Mermae's Werewolf Menage

by Berengaria Brown

  “But that’s just given us another problem to deal with. We’re going to have to keep moving so people don’t notice we aren’t aging as fast as them. I mean, we’d have to do that anyway for you, Iain, but if it’s all three of us, it’ll mean we’re three times more likely to get noticed so will have to be triply careful,” said Mermae.

  “I’ve never stayed anywhere longer than about ten years anyway, but I’ve thought a bit about that,” said Iain, wondering if this was the right time to mention Nelson and Dwyer or if it would be just way too much information for Mermae. Once again Iain flicked his gaze from Mermae to Kade and back to Mermae.

  “I guess that’s why your family ended up as lone wolves, Iain. I wouldn’t mind being away from the crowds, but I think I’d need to talk to other people from time to time. It’d be really hard to know who would become a friend and who would end up thinking you were some kind of circus freak, though. That’s why I’d never told anyone about myself until you two came knocking on my door.” Mermae looked pensive.

  Iain decided he would speak. Reaching deep inside himself for courage, he said, “Can you remember once I mentioned two other werewolves, Dwyer and Nelson?”

  Mermae scrunched up her nose as she thought and Iain’s cock hardened. She was so cute when she did that.

  “That’s right. Dwyer is a very old, natural-born werewolf but Nelson is his partner whom he turned. They live out on a farm or something?”

  “Yep. They moved away from the city to be free to run, and also to make it less obvious they weren’t aging. Nelson still does some work by telecommuting, but mostly they grow specialist crops in greenhouses. Out of season stuff that brings a big profit. Of course, the greenhouses are expensive to set up, but once they’re established, the basis of the business will last for many years,” said Iain.

  “And you think we could do something like that. Move away from the city, buy a small farm, set up a greenhouse or whatever, and develop some sustainable crop or project. But first, one or more of us would need to study agriculture which would take, what, four years? I guess we could be studying while we’re looking for land, then buying it, then getting it all set up.” Mermae sounded a bit hesitant.

  “Do you think you’d get used to living out of the city, Mermae?” asked Kade.

  “Oh yes, because we’d be talking to growers and buyers, and running a business. I could deal with the paperwork for that. One business is much like any other. I wouldn’t even mind learning about how to grow plants. I’ve always wished I could have a nice garden. I’m not sure I’d want to spend four years at school though. I know I don’t look thirty, but I don’t look eighteen either.”

  “I wouldn’t mind going back to school and learning all about agriculture, but we could all do some kind of short course first, just to get an idea of the needs and requirements, before we actually bought a place. I also thought we could talk to Dwyer and Nelson. Pick their brains for ideas as it were...” Iain let his thoughts sit there to see what Kade and Mermae made of them.

  “There’s a man I’ve met through work a few times. His name’s Kalman. He works at the Botanic Gardens. Maybe we could talk to him to get some ideas too,” suggested Kade.

  Iain felt a load lift off his chest. He hadn’t even been aware of it sitting there, weighing him down, until it was gone. “Does this mean you’re prepared to commit? That we can do that? Because Halloween is coming soon.”

  “Yes, I’m ready to commit to you both. I see some problems ahead, but together we can overcome them. You mentioned Halloween before and never really explained about it. You want to fuck, run, and fuck again you said. Is that all?” asked Mermae.

  “Not quite.” Iain fidgeted on the bed. Then said, “The second fucking is outside under the stars. And we all bite each other.”

  “Oh, kinky. I like it,” said Kade.

  But Iain was watching Mermae. She grinned, nodded then said, “Yes, all right. I agree. When you say run, do we run as humans, and you as a wolf?”

  “The running is supposed to be in our wolf forms. I was thinking, just to be really sure, maybe you should run with me, then you should fly as I run, like we often do. Just to make sure all the bases are covered.”

  “No problems.”

  “Sounds fair to me.”

  “Thank you both so much. You’ve got no idea how much your consent means to me.” Iain sat up and pulled them both to him, hugging them tight as a few tears of relief slipped out of the corners of his eyes. Damn if he wasn’t the luckiest man—wolf—on earth.

  Chapter Five

  Mermae was surprised at how fast the week until Halloween raced by. Now that she’d said the words that she was prepared to commit herself to an ongoing relationship with Kade and Iain, it was as though a burden had lifted from her shoulders and her life had accelerated into top gear. In her heart she’d known they were the right men for her, but her head had refused to let her speak it out loud until they’d lived together for a while, and she’d gotten to know them both thoroughly.

  Years ago she’d decided she’d never find a person she could share her life with freely, and she wasn’t prepared to tie herself to a man who may have discarded her—or worse—when he found out the truth about her. So meeting Kade and Iain had been tremendously freeing and fulfilling. Even with her parents, she’d learned as a small child never to speak of flying. But now she was free to say what she wanted, and let her imagination run wild. The future was before the three of them like an open book with blank pages. They could write whatever they wanted on those pages. Oh yeah, sure. She wasn’t stupid. There were bound to be some difficulties ahead, possibly even nasty surprises, but that was okay. Together they’d face them and deal with them. That’s what partners did.

  On her lunch breaks, Mermae googled various community colleges and online courses in basic agriculture and horticulture. She found several courses that were completely online for the start, with practical work and laboratories also done virtually for the first year, and genuine hands-on experience not required until later. That suited Mermae perfectly. She would learn as much as she could at her own pace, and then likely get a job working for an agricultural company to get the necessary experience later. A qualification wasn’t what she was after. What she really needed was enough understanding of plants to be able to do her share of the work if they did decide to buy a farm.

  And how much money would that cost? Mermae was a frugal person, anticipating she’d always have to support herself, so carefully saving her salary and bonuses. But she worked at a very ordinary job, so her savings were pretty ordinary too. She knew Iain, by virtue of being over one hundred years old, had made some good investments, but even so, would they be able to get a loan to buy an even halfway decent small farm?

  Then there was the issue of talking to these werewolves, Dwyer and Nelson. Iain had not been treated at all well by the werewolves he’d met in the past. Just because these two seemed okay didn’t mean they’d accept Iain, far less help the three of them. Mermae knew Kade and Iain would never try to steal Dwyer and Nelson’s clients, but the other werewolves had no reason to trust them. It was all quite complicated.

  Iain wanted the three of them to go right out of the city for Halloween so they could spend as much time as they needed on the ritual. Mermae guessed this was the equivalent of getting married, so she liked that idea. They were all taking two days off work, Halloween and the next day. They’d drive out to wherever Iain had chosen, spend the day together, fuck, run—well, fly—then fuck again and bite each other. Mermae shivered with anticipation. It was an exciting thought. She was so lucky to have found these men, and now was truly the right time to join with them, even if there wouldn’t be witnesses and a piece of paper to show for it.

  ****

  Iain had thought long and hard about where to go for their bonding. He’d trolled through websites looking at cottages by the beach and cabins in the hills. He’d even considered hiring camping equipment and heading to a national par
k. But meeting up with a grizzly bear— or worse still, another pack of wolves—would put a real damper on his wedding night and he’d waited much too long for this to happen just to have it ruined. Besides, committing on Halloween was supposed to bring a special blessing to the threesome, and he figured any blessings available for their rather unusual triad would be good to have.

  Finally he’d asked Dwyer if they could use part of his property. Dwyer and Nelson had very deliberately kept a large part of their farm uncultivated, the trees not pruned and the undergrowth only cleared enough to avoid a brushfire, not enough to discourage wild animals. However their farm was completely enclosed by high, electric fencing, so there was no danger of grizzly bears, coyotes, wolves, or anything else to spoil their night, except maybe a wasp. And wasps seldom left the nest after dark.

  “Hey, no problems. If you stop by the store out front, I’ll even take you to a tiny cabin Nelson and I use sometimes when we need to run. It’s deep in the uncultivated area, well away from the boundaries, and perfect for you to sleep there after your run.”

  “Oh no. We can’t impose...”

  “No imposition. We’re happy to help. You finding your mates is every bit as exciting as me finding Nelson. Because I was gay, I thought I was destined to be alone forever. Until I met Nelson. So we know exactly how excited you and Kade must have been to finally meet Mermae.”

  “Thank you. That’s incredibly generous of you.”

  “No worries. Consider it Nelson’s and my mating gift to y’all.”

  Iain made sure he was the one driving, and refused to give Kade or Mermae a hint about where they were going. He really hoped they’d like the area, and the cabin, but the key issue was their safety while they ran and fucked outside, and he couldn’t think of anywhere else as safe for three people with paranormal abilities, as here.

  “Come on, Iain, give me a clue. Are we camping out, staying in a hotel, or what?” asked Mermae.

  Iain just grinned.

  Kade said, “I don’t reckon it’s camping. We haven’t stopped to pick up a tent or anything. It could be one of those permanent campsites, I suppose, but we didn’t head toward the hills and that’s mostly where they are.”

  “So likely a little cabin somewhere then. Are there any national parks around here?” asked Mermae.

  “Dunno. I don’t know this area at all,” replied Kade.

  They both teased him some more, but Iain wasn’t going to spoil his surprise. He did love the happy banter back and forth, though. He’d always been able to talk to Kade about anything, to tease him even, and Mermae fit right in, with a friendly outlook that enabled her to both tease and be teased without losing her composure. “Oh God, I love you both so much,” he whispered.

  “Love you, too,” replied Mermae, patting his shoulder. Kade just punched his arm, but Iain didn’t need their words. Their smiles and obvious joy in all being together, ready to commit, was enough for him.

  Iain pulled their truck into a gravel driveway and stopped before a high metal gate. There were nice brick pillars either side of it, and maybe a one-hundred-foot length of brick fencing eight or so feet high, then the fence became wire. And slightly higher. When he looked closely he could see the fence was electrified, but to a casual onlooker it almost disappeared into the landscape, except there were no high trees overlooking it, and no shrubs or bushes up close to it.

  Iain jumped out of the truck and pressed the button on the brick pillar. A voice said, “Canterbury Gardens. How may I help you?”

  “It’s Iain.”

  The gate began to open, so Iain quickly climbed back into the truck and inched through the gap. A quick glance in his rear-view mirror showed the gate closing behind him, and then he had to concentrate on driving up the narrow gravel track.

  The track was little more than two wheel ruts in the gravel, with definitely only room for one vehicle at a time, and it meandered in and out of the trees, heading east, then west, then north for a time, before turning east again. After about ten minutes, they arrived at a boom gate across the track, with a wide turning circle in front of it, and a small, square, wooden structure with a sign reading, “Canterbury Gardens Store.”

  As Iain stopped the truck, a man with thick, curly, black hair stepped out of the little building, and smiled and waved at them. The boom gate rose and Iain drove through, then stopped again as soon as he was on the other side of the gate.

  “Hi, I’m Dwyer. It’s good to meet y’all.”

  “Thanks so much for letting us use your land. I couldn’t think of a safer place for us to be when we commit,” said Iain, smiling.

  Dwyer grinned. “Yeah, Nelson and I bonded on Halloween, too, but this year we’ll stay close by the house. This is your special night, after all.”

  “Thanks once again. Meet Kade, and Mermae.”

  Dwyer reached through the window and shook everyone’s hand, then gave Iain a hand-drawn map. “Mile and a half ahead the track branches. Go right. It gets pretty overgrown after a while, but we like it that way. After you ford the little creek, the track branches again a couple times. Go right then left, and then it’s only a mile or so until you’ll see the cabin. The fence-line is a good three miles south of you, so running in any other direction is your best bet.”

  He thumped the side of the truck with his spare hand then added, “Nelson and I will expect you for lunch tomorrow at the house, at one p.m. It’s marked on your map. The cabin you’re staying in has bottled water, coffee, and enough snacks for you to last until lunchtime.” Once again Dwyer thumped the truck door, then waved, and stepped back.

  “Thank you,” called Mermae, at the same time as Iain said, “I can’t thank you both enough.”

  Iain had to concentrate on his driving. He was traveling at walking speed, but even so, keeping his wheels in the ruts was a challenge in places. “When he said this track was overgrown, he wasn’t joking.”

  “Yeah, but when he said it’s safer that way he was right, too,” replied Kade.

  “That electric fence would keep out anyone who wasn’t mighty determined to get in, though,” said Mermae.

  “Yep. And I reckon they’d be very careful about checking the delivery trucks that come in and out. I bet there’s closed circuit TV or something to make sure a couple people don’t jump out the back of a van and get lost among the trees,” added Iain.

  “I’d never really thought about it before, but it’s tricky to maintain your wolf secret even way out here, isn’t it? You have to meet with people to earn a living, and to socialize at least a bit, yet the danger of someone wanting to kill you because you’re different never ends, does it?”

  Kade reached over and gave Mermae a hug. “That’s why we were so very pleased when you joined us. Now there are three of us to be together, instead of just two.”

  “It’ll be good to talk to Nelson and Dwyer tomorrow too. We can ask them about how they found their land and what sort of things they looked for. Get our frameworks in place for our own search,” added Iain.

  The creek was little more than a trickle over pebbles, but they weren’t at all sure they’d made the turns correctly until the cabin came into sight around yet another bend. The door wasn’t locked, but it had a bolt to be slid across, before the handle could be turned.

  “I wonder why. Do you suppose animals can turn handles?” asked Mermae.

  “I’ve heard of cats and monkeys opening doors, but I wouldn’t expect to find either of those animals here. But I guess it means likely others can learn to do it too.” Kade shrugged and grabbed their luggage from the back of the truck.

  “Hey, this is nice.” Mermae was the first inside the large room, which had a huge bed on one wall, an open fireplace with the fire already laid, and a basket full of wood ready on the hearth. There were also a table and four chairs, a counter with a microwave oven, coffee pot, and a refrigerator on the short wall.

  A tiny bathroom was off to the side of the room, and there were a couple of deep shelve
s with a mixture of canned and packet foods, books, and board games on them.

  “Everything you could possibly need for a short vacation,” said Kade appreciatively.

  “Do you really think we need more than the bed?” joked Iain.

  “So, when does the program start?” asked Mermae.

  Suddenly Iain’s cock stiffened, his chest began to pound and he realized this was it. At long, long last he was about to become part of a family. They would commit to each other this night. And yeah, maybe he’d even howl at the moon with happiness as Kade so often joked about with him.

  Clearing his throat, Iain said, “The outdoor final fuck has to be under the moon, so likely nine o’clock tonight. Counting back an hour or ninety minutes to run and fly, so perhaps five-ish?”

  “It’s three now. Let’s go for a walk around here and get to know the area,” suggested Kade.

  ****

  At five that evening they all turned to each other and then looked at the bed. That was one of the things Mermae loved about these men. They all seemed to think in the same ways, be on the same wavelength. Ten minutes ago they’d been happily brainstorming about crops or plants they could grow that were more than usually profitable in small amounts. Yet now, all she could think about was the commitment ceremony. “Time to get undressed,” she said, her voice suddenly husky.

  “One at a time. Kade first,” said Iain.

  Kade turned his back to them both, spread his legs wide, then undid his shoelaces.

  “You fraud.” Mermae laughed.

  “Cheat,” said Iain.

  Kade wiggled his butt at them both, then pulled his sweater off and unbuttoned his shirt, before prancing around a little and unzipping his jeans. Kade pulled his socks off next, then his shirt, then finally slid his jeans down over his hips.

  “No underwear. I like the way you think,” said Iain.