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Shaw swipes at the beads of sweat on her forehead, and growls at the uncomfortable churning in her stomach. Her mouth felt dry and her head woozy, and this had nothing to do with the fact that they were outside in the scalding hot sun playing soccer for her last period gym class.
Her muscles felt tight and her abdomen taut, similar to that of when she was in heat, but no that didn’t make sense because it was summer and most wolves went into their heat during winter, as did Shaw.
She took a few deepening breaths to calm herself only for them to do the opposite, and a strong sickening scent crashed over her in a rush of waves, almost causing her to lose her footing.
Alpha pheromones. Once Shaw had identified them the scent just got stronger. She held her breath for a while as she looked around to her peers, well the ones who were wolves anyway, and none of them had looked disoriented. To say the least, Shaw felt confused, why was she the only one being affected?
Suddenly she was pulled out of her trance as Carter stopped and punched her lightly in the arm “Hey Shaw, you good?”
Shaw looked at her a good minute before managing a curt nod.
“No you’re not. What’s up with you?” Carter stared at Shaw and saw how tightly her fists were clenched and her pupils starting to dilate. She knew that look too well, especially being her best friend, and one of the other wolves in this school. Carter herself took a whiff of the air and noticed that it smelled different, however she didn’t think they were pheromones. Nevertheless she knew that look on Shaw.
She turned to their coach who was a few feet away “Coach Hersh, is it okay if I take Sam inside for a bit, she’s not feeling so well”
Coach Hersh took one look at Sameen and saw her state and being a were himself gave Joss a short nod, though he smelt nothing after he discreetly sniffed the air when they left.
Carter held onto Shaw’s hand and practically dragged her into the nurse’s office, and Shaw let herself be pulled away, not entirely in the right mind to object.
But as she got further and further into the school the scent only got stronger and her will weaker. The only thing she could remember from when she first smelt the scent and now was that Carter brought her to the nurse, who too was a were and sent Carter back to class. Obviously Carter didn’t go that easily with Shaw being her best friend and all, but with the nurse being part of their pack, and more family than anything, she left.
The nurse, Madeline, was one of the older wolves in their pack. She had kids of her own and was mated. She was roughly in her thirties and could be seen as an aunt to the younger girls of the pack. “Sameen” she called again when Shaw didn’t answer her the second time, when she left to get her some meds, she turned back to check on her but the little wolf was gone.
Shaw stalked her way down various hallways, and maneuvering around the few students she crossed to establish the source of this insane amount of pheromones, that was driving her crazy.
She figured the reason she reacted more easily and quickly than anyone else was because she herself was too an alpha. Madeline and Carter were betas, but Hersh was an alpha. It’s not unusual for a young were to be an alpha or an older one to even be an omega for the rest of their lives. It really just depends from moments after birth and when the pup’s personality begins to show, and it’s fairly determined after that. But a wolf can always go up in hierarchy, throughout their lifetime.
Sameen was getting more frustrated by the minute, she’d been through almost every corridor in this school, but it wasn’t until she got closer to the gym again that she felt another wave of heat hit her. She growled and crossed an approximate of four doors before she reached the last one, the janitors closet. Oh she hoped to God it really wasn’t the old janitor lady, because that would be gross.
She tried the handle to find it unsurprisingly locked and practically ripped it off its hinges before she barged into the confined, dusty space. She heard a little gripe of pain and frustration in the room and growled as the pheromones finally hit her in full force.
The room was next to black but there was a little window inside covered by cardboard that she ripped free unable to find a light switch. And it was a girl, an alpha girl. But wait.., that was the new girl. Samantha was it? Hersh’s niece who recently moved here after her mother passed to stay with her aunt, Hersh’s wife.
She had heard the coach bragging about her and how she was so intellectual and not usually up to mischief like all the other young wolves, Sameen herself included. He very much praised her and genuinely seemed to care for her and other than his wife and one child he hadn’t cared for anyone else.
Samantha as Shaw knew her by, growled at Sameen and shifted so she could shield her eyes from the sun. Shaw’s eyes unwillingly glowed a bright red showing her dominance and strength, but more than that, her arousal.
Samantha eyes immediately glowed back the same bright red and Shaw heard the hitch in her breath when she realized that Shaw was reacting to her pheromones and growled again, though it lacked the certain viciousness from earlier when she thought Shaw was a threat.
If Shaw were any other wolf or maybe not an alpha, she would have probably made it to the Himalayas by now at the speed she would have ran out of this room. But she is Shaw and a strong alpha. She took a cautious step towards the girl, showing she meant no harm, though her eyes were still glowing.
And now with the added increase in eyesight and the step forward she realized how absolutely beautiful this girl was. Beautifully rimmed eyes, with sharp bone structure, cute bobby nose and the way her hair just seemed to flow in tresses across her shoulders and a little ways down her breast. And yeah okay, Shaw’s eyes stared there a little longer than necessary, but then returned her eyes to the other girls face.
“You’re Samantha right?” she asked, her voice a little more horse than she would’ve liked but this girl had to know the affect she was having on Shaw. Alphas were the strongest no doubt but every wolf had there weakness combined with their human side mixed in. However Shaw was one for challenge and her animal side was not all she had, she had control. Most of the time...
The girl didn’t respond just stared at Shaw with added curiosity until another surge of pained burned through her lower stomach and into her groin causing Shaw herself to mutter a noise.
Shaw closed her eyes for a moment before focusing again “Where are your suppressors?” trying really hard to ignore the sensations curling through her thighs.
“Don’t have any” the girl finally spoke eyes no longer glowing and features softening after determining Shaw wasn’t a threat.
“Oh, uh, okay, well the nurse does. I know you’re new I can show you there if you want” Shaw offers stepping even closer having to automatically shut her eyes and hold her breath for a moment. Whoever this girl was, she was a really strong alpha, and the stronger a wolf, the stronger the pheromones.
The pain riddled girl smiled momentarily before nodding her head and moving to stand. She didn’t make far, only a step before her knees buckled, from another rush of pain. She would either need to get some meds soon or the only other alternative would be to have an orgasm and it didn’t seem to be the right place for that.
Shaw quickly rushed to catch the other girl which quickly proved to not be the best move, but she just wasn’t going to let her fall. Shaw grabbed the slimmer girl around the waist with one arm and her forearm with the other.
Shaw felt sorry for this girl, she knew how hard going through heat was, let alone going through it in the hottest time of the year, summer. Seeing this girl, though an alpha, looking so small and vulnerable, hunched over in her arms gritting her teeth waiting until the pain passed, she feels a sudden urge to take her pain away. To stop her suffering.
And before she realizes what she’s doing she takes her own arm and links it with Samantha’s taking some of her pain and into her own body. Watching as her veins rise beneath the skin and turn black then slowly descent again. The girl’s breath is shallow and she takes a moment to recompose herself, turning her head slightly to look at Shaw but half of her face is hidden.
Shaw doesn’t know exactly what she’s doing, or what possesses her to do it, but she raises one hand, taking the girl’s beautiful locks and tucks it behind her ear allowing more of her face to come into focus.
She stares at Shaw with grateful eyes and gives a small smile before looking away again. She has a blush to her cheeks but Shaw doesn’t say or do anything. She just sits there both hands holding this other girl for a while before Samantha’s scent comes rushing back to fill her senses, and she remembers what she was going to do in the first place.
She starts to stand taking the other girl up with her and even though she’s not standing at full height because of her cramps she is still taller than Shaw. Shaw slowly retracts her hands before looking up at the taller girl “You good?” and the girl nods.
“Good we should uh, probably get you to the nurse now”
The girl smiles gently and extends her hands to touch Shaw’s forearm, sending an immediate spark of electricity through the shorter girl as she squeezes gently “Root and thank you”
Shaw furrows her brows “Huh?”
“I prefer to be called Root, and thank you for what you just did” her voice is soft and hand still gripping Shaw’s arm.
Shaw takes in this new information and nods in understanding, scanning Root’s face. From her slanted eyes to the curve of her nose, the little puff of her cheeks and the swell of her lips. Eyes staying on her lips a little too long.
Root darts her tongue out to wet her lips watching intensely as Shaw’s eyes follow her actions and Shaw’s eyes glow a bright red once more. Shaw can feel herself getting more aroused by the second and can’t help the deep rumble in her throat as she watches Root, unbeknownst to her, her eyes resembling a fire set ablaze. She’s so caught up in staring at Root’s lips that she doesn’t notice Root staring at hers. Root only takes her eyes of off Shaw when she clamps them shut feeling another ache approaching, reminding her of the throbbing need between her legs and her abdomen.
She can feel the wetness soaking through her undergarments, smearing stickiness on the inside of her thighs. She grunts something between a growl and a groan, eyes gleaming vibrant red causing Shaw to shift from one foot to another growling in response.
And that sets them off like a TNT. Shaw doesn’t exactly see it coming but doesn’t complain as Root lunges at her, hot mouth covering her own, shoving her roughly into the wooden door, nipping at her bottom lip with her canines.
Their lips moves against one another desperately and neither of them can help the collective moans that escape. Lips both warm and soft, ragged breaths filling the air.
Shaw pulls back for a quick moment, Root sucking on her bottom lip when she tries to pull away but eventually frees herself “Are you sure?” her voice is gravelly and her eyes lidded as she stares at Root.
Root nods earnestly, skin flushed and her body glistening with sweat before replying “Are you?”
Shaw looks to her lips, to her face, to her lips once more, grabbing the girl by the nape of her neck, dragging her back in with a “Hell yes”.