[WARNING: MATURE CONTENT]
Talia blinked and tried to remove her hand from his clasp, but at the moment she pulled away, he tightened in and held her tight.
"You're awake." She whispered.
"Yes. Thanks to you." He murmured, a curiously deep rumbling sound caused by his deep cavernous lupine chest cavity.
He looked much better than the previous night although his eyes were still closed.
"How are you feeling?" She reached out with her other hand to pull his blanket down past his chest so she could check on his wounds but he grabbed her hand.
"I just woke up." His deep rumbling sound vibrated the air around them sending a strange thrill running through her body.
"Don't worry. I'm just checking your wounds." She reassured him.
"You don't understand." He smiled, eyes still closed. "I'm a man and I just woke up. If you don't want to see an eyeful of manhood, I suggest you leave my blanket alone."
Talia cleared her throat. "I understand, but I won't pull it down that far. You have some serious wounds on your chest and abdomen that I need to check."
Cedric smiled and let go of her hands, giving her free reign.
She took a deep breath and gently edged the cover down, exposing the bandaged expanse of his chest and abs.
She reached out and pulled back the first bandage.
"Did I shave the wrong spot?" She muttered to herself as her fingers gently rubbed the smooth shaven surface of the area that she had worked on the night before in order to extract the bullet.
It looked completely undamaged, as if there was no wound at all.
The area under her fingertips began to quiver.
"Stop it. That tickles." Cedric chuckled as he reached out and pressed his large sheathed wolf paw onto her probing fingers.
"Wait. Let me check the other wounds." She brushed his paw aside and gently pulled the other bandages off.
The shaved spots were there, but there were no wounds!
"Damn. I could have sworn I cut into these three sections to take out the bullets. Did I dream the whole thing?"
Talia muttered mostly to herself as her fingers rubbed at the smooth healthy skin underneath the bandages.
It was a nerve-racking experience, one that was so real it could not have possibly been something that she dreamed up out of thin air.
A low rumbling laugh began to build up within the werewolf form who was lying next to her.
"Stop it woman. You're tickling me."
Talia frowned. "I couldn't have been dreaming it all. You were bleeding from three bullet wounds. I took out the bullets myself!"
"Yes, you did. And I am eternally grateful," he grinned with a wolfish face. "The skin has healed over on top but internally, I'm still healing from the deep wound."
"Then just lie here and I'll try to keep you comfortable while you're healing yourself." Her hand was still moving around the areas that were bleeding just last night.
"You know, you won't get a bigger reward by tickling my stomach and torturing me. You're only going to get what's due to you."
"Reward?" Talia rolled her eyes. "I don't need anything from you."
She paused. "Except one thing."
"Speak." He commanded.
"My only request is that you hear me out before making snap judgement if something bad were to happen."
He nodded. "Of course. I am a very fair man."
She heaved a sigh of relief. Hopefully, once he hears about what she did to his fiancée, he would at least give her a chance to explain what had happened.
Her fingers continued to wander around his chest area, looking for signs of damage.
"I am just baffled how all my work just disappeared overnight! It's like I did nothing!"
"It wasn't nothing, Talia." Cedric's eyes were serious. "I almost died. You took out the bullets so I could heal myself. Thank you."
"You're—welcome." She stared at him. "Are you still feeling uncomfortable anywhere?"
The wolf shrugged. "Yes, but only because this body gives me a blasting surge of male hormones which allows me to tap into super human abilities and become a werewolf. However, it also makes me a bit…uncomfortable down there." He pointed to his crotch.
She glanced at where he was pawing and had to avert her glance. The tell-tale bulge was so large it was clearly visible under the blanket layer.
But it must be a mistake.
Nothing could be that huge!
She cleared her throat and blushed to the roots of her hair.
Since he was in wolf form, he was completely undressed.
Talia turned away, hiding her face. "I'm going to go shower and change. I'll call the maid to be with Devin so he doesn't get scared when he awakens."
She moved away from him only to be caught by his large hands, pulling her back.
Gasping as she lost her balance, Talia fell back against the soft pale silver blond chest of the beast who was lying there.
"You did ask if I was uncomfortable, and I said I was." His hoarse voice implored next to her ear. "You are my healer. So heal me, Talia."
He took her hand and placed it over the large lump that was protruding under the blanket.
Talia froze. Aside from the fact that this man exuded animal magnetism in spades, he was also unbelievably good looking in human form.
She would be lying if she didn't admit that she was the poor white moth that was about to get singed from his bright hot flames.
She took a deep breath. The Duke was not just her patient, he was also her boss. She could not cross such boundaries.
"I cannot do anything about this," she whispered back.
"It's very very uncomfortable. Help me…Talia." His voice dropped even lower.
Talia shivered as she heard her name being spoken by the deepness of his voice.
"This is beyond my ability to help you. I can only heal injuries, not…natural male reactions to morning awakenings." She blushed again.
"But I am in great need and I'm aching. What do I do?" His wolfish face looked pained.
He pulled her hand under the blanket and suddenly, her fingers were touching his very hard, very large male member.
He was engorged!
She couldn't see what she was touching, but it was abundantly clear that he was loaded and ready to explode. Her fingers touched the thick veiny underside of his shaft and it pulsed with involuntary spasms.
Cedric growled with pleasure deep within his chest.
He was dripping from his tip a warm viscous fluid that smeared onto her hand.
"Haaaaaahhh." He breathed. "Play me, Talia, so I can be eased from this sweet torture."
His clawed hand was on top of the blanket grasping onto her hand within the blanket. With steady strokes, he began moving her hand up and down his shaft in a motion that was at once disturbing and erotic.
Talia was familiar with the male anatomy because she was a nurse, but this went far beyond what she was experienced with. This was not healing or curing of any sort.
This was wanton playing with a man's body and pleasuring him.
"Stop this." She hissed, feeling her blush deepen. "Devin is in the room with us!"
"He's sleeping." Cedric's voice dropped to a whisper. "But we could move to another room if you'd like."
Both of his hands continued to work her one hand, moving faster and faster as his breathing increased.
"No. I will take him into another room and you can do what you need to do to relieve yourself." She tried to reason but it was obvious that this wolf was beyond reason.
He was only thinking with one head at the moment, and it wasn't the one attached to his shoulders.
"Aaaaaarrggg!" He gasped as he came, spewing his fluids everywhere inside the blanket, landing all over her hand.
For a moment, Talia's hand froze over his still-hard, sticky wet member. She turned to look at him and saw that he had his eyes closed, his breathing still erratic as he struggled to recover from the intensity of the orgasm.
She cleared her throat, trying to ignore the feeling of his large wolf member still pulsing in her hand.
"You're a big mess right now. Let me go get a warm towel and clean you up."
She quickly retrieved her sticky wet hand and stood up. He opened one lazy amber eye.
"Thank you. Lovely Talia." He rumbled her name deep within his chest as if it was a lover's caress.