Wolves
This story is rated PG-13 for sexual situations
Chapter 10 - Matters of the Heart
Kamara heard her name being whispered and she tentatively went to the balcony. Tekku was standing there. She rushed to his arms.
"Oh, Tekku!"
"I couldn't stand waiting until dinner time. Kamara, you are so wonderful! I want to be with you all the time!"
"I want that too!" She was pressed against his chest, but now she lifted her head and he kissed her. Her heart was fluttering inside of her breast like a moth trapped inside of lamp. She had never been so happy.
"I know that Bobcats don't mate and as long as we're together..that I can see you..that's enough."
"I don't know what to say to you, Kamara. I am only 14, but right now I only want to be with you." Tekku said, meaning every word, then he flushed red, "Plus, I am only half Bobcat and ... and ... well, I've never been with anyone before. Not like that."
"Me neither." Kamara said, happiness filling every inch of her being. "I love you so much."
Tekku looked down at the girl in his arms, then without hesitation, said "I love you too, Kamara."
He took her in his arms and jumped to the edge of the balcony and then off. Quickly, hoping that no one would see them, they went through the gardens and the Castle to one of the outer doors and slipped back into the hills. This time there was no hesitation or shyness. Kamara pulled off her skirt and sat in Tekku's lap, smiling as she felt his rapid response. Tekku gave a low moan which she silenced with a deep kiss. Tekku reached down and unzipped, freeing himself, and then lifted her so that he could enter. Wrapped tightly together, deep inside, they rode new passion to its completion.
The sun was low in the sky when the pair finally returned to the Castle, unable to stop the smiles and the glances, precious new love filled their entire beings. Once inside, he picked her up and sprang for her balcony, setting her on her feet, but not letting her go. His arms were still tightly around her.
"I don't want to ever let you go!" Tekku exclaimed. "I never knew it could feel this way!"
She leaned against his chest, listening to his heartbeat. "I love you so much! I have loved you for years!"
"Years?" He looked down at her. "Years?"
"Yes, ever since we were children. I always knew." Kamara smiled up at her Bobcat.
"And I was oblivious to it all!" Tekku shook his head.
"It doesn't matter! You're with me now and that all that counts!" He bent down and kissed her and she sighed in contentment. Everything was right with the world! Everything was perfect!
Kamara reaching up for another kiss when she heard a loud knock and then her father's voice. "Come back to me when he is gone." Tekku nodded and sprang to the balcony edge and then over, landing silently in the garden below.
Kamara waited until he was gone and then opened the door for her father. She had never seen a look like that on his face before. So serious and so sad at the same time. What had happened?
"Daddy, what's the matter?"
Kouga sat his daughter down on the settee in front of the fireplace and told her about his trip to the dens of Demon World. Of the slaughter he had witnessed.
"How terrible! There must be something we can do!" Kamara exclaimed; taking hold of her father's hand and squeezing it tightly.
"We have thought of only one thing: to form an alliance with the Demon Wolves so that the Cat Clan stops the war. An alliance with Otherworld and its allies. Then the Demon Wolves will be safe for they will be allied with Raizen and Shido, and since the Cats fear them, especially Shido and his Blood Demons."
"An alliance with the Princess?"
Kouga looked at his daughter and his eyes filled with sadness, "No, child. You know you are the light of my life, don't you? I would never do anything to hurt you if I could avoid it?"
"Daddy, you're scaring me..."
"The only alliance that we can make is a mating between our two families..Tsume's and mine."
"What are you saying?" Kamara looked at her father's sad face, and then in blinding flash of clarity realized what he was saying. Her heart screamed in pain. "No! Please, no!"
"I'm sorry, child. I can't think of anything else to do. I cannot let them be slaughtered. They are our blood. They are Wolves!"
Kamara sat there immobile. A few minutes ago she had been the happiest girl in the world and now... "Who?"
"Kiba. The boy who is hurt. Tsume is talking to him now. We need to mate you as soon as possible, and then he can continue to heal. But we need to be able to say our children are mated. Please understand, Kamara, it is the only way."
"I do understand." Kamara said slowly, and then she went into her father's arms and sobbed out her pain. Tekku would become just a memory..a sweet memory of first love, and no one would ever know about the miracle of love that today had brought.
Tsume was not having an easy time with his son. Like Kouga, he had explained the situation and the solution that the alliance would bring. Kiba was glaring at his father with raw anger. "So I should become a dog like these wolves of Otherworld? Is that what you want? To mate with a female who is not even full Wolf, but half human! Taint our bloodline with their weakness! Never!"
"If you do not mate with her, there will be no bloodline! There will be no one left!" Tsume growled, and then forced himself to calm down. "Kiba, you are our only hope."
The young Wolf stared at his father, and then finally relented. "So as soon as I am well, I am going to mate with this girl?"
"Unfortunately we cannot wait that long. You must mate with her tomorrow night and then you can heal more."
"I hope I can manage it!" Kiba said bitterly. "I wonder how she'll like living in Demon World."
"You will not live there. Otherworld is now your home. Kouga would not let his daughter go to Demon World."
Kiba said nothing more, turning his head away from his father. It had all been decided already. Tomorrow he would have to find the strength to take this half-wolf as his mate, and then he would have to learn to live in her world. Well, she would find that a Demon Wolf, even a hurt one, is not a tamed puppy! She would feel his teeth!