Chapter 61: Wild Heart

The Tent, Uncharted Forest, Unknown World...

The powerful scent of jasmine and the small bundle of warmth beside him had awoken the sleeping werewolf as he stretched noting the morning had come as the rays from the sun had been powerful enough to illuminate the tent without the use of magical lamps. The Potions Master had still been completely naked and given to his baser nature considering the impulse he had to mount the still sleeping young witch beside him. He immediately set about nibbling at the exposed flesh of her neck and maneuvered until he was towering above her much as he had the previous night they spent in this place. A low growl escaped him as he lapped at her bare chest running his lengthy tongue along her supple young breasts. Hermione let out a soft moan as Snape positioned himself to plunge into her warm depths not at all bothered by the fact that she had been sleeping given the pungent scent of her arousal from the moment he bit at the flesh of her neck.

"S-Severus..." said Hermione awakening in time to fully appreciate her werewolf lover's powerful thrusts.

A low grunt was his response to her as he gripped the sheets near her head to the point of shredding them beneath his protruding claws. The Potions Master had not known what made him so wired to claim his witch given his antics the night before but the need to consumed him once more. Hermione figured it was the direct response he had to being surrounded by other male werewolves.

His possessive streak had been amusing when he was in full control of his wolfish tenancies but here it was translating into hours of him ravaging her already exhausted form until he was satisfied that she was all his.

"It's...morning." she said struggling to form coherent words as she looked into his harsh obsidian eyes.

"Need...witch." growled Snape thrusting harder as his muscular upper body tensed.

Hermione let out a soft moan before the overwhelming sense of pleasure filled her and she found herself screaming out.

"SEVERUS!" she shouted.

It only served to increase his aggression.

"My witch." he hissed. "MY FEMALE."

"Yes." said Hermione getting lost in the antics he had initiated. "Severus...always."

"My witch." he growled as his pace increased.

He had been so busy claiming Hermione that he failed to note that they had not been the only ones awake in the tent as Both Lupin and Tonks made the morning rounds packing for further travel and getting something akin to breakfast together.

The former student witch Tonks had come to ask the sleeping couple if they wished to attend breakfast and found herself stunned by the level of ferocity her former Potions Professor exhibited in his love making. She wondered how a girl like Hermione Granger could last with such an aggressive partner. Lupin had his moments but Tonks was no wall flower.

"Merlin's Beard!" said the witch caught off guard. "How in the hell do you two walk after something like that?"

Snape turned to look at the intruder while continuing to thrust into his seemingly mindless witch.

"GET OUT!" he growled before slowing his pace and allowing Hermione to catch her breath.

"Alright I'm going." replied Tonks sounding almost disappointed she couldn't see the end of the show. "Although, Snape you should go shirtless more often...who knew you were such a sexy beast beneath all that black."

The smiling witch took her leave of the two of them and headed out toward the breakfast table.

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The Breakfast Table, The Tent, Unknown Location, Unknown World...

Lupin arched an eyebrow as his mate came sauntering into view with a big smirk filed across her face. He had known she had gone to ask Snape and Hermione if they were hungry but she seemed to have been taking her sweet time about it.

"See anything you like?" he asked taking a sip from his coffee.

"As a matter of fact I did." replied Tonks sitting down to butter a piece of toast.

Draco smiled sipping on his cup of pumpkin juice.

"You saw Snape and Granger shagging didn't you?" he asked with a knowing smirk.

Tonks and the younger werewolf shared a chuckle as more bread was passed between them.

"I never took Snape for the aggressive sort." she said biting into her piece of toast.

"Are you kidding me?" asked Draco breaking bread of his own.

"Well Snape was my Potions Professor...it was hard to envision him having sex at all." said Tonks casually.

"Lupin was your Defense Against The Dark Arts Professor." said Draco once more sipping his pumpkin juice.

"Lupin is sitting right here thank you very much." replied the annoyed Professor. "He does know we are pressed for time as far as gathering the Wolven counsel right?"

"You gonna go tell him?" asked Draco smirking once more. "Last time I interrupted their shagging Snape tried to tear out my throat."

Lupin's eyes widened upon hearing this.

"I suppose we can delay a bit longer." he said reconsidering actually going to speak with Snape himself.

As it turned out they didn't have to wait very long as both Snape and Hermione came from their side of the tent fully clothed and spelled clean from their act.

Snape sat beside Draco who smirked at Tonks as he helped himself to some toast and made short work of it in a few bites.

Hermione took a more civilized approach to her meal none the less and showed no signs of being worse for wear.

"Good morning everyone." she said pouring herself a cup of pumpkin juice as every tried their best to pretend that the was no awkwardness due to her sexual encounter with Snape.

"Good morning." said Lupin politely.

"Morning." said Draco chewing on food as he glared down at his plate as if he had hunted everything on it.

"I'm surprised you can sit straight." said Tonks unable to resist the quip.

"Shouldn't we be saying the same of you?" Snape asked her causing Lupin's cheeks to turn red as he tried not to look at Harry's best friend.

"Tonks." said Lupin composing himself.

"It's just a bit of teasing." replied his mate continuing to eat from her plate. "Besides she looked as if she were enjoying it."

"I don't deny that I was." replied Hermione unashamed of her relationship with Severus. "I simply didn't wish to discuss it at breakfast."

Snape smirked.

He had been concerned that his lack of impulse control had dampened her spirits somehow but he needn't have been concerned. Hermione knew him well enough to be prepared for his antics especially given that he was an adolescent.

"We have to reach Mid-Pass by sundown." said Lupin. "We've got plenty of time now but we can't afford another delay."

Snape yawned and began to pile meat of every kind available to him onto a plate. It seemed that Hermione had indeed thought of everything as he bit into the soft flavorful flesh that had been before him. A low satisfied growl erupted from him and his obsidian gaze flickered with heat for a bit before returning to normal.

"We move once breakfast is concluded." said The Potions Professor finding that having his baser appetites sated gave him a clear head once more. "The sooner we reach the pass the sooner we can get this whole trip over with."

"Itching to go back to Hogwarts?" asked Hermione with an arched brow.

"Itching to get out of this forest." replied Snape biting off another hunk of meat. "Too many distractions."

Hermione suppose she understood having to protect them all out in the open from the other possibly aggressive creatures. Back at Hogwarts he had enchantments to ease the burden of command so to speak.

"Then it's settled." she said. "We move on after breakfast."

The remainder of their time in this place was spent eating and packing for the journey ahead. Lupin had been the most concerned given that the counsel of wolves knew next to noting about Snape being an Alpha and were surely going to challenge him. He had not been of any assistance in this regard as it was done to prove that Snape had been worthy to rule them despite speaking with Hircine's authority. Snape's aggressive nature was sure to bring about enemies not to mention that he murdered the head of the counsel's son, Greyback months prior.