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House of Wolves, Plus One

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Gerard clung to Mia's arm partly to hold himself up, and partly to stop from tearing his own skin off.


"The m-moon's coming."


He whimpered, nuzzling his face against her shoulder as they crept through the back hallway of the house, trying to not be seen or heard.


"Shh baby. You’ll be ok."


Mia whispered back. Gerard shook his head, groaning quietly as he felt his bones start to loosen up...getting ready to crack and reshape themselves.


"N-no time. Gonna ch-change."


"We need to get him out of here quick..."


Caleb hissed, glancing back down the hall to check that they weren’t being followed.


"He needs his mate."


"I know that!..."


Mia hissed back.


"He’s a time bomb waiting to explode right now and his Alpha is the only one who can defuse him..."


The twins had spent a lot of hours watching cop shows on tv when they were younger.


"But bitching to me about it isn’t getting us out any faster...now is it?"


Caleb sighed and shook his head.


"No Mia, sorry."


A door slammed somewhere in the house and they all froze, Gerard whimpering as his legs trembled beneath him. Mia stroked his hair comfortingly, humming quietly to him as they listened for any more movement. There were loud voices toward the front of the house and Gerard shrunk into Mia's side, trying to hide inside her embrace.


"F-F-Frank."


Gerard whispered, his eyes rolling back slightly as his knees gave way...the pain was spreading through his body now, the moon was minutes from rising. Mia cursed under her breath and looked at her brother.


"You carry him, I’ll get us out."


She passed the semi-conscious Omega to Caleb, who scooped the boy up into his arms as Mia took up a defensive position, part shifting before ushering her brother toward the back door silently. Mia and Caleb were twins and both Betas, but Mia had always been the stronger of the two and the better fighter, so it was logical for Caleb to carry Gerard instead of her, despite the fact that the frightened boy had taken to Mia and was still somewhat wary of the other Beta.


Mia's ears twitched as she listened intently to the house...all was still except for raised voices several rooms away. It was now or never!

As they reached the back door, Mia moved to press her ear to the wood. She strained her hearing as much as she could, but could hear only freedom awaiting them. Nevertheless, she kept her guard up as she quietly turned the handle and opened the door, her brother and the Omega hidden behind her.


Outside of the door was a clear stretch of long grass. It wrapped around toward the front of the house and stretched out about thirty metres to the tree line. That was their goal, their next safe resting place...if they could get there. Mia breathed in deeply, tasting the air for the scent of danger...what she smelt though, surprised her.


"There’s..."


She whispered, sniffing again.


"There’s someone out there. A lot of someones..."


She looked back at her brother and tipped her chin toward Gerard as the boy whimpered and started to twist awkwardly, sweat soaking his skin and hair.


"His pack is coming for him."


Caleb frowned.


"There’s gonna be a bloodbath, isn’t there."


Mia nodded.


"Yeah, I think there is. Let’s get him clear before it begins, Ok?"


Caleb offered his sister a brave smile and nodded, then the siblings started out across the expanse of open ground, moving fast low and as quiet as they could...just as furious shouting was heard from within the house. Apparently the boy’s rescue had been discovered. Now the shit would really hit the fan!



Frank stilled his small group; Ray, Pete and Daniel freezing at his command as the sound of yelling, growling and then howling met their ears. They were all fully shifted, their fur bristling as they felt the call to battle pulling at them. Frank glanced back at each in turn, giving them a look and a fang filled grin...then they were moving again, breaking cover to charge into the open, growling and howling to make their presence known as they heard both Mikey and Bob's groups do the same from their own spots, spread out along the perimeter of Andy's compound.


Flashes of fur and teeth practically exploded from the house to meet them. Claws ripped and blood spilled as the two packs tore into each other.


From the edge of the woods on the other side of the house, Mia and Caleb listened to the fight with growing concern as they tried to keep the little Omega quiet. That was quite a hard job though, as the moon was now coming out and Gerard was starting his first and most painful shift.


Gerard’s back cracked and he thought he was going to throw up, he’d never felt such pain in his life. He bit down hard on his own hand to stop from screaming as he felt each vertebrae disconnect and shift, the bones in his legs cracking and reforming...elongating and thickening. His tongue tasted blood, rich and dark, full of life and power...but all he could focus on was the pain.

He had to release his hand as his small human teeth grew out into inch long razor sharp fangs. His already sharp vision was heightening now and the red stood out starkly against his pale skin...fascinating. But then it wasn’t pale skin now, as thick black fur started to sprout through, covering every inch of his changing body. He screamed now as he felt his ribs snap and shift...but it wasn’t a scream...it was a howl. His first.


At the other side of the house, Frank and his group were engaged in battle with a couple of huge Betas, when Frank’s head suddenly snapped to the right. His ears had heard a howl that they’d never heard before, but that he would recognise anywhere...Gerard.

With a quick glance at his companions to make sure they could handle the rabid pair, Frank broke free from the affray and headed toward the back of the building.

Mikey had heard his brother too, but he was currently in a fang and claw battle with Andy Black, and he’d made it his own personal mission to rip the guy's head clean off of his shoulders, and he wasn’t stopping the fight until that was done. Besides, he knew that Frank would go to Gerard...it was Lupo nature to go to your mate when they need you.


Mia and Caleb were part-shifted and were using all their joined strength to hold the shifting Omega down, but it wasn’t enough. Gerard had been weak in human-form, and even weaker the last few days from lack of food, but during his shift, without his mate to hold him and join with him through it, his wolf had become enraged and dangerously strong. The twins were barely able to hold on as he thrashed and growled, fangs snapping at them as his wolf felt overwhelmed and trapped. He was nearly in full shift now, his human ears shrunken into his skull and new wolf ears grown out of the top of his head, flattened back as rage forged through him like he’d never felt before. A tail, fluffy black and thick was now growing from the base of his spine, flicking angrily as he struggled against the hands holding him.


"Gerard, baby please listen to me..."


Mia tried desperately as her brother was thrown off with ragged claw marks from his right shoulder to his left nipple. Caleb growled, he didn’t want to fully shift right now, but the aggressive Omega wasn’t making things easy.


"You need to calm down baby. You’re gonna hurt yourself."


It was no use though, the only one that could calm him now would be his mate...his Alpha...Frank. As it happened, that was just who was turning the corner from the side of the house and headed their way, fully shifted and running full tilt.


Frank had wondered pretty much from the moment he met Gerard, what colour the Omega's wolf would be. Most Omegas tended to be pale furred, but with Gerard’s jet black hair, black was also a possibility. Catching his mate's scent, Frank charged into the tree line and saw Gerard’s beautiful black wolf-form being manhandled by two part shifted Betas that he’d never seen before...that pissed him off! He growled loud and deep, drawing the three Lupos' attention.


Gerard’s head snapped toward the sound and his eyes widened as he stilled...that was Frank...his mate. Frank met his eyes and nodded to him slightly.


"Frank?..."


Mia asked nervously of the huge Alpha. Frank’s eyes flicked to her and narrowed, his lips curling in a snarl to show sharp fangs, blood-stained from the fight he just left. Mia swallowed, glancing nervously at her brother before looking back at the big wolf.


"I’m M-Mia, and this is my b-brother, Caleb. We freed him..."


She nodded to the still, but heavily breathing Omega.


"We couldn’t let Andy..."


She trailed off, scared to say the words.


"Let Andy...what?"


Frank growled as he part-shifted back, eyes still dark and fangs still sharp.


"He was going to force a change of claim."


Caleb answered, sensing that his sister was too intimidated by the man in front of them. Frank’s eyes widened in shock...now he really wanted to tear Andy Black apart! He hoped there was something left of the Alpha when Mikey was done with him.


Forcing a change of claim was as illegal in the Lupo world, as murder is in the human one. To force a change, an Alpha would "take" another Alpha's Omega during their first shift, fucking and biting them repeatedly until the bond the Omega had with their mate was broken, and the new Alpha would take control. It was a power play that used to be commonplace centuries ago, but now it was considered one of the most heinous crimes going. As far as Frank knew, no Alpha had tried it in the last eighty years.


"He told you this?..."


Frank growled low, his hands clenched into angry fists. Mia and Caleb both swallowed nervously and nodded.


"So you rescued Gerard?"


"Yes. We c-couldn’t stand by and let that happen."


The two Betas were barely holding Gerard now as the Omega was calmed simply by his mate's presence. Gerard whined quietly and Frank's attention was suddenly fully back on him. Frank offered the wolf a soft smile, stepping forward.


"It’s ok baby, I’m here now..."


He held out his hand and Gerard sniffed tentatively, then nuzzled his big head into Frank's palm. Frank grinned.


"You can let him go now..."


He said gently to the two Betas, his eyes never leaving his beautiful mate.


"I’ll take it from here."


Mia and Caleb breathed a sigh of relief and took a step back before moving to stand together a few feet away, holding hands. They didn’t know what to do now, or if they would even be allowed to live after they’d been a part of Andy's pack...that was up to Frank and they would accept whatever he felt was fair. They watched as Frank sat down in the long grass, encouraging the black wolf to lay down beside him.


Gerard’s first shift was complete now and the mind-crushing pain had ended to be replaced with an all over ache, and a longing to be held and comforted. He flopped down and lay his head in Frank’s lap, letting out a heavy sigh as Frank tenderly stroked his thick black fur. He knew that he needed Frank to mate with him during this shift, but right now he was just happy to have his Alpha by his side.


Through the darkened woods, a howl was heard, followed by another and another and another...it was a victory howling and it told Frank that the battle was over, and that Mikey and his pack had won. He smiled with relief, stroking Gerard behind his soft black ears, making the young Omega practically purr with pleasure.


"It’s ok now baby, you’re safe now."


He wondered who was hurt and if Andy was still alive to be punished, but he could wait to find out, right now he was exactly where he needed to be.





Notes

Hi there chipmunks, how’s you?

I'm sorry for the long wait, but I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Not much more fic to go after this, and I’ll try not to make you wait so long.

Until next time...PLEASE COMMENT and peace out babies!
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Comments

@Toxic Laughter
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@Toxic Laughter
Glad you enjoyed it.
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2/17/19

I love this story!

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2/17/19

@cecke8
Glad you liked it...just sorry it took so long to finish.
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