by Pixie Unger
He also looked at a small folding table and chairs. He honestly wasn’t sure what to do about that one. On one hand, it might be nice to be able to eat in her room for a couple of days. On the other, he didn’t want her to think she was banned from the dining room. He saw a drop leaf table that looked like a cheap knock off of something he saw in the attic.
He could work with that.
Next stop bedding. He found some throw blankets that were as soft as a teddy bear and washable. He bought six in different colours. Then off to the pharmacy before buying a heating pad and enough creamy chocolate balls to kill them all. Marv actually shuddered as he put them in his cart. However, while Nathan may make him uncomfortable, it didn’t mean he didn’t trust the guy.
It was almost eleven when he got home. He could see the light on through the frosted glass on Sarah’s doors. He knocked and waited.
She opened the door and waited for him to speak. That was… wrong. Sure that’s what one of the boys would have done, but it weren’t like she was gonna challenge him. “Uh… I brought you a space heater. And some other stuff.”
She stepped aside, “Come in.”
He handed her the bags and carried in the heater. It was cold in here. There was a trace of Craig’s smell, but it was hours old. “Uh… I got some blankets too. Nathan said to wash them first, so they will be ready later tonight when you need them.”
“Thank you.”
“I wasn’t… I wasn’t trying to keep you out of our nest when I gave you this room. I just wanted you to have space.”
“Yeah. That’s what Craig said.”
Marv nodded. “Nathan said this wasn’t the best time to be trying to fix that.”
“Who is Nathan?”
Marv was surprised, “Didn’t Nicole mention him? He’s her second.” Sarah shook her head. Marv scratched the back of his head. “Anyway. He said you might want a table so you can eat in here, but I don’t want you thinking I’m keeping you out of the dining room. I’ll bring you a table if you want, but just for… until you are feeling better.”
Sarah gave him a look that he didn’t understand.
“What?”
“Gus said you fought in the civil war.”
“Yeah.” Marv gritted his teeth.
“He said you talk about being on the wrong side.”
Marv’s jaw jumped. He nodded silently.
“How uncomfortable am I making you?”
“It’s fine. Say it. Get it out of your system.”
“Is that why the whole pack is white?”
Marv blinked. Then he laughed. “No! I never wanted a pack. I never wanted to own another man, not after how the one who turned me treated his pack. I’m just living my life and these guys somehow ended up being my responsibility.” He thought for a moment. “And you. I’m doing my best, but I wasn’t empire building.”
“Is that why…” Sarah stopped. Marv waited. “I’m not always sure you want me here.”
Marv took a deep breath and blew it out. “Are we being frank?” Sarah nodded. “You scare the shit out of me, little girl. I have no idea what I’m doing and I keep getting it wrong. And even when I can see I’m getting it wrong, I have no fucking idea how to fix it.”
Sarah sat down on the bed and gestured to the armchair. Marv took a seat. “Like what?” she asked.
Marv considered this. “You don’t have to wait for me to speak. The boys do because they all lived with bastards who wouldn’t let them talk without permission. I hate it when they do it. But, just now, so did you.”
Sarah considered this, then nodded. Marv continued, “I don’t think that you understand that in this house, you outrank me. That’s why you sit first for meals.”
Sarah looked confused then surprised, “What? Really?”
Marv nodded solemnly. “I’m hoping you don’t do it, but you would be in your rights to kick us out and make us all sleep in the garage. When you asked if you could have Craig for a couple of days, that was wrong. You don’t ask. You just say, ‘Marv, I’m keeping Craig for a couple of days.’ Whatever you need, you tell me that you need it and we all work to get it for you. And I know that you don’t know what to ask for yet. We don’t know what we can offer without scaring you. And that is, as I see it, what got us into this mess.”
Sarah was watching him intently. “When I said it was OK for you all to… I don’t even know… touch me socially, there was about a week where the boys didn’t flatten themselves to get out of my way. I got back scratches and hugs and when they sat next to me, they weren’t so careful to make sure they weren’t touching me. It was nice. I felt included. But when they noticed that you didn’t do any of those things they stopped. Then it was worse because I knew what I was missing.”
Marv shook his head. “I was raised to see that sort of thing as disrespectful to a lady.” Sarah opened her mouth to say something, then snapped it shut and clenched her teeth. “What?”
“I’m not your wife, but didn’t you ever… hold hands with her? Hug her?”
“Of course I did! But we aren’t married.”
“What about when you were dating? Courting?”
“I know what dating is. We met at church. Dating was going to community events together back then. I wasn’t ever alone with her until our wedding night.”
Sarah hung her head. “Can’t you see how that was different? She was never alone. If you and the pack aren’t including me, I am. Craig and Gus and Nicole have all told me that human models of family relationships don’t work when you try to apply them to pack. I understand that you are trying to be respectful and treat me like a lady. But I’m not. Like it or not, I’m not human anymore. I can smell everything. If I concentrate, I can hear the sound of others’ heart beats. I brought down that rabbit thing like it was moving slowly. I am an Ulfurinn and I am alone.”
Moving very slowly, so that she had plenty of time to tell him to fuck off, Marv got up from the chair, came over to the bed, sat next to Sarah and put his arm around her. She hugged him back.
Chapter 15
1995 - 1999 In Hiding
David Black, Nicole Schnerr, Alex and Jacob Painchaud, Samantha Beltain, Page Owen, Wade and Dan Smith, Nathan Dai, Al and Rick Campbell and Jade Xiang escape from the group home holding them. Anne McBride, who had originally been part of their unit, had disappeared three weeks earlier while being interviewed by a visiting official.
November 4th
It was about 2 am when Molly the dog came down to the nest and curled up by the fireplace. Marv and Craig looked at each other. “Off you go then.” Marv said. Craig nodded and padded up the stairs.
Sarah’s door was open. He whined a question. “Come in.” She was curled into a ball on her bed.
“Wanna help.”
“Can you put some shorts on and come to bed?”
It was a quick run through a cold hallway back to Sarah’s room. He grabbed a blanket out of the clean laundry basket waiting outside her door and turned the space heater up to 77. She whimpered a little as he spooned up behind her. “It will be OK. I warm up fast.”
“What’s with the puppy speak? You’re human shaped now.”
Craig considered this. “I always thought that Ulfurinn couldn’t talk once they shifted. Marv learned from Nathan that they can. But they have to use our language because their insides are rearranged. It sounds like that might include your vocal cords. You need to practice more.”
“Not tonight.”
“OK. Can I press on your belly? It will help with the cramps.”
“Yeah. OK. I want to go back to sleep.”
“Good night, Sarah.”
Craig didn’t go to sleep. He watched her breathing and kept reassessing her smell. He could tell exactly when it changed. He nuzzled her neck and kissed her shoulder. She made a little noise in her sleep. “Want you.” It came out as a growl and woke her up. She rolled over to look at him. “Please. Make you feel good. Want to.”
Sarah blushed and nodded.
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“Rules?”
“Uh… fingers and tongue, I guess. I don’t want your dick. No offense.”
Craig chuckled. “None taken.”
“Stay human shaped for me, OK?”
He nodded. “What did you decide about Gus?”
Sarah blushed harder. “I said he could come in if you need to leave. He wasn’t really happy about that.”
“I can’t blame him. I’m not going to leave. Having a second isn’t a bad thing.” Craig considered this. “How do you feel about watching?”
“Not sure I want to be watched.”
“What about you watching me and him?” He grinned softly as he smelled her reaction to that. “It’s up to you. But decide fairly soon. Stop is always OK, but I am not going to escalate beyond what you agree to before things get started.”
“Oh. Uh. Are you OK with Gus being here?”
“I trust him completely, but it has to be your decision.”
“I need to think about it.”
“OK, you have options. You can invite him in and kick him out if it gets weird. Or have him stay dog shaped unless you or I need him. He could wait on the other side of the door.”
Sarah thought about all of that. She wasn’t sure she liked the idea of him listening just outside the door, but the reality was they would be listening anywhere in the house. “I don’t want his dick either.”
“Can I call him up here to talk about the rules?”
Sarah nodded. Craig made the howl that Sarah recognized as Gus’s name. Then he barked the words for human and pants. She heard the sound of Gus running up the stairs only moments later. He stopped outside of her door and knocked. “Come in,” Sarah called.
Gus was fully dressed. Sarah was surprised. Craig was already talking. “Sarah’s rules so far are she wants me to stay human looking and she doesn’t want either of our dicks. She didn’t seem adverse to us taking care of each other in the down time, but she hasn’t actually said.”
Sarah coughed. “Um… is that something you normally do?”
Gus looked surprised, “You know we help each other. As for normally, well, this is my first time helping an Ulfurinn, so if that’s what you want, then it will be normal for us, alright?” Sarah nodded. “You’re hurting.”
“Not too bad.”
“Smells bad.” Sarah dropped her gaze and blushed hard. “Smells like you are hurting badly.” Gus corrected himself.
“You don’t have to do this,” she whispered.
“Want to.” It was surprisingly close to the same growl Craig had made earlier.
Sarah nodded. While she and Gus had been talking Craig had spread the blanket out on the bed. Gus leaned forward and kissed Sarah, gently at first and more aggressively as she kissed him back. Craig turned the space heater up a little more and then sat behind her on the bed and reached around to unbutton her pajama top while Gus was running his hands over the tops of her thighs.
Once her top was off, Gus tucked his hands into the waistband of her pants. Sarah lifted her hips, Gus pulled down. Craig lifted her up and set her in the middle of the blanket. He kissed her lips then her throat. “Anywhere I can’t lick?”
She shook her head, “I’ll let you know.”
Craig grinned and licked her neck in a way he knew would tickle, before kissing her and saying, “If Gus sat behind you, he would help keep you warm.” He didn’t wait for a reply before he started licking her nipple.
“Gus? Are you OK with that?”
Gus nodded. “Clothes on or off or just pants like Craig?”
“Uh… like Craig?”
Craig stopped for long enough to say, “Tell him what to do, Sarah. Say it like you mean it.”
Sarah moaned softly as Craig scraped his teeth over her breast. She gasped, “Clothes off.” Gus stripped down to his shorts. He sat her up a little and climbed in behind her.
“Can I play with these while Craig goes down?”
“Umm-hmm.”
Gus grinned and kissed her head, taking her breasts in his hands and rolling her nipples between his fingers. Craig grabbed her hips and pulled her down Gus’s chest as he tipped them up. Then Gus bent forward to capture Sarah’s mouth as Craig leaned in and kissed Sarah’s other lips. Sarah and Craig both moaned in pleasure at the same time. Gus chuckled, “Wow, that is one hell of a view.”
“Not bad from here either.” Craig replied.
Sarah coiled her arms around Gus’s neck and kissed him. Craig watched for a moment before running his nose over her curls and sliding his tongue into her. It was a shame she wouldn’t let him half shift. His tongue was a lot longer that way. Maybe next time.
Gus had moved to Sarah’s side and was running one hand up and down her body as the other wrapped around her shoulders. Craig just slowly kept licking her, enjoying the show. Sarah’s hips started to buck. Craig settled her legs over his shoulder and used one hand to press down on her belly while he slid the other up her thigh and into her cunt. She gasped and tilted her head back exposing her neck to Gus, who groaned. Craig grinned for a moment. He doubted she had any idea how erotic that was, trusting a pack member with her throat.
Gus watched her for a moment. “How are you doing?”
“More!” she gasped.
Craig twisted his wrist and crooked his fingers. Sarah’s hips started trying to move under his hand. He was prepared for what happened next, but from the look on Gus’s face, the other male wasn’t.
Sarah’s whole body shuddered and made the sound of every joint cracking that went with the change. She spasmed and arched and screamed. The scream became a howl. Craig moved his fingers out of the way and lapped greedily at her twitching, bleeding cunt.
Marv burst in and pulled Craig off of her. Sarah whimpered and begged, “More!” She wiggled out of Gus’s arms and rolled onto all fours, “More, please!”
Craig pushed Marv off of him and walked back to the bed, He ran a careful hand over Sarah’s back. “Can’t do it baby girl, it’s against the rules. Lay down, I’ll make you feel good.”
“That ain’t what she’s asking for.” Marv growled quietly.
Craig looked at Gus and ignored Marv. He helped Sarah roll onto her back. Gus stood up and took his alpha out to the hallway to explain.
Craig went back to licking Sarah. She came again with another cry and a fresh little gush. Craig groaned. Sarah was the best thing he had tasted in centuries. He could understand why Sean attacked Lori, he was chasing this taste. The next time Sarah came she arched off the bed and pushed him away. Craig eased her legs off his shoulders and lay his head on her belly for a moment until the twitching stopped. He smiled into her skin.
“Sarah?” he whispered.
“Mmm?” The noise she made was almost a purr.
“Can I just clean up after myself before I spoon you? I will be really gentle.”
“Yes.”
Craig smiled happily to himself and remembered his manners, “Thank you.” He was very careful not to hurt her, but also careful to get as much of her as he could. One of her hips jerked like a joint sliding back into position and Craig took that as his signal to stop. Sure enough, a moment later she did another whole body twitch and went back to smelling the more human version like herself.
“Cold.”
From the doorway, Marv handed Gus another of the soft blankets.
“I know Love, but we have to get you some water and a massage. Otherwise your legs are going to hurt tomorrow.”
“M’kay.”
Gus crawled into bed with them and started rubbing the leg Craig wasn’t working on, carefully copying the motions. Marv brought a whole pitcher of ice water and three cups. He poured one and handed it to Gus, who helped Sarah sit up and take a drink. While she was, Marv pulled Craig off the bed and kissed and licked his face clean.
He looked thoughtfully at his second holding the sleepy girl.
“Sarah? Can I stay too?”
Craig glared at his alpha, “Wait and ask her in the m
orning. She isn’t in a good place to consent right now. That’s why we negotiate before we start.”
Marv held up his hands and left the room.
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Craig was spooning a sleeping Sarah when Gus came over and started rubbing his back. “Damn, son, watching you keep Marv off of her was just -” Gus broke off and ground against Craig, sliding his hand between his packmate and his Ulfurinn and then down the other man’s belly before palming Craig’s dick through his shorts. “Let me help with that.”
Craig sighed, “She wants me to try to stay human.”
“She also said I was here in case you need to tap out. Let me. Then you can full shift and I can keep her warm.”
“This is a shameless attempt to get to cuddle Sarah.”
Gus grinned and hugged Craig a little tighter, “This is a shameless attempt to get to taste Sarah. Holy fuck does she smell good!”
“Mmmm… ’ank ou…” Sarah mumbled.
“Can I have him for a few minutes?” Gus asked.
“M’kay.”
Craig rolled over and sat up. Gus knelt in front of him. The guys had an assortment of issues with this. They had found ways to work around it. Gus pulled down Craig’s shorts and licked his cock like a popsicle, before circling the tip with his tongue. Craig’s hands twitched. He wasn’t good at taking this lying down, and Gus wasn’t good with anyone holding his head. Craig concentrated on running his hands over the blanket.
As Gus sucked Craig’s dick into his mouth, Sarah sat up and hugged Craig from behind. Craig held her hands as she peeked over his shoulder. Gus looked up at her and grinned around Craig before popping off to say, “Enjoying the view?” Craig made a little involuntary gasp. Sarah smiled and nodded. “Keep your mouth away from his neck, understand?” He waited for her to nod again, then he ducked his head and went back to work.
He stuck out his tongue and breathed out through his nose as he swallowed Craig down to the root. Then he swallowed a couple of times letting his throat work around the thick member. He bobbed his head a couple of times until he could taste precum. He backed off a little and wrapped his fist around the base in anticipation of what was coming next. Licking and sucking aggressively at the tip, Gus cupped Craig’s balls and gave a gentle squeeze, running his thumb over the sack.
