Chapter 6
As I stood there waiting for Maximus, I heard a sound in the shrubs to my left. It almost sounded as if someone were breathing. I quickly took a step back, startled enough to try to get away from the noise, but clumsily I forgot that the stairs to my porch dropped off abruptly and so I went down hard and felt pain reverberate across my body as my back hit the hard ground. My heart rate raced and I opened my mouth to scream when a hand gripped me around the ankle and pulled me towards the shrubs.
I kicked and fought, screaming the whole time and I heard my would be assailant scream suddenly and saw Lady Belle clawing at his face. He slapped her away and she landed with a sickening thud on the bottom step.
“I hate cats,” the man growled stepping out of the shadows. He was short and heavily muscular like a boxer and he radiated a stench from the sweat that pooled under his arms and across his wide chest. I backed up, still on all fours, attempting to shake his grip on my leg as Lady Belle again went in for the attack. He kicked at her and ignored her clawing at his leg as he easily disregarded her and reached down towards my shaking form.
“Your brother owes us a debt and we intend to collect,” was all he said as he attempted to grab me by my shirt to keep me from struggling. I knew my brother had been in some trouble from his gambling, but I would have never expected this.
As he leaned down, I kicked out with all my might and caught him on the chin. I attempted to run up my steps but he grabbed me and threw me down to the ground. I jumped up and ran, winded but not giving up. I caught a glimpse of Lady Belle launching herself at his face and they tussled on the ground. I wasn’t looking where I was going, too busy looking back at the damage Lady Belle was fortunately causing, and I ran into a rock hard chest. Maximus.
“What’s---” he didn’t get any additional words out as he saw the man now coming towards us with a gun in his hand.
“I’ll kill you both, but I just want the girl.”
“That’s not going to happen.” Maximus said quietly and I screamed and stepped back as his face began to blur, to shift, and to change. It was a horrific sight to see as his features distorted and his skin seemed to peel back. I stood there frozen in place with horror and I caught sight of Dominic now on the front porch looking in our direction. He saw what was going on and leapt gracefully off the porch. Then to my horror, his face began to blur too. I figured I was going crazy as I backed up and then I heard a growl as Maximus was now gone, but in his place was a large tiger with eyes the color of dark molasses.
I screamed and stumbled back, but the tiger wasn’t interested in me as it jumped into the air and I heard the thug sputter and then fire two shots at the creature. I was so frightened that I didn’t see where Dominic had gone. I screamed when the tiger flying in the air didn’t get his prey, instead the thug was tackled from behind by another tiger and I knew then that I was going insane. Where were these tigers coming from besides my imagination? This other tiger was pure white, an albino tiger it seemed and he mercilessly went for the screaming man’s jugular, tearing it out.
I screamed and attempted to jump up, afraid for my life, but fear froze my limbs as the tigers simultaneously looked back at me and then sized up each other. The albino tiger titled its head and growled and the other tiger just stared back, its eyes steady, dangerous.
I motioned to stand up, afraid they would hear me and come after me when the albino tiger again looked in my direction and the other tiger used that moment to spring on him. I got up and backed away slowly as they fought, growling and roaring.
It was then that I saw the gun had landed close to me and I raised my hand, reached for it unsure which one to shoot.
On shaky legs, I stood up and pointed, but promptly my hand lowered. I couldn’t shoot them; something was stopping me. The tigers seemed to sense my earlier intentions and turned their attention back to me, but instead of coming towards me, they began to morph, changing shape in front of me. The tigers’ skin began to stretch and instead of fur, there was sinewy muscle, human muscle and as their snouts began to form into human features, the white tiger became Dominic and the other tiger with the dark molasses eyes became Maximus.
They approached me slowly, naked and impassive expressions on both their faces.
“Drop the gun, Liza, or at the very least, point it towards Dominic.” Maximus said.
“I’m just glad you’re alright,” Dominic said stepping closer to me. “Stop scaring her Maximus.”
“I wasn’t the one who ripped out a jugular in front of her. By the way, you need to get rid of the body one way or another and I’m not particularly hungry.” Maximus said matter-of-factly.
With those words, I decided then to run.
Dominic caught me easily and I started to scream as his arms came around me. He covered my mouth and said, “I’m sorry, Liza, but we can’t wake the neighbors.”
I could hear sirens as he dragged me back towards my house and Maximus sighed heavily and picked up the thug’s body.
Dominic carried me kicking and screaming towards my bedroom. Maximus disappeared into my kitchen with the thug’s body in tow.
Dominic dropped me down on my bed and didn’t bother to close the door behind us. I was breathing heavily, afraid to move, looking at the open door.
“What are you?”
“A shifter.”
“What?”
“A shifter. You collect books. You must have read about my kind.”
“This is crazy.”
“I would guess so, for you.”
I just stared at him, wondering when I would wake up. This had to be a dream or nightmare.
“My kind can shift between animal form and human form. Is that really so hard to believe given what you just saw?”
“But there were two of you...”my voice trailed off. I couldn’t believe I was entertaining this conversation.
“Yes, Maximus was an unexpected, unwanted surprise. I knew there was a reason I hated him instantly besides him being obnoxious.”
He sat down next to me and I instantly backed up. “You just killed a man,” I said.
“Only because he was going to kill you. Did you want me to give him the opportunity to do so? I saw an immediate threat and I eliminated it.” I imagined this was simply a result of his military training, but even as my mind accepted that, I still had to fight back the nausea that clawed at me.
He had a valid point and I felt my body shaking from the adrenaline. He cautiously reached for my hand. I didn’t pull away; his presence calmed me more than it frightened me. I didn’t know why.
He gradually brought me in his arms and said, “I’m just happy that you’re okay.” It must have been the adrenaline or the need to do something primal that reaffirmed life, because I found myself running my hands over his still nude body.
“Are you sure you want to do this?” He asked cautiously.
“Very sure.” I said against his lips. I reached up and switched off the light.
Things heated quickly and Dominic practically clawed my clothes off. I didn’t care. I wanted him badly. Before I knew it, he was ripping my bra and panties from my body. I knew I wouldn’t be wearing those again as I heard them literally rip in half as he threw them across the room.
There was no foreplay, just a desire to have him inside of me, and so when he flipped me over, my whole body shuddered reveling in the feel of him. My emotional and physical feelings eclipsed one another and I couldn’t tell if what I felt for him was love or lust.
I didn’t have a chance to ponder anything else when I became aware of another presence in the room.
Maximus just stood there, leaning casually against the wall watching. He had his shaft in his hand and he lazily rubbed his startlingly large erect member up and down, playing with the tip, which seemed to glisten in the moonlight. I watched him watching Dominic enter me so forcefully that my body rocked forward with each of his movements and then Dominic pulled out until just the tip of his dick was still inside of me and I screamed for him to give me more.
“Dominic,” I gasped, “Please.”
From the shadows, I could here, Maximus’s voice, “You’ve had your fun, Dominic, now it’s my turn.”
My sex tightened around Dominic’s member at Maximus’s words, basking in the feel of Dominic, squeezing and clenching around his cock buried inside of me, while also getting wetter in anticipation of the delicious things I knew Maximus was capable of doing to me.
I knew the image I made with my backside in the air, Dominic thrusting into me as I moaned and beckoned him to enter me to go deeper and faster than he had before, must be driving Maximus insane. Dominic on the other hand was a different story. Upon hearing Maximus enter, Dominic didn’t bother to stop. I didn’t know if he was too focused on what he was doing to my body to acknowledge Maximus or if he just didn’t care enough about Maximus’ presence to stop.
Then he turned and looked at Maximus and they exchanged a glance. Maximus still nude from shifting earlier, approached me and then suddenly Dominic pulled out of me, rolled me on top of him, and nudged me up so that my sex was on his face. Maximus grabbed me by my hair and brought my mouth down to his cock. I greedily sucked it in while kneeling over Dominic’s face as his tongue and mouth worked ceaselessly to give me pleasure. I began to bounce my hips up and down on his face and simultaneously I brought all of Maximus in my mouth and he said not a word. He just kept my head locked in place, pushing my mouth up and down his cock as he breathed deeply.
His member was so big it nearly choked me. I tried to get it all in my mouth and when I couldn’t, I gave my attention to his balls, licking and sucking them into my mouth and then I bent down further and let my tongue trace a line to his taint.
He snatched my hair back and said, “That’s enough.”
Maximus snatched me off Dominic and tossed me across the bed. My sex still quivered and throbbed from the feel of Dominic’s tongue earlier and I wanted Maximus next. I got my wish as he settled on top of me. I couldn’t see him because the only source of light was the hall light that crept under the door, but I knew he was there, as he pinned my arms above my head and slid his thick, hot cock into me. My eyes adjusted to the light as Maximus hammered into me; Dominic kneeled over my pinned arms. He trapped them between his knees as he leaned over me to play with my breasts. Pulling and kissing my nipples, being anything but gentle.
I didn’t know whose name I called first. Between the pleasures of Dominic playing with my breasts, to the feel of Maximus inside of me, I lost control and began to scream. My body shook, my inner muscles tightened and my head felt like it was about to explode as my orgasm rippled across me. Maximus threw his head back and grunted before coming inside of me. My sex clenched and unclenched around him, massaging his dick, milking out every last drop of his cum and as I did, Dominic’s gentle kisses on my face, my mouth, my neck set fire to my skin. He ran his fingers through my hair and I sighed feeling drowsy and spent.
Maximus slowly pulled out of me and I immediately missed the feel of him. Dominic gathered me in his arms and laid me against his chest. I sleepily blinked at Maximus who stood near the foot of the bed looking down at us as he said, “I don’t spoon. I’ll see you all in the morning.”
Dominic didn’t say a word nor did I. I just rolled my eyes and settled into Dominic’s arms. I knew I should have been focusing on contacting my brother or the fact that the two men who I just had inside of me weren’t human, but my body and mind were tired. I let myself gradually drift off into a deep, restful sleep. The world wasn’t what I thought it was, but as for then, nestled safely in Dominic’s arms, all at least was right with me.
THE END