Chapter 16: Solstice Solace

Haley smirked and crossed her arms over her chest. "Well, serves you right! Just hope that Amarok doesn't convince your son to off you in your sleep tonight!" she said with a sadistic grin.

Toby stood up and looked at Sasha sternly. "You know...maybe you were right about getting Todd" he said before they both rushed outside. He looked at the footprints in the snow, which he followed them through the parking lot to the edge of the woods. "That's strange...she was here alone" he muttered.

Sasha looked around the parking lot before she saw Todd on the curb throwing snowballs across the street at a lamppost. "Why is that strange? Is it wrong for her to go out by herself?" she asked.

He stared at her sternly. "You don't find it weird that she's in the same restaurant as us and inside that same bathroom your mom went into? I think she's tracking me" he muttered.

She shook her head at him. "You know this is like the only restaurant open for fifty miles...why would she want to track you for? Maybe you're overthinking this" she said as she touched his chest. "I think she might have had a rendezvous with someone. No one seemed surprised that she was here...were there?" she asked.

He frowned. "Well...I suppose, but what if she was serviced by newbies?" he asked before she took his hand and pulled him across the parking lot.

"Come on! Todd's over here!" She shouted positively. Todd pretended to not hear them as he managed to hit the edge of the roof a building across the street and knocking an icicle off. The icicle hit the sidewalk below a yard in front of a pedestrian's feet. They looked up at Todd very annoyed before Sasha grabbed his arm. "Hey! Let's go turdball! You're starting to turn into Toby!" she told him.

Toby scowled at her as she looked back at him with an affectionate grin. He pouted playfully before he dragged Todd back into the restaurant as the pedestrian shouted at them for nearly ending his life. Sasha shook her head as her brother's body left a rut trailing up to the front doors. Todd picked himself up and tried to brush the snow and slush off from his pants before he glared at him. "You got my butt all wet!" he complained.

Toby pushed Todd back into the restaurant. "Go eat!" he shouted as everyone came out of the bathroom.

Sasha's mother was puffy eyed, and she walked up to them along with Lilian who was very exhausted. Toby frowned, but Sasha grabbed onto his hand smiling widely. Her mother looked at Sasha holding his hand before she smiled back faintly.

Lilian leaned over. "You see...humans can have a relationship with us. Look how happy Sasha is with him" she said.

Her mother sighed heavily. "I wish the same could be true if the roles were reversed. I've heard about Zoe's troubles with Percy and..." she said before Lilian interrupted.

"Zoe's troubles has nothing to do with her lycanthropy...it's a lot more complicated than that" she spoke firmly.

Toby raised an eyebrow. "Well...she is a very tall muscular woman. May his parents don't approve of her" he added.

Lilian shook her head. "No, it's just that..." she said before she bit her lip. "Percy's uncle is really crazy. He called her a roid pusher and that she wasn't a real woman but an abomination...to her face!" she said before she clenched her fist. "Zoe punched out his windshield and almost wolfed out in front of him" she muttered.

Sasha frowned. "So that's what happened...She knows he likes her, and she knows his family doesn't support him. I can imagine what he's going through" she muttered.

Toby sighed. "How much you want to bet that the uncle and your dad met up in the watering hole?" he asked.

Lilian gulped. "I don't want to even think about that now" she said as she began to rub her shoulders. "I don't like that smell of that uncle either...he's a real scumbag" she muttered.

They all walked back over to their table, which Haley looked at them glum. "Zoe's a very beautiful woman. I can't believe he would suggest she does roids!" she growled. She finished her drink and glared at the wall. "That's just not right! That fuck does a real woman mean to him!? Does he expect one to be small, weak, and subservient!?" she raised her voice.

Lilian shook her head. "Just don't let it get to you. There's always pricks and trolls out there. Zoe is a very attractive woman. I agree that picking mates of similar heights doesn't always work out. The reason why she dated Toby was because he made her feel...normal. I think Percy's full capable in making her happy. It's not like macrophilia doesn't exist" she muttered.

Toby and Sasha's eyes both widened and they looked at each other awkwardly. "Yea, that's true...but I'd peg Percy more of a muscle worshiper than anything...though I'm not sure why else I get so much stares him and some of the other guys in the locker room" he said lowly.

Sasha punched him in the arm before she shook her head at him grinning. His mother laughed. "Let's just keep that to ourselves..." she muttered before she sighed heavily. "Zoe's muscles aren't as huge compared to yours..." she said before Toby interrupted.

"My muscles aren't that big! Zoe's been weight training a lot more than I do" he muttered modestly.

"Your biceps are bigger than watermelons, Toby!" Sasha pointed out before she tried to wrap both hands around them. "Your giant body makes an illusion...look, you aren't even flexing and I can't even try to get my hands around 'em" she said. She leaned him over to her mouth and she snickered. "Just the way I like it big bad" she whispered with a purr.

He gulped as they were being watched. "Okay, but then if I got watermelons, then what does Zoe have?" he asked trying to be smooth.

She gulped. "Uh...cantaloupes..." she said before she looked back at Lilian. "They are still very big especially for a high school girl" she said.

Haley giggled. "I think that sounds about right...but that just makes me wonder that other parts are bigger than they look" she joked before she nudged Tyler. He looked at her oddly before he coughed.

"Please don't ruin any produce for me" he muttered.

•••

Later that night, Todd sat on the deck looking off into the lights in the village before he looked up at the stars. Toby and Sasha walked out onto their deck and she huddled up to him with a thick blanket wrapped around them. Toby sat down as Sasha gave him a peck on the check before she went back inside. Toby folded his legs crisscross and rested his hands on his knees while closing his eyes. He began meditating as Sasha came back with a cup of hot chocolate.

Todd came over and sat with his sister beside Toby looking anxious. "Do you think mom is going to divorce dad?" he asked. She looked at him vacantly before she shrugged. He looked towards the cabin his parents worried. "Does dad hate me?" he asked.

Sasha nudged him. "He's just being stupid. I think that he just doesn't want to give me up to Toby, and he can't do anything to stop that" she said before she looked towards her quiet boyfriend. "Seems like he's the only one in our family to not accept Toby's gifts" she said lowly.

Todd smirked. "What does macrophilia mean?" he asked.

Toby opened up one eye and looked at him annoyed. "I'm trying to meditate here!" he snapped.

Sasha looked over at Toby amused. "Hey, I would tell him to google it if we had cell service out here" she told him as she nudged him with her shoulder. She looked back at her brother awkwardly. "Well, it means to have a sexual attraction towards giant people" she said lowly.

Todd looked between them and snickered. "Oh...so is that why you like him so much?" he teased.

Toby opened one eye and grinned. "Well, she does like how everything about me is so big" he said deviously. Sasha blushed brightly before he cleared his throat. "I'm a good listener...just remember that when you have a girlfriend" he said before he smirked evilly. "I know almost everything your sister, and she knows almost everything about me" he said.

Sasha nodded slowly. "I might like that Toby's a giant just a little bit" she said meekly.

Toby snickered. "You like that I'm a giant werewolf" he added before he wrapped an arm around her. "You'll learn about strange quirks when you're older. Having an attraction to giants is a normal thing. It has its purpose in sexual selection, you know...it helps with survival of offspring when they are bigger and stronger" he said.

Sasha grinned crossing her arms over her chest as she leaned into him. "I most certainly hope being smarter helps with that too, big bad" she teased him. Her brother snickered before she reached over to touch Toby's tender spot. "Are you still sore?" she asked.

Toby looked at her and nodded slowly before he stood back up. "Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to meditate right now" he said before she crossed her arms over her chest in a pout. He gulped pointing over to the cabin her parents were staying in. "It's not you...it's them" he said lowly.

Todd sighed looking towards the cabin, and he gulped. "You want to find that hot spring then?" he asked.

Toby shrugged and looked over at Sasha, which she smiled. "Hey, you two go on ahead. I'm going to catch up on my vlogs" she said before she took off inside the cabin. She turned on the lights and went over to pull her camera from her backpack, a mini tripod, and a werewolf shirt. She set up her camera and removed her jacket. She changed her shirt, which her breasts stretched out the top making the werewolf silhouette over the moon look bigger, which it said "Beware the Super Moon!"

She adjusted her hair and let out a deep sigh before she turned the camera on. She waved to the camera and gave her infectious bubbly attitude. "Hey y'all! It's me, MysticRedHead here! I apologize for the first installment of my segment being taken off. I'm going to get to the bottom of it, but I like to thank those who saw the video before it got taken down.

As for where I'm at right now, I'm out near Government Camp, Oregon with my boyfriend's family celebrating winter solstice. Apparently it's a big werewolf holiday where they binge eat to celebrate the peak of mating season. It's also was my boyfriend's birthday, so we got to do some skiing. I shot some video of a werewolf in his natural habitat" she said before she paused setting up a marker where she would cut in the video she shot earlier.

She laughed to herself and shook her head. "Yea, that guy wasn't real smart, but I'm glad that the ski patrol stopped them before To...err, my boyfriend lost his patience" she said before she adjusted her shirt. "Now, I know a lot of you are concerned about my sudden weight gain. I did go to the doctors not long ago, and they said that everything was fine. I have a medical condition called Virginal Breast Hypertrophy which my medication stopped working when I began taking birth control. I blew up like a balloon filled with cherry jello" she said before she let out a heavy sigh.

"What I've learned about this werewolf holiday is that it celebrates many things that we do during this time of year--Family, togetherness, and food. There's a little twist where they go on a big hunt, and the males are expected to binge. The females are encouraged to have their way with the male...usually it either ends up with cuddling and mating. This is around the time estrus occurs in all the females, and from what I heard, fighting over mates can occur. I just hope that it's a little exaggerated...probably not. I've already had one girl try to mutilate me. I'm going to have to have a little talk with my boyfriend" she said.

•••

The next morning, Sasha slept soundly on top of Toby in therian form, which his size took up the whole custom bed. There were a knock on the door, which Sasha woke up clutching tightly onto the manbeast's furry burly chest feeling vulnerable. He stirred in his sleep licking at his chops, but he remained in bed. "Hey! Wake up! Someone's at the door!" she raised her voice.

He grumbled. "It's only Jean...cuddle me" he said before she reached around to grab onto the scruff of his neck, which he immediately woke up looking at her confused. "What are you doing?" he asked.

She looked at him oddly before she pulled her hand back. "Huh, I thought that would work a little differently" she said.

He gulped knowing exactly what she was trying to do, so he sat up making her slide down his trunk. "Well, I'm not going to give away the secret to that trick. No way, no how!" he said nervously as he reverted into his human form. "You've been hanging around my mother too much!" he said as he got out of bed and got his clothes on.

She grinned. "It worked didn't it?" she asked with an evil grin. He blushed and grumbled before he jumped over the handrail onto the ground floor below, and she shook her head at him, "Aren't you going to use the stairs!?" she teased. He looked back at her as she looked down at him with admiration and satisfaction. "We'll just have to cuddle later big bad" she said before she moved out of view from the front door.

He smirked before he opened the door to see Jean standing impatiently in the doorway. Zoe sat on the edge of the deck chowing down on an egg sausage muffin sandwich. He cleared his throat as the smell left the cabin, and he took a step back. "Well, I'm going to take you two off to the top of the mountain" he said gesturing towards Zoe.

Zoe looked back at him and grinned. "Is that sex I smell?" she snickered before Jean shot her an annoyed glare. She quickly stuffed the rest of her sandwich into her mouth and watched with a big grin.

Sasha came to the door and poked her head up from under Toby's arm. "I'm going to hike around while y'all go and do your super awesome werewolf training" she said before she shook her head at Zoe. "It's good to see you back to your old self" she said.

"Moof, Moof, Moof!" Zoe said with her mouth full.

Jean sighed heavily with annoyance. "Let's get going!" he said before he looked at her sternly. "Try not to wonder too far, we're supposed to have a cold front coming through later. I wouldn't want you to get caught up in a blizzard out in the woods somewhere" he said

Sasha smiled weakly. "I'll be able to manage" she said as she slapped at Toby's back. "Don't be giving me any ideas" she joked with a flirtatious wink.

Toby looked at her skeptically. "Right? I know how these things go" he said before he smirked widely. "I'll look for you once I'm done...you know, in case you get into trouble?" he said. She nodded and smiled happily as they went off down the trail.

•••

Later that day on top of the mountain peak, they were finished with their meditation when they were given farther instruction from Jean. "I want you two to focus on shifting one body part'' he said. Zoe and Toby began to exert themselves as Jean watched on with his arms crossed over his chest. "Yes, keep it up!" he shouted.

Wolf ears sprouted out of the top of Zoe's head, and she relaxed just as Toby stopped. Jean raised an eyebrow at Toby before Zoe snickered. "Looks like I win again Toby" she said with a big grin. Toby looked at her amused as Jean stared at Toby confused.

"What makes you think I didn't transform one of my body parts?" Toby retorted.

Zoe blushed and her eye twitched before she threw a snowball at him. "That's gross, Toby!" she shouted as she lifted up a large chunk of ice.

Toby quickly got up and jumped out of the path of the incoming ice chunk, which he fell onto his belly exposing his newly grown tail. Jean stared at it for a moment before his lips curled with satisfaction. "Excellent! I want you to continue practicing your transformations with a little more external noise and distraction. Don't think you've mastered transformations just yet now that you've gotten past your internal noise and distractions" he said before he looked off into the distance seeing the thick dark clouds far off over the valley.

"I think that will be good for now. Get some practice in, and next time we'll work on getting you better synchronized with your lycaon forms. Are we clear?" Jean asked. They both nodded and picked up their space before they descended the peak.

•••

Meanwhile, Sasha wondered along a frozen creek taking pictures of wildlife and scenery before she encountered Steele in his anthro form. She nearly dropped her phone when she saw the sight of him, but he grinned at her mischievously. "It's a pleasure to see you again" he said in his German accent. His voice was as deep as Toby's were, but it had more presence as it made her tremble instead of shiver.

She mustered enough courage to say, "You're...Toby's dad right?" before she withdrew her arms into her coat nervously.

He chuckled wholesomely as he looked her over curiously. "That's right..." he said before he circled around her. "Is your brother stressing you out too much?" he asked.

She looked at him oddly before she looked down at her swollen self. "Oh, um...actually I'm having hormone problems. Runs in the family" she said timidly. She blushed. "Although the holidays and all that stuff aren't helping me at all one bit" she muttered.

He nodded. "I understand" he said before he looked up towards another mountain. "Are you able to ascend this mountain? I'd like to show you some important things" he said before he looked back at her sternly. "It should only take an hour and a half...I would be able to get you up there in ten minutes if I didn't have these inconsistent interactions with this realm" he said before he chuckled.

She smiled eagerly and nodded. "I'm up for it" she said before he beckoned her.

•••

Two hours later they arrived at the top of the mountain, which she was exhausted and struggled to catch her breath. Once she caught her breath, she looked around curiously at an open space. She tripped over what she thought was a rock, but when she continued on, she found that she was on a large concrete slab.

She brushed away the snow and stared at found charred wood underneath. "What is this place?" she asked.

He looked back at her and paused looking very troubled. "This was a where a happy family once lived" he said before he turned and wondered off. "Terrible things happened here...but that is irrelevant now" he said as he stopped near a stump. "I want Toby to come up here whether he likes it or not" he said sternly.

She frowned as she wondered over to him. "What's going on?" she asked before she looked over at the view as she rubbed her arms vigorously. "Look, I know when I'm being used as bait, and I really don't like to be the damsel in distress here" she said.

He smirked. "Well, unless you want to dig into frozen dirt yourself, I would wait for Toby!" he said gruffly. "You're not here to lure him into an intervention...under this stump are my backup physical contacts...and other stuff" he said.

She looked down at the ground. "Just how far is it?" she asked timidly.

He stared at her shocked. "Uh...pretty far...may one and a half meters" he said simply before he cleared his throat. "Do you have enough supplies in that bag for being stuck out here for the night?" he asked. She gulped and nodded slowly as the winds began to pick up.

•••

Meanwhile at the cabins, Toby was on the deck meditating with Zoe when Marty and Todd came back from ice fishing. Nathan stopped chopping wood and looked at them frantically. "Where's Sasha!?" he shouted.

Sandy walked out of Lilian's cabin with a hot cup of tea looking up at the blackening skies with concern. Jean walked out with Tai and Lilian and they looked around the site sniffing around for Sasha, which it was not as strong as it should be. "She's too far off to make it back on her own in time" he said before he looked towards Toby. "Go pack everything you'll need...be quick about it!" he said sternly.

Nathan looked at them annoyed. "You're just sending him!? Why aren't y'all going to look for her!?" he shouted.

Jean rolled his eyes. "Toby is well equipped to know exactly where she is, and he doesn't need sight to locate her. It'll be a waste of energy and resources to send a search party when the winds are in our favor. I have absolute confidence in him" he said.

Nathan shook his head. "Oh? And what if another werewolf finds her first!?" he shouted.

Jean growled in annoyance. "In case you haven't noticed...Toby is the most powerful werewolf here! He can handle himself no problem!" he shouted.

Zoe looked up at Nathan intensely. "You're really beginning to piss me off!" she said as she got up and stomped over to him.

"What is it? You think we're lazy, stupid, or..." she grumbled before she yanked the hatchet from Nathan's hands and violently chopped a twenty-four inch diameter thirty-six inch long log in half while using one hand. "Do you think that we don't give a shit about her? Is that it!?" she raised her voice. She raised the hatchet over him growling. "It's you who I don't give a shit about!" she shouted.

Nathan reached for his pistol before Zoe kicked him down. "The fuck do you think you're doing!?" she shouted as she stepped down onto his hand. "Do you think I'm going to kill you!?" she shouted.

Jean shook his head and frowned. "Enough! You're not helping, Zoe! This is only reaffirming his preconceptions of werewolves" he shouted.

Zoe snarled at Nathan and walked off. "I really want to tear his throat out" she grumbled.

Toby walked back out with a backpack stuffed with supplies and a sleeping bag tied on top. He looked at Nathan lying on the ground, and Zoe storming off. He walked over to him and helped him up. "I got this handled...I promised you I'd protect her didn't I? That's what I intend to do" he said.

Nathan looked up at the snow falling from the sky. "Just get to her before she freezes to death" he said before he limped back to his cabin.

Marty slapped at his shoulder as they walked past each other. Toby ran off into the blowing snow, and Zoe walked back to Lilian where she touched Zoe's back in a maternal way. "It's okay...He's just worried for Sasha just like we all are" she said before she giggled. "The pups are worried too!" she said as she brought Zoe's hand over to her gravid belly. Zoe blushed as little feet pressed up against her hand, and she found a strange sense of comfort from it all.

•••

Toby finally found Sasha shivering with a blanket wrapped around her sitting next to the stump with a berm of snow around her shielding her from some of the wind. He walked over to her, which she smiled faintly. "Come here! I need your warmth!" she shouted.

He looked at her oddly as he crawled into her berm. "What are you doing out here!? This is nowhere near the cabins!" he scolded her. He took his backpack off, and he set it beside him. "Everyone is worried about you, hun!" he added.

She huddled up next to him and buried her face into his chest. "I love you so much" she said as she let out a light coo as she wrapped them up in the blanket. "I want to raise my kids here" she said as she clutched onto him tightly while letting out a deep contented sigh. "I want to raise them here with you" she finished.

He looked at her nervously as she felt cold, while the aroma of arousal escaped from inside the blanket. "Um...are you cold?" he asked.

She giggled. "I was...but not anymore" she said before she reached up to stroke his face. "It would be nice if you transformed though, I'm freezing" she said before she planted at kiss on his lips.

The winds picked up and blew snow around making it hard to see a couple feet in front. Toby opened up a collapsible tent, which Sasha quickly scrambled into it before he could drive steaks into the ground. Once he got everything tied down, he grabbed his backpack and entered the tent where Sasha was already tearing into a bag of jerky. He pulled out an electric lantern and quickly wound up the coil. "Hopefully this storm will blow through quickly...I don't want to have to dig us out" he said.

She looked at him amused as she handed him a cold strip of jerky. "Speaking of digging...your father said that there was some very important things buried under us right now" she said as she started to unravel the very large sleeping bag. "This sleeping bag looks plenty big for us" she said happily.

He ripped into the jerky strip and looked at her curiously. "So, what exactly did you two talk about while you waited for me?" he asked.

She reached into the bag looking through more supplies. "Oh, well...his travels through Canada, your mom and you...and Amarok" she said as she pulled out a portable propane stove, a metal kettle, and bags of survival food. "Wow, this weighs a ton, hun" she said.

He gulped when she mentioned Amarok's name. "Yea, I haven't ate since training..." he said as he helped her set up to stove. He scooped up fresh snow from outside and set it on the stove to heat up. "You know...water boils at a lower temperature at this elevation" he said as opened up the vent in the tent.

She giggled. "Oh, at least I can make you dinner faster" she teased him before she grinned widely. "Did you know that your dad was born in Zurich...his family moved to the Black Forest when he was six years old...so does that make you part Swiss or part German?" she asked.

He looked at her oddly. "Um...probably both" he muttered as he scooped up more snow and dumped it in the heating up water. "I guess it's where you identify as home as. You know all the werewolves in Europe were pushed back to the mountains and forestlands. Farms and Urban areas were just too risky to live in" he said before he scratched his head. "I guess we don't identify with a nation instead it's more our clan...you know?" he asked.

She nodded slowly before she scooted closer to him. "You know...I've never heard you howl before" she said before she reached up to start tracing circles into his chest. "Could you maybe howl to me some?" she asked.

His heart began to race, and he looked at her terrified. "What? You mean like now!?" he said anxiously. He gulped as she looked into his eyes deeply and nodded slowly with a warm smile. "Um, uh...are you sure you want me to be howling in an enclosed space like this?" he asked.

She snickered before she batted her eyes at him. "Don't tell me the big bad wolf is too shy to let out his mighty howl" she teased.

He blushed as he tried to settle himself down. "I just need to be in a mood to do it. You know? It's not like I'm shy..." he said before gulped nervously. "...for the most part" he muttered lowly.

She rolled her eyes at him before she reached up to stroke his jawline. "Aren't you in the mood to serenade your mate?" she asked as she trailed her fingertips up to his ear. His stomach let out a loud growl, which she shook her head at him. "Ah, I see...how about if I feed you, you'll go and open up those big windpipes of yours?" she asked as she looked over to check on the water.

He paused before he looked at the ground. "Well, it's just that this place..." he said before he was interrupted by his mate when she grabbed onto his face and pulled him in for a smooch.

When their lips parted, she gave him a stern but reassuring gaze as she placed her hand over his heart. "There were plenty of happy memories here, and I'm going to give you more happy memories here" she said before she ripped open a pouch. "I would have thought that howling would help with the sadness" she said as she began to pour the boiling water into the pouch before she stirred it up.

He sighed heavily. "It does some, but I'm not sad. I was worried about you" he said lowly. He looked towards the entrance. "But I guess I can do it...for you" he said as he checked the blizzard outside. He was immediately hugged tightly, and he looked down at the steaming beef stew pouch that she held against his stomach. He grabbed onto the pouch, and she released it giving a satisfied grin.

Once Toby ate the whole three day supply of food, they put away the cooking equipment. Sasha settled into the sleeping bag and flipped another blanket over her, and she looked up at him with eye of wonder. She flipped open the sleeping bag and beckoned him to join her. "Come here big bad and howl for me" she said.

He quickly crawled in with her, but he was sitting up when she reached around to rub his back tenderly. He took in a deep breath and let out a big deep loud howl that echoed off all the mountains. Her eyes widened, and she trembled but it was not fear that made her quake. She bit her lip gazing at the wolfman as his howl continued onward, and her arousal grew more intense.

When he finished his mighty howl, she crawled up to him and straddled his lap while she draped her arms over his shoulder. "That was beautiful, big bad" she said as she leaned in for another smooch before she tugged at his shirt with heated passion. As their lips parted, she pulled his shirt off, and she pushed him onto his back. She giggled playfully as she gazed at his rock hard muscles which perfectly contrasted her plushy soft body. She removed her clothes at bit her lip. "I hope you've brought emergency rubbers...we're going to need a few for tonight" she said.

He reached up to grab hold of her succulent hips as she flipped her auburn hair over her shoulder. "We'll stay plenty warm tonight, won't we big bad?" she asked with a sultry voice. He looked up at her and nodded slowly as a devious smiled crept upon his lips quickly reverting to his feral ways.

"You sure you didn't plan this out?" he asked as he removed his clothes before transforming into his anthro form.

She wrapped her arms and legs around his trunk and smiled at him. "No, but I'm alone with a handsome werewolf in his natural habitat during the height of mating season. What am I supposed to do with him while we're stuck?" she asked.

He smiled as she locked lips with him, which he had to reach over for his backpack and feel around blindly for the pouch that contained his condoms. He finally got a hold of one, and she snatched it out from his hand. She did not release their lip lock as she ripped open the wrapper and reached down to slip the condom onto his intimidating size. She backed her rear into his hip making sure he speared his way inside of her before she hissed at him. "Just where I like it" she said. She started bouncing on him, and she shook her chest in front of him. "I'm yours big bad!" she told him.

As the storm raged on, a passionate mating session occurred which steam rose off his glowing hot body. Their bodies rubbed against each other while their lips were virtually glued together. He grabbed a hold of her breast licking and nibbling their most sensitive areas. She moaned softly and stroked his head smirking. "Aren't you the sly one?" she teased as she rocked her body back and forth.

He snickered wholesomely before he bag bucking his hips into her quickly. She began to breathe heavily as she collapsed onto him moaning. "Oh, Toby! Finish me off!" she whispered into his ear. She reached around underneath his armpits to grip onto his shoulders. She felt him flip them over so she was on her back, and he was very rough on her.

She cringed and dug her nails into his back. The twinge of slight pain, but she had to make him stop. "Toby, lift my legs up like you did last time" she told him. He smirked evilly as he grabbed her by the ankles and lifted them towards his shoulders where he resumed his barrage. She arched her back and gasped feeling her body tingle. Her breathing picked up with his before she screamed out in ecstasy. "Oh! Baby...your amazing!" she told him as she shook feverishly.

He grunted and gave one more heave before he felt something that he should not have. "Fuck!" he shouted as he pulled himself out. He looked at the torn condom, and he growled out. "Oh man! I think I pulled out just in time" he said.

She smiled at him. "It's okay! Come here and hold me close to you, big bad" she said

As the storm quelled, the two settled down and cuddled during a blissful afterglow from their lovemaking. Steam rose off from his body, and his warmth kept the inside of the sleeping bag toasty. She turned over pressing her cold back into his furnace of a stomach, and she looked at the walls of the tent bowing in from the weight of the snow. She sound of the gusty winds rustled through the trees where there were occasional thuds and plops as the snow fell off the branches of trees.

"Toby? Are you awake?" she asked hoping he did not drift into a victory nap. He replied with a low grunt before she grabbed onto his great hand and began to interlace her fingers with his. "Do you think that things would be a little easier if I was a werewolf right now?" she asked.

He spent a moment to think before he gulped. "What do you mean easier?" he asked as he forced his eyes open.

She turned in his arms looking up into his eyes deeply. "Half my family have been turned, and I've already decided to turn...I've just been thinking about whatever is coming up that maybe it would make more sense. I'm an easier target with me being human" she said.

He sighed heavily and rubbed her hip tenderly. "Well...I think you make a good point. Uh, are you really wanting me to bite you here and now?" he asked.

She nodded slowly before she exposed her neck to him. "I would rather you bite me in your biggest strongest form" she said as she looked at him with alluring eyes.

He stared at her confused. "Um...are you kidding? I can change you in this form just as easily" he said.

She giggled at him and touched his face tenderly. "Of course I am, silly...jez, isn't your fangs like bigger than my finger? I don't think that would be fun at all" she said. She kissed him on the chest and closed her eyes. "I want it to be romantic when you do it" she said softly.

He ran his fingers over her sides taking in her soft form for the last time. "You know...It's going to feel like you're a different woman" he said before she snickered at him.

"Well, I'm a lot more different than when I first met you...in more way than one. I'm already considering myself to be a wolf already. The only thing that will change is my fat chubby body" she said before she paused for a moment. "I'm truly blessed to have a loyal boyfriend like you" she said as she snuggled into his hairy chest. "I want to enjoy one last night with you as a human...then you can bite me in the morning" she said.

He closed his eyes and grunted. "It's up to you" he said before he chuckled to himself. "You're making it sound like you're having second thoughts, or you're just plain teasing me" he joked.

She started rubbing her feet up against his warm legs. "You really like biting me don't you?" she teased. She let out a deep happy sigh as she held onto his sides tightly. "I think this is the best place to be bitten anyway. You know...It's your true home" she muttered before she drifted off into a light sleep.

•••

The next morning, Toby was awoken to a familiar smell. He sat up when he heard the crunch of footsteps outside. He unzipped the tent and saw that Amarok was walking across the clearing towards them. He looked towards Sasha who was refusing to release him and trying to pull him back down to bed with her.

When he looked back, Amarok peeked inside the tent and saw just how happy Sasha was with him, which a smiled crept onto her lips. "I've seen all I wanted to see" she said firmly. She pulled her hood back off and looked at him intensely. "I would turn her right now if I were you...don't give further delay" she said before she frowned. "She's right about being a target...Ian knows about her" she said.

He sighed heavily. "So you heard huh?" he muttered before he looked at the ground in deep thought. "What are you doing all the way over here?" he asked.

She took in a deep breath before she also looked towards the ground. "I've had a change of heart...well...let me reword that. You see, Ian and I have a separate goal. He wants to replace humans as the dominant species...I have my doubts about humans accepting us, but I never saw them as inferior" she said before she looked up at him worried. "Most of us don't like the status quo...My youngest ones have been brainwashed into that human population regulator bullshit" she said.

He looked over at her sternly. "Is Ian the father?" he asked.

She went silent before she growled lowly. "I don't have any attachments to the father. I thought I could change him, but I was wrong..." she said before she looked at him sternly. "I did not agree with Jean's idea of repressing and restricting everything around the humans. This is why everyone who left wanted to leave. Steele actually did a good job at opening everything up..." she said.

He nodded slowly. "So what made you part ways?" he asked.

She sighed. "Well...I guess you can say that we were not as emotionally attached as you'd think. Our union was more of a business. I wanted a way out of my tribal obligations. I don't appreciate the destruction to our world humans have caused. It's the rich and the corrupt that is responsible, and I want to strike back at them for what they've done to my people" she said before she blushed as Sasha started to rub his belly. "I'm going to leave you two alone" she said as she backed up. "I'll come back later...much later" she said before she wondered off quickly.

•••

Later that morning during their mating session, it happened, Toby clamped down onto Sasha's neck and his fangs buried deep into her delicate flesh. Her neck began pumping out blood with every heartbeat, but she did not feel any pain. Steam rose up from her blood as he began to lap his tongue up against her neck cleansing her from the crimson fluid. She dug her nails into his back as the pain started to set in.

He watched her carefully as she began to tear up. She felt pain, but she felt more of an overwhelming sense of happiness and belonging. As her wound already began to close up, she stroked the side of his face, which to her it felt like minutes, but it was actually two hours. He planted a kiss onto her lips, and she could taste the metallic flavor from her blood on his lips.

"I love you" she said as their lips parted. She reached up to touch the bite mark on her neck and rubbed it tenderly. "I thought I was going to be way more sore than this" she said before she sighed heavily. "When will I start feeling miserable?" she asked.

He smiled. "Oh, you'll be fine for a while. You've got a good two week before your first full moon" he said.

She smiled warmly. "It'll be a very special full moon won't it?" she said sweetly. She paused for a moment and gulped. "What if I lose control of myself and an accident happens when I mate with you?" she asked.

He chuckled to himself. "You will have a lot more control over yourself than you'd think" he said as he tickled the side of her head. "Don't worry about it...I'm pretty nimble with my claws...in case you have forgotten. I think I can put a rubber on with no problem" he said as he wiggled his finger at her.

She turned bright red and slapped at his shoulder with a smile. "I was worried about not giving you enough time...but...I think we can do some exploring. Won't we?" she asked as she touched his furry chest firmly.

He nodded with a great big grin. "No worries, okay?" he asked before he heard footsteps outside, which he opened the tent seeing Zoe just outside. She looked in noticing they were both nude, and he turned his body to hide his equipment from her. "What are you doing over here?" he asked.

Zoe sighed heavily. "I smelled another werewolf," she said as she looked away blushing slightly. "I just came over to check on you two" she said before she cleared her throat. "I think you two should get back to the cabins. Your dad is driving us all nuts!" she said before she looked over at Sasha curiously.

Sasha gulped drawing the blanket up to cover her buxom, which Zoe got a better look at the mark on her neck. She snickered to herself catching the scent of Sasha's blood in the tent. "So, you finally bit Sasha?" she asked before she caught movement off in the brush.

Toby and Sasha blushed until they both noticed Zoe snarling, which the only other scent in the area was Amarok's. "Hey, that other wolf is friendly" he said as slid his shirt on. "I'll fill you in once I get dressed" he said before he zipped up the tent.

Once they both got dressed, Amarok came out into the clearing with a fresh kill. She looked at Zoe curiously and grinned. "So, you're Bernie's pup?" she muttered before she circled around her. "Well, you look just as scary as Toby" she said with a devious grin.

Zoe watched her closely. "You're Amarok aren't you?" she asked.

Amarok grinned. "Just as sharp as your Father, I see" she said before she offered Zoe a piece of meat from her kill. She sat on top of the stump and waited for Toby and Sasha to get out of the tent. She crossed her arms over her chest as they finally got out. "I've got some information about Ian that you might find useful" she said.

Zoe stared at her confused as Toby watched intensely. "Well? What is it?" he asked.

Amarok cleared her throat. "First off, Ian is still healing from that shotgun blast to the face. Bernie really did a number on him, but he's really close to being back to his old self. Second, what he's got planned is not just for Portland...he's got Seattle and Eugene on the mind as well. I'm pretty sure that he's going to attack them all at once, but my bet is that it'll be a couple months before he'll be ready to implement this" she said before Toby interrupted her.

"Just how long will it be until he's up to snuff?" He asked as he crossed his arms over his chest.

She shrugged. "Well...however it takes a werewolf to regrow brain tissue and whatever else got messed up in the head" she said.

He sighed heavily. "Not much longer then" he muttered.

Zoe beamed with pride. "Don't worry Toby...We can deal with Ian no problem" she said.

Amarok shook her head. "No, you'll have to deal with his Betas next time he gets to you...and they are just as strong as Ian is" she said before she closed her eyes. "I think that you two are well on your way to greatness. I've seen what both of your fathers can do" she said with a smirk. "I guess I'll be heading off now" she said before she bumped into Toby's shoulder. "Keep an eye out on your mate..." she said in stern tone.

She transformed into her therian form, and she quickly took her kill with her before Tai arrived in his anthro form towing a toboggan. He looked the footprints in the snow until he caught a whiff of Amarok's scent. "Okay...what the hell is going on here?" he asked as he looked towards Sasha. The faint scent of her blood filled the area, and he soon noticed the scabs on her neck, which he stared at Toby blankly. "Did you...?" he muttered before Zoe interrupted.

"We're going to need shovels" she said before she looked back at Sasha with a faint smile. "I'll take you back to the cabins" she said before she took the reins from Tai, and Sasha climbed onto the toboggan. She looked back at them grinning. "I'll come back to help you guys out" she said as she began to tow Sasha down the mountain.

•••

Later that day, Toby and the others spent an hour digging into the hard frozen earth until one of their shovels hit a piece of wood giving a distinct cavernous thud. They dug out finding a three by three foot section of four by four inch wooden planks. They pulled up the planks to find a heavy water proof/flame resistant safe. Tai stared in shock, but he soon began to grin from ear to ear.

"Good job! I bet SAD doesn't even know about this yet!" he shouted before he proudly ruffled Toby's head as they pulled the safe out from the hole. He tried to open it before he stopped looking back at Toby. "I think we should just get this back to the cabins first. Don't you?" he asked.

Toby nodded before he moved the safe onto the sled. "Yeah, I think that's a good idea" he said as he hauled the sled off the mountain.

Once he got to the cabins, he was confronted by Nathan who looked at him with pure hatred. The stench of alcohol poured from his mouth, and he breathed heavily. Toby looked at him coldly not wanting to talk, but Nathan shoved him from behind. Toby looked back at him and glared back at him before he resumed walking towards the cabin. "Hey! Don't you fucking walk away from me!" Nathan hollered.

Toby sighed heavily. "I have nothing to say to you!" he raised his voice.

Nathan clenched his fist. "I'll make sure you're going to regret what you did to my daughter, you filthy dog!" he shouted.

Toby looked back at him coldly. "Is that a threat?" he asked firmly.

Nathan pointed at him foaming at the mouth. "That's a promise!" he shouted.