The Beast Across The Lake

Chapter 38 (the end)

Just half a mile from Eastsound Cemetery was a field of green grass that homed around thirty people. Almost all of them were werewolves, the sheriff stood next to a microphone, by his side was the casket that my mother would be buried in. I took my seat in the front beside my father and his new wife and nodded my head at the Sheriff. I resisted the urge to tear open the casket and shake my mother back to life. It didn't matter because inside the casket was empty. Her real body was still a wolf, buried somewhere else. This was all a show for the mortal world.

The funeral was just about over when I felt a whiff of something within the sidelining trees that led to Lost Reserve Forest. A giant black wolf that resembled a beast, my heart dropped at the realization that it was Caleb. I couldn't understand why he hadn't shifted and been a part of the funeral. I knew if I stood up now and walked to him that it would've been suspicious. I waited for the final words to be said and stood up. My father grabbed my arms," where are you going?"

"I have somewhere to be."

"What's more important than this?"

"It's over isn't it?" I snapped," staying behind to shake a few hands isn't going to bring her back."

I turned back to face the woods but Caleb was gone.

The time was now one am. I was on my phone scrolling through rentals in other cities. After I'd sold this house, I could afford a college degree and an apartment to rent out for a while. I would have thought that I'd live somewhere with Caleb but I could see now that he wants nothing to do with me. What do you do with this much freedom? I had no family to turn to, no boyfriend or friends. How do I choose when I can choose to be or do anything?

Why bother to show up to the funeral at all? I thought.
I heard the stirring of something outside of my open window. I smelt the whiff of something familiar that woke my wolf just as I had in the funeral and gave it a few minutes. Finally I said," I know you're there."

Caleb climbed in through the open window in my room. I couldn't sit up or show my excitement or relief. I was furious

"How are you?" he said. There were new scars on his face and there was a newfound shame on his face.

"How am I?" I chucked," do you even care?"

Caleb sat on the edge of my bed. I could not help the jolts in my body at the closeness of his skin. I wanted to pull him near and forget all, I wanted to kiss him.

"Of course I care-"

"You have a funny way of showing it. I just buried my mother alone-"

"You weren't alone, I was there the entire time to make sure you were safe."

"I didn't need you to hide in the trees! I needed you to be there for me, holding my hand, kissing me and telling me it's okay!"

"I'm sorry. It was too dangerous-"

"Dangerous? What do you mean "dangerous?" I sat up immediately.

"I had one guy looking after me in Eastsound, he's dead now-"

"What guy? What the hell are you talking about!"

Caleb released a sigh.

"These past two weeks, I wasn't in Woodstock."

"Where were you then?"

"I was all over the country. The rogues split after the fight, they all went their separate ways so it was hard to track them down-"

"Track who down?"

There was a darkness in his eyes that scared me into shivers and I knew the answer immediately. He wasn't finished with the rogues, he'd killed the leader that tried to rape me but then there were the other 7 witnesses that watched and laughed.

"You killed them all?" I breathed out.

"I had to-"

"Caleb, do you know what this means? You broke the deal once, they won't let it go again-"

"They won't know it's me, plus they separated, they're not a pack anymore-"

"Why would you risk it? What the hell is the matter with you?"

"I couldn't let it go," he roared," I couldn't let them live after what they tried to do to you!"

"They didn't hurt me-"

"They should have never touched a hair on your fucking head!"

I flinched at the impact of his roar. He was shouting now, he wasn't shifted but his teeth had grown sharper.

"Caleb-"

"That's why I couldn't be at the funeral. I would have snapped and killed him-"

"Who?"

"The 7th one, he was at the funeral. He'd been undercover like Dimitri. One of the cops-"

"Oh my god there were more?"

"One more, he's gone now."

We sat in silence for a while. I eventually laid down on my back and he mirrored my actions. I was not angry anymore, I was happy. I was filled with joy at the realization that Caleb loves me and wanted nothing but to protect me.

I'm not all alone after all, I have the love of my life.

"What now?" I finally whispered into my hands that rested on his chest.

He was playing with my hair when he said," I've got a massive house in Woodstock, and it's empty."

"Are you going to go back there?" I asked so low that I would not have been surprised if he hadn't heard.

"I'd like to, if you come."

I smiled but tried to hide it.

"I have nothing left here."

"Does that mean you'll come live with me?"

"I'd love to."

Caleb lifted my chin to his and kissed my lips. It started off as a peck but quickly, we'd realized that we were starving for one another. The taste of his tongue was like magic in my mouth, combined with the smell of his skin and his massive hands exploring my body, I would have been ready to faint if the mattress had not held me. Caleb found his way on top of me, his mouth never leaving mine. He played with the hem of my silk shorts and tore them off. I ripped the shirt off of him to reveal mouthwatering abs and he flinched with pain.

"I'm sorry!" I immediately pulled away," did I hurt you?"

Caleb recovered. He let out a chuckle and spread my legs roughly like a savage. His fingers found his way inside of my throbbing soaking pussy and his mouth explored my hard nipples. I moaned out and pushed myself into the bed. The pleasure was overwhelming but no match for the intensity of my desire for him, all of him. I found his rock hard boner and guided it to the entrance of my vagina. He tried to tease my clit with the tip but I was not having it. It felt as if I could drown and die if I didn't have him inside of me. He thrust inside with one hard stroke and we both moaned out into each other's mouth. He buried his face into the nape of my neck and I clawed at his back. The feeling of his massive dick inside of me felt like it was a crime to have gone so long without. How could I have survived without this feeling?

Caleb's strokes became harder until I was sure that the bed would break again. My eyes had gone into the back of my head, I could only lie there and scratch his skin, I could only moan and look for his lips on mine.
Caleb groaned into my ears and it turned me on beyond belief. He could not get close enough to me, I felt as if I was ready to devour every inch of him. I could feel the verge of my climax, Caleb's rhythm was consistent. I screamed out loud at the earth shattering arrival of my orgasm. I bit into his shoulder because the pleasure of the aftermath was taunting. He thrust into me with passion and strength, he was not afraid to hold back now that I was shifted. The frame of the bed crashed into the ground and we fucked thoughout the entirety of it. I didn't need Caleb to stop like I had last time, his weight did not crush me, every time I was sure that the pleasure could not increase, it only doubled.

I thought about the joy of forever, to have orgasms like these for the rest of my life with my one and only true love.

The end