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**Wolfie Steel. ©

Assassin/Bodyguard for hire. ©

Written by Wolfie Steel©**

The rights to all the characters depicted in this story belong to me, Wolfie Steel, with the exception of Linkin Doberman, Matt Bond, Hammy and Loboron. The rights to these characters belong to their owners and creators and are used with their express permission and with my never ending gratitude.

MORE legal stuff, this story contains scenes of a homosexual nature, mild violence, mild to strong use of language, if you are easily offended by any of this, or are not old enough to read the material, please go no further, otherwise please enjoy.

**_Linkin Doberman: Linkin Doberman ©

Matt Bond: kashito91 ©_**

_ Part 36. _

I stand in the cemetery at the side of an open hole that will soon be filled by the body of my lover; Todd Styles begins the final part of the funeral. At this point I completely shut down I only remain standing with the help of Matt and Wolverine. The words that Todd speaks I do not hear, the actions he makes I do not see, all that I can see and hear is Tony speaking to me.

"Wolfie my love, don't let this be the end, remember our vow that if anything happened to one of us, the other would carry on, promise me that you will love again. When it is your time to rest, we will be together again, so this is not goodbye, it is until we meet again"

The sound and image of Tony slowly drifts from my thoughts just in time for me to catch Todd's final words.

"Rest in peace Anthony Daniel Stone Steel"

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With the ceremony now over everyone starts to make their way towards their cars to head home, I turn to Wolverine and ask if he and Matt will lower me down at the graves edge and give me a little alone time, they both do as I ask and gently lower me down so that I am sitting at the edge of the grave, they then walk back to the car to wait for my call.

As I sit there I take a single red rose from the inside pocket of my jacket and drop it onto the lid of the coffin. As my tears begin to flow I become aware that I am not alone, I look to my left and see the black lab sitting next to me, his head hung low, he speaks in hushed tones.

"I know that right now you probably want to kill me, and who could blame you? I didn't realise who you were yesterday when I held my knife against your throat, it wasn't until I was called by the guys that hired me that I suddenly realised I had misunderstood the orders that I had been given. Sorry doesn't really seem to portray how bad I feel at this moment"

After his speech, the lab now shaking tentatively licks my cheek; the soft touch of his tongue against my cheek is close to that of my love Tony. Twenty four hours ago this guy was trying to kill me and yet here and now he is being so warm and gentle. Before I can respond the lab takes flight. I look up to the heavens and a smirk plays across my muzzle.

"Yo Tony, I know that you sent that guy for me, but did you have to tell him to hold a knife to my throat? But don't worry sweetheart, I got the message"

I put my paw into my pocket to pull out my cell phone and I feel a piece of paper, I take the piece of paper and examine it, there is a name of Calvin Lyle and a cell phone number on it, well at least now I know the identity of the mysterious black lab. I put the piece of paper back inside my pocket and then call Wolverine on my cell phone.

Matt and Wolverine walk over to me and gently lift me up, I allow them to walk me back to the car, once at the car we get in and then begin to drive away from the cemetery. As we drive slowly down the driveway I take a look out of the rear window of the car and look back at Tony's grave, again I see his image but this time I see he has a smirk on his muzzle and he is giving me the thumbs up.

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We arrive back at Doberman Manor and head back inside; I ask to speak to Linkin privately for a moment so everyone leaves us to talk.

"Senior Doberman, I have something to tell you, but before I do I want you to know that Tony and I have discussed what I'm about to say at length, anyway here goes, the day I got married to Tony we both made a pact that should either one of us die, the other would take another lover, now obviously I can't go out and actively seek another mate, for one thing it is too soon after Tony, and for another I have this busted leg, but I believe that Tony himself has sent me a new companion in the form of the black lab that attacked me yesterday"

Senior Doberman lets out a gasp and is about ready to reply when I cut him off and continue.

"Linkin, please believe me, at first I wanted to kill the lab for attacking me in my hour of despair, but this morning the black lab was at the funeral, when I was sat by the edge of Tony's grave he came and sat next to me, he talked to me for a while, then he licked my cheek that was when I felt it, his lick was almost an exact carbon copy of one of Tony's licks, it was almost as though Tony had taken the labs form, anyway I fished around my pocket for my phone and found this piece of paper"

I put my paw into my pocket and retrieve the piece of paper.

"I think it is Tony telling me to get on with it, so with your permission Senior Doberman, I would like to give Calvin a call in the morning and set up some sort of meeting"

Linkin gains a weak smile and puts his gentle paw on my shoulder and speaks.

"Wolfie, I will trust your judgement on this but please, take things slowly, yes by all means set up a meeting with the guy, but for the love of god, don't commit to anything just yet"

Why I did what I did next I have no idea, but something made me lean over and kiss Senior Doberman on the muzzle, the kiss lasted for mere seconds but something extraordinary passed between us, the bond between us has suddenly become stronger. Senior Doberman blushes and then rubs my head fur then with the lateness of the hour he heads up to his room to sleep.

Wolverine comes into the room carrying my crutches and he passes them down to me.

"Wolfie, you have had a very trying and tiring day today, so why don't you get yourself off to bed? For tonight I have put you in with Mikey and Leo, they will snuggle up to their father and make sure that he is not alone"

I yawn and take my crutches and begin to walk towards the staircase, as I begin to climb I look back at Wolverine, I think back to the final words of our mother "Wolverine please look after Wolfie" with the words still ringing in my ears I give Wolverine a weak smile and head up to Mikey and Leo's room. As I enter the room I notice that the two boys are stood waiting for me, once I'm standing next to them Leo gets into bed, Mikey then gently takes away my crutches and leans them against the bedside table, he then lowers me into the bed next to Leo before finally getting into the bed himself.

The three of us just snuggle up and sob quietly, today has not just been a bad day for me, but Mikey and Leo have suffered too. Tonight Leo isn't a Doberman and Mikey isn't a Labrador, tonight we are family and a family that needs each other.

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I wake up still pinned between Mikey and Leo, the sun is shining through the bedroom windows, it looks to be a glorious day, but I know that today is also the day where I hopefully find out a little more about Calvin. Mikey is the next to wake and slowly he gets out of bed, he hands me my crutches which I take from him, he then helps me to stand and I slowly make my way to the bathroom. Whilst in the bathroom I hear Mikey get back into bed, now I can hear the gentle sound of kissing and the sound of Leo's throaty moans, a smile breaks out across my muzzle as a thought comes to my head Mikey, Leo, enjoy your love and be happy.

With my morning ritual now complete I head back into the bedroom where I find the two boys happily encased in their afterglow, I quickly pick up my clothes and head to a spare room to change. After changing into my day clothes I head out into the garden and pull my cell phone from my pocket, I dial Calvin's number and wait for him to answer.

After a couple of rings Calvin answers the phone.

"H-hello, I don't know who you are, but I wanna know how you got this number?"

I give a slight chuckle and make my reply.

"Well Calvin, seeing as how you dropped a piece of paper with your name and number on it into my jacket pocket at the funeral yesterday, I would say that you should have a pretty good idea who I am"

There is a short silence on the phone, and then Calvin replies.

"Ah Wolfie, I was wondering if you would ring, I think we should meet so that I can try and explain myself. How about Richmond Park in say fifteen minutes? I'll be waiting at the band stand"

I assure the lab that I will be there and then flip my cell phone shut.

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I make it to Richmond Park and walk towards the band stand, true to his word I see the lab waiting there. I climb the steps to the band stand and the lean on the hand rail next to him. Calvin looks at me and then speaks.

"Well, I didn't actually expect you to show up, but now that your here I suppose that I had better tell you the truth. Like you Mr Steel, I am a Bodyguard and Assassin for hire, I was also at the Advanced Training Camp in America, that is where our similarities end, you see whereas you are on the payroll of Senior Linkin Doberman, I am freelance, basically I work for the highest bidder, however that can sometimes be more of a curse than a blessing"

I look at the lab with a puzzled look on my face which he sees and continues to explain.

"Well you see, you get your orders directly from Senior Doberman whereas I get mine usually from the second in command of the guy who hires me, which means that there is a huge scope for misunderstanding. According to the orders I was given I was to assassinate Senior Linkin Doberman, hence the day that I attacked you, however the guy that actually hired me heard of my attempt and well let's just say that he was none too pleased and has since terminated my contract, apparently my boss had heard about your misfortune with losing your mate and his actual orders where for me to come and offer my services temporarily whilst you were out of action, so the order was to assist and not to assassinate"

He hangs his head and breaths out a sigh, and continues.

"To top a real bad day off, I choose the day before the funeral of your lover to make the attack. One thing I didn't get wrong though was when I came to you at the funeral and placed a lick on your cheek, it actually served two purposes, first being a sort of apology, the second, well the second is kind of difficult, you see the day I attacked you, as I left the building I couldn't help but think what I wouldn't do to get a mate like you. I know that you have just buried your mate and I'm truly sorry for your loss, but you are a good looking wolf, I'm pretty sure that your mate would want you to get on with your life and to that end I would like to become friends and who knows in time to come maybe more. Well, I have said my piece so I will leave you to your thoughts; you have my number call me anytime"

With that Calvin licked my cheek again and slowly made his way down the steps of the band stand, just as he reaches the bottom I call out to him.

"Calvin, there is something I feel I should tell you too"

Calvin makes his way back to my side again and I continue.

"Yesterday at the funeral I saw an image of Tony and I heard his voice, he was telling me to find someone new. After you and I had that moment by his graveside I was taken back to the car and as we drove down the driveway I looked back at Tony's grave, he was standing there with his thumbs sticking up, he had obviously seen your lick, and had probably realised that I was starting to fall for you. In a way I saw you as Tony in a Labrador's body, I hope that doesn't sound like a load of religious bullshit because I am so far outside of religious it's unreal, but I really did get a feeling that Tony had sent you to me"

I turn to fully face the Labrador and I rub a gentle claw under his watering eyes, he was beginning to cry and yet he seemed happy. Suddenly he let down his guard and hugged me tight resting his head on my shoulder; I gently lick his ear tip and whisper.

"Let's take things one day at a time, I'm still a little emotional but I am very interested in you"

He gently nods as we break away, he then turns slowly and heads back down the steps, I get a good eyeful of his cute tight butt as he walks away. I collect my crutches and begin to make my slow way home. My journey may have been slow due to my crutches, but I am now walking with a renewed determination, as I walk I look to the heavens.

"Thank you Tony, I will always love you but as per our agreement I will eventually take Calvin as my new mate"