I watched them leave my room and the door shut with a soft click. I waited a few minutes before opening the door and sneaking down the hall to Zoey's room. I just needed to peek in on her to make sure she was ok. I softly opened her door and stuck my head in. She was sprawled over the bed on her stomach. The blanket had slipped down and covered her just above her ass, leaving her back bare as she was sleeping naked tonight as if she had been too tired to dress for bed. For the first time ever in my adult life, my eyes filled and overflowed with tears. I could see all the scars on her back. All the pits and groves. Looking at the scars, I could imagine how it must have felt, the extreme pain she had gone through.
"Dude, you ok?"
"No Ash. I'm not. I just had to check on Zoey before I could sleep. She's out cold, but her back is exposed. Fuck… I just… the pain she went through. I can't help but cry for her."
"I don't think I've ever seen you cry Deke. Not even for your sister."
"I haven't Jer. This is the first time I've cried since I was a pup. But I can't help it. Look through my eyes."
We had a unique ability that let us see through each other's eyes, though it took some concentration. I never heard of any other wolves that had that ability, but it's come in handy a time or two.
I felt the strange pressure in my head as they both looked through my eyes at her back. Together we scanned over the damage that ran from the nape of her neck down to where the blanket covered her ass. Not one inch of her back was unscarred, and you could tell it extended down her body past where we could see. It still looked painful even though I knew it happened years ago. I felt the pressure ease as they retreated.
"My god. I still can't understand how someone could do that to anyone. How… just fucking why? Why did they hate her so much? Was it just because she was an easy target? It feels like more than that. This was targeted cruelty."
"I don't know Ash. But it makes me sick to my stomach that she went through this. That they didn't heal her properly. Even with human healing, she shouldn't have scarred like that." Jer paused. "Fucking hell…. I bet I know why it looks like that. They didn't properly clean the wounds. I bet they just gave her antibiotics to keep away infection, but they didn't clean any rocks and dirt from her back."
I swallowed an angry growl. I didn't want to wake her and possibly scare her. I slowly closed the door, headed back to my room, and started to pace again, my fists clenched.
"I've seen wounds like that before and you're dead right, Jer. They didn't clear the debris from her wounds. To get scars like that meant that someone went back in after the healing to remove the bits of gravel from her back, probably sometime after she went rogue. I can't see that pack ever doing it. The flesh couldn't handle the second trauma of going back in after so long and it deeply scarred. I don't think I've ever hated anyone as much as I do right now and that's really saying something."
"Agreed Deke. We'll bide our time until our mate has been claimed and can better defend herself. But we will make that pack pay. Every single one that took part be it by active torture or malicious indifference will suffer and beg for death. And it won't be a quick death like she asked us for. It will be as slow and painful as possible."
"Damn Ash. I don't know who is scarier, you or Deke."
"Deke."
"Me."
"Remember Jer, he's a well-trained assassin that knows every torture tactic in the book and I'm sure has invented a few more. Not to mention he has no conscience when it comes to protecting those he cares about. It's why I chose him to be our Gamma and head enforcer."
I knew they could feel my evil grin.
"Oh yeah, I've come up with a few things over the years. And I plan to use all my acquired skills on this pack. Our mate will be avenged. They will feel every bit of the pain they put her through before I rip their throats out and watch the life fade from their eyes."
Jer gave a low whistle.
"Fuck. I'm glad you're on our side Deke."
"Yeah, me too."
I laughed.
"Alright guys. It's off to shower and then bed for me. See you guys in the morning."
I grabbed a pair of sleep pants and headed to my shower. I turned the water to scalding and stepped into the shower. The hot water loosened muscles that had been tight since our talk with Zoey. My mind finally started to calm as my body loosened. My heart hurt for my mate. I don't think the guys realized the depth of love and devotion I had for her. Then again, maybe they did. I'm sure they felt the same. I wanted to go to her, to show her how good we can make her life, to pleasure her, and chase away all her ghosts.
That line of thinking led me to imagine pleasuring our mate. I pictured her in my room, spread out on my desk with her legs open wide as I knelt between them. I could almost taste her on my tongue as I imagined licking her pussy, sucking on her clit, hearing her cries of pleasure at the new sensations she was feeling. My cock hardened and I gripped it and started to stroke myself from root to tip with a twist as I reached the head. The water and my precum was my lubricant as I started to stroke faster as, in my imagination, I slid two fingers into Zoey's pussy and slowly fuck her with my fingers as my tongue flicks against her clit. Moving my fingers fasteras she pants and moans and begs me for release. I curl my fingers just right and hit her G-spot as I suck hard on her clit, making her come and feeling her pussy squeeze tight on my fingers. I remove my fingers and drink down every drop of her release and start fucking her with my tongue, desperate for more.
My breath was coming in pants as I savagely jerked my cock. I could feel her hands pulling my hair as she grinded against my face, fucking herself with my tongue, feeling her orgasm around my tongue as she floods my mouth with her sweet cum. I slip a finger into her ass and gently start fingering her ass. I imagined her coming hard and screaming my name and I came with a groan, my cum splattering against the shower wall. I gave my cock a few more strokes and then leaned against the wall with my forearms. My knees were a little shaky from coming so hard. Damn I wanted that woman. And when I got her, I didn't plan on letting her go. Ever.
I rinsed off the wall and then finished washing myself. After drying off, I looked between the bed and my reading chair. I debated but then went to my bed and climbed in. Ash was right. I needed sleep to be at my best. Zoey deserved no less from me. With a small smile on my lips, I drifted to sleep with my thoughts on my mate.
It was several hours later when the smell of bacon pulled me from some very delicious dreams of my mate. I knew Zoey was downstairs making breakfast, but my cock was hard as a rock, so hard it was painful. I pulled my sleep pants down and let my cock bob free. Taking myself in hand again I began long strokes, squeezing hard at the base with each stroke. I replayed the dream I had been having about Zoey kneeling in front of me at work. Her shirt open and those gorgeous tits on full display. She had my cock out of my pants and was sucking me hard and fast, one of her hands pumping at the base of my cock and the other rubbing her clit. She was so wet I could hear her dripping onto the floor.
With a moan I came and my cum splashed onto my stomach. My mate was driving me crazy. I had never been so aroused by a woman and definitely not enough to jerk off so many times in a day. I couldn't wait until my dreams became a reality and I got to pleasure my mate in every way I could.
I took a tissue and cleaned myself up and got dressed for the gym. After breakfast we had decided to hit the home gym rather than our usual local gym. I knew none of us felt comfortable leaving her in the house by herself. Luckily, we were closed today so it gave us time to spend with our mate as well as Jer said the tech and shadow were coming today. It still set my teeth on edge that someone was threatening Zoey. I checked my phone for any updates from my contacts but nothing yet. I slipped my phone into my sweatpants and headed downstairs for the amazing breakfast that I could smell waiting for us.