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As the moon came up, Xander and I were pushed to the back of our minds, letting Lien and Randy take over. We wandered out to the back yard where the feast would be the next night, finding it already full of wolves in mid or full form waiting for Alpha Callen to come out to begin the hunt.

After a few minutes the white wolf appeared, still human and carrying his mate casually and carefully like he was a fragile treasure. Top level ranks, Alpha's and Beta's had special training to be able to hold off the shift if needed and he seemed to be exercising it right now for some reason.

“Before I shift, Endars and Yelas, come forth please!" he called out and Beta Anders, now as his wolf Endars and his mate walked forward. Callen smiled down at them once they were infront of him “I am requesting you carry my mate Endars, at least until we find the prey. Yelas, I know you may be upset that you cannot run fully free with your mate but I wouldn't put him in the care of anyone else." she nodded and he smiled placing the human on the black wolf's back.

“Hold tight, but don't fear, he wont drop you," he told him softly and gave him a kiss “Last thing, Lien and her mate, Xander, Front and centre please!" we walked forward slowly from the back shifting to mid form on the way. I could feel the eyes of everyone else on me as usual and Alpha gave a soft sigh.

“I...I am sorry to Correct you Alpha," Randy spoke up getting Alpha's attention, he was so timid, fearing that he might lash out at him, his tail was curled up between his legs and his ears back but I knew Callen and Lacen wouldn't hurt him “But we have not met yet... I am Xander's Fox, Randy." Alpha gave a hearty chuckle and gave him a pat on the head.

“Fear not, neither of you are in trouble. How would I have known your name if you never told me?" he asked with a smile. Randy's tail then started to pick up a wag at the light praise “When we find the kill, you two will guard Ruban, ok? You are NOT to engage if we are attacked by rogues. You two are the fastest members of our pack, you are to bring him back here, understand?"

“Yes Alpha." Randy responded, and we both nodded.

“As for the rest of you," he said looking out to the gathered pack “Don't think I didn't see, tomorrow, I want you and you know who you are, to come see me in my office... DON'T make me hunt you down... you wont like the ramifications." he gave a soft menacing growl and we backed down a little before he then stripped and changed to wolf form, Randy and I following suit and changing to our full foxes.

It felt so good to run with the pack as a whole, especially with randy by my side. We stayed near the centre of the group matching our pace with theirs so we wouldn't out-run them. The grass bellow our paws, the trees whizzing past, the moon in the sky and my new mate so close, I was in heaven even with Lien in control.

We all ran and tracked for about twenty minutes to half an hour until we found the scent of a deer heard. Our direction changed quickly like a school of fish and we headed in it's direction till they were in view. Beta Ruban stopped by a large tree close by and let Ruban down. I trotted over and laid down on his lap, letting the human pet me gently and Randy shifted to mid form to stand over him, keeping a watchful eye out.

We watched as they started the assault on the family of deer. None of them were Weres as all herbivore Weres stay strictly out of the hunting grounds. There was something oddly exhilarating about being a fox in a family of wolves and seeing them hunt. I nuzzled gently against Luna Ruban's hand as he pet me making him give a soft chuckle and start scratching between my ears.

It was at the point my leg was starting to kick that a wolf lunged at Alpha Lacen, missing him by a hairs breath. Rogues, damn it they always try to use the full moon as a means of attacking a pack. It's never succeeded yet but they always try regardless.

“RUN!" Alpha Lacen barked at us and I jumped off of Ruban's lap, shifted to mid form, picked him up and was gone in a shot, Randy following quickly behind me. There were about three rogues as far as I could tell in hot pursuit but I was faster than they were and we quickly made ground away from them.

But carrying Ruban was starting to wear me down. I wasn't built to carry him and run at the same time, especially seeing as my back was still healing and my hip and shoulder were both recently damaged. I stopped and handed him off to Randy getting a confused look from both of them.

“GO!" I told them sternly “I will buy you some time!"

“Lien, no, we can..." Randy started but I growled at him to silence his protests.

“I SAID GO!" I snapped “I can slow them down, at least I know how to fight off werewolves, you don't. Luna Ruban is more important right now, GO!" he grumbled a little seeming to be able to detect my lie about knowing how to fend the wolves off but then turned and started running.

“Ok Neil... I know you don't want to do this but I need you with me for this but lets do this for them! For Randy, for Xander, for Alpha and for Luna Ruban!" we turned to face the direction they were coming from “Right you mongrels, time to dance!" I said loudly and braced myself against the oncoming wolves. As one lunged at me I placed both hands on his head and used it like a pivot point, using what strength I had and flipped over him, forcing him to the ground. Just as I landed I ducked as a wolf lunged at me from the side and I brought my claws up cutting along his belly with them.

My ear twitched as another tried rushing low at me and I spun round kicking him in the face making it yelp and roll away from me. They weren't down long and all three growled at me quickly getting to their feet.

“Don't expect me to be some weak female fox!" I growled out “You interrupted my first night out with my mate, and I have ten years of anger and anguish to dish out to you! I won't be responsible for the loss of another Luna!" One lunged at me again and using all the strength I could muster and putting all the years of anger, frustration and torment I had been dealt behind it as I punched him. Landing a blow to the sternum I broke most of the ribs connected to it in the process. It Yelped and rolled to the ground to one side where it seemed to focus on trying to cope with its injuries. Another leapt at me from the side and I dropped and kicked up with both feet, hitting him in the crotch and stomach sending him flying a few feet away. I got back to my feet looking for the other one when I was tackled from behind and pinned to the ground with loud angry snarling in my ear.

They didn't waste any time and I was set upon quickly by all of them and I curled up to try to protect my vital areas. My left ear was grabbed by teeth and pulled roughly tearing part of it off, a deep scratch over my eye on the same side, one charged and managed to break a few ribs and my left arm was practically shattered by their assault.

“Enough, we don't have time for this trash!" one of them said backing away and snarling, I was bleeding badly, covered in scratches and bites “That human Luna is more important!" as a group they then turned and ran off in pursuit of Randy and Ruban.

“No!" I wheezed out “Randy!" I groaned and rolled onto my stomach, I started to claw at the ground trying to follow them towards the pack house.

“So this is it?" I thought to Neil while whimpering out in pain as I continued to try to drag us along “I'm going to die tonight... I just got my mate, I haven't had puppies, I haven't even really had a chance to live. My final act on this cruel world is to defy Alpha's orders and die alone, in pain, as we always seem to be." We continued our futile effort, every drag of my body causing me to lose breath and struggle to breathe as my broken ribs pushed against my lungs.

A few minutes later I had run out of strength to continue, I was struggling for breath and I heard running of someone approaching me quickly somehow over my whimpering and wheezing. Was it more rogues? If it was, let them end me quickly... I was so tired of suffering.

“Oh god... it's... Lien!" I heard and then heard running paws over to me and was gently rolled him onto my back “Lien! What happened!? Speak to me!" It was Alpha Lacen, Alpha had me in his arms... I wouldn't be alone.

“A...Alpha..." I gasped out trying to draw more breath. I looked up with my one good eye, Ares one of the top warwolves, Yelas, Lacen, Endars the whole alpha party.

“Alpha... This can't be Lien... it doesn't have the umm...right plumbing..." Ares stuttered as he spoke.

“You've never seen Lien have you?" Yelas asked flatly “The only Were known with the opposite gender of his animal."

“That's why he's bullied so much," Endars said softly and gave Yelas a gentle nudge towards me to help “It, like his mate, is something beyond his control. If the pack put the same effort into training as they did insulting and harassing him, this never would have happened!"

“Lien, what happened?" Alpha Lacen asked and I wheezed, looking up at him.

“I...I'm sorry Alpha... I disobeyed your orders." I gasped out “I...I gave Ruban to R...Randy and tried to... to fight them off... to delay th...them even for a few minutes."

“Shh, try to breathe evenly," Yelas said checking me over poking at my chest making me recoil in pain “And do NOT go to sleep!" I nodded a little and then looked back up at the white wolf holding me knowing I was getting blood all over that beautiful snow white fur.

“I...I'm sorry we...we disobeyed you A...Alpha," I said and started to tear up, my eyes going damp with tears of worry. Disobeying an Alpha was a severe thing and I was worried he would target Randy for going along with my stupid plan “P...please don't p...punish Randy, it w...was my idea."

“Hush, no one is going to be punished," he said to try to calm me I noticed his tail wagged a little when I physically relaxed in his arms. Good, Randy was going to be ok, that eased the worry in my heart “You did Exactly what I would expect any member of my pack to do, you sacrificed yourself to save others, I'm proud of you!"

“Th...Thank you Alpha." I responded. If had the energy, I would have been wagging my tail a mile a minute at the moment at his praise.

“Is it safe to move her?" he asked Yelas who nodded and licked her nose subconsciously.

“Safer than leaving her here," she responded wiping blood away from my eye before checking it then motioned Endars over “You carry her but gently, one wrong move and one of her ribs could puncture a lung." he nodded and lifted me slowly and gently, I tried not to cry out in pain as he did, my damaged arm falling limply and uselessly to my side causing me great pain. Yelas draped my shattered arm over my chest before Endars rolled me in his grip so I was pressed to his chest where I wouldn't move as much or slip as he ran.

“Alpha... what's that?"Ares asked pointing to something in the sky. we turned to look, it was more than likely one of the Avian Weres to check for rogues or notify that that some had been spotted.

“Possibly a bir... GET DOWN!" Lacen realised almost too late that they were in fact, three wolves. Everyone flopped to the floor, Endars falling to his back to stop from injuring me. Rather than flying at us, they flew just barely over our ears and collided with the trees behind us, impacting with a sickening crack. “That was close... I am going to neuter that Sigma with the dull side of a spoon..."

“H...he would p...probably like that" I groaned out softly and Endars chuckled bellow me.

Our trip from then on was... to say the least entertaining. To say the most it was Mortifying! Every few moments, more rogues would fly over our heads and disappear into the Forrest behind us. It was shocking the shear amount of them that vanished into the tree line with a distant 'thump'. I was glad that I wasn't where I had been found, one could have landed on me and it would have been my end.

When finally we got to the pack house, Luce was standing in front of the house in his full Hybrid glory. A six foot tall snow leopard, with a long thick tail wagging slowly behind him was still impressive even if I had seen it before. He still had his grin but now it seemed more... horrifying due to all his sharp feline teeth. Four large feathery wings sprouted from his back, the bottom set a little smaller than the top set. Only his teeth and eyes glowed from his face, the rest seeming to suck in the darkness around him making them seem brighter. Despite his ever-present smile he did not look pleased.

“Ah Alpha you have returned, I have kept the house safe just as you instructed me to, and will continue so till the night is over," he said as we approached and I could tell Alpha was irritated with him “Luna and Randy await you inside. They are in the lounge. I have placed blankets over the furniture and gotten the medical supplies ready, Randy is preparing warm water and wash cloths."

“Thank you Culem." he said waving for us to head inside.

“I do hope Omega Lien can be helped." he said, his voice portraying genuine concern. I was carried into the lounge room and laid down on the largest sofa, Randy and Yelas ran to my side. Endars pulled Randy away dragging him over to Ruban who started to try to comfort him, while I laid on the towel covered couch being stitched back together by Shelly and Yelas's skillful hands with Ares acting as her assistant.

Yelas had seemed to get more and more irritated as she worked on me. Her expert hands finding everything Neil and I had tried to keep hidden. She was silent and never questioned and in return I remained silent except the occasional whimper. When I eventually did look up, I watched as Lacen walk over to Randy to try to help comfort him.

“Alpha!" Shelly finally piped up “I don't want to tell you this..." she looked up at him and he looked back at her a little irritably.

“And I don't think I want to hear it." He retorted and she took his hand pressing it to my recently repaired hip and I knew that he could tell something wasn't right by the way his face scrunched up in confusion.

“Feel that?" she said softly “The slight deviation from norm, a break, and a damn recent one." I looked away from him not wanting to break Neil's trust in me and tell them everything despite the fact I wanted to.

“Could it be..." Alpha started wanting to come up with an excuse and she cut him off by moving his hand again, this time to an unbroken rib, then to my left shoulder, each time saying 'Here, and here, and here, and here'.

“Lacen, this is not a training accident, and it's DEFINITELY been done since you took over as Alpha!" she said firmly “And some of these are life threatening! I found stab scars on his back! He NEVER came to me for any of these! This has gone beyond bullying! This is torture!" I looked up to see him swallow drily.

“Did you know?" he asked turning to Randy after seeing the trapped look in my eyes and he simply shook his head.

“He had come home with bruises," he answered truthfully with soft sobs “He always said he had tripped down the stairs or run into a door... I...I never saw..." Alpha put his hand up to still him, knowing that continuing would lead to more tears. Ruban pulled the large fox close into a hug letting him cry in his chest while he scratched between the hybrids shoulder blades.

“Callen, I can't overlook this, there is no way!" Shelly growled “This must stop! If you need to torture a few pack members, then so god damn be it!"

He gave a deep sigh and nodded knowing she would go to the council if she needed to. “Culem! Get in here now!" He called out, the male walking in a moment later still in his hybrid form.

“Yes Callen? Is everything ok with Neil and Lien?" he asked. It was touching that he was concerned but he was possibly my closest and maybe only friend and the ass knew it.

“Shut the doors and sound proof the room." he rubbed the bridge of his muzzle obviously getting irritated. The Sigma nodded, snapping his fingers; the doors slammed shut and locked.

“Done, now what is wrong?" he asked.

“I'm lifting restriction D-17 for a special project," he said looking up at him. D-17 was a special restriction that prevented Luce and Culem from deep mind reading. Deep mind reading was the same as what he occasionally did on a passive basis but he could go deep enough to be able to pull everything out of you mind, all the way to baby memories. It was a big restriction as with his power, Luce could read anybodies mind from anywhere in town if he wanted “I know this is a breach of privacy but it needs to be done. Scan Neil's memories... you know what to look for, I want a list of everyone responsible!"

“When do you want it by?" he clarified obviously uncomfortable with the task he had to perform. He hated mind reading, Luce was a private person and respected peoples boundaries. He understood better than anyone why some secrets had to remain just that, secret.

“Before the feast," Alpha retorted sharply “You have twenty hours to get my dirt, then the restriction is active again." Culem nodded and his eyes seemed to flash slightly.

“You shall have it,... and it will take two hours as long as he does not resist." his smile was restored immediately and then walked out, returning to his guard duty.

“God I hope this won't make me like my father." Alpha mumbled to himself turning his attention back to me. At this point Luce wasn't reading my mind yet, instead he was telepathically talking to me while he let Culem control his body.

“It's out Neil, I did warn you that this would happen." he informed me, albeit regretfully and I sighed internally.

“I know, I guess I was stupid to think it wouldn't come out..." I responded “You want names right?"

“You heard Alpha, this is a serious thing, I need Everything," he answered me “You saw what I did to his father during that council meeting, all the paperwork I had on him, so you know what I want."

“Fine... I guess I have no choice, with D-17 lifted you'll find it anyway... Lien keep control our body till tomorrow," I said with a grumble “Names, Simba Leo, Nala Leo, Zira Leo, Sarafina Leo, and Kovu Leo. The stab wounds aren't overly old... one being only a few hours, Simba has a flick knife with a silver blade. The broken bones were from today at school when I went in to hand in my assignments... Simba pushed me over the stair railing."

“I guess you weren't totally lying to Xander and Randy then." he responded mentioning the excuse I had given to our mate of falling down the stairs.

The pack arrived as I was telling him more. It took an hour in all to tell him everything, even the scars on my chest and belly. He told me while I slept he would get the dates and images he needed from my subconscious. As the pack walked in Callen personally carried me to my bedroom, having Randy take Ruban to his. He placed me down gently on the bed. As far as he knew I was out cold and resting but Lien and I were listening to him.

“Sleep, Neil," he said gently stroking my head between my ears “Well fix this, I swear it." He continued to pet me for a moment but he smiled, ears twitching when Randy walked into the room, he would be irritated with Callen being so close to me but he was the Alpha, Randy knew he meant no harm.

“He is sleeping comfortably," he said and stood up “You're lucky you have him... he'll be a perfect mate."

“Thank you, Alpha." he responded and Callen chuckled. He started to head downstairs, stopping to give Randy a tight hug before he passed.

“Its Callen, You two have EARNED the right to not call me Alpha." he said into his ear and walked on past, closing the door behind him.

“Neil... I wish you had told me." Randy mumbled walking over and got into bed with me curling up against me.

I woke in the afternoon without Xander still with me. Alpha Callen was standing over me looking upset, and it was at that point I realised Lien was sitting in her basket looking ashamed and I was uncovered to my crotch. Xander standing by the window watching. I gave a yipe and moved to cover myself only to be stopped by Alpha Callen, a large warm hand laying over my chest to keep me still.

“You are SO lucky the Council and I are not going to punish you Neil." he scolded and I whimpered softly trying to sink into the pillows on the bed “Simba already did that. How DARE you not tell me about this! You know the laws as well as anyone else I thought YOU of all people would tell me about this!" he pulled something out of his pocket and dropped it on the sheets. I could smell Simba all over it as well as my own blood and didn't need to touch it to know it was the knife.

“I'm sorry Alpha," I whimpered “Can I... talk openly and honestly? Please?" he sighed and nodded.

“You have earned that much at least," he said pulling a chair over to sit next to me “But no more lies Neil." I nodded in return and sighed a little.

“Alpha... after the trip to the school to get my work when I was injured... you should know WHY I didn't tell you," I started looking up at him “I'm sorry Alpha but if he had a silver knife, who knew what else he had? Or where he even got it! Simba is with me at school all day long and your not. I have no protection from him, if he is able to get a silver knife under his father, Alpha Leo's nose... what else is he capable of? That terrifies me more than even your father ever did!" I was starting to cry at this point and shake my voice having raised.

“Simba doesn't fear you because he will become the next Alpha of his Pride when his father passes it up! Because he will become a new Council member at the same time, he is so sure that he is untouchable because he has managed all of this under his own fathers nose! What do you think he will accomplish when he gets that power!?"

“Neil... You're Family to me," Callen started slowly almost pleadingly and picked up the knife “He has made actions against MY family, against MY community, against MY pack by owning this blade, he has broken more than one law here and so have you." I whimpered loudly looking up to him and he sighed and rose slowly pocketing the blade.

“You are lucky Neil, we are not going to punish you for this." he said looking down at me “I do understand all of your reasoning, please understand my view of it though. It all makes sense though now, the insistence on not showing your human body to anyone when changing forms. I'm not angry with you, just disappointed Neil. Tonight for the party, you and your mate will be in attendance, I can't and won't say otherwise, Ruban likes you too much. However there is something you are to do before it starts understand?" I nodded and he leaned in giving me a tight hug.

“Thank you Alpha" I said sniffling “I'm sorry I failed you like this." he sighed and shook his head.

“Neil, After everything you have been through... I guess I have failed you for not seeing the signs," he said slowly “I'll see you two in a few hours, Xander... give your mate a shower, be careful of his arm, it will still be sore."

“Yes Alpha." he said walking over and Callen reached out and flicked his nose.

“It's Callen, them I can understand calling me Alpha, you have no excuse." he said with a chuckle then walked out. Xander sighed and looked to me then slowly lifted me from the bed. My arm was in a soft cast, Lien's healing assistance had gone as far as it could healing the cuts, scratches and ribs but had run out by my arm. Another shift later once she had rested a bit would help set it right.

He stood me in the shower stall then turned it on before he close the door to the bathroom and joined me. He never said anything which worried me a little, I was curious why my loving, usually talkative mate was suddenly so quiet. It wasn't until the water was at a good temperature and I was fully wet down that he slapped my cheek firmly.

“Him I can understand," he started slowly when I looked to his angry expression “But why not me?"

“Because you would have told him," I said softly looking down slowly not worrying about the sting and slowly reddening hand print on my face “That should show you something... that as much as I love you... and I will always love you till the day I die... that I fear him more. This isn't normal bullying Xander... and he isn't just trying to scare me any more... I am Terrified of him!" I whimpered loudly starting to tear up, Xander rubbed his hand down my chest and belly, examining the scars before sighing softly.

“Maybe Shelly will know a way to remove these... we can ask her tonight," he said before smiling slightly and hugged me tightly “But please, in the future tell me these things! I need to know your alright when your out of my sight... do you know how hard it was to restrain Randy from storming over there and beating the life out of him? It wasn't easy, it took Callen telling me he was planning something and we would jeopardise it to hold him back." I nodded and kissed him softly.

“Now lets shower, before I molest you and your unable to walk tonight." he smiled and groped me making me give a soft moan.

“L...Looks like you and your fox will live up to his name." I said with a soft giggle grabbing the soap.

Luckily the shower was over before anything like that could happen, although there was some not to innocent groping involved from both of us. We took it as a chance to get to know each others human side more closely and while he did ask me about the scars on my back and linger a little over the ones on my front, he wasn't overly bothered by the whipping scars knowing that, in the end they all stemmed back to Simba.

He on the other hand was unblemished except for a few minor marks from when he was human. His body actually had more muscle tone than I had originally suspected. It was possibly an effect of his change into a Werefox that his muscle mass increased and fat decreased but I didn't mind or care one bit.

It wasn't until I looked in the mirror that I realised the true consequences of my attempt to fend off the rouges. Part of my left ear was gone possibly never to return, and there was a scar over my left eye where they had nearly taken it. I rubbed over it distressingly and Xander walked up behind me, grabbing my hand and pulling me backwards against his chest.

“Shelly said that one or two scars may remain," he told me and gave the back of my head a kiss “And if you ask me, what you did last night saved our lives and was the bravest thing I've ever seen, despite the fact I wasn't there to see it."

“It was still a stupid thing to do." I grumbled and he smiled pointing to the scar on my face in the mirror.

“Know what that says to me?" he asked and I shrugged, his smile got wider and he kissed at my cheek “That says 'I will sacrifice myself for those I love' and that means more than anything to me and for Alpha Callen it says 'I sacrificed myself, to defend my pack'" he smiled and kissed my cheek softly.

“And to us," he continued turning me to face him “That is more valuable than all the wolves in this house and gold in the world." he pulled me close and kissed me deeply.

“So from the deepest depths of my heart, I thank you," he said once he broke the kiss then turned to the door “Now Lets go get dressed for this party, You in your Finest fur..."

“And you in yours" I said with a chuckle and walked out into the room with him.

“Culem was in here a minute ago" Randy said bounding over “Said 'Orders from the top, Neil is to remain in Human form until after Alpha Callens speech to open the party'."

“Urgh Why?" I protested and he shrugged.

“Got me, but that's what he said." the fox responded and I grumbled pulling on a shirt and pants with some difficulty because of my cast. At the same time Xander and Randy shifted to mid form then pulled on pants before they helped me with my shirt.

“Don't worry, it'll be ok." he said and I nodded throwing a few logs on the fire to get it going again and keep it going for a few hours more. We wandered down towards the back yard, the aroma of cooking food and echo of merriment guiding us. Before we could get outside though, Beta Anders pulled us to one side.

“Over here you two," he called and smiled “Callen is about to start his announcement, he wants you two to wait till he calls you. Neil, take off your shirt, Alpha's orders, Xander, you're to Carry him out there."

“Take off?" I grumbled “You know how hard it was to get ON?"

“I know a way to take it off." Xander said trying to be seductive from behind me and I rolled my eyes as Beta Anders chuckled.

“No thanks, I'd like to keep what little clothing I have intact," I said back “Just lift from the bottom." I lifted my arms and Xander nodded lifting my shirt and pulling it off of me.

“Spoil sport." he protested and I yipped as I felt a hand trace over the words on my stomach yet I couldn't see them through my shirt.

“I warn you! Whoever that is... this makeshift cone-of-shame won't stop me from biting you!" I growled out and heard Xander chuckle.

“I don't know, Beta Anders might have a better bite than you do." he said still helping me.

“At least wait till I have it OFF." I protested as the shirt was pulled off of me. Anders was still tracing the letters, a look of offence in his eyes as he did.

“So that's what Callen was talking about." I heard Rubans voice and looked over to see him sitting not too far away looking at my chest.

“Yeah..." I said sadly “Not pretty am I?" I heard a growl over my shoulder from Xander and I waved my hand at him in dismissal.

“Well won't say that, I am gay after all," Ruban said with a chuckle and shifted in his seat “Just that you'd look better without those on there"

“They missed my nipples at least... For when I EVENTUALLY HAVE PUPPIES," I leaned down to yell the words at Lien after her thinking last night “I'm sure I'll need them when that happens." the others chuckled and Ruben nodded and we wandered over to sit with him.

“I never got a chance earlier," Ruban said slowly from next to me and suddenly his arms were around my neck and he was hugging me “Thank you for what you did last night, it means a lot to us." I smiled and hugged him back tightly.

“It's time, He is about to start." Beta Anders said with a smile.