Destiny Calling,Ch 5/? - NC-17 Jared/Jensen, Chris/Steve
Fic: Destiny Calls
Author: AnthroDork
Pairing: J2, Chad/Sophia, Chris/Steve, Jensen/JDM
Word count: 2,960
Rating: NC-17
Disclaimer: I own Nothing…I wish, but I own nothing.
Spoilers: None
Warning: non-con, drug use, sex, suicide attempt, self harm
Beta: None yet
Summary: Five years ago, something happened to Jensen. Something he could never have predicted. Now he’s happy, living with his pack. That is, until he runs across a wilderness researcher that will change everything. But will that change be for the better?
Fic: Destiny Calls
Author: AnthroDork
Pairing: J2, Chad/Sophia, Chris/Steve, Jensen/JDM
Word count: 2,960
Rating: NC-17
Disclaimer: I own Nothing…I wish, but I own nothing.
Spoilers: None
Warning: non-con, drug use, sex, suicide attempt, self harm
Beta: None yet
Summary: Five years ago, something happened to Jensen. Something he could never have predicted. Now he’s happy, living with his pack. That is, until he runs across a wilderness researcher that will change everything. But will that change be for the better?
Chapter Five
Jensen had taken his time in the bathroom, wanting to wash the smell of Jared off him, clear his senses. When he finally entered the main room of the cabin, he saw that Jared had made his way back to the bed and was sound asleep, the slow rise and fall of his chest indicating a deep sleep.
God, he was gorgeous. When he was sleeping Jared’s face lost all its tension, pain. He looked peaceful and innocent.
Snarling at his instincts once again, Jensen laid down on the floor in front of the fire. He refused to even think about sharing the bed with Jared; that would be a HUGE mistake. His instincts were already screaming at him to claim, just with the smell of Jared in the air. If Jensen were to touch…no, his wolf was too close to the surface, instinct too loud now, it would be a big mistake. No, he had to stay on the floor.
Whining, Jensen curled into a tight ball in front of the fire, closing his eyes and giving into the exhaustion that was plaguing him; drifting into dreams filled with him running free through the woods with a chocolate brown wolf with golden eyes by his side.
*******
Jensen woke slowly, snuggling closer to the warmth of his mate, tongue pocking out to lick the delicious skin behind Jared’s ear. His mate let off a soft moan, shifting back into Jensen’s warmth; butt rubbing against Jensen’s crotch.
Abruptly, Jensen realized what he was doing. Fuck. He was so hard, and Jared was so close, if he could just get closer, get rid of the damn clothes, then all this pain and torment would be over. Yes, he could just…
Jensen finally realized the thoughts racing through his head and jumped out of bed, slamming painfully into the wall, desperate to put some space between himself and his mate. He stood, back to the wall, trying to clear his senses, to figure out what the hell happened, and to ignore the painful throbbing between his legs.
“What the fuck?” he whispered. He knew, KNEW, he had gone to sleep on the floor! How the hell did he end up in bed with Jared? And when the hell did he start referring to Jared as his mate? Fuck, it was too much; his inner wolf was taking over, he was doing things he had no recollection of. He could have raped Jared in the middle of the night and never remembered.
Looking out the small window, Jensen saw that the sum was slowly rising over the forest. Shit, unless Chris and Steve were far out, they should have been here by now. Its been over five hours, Jensen is constantly aware of Jared’s presence, his smell. He can feel the longing to change and bond eating away at his very soul! God, he was going insane; he felt like his skin was crawling, he wanted to change. He could tell his eyes were glowing and teeth fighting to change into fangs. His cock was pulsing in his pants, leaking precum like a goddamn faucet. Need clawed at his belly. All that flowed through his mind and body was the need to crawl into bed with Jared and claim what was rightfully HIS!
Shit, he needed to get away, he needed to end it! Jensen ran for the door, pulling on his boots and coat. He needed to get away, just for a little while; he’d give his alpha more time, Chris had never, ever, let him down. No, he’d go out, clear his mind, maybe jack off to take the edge off. Yes, that would help.
Taking off his coat once again, Jensen turned towards the bathroom. He could hardly walk with the throbbing in between his legs. Maybe, just maybe, if he took the edge off, it would help. At the very least, it would make walking a little easier.
Jensen locked the bathroom door behind him, pulled his pants down to his knees, and sat on the edge of the tub. Taking his leaking cock in his hand, he smeared the precum around the engorged head and down his shaft. Fuck, he was so fucking hard. Speeding up his pace, Jensen could feel his orgasm building and building and building. Desperate, Jensen picked up his pace again; hand moving over his soaked cock at an inhuman speed, blurring to the human eye.
Whining, Jensen sucked two fingers of his other hand in his mouth, then shoved them forcefully up his ass, ignoring the burn. God, he needed to cum and NOW. He stripped his cock, blood beading to the surface, but not caring; thrusting his fingers against his prostate. He could feel the completion, it was right there, but he couldn’t reach it. He needed his mate…his mate could make him cum. Yes, that was the answer.
Jensen stood, pulling up his pants, and tore open the door to the main room. Ah, yes, his mate was still asleep, unsuspecting on the bed. God, their coupling would be so, so, good. His cock throbbed at the very thought. Walking towards the bed, Jensen was just about to climb in when he stopped, nose to the air; he let out a deep throated growl, teeth bared, as the door to the cabin was thrown open.
*******
Chris and Steve tore into the settlement, scenting the air for danger or blood as the ran. They smelled nothing of the sort and were perplexed; what had Jensen called for if he was not hurt. Changing into their human forms, they tore through their cabin, pulling on clothes to protect them from the cold wind blowing across the snow covered settlement.
They then made their way slowly across the settlement towards Jensen’s cabin, wary of any attack. Chris suddenly stopped in his tracks, a snarling whine coming from his throat, almost as if he didn’t know whether to be worried or angry.
“What’s wrong?” Steve asked, raising his own head to scent for any danger his mate might have smelled.
“Shit. Fuck. Jensen’s trumate. He’s here. In his cabin. I smell sex, pheromones, god, he’s been here for a while.” Chris said, sorrow digging through his gut, looking into Steve’s eyes with a lone tear dripping down his face.
“You don’t think…” Steve trailed off, worried for the human.
“No, I don’t smell magic, but I do smell arousal, and the amount of pheromones coming from that cabin.” Chris whined, digging his heal of his hand into his crotch. Looking towards Steve, he could tell Steve was effected also, shifting to make himself more comfortable. Chris took off once again, racing towards Jensen’s cabin with Steve by his side.
“Jensen’s dangerous right now. I don’t know what’s going to happen. We have to get him away from the human before he does something he would never forgive himself for. I’ll grab Jensen, lock him up in the barn. I’ll stand guard, talk to him, see how far gone he truly is.” Chris said, running.
“What about the human?”
“Tell him the truth.” Chris paused as Steve stopped running. He turned to his mate, “We have to take the chance. If the human is willing to turn, then we can save Jensen. If not…God, Steve, I don’t want to have to kill another pack member so soon, but I can’t, won’t, have Jensen turn into Jeffery, or something worse. “ Chris turned once again, rushing to Jensen’s cabin and kicking open the door, before rushing inside.
********
Jensen jumped from the bed, standing between his mate and alpha. He needed to change and bond, he couldn’t let his alpha stand in the way. No, he wasn’t going to sit back and take orders. What gave Chris the right?! Baring his fangs, Jensen snarled loudly.
“Jensen, son, calm down. You don’t want to do this.” Chris said, advancing on the snarling Jensen, who was quickly turning more wolf than man.
“No, I will not let you take what is MINE!” Jensen snarled, hardly a human voice anymore, need coursing through his veins, taking over his every thought.
A soft moan and the shifting in sheets could be heard from behind Jensen, as Jared woke up and moved to sit up.
“Jen, what’s…”Jared trailed off as he was forced back onto his back, Jensen straddling his waist, grinding his hard on into Jared’s stomach and mouthing at his neck, nipping the skin with his sharp fangs.
Chris ran for the bed, he had to get Jensen away, now! Snagging Jensen around the waist, Chris dug his fangs into the back of Jensen’s neck, a sign of his dominance as alpha. Snarling, Chris pulled Jensen off the human and took off for the barn, struggling as Jensen shook in his arms, changing from human to wolf, desperate to get back to his mate and finish the job.
********
Steve turned to the stunned human, who was holding pressure to the small puncture wounds in his neck. Snagging the first aid kit, he sat next to human and proceeded to move his hand and clean the wound. With that done, Steve braced himself to tell the human all their secrets, and preyed that he would make the decision to save Jensen and become part of the pack.
********
Jared watched the man that had helped save him from the rabid think that Jensen had become. He was so confused. What the hell just happened? He woke up, surrounded by people he didn’t know, well, other than Jensen of course, only to be attacked by the sweet man that had saved his life just last night.
“What the hell was that?” Jared asked the blonde sitting on the bed with him.
“That is a loaded question.”
“What the hell? I mean, just, what the hell? Jensen was fine last night, I mean sure, we got to know each other and maybe a little too well, but I mean, he didn’t act like a fucking psycho animal…” Jared stopped rambling, cheeks pinking as he realized what he had just said.
“Well, first off, I’m Steve, the other man, my mate, was Chris, our alpha.”
“Alpha?”
“Shhh…let me finish, just, let me get all this out, then you can ask questions, ok? There’s a lot to go over, and not a lot of time. And Jensen’s life may depend on this conversation, so please, please, just shut up and pay attention.” Steve explained, using a calm tone to try to calm the human.
“Ok, so, here goes nothing. “ Steve took a deep breath, “Jensen is an animal, well, sometimes. We are part human, part wolf. We were born human, but thanks to a ritual and some magic, we can change into wolves at will. We are what humans would consider as a type of werewolf, but we are not evil. We don’t hunt people. We retain out wolf instincts and sense in human form, which is the reason we live deep in the woods, with other wolves. “
Jared sat silent, absorbing what was just said, a crease between his eyebrows. “You expect me to believe that bullshit?! God, are you all crazy?!” Jared said, swinging his legs off the edge of the bed, reaching for his crutches. He had to get away from these psychos, what the hell were the smoking?
“I knew you would say that, so I offer proof.” Steve murmured, standing and moving to the center of the cabin, taking off his shirt and unbuttoning his pants.
Jared went still, seeing the crazy man stripping off his clothes. Jared tried once again to reach for his crutched, but they were out of reach. Cursing, Jared went still as a hand seized his chin, turning his head to meet the inhumanly gold eyes of Steve.
“You will sit still, and you will watch this!” Steve growled, fangs filling his mouth. “Jensen’s life and sanity may fall on your head, and in you believing what I have to say, so watch, damn it.”
Steve released his chin and backed up a few paced, removing his boxers. Jared watched the strange man, not able to avert his eyes as a warm white light shown from his body. His eyesight was blinded momentarily as the light pulsed, dimming to nothing, leaving a blonde wolf, the beta wolf from the pack he had been searching for, standing where Steve once stood. The wolf paced forward, rubbing his head along Jared’s leg before retreating back to the center of the cabin, glwing once again,
“What…how…what the…” Jared sputtered, unable to believe his eyes, even as he watched the now human Steve dress again.
“I told you, werewolf, or a form of them.” Steve said, pulling his shirt over his head and turning back towards the human.
“Ok, ok, so, you’re not human…Good to know. “ Jared said, looking at the ground. “What did you mean, earlier, when you said that Jensen’s life and sanity depended on me knowing that?”
“Well, ok, its like this. For every wolf, there is a trumate for him or her, a sole mate of sorts, only when wolves meet their trumate their instincts take over. They scream for them to bond for life, combining life-forces and auras. It makes us bonded pairs even harder to harm or kill, extends out lifespan to twice that of a human, completes us. However, when one trumate in a bonded pair dies, the other will die shortly after or go insane because of the bone deep, sole deep loneliness.”
“But, Jensen and I haven’t bonded, we can’t be these trumates, or whatever.” Jared said, desperate to know that he had not changed the kind, gentle man he had met last night into a raving, rabid animal.
“Unfortunately, all it takes for the initial bonding, for the initial mixing of your auras, is time. Five hours to be exact.”
“But…but, I’ve been here for over ten hours!” Jared shrieked, now worried about what that meant; anxiety churning in his gut. He worried for himself, would he go insane? And what about Jensen? What would happen to the man who had saved his life?
“Which is the problem.” Steve paused, taking another deep breath before continuing. “Jensen is too tied up with you now. Unless you allow him to change you and bond, meaning sex in both human and wolf form, he will go insane or die. And if he survives the separation from you, Chris will have to kill him.”
“What about me? Will I go insane?” Jared asked, feeling selfish as soon as the words left his mouth.
“No, you are human, less sensitive. You won’t feel the effects of bonding like Jensen. His instincts and senses are what is driving him inane.”
“But, couldn’t you lock him up? Keep him safe?” Jared pleaded for their to be another choice, another option.
“We tried that, years ago. It ended with Jeffery escaping, killing three humans in an attempt to mate and bond, until he found, raped, and changed Jensen.”
“Wait. What? Jensen was forced? He didn’t choose this life. But, he’s so happy. At least he was when I first got here.” Jared said, shocked that someone so kind, so gentle could remain so when their lives were ripped away from them.
“Yes, Jensen was forced. This is his story to tell, but if it will help you make your decision, I will tell you this. Jensen was forced when a long time pack member escaped and went insane after the death of his trumate, Samantha; she was killed by a poacher while in wolf form. Jeffery went in search of another mate. He was blinded by his loneliness and grief. He kidnapped, raped, and forced a change on Jensen. Luckily, Chris and I stopped him before he could complete the bonding process.”
“I can’t believe he survived that. To be ripped away from everything and everyone he knew, and to be raped.” Jared said, awed at the man’s strength and will to survive.
“He almost didn’t. He tried to kill himself when he first woke up after his first change. Slit his wrists when Chris and I were away. Chris and I barely got back in time. He was willing to die rather than become a monster; that was until he took his first run as a wolf and experienced the freedom that comes with that.” Steve said, a small smile forming across his lips at the memory of Jensen’s first run with the pack.
“Fuck.” Jared said, a lone tear falling from his eye. He had to choose; he could either give up his whole life, a life he had worked hard for, or he could let a strong, kind man, who had struggled through so much, die.
“I’ll give you some time to think all this over, but don’t take too long, we have to decide what to do with Jensen.” Steve said, handing the crutches to Jared. “We’ll be in the barn, I have to see how Chris is doing with securing Jensen. Just come to the barn when you have made your choice.” And with that Steve left, lowering his eyes to the ground, already morning the loss of another pack member if Jared decided to leave.
Jared continued to sit on the bed, holding his crutches. He could leave; Steve said he would be free and clear, he could leave. But his leaving signed the death warrant for Jensen, a kind man that he thought he could come to love. Jared remained still, hunched over in bed, sobbing over the decision, thoughts warring in his mind, tears wetting his face. What was he going to do?
TBC
Author: AnthroDork
Pairing: J2, Chad/Sophia, Chris/Steve, Jensen/JDM
Word count: 2,960
Rating: NC-17
Disclaimer: I own Nothing…I wish, but I own nothing.
Spoilers: None
Warning: non-con, drug use, sex, suicide attempt, self harm
Beta: None yet
Summary: Five years ago, something happened to Jensen. Something he could never have predicted. Now he’s happy, living with his pack. That is, until he runs across a wilderness researcher that will change everything. But will that change be for the better?
Fic: Destiny Calls
Author: AnthroDork
Pairing: J2, Chad/Sophia, Chris/Steve, Jensen/JDM
Word count: 2,960
Rating: NC-17
Disclaimer: I own Nothing…I wish, but I own nothing.
Spoilers: None
Warning: non-con, drug use, sex, suicide attempt, self harm
Beta: None yet
Summary: Five years ago, something happened to Jensen. Something he could never have predicted. Now he’s happy, living with his pack. That is, until he runs across a wilderness researcher that will change everything. But will that change be for the better?
Chapter Five
Jensen had taken his time in the bathroom, wanting to wash the smell of Jared off him, clear his senses. When he finally entered the main room of the cabin, he saw that Jared had made his way back to the bed and was sound asleep, the slow rise and fall of his chest indicating a deep sleep.
God, he was gorgeous. When he was sleeping Jared’s face lost all its tension, pain. He looked peaceful and innocent.
Snarling at his instincts once again, Jensen laid down on the floor in front of the fire. He refused to even think about sharing the bed with Jared; that would be a HUGE mistake. His instincts were already screaming at him to claim, just with the smell of Jared in the air. If Jensen were to touch…no, his wolf was too close to the surface, instinct too loud now, it would be a big mistake. No, he had to stay on the floor.
Whining, Jensen curled into a tight ball in front of the fire, closing his eyes and giving into the exhaustion that was plaguing him; drifting into dreams filled with him running free through the woods with a chocolate brown wolf with golden eyes by his side.
*******
Jensen woke slowly, snuggling closer to the warmth of his mate, tongue pocking out to lick the delicious skin behind Jared’s ear. His mate let off a soft moan, shifting back into Jensen’s warmth; butt rubbing against Jensen’s crotch.
Abruptly, Jensen realized what he was doing. Fuck. He was so hard, and Jared was so close, if he could just get closer, get rid of the damn clothes, then all this pain and torment would be over. Yes, he could just…
Jensen finally realized the thoughts racing through his head and jumped out of bed, slamming painfully into the wall, desperate to put some space between himself and his mate. He stood, back to the wall, trying to clear his senses, to figure out what the hell happened, and to ignore the painful throbbing between his legs.
“What the fuck?” he whispered. He knew, KNEW, he had gone to sleep on the floor! How the hell did he end up in bed with Jared? And when the hell did he start referring to Jared as his mate? Fuck, it was too much; his inner wolf was taking over, he was doing things he had no recollection of. He could have raped Jared in the middle of the night and never remembered.
Looking out the small window, Jensen saw that the sum was slowly rising over the forest. Shit, unless Chris and Steve were far out, they should have been here by now. Its been over five hours, Jensen is constantly aware of Jared’s presence, his smell. He can feel the longing to change and bond eating away at his very soul! God, he was going insane; he felt like his skin was crawling, he wanted to change. He could tell his eyes were glowing and teeth fighting to change into fangs. His cock was pulsing in his pants, leaking precum like a goddamn faucet. Need clawed at his belly. All that flowed through his mind and body was the need to crawl into bed with Jared and claim what was rightfully HIS!
Shit, he needed to get away, he needed to end it! Jensen ran for the door, pulling on his boots and coat. He needed to get away, just for a little while; he’d give his alpha more time, Chris had never, ever, let him down. No, he’d go out, clear his mind, maybe jack off to take the edge off. Yes, that would help.
Taking off his coat once again, Jensen turned towards the bathroom. He could hardly walk with the throbbing in between his legs. Maybe, just maybe, if he took the edge off, it would help. At the very least, it would make walking a little easier.
Jensen locked the bathroom door behind him, pulled his pants down to his knees, and sat on the edge of the tub. Taking his leaking cock in his hand, he smeared the precum around the engorged head and down his shaft. Fuck, he was so fucking hard. Speeding up his pace, Jensen could feel his orgasm building and building and building. Desperate, Jensen picked up his pace again; hand moving over his soaked cock at an inhuman speed, blurring to the human eye.
Whining, Jensen sucked two fingers of his other hand in his mouth, then shoved them forcefully up his ass, ignoring the burn. God, he needed to cum and NOW. He stripped his cock, blood beading to the surface, but not caring; thrusting his fingers against his prostate. He could feel the completion, it was right there, but he couldn’t reach it. He needed his mate…his mate could make him cum. Yes, that was the answer.
Jensen stood, pulling up his pants, and tore open the door to the main room. Ah, yes, his mate was still asleep, unsuspecting on the bed. God, their coupling would be so, so, good. His cock throbbed at the very thought. Walking towards the bed, Jensen was just about to climb in when he stopped, nose to the air; he let out a deep throated growl, teeth bared, as the door to the cabin was thrown open.
*******
Chris and Steve tore into the settlement, scenting the air for danger or blood as the ran. They smelled nothing of the sort and were perplexed; what had Jensen called for if he was not hurt. Changing into their human forms, they tore through their cabin, pulling on clothes to protect them from the cold wind blowing across the snow covered settlement.
They then made their way slowly across the settlement towards Jensen’s cabin, wary of any attack. Chris suddenly stopped in his tracks, a snarling whine coming from his throat, almost as if he didn’t know whether to be worried or angry.
“What’s wrong?” Steve asked, raising his own head to scent for any danger his mate might have smelled.
“Shit. Fuck. Jensen’s trumate. He’s here. In his cabin. I smell sex, pheromones, god, he’s been here for a while.” Chris said, sorrow digging through his gut, looking into Steve’s eyes with a lone tear dripping down his face.
“You don’t think…” Steve trailed off, worried for the human.
“No, I don’t smell magic, but I do smell arousal, and the amount of pheromones coming from that cabin.” Chris whined, digging his heal of his hand into his crotch. Looking towards Steve, he could tell Steve was effected also, shifting to make himself more comfortable. Chris took off once again, racing towards Jensen’s cabin with Steve by his side.
“Jensen’s dangerous right now. I don’t know what’s going to happen. We have to get him away from the human before he does something he would never forgive himself for. I’ll grab Jensen, lock him up in the barn. I’ll stand guard, talk to him, see how far gone he truly is.” Chris said, running.
“What about the human?”
“Tell him the truth.” Chris paused as Steve stopped running. He turned to his mate, “We have to take the chance. If the human is willing to turn, then we can save Jensen. If not…God, Steve, I don’t want to have to kill another pack member so soon, but I can’t, won’t, have Jensen turn into Jeffery, or something worse. “ Chris turned once again, rushing to Jensen’s cabin and kicking open the door, before rushing inside.
********
Jensen jumped from the bed, standing between his mate and alpha. He needed to change and bond, he couldn’t let his alpha stand in the way. No, he wasn’t going to sit back and take orders. What gave Chris the right?! Baring his fangs, Jensen snarled loudly.
“Jensen, son, calm down. You don’t want to do this.” Chris said, advancing on the snarling Jensen, who was quickly turning more wolf than man.
“No, I will not let you take what is MINE!” Jensen snarled, hardly a human voice anymore, need coursing through his veins, taking over his every thought.
A soft moan and the shifting in sheets could be heard from behind Jensen, as Jared woke up and moved to sit up.
“Jen, what’s…”Jared trailed off as he was forced back onto his back, Jensen straddling his waist, grinding his hard on into Jared’s stomach and mouthing at his neck, nipping the skin with his sharp fangs.
Chris ran for the bed, he had to get Jensen away, now! Snagging Jensen around the waist, Chris dug his fangs into the back of Jensen’s neck, a sign of his dominance as alpha. Snarling, Chris pulled Jensen off the human and took off for the barn, struggling as Jensen shook in his arms, changing from human to wolf, desperate to get back to his mate and finish the job.
********
Steve turned to the stunned human, who was holding pressure to the small puncture wounds in his neck. Snagging the first aid kit, he sat next to human and proceeded to move his hand and clean the wound. With that done, Steve braced himself to tell the human all their secrets, and preyed that he would make the decision to save Jensen and become part of the pack.
********
Jared watched the man that had helped save him from the rabid think that Jensen had become. He was so confused. What the hell just happened? He woke up, surrounded by people he didn’t know, well, other than Jensen of course, only to be attacked by the sweet man that had saved his life just last night.
“What the hell was that?” Jared asked the blonde sitting on the bed with him.
“That is a loaded question.”
“What the hell? I mean, just, what the hell? Jensen was fine last night, I mean sure, we got to know each other and maybe a little too well, but I mean, he didn’t act like a fucking psycho animal…” Jared stopped rambling, cheeks pinking as he realized what he had just said.
“Well, first off, I’m Steve, the other man, my mate, was Chris, our alpha.”
“Alpha?”
“Shhh…let me finish, just, let me get all this out, then you can ask questions, ok? There’s a lot to go over, and not a lot of time. And Jensen’s life may depend on this conversation, so please, please, just shut up and pay attention.” Steve explained, using a calm tone to try to calm the human.
“Ok, so, here goes nothing. “ Steve took a deep breath, “Jensen is an animal, well, sometimes. We are part human, part wolf. We were born human, but thanks to a ritual and some magic, we can change into wolves at will. We are what humans would consider as a type of werewolf, but we are not evil. We don’t hunt people. We retain out wolf instincts and sense in human form, which is the reason we live deep in the woods, with other wolves. “
Jared sat silent, absorbing what was just said, a crease between his eyebrows. “You expect me to believe that bullshit?! God, are you all crazy?!” Jared said, swinging his legs off the edge of the bed, reaching for his crutches. He had to get away from these psychos, what the hell were the smoking?
“I knew you would say that, so I offer proof.” Steve murmured, standing and moving to the center of the cabin, taking off his shirt and unbuttoning his pants.
Jared went still, seeing the crazy man stripping off his clothes. Jared tried once again to reach for his crutched, but they were out of reach. Cursing, Jared went still as a hand seized his chin, turning his head to meet the inhumanly gold eyes of Steve.
“You will sit still, and you will watch this!” Steve growled, fangs filling his mouth. “Jensen’s life and sanity may fall on your head, and in you believing what I have to say, so watch, damn it.”
Steve released his chin and backed up a few paced, removing his boxers. Jared watched the strange man, not able to avert his eyes as a warm white light shown from his body. His eyesight was blinded momentarily as the light pulsed, dimming to nothing, leaving a blonde wolf, the beta wolf from the pack he had been searching for, standing where Steve once stood. The wolf paced forward, rubbing his head along Jared’s leg before retreating back to the center of the cabin, glwing once again,
“What…how…what the…” Jared sputtered, unable to believe his eyes, even as he watched the now human Steve dress again.
“I told you, werewolf, or a form of them.” Steve said, pulling his shirt over his head and turning back towards the human.
“Ok, ok, so, you’re not human…Good to know. “ Jared said, looking at the ground. “What did you mean, earlier, when you said that Jensen’s life and sanity depended on me knowing that?”
“Well, ok, its like this. For every wolf, there is a trumate for him or her, a sole mate of sorts, only when wolves meet their trumate their instincts take over. They scream for them to bond for life, combining life-forces and auras. It makes us bonded pairs even harder to harm or kill, extends out lifespan to twice that of a human, completes us. However, when one trumate in a bonded pair dies, the other will die shortly after or go insane because of the bone deep, sole deep loneliness.”
“But, Jensen and I haven’t bonded, we can’t be these trumates, or whatever.” Jared said, desperate to know that he had not changed the kind, gentle man he had met last night into a raving, rabid animal.
“Unfortunately, all it takes for the initial bonding, for the initial mixing of your auras, is time. Five hours to be exact.”
“But…but, I’ve been here for over ten hours!” Jared shrieked, now worried about what that meant; anxiety churning in his gut. He worried for himself, would he go insane? And what about Jensen? What would happen to the man who had saved his life?
“Which is the problem.” Steve paused, taking another deep breath before continuing. “Jensen is too tied up with you now. Unless you allow him to change you and bond, meaning sex in both human and wolf form, he will go insane or die. And if he survives the separation from you, Chris will have to kill him.”
“What about me? Will I go insane?” Jared asked, feeling selfish as soon as the words left his mouth.
“No, you are human, less sensitive. You won’t feel the effects of bonding like Jensen. His instincts and senses are what is driving him inane.”
“But, couldn’t you lock him up? Keep him safe?” Jared pleaded for their to be another choice, another option.
“We tried that, years ago. It ended with Jeffery escaping, killing three humans in an attempt to mate and bond, until he found, raped, and changed Jensen.”
“Wait. What? Jensen was forced? He didn’t choose this life. But, he’s so happy. At least he was when I first got here.” Jared said, shocked that someone so kind, so gentle could remain so when their lives were ripped away from them.
“Yes, Jensen was forced. This is his story to tell, but if it will help you make your decision, I will tell you this. Jensen was forced when a long time pack member escaped and went insane after the death of his trumate, Samantha; she was killed by a poacher while in wolf form. Jeffery went in search of another mate. He was blinded by his loneliness and grief. He kidnapped, raped, and forced a change on Jensen. Luckily, Chris and I stopped him before he could complete the bonding process.”
“I can’t believe he survived that. To be ripped away from everything and everyone he knew, and to be raped.” Jared said, awed at the man’s strength and will to survive.
“He almost didn’t. He tried to kill himself when he first woke up after his first change. Slit his wrists when Chris and I were away. Chris and I barely got back in time. He was willing to die rather than become a monster; that was until he took his first run as a wolf and experienced the freedom that comes with that.” Steve said, a small smile forming across his lips at the memory of Jensen’s first run with the pack.
“Fuck.” Jared said, a lone tear falling from his eye. He had to choose; he could either give up his whole life, a life he had worked hard for, or he could let a strong, kind man, who had struggled through so much, die.
“I’ll give you some time to think all this over, but don’t take too long, we have to decide what to do with Jensen.” Steve said, handing the crutches to Jared. “We’ll be in the barn, I have to see how Chris is doing with securing Jensen. Just come to the barn when you have made your choice.” And with that Steve left, lowering his eyes to the ground, already morning the loss of another pack member if Jared decided to leave.
Jared continued to sit on the bed, holding his crutches. He could leave; Steve said he would be free and clear, he could leave. But his leaving signed the death warrant for Jensen, a kind man that he thought he could come to love. Jared remained still, hunched over in bed, sobbing over the decision, thoughts warring in his mind, tears wetting his face. What was he going to do?
TBC