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Desmond was grateful for the help and the attention to detail as she patched him up, once in bed and she was comfortable he relaxed so much more with her by his side, her question getting his attention as he looked into her eyes and smiled “well, I’m not sure, they definitely surprised me, since no one came to this island with me. Just means will have to be more careful, though considering what they brought with them, I’m beginning to think they were hunting me since that kind of hardware is really meant to handle large beast and those like me” he pointed at the spot in his shoulder and continued “this could have been a whole lot worse, thankfully they were not equipped with were’s in mind so just normal high impact bullets, they seldom do much more than leave a hole in whatever they hit” he leaned in and gave her a kiss and could tell she was relieved but worried about him and continued “hey everything’s going to be alright, good thing about me is I heal fast, though…” he grinned as he rolled onto her and rested up on his arms above her “just because I’ve got a few holes in me doesn’t mean I haven’t forgotten you” he leaned in and gave her a passionate kiss and held it for a moment before he let it go and smiled as he whispered “im not going anywhere, especially since I love you” he knew he caught her attention and moved a hand to her cheek and caressed it. Desmond gave her another passionate kiss before he rested his forehead up against hers and simply looked into her eyes as his mark formed upon the back of her left hand, the edges of the crest webbing up her arm and shoulder before it was finished, the mark his symbol that showed that he was her as much she was his.

Desmond was amazed by the experience, having claimed a mate of his own, and was claimed by her, he was happy, Happier than he had been in such a long time, though he knew the others would tease him for it, but he didn’t care he found someone to love and to be happy with. The problem now was trying to figure out what to do about RRT, he was relieved that none of the others had been sent but he did find it odd that a suppression team was sent, especially since he hadn’t sent any reports to headquarters with a mission success or failure, or for that matter an abortion of mission.

The link that came with being a bonded with his mate told him that that was on her mind as well and simply looked into her beautiful eyes and smiled “it’s alright we’ll figure this out, something tells me that they were here on a whim, since none of them managed to get away a report of a rogue dog won’t reach my handlers ears. Considering that they arrived they must have assumed I was killed already since they hadn’t heard from me and sent them in. though something will need to be done about future attacks, as they’re likely not going to simply leave a contract unfulfilled” he’d need to make contact with one of the others in hopes that they could shed some light on the situation.

Try as he might there was no way around that and wasn’t even sure who to make contact with or for that matter who was in the area if anyone else was. Before long he pushed it aside for later, at the moment he had Bast laying on him, and looking up at him and just smiled, he moved a hand to her shoulder where his mark was and simply ran a finger along the marks webs, and found that even though they had just bonded to each other the sensitivity of the mark he gave her was strong, especially when she shivered from the raw stimulation. Desmond couldn’t help but be happy that she was his and he was hers, especially since he could feel that his wounds were healed fully, much sooner than they usually took but grateful nonetheless since the pain was no longer present which meant that he could focus on Bast fully and completely and simply pulled her up to his lips and kissed her again, the feeling so much better since they became mates. Eventually Desmond let her up for air and simply held her in his arms content to not let go of her, and simply watched as she dozed off to sleep, Desmond falling a asleep not to long after.

Desmond woke up not long after Bast slipped out of his arms and yawned as he stretched a bit and opened his eyes seeing Bast stretch and found it quite alluring and moved a hand to her back and placed it there “morning, trust to slept well” sitting up Desmond shifted over to her and wrapped his arms around her bringing her close to him and smiled before he kissed her neck. He was happy to have someone like Bast in his life, and the way he held her showed it, though having the bond helped as he relayed through it just how much he loved her and wanted her and no one else which all that mattered for him. Eventually though he knew he had to address the more pressing concern of his handlers, it’s likely they won’t know what happened to the suppression team, apart from that they’ve lost contact with them which meant that at some point they would eventually send in a new team to investigate the cause of their disappearance, likely another suppression team, though they could just as easily send in a dog of war though, considering how few of them there are not likely.

Eventually he released her thought not before he teased her tail as he got up and looked at her with a grin as he walked over to the door “let’s get cleaned up and something to eat” he could gauge her strength through their bond, and the same could be said for him, though not surprising that the injuries he’d incurred had healed up leaving a few scars that while prominent would likely fade after a while. He walked into the living room and across to the bathroom stopped by the mirror and looked at the new scars he had, his hybrid form was very different, in all likelihood based on where the shots hit, even though he had been in wolf form those would have been fatal any other time, his hybrid blood though well those kinds of hits are just another scar to a long list of injuries most if not all of them have had throughout their individual careers, how things have changed since then.

Desmond enjoyed their time in the shower, though Bast’s comment caused him to chuckle and replied as they dried off “well just means we plan ahead and get you dried off as fast as we can” he stepped over to her and helped her get her back, and only when she was taken care of did he head to the room and was surprised by the selection of clothes that seemed to be about his size and pulled a pair of clothes out and got dressed, putting on a pair of jeans and a grey t shirt before he stepped over to where his armor was and only put on the basic layers to his armor, having leather and layered as it was he was able to wear only what he needed and being sure to leave the leather great coat off since he didn’t need it, though one thing was for sure he was going to have to have it serviced since the leather was worn and needed minor repairs in certain spots.

Sitting down on the Bed he got his combat boots on before he looked at Bast and just watched as she got ready, noting the amount of daggers she had and couldn’t help but find that she really did fit him perfectly since he carried a couple of daggers himself that he tended to utilize for when he needed to fight up close and personal. Eventually he got up and stepped up behind her as she was finishing and placed his hands on her shoulder and simply leaned in and kissed her cheek before he whispered “we eat and handle whatever needs to be taken care of and afterwards to make it up to you for ruining the run we can have a little fun later on and if you so want I’ll chase you wherever you want to go” he smiled as he moved his hands along her arms before he held her close to him and just kept her close his hands eventually holding hers as he stayed close to her. As he stood there with her he could tell what was on her mind and the fight with RRT weighed heavily on hers as much as it did on his and knew he’d likely need to prepare for another group to arrive, which also meant he would have to speak to Sebastet about the defenses of the castle since they simply walked right in the first time they’d need to be more prepared in case of another incursion. Eventually he spoke up as he moved his left hand to her cheek and held it there “it’s alright, we’ll get through whatever comes at us next together, I’m not going anywhere, I’m not leaving you to worry about me” he saw the look in her eyes as she looked into his and held his smile “I love you and that’ll never change” he leaned forward and gave her a loving kiss on the lips and simply held it for a moment before he released the kiss to hold her a moment longer before they left to get something to eat.

Desmond allowed Sebastet to examine the mark on him when she looked and smiled lightly when she gave praise for their marks, though that quickly faded when she told him another group had arrived and just sighed “if it is them they’re moving faster than I anticipated” Desmond offered a place to sit in the living room section on the couch and sat down across from her with Bast close to him and spoke up after a moments pause. “if this new group is from RRT they are likely going to be as prepared as the last group” he paused when he noted the confused looks on both females and continued “RRT is short for the Rapid Response Team, i am and those like me are known as dogs of war due to our unique blending of demonic and wolf blood. RRT is a human organization that deals primarily in high value missions mostly involving target elimination and from time to time other jobs as our clients require, if this is RRT the group that arrived is likely another suppression team, or an assault team depending on how the mission they are on has been classified, the last group was a suppression team and tends to be a small group in medium to heavy armor carrying automatic weapons usually equipped with specialized ammunition” Desmond paused as he took his shirt of to reveal the healed wounds and motioned for the one on his shoulder that had gone straight through “the main form of munition is the jet propelled armor piercing rounds they tend to be used for large targets, I’m surprised the suppression team had been equipped with them, ordinarily they tend to be equipped with munitions designed to kill fast, usually intel has been acquired on the type of target and munitions used to exploit any possible weaknesses that the target has.” Desmond leaned back and rest up against the loveseat and continued “the suppression teams do have mission capabilities but usually they’re used to suppress wolves like myself, the team that attacked was small and not prepared to handle a dog of war like me else I might have been in far worse shape than I was, if the group coming in is an assault team… well there will be problems usually assault teams move in groups of twenty members, plus logistical experts as well for establishing a base camp and maintain the supplies while on mission, including them there would likely be easily twenty six members. With the assault team you can be sure that they’ll have two heavy weapons specialists carrying Rapier assault weapons like the one that was used in the armory as well as trackers and line troops, an officer and a few medics. Their base of operations will likely be deployed as far away from the target as they can and they won’t immediately attack until a perimeter has been established. If we’re lucky there won’t be a dog of war with them, there are eighteen of us including myself so if they believe that I was lost they aren’t likely to send another one if they think there is a high risk of losing another one, worst case scenario is there is one but I won’t know until I got close to the base to verify the contingent. The rest of the group will likely be using sidearms or rifles, utilizing at the minimum a armor piercing squash head munitions, it is a specialized round with a small explosive tip which would put a hole in me if I’m hit by one” Desmond looked at Bast and could see and feel the concern coming from her and simply reach up cupping her head in his hands and leaned in to give her a kiss on the forehead “it’s alright don’t worry to much” Desmond paused at that moment when some else spoke up “I see so the group are a military force” everyone’s eyes looking up to see Khajhan step through the shadows behind the couch where Sebastet sat and simply gave her a nod of acknowledgement before he looked at Desmond “will they be expecting someone like me?” Desmond shook his head “not likely since even I wasn’t aware you were here until recently, there wasn’t any indication of someone being able to utilize the shadows on the island when I received my briefing to come here” Khajhan raised an eyebrow as he looked at Desmond his arms crossed at this point “what do you mean?” Desmond nodded and replied “well honestly i believe I was the first to come here with orders to hunt you” he pointed at Sebastet, when Khajhan started getting defensive Desmond raised a hand and continued “relax, the information I was given wasn’t all that good and unfortunately it is because of her that I’m not trying now to complete that mission, she kept me on a wild goose chase for a couple of days before I caught up with her and realized she wasn’t the one I was looking for, though after I unintentionally hurt her I abandoned my mission after It was discovered that I was being used to further someone else’s agenda, I don’t hunt innocents and RRT will have much to answer for sending me on a mission like that involved the elimination of a innocent” Khajhan relaxed a little and just observed in silence. Looking at Sebastet Desmond continued “apologies for not saying anything sooner, I had intended to say something when we were at the armory but when RRT attacked they threw that intention out the window” Desmond paused and looked at Bast a moment a smile on his face before he continued “so do you know where they are now?” Khajhan stepped forward “the last indication was they’d just crossed through my nets in the north east, if I had to guess from there they’ll hit the beaches and based on your information they’ll more likely to make for the cave with the crystals inside it or a couple of good sized clearing in the forest that would support a group that size” Desmond nodded and looked at Sebastet and spoke up “so what’s the plan?” Khajhan looked at Sebastet curious to see what she had in mind.