Army Beasts Resurrection (5 page)

“Stavros.”

His name fell from her lips
,
and she opened her eyes as her body shatter
ed and spiraled her into a mind-
blowing orgasm. She watched his
face and his body
become
taut
,
and every muscle
strained.
His neck arch
ed
and
a
guttural groan escaped his lips. Her pussy clenched around his cock
,
milking his length as
he spilled himself inside her.
With his head against her
,
they waited for their
bodies to stop shaking
.
My heart feels like it’s ready
to break out of my chest
, she thought with a satisfied smiled. She ran her hands down his body
,
loving the feel of his damp skin and tracing idle patterns on his shoulders.

“I feel bette
r than I have in years,” Stavros
said
,
and ran his hand up the curve of her thighs.

The simple action
gave her a delicious shiver
,
and she pulled his head down for a kiss. “You should change into your tiger
and enjoy the sun. Soak it up and get stronger.”

“Are you sure this doesn’t creep you out?” Stavros asked.

“I think you’re beautiful in
both forms.” Amari admitted. She rose
up and kissed his shoulder.
“That was part of our plan in coming out here.”

He cupped her cheek. “Amari Montgomery
,
you are one amazing woman.”

“I’ll expect flowers for that very reason then,
”
she teased.

Stavros got up slowly and stretched. She lay back against the blanket on the soft bed and grass and drank in the muscular beauty of him. Even after his long battle with his injuries the man was cut and toned. He winked at her before closing his eyes
,
and she watched his change come over him. She wondered if it caused him pain the first time he shifted.
But watching him embrace the animal that shared his body, she knew it was a natural progression in his life.
Skin, muscles and bone shifted in his body. Unlike horror movies where a human’s shift to animal sounded and looked painful, Stavros’s looked almost graceful. At the end of it, a huge white tiger
stood in his place with a beautiful coat of fur. He lay beside her
,
and she rested her cheek against his soft coat and ran her hand along his lines. He purred and she laughed in delight. Her life had taken a completely strange turn
,
but she wouldn’t change a thing.

Chapter Three

“No shot, Nurse Amari
.
P
lease!”

She looked at the five year old
Inuit
boy whose bottom lip was already trembling in response to hearing he needed a shot. She always felt sorry for any child when they feared their immunization
s
. But it had to be done and she made it painless as possible.
Her job was both nurse and physician’s assistant because they were so short handed.

“Matthew
,
remember what I told you about making your body big and strong so you can go out fishing with your dad?” Amari
asked
gently.

He sniffed. “Uh-huh.”

“Well
,
this will
help
and we’ll sing the song while I do it
.
S
o you’ll just feel a little stick
,
ok
ay
?” she said. “How about you start out.”

“Ok
ay
.” Matthew took a deep breath. “
There was an old man who swallow
ed
a fly. I don’t know why he swallowed a fly…”

Amari sang along with him while she prepared the needle and his mom held him in her lap against her breast. She gave him the shot as they sang about the man swallowing a spider to catch the fly and his breath only hitched on a few words. B
y
the time they were getting to the bird
,
she had a
Band-A
id on his arm and a lollipop in
his
hand.

“All done
,
Matthew
.
Y
ou did a great job!” Amari said with a smile. “Now if I recall
,
the orange is your favorite flavor right?

“Yes it is, Nurse Amari, thank you.” He beamed up at her.

“Now how about a hug and you get on home to play?” she said.

He threw his little arm around her neck and she knew exactly why she was a nurse
―t
o bring comfort to everyone
.
A
nd days like this
,
her job was great. She took a bottle of Tylenol from the medicine cabinet. Most of the clinic patients were not able to even pay
their bills
. The doctors in charge always kept a supply of medicines that co
u
ld be handed out to those less fortunate in the small town
.

“Mom
,
you give him some of this if he gets a little feverish overnight
,
ok
ay?
” Amari handed her the bottle.
“
Follow the directions on the back of the box
,
and fill the measuring cup to that amount every four hours.”

“Yes
,
Nurse Montgomery
.
T
hank you.” Mathew’s mother took the bottle and slipped it in her bag.

She walked them out of the patient room
,
and
the receptionist
at the front desk buzzed them out the front door. They had to hav
e security in place because
many
of
the men in town were addicts and were known to try breaking in the doctor
’
s office and pharmacy to fuel their addiction. Alcohol was illegal
,
and sometimes they even drank Listerine to get the affect that liquor would give them.
She leaned over the front desk and snagged two pieces of chocolate from a jar that the receptionist kept near her phones.

“You’re going to spoil your dinner
,
”
t
he olde
r women said with mock severity
.

“Chocolate can never spoil anything
,
Madge
.
”
A
mari opened t
he wrapper and popped the candy
into her mouth
.

Madge chuckled. “You’ve been in a perpetual state of happiness for the last week.
May I ask whose the lucky man?
I know it
’
s no one in town
.
I would’ve already got the scoop
.
S
o it must be that elusive gentleman who bough
t
the old
B
rooks cabin. Your truck
’
s been over that way a lot.”

Amari’s jaw dropped.
“
Holy crap
.
D
oes everyone in this town know everything?”

“Honey
, this
isn’t the big city
,
it
’
s Hiko
”
Madge smiled. “But at least it
’
s not
none of the scuzzballs who frequent the bars in tow
n. They are all either married
or just plain dumb as a box of rocks.
”

Amari
laughed. “You don’t pull any punches
,
do you
, Madge
?
”

“
My mister will tell you the same thing,” Mad
g
e replied. “It’s five and we’re closing up
.
I’m taking that you won’t be at your place tonight
.
I
f not you could come over and have stew with me and the hubby.” Just then the phone rang and Madge picked it up. “Hiko Family Physicians
.
H
ow may I direct your call?” She listened for a moment an
d then handed Amari the phone. “
It
’
s for you
,
sweetie pie.”

“Hello?” Amari said into the receiver. No answer
,
and she repeated the word. There was still no answer
,
just the click as the
person
on the other end
of the phone
hung up. It made her uncomfortable
,
but she shrugged the prickly
sensation in the back of her neck away and gave her friend the phone back.
“
They hung up.”

“Probably just a dropped call
.
I
n this area the phone service isn’t the best,” Madge said with a smile. “Get out of here and go find that guy, bring him over for pie sometime this weekend.”

“I’ll do that,”
Amari
assured her.
“You have a good weekend.”

“Getting my bulbs in the ground and our veggie garden is the priority this weekend.
”
Madge replied. “You enjoy your days off
,
sweetie.”

The call still rubbed her the wrong way and it wasn’t the first
time. She p
ushed
it away and push
ed it off like Madge had said.
P
robably just a dropped called from Stavros or
something.
She thought about the way he touched her and a smile crossed her lips. Yeah she wanted to get her weekend started with him.
She got out of the clinic with minimal fuss
. U
sually someone came i
n
after the door closed
,
and no one had the heart to turn
him or her
away. On the weekends one doctor took in any emergency calls and even drove out to patients homes. This weekend it wasn’t her.
Amari drove along the familiar route
to Stavros’s cabin. She hummed the tune that played while the warmer breeze lifted her hair away
from the nape. By the time parked, she was in a very good mood.

He stepped out from the door and stood on the patio wiping his hands.
He looked happy
and his greens eyes
twinkled with merriment
when she climbed the few steps. He pulled her into his arms and kissed her senseless.

“You taste like spaghetti,” she murmured.

“
That’s because I’m making it for our dinner,” Stavros replied and rocked back and forth with her in his arms. “It
’
s meat sauce from a jar
,
but one uses what one can get.”

“Does one?” she teased. “I’m good with that and in my bag I have a few movies for us to watch.”

“The nights get chilly
.
I’ll get a fire going for that and I think I have some of those pop corn things for over the fire you brought last time
,
” Stavros replied. “I think we should call this Friday night date night.”

“It’s not the city
,
but in Hiko I think we’re a party waiting to happen.
”
Amari grinned
and then asked about the call that was plaguing her mind
. “Hey
,
did you call the clinic looking for me before five?”

“Nope
,
not me
.
I would call your cell first
.
W
hy do you ask
?’ Stavros took her hand and le
d her inside.

“I’ve had a few hang up calls and they just feel off
,
you know,” Amari admitted.

“Amari
,
you should tell me why you’re in this town in the middle of nowheresville
.
” Stavros’s tone got serious. “If you’re in trouble
,
I can help.”

She stepped closer and wrapped her arms around his
waste
. It was something that gave her comfort
.
B
eing in
his arms made her feel safe and secure.
His concern endeared him all the more
,
and she wanted to ease his worries.

“
I’m not in trouble, Stavros,”
she said while rubbing her cheek against his hard chest. “I testified against a doctor in the hospital where I worked
in Boston. It went to a
mistrial and his family was
on my back. I got fired and left because I was being harassed. The DA from Boston is supposed to fly m
e
back when the trial comes up again. Things keep happening
,
and it
’
s get
ting
pushed down the schedule each time.”