Death's Saviour

Author's Song of the Chapter: Fight Back by Neffex

Noah knocks on Carl’s door as we sniff the air. As far as I can tell Carl is alone in the house, but, still, we are cautious. The door opens quickly as Carl takes one look at us before raising an eyebrow at our messy hair and dirty state. I raise an eyebrow at Carl, he is pale as sweat beads in his hairline. Carl and Noah’s eyes connect and they both share an uneasy smile that has me rolling my eyes, great now Carl knows about our dirty business and he didn’t even have to ask he just had to look at us.

“Come on in.” Carl smiles inviting us inside his voice raspy.

“Thanks, man.” Noah thanks Carl as I look around taking everything in.

“Do you mind if I use the shower?” I ask Carl, he looks me over before laughter bubbles out of him causing me to smack him in the arm lightly, he flinches anyways.

“Down the hall to the right, besides that gives Noah and I chance to talk,” Carl tells me as he claps Noah on the back giving me a cheeky smile that has me moving away down the hallway as my nose works to figure out what one smell is that is bothering me.

I find the bathroom easily enough, I crank the water up in heat as I turn it on. When I step into the scalding water it feels amazing against my dirty skin, it feels good to be getting clean as I run my fingers through my hair trying to rid of knots. I tune my ears listening to Noah and Carl a little bit as I take soap to my body scrubbing away all the dirt. Noah’s scent clings to my skin and I’m cautious not to wash it off. As I’m reaching for some masculine looking shampoo I hear Carl laugh which causes me to listen a little closer.

“How does it feel to not be a virgin anymore man? And don’t ask me how I know, I could always tell you and Hannah hadn’t done it.” Carl questions Noah his tone light which is heartwarming to me because it means Noah still has one friend that he can count on.

“Dusk is amazing!” Is Noah’s answer as it causes me to blush in the shower as I apply the shampoo into my tangled hair working my scalp.

“Amazing, that’s an impressive word. No way, does that mean you have done it more than once?” Carl asks in jest as Noah lets out a low whistle.

“Let’s just say being Wolves makes stamina a none issue.” I hear Noah whisper and Carl laughs again before ending in coughs.

I let their conversation fall away from my ears as I turn back to the water to get the shampoo fully out of my hair. It rinses out easily as I quickly use some conditioner for the knots and tangles still fighting for life in my hair. The conditioner is even more masculine smelling than the shampoo which makes me laugh since Carl clearly isn’t ready to share his sexuality with the world. If I’m not lying than I must admit I like masculine smelling washers better than the stupid flowery female smelling crap. If you want to smell like a flower than go pick a flower and rub it on yourself, don’t use some fake smelling spray. Something Carl says catches my ears as I wash the conditioner from my hair before standing soaking in the water as I let it soothe my aches.

“So, about the kid in the field, and that old guy in the business district. Was that you guys? Are you a killer now that you have power?” Carl questions, in no way, does his voice sound dangerous, instead, it sounds genuinely curious about the idea.

“The kid was all Dusk, though he was a Wolf and had killed humans for fun. The old guy, however, was all me. I’d tell you that I’m disgusted with myself and I killed a guy so I’m a murderer, the old me would have. This me understands death Carl, this me can tell who is guilty and who is innocent just by scent and heartbeat alone. I do not regret killing, they deserve it.” Noah explains his voice getting a little airy as he talks about death and killing.

I feel a little bit of pride in me for I have created a person who understands why I kill and what it means. We do not kill innocents, I made that mistake once and it will never happen again. Not it is only those who are guilty that we will be killing, only those who deserve it. We will cleanse the pack of all who are guilty before we rebuilt it into something that functions better, something that fits better equally into the human world rather than ruling. There will be no war lines, only peace. Once I have achieved that Noah and I can go live in the forest off the grid away from the world. I don’t need to be part of running a huge pack. I don’t need to be that alpha. I just want to fix things and that has come out in me because of Noah. Noah has allowed me to see that I do not need to be a killing machine that wipes everything out, no, I just need to wipe out some Wolves to set things straight. Coming out of my thoughts I dry my hair wrapping it up in a towel above my head before I step from the bathroom moving around down the hall into the room where Noah and Carl sit talking. Their eyes lift looking at me as I stand naked.

“I need clothes,” I state as both of them have mouths dropped open at my naked state as their eyes roam my body, Noah’s appreciative gaze is real while Carl appears to be testing something within himself, testing his gayness.

Suddenly Noah jumps up moving his body in front of mine shooting Carl a death glare from over his shoulder as he moves me back towards the bathroom. I don’t understand what’s going on, I just need clothes.

“Don’t give me that look, man, she came out here naked how is a guy supposed to resist looking at that?” Carl calls from behind us as Noah growls moving me into the bathroom before closing the door as he focuses his angry eyes on me.

“Dusk you can’t go walking around naked in front of other guys, not unless you want me to rip their throats out for looking at you!” Noah growls his voice is husky as he looks down at my still naked body.

“I’m a Wolf Noah, I am naked a lot and I’m not ashamed of it. What happens if we have a pack of Wolves around us, am I not allowed to shift to human form because I would be naked?” I ask him in a confused tone as he looks down at me while moving his head closer to mine.

“That is a different circumstance Dusk. That there is no helping being naked, this you can help especially since Carl is human!” Noah snarls at me in a half-angry turned on voice as I turn my lip up.

“Are you ashamed of my body?” I question in a quiet voice as I have never felt I have a bad body, I have always been rather confident of my looks considering my Wolf metabolism keeps me in shape.

“No, Dusk. I love your body, it is perfect in every way. I just don’t want other guys to see what’s mine if they don’t need to be seeing it. Your body is sacred to me Dusk, it deserves to be worshipped. Think of it this way, what if I came out of a room naked and there were other girls in the room all staring at me. How would you feel?” Noah asks helping me to understand because I know I would rip the heads off those others who dare to look at my mate in such a suggestive way, he is my mate, not a treat for them to chew on.

That goes the same for Noah when it comes to me and walking out to him and Carl naked as it puts him in that protective situation with his own best friend. This I can now understand, though I realize that Noah doesn’t know that Carl is gay.

“I understand, I do but Noah but circumstances are different with Carl as he has no interest in me. He can’t possibly when I’m not his type. Don’t press me further on what I mean by that as it’s a conversation you and he need to have just know that Carl wasn’t looking at me because he was at all interested.” I sigh causing Noah to frown a little as he gets into his thoughts.

“Good, I’m glad you understand because I didn’t know how much longer I could hold off.” Noah sighs before steeping into me planting his lips on my neck licking and kissing my bare skin in a pleasurable way.

He picks me up guiding me to the bathroom sink where he places himself between my legs as he kisses my body teasing me with his mouth.

“Noah, what are you doing?” I question surprised by his boldness as we are at his friend’s house, there is the chance of parents returning to find us like this.

“I need you Dusk. You are naked, and I want you. Can I make love to you on the counter?” Noah asks in a husky voice as he hovers near me, in response I rip the clothes from his body, even thick with lust Noah is capable of being a gentleman.

Just as Noah slides into me, a knock comes from the door. Noah growls as I let out a small laugh that turns into a moan as Noah slams into me. In return, I rake my claws across his chest causing him to moan as I draw blood.

“Really guys?” Carl calls sarcastically from the other side of the door as I hear him set something down before retreating away from us.

Noah doesn’t draw the sex out like he did the last time, instead, he brings us both to our climaxes quickly as he kisses me deeply on the lips while I pull his lower lip into my mouth. We peak at the same time burying our heads into each other’s shoulders to muffle our voices as a curtsy to Carl. Noah kisses me lightly on the lips as he plays with my hair as we both pant. I smile at Noah as I run my hands through his hair causing him to close his eyes.

“I love you Dusk.” He says as he opens his eyes while smiling at me with a satisfied grin on his face.

“I love you too Noah, now get in the shower, you are seriously starting to stink.” I tease Noah as he moves from me taking my hand to slide me off the counter, I give him a slight push towards the shower.

Before Noah can step into the shower I turn him towards me kissing him lightly on the lips. This kiss has no lust or need behind it, it is simple and pure in the way that I love him, I want him to feel it in more than just the way we make love. I want Noah to feel my love in every little action and thing I do. Noah smiles at me before hopping into the shower as I open the door pulling on the clothes that Carl left for us. I don’t find Carl in the family room as I move into it. I tune my ears to find him in the kitchen working on making some sandwiches on the burner. I follow the smell of grilled cheeses to the kitchen where Carl stands flipping the bread.

“Why haven’t you told Noah?” I question startling Carl as he spins around nearly sending a grilled cheese flying.

“Jesus Dusk you scared me.” He states before turning his back to me again.

I move towards him taking his shoulders and turning him towards me so he can see it in my eyes.

“You know he wouldn’t judge you for being gay, it’s not in his nature,” I tell Carl as he looks at me with fear in his eyes and I feel bad I don’t mean to scare him.

“You really think that?” Carl asks me, I expect him to turn away but he doesn’t, instead, he stands still looking at me.

“I fully believe it, if it’s who you truly are then he would embrace it,” I reply honestly knowing in my heart that Noah would.

“Dusk, thank you,” Carl tells me as I turn back to him, he smiles and I smile, and I know we have formed a bond already.

It feels good, it feels good to know that Carl can view me as someone to trust and I can do so him. Noah and I need all the allies we can get in this world. My nose twitches, sweat drips down Carl’s eyebrow and I’m about to ask him when it started when the doorbell rings causing Carl to drop what he’s doing and go to it. I don’t listen in on Carl’s conversation not until he starts whispering in a rapid tone. As soon as I hear this I go to him seeing if he needs help from someone, instead, I hear him talking to someone Noah will kill if he finds here.

“Please Carl, I just want to apologize, nothing more and nothing less. I realize what I did was wrong!” Perry’s pleading voice reaches my ears as I move towards the front door.

His voice sounds sincere, there is no stutter in his heartbeat though it is hard to tell with how hard it is beating.

“I don’t think so Perry, you did and said some pretty messed up things!” Carl points out with a deep sigh that rewards him with silence.

“I just want my best friends back Carl!” Perry claims as his voice wobbles a little, I can’t help but feel like I did this to them.

I move towards the door opening it scaring both as they jump away together. Carl’s face pales, even more, when he sees me, but Perry just looks at me, his eyes are red as if he has been crying and pity swells into me. Perhaps I judged him too quickly, maybe he is a good guy at heart who just gets a little lost as he gets caught up in the Wolf.

“You want to apologize to me? To us?” I ask, my question is an invitation, a second chance for Perry.

“Could we have a moment?” Perry asks as he turns to Carl looking at him with wide eyes, too wide of eyes like he has just jumped on his only lifeline.

I think Perry is lying, he’s just hiding it well, which makes me curious about the true purpose of why he is here. I shake my head letting Carl know he needs to stay. Perry looks a little frustrated when Carl doesn’t leave.

“I think you are lying,” I state simply in a cold voice that catches Perry off guard as he looks at me.

“I am sorry for how things turned out Dusk. I’m not going to continue to lie, I’m not sorry for what I said. I am sorry for pushing you away and scaring you. I’m sorry that you made the mistake of choosing Noah over me, I am the better choice. I always have been considering I know more about you and your kind, I hunted for you forever drugging Wolves and kidnapping them hoping one would be you. You are the only alpha who could turn me and make me be what I’ve wanted to be my whole life. I took so many lives trying to get you and now it hasn’t paid off. I got caught with that young girl and it didn’t pay off. Noah has you now!” Perry whispers his voice laced with venom as he ends it.

“Why are you here Perry? It’s obviously not to apologize!” I snap at him making him flinch a little, but his eyes do not stray from me as they darken while I try to process all he has said.

“I have come here to give you one last chance. I want you to drop Noah and take me as your mate. I want, you to marry me and we can have a pack together. I want you to be my girl Dusk because if you do then maybe I can stop killing girls, stop hurting people. What you haven’t realized is being a serial killer I’m a little cliche and I do strongly love the line if I can’t have you then no one can!” Perry snaps at me his voice deadly calm, I can smell metal before Perry pulls the gun on me pointing it at my chest.

When I laugh it unnerves him as he trembles a little.

“Perry, Perry, Perry, do you really think such a weapon will truly hurt me?” I question keeping my tone fiery calm as I move forwards pressing the gun into my chest bone between my breasts to prove my point as my eyes glow while my canines and claws grow.

“I’ve done some research Dusk, these are no normal bullets you see, I’ve coated them with silver and wolfsbane. I do believe that such a bullet will kill you slowly, it will make your heart explode! Besides if it doesn’t kill you it certainly will kill Carl!” Perry smiles at me as he has a steady hand now as I growl.

Wolfsbane is something my father taught us about, it will kill a Wolf by causing an explosive heart attack by creating a high that overworks the heart. There is only one way to stop the movement of wolfsbane through one’s bloodstream, mate’s blood. I have mate’s blood in Noah so even if Perry shoots me with this it will not kill me, Carl, on the other hand, is a different matter.

“You see Perry I learned about Wolfsbane as a child. I saw it at work, I know exactly how it works and how to stop it before it will kill me. Therefore, I think the proper term to use here would take your best shot, Perry!” I snarl at him as I bare my canines as I circle him so that Carl should be out of the shooting lane, I let my eyes glow flames which causes Perry to flinch away from me even more, when he flinches he pulls the trigger.

I feel the bullet rip between my lower ribs and the pain is rather new. It doesn't cause me to falter as I move towards Perry anger consuming me. I send a fire into Perry’s heart causing him to gaps as my hands are consumed with flames. Perry gasps as he pulls the trigger again, the bullet digs into my bicep tearing right through the flesh and muscle. This shot causes me to stagger but still, I do not falter. Another shot riddles off my collarbone and I stagger stumbling not expecting to be shot multiple times accurately.

“Dusk!” Carl shouts from the doorway as I fall to my knees, Perry turns and I’m not fast enough as a shot rips through my side into Carl’s shoulder.

Carl and I go down together as Perry looks like he is about to say something when a blur comes out of the house taking him out. Perry tumbles until he is beneath a very angry wolf form of Noah who snarls down at him snapping at him. Perry reaches around him knocking him away in the tussle. Sighing I fall back onto my butt as I press one hand over the worst of my wounds before pressing my other hand into Carl’s shoulder digging out the bullet before putting pressure on the wound causing him to groan from where he leans into the wall. Already I can feel the wolfsbane starting through my system as the world spins, I feel light and giggly as Carl holds my arm gripping my hand applying pressure to his shoulder while helping me apply pressure to my own wounds.

“Poor shot don’t you think?” I ask Carl with a small giggle as I try to focus on him, he will need help he’s human and the wolfsbane will kill him quickly.

I should really focus on Noah and talking to him since I’m sure he is more than ready to rip Perry’s throat out for what he did to Carl and me. I should tell him not to, I want to. All that comes out is a giggle as I slump into Carl who speaks to me, but I don’t really hear him as I’m beginning to fly away to fairyland.