For Thy Enemy Pt. 04

I used to take it as a point of pride that I have gone this long without getting kicked out of the forest. I'm not one of those wolves who will act on easily bruised ego or a quick temper, but right now I am very lost trying to look for this damn house. And fuck do I just need this one thing.

I'm hungry and dirty and I don't have a dime on me. And lost both of my silver knives while fighting a vampire. A vampire who is in the city and might change their mind on letting me live any minute now.

Fuck this day.

I need a drink.

Thankfully I turned on one street that finally looked familiar.

The pack safe house was an old but not quite abandoned house at the end of the street. The welcome mat in front of the door was made by witch artisans to repel anyone who didn't belong to the pack. So the fact that the lights were already on was... annoying.

I went up to the door, but before I could ring the bell. The door swung open to reveal Angie standing in the doorway.

"Where have you been? I've been waiting forever." Angie said

"I- um... hey what are you doing here? Where's Ernest?" I pivoted.

Angie hugged herself, "I don't know. After we killed the deer, some ass hat vampire came out of nowhere and decided to steal it from us. I told Ernest to just let it go but he wouldn't listen. He told me to go find you. And I did. But then you got swallowed up by the forest. I got your knife by the way. I headed back to Ernest and he and the vampire were gone. But I knew if your asses were alive you would hate me for telling the pack huh... Fucking Alphas."

I walked in and closed the door behind me.

"Shit, how long have you been waiting here."

"Three hours."

"Do you know what type of vampire they were? Did you see his eyes?" I asked cautiously.

"He wasn't an elite, just some asshole. He claimed that we were too close to their territory to hunt."

"Did he use wolfsbane?"

"No? Since when do vampires use wolfsbane?"

I was silent.

"Sofia, what happened?"

"Nothing. If he was a regular vampire Ernest could handle himself," I said untangling a knot in my hair.

"Sure, but if he doesn't show up in an hour I'm going straight to the alpha whether you come with me or not," she said, giving me a pointed look.

"Yeah that's fair. If it comes to that... I'll go with you."

That asshole better be ok.

My mother is the most intense wolf I have ever met. The type that could change the mood of any room she walked in based on how she is feeling. Whatever her mood is, the wolves around her would download that information and act on it accordingly. And basically that is what it all comes down to. The trials are not to determine who is the most liked or who is the strongest, but who is most likely to get shit done. When I told my mother that I was going to run in the alpha trials. She wished me luck. But I could feel the weight of her disappointment press into me. If I don't win, running without her approval might be my greatest achievement.

"You should eat something," Angie said, cutting through my thoughts. Just from the words my brain was able to register what my body was telling me.

I practically floated towards the kitchen, guided by the smell of BBQ chicken, the second I saw that foil covered pan it was over.

I washed my hands in the sink and dug in. I didn't sit at the table or even grab a plate. My teeth shifted into canines, and I ate the meat and gnawed down two legs and a thigh, bones and all. When I was done I liked my fingers clean. Angie looked at me curiously. If she wasn't practically my sister I would have been mortified.

"She bit you."

"What?"

"How many times did you get bit?." she said, touching my wrist.

"Just 2 times, i'm fine, they're not bad."

To be honest I forgot they were even there.

"Sofia-"

"Thanks for the food, you are the bestest friend ever," I said, grabbing her in a hug.

"Ew get off me you gremlin. Your hands are disgusting."

"But I love you so much!"

"Ew you will not corrupt me, you lesbian!"

"Bitch you were gay before I was."

"No, I'm tired of this life, I've been single for too long."

"Didn't you fuck a drag king two weeks ago."

"Yeah but it's not the saaame. I want romance!" Angie said in a terrible french accent.

"Hey."

Angie and I screamed, I grabbed the closest weapon to me (tongs) and whipped around to face Ernest.

"Nigga where have you been!" I said a little too loud.

"And why are you sneaking up on people, voice deep as fuck," Angie added.

"You literally left the door unlocked," Ernest deadpanned.

"Oh well..." I lowered the tongs.

"She asked you where have you been," Angie pushed.

"Well uh I kinda thought ya'll went home so-" Ernest shrugged.

"Now why the fuck would we leave you with vampires roaming all over the place," Angie scolded

"I don't- eh," he shrugged. "Is that chicken?" Ernest said reaching over for the pan.

I got in between Angie and Ernest before she should move to strangle him.

"Did you see my mom?"

"See about that-"

"Oh my g- what did she say?"

"I told her that we were out hunting, and we should be back in a couple of days. She dropped it after that. She knows she can't ask me about the alpha trials... Though she also told me to tell you that you are needed at the pack. Dr. Nwazue has the flu," he said looking at Angie.

"Oh no that's terrible. Goddess I guess I have to go back," she said looking between the both of us. "Are you guys going to be okay without me?" Angie asked.

"Of course we are super capable hunters... Ok yes we hit some setbacks but it's only been one day, this is just another hunt," I said.

Angie looked back and forth between us, "Okay I've been patient. I've seen our people after being attacked by vampires, and sure most of them weren't fighters but... you two made it out with barely a scratch. I'm glad but... I'm not leaving till you tell me what happened."

Ernest and I stared at her.

"Quickly. I would like to get a decent night's sleep before tomorrow," Angie said.

"Ok fuck, after we got kicked out of the forest the vampire I was fighting forced me to tell them how to get back inside. I tried to fight her but she was wearing wolfsbane so my strength and senses were depleted. I didn't tell her everything but she knows that the forest is magical," I finished.

"Goddess Sofia are you ok? She let you go after that, are you sure you weren't followed?" Angie asked.

"Of course I wasn't-" I took a breath. " Yes I'm fine and my senses have been clear ever since I left her at the tree line and from what little time I spent with her I think she's just an overconfident dick," I said.

"Was she an elite?" Angie asked.

"No she was probably just a guard," I said coolly

"Why did she have wolfsbane? The vampire I fought didn't have any." Ernest asked.

"I don't know. No one ever mentioned it before, maybe she was testing it out." I guessed.

"Would it be crazy if the two of us tried to corner her in the morning," Ernest said.

"Yes. Very. She could have tons of friends in town. Goddess, what do I have to say for you guys to forget this and come home," Angie said.

I looked at Ernest, "I'm sticking to this till the end."

Ernest was silent for a moment, "Yeah I don't like where this is going, but we don't have much of a choice."

Everyone was silent.

"Hey, were you joking when you said that you know of a poison for vampires," I asked Angie.

Angie rolled her eyes, "I knew you wouldn't forget that. It's only a rumor but it's called juniper berries, it's said that if a vampire drinks the blood of someone who ate juniper berries they would go into a temporary state of rigor mortis. But it doesn't grow in the forest. So your best bet is to find a witch with a container garden."

"Ok we can do that, we can look, while we are collecting sigils," I said.

"They are going to charge us out of the ass. You're still friends with Ivory right? You think she can get us a discount or something?" Ernest asked.

"I'm pretty sure that's not how it works but it can't hurt to ask," I said.

"Even if you do find it, we're talking about poisoning your blood here, you do get that right," Angie said.

"Eh, my liver can take it," I shrugged.

Angie looked at me like I was crazy for a second but then moved to Ernest.

"Okay, Ernest are you doing this?"

"I don't know it might give us an edge," he shrugged.

"Yeah I see now that you idiots are beyond my help," she said.

"Seriously thank you for everything but we got it from here," I said

"Well protect each other," Ernest said.

"Yeah you better. I'm not looking forward to talking to your mom," Angie said.

"Ugh just ignore her. She has no right to interrogate you," I said.

"Bitch she's THEE alpha I'm pretty sure I can't pull that same shit-" Angie said.

"I know, I know, we'll only be a couple of days just mmmh," I finished clasping my hands together.

"Whatever, I'm going now," She said, heading for the door.

"Thank you friend, I know how much shit I drag you in," I said.

"Whatever," she said with a sigh.

"Wait, I should at least go with you to the tree line," Ernest said.

Angie rolled her eyes, "Ok dude, thank you or whateva. Oh shit! I forgot I have your knife," Angie said, pulling my knife out of her bag.

"Oh my beauty, you kept her safe," I said as I reached for the knife.

Angie tightened her grip around the handle, "You better not go around trying to fight them alone again, seriously Sofia," Angie said.

"I won't, that was never the plan, I swear," I said looking her in the eye.

"Fine," Angie said, letting the knife go.

"Ok we have to go, you need to get some sleep," Ernest said, slinging his rifle on his back.

"Oh absolutely. If you get hurt, I'll beat your ass," Angie said.

"Same here," Ernest added.

"I promise ok, go heal people," I said with a laugh.

Angie gave me one more glare before going on the door.

After the two of them left, I cleaned up the kitchen and I threw my clothes in the washing machine. Then I was finally able to shower. And it was glorious, I turned up the hot water and let the shower fill up with steam. I washed my hair and scrubbed off the day. I don't know who put a jar of shea butter scrub in here but I hope they get some seriously good head. When I got out of the shower and dried off I could recognize that Ernest had came back, I could hear his faint breathing in the next room, he was probably already asleep. I secured my hair in a head scarf and got into bed the sun was peaking through the curtains and yet my body did not want to go to sleep.

I should be exhausted.

I am exhausted.

There is much on my mind. But I do know one way to clear it. My hands roamed over my torso, my skin was still warm from the shower. I cupped my breast and played with my nipples, feeling the sensations build and flow through my body, moving from my breast, down my stomach, to my pussy. I pushed away the covers and slipped my fingers between the lips of my sex. I emptied my mind and rubbed my clit. My rough pads became slick the more I worked, it was good at first but I just couldn't get quite there, I adjusted myself to get a better angle and started again resisting the urge to press harder, and finding my pattern again.

"What are you hiding?"

I remembered her smooth deep voice that held the purr of a predator.

My fingers moved faster as my mind conjured up the image of grey eyes hungrily looking down at me.

"You're not getting out of this so you might as well summit."

No.

Fuck.

I could feel my orgasm rising inside of me, not caring about my turmoil.

I held in a moan as waves of pleasure crashed into me. My fingers danced through the madness long after.

There is no way in hell.

But I was too tired to analyze my feelings I let my mind drift off into sleep.

Tisk tisk tisk

Got to keep those urges under control.

Thanks for reading.