Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 19:07:06 -0700 (PDT)
From: Todd Carlos <toddstop@yahoo.com>
Subject: Free Wolf - Chapter 5

	I woke up shivering.  The air had turned cold and I was wrapped all
around Kyle, stealing his body heat.  I pressed my face to his hairy, broad
chest and inhaled.  He smelled so good, and it came to me that something
was different.  He smelled too good.
	He still had that spicy-desert-night smell, but there was a new
underlying scent.  It was like wind soughing through the grasses of some
high cold meadow, earthy and clean.  It was my scent.  I moved my nose
closer to his armpit and inhaled.  The smells complemented each other,
ultra- masculine.  It was the reverse of my own new scent.  It made my cock
hard as rock, like an aphrodisiac despite the cold air.
	I gently pulled away from Kyle's embrace and left him sleeping.  I
pulled the other sleeping bag over him and went to the tent opening.  It
was still very early, the sun not even risen.  We'd left our clothes and
stuff in the truck and I planned to make a dash for it.  I unzipped the
flap and stepped out to look at the clearing.  There were seven tents set
up in a loose circle, plenty of space between them.
	At one end were the remains of a campfire I'd barely noticed the
night before.  John was standing there laying in wood for a new fire.  He
saw me at the same time I'd noticed him.  He glanced at my stiff dick and
up to my face, he shook his head back and forth as he gave me a little
wave.  I took off for Kyle's truck.  I grabbed our bags and ran back to the
tent, waving at John again with a big smile on my face.
	I entered the tent and searched my bag for the lube we'd packed.  I
found it and set it near the pillows.  My hormones were raging, the smell
of Kyle inside the small tent making my dick leak.  I crawled between the
sleeping bags and positioned my body over Kyle's.  I forced his legs open
for me and cradled my crotch into his.  I kissed his lips softly to rouse
him.
	"Wake up, Kyle.  I'm hungry."  A growl escaped my lips on the last
word.  His eyes fluttered open, confusion plain in them.
	"Huh?  What time is it?"  He kissed me, my lips so close to his and
I squirmed over him.  I pushed my cock into his stomach, grunting and
purring.
	"Hungry for what, baby?"  He started smiling.
	"Get a whiff of yourself, Kyle.  You smell so good, it's making me
so fucking hard."  I leaned forward and forced my tongue past his lips,
into his mouth.  My dick was aching so bad, I was afraid I would come so I
pulled away from him slightly.  He took the space to sniff at himself, his
eyes widening.
	"It worked.  Mmm, I smell good.  You like that, baby?"
	"Kyle, I've gotta fuck you."
	"Shh, Tony.  Everyone will hear us, we can't."  He gave me a soft
kiss before speaking again, "We're surrounded by more than a dozen
werewolves with supernatural hearing.  Let's go out to the woods."
	"Kyle."  I moaned out his name, trying to keep it low.  I was so
frustrated and aroused I thought I might die.  The urge to fuck him felt
primal and beyond necessary.  I thought I might burst from the need.  Then
inspiration struck, thank God I knew my man and what he liked.
	"Come on, Kyle.  We'll keep it down, I promise.  You can bite the
pillow."  I smiled down at him.
	"No, baby.  Let's go outside and find a nice spot."
	"It's cold outside.  You don't want me to fuck you again."
	"That's not it, baby, I swear.  I want it again, but I am kind of
sore..."  He looked up at me, gauging my reaction.  But I had a plan.  I
leaned close to his ear and ran my tongue over it, before whispering.
	"Please, Kyle.  I'm so fucking hot for you, I have to be inside
you.  Please?  I'll make it up to you, really, I'll make you the happiest
man alive."  I pulled up to lick at his smiling lips.
	"Yeah?"
	"Oh yeah.  You know I love your big cock."  I rolled my hips
against his as I spoke, rubbing my hard cock against his waking dick.
"Just let me fuck, and tonight we can switch places.  Tonight, I want you
to fuck my pussy.  I want you to pound me until I come.  I want you to make
me beg for that huge cock.  I want it deep and hard."  Kyle's cock was now
full and hot along mine.  He'd brought his legs up, pulling them wider for
me, although I didn't think he'd realized it.
	"Please, Kyle?  Roll over for me, I'll make you come." I rose up
onto my knees, using my hands to urge him over while keeping up the dirty
talk.  "I want you to fuck me all night long, leave my cunt sore and
dripping with your come."
	I got in position behind him.  I looked down at my cock, so red and
full that the skin was shiny.  I knew I was making promises I'd have to
keep but I wanted to keep them.  First, I had to get inside Kyle's ass.  I
grabbed the lube and poured some down the crease of his ass.  I rubbed my
fingers in the slick, right over his opening.  I pushed one finger into
him, trying to be gentle.  He moaned and I forced in another.
	"You'll fuck me so good.  I love when you're so deep inside me.
Never seen a cock so big, you'll split me open.  I'll scream so loud,
everyone will hear and know that I'm yours."  I twisted the fingers, making
him stretch.  He groaned and pushed his ass back at me.  I reached for the
lube again and drizzled it over my dick.
	"Take me, now, Kyle."  I pulled his hips up until he was on his
knees and pushed my cock in.  I couldn't wait for him to get accustomed to
my big dick.  I pulled out all the way and thrust fully back into him.  He
whimpered, keeping the sound muffled in the pillow.
	"Fuck, Kyle.  It's so good, so tight."  I pulled out and forced my
way back in some more, enjoying his tight heat.  Finally he pushed back to
meet my hips and moaned, he was getting into it.  I dropped down over him,
both of us moaning at the new angle.  I started fucking him for real, deep
strokes, varying my pace.  I lapped at the skin of his shoulders and neck,
up into his hair.  I had him whimpering and moaning.
	I straightened up and held still, keeping him fully impaled.  "Fuck
yourself on my cock, Kyle."  He rose onto his hands and thrust his hips
back at me, tentatively.  Another whimper escaped his lips, barely audible.
He started hammering his ass back onto my dick, arching his back to get the
position just right.
	"Yeah, show me how much you love it, Kyle."  I grabbed his hips,
digging my fingers into the soft skin over his bones.  "Fuck, Kyle."  I
slammed into him, uncaring of the loud smacks as our flesh connected.  I
set the pace again, building to a faster and faster rhythm.  I gripped him
tighter, pulling his body back to meet each of my hard plunges.
	"Come for me, Kyle."  He growled loudly, turning it into a whimper
as I felt his hole contracting around my cock.  I fucked him harder and he
cried out.  The squeezing grip on my dick pushed me over the edge and I
spilled my come into him, crying out myself.
	I panted over him for a moment and then rolled us both onto our
sides.  I kept him on my dick and pulled him tighter against my front.  I
moved us out of the puddle of come he'd left on the sleeping bag and pulled
the other over us.  I kissed his shoulder and wrapped him in my arms before
passing out.

	When I woke again the sky was considerably brighter.  I rolled over
wondering where Kyle was.  I vaguely remembered him pulling away from me
and soothing me back to sleep at some point.  I heard laughing and playful
cries coming from outside the tent.  Seemed that the pack was in a good
mood.
	I pulled some of Kyle's clothes out of his bag, hoping to surprise
him with this little fetish of ours.  I found some small, tight running
shorts.  They had a lining sewn into them, like underwear, and I pulled
them on, enjoying the way they cupped my dick and balls.  They didn't cover
as much as my boxers would have and I felt my cock twitching at the thought
of Kyle admiring me in them.  I slid on some sandals and went out to find
my wolf.
	I emerged smiling, scanning for Kyle.  Everyone went quite and they
were watching me.  I found Kyle by the fire and he waved me over.  John and
Brady were there watching Kyle cook breakfast.  I caught him scanning my
body, lingering over my crotch.  When he finally reached my eyes I gave him
a knowing smirk and I saw some light color creep into his cheeks.
	"Hey, it's Tony, the whammy man."  Brady called out as I got
closer.
	He stood up to bump knuckles with me.  "Huh?"  I smiled in
confusion at the three friends.
	"Jeesh, Tony.  I don't know what you did to us, but it was awesome!
You can put the whammy on me anytime.  Mike and Tim might be a little
pissed, but that's what they get for bunking together."
	"What are you talking about, Brady?  Kyle, I don't get it."  I
looked back and forth between them, uncomprehending.
	Kyle growled out, "Shut up, Brady."  He turned to me and smiled.
He shoveled up a plate of home-fries and eggs from the pan on the fire and
handed it to me.
	"Have something to eat and we'll go talk, baby."
	I nodded as John handed me a fork, a big smile plastered on his
face.  Kyle took my hand and led me over to the vehicles.  He let down the
tailgate of his truck and we both hopped up onto it.  I gladly dug into the
food, starving.  I could tell with the first bite that Kyle had made it.
	"Good, Tony?"  I was humming and purring.  "Glad you like it.  I
have to tell you something.  First, let me just say that it's no big deal."
I'd slowed down chewing and nodded at him.  He'd brought a cup of coffee
and he handed it to me.
	"This morning was fucking perfect."  He leaned closer to murmur, "I
hope you meant what you said about tonight, too."  I nodded and took a sip
of coffee to clear my throat so I could tell him but he started talking
again before I could.
	"No one knows why werewolves form into packs, we assume it's
instinct, like wolves in the wild.  We form intense bonds with our pack
members, sometimes stronger than our family bonds.  Look at John and Brady,
they followed me to another state when we were little more than pups.  We
don't know if the pack thing is metaphysical, linked to the magic that
makes us wolves, or if it's biological, like pheromones or something.  But
we are intrinsically connected in some way to the other members of our
pack.
	"This morning, when you made love to me, we roused something in the
rest of the pack.  I should say that we aroused them, I guess."  He
chuckled and rubbed a hand across my cheek, stroking his thumb over my
cheekbone.  "Everyone had the urge to mate, I mean, like it was necessary.
We might not have even noticed it, but John was up and he says he
practically attacked Sarah after he saw you run to the truck in all your
considerable glory."  He laughed and took the half eaten plate of food from
me to set beside him.
	"No one knows what happened with Mike and Tim.  They must have been
affected too.  I know they're straight but something must have happened,
`cause they won't even look each other in the eye."  He grinned over at me,
watching me from beneath his dark eyelashes.  I could feel myself turning
red.
	"We'll just have to be a little more careful in the future, Tony.
No one got hurt, but I don't know what might happen next time.  Usually one
couple can't affect the whole group like that, maybe because I'm the
Alpha...  I don't know, maybe it's connected to how we can speak to one
another in our animal form, or maybe it's because you mated to me last
night.  Who knows?  We'll just make sure to put some distance between us
and the rest of them next time.  At least, until we get a handle on this."
I nodded and turned to look out at our pack.
	They were all running around, laughing.  Some were holding hands
and some were chasing each other.  I saw Susan come out of her tent and
Brady racing over to her, she took off for the woods and he gave chase.
She was giggling and flipping her long blond hair, he was howling and
trying to grab her ass.
	"I guess whatever it is, it's still lingering, huh?"  I looked at
Kyle and he nodded, grinning wide.
	"Let's go help them burn off some energy."  He pointed to the moon,
still visible, low in the southeast sky.  He took my hand and pulled me off
the truck.
	"I remember smelling water last night.  There must be a lake or
something over there."  He waved towards the west.  He turned toward the
clearing and whistled, loud enough to hurt.  Everyone stopped and turned to
watch as Kyle flung off his clothes and changed.  They began following
suit, one by one.  I tugged off the shorts, throwing them into the bed of
the truck, and let myself shift.
	Kyle took off and I followed him, along with the rest of the pack.
We ran for miles, dashing between trees and jumping over fallen trunks, the
wolves howling and barking.  Kyle stopped every so often to scent the air
then we'd be on our way again.  Finally we found the lake set in a valley
between two low mountains.
	We all ran for the lake, not slowing down, and jumped in.  The
water was super cold but invigorating.  I paddled out a ways and turned to
head back in.  I watched all the wolves playing in the shallow water like
puppies.  I ducked under the water and came up human.  I swam into the
shallows, looking for Kyle.
	I found him wrestling with another wolf over a stick.  I called his
name and he trotted over to me.  His wolf looked so much bigger when I was
in human form, bigger than any dog I'd ever seen.  I put my hand out for
him to smell me and he pushed his big head into my palm.  I knelt down and
scratched behind his ears while he licked my face.
	[You taste good.  Oh yeah, right there.]  I was surprised to hear
his voice in my head, but I didn't stop scratching and petting.  His right
hind leg started thumping against the ground when I scratched harder where
he'd said, like he couldn't stop it.  I started laughing, falling onto the
ground.  He came over and put his forepaws on my chest, pinning me, and
growled.  I laughed even harder, couldn't stop laughing.
	When I calmed down some he grinned down at me.  He licked my face a
couple times, purposely licking over my lips.
	"Yuck, dog slobber."  I pushed my arms into his chest, forcing him
off me.  "Gross, Kyle.  Turn, I want to swim."  He changed, laughing even
as his human form fully emerged.
	"You don't mind it when I look like this.  I was just giving you a
kiss, baby."  He started laughing again.
	"Sure, sure.  You can keep your doggy kisses, fucker."  I sprang
up, pushing my shoulder into his stomach and grabbing him by the back of
the thighs, I stood up.  I carried him toward the lake.  He slapped my ass,
protesting to be put down, so I threw him into the water.  He came up
sputtering, "Fuck, it's cold."
       I jumped out to meet him and keep him in the water then took his
hand to drag him out deeper.  We swam out toward the middle of the lake,
keeping pace with one another.  Before too long Kyle slowed and turned onto
his back.  I did the same and we lay there floating with our fingers
linked.  He turned to me and without warning pushed me under.  It was my
turn to come up sputtering water.
	"That's what you get.  Fair play, baby."  He pulled me to him and
wrapped my legs around his waist.  We both were treading water with our
arms, gazes locked.  I felt his cock growing against my thigh.  He turned
to look over his shoulder.
	"Think they can see us?"  He turned back to me, grinning, that sexy
little thing he did where just the corners of his lips curled up.
	"I think we're pretty far away.  You have something in mind, pup?"
He growled and nodded to the closer shore.  I used my legs to pull him
under, letting him go quick I took off for the shore.  He tried to grab my
ankles but just missed me and a second later I heard him cutting into the
water behind me.  I pushed myself and made it to the shore a full minute
before he did.
	He came out of the water dripping, his tan line drew my eyes to his
dick.  It had lost some of its rigidity, but it was still swollen and
pointing out from his incredible body.  As he approached me, laughing, I
got up on my knees and swallowed his wet cock.
	"Aghh, no fair, baby.  I was going to throw you back in.  Shit,
you're throat feels so warm after that water."  I held him in my mouth and
throat, feeling him grow hard inside me.  I swallowed against the head and
he groaned.  He held my head and thrust gently into my mouth a couple times
before groaning and pulling out.
	"They can see us, Tony.  Let's go up in the trees."  He pulled me
up and guided me towards the trees with a hand on my shoulder.  He guided
me to the wide trunk of a big, old tree and pushed me against it.  I threw
my hands out to catch myself against the bark and Kyle stepped in close
behind me.  He put one hand on my shoulder, holding me bent toward the
tree, and put his other hand on my hip.  He ran his thumb in circles over
the skin at the top of my ass.  He pressed his cock up to me, rubbing it
between my ass cheeks.  He used his feet to kick my legs farther apart,
opening me up.
	"How about a taste of what's to come?"  I moaned and pushed my ass
back.  I wanted him to fuck me, and realized that I missed his big dick
inside of me.  I expected, wanted him to take me hard and fast.  I wanted
him to be brutal, feral and shove his cock into me.  I let out a begging,
slutty little whimper.  I was surprised when he pulled away and suddenly I
felt the whiskers on his chin scraping along the cleft of my ass.  He used
his hands to pull my ass open and drove his tongue into me.
	"Oh, K-Kyle. Fuck me."  I was gasping and stuttering.  He spit onto
my hole and used his tongue to press the saliva into me.  My dick went hard
as a rock.  "Now, Kyle.  I need you now."
	He stood up, I heard him spit a couple times, and suddenly his cock
was pushing up into me.  I met the pressure, pushing out with my inner
muscles, and helped him impale me.  He immediately started hammering his
cock into me making my ass burn with the friction.  We were both grunting
and groaning, gasping and unable to speak as he worked his cock in and out
of me.  He was gripping my hips with both hands, I knew I'd have bruises
bracketing my pelvis, while he assaulted my ass.
	He pulled me up onto my toes, suspending me on his dick.  He gave
me three thrusts, going so deep, and I started screaming with the force of
my orgasm.  He followed right behind me, fucking into me hard, and I felt
his hot come spurting inside me as he howled.
	He pulled me up to lean back against him.  I let my head fall back
onto his shoulder as he shuddered, still pumping into me.  We caught our
breath for a moment then he pulled his dick slowly from inside me, letting
some of his come leak out and run down the insides of my thighs.  He turned
me around and gave me a searing kiss, crushing my lips against my teeth.
He ran one hand up into my hair as I cradled his shoulders.
	"God, baby.  It just gets better and better."  He cupped my ass
with his other hand, pushing his middle finger just inside my come-slick
hole.  "Think that'll hold us until tonight?"  I nodded before laying my
head on his shoulder and licking the salty sweat there.
	"We should be heading back, before they start worrying.  You gonna
make it?"
	"Yeah, let's go, love."  I straightened up and took his hand to
walk back to the lake.
	We walked into the water and it helped cool down my overheated
body.  The water refreshing us, we swam for the distant shore.  The rest of
the pack had shifted back and most of them were lying in the sun, some of
them still splashing in the water.  As we got closer Brady and Susan got up
to meet us at the shore.
	Brady saw the handprints at my hips, just starting to turn a deeper
color, and shook his head, grinning.  Susan saw him and swatted at his arm.
	"Ow, honey.  Domestic violence."  She leaned up to kiss him on the
cheek and he wrapped an arm around her.  Then he leveled a serious look at
Kyle and said, "Chicken-fight."  Susan laughed as he dragged her out into
the water and ducked to put his head between her legs.  He lifter her
easily and turned toward us.  I shrugged at Kyle and he smiled.
	"We can take `em, baby."  He pulled me out into deeper water and
ducked down to lift me onto his shoulders.  We took a second to get our
balance then squared off against the other couple.  Kyle and Brady
approached each other and when we got close enough Susan and I reached to
grapple.
	We couldn't quite get the advantage, Susan was stronger than she
looked, and the match went on for minutes.  I'd lost my modesty pretty
quick around the wolves, I didn't even really notice how everyone was naked
anymore.  But as I was going to grab Susan's arm I accidentally palmed her
breast and froze.  I was just opening my mouth to apologize and she took
advantage of the moment.  She leaned forward and pushed me back hard.  As I
started to tip back Kyle reached up to grab my waist.  My arms were
whirling, trying to get my balance back.  Our center of gravity shifted and
out of panic I grabbed Kyle's wrists.  We both fell back into the water.
	As we came up Susan was pumping her fists in the air and the whole
pack was clapping.  Brady was laughing uncontrollably.  He must have
stepped on a mossy patch of the lake bottom because suddenly they both went
down, then everyone was laughing.  Kyle took my hand and led me back to
shore, still chuckling.
	"Sorry, Kyle.  Her girl-parts distracted me."
	"I've got some boy parts that'll distract you."  He gave me his
sexy grin and I leaned into him, laughing.
	"We're saving that for tonight, pup."  Susan and Brady were close
behind us, closer than I thought.
	"Gross, guys.  God, keep that to yourselves."  I heard Susan
chuckling and I turned back to give her a wink as Brady went on, "Hey
what'd he call you, Kyle?"
	"Let it go, Brady."
	"Kyle, I could've sworn I heard Tony call you..."  Brady's voice
was booming out over the water as Kyle spun around and put a hand over his
mouth.
	"Don't say it, Brady, or I will have to kill you."  Me and Susan
looked at each other and started laughing all over again.  I couldn't stop
and every time I looked at Susan it just started over again.  I think I
might have heard her try to wheeze out the word `pup' and a whole new fit
of laughter came over us.  Kyle and Brady looked at each other like we were
crazy, which only made us laugh harder as we leaned against one another.
	They shrugged and Brady lifted Susan up in his arms.  Kyle slung me
over his shoulder and they carried us up onto shore.  Kyle smacked my ass
hard and I finally started to sober up.  He set me down and I lay back on
the sand, trying to catch my breath.  It was getting to be late afternoon
and Kyle whistled.
	"Okay, everyone.  Let's head back and get a snack.  Is everyone
here?"  We did a quick head count to verify there weren't any pack members
missing.  Kyle took the lead and shifted.  The rest of us shifted, facing
Kyle.  I let out a roar, making a couple of the wolves cringe, and shook
the sand out of my coat.  Kyle turned around and soon we were all racing
back to camp.
	Kyle and I got back first.  We shifted back and went to get our
clothes.  I found the running shorts and pulled them on.  I reached a hand
into the pouch to settle my parts.  Kyle had been watching me and he walked
up to me, taking my hand in his.  He brought my fingers up to his nose and
sniffed at them.
	"Mmm," he growled.  "You smell good, Tony."  He licked between my
fingers.  "Those shorts are indecent, baby."
	"They're your shorts, pup.  And stop getting me hot.  What happened
to waiting for tonight?"  He let my hand go and leaned into the truck bed
to find his clothes, chuckling.  He pulled out my cargo shorts and put them
on.  As he leaned over, the light played over his back.  I froze in shock.
	At first I thought the light had been playing over the muscles in
his back as he stretched, but I realized it wasn't an optic illusion.  Kyle
had stripes on his back, tiger stripes.  They were barely discernable, only
a shade darker than the rest of his skin, but once I noticed them I could
pick them out easily.  I put a hand on his shoulder as he looked at me with
confusion.  I turned him so his back was in the sun.
	Sure enough, I counted eight stripes starting just above his
shoulder blades.  They were thinner over his spine, almost coming to
points, then widened only to thin out again at his sides where they ended.
I sucked in air and turned Kyle back to face me.
	"You've got stripes, Kyle.  Like a tiger, I mean.  On your back,
there are eight of them."
	"Guess I got a little tiger in me, then."  He smiled at me and I
felt relief flood through me.  I hadn't been sure what his reaction would
be.
	"Hey, who are you calling little?"  I pushed playfully at his
shoulder and he gave me his sexy grin.
	"I wear your mark, you wear mine.  It's all good, baby."  He saw
the look of confusion on my face and put a hand on my shoulder.  "The bite,
Tony, it scarred."  He rubbed his fingers over the mark and I realized it
didn't feel tender anymore as he went on, "It's been over a day.  It should
be disappearing by now, but it's scarred over.  I have a feeling that
you'll be wearing my mark for the rest of your life.  It seems... right, I
guess, that I should be marked too."
	"I love you so much, Kyle."  I pulled him close and hugged him
tight.  I put my hands on his shoulders and looked into his eyes as I
yelled, as loud as I could, "I LOVE THIS MAN!"  Kyle pulled me back to him
and kissed me softly.
	Most of the pack was trickling in, still, but several had been back
and shifted to human.  I heard them laughing and clapping, and a couple
howls from the wolves.  John and Sarah walked over to us, dressed but
barefoot, holding hands and smiling.
	"Ah, newlyweds.  What's got you two so happy?"  At John's question
I turned Kyle around so they could see his back.  It took a few minutes for
them to notice, and Sarah caught it first.  She stepped forward to trace
the markings with a finger.
	"It's beautiful, guys.  I wouldn't even notice if I wasn't looking
for it, but now it's all I see.  You see it, John?"  He took his wife's
hand and smiled at her.
	"Yeah, can't un-see them now.  I wonder if it'll show up in your
fur?"
	Kyle shrugged and turned back around to say, "We'll see, later."
	"Wait," I'd just realized something.  "What happened this morning?
I was passed out, I can't believe I only just thought of this, but what did
everyone say when they realized that I'd... I... well, when you smelled
different?"
	Kyle blushed a little, looking down at his feet, and John answered
my question, "Well, we all said congratulations.  Of course.  What else can
you say?  No need to be embarrassed, bro.  Everyone is happy to see you
finally found your mate.  And that you're both good together."  Sarah
nodded and gave each of us a hug.
	"Let's take down the tent, and maybe we'll have enough time for a
little nap before we have to start cleaning up."  I nodded gratefully at
Kyle's suggestion, feeling a yawn coming on.
	The plan was to have everything packed before we started the
night's hunt.  We'd head out earlier, too.  Then we could come back and
head home before it got too late since most of the pack had to work at the
store the next day.
	Kyle and I made quick work of the tent and all our stuff.  We took
the less-come-stained sleeping bag and laid it out in the shade.  Kyle lay
down on his back and I settled in next to him, with my hand on his chest.
I was asleep in seconds, lulled by his heartbeat.

	Kyle nudged me awake, giving me a kiss before pushing me off him.
I sat up, wide awake, to see that everyone else was up and packing.  Kyle
and I rolled up our sleeping bag and stowed it in his truck.  Sarah was
directing people so we went over to see how we could help.  It didn't take
long with everyone pitching in and we soon had the clearing cleaned up.
	The sun was barely starting to set when Kyle came to find me, where
I was talking with my new best-friends.  Sarah and Susan were talking about
some of the other pack members back in Colorado, telling funny stories.
Apparently, there was another gay werewolf who was in love with Kyle.  A
guy named Kenny, who had joined the pack after a night with Kyle.  They
were telling me how the guy followed Kyle around like a fourteen-year-old
girl.  We were laughing and I caught them staring over my shoulder so I
turned around to find Kyle smiling at me.
	"Tony, how do you feel about joining us tonight?  I want to head
out in a couple minutes."
	"Hell yeah.  Let's do it, I've been itching for this.  I don't
think there will be any problem, but..."
	"What is it, baby?"
	"I don't know, maybe we should ask Kenny if it's okay first?"
Susan and Sarah burst out laughing along with me.  I heard Kyle growl just
before he grabbed me in a bear-hug, lifting me off my feet.
	"Maybe you're getting along with the pack a little too well, baby."
I struggled in his arms for a minute and he put me down, smacking me on the
ass.  I went to say something but Kyle held up his hand to stop me, "Don't
do it, Tony.  If I hear the `p' word I will have to kick your ass in front
of the entire pack."
	"Oh yeah?" Before he could respond I reached down and ripped off my
shorts.  The next instant I was letting my beast loose.  My transformation
made them all step back in surprise.  I pounced on Kyle and gently tackled
him to the ground.
	[Go ahead, kick my ass.]  He started laughing and reached up to run
his fingers along my jaw.  The scratching had me purring and nuzzling into
his hands.
	"Aww, you're just a big pussy cat.  Let me up and we can go
hunting."  I licked his face, keeping it gentle so I wouldn't take any skin
off, and let him up.  Everyone was watching us, amused expressions all
around.
	"Alright, I guess Tony's ready for the hunt.  How about everyone
else?"  Kyle looked around the group and got a bunch of yells.  "Let's go
then."  Kyle picked up my shorts and ran to the truck where he threw them
in the back before taking his own off to be placed with mine.  He dropped
to his hands and knees, changing into his wolf form as he went.  I went to
him and rubbed my face along his, continuing forward to rub my entire body
against his and looped around to stand next to him.
	We waited and watched as the rest of the pack changed.  Soon, they
were all wolves.  They were just as excited as the night before, darting
around yipping at one another.  Kyle howled and they all paused to join
him.  I let out a roar, the bass in contrast to their high pitched howling.
Kyle set out and we all followed.
	We began by heading back toward the lake then veered north,
following a game trail.  I stayed a pace behind Kyle, flanking his right
side.  John matched me at Kyle's left and Brady came behind to form a
diamond.  The other wolves spread out behind us.  We went farther this time
and I was beginning to fatigue.  My tiger is very fast over shorter
distances and I have a lot of endurance but this steady, slower pace was
making me tired.
	{Kyle, I'm going to stop a minute.  I need to find a litter box.
I'll catch up.]
	[Okay, just be careful.]  I could sense him laughing in my mind.
[That's what happens when you eat a deer whole.  You can follow our scent?]
He slowed further and glanced at me over his shoulder.
	[I'll be fine.  Don't worry about me, I'm used to hunting on my
own.]
	I pulled out of our formation to veer off to the left.  The others
slowed to watch me but Kyle yipped and they took off after him.  I paused
to catch my breath and followed the smell of cool water to a small creek.
I drank my fill and searched out a nice sandy area to do my business.
	I heard one of the wolves howl and I knew they were on to
something.  I raced to catch up with them, letting go with all my power.  I
made quick work of the few miles they had gone ahead using my sense of
smell and hearing.  At last I caught up to them huddled in the trees and
bushes around a clearing.
	The moon shone down illuminating a heard of elk.  I crouched down
on the other side of the open space to watch the wolves at work.  They
snuck up as close as possible then launched themselves into the heard.  The
frightened animals leapt to run, tearing off just north of my position.
Working in concert the wolves brought down one of the females.  I saw Kyle
deliver the bite to her neck that killed her.  The big male elk bellowed in
anger and I leapt up to get some of my own.
	I raced behind the fleeing elk, selecting an older female for my
dinner.  I leapt onto her, digging my claws in, and ripped out her throat.
We hadn't gone very far and I dragged her body back to the clearing to
share my prize.  Some of the wolves had selected parts from the other kill
and some were still fighting over the rest.  Kyle was waiting for me and
howled when he saw what I had brought.
	I dragged my elk close to the other and sat back.  A couple of the
wolves came forward to scavenge what they could and I let them.  When I
felt there was only enough left for Kyle and myself I roared and reclaimed
the body.  Kyle came over to me then, jumping onto me, and biting at my
neck and haunches.  I rolled us and pinned him beneath me to lick at his
coat.  I let him up and pulled my carcass away from the others.
	We set to feasting while sharing plum morsels with one another.
Again Kyle ate much less than I did.  Soon I'd eaten my fill, not wanting
to gorge myself, and shared the remainder with the pack.  Kyle lay against
me as I cleaned and groomed my coat, then his.  After everyone had eaten
and rested Kyle rose and led us back to the clearing.  Although we went
back faster the pace was killing me.
	[I gotta run, pup.  I'll meet you at the vehicles.]  Before he
could reply I took off running.  I got back early enough to get dressed and
make sure everything was packed up, ready to go, before they returned.  As
the wolves trickled in they began changing back and getting dressed.  Kyle
got back first and helped me police the campsite one last time.
	It didn't take long and everyone was ready to go.  We climbed into
our vehicles and took off, back towards town.  They all had plans to work
the next day and went directly back to their hotel.  They wouldn't be going
to the store until the afternoon so Kyle and I headed back to my place for
some sleep.
	The first hour passed quickly as Kyle and I discussed the weekend
and the last hunt.  We agreed that it had gone really well and I fit in
with the pack.  I knew it was going to happen and I was kind of dreading
it, of course our talk turned to sex.
	"You know, Tony, I never thought I would like being on the bottom.
You opened my eyes, for sure.  Not that I want to do it all the time, but
it was amazing."  He glanced from the road to give me a smile.
	I wanted to tell Kyle all the things I'd been thinking about,
worrying about and feeling but it was like my tongue had grown thick.  I
couldn't understand why I was having this knee-jerk reaction to something
that should have come so easily.  I'd never been completely open about my
sexuality or sex with anyone and maybe that was my problem.  But if I
couldn't talk to Kyle, my true mate, about it I was worried that our
relationship would suffer, and I felt that maybe Kyle was having the same
difficulty.  Luckily he was more willing to share and continued before the
pause in the conversation became awkward.
	"I never could have imagined how it felt so freeing... so good to
submit like that.  You know?  It was like we truly connected and I felt
more a part of you than ever before, Tony."  He put one hand on my knee and
squeezed.  It had taken courage to admit that and I found myself taking
strength from him.
	"Kyle, I... I think it's really hard for me to talk about this kind
of stuff.  I mean, you know that.  But I want to.  I want us to be open and
honest about every part of our lives.  I really believe that we can only
make things better if we talk, I mean, like this."
	"I think so too, baby.  It's not easy for me either.  But we can
talk about whatever, right?  You can tell me anything and I would never
judge you.  I hope you know that."  He glanced over at me again and I
nodded.
	"Okay, Kyle.  I'm going to be completely honest and tell you
everything that's been on my mind these last couple of days, since we met.
And I want you to do the same thing."
	He ran his hand up and down my thigh, petting me and giving
reassurance before he spoke, "You want to go first, baby?"  I did, I wanted
to get everything off my chest before I could back out.
	"Yeah, I do.  I, well first I want to say how much I've loved every
moment we've been together.  You make me, I don't know, Kyle.  I fucking
love you so much.  If I can't tell you then who can I tell?  From that very
first night you took me and made me yours.  No guy had ever done that, had
ever been able to DO that.  It was... it was the best sex I'd ever had.
And yeah I felt guilty about it later, but I know now that was me and all
these fucked up issues I have.  I can't deny that I didn't love submitting
to you."  I took his hand as he glanced from the road to me and back.
	"When you fuck me it's like, I don't know, like all I want to do is
be yours to do whatever you want.  And I loved fucking you.  I loved the
way I could see the reactions on your face when you were loving my cock.  I
thought you were just doing it to make me happy, but I could tell that you
really got off on it.  Maybe not the same way I do, but you liked it a
lot."
	"Oh, baby, I liked it."  I gripped his hand and pushed it against
the ridge of my erection, all the talk was making me horny.
	"Thanks, Kyle.  Thanks for admitting it, it makes me feel... better
about this.  When I woke you up this morning, and I knew I had to be inside
you?  I could have just done it, right?  But I wanted you to want it.  I
wanted to turn you on, and part of me wanted to make those promises.  I
want to fulfill them for you."  He growled softly and pressed his hand
harder into my crotch.
	"Wait, Kyle.  I've been thinking about this a lot.  I want you to
know that I'm good with being myself now.  I can be your slutty little
bottom-boy when you want that.  I want it too.  But I can also fuck you
into the ground when I need that.  We can be both, can't we?"  He was
nodding his head now.  "And who cares if I'm on the bottom seventy percent
of the time?  Or eighty.  I don't want to keep a score card.
       "And the honest truth, Kyle?  The thing I can't hide from myself or
you is that I want it.  I want to be your bitch.  I get off on it.  I feel
this deep need to... please you.  To satisfy you so completely that you'll
never want to leave me.  Not to mention how much I love having that big
fucking cock of yours inside me."  He chuckled as he untangled his fingers
from mine.
       He caressed my face and cupped my cheek.  When he spoke it came out
gravelly, thick with emotion.  "Tony, I love you so much.  You have so much
guts, I know it takes a lot to admit that, and I love you for it.  I wish I
was half as brave as you.  I have to be honest too.  This desire to have
you fuck me, it's so new to me.  I always thought it was unmanly, wanting
something like that.  But I'm starting to see that it's about love.  About
us being complete for each other.  I love getting fucked by you.  I'd
scream it to the world."
       "Tell me what you want, Kyle.  I want to hear you say it.  And you
don't have to say you want me to fuck you.  I know that's not what you want
right now."
       "I want what you said.  I want what you promised me this morning.  I
want you to be my bitch tonight.  I want to see you begging for my cock.  I
want you to take whatever I can give you and most of all I want you to
fucking love it."
       "Fuck, Kyle.  I want that.  I can't wait to get back home, I want to
open up those damn shorts of mine and haul your cock out.  I want to suck
it and get it nice and wet, make you hard, and climb onto you.  Want to
feel you deep inside me."  I reached over and caressed the bulge of his
erection.  He moaned and pushed my hand harder against him.
       "Not long, baby.  Fuck you smell good.  We can wait a little
longer."
       "I guess, if we have to."  I pulled my hand away and straightened
up, enjoying the anticipation.  Another thought occurred to me, "Kyle, I've
been thinking.  Speaking of smell, when I mated to you, last night?  You
smelled different.  I think I can sense when you want me like that.  I
mean, when you want me to fuck you."
       "No shit.  I've thought the same thing.  It's like some kind of
signal, or something.  I can smell you now and I know you want me to take
control.  It's like when I'm with the pack and we all know that I'm the
Alpha.  It isn't something we have to discuss, it just is."
       "Exactly.  I think maybe it's a part of our being mates.  It's just
natural."  I realized we were on my street; the last part of the drive had
flown by.
       Kyle pulled into my driveway and grabbed one of our bags.  I took
the other and went to unlock the door.  It was like déjà vu as Kyle pressed
his hard cock into me while I worked the locks.  Once the door was open he
pushed me inside and pinned me to the wall.  He devoured my mouth with his.
My lips felt bruised when he pulled away to meet my eyes with his, full of
lust and love.
       "Go in the living room and wait for me, Tony."  I nodded and went
into the adjacent room.  I waited with my dick hard and the blood pounding
in my ears.  I could hear Kyle taking our bags to the bedroom.  He came
back with the lube in one hand.
       "I gotta piss, baby.  I'm sure you do too, let's go."  He turned
around and went to the bathroom.  I followed and he left the door open.  We
pulled our hard dicks out and I took his, wanting to hold it for him.  I
aimed it down, gently, until he would just make it in the bowl.  When I had
both of us aimed I let go and rolled my head back in relief.  I heard his
sigh of relief as his piss splashed in the toilet.  It went on for awhile
and I was amazed that even the sound of him peeing could turn me on.  When
he finished I stroked the last of the piss out of his shaft, starting to
jack him off.
       "Uh, not yet, baby."  He tucked his dick away and moved behind me to
pull my shorts up over my straining erection.  He took my hand and led me
back to the living room.  He positioned me in front of the tv and cleared
off the wide coffee table then sat back on the couch to watch me.  I
started fidgeting, waiting for him to make a move.
       "Why don't you go and get me a beer, for the show, Tony?"  My dick
was so hard in my shorts it made every step painful, but the thought of
serving him and putting on a show was worth the discomfort.  I went into
the kitchen and brought him his beer, opening it on my way.
       "That's good, baby.  Why don't you put something nice on the
stereo?"  I grabbed my iPod and turned it on, thankful I'd made a playlist
of sexy songs.  When the music came on I looked over to Kyle, who was
sprawled out on the couch, with an expectant look.
       "You know what I want, baby." God, the way he said `baby' made my
cock leak.  I could feel my cheeks heating and a warm flush creeping onto
my bare chest.  I started swaying my hips to the slow beat.  I hooked my
thumbs into the waistband of Kyle's shorts and slowly pushed them down.  It
was a bit awkward getting them off but I managed.  Kyle kept his hot gaze
on me.
       I stood for a moment, unsure what to do next, and Kyle held up a
hand to twirl one finger in the air.  I started moving again, turning to
show him my ass.  It was killing me, but I danced for him.  He had a big
grin on his face.
       "That's good, baby.  I love the way you move, so graceful, like your
beast.  Why don't you climb up onto the table and shake your ass?"  I
couldn't believe how much this was turning me on.  I still had reservations
about willingly letting Kyle have his way with me but I couldn't deny the
way I was reacting to the situation.  I climbed up onto the sturdy little
table, spreading my legs and gyrating to give Kyle short peeks at my hole.
       He growled, pushing at his stiff meat still trapped in my shorts.  I
sensed the determination he used to pull his hand away and relax back into
the couch.  He watched me as I turned back to him and began stroking my
cock.  He sat up and swatted my hand away, "No, Tony.  Your cock is mine.
You don't get to touch it unless I say so.  You got that?"  I nodded at
him, putting my hands behind my back.  I thrust my hips back and forth,
making my dick slap against my stomach and splashing pre-come across my
abdomen.
       "You're making me hot, baby.  Why don't you lay back there, on the
table and play with yourself."  Feeling even hotter, I squatted down on the
table and sat to let my legs rest over the edge of the table.  I leaned
back on one elbow and taking my cock in hand I stroked down to the base
where I released it to knead my balls.  Kyle was giving me all his
attention so I blatantly licked my lips at him.
       He gave me his sexy grin and growled out to me, "I didn't mean like
that, Tony."  I let go of my balls and went back to stroking my cock but he
shook his head at me in the negative.  I moved my hand up to rub and pinch
at my nipples but he shook his head again, the sexy grin still in place.  I
gave him a confused look as I leaned back on both elbows.
       "Lay back."  He tossed one of the throw pillows at me.  "Pull up
your legs and let me see your hot little cunt.  I want to watch you finger
yourself."  He tossed the bottle of lube over to me.  "Make your pussy nice
and wet for me."  A shudder ran through me at his words.
       I had to scoot my ass to the very edge of the table and I put the
pillow behind my head as I lay back.  I drew my legs up and could feel the
cool air moving over my hole.  I rubbed my fingers over the muscles at my
opening, caressing the sensitive skin.  Kyle had begun breathing through
his mouth in quick panting breathes, his eyes glued to my fingers and ass.
       I picked up the lube with my other hand, uncapping it, and pulled my
balls up to hug the base of my shaft.  I drizzled some lube just behind my
balls to let it run down into the crease of my ass.  As it oozed over my
hole I rubbed two fingers into the slick stuff, spreading it all around,
and pushed the tip of my middle finger into my opening.  I groaned softly
and pulled my legs up tighter to my chest, curling my ass up.  Kyle tossed
me another pillow and I pushed it under my lower back, murmuring
gratefully.
       I poured more lube into my ass and set the bottle down beside me.  I
closed my eyes to concentrate on the feelings in my ass and as the lube ran
down I pushed it inside myself with one finger.  I started purring as I
pushed my finger in all the way.  I used my other hand to spread my cheeks,
wanting Kyle to see as I dug another finger in.  I pushed both fingers in
all the way and gently started fucking myself with them.  Easing them out a
bit I scissored them to stretch the muscle at my entrance.
       After a moment I pushed a third finger in.  I held them inside for a
minute, feeling the burn.  I found my prostate and opened my eyes to watch
Kyle as I massaged it.  Then I started fucking myself with my fingers,
moaning and wiggling on the table.  He was entranced and watched me
greedily.
       Finally I couldn't wait any longer, "Please, Kyle.  I need more."
My voice sounded too loud in my ears, coming out wanton and thick.
       "Okay, baby.  You can come over here and take out my cock."  I was
already pulling my fingers out of my ass and moving from the table to kneel
before him.  "That's it.  I want you to make it really hard.  Mmmh, yeah.
Just like that."  I'd pulled his shorts down, he wasn't wearing underwear,
and fisted the shaft of his dick.  I stuck my tongue out to lap at the head
and around the crown.  I pulled the head between my lips and pursed them,
making them look obscene, as I pushed the tip of my tongue into his
piss-slit.  It was drooling and I savored the sweet/salty taste of his
pre-come.
       Kyle was moaning, the muscles in his stomach contracting in time to
the throbbing of his cock as I tortured him with my lips and tongue.  He
thrust his cock up and I was ready for it, I swallowed him whole.  As he
sank back into the couch, sighing, I followed him down to keep my nose
buried in the hair around his base.  We hadn't showered in days, except
jumping in the lake, and he smelled ripe and fucking delicious.  I
swallowed around his cock as he stretched into my throat, making him moan
and whimper.
       "So fucking good...," he panted out.  "The way you take my cock, so
slutty, Tony."  He ran his hands into my hair and held my face down on him.
"Oh shit, I don't want to come yet."  He yanked at my hair, pulling me up
and off his dick.  I sucked air, catching my breath, while he watched the
saliva drip down my chin.  He ran his fingers into my mouth and I
immediately closed on them, sucking and caressing his calloused pads with
my tongue.  "You're so fucking beautiful, baby."
       He stared into my eyes awhile, letting me feel the heat of his gaze.
He stood suddenly, keeping me on the floor with one hand tangled in my hair
and one in my mouth.  He took his fingers from my mouth and grasped the
base of his cock.  He struck me softly about the face with his club-like
cock and grinned as I tried to capture it with my mouth.
       "Let's move this to the bedroom, baby."  He raised me up with his
hands under my arms and gave me a searing kiss.  He took my hand and led me
to the bedroom.  He stretched out on his back displaying his cock as it
rested on the silky hairs over his abs, reaching past his navel.  I stood
there uncertain and admiring him spread out before me.  He'd grabbed the
lube and took it now to pour over his cock.
       He looked up at me with his sexy grin before speaking, "I want to
watch you sit on my cock, baby.  I want to see it sink into you."  Kyle
rubbed the lube into the skin of his cock as he talked.  "Mount up, baby.
I want to watch you fuck yourself on my cock."  I climbed on the bed next
to him, getting ready to straddle his thighs, but he stopped me saying,
"Turn around.  On your feet."
       I turned to face his feet and got up onto mine as I spread over his
hairy legs.  He held his cock up for me with one hand and used the other to
bend me forward so I had to rest my hands on my knees.  I slowly lowered my
ass until I felt his cock pressing into me, right on target.  He rubbed the
head over and around my hole, making me whimper, until he held his big dick
steady beneath me.
       I took a deep breath, trying to stay relaxed, and sank down.  The
head and a couple of inches of his shaft tore into me and I gasped at his
girth, amazed that I had ever taken him before.  He put his hands on my
hips and forced me down all the way.  I moaned as I felt him invading so
deeply into my body.  Kyle groaned below me as his cock slid in to the
hilt.  I took deep breaths trying to accept him, trying to stop the muscles
in my ass from spasming.
       Kyle nudged me up with his hips and I rose half way but suddenly
felt weak and sank back down causing me to cry out at being impaled again.
I leaned forward even more and put my hands on his knees to keep my
balance.  I squirmed my ass around on his cock and felt it pushing
everywhere at my insides.
       "Ride it, baby.  Fuck!"  He slapped my ass and the sudden pain made
me rise up.  "So fucking hot and tight, Tony.  Fuck yourself on it."  I
slowly lowered myself and found the pain had lessened and the pleasure was
beyond belief.  The top of his cock was riding on my prostate, making my
dick harder.
       I set a punishing rhythm and rode his cock.  He used his hands to
spread my ass cheeks and watch me envelope his dick over and over.  I was
in heaven as I took control and pounded my ass brutally on his cock, taking
him hard and deep.  I could feel him thrashing below me, trying to thrust
up and meet me.
       My orgasm took me completely by surprise.  All of a sudden long
ropes of come shot out of my dick hitting me in my face and chest.  I cried
out, freezing in place.  Kyle took my hips and made me ride it out.  He
used his legs and the brute strength of his big biceps and wide shoulders
to force my ass up and down.  I tried to tighten my hole for him but I was
momentarily fucked out and loose all over.
       He pushed me forward and I sprawled before him, whimpering at the
twinge of pain as his dick literally popped out of me.  He got on his knees
behind me and dragged my ass up until I was on my knees before him.
Holding me still he plunged his dick into me and I cried out at the new
invasion in my sore ass.  He grabbed my hair and pulled me up as he leaned
down to whisper roughly in my ear, "We're not done yet, bitch."  He pulled
out and slammed back into me, "Not until I'm done with your cunt."
       I whimpered but found myself immensely turned on by his brutal,
almost violent, behavior.  I surrendered to him and he fucked me hard with
one hand in my hair to keep me from getting away.  My dick started to firm
up, reawakening.  He grunted his words into my ear, "Remember what I said
that first night?  When and where I want.  This. Ass. Is. Mine."  Each word
was punctuated with a hard thrust and at the end he cried out as he came
deep inside me.
       He didn't stop the assault but kept right on, churning his come
inside me.  I could hear it squelching in my hole as he pumped his dick in
me.  He was fucking me off the end of the bed and he realized just before I
thought I'd go over.  He pulled out hard and jumped off the bed.  He was
back on me in a flash and flipped me onto my back.  He pulled me down until
my ass hung over the edge and hammered his cock back into me.
       I cried out as he fucked me, holding my legs at the ankles and
spreading me wide.  He pulled out all the way and thrust back in, repeating
this over and over until I was sobbing with pleasure.  A constant stream of
sound escaped my lips as I moaned and cried out, whimpering and begging
with every breath.
       He fucked me until I slid forward on the bedspread and he had to
crawl onto the bed with me.  He never let up as he threw my right leg over
his left arm, my knee at his elbow, and let the other rest along his side.
Reaching down with his right hand he cupped my ass cheek and pounded into
me as he pressed our chests together.
       He sealed our lips together and thrust his tongue into my mouth.  He
pulled away to look at me and spoke determinedly, "Say it, Tony.  Tell me
what you want."  The hand that had been holding my ass spread and his
fingers moved into my crease.  He pushed two fingers into my hole,
alongside his cock, and rode me harder.
       The final wall of my resistance crumbled and I yelled out what he
wanted me to say, what I wanted to say: "Fuck me Kyle.  Oh God, fuck me.
Fucking rape me.  Make me your bitch and fuck my pussy hard."  He pounded
into me, his whole body in motion, as his sweat dripped onto me.  "Harder,
Kyle.  Wreck my cunt.  Split me in two with your huge cock."  I was
babbling, beyond coherent thoughts.  My fingers had dug into his back and
were raking the skin away.
       Another orgasm swept through me like fire.  It started in my ass and
spread out to encompass everything and my body spasmed, locking tight
around Kyle.  He howled and I felt his come pouring into me, backing up and
running out over his fingers.  He lost his rhythm and devolved into a
rutting animal as my orgasm ebbed and flashed bright into a second, dry
orgasm.  I couldn't catch my breath and thought I would pass out as black
dots washed over my eyes.
       Finally he slowed down, pulling his fingers from my hole, his dick
full and hot inside me.  He pivoted around me so that we were laying front
to back with his dick still inside me.  He dragged a couple of pillows
down.  He wrapped his arms around me and sighed.  Kyle kissed and nuzzled
at my neck.  As we began drifting off I heard him whisper, "I love you so
fucking much, Tony."  My last thought was that I was at peace for the first
time in my life and that I was his.

*That's it.  The End.  Thanks to everyone who read the story and encouraged
me.*