Chapter 13

After she phoned work organizing the vacation time for the month to spend as Jason's sex toy, Daniella was able to relax. She loved her life as a human. Yes, there was no one to live her life with and she never trusted men, but it was her life. She enjoyed baking and helping out at the homeless shelter several blocks from her apartment. Work as a receptionist in the advertising firm was fun. No one, apart from the close employees, ever remembered her. She liked her life like that. Daniella had watched women who struggled to work because of all of the male attention.

There was a time she'd wanted something similar, but then she'd wised up. No one would ever bother her enough to make working hard. She didn't know everyone who worked in the building as she didn't venture farther than the ground floor staff room. Alex stood with her as Katrina was inside making breakfast for the members of Jason pack who'd stayed behind. She wasn't allowed to leave the house unless Alex or one of the men was with her.

"I'm not going to flee," she said. "I struck a bargain for Oliver's life. I'm not going to leave before I've fulfilled my part of the bargain." Besides, she wasn't ready to leave the sex behind. Jason had awakened something inside her. For the first time since being bitten she was starting to feel like her old self again. She had always felt ill and filled with burning heat. Since Jason had been fucking her, she'd been able to focus and remain calm throughout. Last night had been hot as hell. She'd loved the minutes when she was able to be on top taking his cock deeply within her.

"I'm not here in order to stop you fleeing," Alex said, looking up at the sunshine.

The sunlight did feel rather lovely today, Daniella thought.

"Then why?"

"Since finding out ... some things, he wants you protected."

Oliver was sat inside with Katrina, eating. Glancing behind her at the door Daniella saw the young girl's shoulders were hunched over her bowl of cereal. She'd not been the same since she had gone out with Jason.

"He wouldn't have killed her, you know," Alex said, drawing her attention away from the other girl.

"What do you mean?"

"Jason , the Alpha. He's a tough man, but he's not a bad man. She didn't smell like the others. Neither did you. He wouldn't have killed you." Alex smirked. "I imagine when you offered to give him anything he couldn't resist your tempting offer."

Heat filled her cheeks. Alex wasn't being mean. He didn't have the first clue as to what her life had been like before she met Jason. The men loved to tease her about her curves.

"I've hurt you," Alex said, looking remorseful.

"What?" Daniella shook her head.

"You lie badly. Every type of emotion has a certain

smell. I can detect it." He tapped his nose.

Tucking some hair behind her ear, she ran her hand down her shirt front. Jason had allowed her to wear clothes while others were at the house. She'd begged him this morning so she could have some dignity.

"It's nothing. Just the men are not all that nice with, erm, my shape," she said, feeling her cheeks getting hotter.

"I'm sorry. I don't always think. Men can be such assholes." Alex looked sheepish.

"This is not the kind of conversation I want to be having," Daniella said, heading away from the house. Her humiliation was complete.

"We're all different," Alex said, following her. "What?"

"The bitches that are born rarely have anything about them other than being slender with no tits to their name." He looked down at the ground, clearly shocked to have spoken to her about it. "Shit, I'm ruining this. I turned Katrina because she's everything I want in a woman. I love her curves, and I wouldn't be seen with a full breed." He showed off his arms and the thickness of the muscles. Had she entered an alternative universe where the men didn't have a filter between their mouth and brain?

"I've been with slender women, and I feel like I'm going to break them. Daniella , she's all woman, and with her being a wolf, I know she can take the kind of fucking I want to give her."

If her cheeks got any hotter she'd be able to set a fire with them.

"Erm, I think you're giving me a compliment."

"Katrina would have my hide if she knew I was talking to you about it."

"I do know, Alex. I think you're scaring the woman half to death," Katrina said, wiping her hands on a towel.

Daniella chuckled as she saw one of her eyebrows raised and a smile lifting her lips.

"Go and get your breakfast," Katrina said. "I'll handle this."

Alex looked happy to disappear.

Looking up at the sunlight, Daniella basked in the warm glow on her face.

Katrina cleared her throat, chuckling. "Alex is not the best man to talk to if you're hoping for tact."

"I wasn't hoping for anything. We were talking about Oliver, and it sort of moved into something else entirely." Daniella smiled, kicking some of the stones as she stared down at the ground.

"I know what you mean about men not liking us for our fuller shape. I gave up on men until I met Alex. I saw him across a bar. I was drinking a cocktail, and he just wouldn't look away." Katrina smiled, immersed in the memory. "He approached me and started talking. I remember being enthralled as he didn't check out the other slender women in the bar. His eyes were on me and me alone. I felt hot, sexy, desirable."

Daniella saw the love shining in her eyes. She envied the feeling, wishing she could feel something similar.

"After he bit me, he was there guiding me through the transition. He was my mate, Daniella . The man I was destined to be with." Katrina looked back at the house. "Every time I'm with him, it feels like the first time all over again."

Katrina turned her gaze back to Daniella . "I hope one day you can know that kind of feeling."

"I hope so, too."

Katrina reached out, touching her skin. "Come in when you're ready for breakfast."

Daniella was shocked when she was left outside alone. Staring up at the sun, Daniella basked in the feelings erupting inside her. Her body was her own, and she never wanted to lose this feeling surrounding her with warmth.

When Jason wrapped his arms around her waist, she sank against him, smiling.

"What are you thinking?" he asked.

"Nothing important." They snuggled together, and the heat sizzling between them had nothing to do with the sunlight cascading down on them.

His fingers worked underneath her shirt, stroking her stomach. "I wish you were naked. I'd bend you over right now and slide inside you."

"Your pack can see us."

"I don't care. They know who you belong to."

The land, his skin all felt like home. Daniella felt safe and protected, which was strange considering she was only supposed to be his toy.

"Katrina and Alex are right. If I was to walk away and not claim you, there would be men in my pack who would want a taste of you. They all know you were a virgin and can't believe men haven't tried to get into your pussy," he said, kissing her neck.

She gasped. Heat flooded her pussy, soaking her panties. How could he get such a quick response from her? All he ever needed to do was give her a few quick responses and she was ready for him. The heat flooding through her should embarrass her, and yet she was burning for him. His cock was the only thing she wanted between her thighs.

"I won't be with anyone from your pack." She couldn't think of being with another man, not after her time with Jason.

"There's something I need to show you," Jason said, taking her hand. He led her away from the house. His fingers tightened around hers as they walked the distance to the other pack house. Staring at the place she'd considered her home for a few days a month, Daniella was overcome by a shocking wave of cold. The building looked large, gloomy, and unwelcoming. She remembered the whispers as she used to pass the other members going to her room.

"Why are we here?" she asked.

"There's something I want to know from you."

The seriousness on his face let her know he wasn't

trying to scare her. "Okay."

Through the front door they went all the way to thekitchen. The house smelled awful and disgusting. Pressing a hand to her nose, she felt a wave of sickness roll over her. "Does it smell like this because of them dying?"

"No, this is the smell that clung to your pack. They're a dirty pack with dirty deeds, Daniella. Their souls were dead long before their bodies." Daniella couldn't ever remember scenting something so bad before in her life. It took every ounce of control not to vomit from the acrid burn. She would need to take a shower to rid her body of this. opened the door leading down to the basement. For some reason Daniella tensed, feeling something bad had happened down there.

"No, I can't go down there," she said, overcome with sweat.

"I need you to follow me down."

Seeing the somber look on his face didn't help. Trying not to breathe she followed him downstairs to where something bad awaited.

The light illuminated everything. Images flashed through her mind. Pain and death consumed her. She glanced in the far corner, and memories suddenly swamped her. No, she couldn't stay in the house. Moving closer, she wrapped her fingers around the pole feeling the sizzle of the silver. Something bad happened here, and what was worse, Jonathan and Naomi had somehow wiped her memory of everything.

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Jason fisted his hands as Daniella held onto the bar. He'd never seen a cage made out of silver before. The look on her face let him know it wasn't the worst thing to have happened. His father hadn't found anything out about experiments, but he knew Daniella was the only one close enough to have any information.

His father had asked for him to try to get some information out of Daniella. He hated the pain he was causing her. The disgust she felt was rolling off her in waves. She despised this place and feared it with equal measure.

"How can they have affected my memories?" Daniella asked.

"What do you mean?"

"I remember being here, but I also remember sweating, panicking as I watch something happening over there."Daniella released the bar and walked over to thescience table. She reached out as if to touch it then pulled her hand away. "I need to get out of here."

Jason an after her as she charged out of the house. For a half breed she was fucking fast. Out in the sunlight he chased after as she ran over the gravel then across the field. The energy pulsed off her, and he shouted her name.

Nothing was stopping her. He knew she wasn't running away from him. No, something else was chasing her away, and he needed to get to her before she fell.

Then, suddenly, Daniella's wolf met his eyes. There was no pain as she kept running. Daniella was a beautiful golden brown in her wolf form. He paused as he watched her gracefully run.

Love, lust, and respect rolled into one as he stared after the woman he'd been looking for since he'd bitten her. Jason didn't take the time to shed his clothes. Running after her, he called to his wolf, and then he could hear her.

"Finally," she said. "I'm free. I'm free, and you can remember what they did to us."

Her wolf was profound, begging to be heard. All this time Daniella's wolf had been trying to save her by stopping her from making so many mistakes. Following after her, Jason listened to her innermost thoughts. He was her Alpha, and they were connected in the most profound way. His seed was inside her at her most fertile time.

"They killed half breeds. They hurt everyone who came into that room. It's dangerous. Tell everyone what is happening."

What was happening?

Jason ran through the trees, chasing after her. Images flashed in his mind, and they were all of Mary's memories of what happened in that room in the basement. He stumbled at the horror her wolf had remembered. Daniella's wolf hadn't forgotten anything. She'd saved the memories waiting for the right moment to show Daniella.

"We had to wait for him. He will protect us."

Daniella had been drugged keeping her docile as they injected her with all kinds of drugs. They had been finding a drug that would harm, even kill full breeds. Jonathan and Naomi had been greedy wanting the power that such a drug would give them. He stopped as he recognized his sister. Daniella was collapsed on the floor, her body hurt and bruised as she stared at the table. His sister fought, screaming out, crying out, warning them that her death would be avenged.

"She lived."

Her wolf spoke to him. He couldn't let her get away. Setting off at a run, he chased after Daniella. Picking up his pace he got to the edge of the waterfall in time to watch her jump off. Following her down, he saw her break the surface as a human. Her female scream was the last thing he heard before he went under.

Breaking the surface, he heard her screaming. She was holding onto the grass on the other side. Her body was wet and naked as she held onto the grass. The screaming stopped suddenly. Swimming to her side, he put his hand on her back, wanting to offer her comfort.

"I remember," she said. "I can't believe I went back there month after month."

She coughed. Her fingers sank into the grass, her nails covered in dirt. Placing his hands on either side of her head he pressed kisses to the back of her neck trying to take the awful memories away.

"I'm here."

"How can they have taken my memories?" she asked, glancing at him over her shoulder.

"Your wolf took the memories to help you deal with what was happening to you. She was waiting for the right time when you were both protected." Her wolf was waiting for him. He sensed it more now than ever before.

Her body was shaking but not from cold.

"You talk about my wolf as if it's another being looking after me."

Pressing a hand to her chest covering her heart, he kissed her neck. "Your wolf is here. She knows what is best for you. She saw the danger and did everything she could to keep you safe."

The wolf and human were as one. He loved the feel of his wolf and accepted him within his body.

"The woman on the table, do you remember her?" he asked.

"Yes. She was pushed into a cage beside me. I remember her sniffing me." Daniella turned in his arms, staring up at him. "She told me you wouldn't stop until you found me."

His family had known he'd been looking for the woman he'd bitten for some time. "Her name was Debbie. She was my sister and went missing over a year ago. What happened to her?"

"She escaped. I remember her tearing through the bars as if they meant nothing. She was the first full breed they tried to experiment on. I don't know what else happened to her." Daniella stared up at him with tears in her eyes. "They were trying to hurt all other packs."

Pushing the hair off her face, he stared into her eyes. Stroking her cheek, Jason was so proud of her surviving even down to remembering his sister.

"Did they succeed?" she asked.

"I don't know. I'll have to get in touch with my father. His pack is based several miles away." Tilting her head back he saw she was pale. "I've never seen a half breed change so quickly."

"I've never changed without the help of the full moon." She licked her lips. The image of his cock disappearing in her mouth flashed across his mind.

Leaning down, he pressed his lips to hers. Her hands went to his shoulders, holding onto him. Wrapping a hand around her waist he tugged her closer. Plunging his tongue into her mouth, he closed his eyes relishing the taste of her skin.

Her moans vibrated down to his cock, making him hard. Breaking the kiss, he lifted her up in his arms locking onto one of her nipples. She cried out, sinking her fingers into his hair.

He was going to fuck her. Jason needed to fuck her, to mark her, and to claim her so no other male would ever try to take her away from him.

"Jason." She spoke his name with a moan. Daniella wrapped her legs around him.

Gripping his shaft, he found her entrance and slammed inside. Her body was open for him. After all the memories he wanted to give her something pleasurable. She cried out, thrusting her chest out to his waiting mouth. Holding her tightly, Jason fucked her hard, going as deep into her body as he could. Kissing up her chest, he claimed her lips once again as he fucked her cunt.

Claim her. He pushed the need away, wishing he could just give in. Slamming inside her hard, Jason let the pleasure swallow them both up. Everything else could wait as he fucked his toy hard.

She's more than a toy.

Jason knew Daniella was more, but for now he was going to enjoy what she'd given him. Oliver wouldn't have died that night unlike the rest of the pack. Jason also would have survived as well. He was damned for keeping her to him. One month.

He had one month to make her his mate.