College Magic Cycle

Alchemy and Songcraft Chapter 6

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This storyline is about the two couples, Jason and Kieran and Erik and Alonzo, the main characters from My Roommate the Alchemist and Wishcraft. Now that we're in phase II of the story, the POV will change between these four characters. The two storylines combine because the lives of the two couples are becoming more intertwined from this point on.

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·         Not a mistake! Please remember that Alonzo changed reality in the Wishcraft storyline. Now the reality is that Alonzo has always been small, and Erik has always been large. Some flashbacks may be subtly different from the way they were written in earlier chapters because history has changed. Only Alonzo remembers the change, and even he must think hard about it if he wants to remember the old reality.

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Alchemy and Songcraft Chapter 6

Alonzo

Saturday morning, I woke up in the giant bed in the master bedroom of the Alchemy house. Kieran and I were still hugging each other, but both Erik and Jason were gone. We were so close together that we were breathing in each other's faces. Ever since we'd been taking Jason's magic tea, none of us had morning breath. We never had bad breath at any time, nor unpleasant body odor. I could still smell Erik's scent when we made love or whenever he held me, but it was just his natural musk without a hint of the sourness of BO.

I stared at Kieran's face. He didn't look anxious when he was sleeping. He seemed at peace. He didn't even snore. I brushed a stray golden red curl out of his eyes, and he stirred in his sleep. I tweaked his nose, and he woke up. He reached behind him for Jason and then panicked when he didn't find him.

"Hey, it's okay," I said. "Jason didn't leave you alone. He knew that I wouldn't get up and leave you."

"Sorry," he said with a sad shrug. "I haven't slept alone since Jason moved into my room. I'm kind of needy and high maintenance."

I sat up next to him and wrapped my arms around him. "Why do you always run yourself down?" I asked him, my concern obvious in my voice. "You're a beautiful boy with a kind soul and you just need someone to make you feel safe. Let me promise you something. Any time Jason can't be with us, I'll keep you safe. You may not have noticed, but I'm kind of a bad ass sorcerer myself."

That got a smile out of him. He asked, "Could you show me some magic, Alonzo? I know Jason can cast spells, but he never does it where I can see him."

I did a couple of simple spells that Clarissa had taught me. I fixed my hair and his. Then I cast a cleaning spell that removed all the sweat and drool from our faces. He was excited and kept asking me for more, so I wove mage light between my fingers.

"I can't do any big attack spells, or at least I'm not supposed to until Clarissa says it's okay," I explained. "But I'm apparently a rogue mage and I can sometimes work magic even if I don't know what I'm doing. I made glowing lights dance along the ceiling the other day in class, but a classmate who was a mage stopped it before it got out of hand."

"Jason took me to Ibis House once and introduced me to some mages who live there, but I don't know where it is," he said. "Maybe we could go there for lunch one day and you can meet them."

I agreed that it sounded nice. It was even better that Kieran wasn't looking anxious anymore. I turned to him and said, "Why don't we throw our clothes on and go down to find the guys?"

Kieran looked back at me. He shook his head and said, "We can't put clothes on in the house, just our thongs. It would be against the rules, and I don't like disobeying Jason."

"I'll take the blame," I said. "We don't know if Gwendolyn and Seth came back last night, and we don't want them to see us near naked."

I threw Kieran a clean thong and I grabbed one for myself. Then I found a pair of shorts and a tee shirt that would do for now. When I looked over at Kieran, he was wearing his thong, but he was just staring at his clothes.

"What's wrong, baby," I asked, putting my arm around him.

He shrugged and replied, "I don't know what Jason wants me to wear, and I don't want to disappoint him by wearing something he won't like."

I picked out a pair of pink shorts and a blue tee shirt almost the exact same color as his sapphire eyes. "Jason bought all your clothes. You don't own anything anymore that he didn't choose. He'll be happy so long as you I make you pretty before we go. Now get dressed."

He reluctantly put on the clothes I'd picked for him. I was going to use magic to fix his hair, but I thought it would calm his down if I brushed it out for him instead. Once he was dressed, I pulled him over to the bed and pulled him down so he was sitting between my legs, and we could see the mirror on the vanity. I slowly unbraided his hair and then brushed it out with the fancy hair set Jason had bought him.

I could feel the magic vibration in the handle even before I noticed that it never snagged in his hair. It easily detangled the few knots he had without a hint of pain. I was right, he calmed down and relaxed as I brushed his long hair out. I put it in a loose French braid that kept it out of his face and blended it smoothly with the long hair in the back. I put a copper hair clasp in it to hold it steady and then I let it hang loose below the clasp.

I was hugging him and telling him how pretty he was when the guys came back in. They'd been talking about something in the hallway, but they got quiet when they opened the door. They both looked good. Jason must have been up doing something that required him to be active. He was wearing jeans and a tee shirt with an open jacket with a mandarin collar. He always looked well dressed, but I'd come to know him well enough that I could tell he was dressed for work, not play.

But Erik took my breath away. He was wearing a muscle shirt that was drenched with sweat, and his eleven inches were semi hard in his gray sweats. His short blond hair was plastered to his head, framing his masculine features, and I found myself unconsciously licking my lips.

Kieran jumped up and ran over to Jason, hugging him tight like he hadn't seen him in a week. I tried to be more restrained, but I wasted no time throwing my arms around Erik and inhaling his masculine scent deep inside my lungs.

"You smell good, Erik. I want to throw you on that bed and lick all the sweat off your body," I said. "Then te montaré como una bestia y rebotaré en tu tranca grande."

I could see him trying to puzzle it out, so I pulled his head down and whispered in his ear, "I'll ride you like a beast and bounce on your big dick."

He smiled at me and said, "I love you too, mi puto maricon, but your man is hungry. I need you to make me some breakfast first, so I have the energy to satisfy you."

I pouted, but I secretly loved the new take charge Erik I was seeing. I could hear Kieran apologizing to Jason for putting on clothes without him. "I wasn't sure what to do, but Alonzo helped me pick out clothes. I hope it's alright."

Jason kissed him. He looked over Kieran's head and caught my eyes. He said, "It's okay. If I'm not around, I want you to listen to Erik. And if Erik's not around I want you to listen to Alonzo. I trust Erik completely, and Alonzo knows what's right and what's wrong."

He didn't say it, but I had the impression he wanted to add, "And if he proves to be untrustworthy, I'll deal with him later."

I teased Erik with a whispered, "You'll protect me from the brutal alchemist, won't you?"

"Not a chance," he replied with a smile. Then he smacked my butt and said, "I need him to help me train you to be a properly obedient boy."

"I'm not good at obeying," I said with a flirtatious look.

"Don't I know it? It's my curse to be hopelessly in love with such a rascal," he sighed. "I just hope you learn to obey before I wear out my paddling arm because you have one hell of spanking coming later for not paying attention and starting trouble on campus yesterday."

"Promises, promises," I mumbled against his sweaty shirt.

Jason said, "I'm sorry for the delay this morning. Let me fix your tea and medicinals so we can get started."

While he was mixing the tea and doling out his alchemical pastilles, he said, "Since Kieran claims he wants to learn some household duties, I was hoping you would let him help you make breakfast this morning."

He handed Kieran a cup of tea and a shot glass full of pills. "You're first this morning, Sweet Prince."

Then he made ours. He and Erik drank first. He handed me mine last, not too long before Kieran jumped up to go to the bathroom. Then Jason put his hand on my shoulder and said, "You're not the same as Kieran, Alonzo, so I'm going to trust you with something, but you must promise me that you won't say anything to Kieran."

"Okay. I suppose so, but you shouldn't keep things from him," I replied. Sometimes Jason's need to control Kieran made me angry, but if I didn't promise him to keep his secrets, he wouldn't tell me anything either.

Jason nodded and said, "The house is being watched. Don't worry. It's safe. I checked the wards, and no one can get inside. I think they're the same as the man who was at the resort last weekend. I don't want you and Kieran going outside without Erik or me. I need you to promise that you will obey me, and that you'll help me keep an eye on Kieran. And no matter what, don't tell him. He's still dealing with anxiety brought on because he's finally living the life he needs, but his subconscious mind is still fighting against it. He's dealt with his doubts in his conscious mind, but his subconscious still contains some negative voices and influences. He's made a lot of progress, but he still has a way to go."

I decided to lay it all out on the table. "You treat him like a child and that's why he's acting like a child."

"No," Jason replied. "He's reverting to the last point in his life when he was happy before his parents died and he was forced to move in with his homophobic uncle. He was twelve the last time he was then, but his behavior may be that of an even younger boy. Kieran's therapist says that he'll start maturing again psychologically once he's excised these influences from his mind. He should mature more quickly and in a healthier way, but it may take him a couple of years. It's my job to make sure that he's comfortable while he's doing what he needs to do.

"This is why I'm acting like his father as well as his lover. And Erik is his fun uncle who helps protect him. You are his slightly more mature friend who helps to keep an eye on him. It sounds weird, but it is working. You have no idea what trauma he has hidden inside him. I don't know all of it, but what has been shared with me is bad. He needs all of us to help him."

That was much more information than Jason had ever shared with me before. From the look on his face, Erik already knew all about it. I nodded at Jason and said, "I'll do it. I'll stop needling him to be more assertive and I'll just help him be himself. But I do have one question. Why am I being protected inside the wards and Erik is free to come and go? No offense to my lover boy, but I am a somewhat badass rogue mage, and Erik is mundane."

Jason nodded at me and replied, "You were a bad ass rogue mage, but you gave up that dangerous power that was threatening to destroy you. Now you're a novice rogue mage, still ridiculously powerful from what I hear, but you don't have the skills you need to stand up to hunters in a fight. Erik may be mundane, but he's a skilled boxer and now he's taking martial arts classes. He was showing me what he can do this morning while you two were sleeping. He doesn't have magic, but he's competent in a fight."

I looked over at Erik and he struck a power pose with his muscles taunt. I smiled at him and gave him a wink. He was sexy and powerful, and I loved him. I just had to stop thinking he was weaker than me because he was mundane. Or was he? When he struck that pose there was a ripple in the numina field, and I could have sworn that there was a shimmer in the air in front of him. Why didn't Jason notice it, or Sebastian, or any of the other experienced mages?

It must have been the fact that I'm a rogue mage. It meant that I was more sensitive to magic than most mages. From what Clarissa had told me, most mages needed to cast a spell to sense the numina field, but I was able to do it as easily as noticing something or hearing a sound. For me it was like an extra sense.

"Thank you for being honest with me. I'll do my best to help," I said.

Then I walked over and wrapped my arms around Erik. I'd been right. There was some sort of permeable barrier around him. I wasn't very strong, and I could easily get through it, but I knew that it was there, and I suspected that it would provide him some defense in the event of a fight. But how did he do it? From his expression, it didn't look like he was even aware that it existed.

I had to run into the bathroom almost as soon as Kieran came out. When I was done, I took Kieran by the hand and led him down to the kitchen. Seth Gray was making coffee when we came in. He wasn't using a coffee pot, but he was measuring coffee into clay pot with a clay lid. He has pot of water boiling on the stove with a cinnamon stick and piece of orange peel in it. He didn't have a piloncillo, but I could see the brown sugar sitting on the counter. It was a reasonable substitute.

"You have an olla, just like my Tia Marisol!" I exclaimed. "If you make enough for everyone, we'll make you huevos rancheros for breakfast."

"Deal," Seth replied. He and his sister were from Santa Fe, so they knew a little about good food. "We came in late last night, so you were already asleep, but I am going to assume that you two had a good time last night in that big bedroom."

Kieran blushed, but I ran a hand down Seth's back and said, "Eleven inches of pure heaven."

Seth's eyes grew wide, and he inhaled deeply before sighing, "I've never even seen one that big. It sounds like a myth come to life. But I rarely bottom. For me it's usually girls or cute versatile boys."

He leaned in and whispered in my ear, "I do them while they're doing my sister. Gwendolyn and I like to share."

I didn't like girls that way, but his words still made my dick twitch. The Gray twins were good looking, and they looked more alike than fraternal twins usually did. The thought of them sharing a guy was extremely hot. I had to ask. "Do you ever share a girl?"

Seth replied, "Of course, but I didn't think you'd be interested in hearing about that."

He was right. I didn't need to hear about that part. I was just curious. Seth finished making the coffee while I explained the recipe to Kieran. He was an eager student. Most of the ingredients were left over from last night. We fried one corn tortillas per plate, then spread refried beans on the tortilla. We heated the rice from last night and spooned it on side of the plate. Then we fried eggs and put two eggs on each tortilla. Technically, we made huevos divorciados because we put red salsa on one egg and green salsa on the other. Then we sprinkled crumbled cotija cheese on top of them. Seth helped us set the table and carry the plates in before straining the coffee into cups.

The breakfast table was full. It was me and Erik, Jason and Kieran, Seth and Gwendolyn, Delian Khalkis and Rowan Vidas-Wu. The latter two lived at Ibis House, but they were here to help with the alchemy work. From the conversation at breakfast, it sounded like they were going to help the Grays set up an arcane circle here at the house so the mages could use translocation spells to travel back and forth. A mage named Elijah I hadn't met was coming over to be the primary for the ritual. He was apparently a big deal, like Sebastian and Clarissa.

As I expected, Kieran ate only half his food. Erik ate the other half. I ended up donating about a quarter of mine to him as well. He had a big appetite.

After breakfast, as everyone was starting to get up, Jason nodded at Erik. It was like the two of them had worked out a plan for this sort of situation. Erik stood up and spoke in a loud, clear voice. "Alonzo, Kieran, and Seth made breakfast. Delian and Rowan, you can clean up the dishes while Gwendolyn consults with Jason about the day's alchemy work. I'll be walking the perimeter."

Delian and Rowan looked at Erik, like they were trying to figure out who this big blond guy was, but he was with Jason Lee, and the Grays seemed to be deferring to him, so they shrugged it off and went to do what he told them to do. I was proud of him.

I had to get ready for my band practice and everyone else was busy, so I took Kieran with me. While I was changing into my "gay cowboy" garb (as the band called it), Kieran was folding my dirty clothes and putting them in the hamper. Jason liked it that way because he said that it kept the clothes from getting wrinkled. And Kieran did everything Jason told him to do. And that meant that I had to do the same for mine and Eric's clothes. Otherwise, Kieran would just redo it.

He looked over at me and said, "Did you notice that Erik was projecting his aura at breakfast?"

"No," I admitted. "What's that?"

"According to Rakesh, everyone has an aura, but mundanes can't use it for anything. It's just there. Erik was projecting it so that his aura was affecting everyone in the room. Not me because I have mental shields," he explained. "Oh, and Erik has mental shields too. I saw it in his aura."

I was in shock. Erik was mundane. Sebastian had confirmed it earlier when he had a cascade crisis from seeing through velamen unprepared. How was he using magic now, and why didn't I feel it. "Are you sure," I asked. "I didn't feel anything, and I can feel it when there's magic in the area."

Kieran nodded and replied, "I'm not an expert, but according to Rakesh, you can't see or feel mind magery unless it's directed at you specifically or a mind mage used it to manipulate the numina flow. Normally, it just uses the numina that flows naturally through the mind mage's body. But Erik isn't very good at it. His manifestations are even more inefficient than mine are. He uses too much energy, and it makes him get fatigued easily.

"I noticed it the other day when he was moving things with his mind. He didn't know anyone was watching, but I was practicing my far seeing and I spotted him. It's always easier to far see someone you know than a total stranger and my range isn't very good. I can't see much farther than the next room over."

"Verdad_?_ Kieran, are you telling me that Erik has been using mind magic and you didn't say anything?" I asked with an exasperated tone. "Didn't you think that I had a right to know?"

His face fell when he replied, "I didn't mean to keep it a secret. I thought you already knew. I thought everyone knew and no one told me. I'm used to nobody telling me anything."

I couldn't stay mad at him. I hugged him and told him it was alright, then I let him help me finish getting dressed. "I love your clothes, Alonzo," he said. "You're always so fashionable. It makes you look even prettier than you are."

"Thank you, boyfriend!" I replied. "You are the best friend I've ever had."

We were hugging when Jason came in the room and told us to hurry up. Erik was going to stay here for a while to keep an eye on things, while Jason took me to campus to sing and he took Kieran out to do some shopping. He told me that one of the Grays would bring Erik back after the arcane circle was built.

We were all going to go to a movie tonight before heading back to Alchemy House.

Kieran

The morning was great, even if Alonzo did get mad at me for a while before we left. I wouldn't have kept a secret from my best friend (well, my best friend aside from Jason). After we dropped Kieran off, Jason moved me to the front seat. I told him about the incident with Alonzo. He asked me a lot of questions, but then he told me not to worry, that Alonzo wasn't mad at me. I breathed a sigh of relief.

"I wanted to watch Alonzo sing, sir," I said.

Jason put a hand on my knee and squeezed it. "Alonzo's band isn't ready to let people listen to them yet. Once they are, we'll watch them."

"Did you know that Erik is a mind mage," I asked. "I never would have kept a secret from you. I thought you'd already know. Please don't be mad at me. I wouldn't be able to bear it, sir."

Somewhere during that last exchange, tears had come to my eyes. Jason calmly pulled the car over so he could slide his seat back and pull me onto his lap. He held me for a few minutes. Slowly rubbing my back. Then he kissed me on the neck and said, "I'm not mad at you, Kieran. I know you don't lie to me because you're a good boy most of the time."

I looked up at him and asked, "Most of the time, sir?"

Jason nodded. "Yes. Most of the time. You disobeyed me when you met with Kyle without me being there. It turned out alright. It turned out that you were safe with him, but you might not have been. You promised to follow my rules, and you didn't. Sometime tonight, I am going to punish you. I'm going to let you choose. You can lose your orgasms for a week, or you can get a spanking, but if you choose the spanking, you need to know that it will be hard and that you won't enjoy it."

I pressed my head into his chest and said, "I'll take the spanking, sir. I don't want to lose my orgasms. And I'm sorry."

"What are you sorry for, Kieran," he asked me.

"I'm sorry for disobeying you, sir," I said.

"When you disobey me, you substitute your judgement for mine. And I won't tolerate that, Kieran. You are my luantong, and the duty of a luantong is to obey his man. You can ask me questions when we are alone, but you will defer to me in public, and once I've decided you will accept it. Do you understand me?" he asked.

"Yes sir," I said.

I understood where he was coming from now. It wasn't about whether I was right or wrong. It was about my role and his role. It was his job to make the decisions, and it was my role to obey him. It was okay to voice my doubts in private, but in public it was my job to obey him and support him. I deserved the spanking that was coming. I started crying.

"Why are you crying, Kieran?" he asked.

"I'm crying, sir, because I failed you. And I'm crying because I know that you're going to punish me to help me learn to be a better luantong for you," I said.

"Good. I'm proud of you. You're still going to get that spanking, but now you understand that it's for your own good," he said.

"If I'm your luantong, what are you to me? In Chinese, I mean, sir," I asked.

"You can call me zhangfu. It's the same thing a wife calls her husband," he replied.

"Yes sir, zhangfu," I replied.

He laughed and made me repeat it several times until I got the tone right. Then we kissed for a little bit before he put me back in my seat and buckled me in. I was glad that I'd chosen the spanking. My dick was hard, and I was looking forward to cumming when I was riding his cock.

I had no idea where we were going, until Jason pulled into the same department store where he'd first taken me clothes shopping. It was an anchor store at the Woodview Mall. I had no idea why we were going. I didn't think I needed anything else. When I'd arrived at school, my drawers had been mostly empty, but Jason had filled them with clothes he'd purchased online or from Fine Clothing by Ravensley. And Jason didn't wear the kind of clothes they sold here.

But he led me to the women's section and started looking at yoga tights. I was getting nervous because it bothered me a lot when Jason bought women's clothes for me. "Sir? Are you going to make me wear women's clothes?" I whispered, fearful of questioning him in public.

"These are sold in the women's section but look here on the label. It says unisex. I want to buy you some to wear when the weather gets colder because I want people to be able to see your beautiful legs. These will keep you warm enough walking between buildings. If they don't, I'll start making you a warming pastille to suck on when you're outside," he explained.

The store didn't usually allow people to try on things like that, but no one told Jason no. He sweet talked the girl behind the counter into letting me try them on in the changing room. Once he'd closed the doors, he made me take my shoes and socks off before he yanked my pants and my thong down, leaving me naked from the waist. Then he held up the yoga tights.

"They're too small, sir," I said, "and they're built for girls. They're flat in the front."

Jason was working them up my legs. "See, they stretch, and they look good on you."

I was giving him sad eyes. These tights made look like a girl. They were reinforced at the crotch and it didn't even look like I had a penis, even though I was hard, but Jason was happily rubbing my legs and my butt. The tights fit like a second skin, and I felt like his hand was running along my bare skin.

"They're made for girls sir," I said. "The first pack you picked up said unisex, but these say teen girls. I can read, you know."

"Sweet Prince, the unisex tights don't come in your size. And you have a round butt that looks beautiful in these tights," he said, turning me around so I could see my own butt in the mirror.

"But it looks like I don't have a penis, sir, and the seam is pressing into me, and my balls are separated on either side of the seam," I replied.

My lip was quivering, and my voice had gone whiny, but I didn't care. Jason held me tight and said, "Alright. Don't say I don't listen to you. I must buy this pair because we tried them on, but I won't make you wear them. But when I order you some expensive compression tights in sexy colors, men's size extra small, you will wear them without complaint."

"Everybody will see my butt, right through them, sir," I said.

"Kieran, I'm going to let you wear shorts with them, tight little booty shorts, but no one will be able to see your butt," he assured me. "But, if I'm going to make all these concessions for you, you're going to have to make it up to me, later. I'm going to buy you more jewelry, and you're not going to complain about wearing it. You aren't going to complain it makes you look like a girl, and you aren't going to say that it makes you look gay."

"I don't complain about looking gay, anymore, sir," I said. "I am gay, and I'm getting used to people seeing me that way."

He helped me get my clothes back on and then we went to the counter to pay. He bought me some more hair clasps while we were here. Then he led me into the mall. Everyone was looking at us. I knew it was because I looked younger than him, but Jason didn't care. He loved showing me off. Whenever we heard whispering, he would rub my butt or pull me close and kiss my lips.

He wasn't joking about jewelry. There was a jewelry store at the center of the mall, and he led me inside and showed me some rings and necklaces. I knew he was going to buy me something and make me wear it, so I tried to get him to buy me a gold necklace with the big chunky links like Alonzo wore, but he chose a necklace with more delicate links in bright silver titanium. It had a blue tourmaline pendant on it. He put it around my neck and had them adjust it so that the chain was shorter, more like a choker. Then he bought me a ring made of platinum with a large sapphire in it and a row of small diamonds running around the band. I didn't ask the price, and no one told me.

The ring was for later, he said, and I was reminded that he'd already told me we were getting married this summer. The necklace he wanted me to wear every day. I was embarrassed that he spent so much money on me. The clerk had begun talking about payment plans, but Jason handed him his card and the clerk seemed surprised that the balance was high enough to cover it.

Afterwards, we went back to the department store. Jason took me into the bathroom stall, and we stood next to each other while we urinated. I had a flashback to doing this with my dad. I must have been seven or eight years old. Jason brought the memory home by putting his arm around my shoulders and squeezing me tight.

When we were finished, Jason led me back next to the sinks and started kissing me passionately. His started at my neck but worked his way up to my lips. I was moaning, but I nearly froze when the door opened, and someone walked in. Jason whispered, "Shh. I think we have an audience, just like last time we were here."

"There you are," the man said. I could see that he was the same old man who'd watched us having sex in this bathroom several weeks ago. "Don't pay me no mind, boys."

My small cock started leaking. Had Jason set all this up because I'd been so aroused last time when this same old man had watched us? From his smile, I guessed that he had. I was smaller than I had been, so Jason had no trouble lifting me up and sitting me on the counter.

He pulled my tee shirt over my head and kissed his way down my neck to my collar bone. I threw my head back and moaned in pleasure as his lips traced their way across to my nipples. Then his tongue teased each one. It felt like my skin was on fire. His lips left moist spots that grew cold in the refrigerated air coming from the vent, like chill spots in the surrounding warmth.

The old man started rubbing himself as Jason pulled my shorts off, leaving me in my thong, socks, and underwear. My small erection was pressing into the stretchy material of the pouch, leaving no doubt about how excited I was.

"Your boy really likes what you're doing to him," the old man said. "Make him squeal like he did last time."

Jason moved down between my legs, gently mouthing the pouch of my thong. Then he pushed my legs up so he could get at my hole. It was covered only by the strap that separated the cheeks of my butt. Jason kissed me there and then pulled the strap to one side. He slowly teased me with his tongue and the old man got the squeal he was waiting for.

I held my knees up for him so he would have his hands free. He rewarded me by taking hold of my balls and squeezing them. He was being more forceful with me than he had been the last week or so, and I liked it.

"Please sir, squeeze the cum out of my nuts," I begged. I remembered the last time we were here. Jason had tormented me by flicking my balls. Then he's flicked my dick while squeezing my them. It had been one of the most erotic experiences I'd ever imagined.

"Is that what you want, Sweet Prince? Have I been too gentle with you?" he asked.

I nodded my head and bit my lip. "Yes sir," I said. "I want you to treat me more like Erik treats Alonzo, but only when we're having sex. I'll be your baby the rest of the time."

Jason stood up and kissed me again, his hand still holding my balls tight in his hand. "I'll be a little more aggressive if you like," he said.

He gave my balls a hard squeeze and I said, "Yes, please sir, like that."

Jason squatted down again and attacked my hole with gusto, alternately licking and probing me with passion. Meanwhile, his hand continued to squeeze my balls. It hurt, but only enough to get me more excited. But he was being more aggressive, and I loved it. He's been treating me like I was made of glass. This was more what I wanted.

"Your beautiful rosebud has opened completely for me, Sweet Prince. It quivers at its master's touch and invites me inside," Jason said, opening his pants to reveal his eight inches.

The old man was closer now. His eyes widened a little at the sight of my zhangfu's cock, but his eyes were mostly fixated on my boy hole. "Can I touch it?" he asked Jason.

"You can touch it, but only the outside," Jason said, then you need to stand back so I can take my boy while you watch."

The old man stroked the ring of my hole with his gnarled finger. It felt different than when Jason touched me. It was more exciting in some ways because he was a stranger, but he wasn't my zhangfu, and Jason was the only man I wanted inside me.

When the old man stood back, Jason placed the head of his cock at my hole and pushed inside. I gasped and clutched at his arms. Jason caught my legs before they could fall, and he placed them around his neck.

"Reach down and pull your cheeks apart, my ... sweet and sexy prince. I want to take you forcefully this afternoon," he said.

I did and he rammed his cock inside me with one mighty thrust. I had to stifle a scream as punched against my inner sphincter, but he didn't relent. He pressed forward until he popped inside me. The pain had been sharp and intense. My dick deflated a little from the sensation, but it hardened again when Jason started fucking me for real.

His cock was the perfect size for me. It was just big enough to pleasure both my outer and inner sphincters, but not so big that it punched painfully against the walls of my colon. Jason had told me that one of his alchemical unguents had made my anus more sensitive, and I believed him. Every brush against my sphincters and every touch on my prostate sent waves of pleasure flowing through my whole body. My breath was growing ragged, and my body was covered with sweat despite the cool air.

Jason was as sweaty as I was. He had that look of determination on his face he got when he was fucking me. He wasn't concentrating on reaching his orgasm; he was concentrating on my enjoyment. He was a dutiful zhangfu and he took great care to bring me the maximum pleasure he could. He had me whimpering. My muscles were turning to jelly and my skin was tingling.

"That's it," Jason said. "Is my sexy boy ready to cum?"

"Yes sir," I whined. "You know how to fu ... how to touch me in the all the right places, sir."

Jason didn't like me to use "dirty words", and I'd caught myself just before blurting out one of the words that were forbidden to me. Jason thought a proper luantong should be demure, obedient, and respectable. I was trying, but ... I didn't always succeed.

"It's good that you're almost ready, beautiful boy, because your sweet boy hole is so sexy that I can't hold out much longer," he said.

Then he flexed his finger and snapped it hard against the head of my dick while his other hand gave my nuts a sharp squeeze. My mouth flew open, and I groaned, "Yes sir! Do that again!"

Jason gave me another sharp flick and a tight squeeze. Each round brought me that much closer, and his cock inside me, probing both sphincters and rubbing my gay spot, was sending wave after wave of pleasure through me. I could feel my dick contracting and my balls pulling tight against my body. Then the magic happened. His cock impaled me as deep as it could get; his right finger flicked the head of my dick harder than before; and his left hand squeezed my balls so tight that I felt a little nauseous.

And it was like his hand was squeezing the cum from my balls. I experienced the most powerful whole-body orgasm of my life. I screamed my pleasure at the top of my lungs and then I felt myself hovering over my body and looking down. Jason's eyes were closed, and he was groaning. I could see his powerful buttocks clenching as he emptied his cock inside me.

I laughed as I sank back inside my body. Jason had literally fucked my astral self out of my body. I grabbed hold of him and basked in the post-orgasmic afterglow. He kissed my throat and then nibbled on my earlobes.

We lay there for a minute, before Jason pulled out of me. I dropped to my knees and took him in my mouth. I could take about three-quarters of him in my throat before I choked and gagged so much I had to pull back. I kept at it until there wasn't a trace of cum left on his shaft. Then he set me back on the counter and pulled my thong off. He cleaned my hairless cock quickly with his mouth before kissing me again, the taste of my cum still on his lips.

"Thank you for tracking me down and inviting me to watch again. You're a sexy study and your boy is ... well he's magnificent," he said, pushing his cock back inside his pants. He'd spilled his cum on the floor.

Jason held my slimy thong out to him and said, "You don't have to steal it this time. Take it."

The old man smiled and took it. He held it up to his face and inhaled deeply. Then he wrapped it carefully in a paper towel and stuck it in his pocket.

"You've made this old man's week," he said. "If I were just twenty years younger, I'd go looking for a boy of my own, but once you turn seventy-five, everything slows down."

He turned to go, but Jason called out, "Wait. Here's a special vitamin that may help you feel more energetic."

The man took it between his gnarled fingers and looked at it. Jason pushed his hand up to his mouth and pressed the pill against his lips. "Go ahead and swallow it," he said.

Jason was very persuasive, even without the unguent he wore that made other susceptible to his words. The old man swallowed the pill, and then moved to the door, using his cane to steady his movements. I noticed that the old man had locked the door after coming inside the room.

Jason helped me get my clothes and shoes back on. Then he gathered up our bags and walked me out to the car. He was back to babying me. He opened the door and put his hand on my butt to help me into the passenger seat. Once he'd fastened my seat belt, he walked around to the driver's side and got inside.

"Did you give that old man a pill to make him young again, sir?" I asked.

Jason laughed and said, "No. That would break the velamen for sure. It will cure many of the problems that make his old age so uncomfortable, deterioration of the joints, arthritis, weak bladder, back pain, failing eyesight, hardening of the arteries, and so on. He'll feel thirty years younger, and he may live to a ripe old age of a hundred and something, but it will be within the extremity of the norms for mundanes his age."

Alonzo

Practice was great. When I first arrived, George Marley picked me up in a bear hug and swung me around with my feet dangling. He kissed both my cheeks before letting me down. His beard brushed against my face. "And don't you dare move off your mark during practice," he said. "I scooted my drums over so that I can watch you shake your booty while you sing."

He gave me a wink before handing me off to the other members of the band. Jill and Mariah were sisterly with me. Jill always fussed with my hair even though it was never out of place, and Mariah always "straightened" my shirt despite it always being adjusted just fine.

Billy was the last. He didn't manhandle me, he just put an arm around my shoulder and asked, "Are you okay, Alonzo? They're just hazing you."

"It's okay," I said with a shrug. "They're just being friendly."

"Too friendly," he said. Then he turned to the band and said, "Guys, Alonzo is too afraid to lose this gig to say anything. He thinks we did him a favor letting him join, when we all know he's the most amazing vocalist here at Severan. He's small and he's young, but you need to stop treating him like a child. And George, you need to stop groping him. You're not even gay."

George chuckled and said, "I never met Alonzo before. He's prettier than my last three girlfriends, and I can learn."

Billy gave him a sharp look and said, "Alonzo is a member of the band, not our mascot."

"Sorry, Alonzo," George said with a shrug and a big smile. "I got carried away. I've never been with a boy, but you do make me consider what I could be missing out on. I'll put it on hold, but I'm still going to watch you dance on stage in front of me. And if you break up with that blond giant you're seeing, all bets are off."

"Okay," I said, smiling back at him. "You can look, but you can't touch."

Jill said, "Alonzo, I'm ..."

"Don't you dare!" I said. "You and Mariah can keep checking my hair and clothes. It doesn't make me uncomfortable at all. I kind of like it. My mom never fussed over me like that."

"Say `sister' next time," Mariah said. "We're not that much older than you, punk. But I have been thinking about something. I'm supposed to sing `About Damn Time' in the concert, but I can't dance the moves and play keyboard at the same time. It would be awesome to have a gender swap in the song."

I glanced at Billy with a questioning look on my face. He threw his hands up and said, "Fine! Mariah's been badgering me about this idea for days. Can we practice now?"

It was going well. No one was making any serious mistakes and I had a chance to practice a Lizzo song! It was a little strange when Reggie came in to watch, however. Billy had been giving everyone who'd asked an emphatic "no", even his cousin who was in the business school. I had no idea Reggie and Billy were such good friends.

After practice, Reggie caught up with me and put his arm around me. "Where's the Viking?" he asked.

I sighed and said, "Erik isn't on campus. He's doing something important."

I didn't know what he was doing, but Jason had him doing something at the Alchemy House and I wasn't going to tell Jason's business to anyone else. Reggie was nice to me, and he could be engaging to talk to, but he was always running Erik down and it was becoming annoying.

"If you were with me, I wouldn't miss any of your practice sessions," he said leading me toward the Student Union. "I'd never leave your side."

"I asked Billy if Erik could come, but he said that we weren't ready for that," I protested.

Reggie laughed and said, "And that's another reason not to be dating a mundane. A mage can get around stuff like that."

I stopped and looked at him. He was a handsome guy, with his light brown skin and curly black hair, but I didn't like what he was implying. I asked him, "Did you put a charm on Billy?"

Reggie gave me a big smile and replied, "A charm doesn't last long enough. I changed his mind so that he thinks we're good friends. He had no idea who I was, but now he knows that we've been friends for two years. He has no problem making an exception for his good friend Reggie."

"That's not right, Reggie," I said. "You can't just alter people's minds like that."

"I can, and I did," he replied. "I didn't cause him any harm, and I have no intention of ever causing him harm. All I did was make his accept me a good friend. If we'd spent time together, we probably would be friends anyway. I just made it happen faster and easier."

"I'm with Erik, Reggie, and that's not going to change," I said with an exasperated sigh. "You're funny and I like you but being near me during practice isn't going to change that. I'm not going to leave Erik and come running to you."

Reggie wrapped his arm around my shoulders and made me walk toward the Student Union again. While we walked, he assured me, "I don't want to split you up. I told you that I am waiting in case you get tired of him. I know how these mixed relationships go. I won't do anything to get between you, but I want to be here with you so I can catch you when you fall. And I want to keep an eye out for you. You almost broke the velamen once, but I prevented it. Just let me take care of those things so that you can concentrate on being beautiful and talented."

"What do you get out of it?" I asked. "It seems there must be something more."

"Not a thing," Reggie replied. "It's just what I said. You're a great singer! You're amazing, in fact! You have a fantastic future ahead of you. I'm ... adequate. I'll never have that. Maybe I just want to be part of what you have, even if I can't have you. But you shouldn't begrudge me being willing to wait for you. Maybe you won't break up with Erik. Maybe you'll be together for years. Don't be angry if I say that I will be here in case none of that is true."

I didn't know what to say. No one had ever been obsessed with me before, and I was sure that's what was going on with Reggie. He said he was willing to stand by and wait. I wasn't going to leave Erik, so what was the harm. And he was right that I needed him. Everyone told me how powerful I was, but my skills and control were lacking. I was less capable of protecting myself than these other mages had been in high school. I needed someone like Reggie watching my back.

"Okay, but you can't use your friendship to hurt Billy in any way, and you need to stop talking bad about Erik around me. And you're right, I need you to help me until I develop some control over my powers. But no kissing me," I said, holding up a hand to stop him from getting closer.

Reggie moved my hand out the way and gave me a chaste kiss on both cheeks. He said, "We're entertainment people now and it would be strange if I couldn't greet you with a kiss. But I promise to keep it friendly, not romantic."

We went in and got a drink. I was waiting for Erik, but I did enjoy Reggie's company.

Erik

Gwendolyn Gray took me back to campus once the arcane circle had been constructed in the basement. Once we were on the circle, she cast a spell of translocation and we disappeared from Alchemy House and reappeared in the basement of Severan House, the oldest building on campus. So, this was how the mages intended to get around.

Shortly after we arrived, we split up. She had business to attend to here on campus. She'd left her brother in charge while she came to help with a ritual on campus tonight. I texted Alonzo to let him know I was here. And he texted back to let me know that he would meet me at our room. And when I got there, he'd stripped down to his thong and he jumped on me as soon as I came in the room.

I grabbed him and swung him around and then up into my arms. I kissed him and hugged him. I didn't relish what was going to happen next. He still needed to be disciplined for his actions on Friday. Jason and I had already discussed what had to happen. I decided to cuddle him until Jason and Kieran got home.

Jason had been doing his best to put me in a position where others had to respect my authority. He'd told me that we were partners. He'd said that my understanding of robotics and his understanding of alchemy and artifice were two sides of the same coin. He thought we could work together to combine our talents to create a new business model. It would make us both wealthy enough to take care of our boys forever.

When Jason and Kieran came in, Alonzo and I were snuggled together on the bed. Jason squeezed Kieran's shoulder and said, "No clothes in the room."

Kieran stripped down until he was naked. He'd lost his thong somewhere.

Jason said, "Erik and I have discussed the discipline problem and we have an elegant solution. I'm going to let him explain it to you."

I stood up and gestured for Kieran and Alonzo to sit on the edge of the bed. "The problem we have is twofold," I explained. "First, both of you enjoy spankings too much for them to be an effective punishment for bad behavior. Second, Jason and I find ourselves being too lenient with you because we love you and we err on the side of clemency. So, from now on, when we decide that you need discipline and we decide on a spanking, I will discipline Kieran, and Jason will discipline Alonzo."

The look on the boys' faces was heart rending. Alonzo enjoyed my hand on his butt too much, and Kieran enjoyed Jason's. Now they would face punishment from someone who wasn't their lover. Not that I didn't love Kieran and Jason didn't love Alonzo, because we did. But we wouldn't be disciplining the boy we were in love with.

After my explanation, Jason pulled out two paddles and handed one to me. They were small so they could easily be used while a boy was on our laps. Each one was covered with black leather. Jason called Alonzo to follow him into his room, so I sat down next to Kieran. He was naked, so I could see that he wasn't hard. In his case, Jason had been right. He wasn't turned on by the spanking so much as he was by Jason. Of course, Alonzo had been hard as a rock when he followed Jason out of the room.

Looking at Kieran's face, I knew why Jason wanted us to discipline each other's boys. Kieran didn't beg or try to make excuses, but his face was so sad, and heartbroken that I wanted to hold him and cuddle him instead of spanking him. I'd asked Jason to help me become a better dom to Alonzo, and he'd readily agreed. He was doing more than that. He was helping me to become more assertive with everyone because he claimed I had "untapped leadership qualities".

"Do you know why you're getting a spanking today?" I asked him as I positioned him over my lap.

"Yes sir," he said. "I disrespected my zhangfu by disobeying his orders. It doesn't matter that everything turned out alright. I shouldn't have disobeyed him."

"Make sure you count them out for me, or they won't be counted," I said. Then I swung the paddle hard against his pale butt.

"One sir!" he shouted.

His butt was turning pink already and you would have thought that I'd broken the skin from his reaction. Jason had warned me that Kieran was softer than Alonzo and that he cried more easily, but that he needed a firm hand. He wasn't as helpful as he tried to be because his advice has boiled down to spank him hard but be careful not to really hurt him. To make matters more confused, he added that it was hard to really hurt a boy if you only hit him on the butt.

I had to know, so I asked him, "Was that too hard, Kieran?"

"No sir!" he said. "I deserve a spanking. You can spank me as hard as you do Alonzo."

And that was the other warning Jason had given me. Kieran always thought that he could take anything Alonzo could, but he couldn't. The reason Jason had wanted us in separate rooms was so that Kieran wouldn't get his feelings hurt if I were gentler with him than Jason was going to be with Alonzo.

I struck him harder than the first time, making him jump as he cried out, "Two sir! Thank you for not going too easy on me, sir."

I decided to give him a little bit more than that, so I swung even harder on the third swing. He bounced on my lap and the smack echoed in the room.

"Three, sir!" he cried out.

That cry seemed to be genuine, so I gave his five more in rapid succession. He didn't miss a beat. He called them all out in turn. Jason had told me to watch for tears. Kieran would start crying when the spanking ceased being fun or a joke, and then I should give a couple dozen swats after that. By the end of the five, he was crying, and the tears seemed real.

I decided to give him twenty-two more to bring it up to an even thirty. I'll give the boy credit for perseverance. He cried; he sobbed; his tears soaked my pant leg; but he never once begged me to stop or to take it easy on him. When he cried out, "Thirty, sir!", I put the paddle aside and helped him stand up. His pale butt had turned a bright red. That was going to hurt when he sat.

Kieran flung himself into my arms and wrapped his arms around my neck. He sobbed, "I'm sorry, sir. I won't do it again."

I held him tight and rubbed his smooth back until he stopped crying. Then I told him, "You're a good boy, Kieran. Next time you won't forget."

Damn! Jason keeps this boy on a tight leash, I thought. There was no way Alonzo would put up with that, and I wasn't sure that I wanted him to. He and Kieran were so similar that it was easy to forget their differences. Even Jason was beginning to acknowledge it, though. That was why he'd given Alonzo the information about the hunters, although I noticed he hadn't told him that they were specifically after Kieran for some reason. He was encouraging Alonzo to be responsible for Kieran. He hoped that this would make Alonzo pay more attention to what he was doing.

Jason

That flirty smile of Alonzo's told me that he was trying to manipulate me. I'm sure it usually worked for him. He was extraordinarily beautiful; his face was expressive; and he had a talent for wrapping men around his finger. It's not that I was immune to his charms, but I was aware of them so I could choose to disregard them.

When we got to my room I told him, "Take off your thong. When I spank a boy, he's naked."

Alonzo smiled and turned his back to me. Then he slid the thong down over his round butt, looking over his shoulder and saying, "Like this, Papi?"

I sat on the bed and pulled him across my lap. "You're very pretty, Alonzo, and I couldn't be a gay man and not be affected by you and your flirting, but it won't influence your punishment in the slightest."

Then I swatted his butt full force. He yelped and tried to get up, but I'd placed my hand on the small of his back and I was holding him down.

I said, "When You answer me, you will call me sir."

"Yes, sir!" he said.

I knew that I was going to have to spank him hard and long before I got him to the point where it became a punishment instead of a joke. Erik had told me that Alonzo was a master at taking control of a punishment session and turning it into a fun time.

Alonzo played the game well. I gave him five slow swats, and he acted as if they were the most painful thing he's ever experienced, so I increased the power of my swings with each of the next five, until I heard a yelp that I thought was genuine.

"Ouch! That really hurt, sir!" he cried.

"Good," I replied. "It's supposed to hurt. I like you Alonzo; I like you a lot, but you go through your life not paying attention and doing whatever you want. Watching you dance your way across campus or up and down the stairs never fails to bring a smile to face. It's one of the things that make you such a special and beautiful boy, but you need to pay attention, and you need to take responsibility for your actions. This is about more than a single incident on campus. It's about choices you make daily."

"Yes sir. I've learned my lesson, sir," he said. He sounded so contrite that I wanted to let it pass, but I knew that he needed more from me.

"Not yet, you haven't," I said calmly. "But you will."

I gave him another two dozen at that same level of force. I could see the very moment when his attitude changed from "I can endure this" to "I'm going to learn my lesson so that I don't have to do this again". He was crying when I let him up, and he was rubbing his bottom. I stood up and held out my arms but didn't say anything. He wasted no time rushing in so I could hug him. And when I did, he let his body melt into mine.

I gently stroked his hair and said, "I do love you, Alonzo. You can accomplish so much with your talent, but in many ways you're still a boy who needs a firm hand. You need to learn to pay attention and to be more diligent."

Alonzo started crying even harder. "I wasn't even sure if you liked me, sir," he said. "I'm sorry. I love you too, like an uncle. Can I call you tio?"

"You can, but only if you mean `uncle' when you say it, and not `dude'," I replied.

"I'll call you Tio Jason, so you know I mean it," he said, "or just `sir'. I think I like it that you're looking out for me now, the way you look out for Kieran, but I'll be very angry if you start buckling my seat belt and handing me juice boxes when we're in the car."

I laughed and said, "You're not Kieran. I won't try to turn you into him, but you do need to be more respectful toward Erik. You are like a flower about to blossom. Your voice is like an angel, and you have a lot of talent. You need to concentrate on those parts of your life and let Erik take care of you like I take care of Kieran."

"But you're turning Kieran into a houseboy," I said. "I don't want to be a houseboy, not even for Erik. I have other plans."

I kissed the top of his head and said, "You're not Kieran. You're Alonzo. Allow Erik to take care of you, the way a gardener takes care of a precious flower so that you can bloom without distraction. But it would be selfish of you to only take what he gives you and not give back in turn. He is your man. In time, if you are worthy, he'll be your zhangfu and you will be his luantong."

I sat back down on the bed and pulled Alonzo down next to me. Then I turned his face so he could look at me and said, "I'm not turning Kieran into anything, you know. He likes taking care of my needs, which he should when we are alone. But I don't need him as a housekeeper. When we create our own household, I will happily provide servants to do the work. I want him to concentrate on his art. He's also very talented as well you know."

"Thank you, sir," Alonzo said. "Thank you for not treating me like a little airhead. Thank you for giving me real answers to my questions."

"I will always treat you as who you are meant to be," I said.

Then I took his hand and led him back into Erik's room so we could get ready to go out.

Alonzo

Getting spanked by Jason had been a strange experience. He'd been immune to my usual flatteries. I loved getting spanked, but Jason kept everything completely non-sexual. And he spanked harder than Erik and it would have hurt even if he had used his hand. But he'd used the paddle. I could have left. Jason hadn't held me captive. I was sure that I could have even worked it out with Erik if I'd taken off, but Jason had a power I didn't understand. It wasn't magic. I would have felt that. It was something in his voice and his personality that did something to boys like me.

I surrendered completely to him and let him punish me. I even believed him when he explained why I'd deserved it. He made it seem like surrendering myself to Erik was the only course open to me. And the strangest thing was that I still saw it that way, or at least I wasn't in rebellion against the idea. I did feel special and loved when I was in Erik's arms, and I had fantasies of submitting to a powerful man. The last experience with that in the real world hadn't worked out so well. But hadn't I told myself at the time that it would be perfect if Erik were just a little bit more like Einar Bloodaxe?

I'd have to work it out. Tonight, I was going to be the perfect boyfriend for Erik, maybe not perfect like Kieran, but as perfect as I could be.

Kieran was sitting on Erik's lap, but when we came in he rushed over to Jason, and Jason sat down in a chair and held him. I walked over to Erik and took my place on his lap. He was already hard, so I punched him playfully in the arm. "That's for getting an erection because Kieran was sitting on your lap," I whispered.

Erik smiled and whispered back, "I'm a man, sweetie, and a hot little butt gets me excited. I'm not going to apologize for my libido, but I'm saving all my loving for you."

I kissed him and held up two fingers about a quarter inch apart. The I said, "I'll forgive you, but only because you were this close to a Whitney Houston song."

We sat there and cuddled for a few minutes while Jason and Kieran whispered to one another. But then Jason said, "I picked the restaurant for tonight and Erik picked the movie. We need to have an early dinner so we can see the movie and get back to Alchemy House before 9:00.

We got dressed. Jason picked out clothes for Kieran and Erik just stood and watched me while I picked out something sexy. Then I dressed him so that everyone would be jealous that he was mine. I was a good boy. I didn't even object when Erik helped me into the back seat of Jason's SUV and strapped me in. It didn't make me feel like a baby tonight. It made me feel like a princess, and I was flamboyant enough to let myself enjoy that role. It was all about perception.

Dinner was at a nice Italian place that Jason and Kieran had already been too. I had half a serving of lasagna (and gave the other half to Erik) and Erik had chicken piccata and fettucine. I was surprised that Jason and Kieran didn't share a plate. Jason told him that he wouldn't like spaghetti with spicy scungilli sauce. I wasn't surprised. I knew that scungilli was sea snail. If Kieran found out what it was, he wouldn't even let Jason kiss him. He had spaghetti and meatballs, and the waiter let him order the kid's portion.

At one point Jason leaned over to Kieran and whispered something in his ear and Kieran blushed a deep red. Then he nodded and got up. Jason looked at me and said, "Could you go with him, Alonzo?"

I shrugged and said, "Sure ... I mean, yes sir!"

I followed Kieran in the bathroom. There were no other customers there, which was a good thing because Kieran was looked around and pulled his shorts down and over his shoes.

"What are you doing, sweetie?" I asked him.

He sighed and said, "The first time I had dinner with Jason, the day we met, we came here and ... we'd never even kissed before ... but he ordered me to go into this bathroom and take off my underwear and bring it back to him."

"And now he wants you to do it again," I said. "That's ... romantic?"

Kieran laughed and said, "It's been a day for bringing up old memories. He took me to a public restroom where we had sex, and we did it again. Stop laughing! It was hot. And this bathroom is the place where I submitted to him the first time. And now I'm reaffirming it. I'm submitting to him again."

"And Jason sent me in here, not for moral support, but because he's giving me a chance to submit to Erik in the same way," I said.

I wasn't the kind of guy who overthought things. I sighed and dropped my pants. If someone had come into the restroom they would have seen two small twinks with their pants off struggling to pull their thongs over their shoes. But luckily for us, no one did come in. We managed to get our shorts back up before the middle-aged man came in. He had no idea why we were giggling and running out of the room.

Back at the table, I handed my thong to Erik. Kieran had slid his under the table, but I propped my elbow on the table and waved mine in Erik's face. He was shocked, but he handled it well. He took it from my hand calmly and then lifted it to his face and inhaled deeply before tucking it in his shirt pocket. We finished dinner with my thong visible to anyone who bothered to look.

After dinner we went to see Shang-Chi. Erik bought us tickets for the back row and we arrived early enough that he felt comfortable putting a warding ritual at both ends. I seldom saw Jason do magic. He was competent about it and methodical. I could feel the shape of his ward. It was an antipathy spell that would turn mundanes away from the row without harming them. For some reason, he wanted us to have the row to ourselves. Mundanes wouldn't even look at the row unless forced to do so.

When the lights went off, Erik and Jason put up the armrests between the seats and pulled us onto their laps. Erik had the advantage here. Kieran and I were the same height, but Erik was almost half a foot taller than Jason. His lips could easily reach my neck, my chest, almost any part of me. For the first part of the movie, I lay back against his chest and let him kiss my neck and play with my nipples. He had me so hard that it was painful pressing against the rough interior of my shorts. For the first time, I envied Kieran his childish knit shorts.

In the dim illumination, I could see that Jason had worked his hand down Kieran's pants. My own shorts had a tighter waistband, but it didn't take long for Erik to unbutton them and to carefully pull down the zipper. Then he slid my shorts down to my ankles, leaving me naked from the waist down. I felt his fingers moving in the cleft between my cheeks, stroking me. I moaned and moved my hips trying to them inside me.

Erik stopped for just a moment fumbled in his pocket for a few moments before returning to my hole. He slid one of Jason's magic lube spheres inside me. Then he stuck two fingers in my mouth, and I sucked on them greedily. Once he was satisfied, he slid those fingers inside me and stroked the inside of my butt. The lube was beginning to take effect and I was getting slippery. He continued to work my hole with his fingers until I grew looser. Then he lifted me up and slid me down on his huge cock. I gasped in pain as he thrust inside me. He was eleven inches long and three inches in diameter and his entry always caused me pain. But it didn't last long.

Erik bounced me on his cock, sliding me farther down with each thrust until he was pressing against my inner sphincter. I bounced harder until he slid past that barrier and was able to take him all the way to the root.

I came while I bounced on his cock, not once but three separate times. My body was in a heightened state of arousal for the entire film. It was the most erotic experience I'd had yet.

Kieran

When Jason took us to the movies after we'd surrendered our thongs, I knew what was coming. Last time I'd sucked Jason cock during the movie and had seen very little of it. This time I saw the movie because I was sitting on my zhangfu's lap and riding his cock all night. I loved it. I could see Alonzo bouncing on Erik and I could tell that he was loving it as well.

When the movie had finished, Alonzo and I got dressed again so we could go back to Alchemy House. Once there I got the worst surprise ever.

"Please sir," I begged Jason, "take me with you. Don't make me sleep here alone tonight. I haven't slept alone since we moved in together."

I was kneeling in front of Jason, naked holding onto his leg. He also seemed distraught. He was stroking my hair while I pleaded.

"Don't panic, sweet little prince," he said. "You won't be alone. You'll have Alonzo and Erik both. I'll try to keep these overnights to a minimum, but sometimes they're necessary. I requested this ritual, and I must be there for it. There is no other way."

I didn't let go of him until Erik came over and picked me up and pressed me into Jason's arms. Jason kissed me and told me to be good, then he carried me over to the large bed and put me on one side. Erik climbed in and then Alonzo on the other side of him. I tried pouting and turning away, but Erik was too strong. He pulled me against his side and used one arm to hold me tight. Alonzo stretched one arm across Erik's broad chest and grasped hands with me.

Jason had given me something extra that night and I couldn't stay awake. I fell asleep on Erik's broad chest and slept until morning.

Erik

Kieran had cried himself to sleep. He wasn't loud, but I could hear him. Almost as soon as he'd drifted off, Alonzo began kissing my nipple and mumbling to himself. When I stroked his hair, he stopped and climbed up higher so he could kiss me.

"It's still early, papi," he said. "And Kieran's asleep. Could we ...?"

I shook my head and said, "Not a chance, Alonzo. It wouldn't be fair to Kieran and I'm not sure how Jason would feel about it."

"I know," he whispered.

But he was right. It was early. Jason had given Kieran a sedative to make him sleep, but Alonzo and I were still awake. Being in bed, in a quiet room with no other people (except for a soundly sleeping Kieran) we did something we rarely did. We talked.

We talked about our relationship and both of us were happy with the direction it was going. We talked about each other's classes, and we talked about Alonzo's band. We talked about how close we were becoming with Jason and Kieran and then we Alonzo surprised me.

"I felt you putting up a defensive spell of some kind this morning when you did that sexy power pose, and then Kieran told me that you had mental shields and that you were projecting your aura. I'm not sure what that means, but I know that you're working magic. And I know that you were mundane a few weeks ago," he said.

I shrugged and said, "I have no idea what you're talking about there, Alonzo. I know that I've bene able to move things with my mind. It started at about a pound, but I've worked my way up to about thirty pounds over the last week. It wears me out, though."

"Kieran says that you're doing mind magic and that's why I can only feel it when you do something big. But he also says you're `inefficient' and you `waste energy'," I said.

He gave me a fake scowl and said, "Is that the kind of thing you should be saying to your man, boy?"

"Don't blame the messenger!" I said with a laugh. "Those are Kieran's words, and you know how quiet he is. If he felt it was necessary to say something he must really mean it."

I sighed and said, "I suppose it must be true. I've been trying to teach myself and I'm sure I'm doing it wrong."

"Kieran seems to like this Rakesh who's training him. He lives at Ibis House. We should get Jason to take us there for lunch or dinner tomorrow so you can talk to him," I suggested.

"I'll talk to Jason tomorrow," I promised.

Then we started talking about inconsequential things for a few hours. It was great. We needed to do it more often. When we finally got tired, Alonzo slid down and curled up against my side. Having two beautiful twinks cuddled up against me made me feel like a king with a harem. I drifted off myself and fell into a deep sleep.

In my dream, I could feel Kieran next me. I was holding him, and he was clinging to me. It was so real that I could feel his smooth skin and tight little body pressed firmly against me. It was incredibly intimate, but strangely non-sexual. Our bodies were touching and so were our minds. He was awakening something inside me, strengthening me in some way. We lay that way in our dreams all night.

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.