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I thought that the trip made sense in every way possible. Tivald needed the medicine, most importantly. Also though, I was worried about how much I was enjoying this new family life. Every day was an adventure with children around, fun, exciting. At least, that's how it seemed, but what if I was wrong? What if I got bored, what if the wanderlust settled in again and I just started looking for my next big adventure? Then I'd be hurting seven young children and Runa if I couldn't get it under control.

I'd made love to Runa. I couldn't call it anything else. It'd been passionate, pleasurable, and it'd felt better for the budding feelings growing between us. I'd been a little worried she wanted to thank me for going to get Tivald's medicine, that she'd wanted to ensure I'd return with it, and that she hadn't really wanted me. She'd been so ready though, physically, and had enjoyed our coupling so much that I couldn't worry too much about her reasoning.

I was afraid of what I felt for the beautiful, timid wolf. I thought that I was more afraid of hurting Runa though. We hadn't talked about our situation becoming more permanent, but I couldn't imagine the talk was far off. The children and I got on too well, and Runa and I ourselves were entering dangerous emotional territory. I half scolded myself for making love to her. I had wanted to show her how good men could be, but I was worried I wouldn't be good enough, that I'd undo all the good will I'd shown her by being my usual, imperfect self. I couldn't be perfect the rest of my life, and what if my next mistake was a big, damaging one? I supposed at the very least, I wouldn't be as bad as Voltas.

The directions I'd received were in the form of described landmarks. Imava had thankfully written it down and even sketched a few things. The kin could read maps fine, but lacked the fine motor skills to produce detailed versions themselves. It worked out surprisingly well. Thar had given better, general description while Fen got a bit bogged down in details that often came in handy anyway.

Of course there was no trial by sunrise to see if I could pass back through the mountains. I'd never expected there to be one. I hadn't even believed in the monsters. Though werewolves had been proven to exist, I found they weren't really monsters after all. Runa with all her shy timidness just couldn't be thought of as a monster, if you asked me. I found myself humming the old song when I was getting close to the lands where humans dwelt anyway.

I'd spent a night out in the wilderness. I liked the outdoors in general, but I did find I missed the kids and Runa. I wanted to get back to them, for all the things that I wanted to do here among the humans. In the first decent sized town I came to, I sent word ahead to Anthovis and Lanzo. I didn't bother notifying Colhard or my father. One of the others would tell them, and they and I didn't much get along anyway. I had nothing to ask they help me with.

I got into the inn I'd planned to stay in late after riding hard on an unknown mare I'd gotten from one of my father's establishments. The inn was near the large town where my father held court. The next morning I got my sister the harp I'd planned to bring back for her, and then finally tracked down a doctor I could trust. There weren't many I felt I could. Vise and Lanzo met me at the inn. Lanzo brought the books and various other things I'd asked for and looked around in distaste. Unlike in Colhard's case, Lonzo's distaste for things translated to funny awkwardness that I couldn't help but be amused by.

“Em, it's good to see you. We all thought you were dead." Lanzo said, in a way that implied he'd have rather done this elsewhere. Lanzo's brown hair was getting a bit too long, which seemed to be it's constant state, just a little longer than was fashionable. It probably drove our father and Colhard nutts.

I clapped him on the shoulder and laughed. “No no! I've just been held up is all, and I'm not staying either, heading back."

“Back!" Lanzo nearly yelled in surprise. “Why? What did you find over there?" At least Lanzo did seem excited to hear the details of what was over the mountains, he had a thirst for knowledge, just no interest in adventuring about to get it.

“I found people, Lanzo, what else? They had a different way of being, far different from ours, but they're still people. I found Imava married to a lord, and I helped him in a few battles and such. Then I married his sister. I have a wife to go back to, that I want to go back to." I said, smiling.

“A wife?" Anthovis asked, sitting down next to me and slapping me on the back hard. His hair was short, darker than mine. “At your age? Gees Em, why didn't you just take up a mistress huh? Even I'm a little worried how you'll support a woman right now."

“Life is more simple over there." I said and flashed Vise a charming smile. “Did you find a position with the military like you wanted?" I asked him. He'd only just started talking to the right people to get a position, and that was the only reason he hadn't insisted on coming with me over the mountains to get Imava. He and Ima weren't close, but Anthovis could never resist an adventure. He was my closest brother, besides Imava, and we'd done a great many things together.

“Are these really acceptable matches for people of our station?" Lanzo asked tentatively.

I grinned at him. "Good enough for the fourth son and daughter of the Marques? I'd think so. Besides, no one would have Imava now if she came back having a husband over the mountains already. It's just as well she's happy there. And just as well I'm happy there too, since even joining the knights is considered a slight step down for us." I nodded to Anthovis since it was what he'd decided to do. "I've no hope of being anything respectable in Colhard and father's eyes." I shrugged that off.

Vise laughed and pat me on shoulder again. "So what's she like, this wife of yours? I can't believe the two youngest of us are the first to marry!"

I told them some details about life with the kin that didn't involve any of the werewolf parts. Lanzo eventually left, though Anthovis stayed a while. I told him more about the fights I'd undergone, again being careful to leave out the werewolf parts. We drank, though I didn't have as much as I usually would have. I didn't want to get so caught up in my affection for my brother that I told him about the kin and got him thinking of some sort of campaign against them. Vise talked about what was happening in our social circles a bit. He'd taken up a new mistress, which got him on the topic of women in general.

"Do you remember Taraline? You have to, Imava's friend you were sweet on here and there. She's in an interesting condition." He said, nodding meaningfully. She was pregnant then, but I also knew she wasn't married. I frowned.

"That has to be a mess." I said, counting back to the time we'd been together. I'd flirted with her for ages, and she hadn't been easy to get into bed with. She'd liked the game as much as I did, a hunt in its own way, thankfully she hadn't expected anything more from me. I'd assumed she knew how to avoid pregnancy, as some women did, and I'd pulled out to reduce the chances, but of course there was no way to be sure you didn't knock anyone up accept to not sleep with them. Where was the fun in that?

"You weren't with her recently were you? She's only just started to show noticeably, they're saying she's about three months along, maybe four but no more than that." I let out a sigh of relief and shook my head, giving an embarrassed grin to Anthovis. Then I remembered being with Runa, of course. It hadn't been a full moon, but she might get pregnant all the same, right? I wasn't sure what to think about that. I'd have to examine that one on the way back. There would be a full moon shortly after I got back to Runa, so I should probably figure out how I'd feel about children as soon as possible.

"They say she's being shipped off to birth the baby, they're in the process of getting her out of town, though of course if I know about it then so does everyone else. She'll probably have to become a mistress herself after this, nothing else for her. No employment, no marriage ..." Vise frowned. "Sad really, I suppose."

I chuckled softly. Anthovis was a little slow to realize when situations were bad, when society as it had been mapped out for him was unfair. I pat him lightly in the shoulder and sighed. "It was nice to see you, brother. It'll probably be a long while before I see you again."

Vise frowned. "That's right, you've got a wife now, and soon you'll have children. I might not see you ever again, or for years anyway."

"Listen Vise, don't come looking for me. I'll come back someday to see you, check on you, but don't come looking for me." I gave him a very serious glare to be sure he knew I was serious. Vise gave me a strange look, and wouldn't exactly promise.

I spent another night in the inn. As I laid there in the discomfort of the strange bed, I thought of Runa again. She had seven children already, had birthed ten, would she even want children with me? It was one thing to be afraid of being a father now, and another thing to think I'd never have children of my own. Not that I didn't like Runa's children, they were great. Maybe it was selfish or mean of me to think about wanting more than them. I sighed. Or there might already be another litter on the way, which made all my other concerns even more troublesome.

I seemed to be caught between wanting to know Runa and I's plans, that we had plans, and worried that I'd mess up anything we settled on. I suppose that amounted to being worried I wouldn't want Runa and the kids in the end, right? I frowned. I felt like Runa and the kids were definitely something I wanted. So what? Runa might not want me permanently. Perhaps she'd gain footing among the kin and find a male that could be kind to her, decent like I was. He could knot her, which I knew was important to the kin and bonding. Or maybe she'd be happy to be part of the pack and mateless, without any pressure to add to her considerable brood. For some reason, thinking of her moving on made me ache for her, I wanted to hold her, and make love to her again as though to reaffirm that she was mine. But she wasn't mine really, was she? We'd agreed things might be temporary, which seemed to guarantee they would be.

I groaned at my own circular thoughts and rolled over. Eventually I fell asleep.

The next morning I had an invitation from one of my best friends to some raucous party he was throwing that night. I chuckled to myself that Traiv would have found me here at this inn so quickly. I can't say the temptation of going to his party and finding a delicate flower to flirt and tease didn't sound appealing, as did the promise of good drink and conversation with friends. The temptation existed, but it certainly wasn't a strong impulse. I was far more anxious to return to Runa, I couldn't stop thinking of making love to her again, though there were other things about her I missed as well.

I traded the mare for a pony, well built for mountain tails. I packed up the harp, the medicine, and all else. Then I headed off, wanting to spend only one night in the wilderness before getting back to the kin. I hunted on the way, game was plentiful thanks to people not wanting to venture too close to 'Hell.' I was agitated by how long it took me, but finally I came to the Seer's cave.

It was impulsive, my inability to leave lonely people alone. Freya had made her sound so lonely. I figured I would give her a large rabbit I'd killed, and move on home after a brief conversation about the weather or something. I wasn't sure I wanted to hear anything of my future, but we could talk about whatever she wanted if it made her feel better, I'd be as happy a hearing about the future or the rabbit population this year.

"Hello?" I called out as I neared the cave entrance.

“Emmett, you may enter." A voice called from inside the cave. When I entered there was a white wolf with strange silver eyes sitting along one wall. She watched me enter and gave a nod. “It isn't often someone comes just to keep me company. I appreciate your thoughtfulness."

I grinned and gave her a good bow. "Well I'm told I owe my life to you. I brought you a rabbit I took on my way back through." I offered it happily and sat down, looking around as I did. The main room wasn't particularly heavy decorated, but there were a few side channels to the cave leading off to side rooms that were covered by cloth hangings.

“You haven't decided whether you want to know about your future or not, so what else would you like to talk about? Would you like to know how your niece is doing? Or perhaps you'd like to tell me how Fenrick and Imava are doing after Fen's victory over Voltas? Oh, maybe you want to talk about how before you met your current wife you'd thought about coming here to see if I'd like to make love to you and spend a few nights together?"

I laughed and blushed, giving her a good wide grin. "Well, don't you know a good deal? I had thought about that." I nodded and looked her over a little, unashamed, but I didn't do anything else. She was beautiful, I thought, but it was true that I was more interested in getting back to Runa now. "Do you need me to tell you how Imava and Fenrick are doing?" I asked with a raised eyebrow.

She laughed. “No, I don't, but I appreciate that you would. There are things I am curious about, though. I can see a lot of big events, but details tend to slip away. How do you feel about all that has happened? It isn't common that a wilder such as yourself comes from the human lands with such noble birth in his wake and decides to stay with the wolves."

"It's kind of brutal, I suppose. Even the mating and marriage traditions can be violent. Then what I've heard of some wolves, Voltas ... But the more I've thought about it and seen goodness in wolves like Fenrick and Runa, the more I realize that it's the same goodness and evil that exists in men too. I like that this society the wolves have seems to stay closer to nature and the basics of existence. My society has been losing that, and their sense of adventure." I smiled and shrugged. "It's a better place for me I think."

“That's a big decision to make without knowing what lies down either path." She gave me a sly look. “Wouldn't you like to know what could come of things if you chose to go back and live your life as a noble?"

The prospect of knowing the future was kind of frightening to me. It felt less like asking what was going to happen and getting the right answers, as it felt like letting someone write my future. I knew that wasn't how the Seer worked, but I felt like my future was all possibilities and choices, until I let someone tell me the results. I gave her a nervous half smile, thinking of Runa and the kids. Maybe she'd have something useful to say about them, know if Runa and I were going to work out. Did I want to know even that? If the answer was no, I wasn't sure I could enjoy what time I'd have with her, and that seemed worse than anything. "Alright Seer." I said with a sigh. "If you're willing to tell me, I suppose. Do you want anything more than the rabbit?"

“You're a lucky one. No matter which way you go, your life is not in immediate danger, so your cost is low. The rabbit, plus a promise to visit me once a month for the next year will suffice. If you agree to that cost, I will tell you what I see, well, parts of what I see. Not all of it would be useful to you." She said with a small, toothy smile.

I smiled more honestly. "Then I agree." I laughed. "I probably would have even if you'd just asked!" At least my life wasn't in danger I supposed.

“If you return to your own people, you will find yourself quickly swallowed by a life of surprising luxury. Within a year a friend of yours will offer you a business arrangement of which you can partake for what is, to you, a small amount of money that you will get from your father. The business explodes and you become wealthy beyond imagining. Your earnings guarantee you a life of comfort for years and years to come. You never settle down. You never have any children that you acknowledge, but you never want for company."

“If you return to the wolves and to Runa, your life will be much harder. There is trouble coming, trouble that you'll never even know about if you leave, but it will be a difficult time for you. You'll work hard all your life, but you'll become strong and respected amongst the wolves of Fenrick's pack. The children you raise will one day start a pack of their own with Fenrick's blessing, but you will have two children who cause you great grief and upset. Runa never stops loving you."

The Seer clicked her teeth a little. “There is more, but some things are best left unsaid, and the goddess says that if I tell you anymore, I need to demand a steeper price. Sorry."

I frowned a bit. The first option sounded nice, but lonely. The second was worrisome, at least when it came to the children. She hadn't said if Runa and I would have children together, but that a couple of the children we would raise together would cause us 'grief,' which could be anything from having a behavioral problem to dying young. And the part about Runa never stopping loving me, well that might mean she dies giving birth to our two troublesome children. But, she'd said Runa would never stop loving me. I smiled slowly. "So she loves me? Now? Already?" I felt nervous but pleased, grateful that such an amazing woman really cared for me.

The Seer laughed. “I'm not sure of that, but she will if she doesn't already. Do you love her, Emmett? That should be a big consideration in you choosing what you do next. I've told you which way is easier, but sometimes easier is not better. You are almost spoiled for choices. You will be happy no matter what you do, but you must choose the type of happiness you wish to embrace. Returning to the wolves will, over the long run, cause you more grief and heartache than going home." She closed her mouth. “I really can't say anymore though. I have rules I must abide by."

I held up my hands, giving her a sad smile. "I'm not trying to trick you into telling me more than is safe for you." I frowned at my hands. "I might have to come back someday, visits aside. I don't know. Can you tell me if Runa will be happier if I stay or go? Can I ask that?"

“I can, but do you want to make a choice about your future based upon what is best for someone else and not for yourself?" The Seer asked, and her tone told me this was a question far more important then it seemed on the outside.

Well, she'd said herself I would enjoy either choice one way or the other. I already knew which way I wanted to go, but I didn't want my choice to hurt Runa. If she were going to be happiest if I went the other way, than I wanted to do what was best for her. Maybe that meant I loved her. "Yes, I want her happiness to be a part of why I choose the way I do." I gave her a small smile that I hoped told her that I knew that was important.

“If you don't go to her, Fenrick chooses another for her, and she is happy eventually, but never as happy as she'll be with you." The Seer replied with a wag of her tail.

I nodded, feeling both relieved that Runa would be happiest with me and a little more worried about this grief and heartache in my future. Our future. I spent a few long moments making faces at my hands, and then looked back up at the Seer with a wide smile. "Thanks for that. So. How is the pregnancy going? You're a few weeks behind my sister I believe, but that makes a big difference in kin pregnancies. Do you need anything when I come to see you next month?" I asked, smiling and being my usual charming self again.

“Being a Seer is interesting in that I can see so much, but there is generally a darkness around myself and my offspring. I know she'll be a daughter, because we always have daughters, Seers, but I don't know anything else about her. I don't know anything about how to take care of her. I'm a little afraid of the whole thing, and more so because I'm alone here. If . . . if you could bring some supplies that might help with a baby when you visit next time, I would much appreciate it." She stood up and I could see that her stomach was getting quite round. She did a circle to show off her body, and then laid back down where she'd been sitting. “It's funny, for all I know, I know almost nothing about what is happening to me now."

I nodded. "I figured something like that. I'll try to bring Runa by." I motioned to my own body as though displaying it sexually for her. "Clearly this body has never given birth." I grinned and then became slightly more serious. "I'll ask her what you'll need, too. You said you can't see your daughter's future? Imava thought she was kind of guaranteed to take over for you, live the same life you have pretty much."

The Seer's smile seemed to falter a little. “That is what is intended, but this life isn't for everyone. The goddess wants my daughter to take my place, but I don't know if that's what she'll want for herself. This life is . . . well, it's difficult. People hate me. They're afraid of what I am and what I know, but they all want to know the future so they keep coming, and I do love my connection to fate. I have helped good men accomplish great things. I'm proud of that, but it's not enough for everyone."

"If it helps, Imava doesn't hate you. Exactly. She doesn't want to see you, and I know they're worried about your daughter with Fenrick. They want her to be happy, and I know Fen wishes he could be a part of her life. I guess the good news there is that if she wants to see another way of life, or try it out, they'd be more than happy to try and help her figure out where she wants to be and what she wants to do with her life." I shrugged and smiled apologetically. "Ima doesn't hate you, the situation, the circumstances, the questions around your daughter's future happiness … Those things she hates."

The Seer sighed. “Well, she is one of the few. That was one of my least favorite costs to extract. It wasn't that Fenrick was mean about it . . . I just didn't want it. He didn't either, and it wasn't nice for either of us. I know it hurt Fenrick and Imava, but I don't get choose what I ask for, not on big things. The goddess gives me some leeway on smaller things, like the rabbit, and your promise to come see me. She didn't want anything from you of particular value, so I made a request based on what I wanted." She smiled a little. “Sorry if it'll be inconvenient, but I don't get company often."

"Ah that's ok, as I said I would have done it just for the asking. I can't leave people I perceive as lonely alone. It's a thing." I shrugged. "And Freya made you sound lonely, so I had to come." I frowned a little, remembering her death. "I suppose you already know she passed in the fight for control of the pack."

“Yes, I know." She said quietly. “I knew it was a strong possibility when I sent Fenrick away, and as events got closer to boiling over, it became clear what strand of fate had been selected. It was very sad to see her go, and I'm sorry you lost her. I know you two were close."

I always felt awkward when my own connection to Freya came up, and I was suddenly reminded that I'd always felt similarly when people express regret for me at my mother's death. It was just for opposite reasons. I hadn't known my mother well enough to really miss her beyond maybe that first year or so. Freya I didn't feel like I had a right to mourn considering my connection with her compared to what others had. I shook my head and sighed. "I... It's getting easier with time I think. That's the best I could ask for I suppose." I shrugged and smiled a lopsided grin. I didn't know what else to say about it.

I spent a little more time with the Seer, and then stood. I really was eager to get back to Runa, and even if Tivald would live a long while without the medicine, the longer he went without the less comfortable he'd be. "Thank you for letting me in, Seer. I'll be back next month, and I'll try to bring Runa and some baby supplies." I bowed to her.

“It was my pleasure. I don't often get company, and especially not company that actually wants to see me." She said, and she watched as I turned to go.

I went quickly from there, leading the pony in the dark for some of it. I was happy to get home, though I knew the kids would be in bed already. I'd be with them in the morning, and the thought of waking up to their sleepy, early morning laughter was exciting. As was getting to walk in to Runa, done with taking care of scrapes, bumps, and listening to nonsensical jokes for the day. I'd missed her. I'd been away four nights, just after we'd made love for the first time. There were emotional and physical reasons why that wasn't so grand a thing, but now I'd be back to sooth Runa's concerns and smother out my own doubts.

I unpacked and stashed the pony in the stables, the structure now oddly suitable for goats, children, or ponies. Then I brought everything in the back door and left it there to move the rest of the way into the house tomorrow. I brought the medicine with me only, so we might give it to Tivald first thing in the morning. I searched the quiet house for Runa.

I found her laying in bed, atop the covers in her wolf form. She was fast asleep, her tail wrapped around her legs, and her head laying on one of the pillows. I smiled at her for a short while, enjoying the view of her sleek black body, and then undressed quietly. I got slowly into the bed. I didn't want to frighten her, so i didn't wrap her up in a hug immediately or anything. Instead I moved in close and started to run my hand over her neck and back, petting her softly.

Runa shifted and opened an eye. When she saw me a smile spread across her features. “I didn't expect you back so soon, Em." She crawled closer to me, pushing her body against mine. “How was your trip? Did everything go alright?"

I sighed happily to have her close, and smiled at her. “Yes, the medicine is on the dresser there so we can give it to Tivald when he wakes up. I brought back some treats for the kids, and a harp for my sister too. I did everything quickly, I wanted to get back." I let my fingers sink into her fur deeper, my petting turning to more of a scratching movement.

Runa sighed. “That's good. I wanted you to come back too. I was scared you wouldn't, scared I couldn't have something so nice for very long." She nuzzled into my neck. “I really like having you here, Em. You're great for the kids, and great for me."

I rubbed my head against hers and buried my face in her neck fur, taking a deep breath of her scent. “I'm glad you think so Runa. I don't want this to be temporary. I know it's soon to bring this up, it's only been a week since I showed up, but I want to be with you. You can still take your time figuring out what you want, I know your life is changing a lot right now." I laughed at myself, this was coming out far more awkwardly than anything I usually said. “I guess I just want you to know that I care about you and the kids, and I want to be here for you." I pulled back enough to smile awkwardly at her, a little embarrassed at my lack of ability to word things properly. I thought I should have waited to say anything like that if I'd really meant she could take her time, I'd put pressure on her now even if I hadn't meant to. Well, I wasn't perfect. I had a desire to keep her for myself, and it was bound to reveal itself eventually.

Runa laughed, a happy, bubbly sound for a wolf to make. She leaned in and licked my face. “I'd love for you to stay, Emmett. I think I might love you, and I don't want you to go. You make me happy, and I want to be as close to you as I can for as long as possible."

I grinned, wide and foolishly, but couldn't seem to get any words out right away. Instead I butted my head against her and brought my roving fingers up behind her ears affectionately. I wanted to warn her about what the Seer had said was in store for us, but I was just too happy in that moment to do so. I'd tell her the next day, I decided, and we'd just be happy tonight. I wrapped my arms around her neck, pulling back to look into her face again. “I thought about you a lot while I was gone." I admitted, my tone implying that at least a portion of those thoughts had been sexual in nature.

She gave a playful growl and nipped at my shoulder. “I thought of you too. I even had to change to my hybrid form and do something about it once. Thinking about being with you makes me wet."

I laughed and rolled her onto her side so I could touch her nipples, as I had last time. I liked feeling them firm up beneath my fingers, that there were six of them. It was enticing that she had six to play with. “Do you want me in this form again?" I asked her. I was thrusting my hips gently against her leg, my cock sliding over her soft fur and starting to get hard with the friction and the idea of what we'd be doing with it soon.

She nipped playfully at my shoulder again as I touched her. “I have six nipples in all my forms. Would you like to try one of the others?" She asked. “For you I'd even do my hybrid form willingly. I will enjoy it as long as it's with you." She brushed her tail between my legs lightly.

“I'd like to try your werewolf form, if you'll be comfortable enough." I said even as my hands roved her wolf form. I found her attractive in each form, but I kind of wanted her to have something more like hands, claws, a body I could more easily take while facing her this time. I could take her wolf form on her back, but I thought it might be more comfortable in her werewolf form.

“My pleasure, love." She said, and she pulled away long enough for her body to shift and change. After she'd changed she crawled back into bed, looking a little shy. “Do you really find me attractive like this? I know it's very different than you're used to."

I ran a soothing hand over her. “Of course I do, I've found you attractive is all your different forms." I said honestly. “I'm sorry I only have this one form to share with you, and no knot. Though I can stay within you when we've finished for a while, if you'd like." As I spoke my hand ran down her nipples again, and then drifted over her belly to between her legs.

She shivered a bit as my fingers passed over her sex. “I'd love to stay close to you for as long as possible." She reached down between my legs and firmly grabbed my shaft, giving it a squeeze and a tug. “A knot isn't everything though. Having a man who loves me, who actually wants to be with me, that's far more important. Also, you're handsome, and a considerate lover." She nipped playfully at my shoulder and neck. “Would you like me on my back?"

I gently pushed her over in answer. I nuzzled the side of her head as I pushed my cock against her sex, thrusting back and forth over her wet entrance and the soft, damp fur surrounding it. I nipped lightly at the underside of her muzzle, playfully. I didn't have the instinct for nippling like that, but I could certainly learn to nip at her if she kept doing it to me and it seemed enjoyable. I lined myself up with her entrance, too excited to draw things out for much longer. I pulled back, sitting up on my elbows enough that I could look into her face as I pushed within her.

She let out a soft whine of pleasure as my manhood slipped into her body, and then she wrapped her powerful arms around my back, her claws gently raking the flesh on my back. “I've wanted this so bad since last time." She growled the words quietly, pressing her hips upwards into me.

I gasped as her claws ran down my back, it was soft enough that it tingled more than hurt, but the threat was there. She could kill me easily, and I knew it was probably going to be a little hard for her to void hurting me. For some reason the thought excited me, it felt a bit thrilling. “Me too." I said, voice husky with arousal. I started moving within her, slow at first but quickly picking up pace and force. She felt amazing, warm and tight as she swelled with her arousal.

As I moved within her, Runa rolled her hips against mine in a rhythmic pattern, working the muscles of her sex against my shaft in time with my thrusts. “Em, you feel amazing." A low growl sounded in her throat as the heat wrapping around my body began to build. Her body was so much hotter than mine, and getting hotter as she grew closer to her orgasm.

I moaned softly, sitting up and sliding my hands down her sides to her hips so I could move faster. It felt like I sank deeper into her this way anyway. “Gods Runa, I'm not going to be able to hold back when you cum." I told her, not sure how long I had left in me as it was. I moved one of my hands to her lowest nipple on one side, flicking my thumb over it gently. I'd said I could stay within her when it was done, that meant cumming inside her again. We still hadn't talked about children, but I wanted her pregnant, to fill her with my own pups. We really needed to talk about it soon if we were going to keep at it like this, but the thought was driving me wild in that moment. I moaned again, louder. “So good, Runa."

Her clawed hands slipped down to my ass, pulling me into her harder as we fucked. “Emmett!" She moaned loudly. “Gods, cum inside me!" She cried out as her body clenched down hard on mine, powerfully resisting my inward thrusting, though she was still pulling me against her. “Deep, love, I want it deep."

I came as she asked, moaning as I pushed all the way in to her impossibly tight sheath. I held her hips tightly and breathed heavily as my cock filled her with my sperm and my hips gently rocked within her. It felt almost as though I couldn't have pulled out if I'd wanted, even without her clawed hands holding me tightly, and I didn't resist the urge to stay deep within. I smiled down at her as I started to regain my senses from the burning, satisfying release. I laid down on top of her, nuzzling my head against her chest and shoulder. My cock still pulsed occasionally within her, the feeling accentuated by the way her body was pressing tightly on it. “Deep enough?" I asked, smiling hazily through the relaxed thrill that'd come over me.

She let out a low, pleased growl. “Yes, Em. Yes." Her insides were still quivering around my length, throbbing gently against my cock. “I know we haven't talked much about this." She said a bit breathlessly. “ . . . and if you don't want me to get pregnant again I can't take measures, but I'm unprotected right now. If you haven't gotten me pregnant already, the full moon is close, and your seed will quicken if we are together that night. I'd like to have a some pups with you, but I won't force you into that kind of commitment if you're not interested." She pressed her face against mine lightly, nuzzling my cheek.

I chuckled softly, running a hand over her fur from ear to neck. “Babies, pups … I've never held a baby that was under a year old. I guess I'm a little frightened, but I was thinking about that while I was away, and as we made love just now. I do want to have you carry my pups, if you'll have them. I was worried while I was away, what with all the children you already have I thought maybe you wouldn't be interested."

She gave a soft sigh. “I like pups, raising little ones, and I'd like to have a few that have you as a father . . . well, an actual father. You're father to all of them now, and I don't love the others any less. It's hard to explain, I suppose. I would just like a few that share your attributes." She had begun to gently stroke her hips along my length again as we talked, her insides tugging at my recently spent shaft. As she finished talk she gave a quiet growl that came out as a moan, and I felt her sheath tighten around me in a spasm.

She nuzzled me again. “Sorry, you feel so good inside me. I had a small orgasm."

I laughed quietly. “You don't ever have to apologize for that." I shifted inside her, moving my hips back and forward just a little. I sighed happily. “I don't think I'm going to go soft, with all the attention it's getting inside you." I pulled back a little further and pushed in a bit harder, humming in a gravelly tone as my desire started to flair up again. “Do you want to go again? On top this time?" I asked, giving her a mischievous smile. “We don't even have to separate."

In answer she growled and lifted me up as she pushed me backward onto the bed and ground her hips against mine. She let out a pleased growl and put her hand on my chest, pressing me into the bed as she began slide up and down my shaft. Her body was still throbbing from her last small orgasm.

“I've never been on top." She said, and I noticed that the insides of her ears turned a little pink. Was that a wolf's blush? Her hips came up again, and then slid back down my length. “Mmm, it's so good."

I grinned up at her, keeping my hands loose on his hips. She was a beautiful sight, riding me like that. “I'm glad you like it then." I said. “I certainly do, I can see all your enjoyment from here." I reached up her length with one of my hands and ran my fingers gently down a line of her nipples before returning to one and squeezing it between two fingers. My other hand moved from her hip to her thigh, squeezing without trying to take control of her movements. I liked her in control of the experience.

She let out a low growl as my fingers toyed with her sensitive nipples. Her hips rolled against mine, causing her sex to swallow mine up with every downward press. Her body was powerful, rippling with muscle beneath her fur, and I could feel it working as she took pleasure from my member. Her abs flexed in time with her motions, which caused the muscles inside of her wolven slit to contract and squeeze my shaft. Her breathing became a bit ragged as she continued to move on top of me, and slowly her pace began to increase.

She took one of my hands and brought it up to her top set of breasts, having me squeeze the flesh there. It was small in her werewolf form, not much to squeeze, but I could tell she liked it when I did. “Em, you make me feel so amazing." She panted. “I love you." She growled the words as her pace began to get a little frantic. She was slamming herself down onto my cock hard, and there was a surprising amount of wetness dripping down my shaft from her opening every time she lifted up on me. She was dripping with excitement.

“I love you too, Runa." I said, wishing I could say something more profound, or do something more than this to show her how much. I took both her small breasts in hand, squeezing them and passing my thumbs over the nipples as I did. “I'm going to cum again soon my love." I warned her, near panting myself as the sensation starting again at the base of my shaft.

She leaned over me and pressed her face into my neck as she she began to slam her hips into me even harder, her sex squeezing mine tightly. “I'm cumming!" She growled, and then her body clamped down on mine, trying to squeeze the seed from my body. She gave a pleasured whimper as she shuddered against me. I groaned as I came within her again, pleasantly remembering that we had agreed we wanted children together, so it seemed to me we were actually trying to get her pregnant now. The thought made me chuckle as I came down, happy and amazed that so much could have changed in such a short time for me.

“Ah Runa, I love you." I said, rubbing my head against hers. I made a note to myself that I'd have to thank Fenrick and Ima for setting Runa and I on this path together.

“I love you too." She said happily, wiggling her hips against me a little as she pulled me over and back on top of her. “I figured this would be more comfortable." She noted with a chuckled, then she gave me a canid kiss, a nip and a lick. “Thanks to you I'm actually excited about the future."

I laughed. “Good! I'm always excited about the future. I took a bit of the fun out of it though and let the Seer tell me a bit about mine on the way back home. I'm supposed to visit her once a month for a year. I promised I'd try to bring you up this next time, not for a reading or anything just because she's pregnant for the first time and scared."

Runa looked a little surprised. “I've always heard terrible things about her, but most of those came from Voltas, so I'm not going to read too much into them." She looked a little worried. “Did she tell you anything bad? She told my father something bad once."

“I think you have to remember, and it's hard, that she doesn't write the future. She just tells it to you as she sees it, and you still have options. The choices we make change the things that happen." I nuzzled Runa reassuringly. “She also doesn't get to choose the things she asks for a lot of the time. A lot of people don't like her, some of them for her knowledge of the future, some for the price she has to put on them. It seems to me though that she's only a little better than a servant to this goddess of hers, trapped in a way." I shrugged. “I can't leave lonely people alone, that's why I went, but she said my life wasn't in danger and that in exchange for just a couple small things she'd tell me a bit about my future."

“I was already thinking I wanted to stay with you, but I wasn't sure what you'd want to do. So she read me my two options basically, to return to you or go back to live with the humans again. In the human world I never married or had children, but I had a lot of money to throw around and have fun with. And here she said I'd have you, and that you'd be happiest with me here. She said there'd be trouble too, she said it was a harder life with more heartache, but harder doesn't mean less happy." I kissed the side of Runa's muzzle. “She did say that some of our children would go off to start a new pack with Fen's blessing, but that two of them would cause us some form of grief along the way. She also said that soon there'll be trouble, a tough time for us." I frowned a little, wondering if maybe we shouldn't be trying to get Runa pregnant until the trouble had passed. “But clearly it must be something we can get over if we raise all these children together."

Runa sighed. “That's a lot to think about, but I'm happy you chose to be with me." She smiled. “It's a little unnerving to think there is trouble in the future, especially trouble with the kids. That worries me a little, but whatever happens, I'm sure we'll get through it together, and we'll do what it takes to help the kids get through it as well." She was quiet for a minute, and then she added. “I'm a little nervous about visiting the Seer. She's also seemed so frightening to me, but no one should have to go through a pregnancy with no help. It's no easy, especially the first time, and she must be quite old by now."

Runa thought about it a bit more and looked a little shocked. “She must be really, really old. If she's kin she should be well past the birthing period in her life, but I suppose things work different for a Seer."

“Well, I don't think there are a lot of people out there that have said she's a fraud, that's for sure. I'll be with you when we go to see her love, so don't worry." Then it occurred to me she probably didn't know anything about the child's lineage. “Uh, and besides, that child is Fenrick's." I said a little darkly. I didn't like to see my sister hurt, and the Seer had hurt her with the demand for a child. I blamed the goddess the Seer served, and not the Seer herself. And what was I going to do against a goddess? It wouldn't help to put my anger on someone that didn't deserve it, and it certainly wouldn't help to make her suffer loneliness and going into a birth with no information or supplies for the baby. That was unfair to the child, too. “He's not supposed to have much at all to do with her, but they will be related by blood anyway. It was her price when Fen asked to know the Seer's knowledge surrounding his choices with Voltas. The Seer also told them where I was in the mountains, and that I'd have died without their help. So I suppose I owe my life to my sister's suffering." I sighed, the thought unpleasant when I put it like that.

Runa put a hand on my cheek. “You can't blame yourself for things that were out of your control. Imava and Fenrick seem happy together, even with the trouble that impregnating the Seer may have caused . . . “ She paused a moment, a surprised look on her face. “This means the Seer's child will be my niece or nephew. That . . . is very strange. I think I would like to meet her. Family, children especially, are important to me, and if she'll need help with the birthing, I could provide that, and maybe help her learn how to take care of a child."

Runa seemed almost excited at the prospect. “I've never had a woman to talk to about such things. It might actually be fun."

I smiled. “I'm slipping out of you." I said, both our bodies losing some of the swell that had held them together. I stifled a yawn, not wanting to do it in her face. “Good gods it must be late." I winked at her. “No possibility the kiddos will sleep in right?" I said with a chuckle. I rolled off of her but rolled back to cuddle up to her, wrapping my arm about her middle and tracing a very small circle on her belly with two of my fingers. “I'm excited." I said quietly to her and kissed the side of her neck. Not too tired to sleep, though.