Moonlit Secrets

A New Day

Annika blinks awake, her vision blurring as sunlight peeks through the window. A heavy weight settles on her chest, a strange mixture of anxiety and happiness. She glances over to the empty space beside her. Kai isn't there.

A rush of confusion washes over her. Was that another dream? Or did that really happen last night? She sits up, the sheets tangling around her legs. Her heart pounds as she looks around the room. Everything seems normal.

She closes her eyes as she rubs her face. As she opens her eyes and looks to the floor, she notices something out of place. A familiar article of clothing lay on the floor, a sudden reminder of last night. Kai's wife-beater. Her breath shudders. Does this confirm that it wasn’t a dream?

A surge of anxiety fills her. She needs answers. She swings her legs over the bed and pads barefoot to the door, her mind racing.

The living room is full of soft morning light. Kai sprawls out on the couch, his chest rising and falling with each breath. He looks so peaceful, so innocent. A feeling of desire shoots through her, she wants to touch him, to feel him.

She walked up to him cautiously, her heart pounding in her chest. She reaches a hesitant hand out and gently touches his shoulder. He stirs, eyelids fluttering open. A slight smile spreads across his face as he pulls her closer, his arms wrapping around her waist, pulling her onto the couch to join him.

"Five more minutes," he whispers, his voice husky with sleep.

Annika's breath catches in her throat. She must know. But her body feels so comfortable against his. Her head on his chest, just under his chin. "Kai," she begins, her voice barely a whisper. "Last night...Did we…"

He cuts her off, his eyes still closed and a slight smile forms. "Yes."

She curls in closer. So, it wasn’t a dream this time. A mix of emotions flood her - relief, anxiety, and joy.

"It felt like a dream," she stammers quietly.

Kai looks down at her and asks, “Are you okay?”

Annika replies with a smile of curiosity, “Yeah, I’m okay, it was amazing. I’ve never felt those things before. My hands changed and so did yours. And your eyes.”

Kai explains, “When werewolves are being intimate, they’ll start to transform. Our primal side begins to come out. Normally, werewolves go full wolf their first time. They’re so caught up and use to the animalistic side and that’s how they always end up being every time. But with you, it wasn’t like that. I’m still unsure as to how you were able to not fully transform. It’s uncontrollable.”

Annika curls up hiding her face, beginning to feel embarrassed for not fully transforming like others. But Kai takes notice and pulls her up by her chin, looks at her and assures her. “You were amazing last night. There’s something special about you. We connected differently than how others do, and it made me feel less like an animal. It was like you were a part of me, showing me a different side of my werewolf self. Like we don’t have to be animals all the time. It was better than anything I have ever felt before. And I would very much prefer to feel that way all the time rather than wanting to rip the pelt off someone’s back from being too far gone as wolf.”

Kai’s reassurance makes Annika blush. She begins to kiss his chest placing her hand on his bicep. “Well, you know, I do need to find more ways to unlock my werewolf abilities.” She says teasingly. “And if we were able to unlock just those few last night, maybe we should...” She looks up at Kai with seemingly innocent big green eyes and continues, “Keep doing it that way until they’re all unlocked.” She mischievously smiles as she bites her bottom lip, bringing her mouth closer to his.

This behavior excites Kai as he pulls her in tighter to his shirtless body. “Well, I’m not going to argue you with you. I know what a great lawyer you are, I would never win.” He smirks as his gaze travels back and forth between her mouth and her eyes anticipating the actions coming up next.

Annika presses her lips against his and whispers “But we have people coming for us, so it’s best not to be attacked literally with our pants down.” She giggles and quickly rolls over his body and off the couch and quickly stands upright, tossing his wrinkled wife-beater at him. “Now get dressed, I have a lot to learn today that you need to teach me if we’re going to beat these psychos.

Kai giggles as he sits up to put on his top. “Did you really just tease me like that? I guess we can check your cunning abilities off the list.”

As she walks off toward the stairs to get ready for the day she glances back at Kai. “Guess we can add gullible to your list,” she says.

Kai jolts up off the couch and playfully runs toward her, snatching her up and throwing her over his shoulder. Annika lets out an excited scream and starts laughing.

“Time to get ready then. You’re in for treat,” Kai says and then smacks her butt cheek.

Annika takes in a deep breath and asks “Kai, are you wearing some kind of cologne or something?”

As he continues to walk with her up the stairs he replies with intrigue, “No, why?”

“Then why do you smell so damn good now?” she asks.

Kai laughs as they enter the bedroom. “That’s just pheromones. Seems like you got your sense of smell as well.” He pulls her off from his shoulder, biceps and forearms flexing to put her down with his hands around her waist.

“Oh, nice. Guess it’s a good thing you don’t smell like wet dog then,” she giggles.

As they’re enjoying each other’s witty and funny banter, Kai begins to get undressed. Annika’s eyes open wide, and she quickly turns away to give him privacy. He grins and walks up behind her. She feels his hands from behind slowly pulling up her shirt. He leans into her ear and says, “We need to shower. We can save time if we go in together.”

Annika isn’t opposed to the idea. “Okay, but no funny business,” she says. She lets him continue to undress her. They go into the bathroom and start the shower.

As the water has begins to heat up, he takes her hand and leads her in. He follows in after her, closing the sliding shower door. “There’s soap and everything on shelf to the left.” He points to show her.

Annika grabs the bottle of lavender liquid body wash and turns to Kai. “Would you mind helping me wash up?” He grabs the bottle. She turns around, pulling her long wet black hair out of the way over her shoulder exposing her back. Kai opens the bottle and squeezes the soap into his hand and reaches over her to place the bottle back on the shelf.

He lathers the soap between his hands and begins to wash her back then her shoulders and works his way down her arms. He places his hands around her hips and begins to start washing her body. Working his way up her abdomen, Annika begins to let out heavy breaths of enjoyment. He works his hands up further approaching her breasts and he pulls her in closer to him against his body. His hands graze across her n*****s and gives them a slight pinch as he finishes washing her up.

Annika takes in a deep breath and turns around to Kai with a raised eyebrow and playful little smirk and says, “I thought we agreed no funny business.” She begins to run her hand up his thigh.

“Now, let’s get you washed up so we can get going,” she says as she grabs the bottle of body wash and hands it him. He pours the soap into his hands and quickly washes himself.

“You ever heard of all work and no play? I forgot the rest,” he says jokingly as he’s lathering the soap on his body.

Annika replies with a giggle. “Yes, and we played enough last night.” She places her hands on his tight ripped abdomen and helps him get washed up. “Time to rinse off, big boy,” she says as points the showerhead in his direction.

With their bodies finally cleaned and feeling fresh, mindset switching from playful to focused, they turn off the shower and step out. Kai hands her a soft navy-blue towel to wrap up in and dry off.

As Annika is drying her hair with the towel, Kai, with his towel wrapped low on his waist, walks over to the dresser and pulls out change of clothes for himself. He turns around and there stands Annika, completely naked. Still drying her hair and Kai’s eyes fixed on her, Annika asks “Do you have anything I can wear?”

Kai walks over to the closet. “I may have some clothes in here from when I was younger that might fit you better for what we’re about to go do.” He rifles through and finds a black, long sleeve V neck shirt and a pair of straight fit destressed jeans. He closes the closet door and walks toward Annika, handing her the clothes. “Sorry about the jeans, but these were from when I was a teenager. I was about your size back then, so they should fit pretty good.”

Annika feels honored that he’s sharing the clothes of his youth with her. She knows he’s had a pretty difficult life and the fact that he held on to these clothes for so long shows how sentimental he can really be.

Kai is now fully dressed in a pair of dark denim jeans and white t-shirt with a white wife-beater ever so slightly showing through. He lays on the bed and watches Annika as she’s putting on each piece of clothing, admiring every move she makes concealing the bare body he was pressed against only minutes ago.

With her black bra and panties back on, she slides on the jeans. They fit fairly well, almost perfectly. Kai’s smile grows as she begins to put on the long sleeve shirt. It’s a bit loose but fits well and comfortable. She strikes a pose with one hand over her head and the other on her hip. “How do I look?” she asks playfully.

Kai gets off the bed and starts walking toward her and smiles. “Well I didn’t think I had that much of a girlish figure back then, but they definitely look way better on you than they ever did on me.” He puts his hand around her waist and lays a kiss on her forehead.

Annika is happy at Kai’s response and grows smitten and begins to blush.

“Let’s get to it then, before we lose daylight,” she says, motivated and excited to learn what he has to teach her about being a werewolf.

They leave the bedroom and make their way down the stairs. Sitting down to put on their shoes, Kai can’t help but glancing over, seeing the smile of determination on her face and the drive in her eyes. He’s excited to be able to be someone for her that he never had for himself.

Kai clears his throat and starts to focus. “I’m going to pack some snacks and water to take with us. Trust me, all this work is going to make you a bit hungry.”

As he finishes tying his boots, he gets up and grabs a backpack off the rack next to the front door. He makes his way into the kitchen and begins packing it with prepackaged granola bars, a couple of containers of fruit from the fridge, a couple of packs of beef jerky, and two refillable water bottles.

He turns around and Annika’s eyes are bright with excitement. He makes his way to front door, opening it and looking at her, “Ready?”

Annika makes her way out the door and responds, “Always ready!” He follows behind her and they make their way to a trail leading into a vast sparce forest.