Chapter 11 - A strong feeling

***Hopes pov***

After the nap, I lay with my eyes open, the dream still lingering. I may have to borrow some books from my mother.
My stomach feels a little better. The pain is still there but I can manage the rest of the day without Maya complaining about my pale face again.

After work, I head back to the zoo. The area is pretty empty. It is a weekday and the school is over, so most visitors have left the zoo. I ignore the bunnies and go straight to my flock.
.Arriving at the wolves’ enclosure, my usual spot is taken. I can only se the man’s back, but it’s a fine back indeed.
Dark hair, short and ruffled, broad shoulders, v-shaped upper body under a slightly loose-fitting t-shirt, a denim-clad tight butt and muscular thighs. I let my eyes linger for a while.
“Do you want a picture?”
I jump when the man suddenly speaks to me without turning around. His voice is calm and relaxed and probably the sexiest voice Ive ever heard. Shit! What do I do?
“Yummy!” I blurt out, and the man now turns around.
If an angel walked this earth, this would be him.
“Eh, thank you, I guess” The angel chuckle, flashing a white bright smile at me, and I realize the mistake.
“No!!, the wolfs name is Yummy,” I say and point to the wolf standing in front of him, my cheeks burning with embarrassment. Walking up to the fence,I keep
my distance from the man, and kneel down. Yummy immediately abandoned the man and comes to me.
“Hey boy,” I kiss the top of the snout, pressing against the bars.
“I missed you this morning, only got to see Sweetie” I scratch him where I can reach. Behind him the bushes rustle and four more wolves appear and come to my spot by the fence. Wich, Ill admit, feels just a little victorious. But something is wrong. The wolves are not at all in their usual mood. They seem tense and anxious. They glance at the man next to me with lowered heads, scared almost.
“Were is the rest? Where is mommy and daddy?” I ask the wolves.
One of them, I call him Handsome, spins around, lies down, sits up, runs away a little bit, comes back and whines a little, before doing it all again.
“You want me to follow you Handsome?” I say, confused.
“Do you usually communicate with them?” The man startled me. I almost forgot about him.
“Eh..he he..it’s hard to explain” I mumble and turn to look at the fence, I need to find a way in. The pain in my belly is growing stronger, and the wolfs behavior is getting to me. Something within me is telling me I need to get in.
Looking around, there is no one nearby, the zoo seems empty of people. The wolves rarely draw many spectators, so most are probably on the other side, watching the big cats. I look at the man next to me again. I should appreciate that he is about 6,2, the fence is close to 10 feet high. It can work, if he agrees to help me, what do I have to lose?
“Sir, may I bother you with something?” I ask
“Sir? I hope I dont look that old,” He chuckles. “But, yes, you may” He say.
“I really need to get into the wolves, I start. He crosses his arms over his chest, looks at the wolves, at the fence and then back at me, but he doesn’t say anything so I continue, You are tall and look like a strong guy, I dont weigh much, if I can get up on your shoulders..” I bite my lip while watching him. He seems to he be debating with himself.
“Whats your name?” He asked
“My name?” I wounder. Why is that important? “My name is Hope” I answer
He stays quiet for a few seconds
“Ok” He says, his eyes never leaving mine.
“Ok?” Just making sure I heard him right
“Sure, Ill help you, on one condition. I’ll come with you, it would feel awful if I stayed here and watched you get eaten, and if you miraculously survive in there, we’ll have a coffee because then I have to get to know the crazy girl in front of me” a smug smile on his face.
“Thats two, but ok, lets do this”
He squats down a little, so I can put one foot on his thigh to climb up on his shoulders. So I do. I swing over the top of the fence, hanging in my arms before I let go and lands on my feet. I take a few steps, kneeling in front of Yummy, not sure of what he will do, still, I’m not afraid. He wags his tail, lower his head and tilts it a little to his side and almost crawls to me, licking my jaw.
“Easy boy” I laugh at him.
A thud behind me telling me my sidekick has arrived.
Yummy backs up, unsure of the newcomer, the other wolves do the same.
“Its ok , he’s ok.” I assure them “Now take me to mommy and daddy” I say standing up.
We follow the four wolves deeper into the enclosure and soon we see the rest of the family. They all lie down and surrounding the Alpha female. A strike of pain goes thru my belly as we closing in on the group and I stop and I grit my teeth together, waiting for it to pass.
“Hey, are you ok?” my follower whispers to me?
“Yeah, yeah, im fine” My eyes on the Alpha male, now standing up, watching us.
“Hey daddy, hey goofy boy, you know me, right” I say carefully wile I’m putting my hand on the chest of my manly companion, making him stop. Its a firm chest and my hand feels cold as soon as I take it back.
I push past the wolfs, reaching the Alpha couple. I dont know what I’m doing, just know that I have to. I’m on my hands an knees, and I lower my head. I let the Alpha sniff me, my hair and my face. When his nose approaching the crock of my neck, a loud growl ripped through the air behind me. I don’t look back, I don’t care which of the males were challenging him at the moment. I raise my head and look at him, feeling safe and strong. He won’t hurt me, he can’t, I don’t know how I know, I just do.
“Move!” I say, growling, my voice almost unrecognizable to me. He lowers his head and backs away. I crawl the last few feet till until I reach the female, and lay down besides her. I stroke her fur, massaging her muscles with my fingers. She is in so much pain. My hands trembling while traveling over her body. I feel dizzy, almost in trance as waves of her pain hit my stomach.
“Please tell me what’s wrong mommy”, I whisper closing my eyes burring my face against her as I feel our energies mix and suddenly I just know. She’s carrying, and her pups are dying!
I quickly get up and turn to the man.
“If you are scared or easily disgusted, leave now, otherwise I need your help.” I say
“I’m good, what do you need,” he ask
“She’s pregnant and the pups are stuck, I have to go in and help them out or they will die” “I need you to hold her” I explain and shows him before taking my place behind her.
“Daddy, come here” I call for the Alpha to take his place besides me, and he does.
I reach out my hand. “Lick it” I say and puts it against his nose, and he does.
When my hand is all wet and slobby, I lift the females tail and insert my hand in her. I can feel her uterus and she is fully open. I carefully move my fingers feeling around finding a pup, a big one, stuck in her birth canal. I hear her whine but the man is cooing her, keeping her calm, wile looking a bit uncomfortable.
“Hey!” I smile at him. “I will give you the pups, put them in front of her, she will have to do the rest,” I say while my fingers work on the stuck puppy, turning it.
“Cmon mommy, push!” I whisper and I feel her inner walls tighten, pushing and before I know it the pup gets loose, and she pushes him out. I take him, rubbing him a little before handing him over and concentrating on the next. Four pups later, tears of joy is running down my cheeks and I’m exhausted. I look around, the Alpha female is licking her pups, the alpha male is licking the female, all the others is sniffing, curious about the newcomers, then a pair of blue eyes watching me intensively.
Black dots dancing, everything spins and I succumb to the darkness