The Protector, Amanda C. Amundson [good short books .TXT] 📗

As I sit here and wait for my brother Jerrod to get home my thoughts went to Jessye. How are we supposed to protect her from Zane Lukas? I use my heightened senses and listing to the cars zoom pass. Finally the sound I’ve been waiting for. I hear Jerrod’s F-150 speeding towards the house as we live on the outskirts of town. A few moments later he stomped his way into the house. Uh oh he had a bad day. “Jerrod?” I asked hesitantly.
“What?”He responded
“Jerrod, Alec called.” I paused because he growled “Easy, he just wanted to tell you there’s a meeting tonight.”
“What time?” he asked evenly as he could
“Around 7ish he wants to make a border run around Jessyes block.”
“Well, its 6:30 now and I need to shower you go ahead and I will meet you there”
“Ok” was all I said. I walked outside and I started walking toward the forest line so I could shift into my other self. After my clothes were in the tree cubby. I shifted, and as the heat shivered down my back I landed on four paws and I took off. As I got close to the ‘club house’ as we call it. It was just a clearing made by the forest rangers and it was the off season so nobody was there. And as I got there I saw the others it looked like they are all here except Jerrod who I can now here running towards us and the others heard him to.
‘Hello every one’ I thought and then as Alec and Aminta emerged form the building in their human form. They quickly shrugged out of their clothes and shifted and EVERYONE kneeled and they thought ‘rise’ in unison and so we did. ‘Ladies’ Aminta thought ’follow me please’ and she lead us under a bridge and to another part of the clearing. Aminta is the leader of the female pack and Alec is the leader of the males. And they can block what they are saying from the others in the pack, but not each other. Suddenly Aminta stopped dead in her tracks and whipped her head back and forth. Then we got the sent vampire- it smells like death- Darya winced at the smell. She’s the newest to our pack, and Aminta thought ‘we need to fall back and wait for the guys because even though its hours old we cant tell where he’s at’ the guys got there really fast Alec Aries and Jerrod took off because they knew it was Zane. ‘Reed, I want you to go over to Jessyes and make sure she okay. And she already knows about us being shape-shifters’ Jerrod told me.’ On it’ I was almost there when I heard a blood curdling scream. I stopped I shifted not really caring who saw me naked. I ran inside and saw Jessye and an unknown man staring at one another. The male had his back to me and Jessye looked at me with relief. I put my finger to my lips and she got quiet. As I prepared to shift the unknown male moved with lighting speed and had Jessye buy her throat and he smiled at me and prepared to speak.
“So, “he began “you’re her protector hun?”
“Yes I am” I answered in a small voice “what do you want with her?” I asked getting angry
“Oh, I just want to have a little fun “
”Fun?” I asked as it finally sunk in and then all of a sudden Jerrod came smashing through the window with the soldiers at his sides. I took the opportunity to get Jessye outside. “After I shift climb on my back” I ordered I shifted and then looked at her. She seemed kind of dazed so I nudged her with my nose. Slowly she climbed up. As soon as she was situated on my back I took off towards my house. When I reached my tree I stopped.
“Do you want me to get down?” she asked slightly nervous. I nodded my head and folded to the ground so she didn’t have to jump. As soon as I shifted to my human self she relaxed. “Let’s get you inside.” I stroked her cheek and she held my hand in place. She instantly relaxed under my palm. “ I love you Reed” I smiled when she said that. Then we stopped I looked into her beautiful hazel eyes and she said “We need to tell Jerrod im tired of being together in secret.” I was abrubtly still she held on to me like there was some kind of danger. “ Lets get you inside”I murrmmered to her.
As we walked in to the house our stomaches growled at the same time we laughed so hard we fell over well I fell over and she landed on top of me. Then out of no where she kissed me.
Finally I thought to myself. I have hade feelings for her since Jerrod broght her home to meet me. I just cant tell him I like her that would be weird wouldn’t it? Anyway I looked at her and she had hunger in her eyes and not the bad kind either. So I quickly scooped her up in my arms and carried her to my room. We had the biggest makeout session that I have ever had. After that we went to the kitchen because we were both starving. “how are we going to tell Jerrod.. about us I mean?”she asked as she took a bite of her sandwitch I made for her.
“Well…I..I” I didn’t know how to awnser her because I wasn’t sure how to tell my only brother and living blood relitive that im bisexual. “Shh don’t worry we can leave if you want to or I can tell him..” she whispered to me. “I..I…I cant leave what about the pack? Your family? Jerrod? What do we do about that kind of stuff?” I ask don’t get me wrong I love her and I want to be with her but I cant turn my back on the pack and Jerrod. I definatly don’t want her telling him he would be so hurt. So I came to a decision. “jessye, I love you heres what we are going to do im going to pack a bag and then we will go to your house. After you say goodbye I will take you somewhere, and we will tell Jerrod that Zane followed us to the house and im taking you somewhere safe.. ok?” she thought about that for a minute and she light up with excitement. “ok but where are we going?” she asked.
“I don’t know yet…” I trailed off because I saw something pass the window. “jessye we need to get out of here NOW!”as I said that Zane burst through the window and I shift and I threw Jessye on my back and take off as fast as possible. I get to the clearing and I see everyone else there ‘Zane is at my house that’s where we were but hes there now I am going to take her somewhere safe and Jerrod im sorry but I cant tell you I don’t want Zane to find out where we are going’ I could see the pain of my words in his eyes but he didn’t fight my logic. It was watertight. ‘Reed I know you can take care of her and im counting on that please don’t let anything happen to her Please!!!’ he shouted the last part at me I told him to shift back so they could say goodbye. The pack gave us enough money so I could get out of the country not that I was going that far. I really don’t know where we are going yet, somewhere far away though.

I woke up on a plane in Reeds arms. I felt very content in the circle of her arms. I felt safe well about as safe as I could be,being hunted by a deranged vampire. I shook her awake ad the piolet came on the intercom and announced that we would be landing soon. She was groggy she hasn’t had much sleep she was stressed I could feel the knots in her shoulders. “we are getting ready to land” I mumbled to her and she was insantly awake. “Now will you tell me where we are going? Please? Im losing my mind over here.”I pleaded her. shes kept it a secret since we got to the airport. “ just wait and see” she smiled at me the was her response everytime I asked her that question. As we finally left the airport and walked up to the car rental booth I saw the signs we were in North Dakota. “Why are we in North Dakota?” I asked
“We have a cabin in the mountains here. I really think we threw him off our tail when we went to London and Britan. I think we have some time before he figures out we arnt there. Not that he will think about coming to North Dakota.” I gaped at the thought I went to London and Britan. Then a thought occurred to me ‘cabin in the mountains’ “So… I began “dose Jerrod know where we are?” she looked at me and smiled a heart breaking smile and shook her head no. I smiled at the thought of her and me alone in the mountains for a long time. As we drove out of the city we drove to fast for the small roads.”How much farther?” I whined she just smiled. “Not to much farther do you see the end of road sign?” I nodded. “we have to run from there.” I smiled I like riding on her back its fun like riding a horse, only shes taller more muscled, oh and the fur is really warm and soft.
As she put the car in park she started taking her clothes off and handing them to me. I really love her body shes not like barbie doll skinny but shes not fat either. Anyway, after that she shifted and then a black and white wolf took her place. She layed down on the gorund so I wouldn’t have to jump to get on her back. As she ran the wind in my hair felt amazing to me. Its not like the last time I rode her when Zane came into her house. That was a moment of terror this was a moment of pure bliss and happiness. I could feel it in her run she was happy and so was I. When we reached the driveway for the cabin it was long and so she didn’t change back just yet. She finally layed down to the ground right outside in the front yard. After she changed back we walked hand and hand into