© Claimed By Him ~ Elektra Orfanos

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*|Sam|*

She's looking at me.

Not with fear of my horrifying form.

Not with disgust.

But not with admiration either.

She is watching me in acceptance... As if she knows what's about to happen and that there is nothing she can do but wait for impact. She pressed her back up against the building as the rest of the men stared at me with bodies trembling. The fur along my spine stood on ends while I snarled baring sharp fangs ready for the bite.

The smell of her blood hit me and I listened to a single drop of it drip down from her hand onto the stone. They hurt her. The fact made my blood boil and what is making me angrier is that they're standing in her defence as if I'm the bad guy.

The Big Bad Wolf.

Before I kill them there's one thing I want to admit to her.

'You have one pretty howl little moon.' I focused my attention to the men who are holding guns in their hands except for one who is using a crossbow.

"What's he doing out in the city!?"

"Shoot him!"

~*~*~

*|Luna|*

The scream caught in my throat as Sam's gigantic form dodged the bullets by zigzagging his way towards us.

Despite my fear I couldn't help but question. "I thought they only changed on full moon?" One of them heard me and I just didn't look at him.

"Hell no there's no way I'm dying tonight!" One of the men turned and ran.

"You coward!" Silver eyes shouted but ran with him pulling the one who defended me with him. However he resisted and rushed over to me. I glared at the chest groper in warning. He read my face plain and clear. Do. Not. Touch. Me.

"We can not just leave her!" My 'defender' forcefully dragged me along by my wrist and I heard Sam growl in rage behind us. This is only making him mad. If he can shift without full moon he is more of a danger to us all. Running is not going to help. I don't know why but I feel like I can only calm him down. "Let me go!" I cried out trying to pull out from his grip.

"Are you insane?" The man holding me snapped and then snaked his arm around my waist pulling me aside down another street forcing me to keep running. "This is a monster!"

I threw his arm off me and tried to turn back. "Save yourself then."I yelped as he gripped my wrist again and dragged me with him. I hear the sound of running water and as we ran further I saw one of the city's streams. "You've led us to a dead end."

"You cannot be this dense."

I glared at him still running with him. "He's following me not you."

He glared back at me as if I'm an ignorant child. God I hate that glare! "More reason to help you escape."

"I don't need your..." I screamed slipping down on my butt as shadow flew down in front of us. "Alpha." I breathed while a giant black wolf stood in our way.

'No.' He responded. I sighed in relief and for a second his eyes sparkled in delight. 

"Luna!" The man lifted me up onto my feet and threw me behind him holding his crossbow up and pointing it at the wolf's head.

Panic struck it's blade and my vision turned black for a few seconds. When I returned I was colliding into the large wolf knocking us both down and just missing the silver arrow shooting passed my ear.

Silver arrow? Did Michael steal a silver arrow from them? A cold rush swept me up and held me down. I sunk deep into the ice cold water but I kicked my way up as it carried me down stream taking me away from the man who knows me.

I worriedly snapped my head in several directions looking for Sam and when Sam's head splashed out of the water in front of me I'll admit I was uncontrollably relieved until his fangs nearly tore off my face.

'Get back under!' He ordered ducking beneath the water. I took a deep breath and swam down following his big black blurry figure deeper into the water. 'He's shooting at us Luna be careful.'

He's not shooting at us. He's shooting at you.

The figure I was following turned his head and the gold eyes floated closer to my face. I grabbed onto his fur and he swam us deeper following the flow of the current.

Suddenly my cloak caught onto something strangling me and I thrashed around helplessly when pulling at it wasn't enough.

The water slowly flooded my lungs and strangely enough rather than it being cold it feels like they're burning. I struggled to get it off and then saw a blurry human body reaching out to me.

'Stupid cloak.' The cloak released me but I'm too weak to swim up.

'Stay alive dammit!' I felt something circle my waist and I thought of a long tentacle reaching out just to drag me down deeper. But instead I saw the rippled light of the moon and coughed violently as my lungs abruptly welcomed with open arms fresh air.

I looked at Sam who while now completely bare is holding me while swimming to the stone steps and carried me bridal style out of the water.

Never doing that again.

I really need to stop making life risking decisions.

I need to doesn't mean I will.

Sam laid me down, one hand around my waist the other holding the back of my head. I turned over coughing out all the water from my lungs before lying back, my lip quivering.

"You're okay." He whispered stroking the wet strands of my hair away from my face. "Luna breathe." I concentrated on those warm eyes of his while taking deep breaths then my eyes gazed all of the angles and shadows of his face.The dents and structure then most odd part of his face other than his eyes. His lips.

Why does this always happen to women? You get saved by a handsome beast and you end up wanting to kiss him just for the fact that he's gorgeous and wasted his time saving your pointless life.

Although I am quite sure other girls are getting saved by Prince Charming.

If all wolves look like this then I would never need a Prince Charming.

"C-c-cold." I chattered. He brought his body closer to mine and I nestled my face in the warmth of his neck. I circled my arms around him relishing the heat radiating off him even though he's cold and wet to. His inner warmth is comforting me. Is it bad I want to lie here forever?

He's better than a bed.

But the nagging thought that he is Alpha wearing a different face worries me. I really do hope he is nothing like him.

Please let him be different.

"Sam?" I whispered. He hummed in reply. "Are you killing people with him?"

'I've killed people.' He moved his head and dipped it in my neck pressing his lips on my skin. It's not a kiss yet it still sent tingles which soon turned into a sick feeling in my stomach. A naked killer is lying on top of me. 'Just not with him.'

"Oh." I whispered the nausea not going away.

'You smell so sweet.' He whispered. Luckily the shivering can be mistaken by me being cold not by me being affected by his hot breath.

That silver eyed man must have really badly smacked my head into that wall. But then again I found a handsomeness in Alpha while he was still a wolf.

I am damaged woman who finds the beauty in everything soulful or soulless.

I realised I was silent for too long because I got lost in his warmth. I muttered. "It's called bathing. You wolves should try it sometime because I don't think the licking yourselves clean is working." His chest vibrated and I felt him smile on my neck.

I tried calming my heartbeat but then I felt his heart drumming rapidly against mine.

The adrenaline.

"I guess you're feeling better now." He said out loud. He let me go and I curled into myself trying to keep myself my warm and shut my eyes. I heard a ruff purr and felt furry snout touch my cheek making me stiffen in shock but still shiver. 'Still me Luna.' He changed back into his wolf? Why?

"That doesn't make me feel any better." I've lost Michael's hat and now I've lost his cloak. I want to cry but I can not seem to bring the tears at will.

I am still shivering and I think my toes and fingers have gone numb but I stood anyway almost falling back down again but he rubbed up against me and let me use him to lean on.

'Now may I take you home?'

"No." I flinched at the sound of distant yelling. "Let's just find somewhere to hide."

~*~*~

The first place to hide that popped into my mind was the all too quiet riverbank that's the second check point leading to the 'underworld'. Supposedly it's meant to be haunted but Sam assured me it isn't and I wouldn't have believed him if he hadn't saved my life twice in one night. Sam rested at the trunk of a willow tree and he insisted that I keep myself warm in his fur. I had no complains... I'm frozen, I'm colder than the snow queen so here we are. His big fluffy body circling mine while I'm stroking and snuggling into his silky soft fur. It's hard not to be comforted by him when he smells like the woods, I can just picture all the moss and the damp leaves scattered everywhere and him rolling around in it. But if you go past that you could smell something citrus.

'I usually don't show women my wolf form on the first date.' He sarcastically remarked after a long silence. I didn't laugh but I smiled which he can't see because I am facing away from him.

"I thought werewolves only turned under full moon." I whispered as I snuggled into his warm pelt. Because I'm shivering the words came out in stutters.

'How would you even know that?'

"L-lucky guess."

He sucked in a breath. 'He let you see his human self?'

Now that I think about it I woke up with a wolf not a man. "No, no he didn't." I scowled at my stupidity.

'What happened then?'

"He let me live there's not much to it." He laughed at me a lot but he let me live.

'And you want to go see him again!' He began to growl viciously making me turn and glare at him. Right into his burning gold eyes.

"What happened to the beautiful silence we had a few minutes ago?" I asked angrily. He suddenly stood up and I face planted into the grass. I sat up wiping my face and then he backed me up against the tree baring his razor sharp fangs.

'Why won't you tell me what happened?' He questioned.

"Because maybe I don't even understand what happened! I'm just as confused as you! So threatening me and questioning me really is getting us both nowhere!"

'I'm not threatening you!'

"So this is how you treat every girl? Snarl at them when they don't answer a question right!? I'm dry and warm now why are you still a wolf?"

'Oh so you want to see me naked now?'

Typical men always leading the conversation down that road. "Oh God even as a wolf you're still as stupid as every disgusting male on this planet." I jumped up and stormed away from him.

Unbelievable! He makes me so mad within seconds just from opening his big stupid mouth. I don't remember ever getting so mad at Alpha...

What am I saying?

Alpha killed my brother I should have been mad at him.

I should be hating him now and I do but he made it so easy to like him.

'Stop! Please Luna just stop I can't stand chasing after you again.'

"Then don't." He stood in my way. Tail wagging.

'Luna just answer me this. Why did you go to find him?'

"If I say I want you to promise not to hurt me."

'Why would I hurt you?'

"I don't know how close you are to him. If I say the truth and you're his friend I don't want you to kill me."

He lowered his head. 'Luna. I can guarantee that he and I are and will never be friends.' As I look at him all I see is the wolf from the nightmare and I had to turn my gaze away but I felt my knees buckle and I fell onto them. 'What's wrong? Why are you crying?' I can hear the panic and worry in his tone which just made me more sad.

"I wanted to kill him." I'm trembling, I wish I weren't so pathetic. "But I was too weak." I corrected myself. "I am weak."

'You wouldn't be alive tonight if you were weak Luna.' He whispered pressing his snout against my temple giving me a gentle nudge. I gazed up at him in surprise and some how his face grew softer. 'You're not even stupid Luna you're a wonder. That's probably why those men, him and I lost our breaths looking at you.'

 Speechless I simply stared at him.

Wait no, no I'm not. I sniffled and wiped my eyes hoping the night and the dark are hiding my blushing face. "When you're not being a jackass of a mutt you can actually be really sweet."

'I'll continue being sweet if you promise me something.'

I tilted my head to the side staring at him wondrously. "What?"

'Never go see him again.' I shook my head gazing away from him again. I can't do that. Not when he's bound to come after me and especially if me spending the night saves thousands of lives. No I have to stick with my plan.

"No point in promising that if we're not going to see each other again."

'Who says we're not?' He asked confused.

"You're telling me I'm stuck with you?" I asked sardonically.

'Yes little moon. You're mine now.'

Next Update on the 25 of Oct. Few days before Halloween!! I'll be terrorizing trick or treaters how about you?

~MeowForNow