"Right... says the psychotic kidnapper," Lily grumbled and he surprised her by laughing in response. Despite her better judgment, she walked over to where he was sitting and took the bottle of water. "So what happened to Dr. Frankenstein and you?" She asked and sat in the chair opposite of his, taking a long drink from the bottle. Maybe she could get some clarity into why Dr. Frankenstein and he are doing these things.
The blonde smiled and leaned back in his chair. "Well as I told you my parents were disappointed in me. I'd been very strong and in our world strength means everything. I was always picked on by the other kids, mainly your brother and good old James. My mother and I had hoped when I was able to shift it would get better but when the day finally came I nearly died. I was just as weak of a wolf as I was as in my human form. That's when my father started with the insults and beatings," he explained, taking the knife out again.
"If that wasn't bad enough after that day your brother and James decided their usual pranks on me weren't good enough. They took it upon themselves to make every day a living hell for me! Every single day they had some prank for me, the bigger the crowd the better," he snarled, stabbing the table furiously.
"I was there, you know. The day the maker took James and it was one of the happiest days of my life, the daily torture stopped and the maker gave James his just what he deserved! When I learned of what James became I went to the maker and asked him to do the same thing to me," Fluffy explained.
"But why; why would you want to be a monster?" Lily asked her curiosity getting the better of her.
"Because it would make me stronger Lily, stronger than any other wolf and I would be able to take the respect I deserve and much more. No one would ever push me around again! Wouldn't you want an opportunity to stop being beaten, threatened and pushed around forever?" he asked but didn't wait for her answer.
"The only problem is that things didn't change! The maker has just been using me as his little errands boy until he can get his prodigal son, James Lacrosse, back. Which is where you come in at; the maker needed something or in this case someone to bait James back to his side, in other words, you. The perfect little piece of bait," he mused and she narrowed her eyes at him while crossing her arms.
"Now Fluffy, why the hell would he think I'm effective bait for James?" She asked baffled and now he narrowed his eyes at her.
"Because the maker thinks you and James are the perfect match, mates if you will," he told her. Lily's jaw dropped and she stared at the man before her awestruck.
"Please tell me you're joking, is he really that crazy? That is the most absurd thing I've heard in my life," she shot back once she recovered from her stupefaction.
"Actually it's not that farfetched, if James had half a brain why wouldn't he want to get in between those pretty legs of yours," he sneered She scrunched up her face in disgust and growled, surprising herself. She actually growled... like a dog! She had never done that before.
"Don't be crude, I highly and severely doubt that's true besides I'd rather put out on a street corner before I allowed that to happen," she said not believing the madness she was hearing.
"And that is why I like you," he said with a wink and a smile.
"Like I give a damn about your opinion Fluffy," she shot back noticing her crossed arms were stuck to her chest.
"Now, now Lily, don't be like that you'll hurt my feelings. Besides that is not what you said last week. What was it you said... oh yes, that I was such a pleasure to have around, right?" he teased her.
"That was before I knew that you were the one that broke into my lab, beat me, destroyed that lab, and then later drugged me into becoming this," Lily told him feeling so angry and insulted. The look of regret that washed over his face when she said that flared her curiosity.
"Sorry about that, I didn't mean to put you in the hospital. I'd forgotten just how much stronger we are compared to humans," he told her with a tone that almost appeared to be sheepish and apologetic. "But I'm going to make it up to you Lily, the maker intended to experiment on you and use you to get to James but I got to you first, precious little piece of bait. I just don't know what to do with you yet," he said with an over exaggerated expression of perplexing.
"Stop calling me bait and I got a great idea, let me go," she replied managing to uncross one of her arms from her chest.
"I can't just let you go so the alpha and James can have you back," he told her and she growled at him again, pulling at her arms roughly to get them unstuck from her chest.
"So the alpha or James can have me back? I do not belong to anyone, do you hear me you sorry piece of fuzz! Not the alpha, not James, not Dr. Frankenstein and most certainly not you!" Lily shouted and jumped from her chair. She stomped over to Fluffy furiously and poked him hard in the chest. He laughed again and she stomped her foot angrily like a three-year-old who didn't get the candy they wanted.
"My, you do have a lot of spunk; I am definitely going to keep you for myself," he told her with a hungry look that only made her grow angrier. Since when did people suddenly see her as a something that could be owned and traded off?
"You son of a..." Lily started, but he got up quickly trapping her against him.
"Now bait, don't say something you might regret," he whispered in her ear brushing his lips softly against her cheek.
"Let go of me or..." she threatened. Fluffy laughed and pulled his face away from hers so he could look her in the eye.
"Or what Lily? I believe I made it clear you're not in the position to be making threats," he teased and she growled rabidly, kneeing him between the legs. He collapsed to the ground with a painful groan and she smiled victorious, before running to the door.
"Damn woman," He cursed grabbed her by the ankle. He pulled her foot out from under, sending her sprawling to the ground. She turned and tried to kick him, but he caught her other foot and pulled her towards him. "Don't think I am going to let you go that easily, my pretty piece of bait," he told her regaining is arrogant confidence as he trapped her against him again. She roared in anger and started to tell him what an ass he was when he slapped his hand over her mouth.
The teasing expression was gone from his face and replaced with another much more serious as he looked to the door. She strained to hear what he seemed to have detected, but she couldn't hear anything. "Damn it," he swore quickly, getting up and dragging her into the bathroom.