Hunger Awaits (Completed)

Chapter 6

Ryker's POV

Damn that son of a bitch! I almost had her again. She was broken, and it would have been easy to take her somewhere and disappear. I don't know who this other wolf is, but he is already pissing me off. I could have taken him easily, but I didn't want to draw more attention to myself. I watched him from a distance, as he approached Kendra and looked down at her. Then he quickly shifted and I was a little surprised to see he was a native. There weren't many in this area, so it was just surprising. He picked her up and started to run with her close to him. I followed close behind until he came to a small cabin and ran inside. I sat and listened to all the commotion trying to pick out the right voices to listen to. I finally picked out a woman's voice and concentrated on her, as she seemed to take charge and kicked everyone out of the room.

I could hear her talking softly to someone but there was no response. I assumed she was talking to Kendra as she worked on her injuries. I heard the snap of a bone and the woman seemed confused at first. "Are you one of us? You must be because it's the only way to explain why you are already healing. That must be why Matto is drawn to you." I heard her say. This caught me by surprise because I knew what she was talking about. I could sense something in Kendra the moment I met her, but I never knew for sure. This was what had drawn me to her. After what seemed like an hour or more the woman was done and walked back to the others in the cabin. I listened a little while longer until I heard her voice. She was only awake briefly, but when I heard the way she spoke to the other man it made the fur stand up on my back. I heard them say that they would take her back to the resort in the morning when the storm cleared. I decided that I would wait till everyone was asleep and my men and I would make our move. She was going home with me tonight, hurt or not.

Kendra's POV

When I awoke a few hours later Matto was still by my side asleep in the chair. I laid there and watched him sleep and smiled. His long hair flowed down his rock hard chest and for some reason he had an amazing grin across his face. I didn't want to wake him up, but I really need to use the restroom and I was hungry as well. "Matto," I said softly as I reached for his hand. My hand crests his and he immediately opened his eyes. His eyes were soft, as he looked at me and his grin grew wider.

"Hello, beautiful. What's wrong?" I gave him a shy smile because now I was a little embarrassed by the fact that I had to have help to get up.

"Ummm, I need to use the restroom." He stood up and came to my side. He carefully pulled the blanket off of me and I felt more embarrassed when I realized I was only wearing a t-shirt and my underwear. My leg was in a homemade splint, but I didn't feel any pain anymore. Matto carefully picked me up with ease and took me into the bathroom. He placed me down and steadied me so I could pull my underwear down.

I stood there for a minute because I was suddenly becoming self-conscious of my bruised body. Matto looked at me in the mirror, as he stood behind me holding me up. "Can you handle it from here?" He asked me with concern in his eyes. I nodded at him and grabbed hold of the counter in front of me. "Ok. I will be just outside the door when you are done." He let me go and closed the door behind him. I managed to pull my underwear down and flipped around to sit down on the toilet. The coldness of the seat made me yelp a little and I could hear Matto at the door. "Are you ok?" I laughed a little.

"Yes, the seat was just a little cold." Once I was done I carefully pulled myself up and fixed myself then hollered for Matto. He opened the door and picked me back up and carried me back to bed. Once I was settled in bed I looked up and asked Matto for some food.

He left the room to get some food for me and I couldn't help but think about the dream I had. It was a dream, but it felt so real to me. The only thing was that I couldn't figure out the whole wolf thing. Why was Matto a wolf in my dream and why did I change into one? I pondered on this for a moment when Matto came back in the room. I decided that it was just a dream and that the whole wolf thing was because of me seeing the black wolf when I crashed. I smiled up at Matto as he handed me a big bowl of beef stew and a glass of milk. "Thank you, Matto. Can I ask you about you and your family?" He looked at me with curiosity in his eyes and then he locked onto my eyes and it was as if he was staring into my soul.