Declan scooped Noelle up into his muscular arms and carried her from the bathroom to the bed. He threw her from a good four feet away. She giggled like a schoolgirl as she bounced, and her towel fell apart from her body.

Declan walked close and tugged at his towel and let it fall to the floor. Noelle yelped with delight as she bounced on her knees. She patted the bed at the side of her and urged Declan to lay on his back. He sat on the edge of the bed and swung his legs to lay at her side. His head rested against the large pillows as he watched Noelle caress his body with her lips and tongue.

Declan closed his eyes as tingles flowed through his taut skin. The steely contours of his body were tantalized by the tip of her tongue. Declan's body tensed with excitement and Noelle ran her hand up his thigh and grasped ahold of the base of his shaft. He opened one eye and glanced down as Noelle winked at him and ran her tongue around the swollen head of his manhood. Declan sucked in air through his gritted teeth. The hairs on the back of his neck stood to attention. He’d missed her.

Noelle sat on Declan's thighs and stroked him hard and fast before pushing her hips closer to his arousal. She raised her hips and pushed the tip of his shaft between the velvety skin.

The dampness between her legs was the sign she was ready to take Declan at his most proud moment. Her hips raised as she pushed the head of his shaft into the deeper heat within her. Noelle lowered her hips gingerly down Declan's shaft and accommodated the full length of him. Her body leaned forward as her hands rested on his broad chest. Noelle started to gyrate her hips in slow circles, and her wanting body ground against Declan's powerful loins. She could feel the length of his shaft filling her womanly depths as she began raising her body to enjoy him fully.

Noelle arched her back in wild response to the throbbing and heat of Declan inside her. She rocked back and forth as she plunged her body down the length of it. He moaned and felt every part of his soul entwine with hers. Her body clenched and shuddered as her body bucked, arched and collided with Declan in a perfect rhythm.

Declan opened his eyes and grabbed Noelle by her hips. He lifted her body as he thrust his hips up. Their bodies met in perfect synchronicity. The faint sound of Declan slapping against Noelle's wetness filled the apartment, and the aroma of lust and sex filled the air.

Declan looked deep into Noelle's eyes. “Turn over.”

Noelle climbed from Declan's body and rested on her hands and knees. Declan moved his body closer to her and pushed his hips forward. Noelle reached under her body and pushed Declan's shaft past the soft folds. Perfectly, he plunged his rock-hard erection into the hot wet depths of her body. Noelle squealed with pleasure as her back arched, and her hips pushed back to meet every thrust that Declan made. He grabbed her hips and increased the tempo of his plunging hardness.

“Declan. I’m gonna come again,” Noelle screamed with delight.

She bit into the pillow. Declan could hear her muffled screams filling the apartment. Noelle raised her ass to accommodate Declan further. His shaft rammed hard and deep as he felt his body ready itself.

Declan gritted his teeth as his face contorted with pleasure. A fire of passion shot up his spine. The smooth muscles on his broad back tingled as the sensations flooded through his body. His fingers dug deeper into Noelle’s hips as a harsh groan of masculine satisfaction arose from his body.

“Noelle, I’m coming with you,” he yelled out.

Declan lost control of his body. His hips shook violently as his seed spilled out in his final slamming thrusts. He groaned as pulsating waves of pleasure washed over his powerful loins.

Declan thrust a third and final time as he gave his last shuddering release. His body slumped and rested on Noelle as her fingers loosened their grip of the bedsheets. She panted for breath as Declan's spent body fell to her side.

“What I said before. I was serious, you know,” she murmured.

“Which part?”

Noelle furrowed her brow a little. “I was serious about all of it. But to jog your memory a little, the part about us not fighting anymore,” she explained.

Declan looked back at Noelle and tightened his lips. He could see her expression was serious, yet was her mind? “It hasn’t worked out so well for us this far, what makes you think it’ll be any different, now?” he asked.

“Well, this time, I was thinking…” she started to say. “I wouldn’t be away from you. I’d become a part of the pack and live here with you. That way, we can iron out any conflicts we have, rather than fretting about them.”

Declan rubbed his hand over his chin as he was thinking. He ran over everything in his head. “There’s one gray area that’s always gonna be in the way,” he explained. “You come from a family of hunters, and I’m the hunted.”

Noelle got excited and sat up. Declan couldn’t help but notice her breasts jiggle as she wobbled on the springs of the bed. “This is where the second part of my plan comes into action.” She looked at Declan excitedly. “This time I’ll do anything for us to be together, I won’t take it as a fling, or as a half-hearted relationship.”

Declan started to become puzzled because Noelle was going off on a tangent and Declan couldn’t see where she was headed. “I think you need to slow down a little, and explain more, before you lose me.”

Noelle tutted and threw her head back. “You men are all the same, it’s simple…” she said. “This time we take out all the hunters!”

“Hang on a minute, you come from a family of hunters, and you want to take them all out to prove you're serious about our relationship?”

“Yes!”

“Noelle, you’re fucking crazy,” Declan said, lifting his weight onto his elbows. “You’re willing to kill all your family to be with me?”

“No!”

Declan frowned even more because it seemed like Noelle was talking in riddles. “I’m confused, you say, ‘yes’ and then you say, ‘no.’”

Noelle tutted again. “I’ll explain as much as I can. Just before I was hoodwinked by that scumbag Edmund, I had the chance to talk to my parents —and they said they were out of the hunter business, ever since Dad was turned. They saw that werewolves were only like humans when left alone, and probably a better race because there’s not as much infighting,” Noelle explained in simple detail.

“Well, if that’s true, and that’s the commitment you want to make to be with the pack and me, let’s do it!”

Noelle looked puzzled. “Let’s do what… be together?”

“Sort of, we’ll do what you said as a final commitment,” Declan said plainly.

“AH! We’re gonna take out the hunters?”

“We are,” Declan replied.

“OH! Declan, I’m so happy I have a chance to be with you, once and for all.”

“With no arguments.”

“No arguments,” Noelle said. “I promise!” Declan let out a mock sigh as Noelle slapped him simultaneously.

* * *

Gabriel looked across the horizon. His eye had started to heal but it was still half closed. He'd been sour all night and hardly slept. He’d been festering over the humiliation he'd faced at the hands of Declan.

He isn’t gonna get away with it. He caught me off guard, that’s all.

Gabriel dressed and stared at Tanya’s spent body. That was another reason he'd hardly slept. She might not have won the ritual that was cut in half, yet she'd proved herself by stepping up when it mattered. Gabriel pulled on his jacket and stepped closer to the motel room door.

“Where are you going at this time of the morning?” Tanya asked.

“Unfinished business.”

The door closed behind Gabriel as he pulled up the hood of his sweatshirt. He had a plan of entry, and it was one that no one would think of. He ran from the motel to the street behind the Towers. He crept in the shadows on the rear wall, just as the sun began to light the far wall. Gabriel stood next to the large dumpster that Edmund previously used to hide his presence in.

Who would think of the cover of the freezer room? Nah, no one will look there.

Gabriel rounded the dumpster and changed into his inner wolf. He leaped up the large gate and pulled himself over the top. He stood in silence, and his ear twitched as he listened for sounds of any pack members roaming around the yard, or by the rear entranceway. The coast was clear, and he ran across the yard, his feet silent against the cobbled surface.

Gabriel reached the cover leading to the freezer room and looked puzzled. “What the hell?” he mumbled. “Who has slipped a bar through the hoops?”

Gabriel pulled at the rust-covered cover, and he stepped inside before pulling the lid closed. His sense of smell perked up. His eyes adjusted, yet it was still dim. He stepped forward and could smell the decaying meat up ahead. He saw a faint light waving in the darkness.

“Who’s there, is that you Noelle? I knew you’d come and save me,” Gabriel heard from the voice behind the light.

He stepped forward more. His jaw opened. Saliva dripped from his jaw as his body readied itself to pounce. The light raised up and cast a dim glow over Gabriel’s face.

“OH FUCK! You’re not Noelle,” Edmund screamed. “You’re Gab…”

“And you’re dead,” Gabriel replied as he tore into Edmund’s neck like the beast he was.

His fangs sank deep into Edmund’s jugular as he tugged his head sideways. His claws ripped at Edmund’s chest. Gabriel lunged his paw forward and crushed Edmund’s rib cage. His claws tore the life source from Edmund as his body slumped to the floor. It now looked like a meat carcass from an animal.

“You, my dear friend, don’t deserve to be human or wolf. Rot in hell where you deserve,” Gabriel said, as he spat blood over Edmund’s lifeless body.

Gabriel stepped into the freezer room. He placed his hand on the door, and his nose twitched. A bit of fresh meat will give me a good serving of energy. Gabriel lifted the lid of the freezer, he ripped open the plastic and sunk his teeth into the soft, juicy meat. He ripped open the second bag and devoured it as quickly as the first. Gabriel twisted the door handle and made his way through the apartments up to Declan's room. He reached into his pocket and pulled the tightly-wrapped piece of rubber. He pulled at the string and the rubber fell from the contents inside. The light shone off the silver bullet as Gabriel paused.

Now we’ll see who has what it takes.

He breathed deeply. It was now or never. He raised his clenched fist and knocked on the door. He heard footsteps approach on the other side.

The door opened and Gabriel grinned. “Hello again, surprised to see me so soon?” His grin was wicked and condescending.

“To the best of my knowledge, there are no more hidden surprises.”