filling the glade.
Panting, shuddering breaths came from those assembled, and Brad didn’t have to look around him to know that many were indulging in much-needed self pleasuring. Soon, the scent of honeysuckle would be overwhelmed by the pungent aroma of sex.
Eve’s body trembled as she came, her orgasm ripping through her muscles and making her limbs quiver. She held on to J.C. with all her might even as he clamped his lips around her pussy and sucked every last trace of her cum into his mouth.
Then, as Brad watched, J.C. began to shift.
His fingers and toes lengthened, and hair sprouted from his knuckles, chest, arms. His shoulders broadened further. His hips tapered down. He straightened his spine and the lean lines of his back, allowing the full change to take him. A moment later, he stood before Eve in wolf-form, his pitch black fur glistening in the illumination cast by the flickering candles.
She reached out for him, her eyes glittering with love and devotion. The intense power and grace that had surrounded the entire ceremony now seemed centered around J.C., enveloping the Zante Alpha in the commanding glow of authority and dominance.
Brad’s heart pounded a relentless rhythm in his chest. He spun around and took off at full speed through the forest, shifting in mid-stride. His paws hit the ground with a dull thump, and then he was off again, heading in the direction of his cabin.
He was able to run much faster in full shift than he could possibly have done otherwise. A few minutes later, he stood by his bed once again in human form, the phone’s receiver cradled against his ear.
He held his breath while the long ring echoed through the line. Once. Twice.
“It’s Brad,” he said when Sean answered. “We met last week… at Hard Delights.” For the first time since he’d turned fourteen, his voice quivered slightly. Sweat dampened his palms. Uncertainty ran through him, the feeling unfamiliar and more than a little disturbing.
“I remember,” Sean said. He took a deep breath, and Brad could picture him running his fingers through his shoulder-length hair. “I didn’t expect to hear from you.”
“Yeah, I know.” Brad sighed and rubbed the bridge of his nose. “I’m sorry about the way I acted that night. I wasn’t sure about what had just happened.”
Sean’s laugh held little humor. “If you need me to explain it to you, I guess you’re not as good at this man-on-man thing as I thought.”
“That’s not what I meant.” He clamped his fingers tighter around the receiver and slid his free hand between his legs to cup his balls. The strumming ache flooding his groin had only increased since hearing Sean’s voice, developing into a relentless, throbbing need.
He had to have him. Had to .
“Oh yeah? Then what did you mean?”
God, Sean wasn’t going to make this easy on him. “I think there’s something between us,” Brad said when he could trust his voice. “Something deeper, more meaningful than sex.”
“And that surprises you.”
“Yes. No.” Brad shook his head, though he knew Sean couldn’t see him. “I don’t know.”
“So what do you want from me?”
Brad ignored the confrontational tone in the man’s voice. “I want to see you.”
For a moment, he thought Sean would say no. He half expected the guy to slam down the phone and end the conversation, as well as whatever might be between them, right then and there.
“Okay.”
“Okay?” Brad echoed. “Really?”
“Yes. When?”
“Tonight,” Brad said without another moment’s hesitation. “My cabin. You remember how to find it? If not --”
“I know. Ask at the gate.”
Brad slid his hand over the tip of his bare cock, smearing a drop of pre-cum down the length of his shaft. “Right. See you soon.”
He placed the phone in its cradle, feeling hopeful for the first time in a week. His shaft throbbed as he leisurely stroked it. A smile came unbidden, and he thought about finally doing