The Healer

Chapter 22

Tori POV

I stood staring at Victor, my mind reeling from what he just said.

“W-what?” He smiled, showing his pearly white teeth, and kissed my knuckles again.

Suddenly, he wraps his hands around my waist and pulls me to his hard body. I slid my hands down to his shoulders and tilt my head back so I could see him. I wait for him to say something. Without a word, his gaze traveled over my face and searched my eyes for any disapproval. My mind wondered off to thoughts I should not have. I could not deny the spark of excitement at the prospect of more than just his touch. The sweet, intoxicating musk of his body was overwhelming me. I felt his hand travel up my backside, and his fingers laced themselves in my hair. I could feel the blush of my cheeks as his breath fanned over my face.

He leaned down slowly until his lips brushed against mine. So soft, so tender, so gentle.

“Victor” With that, he smashed his lips against mine until the calmness of our minds was shattered with the power of his kiss. A kiss that sent new spirals of ecstasy racing through my body. I felt that I couldn’t get enough of him. His hands send a shiver through my body, inviting more than just a warm embrace. His tongue licked across the seam of my lips, asking for entrance. As I willingly opened for him, he invaded my mouth, touching and tasting every inch. Our tongues danced in unison as though we’ve done this all our lives. His hands made their way down my back and circled around my waist, holding firmly to his body. I pulled back briefly for air, but he continued his assault down my jaw, across my neck to where he nibbled on my ear. A soft throaty moan escaped my lips. That seemed to spur him on as he continued down my neck to the juncture of my shoulder. I could feel his canines brush against my heated skin. His tongue tasted along my collarbone. Our panting becomes louder and faster as we let our inhibitions control us. He picks me up and pushes me against the tree as he finds my mouth once again. As our lips continued in their frenzy to taste, his hands began roaming my body. Sliding up my sides until they reached the valley of my breasts. He palmed one with his gentle hand and rubbed the n****e with his thumb. I cried out when he pebbled the tip between his fingers.

“Victor! Please!” I cried out again and again. His hand found its way down my stomach and between my legs to my sweet spot. A thin layer of material is the only thing separating us from the pleasure we both struggle to seek.

“Be mine, Tori, I beg you!” He mumbles in between frantic kisses and nibbling of my neck. I grab his hair with one hand, and the other moves its way down his broad muscled chest to his washboard abs. My mind reeled from the sensations erupting inside me. The most pleasurable feelings possible fill me and run straight to my core. I continue down to where I feel his excitement laying against my belly. I can feel the sheer size of him through his jeans. My God, it can’t be real! The man is huge! There was no way that was meant to be inside. I stiffened when I thought of this, and he chuckled.

“It’ll fit just fine, you’ll feel nothing but pleasure, my dove” His pet name for me caused my heart to flutter and the butterflies to go rampant in my stomach. This man will be the death of me before he even takes my vir…. Wait, wait, wait! What the hell am I doing!? This can’t be happening! I mean, holy sh*t, this is wonderful and I wished it could last forever, but we shouldn’t be doing this in them middle of the forest with a party going on just outside the tree line.

“Victor…. Victor!” He looks at me, and his eyes are shifting from black to blue. I cup his face with one hand and call him softly. “Victor….” He closes his eyes and takes a breath.

“Tori…” he slowly opens them and stares into my eyes with longing and sadness. “I’m sorry, I got carried away.” He gently lowered me to the ground and straightened the hem of my shirt. He glanced at me but then looked away. “We should head back before they come looking for us.” He nods at me, then turns and walks away. Okay, what the hell was that!? I watch him walk back towards the garden without so much as a glance back to me. Is he upset with himself? Is he upset with me? What the hell!

I compose myself a bit and then walk back through the forest to where the party was still in full swing. I look around for Victor, but he’s nowhere to be found. I released a deep sigh and decided to go mingle a bit. As I walked around the garden, several pack members greeted me politely. Some even pulled me into a conversation, asking me my thoughts on joining the pack or what I do for a living. Simple questions that I can handle. Hopefully, I do not get any difficult ones about who I am or any run-ins with the nonfriendly type. About fifteen minutes later, as I was going to head in and talk with the Alpha, I heard my name being called. I lift my head to see a young man walking up to me with a smile. It was the guy I met in the pack house earlier.

“Hey Tori! Remember me? I’m Jeremy, I met you earlier this afternoon.” He was very tall with a swimmers build, but muscular. Short brown hair and light brown eyes and a contagious smile. He was drinking soda from a cup and had a hot dog in the other hand.

“Yes, hello Jeremy. How’s it going?” He took a swig of soda and smiled.

“Great! I love cookouts! Do you like to dance?” He asked with a hopeful smile.

“I do, but I’m supposed to talk with the Alpha and the Beta. Have you seen them?” He chewed a bite of his hot dog while thinking it over.

“Yeah, pretty sure the Alpha is in his office, and I saw the Beta going into the back rec room with one of the omegas.” My heart fluttered for a jealous moment. Maybe he was just calming down with a game of pool or something.

“Okay thanks. Rain check on that dance, ok?” He nodded enthusiastically since his mouth was full of hot dog. He waved and darted off.

I headed up towards the house and slipped in through the back sliding door. I heard groups of people in the main room talking and laughing, some were playing video games on the big screen, and others were heading up and down the stairs. I leaned over to one of the groups and asked them, “Can you tell me where the rec room is?”A couple of the girls looked at each other than over at me. “Uh yeah, go down this hall to the end and go right. Can’t miss it.”

“Thanks” I smiled and turned down the hallway they mentioned. I heard the billiards' balls break as someone started a game of pool. A couple of guys were laughing and joking around. Just as I was about to turn the corner, I heard one of them say something that stopped me in my tracks.

“Hey Jack, did you see the Beta earlier?”

“Yeah man, he was hanging out with that friend of the Alpha’s. Do you think he likes her?”

“I don’t know. Apparently, it's not that much if he walked away with another girl.”

Wait, what? What is this? I know we aren’t exactly a couple, but when someone asks you to be their mate, you kind of have exclusivity at that moment. As much as I don’t want to jump the gun and think badly, I couldn’t help it since the last guy I dated turned out to be a sleezeball cheater.

“Nah, that was just one of the omegas. He didn’t seem so happy, so they went somewhere to talk.” My heart was racing, and my mind was reeling. I know exactly what “Just to talk” means.

“Yeah right. Corinne doesn’t go anywhere to just talk.” He laughs, and the other guys just nod. I turn around and walk back down the hallway. Did he really go off with that slut? He doesn’t seem to like her very much, but what do I know. I just met the guy a couple days ago. Then why would he ask me to be his mate? I couldn’t get the thought out of my head about where he went, so I decided to go get a drink. I went down another hallway and heard noises from one of the rooms. I quietly snuck up to the door and leaned in a bit to listen. I wish I hadn’t. Inside I could hear the moans and grunts of a couple together. I closed my eyes and forced myself to think it was someone else. I heard a loud moan and a female talking to her partner. That was a voice I could never forget. It was Corinne’s voice groaning and yelling out her pleasure. I also heard the grunts and panting of a man. I’m dying to open the door and see who she was with. I stood there ready to cry with my heart pounding against my chest. I can’t, I just can’t see him with someone else, especially not her! I quickly walk away and lean against the wall back in the kitchen. I take deep breaths and try to control my emotions. I don’t need this right now. I just need to go meet with my father and go home.

I gather myself and wipe my eyes. I look around me to see if anyone saw me and luckily nobody was there. I stepped out of the kitchen and looked down the hallway towards the Alpha’s office when I heard a door open behind me. I glance over my shoulder and see Corinne walking out of the room in a huff, but when she sees me, she grins wickedly and wipes her mouth. I shake my head and was ready to turn back around when right behind her I see him. Victor steps out of the room and grabs Corinne by the arm and gets in her face and talks angrily at her. She rubs her hand up his arm and gives him a sweet smile. He is talking low to her so I can’t hear what he says, but then she whispers something to him and his head bolts upright and he looks right at me. My eyes go wide as does his. We stand there for a second realizing what we are seeing. I know damn well what I’m looking at. That bastard! Not two minutes ago I heard the sounds of pleasure coming from that very room, and now I see Corinne and Victor standing in the hall together. She starts laughing out loud and Victor drops her arm as if it burned him. He starts walking towards me.

“Tori!”

“F**k you, Victor!”

“No wait, Tori!”

I spin on my heels and run through the house out the front door and beeline it to the nearest tree line. I can hear him calling my name to come back. I ignore his calls and keep running. I really wish Tammy were here right now, but she was called in to the hospital for an extra shift. I don’t even know where Eric is. Great, how do I get home?

I keep running as fast as I can through the woods dodging logs and bushes. I run past the stream where he kissed me, and the tears came out even faster.

“Now would be a good time for my wolf to be real!” I thought to myself. Shifting and running in wolf form would be a hell of a lot faster! It’s starting to look like I’m lost and the trees just go on forever. After another ten minutes or so, I see something through a break in the trees. I slow down and stop behind a large maple. I leaned over to catch my breath and took a moment to think.

“What the hell am I doing?” I yelled at myself. “Why am I so upset? It’s not like I own him, he can do whatever he wants. Go screw the entire pack for all I care!” I tried to make myself believe that he means nothing to me. That kiss was nothing. My feelings are not real. Then why does my heart hurt so much? “Why do I care! Why do I hurt so bad!” I screamed out loud and let the tears fall.

“Because you do care” I spun around at the voice behind me, and I see Victor standing right there staring at me. He wasn’t even breathing hard or breaking a sweat. He probably ran here in his wolf form.

“Why are you here? Why did you follow me? Why were you with her?” I screamed at him. He took cautious steps towards me and that’s when I realized it. He was looking at me with such a look of guilt and sadness.

“Why are you naked?!”