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Chapter 8.

Liki continued to howl even as he materialized within the Caverns of Time in front of Nozdormu's pedestal. His howling anguish was the last thing the bronze brood expected to be hearing and Chromie was quickly squealing.

"Oh my gosh what happened?! Did I do this?!" She had her hands over her mouth and her eyes wide as she took in the scene in front of her.

Liki fell forward on the ground, face planting the warm sand under him in his sorrow. The lifeless bodies of Kat'ern, Tenebrae, and Drailsin in front of him. He clutched the glowing Dragon Soul against his chest as he howled, his cries muffled by the sand. His entire body shook and heaved.

"Liki!" Nozdormu's voice boomed over the Worgen's howls. "You must calm down!"

"They're DEAD! They can't be dead!" He cried in response, barely registering the bronze dragon's words.

"LISTEN!!!" He boomed, the entire cavern shook and dust fell from the ceiling. Liki froze a moment, holding his breath, but eventually he picked his head up to look up at the great dragon aspect looking down upon him.

Liki looked up at the Aspect of Time. "Please...the hour glass...you can save them!" Liki pleaded, still clutching the Dragon Soul against his chest.

Nozdormu's eyes and expression softened greatly, but he shook his head. "Your companions perished in a time that was not their own...their souls have long since been lost now, the hourglass would not be able to reverse this..."

"With their souls lost so long ago in the past...it's impossible to return them to their bodies now that you're back in the present..." Chromie said sadly while she kneeled down next to Drailsin's body, giving a sad shake of her head at the state of his body, torn apart by the waters of the Well of Eternity.

"There must be something you can do!" Liki shouted at them.

Nozdorumu shook his head slowly while looking down at the Worgen. "I am sorry my friend...but it is too late, this was their destiny. You have succeeded in your task, and so this was how it was meant to be...their lives will save the countless others of this world from destruction..."

Liki gawked at the bronze dragon, but he still refused to accept it and he rapidly shook his head. "No...send me back! I will save them!"

"Events in the past must remain the same. That is the rule. We cannot let you go back to save your companions from death. To do so would change the entire course of history. You have succeeded in your task of taking the Dragon Soul from the moment of The Sundering, and-"

"I don't care!" Liki interrupted the dragon. "You sent us into this knowing they would die! This is YOUR FAULT!"

Nozdormu's gaze remained soft, he remained calm. "There were many possibilities...and yes...in many of them, nearly all of you had perished. There was only one future I saw in which all of you survived..."

"Then what did we do wrong?" Liki choked, looking up at the dragon who shook his head again.

"I'm afraid I cannot tell you...the future in which you all survived was...too bright."

"Bright?" Liki asked.

"It was such a bright future for all of Azeroth that I could not see clearly..."

Liki whimpered and he folded his ears back. They couldn't be dead...they couldn't be...this was just some sick joke. He looked at the three bodies in front of him and he choked on his breath once more. He closed his eyes tight and howled once more in anguish, this time with Nozdormu and Chromie both looking on sadly at the Worgen as his heart felt like it was breaking apart.

He clutched the Dragon Soul to his body as he curled next to the lifeless bodies of his friends...his family.

"Bring them back...bring them back..." Liki cried to whatever was listening to him, choking up between his words and then he just was sobbing. As he fell further into despair, the Dragon Soul warmed against him and a soft, light voice whispered in his ears.

"All you need to do is want it..."

He did want it. He needed his family with him. He'd spent the last seven years with them. While only two had passed in actuality, all that extra time with them was the best of his life... He couldn't go on without them.

"Open yourself to the truth...you can guide them back..."

Liki put his focus on the voice and he responded to it.

"I need them here...bring them back to me..." He whispered softly while he was hunched over.

The Dragon Soul glowed against his chest, warm and bright. Chromie made a sound of awe and watched in amazement. Nozdormu's eyes squinted as he watched the Dragon Soul respond to Liki's will.

Liki could not see what was happening, he just kept pouring his will into the Dragon Soul, repeating the words in his head over and over. A bright glow surrounded Kat'ern, Drailsin, and Tenebrae as slowly, the parts of their bodies that were torn apart began to mend, little bits of their bodies seaming back together from the air around them. Over a course of several seconds, their bodies were all reformed, clothes as well.

Three small sparks of light zoomed through the air then, coming in from the cavern's entrance and then swirling around the three bodies. One a bright green, one a bright purple with hints of blue, and the other a dark purple that was nearly black. They stopped above each of the three Worgen, the first above the druid, the second above the mage, and the third above the warlock.

"Magnificent..." Nozdormu whispered as he watched the spectacle in front of him.

The sparks then slowly descended and merged into their respective bodies. At once, each one of the Worgen took a sharp intake of breath, gasping and lurching up from where they had lain. Chromie jumped back with a squeak, her hands never leaving her mouth as she was awestruck. Liki looked up at the loud gasps, his eyes wide as he then stared at the three revived Worgen. The glow of the Dragon Soul began to slowly fade as it finished the task asked of it.

"What happened!?" Tenebrae shouted out, looking around rapidly, realizing he was back in the Caverns of Time.

"Oh my head..." Kat'ern groaned as he held it in a paw.

Drailsin stared at his hand curiously in silence. The warm glow was still emanating from their bodies and they all quickly felt rejuvenated, then the glow faded completely. Kat'ern opened his eyes and looked around.

Liki sniffled and he looked at all three of them one at a time, trying to make sure that his eyes weren't playing tricks on him. "You're back..." He said softly, and the three Worgen stared at him in surprise.

"Liki...you did it!" Kat'ern shouted, seeing the rogue holding the glowing medallion. "You got the Dragon Soul!"

"Thank gods..." Tenebrae whispered, holding his head. "I did not want to have to do that again..."

Liki blinked. "You...you don't remember?"

The druid and mage looked at him curiously, but Drailsin was staring at Liki with a look of pure empathy.

"We were dead...weren't we?" Drailsin asked him softly while staring into his eyes.

Liki didn't reply, he only stared at the warlock for several seconds before he threw the Dragon Soul to the side. The golden medallion hit the sand with a soft thud as Liki tackled Drailsin to the ground. Drailsin readily caught the rogue, embracing him in a firm hug as Liki cried into his shoulder.

And then silence hung heavily over the cave while Liki held onto Drailsin, with Kat'ern, Tenebrae, and the rest of the dragons watching and wondering what exactly had just happened.

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"The power of mortals never ceases to amaze me." Nozdormu laughed happily moments later, once Liki recovered from his shock.

"I can't believe you're all back..." Liki said softly, still a little overwhelmed.

"Well...it certainly isn't a dream." Kat'ern grinned, but then jumped in surprise when the rogue suddenly hugged him tightly. Liki held it for a bit and then turned to give Tenebrae a firm hug as well, which he returned while smiling and murring.

"I thought I had lost all of you."

"How are we back?" Drailsin asked then.

"The Dragon Soul brought you back. Liki's willpower appears to be so much that he can easily control its power." Nozdormu said from above the four Worgen. "That will be invaluable in the fight against Deathwing."

Liki folded his ears back, and Drailsin looked up at Nozdormu. "How long until you launch your united attack on his Twilight Brood?"

"Whatever members of the Black Dragonflight that remain seem reluctant to fight with us...but we are going to meet as soon as my wounds are fully healed, and we will devise our plans." Nozdormu said, his eyes casting about as if he was looking through the currents of time, and his eyes narrowed. "This is troubling."

"What is?" Kat'ern asked from beside the others and it was Chromie who explained.

"The future has become...bright...it's nearly impossible to see the details of the future." She also seemed to look around briefly at nothing but the air. "Something is interfering with our ability now."

"It must be the Dragon Soul." Drailsin determined, rubbing his chin.

"I think that may be the case." Nozdormu agreed. "But I will study what kind of affects the Dragon Soul may have myself until our meeting with the other aspects." The leader of the Bronze Dragonflight smiled down at the group. "For now my friends, go and rest and gather your strength. You've survived being in the middle of The Sundering...you can surely survive anything."

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The group returned to The Tower right away, it was the one place where they were safe, and being safe was what Liki needed to feel right now. Drailsin pulled Liki into his room to speak in private, despite Tenebrae and Kat'ern's initial protests. Liki promised them both that he would visit with them later as well, but he was thankful that Drailsin seemed to know he needed to express what had happened privately.

When they were alone in Drailsin's dark and essence filled lab, Liki leaned against one of the warlock's desks while he carefully explained what had happened, choking up at points as he explained that he had grabbed the Dragon Soul just like he had seen in the images the Bronze Dragonflight had provided them, but that the erupting Well had torn Drailsin, Kat'ern, and Tenebrae apart before he had managed to get the relic's power to teleport them to some distant shore.

Drailsin chuckled at the end of Liki's story. "That blasted bronze dragon..." The Worgen leaned his head back and smiled.

Liki tilted his head slightly in confusion, but Drailsin didn't explain. "I guess I need to unlock those bracelets for Bane now..."

"What do you mean?" Liki asked. Bane was the name of Drailsin's Void Lord.

"That was our contract. He'd serve me till death and then gain power to match even the strongest of demons." Drailsin sighed and shook his head. "I'll need to unlock those bracelets since I technically did die, and then think of something more to offer him to keep him in my service."

Liki folded his ears back as the comment reminded him that everyone had been dead. Drailsin noticed this and he smiled softly at the black furred Worgen. "But I still must thank you. You somehow brought us all back."

"It wasn't really just me, it was the Dragon Soul...it told me I could reach out and guide your souls."

Drailsin frowned. "It spoke to you?"

Liki nodded. "It was a soft voice...it told me all I needed was to want it and to open myself up to the truth."

"The truth..." Drailsin repeated thoughtfully.

Liki shook his head. "I don't know what it meant, but I just poured my heart into it and next thing I knew...you were all back."

Drailsin looked at Liki as the rogue was now looking down at the floor and sniffled. "I thought...I thought I had lost you all."

"Heh, why do you care so badly?" Drailsin asked softly and Liki looked up at the question, staring at the warlock.

"What do you mean? Why shouldn't I care?" He choked and stared at Drailsin with narrowed eyes, slightly wet as he held back tears once more.

"Heh...everyone dies eventually...the fact that we succeeded in our mission means that we had been destined to die there...Do you remember what Nozdormu had said?"

Liki continued to give a little bit of a glare at Drailsin, who chuckled and walked around his table. "He said that the future was now very bright and intense, they couldn't see very far into the future anymore."

"Because of the Dragon Soul existing in this timeline." Liki nodded.

Drailsin shook his head. "I only said that to give Nozdormu an excuse as to why the Dragonflight's ability to see the timeline is being blocked. The real reason why they can't see is because of something else." Drailsin stopped and he regarded Liki. "Can you understand what it really is?"

Liki nodded slowly. He did, but he didn't want to think of it. "It's because I brought you three back to life...but-"

"Bringing us back to life has altered the future, but in such a way that it's now unclear whether or not it will unravel our reality...us dying was clearly meant to happen, and you've somehow altered that course of time, making it a new unknown to even the Bronze Dragonflight."

Liki narrowed his eyes once more. "But-"

Again, the warlock interrupted. "The implications can mean many things. For one, I think we can confirm that the Dragon Soul is not the Spark, but...what if this 'bright future' is now being caused because, with your resurrecting us, you've now set the course for us to truly find it?"

So that was it, Liki realized, slightly deflating. Drailsin was only excited about what this meant for their search for the Spark of Beginnings. "R-right..." He stammered softly.

Drailsin picked up on the change on Liki's demeanor and he gave Liki an appreciative look. "Don't get me wrong Liki...I do appreciate that you brought me back from the grasp of death, and the others. I never thought that I would die like that, and I hadn't set up a will or anything to leave for my demons. I'm going to see to it that I have things set in motion should I die again; but I have no intention in putting myself in such danger on purpose." He added with Liki's following looks.

Liki nodded and he sighed thankfully. Drailsin smiled and he moved closer to Liki and reached out, his paw cupped the dark furred Worgen's cheek.

"Thank you Liki...I won't waste this second chance. I need some time to prepare something, and I'll call you back soon, okay?"

Liki tilted his head slightly and he nodded. "Oh? Alright...I'll go and talk with Kat'ern and Tenebrae for now then."

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Liki returned to the main room of The Tower, and he followed his mental link with Kat'ern to find the mage frantically looking through scrolls and other thick books. Liki walked up behind the mage, and he then heard him muttering.

"Need more...can't let that happen again..."

"Kat'ern?" Liki asked as he walked up behind him. The mage jumped and turned around, leaning against the table and blue eyes wide.

"Don't startle me like that!" He growled.

"Sorry!" Liki said quickly and held up his paws. "Didn't mean to...what has you so distracted?"

The mage frowned and he turned around towards the table quickly. "Nothing! It's...nothing..."

"Kat'ern." Liki frowned as well and he stared at the back of the mage's head. There was about half a minute of silence with the mage leaning over the table before he finally sighed and looked to the side. He didn't look fully at Liki though, instead staring down at the ground as he whispered.

"Back there...well, back at that time I mean...I nearly lost control."

"Lost control?" Liki asked, tilting his head.

"I used too much energy." Kat'ern started and he closed his eyes. "I...nearly lost control over my wilder half."

"You mean your Worgen side?" Liki asked as he realized what the other Worgen was speaking of.

Kat'ern nodded and he turned back to his table of scrolls and books, starting to sort and look through them slowly. "Yeah. It nearly broke free of the cage I made for it and...it was so much stronger than it had been years ago...it took everything I had to push it back in there." Kat'ern put a paw on his chest. "Even now I can feel it, something I had never noticed until now. It just keeps getting stronger...Tenebrae was right, eventually it'll just become so strong it'll just bust free..."

Liki listened and he gave a moment of silence before he spoke. "So what will you do?"

"The only thing I can do. Improve the 'locks' of the cage." Kat'ern said.

"Wouldn't making peace with your beastial half be more efficient in the long term?" Liki asked. "Improving the locks is just a temporary fix-" Kat'ern then slammed his paws down on the table.

"No! I won't admit to needing archaic and ancient rituals to help me!" Kat'ern turned and faced the rogue. "I will keep my own sanity my own ways!"

Liki stared at the mage with narrowed but worried eyes. "Well...what if it turns out to be the only way...?"

"Then I shall make my own solution and conquer my inner beast my own way." Kat'ern growled, his eyes glowing a moment in a flash of blue Arcane energy.

"Well..." Liki started, then sighed. "If you need any help, I will provide all I can."

Kat'ern regarded Liki a moment and nodded. "There may be something, but I need to research my information further before I know what I need to do to reinforce my spells. I will let you know when I may need you."

The mage turned back around to his desk of scrolls, but Liki pushed forward. "We do have other things we need to focus on though Kat."

"Time here passes differently Liki, an hour in here is just twenty minutes in the outside world." He reminded the rogue while he pulled up a scroll and began to scan it. "I'm sure I will have plenty of time to research our upcoming battle with Deathwing as well. So please, let me focus..."

Liki stood behind Kat'ern as the mage read through his scrolls. He tried to think of the best way that he could help his friend, and there was only one thought that came to mind.

Liki stepped away from the other Worgen and turned around and got some distance between them both before he waved his paw and spoke. "Tenebrae."

Before him, a doorway appeared and he reached and took hold of the door's handle and pulled it open, and then stepped through.

Liki now stood in a green, open garden. The ceiling of the room was enchanted to mimic that of the sky outside. Right now it was dark and filled with stars with a crescent moon and gave the room a soft blue glow in its light. Tenebrae didn't use this room often, and Liki therefore didn't get many chances to enter it, but was always surprised at how he felt as if he'd just stepped outside into a serene forest.

Around the entire room, there were thick bushes filled with flowers and a few stone monuments which flowed water like natural waterfalls to the ground. Tenebrae had attempted to transform his room in The Tower to become as natural as possible. He'd also kept his room small and simple; in fact as soon as Liki walked in he easily saw the white wolfman sitting in the middle of the room, eyes closed and legs crossed while he meditated. He was entirely naked, wearing nothing but his own coat of fur. It wasn't the first time Liki had seen him like this. The druid liked to be as natural as possible when entuning himself to nature.

"Tene?" Liki called out, and he heard the druid hum back at him in response, which told Liki he could continue. "You got a moment to talk?"

"I'd actually like to ask you the same thing. I have...heavy thoughts on my mind." The druid opened his eyes and he motioned to the grassy floor in front of him. Liki understood and he carefully sat himself down in front of Tenebrae, crossing his legs and putting his paws on his legs.

"Well then, you first." Liki said, waving Tenebrae to say what he wanted.

The white furred Worgen looked away for a moment and then whispered. "I must thank you for saving me...but I also wish you hadn't."

Liki tilted his head in surprise, but he didn't get the chance to voice his surprise as the druid continued. "I've been alive for over 10,000 years, I was a child of only ten years old when The Sundering happened. I was born with golden eyes, and as you know, having golden eyes signals a great destiny in Night Elf society. My family was rocketed to the upper echelons of our people after my birth. My mother and I were both invited to have front row seats to Azshara's 'demonstration' as her invite put it." He sighed deeply.

"Of course...I know now that what our traitorous queen's real plan was to offer up our souls to the demons she had made her deal with. When the demons began to swoop down and attack us bystanders, people panicked. Another noble stabbed my mother with a knife dipped in a potent poison. I tried to heal her, but I was only just starting as a student in the druidic arts, and I couldn't dispel the poison." The druid fell silent a moment as he took another deep breath. "That was when a more experienced druid took over my attempts at healing my mother, and told me to run for my life. I did..."

Tenebrae looked down between his legs then. "I managed to survive The Sundering by some impossible thread of luck, but I never found that druid, or my mother." His paws clenched tight over his knees. "I blamed myself that I wasn't strong enough to save my mother...but I swore to myself that I would follow the words that I remembered the druid told me, 'you cannot save every life, but you must save all life that you can.' That is the code I've lived by for the last 10,000 years..."

Liki listened, his ears folded back as he realized what Tenebrae was on the track of revealing to him.

"I...I never would have thought that the druid I met that day was in fact myself, or that I'd finally prove that I was strong enough to do what I had always thought I never could be...I saved my mother, I managed to heal the poison." Tenebrae's paws trembled.

"But that's a good thing...isn't it?" Liki carefully offered.

"I suppose in one way, it can be...but in another way, I am now troubled..." Tenebrae sighed and his forced himself to relax and he picked his head up to look at Liki. "As we were told...we couldn't change history. I suppose it could be said that I was destined to save my mother, to at least heal the poison. After I healed her, she ran off to find her son...well, my younger self. Even after I saved her, I couldn't save her from death's second attempt at taking her. I now find myself rethinking the words I've always lived by. 'Save all life that you can'...I wish I could have done all I could to save her, but I couldn't in the end...I had to let her go and focus on our primary task instead..."

"I'm sorry...I can only imagine the kind of thoughts you're having." Liki said softly. He really couldn't understand. Wouldn't Tenebrae be happy that he had managed to save his mother in the end?

"I honestly wish that I was still dead myself." Tenebrae said back, which made Liki flick his ears in surprise.

"But...there's so much more for you to do!"

Tenebrae shook his head. "I could've died with at least some form of peace knowing I had managed to save her...now I'm forced to rethink those words."

Liki scowled and he leaned forward. "What do you mean? You followed them! 'Save all life that you can'!" Tenebrae looked over at Liki while the rogue continued to speak. "You saved her! You may not have been able to ensure that she survived The Sundering, but you followed your pledge, just as you told your younger self to do!"

Liki pointed down and prodded the ground between him and druid. "Let me tell you something Tene, you're the one who changed my own view of life...once upon a time I would have been one of those blood thirsty soldiers...my country - well, the country I've vowed my life to, was destroyed and ransacked by the Horde. Not too long ago I would've killed any Orc, Tauren, Troll or any Horde species out there without a second thought if given the opportunity. You opened my eyes to the fact that I can't blame everyone for the actions of just a few..."

Liki leaned back a bit as he calmed down, seeing Tenebrae watching him carefully and he sighed. "I've learned that when push comes to shove, we have to step back and learn to work together, there are bigger threats to life than our own prejudices and issues."

Tenebrae chuckled and closed his eyes, a little grin on his muzzle. "I suppose you are right...there is more that I need to do before I really pass from this world, I haven't yet achieved my own true destiny."

Liki nodded and smiled. "Ya gonna be alright?" He asked then.

The druid chuckled, opening one eye and looking off to the side. "I will be..."

"Good then." Liki said and he started to get up. "I'll be in my-" He was caught off guard when Tenebrae suddenly pulled him down and the white Worgen's lips pressed firmly on his own. Liki made a brief bark of surprise in his throat and his eyes widened as Tenebrae held his head down to keep the contact. Eventually, Liki relaxed a bit into the kiss but just as he was about to really get into it the druid broke away, ears folded back and eyes sheepishly looking away.

"Thank you for bringing us back from death Liki..." He looked away. "I wonder if it would be possible again..."

Liki shook his head. "I would prefer not to find out..." Liki said as he sat back down in front of druid, his mind racing and curious about this new demouner his companion was giving. That was the first time Tenebrae had attempted something so direct. He'd always get a little quirky or embarressed when subjects of love and sex came up.

Tenebrae nodded. "Yes I can imagine so, how did you bring us back anyway?"

Liki shook his head again. "I don't know. I just couldn't bear the thought of you all being dead and with the Dragon Soul in my arms, it just suddenly picked up on that intensity and pulled your souls back to your bodies."

"That is incredible, and explains a lot about why I feel so exhausted right now."

Liki tilted his head. "Exhausted?"

"A person's soul fades over time. Normally it is very possible to resurrect someone from the dead if you are attuned enough to sense and guide it back. If too much time passes however, the soul becomes too faded, eventually fading into the abyss of the afterlife...to think that you pulled us back; not just because you don't have any skills as a healer, but that you did it in the present when we technically died in the past, 10,000 years before..." Tenebrae smiled. "It is incredible. You are incredible, more so than care to realize."

Liki smiled and he murred softly. "That why you kissed me just now?"

Tenebrae blushed deeply and looked away once more. "Partly...I'd be lying if I didn't say that your strength is very attractive. There's a bit of another reason though too. My connection to nature is a little strained due to the energy I used in the past, and that my soul was technically without a body for 10,000 years."

"Oh?" Liki tilted his head. "And is there a way I can help with that I'm guessing?"

Tenebrae nodded. "Yes..." He then became very quiet as he whispered something.

"What was that?"

The druid sighed and closed his eyes, seeming to need a moment to gather himself. The deep hue of a blush was easily visible through his white fur and it only grew brighter as he spoke louder. "I would like to give you a blowjob."

Liki blinked in surprise. There was a moment of silence before Liki managed to respond. "Well...I mean I won't say no to one heh, but might I ask why? You've never really shown much interest in me before, don't you usually do some things with Kat'ern?"

This made Tenebrae's blush fade slightly and he scoffed. "Kat'ern..." His ears flicked a bit. "He gets so full of himself I end up having to show him how much control I really can have...our arguments have become just build ups to moments of sex..." The druid became lost in thought. "There's something there...but its like a mutual connection, we both need some form of companionship."

"He might need that someday soon..." Liki said, but he didn't want to derail this topic too much by mentioning the mage's own lingering problem to Tenebrae just yet. Besides, no doubt the mage would be angry if he tried to get Tenebrae to help so soon after telling him about his problem. Liki wouldn't put it past the druid to have an attitude of 'I told you so' when confronting the mage too. No, he'd wait on that.

"So what feels different about me then?" Liki asked.

Tenebrae huffed and looked to the side once again. "I've been alive for nearly 10,000 years Liki. It's difficult to even think that there'd be anyone out there to even consider wanting as a lover or the like...I don't even know for sure if that's what I'm feeling here..."

Liki nodded slightly when the druid fell silent and he offered his thoughts. "Well I don't mind it, whatever it is, I'm just happy if you feel happy with what's between us."

Tenebrae's eyes lit up in a moment of hope, but then his ears folded back. "But...don't you have something with Drailsin already?"

Did he? Liki thought a moment. The warlock seemed to enjoy having time with Liki very randomly, and the last time Liki had thought he'd get to have sex with him again, the warlock instead seemed to go slightly insane and threaten to kill him as if thinking he was a fake. Even after everything, there was a bit of a fear in Liki of that...he didn't think Drailsin would hurt him but Liki thought perhaps it best to let him figure out what it was that seemed to be bothering him first.

Liki gave a short shrug. "There might be...he was my first, but I can't say if there is something there or not...I think of all of you like my family, and if we're really that open, I'd honestly do anything with either of you."

Tenebrae tilted his head at Liki. "Are you gay?"

Liki tilted his head in return at the question. "Yes...well, at least, I've never felt any attraction to a female before. I suppose if a female was close enough to me, I'd be willing just as much as a guy. When I was an SI:7 operative, relationships were forbidden, so my own desires are rather tame and the last few years have honestly been the most sex I've had in my life heh."

Tenebrae nodded and looked down, this time his gaze falling at Liki's crotch. "Well, the other reasoning I was going to mention, is that since my soul was lost for so long and I've been revived, my energy is a little low. I've been in here trying to restore it, but it's much too slow since I'm not actually in nature, and I'd never have enough time to fully restore myself outside of The Tower before the Dragonflights take the final fight to Deathwing."

Liki grinned slightly. He believed he understood. "It's faster to get a charge directly from a source of life?"

"In essence." The druid shrugged with a chuckle, blushing again. "It's not something I'd often ask for. It'll leave you very drained and exhausted, but we should have enough time to rest before we have to fight Deathwing if we all remain here in The Tower."

Liki just nodded. "I trust you in that." The rogue sat back and he spread his legs. Liki lifted himself up off the ground and pulled his leather pants down his legs. The enchanted armor remained form fitting as he pulled it down his legs, just enough to reveal his black furred sheath and balls to Tenebrae.

The druid watched this and then stared at the exposed canid body before him. His nose twitched at the musk that came from Liki's body and he chuckled lightly. "What was it Drailsin had said about black Worgen before?"

Liki murred and he smiled a bit himself. There was a rush in showing himself to Tenebrae. So far, the only person that got to see him like this had been Drailsin. Arousal began to spark in his groin and his sheath swelled between them. "Heh, that they're Alpha's among Worgen, and can grow rather large, though I don't seem to really match that description."

"Hmmm...perhaps not in size, but you have certainly shown that you have the will and mental quality of a pack leader."

Liki would've continued the conversation, but he instead gave a short and sharp intake of breath as the druid suddenly leaned in. Tenebrae's paw gently tugged Liki's pants down just a bit more as he nuzzled up between his legs and growled softly, eyes closing as he took in Liki's scent closer to the direct source, nose nuzzling up under his sack. His testicles pulled up in response and Liki shuddered, groaning and watching Tenebrae nuzzle him and he shifted his legs a bit more as the druid settled between them, stretching his own legs out behind him as he lay on his stomach.

Tenebrae growled still while his eyes remained closed. There was still a bit of a blush on his cheeks, but clearly the druid had discarded his previous inhabitants towards Liki and was far into what he was doing.

"T-Tene..." Liki groaned as the druid pulled in one of his furry balls and suckled on it gently, his lips expertly curling over his teeth as he did. Liki grit his own teeth and groaned in pleasure, the tip of his reddish wolfhood poking free of his sheath as he managed to speak. "Hey uh...heh, just how much sexual experience do you have yourself?"

The other worgen grinned and his golden eyes opened to look up at Liki. He didn't respond. Instead, his body began to start shifting, growing thicker and bigger muscles. Slowly, Tenebrae's form shifted, his white fur thickening out as he channeled one of his druidic forms. Liki watched in surprise as he witnessed the slow transformation. There weren't many times he got to see the druid shapeshift, it was always done so quickly that it seemed to happen instantly. Here, the druid seemed to relish in his body's changes, his shoulders rolling in a new, more feral form.

Liki watched the lips still cradling his testicles roll between Tenebrae's teeth. They steadily become sharper, yet those lips were sealed so tightly that it kept them from damaging the precious orb. Instead it gave a gentle message that made the rogue groan, his length steadily growing firmer and harder in reaction. The rogue smiled lightly as Tenebrae let go of his balls and licked up to the peeking length, quickly coaxing more of his wolfhood from his sheath.

He was leaking pre and his knot was swelling up in his sheath by the time Tenebrae finished changing form in front of him. His body had gone into a more feral looking form, legs filled with lithe and tight muscles. Liki paused as, instead of the thin furred long tail of a cat, he saw a large bushy tail emerge from just above the Worgen's ass. It wagged in the air rapidly as the druid continued to shapeshift into a more canine form.

Tenebrae was the only Worgen Druid Liki knew of. Even years after Tenebrae revealed himself and told other Night Elves how to tame their worgen halves, not many were willing to test their self control as a Worgen, and no current Gilnean Worgen were wanting to learn druidic arts.

Still though, Tenebrea's feral druid form had always been the panther one taught to him before he became a Worgen and Liki had seen it several times. It was a bit of a joke told among soldiers in the Alliance that a wolfish creature like a Worgen could still instantly turn into a feline still. Now though, Liki stammered in awe.

A growling feral wolf was now nuzzling up against his sheath as Liki's cock throbbed against his muzzle. The golden glowing eyes glancing up at Liki told him that Tenebrae was still very much in control. His fur was still a pure white, but was now thick and bushy like the coat of a wolf in winter. Muscles twitched and flexed under the fur as Tenebrae settled his now bigger, much more canine self between the Worgen's legs.

Liki was speechless, he didn't quite register the pleasure as his wolfhood throbbed. The wolf in between his legs seemed to think that meant he was doing good and dragged his long, flat tongue along the top of it. This managed to snap Liki out of his daze and he moaned in pleasure. "Oh-ohhhhhhh..." He growled pleasantly. "heh, that's a new feeling..."

Tenebrae growled back with his big, bushy white tail wagging in the air. He reached the tip of Liki's cock and used his tongue to pull it into his maw, lips covering over his teeth again to avoid biting. Tenebrae lowered his head, taking more of Liki's cock slowly, eyes closing as he enjoyed the taste of who he wanted to show his affection to; the male who saved him and was willing to receive it.

The black furred Worgen felt that tongue gathering his pre and licking it down as he leaned back a bit, letting the wolf take more of his cock until those firm lips met with his sheath. Liki groaned and his ears folded back as he watched the wolf slowly continue to peel his sheath back along his knot. Tenebrae's snout was now much wider, he was able to just take his knot easily into his mouth. Liki gasped and reached out to put a paw on that wide snout.

Tenebrea's eyes opened and looked up at Liki a moment, the Worgen's cock throbbed powerfully while the feral's tongue lapped around his knot. This was amazing...not just for the pleasure Tenebrae was giving him. This new form was also astonishing for its own reason.

"You...a white wolf..." Liki stammered at the large white wolf between his legs.

The druid's golden eyes sparkled in amusement and another thick and rumbling murr emanated from the big feral wolf's chest as he started to suckle once more on Liki's length.

The black Worgen shivered and groaned out as he leaned his head back and reached up to gently rub Tenebrae's large ears. The druids new form was huge, forcing Liki's enchanted clothing to bear a huge burden as his legs were forced to stretch around his thick upper body. Tenebrea's body had expanded and grown with thick fur and powerful muscles, easily doubling his previous size.

The wild wolf's eyes closed as he focused on his task of pleasuring a pack mate. A soft growl rolled through his throat while he gently rolled Liki's cock around on his tongue. Liki groaned and panted heavily as he blushed deeply. His mind could only think of one other thing right now and he wanted to know.

"Hey Tene..."

The golden eyes of the wolf opened, glowing brightly while giving a questioning upwards glace, never stopping his fun in wrapping his tongue around Liki's throbbing cock a few times and tugging on his swelling knot.

Liki groaned and he resisted losing himself fully to a rapidly building orgasm. "Do you mind if I return the favor. Right now?" He smiled and chuckled. "I don't want to be the only one feeling good."

A steady grin built over the wolf's muzzle and the big canine rose up, pulling up about halfway on Liki's cock to do so. This wolf form was about twice a big as the normal cat form. The big wolf turned while twisting around with his lips still around Liki's cock, bringing his midriff over Liki's head and standing over him.

Liki laid back when Tenebrae had started to twist over him, blushing as the wolf's thick hindlegs stamped down next to his head. He was now looking straight up at the slightly more silvery fur that gathered around the dire wolf's thick sheath and balls. Liki froze in surprise. He may have the fur of an Alpha among Worgen, but Tenebrae had him surpassed and then some. Perhaps that was just because of the size of this form, but either way it was impressive to look at, and the slight bit of deep red flesh that was visible among that white fur was intimidating.

It was only the tugging on his knot that made Liki remember that he wanted to show Tenebrae the same affection he was giving and he reached up and gently pulled at the wolf's hips. Tenebrae lowered himself slightly, arching his back and spreading his legs so that he could bring his groin closer down to Liki's level while still suckling on his own wolfhood slowly, not wanting to rush Liki's own orgasm. The feral wolf's chest laid on his midsection while his hindlegs held up his lower body enough for Liki not to be smothered by his thick coat of fur.

When Tenebrae's sheath fur was tickling against his nose, Liki leaned his head up comfortably enough to nuzzle the furry pouch gently. He earned an immediate groan of approval from Tenebrae and blushed deeply as he opened his lips and took the opening of the sheath into his maw. The heavy wolfcock inside it throbbed and a clear spurt of pre fired from the peeking tip. Liki blushed and lapped up the fluid, finding its taste rather intoxicating. His tongue lapped at the tip teasingly for a bit, as more of the thick length slowly started to emerge. The texture of the warm and smooth flesh was different than what Liki had gotten use to from his own Worgen body. Tenebrae was, in all manner of speaking, a truly feral wolf. It was not really Tenebrae who he was with right now. Only the slight remnants of his mind kept the wolf friendly towards him. He was viewed as a trusted packmate by the wolf.

Tenebrae gave a loud, steady growl that vibrated over Liki as the wolf was nearly fully laying on him. His hips shifted down, pushing more of the thick cock into Liki's maw. Liki blushed as he felt the firm flesh throb and begin to slowly grow thicker. Liki wasn't entirely practiced in giving blowjobs, and when the huge shaft poked at the back of muzzle he gave a little choke.

The feral wolf sensed this and pulled his hips back a bit. Liki was thankful and sighed once he managed to find the right spot where he could take the cock as deep as he could without choking. He reached up with his paws and rubbed the large, furry testicles that hung over him. They each were so big that Liki barely could fit them in the palms of his paws. The wolf's size was astounding, even with his muzzle full of cock, there wasn't even yet a sign of a knot. Liki moaned as Tenebrae easily surpassed his own size and then some. When Tenebrae's sheath finally thickened with the bulge of a knot, there was over fourteen inches of throbbing cock extending from his body. The knot would easily add about three inches more and it was as thick as one of the wolf's muscled limps...

There was no way Tenebrae was going to get this beast down his throat, Liki realized, he was already struggling with just a little over six inches in his maw as the tip was spurting precum at the back of his throat. He whined and blushed. Tenebrae just gave a soft growl while resting over him, not moving. It seemed the druid knew that this new form was too much for Liki, but was content with what he was being given just the same.

Liki wanted to give as much as he could, and thankfully as a Worgen and recently becoming more sexually active he knew how to pleasure a canine. His paws went from the large orbs to the sheath covered knot and tugged the furry sleeve back behind the bulge.

The big wolf groaned above him, his hindlegs shuffling a bit when the thick bulb was freed, his entire cock giving a firm throb and a heavy shot of musky pre, some of it dribbling out around Liki's lips. Liki's paws each took hold of one side of the thick knot, cupping around it fully and then squeezing gently. The effect was quick and noticeable.

Tenebrae gave a hot breath over Liki's own cock still in his massive maw, the rush of pleasure from having his knot squeezed making him freeze up. The thick mass of hard flesh thickened in Liki's grip slowly as he kept rhythmically squeezing it. Pre dribbled out from Liki's lips as he was unable to keep up and swallow down the heavy volume the long and thick cock was now spurting. Liki realized that he was probably going to end up nearly drowning in cum as those large orbs started to pull up in their white furred sack, but he just kept squeezing and started to tug on the thick knot a bit as well when his fingers started to get spread apart by it.

The heavy cock throbbed powerfully, a pure symbol of powerful, wild, male virility. Liki moaned softly as the knot seemed to finally stop swelling, as thick as it could get, his fingers were no longer able to fully wrap around the entire thing. The thought of even having this thick bulb inside him made Liki shiver in desire. Veins littered the smooth flesh of the wolfhood as it pulsed and twitched, the druid's balls were drawn up tight and ready to unleash their seed. Liki released his grip on the thick knot for a moment and then instead wrapped them just above it.

Tenebrae whined above him when the pressure on his knot was removed, but his hips pressed down eagerly when he felt them wrap back just above the thick bulb. Liki held a tight grip on the shaft, until Tenebrae settled back down as he seemed to realize what Liki was doing.

The rogue took a deep, musk filled breath and then held it, before he pushed his paws down on the thick knot and slowly let his paws spread around it. Tenebrae then pushed down once more with his hips, as Liki mimicked letting the druid tie to a tight hole with his paws. Liki allowed his fingers to slowly wrap around the thick knot once more, one at a time, until Liki suddenly 'popped' them around it and squeezed hard.

The dire wolf released Liki's cock to lift his head up to the ceiling and he let loose a howl. The sound was so passion filled that Liki just wanted to listen to it, but then the thick cock in his paws and muzzle throbbed hard. This was followed by a second throb, as the thick length swelled out with even more blood, and then a third. The fourth brought with it the first heavy blast of thick and rich lupine cum.

Liki would've coughed if he wasn't already holding his breath. It filled the back of his mouth to the brim with just the first ejaculate. He tried to desperately swallow, but he could only get about half of the thick seed with the one he managed before the fifth throb pumped the second rope of virile cum into his mouth. White seed leaked out from his lips, and the next throb and spurt caused Liki to cough as it started to overflow down his throat on its own. He had to let the cock free of his muzzle as he sputtered and tried to catch his breath.

Meanwhile, Liki still held his tight grip on the knot above him while the fourteen inch wolfhood throbbed and twitched. Each pulse pumped another heavy rope of cum that it shot across Liki's neck and head, coating his armor and fur with a thick and musky mask of white. Liki blushed deeply and had to close his eyes as he panted desperately for air through the ordeal, swallowing the remnants that was still in his mouth.

When he managed to recover, the volume of cum firing from the throbbing cock had lowered a bit and Liki eagerly resealed his lips around the tip, the next robe covering his tongue with the wolf's potent seed instead. This let him better keep up with Tenebrae's impressive production, his paws starting to milk the pulsing knot for more while he moaned and swallowed down the rest of what Tenebrae gave him.

With the initial rush of his orgasm fading into a blissful canine afterglow as his knot was milked, Tenebrae seemed to remember where this had all started and lowered his head quickly. He took Liki's own thirteen inches back into his muzzle, lips sealing behind his knot and then he tugged on it hard.

Liki had been so lost in pleasuring the druid that he had forgotten about how close he himself had been, and this moment of bringing his companion to orgasm first had him on a hair trigger. That simple tug was all it took to send him reeling into his own climax. Letting go of Tenebrea's still spurting cock and getting a lungful of nothing but thick male musk as he groaned in bliss. He thrust up with his hips into the feral's muzzle.

The Worgen's own cock throbbed a few times as his balls tried to pump as much as they could. While his production would never be as explosive as Tenebrae's new form, the wolf seemed more than pleased with the explosion of cum that began to fill his maw. Tenebrae swallowed eagerly, his now bigger size letting him take the spurts easily, not a single drop escaping his lips as the big wolf drank down the essence of his packmate.

Liki felt his energy being sapped for some reason, and remembered what the druid had said before he had shifted to this new form was that he would be draining some of Liki's energy to repower his connection to nature. Each rope of his cum that the druid drank down took with it a good amount of his energy, tiring him quickly.

Even though Liki was very productive as a Worgen himself, his couldn't quite compete with the druid's and after those first few hard spurts and the remaining ropes of his cum he was reduced to a writhing, whimpering mess as Tenebrae continued to milk his knot for more. Liki eventually patted the big wolf's hindlegs as he was becoming far too sensitive and his energy was absolutely drained, breathing rapidly from pleasure and exhaustion. The big wolf slowly pulled his lips up along Liki's leaking cock, lapping up the last of his seed and then gently licking at his tip a few times as it leaked a bit more, making Liki shiver under him.

Tenebrae then leaned to the side, carefully laying his massive body to the side of Liki while the Worgen still had a firm hold of his pulsing knot, his cock coming to lay over Liki's neck and spurting more thin strings of cum across it. The dire wolf panted heavily, his entire body emanating heat while he tried to expel it the only way canines could. Liki was panting the same way, the thick cock laying across his neck still filling his lungs with nothing but the smell of potent male scent.

Liki let go of the wolf's knot, groaning and letting his paws fall tiredly at his sides. Tenebrae perked up slightly and looked across Liki's legs and body at him. Liki was exhausted, that had been so much more draining then he realized it would be.

Tenebrae gave a questioning whine and Liki smiled softly and chuckled. "It's okay hon...I'm just...really drained, I hope you feel better because after that I need like, a full day's worth of sleep."

The wolf actually chuckled and smiled before rising up, still panting. Tenebrae used his new massive body to curl up around the Worgen, pushing his snout up under Liki's head to get him to pick it up and then laying his head down next to the Worgen's right shoulder. Liki found himself using the wolf's thick neck and fur as a pillow, as the canine draped the rest of its furry and warm body down his left side, tail just across his knees and curled around him. Liki blushed and smiled as he turned to his side and faced the wolf's head.

Tenebrae stared at him warmly, eyes glowing a bright gold as Liki snuggled up against the wolf's body and got comfortable. Liki blushed even more as he felt the still hard and thick cock nudge up along his backside a bit. Tenebrae murred contently at the intimate contact and then gave a low sigh while closing his eyes and began to rest. Liki continued to watch the feral wolf doze for a few minutes. The white wolf was a beauty to behold, his fur lush and vibrant and even after such a passionate moment of sex, clean and soft.

He would watch the wolf for hours if he could, but the exhaustion of giving his energy to Tenebrae was crashing over him once more. His eyes closed as he gave his own sigh of happiness and sleep took him, snuggling up closer to bury himself in the white wolf's fur...

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Liki dreamed of the day he had first really gotten to talk to Tenebrae. It had been shortly after he had joined The Searchers, and Tenebrae never spent much time in The Tower. As such, Liki had not yet talked much to the druid, but he wanted to know more about his companion and asked Tenebrae to spend some time with him once after a mission. The druid had no reason to deny him so they spent the day in The Tower. He had started by asking the Worgen druid more about himself, which led to discussing their respective professions, and Tenebrae had gone into hard detail about what it meant to be a druid.

Apparently druidic training was not at all an easy study. To let your body go into an animal form was to embrace the very nature of the beast you were becoming. Your mind was not in fact yours when you became them.

It degraded to that same feral state. It was only in this full embrace that a druid could achieve a form. Of all those forms, panthers were the easiest to embrace for Night Elves. Few Night Elf druids ever mastered other forms. Right now only Malfurion and three others are known as masters of all known forms, able to become a bird and fly even. Mastering all the known forms earned you the title of Archdruid.

When Liki asked for more clarification, Tenebrae had grinned and explained it a little more commonly. "Basically, it's like turning yourself into a really well trained Nightsaber or Direbear. You know who your allies are and who your enemies are, but that's pretty much it. As such, it's hard to learn the more advanced ones, like for swimming and flying. Others, like me, focus on just the healing power of nature, never taking up a real form other than our own, for only in your own form can you truly channel the power of life."

"What are the most difficult to master?" Liki had asked as a follow up question.

"That depends on your disposition. Many druids find the easiest to master is the Nightsaber or 'Cat' form, to remain quick and agile. Those who focus more on being strong learn the 'Direbear'. Others who are more scholarly may find the 'Astral' form easiest to master. Others master a 'Travel' form and end up living among nature itself."

Tenebrae held up 4 fingers. "Those are the four main forms. Only the Archdruids of the Cenarion circle know them all. There are few druids who know more than one but many missing two or one of the four forms."

"There's only four forms?" Liki blinked. He had always thought druids knew so many more.

"Yeah, only four that are recommended and have known masters who can teach you." Tenebrae chuckled, then grinned slyly. "There is a fifth, a wolf form, but attempting to learn it has been forbidden unless under very special studies and only by those of Archdruid status, and even though they know the method, they cannot take the tests to master it."

"What is the test for this wolf form?"

"Every form has a Wild God that presides over the form, ensuring that all those doing the form are not misusing it for evil or to corrupt the Emerald Dream. The Wild Gods also tests those who want to master their forms. The Wild God of the wolf form is known as Goldrinn. He embodies ferocity, savagery, and an unyielding will. Given that Goldrinn is one of the more powerful Wild Gods, his form is incredibly difficult to master, and he refuses to teach those he deems unworthy. He has so far never taken a student."

"What is the wolf form?" Liki asked then.

At this question, Tenebrae's proud smile faded a bit, and he chuckled. "Honestly, it...was...the Worgen..."

Liki tilted his head? "Wait...like...we're all in his image?"

Tenebrae shook his head. "No. The Worgen itself was the result of druids failing to learn Goldrinn's form; failing to control the rage and raw instincts that he embodies. I made it my goal to master and control it, and I succeeded. When I did..." He stopped.

Tenebrae seemed to consider if he should continue, and he eventually leaned in to whisper at LIki. "You don't tell any other druid that I told you this, understand?" He asked, suddenly very stern, but giving Liki a clear look of trust. He didn't mind sharing this secret with him it seemed.

Liki blinked and he nodded. He could keep secrets, they were what most of his life were built on afterall. "All right, I understand."

"I'm not really an Arch Druid, not officially within the Cinerian Circle. I've been bestowed the title by a Wild God but the councils refuse to acknowledge it fully." Tenebrae began to explain. "Reason being is that I've only mastered the cat and bear forms. I made it my goal to master a Worgen body, thinking that it really was Goldrinn's form. Being a Worgen does make my connection to nature far stronger, bringing me to the level of power an Arch Druid has even though I only know two forms. Because of this, the council won't recognize me, but when Malfurion found out I had succeeded in my goal, he got me an audience with Goldrinn in Mount Hyjal in secret."

"When we arrived, Goldrinn stared me down for several hours in dead silence. I only looked back into his eyes. Nearly two days passed with us just staring at each other. Malfurion just stood there as well, watching us both. He seemed to know exactly what was being done, even though I had not at the time.."

"A test." Liki had to determine.

The druid nodded. "I only wanted him to find me worthy of his form, I had no idea it was a test. I just wanted it so badly that I never broke his gaze and refused to blink. No matter what sound was made or how much his golden eyes pierced my own. I would wait patiently for him to say the first word to me, I would hold my breath for however long I needed for him to give me his judgement. I didn't even worry if he was going to reject me, I would accept whatever judgment he gave. If I could not teach the form, then I could use its power to heal and protect. Being a Worgen already made my other forms and healing ability much more powerful than they had been. Ever since I was born with golden eyes I was told I had a great destiny before me. I just knew that becoming the first master of his form was mine."

"I barely even felt time passing until finally, Goldrinn had blinked and he turned his head to Malfurion and asked him to leave us. Only then did I dare to look away from the wolf and my master was smiling brightly at me. He said 'Good luck to you, Archdruid Tenebrae, you have been a marvelous student'. I only barely registered what he meant before he transformed into his hawk form and flew away."

Tenebrae described what Goldrinn said to him, just recounting the event to himself in front of Liki.

"You are very strong of will Master Druid." Goldrinn had said.

"Oh..." Tenebrae had stammered. "I thank you for the compliment, Goldrinn..." The worgen had then bowed slightly but stopped himself thinking that he shouldn't be too modest.

This made Goldrinn laugh apparently, the Wild God chuckling. "Heh. Yes, wise and willful, a dangerous combination."

The comment made Tenebrae think he was going to be denied, so he had just nodded and looked down to the ground. "Thank you..."

There was a moment of silence and then Goldrinn murred loudly, and Tenebrae looked up to see the Wild God grinning across his muzzle. "Restrained as well, but not unwilling to test your limits...A perfect counterbalance for Savagery and Ferocity...You pass my test."

The big white wolf stood up and stared down at the Worgen druid with a growl. "You shall begin your training with me tomorrow, Archdruid."

Liki blinked. "So wait, that means that-?" he waited for confirmation from Tenebrae.

The druid nodded, stopping his recounting of the day as he smiled at Liki. "The Worgen form was the result of those failing to control their own inner beast, but it is just a step to mastering the true, real wolf form...I've been training regularly with Goldrinn through the last year when we were not on missions, but I'm still not anywhere close to embracing the from even a tiny bit. It remains elusive."

"What does Goldrinn's training consist of?"

"Living among wild wolves on Mount Hyjal mostly. For all creatures, wolves are the hardest by far to live with as a druid, and the wolves of Hyjal have never been tamed by anyone. It is hard to blend in with them and avoid them attacking me. It is a rather...difficult beast to understand...Goldrinn is very patient with me though. He protects me from other wolves if they tend to get too aggressive towards me. He continues to encourage me to understand 'The Pack'"

"The Pack? Like...what? Allies?"

Tenebrae shook his head. "No, I think he means like a family...embrace your family, your care and love of them. It's...difficult to understand. A pack of wolves do love each other, in some ways, but they are also enemies at other times. There are moments of fighting, arguing, biting and snarling for rank and file...but there's moments when they snuggle up and sleep peacefully after a successful hunt together, and moments of pleasure given to another they care for. Despite all, no matter what, the pack never breaks apart. Family is family, and that never changes. It is a strange set of emotions to constantly feel and balance. You become quickly enthralled in one side of the scale and it becomes difficult to return from, and once you do your are just exhausted."

"What does that form look like?"

"It's the very embodiment of Goldrinn himself. A wild, primal, white dire wolf. Twice as big and dozens of times more powerful than any other form. To become a master of the 'wolf' form and officially earn my Archdruid title, I have to become a true wolf myself."

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Sleep was warm and lovely for Liki that day. He and Tenebrae stayed together for nearly over a day and a half, just sleeping. The druid's new form was massive, and his fur was so warm like a big blanket that Liki didn't want to leave. It was only when someone entered the druid's room and called out his name that Liki really decided he had to leave its comforting embrace.

It was Drailsin. The dark grey Worgen was grinning down at them with his arms crossed. "There are many questions I want to ask about why it seems like Goldrinn himself is in our Tower, but I can only ask if you had a good time yesterday hehe."

Liki blushed as he sat up. Tenebrae, still in his new wolf form and still fast asleep, whimpered slightly when Liki's body left him. Liki's ears folded back and he reached to his left to gently rub his paw through the dire wolf's white fur. "Heh...yeah...it wasn't completely what I expected."

"It is about time he finally open himself up to someone." Drailsin chuckled, but then waved his paw and opened a portal to a washroom. "Someone is knocking on our front door."

Liki took a moment to process that information. "Wait...like, the front door of The Tower?"

Drailsin nodded, and Liki shook his head. "That shouldn't be possible, no one can see The Tower but us...right?"

"It's possible that a very powerful being could see it...but that is why I've come to alert and wake the both of you, so that we can all see who is there. Please clean yourself up quickly." The warlock chuckled.

Liki looked down at himself. He was still exposed, his sheath fur caked with dried cum. The fur of his neck and head was also stiff with dried semen and he blushed hard once more. He nodded. "Yeah...we'll be down shortly..."

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After managing to wake up Tenebrae-who upon waking up enough to realize what form he was in became so startled that it brought him right back out of the form nearly instantly- They both cleaned themselves up with a quick bath of warm water. The entire time the druid was asking Liki questions. How had he transformed into the wolf, what had they been doing as it happened?

It seemed like Tenebrae hadn't been aware of the transformation when it happened to him, he had embraced the form unwittingly and now was excited. He really was able to take Goldrinn's form! But now he had to remember the emotions he felt when he did so and what it was like while he was in it so that he could recreate the effect.

Liki smiled and just told the druid that he would be happy to try and recreate the effect with him later, but for now there was something more important to investigate.

Once cleaned, the two Worgen joined Drailsin and Kat'ern at the door to The Tower.

"It's a good fifteen minutes in here is only about three to the world outside." Kat'ern giggled. "They've been knocking steadily, like as if they know how time works compared to the outside."

Just then, there was another light knocking on the door. It was rather polite sounding, not rushed or hurried. Drailsin turned towards it and he nodded at the other three. "Be ready in case they turn out hostile, but let's be friendly for now. If they can see The Tower, then they must be very powerful in their own right."

Liki nodded and so did the others, and Drailsin pulled open the door to reveal their visitor.

"Ah..." The stranger's smooth voice spoke, as Liki paused in surprise. It was a child! Probably no more than sixteen years of age! How could he possibly see The Tower?! "I thank you for answering so quickly. I realize that your time is probably invaluable; hence why you have such an impressive structure to increase it, but I need a moment to speak with you."

The child was slightly dark skinned and wore a large white cap like that of a desert sultan and royal looking white clothing. The clothing was covered in gold, bright embroidery and spots of darker lines of black. His hands wore thick gauntlets and his shoulders had thick, black leather spaulders. His eyes shone a bright red as he smiled at the group of four Worgen in front of him. There was a slight patch of hair on his chin. He bowed lowly, holding one hand out to his side and the other to his chest.

"Allow me to introduce myself first." He then looked up, grinning and his red eyes shining. "My name is Wrathion and I...am the last living son of Deathwing."