as a love story….a
werewolf love story.”  He kisses the top of my head, and I convince him we have
more time to make up for.

Epilogue

SAPPHIRE

5 Months Later

“Run!  Faster Storm!  Almost there!”  I yell out. 

Storm runs over to the table to get his cup of
water.  “Mommy, did you see?  I almost make a touchdown.  Did you see?  Huh?”

“I did, you will be playing with the Dallas Cowboys
before you know it,” I say as I hand him a napkin to wipe his chin.

“You think?  I wanna play wid the Cowboys.  They have
purty cheer weeders.”

“You are like your father.  Go in the house and wash
up, you’re spending the night with grandma.”

“Oh no, she always says I act like a wild man.  I
not a wild man.  No uh-uh, I wild WOLF! Roar!”  He holds his hands up like
claws.

I laugh at his theatrics.  “Okay, go clean up. 
Estelle will help you.”

Dolly brings a fresh pitcher of tea to our patio
table.  Parker is helping Abel train for the werewolf Olympics this winter in
Ireland.  Storm loves ‘practicing’ with all of his ‘uncles’.  He thinks he’s
one of the guys when they let him help.  Pru is trying to organize a pee-wee
event for the children under five to compete in.  There’s one more approval to
get and it will be approved.  We’ve found there are ten under-fives in the
world, Storm is one of the ten.

Pru and Oakley have been busy with wedding plans, as
well as training in agility and some other sports.  Parker and I got married
the week after we found each other again.  Neither of us found the need to have
a big wedding.  We were married downtown at the courthouse, and had a reception
a few weeks later.  Ruby finds every excuse under the sun to come to the farm. 
I don’t think she wants to be a werewolf, I think she wants to
do
a
werewolf.  Parker has threatened the whole pack if they go near Ruby.  Michael
flirts with her in front of Tatiana to aggravate her.

Parker and I found an architect to design our house
on the farm land.  The General left Parker some acreage on the farm when he
died.  It’s far enough away we will have privacy, but close enough to be with
the pack in a moment’s notice.  Parker insisted on buying me a ridiculous golf-cart
that looks like a hotrod to ride between properties on.

Ever since we found out I’m pregnant, he’s been a
wreck.  Abel’s mom Natalie is living at the farm and will deliver her when she
comes.

We ended up not having to give out the twenty-five
thousand dollars for Pedro, he turned himself in when he heard of the bounty. 
In his twisted mind, he thought if he turned himself in, we’d give him the
money.  It didn’t work in his favor.  Josie came out and with Pru and Dolly
they were able to bind him to the pack.  He won’t give up any information about
who sired him, so he’s been banned to the cage.  He’ll be locked up until he
comes clean, if he ever does.