Introduction

Chapter 8 of the Pack was so riddled with errors that I must have somehow missed the last revision on it. I've resubmitted it to the archivist at NIFTY now that I've fixed the problems with it. You may want to reread chapter 8 before reading chapter 9.

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The Pack is a story about werewolves. There may be some violence.

This cycle includes multiple storylines. The stories intertwine. They are listed in the College Magic Cycle folder in the suggested reading order.

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Author's Notes

·        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.

·         The characters in the College Magic Cycle are listed in the Companion at the end of this document.

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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.

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 Pack Chapter 9 (New Mooon)

Darren

It was the night of the new moon and I felt weak and slow this morning. Little Benjy was sleeping soundly on top of me. He wasn't even twitching in his sleep. I lay there for another hour, stroking the silken hair on his head and watching him drool on my chest. Eventually he woke up and looked at me, still yawning.

"It's the New Moon, daddy," he said, stretching to get his muscles moving.

"I know, baby boy. Do you feel up to riding my cock this morning?" I asked.

He looked torn, but in the end he yawned again and said, "Can you fuck me this morning instead, daddy?"

He was giving me his cute puppy dog eyes and his lips were pouting. He was a manipulative little twink. We were both lethargic, but he expected me to do the work. I guessed that was part of being the daddy. If my boy needed his hole filled, it was my job to fill it. I tousled his hair and then held him tight while I stood up. I carried him into the bathroom.

"Let's clean out your little hole, Benjy," I said as I handed him his douching equipment.

He stuck his bottom lip out and said, "Can you do it for me today, daddy?"

He was annoyingly cute this morning. I brushed his hair out of his eyes and asked, "Do you want to have sex this morning? Or are you too tired?"

He wrapped his arms around me and said, "Please, daddy, I need you."

He was whinier than I'd ever seen him. I wondered if he was sick. We wolves didn't usually get sick, but there were a few exceptions. I filled his bulb with warm neutral saline and turned him over my lap. I used the lube to massage his hole gently. I didn't put the nozzle inside him until he'd relaxed completely. At this angle it took only a few squirts to get it all inside him. Then I turned him over and held him on my lap. He didn't feel warm.

"Are you sick, baby boy?" I asked as I stroked his soft skin.

He shook his head. "It's my time of the month," he said weakly.

"What do you mean that it's your time of the month?" I asked.

"That's what the guys always called it back home," he said, "but they didn't say it when momma was around because she'd get mad and hit them. It always happens on the new moon."

I could understand his mother. I was getting angry, too. The boy was affected deeply by the new moon and the other guys teased him in a mean way. It didn't sound like he knew they were picking on him, or maybe he'd been so used to it that he didn't react.

"Can you describe it for me?" I asked. "How you feel that is."

He looked into my eyes, and I could see that his were watery. "My wolf is asleep and doesn't want to play," he said. "I can wake it if I try really hard, but it doesn't like it."

I didn't ask him to shake his little butt today, no matter how cute it was when he did it. I bounced him on my lap instead until it was time for him to push it out. We did it three times before I was satisfied. Then I carried him back out and laid him down onto the bed. I pushed his legs up to his chest and exposed his little pink hole. He didn't even have stubble today and his skin didn't have the characteristic red splotches he got just after using the cream.

"Baby, the cream doesn't seem to be bothering your skin anymore. Did you change brands?" I asked as I rubbed my wet thumb across his little ring.

"I don't need it anymore," he said. "When I saved Nico's life, he took all my body hair away for good. He told me I could be your boy forever that way."

I was pissed that he was making deals with that elf without having one of us present to protect him, but I didn't have the heart to chastise him today. He was feeling bad, and he'd apparently done it for me. I swallowed my anger and ran my tongue around his ass lips.

"My baby's boy hole tastes sweet," I said. "It's already twitching against my tongue like it's ready, but I'm going to kiss it for a while first."

He was smiling at me now and his little dick had gotten hard. "Thank you, daddy. You make my hole feel happy!"

"So, you're hole is happy now, boy?" I asked, rubbing it with a well lubed thumb.

He bit his lip and nodded his head. I pressed in gently with my thumb and his eyes flew open wide and he let out a loud, "Yes! Daddy! Yes!"

I worked some lube inside him with my fingers and stroked his hard little gay button. "It's a cute little hole. Does it need its daddy to tame it and show it who owns it?"

"Yes, daddy. Show my hole who's boss. Show it who's in charge," he moaned.

I played with his cute little rosebud and worked three fingers inside him so I could stretch him out for me. Then he relaxed completely. "This sweet little hole of yours knows who owns it, baby," I said. It's open now, like the prettiest flower. What do you think it wants?"

"Your cock, Daddy!" he screamed. "My boy hole wants your daddy cock!"

I was sure the neighbors heard him. It didn't really bother me, and Benjy loved the idea that the neighbors may know when I was fucking him. He was ready, and I was ready, so I pulled my fingers out rubbed them across his lips. I said, "If your little hole wants to feel your daddy's cock inside it, I guess I shouldn't keep it waiting."

I glanced at my watch and frowned. "Oh no! Your little boy hole will have to wait, or we'll miss breakfast. I'll have to fuck you later," I teased him.

He grabbed my arm and said, "Please Daddy, no! I can't wait. Feed my boy hole now, please. I can eat later."

"You take too long to eat. We'll never get you to class on time if I feed your hole first," I replied sadly, shaking my head.

"I'll eat fast this morning, Daddy. I won't argue. I'll eat the whole burrito, even if it makes me throw up. Please," he begged.

I put a finger on his lips again to shush him, then said, "You only need to eat half the burrito, but you must eat it without complaint, and you must do it fast. Do you promise?"

"Yes, Daddy! I promise. My boy hole can't wait until later. It needs you now!" he whined.

He was so cute when he begged. Of course, I had no intention of making him wait. I was so aroused that I was about to spray my seed all over the bed instead of planting it inside my boy where it belonged. He was small and only needed half a breakfast burrito anyway. He would get enough food. And since I was going to eat the other half, I was only going to have one and half burritos instead of two. It was a start on my plan to make my body into the dad bod Benjy deserved.

I pushed inside him slowly, watching his face the whole time. It went from hunger to pain to determination to satisfaction in a matter of moments. The boy would never be a liar. His pretty little face was so expressive that it openly displayed whatever he was feeling at the time.

"Just a little more, baby boy. I'm almost there," I said. "Just a few more inches and then I'm going to fuck you until you scream."

"I always scream for you daddy," he said seriously. "I'm lucky to have you. None of the other alphas have ever wanted me. They wouldn't even initiate me in my home pack."

The tears were streaming down his cheeks. "They said it was because I was special, but I know that they hated me because I talk all the time and I annoy them, but you don't care if I annoy you, do you Daddy?"

I was almost ready to cry myself. This boy was needy for a reason. He'd always been the outsider, and he'd always felt different. I sank inside him all the way and then used my hips to push him all the way to the top of the bed so I could lie on top of him. He wrapped his legs around my fat waist, and I leaned forward to kiss the tears from his eyes.

"You don't annoy me, baby boy. I love you. Don't forget that fact," I assured him.

Then I took his hands in mine and started fucking him. He never lasted long when I took him this way. My belly pressed on his nuts and cock, compressing them even without rubbing him. I wasn't one of those tops who never wanted his boy to experience pleasure from his dick. I thought his dick was cute, and sometimes I needed to suck on it. But he had a hair trigger, and he came too quickly.

I was ready to cum too. Tending to his smooth and sexy body, giving him his morning cleaning, and then playing with his sweet little butt had almost been too much for me. I had to force myself to think about other things to slow down my orgasm. I went through all the facts I knew about Cromwell and tried to figure out where he could be hiding. I thought about my upcoming biochemistry exam. Then I thought about the problem with Simon.

It worked for a while, but I was still watching Benjy's cute face. His eyes popped every time I bottomed out in his butt and his mouth made a little "o" of pleasure every time my cock pressed on his gay spot. His long eyelashes fluttered, and his breathing was growing shallow.

"I'm almost there, baby boy. Where do want my seed? Do you want to taste it, or do you want me to feed it to your hole?" I asked.

"Feed my hole, please Daddy," he replied with a serious expression. "My hole is hungry."

"Here it comes, baby boy," I said. "Daddy's going to plant his seed deep inside you."

I reached down and squeezed his penis near the head. It sent him over the edge. He started shooting his cum into my hand and he squealed, "I'm cumming, Daddy! I'm cumming! Seed me now!"

His little hole twitched and grabbed my cock near the base. I started shooting my load in his warm silky tunnel. "Take Daddy's seed, little boy," I growled.

 

Simon

I woke up with Drew wrapped around me. His mouth was close enough that his breath was blowing across my ear, and his hard cock was pressing against my hole. Maybe that explained my dream.

I'd been fucking Kyle's muscular ass, his powerful thighs wrapped around my slenderer frame holding me tight. My fingers were running up and down his broad chest, occasionally pausing to pull on the rings in his nipples. His handsome face was looking up at me. I loved everything about it, from the dimple in his square chin to his full lips, the fullest lips I'd ever seen on a white guy. His eyes were looking up at me with desire.

"I love you, Simon, and I love your big cock stretching my ass," he said. "I've wanted you inside me from the first time I saw you."

"Me too, Kyle," I said. "I wanted inside your sexy ass the first time I saw you changing for bed."

His warm ass felt so good. He was strong and he was milking my cock with his powerful ass muscles. It was almost like his ass was giving me a blowjob while I fucked him.

Someone was watching us, but I couldn't tell who it was. But it couldn't be real. My wolf spirit was also there, giving me a look of approval. It liked Kyle despite him not having a wolf spirit to play with. If someone else were here, my wolf should be growling to let me know there was danger.

I felt a shift in my dream.

I was looking down on Kyle's handsome, masculine face. His hands were running up and down my thighs and I felt full. I was sitting on Kyle's dick, my hips rocking forward and back so that I slid mostly off his cock and then pressed myself back down so that it was buried inside me. I didn't usually like getting fucked, but Kyle's cock was making me feel that pleasure that had always eluding me. He was pressing against my prostate on every thrust, and I was breathing hard.

"I love you, Simon, and I love your tight ass rocking on my cock," he said. "I've wanted inside your beautiful brown ass from the moment I first saw it."

"Me too, Kyle," I said. "I wanted to feel you inside me the first time I saw you changing for bed."

It was like everything was reversed. And then it reversed again. Sometimes I was fucking him, and sometimes I was riding his dick. Then, in the strangely surreal manner of dreams, both scenarios were true at once and I was enjoying both.

There was a voice. I didn't recognize the speaker, but his words made sense to me. "If you want this, you must help Kyle. He's in crisis and he needs your help. His mind needs healing and that can only happen if he makes peace with Kieran. You're the only one who loves him without even touching him, and you're the one who can help him."

I sank into a warm oblivion of pleasure. It was like sinking deeper into the dream. The images melted into one.

But this morning it wasn't Kyle I was with. It was Drew. He'd fucked me once before, but I hadn't let myself enjoy it. With his erection pressing against me, I wondered what it would be like if I relaxed and allowed myself to experience the sensation of a dick in my ass with an open mind. I wiggled my hips and pressed back against Drew until the head of his cock lodged in my hole. I reached back with one hand and pulled my left cheek up so I could press back against him without any obstruction. My hole felt alive.

Drew's hand tightened on my hip, and he whispered in my ear, "If you want something from me, Simon, all you have to do is ask."

I pulled my ass away from his cock, shame washing over me as I realized what I'd almost done. It would have been rape wouldn't it?

"I'm sorry, pack leader," I said. "I shouldn't have ... taken advantage of you while you were sleeping."

He reached around and grabbed my erection while he kissed my neck. "I don't mind, Simon, and you don't have to be so formal. Do you want me inside you this morning? You didn't seem to be into it last time."

I took a deep breath and let it out slowly. It hadn't made Drew any less of a top when he dressed in that sexy black jock and let me have his ass. No one doubted his masculinity or the fact that he was a top. Why was I so hung up on it?

"I think I do want you inside me, Drew. I want to give it an honest try this time," I said.

"If you're sure, we need to do it right. You go clean up down there and I'll call Xav and see what he says. If you still want it, come back here, and climb in my bed. You don't even have to say it," he said.

It was sweet that he was trying to make it easy for me. He knew about my hang ups, and he wanted to help me overcome them. He was right. It was time. I may never come to love bottoming, but I needed to give myself a chance to see for sure. And if I was ever going to have a chance with Kyle, maybe he would want to top me sometimes. The idea of Kyle inside me seemed appealing, like it was a deep seated desire that had somehow come to surface of my brain.

What the heck was I thinking? Kyle depended on me to help guide him through his difficult coming out. I couldn't take advantage of him while he was vulnerable.

I got out of bed and headed for the bathroom, stopping to tell Drew "I'll be back" before I headed through the door. My douche bulb was sitting on the counter with its plastic sheath on it. Drew had cleaned it for me and labeled it with my name. I did my business as quickly as I could then looked at myself in the mirror. I brushed my hair back into shape and washed the drool off my right cheek. Then I brushed my teeth. I chuckled at the fact that I was primping like I was going on a date even though I was just heading back to get my ass busted by my roommate.

Drew was lying on the bed when I returned. His erect cock was lying against his hard, hairy abdomen and he had a smile on his face. He put down the phone and said, "Good news! Xav says I can fuck you."

I laughed and teased him, "Do you always need your brother's permission to fuck someone?"

"No, but you do," he reminded me.

His words didn't even bother me this morning. I slid back into bed next to him and let him kiss me. I didn't fight for control. I let him take charge. I'd promised Xav and Drew that I would do as they asked. I hadn't even tried, but now I was going to comply with their wishes and see what happened.

Drew took me in his arms and held me close while he kissed me. Being held by a bigger man usually me feel weak, like the man was trying to dominate me and show me his superiority, but in my dream I hadn't felt that way at when Kyle was holding me. Dream Kyle wasn't belittling me in any way. He was just showing his affection. Drew had always treated me as much like an equal as he could, even though he was the pack leader. He'd given himself to me before even asking me to give myself to him. I let myself enjoy the feeling of his strong arms around me.

"You're a very sexy man, Simon," Drew said. "You're turning me on right now, but you'll have to forgive me if this feels one dimensional. I guess mundanes always have sex like this, but my wolf is lethargic during the new moon, so our spirits won't be very active."

That seemed strange to me. I could feel my wolf spirit stirring inside me. It didn't seem lethargic at all. Drew went back to kissing me and I allowed my mind to call out to my wolf spirit. It seemed pleased with what I was doing. I couldn't talk to it, at least not in words, but I managed to communicate my desires. My wolf seemed to recede into the hazy boundaries of the spirit world. In a few moments it returned, and Drew's wolf spirit was with it.

Drew's kisses became more passionate, and I could feel a tremor of excitement run through his body and his erection pressed harder against me. My vision seemed doubled, like I could see the dorm room and Drew, but I could also see an open field of green where our wolves were playfully nipping one another. My wolf looked in my direction and I felt it nudge me to get my attention, then it rolled over onto its back and presented its underbelly to Drew's wolf. But it wasn't just lying there, it was moving as if to entice the other wolf. I felt another mental shove and I was wholly in the mundane plane again.

I knew what my wolf spirit wanted. I stopped lying passive in Drew's arms. I welcomed him with my body. I used my tongue to rub against his and I wrapped my leg around his. When his hand slid down my back to cup my butt, I relaxed the muscles to invite his fingers to touch my hole.

"You seem different today, Simon, more relaxed, more ... it's like you really want this today, not like you're just doing it because it's expected," Drew said.

"I've decided to give Xav's advice a real chance. I want to see if it will work," I replied.

"Well, it's working for me. You're being so passionate that you woke my wolf up on the new moon. I may get a little aggressive," he said.

"Good. I want to see what that feels like," I admitted. "And if you get a little aggressive, it'll be on me. I'm the one who woke your wolf spirit up."

Drew stopped kissing me and stared at me. He seemed perplexed. "You woke my wolf up?" he asked.

"Yes," I said. "Did I do something wrong?"

Drew was smiling as he shook his head. "You did nothing wrong, Simon. You did something unexpected. I need you to keep your schedule clear tonight. I'm going to send you to Xav's house to spend the night there. He needs to know all about this."

He seemed relieved about something. I had no idea what it could be until he shrugged and said, "I'll just have to give Xav my answer to his offer on another night."

Then he rolled over on top of me and moved between my legs. His kisses grew more energetic as he worked his way down my chest, pausing to tickle my nipples, before continuing down to my groin. His lips felt wonderful. He was being aggressive, but also responding to the signals my body was sending. He must have been because his lips were everywhere my skin cried out for attention.

He kissed my balls and then drew them into his mouth one at a time to suck them. He massaged them gently with his tongue while he sucked hard enough to get my attention. I was running my fingers through his short hair and moaning.

"You have a very attractive cock, Simon, but if I put my mouth on it you're going to cum immediately," he said.

It was true. That's how close I was to cumming.

When his mouth moved down to my ass, I heaved a great sigh an spread my legs farther apart. Something had changed inside me, and I didn't know how it had happened. Before, whenever anyone touched my hole, I started shutting down. It wasn't that I hadn't been fucked before. Back in high school I'd often had to give my ass to a lover before I had a chance at theirs. But it had always made me feel small and weak, less of a man.

When Drew's tongue hit my hole, it was like magic. I was relaxed and open to the feeling, and it didn't disappoint me. It was like a spark ran through me from my anus along my taint and into my cock. I groaned, "Damn that feels amazing Drew! I can't believe that I resisted it for so long!"

"And you taste great, Simon, strong and powerful like an alpha. Your ass isn't like any of the twinkie betas I've tasted. It's more like Zeno's. I swear it wasn't like this last time," he said.

He pulled away and grabbed the lube. He and I both knew that I would cum just from his tongue if he kept licking me there. Then he rubbed my hole with his slippery fingers and slowly teased me open. I felt a moment of fear. This was always the point where I froze up. I felt the familiar tension begin to build, but then my wolf came to my rescue. My vision split once more between the mundane and the spirit world. My wolf didn't seem so small anymore. It was licking Drew's wolf and I was drawn into its aggressive dominance. Drew's wolf was presenting for my wolf, and I could feel myself drawn inside both spirits. They were doing the same thing Drew and I were doing, but in reverse, my wolf topping and Drew's wolf bottoming.

That's when I felt Drew join us in the link. It was almost exactly what I'd experienced with Xav. When Drew entered me, we completed a circuit and spiritual energy flowed through us in both directions. We were like a wheel of spiritual energy spinning and counter spinning at the same time. The physical sensations were amazing, but they were nothing compared to the spiritual coupling we experienced.

Drew and I came at the same time, and our wolves howled their pleasure through the spirit world. For a moment, we were the brightest thing in that realm, brighter than the sun. Other spirits drew near and danced around us in a multitude of concentric circles.

Then we parted and found ourselves back in the mundane world. Drew was atop me and his weight was pushing me down into the mattress. We were both exhausted, yet strangely energized by that experience.

 

Drew

I had no idea what had happened. Nothing like that ever happened to me before. I'd only ever experienced the spirit world when Xav was guiding me while I mediated. But this time I felt like I'd been there for real. It wasn't me. It had to be Simon. I looked down at his handsome face, still too boyish to look like an alpha no matter what I'd said to him earlier. Nonetheless, I was in awe of him right now. He had no training and he'd managed the impossible. Not only had he awakened my wolf from its lethargy, but he'd drawn me into the spirit world and then joined with me to create something I'd never heard of. Now my wolf was energized, not like it was on the full moon, but much like it was during the early days of the waxing moon. I hadn't felt this powerful in weeks. Xav was the only werewolf I knew of who could access his wolf spirit like this on the new moon.

Simon had to run to the bathroom, so I called Xav. It couldn't wait.

"Hey, Drew," Xav said. "I'm surprised to hear from twice this early on the new moon."

"I had to call. I think you need to come to the dorms. You need to examine Simon," I said.

His voice grew quiet and anxious. "What's wrong?" he asked. "Is he alright."

I started laughing quietly and responded, "I think he's more than alright. I think he just woke my wolf and pulled me into the spirit world. And then we did ... something. I can't even think of words to describe it now."

"Is your wolf spirit awake now?" he asked cautiously.

"More than that," I replied. "So is his."

"That shouldn't be possible, Drew, not at this time of the month," he said flatly.

"Even I know that much, Xav. It's why you need to come over," he said.

"I can't. I'm booked until this afternoon. I'll get him at 3:00," he said. "What about you? Have you decided to let me help you out?"

"Simon first, Xav. Trust me on this one," I said.

He wasn't happy. He probably assumed I was trying to put him off. And I was. I loved Xav, but the idea of having sex with him disturbed me. He was the best-looking guy I knew, but he was my brother. I knew that I was probably going to have to say yes. It was only two weeks to the full moon, and I needed to be strong enough to face Cromwell if he showed up. He's probably been building his power by topping all the wolves in his group, alphas, and betas alike. For all I knew, he was hunting and eating human flesh as well. I'd been topping Zeno since he came back to me, but it wasn't the same. I wasn't dominating him by topping him. He gave himself freely without submitting. He didn't know how to submit without submitting like Simon just had. It was fun and ... dammit I was in love with him, but it didn't make me stronger to fuck him.

If I approached the other alphas and told them what I needed, they'd do it. I knew they would, but it still wouldn't be the same. In the old ways, the pack leader would pounce on the others and take what he wanted by force. I couldn't do that. Rape wasn't my thing. The idea sickened me.

I told Simon that Xav was coming to examine him at 3:00 PM so he shouldn't go too far. He was annoyed I hadn't checked with him first because he had a class that didn't let out until 2:30 on Fridays, but he calmed down when I explained how important it was. Or maybe he pretended to calm down. I knew he was heading out to exercise with Kyle.

I wasn't sure how I felt about Simon's relationship with Kyle. To the best of my knowledge, they weren't having sex yet, but from the way they looked at each other, it wouldn't be long. As a rule, skinchangers didn't have relationships outside their tribe. It was too complicated, and their partner didn't have a wolf spirit for their own spirit to play with. But then again, maybe it was guilt I was feeling. After what I'd been compelled to do to Kyle in order to satisfy the pack, mostly the betas but a few of the alphas as well, it disturbed me to think about him.

I had to run to class myself so I could get back and shower. Zeno had asked me to come see him dance tonight, and I intended to take him up on it. And then I was going to spend the night at Wolf House. I had the impression that Zeno wanted to talk to me about something anyway.

 

Simon

I was both energized and exhausted from that hot session with Drew when I went out to meet Kyle. I met him in the hallway this time and my heart jumped into my throat. It was like his shorts got tighter and shorter every time I saw him. He was taller than Drew by a couple of inches and he had more tight muscle than anyone else in our dorm. The only thing that prevented him from being physically perfect were the 20 pounds or so of extra weight he was carrying. But his muscles were getting bigger even as his belly was shrinking, so it still looked good.

I joked about being too tired and having him carry me down to the exercise track, and then he surprised me by picking me up and swinging me onto his back before running down the stairs three at a time. I lay my head against his neck and pretended to snore. I took the opportunity to let my lips brush against the skin of his neck.

I wanted him so bad, and I thought he probably wanted me as well. If he weren't enslaved by the elf, it would be different. Not only was he struggling with his situation, making him too vulnerable for me to take advantage of, but he was under a magical compulsion. I'd ordered him not to follow my orders unless he wanted to do it, but I couldn't really be sure how much he was doing freely and how much he was forced to do by that damned magic chain around his neck.

The first station was right outside Baylor Hall. Since that was our dorm, it didn't take us long to get there. The exercises were various forms of stretches. I couldn't help myself. I kept looking his direction when his eyes were turned away. I didn't even know the names of all the muscles that were displayed prominently on Kyle's arms and legs, but I could see each distinct muscle. They didn't just blur together under the skin like they did on most guys. I felt bad because Kyle kept looking over and catching me stare at him. I hoped he wasn't becoming uncomfortable. I shouldn't have been doing it in the first place since his magical bonds would prevent him from objecting to my attention. It was wrong, but he was the image of my perfect fantasy lover from my high school dreams.

"I'm sorry. I don't mean to stare, Simon. It's just that you look good stretching over there," he said.

I laughed and replied, "We both know that I can't stop staring at you either. That's what caused all the trouble at the beginning of the year."

"NO!" he interjected loudly. "It wasn't you, Simon. Don't blame yourself. I was the one who attacked you, and I shouldn't have. I just wish things were different, so we wouldn't have this thing between us."

"Yeah," I said. "Look all you want, Kyle. It makes me feel good that you like looking at me. And it proves that I was right back at the beginning of the year when I thought you were sneaking peeks at me as well."

I don't remember the specific exercises. I remember watching Kyle's muscles flex when he exercised, and I remembered his strong hands on me helping me when I faltered in my own sets. I knew that we finished the whole loop and found ourselves breathing heavily as we did the same stretches we'd done before.

I couldn't take it anymore. I had to say something, no matter the consequences. "Wait. I can't go on pretending. I don't want anything to upset our friendship, but I do like looking at you. I like you."

I thought I'd upset him or made him experience cognitive dissonance. If he wanted to punch me, but the chain wouldn't let him, what would it do to his mind. He stumbled backward and sat down hard on the stone bench. I ran over and sat next to him.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to upset you. I get it if you don't feel the same way. It's my fault that you're in this impossible situation," I said.

"No, no, no!" he insisted. "Everything is my fault. You were like this precious gift that landed in my lap, and I didn't' value it. I spat on it. Now, I'm not worthy of that gift, Simon. I'm dirty, filthy, damaged. You deserve so much better than me. I can't ... so long as I am enslaved, I'm nothing more than a whore for any man who wants me. I literally can't say no to anyone."

He stopped talking and started sobbing. My heart felt like it was being ripped from my chest. I hated seeing him in pain, but I couldn't loo away. I stood up so I could wrap my arms around him. "Hey, it's okay," I said, hugging him tight. "There's nothing wrong with you. You're the victim here."

"It's not just having no free will, Simon. Even in my sleep, I'm forced to relive the rape. And it's so real that I feel like I'm doing it repeatedly. And I can't stop it, no matter how hard I try," he cried.

I held him as tight as I could until he stopped crying. I hoped I was doing the right thing as I rubbed his back to calm him down. "This is only going to get better if you can sit down with Kieran like you are with me. Tell him the truth and make peace between you so you can both move on with your lives."

He looked at him and said, "Jason would kill me. He already told me that no one would ever find my body. I've been afraid he was going to murder me every day since the rape."

I didn't know Kieran or Jason well. I'd passed them in the hallway and had exchanged hellos, but that was it. Neither of them seemed cruel of homicidal to me. "Maybe he understands that you've been punished enough," I ventured.

He laughed nervously and replied, "Have you seen how protective he is of Kieran?"

That I had seen. He didn't let Kieran go anywhere without a protector, not to class, not to lunch, not even to visit friends. Darren and Meghan both took turns keeping others away from him. I knew that they both liked him. Darren had been smitten with him until he found Benjy. Maybe he still was in love with him in some ways, but it wasn't like that with Meghan. She wasn't attracted to twinks, no matter how cute they were. She called Kieran "princess". At first it had seemed like she was mocking him, but now I knew that it was her pet name for him.

I remembered her once saying, "He a sweet thing, but super fucking needy. He reminds me why I don't want children, unless I can find myself a manly man who wants to do all the work of taking care of them."

"Let me handle it, okay. I'm going to make sure that you can sit down with Kieran and talk without fear. I'll get Darren to help me if I must," I insisted.

I had no idea how I was going to do that. Darren hated Kyle. He'd never forgiven him for what he'd done to Kieran, even though I'd heard through the rumor mill that he had tried something himself the day before. The word was that Drew had been so angry with him that the two of them had almost come to blows. And that was strange because Drew and Darren normally got along so well.

Kyle excused himself saying that he had to get to his study group, so I went to my room to get some homework done and to take a nap. When I woke up, I glanced out the window to see Kieran walking toward the door without an escort. I ran over to Kyle's room and knocked on the door. It took him a while to answer, but I was persistent. He peered around the door cautiously. I knew that he wasn't allowed to wear clothes in his room. He'd already told me.

"I just saw Kieran walking toward the dorm. Give me ten minutes from now. That should be long enough for him to get on this floor and for me to get him in my room. Then come over to talk to him," I said.

"I don't know if I should," he replied.

"I need you to do this, Kyle. I'll talk to Jason and tell him that I made you do it. It'll be okay," I assured him.

He looked unsure as he said, "You could do it you know; you could order me."

I shook my head and replied, "That would be the coward's way, Kyle, and I don't think you're a coward. I have too much respect for you to make you do things against your will. You're afraid that you'll be embarrassed, but that's okay. You wouldn't be you if you weren't ashamed of what you did. Just be honest."

He sighed and said, "Okay. I'll do it."

I walked down to the lobby and got there just before Kieran came in. He was looking around nervously, like he was anxious about something. Was he always that afraid, or had Jason made him afraid with his overprotecting? I noticed that he looked young, too young to even be in college. I could have sworn that he was taller than me by a few inches, but I must have been wrong. He was about four inches shorter than me.

I could see why alpha guys swarmed all over him. His red-gold hair hung in curls to his shoulders, and his skin was pale like cream without a blemish or a freckle to be seen. His features were beautiful, with his pouty red lips and deep sapphire eyes. His shorts were almost as small of Kyles, showing off his long, hairless legs. He looked like a pretty doll. He was obviously a boy, but there was something sensually ambiguous about the way he moved. He was gorgeous, but he wasn't my type. In my mind, I appreciated his beauty, but he was smaller than me and his body, although tight and lithe, had too little muscle. He and his friend Alonzo could be matching little statues, one white and one light brown.

I walked up the stair behind him and put a hand on his shoulder. "Kieran, I've been meaning to come talk to you. Do you think you can stop by my room for a few minutes?"

"Sure," he replied a little nervously.

I gestured for him to take one of the desk chairs and I took the other. I had to take a couple of breaths before I could speak to him. Finally, I said, "I want to ask you something big, something you may be reluctant to do. Hell, I'm reluctant even to ask, and Jason may kill me just for suggesting it."

He looked at me with a face that betrayed some inner turmoil. He looked like he may be ready to throw up. He was sweating and he was slowly shaking his head "no". Somehow, he knew what I was going to ask of him.

"Please, Kieran, just talk with him. I'll be here and I can control him if I must, but I won't have to," I promised.

"Why?" he cried, his eyes open wide, and his pupils dilated. "Why do you want me to talk to him?"

This kid was on the edge of a full-blown panic attack. I stood up and wrapped my arms around him. "You two need to talk. You're in his nightmares and he doesn't know how to get you out," I said.

He started breathing fast and shallow, like he was hyperventilating. He yelled, "His nightmares! He's the one raping me! He does it repeatedly! I can't get away from him!"

"Raping you is his nightmare," I pleaded. "It's been his nightmare for two weeks, but now you're in it somehow and that's making it real for him and for you."

I hugged him tighter and stroked his curly hair. "Will you please talk to him? He can't hurt you," I said.

He was almost crying when he whispered, "Okay, I'll do it, but it's not going to be easy for me."

I heard Kyle knocking on the door and I said, "Stay seated. I'll get that. Don't move."

Kyle came in looking nervous and Kieran almost fainted. He drew his knees up on the chair and wrapped his arms around them like he was trying to turn into a small ball. I felt sick to my stomach to be causing him this much distress, but deep down I knew that I didn't have a choice.

"I don't know if I can do this, Simon," he whispered so low that I could barely hear him.

I felt like a bully the way I was pushing this kid, but we would never get another chance like this. I led Kyle over to the bed and said, "Come here, Kyle. Come sit on this bed so you two can talk."

There was silence in the room for a few moments until I said, "Silence is golden, but you two aren't going to solve anything if you don't talk. Kyle, start by telling Simon what you've been wanting to say."

Kyle looked over at the boy. He looked as pale as Kieran did. He breathed deeply and said, "I'm sorry, Kieran. I ... I didn't ... I wasn't ... Fuck it! I'm not going to make any excuses. I was a horrible piece of shit. I never should have put my hands on you, and ..."

Then he broke down into tears and I had to kneel on the bed so I could put my arms around him. He was sobbing, "I don't deserve it, Kieran. All I deserve is your hatred, but maybe one day you'll be able to forgive me. I'm not that person anymore. That person was full of hate and I'm not like that anymore. I promise. I'm ... I accept who I am now. I'm gay and ... I couldn't accept it before. I hated myself and it made me hate others who didn't hate themselves like I did. I ..."

Kieran drew further back, but then he seemed to steel himself and take a deep breath. "I don't know if I can forgive you right now, but I'm not curling up into a ball of anxiety and that's a good sign. I need to ... I need to know more, but I don't trust your words. Can I ...?" he said, climbing off the chair and tentatively stretching out his hand.

The redhead was being brave. It was clear to me that he was on the verge of doing just that. Any second, he could collapse into a ball on the floor. He put his hand near Kyle but didn't touch him. He scrunched up his face and then took a deep breath and said, "I can't see what I need to see, unless I can touch you."

Kyle reached out a hand, but Kieran jumped back and shook his head vigorously. "No! I can't have you touch me right now. It must be me touching you and your hands have to be away from me."

Kyle put his hands behind his back and stretched out his foot, but that didn't seem to work for Kieran. The boy moved onto the bed and knelt next to Kyle, reaching out to touch him on the forehead. He paused and said, "If he touches me, Simon, I'll have a panic attack. I'm counting on you."

Kieran touched Kyle's forehead with one hand and his throat with another. They remained still like that for several minutes. Both guys looked like they were in distress, but they never called out. Suddenly Kieran slumped back, and Kyle reached out to grab him. I went to stop him. I didn't want to do it, but I'd promised Kieran that Simon wouldn't touch him. I had just started to issue a command, "Simon says ..." when Kieran touched my throat, and I went mute. My wolf spirit was leaping and jumping inside me, trying to get out and rip the small redhead apart.

Kieran said, "It's okay. You'll be able to talk in a minute or so, but ... I don't want to ruin this moment."

Then he turned to Kyle and said, "I'm sorry for forcing myself inside your hidden thoughts, Kyle. I was caught up in the moment and couldn't bring myself to stop."

Kyle looked nervously over at me, like he didn't know what to do, but then he turned back to Kieran and said, "It's okay, Kieran. We shared something deep there. I've never felt like that before with anyone. It was like our minds were one for a moment. And I don't think I'll ever be the same."

"There's an external force restraining your mind and your energy body," Kieran said. "I'd almost been able to touch it, and I know that I could remove it if I could just grasp it."

"Don't!" Kyle exclaimed. "I don't know what he'd do then. I can't risk it."

Kyle kissed Kieran's forehead and then drew back in alarm, unhanding him. "I'm sorry," he said. "Given my record, I shouldn't even be touching you, even if you did touch me first."

Kieran stood up and got off the bed, saying, "It's alright, Kyle. You aren't threatening me anymore. I forgive you."

As he was leaving he said, "I mean that Kyle. I forgive you. You aren't the same person you were when you attacked me. I see that now."

I was confused, but my voice was returning. Kieran looked different. The anxiety that had been written all over his face was gone. I had no idea what had happened to cause such a change. Was Kieran a mage? I'd been led to believe that he was mundane.

"See. I told you it would help you both if you talked," I said with a hint of a smile on my face.

"Yeah. You were right. Now I just have to hope that Jason doesn't kill me for hugging his boyfriend and Darren doesn't kill me because I dared to be in the same room with the boy," Kyle replied with a grin.

The he hugged me tight and said, "Thank you, seriously. I would never have had the courage to do it on my own."

I had to run to my class, so we said our goodbyes. I still had no idea what had happened between Kyle and Kieran. If it was magic, it was like nothing I'd seen before. Mom Tina always had to wave a wand and say magic words to do anything, but Kieran had somehow used power without an implement or words. It violated all the rules I'd learned as a child.

 

Chase

Everyone was whispering and staring at me when I came in for breakfast. Aidan had his arm possessively around my shoulders. I'd already sucked his cock and drank his morning piss while we were in bed. That meant that I had to brush my teeth before breakfast. Then Aidan had popped an Altoid in my mouth. I carried both our plates when we went through the line and Aidan filled them. He made sure I had plenty of protein, but he wouldn't let me have one of the cinnamon rolls.

"Too many carbs will make you fat, and I like you skinny," he said.

I noticed that he didn't eat a lot of carbs either, but he took a lot more eggs and bacon than he'd given me. Once we were seated, I went to get him a cup of coffee. I wanted to get one for myself, but I didn't like it without milk and sugar. I didn't want Aidan to get mad at me, so I skipped the coffee and took a V8 instead. I liked V8 and I thought it had to be healthier than orange juice.

I was sandwiched between Aidan and his friend Ira. I kept hoping Aidan would say something to Ira about him touching me. He saw it, but he didn't say anything. Ira's hand kept running up my thigh. I was wearing shorts, which I hated but Aidan liked, and his hand felt good on my bare legs even though I didn't want him touching me. Aidan had made me remove all my body hair and Ira's rough palm was sending signals directly to my dick.

Ira lifted my shirt and ran a hand up my side, then he looked at Aidan and said, "He's too thin, Aidan. I can feel his ribs."

"I like him skinny, so it doesn't really matter what you think," Aidan replied. "What I don't like is you touching my boy without my permission. It's a challenge and it makes me look weak."

Ira pulled his hand away and said, "Sorry Aidan. I'm not challenging you."

"Then don't let everyone else think you are," Aidan snarled. "I can't let that go. Report to my room today before dinner, so I can remind you who's the boss."

"Yes sir," Ira mumbled.

And just like that, I felt sorry for Ira. He was Aidan's friend, but it was easy to see who was in charge in their friendship. But I didn't remain subdued for long. Soon he was talking about an upcoming game they were planning on watching and begging Aidan for a ride onto campus on the back of his motorcycle.

"I'll take you in, but you'll have to ride back with Stella – or take the bus. I'm coming straight back here after my class so I can take my bitch here out for a ride," Aidan said, hugging me tight.

The idea of riding behind Aidan on his motorcycle sounded great to me, not that Aidan had asked. It was becoming obvious that Aidan felt entitled to make decisions for the both of us. I didn't really mind, but I did wonder where we would be going and what we would be doing.

After breakfast, I cleaned up my dishes and Aidan's. I was just starting to take them to the dish bins to be washed when Aiden said, "Don't forget Ira's dishes. You're the bottom bitch now."

My ears turned red from embarrassment, but I turned back to collect Ira's dirty dishes. He smirked at me the whole time and licked his lips. As I walked away, I heard him telling Aidan, "Cute ass on that boy. You're lucky to have gotten to him."

"Luck had nothing to do with it," Aidan said. "He wanted me, and I wanted him. I just made it happen."

When I got to the table by the kitchen and started separating flatware, plates and cups into different bins, Sammy came up to me and put one muscular hand on my shoulder and said, "Are you okay, Chase? If Aidan is forcing you to do anything, I'll put an end to it."

"I'm fine," I said, but then I was interrupted by Stella, another of Aidan's close friends. She had short black hair and severe features.

"Nothing you can do, Sammy," she sneered. "Aidan claimed him in front of the pack and his claim was accepted by the leader. You'd have to fight Aidan and Zeno if you want to interfere."

Sammy narrowed his eyes at her and said, "I could challenge Aidan for possession of Chase."

"Go ahead and try it if you think you can beat Aidan in a fight. You're bigger than him, but my money would be on Aidan," she laughed sarcastically.

"I could take him," Sammy answered hotly.

"In your dreams. And then what would you do when Aidan insisted you show your intentions by mounting the boy in front of the pack? Is that what you want?" She sneered.

"Stop it!" I said. "Don't I get a say? You two are talking about me like I wasn't even here."

Stella put her hand on my cheek and said, "Honey your chance to have your say was before you acknowledged Aidan as your owner. Now you're his until someone else takes you away from him or he lets you go."

Her honeyed words were mean, and she meant for them to demean me, but Sammy's face showed nothing but real concern. He put his hand on my arm and he asked, "What do you want, Chase?"

I inhaled then sighed, "I want to be with Aidan. I know you don't understand it, but he makes me feel good."

"He bosses you around all the time and treats you like his property," Sammy said gently.

"Maybe he likes being Aidan's bitch," Stella sneered.

Sammy turned on her like he was going to let her have it, but I said, "Stop fighting over me! I do like it when Aidan takes charge and tells me to do things. I ... maybe it's weird to you, but it's what I want. Sorry if it bothers you, but my parents are dead, and I have no one. It's time I get to decide what I want for myself, and I want to be with Aidan, even if it means being his bitch."

I said the last word as a whisper, then I swallowed my anger and walked back to Aidan. He pulled me into a tight hug. One of his hands held my shoulders and the other slid under my shorts to rub my butt. He was reinforcing his ownership of me. He didn't care who was watching, and right then I didn't either.

"Thank you, sir, for making Ira stop touching me," I said. "I didn't like it."

Aiden kissed my neck and then bit down hard enough to bruise the skin. My dick swelled, but my jock made it a little less obscene. Then he licked my ear and said, "I made him stop touching you without my permission. I didn't ask whether you liked it. You're my bitch now, and I'll let him touch you when I feel like it. Get used to it, Chase. You're the bottom bitch in my circle and when my friends please me I may reward them by letting them have you. Do you like the idea of me sharing you with my friends, bitch?"

"No sir," I said.

But Aiden didn't believe me. He grabbed my hard dick and twisted it in his strong fist. "Don't lie to me bitch. Your mouth says "no" but your hard little dick says, `yes master; whatever you want master'. It's time for your mouth to say what your body is saying."

When I didn't respond immediately, he squeezed harder until I gasped, "Yes master; whatever you want master."

Aiden let go of my dick and rubbed it through the double layers of shorts and jock. He wasn't wrong. The idea of him sharing me did get me excited. He knew all my buttons, even the ones I didn't know I had. Right now, despite the lethargy I felt from the new moon, all I wanted was for him to throw me down on the dining room table and take me in front of the breakfast stragglers.

"Let that be your mantra, Chase. `Yes master; whatever you say master'. If you can remember that rule, you're going to have a great year. And if you forget it, I'll have to slap you around until you do remember. I asked you whether you wanted to be my bitch and you said `yes'. Now you're mine."

 

The events of Friday will continue in The Pack chapter 10 in two weeks.

 

College Magic Cycle Characters

Faerie

·         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.

·         Bernice Hartman. A 21-year-old junior mage 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.

·         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.

·         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 were-wolves.

·         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 freshman 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.

·         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 come here.

·         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 Flex Zone. 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.