The Path's End

By Vic James

vicjames2@hotmail.com

Copyright 2016 by Vic James

 

 

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This story is fiction. None of the characters are based on real people.

 

This story takes place in the same universe as my stories Plan of the Shusheen, Son of a Wolf, Being Pack, Protecting Pack, and A Winding Path. It is a sequel to Protecting Pack and A Winding Path. You should read those two stories before you read this one. Plan of the Shusheen explains how three genetically-engineered shifter races were created.

 

Warning: this story contains incest scenes.

 

Six

"I wish the Kostas hadn't left," Bobby said. "I know they had to go for clothes, at least. But I miss them, already."

"That's normal for new mates. I'm sure they started missing you about a minute after they left," Alephin said. "Most new mates are strangers to each other, so for them, there is a lot more stress associated with being separated, especially at first. Panic attacks and even hysteria are pretty common with new mates who are separated. Since you and the Kostas are already family, it shouldn't be as bad. They know exactly where you are and you know that they will return as soon as they can."

Bobby nodded. "And we have phones."

"Right."

Bobby sighed. He still missed them terribly.

Alephin excused himself and Jack and Bobby walked up to the entrance to Tom's house. There was a guard standing next to the door. He was a big guy, tall and wide at the shoulders. He was dressed in a tight, black t-shirt and black jeans. He had a gun in a holster and a knife in a sheath. The guard looked at Bobby, then at Jack. Bobby thought he looked very intimidating.

"Ed, this is my brother Bobby—uh,". Jack turned to Bobby. "I don't know your last name."

"It's Mitchell."

Bobby almost laughed. 'This is my brother. I don't know his last name.'

Jack nodded. "Bobby Mitchell. He and his three mates will be living here."

Bobby put his things down and shook Ed's hand.

Ed smelled fear from Bobby. He wasn't surprised, but he was concerned. Was Bobby afraid of the situation or of Ed? If he was afraid of Ed, it was a real problem. In his business a client had to be able to trust his hired security. In a dangerous situation, Bobby needed to run towards him, not hide from him. He smiled his best smile at Bobby. He got a reaction, but it wasn't the one he'd intended. Instead, the scent of Bobby's lust filled the air. But he could work with that.

Bobby decided the guard was hot and friendly. He tried to look Ed over without being obvious. Ed was tall and muscular. He was at least a foot taller and wider than Bobby and he was very hairy. He had really changed on the subject of men's body hair. He used to find it repulsive. But now it made his dick hard. At home, he'd spent a lot of time running his fingers through the hair on the front of Nicky's and Chris' bodies. He found it very relaxing, while it excited them. Even Nick Sr had let him do it to him once, before deciding it was too erotic. The hairy arms and enormous, hairy biceps on the guard excited Bobby. Bobby always pictured security guards as overweight guys who ate doughnuts at night. Ed looked like he worked out in a gym twenty hours a day. The tight black t-shirt he was wearing showed his muscles. It was so tight, Bobby would have been surprised if it split open as soon as the guard moved. He was definitely a hot guy.

The smell of fear disappeared, but the lust remained. It didn't surprise Ed and it definitely didn't bother him. Both of Bobby's brothers were attracted to him and he got blown by them every day at the gloryhole and at the pack's movie theater. But he still wasn't getting enough sex. Ed wondered what it would be like to have Bobby suck him while Jack rimmed him. And Tom could suck on his nuts. The idea made his cock throb. Damn! He wanted to do it. He would enjoy it and they might enjoy it.

Ed had Bobby place his palm on a plastic plate on the door. While Bobby did that, Ed took the opportunity to sniff Bobby's neck. The boy smelled good, a little different than Jack and Tom. Ed entered a code in a keypad that was below the plate. Then he entered something on a small tablet or maybe a big phone. Bobby pressed his thumbprint on the plate, then on the tablet.

"I'm going to go inside," Jack said to Bobby. I have to use the restroom." Then Jack whispered to Bobby, "I can tell you like him. He's got a really nice cock."

"Oh, OK," Bobby said. Bobby was embarrassed. He looked down at the ground.

Ed grinned. He'd heard Jack.

Jack placed his hand on the plate and the door opened. He walked inside and the door closed behind him.

Ed asked him a few questions, like his mother's name and the high school he graduated from. Bobby blushed at that question. He didn't want to admit that he hadn't graduated or that he was still in high school. He gave the name of the high school he was going to attend when school started. Five minutes later, they still hadn't entered the house.

Ed made some small talk and continued smiling. It looked like he had an erection, too. Bobby wondered if Ed was just being friendly, or if he was interested sexually. Bobby thought that while Ed was very hot, he had enough sex partners. As soon as he entered the house, he figured he would meet Jack's and Tom's mates and they might be Bobby's mates. He wasn't at all clear about mates and mating. But Jack had recommended his cock. Bobby wanted to at least look at it.

"Are you a Vin-Ta?" Bobby asked Ed.

"Yes. All the guards are. You will seldom see a human in any pack. Secrecy is too important. When humans do come into the pack, like the ones who worked on the hospital, Alephin makes an announcement on the PA system so everyone can act human until they leave."

"Are you a pack member?" Bobby asked Ed.

"No. I'm a contractor. I like it here, though."

"I just found out I am one—a Vin-Ta."

Ed frowned.

"Is that bad?" Bobby asked him.

"No. It's just...Well, it's not my business."

Then Bobby frowned.

"Please tell me."

"You aren't Vin-Ta," Ed said. "I assumed you knew that."

"Oh. Because I can shift into other things."

"Right. Vin-Ta can only shift into wolves. From the legends, your race was created after the Vin-Ta by the Shusheen. You have more abilities, like shifting into anything and giving birth. You are the new and improved model," Ed said, smiling.

That made sense to Bobby. He wished he knew more about the Shusheen.

"It must be difficult to adjust," Ed said.

Bobby nodded.

"And this place is very different. There's a lot of sex here, and in the open," Bobby said. To his surprise, Ed laughed.

"The first day I was here, I attended a pack meeting. During the meeting, Alephin reminded all the men they could get blown at a gloryhole in the gym restroom. Then he told me I was welcome to use it, even though I'm not a pack member. And that was in front of the whole pack!"

Bobby thought about Ed at the gloryhole and suddenly understood why Jack and Tom worked there. That would be how Jack knew Ed had a nice cock. He was sucking it. Bobby realized he really wanted to suck Ed. Would he want to have sex with every Vin-Ta man he met? How would Nicky feel about that? But Nicky liked three-ways before he even met Bobby. Maybe he would just want to participate.

Ed smiled as Bobby looked at Ed's crotch and the scent of Bobby's lust grew stronger.

"Your brothers blow me every day at 1:30. That must make us relatives of some sort."

Bobby stared at Ed with his mouth open. He shut it. Ed laughed and Bobby got over his shock. He laughed, too.

"Glory-in-laws?" Bobby suggested.

"Maybe! Or hole-in laws."

They laughed.

One-thirty. Bobby thought. He took his cell phone out of his shorts. It was twelve-fifteen. He looked at Ed, who was grinning at him. Bobby turned red.

"Anyway, I was telling you about my first day. After the pack meeting, I went to the gloryhole, just to see where it was. Then I decided to go ahead and stick my cock through the hole. Two mouths went to work on it. I shot a couple of times before I left." Ed grinned. "I like it here. Of all the packs I've seen, I like Alephin's the best. It's so relaxed and almost everyone seems happy. Sometimes it seems like there's hot sex around every corner. A couple of days ago, I was in the canteen. Alephin asked for a can of whipped cream. He put a naked woman on his table, squirted whipped cream on her pussy and ate it off."

"Yuck!" Bobby said. Ed grinned at him.

"The waitress stopped next to them and asked Alephin if that was his dessert or did he want a slice of pie."

Bobby laughed.

"He wanted apple pie." Bobby laughed. "Then Alephin climbed on the table and fucked her. Another guy walked up to the table. He squirted whipped cream on his cock and stuck his cock in her mouth."

"I guess that was her dessert," Bobby said,

Ed chuckled. "Yeah! He held her head while he fucked her mouth. They knocked dishes off the table and Alephin was bellowing. It was really something. I filmed the whole thing on my cellphone."

"Are you telling the truth?" Bobby asked him.

"Yup. I have it on my phone. When Alephin finished, he pulled out. Whipped cream and probably cum dripped off his cock onto the floor. A woman at the next table scolded him. She said, 'That's how you get ants, Alpha'."

Bobby laughed.

"I wondered how you got them! Were you the second guy at the table?" Bobby asked.

"No. I was just the cameraman."

That made Bobby think of Chris. He missed him. He wondered if he would want to film sex scenes like that. They could be shown in the movie theater. But if people were having sex openly, why go to a theater to watch sex. You could just wander down the street.

"I've had sex at the gloryhole and in the adult theater, but that's it as far as public sex, and I guess neither of those is very public. I fucked a couple of women when I first got here, but they both wanted relationships and babies and I just wanted sex."

Without thinking, Ed leaned down and sniffed Bobby's neck. He felt his cock respond to Bobby's scent. He quickly groped his hardening meat. He had sex with only Jack and Tom for the last several weeks and considering how much spunk he'd shot into them, it was no surprise that his body responded. But because of the way Bobby was looking at him, he suspected Bobby wanted a relationship, not casual sex. And Ed avoided relationships. Who knew where he would be working in two months? He had never had a long-distance romance work for longer than a couple of months.

"Do I smell bad?"

"No. You smell good," Ed said.

Bobby smiled.

 

Nicky looked out the window of his father's car and wished Bobby was with them. He desperately wanted to talk to him, but he'd spoken to him less than five minutes ago. If Bobby was in danger, and anyone who is guarded by someone with a missile launcher probably was, he knew it made sense to leave him there with the guards than to bring him with them. But still, he ached for him.

Chris worried, too. Chris followed his father's car. His father was driving three miles over the speed limit. Chris thought about calling him and asking him to speed up. Instead, Chris sped up and passed him. Then he drove six miles over the speed limit. Fortunately, his father sped up, too. Chris knew a three mile an hour difference wasn't much, but it made him feel better.

 

"Am I exactly like my brothers?" Bobby asked Ed.

"You don't seem to be. But that's no surprise. Jack and Tom are different. They grew up in very different households."

Bobby sighed. "Good. I don't particularly like being a cl—twin of people I don't know."

Ed nodded.

Suddenly Bobby felt a pain at the bag of his neck.

"Ow!"

He reached back and slapped his neck. He hit something. He turned around. "Is it a bug?" he asked Ed.

"Yeah. A wasp."

Ed brushed it off Bobby and stepped on it.

"Damn! It hurts!"

"You aren't allergic to insect bites, are you?"

"I don't think so."

"Have you ever been bitten?"

"I'm not sure. I can't remember."

"I'll keep an eye on you. Fortunately, the pack has a doctor. He treats a lot of snake bites. Shifting makes the puncture marks disappear, but it doesn't remove the venom. Does it still hurt?"

"Yeah."

"I'll call the doctor."

Bobby frowned. "Don't. I don't want him to think I'm a baby. If it gets worse, then we can call him."

"Do you want me to bite you and suck out the venom?" Ed asked with a straight face. "Or do you want to just risk the consequences?"

Bobby didn't know what to say. He started to worry. Was that what was normally done for wasp bites? Were they that serious? What were the consequences? Maybe he should see the doctor. What if Ed sucked out the venom and got sick? What if he was allergic? What if they were both allergic? How quickly would it kill?

Ed laughed.

"You were starting to panic. I was just kidding."

Bobby narrowed his eyes. "Vengeance is mine!"

"It is? I didn't know that," Ed said.

They both laughed.

Ed turned back to the security access panel.

"If this isn't too personal a question, are you straight?" Bobby asked Ed's back. Ed turned back around.

"I think you'll find most Vin-Ta men without mates will have sex with anyone, even if they prefer women. We're all so horny that we don't pass up an opportunity. I would say I'm bisexual with a preference for women."

Bobby nodded. It was a relief to know his horniness was normal. But then he wasn't Vin-Ta. He sighed. It was complicated.

Bobby glanced at Ed's crotch, again. Either it was really big around or it was half-hard. Jack had told him Ed had a nice cock, but nice in what way? He wondered if Jack and Tom would let him suck Ed at 1:30. Would they have to assign days for the three of them if all of them wanted to suck Ed?

"Since you are Jack's brother, you can give birth, too," Ed said.

"That's what they told me. I have trouble believing it."

"Well, I've seen Tom's babies and Rince's, too. I've played with them. I love kids."

Bobby shook his head in amazement.

"Do you want a child?" Bobby asked him.

"No. I'm more of the uncle type. That way I get to have the fun of playing with the kid, but not the work."

Bobby chuckled.

"That's another great thing about this pack," Ed said. "There are so many babies and kids. I've been to several packs and it's unusual to see a child of any age. I was talking to Alephin and I told him, if I am still here in the fall, I would like to organize a kite day for the kids. Most of the kids are too young to hold on to them, but they will all enjoy watching."

"Oh. That sounds like a lot of fun."

Ed nodded.

"So...do you use it every day?" Bobby asked.

"Use what?"

"Um, the uh, gloryhole."

Ed grinned. "Yeah."

"So what goes on in the adult theater?"

"I fucked a woman in there once, but usually one of your brothers or Alephin's son Les sucks me. Jack usually takes his mates to the theater and he takes care of all of us. Tom goes by himself. Don't mention that about Les to anyone."

Bobby frowned. He wondered why?

"Have you ever fucked one of my brothers at the theater?"

"No. They won't let me fuck them. I would love to do it. Do you know if they have any relatives who would let me fuck them?" Ed wiggled his bushy, black eyebrows at Bobby.

Bobby paused. Had Ed just asked if he could fuck him? Bobby looked at Ed's crotch. Ed was running a finger along the erection clearly visible in his black jeans. He breathed deeply of Bobby's intense lust for him. He was seriously tempted to sneak away with Bobby to the theater and make both of them happy.

Bobby wondered if it would be all right with Nicky. If it bothered Nicky, maybe he could suck Nicky while Ed fucked him.

"Female relatives?"

"Doesn't have to be."

"I think they might have a brother who would."

Ed grinned. "Yeah?"

Bobby was about to answer when he saw Ed's smile disappear as Ed looked at something behind him.

"Hey, Lobo," Ed said. "You're back."

Ed was surprised and not particularly happy that Lobo had returned. Alephin told him Jack had been very upset when Lobo disappeared without a word. And that upset everyone in Tom's house. Lobo had caused a lot of misery.

Bobby turned around and saw another big guy walking towards them. Ed called him Lobo. Lobo was even hotter than Ed. Bobby picked up a wonderful scent that grew stronger as he got closer. The man smiled at Bobby and Bobby smiled back. Then Lobo picked him up and began swinging him around. Bobby was taken by surprise, but he laughed. When Lobo stopped, he held Bobby up in front of him, off the ground, the way someone might hold a kitten. He was strong!

"I bet you are surprised to see me!" Lobo said to Bobby.

Bobby nodded.

"Definitely. Is everyone in this pack so friendly?" Bobby asked.

Lobo chuckled.

Ed decided Lobo probably thought Bobby was Jack. He wondered if he should correct him. But the way he understood it, Lobo was Bobby's mate, too. Ed wanted someone to explain to him how Lobo had two mates and he didn't have one. Unfortunately, he figured only a Shusheen could explain it. For the first time, Ed wondered what it would be like to have a male mate. Would it be someone like Bobby? Bobby lusted after him and he wasn't his mate. Bobby would probably rip Ed's clothes off, if they were mates.

Ed noticed that Lobo smelled faintly of blood, bone and what he thought might be brains. Ed had once been next to a man when he was shot in the head. Ed ended up covered with gore. Bobby didn't seem to notice it, which was a good thing. He wondered if it was Edvard Cucco's blood he was smelling. Lobo smelled faintly of soap, so he had bathed. Why did he still smell the way he did?

Lobo brought Bobby closer, although he was still holding him off the ground. He brought Bobby's face to his and kissed him. Bobby wrapped his legs around Lobo's waist. Then Bobby kissed him right back. Bobby wrapped an arm around Lobo's neck. That freed up one of Lobo's arms. He slowly pushed a finger inside Bobby's ass. Bobby moaned into Lobo's mouth. Lobo pulled away from the kiss and smelled his finger. At first, Bobby thought it was gross, although his finger looked clean. But Lobo moaned and began trembling from the scent.

"Are you my mate?" Bobby asked.

"I am. Are you angry at me?"

"No. You can kiss me like that whenever you want."

As soon as Bobby said it, he remembered Nicky and the Kostas. Should he have said that? He was very confused. How should mates be treated? He needed to learn the rules, fast.

Lobo smiled.

"So what happened?" Ed asked Lobo.

Bobby forgot about his mates again and ran his hands over the parts of Lobo he could reach.

"Edvard Cucco is no more," Lobo said.

"Did you do it?" Ed asked.

"We were a team. Five of us are going to split the reward," Lobo said.

"Ten billion each!" Ed said. "You lucky SOB!"

"I don't know about luck. There were seven of us originally. Two were killed."

"Their families aren't getting a share?"

"That was the agreement," Lobo said. "Besides, I'm the only one with a mate."

"You must have had insiders helping," Ed said.

"Yup. Two of them. They are the ones who died. Some of Cucco's men found out they turned on their boss."

"I wonder if the five will all live long enough to get paid," Ed mused.

"I had good people. People I could trust," Lobo said.

"That much money can change people," Ed said.

Lobo slowly nodded his head. He had worried about the same thing.

"You killed someone?" Bobby asked.

"Of course."

Of course? Was his new mate an assassin?

"Put me down, will you?" Bobby said to Lobo.

Lobo put him back on the ground, but Lobo put his arm around Bobby and pulled him close. Bobby felt very awkward, not knowing if the man hugging him was a murderer. Did assassins consider killing someone murder, or did they think it was just the job?

"You have a wealthy mate," Lobo said to Bobby.

Bobby cared nothing at all about money. And he wanted nothing to do with money gained by killing someone.

"Are you sure you're my mate?" Bobby asked.

Lobo frowned. "Of course I'm sure. Is this about leaving? I did it for you."

Bobby tried to figure out what that meant.

"Isn't that called blood money? I don't want anything to do with it."

Lobo looked surprised.

"You know, Alephin told me not to expect you to be happy to see me," Lobo said. Bobby guessed Alephin meant that because Bobby already had a lot of mates.

"Well, I am--or I was. Are you an assassin or a mercenary or what?"

Lobo looked even more surprised.

Ed decided to interrupt.

"Lobo, this is Bobby," Ed said.

"Who is?" Lobo asked.

Ed walked over to Bobby. He pointed his finger. "Lobo, meet Jack's twin brother, Bobby Mitchell. He joined the pack a few minutes ago. I'm adding him to the security system so he can enter his brother's house."

Lobo's mouth dropped open.

"Where's Jack?"

"He's inside," Ed said.

Lobo turned around without a word. Bobby stared at his back as Lobo walked to the front door. Bobby got depressed and it quickly turned to anger. But then he thought maybe he should be relieved that Lobo wasn't his mate. He absolutely did not want an assassin for a mate. But it still hurt. In fact, it hurt a lot. Then he got madder. A murderer thought he wasn't good enough? But if Lobo was Jack's mate, he was Bobby's mate, too. Well, Lobo wouldn't be having sex with Bobby. He was very certain of that!

Lobo pressed his palm to the plate and the door opened. Lobo walked into the house without looking back. Bobby stood there, furious. Part of his brain told him he should be glad, but he didn't feel it. He closed his eyes and thought of Nicky. That cheered him up.

"He thought I was Jack."

Ed nodded.

"Asshole!" Bobby said. "Murderous asshole. I should be glad he isn't my mate."

"No. He can be an asshole on occasion, but everyone can. He isn't murderous. He's a security agent, like me. We've known each other a long time. Almost fifty years. We've worked together several times."

"Weren't you talking about him killing someone?"

"Yes, but believe me, it was necessary. If you knew who he killed, you'd be very relieved he'd done it."

Bobby stared at Ed, unbelieving.

"He killed a monster whose most pleasant business was selling humans for sex slaves. And not just adults." Bobby shook his head. That was truly terrible. "You don't want to know about his unpleasant businesses. But he got an agent into this pack to capture Jack. He was planning to auction Jack off to the highest bidder. Lobo stopped Cucco's agent, too."

"Oh."

"Anyway, once, when we worked together on the same team, our team gave each other names of the dwarfs in Snow White."

"Aren't you kind of big to be a dwarf?"

Ed covered up his crotch. "Please! I don't know you that well!"

Bobby laughed. "Well, it's nothing my brothers haven't seen!"

Ed wiggled his eyebrows. "And tasted!"

Bobby wasn't sure whether to laugh, but he did smile.

"Anyway, Lobo was Grumpy."

Bobby had to laugh at that.

"Is he grumpy?"

"He gets that way when he doesn't get enough sex. I've known him so long I can sometimes tell from his expression how long it's been."

"Which dwarf were you?"

"I was Sexy."

Bobby laughed, again.

"Sexy the Dwarf? I don't remember him."

"Sure you have. He's the one that gave Snow White the set of black dildos."

Bobby burst into laughter.

"Black? And a whole set? Wouldn't four be enough for anyone?"

"Well, now I know what to get you for Christmas," Ed said.

Bobby laughed. "I have a set of butt plugs, but no dildos."

"I hope you don't tell that to everyone you meet," Ed said.

Bobby burst out laughing.

"Anyway, in the Disney movie, they called my dwarf Doc."

Bobby laughed.

"Him, I've heard of. So the dildos were medical devices."

"Right! Doc was a gynecologist. That's why Snow White stopped there in the first place. She needed a pap smear." Bobby laughed. "Unfortunately, the wicked queen pretended to be Doc's receptionist and gave Snow White an apple to snack on while she waited for Sexy—I'm sexy." Bobby laughed some more. Ed shook his head, sadly. "The poor thing never did get that pap smear."

Bobby laughed some more.

"But when did he give her the dildos if the queen poisoned her before her appointment?" Bobby asked.

"Sexy put them in the glass coffin with her," Ed explained.

"I wonder if she was the only girl in a glass coffin who had a set of black dildos."

Ed laughed. "One of the only, I'm sure."

"I bet Prince Charming wondered why there were medical devices in the coffin. I wonder if he tried to resuscitate her with them."

Ed laughed.

"I like you better than Lobo," Bobby said.

"I like you, too," Ed said, grinning.

Bobby felt very comfortable around Ed. But he forced himself to stop thinking about Ed sexually. While it was exciting to think about sucking Ed at the gloryhole or getting fucked by him, he couldn't do it unless it was OK with Nicky, Chris, and Nick. He sighed. He wished Nicky was there. If he was there, he wouldn't be thinking about Ed at all. But he was just so horny! He wondered when the Kostas would be back. He had no idea what they intended to bring from home. They might not get back until very late, and it was possible they wouldn't be back until tomorrow. They might want to rent a truck, since neither of the cars could carry that much. He couldn't go that long without sex.

"I don't think Jack wants Lobo. And he just threw away his second chance," Ed said.

Well, it wasn't hard for Bobby to believe that Jack didn't want him.

"Well, let's get you inside. You come out and tell me what Jack says to him, OK?" Ed said.

"OK."

Ed handed him a little piece of plastic.

"What's this?"

"It's a lancet to get a blood sample," Ed told him. "Pull the end off and prick your finger. I need a blood sample. Whenever there is ever any doubt that you are who you say you are, your blood will be taken again and compared to the sample."

Bobby held the lancet next to a finger for a few seconds. He had trouble forcing himself to do it.

"Do you want me to do it?" Ed asked.

"Yes, please."

Bobby held out his hand. He looked at Ed's face while he jabbed him. It only hurt a little. It suddenly occurred to him that he could look like anyone he wanted and so could other people of his...race. Jack and Tom were the same way. It was no wonder that they needed all this to verify identities. Then he realized that he had the same blood and fingerprints as Tom and Jack. So what was the point of all this?

Bobby saw a dog running down the street. Or was it a person?

"You must be a very big wolf, when you shift," Bobby said. "They told me the mass stays the same."

"Yeah," Ed said.

Bobby found himself looking at Ed's crotch, again. He needed sex! What if the Kostas didn't get back until tomorrow?

"I need sex! I have been so horny since I got here. Am I always going to be this way?" Bobby asked Ed.

"Vin-Ta are hornier than humans. My personal opinion is that it is because we are less fertile than humans. Having sex more often increases the chance of pregnancy. On top of that, you have a lot of mates. Just one mate makes you horny all the time. Hell, I'm horny all the time and I don't even have a mate!"

"So is just getting blown once a day enough for you? I've had sex several times already and I'm about to pull my dick out to beat off!"

"No. Once a day isn't nearly enough," Ed said. "That's why I go to the theater. Even twice isn't enough, so I jack off." Ed sighed. "I frequently wish I had a mate. But I travel all the time and I work irregular hours."

"Would you settle down if you found your mate?"

"Oh, yeah. I probably wouldn't want to do anything but fuck her for the first five years."

"How do you know it will be a woman?" Bobby asked him.

Ed looked surprised.

"I guess I don't. I've always just assumed it would be a woman, because I never met a gay Vin-Ta before I arrived here. I suppose it could be a man."

Bobby turned around and looked down the street. There were very few people out. But it was hot. That could be why.

 

Nick watched Nicky absently scratch at his forearm. He'd been doing it for about five minutes, and he was scratching harder and harder. The skin was starting to look raw. Nick felt his own chest was constricted. Tension was thick in the car and Nick wondered if that was why his chest felt the way it did.

Bobby was in danger. He'd lost Patricia. Would he lose Bobby? Nicky groaned as Nick got stuck behind two slower vehicles. Nicky started repeatedly pressing his foot down, like he was trying to speed up, which was completely pointless from the passenger seat. Nick didn't say anything to his son, though.

 

Ed noticed that Bobby stopped lusting. For some reason, that bothered Ed.

"I think we're done. Let's see if it lets you inside the house."

Bobby smiled at him.

Before they tried, the front door opened and Lobo walked out. He was obviously angry. He walked over to Bobby. Bobby thought about turning his back to him. Instead, he moved closer to Ed.

"Do I put my hand on the plate?"

"Yeah."

Bobby tried and the handprint flashed red. Ed frowned. He checked something on a tablet.

"I think it's giving an error because your fingerprints match Tom's and Jack's. Let me override that."

Ed had Bobby press his fingers on a device.

"I may have just saved yours and your brothers' lives," Lobo said. "Is a little gratitude too much to expect?"

Bobby turned around and looked at Lobo.

"Can I speak?" Ed asked.

"Of course."

"I know what you did was a very good thing, but some people might think you did it for the money," Ed said. "It was an enormous amount. I'm sure Jack is asking himself if you would have left if there was no reward. He told me he thinks money is more important to you than he is."

Lobo sighed. He was silent for a moment.

"I needed the money to keep Jack safe," Lobo said.

"He probably thinks you could have kept him safe by staying with him. You know, if you'd waited a week or two, he could have built up some trust in the relationship. But he didn't know anything about you," Ed said.

Lobo thought Ed was probably right, but he felt the longer he waited, the more chances Cucco would have to get his hands on Jack.

Bobby turned around and looked at the shops down the street. The conversation had nothing to do with him. It was between Lobo and Jack.

Ed could see that Lobo grew angry when Bobby turned away.

"Look, Lobo. You are getting angry at Bobby for ignoring you for a few seconds. How would you feel if he just disappeared without saying goodbye and you didn't know where he'd gone or if he was going to return or if he was alive or dead?"

Lobo sighed, again and sat down on a step.

"Will you sit here?" Lobo asked Bobby.

Bobby didn't say anything and he kept his back to Lobo but Lobo's incredible scent was calling him. There was no other way to express it.

"Please?" Lobo asked.

Bobby sighed and sat next to him.

"I was almost two hundred years old when you were born."

Bobby was stunned. It was unbelievable.

"Uh...uh...You look good for your age."

"I can't take credit for that. Anyway, I found out my mate is an eighteen year-old who lives with his rich brother. I was supposed to live with them. Live off them. I couldn't take my mate and move into a house of our own, because I didn't have enough money to build a home anywhere near as safe as his brother's. This place is a fortress." Bobby nodded. "By killing the main threat to my mate's life, I could fix two problems. Make him safer and have enough money from the bounty to build us a safe home. There are other threats besides Cucco."

"Tell me about him--the man you killed," Bobby said.

"A guy named Edvard Cucco was trying to kidnap Jack to auction him off to the highest bidder and he was probably interested in Tom and Hephin, Alephin's grandson, too. Cucco's a thoroughly rotten person. Or he was. Dag Tuskus who lives in a pack just down the highway—the Alpha is Alephin's grandson—offered a bounty of fifty billion dollars on Cucco's head. Dag could easily afford it. Either Cucco would get killed or he would go into hiding. Either one was fine with Dag. I decided to make my mate safe and get the money."

"Why didn't you tell Jack that?" Ed asked.

Lobo was annoyed by Ed's interruption. He turned his head to look at Ed. "I'm talking to--" Lobo paused. "Robby."

"It's Bobby!" Bobby said, very annoyed.

Ed suppressed a laugh. Had anyone else ever forgotten their mate's name?

"Well, I've been his bodyguard and I couldn't help learning how Jack feels about the situation and you. If you aren't interested, I'll keep my mouth shut," Ed said.

Lobo sighed.

"He told me. He wanted to know what I was doing, why I was doing it, and when I would be done," Lobo said. "If I told him I wanted to be able to afford a place of our own, I knew he'd say it wasn't important. But it is critically important to me. I didn't want to announce that I was leaving to kill Cucco because I didn't want to take a chance he might hear about my intention. And by leaving here right after I arrived, it made it look like I had no permanent connection to the pack. Cucco had already gotten one of his men into this pack. He was killed but he might not have been the only one. I couldn't tell Jack when I would be done, because I had no idea. At first, I didn't have a plan. Once I did, my plans needed to be secret."

"This really has nothing to do with me. You only kissed me by mistake," Bobby said. "Then you acted like I didn't exist. And I just met Jack an hour ago, so there's no point in trying to get me to change his mind about you. Even if I did have influence with him, I wouldn't help you. And why should I? You probably wouldn't treat Jack any better than you did me."

Lobo shook his head. "Nobody listens. I talk, I explain and for no reason." After a moment, he took Bobby's hand. "I'm sorry. I was embarrassed. That's why I left abruptly. I was just—embarrassed. I was so embarrassed I barely heard your name."

Bobby closed his eyes. Just having his hand inside Lobo's was satisfying. He really wanted to believe Lobo. He didn't understand it. It had to be a mate thing. But Jack knew all about mates and he didn't want Lobo. He couldn't ignore that, no matter how much he wanted to believe and be with Lobo.

"What exactly is it you want out of me?" Bobby asked him. "I really don't think I can influence Jack."

"I don't want you to."

Bobby waited, but Lobo didn't say anything else.

"Do you want to be friends?" Bobby asked him.

Both Lobo and Ed laughed. Bobby tried to think what was funny about that. He couldn't think of anything.

"'I'd like to introduce you to a friend of mine.' 'Oh, and how did the two of you meet?' 'I love the way he smells,'" Ed said. They laughed some more.

Bobby looked at the two of them and tried to understand why they thought that was so hilarious.

Bobby looked at Lobo's hand. It was nearly twice the size of his own. He looked at all the thick black hair on his forearms. Three months earlier, it would have repulsed him. But he'd changed. But he forced himself to ignore Lobo. He thought of Nicky, instead. But he found himself looking at Lobo's crotch.

"Oh, my god!" Bobby said. It looked like there was a tree limb stuffed into his pants. His cock extended down a leg of his pants almost to his knee. And he thought Ed was big!

Lobo chuckled. "A gay guy—human—told me I was a gay boy's wet dream."

Bobby closed his eyes. Yuck! Was Lobo full of himself, in addition to his other...faults? Did he have faults? Was he vain? He was just repeating what someone said to him and that wasn't vanity, was it? Bobby felt torn in different directions.

He felt Lobo move. He opened his eyes. Lobo stood and Bobby wondered if he was leaving, again. But Lobo unfastened his pants and pushed them down. Then he sat back down. Bobby stared lustfully at Lobo's erection. He guessed it must be about fourteen inches long and quite a bit bigger around than a can of soda. He felt an almost physical pull towards Lobo, that he fought. But he couldn't take his eyes off Lobo's cock. It wasn't just big, it had a beautiful shape. He was not at all certain that Lobo would make a good mate for him. If Lobo became his mate and then left again, Bobby would be unhappy. But if he didn't take him as mate, Lobo could do whatever he wanted. Bobby was faced with the exact same decision Jack had faced. Jack understood the situation better than Bobby did, and Jack rejected him. He thought about Lobo's explanation for leaving Jack. It was a good one, but Jack still suffered. Lobo could have dozens of good reasons to disappear, for all Bobby knew.

"What is it exactly that you want?" Bobby asked him.

"I want you to be my mate and treat me as your mate."

"I already have mates."

Lobo sighed.

"I know. I can smell them on you. We will all have to share you. I understand that. I will not attempt to monopolize you."

Bobby was relieved by that.

Lobo stood up. He lifted Bobby back on his feet. Bobby had trouble taking his eyes off Lobo's erection. He wrapped a hand partway around it and felt Lobo shudder. He thought it was amazing he could have that effect on such a huge, powerful man. He stroked it once and Lobo groaned. He let go and let his hands wander up Lobo's torso, under his shirt. Lobo closed his eyes. Having his mate's hands on him was almost as pleasurable as an orgasm. And Bobby lusted after him intensely.

"You say you won't try to monopolize him, but will you be able to watch Bobby get fucked without getting angry?" Ed asked Lobo.

Lobo opened his eyes and looked annoyed. But Bobby was still feeling him, caressing Lobo's body.

"Ed understands the situation better than me. He knows you and I don't. I think it's a good question," Bobby said.

Ed smiled.

Lobo sighed and slowly nodded his head.

"Is that your only concern? That I won't get along with your other mates? That I will get angry when you have sex with them?" Lobo asked Bobby.

"Well, I guess I'm also afraid you will have other important things to do and will just disappear," Bobby said.

"I left for Jack's sake. I know now how much he suffered. I should have realized that and I didn't. I won't make the same mistake. I need you Bobby. I need you more than you need me."

Both Ed and Bobby nodded. Bobby had other mates, but Lobo had no one else.

"The first thing Alephin told me when I discovered Jack was my mate was that I would have to share him. He told me he would not tolerate bad behavior or intimidation by me towards Jack's other mates, and that if I caused trouble, he would kick me out of his pack—without my mate. I've known I would be sharing Jack—or you with other men. I accept it. I can't be certain how I will feel until I actually witness it, but I enjoy group sex and I've shared lovers with my friends. I shared a woman and a gay guy I'd been fucking with Ed, so he knows that is true." Lobo looked at Ed.

"That is true," Ed said.

Lobo nodded.

"You and Bobby are lusting after each other. You want to have sex with my mate, don't you, Ed?"

Bobby looked at Ed. He looked uncomfortable.

"I was hoping he would at least suck me at the gloryhole," Ed said.

Bobby smiled and Ed was a little relieved.

"I'm fine with that. In fact, I'd like to fuck Bobby while he sucks you," Lobo said.

Lobo took Bobby's hand and placed it on the lump at Ed's crotch. Ed closed his eyes and smiled. While Bobby rubbed it, Lobo pushed a finger inside Bobby's ass. His finger slid inside easily. Bobby was full of other men's cum. He pulled his finger out and smelled Bobby and other me--Alephin and three other males who were related.

"Is a whole family fucking you?" Lobo asked Bobby.

"My stepfather and my two stepbrothers. They are my other mates."

Lobo looked at Ed. "That must be a first—a whole family sharing one mate. Have you ever heard of anything like that before?"

"No, but Bobby and his brothers are unique."

Bobby looked up at Lobo's face. Lobo was smiling, so it obviously didn't bother him. Then he looked at Lobo's cock. He was very hard. While rubbing Ed's erection with one hand, he wrapped his other hand around the shaft of Lobo's cock.

Bobby looked up at Lobo.

"This is fun!"

Lobo chuckled.

"You love cocks, don't you?"

Bobby looked up at Lobo and smiled as he nodded his head.

"You're a cock-hungry slut and I love that about...you," Lobo whispered, while he finger-fucked his mate with two fingers and rubbed his cock against him. You need a lot of mates. I bet you love what a man's got between his legs, more than anything. And I hope you like what I've got for you."

Bobby was surprised and a little hurt, but very, very excited. Was he a cock-hungry slut? Nicky's cock was his favorite thing in the world. And he loved Chris' and his stepfather's almost as much.

Lobo sensed he'd made Bobby unhappy. Being called a slut probably bothered him. But Lobo didn't mean it as an insult.

"Ask Ed. I'm a slut, too. I never go out with anyone who isn't a slut."

Ed chuckled.

"I never thought about it, but it's true," Ed said.

"I can't imagine anything more boring than having sex with a virgin. Can you, Ed?"

"No."

Lobo nodded. "I like people who would rather have sex than do anything else. I want someone who wants more sex, as soon as they finish having sex."

Bobby laughed.

"Well, that sounds like me," Bobby said.

Lobo grinned.

"Will you love me?" he asked Lobo.

"I will."

Bobby smiled up at him.

"Will you let me fuck you?" Lobo asked.

"Right now?"

"No, unfortunately. Later."

Bobby looked up at Lobo.

"You're my mate. Of course I'll let you fuck me."

Lobo smiled.

He bent down and whispered, "Do you want Ed to fuck you, even though he is not your mate?"

Bobby didn't know the rules, although he was pretty sure he shouldn't want a stranger to fuck him. Should he say 'no'? He decided to be honest.

"Yes," Bobby whispered back.

Lobo stood back up.

"You can fuck Bobby," Lobo said to Ed. "And he can suck you. But why do it at the gloryhole?"

"Jack and Tom would only suck me there and in the movie theater," Ed said.

"What difference does the location make?" Lobo asked.

Ed shrugged. "Not my rules, buddy."

Lobo nodded.

"I want you to be open about who you are having sex with," Lobo said. "If you find someone else at the pack you want, and have sex with him, I want you to tell me. I don't want to hear about it from someone else. That would be humiliating."

Bobby thought about it. He thought he could understand that. He decided he needed to do that with all his mates, especially Nicky.

Ed shook his head. He couldn't believe Lobo was willing to share his mate with Ed, when Ed wasn't Bobby's mate. But Lobo seemed completely sincere.

Lobo took Bobby's erection in his hand. He stroked it twice while he finger-fucked his mate. Bobby leaned against Lobo and groaned as he came.

"That's it, baby. Come for Daddy," Lobo said. Bobby held tightly onto Lobo's cock through an intense orgasm. Lobo thrust his tongue into Bobby's mouth. Bobby sucked on it. When his orgasm was over, Bobby pulled away. He smiled as he watched Lobo lick his cum off his hand.

"I want to eat yours," Bobby said. He turned to Ed. "And yours, too."

Ed grinned.

"I can't speak for Ed, but I will happily give you as much as you want," Lobo said. "Ed will probably want to charge you for his."

Ed burst out laughing. "It's on sale today. All you can eat for $9.95."

"That sounds like a good deal!" Bobby said.

"But seriously, I'll give you plenty," Lobo said.

"Good. Now will you loan me $9.95?" Bobby asked.

All three of them laughed.

"If you want to suck Ed right now, I'll take over for him until you two finish," Lobo said. As soon as Lobo said it, he could tell he just made his mate happy.

Bobby wrapped his arms around Lobo and looked up at him. "I think you're wonderful. But if you ever forget my name again..."

Lobo looked embarrassed before he bent down to passionately kiss his mate, again. Bobby held Lobo's cock with both hands. Lobo was happy. Bobby's lust for him was intense, his emotion was sincere, and he was forgiving where Jack was not.

Ed watched the two of them and wondered for the first time whether a male mate might be preferable to a female mate.