U.O.T.W. Chapter 43 The Beast Within

• Posted by Sotek June 24, 2015 - Filed in TSC: CB Story - 1,250 views

  

  Authors Note: Adult Themes

   

  As Aela stood outside, she sniffed at the night air. She easily detected Soteks scent due to her enhanced wolf senses, let alone the smell of the fire which he had obviously lit.

   

  ‘Bloody fool should head back’ she muttered to herself. The thought had crossed her mind to go back and tell him to get himself to the inn, but a part of her liked the fact he worried about her. Despite that, he still gave her space to be herself. Without even attempting to light a torch she entered the dark icy cave once more.

   

  Inside the cave there was no real light source except for a few mossy plants which glowed albeit dimly, however that didn’t affect Aela at all. Her answer was a simple one... Over the course of a few seconds, she transformed. Where Aela was moments before now stood Red, Aela’s werewolf form. She was coated in red fur except for her chest which shone with a silvery sheen that tapered to a point below her stomach.

   

  Red stood to her full height and howled out after finally being released from her confinement. She was contained for too long and now with the strong scents of the trolls fuelling her rage, she needed to feed. She needed a kill.

   

  Her heart was pounding and her breathing was wild with the lust of the hunt. Reds paws hammered into the ground as her claws buried themselves into the ice which gave her grip as she ran the dark icy tunnels. Her night vision was working overtime allowing her to see near perfectly as she used every little speck of light. There in front was a frost troll, the cavern stank of it... Her first target, her first kill.

   

  The troll turned to face the oncoming foe, sensing for itself the scent of the unwelcome intruder. But Red was faster, she needed it more. Charging headlong not even slowing down she pounced. Her back feet tore into its legs as her claws shredded fur, skin and tissue to the bone with equal ease. At the same time her front paws swiped at its chest tearing into the ribcage. Both sets of claws smashing through bone like it was glass. In a matter of seconds the troll was dead.

   

  Before she ate, Red stopped and the cavern fell silent except for her heavy panting. She rested on all four paws as she listened. There in the dark she sensed it, the second troll as it was moving towards her.

   

  The beast saw her, but she was already closing in, running as fast as she could towards it. She didn’t see a troll, all she saw was her prey.

   

  Her claws swiped across the trolls chest, tearing out a chunk of fur and flesh. The beast roared at her and swiped back, hitting her side cutting a gash in her shoulder, but she shrugged it off. She lashed out, her claws once again ripping great chunks of matted bloodied fur out from the creatures side. Like two titans trading blows they struck again and again. With every blow the frost troll got weaker as its healing process became totally over whelmed by the colossal damage inflicted. It fell back but Red was relentless in her attack. She lunged forwards and with three massive swipes she tore open its ribs. After momentarily pausing, she fed on its heart before she returned to the first troll who fell to her claws.

   

  She silently followed the tunnel as her senses locked onto their target, her prey. The last frost troll was standing there watching out for the cause of the howling. It’s own senses told it something was there, somewhere. Red moved in boldly giving no care on whether she was detected or not.

   

  She charged forwards, howling out as she ran full bore into the troll. Her weight, tripled from her now muscular bulk sent the troll crashing into the floor. She didn’t swipe, she didn’t claw, there was just no need as her maw had a perfect grip. From years of practise, in one swift movement her fangs ripped out its throat. It lay there dead with blood pouring from its neck. Red didn’t care, she didn’t even stop, her claws tore the torso into pieces as every hit smothered her with blood.

   

  Without even bothering to feed, Aela changed back to her human form. She held her head up as she sniffed at the air before she looked down at herself. Blood was dripping off her, forming bloody puddles on the icy tunnel floor. Her armor was coated in blood like she bathed in the animals corpse. Upon finding a pool of water, Aela walked cautiously down the slope until the water rested just below the top of her boots where she washed the blood off as much as she could. She then headed outside however she could still feel the beast inside her. Red wanted more, she needed more. She simply hadn’t had her fill.

   

  By the tree line just as she had sensed earlier, Sotek was sitting by a fire waiting patiently for her return. She approached him fully aware that her beastly needs weren’t satisfied. She wanted him, needed him, the beast inside wanted more and was determined to get it. She suppressed the urge to growl as she abruptly greeted him.

  “I told you to go to the inn...”

   

  “Yess, but I thought I would wait for you. I didn’t think you would mind if I just waited”. Sotek could see she was happy, he could also smell the troll blood. She reeked of it. “I take it you got them?”

   

  Aela nodded as she took his hand and pulled him towards the cave.

  “Oh yes. Come with me, I’ve got something to show you”.

   

  Just inside the cave, Sotek saw all the skins which Aela had collected over the course of the night. They were laid out on top of one another so they formed a large furred bed. She sat down in the middle of the furs then pulled Sotek’s arm, making him sit beside her.

  “I need you to do something”.

   

  Sotek wasn’t sure what was going on and the intensity in Aela’s voice put him on edge causing him to hiss.

  “Ssure, what?”

   

  Aela could feel her own heat like she was on fire, she pushed him into the furs as she forced him on his back. Her eyes almost burned with passion as she growled at him.

  “Me! Now!”

   

  Sotek looked at her face but her eyes were like an animal’s, hungry for its prey. Aela threw her head back, shaking it as she did so, sending her auburn hair flailing. Sotek gulped as Aela’s eyes had an unusually intense stare. Having some genuine concerns over Aela’s mental state, Sotek tried gently to raise himself up.

  “Aela are you ok?”

   

  She pushed him back forcefully again and straddled him.

  “Take me, right now... Hard... As hard as you want, as hard as you can”. He lent forwards moving his hand over her hip so she rolled off him but at the same time she pulled him on top. He responded to her demands, but he was far more controlled than what she wanted.

   

  Over the course of the next several minutes Aela's various howls were drowned out by her almost demanding growls which echoed through the caverns as she relinquished any resistance to Red’s own desires, willingly becoming a slave to her inner wolf. Although she was in her own form, Red was now in control. At the height of their passion, Aela’s head darted forwards and her teeth latched on to Sotek’s neck.

   

  Once her needs had been fulfilled, Aela closed her eyes as her breathing slowed. That was when Red finally let go and gave Aela her own body back. Aela’s mind span like she was on a high and she burst out laughing as she laid there in ecstasy from the sensations which she so willingly shared with Red. Over the next few minutes her hearts heavy pounding steadied itself, then she drifted off to sleep.

   

  Sotek went up to her, and covered her up with some of the furs. After that he held his neck, his hand quickly covered with blood. As he cast his healing spell on himself, to heal the wound he thought back to when she had bitten him. He could have sworn then that when she bit him, for the fleetest of moments, Aela’s light grey eyes had a yellow tint to them. He stood back and gazed down at Aela lying there wrapped up in the furs. Now he couldn’t see the hunger she had shown him. It was almost like seeing two different creatures. One was a sleeping girl while the other was a raging beast.

   

  Using a spell he learned from the college, a glowing white orb lit up the surrounding area. Sotek looked back at her once more before he followed the path heading deeper inside the cave, leaving Aela where she was, asleep and warm.

   

  He soon came across a corpse of one of the frost trolls Aela had killed earlier. It was a mess of fur and flesh and it’s blood had splattered everywhere. As he headed further along the tunnel, he found the other trolls. However the one that caught his eye was the third corpse. Its throat had been savagely ripped out while the torso was smashed and torn beyond any reason. His mind Struggled to think of any justification to do that amount of damage. Upon examining the body, no matter how hard he tried, he just couldn’t see one clean cut. All the wounds were just rips, and tearing of flesh.

   

  By this time Aela had awoke. She followed Sotek’s tracks to the third troll and slowly walked behind him.

  “They ermm attacked each other. All I had to do was finish the one off”. Sotek turned to face Aela who herself couldn’t face him as she felt dirty and ashamed. She had lost control to Red, and she struggled to comprehend the animalistic way she had acted.

   

  Sotek noticed the deep pool of water where Aela washed herself in. He smiled as he took her hand and led her down the ramp to the water’s edge.

  “No offence but you smell of trolls”. He stated laughing, but moments later his hands burst into flames as he cast his flame spurt spell on the pool, slowly warming up the water. Once his manna run out he drank one of his manna potions then cast the spell again. Three potions later and the water was warm. Taking her hand once more, he entered the pool and pulled her in, clothes and all.

   

  The pool was big enough to swim in which he used to his advantage. He could see she was nervous, but he didn’t know she was worried about what he might think of her after the brutal sex they had nearly an hour ago. Let alone the state of the three corpses.

   

  He swam around her a few times before he disappeared in the waters depths. Suddenly he grabbed her from underneath and pulled her down just below the surface, then he was gone. She burst up from the water and looked around, however except the ripple caused by her, the water was still. Sotek swam quickly through the caverns lake, leaving a swell showing where he had been moments before. The next second as he rapidly swam passed her, his fingers briefly touched her leg causing her to scream as she jumped. Seconds later he burst up just in front of her.

   

  He turned away from her as he spoke.

  “Lay down on my back”. She did as he asked, then he whispered to her. “Hold on to my shoulders, don’t let go”. He felt her hands grip his shoulders, as she held on tight before he spoke to her again. “Now, take a deep breath and hold it”. He listened to her take a lung full of air, then as quick as a flash, they were gone. He dived down into the depths as fast as he could while Aela held on, all the while he slowly turned like a corkscrew. In a matter of seconds they were twenty feet down then he turned back around and headed straight up.

   

  They broke the surface and swept through the water faster than what Aela could ever imagine. Sotek then told her a second time to hold her breath which she did. While swimming at top speed, Sotek headed straight down into a dive. After they were submerged by a good several feet, Sotek stopped and slowly turned around before he swam as rapidly as he could towards the surface.

   

  They burst through the surface, clearing the water by several feet. For a few seconds they were both in the air flying in a wide arc then with a horrendous splash they re-entered the pool. Sotek swam around in a few circles then came to a stop.

   

  Aela’s face was full of exhilaration as she tried to speak.

  “God... That was...Was incredible. We actually cleared the water... Oh my god...”. As she turned to face him, she burst out laughing while she held her hand against her chest. “My hearts pounding”.

   

  Sotek chuckled but then he disappeared under the water once more. For a few seconds there was no sign of him at all but then he burst out from the water in front of her and arced right over the top of her, twisting around as he flew in the air.

   

  She looked up to see his body clear her by a few feet then with just the slightest splash he hit the water behind her. A few seconds later the water was still again. Slowly he rose up behind her then gently held her in his arms.

  “I love you”. He whispered in her ear, instantly erasing all her doubt. She turned around, and kissed him.

   

  “I...I...”. She turned her head to the side and rested against his chest.

   

  “It’s hard for me to say that. I want to, I really do... I just can’t”. Sotek was confused, but he just held her tight for a few seconds before he led her by the hand up the ramp.

   

  Once they got outside, Sotek restocked the fire he had made earlier while Aela sat there wrapped up in some of the furs from their kills. A quick burst of Sotek’s flame spell was all that was needed to reignite the wood. Within moments they were drying out as they warmed up from the cold night air.

   

  Aela moved across to Sotek and rested against his chest as they both gazed at the fire. She closed her eyes for a few moments while she gathered her thoughts.

  “I need to try to explain... The trolls... When we had sex, I was rough... I’m sorry I didn’t mean to be so...”

   

  Sotek kissed the top of her head then interrupted her.

  “In the cave you couldn’t say you love me... Do you?”

   

  Aela turned her head around sharply and looked at him right in the eyes.

  “Yes of course I do!”

   

  Sotek smiled softly at her.

  “But you won’t say it?”

   

  Aela’s eyes were full of desperation. She found herself pleading with him.

  “It’s hard for me... Difficult... Please Sotek!”

   

  Sotek laughed as he held her tightly in his arms.

  “I don’t care, as long as you love me, that’s all I need to know. Its late lets head back to our... Wrecked room”.

   

  As he tried to get up, Aela grabbed his arm.

  “But I need to explain, to try to explain...” She thought about how to put her feelings across. She knew what she wanted to say, that was simple. ‘Look I’m a bloody werewolf. And now we’re having a relationship, killing isn’t enough. my werewolf side needs sex too’. But she just couldn’t say it.

   

  Sotek held both sides of her face as he kissed her on the forehead.

  “Don’t try to explain. I don’t want you to. Just be you. But go easy with the love bites, drawing blood I can live with but no tearing out chunks of me”. With that he started to laugh.

   

  Aela smirked as she tucked her head into his chest.

  “Well that was your fault. You shouldn’t have made it so intense. but I’ll go easy next time”.

   

  Sotek kissed her lovingly on the forehead then helped her to her feet and led her back towards the Inn.

   

  Authors Note:

  I would like to thank Okan and Borom for their help and guidance with this chapter. It's never easy working on someone else's story. Thanks Guys.