Ursanthropy
20. Princess

Doreen

Lieutenant Cauley had dragged me across the hallway, while I was still naked, and plenty of other men had seen me like that, while being pulled forward by him. There wasn’t a shred of humanity in this person’s body, as he just didn’t care if I was naked or not.

When we arrived at the place where he wanted me to be, I had been confused at first, by seeing Dennis in this room instead of Jack.

Even though his body looked mangled, Dennis still had the energy to say strange things to Cauley, like; ‘So, now you have come here to make me talk by torturing my girlfriend?’ or ‘If you touch my girl, you’ll never get away alive!’, which made me aware that he was putting up an act. So, I had diligently talked along, and asked Dennis in a loving way if he was alright.

I was happy that this little show only lasted for a few minutes, but then got scared as soon as I heard a lot of noise coming from outside. The snapping of bones and guns being fired, along with terrified screams filled the air. And if that wasn’t enough, the whole complex shook on its base, from the walls that were being brought down by a massive machine... Or so I thought.

It wasn’t until the biggest black bear of the century, just splintered the door and the surrounding walls as well, that ripped through my original thought, clearly making sure that I was wrong.

The muscles that rippled underneath the bear’s fur, the teeth that were covered in drooling saliva, shimmering through the wetness with the little light that was still on, inside this room, managed to create a fear within me, that almost made me faint.

Even his paws and claws, that were bleeding, because he just tore down an entire building, made me aware that he could shred me and my assailant in little pieces, just with one swipe.

But it was what Dennis had replied to Cauley, that made me more confused than anything that had just happened here.

He called the bear ‘his Alpha’, suggesting that the black bear was a sentient humanoid being. That the bear in fact, lead a whole army of others. But what others? And how could bears lead anything at all?

But then something happened.

The black fur of the bear fell off its back. The muscles of the bear withdrew, its claws retracted, as well as its teeth. Bones snapped and shifted, underneath the muscles and skin of the now almost visible man that appeared in front of me.

The last of the fur shaken off, revealing a bunch of tattoos that I hadn’t seen before, as they were covered in clothes at other moments.

Jack stood up straight, completely naked, avoiding my eyes as he knew that this moment would shock me to my core.

Right there, with the knife still against my throat, I lost my breath and felt myself slip away.

Jack

The knife dragged through her skin for a bit, as she fainted in the man’s arms. He had let her drop, as the surprise of me shifting, and her fainting, was too much to work with.

“The rumours are true.” He whispered and crumbled together, holding the knife in front of him.

As if that is going to keep me from killing him, I grinned.

This measly, pathetic bag of flesh dared to touch my woman, and even had the intention of raping her! He was going to die, in so much fear and pain, more pain than he had caused my Beta.

I knocked the knife out of his hand, which was easy as he was already trembling. He knew what was coming, and yet he was able to create the slightest grin on his ugly face.

It confused me a little, but it wasn’t going to stop me from killing him.

I knocked him in the chest, instantly breaking some of his ribs, making him cough up some blood.

“There is something you don’t know about her.” He said, with bloody teeth, but I ignored him.

I grabbed his leg, and pushed down his knee, crunching it with only using my weight on it. He roared in pain, but when I stopped and let go of his knee, he started to laugh.

“Knowing that you don’t know this about her, is so amusing!” He laughed like a maniac now.

I grabbed his other knee, and crunched it, just the same as I did with his other. He screamed again, but this time longer, as I also used my claws to squeeze his flesh together. Blood was squirting out of his knee, as the flesh around the bone was torn and shredded.

I looked at my unconscious mate, as my curiosity was rising, from his comments. He started to cackle again and I became furious.

“What do you know about her?! You have only kidnapped her, to get to me!” I yelled to him.

“No, we didn’t! Yet you being there as well, was a nice coincidence!” He laughed.

What? They came for her? Were these hunters her chasers? The ones that followed her for three years already?

But if she was somehow connected to these hunters, then why didn’t she know about us? Why didn’t she know about the things that we can do? And why didn’t she tell me?

I was starting to get a headache, from all the questions that made this whole situation a complete mess.

The now limp man had picked up the knife, when I was distracted for a moment.

“They will come for her! The King will replace his Princess!” He yelled, before slicing up his own throat.

Even though I wanted to torture this coward more, he knew he was going to die, so he ended it himself, to avoid any other pain. I didn’t care about him being dead, but it’s what he had said, that made the little hairs at the back of my neck stand up in attention. I’m not exactly sure why, but I know that what he said, is something that we have to prepare for. Something, that could alter our lives forever.

But even though I didn’t have all the answers, I know who has.

I gently picked up her beautiful naked body, and cradled her against my own. Even unconscious, her throat purred contently when being so close to me. I know I have to talk to her, about a lot of things, but her health and safety is more important to me right now.

No matter what I have to tell or show her, and no matter what she will tell me, she is my mate and I have to trust the Goddess for the match she made.

More of my men came inside now, and I commanded them to get the bolt cutters and release the now unconscious Dennis as well.

“Get him the best care, he kept your Luna safe, all this time.” I said, fully aware of calling out her title.

My men gasped, but looked happy now as well, as they now know that I have found my Luna. They instantly ran up to help Dennis, and I continued my way outside.

Once I was out of the rubble, and on my way to one of my other trucks, Doreen woke up in my arms.

“What, where...” She stuttered.

“Shush my love, just rest now. You are safe.” I said and she drifted off again, clutching herself tight against my warm body.

I bet she doesn’t realize right now that she is in my arms, but even if she did, her necklace was still around her neck, so it made me really happy that she was holding me so tightly.

It was confusing me still though, that something so trivial, as her necklace, could prevent us from feeling the bond. Who made the necklace, what was its origin, and why was it created in the first place?

“Alpha?” One of my men softly asked at the other end of the door.

I looked over to Doreen, who was still sound asleep in my bed. We had arrived here last night, and she had been in and out of sleep ever since. It was late in the afternoon now, but I hadn’t woke her up, as I wanted her to wake up herself.

He came in after I said he could, and he handed me Doreen’s belongings, that were found in my beaten-up truck. As my men had found it in a ditch, after we cleaned up the bodies and paid the owner of the motel a fair amount of money to relocate his building.

At first, I didn’t want to search through her belongings, but ever since the bastard called her a ‘Princess’ and that the ‘King’ was looking for her, I had to make sure that she wasn’t who I think she was.

It was for the safety of my pack and that of others, to replace out if my thoughts were right. Even though I wanted it to be so, very, very wrong.

I sighed deeply and opened her bag.

Water bottle, a pair of old keys, a spare set of underwear -which are mine now-, and her purse with personal papers. I searched for some sort of identification, which I found at last.

My heart pounded as I looked over her passport.

“Doreen May...” I didn’t dare to pronounce her last name out loud.

My assumptions were right...

The so-called King of all hunters, who has managed to replace and massacre a lot of shifters, and who is also known for experimenting on them, to replace out their abilities...

A man, grown out to be one of the most horrible, sadistic and murderous beings, that the world has ever seen in centuries...

“Damien Christopher-

-Deveraux” Doreen interrupted me.

I looked up with wide eyes, shock trembling through my body, as I saw her sitting up.

“And now you know, why I didn’t tell you.” She said, tears welling up her eyes.