A Day In the Woods Chapt 7

Chapter 7
Paul smiled and was relieved. He got up and put a robe on and headed for the kitchen. Jessica lay in bed thinking of everything that had happened. Her morning with Paul etched deep in her brain, the feeling of the change and him inside her as she did. She could hear and smell Paul in the kitchen. It was amazing how sensitive her senses had become. She got herself up and put on the other robe, walking briskly towards the kitchen. Paul had some eggs scrambled up and had just placed a couple of steaks in the pan. Jessica walked up behind him and hugged him, “I think that’s done enough don’t you?” Paul leaned his head back as they kissed, the steaks were rare and just as Mike and Jean had told him, he remembered. He remembered his first meal and the cravings and indulged his mate in her desires, just as any man would.

The work week started and most of the pack had taken off work. Ray and Jake were the only two exceptions and they made sure to stop by on their way home to check on Paul and Jessica and see how they were doing. Everyone would talk about their first time and experiences they had and what Jessica could come to expect. She truly did belong here and she knew it. Whatever doubts she may have had quickly slipped away over the next couple of days. Mike and Jean and Tommy and Susan spent almost every moment of the week with the new couple. Finally on Thursday they took Jessica out of the house for the first time. Her senses were more alive than ever before. Places she had normally been took on a new atmosphere. The smells and sounds of the city were intoxicating and arousing. She would have to get used to this and learn to control it as well.

The three couples went to where Jessica would run every Saturday. The woods were filled as it was later in the day. Families were there. Jessica could smell the sweat on people as they jogged past, could smell if a woman was menstruating, and sense the fear and apprehension in people as the couples walked past everyone. Paul was practically dragging Jessica as her steps had come to almost a complete stop. Mike and Jean and Tommy and Susan had stopped and watched. Finally Paul stopped and looked back at Jessica. She stood there glaring at him. She was sweating and it wasn’t from the walk. He saw her eyes light up and heard a deep growl from her throat and knew they would have to move fast.

Paul picked Jessica up, practically throwing her over his shoulder as he took off on a fast jog towards the parking area. The other two couples were behind them keeping an eye on everyone around them. Mike sprinted ahead of Paul and headed for the van they had arrived in. Jessica had never really given it much thought about the layout of the van. It was oversized and had a lot of room in the back. The interior was nothing to write home about and the windows were tinted black, you couldn’t see in or out of them. Paul could feel Jessica drooling down his back. Her growls had become more intense and he could feel her skin getting hotter. The smell of Paul and the sensation of them running through the woods excited her even more. Mike opened the door as Paul got to the back of the van. He dropped Jessica inside and as he did he looked at her. Her face was starting to stretch and her arms were becoming covered in hair. Mike told him to get in with her as he closed the door. Tommy, Susan and Jean were along shortly and Mike asked if anyone had seemed more suspicious than expected and if anyone saw, or heard anything. Trying to breathe in and talk they all said they thought everything was ok. Mike shook his head ok as they all got in the van. They looked back to see Paul holding Jessica, scratching her ears and petting her as she had completely transformed, almost too quickly for her own good.

Eliot and Beth had been working all week as well. They would work their normal jobs during the day and then spend the hours after work trying to solve the packs infertility problem. Beth was relentless in her pursuit; Eliot had almost forgotten her tenacity when she came upon a problem she couldn’t solve. Beth would be at the lab until midnight each night, sometimes later. By Saturday morning she was no farther along than was Eliot. She had confirmed everything he already knew. Verified what she already had again and then checked it once more. It was a problem with the sperm but it wasn’t the only problem. She had been working on the eggs and knew there had to be something else wrong with them as well. The sperm from the males were capable of reproduction, they would have to be artificially injected but they should be fine after that. The question in the back of Beth’s head was if they would be able to fertilize a woman’s eggs or just a hybrid’s? It was the kind of experiment that would go against every vow she has ever taken, violate every rule of science and humanity, and yet she couldn’t help to think of it. Eliot had thought of it years ago.