Chapter 25

Leilas pov

Why the hell won't he just help me out? He's been eager enough before, but when I ask for it it's suddenly 'no'? What an ass.

Well, screw him, if he won't do it someone else will. And I'm really not impressed with his intelligence, leaving me in a room with a big window, stellar move right there.

I can hear him talking to someone, and as I strain my ears a little I can clearly hear Kyles voice, he is actually asking my brother for advice. That's not a dumb idea, he has had to deal with me in heat in the past, but awkward much?

I quickly towel off and as quietly as possible I jimmy open the window, I haul my body up and just as I throw my leg over the side of the window I can clearly hear Kyle say "Just keep her away from bears". That traitor, he swore he would never tell anyone about that. He is so going to pay when I see him! But first things first, time to scratch this itch, or more like quench this fire, cause I can feel the fire starting to pulse between my legs and inside my stomach again. So I easily jump out the window and after checking around I head towards what seems to be the center of this town, wherever we are.

I haven't run for more than maybe two minutes before I hear an angry growl resonate through the streets, and pick up my pace. I have to fight myself to keep going away from that sound, I know I want to be with the owner of that sexy growl but he won't give me what I need right now. Even my tiger is hesitant, she wants to be with Axel too, there's no doubt she has accepted the mating. But being in heat is like being drunk, not the kind of drunk a shifter gets but the blackout drunk humans get, I lose control over my body, the need to have my desire filled is too intense. There is a real physical pain until I find a man willing to take care of the fire. Luckily the shifter community has developed effective means to avoid pregnancy, or else I would have a least two litters by now.

As I start to near the center I can hear and feel a lot of people moving about, I can smell plenty of males and I know I'm nearing my target. I round a corner, and jackpot! There it is, man galore. A bar. Not some hipster night club but what seems to be a biker bar, tough big guys with tattoos and leather vests are mingling at the entrance and soon a very interesting scent hits me, something I have only smelled from Kyle before, a male tiger. That's the person I need to find, he should be willing and more than able to satisfy me.

I head for the bar, while I'm discretely sniffing the air to hone in on the man I need. I don't get far before someone grabs my arm and spins me towards them, "Are you looking for company pretty lady?" The man holding me is not bad looking, well he might be, but any man is appealing to me right now. But his smell is off, this is not the person I'm looking for, they need to have a distinct scent, some shifter woman told me that the man's scent tells me if we can make the strongest cubs possible together. I don't really care much about the reason behind it, I just know that since I now have many options this is not a man I want to take me tonight.

"I am, but you are not the company I'm looking for, so let go of my arm, or I will break yours."

He just smirks at me, he is a lot bigger than me, and if I was human I wouldn't stand a chance against him. Luckily for me, and unlucky for him, I'm not human though. "Oh come on, I can show you a really good time," instead of letting go he tightens his grip.

"Don't say I didn't warn you," I reach out, take hold of his arm and pry it off me, then I move fast and pin it behind his back. At the same time I twist it hearing the sound of bones breaking from the force. As I let go of him the guy screams and falls to his knees clutching his arm.

"You bitch, you broke my arm."

"I told you I would, and I'm not a bitch, I'm a tigress." A small crowd has formed around us and I can see that the guy's friends are pissed and getting ready to defend his honor like a damsel in distress. One of them looks particularly angry and moves towards me, clearly ready to do some damage.

Just as he reaches out to grab a hold of me he's yanked away, "Leave her alone guys, she had every right to defend herself, Brent was being a dick to her." A huge man steps in front of me as he speaks. He is tall and wide, his body is thick and muscular and his shirt is threatening to rip apart from the pressure of his muscles as he crosses his arms over his chest. And that smell, he's the tiger I'm looking for.

The men send him fearful looks, picks up their friends and disperse without a word.

As he turns his eyes on me he takes in a deep breath and his eyes glow yellow, "Well, well, this is a rare treat that's for sure, what can I do for you beautiful?"

I feel myself drifting towards him, "You could help me with a little problem."

"Would that little problem of yours have something to do with the delightful scent you're emitting?" He steps even closer and leans into me, skimming his nose along my neck, before pulling away. "Or could it have something to do with the fact that you also smell heavily of wolf?"

At the mention of wolf I feel my heart lurch, Goddess I wish this man could be Axel, I would by far prefer him over this stranger. He may be a tiger like me, but he's a stranger all the same.

"The wolf is a bit of a complication yes, but I need someone to help keep me from burning up."

He leans back in, this time his tongue touches my skin, it feels wrong but so damn right at the same time. And as he purrs in a way only tigers can whatever I have left of brain power leaves me. I want this man, and I can't make my self care enough to stop. I slide my hands over his chest and behind his neck, pulling him to me, and when his rock hard, soild and warm body is pushed flush against me I let out a moan at the feeling.

He starts to kiss and nip at the skin on my neck and moves his hands slowly down my sides, resting them on my hips as he grinds his hard erection against my stomach. Yes, this is what I need and he is willing to give it to me, he moves his lips away from my neck and they hower over my lips, "This is not the best place for this, how about we head to my apartment instead? I'm Connor by the way."

For the first time during a heat I hesitate, I know this is my best bet to get laid and my body is screaming for this man, but my heart and my brain is screaming for me to go back, back to Axel. Somewhere in the back of my mind, I'm starting to realize that I have feelings for him. But Connor once again grinds against me, letting me know he wants me just as much as I want him and my mating instincts get the best of me. "I'm Leila. Let's go."

He smiles and leans in closer but just as his lips are almost touching mine we're interrupted.

"Leila, what the hell are you thinking? Don't do this!" Both me and Connor turn around and see a pissed off Axel standing there, he's so angry he's shaking his trembling hands are balled into fists at his side and his jaw is clenched. I can see his eyes flashing back and forth between his normal brown and his wolves yellow, so both he and Arlo are ready for a fight. But what catches my attention the most is the hurt look that mingles with the anger, he looks gutted seeing me in the arms of another man. I'm suddenly feeling dirty, but the roaring fire is still ravaging my body and I have to stop it before I lose my mind.

"Stay out of this buddy, I get that the lady might smell appealing but a wolf like you could never take as good care of her needs as a tiger. Don't worry, I'll take real good care of her," Connor pulls me against his body and smirks at Axel.

Now that was a bad idea, Axel lets out a terrifying snarl and launches himself at the tiger who lets go of me and braces for the impact as they clash together, they both snarl and growl but stay in human form, this is not the place to shift. Even if no one was to see the actual shift there are bound to be witnesses, and a tiger and a wolf fighting in the middle of a city would be hard to explain.

"I don't give a shit what you are, Leila is mine." Axel is not holding back his punches as he attacks the much bigger man with a deadly fierceness, "You will not touch her."

I have to admit, watching two guys fighting for the right to mate with me is hot as hell, and I can feel the dampness between my legs turn into a puddle as I get more and more turned on thinking about the winner claiming his right to mount me.

Connor is taking some hard hits, but the smirk is still on his face, "Oh yeah? I beg to differ, she approached me, she wants me man." He gets in a hit on Axel's ribs which is followed by a crunching sound clearly indicating at least one broken rib. "Don't worry, if the girl likes you she will probably be willing to give you some love too, but right now both she and her tiger needs another tiger. I get that her scent is appealing, but that's just pheromones, don't let it twist your mind, it goes away in a few days."

"It will never go away, I love her," Axel sends his fist hard into his face and he is to slow to block it, resulting in a clearly broken nose, "she is my mate, dammit!"

At his words Connor freezes, unlucky for him he froze just as Axel sends another punch towards his face making his head snap back but he doesn't even seem to notice, "What did you just say? Shes your mate? Then why the hell haven't you marked her? If you had done that she wouldn't be lusting after anyone besides you."

Axel snorts at his comment, but he also pauses the fighting, "I know that, I'm not an idiot. She didn't want me to mark her, I want to wait for her to be willing. I can't force a mating on her."

Connor puts his hands up and steps back, "I'm not suicidal, I'm not getting between mates. It's weird though, not long ago I could have sworn that tigers don't have mates. But there are reliable rumors going around about a tiger being the mate of a pretty well known Alpha, and only a week ago I heard of another tiger in Russia finding a mate as well. I guess the Goddess didn't want her children to be eradicated so she is giving us mates trying to make sure we can pass on our genes."

This is all very fascinating, not, and I'm starting to get antsy. "Guys! Is this a sewing circle? Enough talking, get with the fighting and the mating, please. Someone is going to have to fuck me soon or I will lose my freakin mind!"

They both just turn to look at me, Axel is clearly annoyed but Connor seems amused, "Good luck with that one. I actually might have something that could help you keep her in check the next couple of days." He walks over to nice looking Harley parked by the side of the building and reaches his hand inside the side saddle, pulling out a set of strong looking handcuffs. He hands them over, along with a key, to Axel. "They're extra sturdy, shifter proof," Both me and Axel must have looked a little worried cause he quickly adds, "I'm not weird or anything, I just do some bounty hunting, and I'm often hired by Alphas to catch wolves who have committed various crimes against packs."

Axel grabs the cuffs and turns towards me with a determined look on his face making me back away from him "Oh fuck no, you are not cuffing me to anything, this is my life and my body and I will do with it as I please."

"There is no way in hell I'm letting you, my mate, my heart, walk away from me and screw some other guy. You may be mad at me now, but you will thank me when this is over." He walks towards me and grabs me by my elbow. Connor is still standing there watching us so Axel turns to him, "Thanks for not being a complete dick about this." Wow, that's surprisingly friendly.

"Not a problem, take good care of her. I honestly have no idea what all the fuss is about with this whole 'mate' and 'love' crap, but I do know that even though the girl is hot she is not worth getting myself hurt over. There's plenty of pussy in the sea so to speak."

Axel just growls at his words, "She is worth getting hurt over, she's worth getting killed over. And even though I owe you one for backing down, just know that if you as much as look her way I will end you." So much for friendly. As I wave to the extremely hot tiger Axel starts to drag me off, as we round the corner I catch a glimpse of him smiling and waving back.

Axel is not a happy camper, he has my elbow in a vice grip and hauls me right back to the motel room. He almost throws me into the room and vasts no time in pinning me to the bed and handcuffing me to the radiator near it. Then he starts pacing and mumbling like a crazy person. "How could she do this to me, she's mine as I am hers, and still she can just walk away and try to sleep with a complete stranger." He stops and sets his eyes on me, I can't stop my self from squirming under the heated look, I can't make up my mind on whether it's hot or creepy but not surprisingly the hot wins out. His eyes soften and start to take on a yellow hue as Arlo takes the rains.

"Are you okay mate? It is not mine or Axels intention for you to be in pain, our only objective is to keep you safe and of course, with us." His voice is so gentle and his eyes show only love, he moves towards me and lays a hand on my shoulder, "We will do our best to help soothe you and meet some of your needs, but know that we will not cross the line and claim you under these circumstances." When he mentions my needs the burning steps it up a notch and my breath hitches as I press my thighs together to ease some of the tension. Arlo sniffs the air and growls lowly as he takes off my cuffs and bends down picking me up bridal style then heads for the shower.

As we enter the bathroom he turns on the water and starts to rid me of my clothes, when I'm naked he picks me up once more and places me under the spray, the water is cool but not as cold as my last shower. To my astonishment, he follows me into the shower but he keeps his clothes on, standing here like this, naked with a warm body next to me feels like torture and I can not for the life of me understand what kind of game he's playing. That is until he pulls me into his arms, my back against his chest, then one of his hands slide down my body, between my breasts, over my stomach, it keeps going down until he is cupping my warm center. Then he adds pressure, he uses the palm of his hand to create friction and starts to move his hand in a slow torturous pace, his thumb is circling my clit and soon a finger is pressed inside my warm wet heat, followed by one more, then one more. I'm grinding down on his fingers pushing them further inside me as he adds more pressure to my clit and speeds up his ministrations.

My breath comes out in shallow pants and moans, I can feel the heat build up in my stomach my muscles start to tighten up, and I ride his fingers faster and harder, chasing my release, his voice is in my ear whispering dirty things, "That's right baby, come for me, let me feel you come. You feel so good, so hot and wet. Ride my hand, let it soak in your juices." His words and that wonderful hand push me over, my entire body tenses and as I scream out, I cum hard. I fall limply into his arms and he catches me, "That's right, I've got you. I won't let you suffer." He picks me up once again and carries me to the bed and I feel him toweling me off and placing me under the cool sheets, the flames have been momentarily quenched and I feel my eyelids droop and just as I feel him pull me to his now boxer clad body I fall asleep.

I wake up on fire, my body is scorching once again, it's screaming for help. But I don't have to wait long, hands are soon my body, this time Axel is back in charge of his body and he is ready to satisfy mine. His fingers waste no time in finding their target and I curve my back off the bed as he starts to stroke my clit and drives his fingers inside me, it takes no more than five minutes before I once again cry out as another orgasm racks my body. And once again he pulls me to his side and I fall back asleep.

This is how the next few days go by, I sleep and wake up burning, Axel or Arlo is always there to help me, they take care of my every need. When I'm hungry I'm fed, when I need to shower I'm showered and when I need the toilet I'm taken to the bathroom. I'm never left alone, and yes the cuffs are put to good use as my left hand is handcuffed to my mates right hand.

As I wake up on the fourth day I can finally feel the fog lifting, my body is back under my control and I lay in bed and enjoy the feeling of being back to my self. As I become aware of another body next to me the last few days flow back in fragments and glimpses and I can't hold back a groan of embarrassment as I remember what the poor man has had to do to help me. Images of me moaning and begging for his attention, and then images of him helping me use the toilet! Goddess please let the floor open up and swallow me whole, I try to hide behind my hands but can't as I register that I'm handcuffed to him. I turn my head in his direction, and luckily he's still sleeping. He looks exhausted, he is pale and has dark circles under his eyes, but as he feels me stir his eyes opens and meets mine, "Are you okay? Do you need me?" his voice is cracked and sleepy, but his eyes hold worry. He is worried about me and my well being, so much so that he is willing to ignore the fact that he must be completely drained of energy.

I don't answer him, I can't. My brain is going haywire with thoughts, he is not pretending, this man loves me, I remember when he attacked a much bigger male, a tiger at that, who could have caused him severe injuries, to protect me from doing something I would have regretted. He has spent days catering to my every need. And if he had only been interested in one thing he could have had his fill of that, but he never once used my heat for his own pleasure. This man loves me, his wolf loves me. To make things even more embarrassing I feel my eyes fill with tears, and as he sees my tears I can see panic in his eyes.

"What wrong? Leila baby, are you in pain? Please, tell me what I can do to help you!" He starts to get up but I put my hand on his arms to halt his movements.

"I'm not in any pain Axel, I'm fine. My heat has passed and I'm back to my normal self."

The worry doesn't leave his eyes though and he must have reached the wrong conclusion after seeing my tears. "I swear Leila, I never used you, please don't cry. I only did what I had to do to keep you safe. Please don't hate me!" He must think don't remember the past few days.

"I know Axel, I know you only took care of me, I remember pretty much everything. I'm not angry with you, I only feel grateful to you."

"Then why are you crying?" He reaches out and uses his thumb to wipe a tear away from my cheek.

"I'm not sure my self. I think it just dawned on me that you really do love me, you wouldn't have done this for me if you didn't love me. Would you?"

"Of course I love you, I love you so fucking much! I would carve my heart out of my chest if you asked me to, but I really hope you won't ask me to do that." He pulls me back into his arms and places my head on his chest, "Now, if this little adventure is finally over I need to sleep, I'm about to pass out."

"That's fine, I need some sleep my self, but I also need the bathroom. Think you could uncuff me?"

"Oh, sorry, I completely forgot about that," his sits up and with me in tow, he walks over to the corner of the room and fishes the key out of the pocket of some pants he left there. He unlocks us both and smiles sheepishly at me, "I'm hoping you see the necessity of handcuffing you? No hard feeling right?"

"No hard feelings, I get it." I can't help but add a little poke tough, "And just to get it out there, I have no problem with a little bondage in bed."

His darken immediately and he steps closer to me running his hands down my sides and his nose skims my neck, his voice is gruff, "If it wasn't for the fact that I'm almost dead on my feet right now, that little comment would have had to be followed through," he steps back and lets his hands fall and he flashes a charming smile. "Besides, there is no way in hell I will touch you in a sexual way before you clearly ask me to, I'm not blowing this." Then he heads back to the bed and falls in, he's asleep before his head hits the pillow.

I use the bathroom and wash my hands and face, I even find a toothbrush, some toothpaste and a hairbrush so I brush my teeth and tackle my knotted hair.

When I'm done in the bathroom I join Axel on the bed, he pulls me back into his arms and nuzzles his nose into my hair and with a deep sigh, he slips back into sleep.

I can feel sleep coming for me, but before I surrender to it there is one clear thought on my mind, if he needs me to ask him before he touches me I think its about time I show some manners and say 'please'.

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I'm sorry this chapter is a bit late, but I did get it out before the end of the week. I also have to apologize if it sucked, I'm going through some major personal shit in my life, and it turns out being in the middle of separating from my husband effects my already limited ability to write well. Who knew?

I will try my hardest to keep up my writing though, cause I will finish this story.

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