Claws and code

Meet Jack

I snapped my laptop shut and got up but my little brother wasn't going to let it go.
'Cloe!'

'It's none of your business and if you tell anyone, I'll kick your ass so bad you'll have nightmares about it!'

He didn't take me too seriously because he chuckled. 'You have a hard-on for someone you haven't even met in person!'

'Shutup, Cameron!' I snapped while giving a vicious back kick. He dodged the kick with his stupid Beta Lycan reflexes. Cindy was waiting downstairs grinning, she'd obviously heard. 'Dare I ask?'

'NO!'

'She got all horny watchin_OOMPF! That hurt.'

'It was meant to!' And I hit him again when I said that.

'Stop hitting your little brother. Cam, go empty the dishwasher and put out the garbage. Cloe, you come with me.'

She took me to Arthur's soundproof office and we sat down in silence. She already brought up a thermos of coffee and a big tin of cookies. 'Sooo...Which one caught your fancy?'

'Oh for Goddess sake, C, don't talk like that. I barely manage to date with Mark messing everything up when I do go out. A girl has needs too, you know, I'm only human!'

'Darling, you've been amongst us for so long, you don't count as human anymore. You are the girl that runs with wolves and manages to keep up. I know you have needs and we all think its admirable that you don't even look at the men in our pack. After all, they are all quite yummy by human standards.'

'Please don't talk like that. Please.'

'You know.. not every wolf waits for their mate like we do in our pack. Whomever caught your eye might be open to a little fun..'

'Yeah, or they might be mated! I'm not going there.'

'Oh please. If Cam called you out, someone caught your fancy. Tell me who and I'll never bring it up again.... Or I might just ask Arthur which of the delegates is unmated.'

'That's blackmail!'

'You bet your ass it is, little girl. Mama wolf needs to know who to go after, if you come home upset.'

'I'm not allowed out, remember!'

'You're the best they have, sooner or later there will be an emergency and you'll go to your machines and they'll see you. Our little human, they might not smell it immediately because you've lived here so long but they will figure it out eventually because you simply don't have a wolf. Once they see a human, they will see a human with wolves and they will guess you're Mowgli. Men are so dense. All us women can predict it. If they wanted you out of the way, they should have sent you packing. I told the Alpha and your father this, but noooo, keep her close they said, keep her save at home! They're fools. Even the Luna tried to get them to see reason but they wouldn't move you because David might need you.'

Instead of answering I opened my laptop and mumbled. 'It was a voice.'

'What?'

'It was a voice. Someone there had the sexiest damned voice I ever heard..'

'Tell me more!' She said as I found the conference room empty on my screen. Glancing up I saw the excited grin on her face.

'Honestly, I never thought a voice could be so sexy but I couldn't help imagine it whispering all sorts of things to me in the dark.' I admitted softly while opening the screens to the systems room.

Six separate blocks, six separate monitor cameras and three blocks were filled with several serious faces, one of which was David. The other three cameras showed the dark shapes of the security men against the back wall. They were actually clustered around my desk. I connected with the computer David was on and told him to take the cover off my screen up at my desk.

He pretended to get a notebook from my desk and moved my screen cover up. That was all he had to do. I shut down the other blocks on my screen and connected with my own computer in the systems room. The camera came on first and then the screen flashed to life. Four big men jumped back from the screen. In the background I heard David chuckle. 'I told you to stay away from Mowgli's stuff!'

They read the words I was scrolling across the screen before them. 'Get away from my desk, please.' The system guys that had been on our other computers walked over and one sat down at my desk. Somebody growled but I could tell it wasn't David because he was smirking in the background.

'Why don't you come introduce yourself, Mowgli.' He typed. He obviously didn't think I could hear them, I mumbled 'Bit dense, the poor sucker'.

Cindy giggled behind me and I decided to make my signature Mowgli swing onto the screen and sit on his words. Then I wrote below them. 'Hello, I'm Mowgli and you are sitting on my chair. Be a good boy and get off.'

'I'm already getting off on your graphics and the system you set up here.'

'Your crude humour isn't appreciated. Go away.' I put on the screen while my graphic character frowned.

Someone janked the man from my chair but another one sat down and typed. 'I apologise on behalf of the idiot. Hello, my name is Jasper from Red Lake. It is an honour to be here, Mowgli.'

That's when sexy voice spoke up. 'Jasper, you're the idiot. The Alpha is the one who allows you to be here and you shouldn't apologise for someone else's stupidity. Besides, you have no idea who this Mowgli is...'

Cindy squealed beside me. 'He is the one that has the voice. I can smell your interest.'

Despite my burning face, my fingers flitted across the keyboard. On the other end Mowgli grinned and stuck up two thumbs. Underneath the words appeared. 'What he said.. But, Jasper, you're a very, well mannered idiot.'

Sexy voice burst out laughing while everyone else chuckled. 'You have ears in here, good to know. Tell me, Mowgli. When do we get the pleasure of your company?'

The Alpha had already answered that but I wasn't supposed to know, so I replied. 'You're not... I'm shy.' Mowgli jumped up and disappeared.

'And I'm curious.' The sexy voice replied with a wicked smile.

Cindy giggled. 'A curious wolf is a determined animal, Little Mowgli. Looks like you have made a new friend.'

'Jesus, Jack, could you not harass the legend. What if he doesn't want to work with us, if you piss him off.'

Jack, with the sexy voice, shrugged. 'If he doesn't disappear when someone gets off on his graphics he won't disappear when I tell him I'm curious.'

I was looking intently at the screen. He had dark brown hair, longer than most, it touched his shoulders. His eyes were very dark and I thought it might be dark blue but I couldn't be sure. He was built like a warrior. Broad shoulders, narrow hips in black dress pants and I could see the outline of his abs through his white dress shirt. The system guys went back to what they were doing and the other men went to lean against the wall behind the other work stations but sexy voice, Jack didn't stray far.

'Do you want me to leave the two of you alone, Darling.' Cindy asked.

Without shame I told her, yes. Just before she closed the door, she smirked at me. 'You picked a cute one! Don't do anything I wouldn't do!'