Blood and Silver: First Bite

Taken

Abigail woke up in Jackson’s arms, after the best sleep of her life.

‘s**t s**t s**t!’ She said, jumping out of bed. It was already morning and she really didn’t want to deal with her mother’s comments about her spending the night in bed with Jackson.

‘You’re 18 babe, you’re an adult.’ Jackson protested as she hurried him out of her room.

‘I’m still under her roof Jackson!’ Abigail said, physically pushing his into his own room. Luckily, she could hear Laura’s heavy breaths coming from behind her door, as she slept soundly, none the wiser.

The timing was excellent, as a few minutes later, the cacophony of Abigail and Laura’s morning alarms sounded, and Abigail was fully dressed by the time Laura came out of her room, yawning.

‘You’re up early.’ Laura said, mid yawn.

‘I needed to pee so I thought I might as well get up.’ Abigail laughed, trying to hide how uncomfortable she was in her lie.

Laura smiled and continued getting cereal bowls out and filling up the coffee pot.

‘I’ll go and check on Jackson!’ Said Abigail excitedly, walking over to his room and knocking on the door.

Jackson opened the door, also fully dressed.

‘Well hello, stranger!’ He smirked. ‘Long time no see!’

Abigail shot him a look to keep quiet, and he reached out and pulled her shirt up to cover her neck.

‘Might want to wear something with a collar.’ He whispered. ‘At least around your mom. A mate mark takes a bit longer to heal than a pack mark.’ He winked.

Abigail ran to her room and changed into a different shirt with a ruffled neck. She came out to the kitchen.

‘Oh why did you change? I loved that other shirt on you!’ Asked Laura.

‘I, it, had a stain on it.’ Abigail thought quickly, and Laura raised her eyebrows but didn’t question her any further.

They raced through breakfast and headed towards the door.

‘Don’t forget, I’m out tonight with the ladies from work. There’s leftovers in the fridge if you get hungry.’ Laura called out.

‘Thanks Mom, love you!’ Abigail called in response, and she got in Jackson’s car for him to drive her to school.

Once safely in the car, Abigail looked at Jackson, who had one hand on the steering wheel and the other on her inner thigh.

‘What happens now?’ She asked.

‘I mean now that you marked me?’

Jackson thought for a second.

‘I shouldn’t have done that without explaining everything to you first. Im an Alpha, and now that you are marked, you are my Luna. My Queen. You are the leader of this pack along with me. It’s a lot of responsibility. I wasn’t thinking clearly at all.’ He said sorrowfully.

‘It’s okay, I felt the same urge but it felt like I didn’t have teeth to bite with.’ Abigail laughed. ‘Whatever is expected of me, I’m sure we will get through it together, right? I just feel closer to you though, is that how it’s supposed to feel?’

Jackson smiled. ‘You will be a perfect Luna. And yes, the mate mark is kinda like… getting married? We’re bonded for life. I hope you don’t get sick of me!’ He chuckled.

‘Never! But you haven’t smelled my farts after drinking milk yet. This mate mark thing IS non refundable, right?’ She joked, and Jackson gave a spirited laugh.

‘Babe I don’t care if your farts smell, if your teeth fall out, if you get foot fungus… you are mine.’ He rubbed her leg tenderly, and she leaned over to place a kiss on his cheek.

They got to the school and said their goodbyes, and Abigail caught up to Hannah on the steps.

‘You look different Abs, you’re glowing!’ Said Hannah.

‘Oh my god you had s*x, didn’t you?!’ She squealed, as Abigail hurriedly shushed her and laughed.

‘How was it?’ She questioned.

‘It was so amazing.’ Abigail replied, almost tearfully. ‘He was so gentle and understanding, and it felt so good.’ She continued.

‘Ah I’m happy for you babe!’ Said Hannah. ‘Jared and I aren’t there yet. He’s being kinda distant lately. I think we’re gonna break up.’ She said.

‘Oh no! I’m sorry Han!’ Replied Abigail.

‘Nah it’s really okay, he was starting to annoy me. Our interests are really different and he’s kinda… boring.’ Hannah joked. ‘It’s for the best.’

They walked to class together. Friday was one of the days that they had all of the same classes, so they were able to talk on their way to their classes, and occasionally in their classes, much to their teachers’ annoyance.

At break, they noticed that several of the boys from the wrestling team, in particular the ones who had been giving Mr Howard a hard time, were dotted around the school campus, doing various jobs ranging from scrubbing lockers to sweeping to picking up litter. Mr Howard walked out of his office.

‘Boys, don’t let me see you slacking!’ He barked.

He looked at Abigail. ‘Thank you, Ms Moore. I believe you spoke to Alpha Jackson. I have some of my authority back!’ He seemed excited and was definitely putting his newfound power to good use. He started to walk towards the boys to inspect their work, when he stopped suddenly, sniffing the air.

He turned to Abigail.

‘Congratulations, Luna.’ He winked. ‘You are an excellent addition to our pack.’ He turned on his heels and walked away.

‘What the hell was that?’ Asked Hannah.

‘Jackson, uh, marked me as his mate.’ Stated Abigail. I guess that makes me Luna of the pack. Kinda like his First Lady?’ She chuckled.

‘Well s**t, I’ve gotta find an Alpha, First Lady seems like my kind of job!’ Hannah laughed.

Multiple meme we of the pack had noticed the same thing, and bowed their heads respectfully as Abigail walked past. She hadn’t expected this, but it felt good to be accepted by the pack as their Luna.

She rounded the corner to the front doors of the school, as her and Hannah loved to sit in the front under the shade of the big trees in the garden. As she did, a man blocked their path.

He looked to be in his mid thirties, and although he was good looking, with his messy brown hair, stubble and piercing blue eyes, something about him also looked rough around the edges. He wore a pair of ragged blue jeans, black boots and a black shirt and leather jacket combo.

‘You.’ He said, his eyes staring into her soul. He breathed in her scent and instantly his blue eyes turned crimson with anger.

‘Mated?!’ He shouted.

Abigail was confused. She had no idea who this man was, and why he seemed angry with her. Before she had time to dwell on it, he rushed towards her and threw her over his shoulder, taking off out of the front doors with her and running towards the woods.

‘Abigail!’ Shouted Hannah. ‘Guards?!’ She shouted again, but no one came. She took out her phone and called Jackson’s number.

‘Someone took her Jackson! He took Abigail.’ She cried out, tears streaming down her cheeks.