Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 08:47:20 -0400
From: Kevin D <rekniv86@gmail.com>
Subject: Jakes Inner Wolf - Ch 09

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This story is about a young man who discovers himself and love as well as a
few supernatural surprises along the way. There is death, love, hate,
friendship, and bigotry.

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Chapter 09:

Well, it was time I suppose. Knowing I was about to meet not only my
fathers' employer but John's (and soon my) Alpha werewolf for the first
time even though I've spoken to him on the phone on and off for the past 11
years, was becoming an unexpected weight on my chest. I wasn't nervous
about the asking for an accounting job or meeting my fathers' employer. I
was as qualified as anyone else in this town for the job, more so than many
in the town, and he always seemed to separate me from my father which I was
thankful for. It was more the fact that he'd know instantly that John and I
were lovers and that I should tell him I'm changing soon, if he didn't pick
up on that too. Those were my biggest concerns as I stood there staring at
the house.

William walked up to me and put a hand on my shoulder. "Go on ahead and
knock, he normally eats lunch at 11:30, so he should be done lunch and
still in the house by now. Don't worry, from what I've heard no one else
has even shown interest in the job so it should be all yours."

Apparently he could sense my apprehension but was incorrect about why I was
apprehensive. As he walked towards the barn to begin his work day I slowly
made my way up the steps and knocked on the door. A woman, I assumed to be
Mrs. Davies, answered the door. "Yes? Can I help you son?"

"Mrs. Davies? I'm Jake, Rick's son. I was hoping I could talk to Mr.
Davies."

"Oh, Jake my-boy! Of course, c'mon in boy, he's over in his office, follow
me. Don't worry about your shoes, after 30 years, I've basically given up."
I liked Mrs. Davies, she was bright and happy.

*knock* *knock*

"Richard, Ricky's boy, Jake, is here to see you." I could hear the dragging
of a chair behind the door before it opened to reveal a very well
maintained man who was clearly in middle-age but on the good side of it
still. He had a strong, worn and fierce but calm look to his face, he was a
big man who could clearly hold his own.

His voice was strong and commanding, "Jake! Pleasure to finally meet you,
please come in." I entered and he shut the door before shaking my hand.
While shaking hands and looking into his eyes I noticed a seconds
hesitation as he seemed surprised by something and looked me over. Then
there was the nose twitch, a moment of a calculating look and then back to
calm and impassive.

"Jake. What brings you here?"

"Well, Mr. Davies, -" he interrupted me, "please Jake, call me Rich or
Richard, not Mr. Davies."

"Ok, Rich, first of all, I have been told that you're on the look out for a
new accountant to handle the farms' finances and books. I've got an
associates degree in accounting and worked for two years at an accounting
firm in the tax department so I think I would be qualified to help you and
your farm out."

"I see. Well, you heard correctly, I am looking for a new accountant, my
brother would like to retire. How about we get to that a bit later, I
assume I'm correct that you have something else you wish to discuss."

"Well, yes. You've smelled me, so you know, and I'm sure you have something
you want to say to me about what you've smelled."

"I see John's been telling you some things..."

"He gave me details about the what, no who's, but it was William that
explained that you'd pick up on it and I'd have to talk to you, though, not
in so many words, I kind of pieced it together from reactions."

"I see. Well, I guess, first of all, what do you know?"

"I know that John, Simon, William, Duke and yourself are werewolves. John
explained how werewolves are born, that there's a little over 100 of you in
town, there are packs across the state, Dukes the Beta and you're the
Alpha, though he didn't explain the intricacies of those terms. The Moon is
an unofficial public hang-out spot for your pack, and that from now until
should he and I stop seeing each other, every werewolf I come across,
whether I know they are or not, will know that John and I are lovers. And
from talking with William this morning after deducing that you were a
werewolf, that you and Duke are going to want to speak to me regarding my
relationship with John. Also, I'm not sure if it's something you can sense
or not, but John and I discovered that I will be shifting shortly myself."

"You will be shifting?! I had suspected it was a possibility for a number
of years now. Succinct and accurate information, if a little detail-void.
Yes, William was correct. We typically wish to speak with those who are
newly told about who we are and entering into a new relationship with
someone in the pack. You seem to know more than we typically tell people
wolves are only dating. The only thing we'd add from a general perspective
is that, now that you know about us. You can never tell anyone who doesn't
already know. If you do and we find out, we will have no choice but to kill
you and anyone you tell before it gets out of hand in order to protect
ourselves. However, that's not a problem if you'll be shifting yourself
soon. Good. There's some more I'd like to say and ask about, but I think
John should be here for this part, I'll go find him, wait here."

I sat at in the chair behind his desk looking around the office. There were
lots of pictures. They seemed to be of him and his wife throughout their
life together. A number of Duke and a woman whom I assumed to be his wife.
Many of what appeared to be Rich's children; they all looked happy. It had
been nearly 10 minutes when John and Rich walked into the office. Neither
was speaking, apparently they'd been talking before or had nothing to say
to each other, I figured the prior. John sat in a chair next to me and
grabbed my hand and smiled at me, I couldn't help but smile back despite my
confusion. Rich sat down in his chair behind his desk.

Rich sighed. "Ok, Jake. You've got a wolf in you as you said, and John
informs me you have agreed to accept the transformation. I'm happy for
this."

"Thank you sir. Everyone I know now is werewolf or a soon-to-be werewolf
mother. I am hoping to work for a werewolf. I might as well embrace the one
within me. I would have done my best to integrate as a human amongst
wolves, but as a wolf myself integrating will be easier, won't it? Besides,
I'm intrigued and excited by it. It was surprising and completely unknown
at first, and now I still don't understand the history of my family, but
apparently the gene's been there and the knowledge wasn't."

"Well, your family history isn't *entirely* lost. I knew your mothers'
parents for a few weeks before they died. Your grandfather was certainly a
werewolf, I knew that much, I was there when he was initiated into the
pack, they'd been in town for nearly a month and the pack agreed to
initiate him. I did not know for sure if your grandmother was a
were-mother, her parents had died when she was young too and she was not
from our area, or, if I remember correctly, even from this state. I sort of
suspected you would be, but your father would not bring you around for me
to find out for sure. I kept asking to meet you and hoped to bump into you
often enough before you moved. But, anyway, ok. So you're going to accept
it. Good, we'll be happy to have you join us. John's been through this
before, he'll be able to help you out with dealing with the change. The
next full moon is less than two weeks away. This is going to change a lot
of things for you guys, you are both aware of that aren't you?" He asked
while looking at both of us with intense stares. We both nodded yes. "Good,
now that that's done. As pack Alpha, assuming Jakes' transformation goes
smoothly, we can bring him into the pack at a pack meeting the week after
his first transformation. John you can get back to work, and Jake you
follow me and I'll take you out to the office in the barn where my brother
works and does the accounting, I'll have him talk to you for a bit and see
if he agrees with teaching you what you need to know to start taking over
so he can retire in a couple months."

"Thank you Rich, thank you very much." I kissed John good-bye.

"Jake, I'll be back around 4:30, we can talk more then, we have some stuff
to talk about I guess."

I followed Rich out to the barn while John broke off heading toward the
stables. I could see Simon there working and John heading straight for him.
"Rich, are wolves able to smell that I'm a, transforming, wolf?"

"No. Though, by the way, it would be ill-advised to leave the town until
after your first shift and you've adjusted to the new you and learned a
little more about our ways. You'll be safe staying within our town limits
though."

"Ok, I have no plans on leaving anyway."

*knock* *knock*

"Billy, it's me." A gruff `come in' could barely be heard behind the door.
"Billy, this here is Jake, Rick's boy. He's asked about taking over for
you, he's got an associates degree in accounting and worked in the tax
department of an accounting firm for a little over a year. I'll let you two
talk a bit, send him back to me or send him home." Billy just nodded and
stared at me as Rich left.

"So, ya wanna take o'er this shit-hole accounting crap-heap?"

"Heh, yes sir. I'd be happy to. I've always had a knack with numbers and
I've got a starting understanding of tax code, with a little studying I'm
confident I could learn enough to maybe provide the farm with a little more
edge during tax season."

"Well `den. I was sacrificed ta do this, neva really wa-ned ta, bu' the pay
was good an' it helpta keep the farm in family control before me brother
was able ta take o'er full ownership. I'm mor'en ready ta pass this crap
off ta someone who dun actually likes it an' retire, `s been a good `nuff
job, but I won't care none if I never seen `nother number in my life. Git
back ta me brother, tell'm `50, 5, 4, full'."

"50, 5, 4, full. Got it. Thank you sir." I received only a grunt in
acknowledgement. So I stood up and made my way back to the main house where
I knocked and it was once again answered by Mrs. Davies. She seemed very
pleased to see me.

She squealed a little bit before talking, "Jake! So glad old Billy-goat
liked you. Sometimes he can be as stubborn as a real billy-goat. Go on
through then, Richard's in his office and the door's open, go on right in."

Rich smiled up at me as I entered. "Jake, good, I was hoping Billy wouldn't
be a grump about it. Did he give you anything to tell me?"

"Yes, the message is; 50, 5, 4, full"

"Good good. Ok, lets talk about you getting started. How about this. 12 to
4 Monday through Friday for 4 weeks to get to know everything he does and
ease into the system, and that will start 1 week after you shift for the
first time." Then over the next hour or more we talked about hours, wages,
benefits, vacation, and sick time, which I obviously won't need. "I just
ask that things are taken care of for the duration you're gone and that the
farm won't be hurt by you going, otherwise you can use your time off
however you want." Then more benefits and expectations. Finally, "as for
the pack, you don't have to worry about anything to do with them until a
week after your first shift into wolf. The day after you successfully
shift, call me up and let me know. I'll call a meeting of the pack for a
week after that to introduce you as a pack member. Simon, Willy and John
all asked that I accept you. The pack can ultimately decline you, but given
you'll have those three, and mine and Duke's support, there won't be many
negative votes, if any at all, to keep you from getting in. Any questions?"

"No sir, thank you very much. I'm excited for the new job as well as the
becoming a werewolf. I'll go wait out on your porch for John and Simon to
finish for the day, if you don't mind, since William drove me in. It's
3:30, they shouldn't be long."

"That's fine with me son, just remember I employ a lot of werewolves on
this farm, so if any get close before you leave, they'll know about you and
John, though he told me he's already broken the news to his father so
you're not hiding your relationship, I'm glad. Pleasure talking with you
and I look forward to accepting you into the pack. Best of luck to you and
John too. He's a good young man. Take care of him for me please."

"I will. Good-bye sir." I stood and shook his hand before I walked slowly
out to the porch and sat there looking over the farm. I had a clear view of
the paddock and the barn, I could see John's truck and see a couple guys
riding horses back toward the barn. Likely John and Simon on their way back
in to finish up for the day. I watched the two men ride into the barn and
20 minutes later, as I suspected, John and Simon walked out, they noticed
me sitting on the porch and waved me over. John kissed me, "Jake! you're
still here. So everything went well then? Did you get the job?"

"Yup! I start the Monday after my first shift, noon to 4pm for the first 4
weeks then full time, 7am to 4pm with an hour for lunch, same as you guys."
I said while climbing into the middle seat of the truck, leaning slightly
against John.

Simon spoke up, "I didn't say much last night but, it'll be nice to have
another wolf to run with on a regular basis Jake. Also, I was wondering.
Henrietta and I are looking to build a house, we talked during lunch and
we're kinda thinking somewhere around where your place is. Do you know who
owns the land along the road there between you and The Moon?"

"Yup!  That would be me. I was just going over the documents last week
actually. It seems when my father bought the land way back when, he never
paid attention to just how much he was buying, or he never mentioned it at
any point to me anyway. I own a little over 100 acres, 99% of it forest,
along both sides of the road between the end of Mr. Davies' property up to
the edge of The Moon, the road splits the land basically in half."

"Wow! Do you think Henrietta and I could buy a couple acres off you to
build a place? We're thinking maybe across the road from you or a little
down the road on either side. With Jake and you nearby, and the farm and
Moon too, it'd be a perfect place we think."

"We can definitely work something out. It'd be nice to have you guys close
by. I wonder if William would want some land to build a place?"

John replied, "not likely, at least not until he finds himself a mmm..er,
someone to be with."

"I see, ya, he'd probably want to wait until he finds himself a boyfriend
at least before building a house huh?" I replied with a grin.

"Boyfriend?" Simon replied, as if it was a mistake on my part.

"Ya, he and I had a talk this morning after breakfast until we got to the
farm. He told me he's gay." I looked at John, "he also mentioned a little
something about you." I smiled big and gave a small laugh to make sure he
knew I wasn't upset.

"He, uh, he did huh?" Jake replied, clearly uncomfortable since he didn't
take his eyes off the road to see my smile. Simon burst out laughing.

"Ok, you two, leave this conversation for when the truck is not in motion.
I rather enjoy being alive." Simon could barely contain his laughter.

"Ya, Jake, we'll discuss this later. He may have told you already but I do
want you to hear it from me." John gave me a quick glance before continuing
his driving.