College Magic Cycle

The Pack Chapter 10

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·         Several of the stories in the College Magic Cycle deal with transformation. Kieran got smaller, but it's not apparent to those who can't see through the velamen arcanum. Alonzo got smaller, but then he changed reality so that he had always been smaller. He did the same thing to Erik after making him grow from 66 inches to 77 inches. In this storyline, all the skinchangers undergo transformation.

College Magic Cycle

·  My Roommate the Alchemist

·  Wishcraft

·  Alchemy and Songcraft

·  Magery

·  Elf Master

·  The Pack

Other Stories

·  Small Town Slave Boys

·  Jack and the Giant

·  Sacred Submissives

·  Bellus Cinaedus

·  Guardian Angel

·  Eros in Arcadia

·  Nivean and the Dvergar

·  Desert Heat

·  Constituent Services

The Pack Chapter 10 (Friday part 2)

This chapter picks up on the same day as chapter 9, and it will complete the events of that Friday.

Chase

After breakfast, I helped clean the dishes. I thought Sammy was angry with me. He seemed to be avoiding me. He wasn't in the kitchen to supervise for most of the cleanup, and when he was there he was taking inventory and he walked by me without saying anything. Maybe he wasn't mad. Maybe he was disgusted because I'd chosen to be with Aidan. I hadn't mean to make him mad, but there was just something about Aidan that made it hard for me to resist him.

I was just cleaning out the sink and getting ready to see what else Inga needed me to do when Lew Muller came in and said, "Zeno wants to talk to you, Chase."

I dried my hands and followed him out of the kitchen. I wasn't looking forward to meeting with Zeno. He scared me a little. He was so handsome and so well-built that he made me drool, but I'd seen him fight, and that side of him terrified me. When we had been escaping the hunters back home, he and Naomi had taken out some of the hunters who'd been trying to ambush us. Zeno and Naomi been clearing the path ahead of us, but we'd seen the bodies anyway.

Lew must have sensed my fear because he threw an arm around my shoulders and said, "Don't worry, son. Zeno's not mad at you. He just wants to talk."

I leaned against him as we walked back to the room the alpha's used to hold conferences. I liked Lew. He wasn't handsome like Zeno or Aidan, but he was nice, and he really seemed to care about all of us. The alphas hadn't made an announcement or anything, but everyone knew that Lew was the top beta right now, with Sammy just behind him.

When we got the conference room, Zeno called me over to sit on a small sofa against one wall. Then he sat down next to me and put his arm around me. I could tell that he was sniffing me. It was funny that we all did that even on the new moon when we couldn't draw on our wolves to enhance our senses. Zeno's arms were strong, and I couldn't help but lay my head back against him when he squeezed my shoulder. Lew left us alone and closed the door.

"Tell me about you and Aidan," Zeno said.

"He's my boyfriend, sir," I replied.

Zeno turned my chin so he could look at my face while we talked. Then he asked, "Did he coerce you into submitting to him?"

"No sir," I said. "He didn't coerce me at all. He kissed me and told me that he wanted me, but I wanted him too."

"When do you turn eighteen?" he asked.

"Three weeks, sir," I replied.

"And did you have a boyfriend before Aidan?" he demanded.

I shook my head. "No sir. After my dad died, my momma married out of the pack. He did business with the pack, but he wasn't part of it. He didn't approve of faggotry, as he put it. He knew that I was a beta and was going to be mounted by all the betas, but not until I turned eighteen. That was the law in our pack. But he didn't like it, and he used to beat me and say that I wouldn't be a beta if I wasn't such a faggot."

Zeno wiped the tear from the corner of my eye with his thumb and said, "There's no excuse for his behavior, Chase. He didn't know anything about the pack or our ways. I'm surprised your pack leader didn't set him straight, but a sweet little gay boy like you is a gift. Too bad your stepdad didn't see that."

"Thank you, sir," I said. "Did I do something wrong?"

Zeno shook his head and replied, "Not wrong. Foolish perhaps, but not wrong. I worry about Aidan though. He saw you, a horny virgin eager for a man, and I'm wondering if he lured you into something you can't get out of."

"I don't want to get out of it, sir. I like being with Aidan," I insisted.

Zeno sighed and said, "Aidan has invoked ancient law that few even know about. He claimed you as his and you acknowledged him. You had no family to speak for you, and you were old enough by pack law to speak for yourself. I couldn't have stopped it without violating the law myself, and that would have cast my leadership in doubt with most of the betas. I'm glad that Drew wasn't here. He would have saved you and gotten himself into trouble. I'm more open minded than he is when it comes to pack tradition. Do you even know what you've submitted to?"

I shrugged and replied, "I've read up on the internet about dominance and submission, sir. I've always known I liked dominant men."

Zeno shook his head again closed his eyes for a moment before continuing. "In the old days, a man could lay claim to a beta and that beta would belong to him and to him alone. No one else was allowed to touch the beta without his permission. In exchange, the beta became almost his property. Not quite because we're a free people, but close enough. This relationship was usually between a male alpha and female beta who was willing to submit completely in exchange for protection from the others."

"Men didn't take male betas in this ritual?" I asked.

"Sometimes," Zeno said. "But it was less common. As a beta, you were equal with the pack and your howl was a valid as any other beta. I know you think that the alphas rule without check on our powers, but that's not true. We know that we must serve the betas. We listen to them in council, and we listen to their howls when we are in a group. We make decisions, but never without taking the betas and their opinions into account.

"But you've accepted a different status. You're now a gamma wolf. I've never met another in my life, but I've heard the tales. And Sammy and Inga filled me in on the details I didn't know. You are no longer equal to the betas. You're gamma. No one will ask your opinion, and no one will listen to you howl. Your howl belongs to Aidan, and it serves only to amplify his own. Even if he ever let you go, everyone will know that you're a gamma, and both the alphas and the betas will try to gain your submission to enhance their own position. You will never be a beta again.

"It's my fault. That's why Sammy came close to challenging me last night. I could have demanded that the ritual be performed in front of the whole pack. That would have delayed your change in status until the pack could be assembled. Maybe someone would have changed your mind. But I didn't know all the ramifications of what Aidan was doing. You're seventeen years old and I let you make a decision that will be with you until the day you die. I'm not going to beat around the bush. You have chosen to be another wolf's gamma bitch for life. You can't even walk away from Aidan. If you want to leave him, you'll need to get another to fight him for you."

It was a lot to take in. Aidan had told me that he wanted me for his bitch. He'd even hinted at some of the things Zeno had just said. I thought it was just sexy talk, but it was as real as it could get. I felt a little sick in the pit of my stomach, but on some level the idea thrilled me. My cock was painfully hard right now.

"Did Aidan know what he was doing?" I asked.

"I think he did," Zeno replied. "He must have been coached. This is ancient and obscure pack law that few know these days. The question is why? I think ... well, don't worry about what I think. Just tell me the truth. Do you want me to challenge Aidan for possession of you? I will if you want me to, no matter what it costs me in prestige before the pack. As leader here at wolf house, it would make me look like a bully, attacking a weaker member to take his gamma away from him."

"No sir," I said. "I don't want you to challenge Aidan for me. I really do like him, even if he did trick me into agreeing to something without telling me what it was."

"Okay," Zeno said. "I'll give you one month to change your mind."

He called Lew Muller in and told him to take me down to see what Inga wanted me to do, and to tell Sammy that he wanted to talk to him next.

Drew

I'd just had the strangest meeting with Sebastian. He'd asked me a lot of questions about how one becomes a werewolf. He was a smart guy, but he still held a lot of strange notions about our people. The whole scene had been brought on because one of my betas was dating one of the mages. It was Lalo Arenas, that cute little Latino boy from Virginia, and Oliver, the little twinkie mage with the blond hair and the big owl eyes.

I wondered what two bottoms did when they were dating, but then I realized that I could have misjudged Lalo. He may be more versatile than I'd given him credit for. According to Simon, Lalo was one of the betas who was trying to get mounted by the alphas in the pack. He always seemed soft and flirtatious around me, but maybe he was trying to get my attention. And who knew about mages? Oliver was little and kind of nerdy, but for all I knew, he could be a tater top, a dominant top hiding inside a little twink body. With a werewolf, I'd be able to scent the truth out, but mages weren't werewolves.

I put on a pair of sexy high-rise briefs with an ample pouch to put my dick on display. Then I chose a tight green muscle shirt that clung to my body like a second skin. I had a pair of jeans that were loose enough to let a hand slide inside, but tight enough to show what I had going on down there. Last, I picked a black athletic cut collared shirt. I left the top three buttons undone. I was still pulling on my cowboy boots when Xav came in.

He took one look at me and whistled. "You didn't dress like that to come see me," he said.

"Sorry. I'm still trying to decide if I'm greedy enough to have sex with my brother just to increase my power," I said. "I love you, Bro, but the whole incest thing is a little weird for me."

He sat next to me and put a hand on my knee. Then he said, "It's weird for me too, Drew. I wouldn't keep suggesting it if I wasn't worried about you. And if that's not enough to convince you, imagine what Cromwell would do with this pack."

"I know," I said. "You don't have to pile more worries on me, Xav. I think of almost nothing else, but the dangers Cromwell poses to this pack. Darren keeps trying to find him ahead of the full moon, and Meghan thinks we should shoot him in the head with silver bullet and a sniper rifle."

"I'm sorry, Drew. I don't want to increase your anxiety, but Cromwell could make his move as early as the end of the month. Personally, I think he'll wait until he gets a chance to undermine you with the betas; he'll wait a month or two. But I could be wrong," he said.

I had to change the subject, so I turned to Xav and held out my hands. "On a different note, my wolf is wide awake," I announced.

Xav took my hands and stared into my eyes. For a moment, I felt like we were both on a flat grassy plain and our wolves were standing by our sides. Then we were both seated in the room again. Xav's eyes were opened wide, and I could see the surprise lurking there.

"I didn't believe you, Drew. I didn't think you were lying, but I was sure you were mistaken. Has your wolf ever been awake during the new moon, I mean except for that time I showed you I could wake it," he asked me.

I shook my head and said, "No. Never. Not until Simon woke my wolf up this morning."

Xav wrapped both arms around my shoulders and hugged me. It wasn't sexual. It was brotherly. I was eleven years old the last time he could hug me like that while we were both standing. When I was thirteen and he was fifteen, I was already tall enough that I had to sit while he stood. Still, it felt good. Xav was my emotional support, even more than I was his physical protector.

We were still hugging when Simon came in. Xav let go of me and held out a hand toward him and said, "Come here Simon."

I saw the two of them embrace and I could tell there was something going on between them that defied words. I could only see the spirit plane when a spirit talker led me, but I could almost feel the stirring in the air around me. When they finally parted, Xav said, "Simon, we're going to need longer to examine your wolf spirit. I'll drive you back to my place once you're ready."

When Simon went into the bathroom to shower, Xav looked at me and said, "I've never seen anything like it, Drew. Simon's wolf spirit isn't a neonate any longer. It's matured at an accelerated rate, and I'm not sure how. The two of us will have to commune deep in the spirit plane tonight. It's a good thing you made other plans. You were right. This is too important for me to delay."

Simon came back in a few minutes and made himself look good in only a few minutes. Then we all piled into the truck that Xav and I were supposed to be sharing but could always be found at Xav's house. They dropped me off at Wolf House on the way to Xav's

The Observers

Alpha Prime walked into Wolf House at 4:16 on Friday. He was dropped off by the Lone Alpha and the Littlest Alpha who then drove off in a truck. It wasn't another alpha meeting, then. It made sense because the one called Alpha Bear wasn't here. Another observer had followed him and Baby Beta to Pappy's Pizza.

Another report showed that all targets designated "Red" went to a code-0 house designated Mage-Retreat not too far from Ibis House (also code-0). Group Red drove in the black SUV belonging to Red-2. Only Red-2 has been observed driving to Mage-Retreat. Mages Twin-M and Twin-F have been seen in the yard and on the street near Mage-Retreat, but it is unknow how they travel between Mage-Retreat and the college.

Monitoring equipment still sits ready. There has been no opportunity to place equipment in Wolf House. We are still limited to observations from outside.

Drew

"So let me see if I have this right," I said. "You're telling me that you think Aidan is actually an alpha masquerading as a beta for some reason."

"That's right," Zeno replied. "We all heard the growl lurking under his voice, and it was powerful even on the night before the new moon."

"And he has a lot of charisma," Naomi added. "His aura just screams alpha."

"And the other betas defer to him," Inga chimed in. "There's no doubt in my mind."

"That means that he's somehow transformed over the summer. He was a beta last year, no doubt about it," I said. "Let's go over the ways that can happen."

"He could be hunting and eating human flesh," Inga said with a frown.

"Possible," I said, "but let's keep that one on hold because it suggests a different problem."

Naomi said, "He could be meditating in the spirit world."

"Possible, but unlikely unless he's changed a lot," Zeno said. "I think it has to do with mounting. The more male wolves he mounts, the more his power will grow."

"That will work with male or female wolves if he dominates them while mounting them," Inga clarified.

"And especially if they're alphas," I said. "Someone must be coaching him. He was never an expert on ancient pack rituals."

"It has to be Cromwell," Zeno said. "Aidan is Jarod Stringer's younger brother and Jarod was Cromwell's right hand. Their families are still close. I remember how surprised I was last year when he came back after Jarod had died the previous year."

"How did this Jarod die?" Naomi asked.

Zeno looked at me. We both knew the details. Darren and Meghan had hunted him down after I'd defeated Cromwell. They hadn't had my permission, but they'd done it anyway. They claimed he could never be trusted. But that was our secret.

"He was killed by another skinchanger in the forest," I replied.

Naomi and Inga both looked at me as if they wanted more information, but I wasn't going to say anything else.

"Was it a fair fight," Naomi asked.

I shook my head no and replied, "It was as fair as he'd given some of his targets in the past, but it wasn't what pack law would consider a fair fight."

Inga asked, "Did he deserve it."

"A thousand times over," Zeno said.

It had been Jarod Springer more than Cromwell himself who'd driven us to take over the pack. His cruelty was extreme even for a right hand, and he was bringing the attention of the mages down on us. There was no way that I was going to tell any wolf that it was Sebastian who'd given me the idea of challenging Cromwell, and it was Sebastian who'd provided me with the luck spell that turned the tide in my challenge fight.

"Where's Aidan now?" I asked.

"He's taken his new gamma wolf with him somewhere on his motorcycle," Inga said bitterly. "That child Chase who came in with us."

An argument broke out between the three Wolf House alphas about whether Chase counted as an adult. I had to call them to order. They were all surprised that I could muster an alpha growl on the new moon. I had Simon to thank for that.

"Pack law says sixteen is the age of majority for things like this," I said. "If his parents were alive, they could contest it until he turned eighteen, or they could just hand him over to another wolf at age twelve. Like it or not, the law is the law. Even mundane law says that Chase will be an adult in a few weeks. It's time to let this go. Zeno made his decision and I stand behind it."

Chase

Aidan had me put on my new loose jeans to ride with him on his motorcycle. He also gave me an old denim jacket to wear. It wasn't as tough as the leather jacket he was wearing, but it would provide some protection against road rash if we took a spill. He also had a helmet for me, which he put on and adjusted so it fit right.

"You're my little bitch and I always take care of my things," he said with a smile as he kissed me gently.

While he was putting a few things in the small space under the seat, I asked, "Did you know that you were changing my status in the pack when you made me submit to you?"

Aidan grabbed me and put me in a headlock. Then he smacked my butt ten times in rapid succession. "Ask it again, but remember to call me `sir'," he ordered.

"Did you know that you were changing my status in the pack when you made me submit to you, sir?" I asked.

Aidan let go of my head and replied, "I changed both our statuses, boy. I enhanced mine and you became my gamma wolf. And don't forget that I didn't make you do anything. Your agreed to submit to me because you're in love with my cock."

"Yes sir," I admitted. "I did."

He wasn't wrong. He'd told me that I could go if I wasn't man enough to be with him. He hadn't even hit me. He'd just threatened to not let me have his dick anymore. Of course, I didn't really understand what I was doing when I had submitted to him, but I wasn't sure that I would have made a different decision if I had.

"That's right. You did," he said. "And I can see your hard little dick pushing against your jeans while I'm correcting you. You're a soft boy so I'm going to spank you when you get out of line, but most alphas just punch their gammas in the face when they don't follow orders."

He must have seen my face turn white because he wrapped his arms around my shoulders and said, "But I'm not going to do that unless it turns out you can't be corrected with a spanking."

He took my jaw in his hand and squeezed it until I was making a duck face. Then he added, "I don't want to mess up your face because I think it's cute. Boy, you're lucky your alpha is mostly gay. A straight alpha or a mostly straight alpha who owned your submission wouldn't care about that."

Then he got on the motorcycle and pulled me up behind him. We rode off down the street. He didn't tell me where we were going, and I didn't ask.

We stopped at a salvage yard several miles outside of town. When Aidan honked his horn, they opened the gate to let us in. He drove us further back into the lot and parked by the auto bays. When we got off the bike, he said, "You need to be on your best behavior while you're here. Don't leave my side unless I tell you to and be respectful. Don't forget that all the betas outrank you in the pack now."

"Yes sir," I agreed and tried to prepare myself for whatever might come.

The auto bays had no cars in them, but I could smell the grease and knew they were used often. A half dozen men were in the room. They looked big but fit, and they had an aura of menace around them. I was immediately afraid of them, but Aidan didn't seem intimidated at all. They all seemed to defer to a single man, a man who dominated the center of the room. He was about six and half feet tall and broad through the shoulders, with shoulder length salt and pepper hair and a well-trimmed beard with the same coloration. He didn't look old, but he had a few wrinkles around his eyes that said he was probably in his forties or fifties.

"So, this is your gamma bitch, is it?" the tall man asked. "Have you trained him yet?"

"I just claimed him yesterday, chief," Aidan replied.

"Did everything work out? Did Drew's alpha bitch just sit there and let you claim one of those under his protection for your own?" the tall man asked.

Aidan smiled and replied, "I just started, but he's a fast learner and he's a natural gamma bitch. He started reacting to me right away. And yes, Zeno just sat there and let me get away with it."

The tall man walked over to me. He was dressed much like Aidan, in jeans, boots and tee shirt under a black leather jacket. I noticed that he had a moonstone pendant around his neck. It was set in what looked like silver with strange writing on it. He grabbed the front of my shirt and pulled me close so he could take a deep whiff off my scent. That seemed strange to me. I couldn't feel my wolf on the new moon, and neither could any other werewolf I knew.

"His scent is already changing to complement yours. Soon anyone who sniffs him will know what he is and who he belongs to," he said, then his head jerked around toward Aidan, and he asked, "Did they figure out that you're not a beta anymore?"

"I'm not sure, chief," Aidan replied. "They haven't said anything, but I did let out a low alpha growl when I was talking to the room, and the betas' eyes fixated on me while I was speaking."

"Good!" the tall man exclaimed. "Let the alphas sweat! They're weakening themselves by refusing to participate in the old ways. When we're ready, it will be a piece of cake!"

It sounded to me like these wolves were planning something against Zeno and the other alphas. I thought that I probably should tell them when I get back. Zeno had always been nice to me. But I didn't know if I could bring myself to act against Aidan. The thought of him never touching me again made me feel sick to my stomach. I needed him.

My introspection ended abruptly when the tall man grabbed my shoulder hard and pushed me down to a kneeling position. Then he squatted down next to me and pushed me harder until I'd fallen onto the floor at his feet. In a loud voice he said, "You won't tell anyone about anything that happened here, will you. You can tell him that you came out here to Stringer Salvage because Aidan's grampa owns it. But all you'll say is that you met his family. Nothing else, or I'll order Aidan to chew your nuts off. And don't think he won't do it. Do you understand me gamma bitch?"

"Yes sir, I understand you. I won't say anything," I cried.

I was so close that I heard the low whisper in the tall man's ear. "Have him swear it on the moonstone pendant, the Pendant of Silver Fire."

A chill went through me when I heard that voice. I didn't know what it was, but it terrified me. When the tall man ordered me to place my hands on the pendant and swear the oath not to reveal what was seen, said, or done here, I did so without hesitation. And with my words, I felt a bond tighten across my mind.

"Do we all get to fuck him tonight, Chief?" the oldest of the men asked.

The chief looked over at Aidan and said, "It's up to Aidan tonight, but I think it may be too early for that."

"Sorry, Gramps," Aidan said. "My bitch is too new to his position. Tonight, I gift him to my chief. You'll get your chance on my next visit."

And just like that, Aidan had decided to let his chief take me tonight. I allowed myself to feel grateful that he hadn't given me to all seven of the men, at least not yet. I nearly jumped when the tall man grabbed my arm and pulled me to my feet. "Let's see what I'm getting tonight. Strip! Gamma Bitch."

My fingers were trembling as I went to pull my tee shirt off. Suddenly the tall man backhanded me so hard that I spun around and fell to the floor.

"Don't make mad, bitch!" the tall man growled. "When I give you an order, you say, `Yes Sir" and you jump to do it."

"Yes sir," I said, as I stood up again.

I couldn't help it. I was crying because this man scared the crap out of me. I glanced over at Aidan, hoping he would help me, but his jaw was clenched, and his eyes were narrowed. When he noticed me looking over at him, he nodded and his head and mouthed the words, "Do it, please". He emphasized the last word.

I pulled my tee shirt over my head and kicked my shoes off. Then I dropped my jeans and stepped out of them. I heard one of the guys let out a wolf whistle, and I blushed. I'd forgotten they were all standing around watching me. I was afraid to show any delay, so I hooked my fingers in the waistband of my jock, but the tall man snarled, "You can leave that on. No one here is interested in seeing your little gamma dick."

He grinned and gave me a quick backhanded slap to my crotch. "Of course, the little bit that you've got down here is hard a rock."

"Yes sir," I said, not wanting him to slap me again.

I gave a gasp and felt a stream of precum leak into the pouch of my jock. My ears were burning. I didn't understand why I was so aroused when the tall man was being so mean and abusive. My ears were burning from embarrassment.

"Don't be embarrassed, kid. Bitches like you get off guys slapping you around. It's why you fuck up all the time. You're trying to get a man to slap you," he insisted.

"Yes sir," I said automatically.

He was trying to make it sound like it was my fault when he hit me. I couldn't believe that was true. My real dad used to say that to my mom when he hit her. That's why she married a mundane the second time around, so she would be stronger than her husband.

Then the tall man slapped my ass hard enough to make me jump and he growled, "Get down on your knees. I'm going to fuck you like a bitch!"

"Yes sir," I replied, dropping to my knees on the dirty floor.

I felt the grit pressing into my knees. The smell of auto oil and dust was overwhelming. I looked over my shoulder to see the tall man removing his clothes. His chest was broad, muscular, and coated with hair. His scent was powerful and masculine enough that it sent shivers up my spine even though I didn't have my wolf senses tonight.

I could see Aidan coming closer. He pulled a couple of disposable packs of lube from his pocket and said, "I brought some lube, chief."

"I don't use it," the tall man replied. "The bitch's juices will work just fine."

Aidan whispered, "He's small and he's young, chief. I'd rather you didn't wreck his pussy. I just opened it the other day."

The chief gave a harsh whisper, "Back off, Aidan, unless you want me to fuck you next. Do you want to get mounted in front of all these guys again?"

"No chief," he admitted and backed off.

It made me feel good that Aidan wanted to help me, but he couldn't. Whoever this chief was, Aidan was afraid of him. He reminded me of the pack leader back home in West Virginia. These other wolves deferred to him like he was their leader, but Severan already had a leader, or had we crossed a boundary into another pack's territory? It didn't seem like we'd gone far enough for that.

The chief shoved two fingers in my mouth. I started sucking on them because I knew where they were going. Once I'd made them wet enough, he pulled them out and shoved them painfully into my butt. I was glad that I'd cleaned my ass out before getting on that bike. He wasn't being gentle at all. Whenever they dried out, he shoved them back into my mouth. He went back and forth several times, occasionally adding a finger until he had four of his long fingers plunging into my ass.

He must have decided I was loose enough. He pulled his fingers out and shoved his cock inside me. His cock wasn't as big as Aidan's despite his great height and build, but Aidan was always gentle with me. The chief wasn't. Aidan always hit that magic spot inside me that made my dick jump and made me cum, but the chief didn't seem to care about that either. My ass was on fire because of the roughness of his fucking. He pushed my face down onto the concrete floor and slapped my ass.

"Push your ass up, bitch! Take my cock!" he growled.

It was a deep alpha growl, and he shouldn't have been able to do that on the new moon. There was something special about this chief. I couldn't have resisted him if I wanted to. I pressed my face harder against the floor and pushed my ass up to give him what he wanted.

"That's it, Gamma Bitch! Show you leader how much you want his cock. But I'm going to have to punish you for not acknowledging my last order," He shouted.

I was a fool. I thought he was going to stroke my dick while he fucked me when I felt his hand slide along my belly and grab my cock. Instead, he squeezed my cock hard enough to make me squeal. And the harder he fucked me, the harder he squeezed my nuts. He hadn't been trying to make me cum, but now it felt like he was actively trying to keep me cumming. The pain in my balls increased along with the nausea that threatened to make me vomit. As he slammed his cock into my ass, he used my balls as a handle to pull me tight against him.

I was sobbing and just praying that he would cum soon. Any arousal I had felt was long gone. I'd been a virgin until Aidan had taken me for the first time, and sex with him was a powerful, exciting experience that drove me mad with pleasure. This didn't feel like sex to me at all. It felt like someone was beating me up. His cock brought me no pleasure. It brought pain and humiliation. The torture he brought to my nuts was sheer agony.

I don't know how long it took him to cum. It felt like forever. When he finally pulled out of me, he rolled me over and shoved his cock into my mouth. I cleaned it automatically, like I was on autopilot. I hated him and I wished he would just die. He stood over me with an expectant sneer on his face. Then he smiled and shook his head. The next thing I knew, his booted foot slammed into my balls.

"Thank me, Gamma Bitch! Thank me for fucking your worthless, ugly ass!" he yelled.

"Thank you sir for fucking my worthless, ugly ass," I cried.

"Better," he said, "now open your mouth!"

I had no idea what was coming, but I didn't hesitate to obey him. He hocked up a mouthful of spit and let it fall into my mouth. It tasted terrible, like stale alcohol and bad breath. He didn't have to wait this time. "Thank you for giving me your spit, Sir," I cried.

He nodded at me and then looked around the room and announced, "That's how you treat a fucking gamma bitch!"

They were all cheering and howling, all of them except for Aidan. Aidan looked sick to his stomach. His fists were clenched, but he did nothing. I knew that he couldn't. The leader would beat the shit out of him. He might even give him the same treatment he'd just given me. Aidan had brought me here and had watched the leader abuse me. I should have hated him, but I couldn't. I started crying harder. What was wrong with me? Even after this, I thought that I loved him.

The leader walked over to Aidan and give him instructions. I couldn't hear what he was saying, but he seemed serious about something. Then he gestured in my direction and said loud enough for everyone to hear, "Go cuddle your bitch if that's more your style, but you're bringing him back here next Friday. Trey's bringing his bitch too, and you will both share them with our pack. If Caleb gets his bitch by then, there will be three of them, otherwise yours and Trey's can pull a train. No more pussy footing around."

"Yes, Chief," Aidan replied.

Then he rushed to my side and pulled me into a sitting position. He leaned down and whispered in my ear, "We need to get out of here before he changes his mind about me sharing you with the pack tonight. We'll talk later."

He helped me to my feet and held me steady while I pulled my pants up. As soon as I had my tee shirt and shoes on he took me out and got his motorcycle started. We rode out of there as fast as we could.

Drew

It wasn't much of a date. My boyfriend was dancing on a stage while a bunch of horny middle-aged men shoved money into his g string. The tall basketball player next to me leaned over and said, "Your guy is popular, and I can see why. He's sexy as hell!"

I'd seen him around campus, but I had never spoken to him until tonight. His name was Terrance Green. He was a year younger than me, but he was about six inches taller. He was very good looking, but he'd come in with Elijah who'd warned me quietly that Terrance was a mundane and that he knew nothing of our world.

"Thank you," I said. "I think he's the sexiest thing to ever get on this stage."

Elijah leaned around Terrance and said, "Terrance has a thing for pretty boy white jocks with sexy asses, but don't spread it around. He's still hiding in the closet."

Terrance smiled and said, "I have my eyes on a few who could get me to consider coming out. There's that Viking guy in your dorm, the one with the tiny Latino boyfriend, and then there's Kyle."

I noticed him sighing a little when he said Kyle's name. Elijah patted his thigh and said, "I'm going to have to bring you to my club in Louisville sometime."

Then he looked at me and added, "You could come Drew. If we put you in a cute little puppy tail butt plug and a set of clip-on wolf ears, everyone would be drooling over you in a few minutes."

I knew he was joking. I'd known him for the last two years. He was one of Sebastian's allies. He didn't hold an official position among the mages in Severan, but everyone respected him. He was a bookish mage, but he looked like a linebacker. He was six foot two and well over two hundred pounds of solid muscle. No matter how much he joked with me, I knew he was utterly devoted to the two boys, one pale little white sissy and one boyish Filipino, he lived with. But I had heard a rumor that he'd taken Kyle to that club of his one weekend.

Zeno finished his dance, and he strutted around letting the last of his fans shove money in his g string. He looked loaded already. He was popular. It wasn't just his beautiful Mediterranean features that made him look like a statue of an ancient god. It was the way he moved. Everyone was imagining what it would feel like to be inside him while he moved like that. I adjusted my cock a little and reminded myself that I didn't have to imagine it.

Another dancer was about to come on stage and Zeno was pulling the bills off his g string and organizing them. When he looked in our direction, Elijah waved a hundred-dollar bill in the air at him. Zeno handed me the wad of bills he'd made as tips, then moved over to Elijah.

"Damn if you're not sexy, Zeno," he said, sliding the hundred-dollar bill into the string, "but this is a gift for my friend Terrance. I have another for you, if you can make him cum in his pants, while you're giving him a lap dance."

Zeno smiled that smoldering, sexy smile of his and pulled the hundred out of his waistband and handed it to me. He looked into my eyes, then smiled and shrugged at the same time. He straddled Terrance's lap right next to me and wrapped his arms around his neck. He started to move, and Terrance's eyes flew open. It was against the rules for him to touch a client's cock, but Zeno was the kind of guy who did what he felt like doing. He reached down and put Terrance's hands on his waist then moved his own back to Terrance's neck.

When he moved across Terrance's lap, he allowed his amazing muscular cheeks to graze the athletes massive cock. I knew what he was doing. Zeno could flex his ass and make it feel like his butt was nibbling on your cock. When Terrance closed his eyes, Zeno looked into my eyes and licked his lips. He was enjoying the fact that I was sitting right next to him while he pleasured another man. He knew how much it aroused me to see him in action.

Terrance moaned and opened his eyes, and Zeno stared into them and licked his lips. He had a way of making a man feel sexy and powerful. It was an expression of his alpha nature. He loved taking cock, but he never let you forget that he was the one in charge. It's why Cromwell had beaten him so badly during his mounting ceremony. But Zeno wouldn't submit. Everyone in the pack had seen him milk Cromwell with his cock, bring him to a helpless quivering orgasm, while he remained completely in charge of the scene. I'd almost cum in my pants watching it. That one act of his had set the ball rolling for me to overthrow Cromwell and take the pack away from him.

The betas had cheered Zeno on, but their inherent conservatism had prevented them from rallying behind him as a leader. It was why I knew he couldn't succeed me as leader next year when I went to graduate school in Athens. If I couldn't find someone else, I was going to have to live in Severan and drive to Ohio University every morning for classes.

Zeno did it. I could see the moment when Terrance started cumming in his pants. It was amazing what Zeno could do through your clothes while only touching the less sensitive upper side of your cock. We'd attracted a bit of an audience and some of them held out bills to pay for the show they'd just witnessed. The owner was glowering at Zeno for breaking so many of the rules, but he just shook his head and smiled when Zeno shrugged and tried to look innocent.

Zeno went back to change after Elijah handed me another hundred-dollar bill. I counted the money while he was in the backroom. After paying the manager and the staff their share, he was going to take home $600 tonight. That was high for this establishment, but Elijah alone had given him $200. He was a big tipper, but he was also a master transmuter, and I'd long suspected that he made money through his magic to cover his extravagance.

We left on Lew Muller's motorcycle. I loved Lew. He was kind and generous, but I knew that he loaned his motorcycle to Zeno every time he needed it because he was in love with him. What beta top wouldn't be in love with this sexy alpha bottom. I wrapped my arms around Zeno's waist as we sped up the road.

At the first stoplight, I said, "You were so hot tonight. When we get back to Wolf House, I'm going to fuck you so hard that you scream."

He turned his head a little and said, "Wrong, Leader. When I get you back to wolf house, I'm going to milk your big cock until you scream. Maybe we can both scream together."

I chuckled and said, "If we howl instead, no one will know who's submitting to whom."

Zeno gunned the motorcycle and drove like a maniac all the way back to Wolf House. We were laughing and holding onto each other when we came into the main room. Lew Muller was still awake. He was fiddling with some electronic equipment in the room we used for conferences.

"Hey Lew," Zeno said, throwing him his keys. "What's up?"

"I'm just installing some white noise generators that will project against the window. I don't trust the folks in the house next to us or the one across the street," he said. "This should make it hard for a parabolic mike to pick up what's going on in the room."

"Good thinking, Lew," Zeno said. "We're lucky you're on top of things. But, on a different note, did you find an accommodating bottom to warm your bed tonight? Now that everyone is calling you the top beta, it shouldn't be too hard."

"No, I .. uhm ... well, I didn't know that Drew was coming back to the house tonight," he said.

I knew that Zeno kept him in reserve to share his bed when I wasn't there. Zeno hated sleeping alone. It wasn't fair to Lew, I thought. He was a good guy, but he was smitten with Zeno, and he would pass up opportunities to get with one of the younger guys or girls if he thought there was even a chance Zeno would want him with him. It was a shame really. Lew deserved better.

When Zeno looked at me and raised his eyebrows, I shrugged back at him. He turned to Lew and said, "How would you like to join us in a few minutes? Just give me fifteen minutes to get ready."

Lew's face brightened. "Are you sure, Zeno. I don't want to intrude," he asked.

Zeno had a reputation, not entirely undeserved, for being debauched. Lew was looking at me even though he's mentioned Zeno in his question. I wrapped my arms around Zeno from behind and kissed his neck. Then I looked at Lew, gave him a wink, and replied, "You won't be intruding so long as you remember that betas get sloppy seconds."

"Yes sir!" he said with a salute.

Zeno and I made our way up the stairs, giggling like schoolboys. When we got to the bedroom, Zeno started stripping his clothes off. He said, "I need to douche and jump in the shower. I'll be right back."

"Do you want me to join you?" I asked, rubbing my hands on his muscular ass.

Zeno gave me a look like I was crazy. He said, "Don't you dare! I need to shower because I need to clean my butt and because I've had men pawing me all night – and very few of them looked like you, Terrance, and Elijah. But somehow your wolf is active, and your body is giving off pheromones to wake the dead. I want to smell you while you fuck me. When my own wolf is dormant and yours in awake, I want to submit to you."

I kissed his neck and asked, "Are you going to be my bitch tonight?"

I noticed that he spread his legs and pressed his butt back against my dick. He was acting submissive today, despite all his bragging and posturing earlier. He whispered, "Only you and Lew will know, but spirits yes I want to feel you take control and pound me. As soon as we got out of that room with all the other guy's scents contaminating yours, I wanted it. I almost ripped your clothes off in the parking lot and rode you right there under the streetlights."

I wanted to take him right then, dirty ass or not, but Zeno whined at me – a real submissive whine – to let him go. I watched the dimples in his ass winking at me as he rushed to the other room. He was still in the other bathroom when Lew knocked at the door and came in. He had a plain face, but I thought he was attractive in a quirky way. I had already stripped and was lying on the bed.

"How's this going to work?" Lew asked.

"This is a king size bed, Lew. You'll get naked and join us. We'll put Zeno between us when we're sleeping. I'm going to fuck him first, while you watch, then I'm going to watch you fuck him," I explained.

"So, no top swords crossing," Lew said with a smile. He was already taking his clothes off.

When we were both lying on the bed with a Zeno sized space between us, I decided to ask him the question that Simon had brought up. "Did I make a mistake, Lew, when I ended the mounting ceremony for the betas?"

Lew rolled over to look at me. I guessed he needed to see that I was serious. I noticed that he was a very hairy man. His chest, arms and legs were covered in a thick coat. Even his back had some. And his cock was surprising large for such a gangly man.

"Damn, Drew, talk about taking me by surprise!" he said. "I think your heart was in the right place, and Cromwell was abusive, but I think maybe you did. Our pack is large, and I think we're not as cohesive as we could be. I don't like bottoming, and I hated the way Cromwell always humiliated the betas when he topped them. But once he did it, I felt like I was really a part of the pack, like I belonged and that the alphas were looking out for me."

"Do you think you want me to take you tonight?" I asked.

"If you want to do it, I think ... sure. You took me once before when I first came to join the pack and Cromwell was still running things. So, I don't need the ceremony, but if you're planning to reinstate the tradition, I don't want to be left out, if that makes any sense," he said.

"Then this is the new plan," I explained. "I'm going to fuck Zeno and then when you fuck Zeno, I'm going to take you. Do you need to clean up?"

Lew smiled again. He was kind of good looking when he smiled. He said, "I did it fast before coming over. I wasn't sure what the hell to expect when you invited me to join you two."

We didn't say anything else because Zeno came back into the room. He paused for a moment and then said, "It looks like I'm going to be the filling of a very sexy sandwich."

Both mine and Lew's cocks sprang to attention as we looked at Zeno's smooth and sculpted body. He was physical perfection given form. He looked at the two of us and smiled. "I'm a lucky guy. I have two sexy men in bed waiting for me," he said. "What are going to do first?"

"What do you want? It's your bed," I asked, as I stroked his smooth thigh.

Zeno lay down between us and said, "I want you both to fuck me like a bitch tonight."

I ran my hand down his body and gave his erection a squeeze. But that was just a brief stop on my way to his ass. I dug right in with my fingers and started stroking him. He spread his legs wider and threw his head back. "That feels good, Drew. Keep it up." He moaned.

I moved down between his legs and pushed his knees up to his chest, revealing his firm cheeks and his inviting hole. It made little kissing movements at me, and I bent down to kiss it back. He'd just showered and cleaned himself, so his taste was pure Zeno. I dove in and made love to his ass with my tongue. He was already relaxing, opening for me in its haste to taste my cock.

I looked up to see Zeno and Lew kissing passionately. Zeno had taken hold of Lew's beard and was holding him tight. I knew that dancing under the adoring gaze of men made him horny, but tonight he was especially aroused. I guessed that it was the lap dance that did it. He hadn't just danced; he'd stroked Terrance's cock off with his ass. And now he was feeling weak and needy because his own wolf was dormant and mine was awake.

I was staring at Zeno's face while my fingers teased his hole until it opened completely. I knelt there stroking his prostate, watching him and Lew kiss. It should have bothered me. I knew he had other guys, but I'd never seen them being intimate before. I should have been jealous, but I wasn't. Zeno looked like a god. It was his right to receive the worship of men. Both Lew and I loved him.

While I was watching, Zeno moved Lew's face to his chest, and Lew began worshipping his pecs. I pulled my fingers from Zeno's ass and gently replaced it with my cock. I sank all the way into his warmth and then pulled almost all the way out before plunging in again.

"That's it, Drew. Drill me hard. I want you to fuck the cum right out of me," he said.

I started a steady rhythm with my hips and chuckled to myself. It wasn't just Zeno who had the moves. I had moves of my own. If I were in doubt, the groans Zeno was making as I stroked his prostate with my cock would have been all the reassurance I needed. I was moved, not only by lust, but also by love.

"Your ass was made for my cock, Zeno," I said, speaking words long familiar to both of us. But then I said the words I had been avoiding. "I love you, Zeno. I want to be with you always. I know you won't be mine alone, but I want you to know that I love you, and no one else will ever have my heart."

"Don't get sappy on me, now, Janowski," Zeno teased, but it fell flat. He sighed and admitted, "I know, Drew. Can't you tell that I love you, too."

Then we came. Our bodies were sync, and I our hearts were one.

Zeno called me up to kiss him and Lew moved down to clean the cum from my cock and from Zeno's ass. I'd never felt a beard against my genitals before. It was strange, but I didn't hate it.

I kept my word. When Lew took his turn, I took him. He wasn't my type, but his submission aroused me quickly and soon I was buried deep inside his ass. He was a dedicated top and he'd rarely had anyone inside him, only when it had been demanded by the alphas. Nonetheless, he was determined to submit. And once I was inside him and taking possession of his ass, his body responded with enthusiasm. Between Zeno's ass and my cock, we had him moaning in pleasure soon enough. And after we were done, we slept together all night. I held Zeno tight against my body and Lew lay on the other side. I had the better deal, playing big spoon to Zeno's little spoon, but Lew slept with his hands entangled with Zeno's.

Simon

Xav and I didn't speak much on the way back to his house, but I could feel his wolf spirit pressing against mine as if they were communicating on a level neither of us could perceive. The tension between us was growing, not a tension of hostility or of mistrust, but a growing tension on the spirit realm that I could feel but couldn't name.

The house was empty of guests. It looked so vulnerable considering what I knew of the dangers that surrounded us. But the last time I was here, I was blind to the spirit world. This time, I could feel them, the guardian spirits that watched this place. They accepted Xav and I, allowing us to pass unchallenged, but I knew that they would challenge any who didn't belong here.

In the meditation room, Xav and I knelt and allowed our perception to shift partially to the spirit realm. Our wolves prowled around us, looking for intruders who would not even be able to enter this area thanks the wall of guardian spirits that surrounded us. We were able to commune on the spirit plane, exchanging ideas and information without words.

The feeling was intense, and I wanted it to go on forever, but we eventually returned wholly to the mundane plane.

Xav sighed and said, "I'm sorry, Simon. I feel that I've manipulated you even though I didn't know it until now."

I wasn't sure I understood everything he was saying, so I asked, "What do you mean? How did you manipulate me?"

He bowed his head for a few moments then raised it again to look me in the eye. "When an alpha wolf bites a mundane, they instill a nascent wolf spirit in them along with the bite. The wolf spirit sleeps until the next full moon and then erupts, triggering the first transformation. But I didn't give you a nascent wolf spirt. Somehow, my own wolf spirit split off a part of itself and introduced that smaller part into you. Your wolf spirit is powerful, much more powerful than any nascent spirit."

"That sounds like a gift to me. Why call it a manipulation?" I asked.

"I'd been looking for a wolf with a spirit powerful enough to train as a spirit talker. My wolf spirit made the decision for me and for you. Since it began waking, it has been pushing you in ways it thought would make you a perfect apprentice. Now it wants to be born." He said.

I was taken aback. I hadn't expected that answer. "So, my wolf spirit is the child, twin, clone or something like that of your own wolf spirit, and it wants me to learn the art of spirit talking, like you do," I stated, trying to clarify it in my head.

"More or less," Xav answered. "It has opened your eyes and your mind to the spirit world. If you don't get at least a minimal amount of training, you could be vulnerable to things you can't defend yourself against."

"It sounds like it's won, and we have no choice but to go along with it," I pointed out.

Xav nodded, and then said, "That's the gist of it. I must train you, and you must learn."

I shrugged. It didn't sound bad to me at all. Deep in my heart, I knew that I had always been jealous of my brother Marty for being mageborn while I was not. I'd even read up on the rituals necessary to make pacts with powerful beings from beyond, but it had scared me. When I'd asked Mom Tina about such rituals, she hadn't panicked, but she had told me of the dangers of that path. She was a competent mage, so I had accepted her word. This wasn't the type of magic practiced by the mages of the arcane order, but it was magic. I would finally be part of the magical world, not just an outsider looking in.

"Then I train with you and learn how to commune with the spirit world," I said. "That doesn't sound bad at all. But what about awakening my wolf?"

Once the possibility had been raised, I found that I didn't want to wait another two weeks. I wanted to become a full werewolf now. Xav looked at me with wide eyes and replied, "The wolf spirits say it's okay to do it tonight, but I don't want to risk it on the new moon. I'll examine your two spirits tomorrow and it it's safe, I'll risk it on the first night of the waxing moon."

We talked a little more, but the only way I could explain what I'd done for Drew was to show Xav. I'd said before that he was the prettiest man I'd ever seen (at least until I sat down with Kieran), so making love to him was never a chore. It was as pleasurable as it had the first time and just as pleasurable as it had been with Drew. Our spirits formed an even more impressive wheel of spirit energy than mine and Drew's had.

When we were done and were lying together in the bed, Xav said, "You enlarged his spirit, just as I enlarged yours before, just as we've enlarged our own this night."

"So, we can become infinitely powerful if we keep fucking?" I asked.

Xav laughed and shook his head. "No. It is most effective the first time two spirits come together. Any further enlargement is purely marginal," he explained.

We lay together, softly stroking one another's bodies, neither of us seeking to reinflame our passion. We were simply enjoying the afterglow. But we were interrupted by the sound of an approaching motorcycle. We both pulled on shorts and prepared to receive late night visitors.

Chase

I didn't even know that we weren't headed back to Wolf House until we pulled up in front of a smaller house two miles distant from our home, but also on the edge of town. When he parked his motorcycle he helped me off and then swept me into his strong arms. He kicked the door twice and it was opened by Simon. Xav was standing just a little behind him, his hand resting on a leather bag he kept around his neck.

They rushed us into the house and Aidan laid me gently on the couch. Xav sent Simon to get warm water, a washcloth, and the medical kit. Then he told Aidan to remove my clothes. With gentle hands, Aidan did as he was directed. He even removed my filthy grease and dirt-stained jock, leaving me naked.

When Simon returned, he started washing my body gently. Xav examined each part as it was cleaned, and Aidan kept his hands on me. I thought it was more than possessiveness on his part. He was gentler with me than he'd ever been before.

Xav looked at me and asked, "Who did this to you?"

I started crying, but managed to sob, "It was a tall man. The other wolves called him Chief or Leader."

Xav glared at Aidan and said, "This looks like a mounting ceremony, but a particularly brutal one. It reminds me of something I've encountered before. Do you care to explain why I'm seeing what I'm seeing?"

Aidan set his lips in a snarl and said, "Chase can't tell you because he was bound by the moonstone amulet Cromwell wears, but I'll tell you. Cromwell crossed a line tonight. I'll tell you what I know. And I'll tell Drew. Last year and this year so far my loyalties have been divided. I was sworn to Cromwell before I ever came to this town. Our families have been allied for years. But my loyalties aren't divided anymore. Chase is mine. I claimed him before three alphas, and he gave me his submission. I had no choice but to present him to Cromwell as I was ordered. But now I'm done with him."

Simon looked angry and Xav looked ... well it was hard to see what Xav was thinking, but he didn't seem friendly right now. He knelt beside me and placed a hand on my forehead. "Are you alright? Do you want me to take you to my bed tonight, or are you okay sleeping here in the room with Aidan? After what he did to you, my inclination is to make a rash judgement that should really be reserved for the whole alpha council."

I swallowed hard and said, "I want to stay with Aidan. I don't blame him. He wanted to help me. I could see it on his face, but he couldn't. There were too many of them."

I was beginning to babble. Xav put his hand on my cheek and said, "Shh! I'll let you stay with him tonight, in my bed. Simon and I will stay here on the couch to keep watch in case they followed you."

Xav used a spell to heal some of my bruises and then he and Aidan helped me into the bedroom and onto the bed. It was rumpled and smelled of sex, but it was comfortable. Xav pulled Aidan back into the living room and I could hear him giving him instructions. Although he didn't yell, his voice wasn't friendly at all.

Aidan came back into the room, and he pulled his clothes off to join me in the bed. He wrapped his arm around my shoulder. When I didn't tense up or pull away, he pulled me close to him. "I'm sorry, Chase. Not sorry for claiming you and making you my gamma. You're a soft boy who needs someone to take care of him. By making it official, I meant to protect you as well as increase my prestige. But I am sorry that I took you to see Cromwell. If I would have known he was going to be that brutal, I would have refused."

I buried my head against his chest and said, "Why was he so brutal? You make it sound like he's not that way most of the time."

Aidan held me and gently stroked my hair and back. He took a deep breath and said, "He's always brutal, but not that brutal. He and I are different. When I see a soft boy, I want to make him mine. I know that I'm demanding, and I need to dominate, but I don't want to hurt him.

"I may push you to see how far you want to go. But when Cromwell sees a soft boy, he sees weakness. And weakness makes him sadistic. I will never take you back to see him."

It was a lot for me to take in, but I'd seen it in Aidan's eyes when Cromwell was hurting me. I knew that he loved me. I liked being his. I liked being his bitch and his gamma. I didn't care about pack politics or any of that stuff. I liked being with Aidan and having him take care of that stuff for me.

I snuggled closer to Aidan so I could smell him. It wasn't the same on the new moon because I couldn't smell his wolf, but he still smelled of sweat and pure masculine musk. My dick was getting hard despite the pain in my nuts.

I toyed with Aidan's chest hair and asked, "What's Xav going to do with you?"

He rubbed my back and said, "Don't worry about it. I'll explain everything to the Council tomorrow night. Until then, we'll stay here and await their judgement. Whatever punishment they decide on, I'll take it."

"We could run away together," I said. "I don't want them to do anything to you."

Aidan kissed my forehead and replied, "It's my job to make these decisions. You're still my gamma bitch. Besides, we can't go anywhere. Xav stuck a healing spirit in you. You'll be fine after a good night's sleep, but Xav can track you while you have one of his bound spirits in you."

He held me tight and said, "Go to sleep, now. Let me worry about things. That's one of the advantages of being my gamma bitch. You don't have to worry about anything but serving me."

It didn't take me long to fall asleep in Aidan's arms. Later I found out that he held me all night and hardly slept.

College Magic Cycle Characters

Faerie

·         Domenic Chase. A 24-year-old Elven-American from New York City. He has an alien mindset that others find hard to comprehend. He stands 66 inches tall and weighs about 130 pounds. His skin is pale, and his hair is almost white. His eyes are purple. When he's not glamered to appear more human, you can see his pointed, lobeless ears, solid purple eyes (like he has no white in his eyes, just purple iris) and sharp feline teeth. He's physically tough (he claims to be tougher than the werewolves), fast and has strong, claw-like fingernails. He can weave illusions and powerful charms, although the charms require some level of acceptance from the target. He's a friend of Sebastian. He enslaved Kyle Mason as punishment after he raped Kieran and beat up Simon.

·         Oscar Quinlan. A face dancer on campus. He drained Simon of psychosexual energy while they were having sex, but it was because Simon wanted to be depleted.

Mages

·         Alan Somers. A freshman and newly discovered mage who took his oath to the Concordium with Alonzo and Kieran.

·         Alonzo Santiago Ramos. An 18-year-old Latino American boy from El Paso, Texas. A cute bottom and foundling mage. He's powerful, but untrained. He begins the story with a height of 68 inches and a weight of 150 pounds. He has deep olive or very light brown skin, amber eyes, and long black hair. He's a singer and a dancer. He's a little flighty and very flirty. When his powers awakened, he accidentally cast a spell that cursed his roommate Erik. He loves hardcore BDSM porn but is discovering that he doesn't like it in real life. He and Erik are suitemates with Jason and Kieran.

·         Bernice Hartman. A 21-year-old junior mage mage who lives at Ibis House. She's in a relationship with Zoe Smith. She's a tall woman, about six feet in height with dark auburn hair, fair skin, and brown eyes.

·         Cameron Campbell. One of the twink trio, along with Micah Blum and Oliver Rankin.

·         Carmen Peralta. The 38-year-old groundskeeper at Ibis House. She's a mage with a talent for plants, but she also knows spells she uses to maintain the facilities.

·         Clarissa Spencer. RA for the supernatural girls in the dorm. She works for Professor Sybil Thorne, the local representative of the Conclave.

·         Delian Khalkis. A 21-year-old college junior who lives at Ibis House. He's a Greek American from an old but obscure family. He and Rowan Vidas-Wu are best friends. They share everything, including the girls and boys they date.

·         Egon Stehle. A 55-year-old mage who is the housekeeper for Ibis House. He's a very powerful practical mage. He also does the cooking on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Wednesday. He doesn't say much, but he's friendly with the residents.

·         Elijah Jackson. A 24-year-old graduate student who went to the Academy with Sebastian and Nico. He's a graduate student in the history program and he mentors struggling African American students and he tutors student athletes. He is 74 inches tall and weighs 275 pounds of mostly muscle. He's built like a massive rectangle. His skin is dark brown, almost black and he wears his hair in long dreadlocks. He's a powerful transmuter mage. He understands mechanics and electronics better than any of the other mages except for Erik Rucker. He has become friends with Kyle. He has two live in boyfriends, Kendal and Tristan.

·         Erik Rucker. A 19-year-old from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. At the start of the story, he stood 66 inches tall and weighed about 140 pounds. After being cursed by his roommate he grew to be 77 inches tall and weigh 250 pounds. He was overshadowed by the fictional Einar Ironblood until the curse was lifted. He's in love with his roommate Alonzo and worries that Alonzo doesn't love him the same way. He was mundane until the curse awakened a latent talent for mind magery. Unlike Kieran, his talents seem to involve moving things with his mind.

·         Ethan Lowry. A 17-year-old boy from Long Island. He stands 67 inches tall and weighs 140 pounds. He has golden blond hair, blue eyes and always has a golden tan. In this story he was working with the hunters. His mother is a sylph (an air spirit) and his own spirit is half human and half ventus (a name for male air spirits). He holds a donum arcanum (magical gift) and is being trained as a mage. He's an orphan who was raised by his uncle, ow also deceased. He is now Sebastian Trent's boyfriend.

·         Felicia Gladstone. A 38-year-old mage who manages Ibis House. She's also an assistant principal at the local high school. She has a nine-year-old daughter Selena who attends the local K-8 school.

·         Gwendolyn Gray. A junior who is majoring in chemistry. She and her brother are twins, with long brown hair and light gray eyes. Both are tall and slender, but not overly thin. The two of them are the best alchemists at Severan college except for Jason. They came from Santa Fe New Mexico. The Grays are among the 50 families who run mage society.

·         Jason Lee. A 19-year-old (about 6 months older than Kieran) Chinese American college freshman with golden brown skin, brown almond shaped eyes and collar length black hair. He is already an accomplished alchemist. He is a dominant, looking for a submissive boy. He finds what he's looking for in Kieran Morgan. He takes charge of Kieran and begins training him as a submissive. He gives Kieran alchemical elixirs that change his body, and he uses psychology to lead him to embrace his innate submissiveness. He has allowed himself to fall into tantric entanglement with Kieran, bringing them even closer. He believes that Kieran is his complement, the other half of his soul. Jason and Kieran are the suitemates of Alonzo and Erik.

·         Dr. Kamon Zhang. Jason's maternal uncle, a mage and psychologist who is helping Kieran to come to terms with his trauma, and his true nature.

·         Kieran Finley Morgan. An 18-year-old boy with pale skin, golden-red hair, and green eyes. At the beginning of the story, he is deeply closeted (he is unaware that said closet had glass doors everyone could see through) and stands at 72 inches and 180 pounds of muscle. He was a high school athlete who was on the diving team, the swim team, and the track team. Jason took charge of him shortly after they moved into the dorm and began training him to let his inner submissive out. Jason gives him alchemical elixirs that are changing him physically. He sometimes struggles with the idea that he's losing himself inside Jason, but he can't go long without his lover's touch. Kieran is somewhat naive. During the story he loses height, mass, and penis size. Jason says that he's not doing it, but Kieran is sure that he is. After being raped by Kyle Mason, he suffers psychological trauma and only his relationship with Jason gives stability to his life. He and Jason are suitemates with Alonzo and Erik. He has an artistic soul. Jason has decided that Kieran will change majors to Art. Kieran is a foundling mind mage with powers of telepathy and clairsentience.

·         Marvin Oswald. A 21-year-old mage sophomore with talent in healing. He's studying premed in hopes of going into complementary healing.

·         Micah Blum. An 18-year-old mage boy who rooms with Darren. He used to spend most of his time with his two friends Oliver and Cameron. They were in a polyamorous relationship. Micah is a little afraid of Darren because he's afraid of werewolves. Now Micah has chosen to live as the slave to cousin Remuel Adler.

·         Mordecai Adler. A 50-year-old mage who is a high-ranking member of the custodes and of the American FBI. He's a powerfully built man with dark olive skin tone and black hair that is just beginning to turn gray at the temples.

·         Oliver Rankin. A freshman mage (18 years old), one of the twink trio along with Micah Blum and Cameron Campbell. He describes himself as a rude, arrogant (because he is smarter than everyone around him) and unable to quickly read social cues. He's befriended Kyle Mason and works with him in science lab.

·         Rakesh Mishra. A 23-year-old graduate student of Indian American heritage. He's working on his MS in Psychology. He's a mind mage and a yogi master. He is one of Kieran's trainers. He lives off campus in Ibis House.

·         Reggie Delmar. A 20-year-old sophomore music student who likes Alonzo. They share a music class. He's a mage, but not a songmage. He lives off campus in Ibis House. He has light brown skin and very curly black hair. He looks like he has some African American ancestry.

·         Remy (Remuel) Adler. Micah's 20-year-old cousin, a low-ranking member of the custodes who lives with his father Mordecai and keeps his official records. He was Micah's lover at the Academy and has recently taken Micah as his slave.

·         Rowan Vidas-Wu. A 21-year-old college junior who lives at Ibis House. He was born in Chicago to a Lithuanian American father and a Chinese American mother. Both the Vidas and the Wu families are among the fifty families. He's a friend of Reggie Delmar, but his best friend is Delian Khalkis. The two of them share everything, including boys and girls they date.

·         Sebastian Trent. A 24-year-old graduate student. He's the RA for his floor and he helps Professor Thorne to wrangle the mage and supernatural scholars on campus. His female counterpart is Clarissa Spencer. Sebastian is 70 inches tall and weighs 160 pounds. He has light brown hair and brown eyes. He was a little overwhelmed with the fallout from Alonzo's spell and Kieran's rape, so he allowed Domenic the leeway he needed to enslave Kyle. Now there's nothing he can do about it. Sebastian is bisexual but prefers men. He has older men on campus who blow him in exchange for favors. He seems to have a lot of influence on campus for a grad student. He is dating Ethan Lowry but feels guilty about the age difference.

·         Seth Gray. A junior who is majoring in classics. He and his sister are twins, with long brown hair and light gray eyes. Both are tall and slender, but not overly thin. The two of them are the best alchemists at Severan college except for Jason. They came from Santa Fe New Mexico. The Grays are among the 50 families who run mage society.

·         Silvan Reynard. A sophomore mind mage who lives at Ibis House. He's 5 foot 8 inches tall, blond and slender with an almost elfin shape to his face despite being human. (The Reynards are said to have been fey touched for generations). He is in love with Rakesh Mishra. He and Kieran are in the same beginning yoga/mind magery classes.

·         Sybil Thorne. Kieran's history professor. She's also the overseer for the magician's Conclave here on campus. Her two assistants are Sebastian Trent and Clarissa Spencer.

·         Tristan Navarro. A 21-year-old senior seeking a degree in English Literature. He's filipino with medium beige skin, black hair, and dark eyes. He stands 66 inches tall and weighs 150 pounds. He likes short shorts and tight tee shirts. He's Elijah Jackson's lover and lives with him and Kendal. He calls Elijah daddy and Kendal brother. He has written two volumes in a series of mm romance novels about mages called Wands of Love and he intends to keep writing. He kept his own name and keeps his own finances, but he's no less devoted to Elijah than Kendal is.

·         Warren Cheng. A Chinese American psychology grade student and friend of Jason. His family is originally from Hong Kong, but they live in Los Angeles like Jason's family. His specialty is magical noetics, but he has a strong talent for illusions as well. He is the TA in Jason's Psychology course, and he lives in town at Ibis House.

·         Zoe Smith. A 20-year-old Sophomore mind mage who lives at Ibis House. She is an African American woman, about five foot eight inches tall, with a curvy shape, a broad smile and short black hair in tight curls.

Mundanes (or Unknown)

·         Aaron Blackwell. A human man in his early fifties. He's the Director of Student Residence at Severan College, and the father of Nathaniel and James. He is magically enthralled by Sebastian Trent.

·         Abe Grossman. A heavy-set man in his late 40s who lives in town. He has male pattern baldness, leaving the top of his head bald, but his substantial beard is brown streaked with gray. He has a ten-inch dick that is about as thick as a soda can, and he knows how to use it. He's the leader of the group that used Kyle in the gym locker room. The group includes Ryan Masters and the twins, Freddy and Teddy Zimmerman.

·         Amir Kassim. A junior, the boyfriend of the aggressive would-be dominant James McManus.

·         Billy McAndrews. A senior who is the lead guitarist of the band Dreaming Dragons. He is Mariah Tovey's boyfriend. He's 22 years old and a senior.

·         Christopher Thompson. A big guy, over six feet tall and well-muscled, with blond hair who looks like a jock; he has a very small penis; Matt's roommate (and possible submissive); a member of the Nerd Squad.

·         Daniel Burns. A stocky guy with light brown hair and a goatee; one of the Nerd Squad

·         Edward "Eddie" Mason. Kyle's 25-year-old brother.

·         Freddy Zimmerman. A freshman with a slender but muscular build, light skin, blond hair, and blue eyes. Like his twin brother Teddy, he's submissive. He was part of the group who used Kyle in the gym locker room.

·         George Marley. The drummer for Dreaming Dragons. He's a 22-year-old junior.

·         Jake Miller. An African American guy with dark skin and curly hair; one of the Nerd Squad.

·         James Blackwell. The nineteen-year-old son of Aaron Blackwell. He's a tall, skinny goth boy with a lot of tattoos. He attends Severan College and studies art. He and Sebastian had a sexual encounter over the summer before his freshman year. He has a long penis with a tattoo of a snake on it.

·         James McManus. A fair skinned guy with reddish hair who shares a literature class with Jason and Kieran. He admires Jason's relationship with Kieran and would like to control his own boyfriend Amir the same way.

·         Jill Black. The bass guitarist for Dreaming Dragons. She's a 21-year-old junior.

·         Joe Peters. A freshman in Kieran's writing class who was in the same religious program before school that Kieran was in.

·         Josh Higgins. Overweight and unhygienic guy who introduced Kyle to Nerd Squad.

·         Kendal Jackson. A 23-year-old college dropout. He's five foot three inches tall and weighs about 115 pounds. He has pale blond hair, heterochromatic eyes (one blue and one green), and extremely fair skin. He lives with Elijah Jackson and is one of his lovers. He hated college and dropped out. He stays home and keeps house for Elijah Jackson. He likes to wear women's clothing but identifies as a boy. He changed his last name and signed power of attorney to make Elijah control over his affairs. He's very submissive. He calls Elijah daddy and Tristan brother.

·         Kyle Mason. A 19-year-old college freshman from Kentucky. Kyle begins the story as a high school athlete who's let himself go a little. He's 74" tall and 250 pounds. He has a muscular build with a layer of fat and a small gut. He has brown hair and brown eyes. He's a closeted gay man and a homophobe. He has a history of beating on gay acting guys who get him aroused. During the New Student Mixer, he raped Kieran Morgan. When he got back to his room, he beat on his smaller roommate Simon until he orgasmed in his pants. In return for these acts, Domenic Chase enslaved him and is turning him into a hot jock bitch. His life has become a prolonged slave training session. He begins to show remorse and even to accept his sexuality but tries to find a way out of his magical enslavement.

·         Larry Gordan. Kieran's Art professor. He reminds Kieran of his Uncle Craig, and arouses him, a fact that disturbs Kieran but seemed unsurprising to Jason. He tried to put the moves on Kieran after his first class but backed off apologetically when he found out that he was Jason's boy. He is a mentor to Kieran.

·         Leo Wagner. A construction worker in Severan who felt under the control of Remuel Adler who used a combination of magic and Leo's suppressed gay fantasies to control him. He's a handsome man with fair skin, light brown hair, and a solid build. He's thirty-two but looks younger. He looks a little bit like Sebastian Trent, which is what draws Remuel Adler to him. He has a 16-year-old son named Mason, and two daughters, Tiffany (13) and Brittany (12).

·         Mariah Tovey. The keyboardist for Dreaming Dragons and Billy McAndrew's girlfriend. She's a 22-year-old senior.

·         Matt Silver. A sturdy guy with olive skin tone and brown hair; he has a very large penis (almost 10 inches); the most sadistic of the Nerd Squad.

·         Michael Shank. A skinny guy with dirty blond hair and pale skin; one of the Nerd Squad.

·         Millicent Bierce. A TA who teaches the writing class that Kieran and Darren are in. She appears to be very religious and doesn't seem to like Kieran and Darren, probably because they are gay.

·         Nathaniel Blackwell. The twenty-six-year-old son of Aaron Blackwell. He is a soldier in Afghanistan who became the lover of the daiwa Karim Khan who impregnated him. He's a gay, sexual submissive. He's a lieutenant in the US Army but he doesn't know how he will maintain his career and bear his lover's child.

·         Peter Gantz. Alonzo's Vocals professor. A heavyset man in his middle years. He likes Alonzo but more in an avuncular way.

·         Ryan Masters. A handsome junior with mixed Asian and Caucasian ancestry. He has light skin and brown wavy hair. His slanted eyes are green. He used Kyle in the gym locker room. He's close with Abe Grossman and the twins, Freddy and Teddy Zimmerman.

·         Sally Minh. An engineering student who is in Kieran's art class. She ships Kieran and Jason and draws pictures of them in anime style. She's a friend to Kieran and becomes one of the watchers keeping an eye on him for Jason.

·         Teddy Zimmerman. A freshman with a slender but muscular build, light skin, blond hair, and blue eyes. Like his twin brother Freddy, he's submissive. He was part of the group who used Kyle in the gym locker room.

·         Terrence Green. A basketball player for the school. A 21-year-old junior, standing six foot eight inches tall, with deep bronze skin color and brown eyes. He has full lips and rounded features. He wears his black hair in very short, kinky curls.

Others

·         Karim Khan. A daiwa who appears to be in his late twenties. He's the lover of Nathaniel Black and the father of his child. He works with the US Army as a translator and guide. His people are a magical race related to the djinn, the ifrit and the deva of ancient Aryan mythology. Now that he had impregnated another he is transforming into an alpha daiwa.

Skinchangers, Non-Werewolves

·         David Campos. (Da VEED) A handsome man Blatino freshman of Domenican ancestry. He's from Philadelphia. He has dark olive skin tone, black hair that looks feathery, and piercing brown eyes. He is a were-raptor who can assume two non-human forms. He can become a raptor that resembles a large golden eagle or a hybrid form that is bipedal with sharp claws on the end of feathered arms. He is an alpha, but the were-raptors don't follow a pack structure like the were-wolves do.

·         Gideon Blackburn. A muscular man with dark brown skin, brown eyes and black hair in tight, kinky curls. He's about 30 years old and works as at a waxing salon on the edge of town that takes male clients. It seems popular in the gay, BDSM community. He likes fisting (giving, not receiving), and he's a shifter who turns into a lynx.

·         Millie Jones. 45-year-old leader of the were-rats. She doesn't like or trust werewolves, but she hated Howard Cromwell with a passion.

·         Philip Mertz. A jock who shares a history class with Kyle Mason. He's 6 feet tall and weighs 180 lbs. He's about 6 feet tall and muscular, with light skin and brown hair. He's a shifter who turns into a lynx. He becomes Kyle's partner and trainer in the gym. He's also a lover that cares about Kyle. Domenic saved him from a were-wolf in his freshman year. He lives off-campus near the woods by a different trailhead from the one used by the were-wolves.

·         Rashida Lamont. A 23-year-old graduate student with black skin, short hair, and an athletic build. She's the wererat who oversees the other wererats on campus. She lives in the New Dorm (along with the other werewolves).

·         Tristan White. A 19-year-old college freshman. He stands only five and half feet tall and has sandy hair, fair skin, and hazel eyes. He's a wererat and a member of Oliver's study group.

Skinchangers, Werewolves

·         Aidan Stringer (alpha). A sophomore staying at the wolf house. He is a relative of Jarod Stringer, Howard Cromwell's right-hand man. Aidan is officially listed as a beta, but he's really an alpha. He claimed Chase Morris as his boyfriend/bitch and seems to be undermining the alpha leaders in some way.

·         Benjamin "Benjy" Gold (Beta). A twink beta-werewolf who shares a class with Simon. He has dark curly hair, light olive skin and slender build. He's very small, about 5 ft. 5 and 120 pounds.

·         Chase Morris (beta). Aidan is a young high school dropout who comes from Middlebourne. He has dark hair that he wears hanging over his blue-gray eyes. His skin is very pale. He turns 18 on September 25th (5 days before Ethan Lowry). He was a virgin at the beginning of the series but gets involved with Aidan Stringer.

·         Chloe Bartok (Beta). 20-year-old sophomore.

·         Conor Tighe (Beta). Sophomore beta werewolf with auburn hair, fair skin, blue eyes, and freckles. He's average height and build and he's studying biology.

·         Chuck Burns (Beta). A 20-year-old sophomore who lives at Wolf House and is a friend of Aidan.

·         Dawn Schiller (Alpha). A muscular blond woman who stands 70 inches tall. She's the female alpha of the werewolf pack and Drew's girlfriend. She is bisexual and usually has at least one girl on the side.

·         Darren Groves (Alpha). A 21-year-old college junior from Montana. A heavy-set man with shoulder length brown hair, a short beard, and brown eyes. He's powerfully built under his extra pounds. He's of average appearance. He stands 70 inches tall and weighs 220 pounds. He's Drew's right hand man. In a fit of lust, he groped Kieran in the laundry room. Who knows what would have happened if Drew hadn't broken it up? Despite this, Darren is a good guy. He's become a kind of avuncular figure for Kieran as one of his protectors on campus.

·         Delia Smith (Beta). 21-year-old college junior who lives at Wolf House.

·         Drew (Andrew) Janowski (Alpha). A 22-year-old werewolf from rural Pennsylvania. He's 74 inches tall, with blond hair and green eyes. He wears a short, well-trimmed beard. He has a powerful build and weighs 220 pounds of solid muscle. He runs the local werewolf pack and helps Sebastian keep order on campus. He's bisexual. His girlfriend Dawn commands the female werewolves. He also likes handsome men and pretty boys. He took Simon into his room after he was attacked by Kyle.

·         Edgar Krause (Beta). A sophomore werewolf and friend of Aidan Stringer. He's Gordan Cooper's roommate in the dorms.

·         Ellen Parker (Beta). A 20-year-old junior who lives at Wolf House.

·         Gordan Cooper (Beta). A sophomore werewolf and a friend of Adrian Stringer. Edgar Krause's roommate.

·         Howard Cromwell (Alpha). A large and muscular alpha werewolf in his mid-forties. He was the leader of the local pack before being drive out by Drew, Zeno, Darren, Dawn, and Meghan, with logistical support from Sebastian. He was a leader of the old school who ruled through intimidation. Under him the pack followed several traditions that Drew has tried to do away with. He originally came from New York. He is the werewolf who killed Ethan's father. After leaving New York he wandered around for a few months before settling down near the college.

·         Hugh Kent (Beta). A 19-year-old college freshman. Lalo's roommate.

·         Inga Martinez (Alpha). A 29-year-old Latina woman from Middlebourne. She's a little heavyset, but quite strong. She manages the Wolf House for Zeno, supervising work groups and organizing the business of running the house. Her younger brother Sammy is the cook at Wolf House.

·         Ira Cohen (Beta). 19-year-old college freshman. Good friends with Aidan Stringer.

·         Ivan Kovacs (Beta). 22-year-old who lives at the Wolf House. He's one of the Middlebourne werewolves. He works with Wilma Jackson at the local used car dealership and repair shop.

·         Jarod Stringer (Alpha). Deceased. Former right-hand man of Howard Cromwell. Darren and Meghan killed him in the woods before Drew challenged Cromwell for leadership. His younger brother is Aidan Stringer.

·         Kevin McNeil (Beta). 20-year-old college sophomore. An athlete with brown hair and fair skin. Roommate with Conor Tighe. Tammy's brother.

·         Lalo Arenas (Beta). A cute and thin latino freshman. Lalo is short for Eduardo. He may be the second most submissive werewolf after Benjy. He has light olive skin tone, jade green eyes, and brown hair. He makes eyes at Darren and calls him Daddy Werewolf, a nickname he claims is common in the dorms, even among the mages. He is friends with the mage Oliver Rankin (they share a literature class).

·         Lew Muller (Beta). A tall thin beta werewolf, with long brown hair, a beard and two black earrings with wolf head instead of a ball. He's a computer hacker who knows a bit about electronics. His major is English literature. He plays guitar and writes poetry. He was Benjy's roommate until he moved into the wolf house. He's a junior.

·         Meghan Connelly (Alpha). A female werewolf who is one of Kieran's watchers. She's Darren's best friend and she was one of the original 5 who worked to overthrow the old pack leader, Howard Cromwell.

·         Naomi Bentley (Alpha). A 27-year-old woman with long black hair and olive skin tone. She's very muscular. She was one of the Middlebourne werewolves. She's now the chief of security at Wolf House.

·         Samuel Martinez (Beta). A 23-year-old Latino cook who runs the kitchen at Wolf House.

·         Scarlett De Angelo (Beta). A 22-year-old graduate student who lives at Wolf House.

·         Shelby O'Brien (Beta). A 26-year-old professional bookkeeper. She lives at Wolf House.

·         Simon Carter (Alpha). A 19-year-old gay college freshman. He's an African American boy (although his biological father was white) who was raised by two moms. He stands 68 inches tall and weighs 150 pounds. He's of average size, but the men he likes best are muscular jock types, most of whom aren't interested in bottoming for a skinny black boy. After getting beaten up by his roommate Kyle, he is moved to Drew's room.

·         Stella White (Beta). 19-year-old freshman. She is one of Aidan's friends.

·         Tammy McNeil (Beta). 22-year-old senior athlete. Kevin's sister.

·         Vicky Garcia (Beta). A very short Latina were-wolf. She's tougher than she seems, and she really hates rapists.

·         Willie Coombs (Beta). A 40-year-old man with dark brown skin and mid-length hair that hangs in dreadlocks. He's Xav's man at the Wolf House and he works at the Marriott Hotel in the kitchen. He caters breakfast at Xav's house every day.

·         Wilma Jackson (Beta). 28-year-old mechanic in town at the local used auto dealership and repair shop. She gets Ivan Kovacs a job there.

·         Xav (Xavier) Janowski (Alpha). A 24-year-old werewolf who is spirit speaker (priest) for the werewolves. He stands 70 inches tall and weighs 150 pounds. He has long blond hair he wears in a French braid and deep sapphire blue eyes. He's Drew's older brother, and his closest advisor in the pack. He is the spiritual leader for the pack and gives spiritual advice to mundane clients who don't know he's a werewolf. He's flamboyant and campy. He is a total power bottom and fucking him can be a spiritual experience as well as a physical one.

·         Zeno Schiller (Alpha). A grad student, brother of Dawn and supporter of Drew Janowski. Drew was sleeping with Zeno before he even met Dawn. He's six feet tall and weighs 175 pounds. He has dark hair and olive skin tone. He has very little body fat and keeps his impressive body shaved. He is a dancer and according to Drew he has the greatest core body strength of anyone he knows. He's a power bottom who runs Wolf House. He's taking a semester off after showing up to school late. He works as a stripper at the Blue Room, a gay bar on the edge of town.

Places

·         Alchemy House. A large house in Severan purchased by Jason's father for use as an alchemy lab to make weapons and potions for the Severan Council. Jason has convinced his father to sell him the house instead of turning it over to the Conclave. The house was owned by a mage and has too many magical enhancements to be sold to mundanes. It has magical protections and wards, but the Lee family is paying for more to be added.

·         Baylor Hall. A dorm building at Severan College which is used to house the mages and lupipelles (werewolves) on campus. The third floor is use by male supernaturals and the fourth by female supernaturals. The muripelles (wererats) refuse to use this dorm and they stay elsewhere on campus. The dorm has a dining hall on the first floor.

·         Blue Room. A gay strip bar operated by the weretiger Mahendra Khatri. Most of the employees and clientele can't see through the velamen arcanum. Zeno Schiller dances here and a lot of versipelles and mages come here.

·         Butternut Ranch Resort. A luxury resort less than an hour north of Severan via a windy road through the national forest. It's mage friendly and is owned and operated by mages. There's a magic circle to ease translocation spells in the basement, and a lot of magical enhancements that are subtle enough for the mundanes not to notice. The resort sits at the northern end of the numina flux zone.

·         Ibis House. A large house in town that is used by the mages as off-campus residence. It's shielded by the velamen arcanum and mundanes tend to ignore it. It's been modified by magic over the decades and has a lot of magical features and defenses. There's a magic circle to make translocation spells easier to use. It's owned and operated by the Ibis Foundation, a mage NGO that maintains Ibis House facilities near mundane universities in many towns.

·         Newbury's Country Kitchen. A diner owned by Esther Newbury, a widow whose daughter Molly helps in the restaurant. She's a member of PFLAG because of her son Bobby who experienced violence in town before moving to Columbus. The restaurant has mostly traditional American dishes, but they can accommodate vegetarians and other special diets.

·         Numina Flex Zone. This area of southeastern Ohio is a weak spot between the worlds. Magic rituals are easier to perform here, and a higher-than-average number of people born in the region have mage talent, although most of them are never identified or trained. The realms of faerie, umbra, outland, spirit, underworld, astral, dream, and light are easily accessed from this zone. Other realms may or may not be easier to reach from here than from elsewhere. A similar, but smaller zone surrounds the Sagacia Academy and the Ossuarium in the Bayou of Louisiana.

·         Severan College. A fictional private college in fictional Severan Ohio. It was founded by the mage Aurelius Severan, originally to provide mundane college degrees to young mages. To accomplish this goal, mundane professors needed to be hired. Over time, the magical nature of the school became hidden behind a layer of mundane scholars and professors. The college sits near dead center of the numina flux zone that marks a weak spot between the worlds.

·         Severan House. The oldest building on campus, it was originally the home of Aurelius Severan, the mage who founded the college. Severan House contains offices, a museum, and several mage-only facilities, including a magic circle in the basement to make translocation spells more accurate. Students living at Ibis House and mages visiting from other towns and states use this circle to arrive in Severan.

·         Wolf House. A large farmhouse surrounded by row apartments used by werewolves to house wolves who can't or don't want to live on campus. It's governed by Zeno Schiller with the aid of a council of alphas. It's the headquarters of the Severan Pack.