KATHERINE'S RETURN
By Donna and Abby
Connor sat down heavily in a chair, a worried expression on his face as the party resumed around him. Jathelle moved behind him and started to massage the tightness out of his shoulders.
"Don't worry, Connor," she said with a musical laugh as her fingers helped work away some of the tension. "Katherine is fine. My son will have back here before you know it. Right now he is just helping her calm down some more. And we've come up with a way to prevent it from happening again." The Highlander shrugged his shoulders and relaxed a little under her ministrations. A movement to the side got his eye and he glanced over to see Duncan holding out a malt whiskey for him.
"I thought you might be needing this, cousin," he said. Connor nodded his head in appreciation, his eyes never leaving the door. Seeing that the elder Highlander was not really in a mood for conversation at the moment, he moved off, as did some of the others gathered around him in support.
After a few moments, Jathelle laughed again. "She's sleeping now, Connor. Rayden got her calmed down, fed her, and then set up a new mental shield to reinforce the one she already has. It will act as a failsafe to prevent this from ever happening again." When Connor looked confused she explained that several hours had already passed where they were at, even though it had only been a few minutes since he had seen her disappear with Rayden. "So, she will be returned to you well rested and fed in just a few more minutes. And she should have no further problems with the voices the way we have it set up."
Her soft voice and soothing hands were doing the trick, Connor's eyes closed and he was leaning back up against her now, totally relaxed. That was the position he was in when Rayden and Katherine entered the door.
She looked up at Rayden and stifled a giggle and then quietly approached Connor. Jathelle saw her coming of course and winked at her as leaned over and ever so gently tickled Conner's ear with tip of her tongue. His eyes opened immediately and he yelled, "Kat!" He then pulled her into his lap and gave her an enthusiastic hug. He seemed loath to let her go, but after awhile he released her.
"I'm fine now, my love, and ready to join the party again. Why don't you go have fun with Jathelle here and I'll dance some more. Just remember, I'm still saving the last dance for you!" and with that she kissed him and then turned and left the two of them alone.
Katherine walked across the crowded room, smiling at everyone she met. Everyone was relieved to see her back so soon and obviously doing very well. She was looking for Giles, because she thought he might be worried about her, but when she didn't see him, she walked up to Jason to ask if Giles was with Lady.
Jason laughed. "Ohh yes! She grabbed him off like he was a ripe melon!"
Katherine shook her head and laughed. She looked at Jason and smiled, the tip of her tongue wetting her lips just slightly. Then, with a tip of her head, she motioned towards the dance floor, a mischievous look on her face.
He grinned in reply before grasping her around the waist. He took two steps toward the dance floor, let her loose, and then asked shyly, "That didn't hurt it, did it?"
Katherine just laughed and told him she wouldn't break. She was a good three inches shorter than him and so delicately featured, he still thought it might be a possibility. That made him smile, and he held his hand over her head in a mute sign. Then he grabbed her hand again and the rushed off to the dance floor.
Katherine immediately got into the rhythm of the music, her small body flowing effortlessly with it. She did not seem to mind him touching and rubbing up to her at all; in fact she was doing her fair share of it herself.
Happy that she was letting him get so close, Jason grinned, growling in her ear and rubbing up against her whenever he could. His body moved fluidly against her; he was not human and did not move like one. "Graceful" hardly touched the way he danced.
Katherine matched his movements, her slight body moving in a graceful and sensual manner. When he glance down he could see her small breasts through the open laces her shirt as she moved. Licking his lips slowly, his eyes gently caressed her breasts as his hands moved along her body. She did not seem to mind his touch at all, and as her small hand lightly caressed his bare buttocks he reached up under her shirt and did the same.
The scrap of leather over his groin did very little to hide his excitement. As she felt his manhood brush up against her she smiled and moved even closer. It was getting really hard to not do something more than dance with her. He liked that she was so close, and her smile gave him hope. He rubbed his face in her hair, smelling her. She'd definitely had sex already that night. Maybe more than once. He wasn't very good with the CLim-scent, but he was pretty sure that's what he was smelling. He wanted her terribly, but was in control and could ride the aroma for now.
They were so involved they didn't seem to notice the song had ended. People were giggling slightly at them. He was just about ready to suggest they go into one of the back rooms when he spotted Lady coming back into the room.
She and Ross were pulling Giles, his lab coat *open*, out of the back! Even in his excited state Jason stopped his inspection of Katherine to howl happily at the sight.
Katherine giggled, and she leaned over to whisper in his ear, "It's ok, go to her if you like." She couldn't resist nibbling on it while she was so close.
"She seems to have all she can handle already!" he said in some surprise.
Kat grinned at him and ran her hand through his hair, "I know you want me, but when she entered the room, your heart sang. Go do something about it. We can always get together another time."
He rubbed his nose in her hair. "She makes me happy," he agreed, "but do you know why?"
She looked at him and smiled, "No, tell me if you want."
He looked into her eyes and said, "She accepted me. Just as I am. And because she did. . ," he waved his hand at the crowd, "I think they do. You do. I feel like I belong now, instead of just being The Master's wolf."
Katherine took his face in her hands and pulled it down so she could kiss him. It was a not a very long one, but it was deep and full of promise. When she broke it, she swatted him on his bare butt and told him to go to Lady.
Jason skidded across the floor for a distance, then turned back to see Katherine waltzing over to someone new. She turned at the last second and blew him a happy kiss. Turning, he saw Giles giving Lady a playful noogie while others plucked at his coat. Lady was covering his nudity for now, and Ross was nowhere to be seen. Jason backed against the couple and asked, "Why'd she think I needed to come here?"
Giles continued to wrestle with Lady, but she squirmed, laughing, and broke away to leave him frontally nude. "Because," the doctor said, lunging for her, "she probably thinks you're getting it from this one!"
Jason turned to look at them. "Why would she think that?"
"Oh," Giles grunted as he wrestled the slippery Lady back to her place in front of him, "I expect it's because you two are always *touching*."
"But that's just my way. We've only done it once!"
Lady squirmed and giggled. "Some protector! If you want it to be *only* once you'll keep standing there, watching him man-handle me!"
"But he's your . . ." Jason blinked, realized what she'd said, and pulled her out of Giles' arms. Giles was stunned for a moment, but not that Jason would do as she'd asked. He could not believe that a man his size could be so *strong*! His arms were tingling!
Just then Asher walked by. He made a little cough, sliding his eyes away just a bit before saying, "Msr. Dr. Giles?"
Giles, suddenly and excruciatingly embarrassed because he was totally bare to the world, nodded because although he had never really met Asher, Jean-Claude had talked about him quite a bit. He was flaming red.
"Do you not think *perhaps* it would be wise to cover yourself?" the blonde Vampire asked politely, his eyes lingering down below. "It is not so over-warm for all the crowd and I fear you may catch a chill."
Then Asher walked thoughtfully away. Jason and Lady were about to explode in laughter, but Giles, closing his lab coat quickly and definitely, did his best to retain his dignity.