by Sy Walker
“Well I’m really glad to hear that Greg,” Luke said, grinning at him. He stood and began pulling things out from the backpack. Greg watched as he set to work unpacking, and then quickly built a fire again to get ready for dinner. When that was done he started to set up the tents. Greg watched him, rising once from his seat to see what he could do. But Luke wouldn’t have any of it.
“You sit on down and let me take care of this. I don’t want anything happening to you because I wasn’t a gentleman. If you’re gonna have my pup, I might as well accommodate you right? Now seriously, just relax and let me show you how this is done. You don’t come across to me as the type who went camping very much as a kid and you’re gonna need to have all the pointers you can get if that’s the case.”
Greg last. Although he was embarrassed that Luke was right, he was also flattered by the attention and Luke’s willingness to show him the ropes. He didn’t treat him like he was stupid for not knowing things. Instead, he explained the commonly and generously until he had the right idea. Most of the time, people looked down on him if he wasn’t exactly the way they thought he should be, but Luke was nothing like that. He accepted them for exactly how he was. Every second he spent the man became more intense and powerful than the last. How had he never known anybody so amazing before? He had been missing out.
Finally, once camp was set up, Luke sat down beside Greg.
“Are you hungry?”
“Not yet,” Greg said. He had been feeling a little bit nauseated actually, especially after admitting to Luke that his entire life had been a lie and that the only sincere thing he had ever felt was what he had experienced in his brief time with Luke.
“Are you feeling all right?”
“I should probably tell you that I’m scared of dogs,” Greg blurted.
What was quiet for a moment and then he burst out laughing.
“Well I don’t mean to sound insensitive,” Luke said, wiping a tear from his eye. “But as the parent of a pup, that’s going to be pretty difficult for you.”
“I know,” Greg said miserably. Luke last again, a hearty belly laugh that started to make Greg feel embarrassed again.
“What’s so funny?” Greg asked.
“It’s not funny. It just seems silly to me that you’re even willing to be out here in the woods with a wolf shifter and pregnant with my pup when you’re afraid of dogs. We are more dog than dog you know. We are wolves. I guess you’re in the wrong place, kid.”
Luke slapped Greg on the back and stood.
“It’s not like that. I mean I can still be around them, I just wanted you to know that if I get scared, it’s not because I don’t trust you. That’s all.”
Greg lowered his eyes to the ground, his face burning with embarrassment and misery. Luke seemed surprised by the revelation and raised his eyebrows. He took Greg by the shoulders and brought him into a warm embrace.
“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings or something. I just find it funny whenever people are afraid of dogs. Were the most loyal and kindhearted creatures on the planet if you don’t mistreat us. It’s just that there are a lot of people out there who mistreat us. You know what I mean.”
“Yeah, I know. On the one that attacked me had probably been mistreated by somebody somewhere down the line. It just left me a little bit scared, that’s all. I can still be a parent. I mean I think so. All of this is so strange and confusing. I’m not really sure what I’m doing.”
“Well you don’t have to worry about that. I’m going to be here for you every step of the way, all right?”
Luke smiled down at Greg, and Greg instantly felt himself relaxing.
“All right,” he said.
Chapter 10
A few hours later, after they had eaten dinner, Greg and Luke sat beside the fire together talking in hushed tones. It seemed like nature had chosen to quiet down for the night, and both of them lowered their voices to accommodate her while she slept. Greg had never been camping before, and was surprised by how soothing it was to be outside under the stars. He had always assumed that it would be scary to be deep within the woods, but he felt safe with Luke, and nothing that would have normally scared him about being in the woods at night was bothering him anymore.
“You know, even if we part ways, I want you to know that you can come to me if you need anything at all,” Luke said. “I’ve been around on this earth for quite a while now, so I’ve got ways to get what I want and what I need. So don’t hesitate all right? I know we don’t know each other that well, but I want you to realize that you’re taking care of now. You’ve got me on your side. And unless you do something to change that, that’s the way it will always be.”
“Loyal to a fault,” Greg said softly. He didn’t want to do anything to change the way that Luke felt about him. It was scary to consider that he might be able to ruin their relationship somehow. He couldn’t imagine going back to his normal life, sleeping in Marty’s apartment and raising a wolf shifter child. Now that he had gotten a taste of life with the shifter, he wasn’t sure that anything else would ever do. But wasn’t he moving too fast?
“I don’t think that is such a thing as faulty loyalty. If you care about somebody, you stick with them until the end. You know? Anything else isn’t real. There’s no point in committing to somebody on this is going to go all the way.”
“What if we went all the way?” Greg blurted. Since Luke seems to care so much about honesty and loyalty, he might as well be out with what he was thinking. Most normal people would think it was crazy talk, thinking about all of this strange ways that things could go wrong, but Greg and Luke had such an odd and powerful connection that maybe it wouldn’t seem so strange after all.
“You mean what if we mated for life?” Luke asked, studying Greg seriously. From the looks of things, it seemed as if Luke himself had been considering this question as well. It wasn’t surprising.
“Yeah, what if we mated for life?” Greg said softly, holding Luke’s eyes. They were both serious now, and considering the weight of what they were talking about.
“Well I don’t think that’s something we should be talking about until you have been able to see me in my wolf form,” Luke said, casting his eyes to the ground thoughtfully. “I don’t want you to start deluding yourself with these fun ideas that seem like it would be easy for you when in reality, you’re not going to be able to handle me for who I am. That’s why I have been single this long as it is. Nobody wants to handle me for who I am. And I’m not going to apologize or make any compromises. The way I am works for me and that’s just how it’s going to be.”
“That sounds fair,” Greg said, his heart pounding heavily in his chest. He had never seen anybody actually shifted to a wolf before. There were videos of it on the Internet that he had seen once or twice, but he knew that it was nothing compared to witnessing the real thing. And he had never seen anybody shift back into their human form either. All of this was really new to him. Maybe if he had been able to talk to his friend before any of this happened, she would’ve been a little more prepared. But he had gotten himself into this, and now he would just have to see it through.
Luke stood up and walked slowly toward Greg, his eyes glimmering in the firelight.
“Not going to do this, and I don’t want to scare you. Do you understand? I won’t hurt you. Even if you get scared. And if you are too scared, you just say so. I will understand and I will come right back to you as a human. And then, maybe if you can handle me as a wolf, we can talk about mating for life and what that might mean to both of us. Because right now in your head, as far as I’m concerned that’s a fairytale. And I would take it seriously only when you know who I am.”
“But if I could handle you?” Greg asked, his heart pounding anxiously in his chest. “Would you want to be with me?”
Luke answered with a wry smile and then immediately began his transformation. Greg’s mouth went dry as the man began to shrink and sprout hair. His muscles reorgani
zed themselves, and a warm, pulsating energy radiated from his body as he changed. It must’ve taken a lot of energy for his body to be able to completely shape shift into something else, and Greg had never considered what it might feel like to be somebody witnessing another person’s transformation. It was almost erotic in a way as Luke’s clothes melted away and the hot energy brought goosebumps to Greg’s flesh.
Finally, a huge flash of light blinded Greg temporarily for a moment. When he could see again, standing before him was a gorgeous silver wolf. The wolf’s blue eyes stared into Greg’s, and he knew immediately that he loved the man in front of him. There was no fear in his heart. Only excitement and awe. Greg had never seen a creature so beautiful and flawless before. Luke seemed to be able to sense Greg’s reaction and took a tentative step forward before nuzzling Greg’s hand. Greg rested his forehead against the wolf’s, and the wolf’s face broke into a huge, goofy smile. It stood, wagging its tail for a moment before it turned on his heel and ran with all of its speed into the woods.
***
About 15 minutes later, the wolf returned from the woods. Greg’s heart thudded in excitement upon hearing the muted footfalls of the wolf’s pads hitting the leafy ground. He was happy to see it emerge from the darkness, and when it stopped in front of him Greg smiled.
“I missed you,” he said.
The smile returns to the wolf’s face and then suddenly Greg was blinded by another flash of light. The transformation began again and soon Greg was blinking hard as the warm strength of Luke’s hand took his. He was shocked, but pleasantly, to see that Luke was completely naked in front of him. The clothes had not magically reemerged on his body and were still laying in a pile beside the space where he had transformed. He wasn’t sure why he hadn’t expected Luke to be naked when he shapeshifted back into his human form, but the combination of the erotic energy that was omitted during the transformation and the sites of Luke’s perfect body exposed right before him immediately made Greg grow hard.
Without saying a word, Greg pulled Luke toward him by the waist and envelopes the man’s cock with his hot mouth. Luke moaned in surprise and pleasure as Greg sucked him deeply and gently, coaxing him to grow hard in his mouth. Luke started to pull off Greg’s shirt and Greg stood up so that they could kiss.
Luke’s body was glowing golden in the firelight, and Greg had never seen anybody look so perfect before. He moaned when Luke’s calloused hands made their way into his jeans and gripped his swollen shaft, squeezing it and stroking it. Every stroke sent thrills of pleasure up and down Greg’s body. Greg moaned deeply as they pleasured each other, until finally both men were fully nude.
Luke lifted Greg and pinned him against a tree, kissing him fervently on the neck and down his back. Greg moaned deeply when Luke gripped Greg’s cock in his hand and squeezed him tightly as Luke rubbed his swollen shaft against Greg’s ass cheeks.
“How’s that feel?” Luke’s deep voice rumbled into Greg’s ear, sending another thrill throughout Greg’s whole body.
They writhed against each other until Greg could no longer hold back his orgasm. He came hard into Luke’s hand, and soon Luke loosened his grip on Greg’s shaft. He used the semen in his hand to wet his erection, lubricating himself so that he could press the hot head of his penis into Greg’s opening.
Greg hissed in a sweet combination of pain and pleasure as Luke started thrusting into him, stuffing himself fully inside. It made him instantly hard again and Luke stroked Greg as Greg bent himself over for Luke, shivers of pleasure causing him to tremble against the tree where he was steadying himself. Luke uttered a deep moan of pleasure as Greg’s body enveloped him again and again, and he picked up his pace, his every thrust hot and desperate for release.
Greg tensed up as he felt himself close to the verge of cumming again. Luke seemed to sense this but he wasn’t ready to finish so he slowed his hips, bringing tantalizing shivers of desire quaking through Greg’s body. But it seemed to be too much for Luke to handle, and soon he was back to his urgent thrusting, expertly pleasuring Greg as he took pleasure for himself at the same time.
He stopped suddenly and Greg felt the man’s massive cock trembling inside of him, and a small burst of hot semen flooded his hole. It was a little anti-climactic and Greg was confused for a moment, until suddenly Luke began rocking his body hard against him, jamming his cock deeper and harder than he had ever been penetrated in his life. With every thrust Luke unleashed another powerful torrent of cum until Greg couldn’t handle anymore. His body was on fire and he began shooting his load into Luke’s hand.
They came together, wave after wave of hot pleasure erupting inside Greg, until finally both men were completely finished and Luke pulled himself out. They collapsed into each other panting heavily. Luke was the first to stand up straight. He took Greg by the hands and helped him to his feet, then walked briskly to the tent and pulled the sleeping bags outside beside the fire.
“Let’s lay under the stars for a while,” Luke said softly, helping Greg to lower himself carefully onto the sleeping bag. They fell asleep with their arms draped over each other, Greg’s head against Luke’s broad chest. He had never had such an easy time falling asleep before, and decided immediately that he loved to sleep under the stars.
Chapter 11
They spent the rest of the week camped out together, getting to know one another intimately. Every day they would eat breakfast together, then Luke would shift and go for a run in his wolf form. Greg would tidy up the camp site and sip on the special drink that Luke had prepared for him to help the pup’s development. It also had an unexpected effect on Greg. His wolf-like senses became even more acute, and soon he and Luke were able to communicate with their silences just as easily as they did through verbal words.
Luke was slightly surprised but mostly pleased by the development, only showing concern when Greg would become anxious because of sensing other animals in the vicinity. Luke began prowling around the camp regularly in his wolf form and he was able to comfort Greg. Eventually they came to the last day of the camping trip. Greg was getting really pregnant and Luke decided it was time to make sure that he was comfortable in a good, safe environment. While they were both enamored with the woods, a terrible downpour quickly helped them both realize that it wasn’t feasible for Greg to stay there in his condition. Maybe if he had been born a wolf shifter it would have been all right, but if he got sick while pregnant, the pups would be at risk, especially in this stage of their development.
Luke beckoned Greg not long after and they moved together through the wilderness, heading back toward the house. When they approached the back yard however, Luke stopped abruptly.
“Luke?”
“Shh!” Luke snapped. Greg recoiled, deeply hurt by the man’s quick reprimand.
““You don’t have to snap.”
“Yeah, old man, don’t need to wound the poor widdle baby, do you?” Bruce’s cruel voice wafted toward them and he emerged from the shadows. Greg gasped. He hadn’t expected to ever see the man again, but Luke didn’t seem to be quite as surprised.
“Get out of here Bruce, if you know what’s good for you.”
Bruce ignored Luke and walked toward Greg, sneering.
“Looks like you got a widdle pwoblem,” Bruce continued. “Babies having babies, what a world we live in.”
“Shut the hell up!” Luke growled, putting himself between the Greg and Bruce. “I told you to leave.”
“Not likely old man!” Bruce exclaimed. “I told you I would have my revenge and that’s what I’m going to do. I’ve been waiting to get the jump on you. Didn’t realize the two of you would get along so well. Guess baby found a daddy after all.”
Bruce advanced once again toward Greg, reaching his hand out toward his belly. That seemed to be the last straw for Luke, who snarled viciously and immediately began the stunning transformation from man to wolf. Bruce seemed surprised, but pleased, and a smug smile curled his lips.
Greg was
terrified. He knew why Bruce looked so confident. Luke was an older man, and although it meant he was worldly and experienced, just like everything in nature it could also mean that he wasn’t likely to maintain the same amount of strength that he had when he was younger. Besides, after spending so long in the woods waiting on Greg hand and foot, the old man was probably tired out and ready for some rest and relaxation.
Unfortunately, it seemed that Bruce had other plans, and was thrilled by the challenge. He shapeshifted into his wolf form – a black, mangy looking thing that Greg could smell from where he was standing – as Luke crouched, baring his fangs at Bruce and growling ominously.
“Don’t fight,” Greg whispered, his voice wavering. If anything happened to Luke, he didn’t know what he would do. Luke appeared not to hear him and continued to bristle, until finally, Bruce seemed unable to wait any longer and pounced.
Luke met him in the air, as fast as lightning, and knocked the black wolf onto the ground with a sickening thud. He didn’t stay down long though, and reared his head, biting Luke’s muzzle as he righted himself back onto his four legs. Greg flinched at the sight of blood on Luke’s face, but soon the action was picking up again and Luke was flinging Bruce onto the ground, intimidating him with his size and muscle.
Bruce was still for a moment and Greg almost let himself sigh in relief. However, it seemed to be just a ruse. When Luke began to lower his guard, Bruce got up once again and attacked him from behind, sinking his teeth deeply into Luke’s neck. A heart-wrenching whimper escaped the silver wolf’s lips and Greg started to run toward them. Luke whipped his head toward Greg and snarled ferociously, enough to keep Greg frozen in place as he regained the upper hand with Bruce.