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·        Please remember that any scene told from a single POV is subject to the "unreliable narrator" effect. A character can only see and react to events as they perceive them.

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·        Several of the stories in the College Magic Cycle deal with transformation. Kieran got smaller, but it's not apparent to those who can't see through the velamen arcanum. Alonzo got smaller, but then he changed reality so that he had always been smaller. He did the same thing to Erik after making him grow from 66 inches to 77 inches. In this storyline, all the skinchangers undergo transformation.

·        My editor is Robbear (robbear78@gmail.com). He not only edited this story but provided a lot of insight and suggestions that made the story better.

College Magic Cycle

· My Roommate the Alchemist

· Wishcraft

· Alchemy and Songcraft

· Magery

· Elf Master

· The Pack

Other Stories

· Small Town Slave Boys

· Jack and the Giant

· Sacred Submissives

· Bellus Cinaedus

· Guardian Angel

· Eros in Arcadia

· Nivean and the Dvergar

· Desert Heat

· Constituent Services

· The Dancing Princes 

The Pack Chapter 11

Darren

Benjy was awake before me again. I woke up to his curly head bouncing up and down on my cock. It was my favorite way to wake up, even though it usually meant that Benjy had trouble sleeping. I ran my hand through his curls and said, "You're a good boy, Benjy."

He looked up and smiled around my cock. Then he kept his eyes locked on mine while he bobbed his head. Damn I was close. Benjy could tell, too. His hands were gentle on my balls and his mouth was warm and wet. I adjusted the pillows behind my back so I could see my boy's cute face over my gut. Once again I swore to work it off. Hell! Who was I fooling? I just didn't have enough time in my schedule to work out.

Benjy took a breathing break and said, "I love your big daddy cock."

That was all he had to say apparently because he swallowed me to the root again and started bouncing even harder. I couldn't help but chuckle at Benjy's... oddness. That was the word for it. He had an undeniable oddness about him that never ceased to make me laugh. But it was also weirdly arousing.

Benjy was becoming an excellent cocksucker. My nuts were drawing up next to my body despite Benjy's warm hands playing with them gently. The tingling began in my taint and spread throughout cock. And then I came, flooding his sweet mouth with my seed.

"Damn, Baby Boy, you're sucking the cum right out of daddy's cock!" I cried.

Benjy always pulled back so that only the head of my cock was in his mouth when I came. I didn't begrudge him because he loved the taste of my seed so much. And his tongue was so good rubbing all the sensitive spots while I was cumming.

"Oh! Take it, Baby Boy. Take Daddy's whole load. Swallow it," I said.

And he did. He sucked the last drops out of my dick and then he sucked some more. He kept sucking until my erection wilted.

"Come up here and give Daddy a kiss, Boy," I growled at him.

He gave me a broad smile, crawled over my belly and lay on top of me. His small cock was hard and leaking a trail of precum along my body. We kissed for a while. I could taste semen on his lips, and it started to turn me on again. I pulled him down next to me and grabbed his penis and stroked it slowly.

"No Daddy, please!" he said, pushing my hand away. "Boys don't cum from stroking. It's against the rules!"

Benjy had gotten some strange ideas off the internet, but I knew what he wanted when he pushed my hand down to his butt. I wasn't going to fight him on it. His butt felt smooth and sexy under my hand. When my fingers brushed against his crack, he opened his legs to encourage me. I ran a finger across his tight little rosebud, and he moaned, "Oh, Daddy. That feels so good. Please play with my hole."

I pressed in on his ring and said, "So you want Daddy's finger inside your tight little butt?"

"Oh yes, Daddy!" he squealed. "Put it inside me!"

I worked my finger in deeper and found his hard little gay button. When I touched it, he yelled, "Daddy! It feels so good when you touch me there! You're going to make me cum!"

I gently pushed a second finger inside him and worked his hole hard. He started moaning loudly and bucking his butt back against my hand. He had to really enjoy me playing with his ass because no one was that good an actor.

I fingered his butt until he screamed so loud that I could have sworn the windows rattled. "That's it, Daddy! Yes, YES, YES! I'M CUMMING, DADDY!"

His little cock started pouring cum like he was peeing. I wouldn't have thought it was even an orgasm if it weren't for the way his little ring was clamping on my fingers like it was trying to bite them off. It was like every muscle in his thin body was tightening and releasing at the same time. And each time his body shook, another spurt of cum oozed out of him.

When he stopped shaking, I stuck a finger into the pool of his semen and popped it into my mouth.

"You taste sweet and delicious, Boy," I said.

He smiled that cute, impish smile of his and then scooped up some of his cum on his own finger. He went to put it in his mouth, but I grabbed his hand and pulled it to my own lips. I sucked it inside and nibbled on it slightly. He tried to pull it out, but I held his wrist firm and bit him hard enough for him to feel it. He didn't play fair. He used his other hand to scrape up more cum and hold it out for me. I had to let go of one finger to suck the other one clean. We lay there until he fed me all the semen that he'd shot.

Benjy had his own ideas on how daddies and their boys should interact, ideas he'd picked up off the internet. But I wasn't interested in being that kind of demanding authoritarian daddy. I was glad that he took my lead and let me taste his sweet boy cream. He even seemed to get into it in the end.

Then we took a shower. I had to get out to Xav's house early this morning for an alpha council meeting. Going there meant it was important enough that Drew didn't want to share information with the whole pack yet. I told Benjy he was on his own for a few hours and he said that he was going to find Tristan. I didn't approve of him hanging out with wererats, but he didn't have very many friends and Lalo was busy with that little mage he was obsessed with.

 

Aidan

"Get up now," Drew growled.

I was instantly awake, a shiver running down my spine. I almost pissed the bed. Cromwell had lied to me. He'd said that Drew was pathetic, too weak to be a true pack leader. He was wrong. I reveled in the power my alpha growl had on others, but Drew sent a spike of terror straight through my heart. My brain wanted to curl up in a ball and grovel at his feet. I hadn't felt this way around anyone other than Cromwell himself. The fact that Drew seldom let out a real alpha growl had made me think he couldn't.

I rolled naked out of bed and joined Chase who was already on the floor crying. Xav knelt next to Chase and said, "This isn't for you. Come with me and I'll take you to the other room. You can help Willie get breakfast ready."

Xav led Chase out of the room and only then did Drew turn his attention fully on me. He commanded, "Heel!"

When he walked out of the room, I slunk behind him. When I came here last night, I knew it could end up like this. I followed him into the living room. Once Drew sat down, I noticed every seat in the room was taken. Dawn, Darren, Meghan, and Zeno were there, along with the two new alphas from Wolf House, Inga and Naomi. Even Simon was there, although he wouldn't be a real alpha until he changed for the first time on the next full moon. Xav walked in and perched on the arm of the couch next to Darren; why he had to cross his legs in such an effeminate way when he was supposed to be an alpha, I'd never know. I wasn't just kneeling naked in the center of a circle of alphas. It was all the alphas in the pack. This was a tribunal.

It was Dawn who spoke first. Her voice was cold and bitter. "Aidan Stringer, you have been accused of violating your oath and betraying your pack. You have been accused of conniving in the degradation of one of your pack to gamma status, solely for your own benefit, to elevate your own alpha power. You have been accused of conspiring with outsiders to bring down the leadership of your own pack."

She didn't ask for my plea, but she did leave a moment of silence while she returned to her seat. I said, "Can I respond to the charges?"

"Kill him and be done with it," Meghan growled.

There were a couple of "Ayes!" around the room, but Zeno spoke above the noise and said, "Let him speak. Everyone deserves a chance to speak for themselves and Aidan is still a member of this pack until we decide otherwise."

"Fuck him!" Meghan yelled. "You know what we had to do to get rid of Cromwell, what I had to do to get rid of his taint on this pack. The truth isn't buried that deep in these woods!"

Drew sighed and then announced, "He can speak, and we will listen; then we will judge."

"Thank you, Pack Leader," I said. "I have been accused of violating my oath, but I was sworn to Howard Cromwell as Pack Leader when I was thirteen years old. My whole family was. When I joined the Severan pack and took oath, I did it with the dispensation of my sworn leader, Cromwell. I am guilty of being forsworn. I violated my oath to Cromwell when I came to Xav and told him everything."

Darren snorted and Meghan rolled her eyes. Inga said, "Be warned, Aidan, that we're an alpha tribunal, not a mundane court of law. Verbal trickery won't help you now. If you want to live past this day, you will convince us with your heart."

I nodded and said, "I know that. I just need to get my thoughts out rationally first."

I continued with a sigh, "I have also betrayed Cromwell's pack, the pack that is supposed to hold my true allegiance. When I was forced to make a choice, I did choose. I chose your pack, the Severan pack. I betrayed Cromwell to bring you information on where he meets and who's with him. And if I am still conspiring to bring down the leadership of any pack, it's to bring down Cromwell's leadership, not that of the pack I have now chosen.."

"What about tricking Chase into becoming a gamma? You can't deny that this increased your power," Inga said.

I had no defense for that charge that they would understand. I had to try. "It's true. I convinced Chase to willingly become my gamma. And it did increase my power, just as it would anyone of you, but that's not why I did it. I did it because it was the natural way our relationship was evolving. I liked Chase a lot, but I'm dominant by nature. The more submissive he became to me, the more dominant I felt. I think it's because we suit each other so well that I... fell in love with him.

"He's the reason I turned on Cromwell. He's the reason I offered my assistance to help you defeat him, even though my family all served him."

"It doesn't change the fact that you destroyed that boy and basically made him your slave," Meghan growled.

No one had noticed Chase sneak into the room. He was wearing a pair of baggy knit shorts that he must have borrowed from Xav. He ran into the circle and wrapped his arms around me and said, "Please! Don't hurt him. He didn't make me do anything I didn't want to do."

The alphas started arguing again. I tried to follow them. My life was literally on the line, but I was distracted by Chase's arms around my neck.

I heard Meghan snort, "You can't really think that boy knows what he's talking about. He's infatuated with Aidan's bad boy vibes. He'd do and say anything."

"So, you don't respect him because he's a gamma," Zeno said.

"That's not what I'm saying," Meghan retorted.

"It is," Zeno said. "Chase is one of those guys who needs another guy to tell him what to do."

"Nobody really wants that," Meghan argued.

"Benjy would," Darren said. "If he ever thinks about it, he's going to be begging to be my gamma."

She threw her hands up in the air and said, "Fine! Y'all can forgive him if you want, but I'm never going to trust him."

Finally Drew spoke. "Trust must be earned. I propose that we accept Aidan on his word provisionally, and that we allow him a chance to prove his worth. It's the way of our tribe that the leader decides in cases such as this, but I want to lead with your approval. So we're going to vote so we can see where we stand. If you tie, I'll have to decide the old fashioned way."

Meghan, Naomi, and Ingo voted to kill me and bury me in the woods. Dawn, Darren, and Zeno voted to let me live for the time being. Xav rarely expressed his opinion except to Drew in private, so he was put on the spot. He looked me deep in the eyes and then he addressed Simon. "What does your wolf say?"

Simon swallowed hard and then let himself stare into the distance. My vision shifted to the spirit plane with a start. I'd never been there before but I'd heard it described. My wolf and Simon's wolf were circling one another, sniffing in the way that wolves did when getting to know one another. Damn! I thought. His wolf spirit is bigger and more powerful than mine and he hasn't even shifted for the first time!

We snapped back to the mundane plane. Simon nodded and said, "Let him live."

"He doesn't get a vote on the council," Inga said. "He's still preborn."

Xav said, "Then I also vote to trust him provisionally."

He turned toward Meghan and said, "If he violates that trust, you should have the honor of killing him."

"And I will," she said. "Make no mistake about that."

I had no idea why she hated me so much. But the look on her face left me little doubt that she meant it, and Darren's hand resting supportively on her shoulder told me that she wouldn't be alone.

Drew informed me that my alpha status was to remain hidden from the pack at large, although he understood that my friends knew or suspected the truth. He was also going to need me to play double agent. I was going to have to continue meeting with Cromwell and report everything they said and planned.

My life was safe. For the moment. I got dressed and drove Chase back to Wolf House so we could change. Then we rushed back to campus so I could get to soccer practice. Chase clung tight to my waist during both journeys. I felt like a total tool. Cromwell had used me to get information on his enemy and I'd rolled over like a bitch and let him play me. I was a fucking alpha! I needed to start acting like one.

I hadn't lied during the tribunal. My feelings for Chase, my anger at the way Cromwell had treated him, had pushed me over the edge toward supporting Drew. Hell! I'd already known that Drew was the better person, but that growl of his had convinced me that he was more than capable of leading the pack.

 

Simon

It was fascinating watching the pack politics in action. Xav had told me that the council was a very big deal, but I hadn't realized it was literally life or death. Once before, I had crossed a line where I threatened the security of the pack. I hadn't really meant it. My wolf spirit had been out of balance, and I couldn't think straight. Drew had threatened to have my wolf spirit ripped out of my body, an experience that would have probably killed me. Pack law could be harsh.

I hated Aidan. I hated how much he'd gotten into abusing Kyle that night in the woods. I hated that he'd tried to capture Ethan and would probably have killed him or taken him to Cromwell. I hated the way he treated Chase. But the more I heard him talk about family, the more I remembered that he was just a year or so older than me. I had ties of obligation to my own family. Thanks to Mom Tina and my brother Marty being mages, I was sworn to the Conclave of Mages even though I myself wasn't a mage. And I was sworn to the pack as well. It hadn't become an issue yet, but what if it did?

I voted to give Aidan a second chance, even though I hated him. When I saw the look on Chase's face as he clung to his alpha, my heart was moved. Every potentially condemned person had people who loved them and who would miss them.

After the council meeting we all enjoyed the breakfast catered by Willie Coombs. Werewolves were big eaters because our wolf spirits drove our metabolisms to a very high level. We had eggs, bacon, sausage, roasted potatoes, biscuits, gravy, and orange juice. Aidan and Chase didn't join us. They rode off on Aidan's motorcycle as soon as he'd been paroled by the council, Chase clinging tightly to his waist.

I was gathering my dishes to put them in the dishwasher when Meghan brushed past me roughly and knocked me aside. "Excuse me," she said rudely.

Then she turned around and whispered hoarsely, "I thought you of all people would have done the right thing. After what he did to Kyle, you should have wanted him dead as much as I do. But you had to vote to set him free."

I knew what she was doing. She was lashing out at me over my vote. What the pack did to Kyle that night in the woods sickened me, and Aidan was one of the worst. But I'd resolved not to hold a grudge. And if I hated Aidan for it, didn't I have to hate Darren for leading the way? Didn't I have to hate Drew and Xav for allowing it?

"My vote didn't count," I said. "I'm still neonate."

She twisted her lip and said, "But you convinced Xav to vote your way!"

She moved off like a woman with a purpose. I put my dishes in the rack of the dishwasher and turned to go, only to run into Darren's sturdy frame. He gave me a friendly pat on the shoulder and said, "Let me put my dishes away and then we can talk."

After he'd taken care of his dishes, he led me into the back yard. "Don't let Meghan get you down," he said. "She's giving me a hard time, too. Apparently, I'm just Drew's sock puppet – or maybe his toady. I think I was both for a few minutes. She'll get over it."

"She seems really mad," I said.

"Oh, she's hot right now. She threatened to kick my ass," he said with a shrug.

Darren was the toughest member of the pack. Everyone knew that. And Meghan was the toughest of the female members of the pack, even if she wasn't the biggest. She and Darren were very close.

"She seems to have a personal problem with Aidan," I said.

Darren thought for a moment and then sighed. "Her problem isn't with Aidan, but with another Stringer who isn't with us anymore," he said. "It isn't my place to tell her story. But you need to know that she's not angry with you really. Even she knows that. She's just taking it out on you right now, but it will pass."

"I know why I voted in his favor," I said. "His situation with his family is uncomfortably close to my own. Why did you?"

He grimaced and then he whispered, "Because it may be my fault he's been working with Cromwell. I killed his older brother and buried the body in secret. No one in his family ever found out what happened to him."

"Why did you kill him?" I asked.

He replied, "Jarod Stringer was a nasty piece of work. He was Cromwell's right-hand enforcer, and he was brutal, more brutal even than Cromwell himself. Everyone was surprised that he decided to stay with the pack when so many others left, but not me. I knew he was planning to undermine Drew's new leadership, so I stalked him in the woods, and I killed him."

"Does Drew know?" I asked.

"He suspects, but he's never asked me," Darren said.

I didn't ask him about Meghan. If Darren had stalked Jarod Stringer in the woods, it was unlikely that Meghan hadn't been with him. I wanted to ask him more, but Xav came into the garden to get me. We had to get started on a twelve-hour purification, ahead of a magical ritual we would be enacting tonight, so we really couldn't wait much longer. And if all went well, I would be a full alpha at the end of it.

 

Chase

I thought I was going to break down and cry when I realized they were talking about killing Aidan. I put my fear aside and ran into the room, prepared to throw myself on their mercy. I didn't know what he had done to make three of the alphas hate him so much. I knew Inga especially was mad because Aidan had made me his gamma and suspected that was mostly because her brother Sammy was so mad. Naomi was so security conscious that she wouldn't risk letting a possible betrayer free. And I didn't know the blond woman who voted to convict him. I was just happy that most of the council voted to free him.

I was relieved to get out of there and get back to Wolf House. After a quick shower, we changed and headed to campus. Aidan wore his soccer uniform on his bike, which was something he'd never done before. And he had me wear my shorts and a tee-shirt as well.

"I'm going to drive slowly and carefully so we don't have an accident on the way," he said, "but the moon is waxing, and we should heal quickly if we do."

He made sure we wore our helmets even though we weren't in jeans or leather. Head injuries weren't easy to recover from, not even if the moon were full, and we had a couple weeks before that happened.

I loved watching Aidan play sports. He was tall, muscular, and unbelievably handsome out on the field. Of course, the whole team looked good. I had no idea how talented they were, but I didn't care whether they ever won a game. I just wanted to watch them while they were playing.

A blond guy sat next to me. He was a few inches shorter than I was. He had a camera with a big lens attached and he was snapping pictures of the players. He'd chosen to sit next to me despite the seats being mostly empty, so he must have been trying to be friendly.

"Hey," I said, "can you send me some pictures of that guy in the number 23 jersey after you're done?"

The blond didn't stop taking his pictures. He kept his focus on the field, but he seemed happy to talk while doing so. "Just give me your email and i'll shoot some over. He's hot, that's for sure," he said. "He's the second hottest player on the field."

"And do you think is hotter than Aidan?" I asked.

I didn't care who he meant. In my mind, Aidan was the best, but I was glad to know he wasn't lusting after my alpha.

"You see that guy in the number 12 jersey? The one with the muscles, the long legs and the old-time soccer shorts that barely cover his perfect butt?" he asked.

"The one hanging out with my... with Aidan?" I asked.

"Your alpha, you mean?" he asked. "Don't be shocked. I know you're a werewolf."

"Yeah, that's him," I said. Then I had to ask. "How did you know?"

"I'll tell you, if you promise not to bite me," he said.

I could tell he was smiling in a friendly way, so I promised not to bite him.

"You werewolves have a distinct scent," he said. "It's not bad, but it's there. I figured you for a beta since you're sitting in the stands and... your scent is blended with that of another guy who has a sharp alpha smell. Your scent is blending well with his, so it underlies and complements his."

"And how can you smell all that?" I asked, honestly a little amazed. Some werewolves, especially alphas, could use some of their wolf senses while in human form, at least during the waxing moon, but this little guy was amazing.

"I'm from the other pack on campus," he said.

"The other pack?" I asked.

"The wererats," he replied. "We don't usually mix, but my pack leader has appointed me a kind of unofficial liaison between our packs, since I already know Lalo and Benjy."

I laughed and said, "Dude I am the wrong wolf to make nice with if you're a liaison. I'm not even a beta. I'm one of the very rare gammas. And Benjy and Lalo are betas. Shouldn't you be talking to the alphas?"

The blond boy laughed loudly and said, "My pack leader wants this kept on a low level. I'm a beta as well."

We chatted a bit more. His name was Tristan White. He, Kyle, and Lalo were in the same study group. That was how Tristan had gotten to know Kyle. He claimed that all wererats had a sharper and more discriminating sense of smell than werewolves, but that he was especially good at it. He seemed nice enough. We exchanged contact information and he promised to send me copies of everything with Aidan in it.

At some point, Benjy came to the stands. He and Tristan talked for a while and then they left. I watched until the soccer practice ended and then I went to get Aidan's coffee.

 

Aidan

The hard practice had managed to drive the council meeting out of my mind, and I was able to think more clearly. I had been tentatively recognized as an alpha by the council, although it would remain a secret from the pack for a while longer. I wasn't happy about that since it meant I wouldn't be getting the respect I deserved from pissants like Sammy, but I understood why. Drew needed Cromwell to think he was still ignorant or confused about my nature. I was sure that he suspected that Cromwell had other sources of information. And so was I. I had to meet with him again in secret and tell him my suspicions about Stella. She'd met with Cromwell in secret, and she thought I didn't know about it.

From what I'd seen, Drew allowed all his alphas a say in the governance of the pack. That was different from what I'd seen with Cromwell. And so I was a little hopeful that he'd treat me fairly.

I had my own gamma, and he was a cute little thing. I had my own pack within the pack, which wasn't unusual. Betas often chose to identify with a single alpha and support him or her. And I had soccer to work out my need for physical activity.

I didn't know why I'd started out harassing Kyle. I guess it was just my way, and I was probably angling to get him on his knees again, but he worked so hard to make himself useful to the team that I began to feel differently. Oh, I still wanted to get inside that ass of his again, but now I wanted it in a different way. He was part of my team and that was very much like being in my pack. I wanted him in the same way I wanted my betas. I'd had them all in a mounting ceremony of our own making.

I was planning on becoming team captain and then the whole team would be like my betas. I really wanted to start with that arrogant beta Hugh Kent. He was always watching me while I was on campus, like he was spying on me. I suspected that he reported to Darren. Oh, how I wished this pack followed the tradition of the mounting ceremony, but I'd find a way to make it happen. And the mages thought they were better than everyone else. I had my eye on Seth Gray, Cameron Campbell, and Silvan Reynard. The first two were jocks like me, although less muscular, and Silvan was a slender but fit little guy.

On the way to the showers, I let Edgar and Chuck know the new plan. I didn't want anyone ordering him to do anything. I wanted him to decide to do it of his own free will. In the gym I saw that Edgar had ordered Kyle to strip naked.

"Be careful, Ed," I said. "There's a fine line you'd better not cross."

I changed my tone to reflect the fact that I was now giving a warning. "The pack can't harm Kyle. He's already been punished. If you cross that line, it will bring the elf's wrath down on the pack, and I will rip your throat out myself to keep that from happening."

Edgar was properly chastened. He cast his eyes downward and said, "I'm not going to hurt him, just put him on display. Look at his dick. He's enjoying the idea."

I walked over and took hold of Kyle's masculine chin. I looked deep into his eyes so he couldn't hide the truth and I asked, "Do you want to walk around here showing off your body?"

Kyle seemed torn between his jock pride and his need to submit. He swallowed hard and said, "Yes and no, Sir. I am very much excited by the idea, but it scares the hell out of me too. And it's easier on me to do these things if someone orders me to do it."

I wasn't going to let him hide behind orders. I said, "Okay then. I'm assuming the elf has ordered you to obey men who give you orders. From now on, I'm not going to hold the boys back, but for me it's less exciting that you've been ordered to obey. I like my boys to obey because they've chosen to submit. It's sexier that way. No easy way out. You do it because you want to do it."

His pupils dilated and his lips parted slightly. I could smell his arousal. He was excited by my dominance and his submission was calling to me. I was getting aroused myself. I took a deep breath to enjoy his pheromones, but I was immediately distracted by Chase. My gamma had come into the gym and his own weaker but sweeter pheromones were grabbing me from across a room filled with the scent of male sweat and testosterone, and he was carrying coffee.

I wrapped my arm around Chase's shoulders and took a sip of the coffee. He and I sat on a bench to watch the action. Truth be told, I spared little energy watching Kyle. My attention was on Chase.

"Are you going to fuck him, Sir?" Chase asked.

"Yes, I am," I replied. "Does that bother you?"

"No, Sir," he said. "I don't know why, but the idea kind of excites me."

"That's because you're my gamma," I whispered in his ear. "Knowing that your alpha is powerful and virile enough to take other guys gives you pride. If I'm alpha enough to have big, muscular guys like Kyle, then it must make you special that I keep coming back to you."

Chase didn't say anything. He blushed and hung his head. I didn't mind embarrassing him a little, but I didn't want him to feel bad about himself. So, I said, "And you are special, Chase. If you weren't special, I wouldn't keep coming back to you. I wouldn't have chosen you in the first place. Today, you're going to watch me fuck that big jock and then I'm going to fuck you. I'm not going to hide my sexual encounters from you. I'm going to have other men and whenever possible you're going to be there, and then I'll have you. You're not an appetizer, Chase. You're the main course."

His head was still hung low, but I could see he was smiling. I had Chase strip me down and then get naked himself so he could wash me in the shower. I saw Ed and Chuck enjoying Kyle's cocksucking skills while James and Amir stood by watching. I could see Kyle easily becoming a bitch for the whole team and decided I didn't want to see him degraded to the mundane equivalent of a gamma. I had a gamma, and I didn't think the team needed one.

I let my presence be known and issued a command. "Kyle is an excellent cocksucker, but he's a member of our... team. We don't share this with anyone, and we remember that he's doing us a real favor. Anyone who gives him shit for it will have to face me. And don't make him out himself as a bitch to anyone who doesn't already know."

Now they had a choice. They could obey me, which would raise my prestige. Or they could defy me, and I could beat them into submission, which would also raise my prestige. Either way, I would win.

I decided to get cleaned up first, and moved towards the showers. I could see Kyle eyeing me. I knew he was hoping I was going to use him myself, but I decided to make him wait. I let Chase do it. After he washed my body, I had him kneel on the tile and take my cock while I watched Kyle.

After Ed and Chuck, James and Amir took a turn. James had been acting like a mundane alpha all day. I couldn't wait until I had a chance to mount him, and I wanted to do it in front of his sexy Iraqi boyfriend. All of this sexual energy had my balls churning. I looked down and saw Chase staring up at me with his hungry eyes. I took his face gently between my hands and held him while I gave him my load. He sucked it down greedily.

After our shower, the team went to Pappy Jack's Pizza. It wasn't too far from campus, just a mile up University to Main Street and then about half a mile west. We could have walked, but I decided we should drive as we'd all had plenty of exercise today, and we needed more energy for what I had in store. Once again, Chase was clinging to my waist. I enjoyed that feeling so much that sometimes I drove the long way around to make it last as long as possible.

Pappy's was a favorite hangout for the pack. The pizza was good, and they had pool tables and video games. We provided some security for Bobby McCormick, and he let us use the attached apartment when we wanted it. Bobby was the owner of Pappy Jack's, having inherited it from his grandfather Jack whom everyone had called "Pappy". He was glad of our security and of our business. The mages seemed fond of the place as well. Simon always complained about their pizza, but he was a pizza snob from Chicago. Everyone else liked it.

Of course, most of the patrons were mundane like the owner. None of them seemed to see the supernatural that was all around them.

The team had four mages, although Cameron wasn't there, and four werewolves. Looking around the room, I could see Jake Kreutzer, the werebear, and his nameless boy. At a corner table, Annie Carlisle the wererat was meeting with Rafe Sanchez, a were-coyote who sometimes acted as a middleman between different shifter tribes. James Blackwell was sketching Jake and Boy while Conley McAoidh sat next to him with his hand on his shoulder. James was a mundane, son of one of the school admins, but Conley was lennansidhe, a faerie who somehow fed on the artistic talent of their chosen mundane. That brought the total number of supernaturals in the place to eleven out of twenty-two patrons. That was half unless I'd missed someone.

After pizza, we went into the backroom to play some pool. I threw an arm around Kyle's shoulders and said, "Are you going to play pool with the men, or sit in the other room and look sexy like the boys?"

He didn't know how to play, but I offered to teach him. I gave him a little growl in the ear to see how he'd react, and I wasn't disappointed. A shiver ran down his spine and he started breathing more heavily, classic signs of submission. I moved my arm down to his waist and led him into the pool room.

"It will be you and Edgar," I said. "I'll help you."

"I'm a slave and I don't own any money," he said, with a wistful look on his face.

"We won't play for money. We'll play for something more valuable. If you win, you get to fuck Edgar. If Edgar wins, he gets to fuck you," I said.

Edgar perked up. He'd been eyeing Kyle's fine ass all day. Who could blame him?

"My master doesn't let me fuck, Sir," he replied. I could tell that he was upset over that fact, so he must not have been a total bottom.

Edgar wasn't handsome, but he wasn't ugly either. He got enough sex to satisfy a beta like him. I'd taken him, more to show my dominance than from any real desire. It was Kyle I wanted to fuck today. I'd done it once before but that was punishment. I wanted to make him enjoy it and beg me for more. The way he was looking at me told me that I wasn't going to be disappointed.

I said, "Since you can't fuck, how about this. If you win, Edgar will eat your ass until you cum."

Edgar hated eating ass. It's what made him such a terrible top. Me making him agree to do it would be another sign of my dominance over him. Ed liked to think of himself as a macho guy, but he wasn't. Even Chuck was beginning to display some dominance over him.

"That sounds good to me, Sir," Kyle replied.

I stood behind him and guided his arms while he broke the set. He didn't sink any of the balls. Edgar was next. He knew what he was doing. He sank the 2-ball and called solids.

The game went on for a few minutes. Each time Kyle's turn came around, I wrapped my arms around him and set him up to take the shot. I wasn't tall enough to stand behind him, I hugged him from the side and pressed my erection against his thigh. He didn't do too bad. He managed to pocket all his balls except for the 11 and 12 before Edgar was able to win the game.

"Your ass is mine, fair and square," Edgar announced with a broad smile.

But his smile fell when Chuck said, "Unless you decide to show your loyalty by giving him to the boss."

Chuck was showing dominance over Edgar and sucking up to me at the same time. He was talented at steering the middle path. It was annoying and flattering at the same time. He was better looking than Ed, and I sometimes took him just because he got me horny. He was never one to put up even token resistance. He was a true bisexual. He topped and bottomed with equal skill, and he even liked girls. He could be a cusper, a beta on the verge of becoming an alpha, if he wanted it enough.

Edgar said, "Of course. He's yours if you want him, boss."

I replied, "Thank you Edgar. I think I will accept your generous offer, but I'll let you have seconds–or thirds. You and Chuck can arm wrestle for it."

Chuck was broader through the chest and more muscular. It was no contest. Chuck won handily. It illustrated the order among us. I was the boss and Chuck was my right hand. They weren't here, but Ira and Stella came next, and Edgar was the bottom beta of my little pack-within-a-pack. Chase didn't count, of course. He was my gamma. I loved him but he didn't have a place in the pack hierarchy. He wasn't even subordinate to the betas. He was mine and mine alone.

I led Chuck, Ed, Chase, and Kyle back into the large studio apartment at the rear of the restaurant. It looked old, but it was clean. It had a large futon against one wall and a tiny kitchenette with a refrigerator, stove, and microwave. It also had its own bathroom.

As soon as we got inside, Edgar smacked Kyle's ass and said, "Strip, Bitch!"

I leaped across the room and backhanded Edgar so hard that he fell backward. Then I jumped on Edgar's chest and snarled, "No orders! No commands! Not even a firmly worded request!"

"Sorry, Boss!" Edgar said. "I forgot."

I slapped Edgar's face hard enough to make my point. "Don't forget again."

Then I went over to Kyle. "You do look fine, despite that little gut you're carrying, and you would have ended up naked anyway, but none of us is going to order you to do anything. That takes the challenge out of it. You're going to have to beg for our cocks if you want them."

He didn't hesitate. He dropped to his knees and grabbed my thighs. "Please, Sir, fuck my jock pussy," he begged.

"If you want to get fucked, you'll need to move over to that futon, turn it into a bed, and then get up onto all fours," I directed.

While Kyle followed my orders, I took Chase's face in my hand. I was gentle but firm with him. "Are you my bitch?"

Chase nodded his head. "Yes, Sir, I'm your bitch."

"Shouldn't my bitch be naked? Or do I have to spank you first?"

Chase bit his lower lip and then replied with a smile, "You may have to spank me, Sir. I've been naughty."

I smiled back and then bit Chase's lip, not hard enough to draw blood, but hard enough to make him groan.

"I'll spank you later, gamma bitch, but for now, get naked. You'll be cleaning my dick once I fuck Kyle, and you'll eat everyone's cum out of his ass after I fuck you."

I removed my own clothes, while Chase stripped down. Kyle and Chase both had hairless bodies, and both had hard hairless cocks. Kyle's was larger, probably five and a half inches to Chase's four or so, but they were both swollen and red from need of relief.

"Can we fuck your bitch today, Sir," Chuck asked.

I stroked Chase's long hair and said, "Not today. He's still being broken in. I'll share him later."

Then I climbed up onto the bed behind Kyle, who'd already gotten into position. I slipped a finger inside his hole and moved it around a little. Kyle had come prepared to get fucked. His ass was slippery, and his hole was already loose like it was opening in invitation. That was the mark of a well-trained bottom. He groaned and moved his hips enticingly while I fingered him. I thought that he would cum just from my fingers if I kept it up.

"I want you to know that I'm fucking you in bitch position because you're a bitch, Kyle. A sexy jock bitch, but a bitch, nonetheless. It's not an insult. I like bitches. I'm also going to be rough with you. I think you like it rough. If you don't, you can get up and leave any time."

"No, Sir. I want it. You're right. I need it rough sometimes."

"Hear that, boys? This jock bitch needs it rough. Be sure to give him what he needs," I announced.

Without warning, I sank inside his silky warmth with a single thrust.

"Aarrgh!" he yelled. "That hurts so fucking good, Sir!"

"You'll be screaming like a bitch a few more times before I'm done," I replied with a snarl.

It was purely for show. I was giving my betas, and my gamma, a display of dominance to show them that I was the alpha in this group. And they were loving it. I could see the excitement in all three sets of eyes.

"Get up on the futon, gamma bitch! Face the jock bitch so you two can make out while I fuck him. And Edgar, you get to make up for almost ruining this for me. You get behind my gamma bitch and eat his ass, get him ready for me because that's where I'm going for round two."

Chase climbed up to face Kyle and the two of them started kissing. I noticed that my little gamma was even more submissive than Kyle. That was good. I saw Kyle as more versatile. If his master would ever allow it, he would be fucking boy ass himself. Maybe he'd be fucking Simon's sexy brown butt, and then I'd be fucking Simon myself through the transitive property of fucking. I chuckled at the idea, and at my own geeky math humor. I may be a butch alpha fucker, but I was also an honor student.

Edgar looked sullen as he climbed behind Chase and parted his butt. He bent down and started to lick it. The boy seemed happy with the attention he was getting. And if Ed wasn't enjoying it, that was on him. I knew from experience that my boy's ass was delicious, and real men eat ass like pros.

"Be nice, Ed. If you hurt my little gamma bitch, I'll beat the crap out of you." I'd noticed that he was making Chase squirm in an unhappy way.

I tried different angles until I found the one that made Kyle break off the kiss he was sharing with my boy. "That's it, Sir! That's the spot!" he shouted.

I grabbed Kyle's hefty balls and squeezed them hard until he groaned, "Damn it, Sir! You're crushing my nuts!"

"Do you want me to stop?"

"Yes! No! I don't know, Sir! It hurts, but it feels good. Damn! Please don't... don't damage my balls." He seemed unsure of what he wanted.

"I won't crush them, but I am going to show you how good a little ball play feels." I squeeze a little harder.

I pushed him until he cried out a little. He could take a lot of pain, and he seemed to enjoy it because his dick was leaking a lot more now. I didn't stop thrusting while I was fucking him. I knew where his gay button was, and I made sure to tap it with every push.

He was drenched in sweat and his hole was quivering on my cock. "My god! I'm cumming, Sir!"

He spilled a large puddle on the sheet. And I shot inside him. "That jock pussy is tight and smooth! Take it bitch! Take my seed!"

Chase looked a little jealous, but he knew his time was coming next.

As soon as I pulled out, Chuck wasted no time in climbing up and sliding inside Kyle's gaping hole. He wasn't as big or as experienced as I was, but he seemed to know what he was doing. He found the gay button soon enough. Kyle's body language showed me Chuck was hitting it more often than not.

Kyle seemed disappointed when Chase stopped kissing him and whirled around to suck his master's cock. For a skinny boy with a small mouth, he took my dick like a pro. Kyle was staring at his little hole. He licked his lips.

"You can taste him if you want, Kyle," I said. "My sweet little bitch is always clean and delicious."

He leaned forward and teased Chase's hairless hole with his tongue. Then he started tonguing it in earnest.

"Take it, Bitch!" Chuck yelled. "Take my cock like the jock pussy boy you are."

"Do it, Sir! Pound me like a bitch in heat!" Kyle called before diving back in to enjoy Chase's boy hole.

I patted Chase's head with affection. "Push your cute little bitch butt back against Kyle's face. He can't get inside you properly unless you do."

Chase pressed his butt back and Kyle pushed his tongue inside. He attacked that hole like a man possessed, like he couldn't get enough of it.

Chuck growled and held himself deep inside Kyle's muscular ass. "I'm cumming bitch!" he yelled.

I pulled out of Chase's mouth and spun the boy around to enter him from behind. Between Ed and Kyle, they'd gotten him plenty wet and loose, so I was able to enter him without much trouble. He started moaning and crying out in pleasure. I'd planned to fuck him like a bitch. But I needed to see his face, so I turned him over and thrust inside him with greater force and passion. I could see his small hairless cock bouncing around, flinging precum all over his abdomen. His pale, skinny body was trembling.

I didn't want to say it in front of the guys, but, as everyone around me was busy, I leaned down to Chase's ear and I whispered, "I love you, my pretty little gamma boy. I love you and I plan to keep you impaled on my cock forever."

Chase didn't have to worry about looking weak in front of the guys. He yelled, "I love you, Sir! Take me harder! Show everyone here that I'm your bitch!"

I fucked him harder. His need was even greater than mine. I'd just enjoyed Kyle's ass and Chase had been watching me all day, getting more excited all the time. He started whimpering. It was cute watching him trying to hold back his orgasm.

"Please, Sir, can I cum? I don't think I can hold it back."

I'd been waiting to hear him beg. "You can cum now, Gamma Bitch."

And he did. "Oh. Oh. OH! I'm... cumming... SO... HARD! FUCK ME, SIR!"

His little cock was shooting cum, not in forceful ejaculations, but in more subdued spurts like it did when I didn't stroke him. "I love it when you cum like that, without anyone touching your little penis, just from the feeling of my cock in your tight little gamma butt."

"I love it too, Sir. I don't ever want to cum without you inside me again!"

He was still trembling and oozing cum. I held him tight. "That's what I want too, Chase."

I'd reached the point where I needed release again. I pushed all the way inside him and held it there. "I'm going to plant my seed inside you now."

"Give it to me, Sir. I'm ready. Seed me in front of everybody."

No one was really paying attention to us. Ed was fucking Kyle's ass and Chuck was fucking his face. None of the three could concentrate on what the two of us were saying, but Chase's submission drove me over the edge. I came with a fury.

Chase licked my cock clean, and I scooped up his semen from his abdomen and fed it to him with my fingers. He slurped it down greedily. I kissed his lips and whispered, "Good boy."

I noticed that Kyle's ass was unattended. I tweaked Chase's nose and said, "It's time to return the favor. Kyle ate your butt, so you can go eat his."

I smacked his butt playfully as he scrambled to obey.

 

Simon

"Would Drew really have killed Aidan if the council had voted for death?"

Xav and I were alone. Willie had already taken the leftovers to Wolf House. He nodded gravely. "He would have, but he's a good person, and it would have been hard for him. That's why I waited until the end. I figured the vote would be close. If Drew won the vote, I would have abstained. If it were a tie, I would have voted to give Drew the majority. If Drew lost the vote, I would have voted to bring it to a tie. In a split council, Drew would vote to free Aidan."

"Why wouldn't you just vote the way you knew Drew wanted in the first place? That would save some drama."

Xav laughed gently, then explained, "I have a special position in the pack. I'm the spiritual leader. I must be careful that I don't seem like the leader's pawn on one hand, and I must avoid looking like I'm building my own power base in opposition to him on the other."

"But you did vote, even though the council was tied."

Xav nodded and shrugged. "I saw how relieved Drew was that he didn't have a split council once you voted. Then the other side objected because you're still neonate, and Drew seemed to deflate before my eyes. I broke my tradition of only speaking on matters of clan law so that my brother wouldn't have to deal with the decision. He needed to feel that he had the majority on his side."

I was impressed with Xav. He could read people far better than I could.

He put his arm on my shoulder and gave it a squeeze. "Are you worried about the ritual later?"

"I am. My wolf wants to come out, but it's a little frightening. I've seen others struggling to control their wolf spirit when they change. And I've had to struggle with my own, even though I haven't changed yet."

"I figured as much," Xav said. "The ritual will be arduous and demanding, but it shouldn't be dangerous since we have the cooperation of your wolf spirit. We will need to be alone, and we'll need to be focused. We'll start with several periods of meditation and cleansing. We can't eat anything until the ritual begins. And the ritual itself will take place both on the spirit plane and in the mundane world."

"Thank you," I replied. "That sets me at ease a little."

"Since we're sexually compatible, we'll be able to perform the less painful – and much more fun – version of the ritual."

Something was bothering me about the dynamic of this pack. "Xav? You've used sexual rituals to increase the power of my wolf spirit; and I think you already did it for Darren and Zeno as well. Aren't you excluding the female alphas?"

Xav blushed and replied, "Yes. I'm going to offer the ritual to them as well. It will be hard for me, but... no harder than what I'm asking of Drew. I've been exploring other options to see if there's an alternate ritual I can do, but so far I've had no luck."

"Sorry to bring it up, but I get uncomfortable when I see something unfair. And we may need all the power we can get if it's going to come down to a fight."

"I know," Xav said with a sigh. "You're already thinking like a spirit talker, looking out for the entire pack."

After our discussion, Xav led me outside to a small wooden building along the west wall that may have once been a shed, but had been converted into a sauna. There were wooden benches on three sides that could seat two people if they sat hip to hip. In the center, there was a small metal grill, the rounded kind that people often used to burn charcoal to cook steaks. It was filled with pebbles and had a large rock in the middle. Xav called one of his bound fire spirits and sent it into the big rock. It was fascinating to watch since the spirit was invisible on the material plane and looked like a translucent ball of fire, mostly yellow shot through with orange and red, on the spirit plane.

We sat in silence. I followed Xav's model to the best of my ability, but I'd never meditated before I met him. In about half an hour, the stone started to radiate heat. I let my vision slide to the spirit plane. I saw the fire spirit within the stone. And smaller fire spirits had gathered around and were swirling through the air, like burning leaves in a kaleidoscope of colors; red, orange and yellow, but also blue, white, purple and even green.

I could see Xav on the next bench over. On the spirit plane, his human spirit and his wolf spirit were joined. I consciously focused on drawing my two spirits together. We managed a haphazard union that looked chaotic and jumbled next to Xav's, but it must have been good enough because Xav gave us a nod of approval.

After we'd sweated enough to make me feel dehydrated and dizzy, Xav called his fire spirit back and then led me to the above ground pool where we submerged ourselves until we had to come up for air. One of Xav's water spirits flowed around us while we soaked and repeated the pattern of deep breath and then submersion. They were sinuous shapes that moved through the water in an endless ballet. Some were almost transparent, while others were silver and reflective like mirrors. One brought to mind the green of the shallow ocean, another the crystal blue of a tropical lagoon and still another resembled Horace's "wine dark sea".

The next stage of the ritual involved climbing onto the roof and then carefully crawling out onto the rope structure that usually supported the canvas roof over the deck. We lay naked on our backs suspended in the air while the nearly invisible spirits of the air floated through the air like diaphanous silk blown on a breeze. They wafted around our bodies until long after we were dry. Xav taught me how to use controlled breathing, alternating deep breaths with short, shallow breaths that made me dizzy.

The last meditation for this cycle involved climbing down a ladder into a small hole dug out in the yard. We had to huddle together in the dark. We couldn't see, but we could feel the earth moving around us as the earth spirits grasped us gently and then slowly drew us into their cold embrace. The earth covered us until only our noses were exposed. And we sat there, immobile in the darkness, the scent of soil in our nostrils until we lost track of time.

And then we had to hold our breath as the earth spirits pulled us through the ground until we emerged from the earth to lie on the grass of the back yard. I sat up, dazed with tears in my eyes. Xav sat next to me and wrapped an arm around my shoulders.

"Is anything wrong?" he asked.

I shook my head. "No. Not wrong. I... I've been lying to myself for years. When my brother Marty was identified as a mage, I told myself that it didn't matter, that I didn't care. What else could I do? I loved Marty, still do in fact. How could I ruin his excitement with my own disappointment? But it still hurt. He was special and I wasn't.

"I hid my jealousy so well that I doubt he ever saw it. When tutors came to the house to teach him magic, I hid in my room and buried myself in my own studies. Today was like compensation for being left behind. Is this what Marty experiences when he does magic?"

Xav shrugged. "I don't know, but probably not. Mages approach magic like scientists. They analyze the flow of magical energy and shape it with words, thoughts and movements. For them it is all about imposing order on the universe. But we spirit mages are different. We draw power from our interaction with the spirits of the natural and the supernatural world. I can't teach you magic by rote like mages do, I can only guide you so that you can forge your own relationship with the world around you.

"I can tell you that you've put your foot on the path of a lifelong journey, and the world that lies ahead of you is so much more wondrous than anything you could have imagined. After tonight, you and I will make time to meet weekly so that your journey can continue safely."

I threw my arms around Xav and hugged him even tighter than he'd hugged me. He'd given me a gift that I could never have imagined could be mine. It had started when he bit me and gave me my wolf spirit, and now he'd opened my eyes to the world of spirits that surrounded us at all times. It was like a gaping wound in my heart had finally healed.

Darren

I texted Benjy to find out where he was just before I pulled onto campus. I just wanted to be able to find him, but he was waiting for me. He ran up just as I was shutting the door. He jumped on me and wrapped his arms and legs around my torso. I put an arm under his little butt and carried him over to a bench. Then I sat down with him on my lap.

Benjy started kissing my face and bouncing up and down on my lap. Passers by were laughing. One guy called out, "You're a lucky guy, Darren!"

"Don't I know it!"

I wasn't sure what had gotten into Benjy. He was always affectionate, but he was bouncing like... "Benjy, did you take your pills when your alarm went off?"

He buried his face deep into my neck and admitted, "No, Daddy. I was out with Tristan when my alarm went off and then I forgot about it when I went up to the room to talk to Nico and then he sent me to go get Tristan and he gave me a special message to deliver to Drew and Drew wasn't in his room so he told me to give it to you if Drew wasn't around and I tried to go back and find Tristan but Nico took him somewhere and no one in the dorm could tell me and the little guy with the saggy skin who lives in Nico's room doesn't talk and he couldn't tell me either so I tried to find one of the other guys because I thought they would know but Lalo is with Oliver and Hugh was out playing soccer but when I finally got there the players were all gone and I didn't see Hugh but I did see Aidan and Chase and Kyle and can I be your gamma like Chase is Aidan's gamma?"

And there it was. Benjy had finally come to the point he wanted to ask me and that's when he stopped. "Can I, Daddy?"

I looked into his big eyes and smiled. He was manipulative in his own way. It wasn't the first time he'd thrown a long string of barely coherent words my way and then asked me something while I was too bewildered to think straight. I had a lot to sort out before addressing that question.

I stood up and threw Benjy over my shoulder and smacked his butt. "First we're going up the room and you're going to take your meds. Then we're going to sort all that out so I can make sense of it."

His hard little cock was pressing into my chest as I carried him up the stairs. I'd seen Erik taking these stairs three at a time, but his legs were longer, and he was in better shape. I took it one step at a time. It gave me time to think.

On the one hand, Benjy was already essentially a gamma. He did everything I asked and no one in the pack paid attention to anything he said. If I claimed him as a gamma, he'd be protected from all the other wolves who might try and take advantage of him. They'd think twice if they knew they'd have to deal with me. But on the other hand, Benjy could still mature a little over the next few years and he could become a more respected member of the pack. I didn't want to cut off that possibility for him. And what if Benjy decided to fool around a little with his beta friends. I wasn't jerk enough to punish him for it, and I didn't want to have to go after them.

No matter how many potential upsides there were, I was sure that it was a bad decision for Benjy. Now I had to think of a way to make him see it. His childishness was kind of a turn-on for me, but I'd be a terrible "daddy" for him if I didn't want to see him grow up a little.

I sat him down in a chair in our room and grabbed his pills and a bottle of water. And then I stood over him until he swallowed it. Then I made him eat a granola bar, which he grumbled about, but he got sick to his stomach if he didn't eat with his meds.

When he'd finished the last crumbs of the granola bar, I put a hand on his shoulder. "Is your butt clean?"

Benjy perked up at that question. "Yes! I mean, no!"

He grabbed his douche kit and headed for the bathroom. "I can clean it now, Daddy!"

I stripped my own clothes off and laid out some sweats, a jock, and a tee-shirt. I was going to begin my exercise program today, but I was going to enjoy my boy first. I lay back and relaxed until he came back. He was calmer. His meds may have started to kick in, but it was likely that it was the anal douche. Benjy calmed down a lot when something went inside his butt. One night I'd let him sit on my cock while he worked on a paper for his literature class. I read my chemistry textbook at the same time. It was the strangest study session ever.

Benjy came back into the room naked, his erection showing that he was ready for what I had in mind. He dropped his douche kit on his dresser and flung himself on the bed next to me. He wrapped his arms around my chest and looked up at me with his big eyes. I rubbed my hand across the smooth skin of his butt. It was silky smooth, but beneath that soft skin his glutes were firm. He was a werewolf after all, and no one could be a werewolf and lack muscle. The wolf spirit inside wouldn't allow it.

I grabbed Benjy and rolled him onto his back so I could kneel between his legs. I wanted to be able to see his face when I fucked him this afternoon. I ran my fingers along his crack and pressed on his little rosebud. He'd already lubed himself, so my fingertip slid inside, making him squeal with delight.

"FUCK ME, DADDY!"

I had to smile at that. The neighbors must have always known when we were having sex because Benjy was a screamer. I thought he probably wanted them to know.

I pressed until my whole finger slid inside him. "Oh, Daddy's going to fuck you hard, just as soon as you're loose enough."

It didn't take me long to open him up properly. He was ready for it. And when I slid inside his tight warmth, he moaned sweetly.

His slim torso was stretched out beneath me. His light olive skin was free of blemish and completely denuded of hair. When he told me that he'd bargained with Nico so he wouldn't need to use the depilatory cream anymore, I'd been angry because the elf was dangerous. But now that I saw his skin free of redness and without even a hint of stubble, I understood why he did it.

I pushed his knees back to his chest and started thrusting inside him. He was pretty with his dark curls spread out on the pillow and his thin lips parted. Once again, I regretted that my belly was big enough to prevent me from kissing him while I took him on his back.

Benjy must have seen the look of distraction or frustration on my face because he put his hands on top of mine and said, "I love you, Daddy. You're the best guy I could ever want."

I thrust with more force, eliciting little "oohs" and "eeps" of joy from him. "You're a prettier little guy than I deserve, Benjy."

"Not true, Daddy... ooh... I... ah... I'm lucky... oh... to get a... ugh... sexy... ah-ah-ah... daddy... mm... like you!"

No one could possibly doubt that Benjy loved getting his ass pounded. The more forceful my thrusts, the more he squealed and whined. Since he was holding his own knees, I wrapped my arms around his shoulders to get more leverage so I could press him tighter. Benjy loved having his body squeezed and compressed.

I was really close to orgasm. I asked, "How are you doing, baby?"

"I'm going to cum, Daddy. I'm going to cum now."

"Do it, Son. Cum for Daddy."

His face told me before his words. "I'M CUMMING, DADDY! I'M CUMMING NOW!"

Seeing my boy's cute face scrunched up and hearing him crying out in pleasure would have made me cum, even if his tight little butt hadn't started squeezing my cock.

"Take it, Baby Boy. Take Daddy's seed inside your sweet boy hole," I groaned as I spilled my load as far inside him as I could.

And when we were done, I held him in my arms for a long time before getting up and going for a run.

 

Simon

Xav and I were just finishing up our last rest break before beginning the ritual itself when I got a call from an unknown number. I almost didn't answer it, but something made me press the button.

"Simon Carter. Who's calling?"

The voice on the other side of the call was whispering. "Um, you don't know me. My name is Philip Mertz and I'm with Kyle right now. I wouldn't be calling, except Kyle had a complete breakdown today. I talked him through it and he's sleeping peacefully. I just thought you'd want to know since he's in love with you."

"Hold on, I'll see if I can get a ride over there."

Before I could even ask, Xav shook his head and said, "Not a chance, Simon. We've done all the preparations. We've accumulated enough spirits as witness and chorus to amplify our ritual. Your wolf spirit is ready to step onto the mundane plane, and mine is anxiously awaiting the birth like an expectant parent."

"But Kyle is in trouble. He had a meltdown. I've been expecting it because he's so emotionally fragile right now. I need to go to him."

I was desperate, and Xav could see it in my face. None of that stopped him from shaking his head and saying, "No. It's not possible, Simon."

I was on the verge of tears. I wanted to be angry at Xav, but my own wolf spirit was echoing Xav's words. I picked up the phone and said, "I can't come over tonight. Keep an eye on him. Do not leave him alone at all. He's been on a downward spiral, and he could hurt himself. I'll come over tomorrow morning."

"I have to have him back on campus by 9:00 a.m. tomorrow," Philip said.

I swallowed my emotions and said, "Then I'll meet him there. Take him to Nico. Don't leave him alone at all. I'm counting on you."

"Don't worry. I'll keep him safe."

Then the line went dead. I had to collect myself. I knew Xav was right. There was no time for a personal mission, no matter how important.

We began the ritual itself in the room Xav reserved for meditation and healing sessions. It had been a guest bedroom, but now it was empty except for a table against the wall and matts on the floor. Xav lit incense and candles because he claimed that electric lights inhibited the spell.

"Not because magic and technology are incompatible, but because candles put our minds in the right place and the spirits around us are fascinated by electric lights. We want their attention on us, not on the lamps," he explained.

I let my vision slip partially onto the spirit plane. The room was full of spirits: slow moving earth spirits, reflective water spirits, lambent fire spirits, shimmering air spirits, and a wide variety of animal spirits. And I could see Xav, his human spirit and his animal spirit blended so well that it was hard to see where one ended and the other began. On the spirit plane, Xav was the brightest thing in the room.

I hadn't completely abandoned the mundane plane so I could see Xav taking out the pots of body paint we'd prepared earlier. He knelt next to me and dipped his fingers in the paint and lifted them to my chest. My wolf spirit was in communion with his, so it knew what to do. I followed the techniques Xav had taught me earlier and I let my wolf spirit guide my hand. Xav painted me, and I painted him. The sigils we painted traced the paths of spiritual energy that ran through our bodies, becoming more ornate and complex at the seven sacred nodes. As we painted, our bodies became energized. The energy that powered our magic was the same as the energy used during sex, and it shared the same pathways. As our spiritual bodies became energized, we became aroused.

"We have to allow the energy to flow in the opposite direction this time," Xav said.

My wolf spirit seemed to enlarge, and it grabbed Xav's wolf spirit by the neck. And on the mundane plane Xav took charge like I never knew he could. He took hold of me and bit my neck. We formed a circuit of spiritual energy. On the mundane plane, Xav was aggressive and dominant, and I played the more passive role. On the spirit plane, it was my wolf that represented the yang and Xav's that represented the yin, exactly the opposite to me and him.

The last time I'd been with Xav, he'd bottomed and allowed me to take him how I wanted. This time, he was aggressive. He kissed me and bit my neck and then my chest so hard that I knew I was going to be showing love bites tomorrow. He pushed me back onto the mat and pushed my knees to my chest before diving in and tonguing my ass roughly. I lay back and allowed myself to bask in pure submission to him. I couldn't have done that before. In the past, submission had always made me feel weak, and as a short and slender guy, I'd resisted any good feelings that came from it. But I'd learned so much this year. Drew had taught me that it didn't make you weak to submit. Zeno had taught me that there was such a thing as an alpha bottom and that strength could also be found in submission. And my wolf spirit had pushed me in the right direction at every step.

When he entered me, he wasn't gentle. We were one with our wolves. For the wolf spirits, sex was more primal and brutal than it was for humans. As our orgasms approached, it was like we were flickering back and forth between human and wolf, between Xav taking me and my wolf taking Xav's wolf.

And then at the very moment of climax, my wolf spirit entered Xav's wolf spirit and then that combined spirit entered both of us at once. For a few seconds we were one being with two bodies, top and bottom combined. And when we split, I was no longer passive. Although still bottoming, my claws were scraping along Xav's sides, and I was biting his neck as hard as he'd bitten mine. Our furry bodies were clinging to one another and both of us were cumming.

We separated and I could see us in the mirror along one wall. I'd seen Xav's wolf-man form before, slender with golden fur and a mane of lighter fur running from the top of his head down his back. What surprised me was the wolf-man next to him, equal in height and equally thin. I looked into his eyes and immediately recognized that it was me.

We ran to the back door and out into the yard. Xav's house was on the edge of the forest. We left through the back gate and dropped to all fours, fully transitioning into wolves. Xav led the way as we ran into the woods. For hours we chased one another and when one of us caught the other, the captor nipped at the neck of the captive before releasing him.

This experience was like nothing I'd ever felt. My vision was about the same as it had been, but my hearing was acute, and I could hear the twittering of birds and the humming of insects clearly and I knew where they were. And I could smell the forest, every subtle scent of life and decay around me. When we came across a trail left by a small animal, I knew what it was and how long ago it had passed.

We didn't return to the house until just before dawn. We turned back into human form, while still sheltering under the trees, and walked back to the fence completely naked and completely unconcerned with being seen. Now I was a full member of the pack, and I was also walking with the spirits. It was harder under the sunlight, but even then I could shift my vision to the other world and see the spirits moving about. Xav was surrounded by those he'd bound to serve him. Among the many new things I didn't understand was one fact that I understood clearly. With this ritual I had not only been reborn as a full skinchanger, but I had also stepped onto the path that would lead me to becoming a spirit mage.

 

College Magic Cycle Characters

Faerie

·        Conley McAoidh. A lennansidhe who looks like a twenty-year old human guy. He lives in Severan and chooses an art student to inspire. The artist produces masterpieces while they're together.

·        Domenic Chase. A 24-year-old Elven-American from New York City. He has an alien mindset that others find hard to comprehend. He stands 66 inches tall and weighs about 130 pounds. His skin is pale, and his hair is almost white. His eyes are purple. When he's not glamered to appear more human, you can see his pointed, lobeless ears, solid purple eyes (like he has no white in his eyes, just purple iris) and sharp feline teeth. He's physically tough (he claims to be tougher than the werewolves), fast and has strong, claw-like fingernails. He can weave illusions and powerful charms, although the charms require some level of acceptance from the target. He's a friend of Sebastian. He enslaved Kyle Mason as punishment after he raped Kieran and beat up Simon.

·        Oscar Quinlan. A face dancer on campus. He drained Simon of psychosexual energy while they were having sex, but it was because Simon wanted to be depleted.

Mages

·        Alan Somers. A freshman and newly discovered mage who took his oath to the Concordium with Alonzo and Kieran.

·        Alonzo Santiago Ramos. An 18-year-old Latino American boy from El Paso, Texas. A cute bottom and foundling mage. He's powerful, but untrained. He begins the story with a height of 68 inches and a weight of 150 pounds. He has deep olive or very light brown skin, amber eyes, and long black hair. He's a singer and a dancer. He's a little flighty and very flirty. When his powers awakened, he accidentally cast a spell that cursed his roommate Erik. He loves hardcore BDSM porn but is discovering that he doesn't like it in real life. He and Erik are suitemates with Jason and Kieran.

·        Amalthea Stern. A 25-year-old mage researcher who lives in the town of Severan. She is doing research on the effects of the numina flux zone on mundanes living in the area. Her theory is that the NFZ causes a higher percentage of babies in the area to be born with mage talent, tus increasing the potential number of New Blood Mages. She's attractive, with light skin, dark gray eyes, and dark blond hair. She is a member of the Stern family (one of the 50 families). Her partner and fiancé is Leo Wu.

·        Bernice Hartman. A 21-year-old junior mage who lives at Ibis House. She's in a relationship with Zoe Smith. She's a tall woman, about six feet in height with dark auburn hair, fair skin, and brown eyes.

·        Cameron Campbell. One of the twink trio, along with Micah Blum and Oliver Rankin.

·        Carmen Peralta. The 38-year-old groundskeeper at Ibis House. She's a mage with a talent for plants, but she also knows spells she uses to maintain the facilities.

·        Clarissa Spencer. RA for the supernatural girls in the dorm. She works for Professor Sybil Thorne, the local representative of the Conclave.

·        Delian Khalkis. A 21-year-old college junior who lives at Ibis House. He's a Greek American from an old but obscure family. He and Rowan Vidas-Wu are best friends. They share everything, including the girls and boys they date.

·        Egon Stehle. A 55-year-old mage who is the housekeeper for Ibis House. He's a very powerful practical mage. He also does the cooking on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Wednesday. He doesn't say much, but he's friendly with the residents.

·        Elijah Jackson. A 24-year-old graduate student who went to the Academy with Sebastian and Nico. He's a graduate student in the history program and he mentors struggling African American students and he tutors student athletes. He is 74 inches tall and weighs 275 pounds of mostly muscle. He's built like a massive rectangle. His skin is dark brown, almost black and he wears his hair in long dreadlocks. He's a powerful transmuter mage. He understands mechanics and electronics better than any of the other mages except for Erik Rucker. He has become friends with Kyle. He has two live in boyfriends, Kendal and Tristan.

·        Erik Rucker. A 19-year-old from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. At the start of the story, he stood 66 inches tall and weighed about 140 pounds. After being cursed by his roommate he grew to be 77 inches tall and weigh 250 pounds. He was overshadowed by the fictional Einar Ironblood until the curse was lifted. He's in love with his roommate Alonzo and worries that Alonzo doesn't love him the same way. He was mundane until the curse awakened a latent talent for mind magery. Unlike Kieran, his talents seem to involve moving things with his mind.

·        Ethan Lowry. A 17-year-old boy from Long Island. He stands 67 inches tall and weighs 140 pounds. He has golden blond hair, blue eyes and always has a golden tan. In this story he was working with the hunters. His mother is a sylph (an air spirit) and his own spirit is half human and half ventus (a name for male air spirits). He holds a donum arcanum (magical gift) and is being trained as a mage. He's an orphan who was raised by his uncle, ow also deceased. He is now Sebastian Trent's boyfriend.

·        Felicia Gladstone. A 38-year-old mage who manages Ibis House. She's also an assistant principal at the local high school. She has a nine-year-old daughter Selena who attends the local K-8 school.

·        Gwendolyn Gray. A junior who is majoring in chemistry. She and her brother are twins, with long brown hair and light gray eyes. Both are tall and slender, but not overly thin. The two of them are the best alchemists at Severan college except for Jason. They came from Santa Fe New Mexico. The Grays are among the 50 families who run mage society.

·        Jason Lee. A 19-year-old (about 6 months older than Kieran) Chinese American college freshman with golden brown skin, brown almond shaped eyes and collar length black hair. He is already an accomplished alchemist. He is a dominant, looking for a submissive boy. He finds what he's looking for in Kieran Morgan. He takes charge of Kieran and begins training him as a submissive. He gives Kieran alchemical elixirs that change his body, and he uses psychology to lead him to embrace his innate submissiveness. He has allowed himself to fall into tantric entanglement with Kieran, bringing them even closer. He believes that Kieran is his complement, the other half of his soul. Jason and Kieran are the suitemates of Alonzo and Erik.

·        Dr. Kamon Zhang. Jason's maternal uncle, a mage and psychologist who is helping Kieran to come to terms with his trauma, and his true nature.

·        Kieran Finley Morgan. An 18-year-old boy with pale skin, golden-red hair, and green eyes. At the beginning of the story, he is deeply closeted (he is unaware that said closet had glass doors everyone could see through) and stands at 72 inches and 180 pounds of muscle. He was a high school athlete who was on the diving team, the swim team, and the track team. Jason took charge of him shortly after they moved into the dorm and began training him to let his inner submissive out. Jason gives him alchemical elixirs that are changing him physically. He sometimes struggles with the idea that he's losing himself inside Jason, but he can't go long without his lover's touch. Kieran is somewhat naive. During the story he loses height, mass, and penis size. Jason says that he's not doing it, but Kieran is sure that he is. After being raped by Kyle Mason, he suffers psychological trauma and only his relationship with Jason gives stability to his life. He and Jason are suitemates with Alonzo and Erik. He has an artistic soul. Jason has decided that Kieran will change majors to Art. Kieran is a foundling mind mage with powers of telepathy and clairsentience.

·        Leo Wu. A 21-year-old mage who lives in the town of Severan. He's been tasked by the Conclave to conduce an accurate census of the inhabitants, paying special attention to the number of mages, untrained people with mage talent, and other supernaturals. His work provides data for the study his partner and fiancée Amalthea Stern is conducting. He is maternal cousins with Oliver Rankin (their mothers are sisters). He is of average height and build, with attractive Eurasian features. (His father is a Wu, and his mother is a Da Silva). His skin tone is light olive (a gift from the Da Silva) family and his hair is dark brown and wavy. His eyes are light brown (amber) and he wears a well-trimmed goatee and moustache. He was three years behind Sebastian at the Academy, a year ahead of Remuel Adler and two years ahead of Oliver and the other freshman mages.

·        Marvin Oswald. A 21-year-old mage sophomore with talent in healing. He's studying premed in hopes of going into complementary healing.

·        Micah Blum. An 18-year-old mage boy who rooms with Darren. He used to spend most of his time with his two friends Oliver and Cameron. They were in a polyamorous relationship. Micah is a little afraid of Darren because he's afraid of werewolves. Now Micah has chosen to live as the slave to cousin Remuel Adler.

·        Mordecai Adler. A 50-year-old mage who is a high-ranking member of the custodes and of the American FBI. He's a powerfully built man with dark olive skin tone and black hair that is just beginning to turn gray at the temples.

·        Oliver Rankin. A freshman mage (18 years old), one of the twink trio along with Micah Blum and Cameron Campbell. He describes himself as a rude, arrogant (because he is smarter than everyone around him) and unable to quickly read social cues. He's befriended Kyle Mason and works with him in science lab.

·        Rakesh Mishra. A 23-year-old graduate student of Indian American heritage. He's working on his MS in Psychology. He's a mind mage and a yogi master. He is one of Kieran's trainers. He lives off campus in Ibis House.

·        Reggie Delmar. A 20-year-old sophomore music student who likes Alonzo. They share a music class. He's a mage, but not a songmage. He lives off campus in Ibis House. He has light brown skin and very curly black hair. He looks like he has some African American ancestry.

·        Remy (Remuel) Adler. Micah's 20-year-old cousin, a low-ranking member of the custodes who lives with his father Mordecai and keeps his official records. He was Micah's lover at the Academy and has recently taken Micah as his slave.

·        Rowan Vidas-Wu. A 21-year-old college junior who lives at Ibis House. He was born in Chicago to a Lithuanian American father and a Chinese American mother. Both the Vidas and the Wu families are among the fifty families. He's a friend of Reggie Delmar, but his best friend is Delian Khalkis. The two of them share everything, including boys and girls they date.

·        Sebastian Trent. A 24-year-old graduate student. He's the RA for his floor and he helps Professor Thorne to wrangle the mage and supernatural scholars on campus. His female counterpart is Clarissa Spencer. Sebastian is 70 inches tall and weighs 160 pounds. He has light brown hair and brown eyes. He was a little overwhelmed with the fallout from Alonzo's spell and Kieran's rape, so he allowed Domenic the leeway he needed to enslave Kyle. Now there's nothing he can do about it. Sebastian is bisexual but prefers men. He has older men on campus who blow him in exchange for favors. He seems to have a lot of influence on campus for a grad student. He is dating Ethan Lowry but feels guilty about the age difference.

·        Seth Gray. A junior who is majoring in classics. He and his sister are twins, with long brown hair and light gray eyes. Both are tall and slender, but not overly thin. The two of them are the best alchemists at Severan college except for Jason. They came from Santa Fe New Mexico. The Grays are among the 50 families who run mage society.

·        Silvan Reynard. A sophomore mind mage who lives at Ibis House. He's 5 foot 8 inches tall, blond and slender with an almost elfin shape to his face despite being human. (The Reynards are said to have been fey touched for generations). He is in love with Rakesh Mishra. He and Kieran are in the same beginning yoga/mind magery classes.

·        Sybil Thorne. Kieran's history professor. She's also the overseer for the magician's Conclave here on campus. Her two assistants are Sebastian Trent and Clarissa Spencer.

·        Tristan Navarro. A 21-year-old senior seeking a degree in English Literature. He's filipino with medium beige skin, black hair, and dark eyes. He stands 66 inches tall and weighs 150 pounds. He likes short shorts and tight tee shirts. He's Elijah Jackson's lover and lives with him and Kendal. He calls Elijah daddy and Kendal brother. He has written two volumes in a series of mm romance novels about mages called Wands of Love and he intends to keep writing. He kept his own name and keeps his own finances, but he's no less devoted to Elijah than Kendal is.

·        Warren Cheng. A Chinese American psychology grade student and friend of Jason. His family is originally from Hong Kong, but they live in Los Angeles like Jason's family. His specialty is magical noetics, but he has a strong talent for illusions as well. He is the TA in Jason's Psychology course, and he lives in town at Ibis House.

·        Zoe Smith. A 20-year-old Sophomore mind mage who lives at Ibis House. She is an African American woman, about five foot eight inches tall, with a curvy shape, a broad smile and short black hair in tight curls.

Mundanes (or Unknown)

·        Aaron Blackwell. A human man in his early fifties. He's the Director of Student Residence at Severan College, and the father of Nathaniel and James. He is magically enthralled by Sebastian Trent.

·        Abe Grossman. A heavy-set man in his late 40s who lives in town. He has male pattern baldness, leaving the top of his head bald, but his substantial beard is brown streaked with gray. He has a ten-inch dick that is about as thick as a soda can, and he knows how to use it. He's the leader of the group that used Kyle in the gym locker room. The group includes Ryan Masters and the twins, Freddy and Teddy Zimmerman.

·        Amir Kassim. A junior, the boyfriend of the aggressive would-be dominant James McManus.

·        Billy McAndrews. A senior who is the lead guitarist of the band Dreaming Dragons. He is Mariah Tovey's boyfriend. He's 22 years old and a senior.

·        Christopher Thompson. A big guy, over six feet tall and well-muscled, with blond hair who looks like a jock; he has a very small penis; Matt's roommate (and possible submissive); a member of the Nerd Squad.

·        Daniel Burns. A stocky guy with light brown hair and a goatee; one of the Nerd Squad

·        Edward "Eddie" Mason. Kyle's 25-year-old brother.

·        Freddy Zimmerman. A freshman with a slender but muscular build, light skin, blond hair, and blue eyes. Like his twin brother Teddy, he's submissive. He was part of the group who used Kyle in the gym locker room.

·        George Marley. The drummer for Dreaming Dragons. He's a 22-year-old junior.

·        Jake Miller. An African American guy with dark skin and curly hair; one of the Nerd Squad.

·        James Blackwell. The nineteen-year-old son of Aaron Blackwell. He's a tall, skinny goth boy with a lot of tattoos. He attends Severan College and studies art. He and Sebastian had a sexual encounter over the summer before his freshman year. He has a long penis with a tattoo of a snake on it.

·        James McManus. A fair skinned guy with reddish hair who shares a literature class with Jason and Kieran. He admires Jason's relationship with Kieran and would like to control his own boyfriend Amir the same way.

·        Jill Black. The bass guitarist for Dreaming Dragons. She's a 21-year-old junior.

·        Joe Peters. A freshman in Kieran's writing class who was in the same religious program before school that Kieran was in.

·        Josh Higgins. Overweight and unhygienic guy who introduced Kyle to Nerd Squad.

·        Kendal Jackson. A 23-year-old college dropout. He's five foot three inches tall and weighs about 115 pounds. He has pale blond hair, heterochromatic eyes (one blue and one green), and extremely fair skin. He lives with Elijah Jackson and is one of his lovers. He hated college and dropped out. He stays home and keeps house for Elijah Jackson. He likes to wear women's clothing but identifies as a boy. He changed his last name and signed power of attorney to make Elijah control over his affairs. He's very submissive. He calls Elijah daddy and Tristan brother.

·        Kyle Mason. A 19-year-old college freshman from Kentucky. Kyle begins the story as a high school athlete who's let himself go a little. He's 74" tall and 250 pounds. He has a muscular build with a layer of fat and a small gut. He has brown hair and brown eyes. He's a closeted gay man and a homophobe. He has a history of beating on gay acting guys who get him aroused. During the New Student Mixer, he raped Kieran Morgan. When he got back to his room, he beat on his smaller roommate Simon until he orgasmed in his pants. In return for these acts, Domenic Chase enslaved him and is turning him into a hot jock bitch. His life has become a prolonged slave training session. He begins to show remorse and even to accept his sexuality but tries to find a way out of his magical enslavement.

·        Larry Gordan. Kieran's Art professor. He reminds Kieran of his Uncle Craig, and arouses him, a fact that disturbs Kieran but seemed unsurprising to Jason. He tried to put the moves on Kieran after his first class but backed off apologetically when he found out that he was Jason's boy. He is a mentor to Kieran.

·        Leo Wagner. A construction worker in Severan who felt under the control of Remuel Adler who used a combination of magic and Leo's suppressed gay fantasies to control him. He's a handsome man with fair skin, light brown hair, and a solid build. He's thirty-two but looks younger. He looks a little bit like Sebastian Trent, which is what draws Remuel Adler to him. He has a 16-year-old son named Mason, and two daughters, Tiffany (13) and Brittany (12).

·        Mariah Tovey. The keyboardist for Dreaming Dragons and Billy McAndrew's girlfriend. She's a 22-year-old senior.

·        Matt Silver. A sturdy guy with olive skin tone and brown hair; he has a very large penis (almost 10 inches); the most sadistic of the Nerd Squad.

·        Michael Shank. A skinny guy with dirty blond hair and pale skin; one of the Nerd Squad.

·        Millicent Bierce. A TA who teaches the writing class that Kieran and Darren are in. She appears to be very religious and doesn't seem to like Kieran and Darren, probably because they are gay.

·        Nathaniel Blackwell. The twenty-six-year-old son of Aaron Blackwell. He is a soldier in Afghanistan who became the lover of the daiwa Karim Khan who impregnated him. He's a gay, sexual submissive. He's a lieutenant in the US Army but he doesn't know how he will maintain his career and bear his lover's child.

·        Peter Gantz. Alonzo's Vocals professor. A heavyset man in his middle years. He likes Alonzo but more in an avuncular way.

·        Ryan Masters. A handsome junior with mixed Asian and Caucasian ancestry. He has light skin and brown wavy hair. His slanted eyes are green. He used Kyle in the gym locker room. He's close with Abe Grossman and the twins, Freddy and Teddy Zimmerman.

·        Sally Minh. An engineering student who is in Kieran's art class. She ships Kieran and Jason and draws pictures of them in anime style. She's a friend to Kieran and becomes one of the watchers keeping an eye on him for Jason.

·        Teddy Zimmerman. A freshman with a slender but muscular build, light skin, blond hair, and blue eyes. Like his twin brother Freddy, he's submissive. He was part of the group who used Kyle in the gym locker room.

·        Terrence Green. A basketball player for the school. A 21-year-old junior, standing six foot eight inches tall, with deep bronze skin color and brown eyes. He has full lips and rounded features. He wears his black hair in very short, kinky curls.

Others

·        Karim Khan. A daiwa who appears to be in his late twenties. He's the lover of Nathaniel Black and the father of his child. He works with the US Army as a translator and guide. His people are a magical race related to the djinn, the ifrit and the deva of ancient Aryan mythology. Now that he had impregnated another he is transforming into an alpha daiwa.

Skinchangers, Non-Werewolves

·        David Campos. (Da VEED) A handsome man Blatino freshman of Domenican ancestry. He's from Philadelphia. He has dark olive skin tone, black hair that looks feathery, and piercing brown eyes. He is a were-raptor who can assume two non-human forms. He can become a raptor that resembles a large golden eagle or a hybrid form that is bipedal with sharp claws on the end of feathered arms. He is an alpha, but the were-raptors don't follow a pack structure like the were-wolves do.

·        Gideon Blackburn. A muscular man with dark brown skin, brown eyes and black hair in tight, kinky curls. He's about 30 years old and works as at a waxing salon on the edge of town that takes male clients. It seems popular in the gay, BDSM community. He likes fisting (giving, not receiving), and he's a shifter who turns into a lynx.

·        Jake Kreutzer. 48-year-old were-bear who lives near the edge of town. He has a boy (who goes by the name of boy) whom he rescued from his abusive father.

·        Millie Jones. 45-year-old leader of the were-rats. She doesn't like or trust werewolves, but she hated Howard Cromwell with a passion.

·        Philip Mertz. A jock who shares a history class with Kyle Mason. He's 6 feet tall and weighs 180 lbs. He's about 6 feet tall and muscular, with light skin and brown hair. He's a shifter who turns into a lynx. He becomes Kyle's partner and trainer in the gym. He's also a lover that cares about Kyle. Domenic saved him from a were-wolf in his freshman year. He lives off-campus near the woods by a different trailhead from the one used by the werewolves.

·        Rashida Lamont. A 23-year-old graduate student with black skin, short hair, and an athletic build. She's the wererat who oversees the other wererats on campus. She lives in the New Dorm (along with the other werewolves).

·        Tristan White. A 19-year-old college freshman. He stands only five and half feet tall and has sandy hair, fair skin, and hazel eyes. He's a wererat and a member of Oliver's study group.

Skinchangers, Werewolves

·        Aidan Stringer (alpha). A sophomore staying at the wolf house. He is a relative of Jarod Stringer, Howard Cromwell's right-hand man. Aidan is officially listed as a beta, but he's really an alpha. He claimed Chase Morris as his boyfriend/bitch and seems to be undermining the alpha leaders in some way.

·        Benjamin "Benjy" Gold (Beta). A twink beta-werewolf who shares a class with Simon. He has dark curly hair, light olive skin and slender build. He's very small, about 5 ft. 5 and 120 pounds.

·        Chase Morris (beta). Aidan is a young high school dropout who comes from Middlebourne. He has dark hair that he wears hanging over his blue-gray eyes. His skin is very pale. He turns 18 on September 25^th (5 days before Ethan Lowry). He was a virgin at the beginning of the series but gets involved with Aidan Stringer.

·        Chloe Bartok (Beta). 20-year-old sophomore.

·        Conor Tighe (Beta). Sophomore beta werewolf with auburn hair, fair skin, blue eyes, and freckles. He's average height and build and he's studying biology.

·        Chuck Burns (Beta). A 20-year-old sophomore who lives at Wolf House and is a friend of Aidan.

·        Dawn Schiller (Alpha). A muscular blond woman who stands 70 inches tall. She's the female alpha of the werewolf pack and Drew's girlfriend. She is bisexual and usually has at least one girl on the side.

·        Darren Groves (Alpha). A 21-year-old college junior from Montana. A heavy-set man with shoulder length brown hair, a short beard, and brown eyes. He's powerfully built under his extra pounds. He's of average appearance. He stands 70 inches tall and weighs 220 pounds. He's Drew's right hand man. In a fit of lust, he groped Kieran in the laundry room. Who knows what would have happened if Drew hadn't broken it up? Despite this, Darren is a good guy. He's become a kind of avuncular figure for Kieran as one of his protectors on campus.

·        Delia Smith (Beta). 21-year-old college junior who lives at Wolf House.

·        Drew (Andrew) Janowski (Alpha). A 22-year-old werewolf from rural Pennsylvania. He's 74 inches tall, with blond hair and green eyes. He wears a short, well-trimmed beard. He has a powerful build and weighs 220 pounds of solid muscle. He runs the local werewolf pack and helps Sebastian keep order on campus. He's bisexual. His girlfriend Dawn commands the female werewolves. He also likes handsome men and pretty boys. He took Simon into his room after he was attacked by Kyle.

·        Edgar Krause (Beta). A sophomore werewolf and friend of Aidan Stringer. He's Gordan Cooper's roommate in the dorms.

·        Ellen Parker (Beta). A 20-year-old junior who lives at Wolf House.

·        Gordan Cooper (Beta). A sophomore werewolf and a friend of Adrian Stringer. Edgar Krause's roommate.

·        Howard Cromwell (Alpha). A large and muscular alpha werewolf in his mid-forties. He was the leader of the local pack before being drive out by Drew, Zeno, Darren, Dawn, and Meghan, with logistical support from Sebastian. He was a leader of the old school who ruled through intimidation. Under him the pack followed several traditions that Drew has tried to do away with. He originally came from New York. He is the werewolf who killed Ethan's father. After leaving New York he wandered around for a few months before settling down near the college.

·        Hugh Kent (Beta). A 19-year-old college freshman. Lalo's roommate.

·        Inga Martinez (Alpha). A 29-year-old Latina woman from Middlebourne. She's a little heavyset, but quite strong. She manages the Wolf House for Zeno, supervising work groups and organizing the business of running the house. Her younger brother Sammy is the cook at Wolf House.

·        Ira Cohen (Beta). 19-year-old college freshman. Good friends with Aidan Stringer.

·        Ivan Kovacs (Beta). 22-year-old who lives at the Wolf House. He's one of the Middlebourne werewolves. He works with Wilma Jackson at the local used car dealership and repair shop.

·        Jarod Stringer (Alpha). Deceased. Former right-hand man of Howard Cromwell. Darren and Meghan killed him in the woods before Drew challenged Cromwell for leadership. His younger brother is Aidan Stringer.

·        Kevin McNeil (Beta). 20-year-old college sophomore. An athlete with brown hair and fair skin. Roommate with Conor Tighe. Tammy's brother.

·        Lalo Arenas (Beta). A cute and thin latino freshman. Lalo is short for Eduardo. He may be the second most submissive werewolf after Benjy. He has light olive skin tone, jade green eyes, and brown hair. He makes eyes at Darren and calls him Daddy Werewolf, a nickname he claims is common in the dorms, even among the mages. He is friends with the mage Oliver Rankin (they share a literature class).

·        Lew Muller (Beta). A tall thin beta werewolf, with long brown hair, a beard and two black earrings with wolf head instead of a ball. He's a computer hacker who knows a bit about electronics. His major is English literature. He plays guitar and writes poetry. He was Benjy's roommate until he moved into the wolf house. He's a junior.

·        Meghan Connelly (Alpha). A female werewolf who is one of Kieran's watchers. She's Darren's best friend and she was one of the original 5 who worked to overthrow the old pack leader, Howard Cromwell.

·        Naomi Bentley (Alpha). A 27-year-old woman with long black hair and olive skin tone. She's very muscular. She was one of the Middlebourne werewolves. She's now the chief of security at Wolf House.

·        Samuel Martinez (Beta). A 23-year-old Latino cook who runs the kitchen at Wolf House.

·        Scarlett De Angelo (Beta). A 22-year-old graduate student who lives at Wolf House.

·        Shelby O'Brien (Beta). A 26-year-old professional bookkeeper. She lives at Wolf House.

·        Simon Carter (Alpha). A 19-year-old gay college freshman. He's an African American boy (although his biological father was white) who was raised by two moms. He stands 68 inches tall and weighs 150 pounds. He's of average size, but the men he likes best are muscular jock types, most of whom aren't interested in bottoming for a skinny black boy. After getting beaten up by his roommate Kyle, he is moved to Drew's room.

·        Stella White (Beta). 19-year-old freshman. She is one of Aidan's friends.

·        Tammy McNeil (Beta). 22-year-old senior athlete. Kevin's sister.

·        Vicky Garcia (Beta). A very short Latina were-wolf. She's tougher than she seems, and she really hates rapists.

·        Willie Coombs (Beta). A 40-year-old man with dark brown skin and mid-length hair that hangs in dreadlocks. He's Xav's man at the Wolf House and he works at the Marriott Hotel in the kitchen. He caters breakfast at Xav's house every day.

·        Wilma Jackson (Beta). 28-year-old mechanic in town at the local used auto dealership and repair shop. She gets Ivan Kovacs a job there.

·        Xav (Xavier) Janowski (Alpha). A 24-year-old werewolf who is spirit speaker (priest) for the werewolves. He stands 70 inches tall and weighs 150 pounds. He has long blond hair he wears in a French braid and deep sapphire blue eyes. He's Drew's older brother, and his closest advisor in the pack. He is the spiritual leader for the pack and gives spiritual advice to mundane clients who don't know he's a werewolf. He's flamboyant and campy. He is a total power bottom and fucking him can be a spiritual experience as well as a physical one.

·        Zeno Schiller (Alpha). A grad student, brother of Dawn and supporter of Drew Janowski. Drew was sleeping with Zeno before he even met Dawn. He's six feet tall and weighs 175 pounds. He has dark hair and olive skin tone. He has very little body fat and keeps his impressive body shaved. He is a dancer and according to Drew he has the greatest core body strength of anyone he knows. He's a power bottom who runs Wolf House. He's taking a semester off after showing up to school late. He works as a stripper at the Blue Room, a gay bar on the edge of town.

Places

·        Alchemy House. A large house in Severan purchased by Jason's father for use as an alchemy lab to make weapons and potions for the Severan Council. Jason has convinced his father to sell him the house instead of turning it over to the Conclave. The house was owned by a mage and has too many magical enhancements to be sold to mundanes. It has magical protections and wards, but the Lee family is paying for more to be added.

·        Baylor Hall. A dorm building at Severan College which is used to house the mages and lupipelles (werewolves) on campus. The third floor is use by male supernaturals and the fourth by female supernaturals. The muripelles (wererats) refuse to use this dorm and they stay elsewhere on campus. The dorm has a dining hall on the first floor.

·        Blue Room. A gay strip bar operated by the weretiger Mahendra Khatri. Most of the employees and clientele can't see through the velamen arcanum. Zeno Schiller dances here and a lot of versipelles and mages frequent the place. Unfortunately for most of our main characters, the minimum age to enter is 21.

·        Butternut Ranch Resort. A luxury resort less than an hour north of Severan via a windy road through the national forest. It's mage friendly and is owned and operated by mages. There's a magic circle to ease translocation spells in the basement, and a lot of magical enhancements that are subtle enough for the mundanes not to notice. The resort sits at the northern end of the numina flux zone.

·        Ibis House. A large house in town that is used by the mages as off-campus residence. It's shielded by the velamen arcanum and mundanes tend to ignore it. It's been modified by magic over the decades and has a lot of magical features and defenses. There's a magic circle to make translocation spells easier to use. It's owned and operated by the Ibis Foundation, a mage NGO that maintains Ibis House facilities near mundane universities in many towns.

·        Newbury's Country Kitchen. A diner owned by Esther Newbury, a widow whose daughter Molly helps in the restaurant. She's a member of PFLAG because of her son Bobby who experienced violence in town before moving to Columbus. The restaurant has mostly traditional American dishes, but they can accommodate vegetarians and other special diets.

·        Numina Flux Zone (NFZ). This area of southeastern Ohio is a weak spot between the worlds. Magic rituals are easier to perform here, and a higher-than-average number of people born in the region have mage talent, although most of them are never identified or trained. The realms of faerie, umbra, outland, spirit, underworld, astral, dream, and light are easily accessed from this zone. Other realms may or may not be easier to reach from here than from elsewhere. A similar, but smaller zone surrounds the Sagacia Academy and the Ossuarium in the Bayou of Louisiana.

·        Severan College. A fictional private college in fictional Severan Ohio. It was founded by the mage Aurelius Severan, originally to provide mundane college degrees to young mages. To accomplish this goal, mundane professors needed to be hired. Over time, the magical nature of the school became hidden behind a layer of mundane scholars and professors. The college sits near dead center of the numina flux zone that marks a weak spot between the worlds.

·        Severan House. The oldest building on campus, it was originally the home of Aurelius Severan, the mage who founded the college. Severan House contains offices, a museum, and several mage-only facilities, including a magic circle in the basement to make translocation spells more accurate. Students living at Ibis House and mages visiting from other towns and states use this circle to arrive in Severan.

·        Wolf House. A large farmhouse surrounded by row apartments used by werewolves to house wolves who can't or don't want to live on campus. It's governed by Zeno Schiller with the aid of a council of alphas. It's the headquarters of the Severan Pack.