Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 02:39:12 +0100
From: Ryan Stevenson <kasaihowler@gmail.com>
Subject: The Wolfish Stalker Chapter 8

 Hey guys eighth chapter is up and I do have to apologise for how long it
took. Over a month I was writing it but I had to contend with real life
difficulties (*cough* work *cough*) and it really interfered with my
ability to write but I will try not to take as long with the next one. I
hope you all enjoy this chapter and feel free to write comment and
criticise all you feel but I really do like getting feedback from you all.
Your the best :)

This story is not intended to be read by anyone under the age of 21 so if
you are this age then please do not read past this line.

Disclaimed: This is meant to be fiction so any reflection of real life such
as names of places or people are purely conincidential.

Thanks for reading guys, and if you have any comments, suggestions or
questions then please get in contact with me on kasaihowler@gmail.com


Mike moaned as he felt his head pounding once again. It throbbed worse than
anytime he could remember and Mike could not believe that he had done it to
himself. What had he been thinking letting Derek talk him into having a
drink, as if it wasn't bad enough Mike had gotten to the point where he had
forgotten everything by the time he had his third drink. What an idiot he
was.

The back window of Kyle's green jeep was down all the way for Mike to get
some fresh air. Mike was sitting in the back with Kyle and Amanda in the
front. Originally Amanda wasn't going to come but Kyle had begged after
things had gotten worse with her Father. Mike didn't mind though he always
liked Amanda, she was good company and it would make Kyle feel better.

They were going to a small motel in New York where they were renting out
two rooms one for Amanda and Kyle and one for Mike but the two guys were
the only ones going to the concert while Amanda would go and see some of
the sights. The concert wasn't until Sunday which was tomorrow and they
would make their way home on Monday and have Tuesday to just relax.

They had been driving for a little over two hours and Kyle showed no signs
of stopping. Mike didn't think he could have gotten Kyle to stop anyway
only Amanda could.

"So what did you learn from yesterday?" asked Amanda to Mike in the
backseat as she smiled and winked at him. At this Mike simply groaned and
said "Yeah I know, I'm a lightweight sue me for having a good time" said
Mike as he lay down on the seat to try and sleep some of it off. He knew it
was a little irresponsible of him to do this the night before he left for
New York but Kyle had given him the approval since it was his birthday and
he still had the camping trip planned for next week which would be fun.

Soon enough Mike dozed into dreamland, he wasn't sure for how long but it
was at least an hour. He awoke to a conversation that was going on between
the couple of a serious nature.

".....know what else to do about this Kyle, he is getting more demanding
each day" said the voice of Amanda, obviously a little worried about
something.

Mike kept listening out but didn't open his eyes very wide so that neither
of them would notice.

"I know Amy, have you thought of leaving White Valley and settling
somewhere else. Or even you and I leaving together?" asked the voice of
Kyle. Concern was pretty evident in his voice also. They were obviously
talking about Mr. Granger again, that much was obvious.

"No we can't my Mum can't go anywhere without him knowing, we tried it once
before when we moved to Miami but he found us and was threatening to take
us to court if we didn't move back" she said with obvious concern in her
voice.

Kyle put his arm around her and then said "Don't worry we'll find a way to
get rid of him, we just have to wait for it". He then put his head on top
of hers as they embraced a little in the car. It was lucky there was zero
traffic on the road. Their display made Mike miss Derek though for a
minute. Though he did know that it would only be a couple of days.

"What did he say when you went over to see him the first time?" asked
Amanda to Kyle as she let him drive without touching him.

Kyle didn't say anything for a few second which made Mike a little anxious.

"I don't actually remember Amanda, I know it's strange but I honestly don't
remember" he said sounding a little freaked out.

Amanda sounded shocked when he said this and responded with "Did he hurt
you? If he did I'll...." but she was cut off by Kyle as he said something.

"No he didn't hurt me Amanda, I just remember coming out the gate to his
home as good as when I went in. It's strange" said Kyle.

Neither he nor Amanda said anything for a while as they enjoyed each
other's company. Mike soon enough fell back asleep thinking about all that
had been said. Obviously things were as bad as Kyle had said with Amanda
and her family. He wondered how she had managed they get away to join them
here. Mr. Granger was obviously capable of using force to get what he
wanted.

Mike awoke fully as he felt the car stop with a jolt. Mike opened his eyes
to feel his headache felt much better, it wasn't gone but he could focus
now.

"Wakey wakey sleeping beauty" said Kyle as he helped Mike out of the car
from the back. Mike stepped out to see that they had stopped at a small
truck stop. Amanda was in getting them something to eat and Kyle was
filling up the jeep. Mike got out and began to walk around a little to
stretch his legs. When he looked at his new watch he seen that it was
almost 2 in the afternoon. They had been on the road for a little over five
hours now.

When he checked his phone he seen that he had a message from Derek which
said "Love you Mikey, hurry back x". Mike smiled as he looked at it and
then sent a small reply. He closed his phone and then went into the store.

Mike picked up a computing magazine and then went out to wait in the car.
When Amanda came out they got on their way. Luckily for them it was only a
couple more hours.

"Hey Mikey, out of everything on the shelves you pick the game magazine"
asked Kyle as he let out a small snigger.

Mike felt a little small at this but decided to retort to Kyle's comment.
"Well if you have to know it's a computer magazine. Gaming ones are lame"
he said as he opened it up to read it.

Kyle and Amanda exchanged a look while Amanda took a drink from her bottle
of juice. It was going to be a long two hour drive.

Finally Mike entered the motel room that he alone was going to have. As he
did he threw his case onto the bed and then slumped down onto it. The
journey was much longer than he had ever thought it would be but he was
glad to be there now. Tomorrow he would be seeing his band live in concert.
Perhaps somehow he might be able to get an autograph. Probably not but he
could dream.

The rest of the day was spent looking around the small motel they were in
as well as finding somewhere nice to have something to eat. They were all
pretty tired from the days travelling to do much else and Mike knew that
Kyle would need quite a bit of sleep before tomorrow.

Finally it arrived, the day that they were going to see Linkin Park. The
concert was not until 7 o clock on that night so all three of them went
around to see some of the sights together. They went to see a lot of
things, from the Empire State Building to the Statue of Liberty. They
couldn't go inside of a lot of the sites, on account of having not enough
time or money but they still managed to get a lot of good photos.

Finally the big night arrived and Mike and Kyle were standing in the line
for the concert. They had something to eat already and were pumped with
energy. Mike had gotten changed into a T Shirt with the band logo on it to
show his appreciation and excitement. "I can't believe that this is
actually happening man. I am so excited I could kiss you right now" said
Mike as he kept on looking ahead of the cue to see how long until they
would be served and let into the building. It wasn't long but for Mike it
felt like a lifetime.

"Yeah, I'm taken mind so no fun stuff" said Kyle with a chuckle.

They continued waiting for a further half hour until it hit 6:45 when they
were finally served, their tickets were snapped and they were let in. As
they did they were almost deafened with the cheering and shouting. It was
going to be very fun tonight.

Mike came out of the concert arena with his ears still not quite right.
They had been very close to the speakers and it had been loud through the
whole concert. Mike didn't mind it at all and concentrated on cheering.
Kyle had had to get some ear plugs to stop some of the noise.

"That was the most amazing time ever....." said Mike still in total
disbelief at what he had seen.

Kyle smiled at this and then put his hand to his ear and said "Whaattttt"
in a drawn out voice in a deaf impersonation.

Mike laughed at this and then said "That was fucking amazing, I want to go
back again tomorrow" and then looked at the new t shirt that had been
thrown into the audience. It was too big for him to wear but he would put
it up on the wall when he got home.

"Well I'm glad you enjoyed it Mikey, that's what makes it worthwhile" said
Kyle as he smiled at Mike. Both of them continued the light banter until
they got back to the motel. They didn't run into any trouble which shocked
Mike considering the reputation that New York had. Maybe it was just over
exaggerated.

Mike got back to his room, locked the door and then lay down on his bed. He
quickly turned on the TV and began channel surfing but quickly just turned
it off. He didn't feel like watching anything and he didn't have his laptop
since he wanted to reduce his carrying weight, smart idea that was. Mike
finally pulled out his phone and then dialled his favourite number,
Derek's.

Mike dialled it and then heard the familiar "Hello?" from Derek.

"Hey yourself" said Mike as he smiled to himself with the remark.

Derek of course knew who it was but he said "It's you Mikey. I was
beginning to think you didn't want to talk to me. How was your concert?" he
asked Mike. Immediately he wished he had left it for a little while longer
because for the next ten minutes Mike did nothing but talk about it. He
talked about the band members, the songs they sung and how awesome they
were live.

"....I wish you could have come" was how Mike finished when he stopped
talking about it with Derek. He let out a small sigh with the thought of
sharing this with his best friend and his boyfriend.

"I know Mikey, but there just wasn't enough tickets for three" said Derek
as he smiled and then said "Don't worry next weekend it's just you and me
and you'll love where we're going to go".

At this Mike shuddered slightly and then said "Well we'll see but I can see
that smirk on your face as you said that". Mike had a very good knowledge
of when Derek made facial expressions even though he couldn't see him.

Sure enough Derek dropped his smirk and then said "I also thought you
should have some time apart with your other friends".

Mike could tell that it was painful for him to admit but he said "I
appreciate it Derek, I intend to tell Kyle about us tomorrow so he'll know
everything. If that's OK with you?" he asked Derek for approval.

Derek was a little shocked when Mike told him of the plan but after a few
seconds he knew it would be a good idea in the long run. "Go for it Mikey,
hopefully he'll not do anything or fall out with you" said Derek. He didn't
know Kyle as much as Mike but he could tell that they were good friends and
that he would probably be OK with it.

"Thanks Derek, it's good to know you have my back" said Mike as he thought
of something else to say.

"How are things back home, anything from our black friend?" asked Mike as
he thought about how quiet the black wolf had been. It was strange but he
knew he had not seen the last of him.

"Quiet Mikey, nothing else to say, there hasn't even been any unusual
scents in the forest or in any of the trails" said Derek.

They continued for a while talking about things of no consequence, mainly
about their plans for school but also about next weekend. Mike couldn't get
Derek to tell him where they were going at all. He wouldn't budge on the
matter.

"We should be home by tomorrow night so if you want then you can come over
to my house or I'll come over to your house" said Mike hoping that Derek
would be up for it.

Without a hesitation Derek said "Yeah course Mikey" at a speed that left
Mike a little freaked out. "I'll come over to yours tomorrow night when
your back, you sure your rents won't mind?" asked Derek.

Mike scoffed and then said "Sure they won't mind, they like having people
over. It gives my Mum a chance to cook" he finished.

They continued talking about tomorrow for a couple more minutes until they
said goodnight and hung up the phone. Mike then took the time to call up
his Mum and explain the plan for them coming back and also how the concert
was.

Mike didn't spend quite as long on this phone call but when he came off the
phone it was pretty late. Mike got out of his pants and wore nothing but
his boxers and shirt when he went to his bed.

The next morning Mike, Kyle and Amanda were up quite early and went for
breakfast at a local diner. The food was alright but Mike had a feeling
that he would have preferred his Mum's cooking especially her pancakes.

When they had eaten and they were packed and ready to go it was home time.
All three of them got into the car and headed off. This time however at
least for the first part of the journey Mike sat in the front and Amanda in
the back so she could sleep. From what Mike understood she had not slept
right last night with a nightmare.

They all got into Kyle's green jeep and then headed off back to White
Valley.

The journey for the next couple of hours was quite uneventful. It was only
when Kyle asked him "So what did you think, was it worth a birthday
present?" to Mike almost completely catching him off guard.

Mike stirred from his thoughts and then said "huh, ohhh yeah man it was
awesome". He said it with a little less enthusiasm than he would have
liked. He hoped that Kyle hadn't picked up on it but if he did he didn't
say anything. "It was the best thing ever, and they sung everything I
wanted" said Mike with a little more effort. "Thanks by the way, I heard
what you did for me and I appreciate it" said Mike again.

Kyle nodded while he took a drink of juice while he drove the car. "Well if
he is a friend of yours...." he said but cut himself off before he said
anything more.

Mike thought about it for a few seconds, did Kyle know more than he was
letting on. Had Mike let something slip or did Derek tell him. "Actually
Kyle, there is....more to it that that" said Mike as he got ready to spill
the beans. "Derek and I.....we're sort of a thing" said Mike as he waited
for a reaction from Kyle. More than anything he wanted Kyle's approval on
this. He didn't expect Kyle to like Derek but he hoped that he might put up
with him while they were going out.

Kyle stared at him for a few seconds while thinking about what it was he
had just been told. Contrary to what Mike would have expected Kyle smiled
quite broadly at Mike.

This seemed to freak Mike out slightly before he worked up the nerve to ask
"Soooo....your thoughts?"

Kyle smiled a little more normally and then said "Well that's awesome man.
I never thought you would actually find someone and now you have the school
jock" he answered. Kyle didn't seem too surprised to find out. Maybe he did
suspect something before this time.

"Thanks Kyle, it's great to have the support of you behind me. But you're
not angry at the fact that I said no to you before?" asked Mike trying to
completely clear everything about them.

Kyle sat in thought for a few seconds, not saying a word and not moving. He
seemed like a statue if not for his moving hair. "Mikey, we have been
friends forever and although I did ask you. I'm past that now, I'm happy"
he said in response to Mike's question. "I am happy with Amanda but I never
told her about what I asked you and I would ask that you do the same" he
said to his friend.

Mike nodded at this, he had agreed to this before and he completely
understood Kyle's reasons for not telling. It could destroy their
relationship if she found out and he didn't want to do that. It didn't
matter now since they were both happy now anyway.

After this Kyle took a bit of fun out of Mike for ages until they stopped
for a rest and woke Amanda. It was a small facility, a basic shop, place to
get gas and a small diner. Mike went into the shop to relieve himself, get
something to eat and drink and generally stretch his legs.

When they returned and went off back to White Valley again the seating
arrangement was the same as they had went. Mike in the back with Amanda in
the front with Kyle. Kyle looked about ready to fall asleep but he insisted
he was alright.

When they were on the road a couple of hours Mike began to feel ill again,
it was like he got in the forest by the town. His head was getting sore and
his face and hands began to swell up slightly. He didn't make too much of a
deal about it with either of the two people in front but Mike was getting
more concerned about it now. Sometimes he wouldn't get anything for weeks
and sometimes it would be every few days. He couldn't figure out what was
causing it. Mike figured it might be a good time to go to the doctor.

Finally Kyle reached Mike's street and let Mike out of the jeep. He opened
the back of the jeep and got out his bag. Kyle handed it to him as Amanda
waited in the car for them. "Thanks again Kyle, this weekend was totally
awesome" said Mike as he hugged his friend after shaking his hand. This was
simply how close they were.

Kyle let him go and then said "Your always welcome man, you know that" and
then slowly made his way to the jeep.

After he opened the door he turned and then said "Remember Avril Lavigne"
and then winked to Mike before he shut the door. Kyle started up the car
and then slowly made their way back onto the main road for Kyle to drive
Amanda home.

It took Mike a second to think of what Kyle had meant, however after a few
seconds he figured it out. Avril Lavigne was Kyle's favourite musical
talent save for Bon Jovi. He must have wanted Mike to see if he could find
tickets for her. For some reason this made Mike smirk a little as he
imagined himself or Amanda with Kyle in the crowd.

Mike slowly made his way up to his house with his bag and then slowly
opened the door. When he did he was greeted with the smell of pizza cooking
in the oven. To Mike the smell was divine, it was almost 6 at night and
Mike was starving.

"Mum, Dad?" Mike called to see which of his parents were in and sure enough
he was greeted with an answer, the one he expected.

"Mike, is that you home?" asked the voice of Dominique, his mom.

As Mike went into the kitchen he saw that she was making something to eat,
she was making chips from potatoes and put them into the over next to the
pizza. "Your home Mike" she said stating the obvious.

Mike put down his bag and then yawned into his hand. "Yeah, the concert was
awesome and it was amazing to get out of town with Amanda and Kyle" said
Mike as he got a drink of water out the fridge. "What made you decide to
make pizza?" asked Mike to his Mom.

Mike's Mom took a water bottle when he handed it to her and then said
"Thanks Mike, so did you enjoy the concert" asked Dominique to her son.

So for the next half hour Mike went over how his trip had went, he covered
the songs, the food, where they had stayed and everything else of value. By
the time he was done the dinner was ready. At that time his father had come
home.

"Hey Mike, how did you enjoy your trip to New York" he asked, and so again
for the second time he went over what had already been said when they were
eating.

Finally at 8 o clock Mike was finally able to escape to his room, when he
got there the first thing he did was turn on his computer and check his
e-mails. After he was done with this he went about trying to find out what
could be wrong with him with his hands and face swelling and the occasional
head and hand pains. He couldn't find anything solid about it despite
looking for over half an hour.

Finally he came away from the computer and lay on his bed for a couple of
minutes while he looked through his phone at the memories of the last
couple of days. After he had done that he finally looked up his favourite
phone number, the phone number of Derek.

"Hey Mikey boy, was just wondering when you were gonna hurry up and give me
a call" said Derek as he answered the call in a rather teasing voice. Mike
could tell he was in a good mood to hear from him, and he was pretty sure
the feeling was mutual.

"Hey you idiot, how have you been?" asked Mike. He was surprised because he
was getting good at Derek's sense of humor that he had gotten from Dimetri.

"Well if I had to be honest I would say bored shitless, went for runs,
pissed a few times, listened to some tunes, you know the usual" he said as
Mike imagined his eyes wondering around his room when he had said that.

So again for the third time Mike went over most of what had happened with
the concert and everything in between with Derek. He took a little more
time to explain this time though since it was Derek and although he
respected his parents, they wouldn't take the same interest Derek would.

"So Kyle knows now huh? And he seems OK with it? That's awesome for you
Mikey" said Derek over the phone.

Without meaning to Mike stepped into a big yawn, he tried to hide it but it
was way late for that.

"OK Mikey, I can tell I'm boring you to death. I'm gonna go and let you get
some sleep" said Derek in a pretending offended voice.

Mike shook his head and then said "No I.....yeah I'm kind of bushed but if
you want to then we'll go into town for some fun". Mike flicked the phone
to the other ear and continued speaking. "I have missed you the last couple
of days and we can catch up with Bobby and Dimetri" he said trying to make
plans for tomorrow.

"Yeah those guys will come out I'm sure, Bobby has to help his Dad in the
morning, but he'll be free later on in the day" said Derek.

"OK then, I'll see you tomorrow, is that OK?" he asked as an excuse to go
off the phone.

"Sure Mikey boy, I'll see you in the morning OK. Night" he said as he began
to pull the phone away from his ear.

"Good night" said Mike as he too put down the phone.

For the rest of the night Mike went for a shower and looked out clothes for
tomorrow. He had a feeling it was going to be an awesome day, not only was
it only a four day week for school but he was getting to hang around with
his boyfriend his two friends. Nothing else could be better.

Mike still felt a little bad for Kyle because he knew that he had to
deliver Amanda back to her Father, legally it was his weekend to have her
and he knew there would be trouble if he didn't. He would have to go see
how he was tomorrow and if they had come up with any idea about a more
permanent solution to the problem.

Mike got into bed and closed his eyes, tomorrow would be another day.

"Hey Mikey boy" said Derek as Mike walked into the town center. Mike got a
shock when he heard the voice of Derek, it was a little louder than usual
more than likely because he hadn't seen him all weekend.

"Hey Derek, how have you been. Did you miss me?" asked Mike as he embraced
him in a hug. Mike was still a little embarrassed, not because of Derek but
mostly if people looked.

Derek sniffed him for a second, another one of his stranger habits. It was
obvious by the look on his face that Mike smelled a little bit different,
probably due to being away from the area for the last couple of days. "You
know I always miss you Mikey, it's painful for me even to be away from you
for an hour" said Derek to his younger boyfriend.

Mike looked a little bit abashed at what Derek had said, however Derek
smiled his evil way and then said "I didn't mean that you have to be glued
to my ass Mikey, we can't be together 24/7" said Derek. This got a howl of
laughter from both Dimetri and Bobby whom Mike just noticed for the first
time.

Mike greeted them both with a bro-fist. Dimetri looked at him and then to
his own fist and looked in admiration before saying "My god Mikey actually
put effort in, his puny muscles might not be so puny anymore". As he
finished saying this he made a couple of poses that made him look like he
was trying to flex his muscles. "Are you feeling the burn" he said in a
mock impersonation of Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Mike went a little red and then swatted his arm with a rather feeble
attack.

"See, now that's the Mikey we all know and Derek loves" he said as a rather
huge grin appeared on his face.

"Yo asshole, shove it" said Derek as he interrupted Dimetri before he began
mocking Bobby next, which would be a big mistake.

All three of them wondered around town for over four hours. They went to
the bowling, to the arcade, to the football field and then to the swimming
which was a first for them. Dimetri, Bobby and Derek had to be in their
shorts. He knew what Derek looked like but he found Dimetri and Bobby
weren't in too bad a shape either.

Bobby was quite big and his bulk showed this, he had a lot more steel to
his body than Derek and his muscles looked like they wouldn't give way as
easy.

Dimetri was a lot more ripped and a little bit small than Bobby and Derek
but as with everything you wouldn't mess with him otherwise you would lose
your head.

As they got to the indoor pool Mike went in with Dimetri while Bobby and
Derek jumped in. Derek went over the deep end to dive in, while Bobby did a
cannonball into the pool, making a small tidal wave.

Mike enjoyed swimming with them, they did swimming races as well as diving
competitions and other things. Mike found that he was almost as good a
swimmer as Dimetri who seemed to have practiced a lot more. He found it
easier than Derek due to his slightly smaller frame.

Mike enjoyed being underwater with Derek because he could admire his body,
and his package. He knew that Derek would be doing the same with him, if he
wasn't already.

When it came dinner time when they came out of the swimming they decided to
get a couple of large pizzas and eat them in the restaurant. Mike was
beginning to get a little bored with pizza but after seeing the one that
the woman had brought Mike could not say no to it.

"Man I don't think I could eat for another year" said Mike as he made a
groaning noise with his "complaint". The others followed him out the door
as Derek shut it.

"Yeah that was totally awesome" said Dimetri as he rubbed his stomach and
looked at the time. It was now coming on nearly 7 o clock.

Derek asked him the time and he repeated it for him.

"That time huh?" asked Bobby even though he already knew the time. He
picked up his bag and then said "OK guys I'm off, I'll see you at school
tomorrow" and then bro-fisting the three of them and then began to walk
off.

Mike and the other two members of the pack said their goodbyes to him and
then began simply walking around town. It was darker now and Mike was
beginning to think that he should head home also.

"Hey guys, listen I should get home. I have some stuff to do before
tomorrow and I think you do too Dimetri" said Mike giving him the evil eye.
Mike had continued their lessons in math and science and Dimetri was doing
better but Mike never stopped reminding him of what he had to do.

"OK, alright Mom I'll get it done" he grumbled trying to keep Mike happy,
Derek couldn't help but snigger.

Mike said his goodbyes also and then made his way home. From town he made
his way onto the road and began walking alongside it. He didn't want to
walk through the forest by himself yet. Although the black wolf hadn't
showed up in a while that didn't mean they should let their guard down and
hope he had went to a different part of the country, no Mike couldn't take
that chance.

As his mind began to wonder Mike began to think thoughts of school
tomorrow, especially of dodge ball and of chemistry. Mike let off a small
shudder, it was like someone had put their finger and swept it up his bag.
It felt like something was wrong.

As Mike brought his attention back to the road in general he noticed the
other side of the road where the main body of the forest was. He couldn't
explain how but it was like he could feel something was there. At this time
Mike's heart began to beat a little faster as he worried about what it
could possibly be.

At that moment he noticed a pair of eyes looking at him from the inside of
the woods. Mike let out a small yelp and then began to back into the other
side of the woods.

The eyes stepped out of the woods closer to him, as the creature did this
Mike began to relax. The head attached to the eyes was a large silver
color. There was also another set that appeared, these eyes were glowing a
pair of bright green. They were attached to the slightly smaller and
fluffier fur of Dimetri in his wolf shape.

Both of them crept out the forest toward him, Mike had to look back and
forth on the road to make sure nothing was coming. It was a good thing
there wasn't because both wolves went in the middle of the road and waited
for something.

"Hey guys, are you here to escort me home?" asked Mike smiling at both of
them.

Dimetri let out a huff and nodded his head in a "yes" gesture you would
normally associate with humans. As used to them as he was Mike still found
these gestures strange, it constantly reminded him of the fact that both
wolves were of human intelligence.

Mike began to walk over the road and into the passage where Dimetri and
Derek both came from, both of them followed him and off they set back to
Mike's home.

Instead of going on the back of either of them they all walked to Mike's
house together. It was a nice pace and because of the wolves Mike never
felt alone or scared despite how dark it was. According to what both of
them had said they could both see in the dark as well as during the day. It
was also for that reason that both of their eyes had a glow to them. Mike
didn't find it eerie at all because he knew the wolves.

Mike held onto Derek's fur as he had them through the woods. It still
amazed him how warm his boyfriend was, he really was going out with the big
bad wolf. True Bobby was bigger but he didn't have anything on Derek's
speed.

Finally they arrived back at the street leading into Mike's house. The
light began to reveal itself and Mike was glad to be able to see.

As he looked back at the two wolves he said "Thanks guys, I'll be OK
but.....you guys are the best. You came out of here just to see me home
when I could have done it myself. That means a lot" said Mike as he smiled
a warm genuine smile.

Dimetri came over and licked his hand as he extended it but after doing so
ran back into the forest. He expected Derek to follow but when he didn't
Mike wondered what was happening.

Derek walked over to Mike and put his head in between his arms. Mike didn't
expect this but he hugged Derek's massive neck as he put his head over his
shoulder. Mike found this a little strange but very comforting. Being so
close to his boyfriend was always good but this was something else,
something special.

"Thanks Derek, you really are the best guy I could ever ask for" said Mike
as he let Derek go. Derek began to walk away a small distance and then
waited as Mike picked his bag and then began to walk toward his home.

As Mike looked back Derek let out a small howl of happiness and then began
to run back into the forest, presumably back to his house or maybe to
explore a little.

Mike got in and more or less got something eat and sat in his room for the
next couple of hours before getting his bag ready for school and then
headed to bed. He had a feeling he was going to enjoy school over the a lot
tomorrow.

Mike walked up to the front of the school which was over crowded already
with people waiting for 9 o clock.

"Yeah, Amanda's Mom is pretty upset that she can't spend any time with her
daughter at the weekend anymore" said Kyle as he looked at Mike with tired
looking eyes.

Mike nodded and then said "I know man, I feel for her and for you but what
can you do about it. Her father pretty much has everyone's hands tied".
Mike opened the doors and then they headed in.

"It's OK, you don't need to worry about it. Were still thinking and we'll
figure it out somehow" said Kyle as he opened his locker and got out his
books before closing it. Mike did the same but didn't say anything at
first.

"Kyle, your my bro. We'll figure this out somehow count on that" said Mike
as he took out his book and shut the locker. "Listen I'll catch up with you
at lunch" said Mike as he waved a bit to Kyle.

Kyle did the same and shouted "Sure man, see you later" and then began to
walk in the opposite direction.

Mike continued to the door where he would go into history. He couldn't wait
he thought with a certain amount of sarcasm.

The day flew in pretty fast for Mike although lunch was the best part of
the day. He was able to sit for lunch with Kyle and then went out with
Derek for a little while before they had to get in for Gym.

Mike hated dodge ball, even as he got his shorts and t shirt on he had a
certain amount of trepidation to him. He knew that Kevin and his gang would
be out for him, they always were despite Derek's warning to them. The
warning had some effect but whenever Derek was not around they would pick
on him. Mike never told Derek since he didn't want to appear weak.

As Mike stood in the line he awaited to see who would get the ball first.
He always tried to avoid it if he could.

He heard a "Pssst" sound as the coach was talking and then turned around to
see Kevin looking at him and smiling evilly like he had just stolen candy
from a baby. He made an impression of a ball shaped object hitting his head
and then pointed to Mike. Clearly it was meant to be that he would be
aiming for Mike.

Derek wasn't in this class, neither was Dimetri or Bobby so they couldn't
even help him. He was on his own now.

As the game began Mike immediately got out the way of whomever had the ball
first, it was clearly not going to be his game. Mike would have almost
taken ballroom dancing over this.

The game went on for around five minutes while Mike managed to dodge out of
the way but eventually it happened, Mike felt the thumping impact of the
ball hitting him on the side of the head. Mike fell to the ground hard and
held his head. He could have sworn that steel had just been thrown at him
and not leather.

When he could make out people and faces again he seen Kevin's friend Pearce
sniggering and then high fiving Kevin. Clearly the game was over now, he
must have been one of the last to be out. Mike wanted to make them pay but
he knew it was a fool's errand they were much bigger than him.

In the locker room Mike was alone and getting changed back into his normal
clothes. His head was still thumping but he knew that it wouldn't swell any
worse than his face had the last few times. It was then that Mike hit
himself. He had forgotten to book an appointment at the doctors, he would
have to do that soon.

As Mike left the locker room he heard a voice say to him "Enjoy your trip
queer?".

Mike didn't have to even look to know who it was, he turned to see Kevin
and Nigel just standing them laughing at him. "Yeah, had a nice trip" said
Mike trying to walk away without a second care.

"Well we should have hit you harder" said Kevin as he dropped the snigger
and banged the wall next to Mike.

Mike lost his temper slightly and put his hands up and asked "What....What
the fuck do I have to do to get you to leave me alone? It's the fucking
last year at school and you want to make my life a misery? Grow up" said
Mike in a rather bold statement.

Obviously Kevin hadn't thought so as he went up to Mike's face and then
shouted at him spitting all the while "Listen queer you shouldn't be at
this school. You and your fucking pack make this place look bad and smell
even worse. If I could I would fucking bury you six feet under" he said as
he spat at Mike and then turned to leave.

No sooner had he done so that Mike heard a punching noise of a fist
connecting to flesh.

As Mike turned to see what was happening after whipping snot off his face
he seen Kevin covering his face and Derek looking at him with murder in his
eyes. Nigel had pissed off from the fight as soon as Derek had showed up.

"....you so much as look at him the wrong way I'll tear out your eyeballs
and feed them to you" said Derek as he twisted Kevin's arm and then kicked
him to the ground. It looked quite painful.

Kevin spat on the ground next to Derek and then walked away. Before Derek
could rise up to this challenge Mike stopped him saying "Don't Derek, I
don't want you to get suspended for murder".

 Derek held Mike's hand and then said "If he ever does that to you again,
find me and I'll bury him six feet under". Mike found the attention
flattering but he didn't want Derek getting into trouble from doing
something to Kevin.

For the rest of the day, and indeed the rest of the week everything went
fine for Mike in school. Other than a few dirty looks he didn't get any
attention from Kevin and his gang. Tuesday had been the worst incident in
weeks, it was obvious that Kevin didn't like him but to actually say those
things about not only him but the people who protected him. It was insane
enough for a talk show.

Mike got out of school on Friday in high spirits, tomorrow was his birthday
and also the day he would spend with Derek all on his own. He was getting a
life home with Kyle again in his green jeep.

Once they got home Mike said goodbye to Kyle for the weekend until Sunday.
Kyle knew he would be away most of the weekend but he had promised to go to
dinner with Kyle and Amanda on Sunday and he had even jokingly suggested a
double date.

"Happy Birthday my son" said Dominique as Mike literally closed the door.
Mike jumped slightly since his mom had said that she had needed to go see
his old Granny at the nursing home.

Mike had to slap himself on the head for being so short sighted as he
thought about it. She had gone to the Nursing home to collect a card for
Mike from his Gran.

"Mom I thought you would be out?" said Mike as more of a statement than a
question.

On the table was an impressive cake which was obviously baked by his mom,
she always outdid herself and Mike felt honoured that she had made it for
him.

"Son, you don't think I would forget about your birthday?" she asked him as
she gave him a hug. As she moved away she pulled him out a card.

Mike quickly opened the card and then began to read it. It was a large blue
card with the standard "Happy Birthday" and $200 in it. Mike hugged his Mom
again and looked as she was about to hand him another one.

"Hey, I'm home" said the voice of Ethan, Mike's dad. He made his way into
the kitchen and then sat down on the table next to the cake. He noticed the
cake and then said "Smells good" and was about to poke a bit to eat.

Dominique slapped his hand a little and then said "Wait a minute".

"Hi dad, how come your home to early" asked Mike with a quizzing look on
his face.

At this Ethan smiled and then said "I got home early for once so I could
say happy birthday to you, and so I could get some cake" he said looking a
bit sheepish.

Mike smiled at him and then gave him a hug also, he knew that he would have
helped to get the cake if he could if he weren't working.


"Here Mike, happy birthday" said Ethan as he handed Mike a card. Mike
opened the card with care so not to destroy the envelope.

Mike opened it to reveal a smaller black card with the standard "Happy
18thBirthday" on it. However what was inside made Mike smile. Inside
of the
card was a little card that when Mike looked at it said that he would get
free driving lessons for two months. Mike was gobsmacked because something
like this would have cost a fair bit of money.

"Thanks Dad, but do you think I'm ready?" he asked looking at both cards.

"Course my man, I wouldn't have got you them if I didn't think you couldn't
handle it" he said as he petted Mike's hair.

Mike fixed his hair and then smiled to both his parents again.

Over the next hour they had a bit of cake and caught up on what was
happening over the weekend. Mike was going to be out until Sunday with
Derek while Mike's mom and dad enjoyed some time to themselves as Mike's
dad had finally gotten some well deserved time off work. Overall it would
be a good weekend.

Later than night Mike was standing out the front of the gate with his bags
waiting on Derek coming with the car he had borrowed from his dad. Mike's
parents were in the house because they had already said their goodbyes.
Mike didn't bring anything except the essentials like his wallet and phone.
No laptop as Derek had said he wouldn't have needed them.

"Hey good looking" said Derek with the window down so Mike would hear him.

Mike smiled and then went down to the car and dumped his bags inside of the
boot. Mike was in a very good mood now as he shouted "See you tomorrow" to
his parents.

His mom waved out the window as Mike looked at the world go by as he left
his street and went onto the main road bound for wherever they had to go.

"So are you going to tell me yet where were going?" asked Mike in a
questioning look to Derek.

Derek waved his eyes looking at him for a split second and then said "It's
a secret and as with all good magicians I am not telling yet" and then
stuck his tongue out.

Mike then rolled his eyes before saying "Fine" in a pretend pout.

The journey to wherever they were going was peaceful with only light
conversation, along the lines of things like school, their relationship and
even the Moon-Born subject. Mike always liked learning about his boyfriend,
all of him.

"So what did you get for your birthday?" asked Derek when he finally
remembered.

Mike held up the driving lessons and then said "I hope I'm not too
dangerous with them" and tried to hide a smirk.

Derek barked out howling in laughter and then said "Yeah I can smell some
Grand Theft Auto shit there" before he looked out the side of the mirror
and turned into a turn in on the side of the road.

When Mike looked out the side he saw that they looked to be at what could
only be described as the middle of nowhere. Mike wasn't initially impressed
about where they were, at least until they came out and into the middle of
a clearing. In the middle of the clearing there was a little cabin that
seemed to have been made from the trees in the forest, as they looked to be
the same kind of wood.

Mike was in awe at it, it was only one level but it didn't look as if it
had been touched by anyone for years. "This is what you wanted to show me?"
he asked Derek as Derek pulled the car to a stop.

Mike and Derek got out the car and got their bags that they would need for
the weekend. Mike left the car and headed to the cabin. Derek opened the
door and they went inside. Inside was fairly basic in itself, a small TV a
couple of sofas, a fridge freezer, a fire and other such things. One could
live here for ages if they had to.

"It's awesome Derek but where did you find it?" asked Mike to his boyfriend
as he sat some of his clothes on the large double bed.

Derek started unpacking a couple of things like loo roll and toothpaste.
When he had done so he came back to Mike and answered the question, "My
family owns it, my Dad helped build it but when my Dad's friend died he got
it fully. We sometimes come up here for a small vacation" he said as he
went to get the cabin ready for the next few days.

Mike helped out as best he could but Derek suggested that he go and have a
look around outside since he couldn't be much help in the cabin at the
moment. Mike normally wouldn't be shifted outside but he was curious about
what was around the area of interest.

Mike spent the better part of an hour out in the chilly fall air, it felt
cool against the skin but Mike could feel that it would probably get colder
that night. Good thing he had something better than a blanket to hold up
to.

Finally Mike was invited back into the cabin by Derek. When he entered he
sighed in amazement, the cabin was now looking more like a living house,
the lights were fixed, the sofa had new pillows and the fire was on.
Overall Mike knew at this moment that he was going to enjoy it here.

Mike and Derek had something to eat, a couple of Cheese Burgers that they
had brought with them. They had enough food so they wouldn't have to do any
shopping. They had come here to have fun and have fun is what they would
do.

When it came time for bed Mike found the cabin slightly cold but he
couldn't wait to get into bed with Derek. Both of them lay next to each
other in their boxers not caring what happened in the world around them.
After a long day of travelling to the site they both fell asleep pretty
quickly in each other's arms. Before he went to sleep Mike's last thoughts
were of Derek, of where they were, of his parents, his friends and his life
in general. For Mike this life was nothing short of perfect.

When Mike awoke the next morning he felt refreshed and ready for whatever
the day would bring. He went down to the small toilet and began to brush
his teeth. He started but as he did he noticed something unusual about his
face. Once again it was quite swollen, he couldn't figure out what was
causing it. Was it something to do with the cabin, he would need to find
out soon by visiting the doctor.

It wasn't causing him pain so he ignored it for now. He finished brushing
his teeth in time to smell the breakfast that Derek was making. "Morning
Mikey boy" said Derek as he picked up a plate and gave it to Mike. Derek
had made pancakes for them. They looked so nice that Mike was tempted to
drool.

"Morning Derek" said Mike as he took a bite of his pancake and waited for
Derek to do so also. As they ate Mike brought up the marks on his face
again.

Derek had a look but couldn't think of anything that may have caused it. He
made the same advice everyone did, going to the doctor. "Sorry Mikey, I'm
no biologist" said Derek in an apologetic face.

When they were done with breakfast Mike and Derek went for a hike in the
woods, unlike the ones at home Derek didn't know these ones off by heart
and couldn't find every little nook and cranny. This made it a little more
exciting for both of them. Derek would sometimes run off and then appear
out of nowhere sneaking up on Mike, which both excited and sometimes
annoyed Mike because Derek was much faster than Mike was, he would be even
if he were a normal human.

When they got back to the cabin Mike was hungry so they had some lunch of a
pizza and some chips. Mike was getting a little tired of pizza but he
didn't blame Derek because he wasn't to know.

After lunch they both headed down to the lake a couple of miles away from
the cabin. Mike didn't enjoy this walk as much as Derek did because it took
a lot out of him to get through the oddly shapes passages.

"Come on Mikey, lose weight and feel great" said Derek echoing words he had
heard from Dimetri earlier. He was trying to get Mike to push himself to
try and get some muscle on him.

"Geez Derek, I'm not part wolf I can't walk through treacherous passages
like normal people walk through a garden" said Mike giving him an annoyed
look. Mike didn't hate Derek but he wouldn't be able to go as fast as Derek
no matter how much he nagged.

Finally they arrived at the river and sitting down at the shore side was a
small dock with a pair of paddle boats at it. The paddle boats just seemed
to have been waiting there for them.


"How did they get there?" asked Mike wanting to know how Derek had found
them.

Derek pointed to them and then said "Well they were here before, they are
for anyone to use as long as you put them back" and with that he picked up
one of the paddles on one of the boats.  As he did he stood on the boat and
then lowered himself into it quite gracefully for someone of his size.

Mike picked up the paddle to the other boat and then set himself down on it
and grabbed the other paddle. Mike wasn't too sure how he was going to do
this as he had never even set foot in a boat before and now he had to
paddle one.

"Derek, this is fucking stupid" said Mike as he took a fit with his
inability to paddle. He had gone around in circles at least eight times.

Derek quickly rowed back and then took the paddle from Mike before he threw
it in the water. "Mikey, calm down your getting your thong in a twist for
no reason" he said as he showed Mike the finer details on how to do it.

About fifteen minutes had passed and they were both now in the middle of
the lake just enjoying the water and rowing peacefully. Obviously something
about this was not appealing to Derek as before Mike knew it Derek stood up
and then said "Mikey, come on try it. This is awesome", he tried to keep
his balance which Mike admitted he was doing quite well.

Mike slowly tried getting to his feet for a minute as he struggled to
remain upright and not rock the small boat.

"This is kind of easy Derek" said Mike as he smiled at Derek and then held
his arms out in order to keep his balance. However it was simply not to be,
as soon as Mike did this he lost his footing and then fell out of the boat
and into the water.

"Fuck, fuck fuck fuck" said Mike as he fell the chill of the water all over
his body, cooling him all at once.

Mike heard a splash next to him as he seen Derek dive into the water to
join him.

"Are you insane, it's freezing" said Mike as he watched Derek float next to
him.

"Maybe, but I'm like a boyfriend heater for you" said Derek as he winked
and then put his body close to Mike's.

Both of them floated like this for a few minutes not saying or doing
anything. Mike just held his head and body close to Derek's. His Moon-Born
boyfriend was so warm he probably didn't feel the water being cold.

"Maybe we should go and get you dried before you catch a chill" said Derek
to Mike as they both started swimming to the edge of the water.

When they reached the edge of the water Mike felt instant relief but he
knew that he had to get out of the clothes before he caught something. He
was sick enough as it was with his face being swollen still.

"Mikey, listen I still have to go get the boats so I'm gonna take you back
and then go get them OK. I won't be too long" said Derek as he began
walking with Mike toward the cabin they had for the weekend.

When they reached it Mike said to Derek "Don't take too long, I'll be
counting" he said pointing to his arm in an impersonation of a watch.

Derek smiled quite heavily and then learned in and stole a kiss from Mike,
not a big one but a smaller one. He was sure they would make up for that a
little later.

Mike noticed that it was getting into late afternoon nearly evening time.
He went into the cabin and found a new set of clothes to wear, a pair of
shorts, a t shirt and some slippers. He didn't figure they would be going
anywhere once Derek came back.

It had been a little over ten minutes and Mike was beginning to get bored
waiting for Derek to come back. "Geez, I thought he was supposed to be
faster than most people" said Mike grumbling to himself.

Mike stood up and then went to the door to the cabin and opened it.
Immediately he was hit by the cool night air. The air stung his face and
refreshed him, the air felt different around here than it did at home. It
was probably due to this place seeing very limited contact with people.

Mike went inside and got a drink of water from a bottle in the bags they
had brought with them and began drinking it as he admired the view.

After a few minutes Mike noticed something in the clearing, it was darker
so he couldn't see it exactly but it looked like it was moving slowly
toward him. Mike tilted his head to the side and then squinting his eyes
tried to see what it was. From what he could see it looked like it was on
four legs, a wolf he guessed. Mike smiled a bit as he went toward the
figure.

"Derek, are you trying that shit again come on man it doesn't work" said
Mike almost laughing at it.

However as Mike went toward the figure he tried to make out the silver of
Derek's fur color. As he did he noticed that the figure didn't appear to be
getting lighter, in fact it seemed to be getting darker.

Mike's heart nearly skipped a beat as he saw the face that haunted his
nightmares for months now. Mike turned and began running back toward the
cabin. He didn't bother to turn around but he could hear a ferocious snarl
and growling noises behind him as the beast came to get him.

Before he could be intercepted by the beast Mike got into the cabin and
locked the door. However he knew that wouldn't work forever. He could hear
the black beast pounding at the door trying to get in.

Mike ran into the bathroom, the one without any windows and a lock on the
door and then hid himself in it. He thankfully had the phone in his pocket
and immediately dialled Derek's number.

"Come on Derek, if there was ever a time" said Mike as he listened.

The voice on the phone however simply said "Could not connect the call,
please try again later".

Mike cursed the phone and then put it in his pocked as he heard a large
bang at the side of the wall next to the backroom. Mike jumped a little in
fright.

This was it he was going to die here, nobody could protect him from what
was coming. He would end up as a slave of this beast or worse.

"I'm not dying without a fight" said Mike as he quickly undid the latch to
the door and then quickly ran to his bags. As he did he heard the beast go
to the front door again and start banging it.

Mike quickly got to the kendo stick that he had with him, he didn't expect
to need it on this trip but he was glad that he kept it with him.

"Come on, son of a bitch" said Mike and at that moment the door's
resistance gave way and the black beast came in the door snarling and
drooling.

Mike readied himself to strike any part of the beast he could and waited
for him to make the next move.

The black wolf quickly ran toward Mike, for what he didn't know but he knew
that he had to move now. Mike quickly got out the way as the wolf went over
his head and landed a little behind him. Mike then took the time to make a
move and hit the black wolf.

Mike hit the kendo stick at the wolf intending to hit the creature's side
but the wolf was smarter and attempted to get the stick in his teeth. The
moment the wolf did the creature's snout started smouldering slightly and
the black wolf quickly let go and growled in a higher tone that normal.

The kendo stick had worked and Mike didn't need to take a second longer to
get out the cabin. Mike did so and leapt off the path and into the woods.
As he ran he heard large footsteps behind him. He didn't stop running
through to even look until something appeared in front of him.

When Mike had the nerve to look up he seen a sight for sore eyes, his
boyfriend in his wolf form.

Mike hugged Derek and his tears flowed freely into Derek's fur.

At this Derek let out a challenging howl to defend his boyfriend. Mike was
sure that nobody else except the wolf would hear the howl and that was the
way he wanted it. Mike knew that Derek wasn't going to let the wolf live
this time.

Derek turned his head first and Mike followed as they heard a loud growling
noise coming for both of them, they knew who it was and as expected the
wolf came out of the forest and stopped in front of them. He now had a cut
on his lip on the upper side and was drooling slightly because of it, or
perhaps snarling was a better word.

The wolf leapt toward Derek as Mike readied himself for battle, Derek moved
out the way and attempted to take the creature by the leg but the black was
smarter and got Derek in the neck at the exact moment he had tried to grab
his leg. The black wolf began to shake Derek around trying to break his
neck.

Mike felt something inside of him snap, almost like an instinct to protect
Derek as much as Derek had protected him. He then swung as hard as he could
and hit the stick into the cranium of the black wolf.

The smell and the howling that followed was almost unbearable to the ears.
Mike could swear that he hadn't felt anything like it inside of his head
before. The noise rung out like he hadn't heard ever, so much so he was
forced to cover his ears.

As soon as the howling had stopped Mike looked at the damage. The black
wolf was snarling worse than ever and looked ready to kill them both. The
black wolf quickly headed toward Derek again and without much thought
jumped on top of Derek and the two of them started brawling on the ground,
biting and clawing like wild animals.

Mike looked for a chance to strike the black wolf to maybe make him retreat
if Derek couldn't kill him first. Mike was through with kindness for the
wolf it was too rabid and needed to go.

Finally Derek kept the black wolf for a second or two for Mike to get a
shot with the stick.

Mike got a gleam in his eye and then took the chance to strike with all his
might. However as he did he looked on in horror as something happened.

The black wolf quickly shook Derek and moved him into the line of where
Mike had original aimed. Mike tried to stop himself but he couldn't and
when the hit connected Mike looked in horror as the kendo stick burned
Derek.

As Mike quickly removed it a second later Derek had a large burn mark on
his shoulder blade. He tried to get up with all his strength but his left
side kept on giving up on him. Derek wasn't able to walk properly now
thanks to him.

Mike dropped the kendo stick and then fell to the ground himself. He was
horrified, he had hurt Derek when he was supposed to help him. How could he
have been so stupid, no human could compete with a Moon-Born, he had been a
fool to try.

Mike felt tears stream from his eyes as he watched the black wolf go over
to Derek and grab him by the neck and begin shaking him. He was trying to
kill Derek when he couldn't defend himself and Mike had no way of helping
him.

Mike fell to his knees and grabbed the dirt in the ground, he had failed to
protect Derek when he needed him to help just one time and now it was going
to cost him his life. However something snapped within Mike when he
considered those words.

No, Derek wasn't going to die as Mike would make sure of it.

Mike felt his whole body start to tingle with energy, it felt like he
wanted to crawl out of his own skin because it itched all over. It bordered
on painful except for the fact that it made him feel....good in not so many
words.

Mike got to his feet again and looked at his hands. His hands were
beginning to swell again, however this time they were at their worst and
Mike could see it happening to his legs and feet also. The next thing he
felt was that his face began to feel strange.

Mike began to feel his face change, his mouth began to change as he felt it
begin to extend and his teeth begin to sharpen to pointed canines, his nose
extended until he had a black nose instead of his own one, his ears began
to become more pointed and his head began to grow more and more hair.

The rest of his body began to erupt with more and more hair, he could feel
his whole bone structure changing to accommodate what was happening to him.
His feet and hands changed into large paws with sharp claws for tearing
into things. Finally he was down on his paws as he felt the clothes he was
wearing torn apart and now on the ground. He stood with his paws on the
ground as he felt his tail go from side to side.

*What has happened to me? *Asked Mike to himself as he looked around in his
new wolf eyes. Mike could not believe what had happened, it felt like an
eternity but the changes had taken less than three seconds. Mike could not
believe this, he had become a Moon-Born.

Mike looked at his wolf companion on the ground as Derek looked up as if he
didn't know who he was but with a certain fondness in his eyes.

Mike let out a loud thunder like growl from between his dagger white teeth.
He stood almost as tall as Derek, with a little bit smaller a muscle mass
but still bigger and more powerful than Dimetri. His fur was a very light
brown, in stark contrast to Dimetri's dark brown fur. He had white fur
going down from his mouth all the way down his underside which was his most
distinguishing feature.

Mike was not going to either kill or be killed here as he set his green
eyes on the black wolf, intent on making him pay.