Chapter 9

Opening her eyes, Daniella glared at the bright light of the sun shining down on her. Last night she hadn't been facing the window. Recalling the night before she blushed as other body parts protested in the morning light. She moved and became aware of the heavy male arm across her stomach. Turning her head, she found Jason behind her, sleeping. He was still there. The last thing she remembered of him was ordering her to sleep before he stormed away. Pain stabbed her deeply at the way he treated her. Biting her lip she tried to pull away from him. His arm tightened around her. Moving again, Jason kept her in place.

"You can keep fighting me all you want. I'm not letting you go until you ask nicely," he said, muttering against her back.

"I need to use the bathroom." His hand moved down, sliding between her thighs. She gasped even as another flood of arousal swamped her. Daniella wished her body wouldn't betray her with his touch. She didn't want to like him at all.

Fingers opened the folds of her sex, opening her up. "Are you sore?" he asked.

He'd fucked her and abandoned her last night. Why

did he care at all about if she was sore? "Answer me?"

Staring out the window Daniella tensed at his searching fingers. When he plunged inside her, she cried out. "Yes, I'm sore."

Still, he didn't release her. His fingers awakened the passions inside her, and even though she was sore Daniella knew she wouldn't deny him.

All too soon, he removed his hand and left the bed. She squealed as he picked her up, carrying her through to his bathroom. He dumped her on top of the toilet.

"Do your business," he said, going toward the shower. She stared down the length of his body. His cock was thick and stood out in front of him. He didn't pay it any attention as he turned on the water. Doing her business, she flushed the toilet and washed her hands. Jason took her hand, pressing her inside the shower. Standing under the warm water, she faced the cascade letting the water wash away the sleep from her face.

He spun her around and pushed her down onto a seat.

"What are you doing?" she asked. She'd never sat down in the shower.

He crouched down in front of her without answering. His hands went to her thighs, and he opened her legs wide. She saw his gaze was on her pussy. Turning her head to the side, Daniella wanted to be embarrassed by what he was doing.

"I shouldn't have left you last night," he said.

Glancing down, she saw he was looking up at her. "What do you mean?" she asked, hating the pain that sliced through her once again. They hadn't promised each other anything. Fuck, she was here because she saved Oliver from being killed.

"Last night was your first time. I should have been more considerate to your situation. I was a dick to you."

He looked sincere as he looked at her.

"It's okay." She watched his fingers stroking through her fine pubic hairs.

"No, it's not. Any guy treated one of my sisters like I did you, I'd put them in the ground without a thought. I'm sorry."

Daniella stayed silent as he washed her. His touch was soothing, and desire started again inside her.

"Where is Oliver?" Daniella asked.

"I imagine she's having breakfast." His hands were kind and considerate as they washed her. Daniella cut off any hope. She wouldn't be falling for the man who was taking care of her.Jason was being considerate, but she knew it wasn't really him. The man before her had a mean streak. He had taken out her whole pack last night. There was no room for mushy feelings.

"Why were you with Jonathan and Naomi?" he asked, changing the subject. He stood, taking her with him. The stool was pushed to the corner. He spun her to face the spray as he washed her hair.

"They were at the hospital after I was bitten." She lifted her arm in the air. "The wolf bit my arm. Took a big chunk out of me." If he looked close enough he'd see the fine silver lines of the scars. Her new wolf blood meant she healed a lot faster than a human. "They told me the hospital couldn't help me. I was burning up, and the nurses and doctors couldn't do a thing about it. I left against medical advice, following them out into the world."

He washed the soap from her hair. When he was finished, he turned the shower off, opening the door.Jason got a towel first, wrapping it around his waist. His cock was still rock hard.

"And the wolf was black?" he asked.

"Yes, the wolf was black and came out of an alley way. It smelled me, and then it took a chunk out of me. I wasn't doing anything other than looking through my bag." She remembered the fear that took over. The dog had been huge. She later found out it was a wolf.

"What happened after the others took you in?" he asked, taking her into the bedroom. He sat on the bed, pulling her between his legs. There was no room for her to fight. Thinking back over her time, Daniella remembered her first turning. The way they'd chained her up, injecting her with some tranquilizers to help with the pain. A lot of her

memories were fuzzy. She couldn't remember everything that happened to her.

"I took some time off work. I don't have a lot of time off as I don't need it. For the next two weeks they helped me to gain control. For several months after I had to visit them in order to take my shots and turn into a wolf." The shots had burned her flesh, or at least it felt like they'd burned her flesh. Had they burned her flesh? Once again her memories were jumbled up. A few months ago they'd stopped injecting her.

"Tell me about your time after the turning." His fingers were caressing her thighs underneath the towel.

"What exactly do you want to know?" she asked, not understanding why he wanted her to repeat her experience.

"Jane, the woman you met last night, she didn't have any problem with the change. Max bit her, and after the initial fever she was fine."

"Lucky her." Danilela wouldn't repeat the experience ever again. The pain alone made her terrified of turning anyone, not that she'd ever turn anyone against their will.

"What were the injections?" he asked.

"I don't know. You'd be best asking Oliver. I don't know."

Jason stood, his fingers sliding into her hair. He turned her head to the side, exposing her neck. She heard him inhale deeply.

"You don't smell like her," he said.

Frowning, she looked down at him. She couldn't pull away. Jason was too strong for her to overpower. When he leaned back his eyes were glowing amber.

Her wolf slammed against her flesh. Daniella screamed as she felt the impact from inside. Stumbling into his arms, she fell to her knees. The pain intensified as her wolf threatened to claw out."Enough!" Jason shouted the word, and yet her wolf wasn't listening. Collapsing to the floor, Daniella grabbed her head as the pain exploded sending fire into every part of her body. The door crashed open to the bedroom. Her wolf growled, wanting out of her body. Daniella had always felt one with her wolf, but in that instant she felt like they were two different beings. It was like her wolf had been trapped somehow, and now it was finally breaking free from whatever held onto it.

"Help me," she asked, screaming.

Daniella's words were cut off as she felt her arm breaking, getting ready for the change.

No, she wouldn't survive this. It wasn't the full moon, and she'd been told many times that if she ever changed without the moon she would die.

Taking deep breaths, she shrieked as her thigh twisted of its own accord at an odd angle. The pain was unlike anything she'd ever felt. What was going on with her wolf? You're going to kill Daniella whimpered as her leg was flung at another angle. She heard the other pack around her yelling orders. Someone pulled her close. They were too hot. The towel she'd worn was torn off her body. Glancing down, she saw her stomach rippling as if her wolf was about to tear out of her stomach. We're trapped no more. Panicking, Daniella cried out, screaming for help. "Enough!"Jason yelled the word once again. Jerking at the sound, Daniella looked into his eyes seeing the glowing Alpha depths. Mate. Alpha.

The wolf inside her purred and slowly, silenced. Her body tore at an odd angle going back in their sockets. She screamed once more before darkness claimed her. Jason felt her slump and was thankful for that. Katrina handed him the towel, which he laid over her body, giving her some dignity. Running a hand over his face, he stared down into her open face.

"What the fuck was that?" Katrina asked, sitting back. Alex and several of his men were looking at the woman, who was pale. Her skin was covered in a layer of sweat and not from the hot shower they'd shared. Holy fuck, he'd never been so terrified in his life. The way she'd fallen to her knees screaming as her wolf hit out. Her wolf hadn't responded straight away. It was like she'd never run free. Jason had sensed the desperation within the wolf inside Daniella. The wolf was trapped in a cage begging to be let out.

"I don't know. I need to talk to Oliver. Actually, I need to go and have a look at the pack's hiding place. I'm starting to feel something went fucked up over there, and Daniella is one of those wolves." She was the woman he'd bitten. Jason was sure of it even though she didn't smell like his woman. Everything she described of that night was true to what he remembered. The following day when he'd gone back to find her Daniella hadn't been anywhere in sight. He didn't know her name or any way in which to find her. Fuck, something was going on, and he needed to find out.

"Fuck, Jason. I've never seen anything like it," Alex said.

Katrina was kneeling on the floor stroking her hair. Daniella was shaking and muttering in her sleep.

"She mentioned something about injections. When I asked you last night to find out whatever you could about her, I don't want that anymore. We're going back to the pack's house. I'm going to get to the bottom of this. Whatever Jonathan and Naomi were planning, it wasn't going to be pretty." Holding Daniella in his arms, Jason felt his heart

pounding. Glancing at all of his men, he stared at the sympathy in all of their eyes.

"For a half breed, she's strong," Katrina said. "I've never known anyone to hold off the change." Jason agreed. "I don't think she'll survive the next change unless we find out what happened to her in the other pack's care."

"You don't think they were experimenting, do you?" Katrina asked.

Frozen, Jason looked at the other woman. "What?"

"I've heard rumors that some packs are using half breeds as experiments to try to strengthen their packs. If Daniella was receiving injections, how do you know Jonathan and Naomi weren't trying something?" Katrina asked.

Jason looked at Alex, who nodded.

"One of the packs close to us offered to pay money for Katrina," Alex said. "I killed the man who tried to pay for my woman. There are packs out there experimenting, Jason."

Stroking her hair, Jason wondered what the fuck had happened to her after he bit her. "I need to go and fucking find something out." Looking at Katrina, he saw the concern in the other woman's eyes. "Can I leave her with you?"

"Yes." Jason picked Daniella up in his arms helping her into the bed. "Jason?"

He turned to Katrina at her speaking his name.

"Her wolf responded to yours."

"I know." He tensed, looking at his men, waiting for them to speak up. None of them did as the sympathy for Daniella overshadowed everything else.

"Is she the woman you've been searching for?" Katrina asked.