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  THE AWAKENING

  (The Breeding Prophecy 1)

  By Alexx Andria

  Copyright 2012 by Alexx Andria

  Smashwords edition

  *This naughty bit of a story is intended for mature readers only. If you’re not 18 years or older, find something else to read.

  The following short story of approx. 4,000 words is an original work of fiction.

  Cassidy couldn’t escape the feeling she was being watched.

  A shiver of apprehension crawled up her spine and rattled her skull as she hurriedly walked home. The walking path was illuminated by the barest of street lamps — budget cuts within the city had eliminated bulb replacement — and it was her bad luck that she didn’t own a car and so had to walk home from the university.

  Normally, she enjoyed the time to herself to walk home. But lately, she couldn’t shake the feeling that eyes were on her, watching her every move.

  Of course, the dreams didn’t help either.

  For the past week, she’d woken out of a deep, almost drugged sleep, sweat-soaked and achy as if eaten by a fever, and oddly, aroused. It was disconcerting and a bit embarrassing considering the men in her dreams weren’t exactly men but more like beasts. Thank God she lived alone. She’d hate to have to explain her behavior when she didn’t have a clue what was going on with her body or her mind.

  The bite in the air signaled snow was coming and she pulled her scarf tighter around her neck to ward off the cold. Almost home, she noted with relief, when the old apartment building loomed in the darkness.

  A sound, much like that of a coyote or wolf, echoed in the night and she startled at the mournful sound. What the hell? She quickened her step, her heart thundering in her chest. Probably someone’s dog, she told herself when her imagination threatened to run away with her. It’s not like there were actual wolves running around the city. The idea was ridiculous.

  So stop freaking out.

  But even as the stern advice seemed rational, she continued to jump at the shadows from the moving foliage, until when she stepped onto the paved parking lot of her building, she broke out into a run, slamming into her front door and fumbling with the keys to let herself in.

  She slid the bolt and leaned against her door to release a shaky laugh. God, Cassidy…get a grip. No one is out there.

  Willing her heart to slow down, she took several deep, calming breaths and when she was sufficiently recovered, she tossed her backpack to the table and went straight to the kitchen. She was starved. No, she was beyond starved. She was ravenous. Cassidy cracked her fridge and peered inside, her eyes lighting on the package of raw hamburger she’d purchased yesterday on impulse. For a weird moment, she pictured herself ripping into the package and devouring the raw meat, slurping the blood as it ran in rivulets down her forearms. Shocked and disgusted at the errant thought, she deliberately shut the door and grabbed a box of Cheeze-Its.

  Maybe she had the bird flu or something, she thought as she munched on the crackers and tried to ignore how the cheesy taste was starting to make her a little nauseous.

  She wanted meat, not wheat.

  Damn it, she thought, returning the box to the cupboard. Her stomach cramped from hunger and she almost doubled over from the pain. Fuck! What was wrong with her? The pain shot spikes of red-hot agony twisting through her body and she collapsed with a cry to the tiled kitchen floor. She writhed, knowing she needed a hospital, but she couldn’t reach her cell phone. Oh God, she was going to die on her kitchen floor. Cassidy struggled to rise to her feet, or at least climb to her knees, but she blacked out before she succeeded.

  “She needs meat,” a sharp voice sounded from a distance. “She will not survive the mating if she does not eat.”

  “She is in no shape to mate, Koris,” another voice snapped. “She knows nothing of her heritage and has had no one to teach her our ways.”

  “That is unfortunate, but the fact remains…her body knows what it needs. Her temperature is elevated, her skin is beaded with sweat, and her tits are enlarged. The time is now.”

  Cassidy struggled to regain consciousness and opened her eyes blearily to find two men — no, check that, two very large men — standing over her. They wore all black and seemed almost indistinguishable from one another. Their muscles bulged from beneath tight T-shirts and narrowed to lean hips. Hanks of black hair, almost too long to be fashionable, dusted strong shoulders and impossibly dark eyes stared into her soul.

  Oh, and she was lying on her bed, naked.

  “Oh my God,” she managed to squeak as she attempted to cover her breasts but she felt weak as a kitten. “Help me, please! I need to go to the hospital,” she implored the handsome strangers, hoping for some shred of decency in either of them. “Please, I’m very sick…I think I might be dying…”

  They ignored her plea but the one named Koris shot the other a knowing look, saying, “Prop her up. She will need sustenance,” before leaving the room.

  “Hush, Cassandra,” the other said, coming to sit beside her. “My name is Jandin. We are here to help you.”

  Her body had begun to shake. “H-how? What’s wrong with me?”

  He smoothed her damp hair from her brow with a surprisingly gentle hand. “What do you remember of your childhood?” he asked.

  “What? Why are you asking me about my childhood? Didn’t you hear me? I’m very sick. I think I have food poisoning or something. I could die if I don’t get to a hospital!”

  “You’re right. You could die. But there is nothing that humans can do for you.”

  Humans?

  “Are you crazy?” she asked fearfully, tightening her grip across her breasts. “Why am I naked?”

  “Because you tore your clothes off,” he answered.

  “I would never do that,” she whispered but a foggy part of her memory recalled doing exactly that. She’d been burning up. The clothes had felt as if they were scratching against her tender, sensitized skin.

  “You have entered your Breeding Time,” he said as if it were the perfect explanation when in fact, it was total lunacy. “The females of our species…if not bred properly, become inflamed with an internal fever that can consume them if not cared for. Normally, a female would be guarded and under protection, but we did not find out about your existence until your body started sending out signals. Then we followed your scent.”

  “You’re the one who has been watching me,” she surmised fearfully.

  “Yes. Koris and myself. We had to ensure that no one from the rival clan claimed you first. Breeding females are rare. Especially ones from your bloodline. Claiming you would be a coup for either clan.”

  “What the fuck are you talking about?” Cassidy exclaimed, scooting away from him. “I was raised in rural New Jersey in a subdivision with normal parents. I was high school valedictorian and editor of the school newspaper. I dated the quarterback and came to college on a full-ride scholarship. Nothing about my childhood is remotely close to anything that you’re talking about because you’re crazy!”

  “You were adopted,” Jandin stated flatly. She stared. How did he know that? She swallowed a lump of fear. “And you may have lived a normal, human life but you are not, in fact, human. You are the most revered in our species because your kind are so rare these days. You are also still a virgin. I can smell it on you. It’s intoxicating.”

  She startled, frightened that he knew such private details about her, but even more terrified because somewhere deep inside, his words rang with truth.

  “I wanted to wait until marriage,” she whispered.

  “No, your body knew to wait until the Breeding Time and simply convinced your brain to go along.”

  Koris reappeared with something bloody on a plate. A wave of nausea followed a
s she fought with the urge to swallow it whole.

  “Do not fight your hunger, Cassandra,” Jandin warned, motioning for Koris to come forward with the plate. “Your body needs the sustenance to survive.”

  “Survive what?” she asked.

  “The breeding.”

  “I don’t want-“

  “Hold her down,” Koris instructed and Jandin grabbed her hands and held them above her head. She tried to scream but her voice was weak and unable to do much more then mewl with fear. But as much as she struggled, the smell from the meat began to do weird things to her resolve. Suddenly, it smelled like heaven even though it looked repugnant. Koris plucked a juicy chunk of the raw meat from the plate and brought it to her mouth. “Eat,” he commanded sternly. Her eyes filled with tears but her mouth reluctantly opened. He placed the meat in her mouth and her jaws snapped shut as she closed her eyes in sudden relief. Her body leapt at the blood and meat sliding down her throat. Strength returned to her limbs and the pounding in her head receded. “More,” Koris said, pushing more meat into her mouth, which she eagerly accepted. He continued until the plate was empty. Cassidy eyed the pooled blood remaining on the plate and Koris smiled at her plaintive look in her eyes. He tipped the plate and blood trickled into her mouth. She lapped at the liquid with cheeks burning with shame but she almost felt normal again. Her hunger pains had abated but she was wholly conscious of the fact that she was naked and alone with two handsome men.

  She writhed against the bed, unable to stop herself. The heat in her body was rising again. “What’s wrong with me?” she asked, her lower region aching and pulsing with a strange need that she couldn’t define.

  “We’re running out of time. We need to get her back to the clan,” Koris said, concerned.

  Jandin released her hands and felt her forehead. “Damn,” he swore softly under his breath. “She’s already gone into second phase. She won’t make the trip.”

  “I told you we should’ve grabbed her last week,” Koris growled.

  “We didn’t know if she was going to phase,” Jandin shot back. “Some breeding females never actually reach their Breeding Time, you know that!”

  “Don’t talk over my head,” Cassidy said, groaning as another wave of aching desire washed over her. “Help me! Bring me more meat!”

  “More fuel is not what you need,” Jandin said grimly. “You need to be bred.”

  “Excuse me?”

  Koris, the rougher of the two, looked angry at Jandin’s admission but he agreed. “Breeding females go through three phases before they pass out of their Breeding Time.”

  “I’ll just wait it out then,” she said, almost deliriously. She didn’t want to breed. She was waiting until marriage to have sex. But both men were beginning to look as good as that raw meat. A different sort of hunger was twisting her inside out.

  “You’ll die,” Koris said bluntly. “Breeding females who haven’t been bred, die soon after. It’s an evolutionary protection. As long as there is a breeding female, another will not take her place. But once you are gone, another breeding female will be born. They are rare for a reason…we must not overrun our resources.”

  She groaned, barely understanding what they were saying. “Make it stop,” she pleaded, her nipples hardening to the point of delicious pain.

  “We must take her,” Koris said but Jandin was reluctant. “The Alpha will understand.”

  “You know our brother has never been the understanding sort,” Jandin said.

  “It is preferable to her death. He will understand that simple truth even if he is not happy about it. We haven’t had a breeding female in sixty years.”

  “We must do it properly or she will remain at risk!”

  “There is no time!”

  Koris stripped his shirt, revealing rippling muscles of pure steel beneath bronzed silk. Cassidy gasped and her legs fell open as if in invitation. She felt as if someone else were taking over her body, causing her to act like a wanton whore when she’d never in her life been so brazen.

  “She will phase again within minutes,” Koris exclaimed, shooting a dark glance at his brother. “You must bite her. You are the second brother in the absence of the Alpha. Do it!”

  Jandin ripped his shirt free from his body with a growl and his jeans followed. Cassidy shuddered at the enormous cock that jutted out toward her, the mushroom head glistening with moisture. Instinct caused her to roll onto her belly and rise on all fours. Within seconds, Jandin’s large body covered her small one. The comforter abraded her nipples as he pressed down upon her with a feral growl. He gripped her hips and drew her closer. The wiry patch of hair at his groin tickled her ass cheeks. She groaned and gripped the comforter, crying out with need as his cock pressed against her opening. Without warning, he plunged himself deep inside her, ripping through her hymen without mercy. His cock filled her virgin passage until she felt she couldn’t breathe. The pain cascaded through her, causing tears to spring to her eyes. He pushed her down flat, his cock pinning her to the bed as he slowly withdrew his cock, only to plunge it deep inside again. She cried out and struggled to get away, afraid of the feelings this primal act created, but Jandin’s huge body prevented her escape. Another growl rumbled from his chest and reverberated through her body and she shuddered at the spike of pleasure. His cock seemed to grow inside her, which should’ve been impossible, but suddenly, she felt as if she were stuffed to the bottom of her throat with his cock. In a sudden move, Jandin rose up and pulled her with him, his cock still firmly embedded inside her. Her breasts heaved from the invasion of her body and she was startled to see Koris watching them with narrowed, lust-filled eyes. Her breasts bounced with each of his hip thrusts as he continued to impale her with his length. Crinkly hair rubbed against her backside as Jandin wrapped one long forearm around her torso and held her in place as he continued to fuck her with hard, merciless thrusts.

  Something was building deep inside her, something big. She squirmed, afraid, but the sensations of pure pleasure were hard to ignore. Her breasts tingled and swelled, as if begging for someone to suck them, and Koris, answering her silent plea, climbed the bed and drew one hardened tip into his hot mouth.

  She was sandwiched between two hot, huge men. One was fucking her hard enough to leave a bruise, and the other was sucking on her tits as if drawing mother’s milk. She was drowning in pleasure — pleasure she never would’ve dreamed possible — and she couldn’t help the cries being ripped from her throat with each thrust and suck.

  “Ohh my God,” she exclaimed as pleasure rippled through her at being so dominated, so used by these men. She was a good girl — for Christ’s sake, she’d taken a purity vow! — but right now, she was overtaken by the need to be fucked without end. A howl threatened to erupt from her mouth just as Jandin’s mouth fastened to her shoulder. Sharp teeth ripped into her tender flesh and she screamed at the pain. But the pain was nothing compared to the pleasure created by his cock penetrating her pussy over and over.

  Jandin roared and warm cream filled her channel, bathing her insides with his seed. She shuddered as a starburst of insane pleasure crested over her, as his seed dripped down his cock and soaked the bed beneath them. He continued to thrust against her, smaller and less violent penetrations, until his cock softened enough to fall from her wet core. He gasped and pulled away, releasing her to fall into Koris’ awaiting arms.

  “She is unlike any other,” Jandin exclaimed, breathless. “Take her, my brother! We must ensure that she breeds with our clan and no other!”

  Koris threw her down on the bed and immediately covered her with his body. It was then she got a good look at Jandin. He was even bigger than before, covered in fun, his spent cock dripping from a nest of black as he stumbled away, and she gasped in fear at what she was seeing.

  “What are you?” she asked, her frightened gaze switching to the man who covered her with his body. Koris was changing, too. She struggled when she realized she’d just lost her virginity by somethin
g inhuman.

  “We are the stuff of legends. Just as you are, sweet Cassandra,” Jandin answered, still out of breath from their fucking. “Search your mind...you know what we are.”

  She squeezed her eyes shut, not ready to admit what was staring her in the face. They were…werewolves.

  “Noo,” she whispered but a part of her knew it to be true. Even as the truth horrified her, another part of her was gaining strength. She arched beneath Koris, needing his touch, needing to feel penetrated. Tears burned beneath her lids as she gave in to her crushing need, her feminine heat threatening to consume her from the inside out without the soothing cream of the men. “Take me, Koris,” she whispered, wrapping her arms around his large neck, marveling at the soft fur beginning to sprout beneath her fingertips. He growled and long canines flashed in the dim light. She knew what was coming. In a flash, his teeth sank into her shoulder as his cock penetrated her slick heat. She cried out but the pain was fleeting this time. All she felt was the insistent press of his huge cock against her womb. Each thrust felt deeper than the last. She clung to his massive shoulders, quaking from the sensations ricocheting up and down her spine and pooling in her pelvis. She felt alive, as if she’d previously been sleep-walking through life, as Koris moved above her, grunting with the force of each thrust inside her. She clamped down with her internal muscles and he growled with pleasure as his eyelids fluttered shut. Cassidy anchored her legs around his torso, drawing him nearer to her molten core, needing every inch of his rock hard cock inside her. She knew Jandin watched, just as Koris had, and the knowledge thrilled her senseless.

  “Give me your seed,” she gasped, unaware of where the words came from but it felt right. “Pour it into me! Now!”

  Koris needed little more encouragement and suddenly, it was as if a dam broke and he flooded her tight, well-used passage with the thick cream jetting from his cock in huge spurts. She felt the warmth of his seed as it filled her insides, bathing her womb with the virile juice of their species, and she knew without a doubt, what they’d said to her was true. The knowledge called to her heart and sang in her soul even as it troubled and frightened her mind.