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Lucia leapt across a span of two buildings, sniffing as she came down and loped across it to the opposite edge.  She just caught a trace of the trail she had been following and grinned ferally as she leapt after it again, nose (proverbially) to the ground.

For three years now she had been tracking that bastard, ever since he had tried to get her back again.  Since that day the beast had taken her over and had not taken away a shred of her humanity.  The day she had laughed in Kendin’s face and given herself more pleasure in that one moment than he ever had in the time they were together.  Albeit, most of that came from the lust of the beast but she had found that heightened even now.  Not as much during her transformation but still much more than before.

That was why she knew now what Kendin had been doing – he had wanted a fuckmate, that was all.  One with all the lusts and pleasures he had with the stamina and fury of the beast.

And she had also realized that he would try it again.  Which was why she had begun tracking him, foiling him every time he found some woman or girl and tried to begin turning them.  She drove him away again and again and now she was tracking him again.

Only this time he had been eluding her for almost half a year.  He was learning to cover his tracks from her better.

But not good enough.

She would stop him from damaging another woman!

Grinning, Lucia came to a stop in the middle of the street, sniffing.  Her gaze drifted up to an apartment building and she sensed him there, bright as daylight.

Growling from deep in her chest, she moved forward and entered the building, already reaching for the beast.  It stirred to wakefulness in her, grumbling that it had been sleeping, but prodded to full life when it realized Kendin was near.  Since she had stood up for herself to him those years ago, it had started turning its allegiance to her and not him.  Now it hated him as much as she did and wanted nothing more than to taste his blood on their tongue.

Strength surged through her limbs as she went up the stairs towards the apartment where she could feel him.  As she walked, her skin rippled, muscles swelling even as she grew slightly in height.  The beast growled angrily as she stopped the transformation there but settled down, crouching in the back of her mind with its hackles raised.

The door was in front of her then and she glanced up and down the hallway before rearing back and kicking it in.  Wood splintered before her and the beast snarled upright, nearly sending her into the full transformation as they both sensed they were too late.

Kendin had already turned his victim.

And there he was, smiling at them with her blood on his lips.  Standing there still ever so elegant in his expensive suit and just smiling.

“Ah, Lucia, my dear,” he greeting cheerfully.  “I was wondering when you would arrive to rescue the ‘damsel’ in distress.”

“You already turned her,” she growled.  “Decided not to give me a chance?”

Kendin shrugged, replying, “Well, I need a mate, my dear.  It’s a requirement of the species to breed.”

Lucia snarled at that, feeling the beast try to shift her body fully again but she held it back.  Clenching her fists, she snapped, “You shouldn’t be allowed to breed, Kendin.”

“Such a low blow!”

“No,” she growled, finally letting the beast have its way.  As her body rapidly changed, she snarled through a throat swiftly changing to being unable to speak, “This is a low blow.”

With that she lunged forward, faster than he could react, and punched in as hard as she couch in his precious crotch.  He screamed as he was tossed out the window and then she turned away, forcing the beast back down as she moved towards the bedroom.

Peering through the door, she had the shock of her life.

It was not a woman Kendin had taken this time.

A man with a shock of dark hair about the age she had been when the transformation had taken her looked lazily up at her from the mess of the bed.  He smiled and sat up, a little satisfied growl rumbling out of his chest which proved to her Kendin had turned him long before she’d gotten there.  This man had already transformed once and had not fought it as she had.

“Well, well,” he said as he eyed her, “I have to say the man has good tastes in women.”

Lucia wrinkled her nose at that, snarling, “Well I’d say I didn’t have good taste in men when I got together with him.  And he’s gone now so you can go do whatever.  Live your life with the monster he’s made you.”

“You won’t stay?” he called after her.  As she paused in the doorway, turning to stare at him, he smiled, saying, “I’m Aegis.  And you must be Lucia – he was raving about you.”

They stared at each other then she bluntly asked, “Did he fuck you?  I wasn’t aware his taste went towards men.”

“Its not that bad,” said the man – Aegis.  He then rose, completely naked, and stretched languidly in front of her.  In response the beast perked to life and started urging her forward – to mate.  She bared her teeth, however, and glared at the man as he added, “But I prefer women.  And you are a particular beauty.”

“You’re just like him,” she snarled.

“I resent that!” exclaimed Aegis, his eyes flaring with fire for the first time.  “I may enjoy sex as much as the next man but that was not the sort I enjoy.  To that man, I was simply a toy.”

“That is how everything is to him,” hissed Lucia.  “That’s why I’ve been saving girl’s from him.  And now you…”

He smirked then and purred, “But who, Lucia, will save you from me?”

“What makes you think I need saving?”

“Oh, I know you can feel the lust as much as I can – your beast urging you to mate.  Don’t fight it.”

He moved towards her and, quite before she knew it, they were kissing.  Her arms were around his neck as he lifted her up, knees locking around his waist as his hands clutched her ass.  She growled against his mouth and pulled back, panting, “I will not do this!”

“Yes,” hissed Aegis as he dove to capture her mouth again, “you will.  And you know it.”

He stepped backwards and they fell back onto the bed, he dragging her down on top of him.  Already his fingers were tugging at her clothes and she lost all sanity when he managed to get a hand under her shirt despite her struggles.  Lust surged through her as he cupped her breast and all thoughts of stopping this from happening were gone.

Her clothes were shed as quickly as possible and then he rolled over on top of her…then they surged together and two howls of animal joy roared through the apartment.

When sanity returned, Lucia found herself curled up against his chest.  She frowned then idly tangled one finger in the sparse, dark hair there, which made him slap at her hand with a growl of, “That tickles.”

Aegis then rolled over so she was trapped underneath his weight and purred, “So what now, Lucia?  What will you do now?”

“What will you do?” she countered with a smile.  “Kendin will never touch you again now that I have.”

“As I said, I prefer women.  And you…you are the woman I have been waiting all my life for.”

“So sure?”

“Positive,” he growled as he leaned his head down to nibble her throat.  “A wild woman with a firm will of her own who takes nothing from any man.  A woman of stamina and firmness, of strength and steel will!  A woman…a woman who is my equal.”

“Equal?” queried Lucia with an arched eyebrow.  “Now there is something no man has ever wanted.”

“I’m…different.”

“So you are,” she growled.  Then she reached for the beast and shoved him back over onto his back, swinging herself up to straddle his waist.  He blinked then planted his hands on her hips, hissing, “You are beautiful.”

“You are stubborn,” she replied before leaning down to kiss him.  “But I think I could keep you around for a while.”

“I like that idea,” purred Aegis as he pulled her down against him again.  “Both we…hmm…ah, both we two damaged people together, eh?”

Lucia smiled at that, replying, “Yes,” before she trapped his lips with her own.

They had both been damaged irreparably by Kendin.

But…but perhaps together, as two damaged people, they could make something without all the cracks on the surface.