Control

Title: Control
Chapter Twenty-two
Author: Angelsdee
Rating: NC-17
Summary: The war.

Bill was running his tongue all over her breasts while he held her wrists over her head in one of his hands. “Mmm baby, you taste good. I want the rest of you now!” His free hand moved to grasp the waistband of her shorts.

“Get the fuck away from her!”

He turned and saw the man from last night being helped by the blonde guy up to the patio. “You’re the prick that put his hands on my property. This,” he leaned down and ran his tongue from one scar up to her nipple, “belongs to me.” He smiled at the man’s fury.

Dom was shaking with rage but his body was weak from Mikaela’s fear. He saw Bill rise up off of her body. She was conscious but gripped by terror. His eyes found Leon and Mia’s still forms just inside the door. Bill started to walk towards them and Dom whispered to Brian. “The first chance you get go check on Mia and Leon.”

He whispered back. “We have to take him together. The fucker is your size and you can barely stand.”

“Brian, this is mine and Mick’s fight. Do as I say!”

“Alright man.”

They separated and Bill came at Dom. He tackled him around the waist and drove him into the sand. Bill threw a punch to his jaw and Dom rolled them over and landed a right cross to the side of Bill’s face.

Brian ran to the house, saw Mikaela’s half-naked, shaking body and started towards her. “Brian! Don’t fucking touch her! Just do what I said!” He turned and saw Dom taking several punches to his body. He was about to run to his side when Dom yelled again. “Do what I said!” He turned and ran into the house, which was loud with music and barking dogs. He went to check on Leon and Mia and found them alive but unconscious.

Bill was standing over Dom and kicking him in the chest and stomach. “No-one touches what’s mine!”

Dom remembered Rob’s words and focused on his mate. He reached out to her mind and yelled at the same time. “Baby!” He felt the darkness move in on him. “Mick! I love you!”

Bill laughed at him. “I thought you would be tougher than this. My girl deserves a real man!”

Mikaela heard Dom in her mind, *Get up! I need you!*, and in her ears. She lifted her head and saw her love on the ground getting kicked by the monster that haunted her every moment.

She saw Bill pull out his knife and stand over her mate. ‘No! You will not touch him!’ Then she pushed her fear out of her body and directed it at him.

Dom saw Bill clutch his throat and the knife fall from his hand. Then he heard her hard, angry voice. “Do you feel that?”

He watched his mate approach. Her clothes were in tatters, her fists were clenched, her stride was strong, and her face was filled with pure fury. ‘She’s pissed!’

She walked up to them and spoke through clenched teeth. “That…is the pain and fear I have lived with every fucking day since you first hit me!” When she was in front of Bill, she jumped up into a roundhouse kick that hit him in the jaw and threw him away from Dom and rolling onto the sand a couple of feet away.

Dom could feel pure anger flow into his body. No longer incapacitated by her fear, he got to his feet and watched her stalk up to Bill. ‘A lioness protecting her mate!’

She crouched down next to his body. “That is a broken jaw. It’s a bitch, isn’t it? You can’t speak…or beg…or even scream. It fucking sucks. Believe me, I know.” Her voice was deadly calm.

*Pure, unadulterated rage. She’s fucking beautiful.*

She straddled his chest and her eyes saw red. “What’s wrong, honey? Not use to seeing me the way I use to be!” She pulled her right arm back and brought her fist down hard into his nose. “I guess you know what that is, huh? Hurts like a motherfucker.” Then she started to rain rights and lefts down on his face.

Dom came up behind her and watched her release blow after blow on him. She was getting it out of her system but he knew she had to stop. “Baby!” She stopped in mid-swing but didn’t look at him. “Mick, come to me!”

Her fist still hovering over his face, she turned and looked at him. Her bare breasts were heaving, her nostrils flared, her teeth were bared, and her eyes flashed with fire. ‘Primal. Feral. She’s fucking beautiful.’ He was feeling all her anger, her hatred, and a strange sense of freedom. “Baby, come back to me.”

She rose up from Bill and walked slowly to him. She looked entranced and drawn to her mate. She stopped in front of him and stared into his eyes. She bared her throat to her lover. Vaguely in the haze of their connection, they could hear Brian. He was yelling a warning that wasn’t reaching their ears.

Mia and Leon were coming around when Mikaela left the patio to go to Dom’s aide. All 3 watched with wide eyes as the half-naked, bloody woman kicked a man 3 times her size across his jaw. Then she sat on his chest and landed punch after punch into his face.

Mia ran to get her cell phone to call the police when Mikaela walked to Dom. Brian saw the man stir on the ground and roll over to his knees. He crawled a few feet, picked up his blade, and staggered towards the couple.

“Dom! Look out!” Brian yelled and he and Leon started to run towards the unsuspecting lovers.

Bill grabbed Mikaela around the chest and pulled her away from Dom. He couldn’t speak through his broken mouth but when he put the knife to Mikaela’s throat and ran a finger over his initial on the side of her breast, Dom understood his meaning. He would kill her first before he allowed anyone else to have her.

He looked at Bill’s bloodied face and then stared into his lover’s eyes. She looked calm and even smiled at him. ‘I’m destined to die a different way.’ Her words ran through his mind and he understood her peaceful demeanor. ‘She got her control back. She’s done with her fight.’ “You aren’t leaving me, Mick!”

The guys stopped in mid-run and turned towards the house when they heard a crash. The red pit bull just landed on the ground after jumping through the plate glass window of the room he was locked in. They stood and watched him run towards his owner’s attacker like silent death.

“Let her fucking go!” Dom was inching towards them.

Bill shook his head, grinned as best as he could through his bloody mouth, and grabbed her breast in his hand. His smile disappeared and was replaced with pain as Zeus latched onto the elbow of the arm holding the knife.

The dog pulled his arm down and shook it back and forth like a toy. Mikaela fell forward into Dom’s arms and he lowered her down onto the sand. “You aren’t leaving me, baby. I love you.” He kissed her forehead just as Brian and Leon came to his side.

Dom looked at Zeus jerking Bill around by his arm. He turned to look up at his friends. “Take care of her for me.” Then he rose and walked towards his mate’s beloved guard dog.

“Zeus! Come!” The red dog released his hold and ran over to him. He patted Zeus’ head. “Good boy! Go to mama!” He watched him run towards Mikaela and the guys then he turned back to see Bill get to his feet.

“You’re like fucking Jason or Michael Myers, huh? Just won’t stay down. You touched my property, motherfucker!” He saw Bill start towards him when he claimed ownership of Mikaela. “Nobody fucks with what’s mine!” When Bill got within distance, Dom dropped slightly and came up with a vicious uppercut under Bill’s chin that sent him flying back 6 feet and crash to the sand.

“She forgot to give you one of the broken bones that you gave her.” He said as he walked up beside his body. He stood over him and drove his left fist down into the right side of Bill’s clavicle. “Collarbone!”

He heard siren’s out in the street and knew the police had arrived. He stepped back to stand beside him. “Looks like the lesson is over. If I ever see you again you are a dead man. Don’t ever think about coming near my woman again!” Dom was just about to turn when he stopped and said, “Here’s one from me.” He stomped a foot down on his knee and felt it bend backwards. “Just to remember me by.”

He turned to run back to his mate and saw Mia leading the local law out onto the beach. She pointed towards Bill and ran over to the others carrying a blanket. “Dom! Here! Cover her up!” She threw the blanket at him as they approached the others.

When Dom could focus past his anger, he saw her. Leon had her head in his lap and was pressing his hand over the cut on her cheek. Brian had taken off his shirt and was dabbing blood off of the cuts on her throat and between her breasts.

Mia dropped to her knees next to Brian. “Oh my god.” She whispered and tears came to her eyes. “Dom where’s that blanket?” She glanced up at her brother and saw him just standing there. His chest was heaving and he stared at Mikaela with tears in his eyes. They all looked up at him with concern.

‘They are touching my mate!’

*They are doing what you told them to do. They are taking care of her for you!*

‘Men’s hands on my woman’s flesh!’

*She is hurt. She needs you. Snap out of this caveman bullshit! It’s over now. You both won the war together. Go to her! She loves you!*

‘She does. She fought for me.’

*She did and you fought for her. She’s yours now. I’m going. I know she’s in good hands and I’m leaving the most precious thing I’ve ever known to your care.*

‘Thank you…for bringing us together.’

*Take care of her. Remember…you ever hurt her and I’ll haunt you til you die. Later, man.*

“Dominic…”

His eyes cleared and he looked at her face. “Hey baby.” He knelt down, covered her with the blanket, gathered her in his arms, and carried her to the house. His family and Zeus following close behind as the police collected the beaten body and took him into custody.