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Chapter 10: Lynny's Place

The next night, Kel walked at the back of the procession as usual, Loryn's striped backside in front of him, Yzlo in front of Loryn, Zaldon in the lead. The winter village wasn't far now. Already the trees were thinning and they could see the smoke rising from huts, the village gates rising above all. Kel took a deep breath, his paw on the strap of his traveling pack. And he couldn't stop himself from wondering. Was this the end? Would they be able to rescue Aliona? Would they perish here? Or was Aliona already beyond their reach? God forbid! Kel swallowed thickly just at the thought and felt his paw shake a little on his spear. He told himself to stop thinking as if he had already lost. If Aliona was there, he would take her home with him and woe to any wolf who stood in his way! And if Aliona wasn't there or if she was hurt or if the sorcerer would not give her up, he would have the male's head on his spear before sunrise. This he vowed to himself as they started down a steep incline of snow. Kel looked up and realized for the first time that they had come out of the pine forest.

Zaldon halted and turned to face his friends, and Kel could see that he too had now gone into warrior mode: his face was hard and dark and serious, creased with determination and an adamant will. He rammed the butt end of his spear hard in the snow as he turned to face his friends and looked solemnly from face to face.

"As I have relations in this village and am also the only one of us who has been here, I alone will do the talking. Understand? Let me handle these wolves. And if there's a challenge -- I'll do the fighting."

When Kel made a sudden move as if he would protest, Loryn put out his arm.

"Let him, Kel," Loryn whispered, looking gravely at his friend.

Kel looked for a moment as if he wanted to argue: it was his wife that they were rescuing, goddammit! But he realized as he looked from face to face that there was no point arguing. Kel grudgingly nodded, an angry jerk of consent.

"Good," said Zaldon, turning to face the village below. "Let's go."

They were allowed to enter the gates by the towering guards. Kel was flabbergasted by the size of these wolves, and he saw Loryn give the guards up and down stares that were boldly lustful. Yzlo noticed Loryn's stares as well and shook his head in amusement.

"Stop that," Zaldon hissed at Loryn. "Male to male love here is taboo!"

Loryn nodded and feigned a look of boredom, but Kel saw him raise his brows at many more males as they passed along the street, as if he was impressed.

And why shouldn't Loryn have been impressed? Kel thought. This was a village of giants and as a result, giant cocks were everywhere. Males seven and eight feet tall lifted their paws in greeting at Zaldon, their thick cocks bobbing with every movement. Their bodies were muscular, the shoulders broad, the thighs flexing. As in the summer village, they came in a variety of colors. Kel was amazed to notice that the females were just as large as the males. They called to Zaldon, their great breasts trembling -- bare of shawls! -- and noticing Kel, they would swish their tails at him, revealing in flashes their pink sexes.

"I think that one likes you," teased Loryn, elbowing Kel.

Kel shook him off. "Could you be serious, Loryn, for once in your life?"

"I am being serious," returned Loryn. "Look!" Loryn grabbed Kel by the face and forced him to look around. Kel shook him off irritably, but his eyes settled on a figure too small to have belonged to any of the native females. He halted in his tracks and whispered, "Aliona?"

A small gray female stood in the shadows of an alley, a hulking white male beside her. Her poofy tail and her ears were pointed up in her astonishment as she stared at the new comers in apparent shock. She started forward, but the white male standing beside her restrained her by the arm and hissed a warning in her ear. Then as Kel stood frozen in the middle of the street, the white wolf lifted a flap in a nearby hut and his Aliona disappeared inside!

"Aliona!" Kel burst, starting forward, but he too was restrained: Loryn grabbed him back and hissed in his ear for him to calm down.

"Calm down? I just saw my wife with some strange wolf and you want me --"

"Calm down or I'll take you out back and make you calm down," teased Loryn in Kel's ear, and Kel threw him off, his patience reaching its limit.

"Don't you think Zaldon saw her too? Relax, Kel, he knows what he's doing," Loryn assured his friend.

Zaldon had indeed seen Aliona with the white male. Zaldon watched calmly as the white male approached them now, grinning brightly, his big arms open. He came up to Zaldon, and Kel was taken aback when they embraced.

"Brother, my brother!" Zaldon roared, squeezing the smaller wolf tight in his burly arms. He lifted the smaller white wolf off his feet, who laughed against him, his tail flashing. Zaldon set the stranger down and ruffled his ears fondly. "How is our father?"

The white wolf batted Zaldon off, still grinning like a pup. "Still, you know . . ." He tilted his flat paw back and forth, as if to say "so-so." "Lonely. He never married again. You know that."

Kel wasn't surprised by the stranger's response: Zaldon's parents separated when he and his brother were pups because their mother had been caught having an affair with a male over in the summer village. Rather than have her stoned as the law decreed in the winter village, their father had sent Joli on to be with the male she truly loved. Zaldon had chosen to stay with his mother, his brother with their father.

"How's mom?" the white wolf asked, his black eyes eager.

"She still thinks she can lick my ears like any snot-nosed pup."

The white wolf grinned. "Sounds about right."

Zaldon chuckled, then gestured his friends to gather round. "Lynny, meet my friends from the summer village: Kel, Loryn, and Yzlo. Guys, meet my annoying little brother." Zaldon gave the young male an affectionate bop on the chin with his fist.

"Who was that female you were with?" Kel asked the young male. He tried to sound as casual as he could. "She looked too small to belong to this village."

To Kel's surprise, the young wolf answered, "Ah. You must be Kel."

Kel stared at him.

"What were you doing with Aliona?" Zaldon whispered, glancing around as if he feared someone might be listening.

"Trying to help her escape," Lynny hissed back. "You know what an ass our uncle is. And that Eno --" He halted as if he thought Kel shouldn't hear these things, but Kel was looking in earnest.

"Who's Eno? What did he do to her?" Kel growled, his muscles tensing.

Lynny hesitated but whispered, "Come into my hut. This way!"

They followed the young wolf back to the hut where Aliona had disappeared. When they entered, the place was dark and warm. A small fire was burning in the middle of the room. Like in any hut, there were pots and pans hanging from low beams in the ceiling and curtained-off rooms in the back. There were furs on the floor near the fire, other furs draped across chairs, and the entrance room of the hut was permeated with the smell of cooking meat.

Kel stopped in his tracks and was shocked to see his Aliona squatting beside the fire and presiding over a boiling pot. She looked up as they entered, and seeing Kel, she flew to him. Kel caught her in his arms and they fell to their knees. The others watched as they kissed in frantic abandon, as they cupped each other's faces, as they sobbed against each other and closed their eyes in each other's manes.

When the little reunion had quieted, the group settled around the fire, Kel with a happy Aliona curled in his lap, her head against his shoulder. Lynny served them his meat stew, and everyone ate, cheerfully hungry and tired from their journey. Kel and Aliona shared a bowl: Kel spoon-fed Aliona lovingly, and it seemed they never stopped staring into each other's eyes.

"So you have your own hut. You are doing well for yourself," Zaldon observed.

Lynny grinned. "I am on the verge of the mating seasons, brother. This time next year I will have my own wife. Perhaps two."

"Glad to hear you're well. Little brother is coming up in the world!" He grinned, and Lynny laughed as he avoided a ruffle on his mane. "Now tell us, how did you come to be with Aliona?"

"I persuaded Eno to let me share Aliona," Lynny explained over the sound of spoons clanking bowls, of soup slurping.

"What do you mean by share her?" Kel demanded and could not keep his green eyes from firing. "How do you share another male's wife? The disgusting customs here!"

"It was the only way to help her escape," shrugged Lynny. "You see, our uncle -- the sorcerer -- kidnapped Aliona because he needed a pet for his son. Eno had been messing around with his father's wives and was caught. If the village council found out, he'd be stoned. So would his father's wives. So Eloein kidnapped a female for Eno to have to himself until he's old enough for the mating seasons. They're both bastards, the two of them. When I heard what they were up to, I decided to help."

"Then I am forever in your debt!" Kel cried with utter conviction, and he stared across the fire at Lynny with fervent green eyes.

"Of course you are," said Lynny with sparkling black eyes, "but we'll talk about that later." He smiled.

"Impertinent pup," said Zaldon fondly to his bother and clapped a paw on his ears. "But this is only the beginning. We have Aliona safe from Eloein's hut, but we will still have to challenge him for her. I will do that. There's no reason anyone here should have to face him except me --"

"Zaldon --!" began Kel but was cut off when Zaldon lifted his paw.

"Eloein won't use magic against me, Kel. It will be a contest of brute strength. That is the law. Now if I was an outsider, he would be free to use his powers. But I am not. And what's more, I am his brother's son. If I challenge him, all will be well. We just have to make sure that he doesn't suspect Aliona is your wife. Don't let anyone see you with her."

"Believe in him, Kel," added Lynny. "He knows what he's doing."

"And what if you lose?" Yzlo said to Zaldon. "I will be your second." He peered seriously into Zaldon's eyes and they exchanged solemn nods.

Kel was speechless. He stared at his friends, overcome with emotion that they were so willing to put their lives on the line for him. He wanted to thank them but couldn't find the words, and when Loryn saw his wet-eyed gratitude, he smiled and rubbed his shoulder.

"We are your brothers, Kel," Loryn said. "There is no reason to thank us."

The group spent the night in Lynny's hut, and Kel and Aliona were given their own curtained room. Kel had never been so happy to see Aliona's slender silhouette lying against the sheets, her lashes fluttering, her breasts rising and falling in anticipation. It was like their wedding night all over again: he had gotten so painfully hard that night that for the first time he realized how long he'd been wanting to know her in his arms again. Tonight was the much the same. He came to her on the sleeping furs and ran his paw over the curve of her hip, and he was happy to hear her whisper his name.

"My Aliona," Kel whispered. His fingers found the nipple ring and he frowned. "What have they done to you?"

Aliona melted all over when Kel gently removed the nipple ring and gave her aching nipple a slow, wet suck that sent shivers through her body. He placed his paw between her thighs as if he could feel the sheer heat of her passion emanating from that hot crevice, and he explored her there too, giving a little angry cry when he realized her anus had been used.

"Oh, how you've suffered, my wife," Kel moaned.

In the gloom, Aliona saw his brows draw together in the old way that she loved and she pulled him down and kissed him on the lips.

"Think of it no more. I'm with you again, and tonight, nothing else matters."

Kel's green eyes glistened helplessly in the dark, glistened with love. If only he would look at her that way the rest of her life! And she trembled when he took her suddenly to chest. He showered her fervently with kisses, and she realized he was trembling too.

"K-Kel?"

Kel's kisses on her neck became more slow and deliberate. "What is it, Aliona?"

She cupped his face and whispered urgently, "I want you inside me!"

Kel blinked his surprise but he smiled and climbed on top of her, and she opened her thighs to him. He entered her very gentle and slow and was surprised but delighted to find her so deliciously wet and ready for him. He had wanted this, he had dreamed of this for so long, and her little paws running over his back made him moan and slowly plunge himself deeper.

Aliona gave a little gasp and he almost stopped out of concern, but she shook her head vigorously and arched her back, a silent plea that he continue, and he did. He hunched his back over her and with a grunt drove himself deeper still, moving against her rhythmically, shuddering when her hot, wet walls gushed over him again, contracted, and gushed. And then he was kissing her: on her neck, on her lips, on her eyelids, and she was whispering his name and she was smiling, and her shapely little thighs closed so tight around him they were heaven.

Kel moved smoothly in and out of his wife, slow wet thrusts, until she was arching her back against the furs, until he knew she was on the verge of coming. She surprised him by pumping her hips against him in little jerks. This drove his ecstasy to its peak, and they came together, muffling their cries in a kiss. Out of breath, they lay together on the pillows.

Kel gathered Aliona into his arms and relished in her heaving breasts. He drew her close and kissed her all over again, slowly and lovingly, and she kissed him in return.

"I love you, Aliona," Kel whispered in her ear. "I've always loved you, always wanted you. You have no idea how I've wanted . . ."

Aliona's eyes fluttered open. Kel had never said these things to her before. He had always wanted her? She gazed around at him, surprised.

"From the time we were children," Kel continued, running his paw over her mane. He ran his paw down to cup her face and smiled at her. "I have always loved you. Which is why I want to be honest with you now." He paused, his brows drawn together anxiously.

"Aliona, I . . . from the time I was pup, I have always liked . . . males as well as females."

Aliona stared at Kel as it slowly dawned on her. But she wasn't surprised: most males in the summer village liked being with other males. Everyone knew about the tail chaser meetings. She shook her head and smiled and said these things to Kel, but he would still look distressed.

"But that isn't all. It's not that I went to the tail chaser meetings. I was always too afraid. Loryn was the only lover I would take, but I never let him inside me. I did many things with him, but not that."

Aliona felt her heart pounding just at the thought: two young males, their beautiful bodies moving against each other, the muscles flexing as they kissed and touched, struggling to keep their cries of delight low. Just the thought of Kel doing those things made Aliona feel the throbbing between her legs. She thought of her beautiful Kel at the waterfall that night, running his paws over his tail to squeeze out the water, his muscular back flexing, his eyes so hungry and sure and yet sweet when they looked upon her. . . .

"I thought being with a male would make me feel like less of a male," Kel continued, his eyes not seeing her as they took in her face but rather seeing his own thoughts. "But then when Zaldon took me last year at the mating season . . . I realized how foolish I was being. That it was okay to feel these things. And later, on our way here to rescue you, I even realized that I loved Zaldon the same way I love you. I love him!"

Aliona's ears pricked forward.

"But, Aliona," went on Kel, and he squeezed her tightly in his arms almost as if he was afraid of what she might say, "I love you just the same. Nothing has changed. Nothing at all, except that I love him the same way now. Maybe . . . maybe I always have." He said the last part as if to himself and fell silent.

"Oh, but, Kel," whispered Aliona, and stroked her husband's face in the dark, "why should these things anger me? Don't tremble so, don't be afraid! I'm not angry, Kel, I understand!"

Kel looked down at her, his relief obvious. And then he smiled, the green eyes glowing his love. "I don't know what I would have done," he whispered, brushing a lock of her mane from her eyes, "if you had left me. I just don't know."

For it was true: a wife who found out her husband was a tail chaser had every right to leave him and find another mate. Kel had been terrified that Aliona would do this, but now she was hugging him and whispering of her own secret ecstasies: that she had discovered at the mating season that she liked other females, that she had even enjoyed the company of Eloein's wives. Kel's organ stood erect just at the thought of Aliona with other females, and they made love again and fell asleep in each other's arms.