The Recruit: Book One (16 page)

Darren cleared his throat.  “Selena and Jeremy have excelled
at the gun training.  Not surprising, considering their military backgrounds. 
Hannah is slightly below average.  She shows promise.  Tyler and Alison are
dismal at it.  I’d recommend that Selena, Jeremy and Hannah continue with the
gun training.  The other two should be actively training on the stakes and
knives or,” he paused, grinning a little, “sword training.”

“Thank you.  Aaron – you’re up.”

The small, blonde man nodded.  “Jeremy shows some potential
with the stakes.  He has a fearlessness to him that would serve him well for up
close and personal encounters with vampires.  Tyler is getting better.  I’d be
willing to keep him on, especially if he’s that terrible with the guns.  None
of the women are what I would call a natural at it.  Selena is too timid, as is
Hannah.  As far as Alison goes - ” he sighed, “I hate to say this but I think
the incident at the bar has weakened her.”

Richard frowned as Will spoke up.  “I agree with Aaron. 
She’s lost her nerve, Richard.  We should ask her to leave the program.”

“And send her where, Will?  She’ll be hunted down in a
matter of days.”

“Then put her into administration.”  Will said harshly.  “If
you don’t, I guarantee she’ll die the first time we send them out hunting.”

“I’ll take your recommendation into consideration.”  Richard
said quietly.  He looked at the small Asian man sitting next to Will.

“Chen?  Your turn.”

Darren laughed.  “This’ll be quick.  Go ahead Chen - tell us
exactly how they’re not right for you.”

Will glared at him.  Chen was quiet and didn’t socialize
with the others, and because of that the other instructors all but ignored
him.  They considered his specialty to be outdated and useless, but Will had
gone hunting with him on hundreds of different occasions.  The speed and
ruthlessness Chen displayed in killing vampires rivaled his own.  He was a good
man and an excellent fighter, and it would be a blow to the program if he left.

Ignoring Darren completely, Chen looked down at his papers
and then glanced at Richard.  “I’m recommending Hannah to continue with the
training.”

Mannie’s mouth dropped open and he stared at Will.  Will
knew he had a matching look of shock on his own face.

Richard blinked.  “Hannah?  Chen, are you sure?”  His voice
was filled with doubt.

Will could understand his hesitation.  Chen had not chosen a
student to continue training with him in the last four groups of recruits, and
in the six years he had been with them he had never chosen a woman student to
continue.

Chen nodded calmly.  “Yes.”

Richard leaned back in his chair and clasped his hands
across his flat abdomen.  “It’s settled then.  The recruits will continue to
study all methods of weapons training but over the next week or so, we’ll
slowly start to move them into their specialized fields.  Selena and Jeremy
will continue with gun training.  Tyler and Alison, for now, will work closely
with Aaron, and Hannah belongs to Chen.”

“I forgot my towel.  I’ll meet you back at the room.”  Hannah
motioned for Selena to go on without her.  They had just finished swimming in
the facilities salt water pool, and, with an irritated sigh she turned back
towards the pool room to gather her forgotten towel.

She rounded the corner in the hallway and bumped squarely
into Will.  Her wet body left a damp mark on his shirt and she suppressed a
grin.  “Will, I’m sorry!”

When he didn’t reply she glanced at him curiously.  “Will?”

She sucked in her breath; he was staring at her with a weird
combination of fear and lust, and she could feel her body reacting immediately.

She gave him a nervous smile.  In the month since she had
spent the night with him, Will had acted like they’d never slept together and treated
her exactly like he treated the rest of the recruits.  The desire she had grown
accustomed to seeing whenever he looked at her had completely disappeared, and
she had reminded herself repeatedly that it was for the best.

Now, however, it was back and she wasn’t sure what to do. 

“Are you purposely trying to drive me crazy, Ms. Torrington?”
 Will asked softly.

“What?”  She stared at him in confusion.

“You bump into me wet and half-naked.  Did you do that on
purpose?”  Now he was almost growling.

She supposed she should have been afraid but instead she
found herself flushing with indignation.  “No, I certainly did not, Will.  I
was swimming.  I wasn’t aware I needed your permission to walk in the hallway
afterwards.”

His brow darkened and he took a step towards her.  Despite
herself, she took a step backwards.  “You should at least get dressed before
you start roaming the hallways.”

She looked down at herself.  She was wearing a modest bikini
with a sheer wrap around her waist.  “Oh for God’s sake, you act like I’m
walking around in the nude.”

He grabbed her arm and pulled her roughly into the alcove of
the door of one of the classrooms.  He pinned her up against the door, planting
his hands on the door on either side of her head, with his body not quite
touching hers.  He leaned down and sniffed her neck, inhaling deeply with his
eyes closed.

“I could smell you coming down the hallway.”  He whispered.

“Then you should have gotten out of my way.”  She muttered. 

He grinned at her, and she realized he had never looked more
wolfish to her than at that moment. 

“What are you doing, Will?”  She asked quietly.

“What do you mean?”  He tilted his head, angling his mouth
over hers until their lips were nearly touching.

She swallowed hard.  “We agreed not to do this, remember?” 
Her lower body was starting to ache and throb.

“Do what?”  He kissed her jaw and a soft moan escaped from
her lips.

“This.”  She muttered again.  “We agreed that having sex
with each other was not a good idea.”

“Did we?”  He murmured.  He nuzzled his face behind her ear,
taking another deep breath of her damp hair and skin.

“I don’t remember that.  All I remember is how good it felt
to fuck you.”

She jerked, a spasm of pleasure surging through her body at
his words.

“Christ, Will.  Stop it.”  She whispered.

“Are you sure you want me to stop?”  He asked.  “It doesn’t
look like you want me to stop.”  She followed his gaze to her breasts.  Her
nipples were hard and swollen against the damp material of her bikini. 

He bent his head and quickly sucked one nipple into his
mouth.  He sucked hard on it through the damp material, tasting the salt water
from the pool as her hands threaded through his hair and gripped tightly.

He lifted his head and kissed her, thrusting his tongue into
her mouth and shoving her back against the door.  He took her leg, pulling it up
roughly and settling his erection against her.  She moaned and kissed him back
as he thrust hard against her.

Hannah wrapped her arms around Will’s broad shoulders,
clinging to him as he kissed her.  The fire was burning inside of her, and she
couldn’t stop thinking about how easy it would be for Will to just pull aside
her bikini bottom and sink his cock into her. 

Tell him to stop!
 
Someone will be walking by at
any moment.  Do you want to risk everything for a quickie in the hallway?

She shoved the voice out of her head.  It had been weeks
since Will had touched and kissed her, and she realized with a small tingle of
dismay that she couldn’t stop and didn’t care if they got caught.

With a loud growl, Will pulled away from her.  He stood
panting on the other side of the alcove, staring hungrily at her.

“Will?”  She whispered.  “What’s wrong?”

She reached for him and he shook his head, a look of panic
crossing his face.  “Don’t touch me, Hannah.”

She recoiled from him, hurt crossing her features, and he
stared grimly at her for a moment. 

“The moon is full tonight.”  He whispered.  He closed his
eyes and a look of ecstasy crossed his face.

“The moon.”  He repeated, and his whole body shivered in
pleasure. 

“Will, are you okay?”

He opened his eyes and stared through her.  “The moon is
full.  Stay away from me tonight, Hannah.” 

His eyes cleared a little and he actually looked at her this
time.  “Do you hear me, Hannah?  I’m leaving now but when I come back – stay
away.

“Where are you going?”  She whispered.

The dreamy look came back across his face.  “To hunt.  When
the moon is full, we hunt.”  He said the last sentence in a happy little mutter
before shaking himself.

“Stay away from me.  Do you understand?”  He looked at her
pleadingly.

She nodded and with a final haunted look at her, he
disappeared down the hallway.

* * *

Hannah tossed and turned in her small bed.  It was close to eleven
and Selena was sleeping deeply.  Hannah stared at her enviously.  After her
encounter with Will in the hallway she had spent the rest of the evening and
night alternating between being worried for him, and in a state of arousal so
deep it almost hurt.

She had never seen Will like that before.  He was always so
tightly controlled.  Seeing him lose control to the point where he nearly took
her in the hallway, should have frightened her.  Instead, it made every part of
her throb and burn with need.  She cursed bitterly and wished for the hundredth
time that Will had just taken her and damn the consequences.

She tucked her arms behind her head and stared up at the
ceiling, doing her best to ignore the ache between her legs.  She had to think
of something else, stop remembering the way Will had pressed his –

She frowned and looked at the door, straining to hear over
the sound of Selena’s soft snoring.  She waited patiently and then sat up in
her bed when the snuffling noise happened again.  She pushed the covers back
and swung her legs out, sitting on the side of the bed and staring
apprehensively at the door.  There was the sound of scratching and she walked
towards the door, glancing over her shoulder to see if Selena had woken. 

She hadn’t and when the scratching came again, she reached
out and jerked the door open quickly.  The wolf was sitting in the hallway and
he grinned at her, his tongue lolling out of his mouth.  He stood, his back was
higher than her waist, and nosed his face into the palm of her hand.  She ran
her fingers through the soft thick fur on the side of his face and he whined
softly.

“Will?”  She whispered.  “What’s wrong?”

He turned and padded down the hallway, looking back to see
if she was following him.  He whined again, louder this time, and with another
quick glance at Selena, she shut the door to their room and followed him.

He led her into the common room.  The gas fireplace had been
left on but its flickering flames only illuminated a small section of the room,
leaving the rest shrouded in darkness.  Will had disappeared into the darkness,
and she stood nervously by the fire.  She was wearing just a long t-shirt and
panties and it was cool in the room.  She shivered delicately, squinting into
the dark shadows.

“Will?”  She whispered again.  She gasped and her hand rose
to her throat when eyes suddenly glowed in the darkness. 

There was a soft popping noise and then Will was striding
naked out of the darkness.

“Is everything okay?  I thought you were hunting tonight.”  She
frowned.

He didn’t answer.  He was in front of her, his hands
reaching for her waist, before she knew what was happening.  He lifted her and
shoved her back.  He pinned her against the wall, she could feel his erection
huge and throbbing against her, and gripped her thighs tightly, wrapping them
around his waist.

His skin was cold and she could smell the scent of snow and
pine trees on him. 

“Will, what – “

He stopped her with a hard kiss.  His lips were cold but his
mouth was warm, and she gasped into it as he pushed his tongue into her mouth.

She linked her feet around the small of his back as he used
his lower body to keep her pinned to the wall.  He cupped and rubbed her
breasts through her shirt with rough hands as he continued to kiss her,
growling low in his throat. 

He yanked her head back and kissed down her throat, sucking
and licking as she shivered beneath him.  She could feel wetness soaking her
panties.  He stuck his hands up her shirt, kneading her bare breasts roughly as
he stared at her, his hot breath washing over her face. 

She made a low cry of pleasure and he grinned at her, his
eyes glowing.  Hannah kissed him, leaning forward and holding his head in her
hands as she searched his mouth with her tongue.  Her entire body was aching
and throbbing for release, and she thrust her hips mindlessly at him as small
whimpers and moans tore from her throat.

He moved his hands down to her hips, growling in frustration
when he felt the material of her panties. He bunched the thin cotton in his
hands and yanked on it.  There was a soft ripping noise and her panties were
hanging in tatters from one large hand. 

He dropped them to the floor, spread her legs wide and
shoved the entire length of his cock into her. 

Hannah came immediately, covering her mouth with her hand to
muffle her loud cry of pleasure.  He felt the surge of wetness and groaned
loudly before starting to plunge wildly into her.  He wrapped her legs back
around his waist, and she hooked her feet together as he slid his hands under
her shirt to squeeze her breasts.  He pulled at her sensitive nipples and she
clung to his shoulders.  She made small moans of pleasure as he drove into her,
her back slamming against the wall. 

He reached between them and found her clit.  He rubbed it
roughly and before her body had recovered from the first one, a second orgasm was
ripping through her body.