Chapter 50

Cody

A day after Carolyn received the strange phone call, we were called to the Alpha's office. With Alpha Tobias on the phone, he was giving us an update. I sat while they asked Carolyn various questions about the calls and when they first started. When she was asked about her deceased mates pack, she turned white as a sheet. It turns out that he was from a pack in Oregon. She had actually only been there once, when they first met. She had only met his relatives on one occasion, and that was over twenty five years ago.

Alpha Tobias had some thoughts that the calls might be coming from someone in his pack. It turns out that both his parents were still alive. He had made the effort to reach out to them. All they could say was that they hadn't heard from Grady in about fifteen years. They have another son, Wyatt. He lives in Oregon and as far as they knew, he was mated to a she-wolf from the Crimson Pack, which was on the Oregon coastline. He was also one who didn't keep in touch with them. They lived on the Eastern side of Oregon, deep in the mountains. The pack lived a more primitive life and rarely interacted with humans. Alpha Tobias was looking into Wyatt as a possible suspect for the phone calls and threats. Carolyn confirmed that he could be the one, as he and Grady spoke frequently on the phone. If he couldn't reach Grady, it was possible he had sent scouts to search for him. Wyatt was the top warrior for that pack and therefore would have the resources to allow much of this to happen.

Later that night, Carolyn and I are having dinner in our little house. She's unusually quiet and seems lost in thought. "Carolyn?", I reach over and touch her hand, her eyes then snapping up to meet mine. "Are you doing ok, anything you want to talk about?".

Carolyn takes a deep sigh, "I feel terrible that I didn't think of Grady's brother. I knew they spoke frequently, but I don't think I thought he would try to do anything to me. He knew his brother was a drunk and had anger problems. I heard him on the phone a few times, and he was arguing with him, telling him maybe he should go back home to get his act cleaned up. He didn't want to do anything about his drinking or his other things," she looked pained by this, but it was gone as quickly as it was there. "I do have concerns, Wyatt is very intense. He's strong. I am no fighter. I can do ok if need be but I stopped training years ago, because Grady didn't allow it."

I stood from my seat and walked around to Carolyn's chair, pulling her up to me. "I am not going to let him or anyone hurt you. I can fight well enough for the both of us. And if you want to start training again, I wouldn't be opposed. In fact, I think it would be good for you. All of the women here train until they meet their mates, and they can continue training after that if they desire to. Your brother has made it very well known that he wants the she-wolves to be able to defend themselves and encourages training."

Carolyn stands on her tippy toes, and puts her hands around my neck to pull me down to meet her lips. It's not often she initiates anything intimate so I'm thrilled to feel her pressing her body against mine. Our tongues are battling it out and I feel myself growing warmer, my cock getting hard. It's been rough, living with this beautiful woman, while trying to be a gentleman all the time. I want to make her mine in so many ways. I also want to make sure she is ready. She pulls back from the kiss and looks up at me, those beautiful blue eyes filled with nothing but trust. "Cody, I know you will protect me. I do think I should go back to training, for many reasons. Maybe if I had been allowed to train all these years, I could have fought back."

"It's settled then. I will take you tomorrow and introduce you to the lead warrior." She nodded in agreement, and then gave me a smile that would melt my heart.

"So now that we have that settled. I thought maybe I could help you with something, if you want." She had moved her hands to rest on the waist band of my jeans, toying with my belt buckle. I felt myself gulp, suddenly scared and excited for what she may be inferring.

"What would that be?", I asked her.

She made a point to look down where my hard on was pressing against my jeans, then looked back up to my eyes. She licked her lips before whispering, "this" and undoing my belt buckle. I don't know what she had planned but it sure wasn't happening in my dining room. I scooped her up into my arms and walked towards the stairs. "I sure hope this is what you mean beautiful, because I've been waiting so long to make love to you." She giggled and threw her arms around my neck.

"Oh it's what I meant alright. I love you Cody and I want to show you how much. I'm done hiding from being intimate with you. I trust you," she kissed me on my cheek as I starting to make my way up the stairs to our bedroom, her lips traveling down to my neck. The sparks were shooting through my body and my hard on was threatening to bust out of my jeans.

I walked into the bedroom and gently set her down. We made quick work of undressing, but I wasn't planning to make any other part of this quick. I lay her down on the bed and just looked at her. She had a few scars on her body. The one her face near her ear, she had told me was from a beer bottle. He had chained her to the bed post using a silver shackle and threw a beer bottle at her head in a fit of rage. He had then left, and she remained shackled to the bed for two days, till Ashlynn came home to find her, weak and dehydrated. Because of the silver shackle, she hadn't been able to heal properly from the laceration and it left a small scar. In spite of her scars, I still found her beautiful. Those scars were just a testament to the survivor that she is.

Carolyn just lay there watching me as I traced my finger down a long scar that was on her thigh, just high enough that it wouldn't be seen even if she was wearing shorts. I looked up to her face and she gave me a sad smile, "Moon silver blade. He said he was teaching me that I couldn't ever run away from him, because he could cut off my legs if he wanted to and no one would come to save me." A tear slipped down her check and I reached up to wipe it away with my thumb.

I didn't want our love making to bring her sadness, so I said nothing. I just leaned down and kissed my lady with all the love I could, hoping she felt it in my kiss. She wrapped her arms around my waist and pulled me down so that I was half laying on top of her, skin to skin. "Make love to me Cody. Make me forget all the bad things from my past, so that it can be replaced with good memories with you." I needed no more prodding. I was going to make her forget that any other man had ever touched her.