Fate's Intentions (16 page)

Once they neared the campground Adam stopped and let go. He nodded his head as a sign to Ben that this was good enough. Ben had wrapped the sling of Cody's gun over his head and one shoulder so they wouldn't lose it as they drug him. He looked around to be sure that they were alone and when he was positive that they were he transformed to his human self and looked over to Adam. "Do you think I should try to clean my prints off of it?" Adam nodded at him so he used Cody's shirt to wipe it where he had touched it. He didn't want to wipe down the whole gun or it might put up a red flag that there was foul play. When he finished he transformed and he and Adam darted through the woods in the direction they had came circling the whole way to the cabin as they had on the way to the campground.

They stopped outside the front door of the cabin and transformed. Adam opened the door just enough to look inside. Their clothes were still on the floor. He saw the girls sitting on the couch. "We are coming in. You girls mind turning around while we put our trousers on?" He heard them giggle and turned to motion to Ben to follow him in. They yanked their pants up and Adam told the girls they were decent. He and Ben walked into the room and took a seat on the couch across from where the girls sat. "It is done." Adam said in a serious tone. His expression changed to a more playful one. "Have any luck transforming?" He asked smiling at Scarlett.

"No! I can't seem to figure it out." Scarlett said seeming irritated.

"Too bad you guys missed it! She was concentrating and tensing so hard I thought she was going to shit her pants!" Ashlynn laughed even though Scarlett was giving her a look meaning shut up.

Adam laughed but Ben tried to hide his snickering. Scarlett's face was bright red. Adam smiled at her again. "Don't worry, tomorrow night you won't need to try. It will happen. Maybe you have to wait for the first full moon before you can transform."

Ashlynn shrugged her shoulders. "I wondered about that! That is how it works in most of the horror movies."

Ben and Adam both rolled their eyes. Adam's tone sounded frustrated. "Those movies are so far from the truth! They cast us as vicious monsters!"

Ashlynn giggled. "I guess I'll find out tomorrow night when I'm surrounded by them!"

"Instead of hunting, I think we will take a run up on the mountain. Let you get used to your new form."

Scarlett nodded. "I can't believe this has happened to me!"

Ashlynn snorted. "Yea me either! It's been crazy since we've got to this town!" Her face grew serious. "What do you think will happen when they find Cody's body?"

Adam leaned forward and looked down at the floor. "I hope they just assume it was wild wolves. We'll just have to wait and see."

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None of them slept well that night. All tossing and turning wondering what the next few days would bring. Ashlynn wondered what she had stumbled into. Scarlett thought of the life she had imagined for herself and the new life she had just been reborn into. Adam and Ben's thoughts were of them and Ben also pondered his actions, thinking maybe he should have let Cody go. No. He decided that wasn't an option.

They spent the next day lounging and eating. Adam and Ben had told Scarlett she should eat all she could hoping that she wouldn't have much of an appetite that night and suppress her urge to hunt. She ate until her stomach hurt which wasn't hard because all she wanted to do was eat. Since the moment she opened her eyes no longer a human she was starving and the hunger wouldn't relent.

Ashlynn was standing in front of the window looking out at the mountains. "The sun is almost down." Scarlett sat on the couch nervously picking at her nails.

Adam handed her a blanket. "Ben and I will step out of the room for a moment. I think it's best if you take your clothes off and cover yourself with this."

Scarlett's face was pink from embarrassment as she nodded. "Okay."

Ben and Adam walked back the hall and Scarlett began to undress. She took everything off and wrapped the blanket around herself and sat back down on the couch. Ashlynn walked over and sat next to her and folded her clothes placing them in a pile on the coffee table. She yelled to Adam and Ben, "She's covered, you can come out!" They emerged from the hall and sat on the couch across from Scarlett and Ashlynn.

Adam watched as Ashlynn picked up Scarlett's clothes and headed to the bathroom with them. "Are you wearing any jewelery?"

Scarlett looked down at herself. "Just earrings and a belly ring I think."

"You'll need to take those out."

Scarlett walked to the bathroom and passed Ashlynn in the hall. Once in the bathroom she took out her belly ring and her earrings and placed them on top of her clothes on the counter. She made her way back to the living room and took her seat on the sofa next to Ashlynn. "I'm really nervous." She admitted to the three people staring at her. "You guys aren't helping! You're looking at me like I'm a circus freak or something."

Ashlynn and Ben glanced around the room trying to focus their eyes on something else. Adam dropped his gaze but looked back at Scarlett. "Don't be nervous. It will be the best thing you've ever experienced. Trust me."

Scarlett rolled her eyes. "I've been experiencing lots of things the last couple weeks and I so hope this isn't going to be as awful as the rest!" She looked out the window. She couldn't see the sun any longer. Only a glow shining from behind the mountain the sun had disappeared behind. "When is it going to happen?"

Ben answered her. "When the sun no longer shines and the only light is that of the moon."

They sat there for a while in silence. Everyone was watching Scarlett but trying not to appear as if they were. Scarlett broke the silence when she snapped at them. "Seriously, If you guys are going to stare at me, I'm going outside!" A moment later she hit her knees and screamed.

"It's happening." Ben spoke low. He and Adam ripped their shirts off and got on the floor next to Scarlett.

Adam rubbed her back. "Don't fight it Scarlett. Breath deep and relax your body. Let it happen."

An instant later two wolves sat on the floor and just like Ashlynn, their eyes were pinned to Scarlett. Her body stretched and distorted under the blanket. She sat there on all fours moaning as she grew fur all over her body. She wasn't in pain but it was the strangest feeling she'd ever known. Her entire body felt as if it were being pulled and her skin tingled. Every bit of her was feeling it. Not only her back, arms and legs but also her face, ears, fingers and toes. Suddenly the wiggling form under the blanket was still. After a few moments Ashlynn reached down and tugged on the blanket. She pulled it back enough to see a wolf poke its nose out. She gasped and jerked the blanket the rest of the way off. Scarlett shook like a wet dog. She looked down at her paws and back at the tail wagging behind her. Ashlynn giggled at Scarlett watching her tail. All three of them cocked their heads to the side when Ashlynn laughed and busted out singing Sir Mix Alot "I like big tails and I can not lie, you other brothers can't deny, when a bitch walks in with a little bitty waist and a bushy thing in your face you get.." Scarlett growled and Ashlynn stopped singing. "Girl don't hate! You got to admit that was good! And I wasn't meaning you're a bitch like you act like a bitch, you're a female dog, well wolf. Get it?" She giggled but was quiet when Scarlett growled again.

Scarlett pranced around the room trying to get used to her new body. She felt wonderful. She was full of energy and thought her emotions must have changed also. She wasn't down and unhappy like she had been the last couple weeks. She was calm and happy. She walked to the front door and whined. Ashlynn rolled her eyes. "Are you serious? You are really going to stand at the door and whine? I swear if you pee on the floor I'm going to smack your nose with a rolled up newspaper!" Scarlett growled but Ashlynn giggled when she heard the other two wolves snort and assumed it was a wolf version of a laugh. She stared at Scarlett as she walked to the door. "Scarlett you are beautiful! Wait! I gotta take a picture of you!" Ashlynn ran and got her phone. She snapped a couple pictures as she admired Scarlett's beautiful fur. It was light gray and had dark gray on the tips of her ears and tail. Her eyes were the same shade of green with the dark gray circling them.

Ashlynn opened the door and Scarlett sprang out. Ben was right behind her but Adam stopped at the door next to Ashlynn. She leaned down and he jumped up licked her face then darted out the door. Ashlynn smiled as she wiped her face.
These canine kisses really should creep me out!

Scarlett ran through the woods with Ben by her side. She had never felt so alive. The moon shone down through the trees and lit the forest floor. Scarlett realized that she wouldn't have needed the light of the full moon. She wasn't straining to see at all, not even in the areas that were dark. She was shocked that she wasn't tired or out of breath considering the distance she had ran. The wind blew through her fur and it seemed to blow new life into her and she ran faster. Ben kept her pace sticking with her as she ran. They heard leaves rustling behind them and Adam came running up on her other side. They galloped up the mountain and Ben and Adam couldn't believe their eyes as they saw a rabbit run out in front of Scarlett and she scooped it up in her mouth. She gripped it with her jaws as she came to a stop. She shook it a few times and when she heard its neck snap she dropped it. She laid down and held the rabbit against the ground with her paws as she ripped the hide off of it with her teeth. Once the meat was exposed she bit into it and swallowed it hardly chewing. Adam and Ben walked up to watch her but stepped back when she began growling. She devoured the creature in moments, then sprinted off and the guys followed her once again running on each side of her.

They spent the entire night exploring the mountain, running through the brush and eating small game they scared out of the bushes. It was almost dawn and Adam growled at Scarlett and Ben as he turned back toward the cabin. Scarlett knew he was telling them it was time to go but she growled back. She wasn't ready to go. Ben nudged her with his nose and she gave him a little growl but obliged them and followed Adam. They ran down the mountain through the trees and the brush.

When they made it to the cabin Scarlett and Ben followed Adam up the steps and he scratched at the door. The door didn't open so Adam walked to the window. He could see Ashlynn inside asleep on the couch. He ran down the steps and around to the back of the house. The window to his room was open. He howled loud enough for Ben and Scarlett to hear. They came bounding around the side of the cabin. He stuck his nose in the window and pushed it up. He squeezed inside then Scarlett and Ben followed. He saw that his bedroom door was shut.
Shit!
He pushed against it and it popped open. Luckily it hadn't been latched. They walked out the hall and Adam got up on the couch next to Ashlynn. He snuggled next to her and before he knew it he was asleep. Ben walked up the stairs and laid down in front of his bedroom door. Scarlett looked around and decided on the blanket she had earlier which still laid on the floor. She curled up in a ball on top of the blanket and drifted off to sleep.

Chapter 18

Ashlynn's eyes opened and she looked around realizing she had fallen asleep on the sofa. She sat up abruptly and saw Scarlett on the floor wrapped in a blanket. She turned to the lump behind her. It was Adam and he was completely naked. She giggled to herself at the idea of a free peek. She wasn't disappointed. He was devastatingly perfect! Everything about his body was her exact idea of perfection. She slid down on the couch and rolled over so that her face was level with his. She rubbed her nose side to side across his and smiled at him when he opened his eyes. His eyes lit up and he smiled back as he whispered, "Good morning beautiful!"

"Good morning to you!" She said as she kissed his cheek. "Food for thought Prince Charming, you may want to grab some armor before Scarlett down there wakes up and sees your sword."

Adam sat up and his face turned a deep shade of red immediately as he grabbed a pillow to hide himself. "I didn't realize I had fallen asleep here in my wolf form. I'm sorry Ashlynn!"

"No need to apologize wolfy! I was more than happy for the free show!" Her grin stretched from ear to ear and got even bigger as Adam's face somehow got even redder.

"If you'll excuse me, I'm going to go take a shower. I'm a little dirty from last night." As he stood up and walked toward the hall, he threw the pillow at Ashlynn when she giggled at him.

Adam entered his room and turned on the radio that was sitting on his dresser. He hated taking a shower without music. He turned it up enough that he could hear it in the bathroom if he left the door open, but hoped it wasn't too loud to disturb Scarlett and Ben as they slept. He pushed the shower curtain back and turned the water on. While the water heated up he brushed his teeth.

When he had finished brushing he stepped into the shower and pulled the curtain closed. He closed his eyes and let the water run down over his face as he listened to the words coming from the speakers of his radio. It was Chris Young's 'You'. He smiled thinking how the song seemed to explain how he felt about Ashlynn. Although, everything seemed to remind him of her. He stood there letting the water and the words wash over him. 'The bluest skies don't seem so blue and the sky seems to be a little dimmer too, now that you're around you put 'em all to shame, let me break it down 'cuz what I'm trying to say is, no one gets me like you when you kiss me, girl you rock me harder than some downtown band, I thought I knew what love was but I didn't have a clue, I've never found anything that makes me feel like I do about you'. His eyes opened at the sound of the shower curtain being opened. It was Ashlynn. He stared at her naked body in shock as she stepped into the shower with him.