Laying Claim to the Soul (19 page)

She moaned and it wasn’t from the bite of the best carrot cake she’d ever tasted. “And how am I supposed to stop the stomach from rebelling when I meet them? I can barely eat what I have here.” Tabby asked, taking another bite and sighing. “If I get sick after this cake, I’m going to be so, so mad.” She said looking down at her belly. “You two hear me down there…This is some good stuff,” Tabby mumbled rubbing her stomach.

“It still feels like a dream and I know it was that stuff they put in me, but those memories — or dreams — seemed so real. I even found a baby boy up on the mountain. He was half human and half demon. The mother left me a letter telling me that she wanted me to have the child and that it wasn’t from her mate and he’d be furious about him. I named him Drake.” She grinned, glancing up at Ivyflame who laughed.

“Very original, dear. Grace, do you have family colors or anything like that? Wait, didn’t your mom say something about a wedding dress? Stay right there!” his mom flashed out of the room to come back a few minutes later. “I believe this is what she was talking about? And don’t worry, I told the men not to come in here.” she said.

Tabatha pushed her plates to the side and smiled down at the old box, but something was wrong. She leaned closer and took a sniff and tears filled her eyes. Her brother had found the dress. His scent was all over the box, not her mother’s or anyone else’s.

She pushed away from the table, pulling Melody with her. “My God, what did he do now?” Her father was there before anyone else. Standing in front of her, he nodded for Grace and Ivyflame to get back.

“Don’t destroy the dress, if you can keep it, please?” she asked grabbing onto his arm, but Wol-itelm was already pulling her away from her father.

“Come on, Little Pet, you don’t need to see this,” he said and lifted her up, carrying her out of the room, while Shane met Melody at the door.

“He ruined the dress, didn’t he?” she asked, just so tired. “I’m tired, please take me to our room.” She whispered, resting her head on his chest.

“You’ve done too much again. Why don’t you take a nice hot bath and relax for a little while. I’ll have mom bring you some of the mint tea I heard the lady talking about earlier.” He teased, moving to the bathroom.

Of course Wol-itelm had to out-do himself. Candles were lit all around and the bathroom had doubled in size including her tub. She smiled up at him. “You’re going to spoil me,” she teased as he set her down on the counter.

“Never enough for what you have had to go through.” He lifted her shirt off of her and unfastened her bra. “You’re so beautiful and I’m one lucky man to have you in my life. I’m sorry about the dress. Your father couldn’t save it. It was too far destroyed.”

“I knew it was too good to be true. I’m surprised he didn’t find mom’s trunk.” She rested her forehead on his chest knowing Hoyt came into the room followed by Chax. “Tabby, you okay?” Hoyt asked, stepping up to her.

“Just really tired. I’m sure this nice warm bubble bath will help me. One of you want to join me?” she asked. “I could really use some hugs.” She asked.

“Chax will stay here with you, Little Pet. Hoyt and I need to talk with your father and the pack. When you’re done, come back into the living room. We’ll curl up and watch some movies with everyone. Your dad found the movies of you growing up and he’s bound to watch them all tonight.” Wol-itelm ran his fingers over her nipple, before fisting his hand in her hair and pulling her head back.

“I can’t wait to see our girl as a child.” He leaned down and covered her mouth with his. A kiss of possession, but also of tenderness and love. Wol-itelm not only melted her heart, but heated her body like no other man could, literally.

Warming her cold skin, Wol-itelm broke the kiss and stepped back where Hoyt leaned over kissing her softly. “I found those gifts and I’ll have them in living room for you. You have to remember they are gifts of a teenage boy in love, but they are yours,” he lifted her hand and placed a kiss on every finger. “You will be beautiful in anything you wear, because I only see you in my heart, soul and head.”

Hoyt turned and left following Wol-itelm out the door leaving her and Chax. “Finally I get some alone time with my woman. I thought for sure I was going to have to roast me a dragon,” Chax said and jumped, growling and rubbing his shoulder.

Tabby laughed. “I take it Wol-itelm didn’t appreciate the roasting comment?” she grabbed her boob where teeth had latched on to her nipple. “Damn it, I didn’t say it!”

“Come on, let’s get in the tub. I think we could both use a good soak and I need to hold you, Tabby.” He helped her strip the rest of her clothes and stepped into the tub with her in is arms. “I’m not going to drop you, baby,” he said.

She clung to him till he sat down. “You don’t know. You could slip or something.” Tabby took a deep breath and rested her head on Chax’s chest, his tail hanging over the top of the tub. “I’m sorry I haven’t gotten much time with your father, Chax. How long will he be staying here with us?”

Chax kissed the side of her cheek. “I don’t know. He’s furious with my mom right now and I don’t think she’s going to survive this now. She has gone too far.” He reached over grabbing the sponge soaping it up before he proceeded to lift her arm up and wash her.

“I’m so sorry about this. I wish there was a way to make this better for you. I hate the thought of you losing her because of all this. Even though I hate to say it, but I wouldn’t be inviting her to any events. I don’t think I can stomach any more of her droppings.” She rubbed her stomach as it rolled a little.

“Believe me, even visiting her for an hour when I was a child, I’d go back to my father’s and stand under the shower for hours, just to get her smell off of me.” He kissed the top of her head. “I was never close to my mother, Tabby, but if it came down to you or her, there is no choice. You are my life, my future. She made her choices for good or for bad and now she has to deal with them.” Chax ran the sponge over her breasts, lifting each one up and washing around it. “Soon these will be filled with milk for our children. I never thought the day would come that I would be a father. You have given us so much, there are no words. Sit up so I can wash your back and give you a rub down.”

For the next 30 minutes, Chax cleaned her and gave her the best rub down in her life. She was now a noddle, and a horny one at that. “Please tell me you are not going to leave me hanging here,” Tabby glared at him as he stood, pulling her up with him.

“Now would I deny you anything, pet,” he turned her around in the tub and put her hands on the wall. “Spread those legs baby and grab onto those handles above your hands. Don’t let go and if you don’t want everyone in the other room knowing what we are doing, I’d be real quiet. Of course, I’m going to do everything in me to make you scream, my pet.” Chax stated, slapping her ass at the same time.

When she was wet, a spanking hurt twice as much and she almost slipped. If it hadn’t been for Chax’s arm around her waist when he smacked her she would have been on the ground. She glared over her shoulder wondering if they had heard the smack, it seemed so loud.

“Chax, that hurt,” she moaned as he ran his hand over the bare skin he had smacked.

“And? You know a little pain always turns up the heat and I love spanking this cute butt. It is still sore from earlier so it won’t take me much to get you going.” His gaze met hers. “This isn’t going to be a loving baby, this is going to be a fast hard fuck.”

He nipped the back of her shoulder at the same time slapping her butt cheek, covering it holding the heat in. “Chax!” she tried to whisper knowing everyone outside was hearing what they were doing with their superior hearing.

“You could block everyone from hearing…” she squeaked the last part of the sentence out as his hand came down again and again.

“No, let them hear our woman and know who’s claiming her right now!” he snarled, running his hand down her ass cheek to her pussy, shoving two fingers into her, hard. In and out he thrust them, her hormones were now in overdrive, the little moans escaping her couldn’t be helped. His hands, his mouth were driving her nuts.

“It’s time,” he said, his cock rubbed against her ass before he lifted her hips up and slid his cock into her in one thrust.

“Ugg,” she said into her arm trying to keep her noises to herself. One thing Tabby had found out - she was a screamer and she’d be damn if she would do it here with her whole family in the other room.

“Oh we can do better than that now, can’t we,” Chax said, sliding something cold and wide into her ass. “This little baby will help,” he grumbled and turned on the vibrating butt plug she hated. Not only did it stretch her to the point there was only a little pain, the vibrations were so strong it always sent her screaming when it was inside her.

“You cock sucker, son of a…”she screeched out as he started to pound into her, the toy pushed up to the strongest setting and his hand on her clit, circling it till he was ready.

“I can’t wait to hear you scream as you are now!” he growled pinching her little nub. The scream seemed to echo off the shower walls her legs gave out, but Chax held her up as he too came inside her after three more thrusts.

Sweat ran down her face, her legs shook as her arms did and her ears were ringing when Chax pulled out of her a few minutes later. “That’s my little girl,” he placed a gentle kiss on her cheek. “Now stay put while I clean you up.”

She couldn’t have moved if she tried, resting her forehead on the cool tile in front of her, only groaning when he pulled the toy out of her.

“I brought her favorite T-shirt and robe,” Hoyt said behind them. “You two had half the room heated so badly they disappeared.” Hoyt laughed as Chax washed her ass and pussy.

“Do you believe she actually cussed me out? I had to have her screaming,” Chax said like it was nothing, slapping her butt when Tabatha tried to turn around, but Chax was taking his sweet time. “Hold still, almost done.”

He nipped her butt cheek, sweeping her up in his arms he winked. “I knew you’d sing for me, baby,” Chax said, rubbing his nose with hers.

“How am I going to face them?” she kissed his chest as he stepped out of the tub and lowered her down. Both Chax and Hoyt each took a towel, drying her. “There is nothing to be embarrassed about. The joining of a man and his mate is as natural as a woman feeding her baby from her breast.” Chax lifted her breast and placed a kiss on her nipple, before Hoyt helped her on with her favorite sleeping garment, even though when they went to bed her men always stripped her of any clothes.

She laughed, slipping on the robe as Hoyt held open for her. “I should just call this my lounging clothes because I don’t have any PJs. Well I do, but certain men won’t allow me to wear them.” Tabby teased, kissing Hoyt’s chin moving around him.

“We keep you plenty warm enough, plus there is no need for clothes between us,” Hoyt said wrapping his arm around her, Chax right next to her in just jeans, his hair wet, a single drop of water rolled down his bare chest and her gaze followed it down.

“Tabby!” Melody shouted making her jump.

Everyone in the room laughed and her face heated. “Damn it,” she muttered getting caught.

“Don’t worry daughter it would be bad if you didn’t find your men attractive. Come sit by me so we can watch these.” Trace patted the couch seat next to him.

“I still don’t know how she did this. Mom was never good with a camera let alone a video thing,” she said moving to his side and curling up on the couch between him and Wol-itelm.

Trace leaned over and kissed the top of her head. “She didn’t need a camera. You’re thinking of Earth customs. I asked your mother if she would agree to an implant. She could turn it on off with a thought. Then they are sent to a machine where they are put together for me. I haven’t watched them, because I was too afraid I’d go and take you away from your mother. I couldn’t do that to her or her mate. He loved you too, just as much as I did and I knew he’d do right by you. I was right.”

“I know, that is why this hurts so much when I think of Ben. He was his father’s only child and the thought of what he did….” She swallowed trying not to dwell on it.

“We can’t control our children, only guide them, hoping they will follow the right path. If your brother had mental problems, he could have been born with them. We’ll never know, but this is not your fault. You need to stop seeing it that way because it will drive you crazy otherwise.” Hoyt’s mother said coming into the room carrying little sandwiches. Helen stood behind her with bags of chips, while the men handed out drinks.

Hoyt handed her a glass of grape juice, sitting on the floor in front of her, while Chax sat next to Wol-itelm. The TV turned on by itself and Tabby watched as her mother gave birth to her. For the next few hours, Tabatha cried and laughed with everyone in the room, but soon that changed as her mother’s image came on standing in front of a mirror, a bruise on her face and cut down her cheek.

“What the hell? I’ve never seen Mom looking like that.” She sat up, looking at Melody who shook her head.

“I know. Can you tell when this was taken?” she asked as Tabby glanced at her father. He frowned tilting his head to the side. “According to the machine it was from about a month before she died. Maybe I should watch the rest of these alone sweetie?” Traced looked at Wol-itelm.

“NO! I want to know what’s going, please?” she looked up at Wol-itelm who studied her. Hoyt placed his hands on her leg rubbing it.

“If it becomes too much, we can stop the recording and we’ll watch it ourselves. You have babies to worry about and the added stress is not going to help,” Wol-itelm said and nodded, giving her father permission to continue.

After three minutes of watching different videos of her mother, Tabby could take no more. Hoyt stood and lifted her into her arms, saying good night to everyone. Even Melody was taken to their room as the videos were too much for her to see. Her brother had become the monster of nightmares and Tabby was afraid she would have some for a very long time.

Chapter Twenty-Two