Waking the Beast(58)

“I don’t need them anymore.”

“Contacts? I never thought you’d get them.”

She shook her head. “Since Tah and I have been together, my vision is better. I don’t need them anymore.”

“Damn, that’s some powerful semen you have there. We’ll need to get you to fill a few cups with it. Run some tests on it.”

Tah growled again.

“Easy there. You can have Abby help you get it. No saliva mixed in though, Abby,” he told her, making her blush bright red.

“Dad, you’re embarrassing Abby,” Jess informed him as she moved over to them.

“Oh.” He glanced at Abby and blinked as if bringing her into focus. “I’m sorry, dear. I’m just so excited. You’ve found your lion!” The Professor practically bounced with excitement. “And Jess has her wolves. I’ve never been so happy. Not since Jess was born and they placed her in my arms.”

His eyes grew a little misty as he wrapped his arm around Jess and tugged her close to his side. “So much to learn.” He glanced at Jess. “I’ll have to stay here for a while now. Abby and her mate need me more than you and your mates do. I’ll stay and help Diane until we have a better idea. We need someone like Cody, someone who knows about the shifting process, but we’ll just have to wait for this one to get a move on and shift.”

Professor Mueller glanced at Tah who still stood there glaring.

“You’re not getting my semen.”

“Not like you’ll miss it,” Professor Mueller argued. “Besides, don’t you want to find out why Abby’s changing as well?”

Tah flushed. “I think that has more to do with my saliva than my semen.”

“Saliva?” Professor Mueller was eyeing Tah’s mouth once more and showed every sign of stepping forward and pulling at Tah’s lips again.

“I think it’s more about where he bit me,” Abby interrupted, distracting him like she’d hoped.#p#分页标题#e#

“He bit you?” Logan asked. “Damn, Tah.”

Abby turned and tugged her T-shirt aside to reveal the bite mark Tah had placed on her skin. She glanced up in time to see Professor Mueller reaching a hand out to touch it when Tah stepped between them with a low roar.

“You will not touch it.”

“Now listen here, boy,” Professor Mueller started to argue when Tah threw his head back and let out a primal roar that brought all three of the wolves in the room to their feet, growls spilling from their lips. “Interesting,” the Professor murmured, obviously taking mental notes again.

“Tah.” She turned, moving against his chest and cuddling close. His arms wrapped around her, tugging her closer as he held her.

“I don’t want anyone touching you there. I can’t explain it, but I can’t allow it.”

“The lion’s mark on her. Your beast isn’t as secure yet. Must be afraid I’ll do something to try and remove it,” the Professor said. “I won’t, by the way. Looking at it, I doubt it will ever leave her skin. But you’re going to have to pull it together, young man. According to Jess, you have a baby on the way, and we need answers before that little one gets here. So you need to go outside and figure out how to shift. Embrace your inner kitty and get it done. I need those samples, and I need them now.” He was mumbling to himself as he left the room.

Abby figured he was probably headed toward the lab and Diane.

“Embrace your inner kitty,” Logan repeated with a snicker. “I always knew you were a pussy.”

Logan only laughed harder as Tah growled in annoyance.

“You do need to work on it,” Jess said as she glanced at them. “Dad brought some papers with him. He has his own contacts in Africa and he’s found more about the legend of the paka watu. You need to read this.”

“What is it?” Abby turned from Tah and walked over to help Jess pick the fallen papers off the floor. Before she could sit, Tah was there pulling her down beside him, keeping her firmly at his side.

“What has he found?”

“What do you know about the legend of the paka watu, Tah?” Jess asked.

“Just what Abby has told me,” Tah answered. “And the little I could find about them on the phone I purchased when we stopped. It seems to be a fairly obscure legend. Lots of discrepancies in it.”

Jess nodded. “I think as with most things that are founded in truth, those involved try to diminish them by planting false stories, by embellishing or changing them in some way.”

“Truth hidden amongst lies,” Abby said.