Chapter 13
Jessica’s POV
When we get to the edge of the forest there are Wolves, Grizzly Bears, Black Bears, Lions, Tigers, Panthers and Leopards are all coming out of the clearing to collect their clothes from boxes scattered around the ground. I soak up the sight in awe; seeing all these different shifters living in harmony is unheard of. “And you all live here peacefully?” I ask. “Well, I won’t say peacefully, more like we tolerate one another.” Alex responded.
Olivia, Jonathon and Alex moved to a small area; remove their clothes and place them in one of the boxes. They shift; Vanessa, a brown wolf with white on her belly, feet and tail; jumping and rolling around on the grass. Her brown eyes were beaming with excitement at finally being let out to go for a run with Tyler.
Tyler, a brown wolf with black on the tips of he’s fur; walks over to Vanessa and nudged her with his snout. She grabs him with her mouth and they tumbled around on the grass. He was so tender towards her, it made me smile. **"I'm so happy Tyler and Vanessa can finally be together"** I tell Celeste.
She comes to the forefront of my mind and watches Alex shift into Jonas. He is a black wolf and looks big and powerful chasing after Tyler and Vanessa. He stops; turning his head to face me. His golden eyes look mischievous; as though he was planning something with Alex. He bounces his way over to where I was standing and starts licking my face. “Seriously, you need to brush your teeth Jonas” I say laughing. **“Ready Cel?”** I ask, **“Let’s go already”** she barks back; I take off my clothes and shift into Celeste.
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Jonas’ POV
Jonathon, Olivia and Alex shifted to myself, Vanessa and Tyler. We were chasing one another and Tyler was nipping Vanessa playfully. Where's Celeste? I turn my head to look at Jessica; she was standing back and watching us play, a smile beaming across her face. **"What's wrong?"** Alex asks me, **"By the looks of her smile, nothing." "She is gorgeous; I'm pissed we missed four years with her"** he tells me. **"I'm going to give her a kiss"** trotting my way over to her. I kiss her the only way a wolf knows how; I lick her face. “Seriously, you need to brush your teeth Jonas” she laughed. My breath doesn’t smell that bad, does it? She takes off her clothes, places it in the box and shifts.
Oh, my goddess, Celeste is gorgeous. She’s grey; her size is smaller than the rest of us, but given Jessica is 5 foot 1, I’m not surprised. He green eyes manifests a soul I want to get to know more of. Nudging her with my snout, she rubs her body up against mine and takes off into the forest. **“Ooo, a chase. I love a good chase,”** I say to Alex. **“What are you waiting for? Go after her”** he grumbles. I run in the direction she went; with Vanessa and Tyler following behind. When we catch up to her; she’s rolling around enjoying the fresh air; it must have been a while since she has been a run. I nudge her side as she nips at my neck and front paws; we tumble around together on the earth’s floor.
Vanessa walks over to us and nudges Celeste; she grabs Vanessa around her neck with her paws and pulls her down. Tyler joins in, tumbling over the top of them. It must be a sight for onlookers to see four grown wolves tumbling, nipping and playing together on the forest floor.
**“How about we take them to the falls?”** Alex says to me **“I was planning to”** I answer. I nudge Celeste and head towards the falls; she follows with Tyler and Vanessa in hot pursuit.
We get to the secluded lake on the outskirts of the territory. It's covered with little waterfalls, scattered in the rocks surrounding it. Vanessa and Tyler walk to the water’s edge and start drinking. Celeste stands back looking towards the lake; I nudge her, proud of myself for bringing her here.
She is so beautiful; I can sit here and admire her all day. She is mine and I am hers. She starts sniffing the air; to my surprise, she shifts back into Jessica. I sit by her leg while she reaches down and pats the fur on my back. “It’s beautiful here” she tells me, I give her my wolfy grin and roll over to show her my belly. She laughs, “you’re such a big puppy” leaning down to scratch my belly. A smirk crosses her face, she mocks “who’s a good boy, you are, Jonas is a good boy”. **“I’m not a dog”** I bark at her; wait ‘til we mate, I’ll give her ‘who’s a good boy,’ Alex is pissing his pants in my mind and I snarl at him.
She stops patting me and moves to the water’s edge and jumps in, butt naked.
**“We need to change back.”** Alex harasses; **“I just want to watch her a few minutes more”.**
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Olivia’s POV
We’ve been running and playing; Jonas stops us near a lake. The view is breathtaking; little waterfalls around the edge scattered in rocks. Vanessa moves to the water’s edge to get a drink; Tyler nudges he’s body next to mine and starts to drink next to me. I stop drinking to see Jessica standing next to us; looking over the lake; Vanessa sniffs the air; **“we are the only ones here”** she says to me. Jessi jumps into the water; Ooo, that looks like fun, **“Ness, lets shift back so I can join her.”**
I shift back and jump in the water and swim to Jessi. I look back to see Tyler and Jonas, sitting at the water’s edge watching us.
“This place is amazing” Jess says to me when I reach her. “It’s the most fun Nessy has had in a long time” I say back. Her eyes narrow on me, “why haven’t you mated yet?” she asks. I blush; I was waiting for this question. “Umm” I start, trying to tell her what happened. “Well, you see, we were starting to, but I was nervous; when Jonny grabbed my hands to move to the bed, I accidently electrocuted him.” “What?” she yelled, her blue eyes opening in surprise.
“Yeah” I can feel my cheeks going redder. “Head’s Up!” a call ring’s out; Jonny bomb dives into the water. I start to giggle as the wave splashes Jessica and myself. “Jonny” she yells in disgust as Alex swims over to us. *‘You are not getting out of it that easily, we will continue this discussion later’* she mind links and swims towards Alex and splashes him with water.
I swim over to Jonathan and put my legs around he’s waist and onto he’s back; leaning over he’s shoulder, I give him a peck him on the cheek.
“Alex, what is this place?” I asked, “It’s called the Falls. Not many people come here as it’s the edge of the territory." “I love it here” Jessica exclaims. “Jonas wants to say something to you” Alex tells her; he’s eyes changing from brown to gold. He pecks her on the cheek and whispers “I am not a dog” throwing her into the water. She resurfaces laughing, grabbing Alex’s shoulders and pulling him under the water.
Jonny, leans back releasing my legs; I splash into the water. I grab hold of him and pull him under. We all resurface laughing.
We stay out in the water splashing and swimming until sun is starts to set; "It's been a great afternoon" Jonny tells everyone. "We should do this as often as we can" Jessica smiles. “I hate to be the one to stop our fun; but we should get back. The cats like to tease anyone who is out at night” Alex laughs as though he is remembering something. I make a mental note to ask him about it and get out of the water. I shift back to Vanessa and wait for the other three. They come out of the water and shift, we all take off back to the pack house.