by Jade White
He entered her, and it was so glorious, she and her lover, bathed in the moonlight, deep in the woods and deep into each other, a sort of perfection that they’d always shared passing between them.
“I love you so much, Night,” Chastity managed to breathe.
“And I love you too, my most unchaste Chastity,” he chuckled.
Neither of them realized that John and Julie had just happened upon the scene. They’d stopped rather abruptly and were now simply staring at the unexpected sight, unable to look away. John’s hand clasped Julie’s tighter, and then they inched away, back into the forest.
“That was—by the moon, is that what it’s like?” Julie asked. “Maybe we should go back where we came from after all?”
“Not yet, my love,” said John decisively. “You mark my words, that looked too much like another sibling in the making. And we’ve already decided we’re not ready to make those two grandparents just yet. There’s nothing much more to say.”
“Johnny?” Julie said, her breath catching as she threw her arms around his neck. “I do love you very much. I’ll be proud when we do make them grandparents, you know?”
Smiling at the thought, John pulled her closer still. “Yeah, baby, I know. Let’s go see if there’s anything left of the food.”
Night and Chastity, sated and spent, had heard every single word. They smiled at each other as they righted their clothes.
“Hm, that’s not a bad idea after something that good,” said Night to his wife. “What do you say we also invade the food?”
*
The human reporter was supposed to have left before moonrise, but since Mr. Dane was busy attending to the birth of his and Katie’s fourth child he’d been somewhat inattentive to making certain the task of getting everyone out had been properly completed. It was, perhaps, lucky that winter had a stranglehold on the area at the time, but the footage of their usual feast was damning either way.
It was lucky that the man had not guessed at anything beyond the fact that werewolves came to Wolfhaven for the full moon. His report stated that the group obviously gathered there for the moons, and that was why other guests were never allowed there during that time. He also had the decency to speculate that this might be a safety precaution for humans on the werewolves’ part.
“This reporter has had discourse with the owners of Wolfhaven, who are clearly werewolves themselves,” the news droned on. “They are a wonderful, loving couple. They care very much about the comfort and well-being of every person who comes there, regardless of their species. I, for one, am glad to be the bearer of this news, to finally prove the rumor that has been circulating to be true. We’ve been wasting all this time wishing for aliens or bigfoots or some other type of sentient non-human, while all this time they’ve been among us. I say it’s time to welcome them to the fold.”
The group assembled in Night’s living room that day comprised Jake and John, Hope and Julie, Chastity and their new baby, Night himself, and Boris. They were all staring at the television in stunned silence.
“Well, looks like Julian finally decided it’s time to let the cat out of the bag, eh?” said Boris with a bit of a smirk.
“You think he had something to do with this?” Chastity inquired.
Jake rubbed Hope’s swollen belly as he set her on his knee. “Well then, I wonder if there’s been anything said about the report after it aired. You did say it’s run three times today, didn’t you Boris?”
“It has, indeed,” Boris assured him.
“Damn it, I hope this isn’t going to ruin our wedding plans,” Johnny grumbled as he gave Julie’s hand a squeeze. “I didn’t wait a whole year just to have it all blow up in our faces now.”
“John, I want you to take Julie to Fiske’s,” Night said decisively. “Take Jake and Hope along as well. Nobody knows about Fiske’s affiliation here. I’d like to make certain you kids are safe.”
“What about Jaimie and Ross?” Julie wanted to know.
“No, we’re going to keep them here,” said Night decisively. “If anyone comes here asking questions, seeing Ross is likely to make them think twice about doing anything harmful, don’t you think?”
“And Jaimie?”
“Him, I’m keeping so your mother doesn’t go nuts over none of her bigger babies being here,” he chuckled. “With any luck, this will all blow over fairly quickly and we’ll be able to move on. I just want to make sure there’s a contingency plan if we need one. Besides, your wedding day was only three weeks off so I don’t suppose it’s going to make a lot of difference, right?”
“No, especially since they’ve been at it hot and heavy for the last four months anyway,” Jake supplied with a huge smirk.
“Jake!” Hope gasped, slapping him. “They didn’t need to know that.”
“As if we didn’t know already,” Night scoffed.
“You did?” asked Julie with a blush.
“I’m a wolf, aren’t I?” Night pointed out. “Your scent changed, sweetheart. Everyone knows.”
“Oh,” she replied, her cheeks beginning to flame. “Well, come on then, we might as well go.”
“Be careful on the way, though,” Night said. “We don’t know how safe it is outside the fence now that the truth has been out there almost four hours now. The welcoming committee might by lying in wait or something for all we know.”
“Why don’t you send a few of the men out there first to sweep the area?” Chastity suggested. “I’d hate for them to be harmed while we were trying to make sure they won’t be harmed.”
“Good point,” said Night.
Several minutes later, three of the men returned to report that there was in fact a mob of about twenty standing at the gatehouse demanding to be let inside. Amos had apparently told them that, given the fact that it was uncertain if they were hostile or friendly, that it might be better to have Night brought out to speak to them instead.
Chastity cast her husband a worried look, but he gave her shoulder a squeeze as he replied, “Certainly, I’ll go. We’ll get this all straightened out.”
“Be careful,” she told him. The younger wolves sat back down, each brother holding the sister of his choice, as they awaited the outcome of Night’s decision.
When Night stepped up to the gate, he saw that one of the people waiting there held a news camera; the press, then. He boldly stepped outside among them.
“So, I guess you guys are here to find out if the broadcast is true?” he asked. He removed his shirt as he said, this, making them all murmur in confusion for a moment. Then he partially changed into his wolf form long enough for the cameraman to get a good shot before he morphed back. “It doesn’t get any truer than that, right?”
“Sir, how many werewolves are there? What reason do you have for the secrecy?” asked a reporter.
“Well, as to that, the secrecy is merely self-preservation,” he replied. “We were uncertain about the reaction of humans if they’d realized we lived among them. There are too many horror stories about werewolves being killed to simply assume we’d be accepted, don’t you think?”
They nodded at this, totally in agreement.
“But, now that you know, and you have seen all the good we’ve done here, perhaps you won’t think so unkindly towards us after all?”
“So, you’re really just here for the same reasons as the rest of us.”
“To live our lives, bear our children, love one another, and work to make this world a better place,” said James Nightsky right into the camera. “Humans and werewolves, co-existing in harmony. Damn but I love the sound of that. So thank you all for being here to help spread that message. We’re ready for this, we all are. It’s time to usher in a new era of peace between us. The olive branch is now extended, and the ball is in your court. Now, if you’ll all excuse me, I have a few friends waiting in my living room. We were just about to have some dinner.”
And with that, Night waved good-bye and proudly walked back inside.
THE END
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