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7

"Kyle?" I gasped seeing my best friend and secret crush before me. He looked up with teary eyes before practically collapsing to the ground.

"KYLE!" I yelled in fear and scrambled forward as fast I could to support him. I pulled him to my chest as he panted. Something inside of me had snapped and reformed as I saw him collapse. I didn't know what had happened but all I wanted to do was be here for him; to be closer to him than I ever had before.

He was panting from the exertion as I checked him over for any major damage. Catching himself, his breath evened out and suddenly pulled me around to face him. He was in a panic and began checking my body for scratches or scrapes.

"HE DIDN'T BITE YOU DID HE?" Kyle was freaking now and began to more nervous.

"No, I'm ok. Just bruised a bit," speaking slowly while trying to get his attention away from me so I could check him out further.

"JESSE!" he cried out and pulled me tight against his naked form and began crying. He was shaking like the leaves of an aspen tree in the fall breeze.

"Shhhh," I spoke softly in his ear, "I'm fine. It'll be fine." It took him a half a minute before he pulled me back from his chest then suddenly grabbed my face and pulled my mouth to his.

My eyes opened wide. Really wide. Something inside me was drawing me forward. I felt like I could never live or be without him. If he had died, I would have died as well.

Shock registered across my face as I felt his soft, red lips caress my own. I don't know when it began but suddenly I found myself giving into him and allowing him to take from me. His tongue in my mouth, mine in his. His right hand through my hair and left arm encircling around the middle of my back pulling me hard to his naked form.

I felt his tears drop slowly down onto my face and across our lips. The saltiness mixing with the sweetness of his.

Finally I had to pull back to catch my breath, "KYLE!" I gasped. He kept trying to pull me back and not let me go. "Kyle," I said softly catching his right hand again. His eyes were closed.

I reached for his face, dirt and grime smeared across it. His eyes opened with a smile tinged in tears.

"I,I..." he paused gulping air, "I love you Jesse."

My heart caught in my throat. I didn't know what to say. What was I supposed to say? How could I say it?

We had been best friends for so long. I had always had feelings for him. I'd tried like hell to hide them from him and everyone else. Gran and Mom had known. Blake figured it out. My mind was whirling around when I heard a cough behind us. I spun around to look at Blake holding onto his ankle with Kyle stilling holding me tight.

"As touching as this is," Blake said with a smirk, "I don't think I'm going to be able to walk."

My mind spun out of control. Blake was sitting there in his lycan form holding his ankle and I was in the lap of a very naked Kyle after just making out with him.

"I'm going to need a splint," Blake said rather stoically.

Kyle pulled us both up, looked into my eyes with possession and love, running his hand over the side of my face. He turned to Blake, "I'll go put together a couple of redwood shakes," then ran towards one of the pieces of tree that I'd blasted into pieces with the lightning spell.

I moved over to Blake and ripped one of the sleeves off my shirt, "We can use this to tie down the splint."

"Jesse," Blake spoke catching my attention, "You felt it didn't you?"

"Felt what?" I asked while both trying to rip the sleeves more into strips and also avoid the question.

"Jesse," he growled, "Don't fuck around. Answer me!"

"YOU'RE NOT MY ALPHA!" I barreled back at him, "KYLE IS!"

The words were out of my mouth before I had a chance to realize. I gasped just as Blake just sat there grinning ear to ear.

"Asshole," I spat, surprised that Blake had attempted to use his Alpha power on me just to get me to verbalize what was the truth. I realized what I had said although it wasn't any easier given my feelings, but there was something more.

I sat back on my ass pulling my knees up to my chest.

Blake looked at me with concern, "You ok?"

"Yes. No." throwing up my hands, "Hell, I don't know." I was trying to figure out the entire thing and how it happened. My analytical mind was running in overdrive by my heart was trying to override the situation.

"What's wrong?" he asked pulling back to rest on his elbows still in his anthro-lycan form.

"There's just," grasping for what I was trying to describe. I took a deep breath. "When I saw him on the ground after collapsing I felt a 'snap' within me. The 'pull' like you and Gran talked about. But there was more, I had to help him. I cared about him like I always had and I knew that I was in love with him but part of me kept saying he was straight."

"And?" Blake asked.

"When he started to shake and I just whispered in his ear that I was 'fine', something seemed to just roll off of him and onto me," as I tried to explain, "Something drew me to him."

"Well, he is your Alpha and it's obvious he has feelings for you," Blake said while flicking a piece of bark with a clawed finger.

"No," I said emphatically.

"No? No what?" surprise evident in his voice, "What do you mean?"

I turned to look at him, "Blake," swallowing hard, "I feel like I can't live without him. I have to be near Kyle. I feel like I have to protect him more than I would normally. It's as if he were to die, then I would also."

Blake's eyes enlarged and bugged forward so fast that I thought they were going to explode out of his head like a cartoon character. "HOLY FUCK!" he spat.

"WHAT?" my voice loudly carried along with Blake's toward Kyle who had just finished with the wood to make the splint.

"Here," Kyle said handing me the two pieces of wood to lie on either side of Blake's leg.

Blake just stared at him, "Come closer," he said firmly but with respect to what was obviously Kyle's status as a fellow Alpha. Kyle leaned forward and Blake took a deep sniff.

"I don't understand," he said confused.

"Don't understand what?" Kyle asked, "And what was the outburst a second ago about?"

Blake looked at Kyle quizzically then waived his paw, "Never mind, right now I have a question for you that concerns Jesse."

Kyle swallowed hard, "Ok."

"How long have you felt this way about him?" he asked. Kyle ran his fingers through his hair, "Pretty much from when both of us were 13 years old."

That shocked me but I kept silent because Blake looked over at me to keep my mouth shut.

"Ok," Blake said, "Now, how long ago were you turned?"

"About a year and a half ago by that fucker that I just sent over the cliff," Kyle said gruffly, "Although, I'm pretty sure he's still alive."

That didn't settle well with me.

Blake looked squarely at Kyle in the eyes, "Last question," he said while adjusting his sitting position and moving his tail around, "Has your feelings for Jesse intensified since you were turned to where you've done nothing but dream about him, feel like you have to protect him and try to smell him every time you are near him."

Kyle faced turned DEEP RED and blushed profusely, "Ye-e-eahhh," he stuttered. "I can't get him out of my head and I have to keep myself from wanting to kiss him, take him, um, and do things to him..." He trailed off.

"DO THINGS TO ME?" I yelped out.

If Kyle could have blushed anymore then his head would have exploded from all the blood rushing to it.

Blake started to roar with laughter. "Well, that fucking explains it all!" slapping his paw to his good leg.

"NO IT DOESN'T!" I barked. "It doesn't explain a damn thing," as I continued my tirade nearly going apeshit with Blake. "What the fuck are you getting at?"

Blake reached over and rubbed my head, "Jesse," he chuckled, "Kyle's wolf has chosen you as his mate."

"Mate?" was all I got out before the slight "EEP!" crossed my lips and I passed out.

***********

"He passed out!" Kyle said with concern and dropping down beside Jesse's side.

Blake, on the other hand, was rolling with laughter.

Kyle leaned in and gently patted Jesse's face, "Jesse! Jesse!" He looked up and over at Blake holding his stomach from laughter, "Will you stop that! He's not waking up!"

Kyle was getting annoyed and concerned, the growl in his voice evident. Blake looked over to him and waived his paw, "Calm down young Alpha," still chuckling. "He's just overcome. After all these years of thinking that you were straight, finding out you were a lycan, his Alpha and now you want to mount him, plus what happened here... Well, can you blame the little guy?"

"No," Kyle said while brushing the hair out of Jesse's eyes, "I guess not. But we still need to wake him up."

Blake smirked, "Well we don't have any extra water close to waste but you could piss on him," he suggested.

"WHAT?" Kyle screeched. However, the thought of doing it made him start to chub up and lengthen.

Blake noticed, "OH HO! You are a kinky fucker!" Kyle blushed again.

"It's not an uncommon practice with lycans or even some normal gay humans to 'mark' what is theirs," Blake spoke moving a bit to begin tying the splint in place.

"I kinda did that at their house against a tree," Kyle said softly.

Blake shook his head, "Oh yeah, it's the mating instinct."

"Seriously though," he continued, "It's pretty rare anymore given our changes in the past few centuries and becoming more accustomed to civilization."

"Well, I'm not too sure that he'd be pleased walking out of here soaking wet and smelling of my piss at the moment," Kyle chuckled for the first time while staring at his unconscious love.

"Shift," Blake said.

"Huh?" Kyle asked looking up to Blake.

"Shift to full wolf and lick him. That'll wake him up," the older lycan laughed.

Kyle smirked and then his body shimmered to his lycan and finally his full silver black wolf form. He leaned in and let his long tongue begin to lap along Jesse's chin and his face. The warmth of the spit from his mouth followed by the cooling sensation of the chilling air was having the desired effect. The problem was Kyle's wolf, and for that matter he himself, was enjoying the taste of Jesse's skin and began licking him in earnest.

Blake was about finished binding his ankle with the splints when he heard Kyle whine and Jesse starting to sputter.

"Pfffttttt!" Jesse gasped as Kyle's wolf tongue entered his mouth and swabbed his tongue and teeth. "What the fuuu..?" he choked out as Kyle's tongue slid down this throat for a moment. Blake could only laugh harder at Kyle's tail wagging back and forth.

Jesse pushed up and forward looking around while trying to get his bearings.

"Ugh!" he groaned, "I had the weirdest dream." Kyle was sitting on his haunches still wagging his tail looking down at him. Even sitting the wolf was fully one and a half times Jesse's full height.

Kyle panted in his face.

*******

I felt hot breath on me and opened my eyes further to see this huge fucking silver black dog in front of me. "HOLY FUCK!" I gasped and scooted back realizing this wasn't a dog but a wolf.

The wolf looked at me sideways and whined.

"Welcome back," Blake said loud enough to catch my attention.

I looked over and saw the man in his anthro-lycan form. "So I wasn't dreaming," reaching up and rubbing my forehead.

"Nope," Blake chuckled. "Now, we've just got to get back to the truck."

"Wait! Wait! Wait!" I nearly yelled. "Before we go anywhere, I need to know that I'm not hallucinating."

"We were attacked," looking at Blake who nodded.

"This wolf came out of the forest, shifted and kicked the other lycan's ass and sent it over the side of the cliff?" Realizing that I knew what I was saying was true but really needing confirmation.

Blake nodded again but stayed quiet.

"This wolf," pointing to the huge silver black monster beside me wagging its' tail, "Is really Kyle?"

The wolf yipped in response.

"And what else?" Blake asked with a smirk.

The last few minutes of conversation about Kyle being my Alpha, his mate and what he wanted to do flashed through my mind. I could feel myself freeze and then turn deep crimson.

Again, it caused Blake no end of amusement.

I turned back to the wolf. "Kyle?" I asked softly.

The big beast leapt forward and knocked me to the ground before lavishing me with snuffles, tongue and slobbery kisses.

My hands went up in defense, "Ok, ok... I get it. It's you." Opening my mouth was a mistake because his tongue went fully in and wrapped itself around mine. It, being his tongue, stroked my tongue and teeth before moving down my throat.

"Oh dear God!" I thought as my mind snapped at the pleasant feeling and I could smell Kyle's scent. I grabbed his jaw and held us both still for a moment while allowing my tongue to work against his.

Blake coughed, "Do you both need some time by yourselves?"

"OH MY GOD!" I screeched realizing I was kissing a wolf and pushing back on Kyle to move him off of me.

My hand went to my mouth cupping it and trying to figure out why I had done what I had done.

"Don't freak out," Blake said softly before turning to Kyle.

"Kyle," catching his attention, "Go check and see if that SOB is swimming around down there and then bring back the backpack. I want to talk to Jesse just a moment." Kyle looked at him quizzically but nodded and bounded off towards the cliff.

"Jesse," Blake started, then reached up and pulled my hand away from my mouth, "Look at me."

I tuned to face him still slightly embarrassed.

"Look," he said, "There is nothing wrong with what you were doing with Kyle. He's your mate. At the moment he's in his wolf form. He could have just as well been in his lycan form but I figured with you passed out it would be easier for a 'dog' to be licking you than a 'were' staring you in the fact as you came to."

I nodded realizing that last part made sense.

"The reason you went with it and reciprocated is because your wolf recognizes him not only as your Alpha but as his mate," his muzzle reached into a grin with regards to the situation. "If you could shift to a wolf, then you would have been doing the same thing. But," he paused shrugging his shoulders, "You're a warlock with wolf blood, my lineage of wolf blood, flowing through you. It gives you certain abilities that are helpful, just not being able to shift."

"He's a lycan," he continued, "with three forms: Human, 'were' and full wolf. But," he paused staring me straight in the eye, "It's still Kyle."

"I know," I sighed, "But it's going to take a little bit to get used to. The fact that everything that I thought about Kyle was wrong is really messing with my head."

"Is that a good or bad thing?" Blake asked.

"Both," responding while looking at the scrapes and scratches that were on my body.

"How so?" he said while shifting over a little to give me his attention.

"I'm happy about finding out how he truly feels about me, that he isn't straight and wants to do, well, you know..." I trailed off.

"Fucking hell," Blake laughed, "He wants to hump you and do more! Can you just say it? It's sex. I thought you'd be happy about that," slapping me on the shoulder.

"I am, I am. It's just," I hesitated.

"You've only had experience with the 'one handed wonder'?" Blake asked.

I nodded.

"Well, are you even familiar with how gay sex works?" he asked.

"YES!" drawing back and looking at him like he was nuts.

"Okay, Okay!" He held is hands up, "I was just asking. However, I'm pretty sure that boy is either going to be all top, maybe versatile if you play your cards right so you'd better be ready."

My eyes widened. The thought of Kyle... I dropped back on the ground and grabbed my nose.

"Don't tell me you've got a nose bleed?" Blake said laughing.

I sat up tapping the sides, "I was afraid I had for a moment."

"What if he's more experienced?" I asked.

"Would that bother you?" he responded giving me a serious look.

I had to think about it. "Only so far as if he gets frustrated that I am a nineteen year old virgin who only knows about gay sex from reading and the internet," folding my arms in dismay.

"I really think you're over analyzing this," the older lycan said patting me on the knee. "There's probably going to be a ton of things that both of you are going to have to talk about when the time is right. You both are going to have to explore and work through as well. You're part wolf and lycan sex is a bit more 'interesting' than traditional human sex. You're going to have to learn to allow your 'inner wolf' guide you with regards to your intimacy with your mate."

"How different?" I asked with worry about what I was going to hear.

"Well," Blake said folding his arms, "Lycan's are part wolf so you can figure out the anatomy without a lesson there."

My hand went to my mouth, "Even in their human form?"

"Yes," he said, "but because you are with an Alpha," pausing to lean closer, "he has the ability to allow the 'knot' to or not to form during sex because he has more control than normal lycans. Think of it this way," getting a conspiratorial look on his face, "Have you ever played with your prostate while either using a toy or jacking off?"

"BLAKE!" I gasped and flushed bright red.

"I'll take that as a yes," he chuffed. "That part of our anatomy can send a person into orbit sexually from the pressure on it."

"Ok! Let's stop there," I said holding my hands up and realizing that Kyle was running towards us.

"One last thing," Blake said quickly, "You're going to have to tell him what you are as well."

"I.." I never got to reply because Kyle ran up to us and dropped the backpack on the ground beside me.

"Well, did you see him?" Blake asked him. Kyle let loose a few growls, whines and yips that I couldn't make out.

"What'd he say?" I asked. Blake stared me down.

"Jesse," he half growled at me. Kyle looked at me and then back at Blake. "Tell him," Blake said, "You can't hide this anymore than what he's hidden from you till now."

Kyle growled a few syllables towards Blake making the older lycan's brow rise in surprise, "Huh," he said before responding in the same manner to Kyle.

"What?" I asked.

"Nothing," Blake said. "Tell him," he repeated. I could tell he was serious. I was afraid to say anything but I knew that Kyle had now revealed himself to me to save my life.

Kyle whined at me tilting his head back and forth. "Kyle," I said standing up, "Fetch me that stick with the silver tip."

He looked over where I was pointed and then back at me with a growl. Blake guffawed.

"What?" I asked looking at both of them.

"You said 'fetch'," Blake laughed louder making Kyle growl louder.

"Oh!" catching on to my faux pas, "Sorry Kyle." He wagged his tail and then went and got Gran's staff. I took it from him. "This ground is too soft," as I looked around.

"Here," Blake offered a medium sized flat piece of rock. "Thanks," I nodded as I took it from him and placed it near Kyle and me.

Turning to look at my wolf, and for a moment I had to pause as I thought about that term, "My wolf". I rolled it over in my mind a few times. It sounded really nice.

"Kyle," I said grabbing his attention from Blake who was again having an unknown conversation in wolf language with him, "I have to show you something. I want you to start talking to me."

He began a series of yips, growls and chuffs that seemed to be addressed to both Blake and me. "REDDO KYLE!" I said loudly and slammed the staff down on the rock. Raising my voice was more so from the fact that they were talking and I was out of the loop than using the spell.

"Yip, whine... seriously Blake? You're going to make him tell me that he's a warlock? It's not like I haven't known for about a year now. Can't he just do it on his...." He stopped midsentence and looked up and over at me.

My jaw had dropped in the process. "You knew?" I asked. Kyle nodded. "Well, that's just fucking great," my voice going up and octave and walking away from both of them.

"WHY THE FUCK DID YOU MAKE HIM DO THAT?" Kyle yelled at Blake. I caught it as I traipsed over to the cliff's edge and then out of range.

*****

"Seriously Kyle?" Blake said looking up at the younger Alpha. Kyle sat down on his haunches and looked at the more experienced male, "It's just he was hurt."

"He was going to be hurt one way or another when the truth came out that you knew about him and his Grandmother," Blake said plainly. "It's better that he show you what he was first hand. The kid's got to be more honest with you. You're his Alpha and his mate. You're not going to be able to control him as an Alpha but as his mate," he paused catching Kyle's attention, "You damn well have a right to ask for honesty. He found out about you. It's time he was truthful as well."

"I know," Kyle said softly, "But Jesse has never been one for confrontation or being able to speak about things openly."

"He's going to have to now Kyle," the older lycan observed, "He's your mate and I'm quite sure that fall over the cliff didn't stop that other lycan earlier. We've got to work together if we're going to get this situation settled."

Kyle got up and moved off towards Jesse, "I'll be back in a few. I want to go check on him." Blake nodded as Kyle started off towards the direction that Jesse went.

******

I felt Kyle coming my way before I heard him crashing through the underbrush. I was staring off the side while holding onto a tree to see if I could find any movement below. There was nothing but the fading light of the sun setting turning the blue Pacific a ray of orange and red.

"Hey," he said coming up behind me. "So how long is this spell supposed to last?" he asked.

"It's permanent for you in your wolf form but I'm the only one able to understand you. Gran's staff amplifies the spell," as I continued to look towards the ocean.

"Listen," Kyle said catching my attention and making me turn to face him. I watched as he began to shift to his 'were' form and then to his human form. "I wasn't going to force you to come clean about being a warlock or Gran being a witch. It's not your fault. It's just these senses of mine put me on to what you both are and what you could do."

"I understand," I said sniffling a bit.

Kyle rushed over and grabbed me. "Hey?" he asked with concern, "What's wrong?"

"It's just a lot to take in Kyle. I find out you're not straight. Wait?" I paused looking up at him, "You aren't straight are you?" He smiled softly to me, "No babe, I'm not."

The word caught my breath, "Babe?!" I thought. I could feel my body try to decide whether to blush or throw him down. I went for the 'between' choice and pushed my slightly blushing face into his bare chest.

I could feel my breath against his skin and I snuggled closer to him. Wrapping my arms around his waist, I wanted nothing more than to just fall asleep right now. I could hear him taking deep breaths. It was like he was taking in my scent and, yet, trying to center himself. It was soothing. That was until I felt something poking my stomach. "Kyle?" I asked hesitantly both out of what I thought it was and the fact it was HUGE!

I realized that I hadn't really taken a look at Kyle in his human form unclothed since he'd shown up and kicked the other lycan's ass. I mean, yeah, I'd seen him in shorts and without his shirt but he always wore baggies at the beach.

I looked down and gasped, "OH MY GOD!"

Kyle looked down at me. He was so red in the face it resembled a sunburn. "Jesse," he muttered, "I'm sorry. I can't help it. You don't know how many times this past year at your house that I had to stub my toe or stab my hand with something on purpose to keep from showing this," as he pointed down, "to you through my shorts or jeans."

His cock was fucking HUGE! It had to be at least 10" and THICK.

"Jesse," he shuddered and moved me back away from him, "I'm really having a hard time here. My 'wolf' is wanting to make you submit as my mate. It's trying to make me take you right now and now is not the right time."

I could see silver black coloured hair sprout out on his chest as he started taking deep breaths. I moved back out of the way. It took him a couple of minutes but he finally was able to gain control.

"You ok?" I asked.

"Yeah," he said still panting, "but I think I'm going to have one hell of a set of blue balls."

I started back towards where Blake was, "Come on, let's get out of here and back to Gran's place."

He moved beside me. I leaned up and beckoned him lower. I leaned further and brought my lips to his. "That's just a taste for later tonight," I giggled and took off towards Blake.

I could hear him growling behind me as he shifted. A moment later I was swept up in his arms and we were off towards Blake.

It only took us a couple of minutes to get to him but we found him trying to stand and not being successful. Kyle put me down and we made our way over to him.

"I'm healing but not fast enough. Normally a lycan can speed up his healing by staying in his 'were' or 'wolf' form but the trap with this variety of aconite on it is complicating the situation," he said while leaning against a true.

"That's my fault," Kyle spoke up. Blake and I looked at him with questioning eyes.

"I've been tracking that lycan for a while and I set out the bear traps and coated them with a weakened dose of aconite lycoctonum powder," Kyle's grumbly voice came out in his 'were' voice. I could hear the fact that he was upset that Blake had gotten caught instead.

"I was trying to weaken him long enough to track him down," Kyle huffed.

"Well, that answers one question," Blake said. "There's still a few more that I have as well but we need to get back to Althea's place," as Kyle moved over to help him.

"Well, I have a question as well," I said pointing down to my arms where I scratches that I had incurred were now healing over.

"THAT," Blake said loudly, "That shouldn't be happening. A no time in history has anyone ever experienced that after invoking the 'Lycan Blood' spell."

"What spell?" Kyle asked.

I realized that he didn't know. "It's a spell that combines the blood of Blake's ancestor, the healing of a Druid and our witchcraft and transfers the blood of the lycan into certain witches and warlocks. My ancestors have hunted and tried to help feral lycans for nearly a millennia. It's what Gran and I do. We try to reach them before they're too far along and lose their humanity. We're called the 'Red Capes'."

"The spell essentially instills me with the lycan blood and gives me certain abilities but doesn't allow for full transformation. It allows us to search for lycans without getting infected with the virus. It was created because at one time most witches and warlocks who were 'Red Capes' were mostly living solitary lives and thus without an Alpha around they would lose their humanity. It led to a lot of complications. I only invoked the spell because the feral lycan that Blake and Gran were searching for seemed to be different," giving Kyle the quick rundown.

"So then why are you healing like we do?" he asked.

I shook my head, "I don't know. I only invoked the spell last night in my bedroom."

"So that was the blue light I saw emanating from your bedroom window," Kyle said putting two and two together in his head.

"You were there?" my surprise evident realizing that Kyle had stayed around. He nodded.

"I shifted and stayed close to your place because I've been keeping up with the surfers stories about the 'dog' that was hanging out near this bluff and your place. I was afraid he'd try to attack you both," he sighed.

"I sat out on your balcony to keep watch until I was sure he wasn't going to show up and then went home," as he shifted his feet adjusting Blake's weight.

"Kyle," Blake asked, "how long again have you said you've been turned?"

"About a year and a half," he responded.

"When was the last time you two saw each other in person?" Blake asked stroking his chin.

"Well, I'm home often so we see each other a lot," I said. Kyle chimed in, "I really began to feel the need and desire for Jesse about a month after my first change."

"Ok, well, that explains that but there is something else bothering me," as the dark black 'were' thought. "You two haven't been intimate. You haven't obviously kissed because you've both haven't been out to the other."

"So?" Kyle asked.

"Well it's this," Blake said shifting himself a bit, "The mating instinct gets stronger the longer a lycan goes without marking or taking his mate. It creates changes in the body and makes it hard to keep control. It also increases the production of the virus. It's why quite a few humans were changed historically until we were able to train ourselves. The instinct overtakes the male lycan and he will 'attack', ok, 'attack' isn't the right word. How about jump the bones of the one he perceives as his mate. It's during this time that a mating bite is induced and the virus that has built up so much is injected into the blood during that heated mating. Thus the human is turned as well as mated."

"Well," Kyle said gulping, "I haven't bitten Jesse but I've just about worn my palm out over the situation."

My mouth dropped. Blake laughed at both Kyle's comment and my face.

"Well," he chuffed, "the only way that Jesse could be healing like this is if he was infected by the virus before the spell was invoked. We know you haven't bitten him but somehow the virus was transferred over to him. It's in your saliva."

I thought back to last night and what I had done before invoking the spell while reading the spell book.

"THE WATER GLASS!" I gasped.

"What?" both of them asked at the same time.

"Last night while doing dishes Kyle said he had something in his throat after coughing," I started to put things together.

"Yeah," he realized where I was going, "I couldn't stop smelling you. I was getting so turned on that I was about to lose control. It's the reason that I made the excuse I did to leave. I had taken a drink of the water glass and set it to the side."

"And I picked up the wrong one and washed mine instead. When I went up to my bedroom with the spell book, I'd taken your water glass with me and it had a load of the virus in it from your saliva. I took a drink from the glass just before I invoked the spell," I got out before Blake finished with...

"And so you had not only the blood of the lycan but the virus at the same time. The spell neutralized the transformation process but the other attributes were still a possibility, like with your healing. It might not be as fast as ours but it will be more rapid overall," he finished.

We were all silent for a few minutes.

"Well that clears part of the mystery up but there's still a few other things that I personally need answered. Right now, let's get going," Blake suggested.

"I can help with that," I said. "I'm not at my full potential as a warlock yet given my age but I can transport us back to the truck. If I was older, I'd be able send us all to the house."

I tightened the backpack down and moved in front of the two of them. I brought my hands forward and dropped them down rapidly knowing full well the spell would be invoked just from my thought.

We didn't move.

"Huh?" I said. Something was bouncing the spell back at me. I could feel it being invoked and try to engage but it seemed to stop. I invoked the spell again and then once more.

"What's wrong?" Blake asked.

"Someone has put up a counter spell to prevent anyone from 'popping' out of this area to a greater distance. The spell is bouncing back and keeping us here," I said with concern.

"How and why would a lycan have access to something like that?" Kyle asked.

"Either this lycan is a warlock or he's in cahoots with one," I grumbled.

"Well," Blake said, "It looks like we're going to have to walk."

"Not necessarily," I smirked. "What's up?" Kyle asked.

"They may have prevented us from popping out of the area but they might not have been smart enough to keep up from popping to the edge of the spell. There's no way this spell can encompass the whole forest. I'll just project the spell and put us to the edge of where the spell ends nearest the truck," looking over at the two of them smiling.

"Hold on," I said, "If you've never traveled by spell before it can be a bit disconcerting."

I waved my hands and in seconds the spell invoked and we 'popped' up where Blake and I had first started out, about 100 yards from his truck.

"That was interesting," Kyle said holding his stomach.

"It gets easier over time," grabbing Blake's other arm and weaving our way to the truck.