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Chapter Nine

The Full Moon

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The oxygen seemed to get struck on the way to his lungs. Temporarily paralyzed, Tobi stared into the flower bed as the man's aura washed over him from behind. The scent of Anton was like an uppercut to the gut, winding him. The animal part of his brain whispered ideas. His muscles twitched, torn between instinct to submit and higher thought to run.

"You found the place okay?" Anton purred. Those strong fingers shifted from Tobi's shoulders, the sharpness of claws brushing against his windpipe.

"Let's just get this over with," Tobi rasped. He didn't trust himself to say anything else. Anton chuckled.

"It took us days to catch up with you Tobi." He sounded so proud, as though Tobi had presented him with full marks on his report card from school.

"Glad I could provide some entertainment," Tobi said bitterly. Anton swung him around. Tobi was staring up in the electric blue eyes of the powerful alpha. The smell of the man was perfuming the air even worse than the flowers. Tobi tasted the storm, inhaled tarragon and black tea. He found himself taking deep breathes, the smell seeping into his sinuses. He tried to step back. There was a picnic bench to their left. Tobi went towards it on weakened legs.

He was tired from his breakneck run and admittedly frightened of what was about to happen. It as strange, to be so trapped but without any form of physical bondage. Anton stalked calmly after him. Before Tobi could sit the alpha grabbed him by the waist and picked him up. Tobi yelped as Anton set him down onto top of the bench, legs spread for Anton to move in.

They were nose to nose now.

"Oh Tobi, don't sound so disappointed. You've proven yourself to us." Tobi glared, even as his insides slithered around.

"I wasn't trying-"

"Then what was your plan Tobi? Were you just going to wander forever? Be a ghost wherever you go until you fade away completely?" Tobi bit his lip. It was true he had no plan, no home, no pack. He had been fine with that for so long. He shivered as Anton traced his jaw line with a calloused thumb.

"Tell me Tobi, where would you go? How long could you be strong until your instincts would drive you to seek out whatever subpar pack would have you?" Tobi barred his teeth at that, snarling at the man's crooked smirk.

"Fuck you," he hissed out defensively but when Anton leaned in, Tobi didn't pull back.

He allowed himself to slip. Just a little. He gave into the burning temptation and met Anton halfway, their mouths crashing together. He never should have let it get even that far but he was too beaten down to have tried. The kiss was all consuming, Anton's large hand in his hair, the man's powerful thighs pressing against his own. Tobi rocked, fighting whimpers.

He didn't care how ridiculous it looked for two men to be effectively making out like horny teenagers in a public garden. Every shift of Anton's hips ground against Tobi's hardening cock. Tobi gasped, throwing his head back in pleasure. The gasp turned to a cry as sharp teeth found the side of his throat. The hand in his hair tightened painfully, sending a harsh zing straight down into his belly.

"Soon. My mate and I will initiate you on the full moon. Don't worry Tobi, we'll all be there to greet you into the pack. You'll never be alone again." Anton's voice sounded slightly laboured. It seemed to cost him a great effort to step back. Tobi was gasping for air, his cock tenting the trousers that were two sizes too big.

"Let's go home Tobi," Anton purred. Tobi was dragged from the park bench, his feet stumbling. He saw the car waiting on the curb. For half a heartbeat, he dug his heels in, but Anton's grip was firm. The door opened and Lorena greeted them with a vicious smirk. Before Tobi could collect himself, he was shoved forward into her lap, the door shutting behind him with a resounding clunk.

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Tobi felt drugged. Both alphas had allowed their aura to unfurl in the car. Anton drove. He probably had to because the sheer force of that aura would have completely crippled anyone else. Even the humans on the sidewalk stood, staring around. They didn't understand what caused their sudden unreasoned fear and weakness, but they felt it. Tobi was utterly crippled by it. He couldn't have sat up if his life depended on it, which, in a way, it kind of did.

He lay with his head in Lorena's lap, gasping for breath like a fish out of water. Clawed fingers shuffled through his hair as though he were Lorena's favourite pet. Every now and again, her claws would catch on his ear, cutting it open. Blood leaked into his hair line and down his cheek, but he couldn't wipe it away. His skin was tingling all over. His senses were over saturated by their presence and touch.

Lorena's hand slid under his worn shirt to trace his stomach muscles. He twitched, helpless to do anything else. She could start slicing him open here and now inside the car and he couldn't stop her. His mind flashed back to the car ride into town a week again and the smell of blood that had been scrubbed from the seats.

His mind was blanketed. They could have been driving for ten minutes or three hours. The light outside the window seemed so far away. His cock lay half hard against his thigh, his eyes watering and his ears ringing from the overwhelming pressure of the two people in the cabin with him. He may have even passed out a few times. At some stage he noticed sluggishly that it was dark outside.

"We are nearly home," Anton purred, reaching a hand back between the seats to stroke Tobi's sweat soaked hair. It was as though Tobi was an angry kitten they were bringing home from the vet, swaddled and hissing. Tobi tried to say something, but his tongue felt thick in his mouth.

"Good boy," Lorena cooed, cutting open his stinging ear again. The shell of his ear throbbed with hot licking pain that was contrasted by her persistent cool strokes against his stomach and hips. He groaned weakly. With a tremble of terror and apprehension, his ears picked up the difference as the car moved onto a gravel road. When the car slowed and finally rolled to a stop, the door was opened. Large hands wrenched him out, his head missing the door frame by an inch.

"Be careful with him, George. He's had a long journey," Lorena purred, her lean curvaceous body following Toby from the cab. His head lulled, his body still suffering the effects of the alpha's auras.

"Take him to his room. He needs a good rest before the full moon." Tobi opened his mouth, but no words came out. As he was carried towards the huge manor house, Tobi's mind finally gave out and he welcomed oblivion.

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When Tobi next woke, he was in his room in the manor. He lay there for a very long time. Aside from the weakness in his limbs, he couldn't help but feel defeated. He had made it out. He had escaped them. He could have just kept going. They had obviously been in the town and perhaps they may have found him anyway but for Tobi to have met them halfway felt crushing.

He couldn't imagine the alphas handing over Holly regardless of how angry they were with her. It would have meant sharing a toy, sharing what was theirs but the thought that there was even a small chance that they would hand her back over to that rapist made Tobi want vomit.

He could never live with himself if he had caused that.

It was his bladder that finally forced him to leave the bed. It took a bit to shift around and get the blood moving again. He hobbled to the bathroom to relieve himself and then took a very long hot shower. Fuck, he had missed showers. He sat on the shower floor, letting the water pound down on his shoulders and head.

He wanted to scrub himself clean, wash the smell of the two alphas off him but he knew it wouldn't matter how hard he scrubbed. He felt like they were already inside him. He shivered despite the heat of the water. His stomach gurgled with hunger. He dragged himself from the shower and dried off with a large fluffy towel. He tied the towel around his waist and went to the bedroom door. He touched the handle but wasn't surprised to find it locked.

He trudged to the window, already knowing but testing it anyway. It was locked tight. The small upside was the large tray of food that was sitting under a cloche on the table. To hungry to care about his imprisonment for the moment, he helped himself to the several chicken and ham sandwiches, orange juice and a vanilla slice that had been left for him.

Once his hunger was sated, he sat back on the bed. How long would they keep him locked in here? There was no clock in the room but the sun outside told him it was about midday. Still feeling run down he ended up collapsing back onto the bed and napping. When he next woke, he noticed with a thrilled of excited terror that the sun was setting and the moon was rising in its place.

He sat on the bed, a ball of barely contained panic and tension. The lock scrapped and the door swung open. Anton stood in the doorway, the light from the outside hallway making his midnight black hair glow.

"It's time Tobi," he purred. For one utterly ridiculous moment, Tobi thought about just throwing the blanket over himself and curling into a ball. Instead, he got to his feet, head high and back stiff. Like a man walking to the gallows, he followed Anton from the room.

The enormous manor house seemed empty but even from the desolate intricate wall, he could hear the beginnings of howls coming from beyond its boundary. The pack was already collecting outside on the lawn at the back of the house. Tobi breathing was coming faster and faster. The scent of wolf was strong as he stepped out the back door onto the patio that led to the gardens. Wolves of every size and colour were amassing on the huge lawn.

In the centre was a sight that stole Tobi's breathe and voice.

A wolf, larger than any he had ever seen in his life was standing over the small red furred female that Tobi knew was Holly. This wolf had jet black fur and long protruding canines. Muscles rippled under its sleek coat as it shifted. It was impossible. It was madness and yet Tobi understood what he was looking at. He was staring at Lorena and she wasn't the usual grey wolf breed. No, she was something taken straight from the old world.

She was a dire wolf.

The shock of this was only magnified as Anton stepped onto the lawn to join his mate. Tobi heard the cracking of bones and the wet tear of muscles. He watched, stunned as black and deep brown fur cascaded down Anton's exposed limbs. The man fell forward to land on four paws, the shoulders growing broader and taller. The second dire wolf turned its massive head to look at Tobi. Tobi was frozen.

This wasn't real. It wasn't possible.

And yet it was.

Anton let out a low growl, long teeth glinting. The instinct to shift under the full moon was too powerful to ignore. Drawn by the alphas and to far gone in his own mind to refuse, Tobi was forced through his shift. A long-limbed white wolf with black paws soon stood in Tobi's place. The pack seemed to shift around, interested in the newcomer but not daring to come closer without the alpha's permission. He could feel their shock. He may not by a dire wolf but nor was he the grey wolf breed they were expecting.

There was a moment of fairy tale horror, a stillness only caused by the receding shoreline of a tidal wave or the hover before a knife fall. Anton and Lorena's blue eyes stared into Tobi's. Then Lorena shifted and Holly let out a yelp of pain. Tobi moved, stepping onto the grass. Lorena bent, pressing a massive paw between Holly's shoulders and forcing her further into the ground. Holly whined in pain, triggering something inside of Tobi.

Anton had shifted off to one side, apparently interested in watching and the pack moved further into the shadows in response. When another yelp of pain and fear came from the pinned she-wolf, Tobi moved.

He bounded forward. He had absolutely no idea how to win. He knew it was probably impossible as much as he knew it didn't matter. Perhaps it was shock of Tobi doing something so stupid, but the female alpha didn't react in time. He leapt onto Lorena's shoulder, knocking her sideway with the force of his jump. Holly scrambled out from under her bulk, yelping with fear and panic. Tobi bit into the thick fur of her scruff. Lorena rocked back, planting her paws and shook violently.

Tobi clung on, jaw aching as he bit down as hard as he could. Her fur was so long and thick that his front canines were barely grazing her skin. Holly was scrambling away, her hackles raised and her eyes wide with panic.

Lorena twisted around, her jaws missing his flank by inches, but Tobi was so much smaller than her that he could twist out of her reach. She gave a jilted growl, the sound excited and enraged as she failed to reach her prey. As she leapt around, snapping at his legs, Tobi's jaw slipped, and he lost his grip. He fell hard but rolled quickly to his feet.

He jinxed sideways just as her teeth snapped shut where he had been. Now it was only his quickness that would save him. She was nearly an entire foot taller than him in the shoulder and all muscle. She barrelled toward him; jaws stretched wide. Tobi flung himself to the right and dared a snap at her forepaw. He would never be able to kill her, but he might be able to cripple a leg if he were fast enough.

Or stupid enough.

The onlooking pack was yelping and howling, their excitement building at the prospects of a fight. Anton circled them, tail up and ears perked forward with interest. As Tobi dodged another charge, he had a sinking feeling that they were both playing with him. He was like a rabbit to them, trying to avoid the inevitable.

He looked around wildly. Eyes gazed back at him, the moonlight catching them like hundreds of staring burning stars. He was encircled, trapping here in a death match he was never meant to win. His breathes came in laboured gasps, tongue lolling as he was forced to dodge another half-hearted strike from Lorena's paw. As Tobi backed up, teeth nipped at the base of his tail as he got to close to the onlookers. He yelped, bouncing forward and was nearly knocked over when Lorena came for him.

It was getting dark now, the sun sucked down by the trees of the whispering forest. Tobi still clearly showed up, his pelt a gleaming target for all to see but Lorena's outline was fading in the blackness. More and move often as they circled each other, Tobi misjudged her reach, the night seeming to elongate her limbs. Teeth caught his ear and a paw struck across the muzzle. Blood was running into his eyes and into his ear cannel.

He tried in vain to bite the swiping paw and was knocked over. His world rocked, pain and blood blinding him. His legs trembled as he tried to get them to take his weight. A large paw took his strength and forced him into the grass. He lay there, panting and pinned, waiting for death with his teeth barred.

He wasn't expecting the large muzzle that bent down to lap at his bleeding ear. He twitched. Anton had come over, his own bulk difficult to make out in the darkness. The pack was starting to howl in unison, the noise filling the sky. Tobi wriggled but Lorena wouldn't let him up, her teeth finding his neck. He froze.

Anton's hot tongue ran over his eye, his muzzle and his ear. Their aura was seeping into the air like a gaseous oil slick. Tobi shuddered, his tail sweeping between his legs. Without even thinking, he strained his neck back and showed his throat. It had apparently been what they were waiting for.

With loud animalistic snarls, both Lorena and Anton grabbed hold of him on each side, their teeth sinking painfully into his skin. His howl of pain was lost in the thunderous noise of the pack. The bond exploded behind his eyes, forming deep inside his core and binding him to his new alphas.

His legs kicked weakly, twisting under Lorena's body. He could smell their excitement and his own blood. Despite the pain, the intensity of the bond caused a powerful ache of a different kind. It took a long minute for the two alphas to draw back from him. Tobi lay on the grass, shaking in every limb.

He could hear them, hear them inside his head. His legs shook violently as Anton and Lorena stood over him, their muzzles wet with his blood.

'Welcome to the pack Tobi.' He recognised Lorena's voice as it hissed inside his mind.

'We wouldn't have taken you if you had given up, but you never did. You are so perfect.' Anton added. He bent his massive muzzle and lapped at the deep bite on Tobi's neck.

'Perfect, and all ours,' Lorena cooed, and Tobi's muzzle dropped to the grass, to stunned and exhausted to get up.

It was Lorena who began a new howl, triumphant and bloody. Her mate picked up the tone and soon it was echoed by the wolves around them, reverberating and echoing. Despite all his precautions, all his planning, Tobi had lost his freedom and this time, the likelihood of an escape seemed utterly impossible.

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