Fox Play

by Robin Roseau

  We flew up Thursday afternoon: Lara me, Scarlett and Angel in one airplane, June, Elisabeth and Eric in the other plane. June disappeared to spend the night with Benny; the rest of us walked to my house.

  I asked Lara to keep the noise down. She made me scream her name over and over. She had been doing that several times a week for the last several weeks since defeating the Chicago wolves. Our sex life had never been better.

  Friday morning Lara kicked me out of bed early. I reached for her, but she told me, "You don't want to start something."

  "Maybe I do."

  "Listen."

  I lay there in bed, waiting for her. Then she offered a pointed look, and I opened my ears. I sat up straight. "How many people are in my yard?"

  "Oh, about fifty," she said.

  "Fifty? They drove all night?"

  "No." She was grinning. "You were too distracted to notice, but most of them heard you screaming my name last night. But now they want to see what I've been up to. Maybe you do too."

  I stared at her.

  "Or you can stay in bed. It's up to you. We leave in thirty minutes."

  "Leave?"

  "To show whoever is ready to go what I've been up to."

  Then she turned about face and walked out of my bedroom.

  "Lara!" I listened to her giggle as she headed downstairs. She was giggling?

  I showered quickly, got dressed, and made it downstairs with ten minutes to spare. Angel shoved food and hot tea at me, grinning at me. "Have a good night last night?"

  "I did, thank you. I believe Scarlett did as well."

  "Word to the wise," Elisabeth said. "Don't compete with the alpha, Angel."

  My yard was full of people, most of them familiar faces. Lara grabbed my arm and we worked the crowd. No one seemed to know what was going on, only that Lara had summoned them. She refused to answer any questions.

  Shortly after, we piled into the available cars. Lara drove the lead car. "Where are we going?"

  "One more question and I'm pushing you out," she said. "I might come to a full stop first."

  I decided to take her seriously and shut my mouth.

  Lara drove us west out of town about ten minutes, then we pulled onto a dirt track and eventually unto a rutted, barely navigable drive. We came to a stop, and Lara turned off the car.

  I stared at a large, professionally produced sign on two posts next to the road. "Northern Wolf Run" it said. I looked at Lara. She didn't say a word, but simply climbed out of the car.

  I followed her. "Lara?" I said. She grinned and held out her hand. I crossed in front of the car and took it. She led me to a spot in front of the sign. Everyone else joined us, clustering around.

  "I've gotten the impression everyone likes the area," she said. "But Michaela's house is a little small. Furthermore, we needed a field location for some of our classes. So I bought some land."

  "How much land, Alpha?" Elisabeth asked.

  "So far, just shy of three thousand acres. I have offers right now on another eight hundred, and I'm starting to negotiate with points north and east, hoping to get us closer to Bayfield. Now, if you will all follow me..."

  "Lara?" I asked.

  She took my hand. "If you will all follow me, I'll show you where the initial building site will be."

  "You bought this for me?" I asked.

  "Don't be silly," she said. "I bought it for pack. Well, I guess for you. You're pack now, after all."

  I followed along as Lara showed me where the new science center would be, next to a small pond and a large, open field. "We'll build guest cottages here, and over here will be the main residence. We're doing it lodge style. With three wings. Designs are not finalized, but I expect one wing for the students, a wing for instructors, and a wing for the alpha, when she is in residence."

  She waved around. "Anyone else who wishes may build a home here subject to good design. We'll work out details later."

  "Alpha?"

  "We have enough land for a small landing strip a half mile in that direction." She pointed. "It will be long enough for our current aircraft; anything bigger will need to use the airfield on Madeline Island or in Ashland."

  "Lara?"

  She grinned at me.

  "I realize that this location is not as optimal as if we could be right on the lake, but I decided being a little more isolated was best. I couldn't get remotely as much land in town. I almost bought the resort on Madeline Island, but we aren't isolated enough to be able to run. We can't run here like we can at the Madison compound, but with time, we will acquire more land. Maybe eventually we'll have land stretching from here all the way to a proper view of the lake."

  "Lara?"

  She turned to me. "Ms. Redfur, do you feel a fifteen minute drive to hold your water activities classes, or simply to take us all kayaking, is too far?"

  I started laughing. "No, Alpha, I do not."

  "All right then!" she said. "Welcome everyone to Northern Wolf Run."

  Everyone began talking at once with Lara and me standing together, facing each other. I looked up into her eyes. She was smiling broadly.

  "Yes, little wolf," she said quietly. "I bought this for you. Do you believe now I will keep you safe forever?"

  "Oh Lara!" I said, throwing myself into her arms.

  * * * *

  Lara sent Francesca into town for picnic supplies, sending several of the kids to help. Then she took out a map and showed me what she'd purchased so far. It was a hodgepodge of properties, but she expected to fill in the gaps over time.

  We had our picnic. Lara disappeared for a few minutes, and I knew she was up to something else. Several minutes later I found myself surrounded by teenage wolves, all of them bigger and stronger than me. Angel knelt down where I was sitting and took my food and soda can away from me, handing them to Chloe. "I'm not done with that," I said.

  "Grab her," Angel said, and I found myself hoisted in the air by six wolves.

  "Put me down!" I shrieked.

  "Don't struggle," Scarlett said. "We're on the alpha's orders."

  I relaxed, and they bore me easily to the cars. Lara was waiting with Elisabeth. She didn't say anything but simply opened the side door of one of the SUVs. The kids carried me inside, laughing. Lara and Elisabeth took the front seats. Several of the kids climbed in with me. Chloe handed me my soda, grinning. Then we had a small convoy heading back to Bayfield.

  "Was that really necessary?" I asked.

  The kids giggled. "It was fun," Sophia said from behind me. "You know we wouldn't hurt you."

  "I thought you were going to introduce me head first into a smelly pond," I replied.

  We drove back to town, everyone refusing to answer any questions. Benny was waiting for us, and they said, "We're going kayaking."

  I laughed. "You could have just asked."

  "Like Sophia said," Lara repeated from the front seat. "This was more fun."

  We had a lovely time out on the water.

  * * * *

  Most of the wolves camped out on our new lands, but Lara and I along with our closest friends stayed at the house.

  "I can't believe you did all this for me."

  "We can't be here all the time," she said. "Probably only about half."

  "Half?"

  She grinned "Maybe a little more. But not all the time. You can stay here if you like, but I need to spend at least some time in Madison. We're not moving the pack. We're just offering the pack a second home."

  "Not everyone could work up here. They need to be close to Madison."

  "Yes."

  I rose and stepped into her embrace. She lifted my chin and kissed me deeply. "Were you hoping to thank me?"

  I smiled. "Actually, Lara, I wanted to ask you about something. It's important."

  "If it's going to ruin the mood, can it wait?" her hands began exploring my body, and I squirmed.

  "I don't think it will ruin the mood." I paused, still not sure how to ask this. "Lara, I wanted to ta
lk to you about the screaming during sex."

  She stilled and began to withdraw, but I clutched at her.

  "I haven't been complaining," I said.

  "No, but I can tell you don't like it."

  "I didn't understand. Lara, I've noticed. The pack seems more relaxed when you've made me scream."

  "You've noticed that, have you?"

  "And the comments that are directed towards me could all be rephrased to a single comment?"

  "What comment is that?"

  "Isn't it amazing how virile our alpha is?"

  She began to grin.

  "This is important to the pack, isn't it?"

  "Yes, little fox."

  "And there's something else. You want me to be proud of you. Proud of how you make me feel. Proud of how you, well, how much I belong to you, and how right that feels. You want me to be happy shouting it to the world."

  "Yes."

  "And the pack needs to know that, too. The pack needs to know that we're good, that our relationship is healthy, that they can know the alpha is in a strong relationship with her mate."

  Lara pulled my mouth up for a kiss, and it was full of passion. When we broke, I asked her, "Why didn't you just tell me?"

  "I needed you to figure it out for yourself. I needed to know my needs were so important to you that you would take the time to puzzle through them. If you hadn't figured it out, I would have started dropping more hints."

  I hugged her again, then laid my head on her shoulder, my nose buried in her neck. I loved breathing in her scent. I loved being held by her.

  "Lara, I don't think the pack would want me to make it easy for you to make me scream."

  "No, I don't imagine they would."

  "Still, I hope you'll make me scream and beg and cry out and demand to belong to you, so loudly they hear me, every single night starting immediately. Right now. Go. I don't want to wait."

  She laughed and pulled me tightly to her.

  "Honey," she said. "Can you hold off five minutes?"

  "That's a long time."

  "For me?"

  "All right, Lara."

  Lara got down on one. "Michaela Redfur, would you do me the honor of being my mate, my wife, until the end of our days?"

  Tears started to leak from my eyes and I said simply with no fanfare, "Yes."

  About the Author

  A writer by avocation, Robin has a renaissance interest in many areas. A bit of a gypsy, Robin has called a few places home and has traveled widely. A love of the outdoors, animals in general and experimenting with world cuisines, Robin and partner share their home with a menagerie of pets and guests, although sometimes it is difficult to discern who is whom.

  Robin can be reached via email as robin.roseau@gmail.com

  Other Works by Robin Roseau

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  Novels

  Fox Run

  Michaela Redfur is a were fox living a quiet life in Bayfield, Wisconsin. She has a quiet job that gets her out of doors and avoids the werewolves as if her life depended on it. Which it does.

  That all changes early one morning when Lara Burns, the Madison Wolves alpha, introduces herself, much to Michaela's chagrin. Lara explains to Michaela that "we only want to talk", but when a werewolf comes knocking on a tiny, delicate foxes' front door, Michaela knows talking is the last thing in the wolfy mind.

  This novel is 93,000 words and is the first in in The Madison Wolves Series.

  Novellas

  Stark's Dell

  Relocated to the isolated farmhouse of her stern grandmother at age 5, Emily struggles to find friends...until she meets Dee Dee. Older and wiser, Dee Dee guides Emily through childhood and adolescence, sharing Emily's deepest secrets.

  But Dee Dee has secrets of her own, and it isn't until it is nearly too late that the two friends discover that what they feel runs deeper and lasts longer than even they can imagine.

  Stark's Dell is a long novella of 50,000 words.

  Short Stories

  Cooking for Love

  Jocelyn saw herself as short, dumpy, plain, and boring, a former housewife and repressed lesbian who had tried to fit into the expected norm. Her husband had left her three years ago, and in spite of her best friends' efforts, she hadn't had a date since.

  Deb was a gorgeous woman with cropped but stylish blonde hair, sharp features, and an athletic build. In other words, the perfect woman in Jocelyn's eyes, and the last woman Jocelyn would expect to want her.

  Cooking for Love is an 8000-word short story.

  Southern Night

  Vacationing in Australia, Amber meets Jackie, several years Amber's senior. Amber finds Jackie commanding and alluring and instigates a meeting.

  Southern Night is a short story of 5,000 words.

  Fox Play

  Copyright 2013 by Robin Roseau

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  Table of Contents

  Membership Has Its Rewards

  Ceremony

  Fleecing

  Reporting In

  Humans With Surprises

  Time Out

  Exposed

  Telling The Story

  Back To Reality

  Next Steps

  Building A Program

  Underground War

  Rematch

  Aftermath

  Proposals

  About the Author

  Other Books by the Authour

  Copyright

  License Notes