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I spent more time with Ruban than I thought I would for the next week, usually escorting him around the house from place to place whenever he requested to. He was getting around a lot better that before and would occasionally put weight on his bad leg but never complained of pain meaning it was almost healed.

I would take him to the library some days and teach him all about the different ranks in a pack and what was expected of them. I'd also teach him about the different races that existed around us, the Angels, Demons and Vampires and what to expect from all of them if and when he ever encountered them.

"I have been meaning to ask," he questioned one time while we were baking in the kitchen for the feast "Why do you guys celebrate Christmas? Its not like you follow the religions or anything."

"At first it was to save face around humans." I admitted "Easier to hide and blend in when you do the same as they do. However after a while it changed from that and we celebrate it for different reasons now."

"Oh? And what are they?" he queried looking up from the miniature apple pies and sweet mince pies I had been helping him make.

"We celebrate it for what it should be about and not the massively commercialised thing it's celebrated for now, peace, joy, family and goodwill to all. Even the wars and conflicts that pop up occasionally between the different races stop for this season." I said with a smile watching as he cut little crosses in the top of the pies.

"I think I like your reasons better than the one everyone else uses." he admitted with a laugh and smiled letting me take the trays and put them in the oven.

We stayed inside for the most part when we did hang out, my recent events causing me to fear the training areas. However the human had been scheming in his time with me and he somehow arranged a sparing match between myself and Callen, on Christmas eve during the day before the hunt. I did end up, begrudgingly, accepting it after Ruban said I could listen to music again if it made it easier for me or helped with my confidence.

By time we were ready we had amassed a small audience of War-wolves who had been training and a few Betas, Xander staying by Ruban and Beta Anders. I spotted Alpha Leo and Beta Leon, Beta Jeb and Beta Olivia scattered around the field. It would be a fight using wooden weapons so we wouldn't injure each other if or when we made a blow. He had a wooden sword, while I had a long wooden Glaive. I had chosen it carefully as I figured it would be easier for me to wield when I turned it into a dance again.

"This should be entertaining," Anders said with a smile "In all my time, I've never managed to defeat Callen... Only Alpha Leo has managed it, even his own father couldn't take him down after Callen hit his teens." Xander looked concerned for a moment but Anders just smiled to him and wagged his tail.

"Same rules as the fight the other day, no shifting, no killing," Ruban called "I will add however, avoid the headphones Callen."

"Ready?" Callen called to me and I gave a nervous nod. I limbered up a little, flexing and then just stood calmly, weapon held by both hands in front of me horizontally. Callen meanwhile got down low in a sprinters pose ready to charge, arm extended behind him holding his sword out.

"Ready... Set..." Ruban called out and I pressed the play button not really caring what song came on "GO!" Callen suddenly launched, clearly using all of his alpha strength to send himself shooting forward. I was mildly shocked and taken aback before the music drew my attention. 'Ugly heart' by G.R.L. and I couldn't help soft groan of irritation.

"Lets be graceful," I said to Lien and started spinning the Glaive in time to the music, with every thump of the beat I took a step, keeping my feet moving. Keeping a firm grasp of the poll I swung it out to meet his attack but I didn't let that stop me and it clearly didn't stop him either. I continued my dance, ducking and dodging as well as parrying his blows trying to keep up a reasonable rhythm.

I had little chance of defeating him and I knew that I wouldn't be able to treat him as I did Simba. Callen was an Alpha, he had more strength, stamina, experience and in bursts, speed than I did. He was bound to win but that didn't mean I was going to make it easy for him.

The song sadly wasn't conducive, for me anyway, to going hugely on the offensive although I was able to lash out at him once or twice. I swung at his feet when he next charged at me but he simply jumped over me and I had to quickly reposition to deflect the incoming blow from behind. Neither of us had gotten a blow in yet but we still did what we could to either land a blow or parry a blow from the other.

When the next song, 'Lose control' by the Saturdays came on, I couldn't hide my smile and my pose suddenly changed, though Alpha Callen wasn't concerned if he did notice. When he next charged I planted the glaive into the ground and used it as a pivot point for my body, swinging round to kick at him. I missed him of course but predicted his jump over me and swung the glaive up at him as he tried to sail over me. He blocked with his sword but was still air born long enough for me to put all my strength into the staff and send him flying away a few meters.

I got back to my feet deciding to use the weapon more as an extension of myself than as the weapon I saw it as. I lashed out my own body instead of the glaive as often as I could, gracefully dodging his swings to try to hit him myself. He hadn't expected this sudden change of tactics and I managed to catch him by surprise most of the time with my now semi random moves. When it didn't work however I brought the weapon into play again, now combating him like the Were I was with more wild moves.

The duel didn't last much longer however. Callen seemed to take it serious that I had suddenly taken on the offensive and was managing to fend him off and it only lasted another minute. The song hadn't even finished before he had managed to knock the weapon from my grasp. The act filled me with enough surprise that I froze to watch it and see Anders catch it as it went to fly past his head like it was the easiest thing in the world. My freezing gave him an opening and a second latter he had me pinned. The wooden sword was pointed at my throat and I was looking up at him with fear, something I never thought I would ever show him again.

"I...I...I... I YEILD!" I screamed in mild panic tail tucked and damn near wetting myself in submission.

"Doesn't matter if you do or not," he said simply with a chuckle "I won anyway." his pose softened and he pulled away from me tossing the wooden sword over his shoulder without looking to Anders who caught it the same way he had caught my weapon, with barely a flinch like it was something that happened every day.

"Not bad Neil," Callen praised and helped me up "You lasted longer than most do at your skill level, some practice would help you massively. Maybe next time we do this you'll be skilled enough that I can use two swords like I normally do."

"You were going easy on me?" I asked flustered giving a slight groan and he chuckled.

"For the start at least, till the song changed I'm guessing and then you really were making me take it a bit more seriously," he admitted with a smile "Few Weres use their body when they are wielding a weapon and it's not a sign of weakness to do so, the most skilled fighters are the ones who use both their weapon and body to attack an opponent."

"Admit it though," Ruban suddenly called to us "You both had fun!" there was a chortle around us and Callen smiled.

"I wont deny it," Callen said and I nodded agreeing "You've got some skill Neil, a natural talent for it. If you ever want to practice, just ask for access to the training Armoury. Give the other weapons a go as well, you never know you may find something that fits your style better."

"That's how Daivat found 'Happy'!" Beta Olivia sang out getting a laugh from most of the audience.

"Anyway, the hunt is in a couple of hours, go wash up and get ready for it." Callen said and walked over to Ruben.

"Yes, Alpha." I said and was joined by Xander on the walk back to our room. We spent the next few hours getting ready. Picking out clothes to wear if Randy and Lien decided to even put some on. We even arranged some bandages and medical equipment just in case before the moon came up and Lien and Randy took over. It was a little worrying when they did as we had needed to talk to them before hand about using condoms when and if they decided to play after the hunt.

Heading down to the backyard in full form and we made our way through the collected group of wolves to the back. We continued to get the same old looks from others around us but we decided to ignore it. Everyone was all surprised when Luna Ruban walked out next to Alpha Callen no longer in a cast although he was still favouring his other leg. Yelas walked out after them and trotted up to her mate and gave him a lick to the cheek.

"As last time, Endars, I request you carry our Luna. Lien and Randy, Please protect him if we are attacked by rogues again, returning him here should be your main priority if you can when that happens." Alpha said and there was scoffing from around Randy and myself.

"If last time was any indication, those foxes will either get themselves or our Luna killed." came a grumble from someone and Lacen snarled and stormed forward. Instinctively everyone shrunk away from him as he strode forward and he grabbed said wolf by the throat and lifted her clean into the air with ease while she tried to struggle and squirm free.

"Cherla, you and your human, Rachel, have caused nothing but problems lately! We heard what you just said," Alpha snarled loudly and while still carrying her stormed back to the house to hand her off to Luce "Here is your punishment and the punishment for anyone else who decides that continuing with this kind of shit! Put her in the cells, she is missing out of the hunt and tomorrows party!" Luce nodded taking her by the scruff and walked off into the house to lock her up.

"So, anyone else want to join her and be insulting to a member of your own pack? Or can we continue on with the hunt?" Alpha Lacen asked turning to face us all and there was a nervous shuffling, clearly no one wanted to miss out on the hunt "Good." he changed to full form quickly and ran through the pack off into the forest with everyone in hot pursuit not even a moment later.

The run was longer this time than the last hunt. Being mid winter most prey had either migrated or hunkered down to hibernate. Xander and I stayed close to Luna Ruban and Beta Endars almost touching shoulders with the larger male wolf as we ran, easily able to keep up. We eventually picked up the trail of several different prey groups, a family of boar, a couple of moose, a herd of deer and the usual small prey which quickly dashed away from our approaching paws.

We could smell the bears, who weren't able to gather fruits and berries at this time of year, tracking after the boar drift. They would be able to take them down easier than we would, boars were dangerous even to a strong pack like our own but wouldn't be much of a challenge to a huge sleuth of bears. Like a large shoal of fish we all turned and headed after the deer and moose who were, to our surprise, together. Splitting up to surround the group, Endars let Luna Ruban climb off his back and stand by a tree, Randy and myself running up to stand with him.

We were far enough away we could see the goings on but not close enough the prey could smell, hear or see us. Randy was, like last time, in mid form while he watched, muttering that he wished he could join in but figured he wasn't trained enough to be of any help and that protecting Ruban was just as important.

"Watch this." I said looking up at Randy who nodded passing the same message to Ruban. I sniffed at the ground scenting a hare and slowly walked away from them slowly. It took a minute before I centred in on my target under the thick snow. Hunching a bit I pounced, making a large arching leap into the air before landing, snout first into the snow and digging into it with my momentum.

I wasn't a master at this and missed the target more often than I got it. The others usually laughing at me with my butt stuck in the air and my hind legs flailing for purchase on something solid. This time however I snapped my jaws closed over the hare and managed to kill it with that quick bite. Flailing a little before I pulled up my head and prey I looked over to see Randy, Luna and Alpha watching me and trying not to laugh.

With a quick glance I saw they had felled the deer, the moose having gotten away but after turning to look at and nod to Ruban, Lacen changed back to full form and ran off with a large portion of the pack following leaving only a few behind to guard our kill and Luna. Trotting over to Randy and Luna feeling more than proud of myself I kept my head high as I ignored the looks and mutterings of 'That's the best she can do? Useless fox'. Placing the hare at my Luna's feet I licked my face clean of blood before I looked up to him wagging my tail.

"Heh, thanks Lien," he said and leaned down to pet my head "We may need more though if you want them for the feast however." my tail wagged a mile a minute and I nodded before I tracked off to find more.

Twenty minutes later I had made a small pile of about twelve hare for my Luna who had giggled each time I had made the diving leap. They were surprisingly dense in this area, and I had little trouble finding them. It was mildly concerning that Alpha and the main hunting party of war-wolves had not returned yet but I dismissed it as the moose were giving them more problems than they expected. I had shifted to mid form and stepped over to give Ruban a hug after he praised my skill when I heard the snarl.

I thought it was just Alpha Lacen having returned and being protective or jealous that I was so close to his mate. I let loose a scream of surprise and pulled Ruban away from the tree when a scruffy, red eyed wolf came charging from the trees and leapt at us, impacting with the tree instead of his intended fleshy target.

"Not again!" came a call from one of our pack wolves as a small pack of rogues appeared from the trees. Randy was soon grappling with one, the other wolves were handling what they could while Ruban and I were pinned against a tree by two. I was starting to panic, keeping Ruban behind me and trying to think of a way to get him back to the pack house and out of danger.

"Lien stay calm," Ruban said softly from behind me and I suddenly had headphones shoved in my ears. I looked back to see he also had a pair and smiled before he pressed play on the device in his pocket "This time, You're not alone" he said simply.

'Looser like me' by Glee came on over the headphones and I chuckled softly, adequate. Taking Ruban by the hand I pulled him to one side as we both started to dance to the music, dodging one of the wolves having pounced and ran head first into the tree again. We both sang the respective parts, me singing the female parts and him singing the male.

He had introduced me to the majority of the music on his device when he had been helping me get ready to fight Simba. I knew a majority of them word for word by now just as he did and this helped us get into a sync and rhythm with our dancing and moving. Stepping from place to place almost like we had practised it all and we managed to avoid everything they threw at us.

Our dancing was random, sometimes doing old disco moves, sometimes I was making him do a pirouette with a leg out making him kick forcefully at a wolves snout when they got too close. Most of the time I was just keeping Ruban moving as the rogues seemed to focus solely on him. At the end I had gotten Ruban over to a tree with several low hanging branches and using all the strength I had, I lifted him and threw him into the air letting him grab a branch and perch himself safely out of their reach just as the song ended.

"Here Neil!" he called down to me and I looked up between dodging a the wolves leaping at me and caught the two daggers he dropped me. I smiled and held them both in front of me facing the wolves.

"You want him?" I asked them not expecting a response but simply got a growl "You need to go through ME." As 'Edge of Glory' by Lady Gaga came on I laughed a little at the choice. I lowered myself and dashed forward at them, now able to focus on attacking while Ruban stayed safely out of the fray. I'd mostly given up on dancing but instead used it as a sense of timing almost able to see their moves. It was as if they were in time with the song and dodged their attempted blows accordingly before lashing out with one of the daggers. Dragging them over their faces, sides or backs, I didn't care if I was cutting deep or not. I was surprisingly having fun outwitting them with my erratic moving and semi-dancing.

Dodge, dance, slash, duck, spin, stab, sing out with the song. I could see the others around me watching me when they had the chance, surprised I was lasting this long against the rogues and was keeping my cool. It was probably due to the fact that last time I had been nearly killed by them and thought I would be cold and seeking revenge. All that was on my mind though was the fight and keeping my Luna safe, even the idea of accidentally being killed by a wrong move wasn't on my mind.

I barely registered when the song finished and changed to 'Stronger' by Kelly Clarkson as I continued. I did sing along with the chorus as I went, lashing out with a lifetimes build up of rage and anguish as I soon succeeded in slaughtering the two wolves, leaving the a daggers buried in their chests to the hilt.

I felt a hand land on my shoulder firmly and I turned to lash out with my claws, screaming in mild rage before my mind caught up with my eyes and I stopped, my claws just about to sink into Alpha Lacens face.

"Whoa, whoa! Its just us Omega," he said raising his hands in a mock sign of surrender "Good self-control though... where's my Luna?" I panted a bit pulling my hand back so quickly you'd think I had touched a bomb and calmed a bit before answering him.

"S...sorry Alpha I...I didn't..." I claimed before taking a deep breath "Luna Ruben is there." I said simply pointing up to the tree I had left him in and the human waved down at us. I looked around seeing the whole pack had assembled once more around the defeated rogues. The two moose were being carried by several wolves, others now collecting the deer and hare.

As the adrenaline wore off I started feeling the scratches and cuts I had gotten from the fight but hadn't registered. They were minor compared to the damage I had done to my two foes before I had finished them off. The snow around us was shades of pink and red with blood from not only the ones I had killed but the other dead rogues as well. While Callen and several pack members helped Ruban from the tree, Yelas looked over the wounded and Endars pulled the two daggers from the wolves and inspected them.

"Lien!" he called with a growl "Of all people... where did you get two silver daggers from!? Answer truthfully or you'll get a worse punishment!" he growled out and I took a step back from him surprised by his outrage.

"S...Silver? b...but I.." I hesitated whimpering softly now realising I was possibly in a huge amount of trouble.

"She got them from me," Ruban said stepping forward to stand next to me and pulling the headphones gently from my ears "And I got them from the armoury with Callen's permission just before the hunt." the large black wolf turned to look at Lacen who nodded.

"We had intended them as last ditch protection for himself in case this happened again," Alpha Lacen said simply "How was I to know he would give them to Lien? I guess between them though, in her hands they would be more use full than in his own."

"Next time... at least inform me please," he requested "I had him on my back after all."

"Sorry Beta, I did not intend to upset you," was the simple and honest response "Everyone back to the house! I want teams of five to go to the hot spots to inform of this rogue attack! Then back to patrolling, any injured are to be assisted. If we have had rogues here I'm sure they managed to get to the pack house, keep an eye out for the Sigma's handy work flying through the air!"

"Yes Alpha!" came a cry of responses which, to Ruban was a chorus of howls. Lacen let Ruban climb onto his own back once he had returned to full form for the return trip. He had wanted to run with him for a while and had a look on his face of pure joy as everyone went into an all out sprint. Randy and myself running either side of the pair before swapping sides in front of them and tearing on ahead like it was a race making Ruban laugh at our childish fun.

Culem however was still perched in his usual place till we were all in the yard. Standing atop the highest point of the pack house with only the glow of the moon to illuminate him and his magnificent plumage. He jumped and flapped his wings spreading them to their full span before floating down to land gracefully at the steps up to the decking and back door in front of Lacen.

"I take it was a good hunt," he said simply with a purr as he folded his wings closed against his back "Smells like you ran into some trouble though... it has been quiet here all night."

"That's good to hear," Lacen said as the prey was taken into the back of the house and the wounded, regardless of how small the injury was, were dragged inside by Yelas "Keep vigil, I doubt that was all of them."

"My Alpha, I solemnly swear," the feline started placing a hand over his chest "That I will remain on alert till the sun has risen."

"I thought you were about to say 'that I am up to no good'" Ruban said with a laugh and getting one in return.

"Ah Luna, you know me too well, I assure you however that I take my job seriously, even if I don't act it." he said just before a snowball landed in the back of Ruban's head then gave his usual Cheshire cat grin.

Randy and I finally got to our room about thirty minutes later, Yelas and Shelly fussing over the scratches and bites we had both received. She eventually released us once she was happy that we weren't going to bleed out. Randy was on the bed in a flash and smiling up at me, cock fully hard out of his sheath as if he had been holding it in check for the last ten minutes.

"Well aren't you a horny thing?" I asked and he chuckled "Want to live up to you name hmm?"

"Only when your around, and showing off everything for the world to see." he answered referring to my nudity. These hunts were one of the few times we were all able to go nude in mid form. I chuckled and walked over, pulling a condom out of the bedside table and waved it at him.

"You know the rules, they would never forgive us if we didn't obey," I told him. He grumbled and changed to full form and wagged his tail "Now you know that wont stop us needing to use the condom, but we can still do it in full form if you really want to." he wagged his tail seemingly to be happy with the idea.

Slipping the condom onto his red-rocket and making sure It was secure around his shaft by giving it a few strokes I got up onto the bed and changed into my full form. We licked and rubbed our muzzles against each other before I turned from him lifting my rear and tail, presenting myself to him.

He wasted little time, diving nose first into my snatch and licking firmly over my spade making me jump and give a soft groan. He gave a soft pleased growl and continued his licking, his tongue pushing into my sex getting me well and truly worked up.

Giving a whimper when he pulled away I looked back at him to see him lift up before wrapping his forelegs around my hips and pulling himself firmly against me. His tip pressed at my entrance to teasingly poke and rub at it.

"How badly my Vixen?" he asked with a soft growl and I released another needy whimper and pressed back against him.

"P...Please... don't tease me." I answered back to him and he chuckled a little before pushing forward, hilting himself in the one easy move. I gave a low growling groan as he did, his cock filling me so perfectly it was like it was made just for my most intimate of places. I expected the usual hard, fast fuck as was instinct for canines. A blind series of rapid humps towards the eventual climax but that wasn't what I got.

He was slow, humping me like he was savouring every millimetre of contact from our two organs. We groaned and growled out in unison as he slowly pounded in, my tail wrapping around his middle as we made slow passionate love instead of fucking like the randy vulpines we were. He did start to build up speed after a while, whimpering softly and nibbling and licking at my scruff and ears as he soon got to the hard jack hammering that I knew I would love him for.

"S...so close my mate" he groaned out "I...In or o...out?".

"D...do it R...Randy" I whimpered back to him "T...Tie me, fill me w...with that fat knot like w...when you will give me our kits!" he gave a loud growl and pushed in hard, his large knot popping into my tight snatch and swelled quickly to lock him in. We both gave a soft vulpine howl as it pushed us over the edge, his cock erupting into the condom and filling it as my pussy tried to milk his cock for all his balls could give.

We panted heavily as he stayed on my back not wanting to dismount and turn to be butt to butt with me as usual canines would do. Shifting slowly we laid down on out side staying in that position while the afterglow washed over us and started to usher us into sleep.

"Ohhh... I...I love you Randy" I said softly and he licked at my ears and head.

"I love you too Lien," he responded "Now sleep my vixen, sleep. Tomorrow is a busy day for our humans."

Waking up in full form with Xander and Randy in full form curled around us was an unbelievably good feeling. I yawned and stretched a little before slowly getting up and then off the bed. I figured I would get the gifts and head out to put them under the tree in our room. No one had had a chance to open any stocking stuffers yet so all the ones I was going to hand out were still with the rest of the gifts I had gotten.

I had to shift to mid for to open the door to the attic I shifted back to full form before trotting in then towards where I had them hidden I yelped loudly when I couldn't find them. Whimpering I searched the whole attic before running back into the bedroom.

"X...Xander!" I called making him jump awake "I...Its all gone!" I whimpered loudly and he looked down at me giving a yawn.

"What do you mean?" he asked confused and I whimpered more.

"Th...The presents I had gotten... they are all gone!" I responded feeling like I was going to break into tears "I...I'd stashed them in the attic but they aren't there any more!"

"Hush, hush love, well find them... lets go see Callen and tell him, maybe he will know or have some idea." he said trying to calm me down and I nodded as we shifted to mid form and pulled on our clothes for the day.

"Where will he be you think?" he asked me softly as we walked downstairs.

"If he isn't in his room or office... he will be in the Family room" I said and lead him towards it "He will be in there with Ruban... the room is reserved for the Community Alpha family." He nodded taking me by the hand and gave a soft squeeze as we walked soon getting to said room. I knocked on the door gently and it opened less than a second later.

"Ah Good morning Niel, Lien, Xander and Randy," He said calmly "Try to keep it down a bit, Ruban is sleeping on the couch, to what do we owe the visit this morning?" I gave a soft whimper looking to Xander then back to him.

"M...Morning Alpha," I said slowly "I hate to ruin your morning but I think the Christmas gifts I got were stolen... I cant find them in the attic where I had them stored."

"I see... they weren't under your tree?" he asked and I shook my head and he stepped back into the room leaving the door open "I see, that is most troubling... Most troubling indeed. I don't know what I'd do if any of the ones I got went missing..." I gave a whimper as I watched him walk through the room towards the couch. Oddly he had a smile on his face which disturbed me a little and he nodded towards the tree in that room making me look over to it.

Under it was a large collection of gifts, all various shapes and sizes but something caught my eye. There, snuggled under that tree were the gifts I had gotten... all of them. I blinked and stammered as I looked at them then back to Callen who was smiling widely.

"How...when...what... Why are they in here?!" I exclaimed loudly and he chuckled.

"The resident Father Christmas made sure they got where they needed to go" he said simply and next to me Xander face palmed "Luce has known for a while where you hid them, last night, during the hunt, he delivered them here."

"B...but why here?" I asked with a whimper "We aren't allowed in here."

"Ah that's where you are wrong my little Omega," he said walking over and gently took my hand "Remember what I said to you a while ago? 'You are the sibling my mother always wanted me to have'. To me you ARE family, that means you and your mate are welcome in this room any time. Your gifts are in here because this is where they deserve to be, under the tree you helped decorate, in the room reserved for the Community Alpha family, your family." he kept his smile and gently guided me into the room with Xander following us and my mate closed the door softly behind him.

Laying on the lounge was Ruban snoozing softly yet fully dressed like he had woken up, gotten dressed and fallen back to sleep. Laying over his lap was a wolf I didn't recognise. The fur on his back was a light golden sandy colour while the rest was a bright white. He had a darker brown on his ears, tail tip, forehead and between his eyes onto the middle of his snout. He was just as large as Lacen was and seemed to exude the same aura of dominance as the Alpha wolf did even while asleep.

"He's gorgeous isn't he?" Callen asked with a smile as he guided me to sit with Xander next to me. He stepped over and gently shook Rubans shoulder "Wake up love, they are here now." the human and wolf both groaned and blinked then yawned looking up at him.

"Mmm, sorry... I dozed off again..." he grumbled softly and Callen chuckled "Last night was a little exhausting" he admitted and Xander chuckled softly.

"Heh heh, I know all about that" Xander said smiling "So, I think introductions are in order?" Ruban looked to Xander then down to the wolf who had spotted me and quickly made his way over to rub against my shoulder and chest.

"Sounds like a good idea" he said laughing "Come here you... Xander, Randy, Neil, Lien... This is Barrun." I felt my tail wag as the wolf raised a paw and 'waved' at us in a hand shake like move. I noticed Xander and Callens tails were wagging as well.

"Finally got him last night" Ruban added "Was easier than your first time thankfully Xander, I'm still learning how to... control him I guess you could say."

"Control is a good way to say it," I said with a smile "The instincts are something that you will probably struggle with for a little while, it took Xander a few days to master them." he nodded and there was a knock on the door.

"So busy this morning, Come in!" Callen called and it opened exposing Luce who had a 'silver' tray with four cups with saucers, two pots, a small milk jug, and a bowel of sugar cubes. It was actually made from pewter as it had the same look but without the danger to Were's.

"Tea and coffee Sirs and Ma'am," he said as he stepped in and placed it gently down on the table and looked at me with a smile on his face "Later." he said simply referring to his sneaky behaviour last night and the whereabouts of the gift I had gotten him. He gave a soft bow then walked out closing the door behind him softly.

"We'll open gifts in a second" Callen said as he poured himself a cup of coffee, adding some milk and a cube of sugar "First, everyone grab a drink and relax a bit, it's still early, we have plenty of time."

Nodding I waited for Ruban to poor himself a cup of the herbal tea before a got myself a cup of coffee. Callen, Xander and myself decided to change back to drink, our animals all mingling while I sat squirming a little uncomfortably in the female clothing I had chosen that morning. No one mentioned it though and I was grateful for that, the conversation instead turning to the newest addition to the pack.

"Barrun is an odd colouring for a wolf isn't he?" Xander finally asked as he sipped at his own cup of tea "I can understand Lacen as he probably has Arctic wolf in him somewhere and Endars colouration as well... but isn't sandy gold unheard of?"

"True," Callen responded resting back on the couch next to Ruban "But he could have some African heritage in him as there is a species in Africa that is golden in colour, or it just could be a one in a million rare domestication mutation. Its not wholly unheard of and mutations do happen, for example Neil and Lien. Its just something that randomly pops up from time to time."

"It is a lovely colour combination." I pipe up with a smile and Callen laughed.

"I love him regardless of what his colours are like but yes, it is pretty," he admits and gives Ruban a kiss on the cheek "But anyway, we will be revealing him tonight as a surprise at the party ok? Keep this under your hats... or fur for now." we nodded and took another sip of our drinks and sat in silence for a few minutes just watching the two wolves and two foxes play together on the floor.

"Ok," Callen said finishing his drink and placing it down "Stockings first, Neil could you refill my coffee for me?" I nodded as he got up and went to the mantle grabbing the fat and stuffed sacks and started handing them out. Their content was taken more in a joking manner than I had expected but the gifts were good regardless. Most were toys and things for our animal forms to wear or use. From bows and collars to bells and balls or chew toys.

"Looks like we all had fun getting these" I said with a chuckle "Did you guys need to go so girly for me?" I asked and Xander and Ruban giggled nodding.

"Yes!" they said in unison and started laughing. Causing Callen and myself rolled our eyes in unison watching them and waiting form them to finish their fits of laughter.

"Ok, lets move on you lot," Callen eventually said with a smile once they finish laughing, he wandered over to the tree and grabbed a random box and he read out the name tag "Xander." he hands it over letting him open it before he moved on. He opens it slowly and exposes the voucher for the ear piercings and the jewellery I had gotten him.

"Oh my god thank you." he said looking to me and I smiled giving him a tight hug as Callen moved on to the next gift.

"Hmm, Lets see... Ruban," he said handing it over and letting him open it. Inside was a necklace of a wolf fang being held onto by a well crafted claw.

"Its one of my own." Alpha explained with a smile "Now I'll always be with you in one way or another." Ruban smiled and gave him a hug and kiss on the cheek.

"Thank you puppy." the male says letting him go and get another gift as he puts the necklace around his neck.

"Ah, one for me." Alpha said opening it revealing it was a painting of himself in mid form. It was done really well I should add, a full moon and forest in the background the Alpha was standing on a cliff top in the foreground overlooking the forest.

"Oh wow." Callen said looking it over.

"That's from both myself and Xander," Ruban said with a smile "Its not the best work I've ever done or Xander has done... but we did the best we could." Callen nodded and smiled sitting it down and gave both of them a tight hug. They continued on like this for a while, opening gifts and giving a hug in thanks for its content. I didn't get much more than clothes for both my mid and human form but the looks on their faces was more than enough to make me happy. Till eventually Alpha came to a box and a brief look at it handed it over to me. I was indeed curious about its contents and opened it slowly.

Inside was a vase that had a forest setting engraved into the outside with a wolf pack running through it. Inside the pot was a bag of some mixture of various plant materials of some kind and I eyed it suspiciously before opening it and sniffed cautiously.

Citrus, Rosemary and Lavender came to my nose as well as several other scents I couldn't determine and I slowly came to realise just what it was. This was some of Alpha Callen's blend that he would sprinkle on the fire in his room.

"It had a good effect on you when you were in my room," Callen said with a smile "I figured I would provide you with your own supply, there's just enough in there to last all winter. This blend will burn blue when you sprinkle it onto the fire. However don't cook anything over it if you add it, the stuff that makes it go blue gives off a toxic fumes when burned... is it ok?" I nodded and got up to hug him tightly.

"Thank you Alpha." I said while hugging and he chuckled softly

"Now now, what did I tell you? Its Callen, not Alpha," he scolded playfully "When you need more let me know ok?" I nodded and sat back down sniffing at the mix before closing it back up and place it carefully down.

"Ah another one for you Neil." he said handing over the next gift. I was curious and slowly opened it. Inside was a new smart phone and I was again floored. I had needed to get a mobile phone since the abduction event. Now I had one, a latest model and there was a note in the box saying it was fully charged and was connected to the local network under my name.

"It also has a full copy of my music list on it," Ruban said with a smile and I looked up to him surprised "That's not from me by the way." he added and chuckled pointing to Xander who just smiled.

"Now, I'll be able to contact you any time I'm worried about you," my mate said with a smile "We can also use it to track your location if you go missing again, it has some special technology built into that lets us do that." I nod and turn the phone on, it coming up with a picture of Xander and randy in full form. His nose was close to the camera and a cute look on his face, eyes wide, a small bit of tongue poking out and ears flat back against his head. It warmed my heart just as much as the next picture did when I unlocked the phone. It was a picture of Ruban, Xander and Callen all together, the latter two in mid forms and looking lovingly at the camera.

"We are already in there as contacts," Callen said with a smile "Now before you break into tears, here's another one gift for you." he handed it over and I inspected the small box before opening it. It was a pair of bluetooth headphones and a 'battery block'. A spare battery capable of charging my phone and headphones while I was out and about if they ever got low.

"That's from me," Ruban said with a smile "Now you don't need to rely on my headphones any more." I nodded and pulled him into a hug.

"Now, only a few more..." Callen said and pulled out another gift and handed it to Xander. Alpha had a large grin on his face as it was opened exposing a wicker weave basket. It had a deep red satin pillow in it and I could tell just by looking that it was stuffed with the same soft fluffy feathers as my own and Callens and Xander looked at it in awe.

"A basket fit for a member of my family" Callen said with a smile "Rose wood used for the wicker and that band is white gold. Every Were deserves a basket to call their own, I've been working on this since you two met."

"Th...thank you," my mate said looking at it in awe still "I...I don't know what to say." Callen chuckled and shook his head.

"You don't need to say anything Xander, I was happy to make it. You deserve it as much as Neil deserves his, as I deserve mine and as much as Ruban will deserve his own when that is made."

"Your making me one?" Ruban asked in surprise and got a nod in response.

"Yep, I've been perusing woods to use for a while and have finally settled on one. You'll get it in a few weeks when I'm done making it." Came Callen's response and Ruban nodded smiling. We waited for Xander to finish showing it off to Randy who wanted to be in it as soon as possible.

"And last but not least... oh its for me.." picking up the last box he was surprised that it was for him. Opening it he was curious for a moment before exposing the statuette that I had made in the pottery workshop and was suddenly shocked.

"Wh...Who made this?" he asked looking it over then looked to the faces and smiled before turning to look at me "Neil... You?" I smiled in return and nodded

"I had the idea while browsing the shops," I explained "White and orange gold leaf, I made it all myself in one of the pottery workshops in town... it took me a while, I wanted it to be perfect... do you like it?" he nodded and hugged me tightly after placing it down.

"I love it Neil, Its perfect." he said while hugging me tightly.