The Forbidden Mark

After

Ann

That look of guilt damn near floored me as I quickly put on the vestiges of my clothing. Regret; contrition the size of his glorious dong were smeared over his features as he refused to look at me. Not to mention that little thing with the major changing of the color of his eyes. Bright vibrant green doesn't turn to brown like that no matter whoever said what! Omg maybe It was his wolf... I got railroaded by his wolf OMG! Well s**t.

Within a fraction of a minute, I vanished from sight, doing what I do best and slithered into the ether of the creeping twilight. Meandering through the trees and back to civilization, I found my feet making their way to the health walk-in clinic. A thought of possible babies or puppies popped into my head as I walked through the door. Thank God some part of me, even if it's only subconscious, knows what's what.

"May I help you?" A nice elderly lady, plump and Mrs. Clause- like asked me sweetly. My brain skipped a cog, and I stood there for a second, trying to formulate how to elegantly ask for the-morning-after pill. Bless this lady's heart, without skipping a beat she makes up a phoney excuse for her forgetting my 'appointment' and tells me to wait til my numbers called. I could've kissed the woman I tell yah. Definitely giving her a Christmas card for this.

Trying my damnedest not to focus on anything that's happened in the passed 24 hours, half an hour rolled by before my number was up. Timidly I walked into the small checkup room, closed the door and sat down across from the doc. This lady seemed just as old as the clerk, but not nearly so sweet. Guessing the s**t she sees here on a daily basis would make anyone grow calluses on their souls.

"... Well, my dear, you have 10 minutes. What do you need from us here, darlin'."

She spoke with a hardened southern twang.

"Uh...M-morning after pill." I could hear myself whisper.

Eyes as hard as steel stared at me for a moment in contemplation. Assessing only God knows what, until she nodded her perfectly formed bun of hair and whipped her hand elegantly across a note pad. With the flick of her wrist she brandished her script at me, waiting for me to take hold. As I grabbed the sheet of paper and inconspicuous glanced at the elegant handwriting, deserving a place of honor in a Jane Austen novel. Lovely to know it was so easy, less lovely to have to now get it from the drugstore.

"That is for any future contraceptives you may need." She stated, surprisingly gently. Handing me a small inconspicuous box from behind a locked cupboard, she wrote in a file with MY NAME ON IT! How the actual hell does she know me...

"Cool it dear, It's my job to know who you are." She muttered with a wink in my befuddled direction."Now, there is the medication you need in that box. Take it within at the very least 3 days if you miss you period, It will start it for you. Might be painful, but it's better than an unexplainable pup am I right?" All I could do was nod to the sense of it. "If you do decide to take contraceptives, it would be advisable to meet with your doctor about long term effects and what-not. Do listen to the Pharmasists, they know their stuff. And that's it. Off you go..."

Without another word I was shooed out the door and back into reality. Smoothly I placed the pills and paper into my back pocket and headed toward home. Definitely not a chapter of my life I ever want my parents finding out about...

~~~

Blissful silence welcomed me as the key turned effortlessly in the lock. The house vibrated with the energy of pent up passion as I quietly made my way to the kitchen. I damn near gagged at the sight before me and it's implications; flour was cast about everywhere and on almost every surface was the smeared prints of hands and pressed body parts cast upon the counters... and now my mind.

Old people s*x is still gross...

Gazing at a singular note on the fridge, it read," Gone on little holiday, enjoy the house to yourself my new little wolf ;)"

Eww. They went on a f*ckation. Ugh. Atleast I get the house to myself.

As bad as the day has been, it kinda made me feel better knowing I wouldn't have to face my folks and their questioning glares for a few more days.

My aching body called for a pamper-me time, so naturally and selflessly I listened. Drawing a glorious bubble bath with smelly candles and nice rhythmic music, I finally felt myself relaxing after what felt like an eternity of shitty drama. After spending a good hour or more in the tub, I convinced myself to go hunt for food, hearing my tummy roaring from hunger.

As I toweled myself off I caught a glance of my silhouette in the floor length mirror. Staring at what seemed to be a perfect stranger, I couldn't understand what my eyes were trying to show me. I don't know how, with the additions of the tattoo-like marks scribed onto my flesh and the claiming mark Jack had bitten into me, my body looked absolutely alien. Fuller, more curvaceous and more exotic than I had ever thought possible, I no longer looked like the 15 year old girl from down the block, but a woman full grown. Ready and willing to take on the world and everything that went with it.

If only I had more answers for myself. Had a better plan as to my future or anything other than the knowledge of being claimed by both Goddess and Mate. If nothing else, at the very least it felt nice being claimed by someone.

~~~

I ended up ordering takeout and curling up in bed, literally cocooning myself in blankets with my nose firmly pressed into a seedy romance book, loosing myself in time and space far removed.

It took me quite by surprise when I glance over to check the time and caught a pair of sexy brown eyes gazing back.

Oh Shit... Jack.