Ursanthropy
21. Worst Dream Ever

A/n: I just realized that I hadn't submitted a chapter yesterday! Awful me! Enjoy another chapter today! 💛

Doreen

I had woken up, in this massive bedroom, in a bed with soft cushions and silk sheets. It didn’t took me long to figure out that this big room belonged to Jack, and he had brought me here, to keep a close eye on me. I was so tired after all the things that had been going on the past few days, that I could barely keep myself awake today.

And the times that I fell asleep, nightmares of a rabid black bear who turned into Jack, had haunted my sleep, fogging my mind with confusion. So, I still wasn’t fully rested.

But upon waking up this time, I had seen him go through my stuff.

He had said my first two names, then hesitated and said my father’s first names, which I completed with saying my last name.

I guess my father’s reputation has reached Jack’s little town as well, as otherwise he wouldn’t have known the name. And him gasping at the realisation, that I was the daughter and heir of that same reputation, made my situation a lot worse.

“No, I don’t know why you haven’t told me!” Jack yelled to me. “And because of not knowing, three of my men have been killed, two are in critical condition, and ten more are being treated for bullets in their body! Do you know what you have caused, by both staying here and by not telling me?!” He continued his rant.

I was taken aback by the force in his voice.

Hadn’t I told him that it would have been dangerous to know about me or my past? Hadn’t I wanted to leave, to keep them all safe? For crying out loud, if my car had not been dead, I would have left right after the bar-incident!

“You yourself didn’t want me to leave!” I yelled back, still crying. “And what did I get by staying? I got kidnapped, nearly got raped, and maybe had to face a worse fate after that, because I decided to listen to Vic, Bertha and you!”

I took a few breaths, but got angrier instead.

“And don’t you dare put those deaths on me! Don’t you fucking dare push any more guilt on me!”

Jack stood up from his chair, without saying a word, but I wasn’t finished. I threw away the sheets, stood up as well and met his approach.

“I have been running for my life, for three years already, never wanting to have anyone hurt, so I made sure to never stay longer than needed! And I don’t need a fucking bear-whisperer to tell me to stay, to distract me with his body, and, and… Ah! I just need some peace of my own!” I slammed my fists against Jack’s chest, gripped his shirt tight and screamed out my anger against him.

I should have used a pillow to scream my anger into, as Jack’s chest isn’t the softest thing in the world to numb my voice with, but lowering my volume of speech is the last thing on my list to do now.

He let me scream and cry until I was nearly done, and then lifted me up by putting his hands on my thighs, guiding my legs to be on either side of his waist. He never spoke a single word, when I was crying and screaming my lungs out, he just held me tight and walked over to another room.

I lifted myself a little, to look around Jack’s body and saw that we were in the bathroom.

He put me on the counter, right next to one of the sinks, as there were two, and let me go, to walk over to the bathtub.

Only then, when his warmth left my body, I realised that I had been naked all this time!

I had been angry towards him, ranting, stomping my feet, bouncing up and down, in my angry state of mind, and the worst of it was, that I had been naked all through that! Instantly, I covered my boobs, with my arms and tightened my thighs together.

“Why didn’t you at least cover me with one of your shirts!” I shouted.

He chuckled, but kept looking to the water in the tub, testing it with his fingers to feel if it wasn’t too hot to dip in. Then, when the tub was finally full, he walked over to me, and reached out to me with his hands.

“Don’t touch me!” I shouted.

“Doreen, I have seen it all already. Just let me lift you off the counter, so you can take a nice warm bath.” He said to me.

I know he has seen it all, even though I hadn’t realised it, but that doesn’t mean that he can take advantage of looking at me right now! But when I looked at him, at his eyes, there was nothing but sincerity in it. Maybe also a little bit of disgust, from probably all the dirt and filth that was on my body, so I decided to let my feelings fall aside for a moment.

I don’t know why I should deserve such a treatment, as I had been shouting towards him for the past few minutes, but I guess it is too late to worry about him seeing me naked now.

A blush grew on my cheeks, as I let go of my boobs and took hold of his shoulders, as he indeed only lifted me off the counter.

Jack stepped aside and let me walk over to the tub. I slowly dipped my toe in the hot water, but as it felt so good, I just let myself slide in completely and let the warmth consume my thoughts.

“On the side there, is some soap and shampoo, and here in the cabinet are some towels.” Jack said, and knocked on the said cabinet, as I looked behind me.

“Thank you.” I softly said.

He nodded, and left the room, without saying another word.

I looked towards the soap and smiled a little. ‘Honey’ it said on the bar of soap, right in the middle of a honeycomb logo. So, the men can communicate with bears, and now there is soap with a honey scent? Irony or coincidence?

Anyhow, I started to use it, to wash off all the grime and feelings that this Lieutenant Cauley has given me. And the more I thought about what happened, the more I rubbed to make sure that his touches had left my body. But more tears started to flow again as well, as I remembered that half my hair was gone and also because I felt a stinging wound in my neck, probably from the knife that he had kept against my skin. It all drew me back to those terrifying moments. To my nightmares.

Jack

She was right, I had been so selfish to want to keep her here, only because she is my mate. I never wanted her to leave, even when she told me that it could be dangerous. But she was meant to be my Luna, so I couldn’t just let her go away.

Not now even, even though it had cost me three of my men, and maybe more if they couldn’t get out of their bad situation. It had never been her fault, that those hunters attacked us, and kidnapped her to take her back to her father.

But still, it would have been easier, if she would have told us about her father in the first place, right? Or wouldn’t that have mattered? Would I have expected them to bring automated rifles? Would I have known from which direction they had come?

I guess not.

As I did know about her heritage now, I immediately had put up several extra watchpoints and perimeter check groups. I might not know when they would come here, and with how many, but I’m not going to wait unprepared for them to have free range again.

So, in the next few days, we are going to do everything we can, to protect my pack and town, to be on high alert at all times, until we know more.

But not right now, as I’ll stay here, for the night.

It had been really hard not to smile at her angry rant, though. As she was bloody naked, while she was pointing and stomping down her foot to me. I had seen her boobs jump up and down when she yelled at me, and nearly wanted to say something about it.

Damn, my cock wanted to do his bit of talking as well!

But the stench of that asshole who almost violated her, was helping me a lot, to keep my smile and comments inwards.

Again, even though she was still wearing that stupid necklace, and she had experienced something terrifying, she decided to get close to me, and I wondered if we could get through the barrier, even without taking off the necklace.

It was her mother’s after all, so I’m not sure if she wanted to take it off for good.

As I walked over to my bed, I heard Doreen cry, as she was taking a moment for herself. She has been through a lot, and it wasn’t fair to her, for me to become angry. I should have reined myself in, and let her take a bath first, instead of yelling to her.

She is making me soft… I groaned.

But even though she was almost quiet now, and I could smell the scent of honey coming through the bathroom door, making me slightly less stressed about her emotional status, we still have a lot to talk about.

I heard the bathtub run empty, and her grabbing a towel to dry herself, so I sat up on my bed, waiting for her to step out of the bathroom again.

After a few minutes she came out, and a waft of delicious honey-coated aroma came towards me, while her beautiful little body was only wrapped in a large towel. It was good that I was still wearing my jeans, as otherwise my cock would have jumped straight up.

Goddess sake! This is not the moment!

I clenched my jaws and patted on the bed for her to come sit next to me.

Doreen

Even though I still have to process a lot, I was done crying.

But when I got out of the bathroom, I saw Jack’s face tighten up, and was afraid he was going to yell at me again. Well, if he does, than I will have to brace myself!

But he didn’t yell, luckily. I honestly don’t think I could’ve yelled any more…

“Doreen, I know I have pushed you into staying here, so I’m sorry that I have yelled to you. But you have to understand that me being an Alpha, I have to keep my pack and people safe at all times. So, could you at least tell me now, about your history?” He asked me, and I looked at him, completely dumbfounded.

Information that I once had read from a biology book and an encyclopaedia, suddenly flurried through my mind. An Alpha is the leader of a group of animals, or Pack I suppose. But these terms are used in animal hierarchy and perhaps sometimes in military as well, but Jack isn’t military…

Thoughts of my nightmares came back to me again…

Ohhhh, shit! I hadn’t had nightmares, about a huge black bear that turned back into the man that sat right next to me! Realisation struck, as I figured out that what I was having nightmares about, hadn’t been a dream, it was for real!

“Al- Alpha? P-Pack? You mean, you… you… I haven’t dreamt tha- that?” I stuttered.

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