A New Wolf (wolventears & Fury Aphrodisia)
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				Title: <strong>A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>10-01-2016, 02:56:32</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s91/hislipsonmine/RP%20pics/413132ccffde80619708c38c42f6fe82_zpsi2nvtokz.jpg) (http://s150.photobucket.com/user/hislipsonmine/media/RP%20pics/413132ccffde80619708c38c42f6fe82_zpsi2nvtokz.jpg.html)</div>Maddox Forrest walked from his home, one of the many houses on pack land that resided just at the edge of the town of Carrow's Fall. The pack's land was surrounded by a forest so lush and the perfect place for any wolf to run and hunt as he saw fit. And because there was a pack of natural wolves that lived there, it was the perfect place the pack could blend in. <br><br>As he walked across the street, other members of the pack were out and about, one being an elder wolf, Judy, who was watching her grandchild play on the jungle gym of her yard. She waved at him as he passed. He waved and smiled back.<br><br>He walked up the porch steps of the old colonial style home and opened the screen door before stepping inside. He walked straight back to the office of his Alpha where the male kept all records of the pack's finances and business, along with matings and pups as they came along.<br><br>The Alpha, Dean Forrest, the male who had basically adopted him as a young bloodied pup, stood looking out the wide window behind his desk, his hands held behind his back. <br><br>Maddox took a seat in one of the large leather seats before the desk after shutting the door and waited patiently for the male to begin. It was a couple minutes of Maddox silently freaking out and thinking the worst here, like the male had found out his most, well what he had thought to be, his most well kept secret. But when the male turned, his dark eyes weren't alight with anger. He just looked tired and that worried Maddox. He sat up straight because he knew something big was about to happen.<br><br>Dean let out a sigh. "Maddox, I have something I need to talk to you about, but first, business.<br><br>"I have word that there was a wolf attack last night. In our territory. The human was found ripped to shreds, his entrails half eaten and thrown about. And his heart was missing.<br><br>"I need you track this wolf down and kill it."<br><br>Maddox nodded. He knew how it was. Either it was an out of control rogue going through their territory without word or a newly bitten, but either way, as the bitten had already tasted human blood, there most likely wasn't a possibility that he could integrate into this life without becoming the monster that movies made them out to look like. <br><br>Dean took a seat in his chair, plopped down into it was more like it and put his arms on the desk. "I'm tired, pup. I'm old and since Sheila died, my caring for shit has been slipping. She kept my head on straight.<br><br>"I had an assignment for you yes, but that's not really why I brought you here." His eyes got serious then.<br><br>"I want you to take over this pack. I know you can do it. You have the leadership skills to lead these wolves and you care for them. So when I step down, I want you to be the one to step up."<br><br>Challenging one for the alpha position didn't really happen anymore as times had changed. It wasn't unheard of but it was more so a thing of the past. It was more common for the Beta to step up. <br><br>"I-I don't know what to say," Maddox said, the surprise evident on his face. He hadn't been born into this pack but Dean and Sheila had seen him as their own since they had found him and nursed him back to health. It was still a surprise. And since the beta position hadn't been filled since Marcus had died last year, it was completely up to Dean to choose.<br><br>"I don't want challenges for Alpha. We don't live in the goddamn middle ages anymore. They'll accept you as they did when we brought you home," Dean said in complete seriousness. <br><br>Maddox stood then, shook the males hand, had a few other words with him and left to do his duty. He had a wolf to find. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>10-01-2016, 19:22:13</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/fc/99/86/fc9986e7c1ead86f79ce3d5d717a7071.jpg) (https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/fc/99/86/fc9986e7c1ead86f79ce3d5d717a7071.jpg)</div><span style="font-size: 36pt;" class="bbc_size"><span style="font-family: courier;" class="bbc_font">C</span></span>opper. Copper everywhere. Everything smelled like it. Everything tasted like it. In the middle of the room, Brett Lewis floated on an uncomfortable pile of pennies. On it, in it, whatever the case, the scent surrounded him. It was strong, tangy, as though he'd held one of them on his tongue for however long it had been since he'd been... What HAD he been doing? He tried to move his mouth and found there was no penny inside. The scent, though, and the taste remained as strong as ever. He shivered... He shuddered...<br><br>He woke with a start!<br><br>Everything seemed to disorient him. It was bright, despite the fact that was hardly ever the case in Mike's place. Usually, the thick curtains were drawn tight over every tiny little window in the equally tiny apartment, the dark brown walls and furnishings making it easier to sleep during the day. They weren't there now, so he threw a hand up in front of his eyes to block it out, clenching his lids closed tightly and groaning.&nbsp; He could feel a breeze on his skin, which wasn't always so unusual, except that he could feel it everywhere. Even if he had no blankets on that uncomfortable-as-hell couch, he always had some kind of clothing on. It was basic decency when crashing at a friend's place. He reached out, not knowing what it was he was trying to feel around for. He'd given up hope before he even opened his eyes against the sunlit sky, forsaking the idea that Chris might be there beside him. Those days were over. But maybe a blanket...<br><br>... Of grass?<br><br>His eyes snapped open and he looked around. Whatever the source of the copper scent was suddenly took a backseat in priority to where the hell the... everything was. The apartment, the furniture, the odds and ends that had always covered the coffee table... <em>No</em>, he thought. That wasn't right. He screwed up his face in a frown, looking around. The building wasn't gone, he was. He wasn't in the building. It took a long minute to orient himself before he realized where he actually was. On the outskirts of town, just beyond the now-fallow seedline of some farm crop he'd never paid attention to. There were trees on his left and the barren field on his right, apparently either fresh off one crop or lying in wait for another. He looked down over his body and discovered the reason he'd felt the chill. With not a stitch on him, he was still lying on the ground, and to make matters worse? <br><br>The source of the copper was perfectly clear now. <br><br>Covered in it, on his chest, on his hands... He licked his lips and he could feel it there, too. He could see smears of it alongside the smudges of dirt from where he'd been laying. Deep. Red. Blood. His heart began to pound and his breath suddenly felt incredibly difficult to draw. He looked around from one side, as far as he could see over his shoulder, across the other. He had to hide. Hide and get rid of the blood. Somehow, through the confusion, he heard the sound of running water. It took him no time at all to haul himself up from the ground and start to run towards the source, praying it was enough water to do away with the stains. he found it, diving into the little creek and scrubbing furiously at his body. He panted and heaved, but there was no one nearby to see him. Better quick, he felt, just in case. He crouched low over the rushing stream, scooping up handfuls and pulling them through his hair, over his neck and face, over his shoulders and chest until he couldn't really tell, anymore. But the scent, the scent was everywhere. He could not escape the scent. <br><br>A small sound drew his attention, forcing his gaze up to see what - or who - had intruded on his moment of panic. His eyes, unknown to him, flared a golden brown as he sighted the tiny, mottled figure of the rabbit, leaping away across the banks and into the forest beyond. He could feel himself begin to salivate and was shocked by the response. What was happening to him? For good measure, he rinsed out his mouth, as well. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>11-01-2016, 07:22:17</strong>
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				Maddox left the police station, the report in his hand, and walked to his car. If only it was that easy to talk to men, he thought to himself.<br><br>The deputy had been young. Tall and blonde, good looking, but still hadn't done anything for him. She had even expected him to ask her for her number, but when that never came, the disappointment had been obvious. <br><br>At least he wasn't the kind of guy to use his looks to get what he wanted, well, all the time, and he had known she had liked what she saw. Her arousal had been heady when he had first smiled at her. But in the end, nothing.<br><br>He drove to the address listed in the report and parked in front of the house that had yellow caution tape across the door. He got out of his car, a red BMW 435I, and pulled in a deep breath, hoping to catch any remnants of the wolf. <br><br>He got something, but what he hadn't expected was the way his wolf stood at attention and all but salivated. He needed to find the owner of that scent even more now. <br><br>He walked up the walkway to the door which was unlocked. He pushed open the door. It had been somewhat cleaned, the body removed, but the blood was still around. Pools on the carpet, staining the drapes. When the body had been here, he could bet it had been a bloodbath.<br><br>Looking around and not disturbing any evidence, he took in the&nbsp; extra clothes as if someone had been staying there aside from the main resident. The report hadn't really said anything about another being there.<br><br>So it looked as if the wolf had been friends with the human, which probably ruled out a rogue. This was a newly turned. <br><br>As Maddox walked out and back to his car, he shook his head. He hated that he'd have to kill the male, which made his wolf whimper and growl, but bitten wolves weren't usually easy to control. <br><br>One of the reasons he was top enforcer for his pack, were&nbsp; his tracking skills. He pulled over onto the side of the road just outside town, not but a few miles from the pack's land and headed into the woods on foot, the scent calling to him other than the need to do his job. <br><br>He followed the scent, a scent that as he got closer and pulled more of it into his lungs, his wolf was ready for more than a fight. It smelled wonderful. Wrapped around him like a blanket and he wanted to roll in it. Bask in it.<br><br>He found the trodden grass that the male had most likely woke up in, the imprint of his body, along with the blood, very noticeable. He ran his hand over the grass. It was still slightly warm. Then he heard it.<br><br>The sound of splashing water. <br><br>He slowly stood and silently walked to the stream, his heart racing in his chest and what his eyes took in upon getting there had every thing just stopping and slipping away around him, leaving the male before him, the only thing that was solid and real.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>11-01-2016, 22:23:38</strong>
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				Everything was cold. Everything, of course, except him, which made everything else feel so much more cold than it likely should have been. <em>Probably caught a fever out here,</em> he thought ruefully, as though that were the worst of his problems. The rabbit scurried away and he just grunted at himself. What was he going to do with a rabbit anyway? The only thing he could make his mind reconcile with was his old, childhood habit of considering every animal he met for a pet. It was something that had made his mother lose her mind more than once, when he'd caught or brought home something creepy or crawly and she'd nearly lost her mind. He'd gotten a little better with it by the time he and Jon had...<br><br>He scowled to himself when the thought crossed his mind. He let the rabbit chase itself down the trail and dropped his gaze back to what he was doing. His motions were angrier, now. Te thought of walking into his home, of watching the man he loved with a mouth full of some other guy... once again he leaned forward, resting his hands in the water and clenched both eyes and teeth, trying to shut out the image and the wellspring of aching it inspired. He hadn't been good enough. Not for a while, now. <br><br>Another handful of water was scooped hastily from the brook and tossed into his own face, somewhat punishing and somewhat cleansing with a mixture that just simply felt right. He shook his head and ran his fingers several times through his dark hair that was getting to the verge of too long to cut. It was looking a little shaggy, even he knew that, but he was almost past the point of caring. For a moment, rote instinct had him looking for something to wipe his hands off on, but when he realized how ridiculous that was, he simply shook off his hands and stood up. <br><br>One last time, he looked out over the trail down which the rabbit had fled. Something in him still wanted to give chase, and he chocked it up to the lingering remains of his childhood sense of adventure. Even as he dismissed the idea, he almost took half a step towards the small game trail before he made a dismissive noise at himself and wiped a few drops of water from his forehead. Instead, he turned around and began to plod up towards the bank from which he'd descended. He'd seen a few vehicles on these properties from time to time, some that looked so neglected they might not even work, but on the off chance he found one that did, and one that he could get started - true, not all his methodologies were legal, but he had no intention of keeping the damned thing. he'd bring it back once he was done with it. Probably - it would be a lot better trying to get home that way than walking all the way back through town in the nude. That, at least, was sure to be a tricky endeavour. <br><br>It wasn't a city, by any stretch, but it wasn't precisely small-town atmosphere. Everyone wasn't in everyone else's business, though communities that existed in their own little pockets of reality were sometimes like that. It was small enough that his coming out wasn't unheard of, but there was a relatively small community that supported him wholeheartedly. Jon had been the only one he could have ever seen himself carrying on a relationship with. there were two high schools, and Brett had taken up attendance in the one that had been designated on the arbitrary "wrong" side of the tracks. Not that there were tracks. There was a bit of a river. So, the wrong side of the river? Still, the place was small enough that trying to keep unnoticed while taking a naked stroll almost clear to teh other side of town was going to be a tough endeavour. <br><br>It was a slight chuckle only, but when it died, it still left behind an eerie silence. There, not fifteen feet in front of him, were a pair of feet. Well, legs, in any case, that disappeared into the ground. Brett froze and looked up in horror to see someone had already beaten the rest of the town to discovering his predicament. His mind began to race. None of it made any sense of course, but panic will do that. <br><br>'<em>God, he's gorgeous. I didn't even hear him come up. Was that what the rabbit was running from? Must want to know why I'm on his land. Doesn't look like a farmer's boy to me. No way too old for that. Not a boy... not a boy at all...</em>' As he looked over the person standing in front of him, he could feel a slight, involuntary stirring of heat and pressure and realized that while this stranger might not be a boy, Brett's own body was about to betray him the way a boy's might. With a flush of embarrassment, he turned slightly away and tried to hide the fact that his own cock, swinging freely and thoughtlessly until just this moment, was starting to thicken and stiffen. Another thought occurred to him then. <br><br>It wasn't unheard of, the admonishments, insults and physical assaults of people threatened by his sexuality. It wouldn't be the first time someone had decided he needed to be punished for what he did behind closed doors. He steeled himself for the names and grit his teeth. Might as well try his hand at hope, in the meantime. Maybe this time, it would be different. <br><br>"Hey, man. Mind helping a buddy out? I seem to have found myself more generous than I'd intended. Someone seems to have taken "the clothes off his back" literally." He closed his eyes and let his lips move silently, hoping to hell he hadn't just opened himself up to attack. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>12-01-2016, 05:26:41</strong>
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				Maddox could only stare for a moment, his eyes taking in every inch of the male's body, his deep voice rolling over him, before he remembered himself. A dark brow rose. <br><br>"Do you truly believe someone took your clothes, or did you shred them?" He knew a bitten's memories were hazy at best of their first shift and the male probably had no idea what he had done to end up in the woods, covered in blood no less. <br><br>Maddox crossed his arms across his chest, the sleeves to his black shirt stretching tightly and rising over his biceps. His head tilted in curiosity. "What do you remember?" he asked him. <br><br>He knew the male would probably be thinking a whole lot of 'what the hell? What does he know?' but he couldn't find it in himself to just attack and kill the new wolf. <br><br>And damn how he wished the male would find some fucking pants. His own cock was rubbing uncomfortably against the front of his jeans and with his luck, even though his wolf liked this one, he probably didn't like men. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>12-01-2016, 18:36:58</strong>
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				For a moment, Brett completely forgot his nakedness. He forgot the other man was clothed, and that he had the high ground. He forgot everything in his incredulity. "Shred them?" He asked as he started to turn around. "Man, I don't know if you're familiar with the area, but stuff that kinky doesn't happen around here." He mimicked the way the other man was standing, arms across his chest and neglecting everything from the waist down. "At least, not in any of the bars I've ever been to." He gave him a cocky smile, raising one eyebrow. <br><br>He dropped his eyes again, somehow unable to keep up a staredown with the man in front of him. "Look, whatever happened last night - whatever I did or <em>didn't</em> do, I'm sure it started out innocently enough. We could just chock it up to a childish lark, couldn't we?" He raised his eyes up again, hoping that the grin on his face and the way he shuffled one foot (painfully) in the hard, cold ground would make him seem like some idiot college kid after a rough night of heavy drinking. "Come on, you remember what it's like, right old man?" <br><br>He dropped his hands, then, tired of trying to hold that position. He managed to keep his face smooth, but the muscles in his body, the ones not used to being used when he was standing still, twitched with the remainder of buried memories. Somewhere in the dark reaches of his instincts, he knew that something was wrong. But he couldn't place it, and there was no telling if the older man - because he WAS older, that much was for sure. Not in the sense he looked like he'd gone to seed, of course, but there was something vital and strong about him that spoke of the confidence of experience - would use it against him or not. He couldn't help the vague feeling this guy knew more than Brett himself did. <br><br>Despite the control over the facade of his features, his voice wavered ever so slightly. "We can just... move on, can't we?" The waver in his voice was less in a lack of confidence than it was a pleading hope. '<em>Stop asking...</em>' He seemed to say without words. '<em>Just let me go and stop asking, please.</em>' Despite his control over his face, the slight slip was enough to show him for what he really was. His eyes were too expressive to hide it, the wide, frightened gaze of a scared pup jumping at all the things he'd never experienced before. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>13-01-2016, 02:27:28</strong>
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				Maddox could see the exhaustion riding that body even if he tried not showing it. His lips quirked at being called an old man. The male didn't even know. He had to be about three times the kid's age. He male looked to be about in his twenties. Maddox was only nearing his seventies although he didn't look it, looking to be in his early to mid thirties. Wolves just tended to age a lot slower. <br><br>When the male asked him if they could move on, Maddox let out a sigh. "Sorry, hot stuff," he said without thought, "we won't be able to move on from the fact that you murdered a man last night and ran amuck on all fours. Wolves aren't new to this area but you're going to have to learn to control it. Either that, or you die. <br><br>"I don't want to see that happen. So, how about you come with me, we'll get you some clothes, and I'll take you back to my place so we can get this figured out." His heart picked up speed at the thought of him bringing this male home. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>13-01-2016, 05:19:48</strong>
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				Brett listened, becoming more and more crestfallen by the minute as the gorgeous stranger went from beautiful to crazy to dangerous, just like that. <br><br>"Oh-ho, no way." He said, the hint of a laugh in his voice. "Sorry man, but you're nuts." Despite his protests, something bothered the back of his mind, made him angry. For a moment, he thought, he might have had help. He might have had an ally. For however brief it might have been, they might have been friends. But this was just another reason why you couldn't trust a good-looking man. They were either self-absorbed or insane. "If you think I'm getting in a car with you now, dude..." He shook his head, letting the wet strands of hair fall in disarray around his eyes. "You had a better chance two minutes ago." <br><br>With a sigh, Brett turned halfway to the side, no longer hiding himself - though the thought crossed his mind that he might take the opportunity to taunt the other man by showing off what was walking away before he was out of sight - but finding another angle at which to climb up and away from the disturbing individual who now seemed to be looming with all the strength and imposition of the mentally infirm. It was a wide way to go just to avoid contact, but he didn't want to be within arms' reach of the man. <br><br>All he wanted to do was get home, crack a beer and maybe take a shower. Somehow, his mind tried actively to avoid whatever he'd been through last night and the reality of that didn't bother him one bit. It was cozy in his denial. "Sorry, but, uh... I gotta go. Rest. You know." He gave a half-hearted grimace, edging away from the other guy. "Gotta work tonight. They'll be, uh... expecting me. Saturday night's always busy and with the full moon coming up, you know, all the cr-..." He bit his lip. He almost said, "all the crazies come out," but it occurred to him that being flippant right now wasn't in his best interests. "They saw me leave with the brunette last night, don't wanna get him in trouble, someho-... some... somehow..." He faltered as his voice grew tight, trying to come up with a plan as he started to make his way up towards the field without getting too close to the older man. His mind was going way too fast, and he wished that his limbs could keep up with that and the hammering of his heart. <br><br>Wolves... Yeah, right! But something inside him still snarled. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>13-01-2016, 05:31:56</strong>
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				And he was panicking. Maddox let out a sigh. He didn't want to do this but it needed to be done. <br><br>He shrugged his shirt off, calling to his wolf, who growled out, warning the other to stop in his tracks. His eyes went from their usual hazel, bordering on chocolate brown to the amber of his wolf. His fangs had lengthened, and his muscle tone was more pronounced now. He licked his lips.<br><br>"Please do run, my wolf does love a good chase, but if your wolf decides to show its face, I wouldn't mind a little rough and tumble." He cracked his neck. "It'll take the edge off."<br><br>And in this form, a half shift, if you will, the male's scent was ten times stronger and Maddox had a good idea that his jeans were tenting slightly.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>13-01-2016, 05:51:47</strong>
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				And that was all it took to make Brett's eyes bulge. <br><br>Human beings, particularly, are very good at denying the obvious if they can't make it make sense to themselves. As the man took his shirt off, Brett's mind was confused. A dozen possibilities were racing through his mind. Rape? or did he just not want to get blood on his shirt? Or dirt, if it came to that. Was it an attempt to intimidate? He was just about to bolt for the road when he heard the growl and something about it made his knees buckle. He stumbled forward in the long, straw-like grasses at the brook's edge, catching himself on the soil but for his left knee, which came in contact with a rather sharp rock. The skin split and left the scent of blood. His heart was beating wildly now, terrified and exhilarated all at once, and confused how the two could coincide so harmoniously. Part of him wanted to stand and fight, part of him wanted to run and part of him... well, wanted to do neither, but there was still grappling involved down that road. <br><br>'<em>Please do run</em>,' the voice taunted him, sounding rough and deep and some part of Brett's mind fogged over in a moment of pleasure at the texture of it. He'd always loved that husky quality that came over a man filled and fueled with testosterone, but this was hardly the time to start swooning over the madman off to one side. The urge was all he needed, pushing himself up from the ground and taking off towards the field. It took him a moment to really get started, his knee screaming painful protest to the rest of his body for a moment before he looked back over his shoulder. One part of his mind would only allow that something about him seemed more frightening. <br><br>The other part of him was snarling and all but howling in both recognition and desire. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>13-01-2016, 06:19:51</strong>
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				The scent of the male's blood filled the air as he fell forward. Two things drove through Maddox's mind here. One was worry for the male, the other was the urge to hunt. And that urge only tripled when the make stood and bolted. One side of Maddox's mouth lifted as he let the male get ahead somewhat before he took off.<br><br>The field was large and full of wild flowers and grass. Soft enough he wouldn't hurt the male when he caught him. And caught him he did. <br><br>He tackled him, arms wrapping around his waist and taking him to the ground. They rolled for a moment before the male was deliciously beneath Maddox, his naked body pressed against Maddox's. Bare chest to bare chest, arms held above his head.<br><br>Maddox gave him a sexy grin as he looked down into those amber eyes. "Now, I'm only going to say this once. We do this my way, and you live. You decide to fight, I won't be the only wolf you have to worry about."
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>13-01-2016, 08:03:51</strong>
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				Grass and flowers weren't enough to keep him from losing his breath as soon as Brett hit the ground. He tried to turn himself over, managing only to barely get over onto his back before the other had climbed up his body and gripped at his hands, raising them up above his head. He could feel the length of the body pressing down on his own, the heavy, glorious weight of him that made Brett catch his breath harsh in his throat. It took a second for him to take a full breath, and when he did it only served to press his body further into the one that loomed above him. <br><br>Once he saw what was happening, though, he suddenly realized he was caught. He was pinned. Two instincts vied for strength in Brett's mind, both waking some roiling instinct inside of him. Whether the man intended to kill him here and now or fuck him stupid, some deep-rooted part snarled to the surface. He felt it like a flare in his mind, a burst from his chest that made him snap his teeth in frustration. He pulled and squirmed and writhed against the man, finding evidence in equal measure for kiss or for kill as he did so. He lunged his head forward, teeth clicking together with a slightly metallic sound that surprised even him, and if he had been able to see the bronze in his eyes reflected in the face above him, he might not have recognized himself. As it was, his mind ardently shoved that thought away and instead focused on what he might do to come out unscathed. <br><br>The next instant, though, despite how that grin made him want to... to lunge for the throat one way or another, just as that confusion came to a breaking point, the words came through clearly, that preternatural voice that made something in him, that mysterious something want to sit up and beg or roll over and play dead, tore through the chaos in his mind and held him like hands - or teeth - gripping his jugular. He stared, panting, up at the man above him and listened quietly. There was quiet, except the breathing, as the words sank in. He had no doubt that the stranger was absolutely serious. And sanity or no, he wasn't about to challenge this unless and until he had a clear way to escape. He ran through all the possible options, all the possible outcomes, some of which he examined closely and some of which he didn't dare before he closed his mouth, swallowed hard and nodded his assent. <br><br>He just hoped the solid shaft throbbing against his stomach wasn't drawing too much attention to itself. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>13-01-2016, 23:20:04</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				The male squirmed a moment before Maddox saw the surrender in him. He nodded and stayed still and quiet beneath him. <br><br>Great moon the male felt wonderful beneath him and was that? He raised a brow. Yes that was. Apparently he wasn't the only person aroused by their tussel. He couldn't help but grin.<br><br>He wanted to close the distance and taste those lips, but he knew that wasn't appropriate for the time being. So instead, he leaned down a little more, their noses only a mere inch apart. He fought the urge to lick those soft looking lips.<br><br>"We okay now? Your not going to run again, are you?" His eyes returned to their hazel, but stayed a darker green with his arousal.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>13-01-2016, 23:31:40</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Brett licked his own lips, eyes widening as the stranger came closer. He was trembling, only slightly, and shook his head carefully. He didn't want to prolong or intensify the contact between the two of them. "No..." he breathed, and even as he did so, he knew it wasn't entirely true. <br><br>He would run at the first sign that the crazy that had him pinned down wasn't going to be able to run him into the ground like a piece of mea-... Like pre-... There was no way to think about it that didn't make him shiver in dreadful delight. <br><br>"You can't... You can't really want to hurt me, right? I mean... Someone will be looking for me, if I didn't come home last night." He thought of his temporary roommate, prowling around the apartment, looking out the windows as though he would be able to see Brett walking up the street at any instant. He felt bad, but there wasn't anything he could do about it right now. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>14-01-2016, 00:01:44</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Maddox's face softened. "No. I don't want to hurt you." He let out a sigh. "And people will be looking for you, for the reason you say and for something else."<br><br>He shook is head. "You awoke covered in blood. Do you know why?" He thought of another way to ask.<br><br>"You were bitten recently, yes? By a dog of some sort?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>14-01-2016, 00:20:33</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Brett blinked, suddenly unaware of the way he was laying, the situation around him. His heart's renewed pace had, suddenly, nothing to do with the proximity of the other. Instead, he found himself dancing tantalizingly close to the edge of some explanation, and he both needed and feared it. <br><br>"How did you..." He began, but pulled himself up short. For a moment, violent images of colour, fear, confusion stampeded though his mind. Everything about them seemed surreal, as though he were watching it, but not remembering it. There had been a fever, a maddened desire to fight, aggression like he'd never known. For a moment, unaware to him, his eyes flared and he stiffened, head to toe, beneath the other man. It was a struggle trying to hold onto the memories, and almost as soon as they surfaced they fled again. <br><br>"Uhm... Look, I don't know what you think you know, but... I was just washing, I don't know what it-..." He looked down at his chest to make sure there wasn't any of the blood visible. Helped to deny it if it wasn't clearly visible. "I don't know what it was, but blood? Come on." He tried to laugh it off, but the sound died in his throat. A throat he cleared and tried again. <br><br>"I'd really rather have this conversation while wearing pants." Feeling suddenly very exposed wasn't doing wonders for him at the moment. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>14-01-2016, 01:44:45</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Maddox felt for the pup, because honestly, that's all he was. He was young by human standards, an adult by law but young all the same.&nbsp; <br><br>"I know because I feel the same. I just control it.<br><br>"You were so hot it was like you had a fever. The aggression towards everyone and everything. That's the way of my life, but for me, I've grown accustomed to it.<br><br>"You will in time, but the first year is the hardest." He smiled then.<br><br>"Why do you need pants? I think we're doing fine where we're at," he said heatedly. <br><br>He was never like this. Must be the mate call and the fact that this male was so damm delectable looking that he needed a taste.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>14-01-2016, 04:21:47</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Brett had no idea how to go about things now. The stranger was certainly picking up on just exactly what his memories seemed to be telling him. But how could he have known any of that unless he was telling the truth? And now he was talking in terms of years. Years, and Brett had no idea how to deal with that. <br><br>"Year?" He asked, his voice shaking and his lips feeling just as dry as they had before he licked them. He tried again. And somehow, his brain promptly forgot. "Absolutely not. This... this is a one-time..." <br><br>Pants? Oh, right, pants! All of a sudden, with the thought now squarely focused on what was (or in this case, was not) hiding his genitalia, he became painfully aware how exposed he was to this new and... granted... <em>potent</em>... person. "Please let me up." It was barely a whisper and he tried so very, very hard to make his voice strong. But it seemed the stronger he tried to make it, the weaker it sounded, even to his ears. "Please." He tested the strength of the other man's grip by gently, slowly - after all, he didn't want to make any sudden movements around the crazy person - gently trying to draw his wrists from their grasp. "We'll go... wherever you want us to just give me something to wear. And then we'll go wherever you want." <br><br>He knew it was a dangerous promise. It wasn't unheard of for gay men to be raped, murdered and dumped where noone who could recognize them would ever find them. In his mind, he began to mourn already, for all the people and all the places and all the things he never would get to see again. One part of him was panicked because of it, and another was oddly at peace. Whether that was because he figured he'd get one last lay out of it at least, he couldn't be sure. Another part, still, was busy furiously trying to break through whatever barrier in his memory was holding him back from remembering last night. Trying to break through it and damned impatient to find out what the stranger knew. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>14-01-2016, 04:46:38</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				He let the male slip his wrist from his hands. He could tell by the look in those dark eyes, he thought every bad thing of him right now. That he was planning on doing the worst. No. Couldn't have this male scared of him. <br><br>Straddling his waist, he sat back, letting his wrists go. "Please. I don't want to hurt you. I want to help you.<br><br>"You're going to go through some shit in your young life and I don't want to see you dead because of something you didn't choose.<br><br>"I'm going to get up now. Please don't run. It won't help you, and you'll just end up killing someone else. <br><br>"Now I don't know if you knew the guy, but next time, it could be someone you know.<br><br>"So please, don't run," he said as he got to his feet and helped the male up, trying to ignore the erection on him. "I'm Maddox Forrest, by the way. I have a feeling we'll get to know each other really well."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>14-01-2016, 20:17:45</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Aw, come on." Brett took the hand and helped himself to his feet. He was determined that he wouldn't run after all, but that didn't mean he wasn't going to try to find other ways to slip away from this wacko. "Forrest? You know how difficult that is to swallow, right? Forrest, the wolf-talkin' dude?" The nudity was starting to become a point of annoyance than discomfort, as though the other man was deliberately keeping him vulnerable. With the sudden disappearance of the man's weight over his body and the shock of his first appearance long past, Brett was finally feeling the pulsing shaft of his cock start to go limp and behave itself. Slowly. Very slowly. <br><br>"Okay, you can't know I killed anyone! Seriously, why would you even say that?" He made to brush himself off, but realized that he didn't have any clothing to which something might stick and promptly gave up. "Unless you can tell me where exactly my pants ended up, we're never going to know WHAT happened. It's kind of a stretch to decide that just because I don't know, I must have killed someone." He put on as skeptical a look as he could muster, which wasn't entirely convincing, given that his mind refused to discard the idea altogether. Something in him was excited at the prospect of having shed blood, and it was a part of him that terrified him to the very core. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>15-01-2016, 01:33:12</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Maddox just looked at the male. "I've been to the house. There are clothes of yours there and it reeks of your scent.<br><br>"Now, I have some clothes in my car you can wear until we get some of yours. I think it's time you see what you did." He began walking, expecting the other to follow, but his wolf was at the forefront in case he decided to run again. <br><br>They trekked through the woods and when they reached his car, he opened the back and grabbed a back pack out of the floorboard. He always carried one with extra clothes. Never knew when you'd need them.<br><br>He opened it up and pulled out a plain white shirt and a pair of gym shorts and his pair of flip flops. The male looked to be about his size. He held them out the male.<br><br>"Here," he said handing the clothes to him, his wolf sitting back happily knowing he'd be wearing his clothes.<br><br>"And yes, my last name is Forrest. It was given to me by my adoptive parents."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>15-01-2016, 05:49:21</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Brett frowned at the mention of having clothes at the place. He started to wonder about that, not even bothering to be curious how Maddox had known that his scent was on them. There was only so much he could deal with at any given time, and there were details he'd already taken on that he couldn't afford to face again. Instead, he began to list to himself the places he'd been, the places he kept clothes, feeling a tight knot in his stomach as he realized how very short that list was. <br><br>The apartment he'd shared with Chris. <br>His parent's place, the next town over now. <br>Jon's apartment, where he was crashing on the couch. <br><br>As much as he might be hurt, bitter at Christian, he didn't want anything to happen to him. No matter what was going on, he still harboured a love for the man that wouldn't die, given that it had been only two weeks since he'd come to home to find him with someone else. And he certainly didn't want anything to happen to his parents. But Jon? Jon had been his best friend since they were kids, and there was no way he was comfortable with the man being left as the only other option. Wildly, he began to speculate on other options as he followed Maddox through the sparse woods, following almost mindlessly now. Maybe Chris had worn something of his somewhere else? Maybe Jon smelled like him, for some reason? Maybe it was actually his kid brother - Christ, he hadn't seen that kid in almost six months, now - but no matter how many options he came up with, there was always a common factor. Someone he loved was way too close to him having done something horrible. <br><br>He was lost in thought to the point where he stood placidly by, half in shock, while Maddox retrieved the clothing from the car. It wasn't until the clothing was held in front of his down-turned face that Brett blinked. Well, if this wasn't an unpleasant reminder of high school. He took the clothing, holding up one of the flip-flops and raising an eyebrow at Maddox. "Really, dude?" He asked sarcastically. "Keeping up with the motif, huh?" With a roll of his eyes, he dropped the shoes and tossed the shirt onto the trunk of the car, pulling the shorts on first. <br><br>He could tell, almost immediately, the size difference between the two of them and used that to justify the way Maddox had pinned him so quickly. The shorts were loose on him - though, not <em>that </em>loose, he thought petulantly and fighting the desire to readjust himself in the awkward and unfamiliar clothing - and he found himself hiking them up a few times before he gave up. He seized the shirt and pulled it over his torso, feeling the way the fabric draped over him as well. He felt like he was wearing his father's clothing, a man used to hard labour and whom had always been significantly larger of stature than Brett was. With a resentful look, he slipped his feet into the sandals and found that they, too, were slightly larger. Well, that was certainly helping with the feeling of helplessness. Everything reminded him that he was outmatched by the man who stood in front of him, still shirtless and standing aside from a car that was worth more than three years worth of Brett's salary. Which wasn't so impressive when one considered that any car was worth at least one, bought new. <br><br>Left with nothing but to stare awkwardly at Maddox, Brett couldn't help but ask the first thing that came to his mind, if only to break the prolonged silence. "What... makes you so sure I killed someone, anyways?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>15-01-2016, 05:58:59</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Maddox watched as the male put his clothes on, unfortunately covering himself up. He shook his head slightly. "I won't be able to explain it in a way you'll understand. You'll have to see it." <br><br>Without another word, he walked to the driver's side of his car and got behind the wheel. He turned on the ignition as he waited for the male to get in. <br><br>"So, do I get to know your name or at least something I can call you?" Other than the things he was calling him in his mind.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>15-01-2016, 06:16:40</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				With a deep breath, Brett crossed to the passenger side door, opening it and slowly getting in. At least, some part of his mind agreed, there was something very luxurious about sitting in the car. It smelled good, clean of course, but more to the point... There was a comforting smell, something like a mixture of sandalwood and leather, and some element Brett couldn't identify, that made him sigh in his comfort. He leaned his head back against the headrest, closed his eyes a moment and took another deep breath. Yes, it was calming...<br><br>"Hrm?" He opened one eye, arching the corresponding eyebrow and looking over at Maddox. "Oh. Right. Brett. Is me, I'm... I'm Brett." He swallowed, frowning to himself and pushing away from the headrest again. "Uh, L-Lewis..." Was his last name necessary? He didn't expect that it would be used much, but seeing as Maddox had offered his own last name, Brett felt awkwardly compelled to offer his, as well. <br><br>"So, uhm... See it, huh?" Brett asked, turning his head and looking out the window as though to be casual, but one of his hands balled up into a fist on his lap while the one nearest the window served to prop his head up, resting his chin in his palm and staring outward. "We've gotta... to go where you say my clothes are, right? Near the person I supposedly killed?" Was there never going to be an end to his feeling this nervous? 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>15-01-2016, 06:23:52</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Maddox smiled a bit, but it didn't quite reach his eyes as the male told him his name. "Well Brett, it's nice to meet you. Kind of wish it was on different terms, but 'tis the life," he said as he pulled out and away from the woods, back towards the city. <br><br>After a couple turns, they ended up at the apartment who's door was taped off with caution tape. Maddox parked and turned off the car. He looked to Brett. <br><br>"Don't panic, please," he all but whispered as he got out of the car and walked to the front door.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>15-01-2016, 06:51:39</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				With every turn the car took, Brett could feel a mounting strain of panic. <em>Coincidence,</em> he told himself as they got closer. <em>There's a lot of places near here. I've been to a lot of these places. </em> And as they got closer, <em>I know a lot of these people.</em> But the closer they got to the apartment, the tighter his fist clenched, the shallower his breath got. He was running out of excuses. <br><br>He closed his eyes, refusing to face the potential he knew was coming. He knew. He could feel it. The closer they got, the more he could feel the potential building in him. He felt the car turning, unable to deny that he recognized the pattern to the movements. When the car stopped, he took a shaky breath and opened his eyes. Slowly, he turned towards the little apartment, the bottom half of the house. Upstairs, he knew, the mother and her three children, who had always loved Jon so much, who had taken the two men to be part of their family, would be confused. Brett pulling up in the car. Some sort of commotion... <br><br>And the yellow tape across the door. <br><br>Maddox whispered something. Something Brett couldn't quite make out. He heard the words, he understood them, but as soon as they were spoken, they were gone again. As though his mind dismissed them. They weren't important enough to remember. He stared at the door. The car opened, closed, and Maddox was gone. Then he was there, again, walking towards the door. He couldn't go in! That was Jon's place!<br><br>Without thinking, Brett opened the door and got out of the car, walking towards the door behind Maddox. He was shaky, could feel the way his limbs protested the movement, but it was dim. As though it weren't really happening. He came up behind Maddox and peered around him, looking into the dark space within. It was always dark. He was always telling Jon to open the curtains when he woke up. Why hadn't Jon opened the curtains? Was he out? Brett's mind still wouldn't make sense of what was going on. It simply refused. <br><br>"Maddox..." He said quietly, as much a plea as anything else. "Maddox... Where's Jon?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>15-01-2016, 08:59:05</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				He readied himself, knowing it was going to get bad, as Brett walked up behind him. He glanced over his shoulder, a sad look on his face before he pushed apart the yellow tape and the door open. <br><br>He knew that Brett's vision would be like a human's at first, his brain trying to deny what he saw in the dark, but it'd get there and he'd clearly see the blood all over the living room, staining the couch and the carpet. <br><br>He turned and reached out to him, but stopped short of touching him. Brett would come to him if he needed the comfort.<br><br>"Breathe, Brett. Deep through your nose. What do you smell?" It would be a mix of things. People, the gore, but more specifically, animal. Wolf to be more specific. Mixed with his own scent.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>15-01-2016, 18:12:16</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Blood." Brett said, trembling. It was the copper all over again. He looked back and forth through the dim room. "Blood and ... and us... Where's Jon?" He pushed his way into the apartment, looking frantically left and right as though scanning, as though trying to figure out where Jon might be hiding. He couldn't stand to breathe through his nose, even if his panting hadn't gotten in the way. He walked through the living room, peering into the bedroom, the bathroom, even in the closet. If something had happened, Jon might have chosen to hide. If he'd fallen asleep, he might have still been in there. He opened the closet, looking down at the only place a human being of grown proportions would have fit. <br><br>It was empty. <br><br>He took a deep breath, closing his mouth to swallow and it forced the scent through his nose. The scents mingled, people and stale cigarettes. Empty beer bottles and a towel in the bathroom that seemed to have the beginnings of mildew. Blood, of course, everywhere, and the scent of ... meat? Marrow? Why was it making him salivate? Unknown to Brett, his eyes began to reflect light with a golden sheen even as they sported a ring of tears. The smell that lay beneath it all was havoc. It was familiar and alien. Like an intruder from the past. <br><br>He stepped back from the closet, not bothering to close it. He turned towards the living room, where he could smell Maddox. Stronger than ever he could smell the man. It was every scent from inside the car, but stronger, more vital. Alive and warm. Brett's limbs were numb, causing him to stumble and catch himself on the walls. His hands looked... something was so different, but he couldn't understand enough to decide what. He grabbed the walls and looked up at Maddox, panting. His brow was furrowed and his eyes pleading. As though to ask that Maddox please tell him that it was all a lie, a terrible trick and reveal where he'd hidden Jon. <br><br>"Where... where is he?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>16-01-2016, 00:51:12</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Maddox watched Brett react and when he came stumbling back from looking for his friend, his eyes shone with wolfish light. Maddox took a step towards him. And those golden brown orbs were ringed with tears. It broke his heart. <br><br>Brett stumbled a bit, catching himself on the wall as he asked where the man was. He had known him. <br><br>Maddox pulled a police and coroners report from his back pocket and handed it to Brett. It stated that the address had no signs of break in, but was torn apart, as if something large rampaged through it. The homeowner, a Jonathan Matthews, had been killed in the process.<br><br>The man had been mauled, his throat ripped out, his stomach and chest ripped open. When they had searched the premises, they had found all of his organs but one. His heart was missing. <br><br>Maddox took a step towards him. "Brett, I need you to breathe," he said, his voice soft and nonthreatening. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>17-01-2016, 02:00:50</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Brett's breath was grating through his throat, now, the preliminary sounds that a wolf might made prior to a growl or a snarl. His chest was heaving, expanding greatly with every inhale and receding only somewhat with each exhale. His torso was becoming wider, stronger and harder with each passing moment. He let go of the wall to walk forward, shaky legs barely holding him up as he took the heavy, clunky steps. His thigh muscles quivered, hovering just on the edge of embracing a full change. His jaw was slowly shifting, becoming more blunted and blurring his otherwise angular chin. <br><br>He stalked towards Maddox, snatching the paper from his hand and scanning the words. Few of them made sense, technical and confounding. He caught the name of his friend, but didn't understand the context. His eyes snapped up towards Maddox's, an expression of horror mingled with a threatening glare that warned against delivering bad news. <br><br>"What... what does this mean?" He demanded, clenching his hand and snapping his wrist back and forth so that the pages rattled and wrinkled with the movement. He could make neither heads nor tails of the information, and it felt simply better, much better, to put the responsibility on Maddox. "What happened? Where is Jon?" Brett's voice rose slowly, each word slightly louder, slightly rougher, strangely high due to panic, but rumbling as the change began to overtake him. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>17-01-2016, 03:59:02</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Maddox wished it didn't have to be known like this, but that was his luck, wasn't it? He stepped forward, cupped the male's cheeks.<br><br>"You know what happened, Brett. You just inwardly choose to deny it. Embrace the wolf and you'll see." He wanted more than anything to kiss the male, but he resisted. Instead, he only leaned forward, his hands still on his cheeks, looking into Brett's amber eyes.<br><br>"Breathe Brett. I'm here with you. It wasn't your fault. Just look into yourself and you'll see," he said softly. It'd hurt, but it needed to be done. And if he shifted, Maddox was ready.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>17-01-2016, 04:53:45</strong>
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				Brett's eyes became intense when the hands touched his face. Some resounding presence inside of him wanted to snarl and buck and lunge, in a type of vicious and ecstatic energy. But he simply stiffened. He maintained the eye contact, an intense gaze that offered up all manner of confusion and warning. <br><br>That same part of him felt like running. Running and climbing and howling and chasing and tearing. It was joyful over the presence of all that it had done, and seemed, even then, to want to be hungry. Not that it was hungry. Only that it wanted to be. That it wanted the excuse to be loosed on the world. <br><br>Almost in that moment, he knew there was something so very, deadly wrong. Whatever this was, it wasn't normal. And it wasn't the first time he had encountered it. He couldn't remember it, not really. He simply knew it, like the memory of an old family friend years after the childhood years in which you'd last seen them. It wanted to stare him down. It wanted to <em>push</em> him down. It wanted control, and the very strength of it made Brett's body weak. He started to feel his knees buckle. What it might do, let loose, made Brett feel a hopeless, horrified panic. As he sank down on the carpet, he knew that Maddox must be right. It must have been out before. How else would he recognize it? Jon was here. He was here. The thing... it had been inside him the whole time. <br><br>"Jon..." Brett whispered, though the word was directed at Maddox. It was a statement of understanding, in some way, an affirmation he knew what had happened but a request. A plea. He was begging Maddox. Begging Maddox, if at all possible to confirm he was wrong. Or... To confirm that he wasn't. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>17-01-2016, 05:22:16</strong>
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				Maddox felt as if he himself were breaking. Everything went out to this male. Brett sunk to his knees and Maddox followed, kneeling before him, hands still cupping his face.<br><br>"Brett," he started, he couldn't hide it, "yes. You did this, but it wasn't your fault. You need to know that.<br><br>"What you have become isn't your fault. The first time is the hardest. Let me help you through it."<br><br>He looked into Brett's amber eyes as his thumbs stroked over the male's cheek bones. "Brett, this wasn't your fault. Someone did this to you, made you become this. <br><br>"I'm sorry your friend Jon was caught in the crossfire, but you cannot blame yourself.<br><br>"Come home with me. I can show you how to live this life," he spoke softly, hoping to everything he had that Brett would let him help him.&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>19-01-2016, 21:36:42</strong>
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				It was all Brett could do to keep himself in check. It was all he could manage to keep breathing properly, to keep his throat from constricting and pushing a low snarl out of his chest with each exhale. He wanted to lick at his teeth, hunch his shoulders, stalk forward through Maddox, shove the man aside. Despite the paper in his hand, he grabbed at Maddox's wrists. His eyes were hateful, angry, resentful of this reality that was being shoved at him. He glared through a red-rimmed gaze that made him look exhausted and hungry and abused all at once. <br><br>The saving grace, like a beacon of hope, was all it took to pull Brett back from the precipice where he lingered. It wasn't his fault. It wasn't his intention, he didn't do this. Somehow, someone or something had made him a tool. A tool to kill his best friend. Intentionally or not, someone had done something to him that had made him slaughter Jon. His breath on the edge of a growl turned to a pitiful whine as he felt Maddox's thumbs brushing over his cheek and some of the fight went out of him. He slumped on the carpet, in Jon's dried blood, and tried to make himself focus on the older man. <br><br>"Help... me." It was all he could do. It was as far as he could admit it, and the last of the strength he had left to resist was lost in the way Maddox held his gaze. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>20-01-2016, 04:26:52</strong>
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				Maddox saw the emotions in his those amber eyes. All the flashes of anger, hate, and sadness. He kept his touch gentle though, even when Brett gripped his wrists. <br><br>Then he saw acceptance there as something seemed to click and those eyes began returning to their brown. He whispered two words, but Maddox heard them. <br><br>"Yes, of course. I've got you," he said softly before leaning forward and placing his forehead against Brett's soothingly. "It will be okay, I promise you this." 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>20-01-2016, 21:15:18</strong>
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				Brett had no idea whatsoever how long he had been on his knees. He didn't know if it was hours or days or mere seconds later they finally moved. All he was aware of, really, was the way that the tears spilled from his eyes and the way he viciously fought them back. the hopelessness of that failure, on top of everything else he was feeling at the moment only served to make him lose what little control he had left and leave a few solid sobs leaking through. All that time, all he could do, was cling to Maddox for strength. <br><br>Once he was finally able to get control of himself again, he pulled back from the other man, sniffling once and shaking his head. He let go of Maddox's wrists, wiping a hand over his face and trying hard to avoid admitting how much that hand shook. "What's happened to me?" He asked the question with an air of a man listening for the worst case scenario. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>21-01-2016, 01:13:34</strong>
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				Maddox's heart broke for the male. Everything was killing him, from the sadness in those too big for his face eyes to the way Brett slumped in on himself. He wanted to put his arms around him, wrap him up in his heat, and just hold him forever, telling him that it will all be okay. But he couldn't do that. Not yet. <br><br>He was actually surprised Brett had let him keep his hands on his cheeks. Didn't mean he was into males, could just mean that Brett was falling apart and would have accepted the comfort from anywhere. He really needed to find out if he was...<br><br>He pulled back and Maddox took his hands away as he let go of his wrists and wiped his face. Then he asked the question. <br><br>Maddox sat back on his heels and let out a sigh. "Well, you were bitten by what you probably thought was a large dog, but it wasn't. It was a werewolf..."<br><br>He kept the male's gaze so he'd see the truth in his words. "I'm gong to assume it was a rogue, a lone, since wolves in a pack don't like to bring trouble to their territory." His face scrunched though as he thought about that. <br><br>"Do you remember getting bit? And if you do, where did it happen?" Because if it was a rogue, those rogues tend to do a little more than bite one single person before skipping town and he would have heard about it, so him and the other two enforcers could have taken care of the issue. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>21-01-2016, 20:40:37</strong>
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				For a moment, Brett thought Maddox was going to ask him if he remembered anything strange about the dog itself, and was all ready with a snide retort. However, after a few moments the actual question sank in and he considered it a little better. <br><br>"I was on my way home from work. I thought someone was following me, like I was hearing faint footsteps, but... I guess it must have been once I passed the cigar shop, I remember smelling the leaves really strong for a second. And then, whoever was following me... I thought they fell, because I was sure I heard something hit the ground. It sounded like..." Brett pondered for a second, trying to place the sound from almost a month ago, an incident he barely remembered. "You know, a pair of jeans hitting the floor or something. That kind of..." He cast his gaze around and then realized he was staring at a pair of his own jeans. He picked them up and dropped them on the ground, imitating the unique 'whoosh' sound the denim made on impact. <br><br>"Like that. Then, I heard the growling. I completely forgot about the guy - if it was a guy, maybe the dog just knocked something over - and focused on that, instead. It was like a giant mastiff or pit bull or something, I figured someone had just left the gate open somewhere. Though, come to think of it, who has a dog that size in town? Maybe it had come out from somewhere else, I'd thought. Anyways, it didn't seem to want to hurt me, not really. Charged into me, bowled me over and bit me... here..." <br><br>Brett pulled the neck of the shirt aside, revealing a fading scar, a mess of bites that made a weak mockery of a mate's mark. "Soon as it did, though... I dunno, it was like it tasted something horrible. Took off down an alleyway. It wasn't terrible, but it bled like a bitch, and of course as soon as I get home, Chris is there, freaking out. he made me go to the clinic to get swabs and a shot and some antibiotics. I forgot about the dude. I work at a bar, and sometimes guys just... literally try to follow you home." He shrugged. "Anyways, it was soon after that I started getting angry, cranky, upset over little things. Eventually I came home to find Chris sleeping with some other dude, and I came to crash here. I hadn't thought about the dog in... well, almost a month, frankly."
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>22-01-2016, 02:07:13</strong>
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				Maddox listened to every word, cataloging it all. He had said he heard a human's foot steps at first, bit then it changed and his description of the wolf was true to form. <br><br>A brow lifted when he began speaking of a human named Chris. A roommate perhaps, but then he spoke of what sounded to be infidelity. <br><br>Hmmm...<br><br>"Chris was your boyfriend?" he asked slowly, hoping to the gods that he wasn't misconstruing this.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>22-01-2016, 03:35:12</strong>
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				Brett blinked. <br><br>"Yeah.... Oh! Yeah, sorry, Chris is m-... He was my boyfriend, yeah." With a rueful snort, he shook his head. "Two years. Two years and it collapses in a month. I had no idea why. I guess that's pretty clear now." As he said the words, it was as if a whole new concern gripped him, filled him with panic. "Oh, god. What if it was Chris? Has anyone checked on him? Does anyone know?" He put his hands on his thighs almost immediately. <br><br>"FUCK! Where's my phone? Shit... Where's Jon's phone?" With that, he winced, deciding against the idea of checking around for it. "Someone needs to check on Chris." It took him less than a heartbeat to stagger to his feet and make his unsteady way towards the door. "I have to get over there. I could have been and gone in that whole big, black stretch and I wouldn't remember a thing. I was so pissed off!" He looked up at the sky as though pleading, not really seeing anything. "Please, please be okay." <br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>22-01-2016, 05:18:22</strong>
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				Maddox let out a sigh of relief. But then Brett started panicking. Maddox hopped to his feet and went after him, stopping him at the door. <br><br>"Only your friend Jon was killed. There have been no other deaths by animal attack in the last week. I would have known." He could see the panic in those eyes though, once again turning amber. He pulled his cell from his pocket. <br><br>"Here, call him. You can't see him yet. Your wolf is still unstable."
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>22-01-2016, 06:23:26</strong>
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				Brett took only a moment to glance up at Maddox before he gratefully seized the phone. He turned away, more as an acquiescence to the command to stay put than to separate himself from Maddox. He dialed hte number without thinking about it, as though some part of his brain said, simply, 'Call Chris', and the rest of his body obeyed. <br><br>The numbers flashed on the screen too quickly for even Brett to realize it, and disappeared again as he punched 'send'. The ringing could be heard as Brett started to pace the length of the rotten-smelling living room, through the dried-out puddle of blood and seeing none of it. His hand raked feverishly through his hair, combing it back uselessly. In another moment, the hair fell in front of his eyes, gathering at his temples and swaying as he moved. It had always been something that Chris had chastised him for, the messy hair in dire need of a cut. Some of the men at the bar had appreciated it enough to give him a bit extra in tips, but Chris had always thought it looked shaggy, unkempt. Brett hadn't cared much either way, only now he found his mind searching for any bargain he could find, it only seemed natural that he would add the promise of a haircut to his begging the universe that Chris was still alright. <br><br>Two rings and Brett's heart started to race with all the desperate thoughts of what might have happened to him. Three... And then- <br><br>"Hello?" <br><br>Brett's hand came up to cover the receiver, sighing and doubling over in his relief. He held back a sob by breathing out through it, making a pathetic whimpering noise followed by a whispered 'Thank you!' "Hello? Hello!" The voice on the other end was high-pitched, pinched and slightly whiny. It was the voice that Brett recognized as what happened when someone interrupted Chris in the middle of something he thought was important. "Look, whoever you are, you're not funny. People have things to do, you know!"<br><br>Brett's hand slipped slightly as he stood back up and he chuckled, slightly, a dead giveaway to the man on the other end of the phone. "Brett?!" The voice was suddenly very sharp, the beginning of a snarky tidal wave. "Listen here, mister, I don't know what this is about, but call your mother. I'm tired of her calling here. And you still owe me four hundred dollars for last month's rent. Don't think calling here like a creeper and breathing into the phone is fooling me, no sir. I know where you're staying. I will come and shove your useless junk so far up your ass that yo-"<br><br>The sound cut off as Brett punched the 'end' button and sighed. Normally, he'd be given to shouting back at the catty sonofabitch, and he knew he had to go and pick up his stuff, but it was useless showing up without the money in hand. Unless he wanted his last few possessions to be part of a hostage situation. He was still laughing in relief when he handed the phone back to Maddox. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>22-01-2016, 10:04:01</strong>
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				Even from where he stood, Maddox could hear the whiney voice on the other end. He grimaced, that voice grating on his ears but the look of relief on Brett's face was worth it. He hung up and brought him back the phone.<br><br>"Better?" he asked gently as he took back the phone and slipped it into his back pocket. His arms crossed over his chest. <br><br>"Alright, let's collect your stuff and get out of here. The human police will be back soon to clean this place up and I want to get you settled and help you meet and begin the taming of your wolf," he said. <br><br>He was blunt and straight to the point. They needed to leave, and he needed to figure out what he was going to tell Dean and why Brett wasn't dead.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>22-01-2016, 21:17:57</strong>
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				Brett nodded slowly, then seemed to clue in to what the words actually meant. he raked his hands through his hair again and looked around the living room. "Heh, well..." <br><br>Half his stuff had splatter of blood on it, still, and he knew that moving the stuff would tip someone off. Still, he needed his clothing. His clothing, his real clothing, and none of this borrowed gym stuff. "What do you think?" He asked Maddox as he bent down and started gathering up some of the things from the places they were strewn around the couch. "Time still for me to change?" <br><br>He tossed a pair of jeans, one of his shirts and his jacket, a few assorted other odds and ends towards a spot near the door, at least he could take them with him as a worst case scenario. Almost everything he had could be shoved in the jacket or the backpack that sat nearby, and whatever didn't fit in there could be crammed into the remaining space inside the computer-less laptop bag in which it had entered the house. It took him a moment to realize that some of the clothing was torn, ripped in some fashion, and as he picked up the shreds of some denim something, he found a small black block of his leather wallet falling to the ground. He discarded the denim and scooped up the wallet, putting it in his jacket so at least he'd know where it was. <br><br>Altogether, it took him a few minutes to gather up his things, even including the way he'd disappeared briefly into Jon's room before he emerged, shoving a few odds-and-ends into the bag too. The place wasn't too far from work that he couldn't sneak back in at some point, but there was no way he wanted a thorough sweep of the place to incriminate Jon. They'd had an agreement, after all. <br><br>"Looks like that's just about it." He grabbed the bags and looked expectantly to Maddox. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>23-01-2016, 01:53:45</strong>
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				Maddox watched as he grabbed up his clothes, putting them in the bags he assumed he had brought when he had started sleeping there. "I'd say those clothes aren't exactly anything you want to wear before we wash them," he said since they were covered in blood and gore. <br><br>Finishing up, Brett walked up and looked up at him for direction. "Alright, let's get you back to pack land. Before we do anything though, you are going to meet the alpha." He walked from the house and to his car, getting in behind the wheel and starting it up. <br><br>"Just throw your bags in the back," he said as Brett got it while he pulled up a message on his phone.<br><br><strong>Bringing the wolf back to meet you,</strong> he typed then hit send. <br><br>It wasn't even a full ten seconds late that his phone chirped that he had a response. <br><br><strong>Why is he not dead Maddox?</strong>, it said simply enough. <br><br>Shit. He had some things to explain to his alpha. <br><br><strong>I'll explain that to you when we get there. You'll understand as you talk to him. </strong> <br><br>He had a plan forming in his head. Couldn't exactly go dropping the bomb of, 'Hey alpha, uh, I'm gay, and this here wolf is my mate.'<br><br>His sexuality nearly got him killed once already and he wasn't ready to go through that again, especially with the male he didn't think he could kill in defense like he had his own father. <br><br>No, he knew he couldn't kill Dean. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>23-01-2016, 15:56:05</strong>
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				Brett sighed, realizing Maddox was right. He felt exposed without the jacket or the jeans, but at the moment wearing bloodied clothing walking out of the house where.... He couldn't even think about it. All he knew was that it was a bad idea, all around. He slung the soiled clothing in a plastic bag before he left the house (what was the point of being delicate with them now?) and as he approached the car, made to fling them into the back seat before he stopped short, bag swinging wildly in his hand. <br><br>This wasn't Chris's old clunker. This was a decent car, bought new by the looks and smells of it. It was decently kept up, and while he knew very little about cars themselves, other than the very basic in survival, it looked like the kind of can Jon would have had pinned up in his room, beside his calendar, along with a few dozen others. Talk about bringing your work home with you. Brett, on the other hand, could have stared at that wall all day and would never have been able to identify which picture, if any, matched the vehicle he was stepping into. <br><br>In any case, it wasn't really a car one just threw a bag of bloody clothes into. Carefully, he set his bags in the backseat and then climbed in. <br><br>"Pack land!" He said emphatically, as though he were an advertising asset and not a bartender. He was still giddy from his relief, in a sense, and his humour twisted strangely in his own mind. "Sounds like a theme park." Meet the alpha? He almost rolled his eyes at the term. It was just so.... cliche. Wasn't it? Or, if he was looking at it fairly, assuming they actually WERE werewolves... Werewolf lore existed long before Hollywood was ever a thing. So, IF werewolves were real, and IF they were as old as their lore (never mind how old the lore said they were), it's possible that alpha was a term borrowed from them and subsequently bastardized into the mockery that he now pictured. <br><br>The thought sobered him a little. <br><br>"So, this guy... he's like, your leader, right? Your Wyatt Earp? Is he gonna track down the mutt that did this to me?" His voice was quiet, by the end, even and subdued. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>23-01-2016, 16:27:45</strong>
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				Brett placed his bag of clothes nicely in the back seat before getting in. Maddox reversed and pulled out if the driveway and began his drive towards out of town.<br><br>He glanced over at Brett as he said it sounded like an amusement park. He guessed it did slightly. Then he began speaking of Dean. He shook his head.<br><br>"Every pack has a leader they follow. Just like natural wolves, we have that pack mentality. Some are dominant, some more submissive than others. But we're a family.<br><br>"I'll track down the wolf who bit you. That's my job as pack enforcer. Me plus two other males, we're the police of sorts for our pack." And, his wolf wanted to find the one who hurt its mate.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>23-01-2016, 16:53:09</strong>
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				"Enforcer." Brett said, the hint of confusion in his voice mingling with something that sounded suspiciously like he was somehow impressed by the title. "So, is that why you were sent to collect me?" He asked quietly. "I'm in some kind of trouble, aren't I? Why do I get the feeling that while you might have snapped me up from under police custody, it wasn't to give me a ride home and a cup of coffee?" <br><br>He put his elbow up on the edge of the window, resting his chin in his palm. The mob had enforcers. They were rarely people you wanted to meet up with in a professional capacity. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>23-01-2016, 21:18:45</strong>
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				Maddox gave him a lopsided grin, warmth spreading through him that Brett might have been impressed. "Each pack has a few wolves that are the muscle, if you will. Every wolf can be a deadly force, but it takes a certain personality to track and put down. Keep the peace if need be. So, I'm a protector of my pack.<br><br>"A possible threat was found and I was dispatched to eliminate it. So yes, you are in trouble. But if I kill you, I won't be taking care of the problem seeing as how you were only bitten a month ago, if that.<br><br>"Means there is a rogue wolf going through our territory and you may not be the only one to be caught in his rage. Now, its finding the son of a bitch who threatens mine." He let out a low growl. That now included Brett, even if he didn't realize it.<br><br>Out of town on the main highway, he took a left onto a dirt road. It was concealed enough that people didn't know it was out here. For about a mile, it went on, great trees on either side before what looked to be a housing development could be seen.<br><br>The dirt turned to a paved road as soon as you entered the housing complex. About seventy years back, it had been thought to be one of the upcoming housing sections of their small city, but they had lost funding, leaving half done houses and lots left behind to whither away in the foliage. <br><br>The alpha before Dean found and rebuilt it fifteen years later. It housed the pack, a house for each family or individual, the biggest being the alpha's. <br><br>Once the dirt turned to street, he went straight to the alpha's and parked out front. "Alright. Time to meet the alpha."<br>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>24-01-2016, 06:45:34</strong>
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				Brett was quiet for the rest of the ride, trying to figure out what all the pack structure stuff had to do with him. He was a little confused by it all. He was in trouble, but how much? He was in trouble because he survived? He was in trouble because he was attacked? Being in trouble because he killed Jon made sense... But that didn't seem to be a big deal to these people. So, just how much trouble was he in? He spent a lot of minutes trying to come to terms with the fact that if they decided he needed to pay with his life, then he had no choice. He was lost in a new world and had exactly nothing going for him. <br><br>Closing his eyes and swallowing hard, Brett used one shaky hand to open the car door and stepped out on unsteady legs. There was at least one thing going for him. <br><br>"Hey, at least if they try to kill me, this whole, horrible nightmare will be over." He said grimly as he followed Maddox inside. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>24-01-2016, 14:46:37</strong>
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				Maddox looked over his shoulder as he walked up the path. "You're not going to be killed. You're going to learn to control the wolf so it won't have to come to that." <em>Ever,</em> he thought to himself, his wolf yipping in agreement.<br><br>He pushed open the front door, holding it open for Brett. Then he lead him to Dean's office. The alpha was standing at the window behind his desk, his arms crossed over his wide chest.<br><br>Standing at 6' 4", he was a bear of a man and if you knew what he was, you wouldn't think wolf. He turned and looked at Brett, then to Maddox, a brow raised.<br><br>He could smell the slight tang of fear, but it seemed the male was at ease with his adopted son. A hand rose, scratching his bearded cheek lightly before he motioned for them to sit. <br><br>Maddox sat in one of the chairs in front of the desk, nodding at the other for Brett to take. Dean sat in his chair and leaned back slightly, looking to his enforcer for an explanation.<br><br>"This is Brett. He was bitten about a month ago. As with every new wolf, he had no recollection of what had transpired," he began.<br><br>"So that means either there is a rogue in our territory, or one of our own bit him."<br><br>Dean nodded. "It couldn't have been one of ours. What wolf bites a human in their own territory? Not only is it forbidden, it's stupid if we are to continue living here."<br><br>Maddox nodded himself. "I know the law, alpha. The rogue then must be well seasoned or else we would have heard of him before this."<br><br>Dean looked at Brett. "Alright, do you have anyone who will miss you if you drift off? Because for the first couple of months, if you choose to live and learn to live this life, you won't be leaving our home until your wolf is tamed. <br><br>"Then, if you so choose, you stay as a part of this pack or leave town," Dean said, laying it out to him. If Maddox thought the pup was saveable, he trusted him.<br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>24-01-2016, 17:34:46</strong>
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				Brett could tell the other man was convinced of the assurances he gave, but Brett himself wasn't so sure. After all, if they were werewolves, they were monsters. A small voice, calm and steady in his mind asked him a grim question he wasn't sure he had an answer to. or wanted an answer to, for that matter. <em>But if you're a werewolf as well, doesn't that make you a monster now, too?</em> Did monsters eat their own? Or kill them, for that matter? He figured they must. Wasn't that, after all, what made them monsters in the first place? No matter how Maddox assured him, he found himself with visions of being pinned to the floor by one of the direwolves from Game of Thrones, snarling over him before he became like so much of that cast. <br><br>But hey, at least eaten alive by a motherfucking direwolf was was a great story to tell Jon when he saw him. <br><br>When he saw the alpha, of course, he was even more convinced that, if he were to be executed now, that was how it was going to go down. Great snarling beast and a single good shake. Maybe he'd be kind enough to break his neck, first? <br><br>Brett slid into the seat beside Maddox, giving the other man a glance nervously as he did so. What he REALLY wanted to do was slink back to push his spine against the wall by the door, and something inside of him put him in mind of a dog standing with its tail between its legs. he was just glad no one was asking HIM to explain what was going on. But it seemed they had that covered, Brett barely keeping up on this talk of territory and forbidden bitings, wandering back and forth in the territory of discussing his life as though he were a case study instead of the man in the chair in front of them both. <br><br>As suddenly as he thought it, though, they were both staring directly at him and he blinked. he'd just been asked a question. What had he been asked? Anyone who would miss him? "My boss." He blurted out without thinking. "I call my parents, but I haven't seen them in a while, so other than that...." Jon, he almost said, before he remembered. And Chris wasn't likely to miss him, either. That's what his life had amounted to. Work, friend, family, boyfriend... It had seemed so comfy and cozy, simple enough to be manageable and rich enough to keep him fulfilled. Now it seemed so terribly isolated. "No..." He confessed, his eyes sliding away from the other two in a moment of sullen depression. <br><br>"No, nobody will miss me." Nobody will miss me for those months. Nobody will miss me tonight, no one tomorrow, my boss will only miss me if I don't show up for work. Nobody will care if I leave town, if I go home. Nobody will care if I never go home. I'm still here, but I'm lost to everything. <br><br>"I understand." 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>24-01-2016, 18:04:08</strong>
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				Maddox didn't like how the male said that. Like he thought he was alone. His wolf growled and he had to clear his throat to stop his own from rumbling.<br><br>Dean nodded and looked at Maddox. "Shiloh and Reyes can take care of all the duties. You help him learn control," he looked to Brett, "and if you can't, you die." It was as simple as that.<br><br>Maddox lifted a brow. Dean was taking this very well. Very accepting of this. But he nodded. "Yes alpha." <br><br>"He'll stay with you," Dean said as Maddox stood. He nodded. He wouldn't have it any other way.<br><br>"Come on," he said to Brett. "Let's get you cleaned up."
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>24-01-2016, 18:22:16</strong>
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				<em>Oh, well, no pressure then,</em> Brett thought. <em>Just learn to control the murderous, bloodthirsty, wild animal that is apparently now sharing your mind and killed Jon, or, you know... die.</em> If it weren't for the fact that it was he himself being threatened - or possibly the fact that the two men were really quite imposing - Brett might have laughed at the situation. Probably long enough to have passed out all over again. <br><br>Instead he just sighed. "Uh... yeah, th-... thanks." He hesitated, pausing in midair as he moved to push himself out of the chair. What was the protocol here? Did he incline his head, like with a king of some kind? He could picture the guy as a tribal king of sorts. Did he bare his throat? That seemed a little much. What about a handshake? He glanced to Maddox, who seemed ready to just walk out, and finished standing, moving quickly and keeping his back turned only as briefly as he could manage. he slunk around the corner and darted out the door as quickly as possible and took the next several steps down the hall until he was sure he was out of earshot. Then again, didn't wolves have exceptional hearing? <br><br>He followed Maddox back to the car, then looked around. Most of the houses seemed really close nearby and he wondered if they'd even have to bother with driving. "Uhm... so, probably going to need to wash my clothes, then take a shower. Likely in that order. And I don't know when I ate last..." As the thought came over him, he paled. Jon. Chances were, Jon was when he'd eaten last. Had he actually eaten Jon? he leaned against the side of the car, his palms on the metal as he closed his eyes, suddenly panting as though he'd sprinted twice the distance between the Alpha's house and the car. The worst part was, as the thought occurred to him, he could feel and easily hear his stomach growling. He really <em>was</em> a monster, now. <br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>24-01-2016, 19:48:27</strong>
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				Maddox rubbed Brett's back gently. "Breathe, Brett. It will be alright." There were so many things he wanted to do for the male, but they'd have to wait until they were in the privacy of his own home. <br><br>"Come on. I'll get the car later. I just live down there. You could use the fresh air." He urged him off the car and gently pushed him towards his house. <br><br>Once there, he opened the door and lead him inside. "You can use the shower in my bedroom. Last door at the end of the hall. Use whatever you need and take as long as you need. I'll throw your clothes in the washer." They were still in the car. <br><br>"I'll be right back. Go get cleaned up, then we'll feed you." He left then, going back to his car to grab the bags.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>24-01-2016, 20:45:37</strong>
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				Nodding numbly, Brett allowed himself to be herded towards one of the other houses. Despite having been keenly interested in the houses only moments beforehand, everything around him just seemed like a blur, now. The hand on his back kept him steady for a little while, until he was pushed out in front to make his way on his own. <br><br>The house had no details in Brett's mind, aside from "this is a door" "that's a floor" and "Don't hit the wall". he had wanted to be present in mind, to at least do the right thing, offer his host's home the attention it deserved. But for all he knew Maddox wasn't incredibly glad to have Brett staying with him in the first place. He wandered to the end of the hall and didn't even think about closing the door before he stripped down and stepped into the bathroom. It was nice, he could tell that, at least, nicer than the places he'd been in before that. Jon's place hadn't really been.... <br><br>He pushed the thought away, and looked up at himself in the mirror. Well, the water from the stream hadn't exactly done a perfect job, had it? There was still blood on his face in places, particularly in the scruff that covered his chin. He'd thought it'd only been one had he'd been out of it, but... had it been longer? it almost looked it. Then again, maybe wolf-men needed to shave more often? He stepped into the shower and tried to sear the thoughts away with a stream of steaming hot water. <br><br>It was almost half an hour later by the time that Brett, smelling oddly of soaps and shampoos he'd never used before, stepped out from the shower. He grabbed a towel, rubbed it over his hair and then wrapped it around his waist. Stepping out into the bedroom, he started to call for Maddox. Did he want the emergency clothes back - Brett was slowly guessing what they were for - or should he wear them till his own stuff was clean?
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>24-01-2016, 23:53:52</strong>
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				Maddox brought the bags from the car and went to the laundry room by the back door. He put the clothes, torn and all, in hot water with soap and stain remover. Them he went to the kitchen and made up some sandwiches.<br><br>He paced in the kitchen afterwards, his wolf demanding he go get in the shower with his male. And he wanted to see that body once again dripping with water but he didn't. He'd keep the erection he was beginning to get to himself.<br><br>When he heard his name, he walked to his bedroom and stopped in his tracks at the sight of the male, only a towel around his waist, deliciously moist, and smelling like his soaps. His cock twitched behind his zipper.<br><br>He forced himself to look up. "Yes?" he all but croaked.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>25-01-2016, 03:09:44</strong>
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				Brett leaned over, grabbing the discarded clothing that he'd tossed on the bed and holding it up to Maddox. "So, uhm... this stuff, or should I just wait till my stuff is clean?" He noticed the other man acting a little... well there were few other words for it, but 'squirrely' came to mind. He raised an eyebrow at him. <br><br>"Everything okay, old man?" As he dropped the clothing back onto the bed, some of his hair fell into his eyes. It was an absent-minded gesture that saw him rake the strands back out of his face. "You look like you're going to explode if you don't.. I dunno, run laps or something."
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>25-01-2016, 03:24:09</strong>
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				Running laps was not the kind of physical activity he had on his mind. His face reddened slightly. But the male calling him old man caused a tick in his jaw. <br><br>"I'm gonna have to show you that I'm not an old man," he said, the words a little huskier than he intended. He took a step forward to do just that but stopped himself mid stride. He shook his head.<br><br>"Yeah, just put those back on for the time being. Your clothes will be done within the hour." He turned and started back to the kitchen. <br><br>"This bedroom here will be yours." He knocked on the door jam as he walked past. "When you're dressed, come into the kitchen to eat." <br><br>He needed to put distance between him and that naked wet body. He was pretty sure Brett wouldn't appreciate being tackled to the floor and practically molested.and it had been a couple of months since he had last gotten laid. <br><br>Well, more than a couple. Seven to be exact.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>25-01-2016, 04:48:24</strong>
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				Brett's cocked eyebrow rose another fraction of an inch when Maddox made the comment about showing him he wasn't old, what with the way he seemed to want to rush him. Maddox took a step forward, and Brett reflexively bent his knees, his back hunching slightly. He tried to tell himself it was a reflection of the way he'd imagined a tail between legs before, and contented himself with that. And then he suddenly stopped and shook his head. Was he deciding it wasn't worth it to start whipping the new guy into shape just yet? Brett said a silent prayer. He didn't want to go up against Maddox any time soon. The guy looked like he hauled logs - maybe roofing? - for a living. Then again, maybe just being a werewolf enforcer was a job? Not a question the younger man wanted to ask just yet. <br><br>He glanced down at his clothes just as Maddox was walking away, his head only snapping back up as his host rapped his knuckles on the way out, drawing Brett's attention. It confused him, the talking about the room, and he made to start off after him before he realized he was in a towel and... nothing else. He dropped the shirt and pulled the shorts on underneath, lifting the towel away from his waist and letting it come undone so he could toss it at the door to the bathroom. It landed so that it was hung up, if not exactly spread out to dry properly. He didn't have time to contemplate that, though, and figured if he was going to be staying in here, he could fix it in a few hours. <br><br>He walked out after Maddox, pulling the shirt down over his head when the back of his hand grazed over the scratchy stubble on his chin. "Hey, uh.... Werewolves grow their hair in like... three times as fast, or something?" He kept walking till he found the kitchen, hoping he was on Maddox's trail. "Okay, so wait... WHY am I sleeping in your room? No offense, but even Jon kicked my ass onto the couch, and honestly, I don't mind. Couches have been my place for weeks, and I'm cool with that. Just because daddy says I gotta stay here doesn't mean I'm gonna piss you off the whole time I'm here. Hey, this for me?" He pointed down at a sandwich and looked up. <br><br>"Anyways, if I can get back to work tonight, there's some pretty decent tips to be made." 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>25-01-2016, 06:22:37</strong>
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				He felt his dick twitch behind the zipper at sharing a room, much less a bed with the male. He cleared his throat. "No, the bedroom next to mine. There's a bed, a dresser, and closet for your things."<br><br>He nodded. "Our hair does grow rather quickly, so if you shave, buy stock in a good razor. It's kind of why Dean has his beard, but it's at least well maintained. And I have my scruff," he said, running his fingers down his cheeks to his chin with one hand.<br><br>"And work, no. You won't be going back for awhile. The wolf is too new. One thing can set it off and you'll have more blood on your hands." That was the truth. Speaking of...<br><br>"What do you do for a living?" he asked him, pushing the sandwich toward him with a nod.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>26-01-2016, 01:58:04</strong>
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				Gratefully, Brett pulled the sandwich towards himself and found a place to sit. He began to bring truth to the act of 'wolfing' it down. "Yeah, well, you look good with scruff, I just look like a junkie." He said thoughtlessly, the words slightly muffled by the food. He was glad he at least had some of this kind of stuff in his bag, wherever that had ended up. <br><br>It was at the mention that he would not be returning to work that he raised his eyebrow, finally tearing his attention from the food and finally giving it all to Maddox. He chewed the mouthful he was currently wrestling with a few more time before he swallowed and spoke. "Uh... no, I gotta go to work. I'm a bartender. And I don't know what you know about the industry, but... If I miss work, I could be replaced in a split second. Come on, I <em>gotta</em> go to work, I have to make a living. I mean, it's not much, it's not this kinda living," he held up one finger, whirling it in the air to indicate the ceiling and by extension, the house around him. "But all the more reason I gotta get back to it. You may not think much of me now, but being a bartender wasn't my dream - it WAS my fallback. What do I do if I fall out of my fallback?"<br><br>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>26-01-2016, 02:18:40</strong>
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				Maddox took a seat across from Brett as he began to eat. He smiled at him when he said he looked good with his scruff. He finished his mouthful of sandwich when Maddox said he couldn't go back to work. Then began to tell him he had to. <br><br>Maddox shook his head. "Right now, your wolf is volatile and without a more dominant wolf around, he'll act out if provoked. You being a bartender would cause that to happen. Shitty customers and the like.<br><br>"You will be able to go back eventually, but for at least the first couple months, you can't. <br><br>"I'm not saying this to be a dick. It's people's lives here." He let out a sigh, hoping Brett understood.<br><br>"You haven't even shifted without the full moon. You don't understand the urges and wants yet. And they'll only get worse as the moon approaches. <br><br>"If you lose your job, we'll find you work. I don't just sit on money. I worked for this. The whole pack does."
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>26-01-2016, 03:24:50</strong>
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				Brett scowled, putting the sandwich on the plate and staring at it vengefully. Yeah, it was people's lives. His life. And then Maddox went and made him feel like a dick for an insinuation he hadn't realized he was making. Whatever Maddox had going for him, he was doing well enough, that was for sure. But Brett had never meant to insinuate that he'd gotten any of this for free. On the contrary, he more likely looked at Brett and his life, his job, and wondered what was so good about keeping it. But it was all he had. And now here was this relative stranger pretty much keeping him hostage in the middle of nowhere, taking him away from his family, his friends - Brett was in no mood to be logical or fair about any of that - and telling him he couldn't go back, to hell with the job he actually <em>liked</em>. Hell, since Chris had pushed him out the door, at least it was a way to get drunk and laid and do it all on someone else's dime. <br><br>But no, apparently he wouldn't be allowed for months yet. Like it was so easy for Brett, who'd never so much as been to college and wasn't exactly built for hard labour, to find a job that he could have the pay, the perks and the tips of what he was being told he had to leave behind. It was a shitty job, comparative to whatever Maddox did, sure, but it was <em>his</em> shitty job, and he wanted to keep it. <br><br>"Yeah, well," he said, with a heavy dose of sullen behind his words. "I'm not part of your <em>"pack"</em>." The last word was practically spat as Brett stood up and started to walk out of the kitchen. The food was forgotten now, and as he left he came up with some excuse. "I left the towel on the floor," he lied, not bothering to look back. He did momentarily stop into Maddox's room - even if it wasn't on the floor, a momentary flare of conscience made him straighten the thing on the back of the bathroom door and he wandered back out again. <br><br>He made his way into the room that Maddox had designated as his ('<em>At least it's bigger than eight by eight</em>') and flopped himself down on his stomach on the bed. He stared towards the window, despite that all he could see was the grey, overcast sky outside. And if it wasn't overcast, well, then that was a damned big cloud. The realization made him snort with humourless laughter. Wasn't that a telling sky, in that case? <br><br>And the worst part was, he had no one to turn to. Maddox and Dean had made it clear: Going back home could put his brother and his parents in danger. And aside from them, aside from work, aside from Jon and Chris... Everything he'd had was taken away from him. Either taken away from him, or in Maddox's laundry room. With a sigh, he buried his forehead on the forearms crossed in front of him. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>26-01-2016, 03:46:32</strong>
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				Maddox's arms crossed over his wide chest and he sucked his teeth in annoyance. To a point, the human side of him understood why Brett was having an attitude. <br><br>He was being told he had to basically leave it all behind until he got control. Which could be soon or way down the road. But that was up to him.<br><br>His wolf on the other hand wanted to show who the dominant here was. <br><br>He growled low when Brett got up snippily and walked off, even though he tried to lighten the mood with some excuse about leaving the towel out. He stood and followed after him. He stopped at the door to his spare room and looked at the male laying on the bed, head down on his arms.<br><br>"Look Brett, I'm sorry this fucking happened to you, but if I hadn't found you, once a month you'll be waking up covered in blood with no fucking memories.<br><br>"You want to leave, fine. But you won't be able to stop it. And you will not like the consequences. Because next time I find you covered in blood, I will kill you. I protect my pack and territory.<br><br>"Either you're a part of it, or you're not. Figure it out really soon because I don't like wasting my fucking time," he growled out before leaving Brett alone in the room. He went to his and slammed the door behind him.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>26-01-2016, 04:56:52</strong>
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				Brett heard the door slam and the obnoxiousness of it made him grab his pillow. He leaned over to one side and just about threw it out into the hallway before he thought better of it. If it irked Maddox enough to come back, things could get ugly quick. He might not like being trapped here, but the idea that Maddox and Dean both could kick him out and he'd have nowhere to go - or worse, despite their supposedly good nature, could simply decide he was too much trouble and kill him - wasn't an alternative he was prepared to face. And, even if it didn't further rile Maddox, Brett didn't feel like getting up to retrieve a pillow. Instead, he shoved it angrily under his chest and propped himself up. He wished that his sketch pad wasn't still at Chris' place. If ever he needed some time to put horror on paper, this was certainly it. <br><br>"You don't scare me..." Brett muttered, staring into the blank sky outside. "I dated a hairdresser." At least Maddox hadn't thrown things at him and held his art ominously over a table full of scented candles. <br><br>Brett stayed where he was for several more hours, moping to himself and mourning the loss of everything he knew, in a way. He mourned his dead friend - although he'd never admit that when he shifted onto his side and hugged the pillow with his knees up in front of him, that he wept silently and shamelessly with his back to the doorway - and fumed that somehow, all of this was Chris' fault. He raged in his own mind, picturing all the righteous ways he would overcome, prove to be beyond everyone's expectations and then crush them all under his heel. He fantasized about going rogue and evading all of them, biting a hundred, a thousand, and coming back to destroy the pack. He imagined a horrific scene where he accidentally killed his mother, or his father, or worse, his brother. He imagined using werewolf skills (weren't they supposed to be faster? Stronger? Something?) to get so good at his job that his boss made him a business partner. <br><br>Somewhere along the way, through all the ticking moments and racing thoughts, the light outside the window started to dim in minute increments. Brett didn't know exactly when Maddox had picked him up - well, chased him down, threatened him repeatedly, forced him to face Jon's demise, take responsibility, then kidnapped him, more like - but it was obviously much later than that, by now. His clothing should be done drying. He considered asking Maddox about it, but ... well, might be better if he just got up and did it himself. He swung out of bed, his senses feeling dull from all the wrestling in his own mind, and he moved sluggishly. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>26-01-2016, 05:46:02</strong>
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				Maddox growled as he stalked around his room, wearing nothing but his boxers. That male was damn aggravating! <br><br>But he had been through a lot. His mind wasn't in the right place.<br><br>Still, he angered Maddox's wolf like no other. Was it because of who he was meant to be? Was it a pure dominance issue? Maddox didn't want to constantly fight with his mate. He shook his head.<br><br>He needed a drink. Something to settle his nerves. <br><br>He left his bedroom, going straight to the liquor cabinet in the kitchen, but his steps slowed as he passed the empty spare. He followed the noise to his laundry room to see Brett grabbing his clothes from the dryer. Maddox could see the exhaustion in his movement. <br><br>He closed the distance and grabbed the basket beside the dryer. "Brett, go lay down. I got this. You need to sleep, let your body relax. I'll bring your things to the room."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>26-01-2016, 06:45:56</strong>
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				Brett muttered and let Maddox in front of him to access the dryer. He still wasn't terribly pleased with him, but at least the man wasn't yelling at him anymore. And he'd mostly spent his rage in his imagination anyhow. <br><br>"I've been laying down all .. .day? Afternoon? I dunno, I haven't looked at a clock since I woke up. Whatever. I'm fine, just... mentally fried." He waited while the clothes were taken to the basket. "Here," he said, holding out his hands. "I like to fold. It creates order. It's calming." <br><br>"By the way." He asked, turning to make his way out of the room again. "Happen to have some blank paper, pencil... charcoal, anything like that hanging around?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>26-01-2016, 06:56:55</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Maddox nodded and handed the basket full of clothes to Brett. When he asked about paper and pencil, charcoal specifically, Maddox's brow lifted. Well that was interesting.<br><br>"I do. Go ahead and take this to your room. I'll go get them for you." He went back to his room and in the closet was a bookshelf with all his materials. <br><br>Brett was going to be there for awhile, so he grabbed one of the unused sketch pads and an unopened box of drawing and charcoal pencils. He took them to the spare. <br><br>"Here's a sketch pad and some pencils. This should keep for awhile."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>26-01-2016, 07:05:43</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Brett was already in the middle of folding, sitting on his bed cross-legged and setting neatly-folded piles in an organized chaos all over the surface. When Maddox walked in with the supplies he glanced up, the expression of surprise on his face very clear. <br><br>"Huh." He said quietly, nodding to a space at the foot. "Lucky for me, that. All my stuff is still at ho-..." He had been going to say home before he stopped himself. Chris's place wasn't that anymore. Chris wasn't that anymore. It all felt so recently, but given the events of the day&nbsp; - few days? Weeks? - it might as well have been in another world tucked away in faulty memory. "Well, anyways, it might be. Or, it might be that it's all been burned and is lining the bottom of some incense holder somewhere." He smiled ruefully, making mechanical progress through the basket of meager possessions with a depressing rapidity. <br><br>"Anyways, thanks. It'll help keep some things in perspective before sleep, I think. Clear out the subconscious, you know..." He shrugged, suddenly a little self-conscious. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>27-01-2016, 01:12:55</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Maddox put the pad and pencils down, listening to the male speak. His voice was much better without the aggression lacing it. <br><br>His brows lowered over his eyes when he spoke of his things. This Chris fellow, he might have to pay a visit too. Well, just to get Brett's things of course. Right...<br><br>A brow lifted when he spoke of drawing to clear his subconscious. He crossed his arms over his bare chest. "You going to draw what you remember?" he asked. <br><br>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>28-01-2016, 00:57:10</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Brett stopped in mid-fold, holding the shirt he had been attending to instead out in front of him in a refusal to move. <br><br>"I honestly hadn't thought about that," he confessed. "I'm not sure if it would do any good. Normally I just draw to clear out my mind, so I'm not carrying things around with me. You know, unless I have a particular project." As he explained, he started into motion again, the movement soothing. "I sometimes work commission, but for the most part, it's just a hobby. A way of entertaining myself, and... I guess in a sense a kind of therapy." <br><br>He shrugged, fishing the last article of clothing out of the basket (it's not like he had a lot to begin with) and quickly adding it to one of the piles so that he could begin stacking them. "I've never really questioned why I do it, I suppose. Just something I've always done. Now, Mike, my brother... My brother has a fantastic singing voice, plays guitar... He used to say that one day, he was going to record an album and just randomly poke at my art until he'd used it to create his CD jacket." A quirk of his lips punctuated the way that Brett stood to move over to the dresser, all of his clothing filling all of two drawers, and that just barely. With a sigh, he pushed them back in and took to the bed again. <br><br>"Think it's worth a try?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>28-01-2016, 04:15:31</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Maddox shrugged. "Could help in two ways. Could be therapeutic to you like you said and if you can manage to draw little clues that lead me to the wolf that bit you,&nbsp; that would help me and the boys get this rogue."<br><br>He knew it was wishful thinking but if Brett did manage to remember anything, it'd help immensely. He did cock his head in thought though.<br><br>"What do you draw usually?" he asked.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>28-01-2016, 22:56:15</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Brett shrugged, not sure what to answer with. "Whatever it occurs to me to draw. If I'm feeling lonely, I might draw something that exemplifies solitude, to me- enforced or chosen. If I'm angry, I might draw something that, again, to me, is explicitly rage. Sometimes it's riots of colour, others it's barely legible sketching, then again it could be pastels or something more along the lines of a comic book or graphic novel." He reached up again, brushing his hands through his hair in a way that made it fall all over the place, more out of a nervous habit than any real desire to bring order to his unruly locks. <br><br>"I draw whatever I need to draw. Whatever needs out. Whatever it looks like in my head, that's what I try to put on paper." <br><br>After an awkward moment saying nothing, he turned to Maddox. "What about you?" He raised an eyebrow, nodding towards the supplies the other man had brought him. "You didn't have those in anticipation of my visit. So... why do you draw?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>29-01-2016, 04:35:05</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				He looked at Brett thoughtfully. Those were good reasons. He smiled a little as the male ran hand through his hair and he had to hold back from brushing it from his face. Damn the male looked food tusseled.<br><br>At his question, his smile widened at that raised eyebrow. "I draw to calm myself. It's a smooth action. Relaxing. And it fills my wallet, although sometimes what I'm asked to create is quite odd," he made a face and shrugged. "But money is money."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>29-01-2016, 22:22:51</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Ah." Was all Brett said, a sudden realization coming over him. Commissions. He was an artist. And apparently, he made pretty decent money with what he created. he'd never heard of someone good enough or lucky enough to be able to make good, steady income from their artwork. At least, no one personally, and not until long after they were enjoying some level of fame. No one he'd known, certainly. Suddenly he felt very self-conscious about his own art. Once or twice, a loyal friend - usually Jon - had told him he should look into doing art and layout for graphic novels, since some of his horror work seemed to fit the genre's most successful examples, but never a passerby, and aside from Jon and his immediate family, he couldn't really say he had a single person he knew of that could be considered a fan. <br><br>It really was more of a hobby for him, and he wondered what Maddox would think, how it would stack up. he didn't think he'd want to hear the comparison, or risk hearing Maddox critique it. He determined to wait until the older man couldn't see before he started exercising his subconscious. <br><br>"Well... Uh... art is subjective, and all that stuff." He said awkwardly when he realized he'd been silent for a while. "I never would have pegged you for an artist's work, though. I thought all werewolves worked like... construction or military or ... I dunno, Hulk jobs. Or is that just a TruBlood/Hollywood thing?" In order to distract from being so self-conscious, he leaned back against the headboard of his bed, against the pillows and folded his hands across his stomach, stretching his legs out on the bed and kicking his feet up until one ankle was crossed over the other. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>30-01-2016, 18:12:11</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Maddox chuckled at that. "Hulk jobs, huh?" He shook his head. "Yeah, that is a very Trueblood/Hollywood thing. We have typical everyday jobs just like human's do. Hell, Shiloh is an insurance salesman in town.<br><br>"Some of the others are good with their hands. Blake and Brandon run the furniture shop in town, specializing in customized wooden pieces. Amber works at the bakery, can decorate one hell of a cake.<br><br>He shrugged. "I can do heavy lifting when needed, just prefer the relaxing calm of my work. If you'd like to check some of it out, the desk off the living room with the computer, you can pull some of my books and look. That's just doodles and what not. My stuff for work is on the computer." <br><br>As he spoke, his eyes trailed over Brett's lounging form on the bed, causing his dick to twitch behind his boxers. "Alright, get some sleep. We have a long day ahead of us. Spare bathroom is across the hall," he said before turning and going back to his own room. <br><br>He shook his head. He knew he could have originally told him to use that shower when they had first gotten there, but the thought of the males smelling like his own soaps and shampoos damn near had his wolf salivating and the beast wouldn't have let him have it any other way. He got into his bed and laid down, staring at the ceiling. <br><br>How was he going to work this? The male was gay, he already had that going for him, but if he dropped the whole wolf mate thing on him on top of being turned into a werewolf, that may be a bit much for the male. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>30-01-2016, 20:15:30</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Insurance salesman?" Brett laughed. "Who's he insuring you fr- No, wait, there's a better one: You're gonna take the policy o- Hang on, no wait." He was almost laughing too hard by now to have control over what he was saying. "A-hah! Poor Shiloh." <br><br>He wasn't even watching Maddox watch him at this point, so when the older man said something about getting some rest for tomorrow, he finally calmed his laughter and shrugged. "Alright, alright, I get the point, pops. Get to bed." He looked up at Maddox headed for the door and simply said, "Thanks" after the retreating back. He didn't know what else to say. Maddox might be the face of everything that was going wrong for Brett today - tonight, now - but he was also the person who'd done everything he reasonably could, given the situation. Brett had, true, been hoping that Maddox was the one playing an elaborate practical joke, but short of that... well... Thanks was the least he could do. <br><br>Once Maddox had left, Brett stripped down to his own boxer-briefs and slid under the covers, sprawling out on his stomach as he normally did and, pulled the pad towards him. For an hour or so, he drew sketch after sketch of confusion, of dark, swirling masses with teeth and claws, of fear in the form of being lost in the woods, the images jagged and jarring. In the graphic novel style Jon had loved so much, he drew his friend's face in the way he imagined it would look now - blank and half-covered in obscuring stains. In his own blood. <br><br>Eventually, he fell asleep face-down beside his sketchpad, fingers loosely still holding to the charcoal pencil and drawing lines of light shading as his hand twitched in a dream. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>30-01-2016, 23:44:34</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Maddox woke at seven, like he tended to do, and got up and took a quick shower. When he finished, he looked at his face, this way and that, deciding he didn't need a trim yet. At seven thirty, he walked out of his room and stopped in front of Brett's door. They had gotten in at a decent enough time, so he wouldn't feel bad for this. <br><br>He banged on the door. "Time to wake up, pup!" he growled out loudly through the door, making fun back since he kept on getting the old man or pops comment.<br><br>"You have ten minutes or I'm coming in!" he threatened before he walked into his kitchen.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>30-01-2016, 23:57:27</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				The door. Banging. A gruff, loud voice. Brett pushed himself to his hands and leaned back from the pillow, his face bearing lines where the folds of material had rested against the skin all night. He blinked, eyes trying to open wide and barely managing to open at all. His hand crushed the pencil into the page slightly and he cursed. Well, so much for that. he tossed the pencil on the floor off the bed and picked up the page, blowing the dust off of it and closing it so that no more harm would come to Jon's face than needed to. <br><br>With that, he looked around... and realized he wasn't on the couch. The couch... the couch was gone and he was in a bed. Whose bed? No one had been there with him, he could tell that - the bed and sheets were cold beside him. With that, the memories of the day before came flooding back and he groaned. <br><br>Tossing the book on the floor beside the pencil, he refused to do anything so much as pull on pants, and instead walked out into the hallway, and subsequently into the kitchen, rushed, half-chubbed from waking up and brushing his hair out of his eyes while the other hand scratched idly at his chest. "It's seven o'clock in the morning, <span style="font-size: 6pt;" class="bbc_size">you ungodly prick...</span>" he mumbled almost incoherently as he looked at the clock. Normally, he'd just have been getting to bed right about now. Maybe an hour earlier, but not much more than that. He looked first at Maddox, hating for a moment that he looked so chipper, then back out towards the hallway. <br><br>Turning around, he headed back for the bathroom, realizing he had to take a piss really bad. He barely kicked the door closed, but not shut, groaning while morning made its presence known in stiffness of joint and muscle - every muscle - alike, trying to work past that to be able to relieve himself. At least, relieve himself one way. The other would have to wait quite a while, if Maddox's attitude was any indication. he daydreamed for an instant, what it might be like to be able to relieve himself <em>with</em> Maddox, and while the thought sent shivers down his spine and made him feel satisfaction in a strange way, he doubted that was going to be on the table for quite some time yet. Probably until ever, really, now they had a teacher/student thing going on. But hey, there was no telling what other morsels this new pack might have to offer. <br><br>Something about that idea made him feel strangely uncomfortable. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>31-01-2016, 00:31:27</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Maddox's ears twitched as the male came into the kitchen mumbling like he was.a brow rose as he turned to look at the male, clad only in his boxers. Well hell. That got his dick's attention. But then he was walking away and made it to the bathroom.<br><br>Maddox laughed lightly. He had a feeling that this was going to be pretty fun. When he came back out, Maddox stood there, arms crossed over his chest. <br><br>"Wear something you won't mind shredding." He smiled. "It's time to meet your wolf."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>31-01-2016, 02:31:16</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Uh, you reali-... Huh." Brett had been about to say 'you realize I have three pairs of pants, six shirts and eight pairs of boxers, and that's about it, right?' But as he thought about it, he remembered he still had Maddox's spare clothing on the floor of the spare room. "Yeah, sure... Alright, no problem." <br><br>He raised a hand to his eyes, rubbing at them, trying to clear them of the minute patches of anger that came from being suddenly dry and cold so early. "When are we going?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>31-01-2016, 02:56:16</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Maddox's brow lifted at his response. But then he asked when they were leaving. "Now. This is an all day event. So we'll stop and get some food, then well get to the spit you'll we'll be shifting." <br><br>He motioned to the spare. "Get dressed. We're wasting daylight." Without another word, he went to the kitchen and grabbed a few water bottles before walking to the front door.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>31-01-2016, 03:36:27</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"What?" Brett said sharply. "Seriously, before breakfast?" His groan was childish, but he didn't care. "Seriously, I... I, <span style="font-size: 6pt;" class="bbc_size">fuckin'... hate you...</span>"<br><br>He shuffled his feet as he walked into the room designated as his, lazily pulling on Maddox's clothing and then trudging back out to the kitchen. He had been going to at least retain the grace to pretend he was slightly abashed at wearing clothing that wasn't his, but he resented being in motion so early on an empty stomach, and so didn't even offer that much. In fact, he found it infinitely more comfortable to wear a scowl. "Coffee, at least? A smoke? Rum? A joint - anything to make being out so goddamned early more tolerable?" He also didn't bother hiding his grumbling. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>31-01-2016, 05:34:13</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Maddox pinched the bridge of his nose. "You know I can here your crybaby retorts, yes? Heightened hearing and all that." He groaned. "I'm dealing with a fucking child in a grown man's body, aren't I?" <br><br>He then forced himself to.open the front door. "We'll grab some food and you can get your fucking coffee before you show me what you can do," he said while shaking his head as he walked to his car.<br><br>It was definitely going to be a long day, wasn't it?
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>31-01-2016, 06:29:47</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"At seven AM?" Brett asked acidly. "You fuckin' bet your fuzzy wuzzy ass, grandpa." The sullen tone of his voice was unmistakable. He wasn't entirely happy with being called a child. "You know, I'm usually just finished work only a few hours ago, yeah? So... This seven AM thing, this isn't going to be a new constant, is it?" Brett looked around, locating his shoes. He only had the one pair, which he hoped he'd have time to ditch before they got shredded up. He didn't know what the guy meant about meeting his wolf, but he was kinda certain this wasn't going to be some Navajo bullshit about calling spirits of the wild. Unless he was now considered a spirit of the wild. Somehow, he didn't think he rated quite that high. In any case, this endeavour sounded violent. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>31-01-2016, 10:16:35</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Keep it up, pup. I have half a mind to make this day get excruciatingly shitty for you," he snarled out as he opened the car's door. "And the wolf doesn't give two shits what time it is.<br><br>"Now stop your bitching and get in the fucking car."<br><br>He got in and roughly started her up, waiting for Brett patiently, the whole time his wolf demanding he show him who's top dog here.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>01-02-2016, 00:49:24</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Brett rolled his eyes. "Fuck off, old man." He whispered to himself after the car was started, before he opened the door. He fell into place on the passenger seat and pulled the door closed in behind him, clicking his seatbelt into place and throwing himself back in the seat with a groan. <br><br>His head felt fuzzy and he was angry at the morning. God, he was tired. His eyes felt grainy behind the lids, and he'd never been remotely anything anyone would call a morning person. The gentle hum of the car around him, the warmth of the leather reflecting back his own body heat and the way the corners gently rocked him back and forth in the seat, Brett was dozing again in a matter of a minute or two. In his head, he kept up a steady diatribe of anger towards Maddox, who hadn't barely gotten a moment's complaint from Brett, compared to what people normally got, waking him up like this and acting like they got to snark when he was upset. The guy came at him hard and cranky and somehow blamed Brett for it? Hmph.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>01-02-2016, 00:56:34</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Brett dozed in the car so there wasn't any snarky comments on the ride to where they were going. He stopped at a local drive thru and grabbed some breakfast sandwiches for the whiner before he pulled into the place they'd leave the car. He shut off the car and roughly pushed at his shoulder to wake him up.<br><br>"We're here," he said gruffly before getting out of the car. When Brett made it out, he threw the bag of food over the car at him. <br><br>"Eat it fast. We'll be where were going in a matter of minutes." Without another word, he turned and walked into the woods, pulling his shirt over his head.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>01-02-2016, 22:43:20</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Brett grunted at the rough way Maddox handled waking him for the second time that morning. Vaguely, he wiped a hand over his face and wondered if the man was <em>trying</em> to piss him off. As a response, his mind sated him on images of kicking him - hard and repeatedly - in the ribs some coming morning. This morning was a bad idea, though, because in his groggy stupor, Brett had allowed himself to be put in a position where the cranky-ass&nbsp; old wolf was his only ride home. <br><br>Brett grunted again as the food bag caught him in the side of the face and his reactions were too slow to catch it on the way down. The little, paper-wrapped packages tumbled out onto the ground and had it not been for that waxed protection, he would have been even crankier. As it was, he just muttered a string of curses beneath his breath. <br><br>By the time he looked up, he raised an eyebrow, watching Maddox clear the shirt and disappear into the trees. What the fuck was going on? Meeting his wolf was beginning to sound more and more suspect a venture the more minutes passed. Brett unwrapped the first sandwich and took a gigantic bite, clearing half the thing in one go. As he started to chew and walk at the same time, he felt his stomach growl and realized he'd skipped out on the second half of the one sandwich he'd had the day before. He sincerely hoped Maddox had already eaten something, because there was no way Brett was stopping before this bag was empty. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>01-02-2016, 23:28:59</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				They made it through the trees and out into a meadow of sorts. Maddox put his shirt on the ground and went to take off his pants but thought better of it. He wasn't going to shift. He wouldn't have to. <br><br>He stood in the center and crossed his arms across his wide chest as Brett made it through, eating his sandwich. "You about finished, pup?" he asked, annoyance in his tone.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>02-02-2016, 00:25:22</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Brett's brow furrowed, shoving the last of the final sandwich in his mouth behind the mouthful he'd just been working on and put the crumpled paper back into the bag. He looked around, seeing no trash cans and realized why that was. Of course, Maddox wasn't going to take him someplace that people so frequented that there would be a trash can nearby. Instead, he crumpled the bag around the papers inside and then moved to mimic Maddox, removing his shirt. He used that to wrap around the bag, ensuring that it wouldn't be something he forgot on his way back out. <br><br>He hadn't noticed Maddox make to remove his pants, so it didn't occur to him to do anything of the sort. After all, Maddox had said something about clothing being shredded. he assumed that they were going to be fighting or something, perhaps as a way to draw out the beast? he nodded to Maddox and kept chewing on the bulk of the sandwich that was still shoved over into one cheek. "Mmm-hmmmn," was all he could muster at that point. He stood off to one side, facing Maddox but a distance away that he felt was significant to be ready for whatever the older man was going to do. And studiously trying not to look at his chest, his arms, his shoulders.... 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>02-02-2016, 01:05:40</strong>
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				He watched Brett pull off his own shirt and wrap it around the bag of trash. He liked that he didn't just throw it on the ground like humans tended to do. He nodded and mmhmmed at the question. <br><br>Maddox's arms lowered and wolven amber streaked through before filling his iris' completely. "Game on then," he growled before using his inhuman speed and colliding with the male. His arms wrapped around Brett's waist and he lifted him before slamming him to the ground, a growl rumbling his throat. Then just as fast, he was up and off him, Brett still on the ground. He circled him like a predator would, baiting his wolf.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>02-02-2016, 01:30:38</strong>
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				Brett, entirely unprepared for the impact, choked on the food still stuffed into his mouth and pushed himself to roll over onto his stomach as soon as Maddox was up. He coughed, swallowing as much as he could and accidentally losing some in the process before he caught his breath again nearly a full thirty seconds later. During that time, he coughed until his face was red and a vein on his neck stood out clearly. <br><br>Slowly, he pushed himself up to his feet and wiped at his face with the back of his hand, scowling at Maddox. "Dude, what the fuck was that for?" He rubbed at his chest and then simply glared. "Fuck... some warning!"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>02-02-2016, 02:01:00</strong>
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				Maddox snorted at that. Some warning, not gonna happen. And just like that,&nbsp; he was moving again, a blur of speed,&nbsp; a leg going out to kick the male's legs out from under him. He landed back on his ass with an oomph. <br><br>"Come out,&nbsp; come out, little wolf," he chided, his voice taking on a deep rumble, his own wolf wanting to play.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>02-02-2016, 03:25:04</strong>
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				This time, impact with the ground was jarring, but at least it didn't send him into a coughing fit. This was a shitty way to start the morning. On the plus side, at least he now knew what it was Maddox was planning to accomplish. He wasn't sure if the guy was referring to him or some internal entity, but either way it wasn't looking good for Brett. Already he was developing bruises and feeling pretty sore from the ways in which his body - not yet used to being awake far less being abused so early - was being so brutally manipulated. <br><br>"Aw, come on..." He groaned, getting back to his feet. "You can't just... zen me into being a quadruped?" He rubbed at his tailbone, sighing. Despite moving stiffly, he shifted his weight back and forth in what he hoped was a subtle manner in order to at least attempt to avoid the next rush. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>02-02-2016, 06:27:51</strong>
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				Maddox chuckled as he circled. "No, pup. You're in control here. Or are you to stupid too bring the wolf to heal?" <br><br>He watched him shift his weight as if he were readying himself. That caused his lips to twitch in amusement. <br><br>He moved again, zig-zagging, feinting this way and that&nbsp; to confuse him. He dipped low, an inch away before whipping behind him and putting him in a headlock. His leg swept forward and around, hitting his shins and bringing him to his knees. He put pressure around his throat until he had him sputtering for air, then pushed him forward, his face landing in the mud beneath him. Then he was up and off him in a flash, a little extra push burying his face even more. <br><br>He stood a ways away, laughing out loud, a playful light to his amber eyes.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>03-02-2016, 00:33:15</strong>
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				He was really starting to get irritated now, his face and upper body covered in mud, grass and muck. He pushed himself up off the ground and glared towards Maddox, feeling the dull ache in his chest where he'd landed. <br><br>"How'm I supposed to do something with a ... a thing I've never met." The insult hit him deep, cutting more than he'd thought it would. Despite not knowing Maddox for even a full twenty four hours, yet, he felt hurt by being told he was stupid. That the insinuation was that he couldn't even do something apparently so simple. He scowled to himself. <br><br>He'd obviously miscalculated. There wasn't a way he was going to be able to dodge when the older man had this much advantage on him. Brett had never been what was called a terribly physical individual. Instead, he was always more socially focused. It was one of the reasons he went into the job he had - or ... had had until this whole mess, anyhow. Maddox was stronger, faster and more used to whatever added physicality being a fucking werewolf was giving him... Well, Brett was beginning to think Maddox was, in fact, completely aware of this and was perhaps not holding back as much as Brett would like him to do. <br><br>And here he was, teasing him, mocking him. Brett could feel his temper edging dangerously close to explosion.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>03-02-2016, 00:59:20</strong>
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				A tick was starting in Brett's jaw and his eyes were starting to streak with amber. He was getting closer. <br><br>Maddox started circling him again. "Oh come on, pup. You're beginning to bore me," he said, clicking his tongue in distaste. <br><br>He shook his head and put his hands on his hips, looking down. "I thought the man I had found covered in blood was a real wolf.&nbsp; Not this pussy I'm alone in the woods with." He looked up and his eyes were full on wolven amber. Then without another word,he growled and took off, once again zipping behind him. <br><br>He collided with his back, his arms around him and slammed him once more to the ground. But this time he stayed on his back, a hand down and wrapped around his throat.<br><br>"Don't make this a waste of my fucking time, Brett. Or was I mistaken about you and should have killed you by that river?" he growled out low and deep, rumbling in his ear.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>04-02-2016, 05:17:46</strong>
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				Most of Maddox's words were a jumble to Brett at this point. The emotions they evoked were a wild range, from sorrow to pain, from anger to resentment, from insult to confusion. Why was he pushing? Why was he making it out that losing control was something he should be looking forward to, that he should be proud of, that he should be insulted for NOT doing? Wasn't that the weakness he was hoping to avoid? What was going on here? Once again, the thought came that he had found himself caught up with a madman. But that all changed at the last. <br><br><em>'Was I mistaken about you and should have killed you by that river?'</em><br><br>Some part of him wanted him to throw back his head and howl in pain and despair and frustration. It wanted to cower before Maddox and beg his forgiveness. It wanted to do anything it took for him to stop tearing at Brett's heart the way he was. To stop insulting, stop looking down at him, to have mercy and be kind and to forgive Brett all his shortcomings. It wanted to promise it would be a better man, a better wolf, a better anything, anything at all to please and appease the thing that took him by the throat and hurled knives into his very soul. The very thing that held him down and told him, in no uncertain terms, that he was worthless, and that Maddox would have been better off slaughtering him. It was a desperate part of him, a part he could not comprehend. <br><br>But while it was a powerful part, it was smaller by far than the rage. <br><br>This was unfair. This was more than could be expected of him. This was without warning, without justification. This was abuse, and some feral part of him knew it was the makings of a weak leader. A leader who would taunt as opposed to make their people strong. A leader that would use their strength to torment. This was a man out of balance, a wolf out of his mind. The rage of ancient power demanded that Brett uphold the timeless law of the wild and strip Maddox of his right to leadership. HE could do a better job. He WOULD do a better job. <br><br><em>I will</em>. The thought tore from his mind as the elongated canine teeth tore through his gums, bursting from the limited scope of his jaw and causing him to scream in agonizing pain, as though there were a thousand abscessed teeth sprouting from him simultaneously. The incredible pain continued as his face began to shift, to change as though some grand creator was shaping him, molding him to fit some abstract idea. His face protruded uncomfortably, the discomfort barely noticed in light of the way the rest of him seemed to scream in agony, twisting and flowing into shapes in which his bones were never meant to rest - and then wrenching his bones to suit, leaving his ligaments straining painfully. Soon, the ligaments and cartilage moved to make room for the muscle, the extra layers of strength to settle themselves across Brett's formerly-unimpressive frame. <br><br>He began to snarl and snap, the pain driving him to the edge of madness and, being ill-equipped to handle it, he had given over his mind to the feral drive. He felt his teeth scrape over the forearm he could, only very infrequently, brush far less gain any grip upon. But he continued to thrash, struggling to get out of the grasp. He reached up to try wrenching at Maddox's arm, managing only to leave behind streaks of red where his claws caught the human flesh, sending him into another frenzied tantrum. Half his mind reveled in the sight of that small, maddening victory while the other railed and raved and blamed Maddox for making him strike such a blow against the precious skin. <br><br>He was devolving quickly, losing himself to the contradicting thoughts and emotions that stoked the impossibly insatiable flame. <br><br>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>04-02-2016, 05:57:37</strong>
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				That did it. Brett shifted beneath him, the wolf all but busting free. He had an idea what the male might've been thinking if it was anything like he was thinking for having said what he had. <br><br>He felt horrible for talking down to him, the possibility of hurting his feelings, but had there been any other way, Maddox would have went that route. Instead, Brett had been full of anger,so Maddox had used it against him.<br><br>He looked down, growling as the wolf beneath him caught him with his claws, leaving a welting scratch on his ribs. He hissed, but did not move, his hand moving from his throat to the wolf's scruff. <br><br>The creature was a gorgeous midnight black, his eyes large and amber in that wolven face, almost like flames sat behind the iris . But he was stronger here, even in his human form. He just shifted his weight, gripped and slammed the wolf's head to the ground, the forearm of his other arm on the male's neck.<br><br>"This is why you need to learn control, Brett. Anyone can do this to you. Can hurt you emotionally and physically.<br><br>"But you're stronger than that." His voice softened. "Let me show you how much. <br><br>"Yes, this life can be hard, but you'll never be alone. You have your other self and above all, you have your pack." <em>You have me,</em> the words went unsaid in his head.<br><br>"I'm going to get up now. You can try for me again and I will drop you, or you can shift back and talk to me. Choice is yours," he said before letting him go and slowly and gently getting off him. Taking a few steps back, he gave him some space 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>05-02-2016, 22:20:04</strong>
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				It was confusion. There was anger and fear and resentment, all of which was cut short as the scruff of his neck was held. He felt his face being forced backward and swallowed against the pressure on his throat. His eyes were forced forward by the way his skin pulled, forcing the wolf to lick his lips. There was a wild energy in his gaze, but his body instinctively went still. <br><br>Inside his head, however, everything was torrential chaos. <br><br>Two halves of his mind competed for control of his consciousness, the enraged wolf who felt as though it were finally free to wreak havoc on the unfair world around him, and the terrified human who was still trying to come to grips with the pain that had forced his mind aside and shoved him into an experience that... Well, if he'd had this before, he'd certainly blocked it out of his own mind. He was trapped behind a wall of rage and gnashing teeth and the words that washed over his hearing made him only all the more keen to panic and let the wolf do as he willed. <br><br><em><strong>"But you're stronger than that. Let me show you how much."</strong></em><br><br><em><strong>"You'll never be alone."</strong></em><br><br>They were the first words he'd truly heard since he'd given into the rushing feel of indignation and hate that had welled up at the barbs and caustic comments. He drew a few deep breaths and tried to strain through all that was happening in his mind. This struggle, this living nightmare tugged at his memories and as he felt himself being released to rise, the wolf was the first to react. He sat up quickly, pulling his legs beneath him and crouching low, growling at the larger form that was retreating, but not running. The sound was jarring to his human mind, making him blink and look down at himself. His eyes faded out from their liquid honey-brown, cooling and turning to ice once more to leave a frightened and bewildered look on his face. <br><br>Slowly at first and then with greater speed, his body began to melt back into the form of the human, with all the accompanying pains and searing agonies. Between the mental anguish and the physical torment, he found himself on his hands and knees once again, bent over the grasses as his stomach retched. So much for breakfast. <br><br>Once he began to calm again, he pushed himself back onto his ankles, sitting up on the ground and looking at the now alien-seeming surfaces of his hands. When he looked up to Maddox, there was horror and confusion painted boldly across his features and making no secret of the gathering tears in his eyes. "Wha-... What's happening to me?" He asked in a whisper. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>06-02-2016, 01:45:24</strong>
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				Maddox didn't move, he just waited and watched. The wolf crouched and growled but then he saw Brett in those amber eyes and he began to shift back and once he was once again human, he threw up what he had eaten. When he was finished, he sat back on his heels.<br><br>The look on his face nearly killed Maddox. He walked up to his side, clear of the vomit and knelt down beside him. A tear slipped free and he reached up and wiped it away from his cheek.<br><br>"You're no longer human, Brett. Your senses are now heightened, you are faster and stronger. And that all is part of the new you. <br><br>"You must control it or it will control you. Are you willing to learn how to live with this?" That was the real question. <br><br>"I can help you, show you the ways of wolves. You won't be alone in this."<br><br>Gods, how he wanted to pull the male into his arms and take it all away, but it would be up to Brett now if he could heal.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>06-02-2016, 03:16:33</strong>
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				"And if I don't..." Brett started in, still looking down at his hands before he looked up to Maddox. He looked lost, buried in memories he didn't recognize and a life he now didn't know if he wanted. "If I don't... If I can't learn to live with that..." He closed his mouth, working his jaw as though trying to chew through tough meat. When he spoke again, his voice was rough as though it was all he could do to hold back what he REALLY wanted to say. <br><br>He wasn't as stupid as these people seemed to think he was. He remembered the threats. He remembered the conversations and the ominous implications.<br><br>"If I can't... live with this, can't pull it together... You'll kill me, won't you?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>06-02-2016, 04:32:15</strong>
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				Maddox sighed. "It's life and death, Brett. If you can't, if you do things that can expose us as a species, then yes, we'll kill you. <br><br>"It's nothing against you in particular, but for my species, for my pack, I'll do anything to keep them safe.<br><br>"So yes, if you can't do this, either I kill you, or you leave our territory and never come back. <br><br>"But if you choose to live, you become one of us and I'll teach you how to do that." <em>Please let me show you,</em> he thought to himself.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>06-02-2016, 06:35:39</strong>
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				Life and death. He was understanding that. But Maddox wasn't clarifying what Brett was asking. He knew he'd have to be killed... <br><br>All the things Maddox had been saying... Was that to make it easier on himself if and when Maddox was expected to kill Brett?<br><br>He just nodded. He let his eyes slide away from Maddox, even though they'd already partially glazed over. "I don't want to die." He whispered, as though informing himself. "I don't want to be this." He didn't know how to say it. He wasn't opposed to the idea of werewolves - he couldn't really make that reconcile in his own mind, the idea that werewolves were an actual thing - he didn't want everything that was coming with it. It wasn't fair. He didn't make that happen. He didn't ask for this. And he couldn't even battle it. <br><br>"Why did you show me this?" He asked Maddox, looking back up at the older man. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>06-02-2016, 10:15:28</strong>
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				This was hard for the male to grasp and that killed Maddox. "I showed you because this is what it is now. No one wants to wake up once a month with no memory of what took place for three nights." <br><br>He didn't know how to explain it. Not really. He had always been a wolf. Born and raised. There had been no surprise for him. <br><br>This made his wolf want to lash out, to hurt who had hurt his mate. He shook his head, trying to clear it, to rid it of the growing anger that his wolf felt. He put his hand softly on Brett's arm. <br><br>"I know, honey," he blinked hard, "Brett, I know. This is a life changer. But it doesn't have to be the end.<br><br>"Being a wolf isn't that bad. Let me show you. I can show you how life can be now." <em>Please let me show you. Please accept this.<br><br>Accept me...</em> <br><br>His mind was a whir. He didn't know what he would do if the wolf meant to be his hated what he was, hated who he was. <br><br>His father would be right. He was unnatural and no one could love him...
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>07-02-2016, 05:26:35</strong>
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				Brett sighed, leaning over until his head rested momentarily against Maddox. He rested there for only a moment before he pushed himself up again, shook his head and blinked a few times, trying to wipe from his memory the flash, the rush, of all the hatred that had built up so quickly inside of him. <br><br>"Come on, then." He said, putting his hands on his thighs and steadying himself as he rose up to his feet. "Let's get this over with, so I can at least try to have a life again." He pushed himself to his feet properly and tried his best to stand firm. He didn't know how he was going to convince himself that any of this was real, far less that he had any such control over it at all, but he knew he needed to make the attempt. He was aware, with the logical part of his brain, that he couldn't deny the evidence that had been presented to him. But the emotional side, where his convictions and morals lived, was taking a little longer to convince. <br><br>"What do I need to do?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>07-02-2016, 05:42:21</strong>
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				Maddox stood after him. "First you learn control. That's your body, not the wolf's. You must be in charge of what happens to it.&nbsp; &nbsp;So first, you decide when and when not to shift."<br><br>As he spoke, he unbuttoned and unzipped his pants. Then he pushed them down and stepped out of them and he was so fucking thankful he wasn't sporting an erection.<br><br>"Like this," he said and a moment later, his eyes closed and fur sprouted from his skin as his bones realigned and lengthened or shortened. He dropped to all fours as his face lengthened into a muzzle and his ears moved slightly upward, lengthening pointing. <br><br>When it was finished, the black as pitch wolf huffed and shook, stamping his feet as his tail wagged slightly. He yipped at Brett. <br><br><em>Now you,</em> he said in a wolfy way.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>07-02-2016, 06:14:16</strong>
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				Brett blinked, wondering what was going on when Maddox began to remove his pants. For a moment, he was struck with a whole myriad of thoughts that made him freeze up. If this was headed where his mind suddenly very much wanted to believe that it was, then it was kind of coming about in a disappointingly bad-porno kind of way. Suddenly, he was watching Maddox move in a brand new way. A way that made his hands twitched at his sides, his eyes widen, his stomach feel as though it were slowly clenching... His breath came shorter... And then the change began.<br><br>"Oh, sure, that doesn't even look like it hurt <em>you</em>." He muttered, having finally found something to focus on aside from the momentary parade of fantasy images that put him off his game. The cutting side of the words was somewhat buried, making him a little gentler how he said it. When the wolf then barked at him, it took him a second to realize what was being said. <br><br>"Right... me now." At that, he closed his eyes and tried to figure out how to make himself change. Was he supposed to be in a particular mindset? A thought, some kind of trigger that would set him off? He tried to picture a wolf, but now all he could see when he closed his eyes was Maddox, slowly shifting down. He sighed and tried again. Was he supposed to be angry? He tried to be, but all he could picture was Maddox, standing there without pants an-...<br><br>He sighed and opened his eyes, throwing up his hands. "How... what am I supposed to do when you're not beating the shit out of my entire conscious world?" He said, his voice seething in irritation. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>07-02-2016, 06:24:31</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				The wolf snorted, and then just as easily, he shifted back to him an form, his fur receding and revealing his creamy skin. He gave the male a small smile as he straightened to his full height and his hands went to his hips.<br><br>"It will hurt for a long while but you'll get used to it. It's just a slight pinch to me now. And that's it, you shouldn't have to feel great emotion or pain for the shift. You will it yourself.<br><br>"When I shift, I think of the freedom. The strength and power." He shook his head. <br><br>"Stop thinking so hard about it. Just picture the wolf and let it happen. Let him come to you." He got an idea then.<br><br>"You shift and we'll go for a run. You and your wolf will both enjoy it."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>07-02-2016, 06:50:59</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Brett almost groaned, and barely refrained from rolling his eyes. "He gets me up at stupid o'clock, kicks the shit outta me and then wants me to run." He sighed, shaking his head. "Why can't he just love me for me?" He smirked, gazing up at the sky. <br><br>Let it come to him? He closed his eyes again. <br><br>He tried to imagine himself becoming the wolf, but it was hard to look at himself as something he'd never been in the times he looked at the mirror. He tried to picture a wolf approaching from the edge of the clearing, but the only thing he could picture was a White Fang-style timberwolf, and that was nothing like what Maddox had looked like. Or the thing that had bit him. By the time he tried to change it to a pit bull, there was nothing he could relate to in the animals. He scowled and sighed and tried again. <br><br>This time, he tried to keep Maddox' words in his mind. He tried to hear them in Maddox' voice. He tried, and slowly, the image of Maddox as a wolf seemed to formulate as though it were standing in front of him. Part of him was overjoyed by the image, and he found it so much easier to keep in his mind. He saw the thing walk forward, all power and peace and some hidden wisdom. He found himself reaching out - and unrealized to him, he physically held his hand out - to greet the wolf. <br><br>Slowly, he started to feel the change come over him. He felt the shifting, the searing, the grinding and rearranging of his body. It was a shade easier, just barely, but the difference was there. The eighth circle of hell, perhaps. Finally, after the pain and the fear subsided, he stood dumbfounded in the middle of the clearing, looking confusedly up at Maddox and panting with the effort. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>07-02-2016, 07:07:59</strong>
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				He chuckled at Brett's words then the male was closing his eyes. Maddox could see the concentration on his face. He was thinking to hard again. <br><br>Brett scowled then sighed and he seemed to relax a and that easily, the change came upon him and once more that black wolf was before him. <br><br>"Good. With time it gets easier. I promise." And to make his point, he shifted and was in his wolf form within seconds. Now to show the male how fun it could be being the wolf. <br><br>He walked up to him, stopped a step away before nudging him with his head roughly. He jumped back, chest to the ground, bottom up and tail wagging. Then he darted towards him, a playful growl rumbling his throat as he snapped his teeth at him, then bounced back only to pounce and hit the wolf, rolling them. He hopped back to his feet the instant they stopped rolling. <br><br>He turned and took off then at a run, wanting the male to give chase.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>07-02-2016, 07:27:06</strong>
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				Brett, though unconvinced, was at least in a better state now where he could experience the wolf, instead of being carried away by the experience. It was an odd balance to strike. <br><br>When Maddox-the-wolf came up to him, Brett took half a step back. Not the last time Maddox was so close, but the time before that had been a little more contact than Brett would have liked, particularly given the way he was still so unfamiliar with the wolf-like mentality and the world that Maddox came from. <br><br>When he was shoved, he crouched a little, unsure of what was happening to the effect that his tail twitched as though he wanted to wag it, but his ears flattened back against his head and his hackles raised slightly. And then, Maddox took on an appearance that was so... so... puppyish. Brett's ears came back up and he stood a little straighter, even if his head was tilted in confusion. Slowly, sluggish with the confusion, his tail began to wag and just as it was picking up steam it stopped dead, straight out behind him as he flinched, ears back once more. What... was Maddox... playfighting? <br><br>Brett tried to think back over his childhood. There were eight years between himself and his brother, and Brett had always been keenly aware that his age could end up being something that hurt the younger boy if they played too rough, so he had no brotherly frame of reference. And how did you tell a wolf you'd always been a cat person? He was contemplating this new turn of events when Maddox launched himself at the new wolf, sending them both tumbling. Brett managed to get his legs under him in time to skid to a stop in the grass, but the moment he looked up, he saw Maddox taking off into the trees. <br><br>There was only an instant's hesitation when the wolf wanted to run after, and Brett - still so new to the wolf - tried at first to follow Maddox's orders. Be in control. Your body, not the wolf's. You're in charge. He could feel that other, petulant part of him whining and firmly told himself no. Once he was sure the wolf was obeying, however, he finally released his hold and shot across the clearing after Maddox. It was clumsy, of course, as Brett struggled to take what skills the wolf had to offer and keep them under human control, causing him to stumble more than once, though only once did he slam the whole bank of his ribs against the trunk of a tree, crying out in a yelp before he shook himself off and kept running. <br><br>Maddox was too far ahead, now, but Brett could smell it. That same comforting, exotic, familiar scent that had come over him in the car that first ride. The smell of the houses, the smell of Maddox' shower and a little bit like his clothing. It was Maddox, certainly, and Brett found that if he strayed from the scent, he could tell where it ended and where it returned. Encouraged, he dove through the forest and between the trees after his mentor. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>07-02-2016, 13:44:42</strong>
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				Maddox abruptly came to a halt at the sound of Brett's yelp, but then paws could be heard and he knew Brett was coming after him. He shot into cover, wanting to see if Brett could sniff him out and when the male entered the slight clearing between trees, he stayed in cover for a moment before he hopped out and collided with the younger wolf. <br><br>They tumbled again, rolling, and once they stopped, Brett was on his back and Maddox was above him, paws on each side of his body. His head dipped low, putting them nose to nose and without thought, his tongue came out and quickly swiped over the tip of his snout before he jumped off the male, his chest once more on the ground, bottom in the air, as his tail wagged a mile a minute.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>08-02-2016, 21:00:04</strong>
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				Brett jogged along, following the trail that so mystified his nose and was utterly failing to pay attention when the heavy weight of the larger wolf took him by surprise. He tumbled over to one side, a slight whine of shock saw him finally turning around and wriggling to find some sort of perspective. It wasn't until he realized which way was up that he also realized he was on his back and looking up. He wondered if this was when Maddox was finally going to go back to the part where he intended to physically draw the younger wolf's ire, but instead he got .... <br><br>Did Maddox just kiss him? Confused, he licked over the spot where Maddox's tongue had just been, just in time to see the other wolf bound off of him and take up a playful stance once again. Quickly, Brett rolled off his back and stood facing the other wolf, head tilted to one side. He lifted his paw, reaching out as though to bat at Maddox's head, though he didn't remotely expect to make contact. While he tried to study the way his body moved, now, there was an impatience in him. A part of him that wanted to bound over to Maddox, leap up in the air and pounce on top of the older wolf's head, see what he thought of that. <br><br>That is, until he smelled something else entirely. He stopped suddenly, all movement stilling as he threw his head back, sniffing deep of the air. What... what <em>was</em> that? Maddox forgotten, Brett made to shift, trying to find where the scent started, where it ended. He moved first one way, then another in his pursuit of the thing that had so wholly caught his attention. Something... familiar. <br><br>Not far, somewhere in the near distance, the carcass of a kill called out to the wolf whose previous meal lay forgotten on the ground of the clearing well behind them. The carcass... And the thing that had created it. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>09-02-2016, 04:24:49</strong>
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				Maddox stilled, straightening as Brett threw his head back and took a deep breath in.Maddox took a deep inhale himself. He had been so focused on the male that he hadn't caught it. <br><br>He yipped to get Brett's attention,&nbsp; but the wolf had caught the scent of fresh blood. He took off after him, trying to stop him, but the pup was fast. <br><br>The closer they got to the scent, another scent came along with it. Shit.<br><br>He sped up, and once they went through the trees, the mountain lion froze, its ears back as its fangs flashed. Maddox jumped then, adrenaline giving him that boost of speed he needed to protect his mate. <br><br>He landed in front of him, the smaller wolf colliding with his backside, but Maddox stayed still, hackles raised&nbsp; and his lips peeled back as he snarled at the feline. <br><br>Maddox was nearly three times the size&nbsp; and the mountain lion's fur was standing on end as it hissed. It took a step forward and Maddox reciprocated, followed by a barking snarl.<br><br>The feline hissed out in surprise before it turned and darted off, leaving its kill on the ground before them. Maddox straightened and walked to the rabbit. He grabbed it up before walking up to Brett and dropping the rabbit at his feet. He nudged it towards him. <br><br>He then nudged the male, nosing him lightly. <em>Eat,</em> he said in a wolfy way, his throat rumbling with the soft sound.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>09-02-2016, 21:51:17</strong>
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				Brett was surprised by the apparition of Maddox. He skidded into the back of the wolf and tried to see around him, looking at the other thing and the dead thing. Something in the back of his mind screamed out a warning, a recognition of what was standing just a few dozen paces away from where Maddox was, identifying it as a "don't fight this thing" thing. But most of him wasn't listening. <br><br>He tried to go around Maddox, but found his way frustratingly blocked. When it looked like the larger wolf was about to move forward, Brett moved to follow close behind only to be stopped after a single step. He let out a plaintive bark. He wanted to see what was happening. <br><br>But it was all over before he could catch a glimpse and he whimpered his complaint. Quietly, to himself. He didn't necessarily want to draw Maddox's attention quite yet. He moved towards the kill, and retrieved it to return to Brett. The younger wolf blinked down at the kill and then back up at Maddox. Inside his mind, he struggled with it. It smelled delicious, but the part of him that recognized that it was raw leftovers from a mountain lion's kill balked at the idea of eating it. <br><br>The scent, however, and the wolf within was soon too overwhelming for Brett to fight. The wolf pressed its nose up against the underside of Maddox's chin, a grateful gesture before dropping his snout to the still-steaming carcass and beginning to eat. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>10-02-2016, 03:19:38</strong>
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				Maddox's eyes closed as Brett pressed his nose to the underside of his chin in thanks before he began eating. Maddox laid before him, his head on his paws as the young wolf enjoyed his rabbit. <br><br>When he was finished with it, Maddox rose and swiped his tongue across his maw licking up some of the blood there before motioning with his head to follow him. <br><br>He lead the way through the trees,the scent of water reaching them, followed by the sound of running water. He walked up to the stream and lowered his head to take a drink, lapping the cool liquid up.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>10-02-2016, 22:44:47</strong>
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				For a moment, it felt like being cleaned by a mother, licking her thumb and rubbing at his cheek. While, yes, there was some level of emasculation with it, Brett had never really minded. It was just something mothers did. They took care of you, and that was just part of the whole deal. So, when Maddox did it, it might have struck Brett as a little odd, but in the end, he chalked it up to wolf instinct or mentor motions or whatever other plethora of things could have driven the older male to act like that. <br><br>Brett followed him without hesitation, now, drinking from teh stream. He didn't feel quite as thirsty, but certainly curious, and waded out a little further from the bank to explore. The sounds, the smells, it was all so very much to experience and Brett wanted it all. He began to wander further from Maddox, testing the water around his paw, the way the fur flowed in the current. He pressed his nose to the water without drinking. He cocked his head from side to side, trying to pick up different sounds more clearly. At one point, forgetting he was standing in the middle of the stream, he tried to crouch down on his belly only to experience the thrill of cold water all the way from throat to tail. He stood quickly, after that, and shook himself off. <br><br>It didn't take much to cross the stream - it was no mighty river - and soon Brett found himself poking along the opposite bank, looking for whatever else might take his fancy. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>11-02-2016, 12:24:50</strong>
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				Even though Maddox did these thongs without thought, it wasn't motherly to his wolf. He was taking care of his mate and it had been a long while since Maddox had had anyone to show affection towards. Hell, several years, as a matter of fact.<br><br>As Brett came into the stream, Maddox's head lifted slightly,&nbsp; watching the pup, because that's what he was. He was brand new to all of this, his wolf having been born just a couple days ago.<br><br>He watched him dip into the stream, no finesse, before trotting across to the other side. Maddox went along after him to keep an eye on him. <br><br>He followed at a slight distance, letting the pup sniff and look around, even played a little more. He let him do this for awhile, just letting the wolf explore until the sun began to set. They had been out there all day.<br><br>He yipped to get Brett's attention, then shifted back to human form. He went up to the wolf and knelt before him, running his hands down his cheeks and into the fur of his neck.<br><br>"Shift back, pup. It's time to go home," he said lightly.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>11-02-2016, 21:20:22</strong>
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				It was somewhat like learning to drive a car, which Brett had been quite terrible at. The vehicle, in this case, was the wolf, while Brett sat back and watched. Sure, he could nudge the wolf in some direction or another. He could bring something to its attention, or he could distract it from something, but the wolf... The wolf was the one that heard and saw. The wolf was the one that smelled and felt and tasted and Brett was just along for the ride. He didn't mind so much, however, given that there was so much for him to try to process. <br><br>Smell! Interesting smell. Not good, but interesting. Follow the smell. Follow, follow... Dead fish? Hrm... no good to eat. Make me sick. Can't smell anything else, though. Good for hiding... Roll in it? <em>No!</em> Brett the man almost yelled the word at the wolf, who backed up a few steps as though to say '<em>Jeese, alright, no rolling.</em>' Not that there was any shortage of things to explore and look at. This smell here, up a tree. Irrelevant for now, but keep an eye on it. Glittery rock! Awesome, I can see the sunlight reflect on it. Wanna roll it into the water. Why? What do you mean why, because it's cool, that's why. Hey! Squirrel yelling at me. I wanna catch it!<br><br>He was so engrossed in his exploration, not only of the world around him but of himself as well, that the passage of time seemed to mean nothing to him. So many long hours passed that once Maddox had shifted up and came to speak with him on the other side of the stream, the wolf and Brett alike looked up and blinked at him. He was baffled. Shifting? Home.... Home? Ah, right, home!<br><br>Suddenly, he was tired, he was hungry. He didn't even pay attention to Maddox's nudity - his wolf didn't care, and he was far too preoccupied. At first it was a struggle, having been locked away, tucked inside the wolf mind for so many hours. But eventually, he stood sheepishly in front of Maddox, naked as the other man was, rubbing the back of his neck. "Uhm... so... W-which way now?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>11-02-2016, 23:55:25</strong>
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				Maddox stood and took a step back to give him room to shift. It took a moment, but he got there. Maddox's lips quirked into a small grin at the sheepish look on the man's face before him. <br><br>"You'll get used to the nudity. Just wait until the full moon where you'll see everyone naked. And this way," he said motioning him to follow. <br><br>"You are going to have to learn these woods though, so you'll be able to find your way. And soon, the wolf will stop being so curious." He looked over his shoulder. "And you will too.<br><br>"You'll get used to it." <br><br>They walked for about ten minutes until they came back to their clothes. The shorts Brett had been wearing were torn up pretty good, but wearable.&nbsp; <br><br>Maddox dresses and then continued on to his car. He got in and started her up as he waited for Brett to join him.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>12-02-2016, 00:30:32</strong>
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				It was a lot to take in, the idea of watching everyone naked. The idea of being seen naked by a bunch of people he didn't know. And what was so wrong with curiosity, anyways? Seemed a waste, to get so used to it. Something about it was almost... viciously beautiful, but he wasn't allowed to appreciate it. beautiful, but dangerous. After all, isn't that kind of what they always said about a wolf in a cage? Get used to it? Bah....<br><br>He wandered back to the clothing, then, his artist's eye taking in details of the forest around him, the stream near the place he'd eaten the rabbit (had that really happened? His stomach wanted to heave again, but he managed to keep it in check), and the trails they'd taken to get there. He found himself, though, more than once, watching the way Maddox's body shifted, muscles coiling and uncoiling as they made their way back. <br><br>Brett lunged for the shorts, even though he could see the state of them, largely because she could feel without looking how difficult it had become to walk nonchalantly behind the older man. Her pulled them on as quickly as he could, then unwound the shirt from the trash, pulling it over his head and slipping his feet into the shoes. On his way out behind Maddox, he scooped up the trash and carried it with him. He'd have to find somewhere reasonable to dispose of it. <br><br>It was hard, this time, getting into the car. Now he knew what that smell was, it did nothing to calm the parts of him that were so very keen for attention. Still, he managed to get in, buckle and position himself some way he could make himself calm. "So..." he asked, as much for a distraction as anything else. "What now?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>12-02-2016, 00:55:26</strong>
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				Maddox pulled out and back to the road towards home. "Well, now we take it easy. Just relax. You may be a little sore from all day being a wolf and your brain and instincts need some time to get back to you.<br><br>"And we eat. I didn't have any rabbit nor any breakfast and I'm starving." <br><br>It took them about fifteen minutes to get back. He parked and shut off the car. "Come on, I'm feeling burgers," he said as he got out of the car. <br><br>He went inside, straight to the kitchen, where he opened the fridge and took out some ground venison. "The grill is just out back. Go ahead and get it started, hmm? The charcoal, lighter flyid, and matches are in the tub beside it."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>13-02-2016, 16:12:50</strong>
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				Brett felt a little guilty at the fact that Maddox hadn't eaten, after all that. It wasn't like the man hadn't had a chance to, and Brett's mind argued that to the fullest extent it could manage, but the guilt was strong in this one. <br><br>He was quiet on the way home - partially from being tired and, yes, sore, but partially from going over his experience and the fair barrage of thoughts it left him with. He was still somewhat out of it when Maddox asked him to go and deal with the grill. Brett perked up at that. Here was <em>something</em> he could do, at least. He trundled out back, setting to work. It was something his father and he had done all the time, and gave Brett a sense of normalcy. <br><br>Once the grill was ready for whatever Maddox had in store, he poked his head back in the house. "Done and... y'know, done." He said, coming back into the kitchen. He stopped in the doorway, leaning against it with one shoulder and crossing his arms. Hell, if he had to have a roommate, he mused as he watched Maddox at work, it might as well be a slab of something that looked like that. And cooked, too! "What's next?" <br><br>Least he could do to assuage his guilt was help out however he could. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>13-02-2016, 17:23:51</strong>
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				Maddox added the seasoning and made some thick patties for their burgers. He knew Brett would be hungry for good cooked food and he hadn't eaten anything since yesterday. <br><br>He slapped the patties on a plate and turned to see the male standing in the door, leaning against the jam. He felt his dick twitch at the sight. Brett was just lounging, but damn, he was sexy as hell and he hasn't even bulked up yet from being a wolf. <br><br>He swallowed. "There's beer in the fridge and some chips in the cupboard. Go grab us some?" He walked past him then out to the grill, turning to the side, his hard chest sliding against the male. He had to close his eyes and hold back a slight moan. <br><br>He went to the grill and took the meat off the plate and put the patties on.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>13-02-2016, 18:03:03</strong>
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				Brett felt his whole body stiffen - yes, his <em>whole</em> body - as Maddox slid past. He wasn't sure if the older man was trying to tease him or not, but either way, whatever he was doing? It was working. <br><br>he waited till Maddox was out of sight towards the grill before he let out a breath he hadn't been aware of holding and instead turned his attention to the fridge. Two bottles, and cupboard, one bag. "Healthy meal for growing boys." He said sarcastically, mimicking the tone his mother would have used to tease himself and his brother about the exact same thing. <br><br>He'd have to call his mom, ask for one of her recipes for a thank-you dinner, make all this mess up to Maddox properly. It took him several rushed heartbeats from imagining being able to cook for the man, sitting down to a nice dinner before he realized he wouldn't be able to do that yet. If his day in the woods with Maddox had taught him anything, it was that it was still far too difficult to maintain control over the other half of his new mind to allow himself around people who didn't have teeth and claws and superhuman strength to protect themselves. <br><br>That wasn't a good thought, either, since all he could picture now was the way Maddox had pinned him to the ground. He found he wasn't nearly as unhappy with the sensations it evoked as he had been at the time. He rolled his eyes at himself and walked out back again. "Her- Ahum." He cleared his throat, trying to get rid of the way it seemed to rumble much huskier than he'd intended. "Here, you want this stuff... inside or out here?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>14-02-2016, 01:07:00</strong>
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				Maddox heard him come out, but didn't look up until he spoke, his voice rumbling huskily. Well hell, that made his dick come to attention. He wanted to press up against the male and have that deep voice rumbling in his ear. He shifted slightly, trying to adjust nonchalantly.<br><br>"Uhm, chips can stay inside, but the beer," he held out a hand, "I'd like that right now." Yeah, he needed one. Or well in his case, at least 2 six packs. Or a 75 of liquor. Damn werewolf metabolism.<br><br>"So, how are you feeling?" he asked as he breathed in the smell of cooking meat, instead of the spicy scent of the male he just wanted to lick, standing so close.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>14-02-2016, 17:02:40</strong>
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				"Surreal." Said Brett after a few moments of reflection. He sat on the edge of a step, his shorts trying their best to maintain a good impression, managing barely to hold together. Brett, though he looked a little shaken, considered his beer bottle intently. It wasn't <em>quite</em> the right size, but...<br><br>He started positioning and re-positioning his grip on the bottle to get a feel for it. "I mean... Dude, I'm a werewolf." He rolled his eyes. "I get it, that's fairly normal for you, but for me it's like... This kind of shit?" He shrugged as his hands started to heft the bottle, feeling the weight of it, how much liquid was inside. "This only happens in bad, teen TV shows written by like... Joss Whedon or something." He suddenly gripped the bottle by the neck and bounced his arm, tossing the bottle in the air. It spun half a dozen times before it landed - neck first - back in his hand. <br><br>"Dear Diary." He said sarcastically. "I woke up at 'kill-your-mother-and-go-back-to-sleep' o'clock this morning. Took a walk in the woods. Turned into a dog. Stole a rabbit from a mountain lion. Ate the rabbit. Nearly rolled in dead fish. Made friends with a squirrel I can only assume is Italian, based on the way he kept yelling at me. Chips and burgers tonight." Again, he threw the bottle up, this time leaning to one side to catch it in a hand stretched low and behind him. It felt good enough to get him to stand up from his seat and try something more intricate. <br><br>He threw the bottle in the air again, sending it whirling to catch some of the remaining evening light before it plummeted. It fell into his hand but was launched skyward again, only to be juggled around his waist and up over his shoulder, caught in the hand he'd started with and the lid came off the bottle with a slight hiss as his thumb pushed the top from it with a practiced motion. He grinned to himself, then looked back up at Maddox. He shrugged. <br><br>"I mean, I know I'm a werewolf now. I've seen it, I've felt it. But I also feel like I'm waiting for all that to sink in, for it all to make sense. Like I'm going to wake up at some point, my eyes'll go wide and I'll be like.... Dude, that's right! I'm a motherfucking WEREWOLF! -<em>Now</em>- I get it! But that moment isn't coming. It's not like puberty, where you can just wake up one day and be all, 'Oh shit, I'm an adult. That came outta nowhere.' Can you?" When he'd quoted his teenage self, he forced through a few voice cracks and a wavering tone to emphasize his point. He took a sip of the beer, then realized how much he'd needed it and took a few long gulps before he pulled back for a breather. <br><br>"And since I don't have that realization moment coming, I feel like it's going to be a little bit before I can truly say... it feels like it fits, you know?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>14-02-2016, 18:24:40</strong>
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				Yes, he supposed it was a normal thing for him. He was born knowing about werewolves and grew up knowing that once puberty hit, he'd officially be one. He shrugged as he watched him throw and spin his beer bottle. Well, the male had said he was a bartender.<br><br>"I think hitting puberty was a little different for us," he began. "I didn't have that voice cracking thing. I was eleven. I woke up and next thing I knew I was screaming." He shrugged again. "So in a way, I guess my voice did crack.<br><br>"But it was the wolf coming out," he said flipping the burgers. "It was a totally human sound at first, then it turned into a howl as things twisted, moved,and reshaped. Hurt like hell.<br><br>"After about twenty minutes, hell,could have been ten,even five, I don't really know, just know that it fucking hurt, I was a wolf and a really big one at that."<br><br>He turned to face him, one hand sliding into his pocket as the other popped the top off his beer and brought it to his lips. He took a very generous gulp before continuing. "It doesn't happen for pures like it does a bitten. The full moon doesn't decide when our first shift is. <br><br>"Yeah, we have to shift with it, but not the first time. That's the wolf's decision. When it finally wants to come out and make itself known.<br><br>"Some don't even survive that first shift, even with pures." He took another drink.<br><br>"And then when I came back to my human form, I realized that the pain wasn't just from the wolf coming out for the first time. It was like he had rehaped my body, redecorated his home,if you will, to suit him.<br><br>"I was taller. Wider. Bulkier. Even at eleven I had filled out. Then as the years went by, I got into even better shape, I guess you could say, so it really hurt for like the first four or five years." He dipped his head at Brett.<br><br>"You'll start to notice it, too, about yourself. You'll begin filling out, firming and toning up." His eyes traced over him.<br><br>"Already there is a slight difference in your muscle tone, especially in your thighs," he said, glancing down, the words coming out huskier then intended.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>14-02-2016, 19:00:40</strong>
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				Brett raised his eyebrows at the story. "That shit's rough. Eleven years old, and some don't even make it?" He shook his head. He tried to comprehend the idea that he might never have made it to twelve. He couldn't make sense of the idea, though, so he backed away from it and tried again. What if his brother hadn't made it to twelve? <br><br>That did it. <br><br>The thought was sharp and hard and desperate and desolate and anguished and all too real for that moment, driving Brett's mind to back away before he started to cry. It was way too heavy to deal with, all of a sudden. <br><br>Brett drew a deep breath and tried to catch up to what Maddox was saying. Five years. Was that how long it was going to take, or was that just because he, Maddox, hadn't yet gone through puberty at the time? <br><br>"Hmm?" Brett blinked, twisting his body to get a more side-on view of his legs. "Yeah? No kidding. What, just from one shift? That seems... fast. I didn't even really notice it." He crouched down, slightly, as though he were just about to spring up and test out the added power, but only slowly rose back up before dipping again. His legs flexed and rolled beneath the skin, accompanied by a strange sensation as though each time he crouched, the feral part of him expected him to lunge and began to gather energy for it. "That was fast. How long, ya figure, till I look like you?" He threw his chest out and his shoulders back in imitation of the larger male. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>14-02-2016, 19:13:34</strong>
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				He watched the emotions play over Brett's face before he breathed deep to center himself. Then he began checking himself out. He stood, then squatted, then repeated the motions.<br><br>Maddox laughed at his words. "For a bitten, I couldn't say. Although I would think a lot sooner since the wolf has so much to work with and you won't be growing like a teenager does. So I suppose we'll both be learning here." <br><br>He turned and took the burgers off the grill, returning them to the plate. The remains of the blood from the raw meat wouldn't hurt them. He drank the remainder of his beer before chucking the bottle in the trash can beside the door and walked past Brett and back inside.<br><br>He put the plate on the kitchen table before going to the fridge where he grabbed the necessary items to put together a burger. Buns, cheese, mayo, mustard, ketchup. Lettuce, tomato,and onion. Pickles. <br><br>"Cabinet next to the fridge are some plates and the drawer beneath that is silverware," he said, motioning to Brett to grab some as he took the condiments to the table.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>14-02-2016, 19:21:23</strong>
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				"Silverware?" Brett said. "They're bu- oh..." He chuckled a little to himself, remembering the way his mother used to smack him in the back of the head for pulling Mayo from the jar with his fingers. He'd been sixteen, of course, but it hadn't changed anything except the strength of the impact. "Yeah, alright." <br><br>He, too, gathered his things and bent over the table beside Maddox. It was a normal thing, for him, a kind of free-for-all that saw him reaching across Maddox every now and again, arms and shoulders and chests vying for space without becoming, at least on his end, irritated. His brother used to use his shoulder to check Brett out of the way, who would then use his feet and hips to do the same until they were shoving each other around so hard that the table would have been moving. <br><br>Lettuce, tomato, mayo, ketchup, cheese, spare onion aaaaannnd... Slapping the top on the burger he grinned down at the work of art. He leaned forward, grabbing the bag of chips and opening it with a loud crackle, dumping some on his own plate and hovering until Maddox gave him an opportunity to dump them on his plate, too. <br><br>"Muah, magnifique!" He said, kissing his fingertips in a very European gesture at their not-remotely-haute-cuisine dinner. "Hey, this a... " He sniffed at his burger. "Different kinda beef or..." He sniffed again. "Or what? Smells...." And once more. "What is that?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>14-02-2016, 19:30:34</strong>
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				Brett had a small smile curving Maddox's lips as the male made his burger. Mayo, mustard, cheese, lettuce, onion, and tons of pickles later, his was done as well, but with how Brett had been brushing against him, bumping into him as he moved and reaching across him to make his burger, he wasn't exactly hungry for this kind of meat anymore. He pushed his plate towards Brett when he offered the chips. <br><br>He pulled out a chair at the other end and sat, a brow raising at the male's question. "Huh, oh, it's not beef. It's venison. Deer. I caught it a couple days ago," he said as he picked up his burger and took a good sized bite. Fuck, it was damn good and not because he was starving. Venison just tended to make a damn delicious burger.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>14-02-2016, 19:47:11</strong>
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				"Venison, huh?" Brett said, inspecting it. "Smells fucking fantastic." He pulled out a chair not far from Maddox, feeling a little awkward about the idea of sitting at the far end of the table. He didn't know if there was some kind of wolf pack pride of placement crap, like maybe he was the lowest on the pole or something. What'd they call it? Omega? The word always reminded him of Easter at church with his grandmother. Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. He smirked as he bit into his food. <br><br>"So," he wasn't finished chewing, but he spoke anyway. "You caught it as ... I dunno, you, like... Maddox, or you caught it as the wolf? Cause..." He finally swallowed what was in his mouth. "I can only picture you dragging it back to the car... Doesn't smell like blood, just you and leather. Did you have it in a tarp? I feel like you planned it this way. Must be a lot easier on groceries." <br><br>He shifted the burger to one hand and crunched on a chip with the other. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>14-02-2016, 19:59:22</strong>
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				Brett stood and got another beer as Brett spoke around a mouthful. He came back to his seat. He popped open the beer and took a long drink before responding. <br><br>"I caught the deer in wolf form but I never take my car if I'm going hunting. Not only is it too big to fit in my car, but yeah, just no.<br><br>"Shiloh and I went out and took his truck. He's another pack enforcer. You'll meet him tomorrow," he said before eating a chip. <br><br>He chewed and swallowed. "After you get a little more used to the wolf and can work with him, I'll take you hunting. You'll enjoy it. It's a rush," he said as he lifted his burger to his lips and took a bite. <br><br>"We also catch boar and wild turkey."
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>14-02-2016, 20:32:21</strong>
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				"Shiloh." Brett said, nodding. Then he stopped. "Wait, what's tomorrow?" <br><br>The idea of hunting split his mind. On one hand, he remembered the rabbit. It made his man self shudder and feel as though he wanted to wretch, remembering that he'd eaten raw, freshly-dead animal. That he'd stolen from a giant cat. Well, Maddox had stolen. The human part of him wanted to give everything about that rabbit back. <br><br>\the wolf part of him, though, and he was beginning to tell the difference, but the wolf part of him was excited at the prospect of hunting. Of taking on some massive animal with nothing but teeth and claws and the fierce weight of him. It gave him a thrill. <br><br>No matter which part of him it was, he shivered and shrugged, trying to concentrate on the meal and not its origins. In fairness, it WAS damned good. <br><br>"So, basically, you have your own version of chicken, beef or pork." Easter certainly wasn't going to be the same this coming year. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>14-02-2016, 21:59:32</strong>
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				He swallowed and took another drink. "Tomorrow is Thursday. Which, you should probably call your job at some point..."<br><br>He nodded at his last words. "Yes, I suppose so. We can and do go to the grocery store every so often. We're not completely animals," he said with a chuckle, raising his beer up before taking a drink.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>14-02-2016, 22:36:16</strong>
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				Brett stopped chewing all of a sudden and stared hard at Maddox. He didn't bother swallowing what was in his mouth. <br><br>"<em>Furshday?</em>" He mumbled around the food. He tried to swallow then, but choked and had to take another drink to make it soft enough to swallow properly. Even so, his voice wheezed and scratched as he tried to talk. "I've been out five fucking days?" He groaned. "Oh, no. I've missed the biggest nights of the week, no word... And I'm I'm going to leave him in the lurch for round two." Brett, suddenly not hungry anymore, put his burger down on his plate. He had been about to say more, but Maddox had made clear how he felt about Brett's "whining" earlier, and wasn't willing to go down that road with the bigger man again. <br><br>Instead, he just poked around at his chips again. He nodded at Maddox's joke about being animals, but otherwise kept mostly quiet. He was as polite as he could be, acknowledging his host, but was hard-pressed now to contribute much in a meaningful way to the rest of the meal. <br><br>When the food was done, Brett stood, clearing his plate off into the garbage and then taking his plate to the sink. He didn't just lay the plate in, but got out the dish soap and washed it before setting it aside to dry. <br><br>He knew what he could expect from Baker. He could almost hear the greasy old man's voice in his ear. '<em>Sorry kid, you know my rule. Screw me over and you're gone.</em> Brett wondered if he'd gotten Craig to cover the shifts. The kid had been eager, and riding Brett's coattails for months. With a sigh, Brett shrugged. <br><br>"Alright, well... I guess I'll get some rest, then." He said, unable to keep the edge of sullenness out of his voice. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>14-02-2016, 22:56:56</strong>
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				Brett was quiet about it but Maddox could see the underlying panic in him. He stopped eating, pushing around his chips for a while. He finished it though and stood to take his plate to the sink. He washed it and Maddox could only sit and watch him, the stiff movements as he washed his plate.<br><br>When finished, he said he get some rest. Maddox didn't like the sullen change. He liked the smile Brett wore only a couple minutes before. Missed it even.<br><br>Maddox nodded, standing himself. "Alright. I'll see you in the morning," he said. <br><br>He went to the sink to take care of his own plate as Brett went to his room. He began washing his own. He needed to talk to Dean. He needed to fix this for Brett. <br><br>He'd talk Dean in the morning. He'd make it right for his male. <br><br>He finished up and went to bed, glancing at the door to his room before walking past it and going to his own. He stripped down to his boxers and climbed under the covers. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>15-02-2016, 01:31:29</strong>
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				Brett sighed. He didn't mean to make Maddox feel bad, or worse, alone in the meal - not after everything he'd worked so hard on today on Brett's behalf. But it was difficult for him, as well, to keep himself calm. Maddox didn't like his whining, and that was valid enough, given what the other man had been through to earn the right to call himself a werewolf. But Brett was still struggling to come to terms with that fact for himself, and being cut off from everything that made him feel normal... <br><br>It wasn't really helping. <br><br>Brett undressed himself, slipped under the covers as well. Unlike Maddox and unknown to him, he was the only one in the house apparently sleeping in the nude. He'd been unable to do so for the time he'd spent at Jon's, and found himself now enjoying the opportunity. <br><br>He spent some time again drawing before he fell asleep, angry pictures for the most part. Swathes of worry and fear and anger. But there was, too, a part of him that felt it might be disingenuous. The last picture before he fell asleep, was a vague image of Maddox, standing almost nose-to-nose with the mountain lion and snarling, the gigantic creature making the feline back down and away from the fresh kill. Sunlight streaming from beyond the borders of the page shone and glinted from Maddox's coat, making him look even more majestic than he had in the clearing, staring down the threat on Brett's behalf. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>15-02-2016, 02:26:19</strong>
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				The following morning, Maddox woke, showered and dressed. He left his room and Brett was still in his room, sleeping soundly, so he left the male a note to let him know he'd be back and went to talk with Dean. In the male's office, he sat and leaned forward, his forearms on the desk.<br><br>Dean's brow rose in question. "What's wrong, Maddox?" he asked, sitting back in his chair and crossing his arms across his chest.<br><br>Maddox let out a sigh. "Brett's probably going to lose his job. Is there a way we could maybe prevent that?" <br><br>Dean was going to ask why it was so important to him but he knew that light in his eyes. He had had it for his female. <br><br>Without a word, he turned on his computer and entered Brett's name. Oh the power of the internet. He smiled when the pups info popped up. He glanced at his adopted son. <br><br>"Brett is a bartender for Baker at Reginald's Bunker?" he asked.<br><br>"I know he's a bartender but not where at." Maddox sat back and sighed with relief. "Well that's convenient." <br><br>Dean picked up his phone and dialed the human's number. Baker was one of the few humans in town who knew about them. Dean had helped him buy the plot and build the bar nearly ten years back. It was one of the many incomes the pack saw.<br><br>Baker answered on the second ring. "Dean, what's doing, old man?"<br><br>Dean growled and chuckled. "Have you been missing a bartender for the last week?" <br><br>"Yes. Do you know something?" the worry evident in the man's voice.<br><br>"He was bitten-"<br><br>"Oh my god! Did you kill him?!" Baker's voice rang loud over the phone.<br><br>"No. Maddox brought him here. We're helping him transition. But he won't be coming into work for at least a month and a half, maybe two, depending on how well he deals with this," Dean replied. <br><br>Baker let out a deep sigh. "Okay, god, he's my best tender. I like the kid." He stopped then. "That murder was him wasn't it?"<br><br>"Yes, but you know how a wolf can be, especially a new one. It wasn't his fault. We need to find the rogue who bit him."<br><br>"Okay. You do that. I'm going to call my tender. Thanks for letting me know. Oh, and Meridith wants you over for dinner. She's making pie."<br><br>Dean laughed. "Alright. Sometime next week. Tell her I want it piping hot."<br><br>They said their goodbyes and Baker hung up to call Brett. But he called back a moment later. Dean answered the phone. <br><br>"He doesn't have his phone..." he said, kind of worried. <br><br>"Here, call this number. 659-555-6678. That's Maddox. He'll be with him in a minute," he said and Maddox stood with a nod.<br><br>He thanked his alpha again and left and as he hit his porch, his cell rang. "Hey Baker," he answered as he opened his door. "Give me one second." <br><br>He knocked on Brett's door before opening it to see the male laying on the bed, the covers low on his hips. Maddox licked his lips. <br><br>"Brett, wake up. You got a phone call," he said, a hand on the male's warm shoulder, shaking lightly to wake him up.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>17-02-2016, 21:54:14</strong>
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				Brett had been running again. He was running through the forest, chasing after Maddox but never getting any closer. Never any further behind, either, thankfully. He was surprised he was able to keep up, but the wolf part of him was nearly panting and howling it's amusement. Of course he wasn't getting any further behind. That's what good four paws could do in familiar terrain. The strong back ahead of him, all gleaming flesh in moonlight, flexed and stretched as the human limbs reached out to grab at branches, trunks, or to rest on the ground over particularly sharp turns where being closer to the forest floor helped somewhat. <br><br>Then, suddenly, the figure stopped and Brett skidded to a halt in front of him. <br><br>"Brett." Maddox said simply, staring the younger wolf down. Brett blinked up at him, waiting, curious and concerned. "Brett wake up." He felt himself jostled to the side, and when he looked up he realized that was partially because of the fact that other wolves, faceless wolves, had crowded in around him. They, too were watching Maddox. "Brett, wake up. You got a phone call." <br><br>Phone?<br><br>That thought, that confusion was all it took for Brett to wake with a start. He put his hands down and slid upward, as though pushing himself away from the foot of the bed, backing up and blinking around and careless for the moment in how the covers slipped further down around his hips and nearly off him entirely. "Hrm?" He said blearily, rubbing his eyes and looking around. "Phone call..." He went from rubbing his eyes to rubbing his whole face. "I don't... my phone died at Jon's... I don't have my phone." He blinked up helplessly at Maddox, only half seeing him. "Who's calling? 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>18-02-2016, 01:19:08</strong>
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				Brett was dreaming. His body twitched ever so slightly and his eyeballs moved behind the lids. But when he started to wake up, he began to pull himself up the bed and yup, he was naked. The covers began to slip further down as he moved, and, oh gods, dark pubic hair began to show. Maddox has to wrench his eyes upward as Brett spoke. <br><br>His face heated but held the phone out to Brett with his right hand as his left pinched the blanket at his hip and pulled it up to cover him, even though he wanted nothing more than to slid it farther down and unveil what the male had to offer.<br><br>"It's your boss and this is my phone. Just take it," he growled out huskily before clearing his throat.&nbsp; Yeah, he needed to go. He doubted Brett would appreciate being all but tackled, Maddox's clothes flying. Not the time for that yet. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>18-02-2016, 22:24:18</strong>
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				Brett ran a hand through his hair, clearing his throat as he reached for the phone. The result was that he spoke - though his voice was still thick and groggy from having just woke - more clearly and his hair flopped petulantly back into place around his eyes. <br><br>"Hullo?" He said into the pone. He looked confused for a moment when the voice on the other end came through, until he realized that two different pieces of his life had collided somehow he hadn't figured out yet. <br><br>"Yeah, kid, it's me. Listen-"<br><br>"Aw, shit. Baker, I'm sorry. I had no idea I was going to be gone, some stuff... well, it's kinda gotten a little beyond my control..." Brett balked here. What was he supposed to say. He looked up to Maddox, or where the man had been, as though looking for answers until his boss's voice cut him off. <br><br>"Don't worry about it. Maddox and Dean have filled me in." Brett could nearly feel his heart stop. He reached out to Maddox, an attempt to keep the man in place as he scrambled to make sense of what he was hearing. <br><br>"Filled you in...?" His voice was clear, now, all traces of sleep gone. <br><br>"Yeah, I know about the whole thing. Listen, you just concentrate on what's in front of you. You're in good hands there." <br><br>"Right... okay, so when should I-"<br><br>"When they say you're ready." Baker cut him off. "I can't have you endangering my customers. You stay there and figure your shit out. Come back when you can." <br><br>"Oh... alright. Sounds... good." <br><br>"Good. You tell Dean plans are made. Piping hot!" <br><br>"I... I will. Thanks, boss." <br><br>"See ya, kid." <br><br>With the line dead, Brett punched the end button and tossed the phone to the other side of the bed, closer to where Maddox had been standing when he woke the sleeping young man. He then and almost immediately flopped over onto his side on the bed, groaning and rubbing his eyes. At least it wasn't as early as it had been the day before. "I'm up! I'm ... almost up." He grumbled, rubbing his hands over his face. "So... what do we do today?" He didn't say anything, didn't mention the phone call, but when he looked up at Maddox, that hint of a grateful smile played at the corners of his lips and eyes. Grateful, and just for Maddox. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>19-02-2016, 03:26:35</strong>
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				Maddox had begun to walk towards the door, to give Brett some privacy, but as he looked over his shoulder back at the male, that face of fear killed him. And then Brett reached out to him, motioning for him to stop. Maddox stopped and turned, crossing his arms over his chest.<br><br>He told Baker bye and thanks, then tossed the phone to the side of the bed where Maddox had once been. He flopped to his side, scrubbing his hands down his face. He groaned about being awake and asked what they were doing today and that small smile curving those kissable lips had him smiling.<br><br>"Well, we can go spend the day out in the woods again or you can meet the pack. I'll let you choose." He knew meeting the others might be a bit much for him.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>19-02-2016, 21:46:17</strong>
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				Brett tried to chuckle, but this early in the morning, it came out more as a cough than anything else. Still, he bunched one of the pillows between his hands, arched his back slightly and aimed the fluffy projectile at Maddox. <br><br>"Alright." He said, half laughing and half groaning. "Take me to your people." <br><br>And with that, he was up, out of the bed and searching bare-assed through his drawers for something to wear. <br><br><hr><hr><hr>
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>20-02-2016, 06:54:57</strong>
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				A brow rose at the male's childishness, but at least he was taking it well. Only time would tell though. <br><br>When Brett got up to dress, butt ass naked as he looked for clothes, Maddox had to stifle a groan. "Okay, dress quickly and we can meet everyone for breakfast at the alpha's," he said, trying to keep his eyes off that firm backside.<br><br>It felt like eternity, but finally, thank and hating the gods all at once, he was dressed, that delectable body hidden from view. Maddox took the male back to Dean's large home and instead of to the left towards the alpha's office, they went right, towards the large dining area.<br><br>As they stepped through the door, the others silenced, their eyes going to Brett. Dean rose from his seat. <br><br>"Alright everyone, just a new wolf learning our ways. Don't be awkward," he said with a low growl but his voice was stearn. <br><br>Maddox ignored it and pulled Brett towards his seat near the end of the table. Dean sat at the head, and to his left, the other two enforcers, Reyes and Shiloh. The seats beside Shiloh were filled with his gorgeous mate, Gwendolyn, and a small curly headed little girl, their pup Evelyn, between them. <br><br>Maddox sat in the chair at Dean's right and motioned for Brett to take the one beside him, putting him across from Shiloh. The little girl beside him watched Brett take his seat. <br><br>After Dean returned to his seat, the food was brought out. Big plates of bacon and sausage, eggs and pancakes. Fruit and toast. <br><br>Breakfast went on as usual, some of the others glancing nervously at Brett every so often, but other than that, nothing in particular went wrong.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>20-02-2016, 22:43:26</strong>
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				Breath was a non-issue. In and out, the wolf did that for him. One foot in front of the other. It wasn't a run, not really, there were too many peaks and valleys to reach full speed here, but the journey was as much a workout, what with all the climbing. The wolf was glad to have that too. Up and down, the wolf did it for him. <br><br>Brett had never been good with kids, not the way Jon had been, but after the spattered conversation drifted over his head and past him often enough, Brett had figured she'd be the one that was on his level. He bent down low over his plate and spoke in an exaggerated whisper. "Hey, kid!" What was she, four? Six, maybe? <br><br>"Yes?" The polite response had Brett's eyes well into the fringe of his hair and he grinned with a sort of shocked delight. <br><br>"Pass some of that bacon over here." He said, his voice jovial and friendly, if casual. <br><br>"Pass the bacon, what?" Said the little girl, serious eyes focused on him as her head tilted. <br><br>"Evelyn!" Her mother scolded, that motherly sound of scandalized disbelief in her voice. Brett, on the other hand, laughed. He didn't even notice how other heads were starting to turn towards them or how the volume of noise around the table had dropped again with the diverted attention. <br><br>"Pass the bacon, Please?" He asked, enunciating the last word for the girl's benefit. She put on a childish smile and picked up one edge of the heavy plate, trying to push it across the table for him. He could have gripped it on his own, but he let her give him a few more inches before he scooped it up. "Thanks, kiddo." <br><br>"Thanks, <em>Evelyn</em>." She corrected, with her mother's hand rising up to cover her eyes and rest her elbow on the table to her other side. A few around the table chuckled at the exchange. <br><br>"Thanks, Evelyn what?" He tested her, raising his eyebrows again as he forked bacon onto his plate. <br><br>"Thanks, Evelyn, Brett." <br><br>"Would ya lookit that! Your name is Evelyn Brett, mine's just Brett. Must be fate." Evelyn giggled at him. <br><br>"You're funny."<br><br>"Yeah, well, tell that to Maddox. He has no sense of humour." <br><br><br>Brett snorted as he took the next hill, the sound huffing through the wolf's nose in a minor explosion as he came up to the crest. At least he'd managed to win over the kid, by the end of breakfast that day. Two and a half weeks later, she smiled and waved and continued to deny him the privilege of calling her Evey. Didn't stop him from telling her he'd get there one of these days. <br><br>It hadn't been hard, then, to strike up a conversation with Gwendolyn ("oh, just call me Gwen", which had sparked the Evey debate), telling her about his own mother and the things he and his brother had put that woman through. As a bartender, Brett was good at comfortably shooting the breeze until he found something to connect with. With Gwen, it had been her kid, no surprise there. With Evey, it had been bacon, please. He could deal with that. <br><br>But it had been days since he'd seen either of them. As soon as he woke up a few days ago, he'd been restless. He'd been getting used to getting up a little earlier, though he still wasn't a morning person. That morning had been different, though, feeling like he was going to crawl out of his skin with boredom and strain if he wasn't out doing... SOMETHING, anything. That's when Maddox had decided on the daily hikes. They'd started out fairly basic, easy to follow, but Maddox wasn't letting Brett fall behind at all, often dropping back to snap at his heels and drive the younger wolf faster, further. More than once, Brett had turned on him only to have Maddox pin him down and wrap teeth around his throat till he settled. Then it was up, again, running, again, and no moment to rest. <br><br>They often covered miles and miles in a morning, only stopping to catch and eat something small and then make their way back along a similar trail, one stretched-out loop that brought them in somewhere along dinner time. And to make matters worse, every day, the trail was different and Brett was beginning to suspect that Maddox was purposefully making it more difficult every day, harder and setting a faster pace. <br><br>The only thing he could do now was try to keep those few joys in his life in mind, new things, fascinations and new friend in mind as he followed Maddox fluffy rear, that seemed to be getting further and further away as the moments passed and Brett's breath came more ragged than ever. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>21-02-2016, 15:49:28</strong>
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				Brett seemed to get on with the pack just fine. Some still avoided the new wolf, but that was to be expected. Some pures didn't think to kindly of bitten wolves.<br><br>The next couple of weeks, Maddox took him out, wanting him to learn every aspect of his wolf. They hiked, played, and hunted. <br><br>The full moon was near, a couple of nights away, and he could see Brett begin to get the itch. So he kept him busy. And today, Brett was tired. <br><br>His body was was feeling the pull, it was like the wolf was there in full force and even though it was out at the moment, it wanted pure freedom. The freedom only a full moon can give. <br><br>The male was beginning to fall behind and the soft sound of his paws against the earth began to lessen. Maddox rolled his eyes. He stopped and made it back around the male, pushing at his flank to get him moving and when that didn't work, he nipped at his ankles. He barked at the smaller wolf.<br><br><em>Get moving, pup,</em> his wolf growled out, not in words but in away Brett would understand. His own wolf was feeling antsy as well do to the upcoming full moon.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>23-02-2016, 00:30:11</strong>
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				This time, the nipping wasn't a surprise, but that didn't make it any easier to convince Brett that it was all somehow okay. When the older wolf circled around behind him, Brett was ready, and he was about done taking this kind of crap. He snarled a warning as the larger wolf came closer, circling in behind and as the familiar process of the nipping and the shoving and the unmistakable bullying intended to get him moving faster, the snarl became a warning growl. <br><br>He picked up his pace a little more, finding that his wagging tail didn't always signify happiness. More often than not, it was about excitement, instead, and the idea the wolf had of turning around and facing the other's wolf made Brett feel a thrill of excitement that sent his tail careening side to side before it stopped dead. Stiff and high. Hostile. <br><br>He jogged a little faster, pulling himself tiredly up the next rise and huffing his irritation at being herded like some piece of prey, lifting his lip now and again at Maddox whenever it looked like he was about to try again. He kept up the pace for a few minutes, but it wasn't long before he started falling back again, subconsciously resenting the hard drive. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>24-02-2016, 02:00:44</strong>
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				Oh, Brett wasn't liking Maddox right now. Good. <br><br>Any little thing could set him off and with it being so close to the full moon, Brett needed to understand that the wolf wanted out. So, once a month, he'd have to take nearly a whole week, maybe longer off, until he got his wolf fully under control. <br><br>Hell, even Maddox was a little feral. He was picking and pushing the male more now and part of it was because he had things to realize, but another part was because his own wolf wanted to show that Brett's couldn't and wouldn't do shit. So when Brett growled, even snarled from time to time, Maddox's head went down and he growled himself, egging the other wolf on.<br><br>Brett sped up the next rise, but he was tired and he began to slow once more, so Maddox acted accordingly. But this time, instead of visibly getting behind him, he darted off between some trees. <br><br>He wasn't tired in the least, and with his wolf's speed, circled the other male and hopped out, tackling him before jumping off and darting back into the foliage. Then he was out again from another direction, once again tackling the male when he was nearly to his feet. <br><br>He jumped off Brett and stood, body ready, stance hard and head lowered, waiting for the male to lose it.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>26-02-2016, 23:36:39</strong>
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				Brett snarled as his stomach and back flexed, as his legs kicked out to work his boy over onto his paws. The wolf inside was indignant at being thrown onto his back with such a sneak attack, the internal muttering giving way to snarling, the snarling to growling that wasn't so internal by the time Brett's human side took control of the situation once again. It was a struggle, and while some logical part of Brett knew what Maddox was up to, it wasn't the way it had been nearly a month ago. Brett was aware that it was difficult to keep his wolf under control. He was aware, to whatever degree, the challenge it presented. <br><br>So why was Maddox pushing him again? <br><br>By the time he attained his feet again, there was a momentary internal struggle between the instinct that told him to leap onto Maddox with teeth bared and claws sharp, and the part that wrestled that part back. The side that argued for restraint eventually won out - just barely - and the physical form went from a manic trembling with repressed energy to a steady panting, as thought eh exertion had almost been too much for him. He shook himself off, trying to convince his raised hackles to settle back against his body and couldn't help but lift his lip towards Maddox one last time before he turned to climb the next peak on their little hike, lumbering up the hillside with an exceptionally short-lived burst of energy that seemed nearly to die out as he came to the crest and looked back towards where he'd left the older wolf. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>27-02-2016, 01:25:41</strong>
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				Well, Brett was handling his wolf a lot better than Maddox had given him credit for. He had seen the wolf in his eyes, but was quickly pushed away by Brett who came out with a level head. <br><br>When his hackles laid back down and he turned and began running up the crest, Maddox and his wolf both huffed in disappointment, his front paws stamping on the ground. This game, or the game that Brett didn't realize he was part in, was annoying his wolf. At this point, even Maddox was annoyed.<br><br>He had given the male hints, dropped slight moves, but it seemed Brett wasn't catching on. Maybe he wasn't trying hard enough, but he hadn't wanted to just drop something like that on the male. <br><br><em>"Hey I know you just got turned into a werewolf about a month ago, but, uhm, my wolf wants you. I want you. You're my mate..."</em>. Yeah, that'd go over well. <br><br>He knew what he and his wolf wanted but did Brett even feel it too? Was that Maddox's luck, to find the one male he was destined to have but it wasn't reciprocated? <br><br>All the wolves in the pack were pures, all having been born with lycanthropy. He didn't even know if it were even possible to have a bitten true mate. <br><br>Honestly, it wouldn't surprise him. After all he had gone through, his mother's death, his father's attack, what was one more shitty thing? <br><br>As he was stuck in his head, his wolf took the chance to lead and charged after Brett. He finally came back to himself when he was airborne, his larger body landing atop Brett's. He was on the male's back, Brett's legs buckling beneath him, as he bit down on the back of his neck, a low growl rumbling his throat.<br><br>And while his wolf acted out, which he didn't stop, the feel of Brett beneath him, his tail between their bodies and his ass pressed tightly against his groin, the human in him let out a moan/groan, his body reacting accordingly. <br><br>Damn the closeness off the full moon. His wolf was antsy and he was full of unspent energy and Maddox only wanted one outlet for that.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>29-02-2016, 23:16:52</strong>
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				The impact made Brett himself grunt, but the wolf within him was suddenly incensed with anger. While the human side scrambled to keep his balance, it was like meeting a freight train in a box car, the way the wolf instinct hit him. There was a snarl, a wild thrashing as the lupine side of his mind tried to throw off the attacker, tried to dislodge him long enough to sink fangs into his flesh, into his fur to wrest the dread creature free. He managed his legs on his own, automatically, and braced himself to buck and flail in the hopes of shaking his mentor free. And all the while, the livid snarl rose and fell with a sharp hatred that bordered on madness. <br><br>It was finally enough for Brett - or the wolf that was now Brett - to launch his front end high, rolling over to land on his back and finally find a way to jar the old wolf loose. He could accomplish nothing while they were both on their backs, neither violent nor violently friendly, and it took only a harsh jerk and twist of his body to roll&nbsp; to the side. Once he was on his feet again, the wolf was... confused. He knew the older man hadn't intended to hurt him, but he didn't know what else it could have been. The moment of confusion was enough for Brett the man to shove the mindset harshly away, to force his own superiority over the wolf that had taken over. As such, he began to emerge from the fur body, crouched on all fours until he could stand again. <br><br>His jaw was set, his eyes blazed with anger and as soon as he was sure he could speak with a human voice, he started in on Maddox. <br><br>"What the hell, man? What am I not doing for you? I'm up. I'm fucking out here in the middle of nowhere. I'm working my ass off. Yeah, okay, it's not what you're used to, but guess what, you sadistic fuck? This isn't the life I've... ever fucking had before! I didn't grow up knowing this was going to happen to me. I didn't learn into it like you did. I haven't been running these forests like a rabid prick for however many years. I'm doing the best I fucking can, and attacking me isn't fucking helping me out. I'm trying to do everything I can out here, follow your orders, stay in line, make you happy. What the fuck else do you want from me?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>01-03-2016, 05:25:35</strong>
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				Brett growled and rolled them, the smaller wolf launching up causing them to land on their backs with an oomph. As Maddox tried for air, he wriggled from his grasp, dislodging his teeth from his scruff. Then the male was up and Maddox could only watch, panting as the wolf stood and began shifting back to human form. <br><br>Maddox let out a whimper as fur receded to creamy skin and a firm and nicely toned body was left in the wolf's stead. Maddox licked his lips, but the fire in those eyes as Brett looked at him was not the fire he wanted to see. <br><br>As Brett went off, Maddox got to his feet, shifting as he did so. When he stood before the male once more on two legs, he stalked forward, his erection standing tall. He stopped only an inch or so in front of him.<br><br>"You want to know what else I want from you?" he growled out."I want you to shut up for two fucking seconds and listen to your goddam wolf!" His hand shot out to the nape of Brett's neck and yanked him forward, Maddox's lips smashing against his.<br><br>In his mind's eye, a smaller black wolf joined his own, the wolves rubbing against each other lovingly, the larger one licking along the smaller one's snout,&nbsp; which caused Maddox to inwardly sigh in relief that Brett's wolf seemed to be on the same page as his.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>02-03-2016, 22:38:26</strong>
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				At first, in his confusion, Brett planted his hands against Maddox's shoulders, starting the motion of pushing him backward. Halfway through applying pressure against the contours of the chest in front of him, however, Brett faltered. Something about the contact seemed... incredibly fulfilling, and he realized there was something familiar he was feeling, too. <br><br>The insistent press of an erection against the lower edge of his stomach. <br><br>Brett grunted, disoriented by the sensations and experiences that were suddenly washing over his mind. It had been such a long time since he had been kissed, since he had felt that arousal. Chris had been the last, and it had been a month since he'd found his boyfriend with another man. He'd almost forgotten, with everything going on, what it was like to be wanted by another human being. But there was more to this. <br><br>Maddox wasn't just a human being. Neither was Brett, anymore. He wasn't wanted by another human being. He was wanted by a werewolf. And something about the connection felt... primal, savage and serene on a level deeper than Brett's own thoughts. Subtly, tentatively, as though he couldn't believe what was happening, Brett's hands stopped pressing back against Maddox's chest, and instead started to move up towards his shoulders. Instead of bending away from Maddox, Brett's body shifted forward, pressing his own chest - flexing with newly-built muscle from the work of the last three weeks - against the hard planes of Maddox's own body. Brett's fingers dug into the flesh of the shoulders beneath them, pulling Maddox even closer until his fingers could make their way up to the back of his neck. <br><br>Without truly realizing what was happening, Brett's reaction let his jaw relax, and he stopped trying to keep Maddox at bay. Slowly, he fell into response and then began to build momentum. <br><br>Brett was kissing him back. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>03-03-2016, 02:02:09</strong>
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				Maddox for a moment was going to panic. Had he been wrong about this this whole time? Brett's hands went to his shoulders and began to push him back, but then the pressure stopped and Brett's body began to relax. <br><br>He pulled Maddox against him at the same time as he leaned forward, their chests pressing together as the male's hands slid up and over his shoulders to the back of his neck. He began kissing him back, his mouth opening to him and Maddox took full advantage, thrusting his tongue between his lips and dancing with his own.<br><br>Maddox's arm circled around his waist, pulling him closer and grinding him on his stiff dick as the hand on the nape of his neck slid up and buried in Brett's hair. He moaned into his mouth as he tilted his head to deepen the kiss even more. <br><br>After a moment of this, thoroughly enjoying the taste of this male, Maddox stopped the kiss and pulled back slightly, laying his forehead against Brett's. "Let's go home." He squeezed his eyes shut for a moment, then opened them back up.<br><br>"Please tell me you want to go home with me," he said in a whisper.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>03-03-2016, 23:50:09</strong>
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				Brett was shocked. Of all the things he'd never expected from Maddox, uncertainty was certainly at the top of that list. He always seemed so sure of himself, so completely in control that Brett found the idea that he might not be suddenly very... endearing? Humanizing? Rattling, for sure. <br><br>"No...." Brett said, almost reflexively. He didn't know why at first, but the more he thought about it, the more he knew it was absolutely true. He didn't want to go home with Maddox. He didn't want to go anywhere with Maddox. He didn't want to waste anymore time. "No, I don't." He said, with more conviction this time and pulled Maddox back down to him, back into a kiss that soon saw Brett's hands roaming over the expanse of Maddox's upper body. Then his waist. And his hips.... And then the outside of his thighs....<br><br>Brett moved his lips first to Maddox's jaw, nipping, kissing, moving towards his neck as his fingers trailed downward. It wasn't long until he was at the larger man's shoulders, and then his chest... Slowly, he left a trail of affection as he made his way, sinking, down to his knees. He rested on the forest floor until he could pull his head back and see the strong, hard length of Maddox's cock hanging in the air in front of him. He looked up once at the older man before a great hunger seemed to overcome him. He licked his lips. The outside edges of his eyes faded to light amber, as though encroaching on the blue they normally were. Then he opened his mouth, leaned forward, and wrapped his lips around the shaft in front of him. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>04-03-2016, 05:54:31</strong>
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				Of course Brett didn't want to. Maddox had been nothing but hard on him and so damn... His thoughts halted as he was pulled back into a kiss, Brett's hands roaming over him. <br><br>Maddox swallowed and let out a moan as the male began kissing and nipping his way down. He kind of grasped that Brett was lowering to his knees, but the feeling of the male's lips and hands on him was shooting sensations and feeling like none he had ever experienced before through him. <br><br>He looked down and met those blue eyes being swallowed by a wolven amber as Brett settled before him and looked up. That he could get used to seeing. <br><br>He licked his lips as Brett leaned forward and next thing he knew, those deliciously soft lips were encircling his cock.<br><br>Holy. Fuck.<br><br>Maddox's hands went to Brett's shoulders and he had to lock his knees to keep upright. He was sure to explode right there, like a goddamn virgin. <br><br>He firmed his grip on Brett's shoulders, keeping him in place so he didn't and couldn't move. "Brett, I so want to cum in that delicious mouth of yours, but not for the first time. I," his cheeks reddened slightly. "I want to be inside you when I do. I want to love you and make you cum with me."
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>05-03-2016, 17:18:29</strong>
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				Brett felt a thrill of something that was almost like victory when he glanced up at Maddox. The old man was leaning back, nearly against the trunk of a nearby tree and there was an inner snicker about Brett when he reached his hand up to the middle of his chest to push him backward. He looked up, then, trying to catch Maddox's eye with a gaze that was almost defiant. For a moment, he remembered Maddox's hand in his hair and he felt the way his own shaft bulged and twitched and there was nothing he could have wanted more in that moment. But first, he wanted to drive his.... mentor? Lover? He wanted to drive him to the edge, first. <br><br>In that same vein of defiance, Brett pushed his face forward, relenting to the way that Maddox held his shoulders but making use of the free range of neck and head and subsequently tongue as he lashed at the flesh between his teeth. His smirk was not quite so internal as his snicker had been, daring Maddox to make a move. <br><br>Within, the wolf stepped forward, tail stiff behind him and legs locked, moving gingerly but with an air of challenge that practically begged the other male to take matters into his own hands, as it were. Or at least, to take Brett that way. With one final push, Brett sighed with a little moan, the sound reverberating throughout his mouth. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>05-03-2016, 23:23:33</strong>
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				Oh, Brett was challenging him. That caused his wolf to perk up. His throat rumbled with a growl. "Brett, I said no," he said heatedly, his fingers firmly pressing into the male's shoulders. He moved his hips back, pulling his cock from that hot mouth.<br><br>He stepped around Brett, his hands firmly pushing the male forward to rest on his hands and knees, ass up for him. He sunk down behind him to his own knees and gripped his hips. <br><br>"I told you I'm not cumming in your mouth this time." A hand went to his mouth, wetting a finger before it went to Brett's tight hole, circling and pressing into the tight muscle. He circled and swirled it to stretch him a bit so he wouldn't be too uncomfortable with Maddox's girth. With his other hand, he spit in his palm and began stroking his cock, wettening it before he lead it to the tight entrance.<br><br>"You said you didn't want to go home, so there isn't any lube this time, but I promise to be gentle," he said in a whisper as he began to push forward, past the tight band of muscle.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>06-03-2016, 18:55:51</strong>
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				The commanding way he rebuked Brett was enough to make him shiver under the hard fingers that dug into his flesh. He made no move to stop or adjust when Maddox moved in behind him, and even as he was pushed to hands and knees, his smirk grew wider, a slight chuckle rising up from his chest and he couldn't help but press back against the older man just slightly when he was in place. <br><br>"Oh, sure..." Brett said, his voice husky and strained as his breath came heavier. There was no lack of experience in the way Maddox handled him and all he wanted to do was push him, far as he could go, unleash every part of the old man on the young wolf. Now that he had started... He wanted everything. "Now..." He groaned, his hands digging down into the dirt beneath him, gasping and trembling and letting his eyes close on the sensation of being penetrated, even if only slightly. "Now is when you're gentle." <br><br>He moaned again, feeling the incredible press as Maddox began to work his way into Brett's body, leaving the younger with nothing to do but relax and grant him access. "Wrong time..." He panted, his mind already starting to give up on the concept of conversation in favour of sensation. "Wrong time... old man." 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>06-03-2016, 19:50:06</strong>
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				Maddox's eyes closed and his face was one of rapture as Brett's tightness enveloped him. His eyes cracked open at the younger male's words, a brow rising. "Do you not want gentle then?" he said huskily as he pulled back, just the head remaining. <br><br>Then with only a slight pause, he thrust forward hard, all the way to the hilt. He stayed completely still, his eyes clenching shut at the sensations of being held so tightly in Brett's heat. <br><br>His hands loosened their grips on the male's hips, his right hand caressed up and over his lower back and his ass cheek. "You okay?" he asked nearly breathless before that he once more spit in his hand and took it down and beneath Brett, circling the male's own cock. <br><br>He began to stroke his hard length, hoping that'd take some of the sting away as he leaned down and placed a kiss between his shoulder blades. He trailed kisses to the left to where his neck met his shoulder, the one place his wolf was urging him to bite down, sink his teeth into this male and officially clam him as his mate.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>06-03-2016, 21:29:08</strong>
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				Brett bit his lip as he smiled, answering Maddox's initial question with nothing more than a pleased grunt when the man finally seemed to understand what he was getting at. The momentary pause seemed so long that for an instant, Brett was about to answer when finally he felt the way Maddox took control of the situation and plunged his way inside the younger. It made Brett throw his head back, moaning to the surrounding forest from a deep place in his chest that reverberated through his whole body. He tensed around Maddox's cock, squeezing absently and bucking his hips backward, unabashedly pleading for more. <br><br>"Oh... yeah.." Brett's head bobbed again, this time in a nod in response to his lover's concerned question. Something about being impaled so fully, particularly on Maddox himself, made Brett feel incredibly at ease, incredibly fulfilled in being... well, filled. He had intended to add more to that reassurance, but the feeling of Maddox's hand reaching below and wrapping around Brett's cock, that well-muscled grip bearing down on the hot, tight heat of the hard length drove all other responses from his mind, leaving him with only the ability to let his jaw hang open and his eyes close. He ducked his head as his hands dug into the ground, fingers immersing themselves in the soil that he subsequently crumbled in his fingers. <br><br>While the older man stroked him, Brett found his back arching, forcing him to bring his head up one again. And just in time, too, it seemed, since Brett's neck and shoulders soon became a canvas on which Maddox painted kisses. Everything felt so perfect, so thrilling that Brett couldn't help but to push his hips back towards Maddox again, his panting forgotten in the moment as being perfectly natural in the same way that grinding back and down on the cock inside him felt like the only way he could ever know happiness again. <br><br>"Oh god, Maddox." He breathed, reveling in the momentary lightheaded feeling from all the sensations piling up on him. "God... take me..." He pushed back again, wanting more of the man who was poised behind him. "Please." 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>06-03-2016, 23:38:54</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Maddox smiled at Brett's response. "Mmm, then take you I shall," he all but purred as he pulled back and thrust back in hard and deep, his hand continuing it's stroking of his cock. <br><br>Maddox nipped his ear lobe and then licked and sucked the sting away. Inside, his wolf had mounted the smaller black wolf, biting down on his shoulder to keep him in place as he humped into him, a growl and grunt after grunt rumbling his throat.<br><br>Maddox's hazel eyes were turning wolven amber as kept up his thrusting and stroking. A growl rumbled his own throat. "Tell me how much you love <em>me</em> taking you like this, how good it feels to have <em>my</em> cock buried so deep inside you," he said on that growl, grunting as he bottomed out and pushing harder and deeper each time. <br><br>Then he was once more sucking and kissing that special place in the crook of his neck that he wanted so badly to lay the mark on, to show everyone that he was claimed and mated.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>09-03-2016, 04:19:14</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Every place his hands or his teeth or his lips reached was a source of a new moan, a roll of his hips or some kind of squirming in the way Brett's body moved as Maddox began to become a little more primal in the way he took the younger wolf. Every stroke, of cock or hand, made Brett move back into the gesture, every bit of friction driving him closer to his wilder nature. The sound of his voice, masculine and rough, wolf through a human's lips, made Brett shudder with the anticipation of what might happen if they got just a little more carried away. And it was something Brett wanted so much. <br><br>"I never... I never thought ... thought I would feel something like this. It has to be a wo-... oh, god... A wolf thing." Brett panted in between the strokes, that lightheaded feeling enveloping his mind until he couldn't think through what he was saying. "How could I have missed this? You're... incredible." For a moment, Brett ducked his head and covered it over with his hands, spreading the soil between his fingers through his hair and smearing the scent of the earth over himself absentmindedly as he desperately sought to sort out his own mind. The next instant, however, he was pushing himself up again, to hands and knees. <br><br>And then beyond. He rolled his hips backward, now, meeting every thrust in a hunger to feel Maddox deeper within, to feel the way the powerful male filled him, and encouraging every inch he could spare. Pushing himself off of the ground, Brett reached behind him and grabbed at the back of Maddox's neck as the other man took to the back of his shoulder, his neck in a way that made the wolf part of him snarl and buck and writhe in the pleasure of it. He put his other hand on one of Maddox's, twining his slender fingers in between and gripping tightly, as though in this moment, he could not conceive of letting Maddox go. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>09-03-2016, 05:36:11</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Maddox's moan turned into a chuckle as Brett went on about all this. He nuzzled against his throat and then the male was falling forward, his hands in his hair as if all this was almost too much. But Maddox didn't stop. He continued rutting forward into his male, his balls drawing up. He was close. Oh so close.<br><br>Then Brett was pushing back, lifting and pressing his back to his chest so they were both on their knees. One hand went to the nape of Maddox's neck whole the other went to the one on his hip, his fingers interlacing with Maddox's. <br><br>Maddox moaned, laying sweet kisses on Brett's cheek and jaw line. "You can have this," he whispered softly, "anytime. Be mine. Let me have you and you can have me." He said the words without thought but it was obvious Brett was feeling it to and god how Maddox wanted him to accept it. To accept him.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>09-03-2016, 23:14:57</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Yours..." Brett whispered, the sound, the thought, the intent floating through his mind almost intangibly. His breath, while heaving from his lungs, his chest expanding and contracting with deep and ragged draws, wasn't particularly hurried, despite the frantic way he gave his body over to Maddox. Each time, as he lived into every instinct his wolf-half seemed to be feeding him, he felt another thrill of excitement, a steady joy that grew and flourished and made him tingle to the very extreme tips of every limb he had, edged forward by the masterful way that Maddox stroked and thrust and filled and kissed and gripped. There was no key part of Brett's body that wasn't rewarded for the challenge he'd provided and the submission he was showing now. <br><br>"Yours... Y-... yo-... Unh... Maddox!" He was caught somewhere between breathing and groaning, exhaling and crying out, his voice a confused attempt at it all as he desperately offered up his lover's name like praise directly from his lips. His body began to tense, that aching tightness that rested so gratefully in Maddox's hand expanding, becoming more rigid and twitching with the desire for release even as every thrust threatened to shove him over the edge in orgasm. <br><br>It was as he grasped this very real possibility that he lost all control of himself, feeling the weakness in the way he slipped, lost his focus and suddenly... Suddenly he felt the pump, the pressure, the release as his own cock burned hot in the cool air, spraying the ground, the leaves, the trunk of a nearby tree with spurt after spurt of proof that he was experiencing the most intense orgasm he'd known in recent memory. His hands, arms and torso shook with the force of it, gripping harder at Maddox and clenching around the older man's cock as he tried desperately to fight off the torrent of the insanely-powerful climax that tore through his mind. <br><br>"Yours..." He whispered again, as he slowly regained his ability to breathe on his own. He repeated himself, again and again, half promise, half realization and all desire. "Yours..." 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>10-03-2016, 01:40:57</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				His heart thumped with joy at Brett's whispered declaration. Then it came again, this time much louder, followed by his name on those soft lips and the next moment, Brett was cumming. <br><br>Maddox never stopped, milking his male for all he was worth, the throb and heat from his cock sending him over the edge as well. He slammed into Brett one last time and held himself there as his own cock throbbed and he spurted and filled Brett with his own warmth. Maddox once again bit his shoulder, but didn't break skin, not yet, his jaw locking as he came the most intense orgasm he had ever experienced before in his life. <br><br>He was panting, his body trembling, and he finally let go of Brett's cock and his shoulder as Brett once more whispered that word. Maddox kissed the spot he had bit, his arms wrapping around the male's waist. <br><br>"Mine," he whispered, placing another soft kiss. "Yours," he followed because if Brett was his, he was very much Brett's as well. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>11-03-2016, 00:59:29</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"How..." Brett said, still calming his breath and the wild beating of his heart as he tried to bring his mind back into focus again. "How... was that even possible?" He didn't know how to explain it, how to explain the way that he felt, how it seemed that the whole of the surprise fuck had seemed to be so much simpler and so much more than that, all at the same time? How had he been able to feel as though he'd connected with Maddox more in that one encounter than he had with any other lover he'd ever had? <br><br>He felt drained, shaky and yet, he refused to let Maddox go, gripping at the man's hands and pulling those arms around his body as though covering himself with a blanket, seeking every measure of that comfort. He was trembling with the force and the sudden rush of the act now passed, but refused to move any further away from Maddox, even to get more comfortable, more stable. <br><br>"What... the hell just happened, Maddox?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>11-03-2016, 01:21:12</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Maddox let him pull him tighter around him, clinging to him. He kissed his jaw sweetly before replying. "Well, your wolf recognizes mine in a way that is written in the stars so to speak. There is only one other meant for you and when you find him, you know. <br><br>"It is different for you having been bitten but at the same time it isn't. It's only different because you don't understand this, having not grown up with the knowledge that it will happen.<br><br>"This," he started as his hands caressed over the male's abs and up to his firm pecs, laying his hand over his heart, "is what it feels like to find the one person who can complete you and make everything better for you. This is what it feels like to find your mate."<br><br>He took a deep breath. "I'm sorry if I was hard on you, if I hurt you. I didn't want to just drop this on you since you have already been through so much. And with the full moon so close, my wolf was getting agitated because I hadn't made a move on you." He rested his chin on his shoulder. <br><br>"This is new to me as well. But I can tell you it will always be intense between us and now that I've had a taste, I won't be able to stop." He chuckled then. "And we're not even officially mated..."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>11-03-2016, 22:36:33</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"So...." Brett wondered, trying to make his mind create sense out of what he was hearing. "I was always meant to be yours?" It was a difficult thought to come to terms with, particularly given that it meant that on some level, he had always been meant to become a werewolf. "So, I'm your...?" He tilted his head, looking back over his shoulder and out the corner of his eye towards Maddox, trying to see him as clearly as he could without giving up the comfortable position in which he found himself. <br><br>Mate. He'd said mate. Wolves mated... For life, didn't they? It would make sense, then, that there was supposedly someone who was set aside, as a forever kind of thing. A one and done sort of deal. Wouldn't make sense to have one good shot at it and let the rest fall away in mediocrity. "Your... mate, then?" A perfect mate. Was that something he wanted? On some level, it all seemed to be quite a lot at once. But on the other hand, wasn't it sort of... relieving? He could spend a lot of time arguing, that he hadn't wanted this or he hadn't been prepared, railing that he didn't have a choice, but... well, if this thing with the wolves was teaching him anything, it was that sometimes you had no choice. Wasn't it about time that not having a choice meant something good for him, as opposed to a burden? <br><br>He liked Maddox well enough, that was certain. They had their frictions, like any two people, but it had been surprisingly easy to co-habitate with the man, the whole werewolf thing aside. They were comfortable enough, and had started to fall into patterns that were familiar before they even started. In fact, the only times they had truly gotten into arguments were where it pertained to his new exploration of his werewolf side, or the times when...<br><br>"Wait a second." Brett said suddenly, turning partway in Maddox's arms though again, not nearly so far as he might have, had he not still been impaled by the slowly lessening pressure of Maddox's cock. "Is that why I get so pissed off when you're flirting?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>12-03-2016, 01:25:47</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Maddox mmhmmed at Brett's question. "Yes. I know it's a little confusing right now, but ask your wolf and he will tell you the same that mine is telling me. He'll answer."<br><br>But as Brett squirmed, asking that second question, Maddox straightened. Brett was trying to turn in his arms, but with Maddox still buried deep inside him, it made it kind of hard. With a groan, Maddox pulled back and slid free from his male. He turned him to face him, a brow raised and a questioning look on his face. <br><br>"I flirt?" he asked. Oh, sometimes when questioning females he had to lay on the sweetness, but it was harmless and meant nothing. He chuckled. <br><br>"Then yes, that is why you get pissed, but I can assure you, it means nothing. I usually only flirt, and it's innocent, when information is needed. Being a pack enforcer is a tough job." He laughed again, a large smile curving his lips. <br><br>"You get pissed when I flirt, hmm?" he asked as he leaned forward, pressing his chest to Brett's and nibbling and sucking on the crook of his neck. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>15-03-2016, 03:53:03</strong>
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				"Uh, in fairness," Brett objected, a little put off by the way that Maddox seemed to take joy in something that clearly bothered him. "I don't think any of them really understand that it's all just business in the end." He shook his head, carefully so that Maddox didn't think he was trying to throw the older wolf off. <br><br>There was a lot of information for Brett to take in, from the concept of asking his wolf directly about something that seemed complicated enough to confuse him, and the idea that it was fine if Maddox had to flirt in order to do his job. "Never had a job that was so tough I was forced to flirt with people." He said sullenly, glaring off under the undergrowth as much for something to stare at as for anything in particular that caught his attention. <br><br>With a sigh, he leaned into Maddox, letting his arms encircle the other man's waist and leaning in until the shorter man's head could rest on the well-defined chest that had long ago become a symbol of comfort to the new wolf. It was an odd sensation - he wasn't used to being the smaller of two men, his own height generally collaborating with the rest of his persona to make him the defacto dominant figure in his past relationships. As such, it felt odd now to have acted so submissively with this new lover. But then again, what wasn't unusual for him, these days? "There's a lot about this that I'm still going to have to learn." He said quietly. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>15-03-2016, 04:14:02</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Maddox stopped and looked him in the face. "I don't go out of my way to flirt. Women just seem to like me for whatever reason. But I'll watch fromnow on to make sure it doesn't happen again." His brows lowered over his hazel eyes. "I don't like you upset."<br><br>When Brett leaned forward into him, arms circling around his waist, he rested his cheek against the top of the male's head, his hands rubbing soothingly over Brett's back.<br><br>He nodded in agreement. "I'll teach you. But know that I am new to this whole mate thing too, so I have to learn as well." He cleared his throat. <br><br>"And uhm, nobody knows I'm gay..." the words came out on a whisper.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>16-03-2016, 04:06:26</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Brett blinked, pulling his head back from Maddox to give him a look of surprise. <br><br>"Really?" He knew it was a stupid thing to ask, but there were just so few words available for the moment that it was all he could muster. "How long have YOU known?" It wasn't fair to make judgements, he knew that much. Sometimes, trying to figure out how you identified and what your orientation was could be difficult, especially in a town like this. Sometimes, it took people a little longer to latch onto those truths about themselves and figure out the answers they needed. <br><br>In truth, Brett wasn't at all sure how much older Maddox was, but the older someone got, the stranger it was to see them closeted, confused or lacking confidence. Somehow, the confession from the older male had Brett completely forgetting everything else they'd just talked about, focusing instead on this one element. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>16-03-2016, 05:13:59</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Maddox's face heated at that and he closed his eyes for a second, taking a deep breath as he found the courage to tell his male. <br><br>"I've known since I was twelve," he began. He opened his eyes. <br><br>"You know how I said Dean is my adoptive father? Well, I was part of another pack when I was born. My mother was killed by hunters and my father blamed the alpha, so we left. We were lone.<br><br>"When I was sixteen, there was a male in town, a human." His cheeks reddened. "We grew close. Really close.<br><br>"One day, he had just left and my father came home and it smelled of sex and male. My father freaked out, attacked me. He stepped back and traced the light scar running from his shoulder down his abs to his hip.<br><br>"He attacked and tried to kill me. He was so lost without his mate." He shook his head. "I couldn't blame him. He loved my mom.<br><br>"But I acted in defense and I was stronger. I killed him. I was only 16, a child myself.<br><br>"I left in wolf form, wandering the woods, a bloody wolf. Dean and his mate, Sheila, they found me.<br><br>"She had just lost a pup, so they took me in with open arms. I've been here ever since. But I've hid this, who I am, because I don't think I could act in defense if Dean attacked me."<br><br>He was looking down, head lowered. "I'm scared to let him know this."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>19-03-2016, 18:21:16</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Brett had no words for it. He leaned forward again and laid his head on the chest of the man who had just, in essence, told his coming out story. <br><br>Brett had been, in a sense, a little spoiled with his own. His family had accepted him with grace and the same love they had always shown him. The same support. When his mother had told him that she loved him, it hadn't come with conditions. That was a truth she learned when he'd looked her in the eye and told her he would never bear her a grandchild. Not biologically. At first, he'd mistaken the tears in her eyes for grief until she'd smiled at him. He really couldn't dare to make a comment on Maddox's experience. <br><br>"Not everyone will be like him." Brett said quietly. He didn't know what Maddox's father's name was, but it was largely irrelevant now. "Eventually, you're going to have to trust someone. Some, at least, that isn't wolf-like and instinctively bound to be okay with it." 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>19-03-2016, 22:31:02</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Maddox's arms wrapped around Brett once more, holding the male tightly against him. He shook his head. "For as different as we are as a species, wolves are just like humans. They don't like things different&nbsp; then them. It's bad for the gene pool and that is something the wolven councils look into to. <br><br>"But then again, just like the whole alpha business, we don't live in the stone ages anymore." He let out a deep sigh before breathing in the scent that was all Brett. "I've never had someone come into my life and all but take everything over." He shook his head again. <br><br>"I'm very domineering, an ass, totally alpha and I've treated you like shit. I'm sorry that you are meant to be mine because I am such an overbearing asshole and you deserve so much better then me. Then this life." He pushed him back gently to look him in the face, meeting those blue eyes. <br><br>"But I promise that I will do everything I am able to make it a life worth living. With me, if you'll have me." 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>22-03-2016, 20:00:49</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Brett was surprised at the mention of wolven councils, but decided to tuck it away for another time. There was more at stake here, personally speaking, and one inquiry at a time seemed to be enough. Instead, he grinned up at Maddox from under the older man's chin. "Uhm, what? I'm the one that took everything over?" His voice was sarcastic, his tone teasing. Maddox's response was apologetic and sincere, though, and he instantly felt a little guilty. Whatever was going on here was clearly effecting Maddox on a deep level. <br><br>"I dunno." He said, once his mentor had pushed him backward slightly to meet his eyes. Brett's came back with a little extra shine in them, a smile for the man who had just recently proven that dominant side by pushing him down and filling him soundly. Brett's backside was still ever so slightly sore. "Sounds like a chore." <br><br>He was a little taken aback by all the information, and while he was ready to believe it, the fact was that it still took some adjustment. But the last thing he wanted to say was no, or that he needed more time. Maddox needed to hear something now, and he needed to be reassured that what had happened, who he had revealed to Brett, what he had confessed was okay. It was acceptable. It was accepted. Brett found, to his surprise, that he was in fact able to offer those assurances, and he was able to do it honestly. <br><br>Instead of words, however, he mimicked the older wolf's actions and put a hand at the back of Maddox' neck, pulling him down into a kiss that lingered. When it weakened, Brett only renewed it, insisting that Maddox remain close, kissing him until they'd each had their fill. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>22-03-2016, 20:15:01</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				At Brett's response, Maddox felt his heart breaking. He had fucked it up and he had no idea what he could do to even begin to fix it . So much shit was running through his head and he was hating himself at that moment. Yeah, he was totally head fucked about all of this, about being gay and the others finding out and reacting as his father did, and he had acted out because of it. And he had hurt the one person he should never hurt. Ever. <br><br>What confused him though, was when Brett looked up at him with those blue eyes, it looked as if they were beginning to fill with tears and a smile curved those soft lips. His thoughts paused as confusion furrowed his brow, but all thought stopped completely, vanishing as if never there when Brett placed his hand on the nape of his neck and pulled him down into a kiss. <br><br>The tension instantly left Maddox and he kissed his male, putting everything he felt in that kiss. Passion and lust, but most of all, the apology he felt the male deserved for the way he had treated him. <br><br>When they both finally needed to come up for air, Maddox placed his forehead against Brett's and looked into that gorgeous blue. "I'm sorry, for everything," he whispered before he kissed him again, a hand cupping his cheek while the other one remained at the small of his back, holding him close. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>24-03-2016, 07:26:39</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"I know," Brett whispered, his eyes closed as he let Maddox hold him. Or was he holding Maddox? Whatever the case, he took comfort in how close the two of them were. He was quiet for a long time, afterward, stroking at the larger man's neck, his cheek, or with his other hand, the back of broad shoulders and down his spine. It was a long few minutes of appreciation when Brett finally spoke again. <br><br>"You know, I think we should probably get home." He said, glancing sideways and up to the sky. It was slightly overcast, but even that couldn't stop the impending dark from being noticeable. "I think that's enough of the physical exertion for one day, don't you? Besides... I could really go for some actual food. And no- I..." He shook his head. "I'm not asking for another rabbit." 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>24-03-2016, 11:57:36</strong>
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				They were like that for a while, standing in the woods, hands never letting go of each other, stealing kisses here and there. Then Brett spoke of going home finally. Maddox looked up at the sky.<br><br>"You're probably right. It has been a long day." He laughed as Brett brought up the rabbit. He put his a around Brett's shoulders and pulled him towards their clothes.<br><br>"Come on. We can order a pizza and watch a movie to wind down." He placed a soft kiss on Brett's cheek and when they got to their clothes, they dressed and headed to their car.<br><br>The drive home was full of warmth. Maddox's hand rested on Brett's thigh and they chatted and talked of everything and nothing at all until they pulled up to his house. <br><br>After parking they went inside and Maddox ordered pizza while letting Brett pick a movie.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>29-03-2016, 06:37:44</strong>
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				It was an odd familiarity to Brett. Something he'd never expected to get caught up in, particularly so soon after Chris. It was a routine, already, despite having never been part of their interactions, he and Maddox, but one that felt as though it were immediately adopted. He could slip into the idea of lounging on the center console of the car while Maddox drove, putting his two cents in for the pizza order as he combed through the movies that were available to him. He even found something almost comforting in how he peeked over his shoulder to make sure Maddox wasn't watching as he snuck in a last-minute contender for the night's festivities from a lineup of some of Brett's favourites: Classic re-tellings of his favourite western legends. Tonight's pick was Wyatt Earp. <br><br>"You know," Brett whispered during the movie as though he ran the risk of disturbing other movie goers. He had spread out and laid back on the couch, watching the movie lazily. "This movie did horrendously at the box office. Tombstone had just come out. Which wasn't entirely accurate, but the pure artistry in Costner's performance, in the script, in the attention to detail... Did you know they actually took Earp's coat from the Smithsonian to check the angles on this shot?" He leaned forward, then, not bothering to listen for a response as he grabbed for the remote control and turned up the volume as the canyon river gunfight unfolded before their eyes. <br><br>There were a few times in the movie that Brett snuck a look out the corner of his eye to Maddox, reminded suddenly of their situation and taking the time to try to process it. It was ... concerning, scary, complicated... But all of that, of course, led to something that just simply seemed so... Thrilling. Then again, wasn't that always the way new things like this developed? It could still turn out to be a disaster. For instance, there was always the question of what to do once the movie ended. Say goodnight, go to their separate rooms? Say goodnight and go to the same room? Go to the same room, but... not really say goodnight? <br><br>As the film drew ever nearer to the end credits, Brett felt himself getting nervous and restless. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>29-03-2016, 06:57:39</strong>
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				Back home, they settled down, ordered pizza,and watched a movie. He was surprised Brett liked this kind of movie and here Maddox was, showing his age even having it. But his male, it turned out, knew quite a bit about this. <br><br>When it was nearing the end, he felt the change in Brett, the sudden nervousness. Which to an extent, he had been thinking the same things. <br><br>What happened now? Did they sleep together? Share a room?<br><br>Honestly, now that Maddox had him, he didn't think he could allow the male to stay in the other room anymore. But, that'd be his choice in the end. <br><br>Maddox covered his mouth, a yawn taking over as the last scene played out. He wrapped his arms around Brett and pulled him close, nipping gently at his neck. <br><br>"Will you sleep with me tonight?" he asked softly. "You can still stay in the other room though, if you'd prefer..."
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>29-03-2016, 08:35:22</strong>
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				Well, that was one question answered. And now that the strain of waiting for it to be voiced was gone, Brett wasn't sure whether he was glad the question had been asked, or if it only revealed a whole new mess of something to be nervous about. He distracted himself with leaning into the other man on the couch and enjoying the affections, even if it was a little surreal. <br><br>"Tonight..." He said hesitantly, clearly unsure. He wasn't ready to just... leap headlong into something new. But tonight, particularly after all he had seen, all he had felt today, the unexpected events and the new light they cast on everything, not to mention the subtle ways that Maddox appeared to be particularly vulnerable to rejection made him not want to leave the man's side. And oddly, he thought, not because he felt in some way guilty for wanting to be elsewhere, or for the way that Maddox would take it. He genuinely felt the desire to spare the man that sort of frustration. <br><br>"Tonight, at least, it would be... good to have company." 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>31-03-2016, 03:09:36</strong>
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				Maddox sensed the hesitation, but he didn't press. He didn't want to fuck this up. He finally let out a breath, unknowingly having been holding it when Brett finally said yes. <br><br>The movie ended, the credits beginning to roll. He grabbed the remote, turned off the DVD player and the TV before standing and holding his hand out to his male.<br><br>He gave him a small smile as he pulled Brett to his feet. He walked him to his bedroom and once inside, he pulled off his shirt, then shucked his pants, leaving him nude as he hadn't put any boxers on after they shifted back.<br><br>He walked to Brett, giving him a swift kiss on his lips. "Keep me warm tonight?" he asked huskily.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>02-04-2016, 05:03:30</strong>
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				Brett chuckled at the question. "Uhm, sure you're hot enough as it is." He said without thinking. It took him a moment to realize all the ways his words could be interpreted. "I meant... you're... because your temperature... The wolf thing. Cause of the fur. Not that you're furry now, of course, just... I... That's not what I meant." He scraped a hand through his hair and sighed, shaking his head and puffing out his cheeks. It was going to be difficult not to make double-sided comments like that. <br><br>"You know what I mean." He said begrudgingly. Even though they'd undressed before each other in the past, even though he'd been more than fully exposed to the man only a few hours prior, it was something of a nervous air about Brett as he, too, disrobed and prepared himself for bed. Still, he left no stone unturned and could even feel one form in his throat as he tried to swallow past it. He told himself it wasn't his fault that his cock was half-plumped already, or that his breathing and heart rate had increased slightly. He left his things discarded on the floor and faced the other man, somewhat awkward and feeling exposed, unsure of what to do next. "It's... been a while since I spent the night with someone new." He confessed, awkwardly. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>02-04-2016, 07:43:16</strong>
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				Maddox cupped the young male's cheeks, a lopsided grin curving his lips. "That's perfectly okay." He blushed. "I've never spent the night with another male, so you'd be my first." He was no virgin by any means but his life was full of one night stands and the like. He had never liked anyone enough to want to fall asleep beside them.<br><br>He pulled Brett to bed, ushering him into it. Then he got on behind him, spooning against his back and pulling him close against his body.<br><br>Maddox could get used to this. The warmth of Brett's body so close, his scent filing his nose. Yes, he liked this immensely.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>02-04-2016, 19:11:41</strong>
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				Brett's eyebrows went up at the confession. How could that have been? It took him a moment to remember the story that Maddox had told. It seemed suddenly that his life appeared to have been full of loneliness. It was a strange realization. Brett may not know how much, but he knew that Maddox was older than he was. Brett tried to picture having lived his whole life without the connections he'd felt in his human life. Had he been alone for all this time? <br><br>It was a terrible realization, and Brett felt bad for the way he'd pointed it out. But even more so, he was surprised at the instinct to comfort the larger man. It was a strange feeling. Especially considering that he was the one who was pulled along in Maddox' wake in the next moment. He climbed onto the bed, feeling Maddox slide in behind him, the arm around his body to pull the two of them closer. A small smile crossed his face, hidden from the other man as he rested his own arm across the one holding him. <br><br>"Well, then, you'll have to tell me how it measures up." He said, a slight chuckle in his voice. After a moment, however, the laughter faded and he whispered, "Goodnight, Maddox." 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>02-04-2016, 19:57:36</strong>
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				Maddox's eyes closed as he smiled, sleep taking hold of him. He placed a kiss between Brett's shoulder blades, whispering a good night back to the male as he fell asleep. <br><br>He slept the most peaceful sleep that night. Usually, his nights were full of fitfull sleep, bad dreams, and most of the time he only got a few hours of sleep. At this point in his life, he was used to it, so no one questioned if he didn't get much sleep. <br><br>The following morning, he awoke to the ringing of his phone. With a grumble, he unwrapped his arm from the warm body beside him and rolled to face the nightstand where he picked up his phone. He answered it without looking to see who it was.<br><br>"What?" he said snippily and still groggy from sleep.<br><br>"You're still in bed. That's not like you, Maddox. It's nearing ten in the morning," his alpha sais in his ear.<br><br>Maddox pulled his phone from his face and blinking rapidly, looked at the time on the phone's screen. Dean was right. It was 9:52 in the morning.<br><br>"Uh, sorry. Had a rough day training Brett yesterday and the male's wolf is stronger than he looks. I crashed when we got home." Wasn't a complete lie...<br><br>"Okay, well do you think you could be over here in the next hour or so? And bring Brett?" <br><br>That woke Maddox up. "Yeah, I'll shower right quick then well be right over. Everything okay?"<br><br>"There's been another attack. I'll give you the details when you get over here," Dean said.<br><br>They hung up then and Maddox rolled over, a hand running up Brett's arm. He placed a kiss at the crook of the male's neck. "Brett, we gotta get up. Dean wants to see us."
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>02-04-2016, 20:07:34</strong>
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				Brett groaned. "But... morning." He mumbled plaintively, as though pointing out the sin hidden between the digits on the clock. Some habits die hard and Brett's aversion to daylight hours was a strong one. "Why? Morning." Another groan saw him obediently pushing the blanket down his torso and slowly off his hip, preparing to be up and out of the bed despite his profuse objections. <br><br>It wasn't until he realized whose name he had heard that he also realized not only who he was talking about, but who he was talking to. And suddenly, he was exceptionally self-conscious about the way his own member was hard as stone and waiting impatiently for some sort of maintenance, whatever it might be. In the past, it wasn't unusual for him to be the one wrapped up and over another body, at which point pushing his way inside would have been almost second nature, by that point. Still, the way that Maddox sounded, he doubted any such activity was on their list for the morning. In fact, Maddox sounded a little concerned. <br><br>"Nnh. What's he want to talk to us about?" 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>02-04-2016, 20:47:34</strong>
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				Maddox had woken up with his own dick hard as he had been pressed up against Brett's warm body. It had deflated at Dean's sound of urgency but here it was, hardening again like he had no care in the world at Brett's sleepy voice and how the male pushed the blanket down his bare hip. <br><br>Maddox licked his lips but shook his head. No,there was work to be done and as much as he wanted to say fuck it and fuck Brett, his alpha needed them. He growled.<br><br><br>"Come on. We gotta shower." He swung his legs over the side of the bed and stood, the blanket sliding from him and revealing his own wanting erection. <br><br>This was the first time he hated being an enforcer... <br><br>He walked to his bathroom and turned the water on, keeping it nearly scalding. His muscles needed it.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>05-04-2016, 20:36:25</strong>
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				The feeling of Maddox behind him had been almost ignored until the moment when Brett was fully awake. And there was Maddox, talking about jumping in the shower as though there wasn't a thought in the world aside from going to see Dean. It was intoxicating, on one hand, but the other found it irritating. He wasn't even aware of the fact that he growled low in his throat as Maddox got up and walked away. Brett's eyes followed the movement resentfully, even more so after he caught sight of the impressive form of Maddox's clear desires. He let his eyes slide closed and groaned, throwing the blankets back in turn. <br><br>He was just about to follow the larger male into the bathroom when he stopped short. If whatever was going on was urgent, then getting into the warm shower... watching Maddox get slowly, steadily more slick, watching the contours of his body reflected with sheets of water, clinging to his form and accenting every last appetizin- He blinked. <em>Stop that!</em> He yelled at himself internally, now fighting the second wave in the form of memories that lingered from the night before. This wasn't going to work. At least, not with warm water involved. <br><br>His indecision lasted a few short minutes, and after that it was clear to him that he could afford no more time without hurting Maddox's feelings. Reluctantly, he focused himself on calming his body down before he walked in to join the other man. <br><br>"So... Did he say what he wanted?" Brett called into the steam that surrounded the shower. He chose the sink, instead, running some cold water and cupping his hands to catch it, splashing it over his face. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>06-04-2016, 00:47:50</strong>
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				He heard Brett come into the bathroom, but he was at the sink instead of coming into the shower. Maddox pushed the curtain to the side and poked his head out. "There's been another killing. And, uh, what are you doing at the sink?" he asked. <br><br>The male had had a hard day before just like he had and needed the shower.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>07-04-2016, 20:36:37</strong>
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				Brett sighed, looking into the fogging mirror. There was nothing for it now. Might as well tell him the truth. <br><br>Slowly, he turned around to face Maddox, deciding at the last minute to fully embrace his nudity even as he crossed his arms self-consciously across his chest. "Well... I thought I'd give you a minute to have your own shower. Not... entirely certain it's a good idea for both of us to be in there at once." His smirk was characteristic, but it was also a mask, to keep the mixture of hunger, concern and nerves from showing on his face. <br><br>"If there's been another killing, and if Dean was looking to get you out of bed so damned early," Brett insisted, still not quite adjusted to hours when he was no longer a bartender. What was the use in any time on a clock before noon, anyway? "Then probably shouldn't risk getting caught up in a "shower" before we get going." At the word 'shower', Brett's hands came up and drew quotes in the air around it. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>08-04-2016, 05:12:42</strong>
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				Maddox raised a brow at that but Brett was right. He wouldn't be getting clean if Brett were in here, the water sliding down that toned body, hair slicked back as he lathered himself. Maddox's dick twitched but he nodded.<br><br>"Yeah, you're right. Give me a sec and you can get in and take a quick shower. You need it after yesterday," he said before closing the curtain and soaping up real quick. <br><br>He scrubbed and rinsed his hair and body, then he was stepping out of the shower and wrapping a towel around his waist. "Alright, all yours," he said, water droplets sliding down his chest as he stepped past Brett and went to finish drying and getting dressed in his room.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>09-04-2016, 08:15:35</strong>
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				Brett took the opportunity to splash more water on his face once Maddox was back in the shower, but it took him longer to calm down than that, and he lost all of that composure as the other man stepped out from the shower. Once Maddox's back is turned, Brett felt his brow draw together in a helpless look as he pulled his fist up to his mouth. Keeping himself quiet, he bit into the knuckles of his clenched fist, turning around almost immediately to keep his face - and his freshly-awakened cock - from notice until his mentor was out of the room. <br><br>When he stepped into the shower, the first thing he did was turn it all the way to as cold as it would go. <br><br>It took him only about ten minutes, grabbing a spare towel and momentarily wrestling with the irritation that his own wasn't within reach, wrapping the thing about his waist and ignoring the similar way his hair was plastered to his head and droplets still slid down his cheek and off his chin. He was overwhelmed with the desire to shake his head and send the water flinging in all different directions, blinking dumbfoundedly when he realized where the instinct must come from. Well, that was new. <br><br>He exited the bathroom and made his way quickly as he could through the bedroom and out towards the hallway, on his way to his own room. It was, after all, still where his clothing was kept. Another five minutes to dress - black jeans, a cream-coloured button-down shirt - and he was ready to follow Maddox over to the Alpha's place. He'd long ago started referring to them as dens, because he found the reference amusing, but it had sort of stuck in his mind. <br><br>It wasn't until he met back up with Maddox that another thought crossed his mind, forcing him to frown. "Hey, uh... they... they don't think it was me, do they?" He started to panic. Maybe that's why they had asked Brett to come along too. "I mean... well, like... what happens if they ask. Like, where was I last night, or... or why we took so long in the forest?" He was starting to get himself worked up, all for realizing that he couldn't clear his name without being forced to out Maddox. His wide eyes met those of his new companion, icy chilled in the blue core of them. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>09-04-2016, 10:13:29</strong>
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				Maddox was dressed in a pair of faded blue jeans and plain black shirt that stretched across his wide chest. He was in the kitchen, leaning against the counter, a glass of water in his hand when Brett joined him, unfortunately fully dressed. He set the glass down on the counter and shook his head.<br><br>"No, Dean knows you've been with me. If it could possibly be the same wolf who bit you, there might be a chance you recognize something." He found he really disliked the worry and fear in those eyes. <br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>11-04-2016, 07:30:38</strong>
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				Brett sighed, running his hand through his hair again to send it in every direction. It was a bad habit, a nervous habit he had created for himself, and now he found the movement equal parts comforting and stale. <br><br>"Alright, well... I guess we'd better go figure out what they want me for. I mean, alright, I might recognize something... I think it's a long shot, though. My senses weren't as keen, and I think you'll remember, I thought it was a pitt bull, right?" He shook his head. "Can't imagine I'll be a lot of help, but I'll try." <br><br>There was no way he was leading the charge, though, and determined to fall into step just behind Maddox's shoulder, out of the way and relying on the older wolf for guidance as usual. It was something that still somewhat rankled in his mind, but he was also starting to come to grips with how it fit into his new life, now. "After you."
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>22-04-2016, 04:21:53</strong>
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				Damn his male was cute as hell but Maddox didn't like that he was agitated. He nodded though, pushing himself from the counter. <br><br>"Just because you don't remember, doesn't mean your wolf won't," he said walking past him to the front door. "Your wolf wasn't with you yet but that scent could be imprinted on him. It is something negative and hurtful to you, so he'll be defensive if he recognizes it." He held open the door and shut it behind them.<br><br>"Either you will, or you won't. If you do, fantastic, but if not, no big deal." <br><br>They walked down the path and down the road to the alpha's house.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>27-04-2016, 05:15:49</strong>
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				Brett couldn't stop himself from twitching, fidgeting and trying to watch everything at once. He walked along with Maddox, his head turning to let his eyes meet every new sound, each new movement. It wasn't easy to keep his hands by his side, either, alternating between clenching them, stretching his fingers wide and fighting the impulse to reach out and touch his companion for comfort. And he wasn't even, as far as he knew, anywhere near the site of the attack. Yet. <br><br>He had to keep reminding himself that he wasn't in trouble - at least not yet. No one had any reason, so far, so suspect him. So far. How long was it going to be till someone looked at him and thought it might be an idea to blame the new kid? Suddenly, every noise wasn't the rogue wolf coming at him again, but instead it was the members of the pack surrounding him with ugly looks on their faces and weapons in hand, on the edges of his vision as his head swung around at each new sound. But Maddox had said they knew where Brett had been. That he'd been with Maddox, and Brett would just have to trust that Maddox knew more about what they'd understand or not than he did. <br><br>They made their way to Dean's home, Brett determined to follow the other man until they found themselves in front of Dean again. While he was still given to fidgeting, he tried to keep his hands still and keep his eyes on Dean instead. His hands went into his pockets and instead he completely missed the fact that he switched his weight back and forth from one foot to another. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>30-04-2016, 14:18:19</strong>
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				Dean was sitting behind his desk, his hands flying over his keyboard when the boys walked in. He glanced up at Brett, feeling the nervousness, the slight fear there. The male was scared. He glanced up at Maddox.<br><br>If his son said the wolf was innocent, he believed him. The fear was probably because he was scared he'd be blamed for this which he could understand. Pures were usually leary about bitten wolves. He looked back down to his computer screen.<br><br>"You can relax, Brett. We don't suspect you. Your scent was nowhere near the attack site," he said as he pressed send on the email he was typing.<br><br>Maddox took a seat and motioned for his male to take the other. Brett was fidgety. He wanted to reach out and comfort him, more than just a pat on the arm, but he didn't.<br><br>Dean sat back in his chair and crosses his arms over his wide chest. "So, another attack. Thos could b a different rogue than who turned you, Brett, but that's highly unlikely. I sent Aaron an email to see if he's seen or heard anything but the attacks are to close together to be a different wolf." He reached in to his desk then, pulling out a ripped white shirt. There was blood but it was ripped like someone had shifted in it. He held it out to Brett.<br><br>"Smell it. See if your wolf recognizes anything. The blood is the victims, but go past that. You'll catch the wolf scent."
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>10-05-2016, 03:34:42</strong>
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				<br><div class="floatleft">(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/b6/77/81/b67781094e9c75a0bd2c3951a93f423f.jpg) (https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/b6/77/81/b67781094e9c75a0bd2c3951a93f423f.jpg)</div><br>He loved this feeling, and hated it all at once. That feeling of excitement for what he was approaching, as well as the thrill of fear that threatened to take over from the lingering victory he could still feel clinging to his exhausted form. His mind, on the other hand, was still racing. Riley MacNaughton could only consider it a win as he headed out to the attack site for the third time that day. <br><br>The first time had been before it could have even been considered the site of the attack. The second time had been a little too late to keep his potential DNA out of the inquest. This time, however, he was just going through the motions. <br><br>Pressing a button on his dashboard, the phone mounted within easy sight suddenly lit up. "Phone Victor." He said in his lazy drawl, letting his eyes wander over the road. The tones followed in sequence and the gentle ring told him he was being connected. Nothing to do now but wait. And wait. And wait. After an inordinate number of rings, the line clicked over and the steely voice on the other end of the phone answered, sending shivers down Riley's spine. He sat up a little straighter and gripped the wheel firmly in his hands. <br><br>"What do you want, MacNaughton?" Any other voice would have snapped it, but the frustration evident in the other voice was strained through the discipline and control that Riley had initially come to admire - and now come to fear. <br><br>"Almost there, sir." He said with only the hint of a tremor. <br><br>"And what do you think you'll find once you get there?" <br><br>"Nothing out of the expected. As far as I know, I got everything pertinent." <br><br>"As far as you know?" Riley winced at the constrained exasperation. He hadn't even mentioned the shirt yet, and that could have been anywhere. <br><br>"There's no reason for me to believe there is anything wrong, at this time. Everything should be running... smoothly." He took the last corner and saw the alleyway with an unusually high number of vehicles parked around it. Luckily, none of them seemed like police. That was something to be grateful for. "I'm here, I have to go." <br><br>"Don't fail me, Riley. Half a century I've been banking on you, and I've only ever seen diminished returns. Don't make me withdraw my support." <br><br>Riley didn't say anything. He just swallowed hard and hit the button to end the call, pulling up alongside the rearmost vehicles and shutting off the engine. Here goes nothing.<br><br><br><hr><br><div class="floatright">(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/fc/99/86/fc9986e7c1ead86f79ce3d5d717a7071.jpg) (https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/fc/99/86/fc9986e7c1ead86f79ce3d5d717a7071.jpg)</div><br>Brett wasn't sure what smelling the shirt would get him. Aside from being more aware of what certain scents meant, he hadn't noticed any tangible ability to discern scents with any greater efficiency as of late. But he knew that he at least had to try. He shot a look at Maddox as he took the shirt from Dean. <br><br>Holding it up to his nose, he sighed and accidentally inhaled a lungful of the scent of blood, metallic and cloying and seemingly much like the memory of the blood that had been in his own mouth when he'd woken from his first adventure in nightmareland. The memory was enough that it almost sent him reeling and he had to calm himself down before he completely ruined any chance he might have had to be useful. With a moment to close his eyes and exhaling a shaky breath, he steadied himself and tried again, letting his brain pick through the scents on the cloth in his hands. <br><br>He surprised himself by being able to discern the scents of many different factors. There was the victim, as Dean had called him, the man - because it was a man - whose blood was on the shirt. It was almost enough to cover everything, but instead of sealing off the other scents, it was like a sheet spread out over the rest. Enough to obscure, but not to eliminate. Brett was pretty sure he could make out other things beneath the shape of the blood scent. <br><br>There was a myriad of soaps and scraps from everyday contact, nothing that gave him any greater insight to what he might be dealing with, and those scents were almost instinctively discarded. Then there was the confusion. The confusion came in a mixture that Brett couldn't put his finger on. There was something familiar about the scent, but in two different directions, as though one familiarity defied the other. He scowled into the fabric and tried again, discounting anything that wasn't one of those two strands of smell. <br><br>Each strand prickled at the back of his memory, as though left over from the stretch of the last month and as he came to have more and more of a frustrating time dealing with it all, he came nearer and nearer tearing the shirt in two simply to be rid of the source of that frustration. He looked again to Maddox, almost pleading for help in keeping his temper under control. Of course, Maddox couldn't do anything about it. Nothing more than he already would have. But the concept was already buried in his mind, echoed in Maddox's voice. Breathe... take a moment. Calm... Keep control. <br><br>All their time in the forest must have been paying off, because the moment Brett could think of those words, he conjured up an image of the serene clearing, even as Maddox had attacked to bring the wolf out to begin with. They were still of two minds, but at least there were times when the wolf wasn't so resentful, when it could come out and explore and be a wolf for a whi-...<br><br>"Porcupines." Brett said, blinking. The second scent, the one less elusive and more evident finally came clear to Brett as he remembered coming across the overpowering smell under a pile of logs in the depths of the forest on one of their excursions. He wasn't sure how the scent could have ever slipped his mind, but there it was. Not on the clothing, but as though it had clung to the one wearing it before they donned the shirt. "Whoever it is... they smell like porcupines." He turned then to his lover and mentor and held the shirt out to him. "Remember that den we found just across the river from the Lynx or the Cougar or whatever it was? The one with the dead rabbit? That's what it smells like. Like whoever this wolf is, he went and rolled around with the porcupines to hide his scent." <br><br>Brett looked over at Dean, still holding the shirt out for Maddox to smell. "If they're going to those lengths to cover their scent... is it possible they're afraid you'll recognize them? Maybe someone who was in my position and uh... well..." He swallowed hard, faltering in his confidence and dropping his eyes to the surface of Dean's desk. "Who... didn't do so well with it?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>16-05-2016, 04:42:58</strong>
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				Dean raised a brow as Brett spoke, he looked at Maddox who shook his head, eyes narrowing. "Porcupines aren't a creature you fuck with. They are very protective of their homes." The older male growled. <br><br>"This wasn't a newly bitten. You weren't close to your wolf then, but he still wouldn't want you hurt because that in turn means he'd hurt. He would be new, but he's still an animal and animals do what is needed to survive."<br><br>"Unless he is just a kid," Maddox said, "but from what you explained, he rolled around enough to cover his scent. This isn't a pup exploring. This wolf knew what he was doing." He leaned forward, is elbows on his knees, wolven amber streaking through his irises. <br><br>"Means one of two things. Either it's a rogue who is trespassing and or it's one of our fucking wolves." The last bit was said on a growl. <br><br>Dean leaned forward. "Have you told anyone of what I had spoken to you about?" he asked his enforcer who shook his head. He hadn't told anyone, not even Brett yet.<br><br>"No. Could this be the reason for this stupidity?" <br><br>"I really fucking hope not. I haven't discussed it with anyone besides you, and I hate to say it, but there are wolves in this pack who didn't like that I brought a wounded pup here, much less made him lead enforcer," Dean replied with a sigh.<br><br>Maddox slammed his hand down on the top of the desk. "I fucking earned this position, dammit. You didn't just give it to me," he practically snarled. He got to his feet and began pacing behind Brett. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>16-05-2016, 05:11:29</strong>
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				Everything they were saying now was confusing to Brett. He had some idea of the fact they suspected that someone had attacked him on purpose, now. Or that it was at least a heavy suspicion, and they were talking about why. The reasons they stated were very obviously veiled to keep him from knowing too much. At first, something about Brett bristled at that, likely the wolf part of him, but he coudln't much figure out why. Besides, it was pack politics, and he wasn't anywhere near being ready to deal with all that yet. <br><br>So, it was assumed whoever it was had purposely decided to roll around with porcupines. He'd been hoping they'd say that was highly unlikely and that whoever it was was probably just generally found in that area, but at least he knew he wasn't just pulling ideas out of his ass. If they thought it too... he'd have to get used to this idea. And then a new one hit him. He sat up a little bit and gripped the arms of the chair. <br><br>"Wait, does this mean that whoever this is... were they specifically after me? Am I... I mean, am I actually a target now?" He looked at Dean but couldn't help letting his eyes slide up to Maddox, worried as he was. It sounded as though they thought Maddox was really the reason for the attack, but did that mean that Brett, now having survived and being around the pack, was fair game for more attacks? "And what about you? Like... how long till they decide to go after you directly?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>16-05-2016, 05:28:44</strong>
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				Dean looked at Brett. He saw the look of genuine concern for his adoptive son in the male's eyes, along with fear for himself. The lilt in the male's voice caused Maddox to stop and Dean saw the male stop from reaching out to comfort him. He decided right then that he liked the male.<br><br>"You are one of us now," he told Brett, "part of this pack. Maddox trusts you and I've never seen him make a bad judge of character. So you we have your back, Brett. We protect our own." <br><br>Maddox put his hand then on Brett's shoulder, squeezing gently as he looked down at his male. "I promise I won't let anything happen to you while I'm around," he said, his voice having softened. Then his face hardened once more and he went back to pacing, taking his hand off of Brett's shoulder. <br><br>Dean didn't make a move like he had noticed the way his son's face and voice had softened as he had talked to the male. He wasn't stupid, but he kept it to himself for now. This was something the male needed to come out with in his own time. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>16-05-2016, 05:48:58</strong>
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				Brett was a little surprised by the way the interaction flowed, moving to put his hand on Maddox's without thinking only to have Maddox pull away. Brett cast a look down and put his hand back on the arm of the chair. He glanced momentarily up at Dean before back down at his own lap. With a deep breath, he closed his eyes and took to an old habit. His fingers moved rapidly, a calming effect he'd taken on in the last few years, expending the energy in practice for something he was good at. This was no time to mock-up a portrait in his own mind, however, and his hand, palm and wrist got involved too. In his mind, he was twirling, spinning, tossing and turning a bottle of liquor in his hand. <br><br>"Alright... So." He looked up at Dean again, his face a little calmer now. "So, this isn't a catastrophe." He sounded a little more sure than he felt, which helped him to feel surer in turn. "It's just a problem. Problems..." He looked over his shoulder at Maddox as his mentor passed behind him again. "Problems have solutions. Maddox. You say you're the best enforcer, the... that you've earned it, that you're the leader of the Goon Squad here. Hey. Cut it out." He frowned at Maddox as the man took another turn behind him. "So, you're Earp. You can hunt this guy down. Take everything else out of the equation. What's your next move?" <br><br>Suddenly fearful he'd overstepped on some level of pack politics, he cast a nervous glance at Dean. "I just... well, I mean, that's what'll solve all this, right? Can't do anything about the rest of it till we hunt him down?" 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>16-05-2016, 06:42:27</strong>
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				Dean nodded at Brett's words, relaxing a little. "Yeah son, what's your next move? If you're lead enforcer, it's time to remind them why you earned it.<br><br>"I am alpha, yes, but I can only do so many things at one time. I have no beta. You're the next best thing."<br><br>He ran a hand over his beard. "You're alpha enough to run this pack. Remind them why," he said, wondering how Brett would take that little tidbit of information.<br><br>Maddox stopped then, his hands relaxing at his side as he looked down at the male he wanted for a mate. The male he'd do anything for because whether or not they had just come to terms with their feelings for one another, Brett meant more to him then anything ever had in his life.<br><br>Maddox's eyes went full on amber, his wolf perking up at the challenge as he fists clenched and unclenched at his sides. His nails had elongated, drawing small drops of blood from his palms. He gave that lopsided grin he was known for. Challenge accepted.<br><br>"Alright," he said with a nod. Then he looked to Brett. "Now we go to Shiloh's. ”
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>24-05-2016, 04:31:48</strong>
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				There was enough time for a brief glance at Dean, sharp with confusion in the detail he thought he caught, but difficult to say as the conversation kept running away without him. It was difficult enough to stay on his feet as they discussed things that didn't even really officially pertain to him anyhow. Still, if he wanted to keep Maddox calm, was in need of a place to gain support, he'd have to stay on top of what was going on, and he might as well start now. <br><br>When he turned back to Maddox, he noticed the expression on the man's face. He blinked up at him, surprise written clearly on his own features. There was an unusual strength in the expression and its presence startled Brett. So much so that it took him an extra moment to realize he was gazing into the wolf eyes. His own widened and he leaned back in his seat. Maddox looked angry, and such was his intensity that Brett was almost tempted to fall into the trap of thinking that he was the target of that anger. But that was ludicrous. He knew what Maddox was mad about. He must have felt a great deal of responsibility for the people nearby, being an enforcer in charge of keeping the wolves in check. It occurred to Brett that he had once been one of those people, and he felt momentarily awed. Then he realized that he was now part of those that had to be kept under control and his stomach sank. He promised himself to redouble his efforts in the training Maddox was giving him. He didn't want to push the man into having to drive him out. Or putting him down. <br><br>Maddox suddenly grinned and Brett's blood seemed to run cold, causing him to look back at Dean. He heard the summons to move on to Shiloh's home, nervously resting his hands onto the arms of the chair and pushed himself up out of the chair partway, faltered, looked around at both the men for whomever would stop him, and then stood fully, awkwardly. "I... alright." He turned to move, nervous to turn his back on Dean but knowing where he was expected to be. He shifted around, preparing to follow out into the hallway. As he rose up beside Maddox, though, he caught a hint of the scent of his blood from his palms. Looking back up at Maddox, he couldn't help it. A little bit of amber swirled amongst the icy blue of his eyes at the thought of the injury. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>24-05-2016, 04:52:54</strong>
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				Maddox's brow rose at the way Brett was looking at him. Amber began swirling through the blue depths of his eyes. Maddox's lips began to curve up into a sexy grin as his dick began rising to attention.<br><br>Dean was back behind his computer, his eyes on the screen. "Let me know what you find out," he said as he began clacking away at the keys.<br><br>Maddox nodded and began walking from the office, knowing Brett would follow. Outside, he made his way towards Shiloh's, but before they reached it, they passed his own. He grabbed Brett by the forearm and pulled him up the porch and through the door. <br><br>Then without a word, after slamming the door, he basically slammed the male against the wall, his lips on his in a hungry kiss. His hands began yanking the younger male's pants undone, and once they were, his hand shot inside and gripped his dick, stroking the length to hardening.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>24-05-2016, 08:07:08</strong>
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				The grin confused Brett, a scent rising in the air that he recognized but couldn't really place. He spent the journey out of the house trying to figure out where he knew it from. On their way out, though, other thoughts began creeping in, from worry to irritation, curiosity and concern until the quest to identify the extra smell was all but buried into the background of his mind. <br><br>When Maddox took them past his own door, when he grabbed Brett and swung him through the door, inside and had him pinned against the wall in a matter of seconds, he was so surprised that he could barely muster up the focus to ask a muddled "he- uh...wha?" He blinked as the lips of his mentor-lover took his, shocked for an instant and frozen in place until he realized what was happening. The intensity of the kiss made him melt a little relaxing into the gesture and just about to put his own hands on Maddox when the older man revealed he had another surprise for the young whelp.<br><br>Brett grunted as the pants were pulled down, expecting there to be some sort of greater purpose aside from the way the hand gripped at his shaft, holding firm and beginning to stroke in a maddeningly exciting way. It didn't take long for his shaft to bulge, spread and lengthen and push its way to peek out the top of his boxers in a fashion that made it impossible to miss the reaction. As for the rest of him, Brett felt his head push forcibly back against the wall as he groaned in the satisfaction of that touch. <br><br>"This... is what I tried to avoid..." He moaned again, letting his jaw drop as his whole body shivered and shuddered beneath the touch. "In the... shower." With the deeper breaths trying to control himself, Brett managed only to make himself feel more lightheaded the longer Maddox's hand seemed to be in control of his cock. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>24-05-2016, 14:34:01</strong>
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				Maddox nipped and sucked at the youngers wolf's neck as he breathlessly spoke and groaned. Maddox growled. <br><br>"There was no avoiding this," he said on a husky growl. "I want what's mine and I'm having it."<br><br>He stepped back and pulled Brett with him before turning the male. He pushed him down to his hands and knees, none to gently, but not to roughly he hurt him. He worked his jeans open and yanked open the side table drawer beside the couch, pulling out a tube of lube which he had put in there last night, just in case they couldn't make it to the bedroom like now. <br><br>He squirted some in his hand and began stroking his long thick cock as his other hand went to Brett's ass. He stroked the tight opening before pressing a finger inside. He leaned forward and pressed kisses to the small of his back as he finger fucked him, then his finger was replaced with the head of his dick. <br><br>Without word, he pushed in, groaning at the feel of Brett's tightness wrapped around him. He was still for a moment, but then he gripped his hips and began to fuck him. With a growl, he pushed his pants down his thighs as he continued the thrusts, taking his male.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>25-05-2016, 08:00:45</strong>
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				<em>What's mine...</em><br><br>The words sent a shiver down Brett's back, forcing him to gasp even as he found himself on all fours again. It was starting to become such a common thing when he was in Maddox's presence that he was starting to think that there was potentially a plan about this from the very start. Maddox was a smart man, and Brett was about to ask him if that was the case, but somehow in being half-nude beneath the master wolf's hands, the idea fled his mind. Might have had, of course, to do with the way Maddox was probing him and the sounds he could hear coming from behind him. <br><br>Already the sensation of being even minutely penetrated sent shivers up his spine, which Maddox was nice enough to kiss away as he began to work Brett loose. It was enough that when Maddox lined up and sank into his body, Brett almost didn't recognize the difference, at first. Only at first, though, since the next instant it was nearly-painfully obvious. The younger man pushed his hands against the floor, pushing back to take as much of Maddox into his body at once as he could, never even noticing the way that his throat tightened and his next breath outward sounded more like a grown than it did the moan he had intended to give. <br><br>"NnnnngggrWhat... Nnnh! What brought... this... on?" He panted out, his breath starting to come in longer huffs as he was fully penetrated by his lover. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>26-05-2016, 00:56:23</strong>
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				Maddox let out a husky growl. "Everything," he said slowly, thrusting hard and deep with each syllable. "The murders. The wolves who want to challenge not only Dean, but me.<br><br>"I could see your wolf in your eyes in Dean's office. He called to mine," he growled out, his fingers digging into Brett's hips. With one last slam, he stilled, breathing deep, his breaths coming out in huffs. He loosened his grip when he realized how he must be hurting his male. His hands began massaging his hips and he began to move slower, taking his time as he leaned forward, pressing his chest to the male's back. <br><br>"I need you. More than I've ever needed anything or anyone." He buried his face in the crook of Brett's neck, inhaling deeply as his right hand slid around to the front of him, encircling his cock and stroking from base to tip. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>02-06-2016, 02:42:48</strong>
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				It was sudden. It was unexpected. <br><br>And it was fantastic. <br><br>Brett could do no such thing as fight what Maddox had started, gleefully giving into the affections of the older male. Some part of him recognized that this, that everything that was happening, was to comfort Maddox, on some level. It was to let the man vent his frustrations, let him reclaim his own dominance over the situations of the rest of the world by reinstating that dominance over Brett, but the only thing he could imagine as far as all that went was that it was a good thing that what he wanted to happen now and what Maddox needed from him now were largely the same thing. <br><br>Because otherwise, he was drowning in a blissful submission and found the rewards to be exquisite. <br><br>He didn't mind the harsh grip, or the fevered whispers, and god (did werewolves believe in god? Or did they have their own thing?) help him, even the growl in Maddox's voice left him shivering and some part of him leaping about in excited anticipation just to hear it again. When Maddox suddenly pulled back, suddenly stopped himself from gripping quite so thoroughly, Brett whined and pushed himself back on the stiff rod that was impaling him. He was hungry, he wanted everything, and he was not about to let Maddox get away with giving him anything less than his wholly-deserved indulgence. <br><br>His insistence was cut short, however, when Maddox leaned over his back, whispering into Brett's neck and the words came pouring gravelly from the older wolf. With a quiet, deep moan from the center of his chest, Brett reached back and rested his hand on the back of Maddox's neck in turn. He would, too, have reached back and pulled his dominant lover closer by the hips, but he felt it a bit early in the rut to be completely face-down on the floor and instead he just braced himself firmly. "Then just..." He felt his breath catch, frustratingly, even as the amazing sensation of the stroking hand that wrapped around his cock made itself known. <br><br>"Just take... it." 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>02-06-2016, 02:52:32</strong>
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				Maddox lifted his head, a brow raising at his male's words. He smiled. "You want me to take it, don't you?" he growled as his free hand went back to grabbing ahold of his mate's hip tightly.<br><br>He leaned back down, chest against back, his mouth against his ear. "Then it I will. This is mine, Brett. You're mine," he growled then he bit down where his shoulder met his neck.<br><br>It wasn't enough to break skin, not yet, but enough to hold Brett in place as he began rutting forward hard into the male, his other hand stroking fast and hard on his cock.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>19-06-2016, 00:44:46</strong>
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				The bite was a surprise, something that made the kinkier side of Brett's mind gasp with shock and revel more than just a little in the sudden rush of sensation that had been so unexpected. He wouldn't have labelled himself a masochist, specifically, but the idea of a little tweak here, a pinch, a nip, some nails and a good, hard fuck, something just a little on the excessive side of rough, had always been a bit of a turn-on for him. But this...? Well, hadn't been on his bucket list, that's for sure. Still, it wasn't something he disliked, and found himself reveling in the feeling. <br><br>Not nearly so much as his inner wolf, though. <br><br>Inside, that primal part of him was going mad with ecstatic lust. He wanted to whip his head around, nip and snap and snarl at the man who was claiming him on an in-arguably savage level. He wanted to buck and thrust and thrash around, a sudden, excited burst of energy. The wolf inside knew what that gesture meant, knew the feeling of teeth in his neck, knew what the sign was meant to accomplish. It was the mark of a mate, an acceptance of responsibility, a statement. It was the moment when Maddox, man or wolf or both, was taking the subconscious step to embrace their coupling as completely as was known to their kind. And the wolf in Brett was only too eager to accept his place beneath the larger man. <br><br>Boy and beast alike froze up at the sudden, hard rut from behind and the iron grip on the rigid cock left swinging between Brett's legs, leaving the breath coming from the submissive male in tiny puffs and short, trembling sighs , his back arching in order to maintain the contact of ass to cock, teeth to flesh, hand to stroking flesh and get his belly as close to the ground as he could. "Please..." He whispered in the next breath that Maddox fucked out of him in a gust. "Yes..."
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>19-06-2016, 16:01:07</strong>
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				Maddox growled, his eyes closing as he took the male beneath him. He was pistoning into Brett, giving him everything. On an intense level, this was more than sex. This was Maddox's wolf stepping up to the plate and letting Brett's know that there was no going back.<br><br>With that though, Maddox's jaw locked, canines lengthening and it wasn't until the coppery taste of blood hit his tongue that he came back to himself. That taste though, the strength and power beneath him, even if Brett didn't realize it, was enough to send him over the edge. <br><br>He slammed into his male one last time, hard deep, his cock throbbing and filling Brett up with warmth as he continued to stroke him, base to tip.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>08-07-2016, 06:56:49</strong>
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				Blissfully helpless. <br><br>It was the only way to describe what Brett was experiencing. Before, in his life, he'd always found himself surrounded by men who were flambuoyant, who were effeminate, who were proud of being able to flout the expectations of society's views of the quintessential masculine figure... blah... blahdehblah blah... Brett usually stopped listening after the first few phrases. All of his past lovers, however, had been keen to play the part of a submissive, "genteel" individual, fancied themselves too high-society and simply thrilled at "slumming it" with the bartender. Before, everything he'd done had been at the behest of high-maintenance power bottoms who wanted nothing more than a passionate pet to turn that intensity at them on command. <br><br>But Maddox? This was incredible! It was the passions of the older man clashing, challenging, snarling against Brett - or perhaps he snarled against Maddox? Who cared, at this point? - passion matched with passion and the power of the man behind him overwhelming. The very reality of it all made Brett's head spin. As Maddox took him, all Brett could feel under the vicious displays of brute power was the uncompromising claim the other man was putting on him, the drive to prove his claim to ownership of the fresh young wolf. <br><br>At once it brought peace to Brett which made him feel wilder and more out of control than ever, reveling in the way that Maddox kept him pinned in place and controlled so handily. He didn't even realize when the sting of pain along his skin should have told him the teeth of his mate were piercing his flesh, marking him in ancient wolf custom he could not have known. It wasn't a pain, not anymore. Nothing was. it was only another sensation to add to the plethora that left him shivering in delight from his position on the floor. <br><br>What he did notice was the sudden intense way that Maddox sealed the unspoken contract, impaling Brett hard and clenching every part of the young man that he could reach, as though taking away his need to process the feelig and demanding only that he enjoy it, urged on by the steady stroke. The feeling sent Brett reeling, a pleasant and warm, syrupy feeling started at the base of his spine and made his head loll around as everything tingled. He felt as though his whole body was thoroughly enthusiastic about what was happening, voicing itself in tiny, sensational celebrations that reached every nerve ending. It took a long moment for him to realize it, but his breath hitched and caught, held and his body trembled, poised on the edge of orgasm for a few incredibly long heartbeats... <br><br>And then he exploded. Long, white ropes, clumped strands of liquid shot from the tip of his cock, saturating Maddox's hand, the flood beneath them, everything in the immediate area and for at least ten feet ahead, on the ground. Brett groaned loudly, eyes clenched shut defensively against the sensations even as his muscles shook, astounded with what was left even as the first strains of the passing climax began to ebb from him. "Maddox..." He whispered, trying to reach for some part of the other man, to cling to him somehow. "Oh, fuck, Maddox..." 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>09-07-2016, 01:32:49</strong>
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				Maddox let his male go, placing soft kisses along his throat, his tongue dipping out to swipe up the spots of blood there. He had just sealed the deal with this male in more ways than one. Not only verbally letting the male know he belonged to, he also did it on a spiritual level. Now, until the day they died, they'd forever be a part of each other. Only one for the other and only that could make him whole. <br><br>But then as his wolf stepped aside and Maddox came to the forefront, panic settled in his chest, causing his heart to race and now that they were connected as they were, he'd not only hear it banging within Maddox's chest, but he'd feel it in his own as well, a moment before his own heart tried to help it slow down to it regular beating. <br><br>Well, shit.<br><br>He pulled free from back and sat back, crossing his legs indian style in front of him. He ran a hand through his hair as she let out a sigh before gently touching Brett and urging him to sit as well so they were face to face. He bit his lip as he looked into those eyes he loved so much. <br><br>And yeah, he loved them. He loved everything about this male. He was head over heals, in love with Brett. He just hoped it would be enough to make up for this possible fuck up he had just done. Especially since there kind of wasn't a way to go back on it now. <br><br>"Brett, I, uh," he began as he reached forward and lightly touched the bite that was already healing, the wound closing and within the hour, it would only be a scar. "I am so fucking sorry. I couldn't control myself and the wolf took over and now we're closer than you could even realize." He shook his head.<br><br>"I should have asked, fuck, I should have done anything and everything differently..." he trailed off, the shame evident in his dark eyes. <br><br>What the fuck had he just done?
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>11-07-2016, 07:12:52</strong>
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				Brett turned and half-lowered, half-fell to the floor with a pant and a satisfied, blissful smirk on his face. He heaved a deep breath and blew it out exultantly, coming down only long enough to realize that Maddox wasn't sharing in that excitement. And there was some dark, growing patch inside his mind that was quickly quelling the joys he felt. Maddox reached out to touch Brett and Brett almost flinched, his eyes darting to the other man's hand for just a moment before he looked back up at his eyes. Still, something about Maddox... it wasn't right. When he started to go on about being sorry and couldn't help himself, Brett almost laughed, fully prepared to do so at the thought that all of Maddox' strain was over the little scratch on his neck. So ridiculous that it should cause him so much pain. Almost with that thought, his mind gave him permission to be happy again and he started to smile, his mouth opening to calm the older man. And then he said something strange. <br><br><em>"And now we're closer than you could even realize." </em><br><br>It seemed such a strange thing to say that Brett blinked at him, the grin fading into confusion. That confusion slowly turned to surprise, concern, affront and then, as though before Maddox' very eyes, Brett's features displayed suddenly carried a torrent in them. Guilt, sorrow, fear, insecurities and devotion... <br><br>"Ow... Ow! Ow, ow." Brett said, suddenly taking deep, tight breaths that seemed to wheeze hard in his chest. It was as though the whole cavity around his throat was trying to close up, everything was harsh and the breath struggles left him lightheaded. He gripped at his chest where he felt a stretching pain, almost what he imagined a heart attack might feel like. Like he was trying to suck a ridiculously thick milkshake up a tiny, thin straw, only that straw happened to be the chambers of his heart and the milkshake just happened to be him choking on his own emotions. <br><br>Or were they?<br><br>Instinctively, he reached out to Maddox with a pleading gesture, gripping at the man for stability and comfort alike as he reacted to the sudden wave of emotion settling through him. "Maddox? Ow, what the f-ff....?" He closed his eyes, his jaw burning and weakening as he felt tears spring to his eyes, combined with the pain in his chest and the spin in his head. "Maddox, I... FUck!" He clenched his jaw together and tried to shake his head clear. "Oh, god, is that you?!" He sobbed once, a tear pushing from between his eyelids. "What's going on?" <br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>11-07-2016, 07:33:32</strong>
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				Fuck. Brett hadn't been born so how would he know what was going to happen?<br><br>Maddox scooted forward and pulled him into his arms, his warmth wrapping around his male as his arms did. "Breathe, Brett. Feel me, feel my wolf, let it calm you." He ran a hand through the male's dark hair.<br><br>"Listen to my heart," he said as it began to slow and return to its regular beating and tried to pull his along with it. He pressed his head to his chest gently so he could feel and hear the steady beat there.<br><br>"Just breathe, baby," he said softly, he himself breathing in slowly and out slowly until Brett's breathing finally followed along. He kept stroking soothingly as he found the words to explain.<br><br>"I'm a part of you now and you're a part of me. I told you you were mine and I meant it. We're... we're mated now. <br><br>"It will take some time to get used to since you've only been a wolf for a couple of months but it will become a normal part of you as it will me, just like breathing." He closed his eyes then but tried to keep his calm.<br><br>"I'm sorry Brett. If you don't want this, I understand," he said softly but even though he was calm, the guilt and sadness filled his chest.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>11-07-2016, 07:42:48</strong>
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				It took long moments to calm. Long moments to feel his head relax, his chest unclench. He could feel his breathing come easier, and then his mind unfog. Slowly, that black, abyssal whirlpool of emotions lightened, stopped spinning and let the debris float to the surface. Maybe that's why it was so lurching when it started up again. Brett winced, reflexively gripping Maddox tighter. "Don't." He said, a slight hitch in his voice as he pleaded with the older male. "Please, god, Maddox... don't." He shook his head, trying to stoke across Maddox' skin with shaking fingers. "Don't feel guilty. I just... I don't, really... quite understand." He worked to calm himself again. <br><br>"I don't know what it ... what it means, mated? Is that... Is that like-... I want to say Evelyn? Her... the kid." Everything was a jumble in his mind. Evelyn was either the kid he'd met at Dean's house a month gone, or the first girl in middle school who'd tried to make him interested in her. Their faces swam before Brett's eyes, demanding he attribute teh name to the right one. Why? What was he doing again...? <br><br>"Are we... wait, is that... As a wolf, that's a kind of a... well, it's a big ... thing, isn't it?" 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>11-07-2016, 08:01:42</strong>
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				Maddox had done this. He couldn't stop the guilt but he'd sure as hell try for his male. Maddox cupped Brett's cheeks then, drawing his face up to look him in the eyes. He took a slow deep breath.<br><br>"Yes. It's like a marriage of sorts. You're mine and I'm yours. There won't ever be another for me. You're it, Brett." His thumbs caressed over Brett's cheekbones as those three words swam through his mind.<br><br>"I-I'm in love with you and I want this but like I said, I could, no I should have gone about this in another way. Everything that's happening, I'm scared, my wolf is scared that we'll lose you and I acted without thinking."&nbsp; <br><br>He took another breath, trying to void his mind and body of those feelings. Brett didn't need that right now. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>13-07-2016, 05:23:22</strong>
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				"Uh, yeah..." Brett muttered, looking askance at Maddox. "Well, I can see how that'd be your fault." He left the comment hanging. If he'd learned anything about Maddox yet, it was that, when he got to these sorts of things, it was all he could do not to jump tot he worst possible conclusions. Still, Brett couldn't' help but torment him just a little. "I mean, seeing as how you're an old hand at this, done it... what, a dozen times before?" He wrinkled his nose along with the expression on his face that claimed supreme skepticism. <br><br>"Come on, Maddox." He said quietly, his voice significantly softer this time. "Like you could have seen this coming. If anyone in the world can relate to getting wrapped up in the instinct, don't you think I'd have a good run for that title?" Reflexively, he reached out towards Maddox and stroked at the man's face with his fingers, from brow to cheekbone to the edge of his jaw. "I don't..." He didn't want it to end, or to call it off or... run from Maddox, not in the least, but saying so out loud seemed... sappy, somehow overly emotional. He bit his lip and tried to think of another way around it. But was there?<br><br>The idea scared him on a basic scale, in the same sense as if Maddox had proposed to him with a jewelry box in hand. A month in, sure, but it was still awfully quick. Though, on the other hand, some part of him - his wolf, maybe? - seemed to take it as a foregone conclusion, that this was something that was going to come one way or another, whether now or a hundred years from now, it made no difference. This was, quite simply, how it should be. <br><br>Openly accepting it, on the other hand? A relationship was one thing, but this? <br><br>"Let it..." He took a deep breath and tried to catch Maddox' eye as he spoke with the weight of significance. "Let it stand." It was as close to acceptance as he could fathom right now. "Let it stand. Let's.... it's a reality now. And it's kinda... well, permanent, isn't it?" He waited for Maddox to nod or speak or something, but not long, since he had little faith that he wasn't correct in this in any case. "So, we move forward, and we deal with what is. Trying to... break it or punish you..." The very thought caused a pang to wring through his chest, a reflex of forgiveness washing it away as he continued. "Seems ridiculous, and I'm just not interested. So... let's figure out what we can figure out first. We have enough on our plates right now that this.. well, this isn't really a dire emergency, is it?"<br><br>He'd heard Maddox' confession. He had heard the pledge in the words. He'd heard the sweet, sentimental way Maddox had put himself out there, had confessed love in such a way as to make it sound like some vicious crime. Brett wanted to ease him with a confession to match, but it was so much to digest that he couldn't figure out what words were the most applicable. And he was still tentative about the whole thing. He just had to hope that the emotion, that calming feeling, was present enough that Maddox could feel it the same way Brett could feel him. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>13-07-2016, 23:27:11</strong>
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				Maddox gave him a small smile as he touched his face in reassurance. He could feel the calm that Brett was projecting towards him. But he shook his head. <br><br>"I've never done this before. This is the first time and you are the only one that I've wanted this with. That my wolf has wanted this with." He let out a deep breath though.<br><br>"Yeah, we'll let this stand. Can't exactly take it back, which, again, I am so fucking sorry about, but for the time being, you're right, we have other things to think of. Like who the hell is killing in town and who turned you." <br><br>He stood then, holding his hand out to his mate. "Come on, we need to go to Shiloh's."
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>20-07-2016, 05:47:01</strong>
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				"Uh, hyeah." Brett chuckled. "But.." He reached up, taking hold of Maddox's hand. "Pants first." <br><br>After a few long minutes of pulling clothing onto whatever body parts weren't meant to be left bare - with a brief pause for Brett to give into the urge to kiss Maddox again - Brett was all too happy to fall in line behind Maddox and wait for them to get to the place he'd come to identify as Shiloh's. <br><br>He liked Shiloh, the fair-minded sort who seemed to have a great deal of loyalty towards Dean and Maddox, which only boosted Brett's estimation of the man in any case, even if Shiloh wasn't one of the few who seemed keen to give Brett a real shot with little tolerance for the "born vs. bitten" nonsense. "So, uh... well, what are we going to Shiloh's for, anyway?" His head was still largely cotton from the new sensations, leaving him somewhat puppyish - evidenced by the spring in his step, the exuberant energy with which he moved and the way his voice seemed excited, and louder than it should have. "Wait, we're going to the scene, right? Or, did we want to go take them out to the forest? I can show them the porcupines! Unless you'd rather I didn't. Not far from there is where... you know..." He nudged Maddox with his elbow, but did't bother waiting for an answer. Instead, he just took a deep breath and exhaled loudly. <br><br>"Would be a good day for a hike, though." 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>21-07-2016, 01:55:00</strong>
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				Maddox melted into that kiss, even for as short as it was. He was very happy, so thankful to whomever was listening, that Brett wasn't upset with him over this. After adjusting himself though, damn kiss, he walked from the house, Brett following behind him. He looked over his shoulder at his mate. <br><br>"Shiloh's been out at both sights. He is the best tracker we have and I hope he found something, anything, that could give us an idea of who we're dealing with. And he's an enforcer like myself, beneath me in rank. You'll probably meet Reyes as well, the other enforcer to the pack."<br><br>He lead Brett across the street and up the walkway and porch to a house a bit bigger than his own. He opened the door without knocking. He had barely stepped foot inside when little Evelyn came running out of the kitchen. <br><br>"Uncle Maddox!" she said as she ran up to him. She peaked behind his leg before looking up at him with a smile. "And you brought Brett." She looked around Maddox's legs again. <br><br>"Good morning, Brett," she said in a singsong voice. <br><br>"Your awfully cheery this morning," Maddox said with a laugh as Gwendolyn, a hand on her round potruding belly, rounded the corner. She flashed Maddox a smile before wincing. He hurried to her side. But before he could say or do anything, she waved her hand at him.<br><br>"Gavin is hungry. I'm making french toast and he wants some," she said, rubbing a spot near her belly button. "The boys are in the man cave." She took Evelyn by the hand and they went back into the kitchen, Gwen waving at Brett before turning the corner. <br><br>Maddox chuckled lightly. "She's do to pop any day now," he said, motioning Brett to follow him down the hall to the last door. <br><br>He pushed it open and it was in every definition of the words, a man cave. Against one wall was a large flat screen T.V., Maddox was sure it was sixty inches, with a cabinet underneath that held a DVD player, an XBox One, and a Playstation 4, along with several games and movies. The wall across from the door had built in shelves from ceiling to floor with model cars on every shelf. Then next to that was a smaller shelving system with old weapons and the like. <br><br>In front of the last wall was a large desk with a computer and a filing system of sorts. Shiloh liked to keep a physical copy of everything. That is where Shiloh sat, before the computer, Reyes at his side looking at the screen when the boys had walked in. Shiloh lifted his gaze to them and his nostrils flared as he pulled in a deep breath.He raised a brow but said nothing. <br><br>"What have you found?" Maddox asked them.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>27-07-2016, 05:09:20</strong>
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				The girl was easy. With a wink and a gesture like twin handguns cocking, Brett managed to make the girl giggle before he was surprised with the way Maddox became intent on Gwendolyn's every movement. It was almost touching. He'd seen it before of course, in the interactions before he had a sure idea of what to make of Maddox in terms of his sexuality. For a moment, it occurred to Brett that Maddox should have been looking forward to something like that, too. As the Alpha's son, wasn't it going to eventually be his duty to provide more pups for the pack? He was strong, and obviously somewhat entrenched in the minds of those around him. Brett could never give him that, and it suddenly occurred to the pup that it might end up being something that Maddox would feel keenly missing, somewhere down the road. Being assured in your sexuality was one thing, but that didn't negate all the other instinctual drives that came along with growing old. <br><br>Brett was lost in thought on their way down to the basement, aware enough to offer smiles and greetings and such but nothing compared to the way he had been on their way towards Shiloh's home in the first place. Perhaps because of this distraction, or perhaps despite it, Brett was aware when Shiloh seemed to recognize something, something that occurred to him only as the two males made their way into the room. Instinctively, he shot a look at the back of Maddox's head, expression concerned, before he let his eyes drop and tried to effect his happy-go-lucky demeanor again. <br><br>A demeanor that lasted about two seconds before it, too, relinquished control. <br><br>"Please say buried treasure." Brett said, leaning against the side of the desk in a fashion that almost saw him perching on the desk itself. It took a long heartbeat for him to hold out, but once it passed... yes, there went his investment in the carefree persona. He pushed himself off the edge of the desk and stood up straight, half a step behind Maddox. Better to let him deal with it. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>28-07-2016, 00:20:47</strong>
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				Shiloh just stared for a moment until Maddox raised a brow in question. The male was giving him and Brett and interesting look. Reyes on the other hand, seemed oblivious. As always. <br><br>"Well, it seemed whoever bit you, Brett, and whoever killed the girl, covered their scent. Which if that is the case, it isn't some newly turned wolf." He met Brett's gaze. "Seems someone was after you. If not specifically, I have no clue yet as to why but I talked to Dean and I'm going to look into our pack bank accounts." <br><br>"Our bank accounts?" Maddox asked.<br><br>"Need to see if anything out of the ordinary had been purchased. Anything," he replied before standing. He looked at Reyes. "Show Brett what we found at the sight where Maddox found him." He looked to Maddox then. "Help me carry in a bucket of flour for Gwen, will you?"<br><br>He walked around the desk and past the males to the door. He walked out and into the garage, going straight to the metal shelves where buckets of food stuffs were stored. He looked over his shoulder as Maddox joined him. "Close the door."<br><br>Maddox did as the male said and walked up to Shiloh who pulled a bucket down from the top shelf. "You needed my help for this?" he asked.<br><br>"You're mated." It wasn't a question, Shiloh said as he reached to the next shelf and grabbed a can of sliced peaches. He held it out to Maddox who's face was bright red. <br><br>Honestly, he shouldn't have been surprised that Shiloh had caught that. Had caught the scent of the two males mixed together in more ways then just being in the same room together for a long time. Shiloh turned to look at him then. <br><br>"You're mated to Brett. You going to tell Dean before he smells it on you two?"<br><br>"I-" he began. He didn't know what to say as he took the can from his friend. <br><br>"We didn't even know you were gay, man. I mean, I noticed something was different about you, with how you never looked at the women that Reyes basically threw at you. Asexual maybe, but gay, had no clue," he said with a shrug. <br><br>"Do what you want, who you want, but you kind of need to let our alpha know that his adopted kid is mated now." <br><br>Maddox just blinked at him for a moment. "Dean doesn't know either," he said slowly. <br><br>"I gathered as much but you're mated now. Kind of can't keep something like that hidden."<br><br>Maddox let out a deep sigh. "I know." He ran a hand through his hair. "It just happened. The wolf took over when we were... And, yeah..." <br><br>"That's what it's like to find your mate. And he obviously doesn't have any issue with it, so, you're stuck with each other now." He laughed at that. "Well, congrats man, but I'll keep it to myself until you've let the good news out yourself."<br><br>Maddox's eyes widened. "Good news? This could be an iss-" Shiloh interrupted him.<br><br>"You're gay. Who the fuck cares? It doesn't prevent you from protecting this pack and doing what you need to do for us. And Brett seems like an alright wolf, so like I said, who the fuck cares?"<br><br>Maddox swallowed. What if Dean reacted like his father had? Hated him for something he couldn't change? But Shiloh was right. He needed to tell Dean.<br><br><em>Back in the man cave---</em><br><br>Reyes motioned the new wolf over and pointed to the screen. Shiloh had taken pictures of the crime scene, if you will, and let Brett take it in. "If it's the same wolf that attacked you, there might be some similarities. If you don't remember, your wolf might," he said, repeating Maddox's words from earlier. <br><br>It was an alley behind a bar in the center of town. Really risky of exposure but it didn't seem like the wolf cared too much about all that. There was a dumpster and a couple doors off to the side, back entrances to the businesses, all of which were covered in blood. The wounds on the body had been atrocious, and the blood had arced and sprayed nearly everything in sight.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>05-08-2016, 18:48:23</strong>
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				It was an easy motion that brought Brett within range of the monitor. It was easy around Reyes, generally speaking. There wasn't so much pressure around the guy, since generally he tended to live and let live. Idly scooping up a coin from a small pile on the desktop, he fixed it in position over the knuckle of his thumb and flicked it upward, sending it spinning towards Reyes.&nbsp; it gave him a sense of satisfaction to watch the smooth, unobtrusive way the other wolf reached out and caught the spinning disc. he liked to test the wolves and their reflexes. It made him feel a little bit like he was part of some secret system, banging on the pipes and listening to it tick. <br><br>"What've we got?" He asked, leaning over beside the man in the seat to look at the monitor. After a moment, he blinked. "Hrm, well, don't need the damned wolf for that." The scene was incredibly familiar. In fact... "That's about two blocks from where I got it. Look, there, in the distance you can see the lights from my bar." He tilted his head to one side and tried to orient his mind to the angle he was seeing. As in a flash, it all opened up in his mind. "And there, right up those stairs there, that's..." And then he paused. <br><br><em>Chris...</em> He hadn't thought about Chris properly in several weeks now, almost like it was ancient history instead of just a few months old. He made a grunting sound in the back of his throat, and Reyes looked inquisitively up at him, still fiddling with the coin in one hand. "My ex." It was the best way Brett could think of to explain the situation. "That's where we lived." With a scowl, he pointed out the staircase up to the apartment from the alleyway behind the building. <br><br>"Kinda looks like you're all over the place in this." Reyes said, flipping through some of the shots. Brett couldn't help but agree. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>08-08-2016, 21:13:25</strong>
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				Maddox nodded in agreement. He'd tell Dean. He owed the man his life and it was only right he came out with this to him. <br><br>He followed Shiloh to the kitchen, delivered the flour and peaches and then went back to Brett and Reyes. Reyes glanced up as they came into the room. <br><br>"Seems like your boy here know this alley quite personally," Reyes said, not realizing how he had phrased it.<br><br>Maddox's eyes widened for a slight moment but he schooled his features and looked at the screen. "That's Baker's bar." Maddox looked to Brett. "I'm thinking this wolf knew you. Was there anyone frequenting the bar before you got bit?<br><br>"I don't mean regulars, but like, someone showed up one day and then continued to be there day after day?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>10-08-2016, 05:18:41</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/b6/77/81/b67781094e9c75a0bd2c3951a93f423f.jpg) (https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/b6/77/81/b67781094e9c75a0bd2c3951a93f423f.jpg)</div><br>When he got out of the car, there was plenty to look at. He'd messed this one up, somewhat, holding it so close. He hoped that by this time, the other wolf would have forgotten much of what had happened, but the low, exasperated snarl inside of him reminded him of his first change. Still, Riley had no idea what it was like to be bitten into the life. As far as he knew, no one in the pack did, aside from Brett. He just had to hope that the confusion of the experience was enough to mangle the memory somewhat in the young werewolf's mind. <br><br>The blood was everywhere, arced in tall loops against the side of the nearby buildings, some of the debris that normally cluttered the alleyway very obviously moved since the last rain fall, and before the attack was completed, judging by the arterial spray and the bare patches of dry cement, unruined paper and intact candy wrappers. A few crates in the corner were knocked over, shuffled around in what appears to have been a significant scuffle. <br><br>But there was a body. Or, at least, there had been. The wide puddle of blood on the pavement confirmed what Riley had been hoping: He had been torn about what to do with the attack, and this time decided not to push his luck. This time, he needed to be sure he killed, didn't just maim. The heart had been missing, the only way the wolf in him could have been sure. He could feel the pull of the moon, the impending full moon run, but his human side might have forced enough empathy that a hunt would still make him feel a little... queasy. <br><br>With satisfaction, surveying the scene showed him nothing he recognized as pointing to him. He knew the kind of thing they'd search for, the scents they'd attempt to pin down, the blood they'd have tested, the fight and kill style they'd try to track. He'd hidden his scent with the porcupines in the forest, he'd showered a few times and layered in soaps. No wolf was going to try to push through all that to identify faint strains of forest scent. Or the scent of the blood from the scene. Thankfully, the rest was simple to deal with: He'd never killed before in this territory, which should leave the wolves with little idea what was happening. <br><br>"Hey, Riley."<br><br>And so it started. He kept his shoulders carefully at the same level they had been a moment beforehand, and turned on the spot, covering his face in a mask of intensity as he'd learned to do so long ago. <br><br><br><hr><br><div class="floatright">(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/fc/99/86/fc9986e7c1ead86f79ce3d5d717a7071.jpg) (https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/fc/99/86/fc9986e7c1ead86f79ce3d5d717a7071.jpg)</div><br>Brett frowned. "You know, most of the regulars there are women. There was a guy that was hanging around for Justin, but I know him, I've met him and had drinks with the guy. If he were part of the pack, I'd have already seen him. Still. Michael Sampson?" He looked around at the other three, and before he could register whether or not they recognized the name, another idea came to him. He turned to Maddox almost immediately. <br><br>"Although, now that you mention it, someone sent the barback to snag me in the break room, said there was someone out front to see me. Couldn't have been Chris, they all know him, so... who the hell? But I went out front to see who it was, no one was there. I just grabbed my stuff and headed for home, didn't even think about it. I guess at the time, I thought it ... thought it was..." He couldn't bring himself to raise the subject of his dead friend - the one <em>he'd</em> murdered - completely. It'd been so long since he'd even so much as thought of that house, so different his life suddenly was that was highlighted as his mind launched back to the moments he'd never again spend with Jon. The emotion surprised him, blossoming like a fiery bloom of pain in his chest, scorching his lungs closed and making hard to breathe or swallow. Or think. <br><br>"Uhm..." He said, blinking as the faint traces of tears began to appear in his eye. "So it might... y'know, be him." His voice became gruff towards the end as he hurried through the last few words, mumbling them as his jaw ached and clenched his teeth together. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>11-08-2016, 23:54:33</strong>
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				Without thought, Maddox reached out to his mate, rubbing his hand along the small of the male's back, trying to comfort him as that sadness gripped his own chest. It was as if the other two were no longer in the room with them and he just wanted grab Brett, pull him close, and take away the pain. He took a step closer, but the look from Reyes out of the corner of his eye stopped him. <br><br>"We'll find him," he said instead in a soft soothing voice, breathing calmly to allow Brett to follow along. <br><br>"Reyes and I will go back and check with Baker to see if any of his employees noticed anyone suspicious," Shiloh said, motioning for Reyes to follow. "We'll be back in an hour." That should be enough time for Maddox to help calm Brett and to talk to Dean. <br><br>Shiloh and Reyes left the room, leaving Maddox and Brett alone in the man cave. Maddox cupped his male's cheeks. "I'm so fucking sorry, baby," he said softly, looking into those blue eyes. He knew who Brett had thought about and it broke his own heart to see his male hurting like this. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>12-08-2016, 06:57:31</strong>
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				Brett leaned his head against Maddox's, taking a shaky breath and closing his eyes. He almost felt the grief overwhelm him, until he caught a faint strain of pain coming back at him. Maddox, hurting for him. He forced a sad smile and shook his head, finally opening his eyes up to his mate. "Nothing anyone could have done. Isn't that what you kept telling me? Nothing I could have done. Not my fault, etc..." He frowned again, this time at neither Maddox nor his own thoughts of Jon. "But... well, what if someone could have done something about it?" <br><br>He expected Maddox to be confused, so he immediately continued on to explain himself. "Like... well, if this attack is the same wolf, what if it's not just his hunting ground? I mean, clearly he can get out into the wilds, and we found something to eat pretty easily out there, right? So... well, what if he's deliberately going there to hunt people?"<br><br>The idea was a little shaking, making Brett look up to Maddox in the hope that the older wolf had some sort of an explanation as to what was going on. Something that would assure Brett that it couldn't be, that he wasn't the bait for this murder, as well. That he wasn't responsible for both. Because if Brett had been the intended target, what had kept the other wolf from killing him? It made no sense that it just be random, not if the kills were based around the place that Brett lived and worked. If the person had baited him, if he'd known his name... Well, what if it meant he'd been deliberately chosen, rather than the victim of some hapless circumstance? <br><br>It was almost too much to hope for. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>13-08-2016, 03:30:05</strong>
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				Brett's words got Maddox to thinking. He growled. "Are you saying that maybe you weren't killed on purpose? Like someone planned for you to become a werewolf?" He hadn't thought about that. <br><br>But why? Why kill the others but spare Brett? <br><br>His eyes flashed wolven amber. He shook his head. "We'll talk to Dean about that." His cheeks heated. "And we need to talk to Dean about us. I need to tell him I'm gay "<br><br>He stared into Brett's blue eyes. He bit his lip. "You don't have to go with me, though, if you'd prefer not to," he said softly as he thought at the same time, <em>please go with me.</em>
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>17-08-2016, 06:37:02</strong>
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				Brett frowned slightly. "Well, maybe not about me directly..." He murmured. What if it had been about opportunity? After all, Maddox and Dean had said themselves, rare was it that a bitten wolf could fit in with a pack. What if this person had been hoping to turn Brett into some kind of monster, something to be hunted and put down. <br><br>But why? Why indeed? What sort of purpose would that serve? <br><br>His train of thought was derailed by the confession of his mate, however. "What?" Brett blinked up at Maddox, who just stared into his eyes, moving forward with his own suppositions. Brett could feel a call for help, as though Maddox needed him, which shook him to the core, what with Maddox standing right there. "Wha- of course I'll come with you." He said, then he looked down and frowned briefly. "Wait, you've never told him you're gay?" <br><br>Brett had never lived a quiet life about his orientation. In his early youth, it was like some kind of weapon he'd used just to fly in the faces of those around him, dare them to try making a victim of him, dare them to try casting him out over it. But as his early-teenage rebellion faded out, he continued to cling to his identity, and having spent that shock card already, found that there was a high number of people around him who actually hadn't given a fuck about his orientation. In some ways, it had been a little bit of a let-down, but in others he was exceptionally grateful. His brother looked up to his courage, his parents were happy with him - happy with him! - for having been true to himself. And they'd all kindly ignored the obnoxious way he'd come out. <br><br>Brett had no idea what it was like living in denial, being in the closet. It hadn't even occurred to him till just now that Maddox might be buried so deeply in that closet that he was kept the most company by childhood Christmas cards. <br><br>"Don't you think that's something you should talk to him about on your own? I mean, I'll go with you." He added hastily, if only to avoid the pang of Maddox's misunderstanding and spare them both. "But... I mean, if I'm in the house, shouldn't you still be the only one in the room with him? At least for that part?" He put his hand on the side of Maddox's neck - trying very hard not to get excited at standing so close to him - and looked into his eyes. "I'll be right beside you if you want me to. I just don't want to intrude on a family moment." <br><br>He was proud of Maddox, in a sense, and selfishly eager to bear witness to the moment when his mate came out to his family. But he also knew the fear Maddox was feeling, if not why, and felt almost like he should give the men their privacy. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>18-08-2016, 17:32:22</strong>
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				Maddox looked a little sheepish but shook his head. "I haven't no. I just didn't want him freaking out like my father had.<br><br>"He's been more of a father to me than that male was and if Dean attacked, I don't think I'd be able to fight back." He let out a sigh. "Not because I don't think I can but," he shook his head again, "I wouldn't be able to fight him, to hurt him. I'd let him kill me before I even thought about getting a swing on him."<br><br>He nodded though at Brett's words. "You're right. I do need to have this conversation with him alone, but we still need to tell him what we found out. So, come with me and let me go in there by myself then I'll come to get you when we're finished," he said before leaning forward and kissing his mate. He laid his forehead against Brett's and looked into those beautiful blue eyes. <br><br>"Thank you for helping me find the strength to do this," he said softly. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>19-08-2016, 05:29:09</strong>
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				Brett couldn't help himself. He scowled at the thought of Maddox letting anyone beat him to death, even Dean. Then scowled deeper as he tried to picture Dean doing anything of the sort. Dean losing his temper seemed such an odd notion. Instead, he thought it more likely that he would kill with calm purpose, if ever he had to. It was a thought that made Brett shiver, even with remembered intensity. <br><br>Thankfully, he was able to pass it off when Maddox leaned in and kissed him. It wasn't long until he was looking up into Maddox's eyes in turn, one hand resting against the back of his head and the other against his chest, just listening to the sound of his voice. It was hard not to smile up at him, at that point. Just the hint of his taste left on Brett's lips was enough to justify another shiver. <br><br><em>Down boy. There's work to do.</em> The admonishing voice in his head didn't do much to avert Brett's attention, but he pulled it around with a mighty effort nonetheless. "Come on." He said to Maddox, stepping back and turning for the stairs. "Let's get you out of that closet, wolfman, and into the light."
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>22-08-2016, 16:46:23</strong>
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				Maddox's lips twitched at Brett's words. God, how he loved that male.<br><br>His eyes widened as the thought ran through his head and his step faultered for a moment. But then he continued on walking behind his male as he thought about that. He ran a hand through his hair. <br><br>They were mated and he knew Brett likes him, quite a bit, too. But love? Was it too soon to think such a thing? <br><br>Yeah, it was some wolfy thing that made him long for the male but love wasn't necessarily a wolf feeling. That was a very human emotion. But he couldn't deny how he felt. <br><br>Brett made him want to be a better person not only for him, but for himself. Maddox smiled. <br><br>Yeah, he loved him. He'd wait though to tell him. Didn't want to overwhelm him. <br><br>At Dean's, he left Brett in the large living area and went in, closing the door behind him. His alpha looked up, instant worry on his face. He stood. <br><br>"What's wrong, son?" <br><br>Maddox's hand drifted through his hair again. "Well, I need to talk to you about something."<br><br>Dean came around his desk. "Was there another killing?" he asked, the worry evident on his face.<br><br>Maddox shook his head. "No, nothing like that. I do have some information about that but no, I, uh..." he stopped talking, unsure of how to say it. <br><br>"Maddox, what's wrong?" his alpha asked.<br><br>Maddox started pacing. "Well Dean, I've been keeping something to myself." He looked at Dean to clarify. "Nothing bad, at least I hope, I just, I don't know how it would go over..."<br><br>"Maddox, spit it out," Dean said, his tone firm. Maddox stopped his pacing and looked at his alpha.<br><br>"I'm gay."<br><br>Dean's eyebrow lifted. "Okay, and?"<br><br>Maddox opened his mouth to defend himself, but wait. What? "You're not upset by this?"<br><br>"Why would I be? Who the fuck cares who you sleep with? You're a good enforcer. You keep this pack safe. You're my son regardless of your lineage."<br><br>Maddox just stared at the man he had considered a father for so many years. But then he shook his head. "Do you remember when you found me?"<br><br>"Yeah, you were torn up pretty bad."<br><br>"Well, my father had done that. He had found out I liked male's, was with one, and he didn't like it. Though I was an abomination. So he attacked me. I killed him."<br><br>Dean shook his head and stepped towards his enforcer, a hand gripping his shoulder. "Maddox, you killed him protecting yourself. He shouldn't have attacked you. You were his son. He should have loved you regardless.<br><br>"I don't hate you for this. I just want you happy."<br><br>He stepped back then a small smile on his lips. "So, is this when you tell me about Brett then?"<br><br>Maddox's cheeks heated and he ran his hand through his hair again. "Well, about that. Uhm, we're mated..."<br><br>Dean laughed and Maddox's eyes shot up to his. "Yeah, I can smell it and him all over you. Whatever pup. Just as long as your happy. Like I said, you're my son. Guess I have another one now as well." He went and took his seat behind his desk. <br><br>"Bring him in here and tell me what you need to," he said turning his computer on. And that was that. <br><br>Maddox walked out of the office, kind of in a daze. That went a lot better than he had thought it would. But when his eyes landed on his mate, his lips curved up into a full blown smile and when he got to him, he pulled him close and kissed him, a deep and loving kiss. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>01-09-2016, 07:23:15</strong>
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				The chair wasn't exactly uncomfortable, but in the state he was in, Brett couldn't imagine being comfortable anywhere, really. At the moment, all he could think about was what was going to happen to Maddox. He could feel the lingering hints of panic through his bond to the man, but he had no way of knowing if that was current feelings or leftovers from what had happened with them before that. <br><br>The door to the office opened and Brett began to stand, attempting to meet Maddox on his way out. He'd barely managed to attain his feet, however, when the larger male caught him up in a kiss that Brett was... NOT prepared for. For a moment, he had to reach down towards the arm of the chair to catch his balance, , the feedback from the bond making him giddy and lightheaded - although, that might have just been the scent of Maddox as he naturally was and the feeling of the firm body and the decided strength that was having a go at imposing its joy on Brett. <br><br>When Maddox finally relented and let Brett breathe, the younger man shook his head carefully, trying to figure out what had just happened. "I take it... that went well?" He said, caught somewhere between cautious and sarcastic. "Either that or this is a last-meal kinda deal and there's a cigarette waiting for you outside. If that's the case, I'm not sure what all you want to eat, but I can make a few suggestions." It didn't take much for the light sheen of amber to cross over Brett's irises, even as he dragged his tongue over his lips and teeth in a decidedly lupine grin. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>03-09-2016, 21:48:13</strong>
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				Maddox eyes shone with mirth and he had the biggest grin on his face. "Yes, that went very well," he said with a laugh. He pecked his mate's lips one more time and slipped his hand in his, entwining their fingers. <br><br>"Come on, let's tell Dean what we know." He pulled Brett into the office and took a seat in one of the chairs, gesturing to the empty one beside. Dean looked up from his computer with a knowing smile on his face. <br><br>"Didn't think you'd be back in here so quick," he said looking at Maddox, but he stood and held out his hand towards Brett. "Welcome to the family, Brett."<br><br>Once hands were shook, Dean was back in his chair and looking at his enforcer. "So, did we find anything new?"<br><br>"Reyes had Brett look at the photos they had taken and he had some interesting info." He looked to his mate. "Fill him in."
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>06-09-2016, 07:16:21</strong>
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				Brett fairly stumbled into Dean's office, a little confused as to what had transpired in such a short time but glad they could be getting on with things finally. The welcome was warmer than those he'd received from people who had already known about their son's orientation, and that much alone was both a source of gratitude and a strange experience. He dazedly shook Dean's hand and then let his own drop to his side. Awkwardly, Brett lowered himself in the chair that had been indicated for him. <br><br>"Oh, right..." Brett said, momentarily put off by the change in the conversation. "Right, well... the attacks - the one that changed me and the one that... well... that happened last night, I guess, they're both pretty close. In fact, I could see the place where I'd been attacked in the background of the pictures from today's scene. And something else I noticed." He shrugged, looking uncertainly at Maddox before he went on. "The place that... that Chris and I used to share... well, before Jon..." He took another breath, steadying himself. "The apartment I used to live in, back when I was attacked, is less than half a block from the attack site. In fact, it's closer to my home than my own attack was. I can see my door in the pictures. That's... well, even for a town this small, that's still a hell of a coincidence. Think there was a reason for that?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>25-09-2016, 14:54:27</strong>
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				Dean listened to the young wolf speak and a brow rose. "Did any of our pack look familiar when you met them? Have any been around or even to the bar you work at?" <br><br>He looked at Maddox then, a wary look on his face. He hated to say it, but he was beginning to think that this wasn't just some stray mongrel who had done this.<br><br>"Do you think it was one of ours? Because of me?" His hands gripped the chair's arms hard, the whining of the wood a small but evident sound.<br><br>"Let's not jump to comclusions, Ma-"<br><br>"But do you think someone would know of what we talked about, not be happy with it? I'm not ideal, Dean. Not even a real wolf of this pack," he said on a growl.<br><br>Dean stood then and slammed a hand, tipped with claws on his desk. "Maddox, that doesn't fucking matter! What matters is that you are one of us. You protect us and do and have done more for this pack than anyone, other than me. You <em>are</em> ideal and just because one fucking lowly asshole doesn't see that doesn't mean shit," their alpha growled.<br><br>Maddox's wolf's ears lowered and he looked down in respect and nodded. He shook his head. "Alright, but what if a challenge is issued?"<br><br>"Then you show them how strong you are. You kill the fucker if you have to. Maddox, if it's the wolf changing and killing innocents, he deserves death. Period. <br><br>"We're not monsters from stories. We're just people who happen to change into wolves. We deserve to live just like anyone else. We don't need a wolf who thinks he's high and mighty fucking messing that up," he growled out.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>27-09-2016, 06:56:40</strong>
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				Brett, who had been until the moment of impact trying to think back over his first few days amongst the pack, jumped and blinked at the alpha in surprise. His hands shot to the arms of his chair and gripped in their shock, his knuckles turning white. <br><br>He hadn't considered how any of this would effect Maddox's eventual rise to the position his father had set out for him. Up until that moment, it hadn't made sense that it would have been even remotely connected, except that solving this mystery might solidify his standing among the other wolves. "Well, it's not Shiloh." He blurted out. <br><br>He looked quickly to Maddox again, hoping for some indication that he should go on but interrupting himself in his haste to be understood. He turned to Dean and continued, abruptly. "I mean, the scent from the shirt. I don't remember Shiloh ever smelling like that. I'd though, in the alley that night, it was just really rotting garbage, but even that would have been cleared away before last night. There's no way that was a scent native to the alleyway. It's all I've got, really..." He looked down at his lap, shrugged and then back up at the other men in turn. "I haven't even really met the whole pack yet. The full-moon hunt was... kinda supposed to be that." <br><br>Now all he could think was that at a time when he was meant to be learning the ways of his new nature and bonding with the members of his new family, he'd be constantly wondering if anyone who spoke to him would be the person who was responsible for ruining his life and the murder of his best friend. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>07-10-2016, 02:06:13</strong>
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				Dean nodded as he took his seat and relaxed a little,but it was obvious his wolf was still near the surface. "That breakfast, some of the wolves weren't in attendance so no, you wouldn't have met everyone. But the full moon run is in a week." He looked to Maddox.<br><br>"Stay close to him. Although I doubt you wouldn't. Keep an eye out if anyone is showing a particular interest in him. Let Shiloh and Reyes know as well.<br><br>"I'm going to email Andrew. See if he's heard anything on strays, but I'm thinking it's a long shot." He turned to his computer then. <br><br>"You two go ahead and go do whatever you're going to do. I'll see you at dinner." And they were dismissed. <br><br>Maddox stood and left Dean's office, shaking his head. On the porch, he looked to his mate. <br><br>"This is really pissing me off. Want to go for a run? I need to burn off some of this aggression."
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>10-10-2016, 05:53:05</strong>
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				Brett tried to hide a grin. They'd already done quite a bit of that, though he suspected this was somewhat different. The things he'd been struggling with before, the aggression he'd had... that they'd both had... It could only be as a result of the feelings they&nbsp; had both been wrestling with, on one level or another. This... this seemed to leave him feeling fear for Brett, and whatever else Maddox was feeling, Brett didn't want to compound the problem by being a point of weakness. <br><br>"I'll follow you." Brett said, shoving his hands in his pockets and making good on that by taking up Maddox's lead. "Boss." The grin he had been trying to hide slipped to the surface. It stayed only a moment however, since the weight of the attacks was still looming above them. Everything about it bothered Brett. "Mind if we go up along the trail?" He said, using the shorthand with which he'd often now referred to the place they'd spent Brett's first controllable shift. "Hey, who's Andrew?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>23-10-2016, 16:17:43</strong>
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				Maddox nodded as they walked outside and down the porch steps, then around their alphas house. Maddox pulled his shirt up and over his head as they made their way through the trees.<br><br>"Andrew is another alpha north of here. His pack isn't as large as this one but they see a lot out there." <br><br>Maddox lead him to where Brett had first shifted,the meadow full of blooming wild flowers. He stopped and kicked off his shoes before going for his pants. <br><br>"I'm going to apologize now if I'm an asshole, but once my wolf comes out, I won't be able to promise he'll be very kind. If you need to, just kick my ass," he said in total seriousness.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>26-10-2016, 07:43:21</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Uhm..." Brett blinked up at his... his... Mate was still an odd word to him, but... boyfriend? None of it was anything less than weird. "Kick your ass? Really? I mean, come on." He gestured to himself, holding his hands at his shoulders and sweeping them downward. With the end of the motion, he grinned and then pointed at Maddox, indicating the Alpha's greater strength and size. <br><br>"Mind you, being an asshole, I mean, with everything that's happened with us, that's kind of a mixed word, now, isn't it?" He made the saucy quip just as he was beginning to follow Maddox's example. <br><br>The further they'd come into the forest, the more he could feel himself relaxing, leaving this whole scary situation in some place at the back of his mind. It was a skill that surprised him, given that he had never been one who had much skill in compartmentalization before. It seemed, whatever the other drawbacks, that having a wolf sharing your head allowed you to be a little better at taking on the mentality needed to keep both lives a little bit separate. Lucy for him it was a skill that extended past the initial bonus. <br><br>He peeled his shirt off over his head, tossing it aside and doing away with his pants, as well. Something he learned from the shifting he'd been doing over the course of the month was that the fewer singular items of clothing he could get away with wearing, the better. If he could, he would be completely in&nbsp; a single unitard or eschew the concept of clothing altogether. Seeing as that wasn't a possibility, he had to forge on, relying on the bare minimum in clothing for whatever was considered appropriate. The idea often made him grin. <br><br>When he was ready, he shifted into the form that was becoming almost familiar to him now, the four-legged better half of his own body. The wolf had filled out somewhat in the same way that Brett's body had begun to change as well, becoming more compact and more athletic over time. Sadly, though, he was never going to cut quite the imposing figure that Maddox did. Even so, it was nice to feel the way the muscles stretched and twisted, like untangling his legs after a long road trip. He stood in the clearing, wagging his tail slightly, letting his tongue hang out the side of his mouth and staring at Maddox, waiting for the larger man to join him. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>26-10-2016, 12:19:46</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Maddox watched Brett undress as he stepped free of his own pants, admiring the way the male's body was firming and toning up. He licked his lips. Then Brett shifted. It came easy now, just flowing, the wolf taking form almost like it had always been there. The young black wolf stood there, tail wagging. <br><br>Maddox kicked off his shoes and without another word, he ran and jumped forward, shifting mid jump. He landed atop Brett, the pup now on his back. <br><br>Maddox leaned in close, his lip peeling back from his teeth as he growled before his tongue came out to swipe along Brett's muzzle. Then he jumped off him, darting into the woods, an air of chase me behind him.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>27-10-2016, 06:06:11</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				The human in Brett still wanted to sputter in surprise, but wolf lips were utterly ill-suited to the task, so instead he made a slight coughing sound and huffed, turning himself over and scrambling to get back up to his feet now that his mate's weight had lifted from it. It was so much easier to think of Maddox that way in this form, far less resistance in the conscious mind. The wolf form, too, was in complete agreement as he took off running after the other wolf, pounding across the clearing and bounding into the trees. The large paws hit the earth heavily, their rhythmic fall that heightened Brett's heartbeat and seemed to draw him into a calm void, perfectly at ease with the lupine instinctual lope, the task of running and tracking and hunting. The wolf brain came forward, gladly accepting the duty of the menial task while the human mind sank back into itself, observing. <br><br>But that wasn't all it was doing, either. <br><br>While it observed, it felt like having a movie on in the background. The true occupation at the moment was the attempt at digging through everything that had happened over the last few days. There had to be some sort of information that Brett was missing. Something that could help the pack to figure out who was behind these attacks. Whoever it was had to be a werewolf. Brett himself was proof of that, wasn't he? Somethng about the attacks felt calculated, no matter what anyone else told him. There seemed to be some purpose to how things were working out, there were just too many convenient pieces of evidence. Did this person fear getting caught? Obviously they were clever enough to go this far, but was that why the second death had occurred? <br><br>Whatever was going on, it was certainly escalating. <br><br>While he pondered these things, the wolf continued on the path after Maddox till it had to have the human attention. They were standing at a fork in the path, the wolf-mind detecting fresh trail in both directions. But which way <em>had</em> their mate gone? 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>29-10-2016, 01:48:18</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Maddox ran and just ran some more and after a while, he no longer heard his mate's paws behind him. He skidded to a stop and looked inward. They couldn't really talk telepathically, but he could send him flashes of pictures and see vice versa from him in their connection. He could catch glimpses of the path that Brett was on now. It was a fork that he had passed a while ago and great speed as he had let the wolf take over so the man could catch a breath. <br><br>He looked at his surroundings and sent the picture of a weeping willow that waved gently in the breeze along with the small creek beside it. <br><em>Come to me, mate,</em> he thought as his toes dug into the dirt beneath his paws. He licked his lips before sending small flashes of how he wanted the smaller wolf to charge and tackle him, them rolling on the forest floor. <br><br>With as angry as he was right now, he needed that dominant hand, someone to take that anger away. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>02-11-2016, 06:06:00</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Brett wasn't sure what was happening, but the wolf in his mind began pacing, licking his lips. Something was happening, something exciting, and while Brett's indecision was causing his front paws to remain anchored in the earth while the excitement of the wolf was causing the back paws to spring from that same ground, shuffling and hopping until the effect was something like a cartoon character whose legs were a blur even though they were stuck in place. <br><br>After a moment, however, Brett relented and let the wolf take over once more and the animal inside wasted no time in leaping forward, taking the path properly and racing after the other male. It was thrilling, a chase through the forest. Not long afterwards, the scent of Maddox left behind was strengthening and the wolf began to literally drool. By the time he caught up to the place where the tree hung over the water, he was worked almost into a lather. He wasted no time at angling himself until he was speeding directly for the larger male, unsure of what to expect as he launched himself through the air. This was Maddox's domain, and felt strange to Brett, hidden beneath the layers of wild lupine mind. <br><br>He made contact with the other werewolf with a heavy <em>thud</em>, sending them both careening to the dirt and forcing Brett to pause. he struggled to his feet, staggering slightly and panting with the sprint, looking to Maddox to see what was to come now. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>05-11-2016, 11:24:42</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Brett's smaller body collided with Maddox, and they went rolling before the smaller wolf jumped back to his feet, body at the ready. Maddox hopped to his feet, tail wagging as he stomped his front paws playfully. <br><br>He dipped forward, snapping at Brett, a whole play with me, evident in his actions. He needed this, needed to get his mind off of what was happening, even if it were just for a moment. <br><br>He jumped, colliding with the small wolf, sending them rolling again before springing back up. He wanted to be dominated, to be topped, but he wasn't going to make it easy for his mate.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>10-11-2016, 06:34:02</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				After rolling across the ground for the second time in ten minutes, Brett jumped up as soon as possible and launched himself back at Maddox. He wasn't sure of tactics, never having fought a wolf-breed before. But he couldn't imagine that Maddox really expected anything particularly spectacular from him. Instead, he simply went all-out as best he could. He wasn't sure what was driving Maddox at this point, but was determined to get him whatever he needed. <br><br>He hadn't intended it, but when he made contact with the wall of muscle and fur, his mouth opened and his head lunged forward, the wolf in him determined to grab hold of the other male and make an example of the moment. He grabbed a hold of the skin, gentler than Brett would have thought he could in the midst of the scuffling, holding rather than tearing and pulling the wolf over onto his back. It was miscalculated slightly in Brett's moment of surprise, sending him, too, tumbling to the side and skidding on the hard-packed earth of the path. It took a moment for him to stand up, shake himself off and approach Maddox and by that time the other male was well beyond his reeling moments, as well. <br><br>Stalking forward, Brett felt his tail twitch, felt his ears perks directly towards him and could sense that his nose opened up, as though preparing to take in whatever subtle hints he could get a hold of. <br><br>Looked like he was really going to do this. Oddly enough, it was the human in him that was more keen to continue while the wolf in him whimpered in confusion. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>11-11-2016, 01:05:53</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Mmm, Brett was actually putting forth the effort. The younger wolf got Maddox onto his back on more than one occasion and he kept on coming. The pup was learning and he was using that new knowledge to his advantage. <br><br>The last time, Maddox sprung to his feet, head down low, as he breathed hard. His tail was up and still, his muscles bunched and at the ready. <br><br>Brett stalked forward, his own body at the ready. Maddox licked his lips. Oh yes, this was what he needed. Now, could the wolf finish it?<br><br>His toes spread in the dirt beneath him, his legs bracing and readying himself. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>18-11-2016, 04:39:57</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Brett wasn't sure what exactly he expected to accomplish, but some part of his wolf knew a response to the stance he was seeing, leaving Brett confident enought htat at least he wasnt going to get himself killed. Unless, of course, he accidentally pissed Maddox off. After knowing him for the last month, Brett was sure that Maddox could do some definite damage if he needed to. Not that he <em>would</em>... would he? Didn't Brett have some measure of immunity, now, some benefit of the doubt? <br><br>Doubt. Exactly. <br><br>The wolf - and subsequently the body they shared - shook its head to get rid of the thoughts that were creeping up through the whole demonstration, distracting the two of them from the task at hand. They'd circled each other enough. It was time to put some action in the mix. <br><br>Charging at the larger male, he ducked his head low, snapping at the ground and the place where Maddox made contact with it as though he was going to go for his paws. But he didn't stop his momentum or stop snapping for any reason, allowing himself to bowl right into Maddox and keep his momentum going. The plan had been to throw Maddox off balance, knock him over and pin him down. A rush of aggressive energy buzzed through Brett, thoroughly enjoying himself now. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>25-11-2016, 17:00:15</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Brett surprised him. He wasn't sure what he had expected, but the fake and the sheer power the younger wolf tapped into knocked him on his ass. As he went down, both the wolf and Maddox reacted, snapping and kicking out with his claws but other than a scratch here and there, he never made contact with the smaller wolf and before he knew it, Brett had him pinned down on his belly. He growled, but it wasn't one of aggression, more so a happy growl, the wolf pleased whereas the man was aroused as all hell. He began to shift back beneath him then, black fur receding and once more revealing creamy pale flesh. Maddox put his palms flat on the ground and began to push himself up. <br><br>"Brett, shift back. Now," he breathed out huskily, followed by a please because at this moment, Brett was very much so the alpha.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>29-11-2016, 07:54:27</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Sprawled out overtop of the other wolf, Brett could feel his jaws ache as he took care to balance out the pressure he was applying with trying not to truly injure Maddox. The necessity for such caution made him feel even more powerful, as though he could take the life of the other wolf by mere accident. Only, he didn't. <br><br>The words of his mate reached his ears and he threw all of his breath into a throaty growl to acknowledge them. Without hesitation, he began shifting back into his human form. He could feel the heat of Maddox's skin directly against his, the smooth, hard planes of his muscles pinned under Brett's somewhat stockier, shorter body. The feeling of excitement was even stronger now and Brett couldn't help that he could tell he was growing hard from above the other. As he pressed his body down into Maddox's, he growled again. <br><br>The hands that had been simply holding himself to the other werewolf were shifting, touching, suddenly moving along Maddox's body. He moved from the ribs to the waist, then up the front of his body, over his chest and back down again. The mouth that was still gripping with weak human teeth on Maddox's neck suddenly opened, snapping quickly and taking the lobe of his ear instead. The next growl was punctuated as one hand moved up to wrap around Maddox's neck - not hard enough to hurt, but possessively - and the other reached down between his legs. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>29-11-2016, 10:24:41</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Fuck, the feeling of Brett shifting, now skin sliding against skin had Maddox letting out a breath and a moan. He growled in return, his cock now painfully hard beneath him when Brett's hand wrapped around his throat.<br><br>He had never been topped before, usually the aggressor and dominant himself, but this time, he was more than happy with letting Brett take control of him. When the younger wolf's other hand slid down and grabbed him, he was sure he was going to explode right there.<br><br>"Brett, fuck me. Please," he all but begged in a husky voice as he body relaxed beneath the smaller male.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>09-12-2016, 04:11:27</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Hearing Maddox beg in a voice that was so used to giving orders gave Brett a little thrill. He growled, a sound that might have almost been a moan of satisfaction except the way it rumbled through his chest and vibrated even to the very edge of the teeth that still kept careful hold of his larger lover. It wasn't lost on him the way Maddox responded, and Brett took an extra little bit of amusement from gripping a little harder and pressing his whole body flush with his currently-bottomed alpha male. He rolled his hips as well, a little added effort intended to tease Maddox with the press of hot, hard flesh against his ass. <br><br>After a moment, however, even just the smell of Maddox made Brett want more and he found himself positioning in such a way that for the moment it was intended torment, but a shift of his hips could see some level of satisfaction. He never let go of Maddox's ear with his teeth, but instead spoke around it, the voice coming more feral than even he had heard it before. <br><br>"You'll have to do better than that..." With the appropriately-placed hand, Brett gave Maddox's cock a long, sure stroke that slowly sank back toward the base again. "Say it again." He demanded. "Say it better." 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>10-12-2016, 14:05:10</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				His lips twitched at the male taking the lead, then they curved into pure satisfaction when his hand stroked his steel hard cock. He pressed his ass up back into him, moaning at the feel of his lover's cock against him.<br><br>"Baby," he breathed, "please fuck me. Make me yours." He moved his hips, making his ass slide along Brett's hard length.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>14-12-2016, 05:28:40</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Brett practically snorted at the word "baby", since it seemed so out of character for Maddox, but he'd heard what he wanted and that was enough to drive any thoughts of amusement from his mind. Letting go of Maddox's ear, he stood up on his knees behind the other man. While the process was familiar to him - he noted the memory with a grin - it seemed something different with Maddox and Brett found himself wanting to be sure this went as smoothly as it was going to, considering the lack of supplies in case things got painful. <br><br>Then again, wasn't that pretty much exactly what they were headed for here? Something in him told him that was at least where Maddox wanted things to go. A little bite in their kiss, something a little rough for some exercise. So be it. <br><br>Leaning over, he lined himself up just where he wanted, the feeling of a larger body in front of him somehow adding tot he thrill that still resounded with deep familiarity, comfort and excitement and with a snarl, he pushed himself in with a single long, slow thrust. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>20-12-2016, 18:38:59</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Maddox let out a long and deep snarl as Brett thrust in. His hands fisted in the dirt beneath him and his back arched as his mate filled him. <br><br>This was something altogether different, being filled by another. He was usually always the top but this, this made something click, like he was whole. He knew they were mated, but to officially submit, to roll over and show his belly to this male, every piece that had been missing seemed to have been found and clicked into place. <br><br>Maddox pushed back against him, urging him to move, wanting the shard sting as he speared him over and over. And he wanted the male to bite him. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>22-12-2016, 00:59:28</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Brett could feel that he was losing a little piece of himself in the chaos of what he was doing, never once really bothering to figure out that it was his self-control until it was already irretrievable. <br><br>He pushed himself up and away from Maddox's back as he let himself adjust to the tight space in which he was buried balls-deep. He tilted his head back, enjoying the sensation as he let his eyes close, but that lasted only an instant for a laugh before he forced them open. He could live, love and die stuck here like this, but there was more to be done. With a growl in his throat, he reached out, grabbed a hold of Maddox by the back of the head and let his fingers clench around the older man's hair, tugging backward. he knew it was going to hurt his mate's scalp, but there was no time to worry about that. <br><br>As he pulled Maddox up, he pulled his cock from the delicious piece of ass in front of him, sliding almost all the way out. it wasn't until Maddox was pulled tight against his chest that he slammed back in, leaning his head forward. His chin was almost in line with Maddox's shoulder, so sinking his teeth into the flesh seemed the obvious thing to do. He slammed back into the taller body, the hand that was around the hard and protruding cock stroking firmly in time with his own penetration while the other reached around the expansive chest, fingertips digging blunt nails into the skin of Maddox's pecs. <br><br>With another growl that even Brett could feel vibrating against Maddox's shoulder, Brett pulled back again and moved quicker this time, as he started to fuck Maddox in earnest. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>22-12-2016, 19:19:47</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Brett's hand sunk into his hair and pulled back. Maddox let out a growl at the sting, but the power behind the male's touch had him rising to his knees, Brett pressed against his back. He felt the younger wolf's chin lined up with his shoulder and when his hand slid from his hair, he bared his throat, giving him the crook of his neck.<br><br>Brett's hand still worked his cock, tugging and stroking so damn deliciously and his breath hitched at the feel of his mate's nails digging into his pectorals. <br><br>"Brett," he said heatedly, but said no more. One didn't demand of his alpha, but his want was out there in the open.<br><em>Bite me.<br>Mate me.<br>Make me yours.</em>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>04-01-2017, 06:45:49</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				That's all it took. Just the sound of his name from the husky voice of the man in front of him and Brett lost all control. It wasn't difficult to change his movements to the hard, powerful movements of continual thrusting. It wasn't difficult to feel the swirling mix of emotions coming through the mate bond. It wasn't difficult to feel the rise of his own wolf deliciously snarling and growling in the back of his mind. Unintended but certainly not fought against, the sound of the snarl manifested itself in Brett's own voice and the tantalizing sight of his mate's neck bared in front of him was less of a temptation and more of a signal, eagerly taken int he breeding frenzy and all the torrent of instinct that came with it. <br><br>Brett's teeth descended onto Maddox' neck, sinking down in a painful bite that stopped only just shy of breaking the skin... Only just shy as that's when the instinct was satisfied, not because of any hesitation on Brett's part. He matched the rhythm of his hips with his hand, stimulating as much of Maddox as he could imagine, leaving the other man helpless in front of him - such a beautiful, encouraging sight that made Brett all the more enthusiastic as he pummeled away at Maddox, preparing himself as much as his mate for the moment to which he or his wolf or perhaps all four entities in that clearing were guiding them all towards. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>08-01-2017, 05:11:19</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Maddox let out a heated growl when Brett&nbsp; descended upon him, his teeth grabbing on. His wolf howled out in his head and as Brett fucked him harder and faster, his hand moving on his cock with the same intensity and speed, Maddox felt his balls rise, readying for that intense instant when he did exactly what his mate wanted. <br><br>His hands fisted in the grass beneath him and he shoved his hips back, moving his ass to meet the male's thrusts. Then with one more single stroke of both his hand and cock, Maddox was practically howling out in pleasure as the orgasm overtook him, slamming into him with an intensity he had never felt before. His seed jetted out, covering his mates hand&nbsp; as his canine sunk into his own lip.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>31-01-2017, 06:54:39</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				<em>Take...</em> Brett's breath came huffing hard and fast from his chest. His pulse raced and surged and pounded in his ears. <br><br><em>Take him...</em> He gripped at Maddox's body with a firm hand, the tips of each finger very nearly tearing at the skin in his desperation to hold the male close. <br><br><em>Take him whole!</em><br><br>Feeling Maddox seize up, Brett groaned, a beautiful moment of blissful solidarity with his lover shaking him to his very core. Tighter,if he could, and harder, as though such a thing existed, Brett forced his way against the larger man. What began as a single, solitary sound droned, whined and melted into a steady snarl, sending a painful burst of energy through Brett until he was forced to cry out as the burst of orgasm rushed from him. He held Maddox impossibly tight against him, filling his mate thoroughly. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>04-02-2017, 15:03:21</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Maddox didn't know it was possible, but when Brett slammed into him again, the snarl filling his ears from where he bit him, he erupted again, cumming even more cum he hadn't known was left after the first orgasm. The feel of Brett's dick throbbing inside him, his warmth filling his tight passage,&nbsp; sent shocks through him as he came.<br><br>When it was finally over, his body sagged and if it weren't for Brett's hands still on him, he would have face planted in exhaustion. Instead, he remained on his hands and knees, panting, trying to catch his breath.<br><br>"Brett...I love...you..." He managed in between breathes. He had mated the wolf and now he himself had been mated. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>14-02-2017, 04:03:39</strong>
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				The sensation of power was not unknown to Brett, but there was something very specifically different tot he act, what with it coming from a decidedly lupine place. There was something sacred about taking Maddox in this particular way, out here in the middle of nowhere, hard and sharp and without remorse. Some part of him wondered if anyone else had ever been in a situation where they could have ever understood the depth of what was going through his mind. <br><br>And then, of course, when Maddox spoke Brett finally had his answer. <br><br>Maddox could feel it. He could feel the sense of awe, the near-gloating feeling of right, not to mention the odd, shivering feeling of just plain wrong.<br><br>While Brett wasn't a stranger to being the dominant partner in a relationship, none of his relationships had ever been close to what he and Maddox shared. He'd had that position of power, no pun intended, in the past with the pale imitation of what he was experiencing now. But never had he truly encountered a situation in which the connection between the two men an the connection between the two wolves was perfectly in sync as what he was feeling. Even with all that power, however, he knew there was a problem with their configuration. <br><br>Maddox was the dominant one in their relationship. He was the one who was the older, the wiser, the stronger, the faster... he was the one who had the traits and the experience and it had felt right to be topped by him. The situation now, though not in any way bad in Brett's books, wasn't going to be the norm, and he knew it. He also was happy that was the case. <br><br>Still, to be given that gift, that memory by his lover?<br><br>"I love you, too... Maddox." And he meant every word in ways he could not say, so settled for wrapping his arms around Maddox's waist from behind and just holding him close. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wolventears</strong> on <strong>16-02-2017, 05:28:58</strong>
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				Maddox let out a soft sigh as Brett said those words back. He brought a hand up and slid his fingers through Brett's hair. "Thank you. I needed that," he whispered. <br><br>"I'm not ready to go back yet. I don't know if I can keep it together. Shift with me again? We'll just go running and adventuring until the sun sets. No more fighting, just relaxing in out wolven way," he said softly. And no, he couldn't go back. He was in such a good mood at the moment, all the anger and frustration having dissipated. He knew it would come back as soon as he got out of the car. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: A New Wolf (wolventears &amp; Fury Aphrodisia)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fury Aphrodisia</strong> on <strong>03-03-2017, 06:22:01</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/fc/99/86/fc9986e7c1ead86f79ce3d5d717a7071.jpg) (https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/fc/99/86/fc9986e7c1ead86f79ce3d5d717a7071.jpg)</div><br>It was the only time he could have conceivably pulled it off, but as Brett knelt up behind his lover, he wrapped his arms ponderously around Maddox's shoulders and pressed a gentle but prolonged kiss to the side of the larger man's neck. <br><br>It took a moment of thought before Brett responded, and that dubiously. <em>Maddox, we don't have forever</em>, he thought. "Yeah, okay. Whatever you need." The feeling of the emotions that came through the bond were light and far less strained than they had been back at Dean's house. He knew that the shift in Maddox's mood had to be addressed, preserved in some fashion. But even with Maddox convinced that he was the reason for the recent spat of attacks, Brett couldn't help but feel as though he were somehow responsible. Figuring out who had actually done the deeds and holding them accountable seemed to Brett to be the only way he could stop being responsible for them. As though finding a way to bring this person to justice was the only thing that could absolve him. <br><br>After all, didn't he owe Jon that much, at the very least? <br><br><br><hr><br><br><div class="floatleft">(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/b6/77/81/b67781094e9c75a0bd2c3951a93f423f.jpg) (https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/b6/77/81/b67781094e9c75a0bd2c3951a93f423f.jpg)</div><br>Riley hadn't managed to get the shirt, <em>which was supposed to be the easy part</em> he thought to himself as he dropped into the seat of his car and closed the door after him. The key in the ignition took nothing to quadruple the sound in the alleyway, and the start of the car engine was nearly deafening after the silence. It would have been all too easy to sneak it past Shiloh, who had shown up rubbing his eyes as though he'd been scrutinizing something and ached because of it. Grudgingly, however, Riley knew he had to face facts: Even if they didn't get to it, finding the shirt in the mess that was the alleyway now would have been nigh-on a miracle. <br><br>And he'd never been accused of having good luck before. <br><br>Half a step behind and half a foot shorter than his cousin all his life, he'd never had a problem with that. But his father? Now... that was a man who had a strange mix of qualities. Jealousy, a love of gossip and the ability to hold a grudge. Riley had always felt it was a little unfair, once his father explained the situation, that Riley should have been first allowed to challenge Dean for Alpha when the time came. No one would have questioned it. But he'd never known it until long after the alpha and his wife brought a new little boy home from the woods. <br><br>In the wake of the tragedy, his father seeming happier, Riley was glad when it looked like it was going to turn around. That's when his own old man started drinking. And talking. Even now, Riley wasn't quite free of it. <br><br>He gripped the wheel a little tighter, which on some level made him feel more in control of the vehicle as it passed by a rather large transport on the beautifully-tight turn halfway back towards the neighbourhood. Like he could do anything. He'd taken steps to cover his scent the night it had all fallen apart, but now he wondered just how thoroughly it would have been. Could he still get away with it? At least he'd been and gone before anyone could have identified him, aside from those he worked with every day. Just work, just doing his business. <br><br>He knew he couldn't fuck too much with the boy wonder. With the new shifts in power, it was pretty clear that those who fucked with the boy brought down the ire of all sorts of people who hadn't been remotely concerned with power struggles before this. It was getting too messy. The boy was never meant to have survived Maddox finding him in the field, and yet here they were. <br><br>Whatever the little prince and the daddy Alpha had going now, they were sure to have their hands full. but he coudln't afford to fuck it up like this again. <br><br><hr><br><div class="floatright">(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/fc/99/86/fc9986e7c1ead86f79ce3d5d717a7071.jpg) (https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/fc/99/86/fc9986e7c1ead86f79ce3d5d717a7071.jpg)</div><br>Brett wasn't sure exactly what sensation had disturbed him. His wolf form picked up nothing, even though he stood at the end of the glade and looked towards the distant roads that would, eventually, lead them out and back home. Nothing seemed amiss, not really. <br><br>Even so, something must not have been in place, because he found himself staring off into nothing until Maddox approached next. Brett turned and nuzzled the other male with his nose and tried to put it out of his mind. When the sun began slanting firmer towards twilight, however, Brett became restless and worried. He found himself thinking frequently about the things that Dean had asked of him. He felt an urge to be back at the alleyway and had no idea why. The longer they stayed where they were, however, the more the outside world - and all its jealous possessiveness - was passing the by, punishing them for their truancy by failing to stand still. <br><br>Over time, the worry grew even though Brett still found it difficult to speak up. 
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