Colton threw a set of keys at Ryuu. "Just follow the road, it's the huge house on the right. Can't miss it."
Ryuu bowed. "My thanks."
Once they were in the SUV Meryn closed her eyes. It had been a draining day. She never wanted to get news that Aiden was injured again. A few minutes later they were pulling up to the barracks. As she hopped out she got the evil eye from Ryuu. He didn't like that she didn't wait for him either. She stuck her tongue out at him. He unlocked the door and walked in, she was right behind him. All she wanted was to feed Jaws and go to bed. Before she was even in the house enough to shut the door Ryuu stopped directly in front of her.
"What?"
He held up a hand to silence her. He turned facing her, looking for something. Suddenly he brought two fingers up to his lips and produced a high pitched whistle. Meryn watched in horror as a man shaped object appeared behind Ryuu, she opened her mouth to warn him when he was struck from behind. A tiny light flew from her shoulder and out the door. She felt a spurt of hope when she realized that Felix had gone for help.
She turned for the door and was grabbed by the hair and thrown to the floor. "No!" She kicked at the slightly amorphous hands and managed to get to her feet as she unholstered the gun and gripped it tightly.
"What good is a gun if you can't see what you are trying to shoot?" A voice mocked. Meryn turned her head slightly so that she wasn't staring right at him. He didn't know that he was visible. She had to wait until he stopped circling her to get a good shot.
"Why are you doing this?" The longer she kept him talking the better the chances Ryuu would wake up to help.
"Just following orders."
"Whose orders?"
"Uh uh uh. No more talking. I've been looking forward to being with you for almost a week, you smell so delicious." The rusty voice taunted. He stopped his circling and stood in front of her. Smiling she brought the gun up and began shooting. She didn't stop until she ran out of bullets yet he was still moving towards her.
"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but bullets will never kill me." He cackled. He backhanded her to the ground, the wind got knocked out of her leaving her gasping for breath. Seconds later she felt his weight on top of her pressing her into the floor. Gulping for air she fought blindly.
"No one can save you. All the toy soldiers are along the perimeter and the baby soldiers are in the city. We're too far away for your mate to have heard your tiny gun." He leaned forward and ran his tongue between her breasts, up her chin, before forcing it between her lips. She gagged at the intrusion.
"Time for you to die." He pulled his arm back revealing he was holding a knife. She kicked and screamed, bringing her hands up to deflect the blade. But it never came.
She felt the floor vibrating before the sound of an ungodly roar shook her. Seconds later her attacker was lifted off her and thrown into the wall. He fell to the floor covered in splinters, dry wall and plaster. Meryn looked up and her eyes couldn't make sense of what she saw. It was a creature unlike anything she had ever seen before. Rounded ears, brown fur, short snout, all on a humanoid shaped head. It had an abnormally long torso and arms that extended nearly to the floor. It was wearing what used to be a pair of pants, which on this creature looked like frayed shorts. Even crouching low, shoulders hunched forward, it was nearly nine feet tall. If they weren't in the foyer it would be scraping the ceiling. At the end of his multi digit fingers claws extended and swiped at the faintly glowing attacker. Each strike resulted in ripped flesh and broken bones.
She didn't know when it registered that what she was looking at was Aiden, but suddenly she knew. This creature was her mate and he was pissed! Only when the intruder stopped twitching did Aiden stop. All of the Alpha Unit and Aiden's family watched from the door. Aiden sniffed the air and walked over to her. When he nuzzled her hair she yelped. When his tongue began to retrace the path that the attacker's had taken she lost her shit.
"Don't lick me! Eww!" She pushed at his hulking form. He snarled at her and she froze.
"I know you aren't snarling at me!" She yelled reaching up to wag a finger in his face. The snarling stopped almost immediately. He lifted her up and nipped at her neck. She relaxed in his arms.
"She didn't even flinch." Colton sounded impressed.
Meryn turned to him and noticed how high up she was. "This is great! Is this what you tall people see every day?"
Aiden gripped her as his body began to shift and shrink. After a few moments he was back to his normal human self.
"Thank the Gods you are okay!" He buried his face in her hair.
"Thanks to you."