Where All of the Bones are Buried

Story by HolidayPup on SoFurry

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#1 of Where All the Bones are Buried

I've finished this story but looking over it I've decided to split it up into three sections for one because it makes more sense this way and for two few people want to read something way long unless it's from a far more experienced writer than I am. Quite honestly I feel I am getting a tad better however and am slowly progressing. As always enjoyed working on this and will post the other two parts really soon ;)


~Steele

Gusts of ice cold air howled all around me, buffeting my thick grey scale coat this way and that, tossing grains of snow about that stung my eyes and made it hard to focus on any one detail of my surroundings. Not that it would've meant much since I was in the middle of a desolate waste- barren of anything but snow and the odd tree. I gritted my teeth, my breathing ragged and painful as slowly I forced myself to go on in defiance of the storm.

I was beaten, alone and everything that I'd ever cared about had been torn from me.

I wasn't the hero that I had tried to be with every ounce of my strength, my brute size, my charm....any of the attributes that I possessed. None of it had been enough in the end to overcome the lies that I had feed the mutts around Nome about my gallant herculean effort to bring back the medicine to the suffering children. If Balto had never come back I would still be that hero. If Balto had indeed been fooled by my ruse-marking as many trees as I could with his mark in order to confuse and hide the trail back maybe I could've lived on happily as the only dog still alive who had attempted to brave dangerous lands and harsh conditions in order to save the humans from the outbreak that had swept the town.

Or could I?

Thinking about it more could I really have been content with my own tales of impressive deeds when I knew deep down that they made me a fraud? Perhaps. It may have torn me apart inside keeping up appearances and remembering all of my fabricated explanations as to why the team had failed and I had crawled back barely managing to make it back with my own life.

Even before it had all began I had felt beaten.

In the last race held before diphtheria had began to sweet Nome I had only just been able to handle Kasts' team just before reaching the three mile marker. I had dealt with the situation the best way I knew how, relying on one of the mid dogs and my perception of his withdrawn and cowering gate. Each pawstep had given him away to my keen gaze as I pushed on, studying my rivals for signs of weakness.

"Steele! We're not gonna make it!"

Star, the runty husky behind me yelled out warning breathlessly displaying the same qualities I soon would prey upon. Scornfully I kicked out at him, not hard enough to halt his progress but with enough force to send him the message that I wasn't going to give up this close to the finish.

We were falling behind when I made my move, darting over and taking a bite at the mutt I had targeted without breaking stride. He quailed and shrank back much as I had hoped he would, tripping into his teammates which resulted in an avalanche of furry bodies piled up behind us, just short of the pass.

Once the opposing musher shouted my name angrily I couldn't help but take it a tad easier, turning back to gloat momentarily, my victory assured.

But it wasn't long before fate took it all away, ironically enough along the last stretch through main street. Thinking back on it bitterly I remembered the cheering crowd, the adoring bitches on the sidelines cooing my name, up ahead the most beautiful and desired gem of Nome. Jenna stood out from the rest, smiling and cheering with her girl Rosy.

I picked up the pace for their benefit, puffing out my chest and smirking. This race was mine!

So taken up in the moment was I that I failed to see what happened next, nor understand why out of nowhere a brown canine suddenly appeared to my left, dashing along myself and the team as if to mock us in this our moment of certain victory.

Whoever he was he was scruffy and unimpressive, his coat clean enough and tidily unkempt but rough around the edges with signs that he hadn't been cared for domestically. His fur was brown equated as expected with a lighter brown, not exactly a blur but most striking of all was that he was keeping up with me just fine! Not many dogs can do that and it irked me. What was more as we thundered down main street side by side he was actually gaining on me!

I had growled some demeaning thing at him, then snapped at him right before he leapt ahead of me, snagged a mushers hat between his teeth and with a deft smooth movement slipped back onto the sidelines holding the hat proudly between his teeth. Me and the others finished the race strong needless to say though the beginning of my fall from grace had been kick started the moment that mutt set paw on the track. Just then I noticed whose hat it was, put two and two together and realized that the mutt had probably scored some points with Jenna. Her girl was certainly happy, all gung ho about letting him join 'their team'!

He scored some points with Jenna. That had been his reason for nearly ruining the race!

Thankfully Rosys' father stepped in and sent lobo on his way. Suffice it to say I tried to make a move only by then Jenna was staring after wolfdog with dreamy eyed affection even though I went right to the point, even though I offered her the best I could, boldly puffing out my chest! I didn't understand it but I wasn't going to give up that easily.

Dixie distracted me too though sidling up along my body which I appreciated. It was a great distraction! Even though I sort of acted indifferent I made a mental note to give her a good fucking sometime down the line when things were settled between me and the bitch of my dreams. Something to definitely look forward too!

Besides my team had won the race and been praised (aside from the jab at how any mutt seemed to be able to outrun me.) What's a dog gotta do to prove himself!

To make matters worse after turning down my advance, the brown bastard nearly slid into her, his nose touching hers and both of them exchanging embarrassed interest. Made me want to puke! Why?

He hid from her and then was joined by a goose of all things, both of them talking and waltzing down an alley just off of main.

He declared himself Balto in a dominant, defiant way and then jumped to the defense of the bird. The way he stood there looking into my eyes stirred some unwanted thoughts that I had never really allowed myself before. What the hell!

Balto had just downplayed a clever quip of mine in front of Nikki, Kaltag and Star and my mind suddenly dived into the gutter headfirst because of some subconscious admiration for....him? Quickly I covered it up by flicking my bushy tail in his face and then joking about his mother...which of course had the desired effect.

Time and time again after that the halfbreed surfaced whenever it seemed my authority and relevance as a sled dog was questioned. Through many circumstances I became more and more desperate to rid myself of him. My life had been perfect before and yet after everything I tried, after all I went through, somehow my efforts hadn't been enough and I had been forced to leave town when my deception was revealed. Bitterness washed over me as I watched from far off the happy faces, the celebration all in the name of the dog who had not too long before been an outcast. The mutt had taken everything from me and yet I couldn't at that moment in time be mad at him. In my own way seeing him for what he was...the true hero of Nome, I began to respect him perhaps adore him in my mind.

Facing my one time audience of friends again was out of the question, facing him was an even more unbearable prospect. I was scum and had been wrong to ever have push myself on everyone with the ego that pulsed through me.

I left. Simple as that...

Before setting out I made my way along the back streets to my home, devouring whatever kibble I could find left for me in my bowl before giving the town a last longing once over. Without being able to help it I felt bitter and lonely. My actions had betrayed me and I had been stupid enough to let them spiral out of control.

The first couple of days weren't bad at all, snow for miles, lazy sunlight gleaming among the hills and a slight breeze now and then tickling my pelt. Barely any interaction with any other living thing which was lonely I'll admit. However brooding, shuffling through the thoughts in my head kept me occupied- all the while my paws carrying me further and further away from Nome acting as my sole purpose.

After that however things changed for the worse again and I found myself lost and trapped in a snowstorm that left me blind to where I was going. Torrents clipped my ears violently as I went on taking my time. Soon it was an undertaking just gaining ground against the wind. Fear gripped my insides with pain and I stopped gathering what remaining grit I had left, willing myself to continue and knowing that if I stopped now I would most definitely fall prey to the elements in quick order.

"Damn this!" I shouted aloud. "Damn this storm!" "D.....what the..?"

For a moment I could see a bit, streams of light piercing through the eye of the gale. For the briefest of moments it touched my fur with light and the slight bit of warmth within. At that point I was dazed, my thoughts uneven flashes of musing but what lay in the snow before me caused a tumult of feelings ranging from disbelief, confusion, wariness as well as a bit of unjust rage.

My hackles rouse along my neck all the way down my spine and bushy tail.

White powder constantly falling from the heavens had steadily obscured something in cold as if it were only a mound of snow. However as I held my breath I noticed a hint of brown as the prone form rose and fell at its middle, the fight for life becoming harder. I knew because of the scent that lifted off of him even before unearthing his body, faint and masked yet the same as always with the taint of wild to it.

"Balto?"

There was a moan and a soft grunt as he opened an eye. A few seconds later the other opened before his amber brown gaze flicked to me looming over him. They gaped wide as they settled on me, a fresh shiver running through him that laid bare his figure. Without any deliberation at all he automatically attempted to stand before falling back on his side. He had been weakened from his time out here, he had nowhere to go, I had him.

"Steele."

He croaked my name between us- turning so that he lay looking up into my eyes. In that moment between us both, even in the face of almost certain death, he held defiance in an admirable way. His body relaxed and a sense of repose entered his watchful scrutiny. The wolfdog surveyed me keenly in those few moments and I him. Admittedly I shook, a large rift opening in my mind as I fought myself.

This was the crossroads, the choice that weighed between us now, between malamute and mutt, domesticated dog and outcast stray, hero and disgraced villain....

"Are you going to kill me?"

I flinched as he gave voice to what we both felt. As he said it he turned away from me, laying his back at an angle and offering me his throat.

"If you are, make it quick...."he rasped a small shake entering his baritone voice.

I bent lower touching my nose to the fur of his chest, tracing upwards until my jaws were inches away from his jugular. I could feel it pulsing with his life, pumping his mixed blood through his body, exposed, vulnerable.....

My own breath was shaky and quivering, sending surges of mist along the side of his neck. There and then I realised that I hated myself, I had wanted to drive Balto away because he was the better dog, because he made me feel helpless. I couldn't rid myself of how noble he was, how powerful his resolve stood against the world. Even now I couldn't detect fear, couldn't taste it, couldn't smell it on him. My jaw shook and a single droplet trickled through the fur along my cheek as I opened my mouth wider even as he tensed in preparation for the end. I hesitated and then kissed him, my tongue dragging through his fur not in a mocking way but in one of penitence.

Balto shivered underneath me not yet comprehending my actions his breath froze in his throat, hampered by the tension building between him and me.

Slowly I raised my mouth next to one of his ears as I spoke softly to him.

"No, I'm not going to kill you. I wish you weren't here. It's bad enough that I had to leave everything behind. I understand how I wronged you and in some ways....in a lot of ways I wish I could take back all of the things I put you through. But I can't..."

Each word fell from me like snow as if I were freeing myself from some heavy weight or that somehow a burden had been lifted from my back. It was much like the feeling you get when you step from the harness and know that once again your place is secured, job well done and so on.

"Isn't this what you've wanted since we met?" he growled incredulously. "You hate me because of Jenna because I don't have a pedigree."

"That's only part of it wolfdog."

He was glaring at me now, those deep eyes calculating and intrusive, boring into me as if evaluating every inch of my being, driving deep into my soul.

"I thought that was most of it" he snarled teeth bared. Even laying as he was underneath me he still held himself dominantly, challenging me to attack.

"Yeah well I can't explain the rest Balto, in fact I don't know that I ever will" I sneered back. "Besides you wouldn't understand."

Given our current situation I doubted that he would show interest or care to hear me out. Why should he want to listen to the dog that had fought him, made his life a misery and nearly killed him? Despite all of that though he cocked his head to one side inquisitively tilting forward.

"Try me."

I wasn't prepared for this at all and it took me aback. I could sense that he genuinely was interested in what I had to say. Maybe I should have laid it out for him then and there. Maybe he would have understood. Thus far however he had acted as expected, tolerant of me. I would've been a fool to just expect him to all of a sudden trust me. We had been enemies too long for that.

"I will tell you, but not yet" I finally answered dimly aware that I had been hovering, my body pressed against him as the cold pelted us. "Before I do we should find somewhere warm."

"We?" he interjected.

"Yes we! We need to get out of this blizzard before we freeze to death. Once we can hide away, make some plans and settle somewhere for the night, then I'll tell you" I growled hoping he would see sense and go along with me.

"And why should I follow you? Why should I trust anything you say?"

"Because...if you don't you'll die."

"Wouldn't that accomplish what you always wanted anyway Steele?"I could see his teeth again and he stiffened, an unyielding tone crept into his voice. "How do I know that what you're not telling me now won't come back to bite me later? I tried to trust you before. Rosy, the children were dying and to you the mission to bring back the medicine was nothing more then acclaim, some popularity contest!"

I knew he was right and yet I stared back at him icily my lips curling in contempt.

"If you want to dwell on the past then fine! I'm trying to save you now. I could've easily just left your carcass here, still could...."

"Then why don't you?"he grumbled his voice dropping to nearly a whisper. "Why didn't you? What's changed? Help me understand that..."

I shivered thinking back to the first time we had met, the way he had stood up to me for his friend, the way he didn't give up even when the chips were down. I contemplated his staunch wit, his resolute personality and even more striking for me, the way he held himself, the wild corners of his character that clung to his scent, his body and in those intensely wolfish eyes that reflected the dimming sun like deep pools of amber and gold. He was in a unique way handsome and rugged all at once. I noticed all too well the feeling lurking in my chest, fluttering much like geese flying south. He caused the perfect distraction always jumbling my thoughts as effortlessly as if he were strolling through town upon his return, medication in toe and a hundred happy faces welcoming him home with congratulations.

As unfathomable as it was I had feelings for him.

"Steele?"

Jerked out of my revere I stammered aware now that I had been staring at him.

"I....I...I can't explain it now but I can promise you two things. One if we stick together I'm on your side, I won't attack you and I have no reason to kill you. Secondly if you will trust me I will tell you as soon as we find shelter. You can hate me all you want, you don't even have to trust me but the fact remains, we need each other to survive."

"I agree" he said still wary. I could see the hackles raised along his back although his face showed placid acceptance. "For now we stand a better chance together then if we split up. The state I'm in I'd die before reaching Nome or anywhere else safe on my own."

"So will you allow me to help."

Licking dry lips I stepped away giving him space.

He growled and once more tried to stand, again nearly slipping until I seized his scruff as gently as I could earning a warning snarl from Balto. I persisted until he stood upright. He leaned against me then his legs shaking a bit as we made our way through the snow.

Thankfully the wind had eased off enough for us to make progress although we were hampered by it. We hobbled along wordlessly until at some point the shoulder I supported him with ached bad enough where I had to switch sides with him. Our tracks would be covered almost as soon as we left them behind much to my chagrin. Of all things to have happen I would never have guessed that I'd be with the wolfdog so soon again. Infact I had anticipated never seeing him again. Even so here he was. Here I was with him. Life was sucker punching me in one of the most difficult ways possible.

~Balto

"Star's right Balto! They should build a statue of you!" Kaltag assured.

I shook my head, trying to hide the blush that had blossomed underneath my fur. Much more praise and I'd run back to my boat happily if only to escape it. For once though it was a great feeling, to have dogs and humans alike actually 'wanting' me around.

"We all brought in the medicine" I reminded him. "We did it as a team!"

"Yeah yeah but you were the one that came and found us! You were the one who stood up to Steele when none of the rest of us did. You found the way home when me and the guys were clueless as to where we were much less where home was. Without you we wouldn't have been able to survive let alone make it back with the meds for the kids. It was the most phenomenal, the most dignified, the most selfless, the most....

If I had listened to the animated chinook and taken it all to heart, I soon wouldn't have an semblance of humility left.

"Thank you Kaltag, but tonight isn't just for me. You and the team trekked just as far as I did. 'We' made it back. 'We' all did it together" I growled unable to hide a huge smile that engulfed my face. Saying those words aloud still made my legs feel giddy with relief.

We had all made it and we were home!

Not to mention Jenna.

She'd waited for me with Rosy. When I felt her fur against mine, the warmth, the reaction she caused me everytime I was around her was crippling. Her scent convoluted my nostrils and jumbled my mind sometimes reducing me to a guy who stumbled over words with all of the grace of a scatterbrained pup.

"That we did! So happy to be home! No way I could do something like that again!"

"Yeah" I agreed absently, my gaze shifting along main street and through the falling snow to the night sky, landing on the small replica of the Northern Lights shimmering atop a slope along the borders of town.

"Hey I understand Balto..."

"What?" I turned to find the chinook smirking with amusement at my question. "What's up?" I repeated.

"Nothing. Nothing at all...just I'd be willing to bet that you've got a certain red husky on the mind right now. Imagining something nice pal?" Kaltags' tail was sweeping slowly as I sighed and turned away from him somewhat bashful-not able to face the smug expression he flashed my way. His whole demeanor had shifted to knowing amusement, a twinkle gleaming in his eyes as if he could read my mind without any effort at all.

A retaliation never formed to contest what he was insinuating so I padded on earnestly as if picking up the pace would leave behind the awkward topic. There wasn't a sound in Nome except our crunching paws, not the slightest disturbance as we wandered round it's roads and byways. The humans had long since retired as well as most of their dogs although earlier a few had held back to congratulate me and Kaltag one last time. Nikki and Star had headed off early complaining of cramps and aches though Star had held back bravely yawning and trying his best to hang around. Weariness had however hit, barely allowing him to keep his eyes open.

Kaltag I felt was like I was. Restless, disbelieving and reveling in a perfect moment. The night belonged to us and in that moment I'd never felt so alive and in control, never felt so free.

To be honest I was at a crossroads, I liked being able to enjoy the company of others who wouldn't judge me because of my pedigree or my blood. I could go anywhere, do anything and be accepted as one of the pack. Another part of me was bitter.

Judgement wouldn't fall in a harsh way on me, true. But I still would be seen as something perhaps that was more far fetched then I had ever wanted. I wanted to be accepted but I didn't want to be held on a pedestal and given praise every time I was noticed. I wanted to be normal, be one of the crowd instead of the one that they all looked at. In some ways I had returned more alone and separated then ever before and I didn't know quite how to feel about it.

"I'm right on the kibble aren't I?"

Smirking I glanced at him with some amusement completely positive now that he wouldn't let it go unless I answered him. At times he really could be stubborn, clinging to one thought or another with feverish obstinacy. When in peril it became fierce perseverance that never failed and something that I marveled at whether it was a boon to our team or him inserting himself into what I was thinking and feeling.

"Your right. I am thinking of Jenna. Is that wrong of me?"

"No! No! Not at all!" he growled sitting down next to me in the snow. "Are you kidding! You'd have to not be male to ignore Jenna. She's a dog that all the rest of us wish we had a chance with."

"Yeah...."

"After all you've been through though I'm glad you're the one padding after her though. And....I'm sorry that I joined in."

Slowly he dipped his head and upon meeting his gaze I could tell that this meant a lot to him.

"Hey, we did this together. All I ever wanted was to be one of you guys...running with a team. That I was able to do that more then makes up for everything before. Aside from that you always gave me a fair shake Kaltag."

"Least I could do ya mutt!"

We shared a chuckle together before he became a bit stiff as if the cold were getting to him. Noticing this I cursed myself for not thinking of how cold it was out here. I felt so elated that I was untouchable and had forgotten just how freezing it could get.

"Hey Kaltag, I'm really beginning to feel the cold! Why don't we head to somewhere warm?" I growled hoping that putting the blame on myself would make him more amiable.

For a moment he looked thoroughly baffled by my offer. Then he smirked and nudged me radiating amusement.

"Balto, Balto, Balto....you sly dog! I'm not cold I was just thinking about stuff is all."

He knew. He had guessed at my ploy.

"May I ask what you're thinking about then? Whatever it is, it must be very interesting" I said my tail whisking back and forth across the snow behind me.

It was his turn to blush and if anything that made me even more curious.

"Come on! What's up? The suspense is killing me!"

He hung his head bashfully as if someone had just called him a bad dog.

"Well I was just wondering if perhaps you'd like to celebrate our success another way. Perhaps sleep in the boiler room and fool around....?"

His ears were pinned back against his head, his breathing was more rapid and the fur along his spine didn't stand up, rather it puffed out a bit as if he were on the verge of being agitated. As he suggested it I also couldn't miss how he had added 'fooling around' as an afterthought.

"Great idea" I replied casually giving him a sidelong look. "The boiler room would be a great place to get warm."

He sighed then thinking he was off the hook.

"What do ya mean fool around though? Would you like to play? Tug of war or tag or something else?"

"I'll cut right to the chase. Come clean with ya Balto."

I nodded waiting for him to continue.

He shuffled helplessly looking down into the snow.

"Well I know you have Jenna and I'm not looking for this to mean more than it should or give you the wrong impression but as friends well....I've always wondered how big a wolf is." He paused, gulped and then stared into my eyes adding "how big a wolf dick is..."

I studied him using up all of my willpower to avoid the temptation to look away or just walk away. I couldn't have blushed more if I were with Jenna. What could I say?

"Um....well...that's....um...

"I know it's weird" he growled cutting me off defensively. Then his voice took on a softer tone as he turned towards me head on, cocking his head quizzically as if trying to gauge what I might do or say next. "Think of it as my apology to you if you'd like to. My way of starting things new. I can understand if it's distasteful or gross and I'm happy enough just...

"I'm not sure" I stated, my voice shivering. "Do you mean? Should I return the favor if we do 'fool around'?"

"You mean you're seriously thinking about it?" he asked digging around for a definite answer. "It'd just be this once!"

I'd been thrown for a loop before but this was crazy. He was another male and I was and always had been only interested in females! However the prospect of his suggestion made me shudder with excitement regarding images that sailed through my mind, each one more perverse than the last. My thoughts had only ever been for Jenna and my heart would always belong to her but I couldn't shake the buzz in my head at what would happen if I said yes. It was no surprise what would if I did what I expected myself to. Balancing on the edge of this decision was a thrill and yet I could see that it was taking it's toll on Kaltag.

Not trusting myself to say much I nodded.

"Okay...."

Ducking my head down I licked at the snow, savoring the cold feeling as it slid down my throat. Then...I paused as I noticed something else. Steele! They were his pawprints, leading out into the wild and away from Nome. Delicately I sampled more. They couldn't have been an hour old judging by how strong the scent was.

Soon however my mind was only focused on one thing as Kaltag led me back into town , my eyes flicking from one shadowy building to the next. The dark contours and wooden signs here and there creaked as they were blown back and forth like swings. Stilling myself I silently followed doggedly behind my friend for the first time curiously exploring him with my eyes. His bushy tail was held high leaving nothing to my imagination.

His sheath I could just glimpse, the rim of it just barely visible, hidden behind his two low hanging balls that bounced with each step that he took, two tan furry orbs slightly darker than the rest of him. Ashamed I noticed I had been panting and hurriedly I dropped my head. What the hell was wrong with me? I'd never even considered this kind of thing before and up until this point I really hadn't had an experience sexually before outside of my clumsy passes at Jenna. She was all I ever wanted even though most of the time I had known and been made painfully aware that she was out of my league.

Here I was however about to explore with Kaltag, a dog who not too long ago had stood alongside Nikki, Star and Steele, taunting me, berating me, making me regret not being a dog. I gulped as the ample warm glow of the boiler room came into focus, spilling out into the street from around the half open door.

Casting a sly glance at me Kaltag sauntered into it's voluminous radiance before disappearing inside, his tail swaying lazily in a slow wag before I was left alone. I knew that by all means I couldn't approach this like I had with Jenna-in fact the one time I had tried to flirt had been dispelled by her worry for Rosy. Not the greatest track record.

Still I needed to be cool and confident about this, display some sort of offhand calm as if this were the easiest thing in all the world. My gut clenched involuntarily and I looked back the way we had come.

Last chance....

Maybe if I was just myself this would be okay.

As I neared the door I became more aroused and excited, my body reacting the way it was supposed to. I shivered and peaked round the doorway into the room, my ears drawn back apprehensively. What if this was a prank, what if this got out and everyone in Nome knew?

My eyes took a moment to adjust to the light, roving over the room until they fell upon him standing near to a corner just beneath one of the higher shelves. I made my way over in a daze and he nodded to the wall facing the boiler and the door in the deepest part of the room.

"Lay on your back big guy" he growled shuffling his haunches in a stretch that barely managed to mask his excitement. "Get comfortable..."

"O..okay..." I nearly whispered not even bothering to turn in a circle before flopping down, my fur brushing up against the wall as I propped my head and back up against it. I didn't possess that much fur along my belly and my parts were quite exposed, pulled taunt and clearly visible to both of us. This fact alone added to my excitement, the thrill of it causing my heart to thump faster in my chest while more of my pink cock slipped free of my sheath. I licked my muzzle, attempting to calm myself as Kaltag hovered over me.

He deliberately took his time, flopping down on his back and parking himself with his torso down at my south end.

"You nervous Balto?" he smirked licking his lips.

Chagrined I noticed that my ears still lay splayed flat against my head and my paws lay limp above my chest. Meeting his gaze I smiled sheepishly my tail wagging in the trapped space between his foreleg and his rib cage.

"I am a bit."

"Nothing to worry about although you are adorable, cute, appealing, attractive and definitely delightful this way..."he stammered placing a paw dangerously close to his target.

"Hey you finished a sentence without Star completing it for you!" I said teasingly.

"Yeah well he usually interrupts what I'm saying before I can finish my thought" he mused in mock agitation. "Drives me nuts."

Right then his eyes drifted down to the real deal in front of him-namely mine.

"Speaking of which....

Ducking his head down his tongue flicked out to gingerly touch my scrotum, only just gracing the tuft of fluff where they met before he dragged upward, slathering both of of my testes with drool. Biting back a moan I shivered as he slipped both of my twins into his muzzle, suckling on them while one of his paws peeled back my sheath-giving my shaft the chance to emerge more effectively.

Before our eyes my shaft grew, the coral tip giving way to a deeper shade of crimson further down.

"So this is what wolf dick looks like...

His voice was husky with lust as his paw traced along my wolfhood which by now was weeping clear fluids that trickled down it's torrid throbbing trail.

"More or less" I muttered too lost in the moment to really attempt much of a conversation with him corny as it was. There were so many things that screamed in my mind for me to stop, that this was wrong, that if I were in my right mind I'd stop Kaltag and be on my way, forgetting that this had ever happened between us. However I was mesmerized by the way he dragged his tongue along my shaft, the way his eyes twinkled with delight as they peered over where his mouth devoured my cock. He was slurping me, my knot steadily growing under his ministrations-already big enough to hold my sheath back on its own.

I whimpered my heartfelt whine melding into a breathy moan as it escaped my throat.

"Oh yeah! K..Kal...Kaltag!"

The chinook didn't answer with anything more than a deep throated chuckle that engulfed me with the low resonating vibration of his voice on my helpless flesh. It felt like he had brought me down to my most base form in those minutes, taken everything away but what he was doing, shattered my world in a wonderful way before reassembling it into something inconceivably magnificent. The feelings rolling through my body were hard to controll, I gasped out as he brought me closer to the edge, my teeth gritted as I tried to stifle the howl of pleasure I felt growing in my throat, my limbs shaking as his head bobbed on me and his tongue lapped at my crying bobbing appendage. I was on fire!

It was one of the most difficult things for me to attempt to control my thrusting hips even though somehow it didn't bother him. If anything it made him smile and give me that sexy look that sent shivers down my spine.

It was time!

"Kaltag....I think I'm there" I warned him ardently, dreading the thought of cumming while he choked it down begrudging my not telling him before hand. Despite how I felt though he stopped sucking my dick, his paws rolling along my knot while he tracked his tongue along my urethra, his lips tickling my veiny meat and skillfully keeping me as close as ever during his aroused and completely lewd answer.

"Appreciate the warning but this is what I want. In a moment I'm going to slip you back inside of my mouth and slather your wolf dick with so much love that you won't be able to hold back and when I do I want you to paint my throat with as much wolf cum as possible! Understood?"

The way he said it made me shudder and if possible my cock throbbed harder. I hadn't expected him to say something like that much less as fervently as he had! Even now as I gained a short respite I noticed the thin string of drool and precum linking his muzzle with my junk. My head spun as the soft reddish orange glow of the coals within the boiler bathed the room and both of us only augmenting the mood we both shared.

"Understood" I growled heartily smiling down at him as he began again.

If anything he quickened his pace and I was once again reduced to a slobbering mess before finally my cock could withstand no more. I shivered and howled in a broken voice as my cock jerked inside of his mouth and spasmed, flinging my juices down his throat just as he had asked. I heard a gulping sound that was soon followed by a slight pattering sound as some of my load escaped him and pooled on the floor in small milky puddles.

My hips pumped and thrusted so much that Kaltag had to steady me and hold me down, his muzzle tightly clamped while he quaffed down my seed.

After what seemed like an eternity, my orgasm ebbed and slowly faded. I sighed contentedly and cast a glance down at him to find him still licking my sensitive cock as it retreated back into my sheath.

Only when it disappeared entirely did he stop, drawing his tongue over his lips one last time before a deep chuckle rumbled from him.

"Wow" I stammered.

"I knew I'd enjoy that!" he stated decisively his tail wagging as I sat up more along the wall. "Without a doubt one of the greatest, the most delicious and most satisfying times I've done something like that!"

"You enjoyed it? I loved it!" I retorted teasingly. "I've never felt something like that before!"

"That's just my point Balto. I know Jenna and you love each other. I would never try to take away from that! And I don't love you per say....but as a friend I wanted to experience that with you as well as answer a question."

He was leaning over me now, crouched with his arousal rubbing along mine. Clear fluid leaked from his tip, leaving a fluid trail along my furry scabbard. Much to my amazement I was already emerging again as he rolled his hips-dry humping me slowly.

"What...what was the question you had?"

Once again he chuckled as our cocks made contact for the first time, pressed together between our heated bodies.

"I always wondered how big wolfdogs really are...."

Exploring him a bit more and warming to the idea of what we were doing-what we had been doing my paws came forward as I ran my pads first along his shaft and then mine before pushing them against each other. I squeezed them together savoring the fleshy delight of him against me, overwhelming my senses.

"I hope you weren't disappointed" I said dropping my head slightly with embarrassment although I knew the answer before the words came.

"Balto far from it! I guess it's more than just big paws that run in your family!"

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As I lay beside Jenna later on and the cold morning air blew I couldn't shake those tracks in the snow from my thoughts. Something about the way trailed off bothered me-eating at my consequence like fleas in my pelt. Sleeping was out of the question as I wondered at the circumstances surrounding my return.

I hadn't seen the prideful malamute anywhere. Everything had been a blur, an ocean of happy excited faces that I swam through in a daze. Thinking back on it I really hadn't been able to focus on any one thing aside from Jenna. As the darkness of night transitioned into the faint blue film of morning I made a decision that was rash to say the least. Boris would've worn me down with all of the reasons that his plucky attitude afforded him. Probably would've had my hide if I were being honest with myself...

As silently as I could I made my way out to the same point that me and Kaltag had visited the previous night. Didn't take me too long and fortunately I found the tracks still visible there in the snow. They were less fresh and the scent they exhibited had dulled during the night. Even so Steele was out there and I intended to find him if only for one last confrontation. In truth I had no idea what drove me or why after arriving back safe in Nome, with Jenna waiting for me and my 'experience' with Kaltag that this soon after I was once again braving the elements and soon the wrath of my greatest adversary.

I just had to find him.

Maybe to me the act of confronting him was the last remaining part of my redemption. Maybe I needed to take this chance to escape all of the attention that I was receiving all at once. Maybe I felt stifled, overcrowded after so long living on the fringes of existence....

In any event if all went well I would finally feel reconciled and be able to start a new part of my life, soon....