Wild Love

Chapter 6

Kira breathed a sigh of relief when her patient was fast asleep. It had been a flurry of activity right from the time she first received him and this was the first time she was getting to take a breather.

She went over her day as she prepared to get in the tub. She didn’t see this outcome coming when she went in to work thinking up new ways to convince Mr. Anderson to let her keep working.

Jael was also a very good patient, other than their first moments together when they still didn’t know how to act around each other, there hadn’t been any other incidents.

Kira was quick to slip into the steaming tub, letting the sweetly scented water soothe her sore and cold body. The water lapped around her collarbones, rising higher to her scent glands. It reminded her of when Jael tried to eat her up when he first came.

She shook her head with a fond smile as she remembered, she was relieved that it was resolved and there would be no repetition of it. Not because she minded having to take a shower but because it had made her body tingle.

She would file it away as being touch-starved and nothing more.

Kira looked out the closed windows that were closed to keep the cold wind out. It was late afternoon so she should be able to take a short nap before she would get started on dinner.

She would give Jael a larger portion tonight. She would also need to take a drive to town to do some grocery shopping, she hadn’t been expecting an in-house guest but now she had an extra mouth to feed.

Kira got out of the tub when the water started to cool, wrapping a towel around herself. She had washed her long, blonde hair that morning so there was no need for her to do the same now, not like she had the energy to.

She wore a thick knitted sweater and loose cotton pants, not forgetting to put on socks. It was important that she kept warm.

Kira paused before she got into the bed, fighting the urge to go check up on her sleeping patient. What if Jael couldn’t sleep for some reason and the poor werewolf was stuck in the room unable to leave?

It wasn’t difficult for Kira to convince herself to check up on Jael and in no time she was already heading for her door. She pulled it open to find the very person she was about to go check up on, sitting right at her door waiting for her.

Jael was curled up in front of her door, his furry head settled on his large paws as he stared expectantly at her door. He perked up when he saw her, his big tail swishing from side to side.

“Jael!” Kira exclaimed in surprise. “Why are you here? How did you even get out of your room?” She immediately asked like he could provide her a response.

Jael got to his feet, staring at her intently as she asked him question after question.

Kira deflated after her initial surprise of seeing Jael. "You couldn't sleep?"

Jael c****d his head to the side, an action Kira noted that he did whenever he was trying to talk to her. He nudged her with the tip of his nose, looking steadily into her bedroom.

"Y-You want to sleep with me?" Kira exclaimed, flustered.

Jael kept a straight face, nudging her arm and looking into her bedroom again. He had woken up the moment the female's scent started to fade and immediately went looking for her.

He traced the scent to this room and comfortably settled in front of her door. That way he could protect her if anything happened, it was easy to doze off again with that thought.

Kira stepped forward to hug Jael, her arms going around his large neck as she ruffled and patted his fur.

"Shouldn't this be the other way around? It's your first night here, yet you already have separation anxiety." She said fondly.

"Alright, you can come in." She easily gave in, letting him nuzzle her palm.

She gently guided him in, relieved that her bedroom was somewhat spacious. "You can't join me on the bed though so you have to make do with this rug." She explained.

Jael was just pleased that he got to stay closer to her, it eased him because now he could protect her even better.

Besides he slept on the hard ground and was often under the sky his whole life. This was luxury to him.

Kira beamed when the werewolf curled up on the rug that she pointed out to him. In her opinion, he was starting to listen better. Almost like he was quickly adapting to language once more.

She had to admit that she also felt relieved that he was beside her because that way she could constantly check on his well being.

Kira got on her bed after Jael was comfortably dozing off. She turned down the lights and pulled up her blanket around her shoulders, only to freeze and look in the direction of Jael.

From her direction, he was just a big dark lump in the dim room. Although he didn't need it because of his thick fur, Kira felt guilty about leaving him without pillows or blankets.

So she got out of bed once again and when searching for spate pillows and blankets.

Jael stared at her in pleasant surprise when she tucked a pillow under his head. He kept curiously watching her as she went around him to properly cover him up with a big blanket.

Jael let out a whine low in his throat at this. No one has ever cared to look out for him before, it warmed up his heart that he thought he lost a long time ago.

Kira petted him one last time, she was spoiling him like he was her puppy. But he was so calm and sweet that she couldn't help herself.

Finally she climbed into bed to take her much needed nap. With her blankets snuggled up to her heated cheeks it was easy for her to fall asleep.

Her breathing deepened in a manner of minutes and only when she was fast asleep did Jael gently lift his head up to watch her sleep.

He wanted to place his head on the bed beside her and without thinking, he did just that.

Usually, he would have worried if Kira wouldn't like it, like all the other people he had spent time around but he didn't even remember to be worried now.

Jael moved carefully so that the blanket the sweet female had placed over his body. He didn't need it but just like when she had wrapped a scarf around his neck that afternoon, it made him warm up from within.

He blinked languidly at her when his head was comfortably nestled on the bed beside her. Her scent wafted over him and in no time he joined her in sleep.