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[18+] “Unchained” by Anhedral (read by the Author)
[18+] Five percent of teenage humans have abruptly started turning into werewolves, and Canadian society is struggling to contort itself around the new reality. Facing prejudice and fear, a mixed-species gay couple commit to continuing their relationship – whatever the cost.
Today’s story is “Unchained” by Anhedral, a music teacher and writer whose works have appeared in ROAR, Werewolves Versus, and Wolves Dot Gay. You can find more of his stories at his Furaffinity.
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Transcript
Voice
Speaker:of
Speaker:Dog. This
Speaker:is
Speaker:Rob MacWolf, your
Speaker:fellow
Speaker:traveler,
Speaker:and
Speaker:Today’s
Speaker:story
Speaker:is “Unchained”
Speaker:by
Speaker:Anhedral,
Speaker:a
Speaker:music
Speaker:teacher
Speaker:and
Speaker:writer
Speaker:whose
Speaker:works
Speaker:have
Speaker:appeared
Speaker:in
Speaker:ROAR,
Speaker:Werewolves Versus,
Speaker:and Wolves Dot Gay.
Speaker:You
Speaker:can
Speaker:find
Speaker:more
Speaker:of
Speaker:his
Speaker:stories
Speaker:at
Speaker:his
Speaker:Furaffinity.
Read
by
Speaker:the
Speaker:Author.
Please
enjoy
“Unchained”
by
Speaker:Anhedral
Toronto
1 November 2025
"There… just there… that’s
the
Speaker:spot…"
We’re
standing
Speaker:close there
Speaker:in
Speaker:the
Speaker:shower,
Speaker:fur
Speaker:to
Speaker:fur,
Speaker:warm
Speaker:water
Speaker:sluicing
Speaker:over
Speaker:hotter
Speaker:flesh.
Speaker:The tall
Speaker:wolf's
Speaker:arms
Speaker:clasp
Speaker:round
Speaker:my
Speaker:shoulders,
Speaker:paw-pads
Speaker:lost
Speaker:in my wettened ruff;
Speaker:his
Speaker:swollen
Speaker:knot
Speaker:and
Speaker:cock
Speaker:snug up
Speaker:tight
Speaker:against
Speaker:my
Speaker:belly,
Speaker:while
Speaker:my
Speaker:own
Speaker:hard-on
Speaker:slides
Speaker:underneath
Speaker:his
Speaker:balls.
Speaker:The
Speaker:two
Speaker:of
Speaker:us
Speaker:in
Speaker:the
Speaker:cubicle
Speaker:make
Speaker:for
Speaker:a
Speaker:tight
Speaker:fit,
Speaker:but
Speaker:we
Speaker:do
Speaker:fit,
Speaker:and
Speaker:our
Speaker:closeness
Speaker:here
Speaker:is
Speaker:bliss.
In
this
Speaker:moment
Speaker:I’m
Speaker:teasing
Speaker:round
Speaker:and
Speaker:round
Speaker:at
Speaker:that
Speaker:sensitive
Speaker:spot
Speaker:he
Speaker:has,
Speaker:just
Speaker:where
Speaker:his
Speaker:tail
Speaker:meets
Speaker:his
Speaker:spine,
Speaker:my
Speaker:palms
Speaker:against
Speaker:his
Speaker:ass.
Speaker:Oh,
Speaker:what
Speaker:an
Speaker:ass!
Speaker:Muscles
Speaker:come
Speaker:alive
Speaker:beneath
Speaker:my
Speaker:touch,
Speaker:quiver
Speaker:and
Speaker:clench,
Speaker:a tautened
Speaker:treasury
Speaker:of
Speaker:flesh
Speaker:and
Speaker:fur.
Speaker:It's
Speaker:mine,
Speaker:all
Speaker:mine,
Speaker:to
Speaker:savour
Speaker:and
Speaker:explore.
"Mmm.
Which
Speaker:spot
Speaker:could
Speaker:that
Speaker:be,
Speaker:I
Speaker:wonder?"
Speaker:I
Speaker:dare
Speaker:to
Speaker:probe
Speaker:his
Speaker:hole
Speaker:and
Speaker:he
Speaker:comes
Speaker:apart,
Speaker:gasping and
Speaker:shuddering,
Speaker:knees atremble.
Speaker:He
Speaker:almost
Speaker:loses
Speaker:balance
Speaker:as
Speaker:he
Speaker:lurches
Speaker:into
Speaker:me;
Speaker:our
Speaker:hard
Speaker:cocks
Speaker:slide
Speaker:as
Speaker:one.
Speaker:I
Speaker:grin
Speaker:up
Speaker:at
Speaker:him
Speaker:from
Speaker:my
Speaker:long
Speaker:and
Speaker:slender
Speaker:muzzle
Speaker:like
Speaker:an
Speaker:idiot.
"Oh,
I
Speaker:guess
Speaker:that
Speaker:really
Speaker:is
Speaker:the
Speaker:spot."
He
growls
Speaker:at
Speaker:me
Speaker:low and
Speaker:guttural,
Speaker:but
Speaker:there's
Speaker:only
Speaker:passion
Speaker:there,
Speaker:no
Speaker:ire. "Ah, gah,
Speaker:Alan,
Speaker:you
Speaker:sm... smartass!"
He’s
groaning
Speaker:now,
Speaker:breathing
Speaker:ragged,
Speaker:and
Speaker:I
Speaker:think
Speaker:those
Speaker:broken
Speaker:words
Speaker:are
Speaker:all
Speaker:he'll
Speaker:manage
Speaker:for
Speaker:a
Speaker:while.
"Oh
you
Speaker:betya,
Speaker:mate
Speaker:of
Speaker:mine.
Speaker:Your
Speaker:very
Speaker:favourite
Speaker:kind."
His
eyes
Speaker:lid
Speaker:shut
Speaker:as
Speaker:he
Speaker:surrenders
Speaker:to
Speaker:the
Speaker:pleasure,
Speaker:the
Speaker:dark
Speaker:lips
Speaker:of
Speaker:his
Speaker:shorter
Speaker:muzzle
Speaker:parting,
Speaker:panting
Speaker:hard.
Speaker:Immediately
Speaker:I
Speaker:take
Speaker:advantage,
Speaker:tilting
Speaker:up
Speaker:my
Speaker:head
Speaker:as
Speaker:his
Speaker:own
Speaker:dips
Speaker:down,
Speaker:and
Speaker:lick
Speaker:him
Speaker:firmly
Speaker:along
Speaker:his
Speaker:jaw.
Speaker:He
Speaker:gets
Speaker:the
Speaker:hint
Speaker:at
Speaker:one
Speaker:and
Speaker:opens
Speaker:up
Speaker:his
Speaker:muzzle
Speaker:wider,
Speaker:granting
Speaker:access
Speaker:to
Speaker:his
Speaker:teeth.
Speaker:Our
Speaker:urgent,
Speaker:needy
Speaker:claws
Speaker:dig
Speaker:into
Speaker:one
Speaker:another's
Speaker:backs
Speaker:to
Speaker:keep
Speaker:us
Speaker:close,
Speaker:and
Speaker:our
Speaker:tongues
Speaker:swipe
Speaker:together
Speaker:as
Speaker:we
Speaker:hump
Speaker:and
Speaker:grind.
Speaker:In
Speaker:this
Speaker:primal
Speaker:ancient
Speaker:rhythm,
Speaker:the
Speaker:wild
Speaker:wolf
Speaker:that
Speaker:dwells
Speaker:within
Speaker:him
Speaker:howls
Speaker:along with
Speaker:my
Speaker:own.
At
this
Speaker:rate
Speaker:we
Speaker:won’t
Speaker:be
Speaker:long;
Speaker:we've
Speaker:become
Speaker:a
Speaker:single
Speaker:heaving
Speaker:mass
Speaker:of
Speaker:wolf-flesh
Speaker:joined
Speaker:in
Speaker:shameless,
Speaker:sensual
Speaker:union
Speaker:from
Speaker:pectorals
Speaker:to
Speaker:thighs.
Speaker:Still,
Speaker:I
Speaker:try
Speaker:to
Speaker:stretch
Speaker:it
Speaker:out,
Speaker:to
Speaker:shift
Speaker:my
Speaker:cock-addled
Speaker:brain
Speaker:from
Speaker:the
Speaker:mind-numbing
Speaker:sensation
Speaker:of
Speaker:his
Speaker:shaft
Speaker:against
Speaker:me.
Speaker:I
Speaker:nip
Speaker:his ear,
Speaker:then
Speaker:slide
Speaker:out
Speaker:my
Speaker:long
Speaker:tongue
Speaker:to
Speaker:caress
Speaker:his
Speaker:underjaw.
Speaker:He
Speaker:tastes
Speaker:of
Speaker:clean
Speaker:and
Speaker:salt
Speaker:and
Speaker:something
Speaker:wholly
Speaker:male
Speaker:that
Speaker:drugs
Speaker:me
Speaker:to
Speaker:my
Speaker:core.
Speaker:My
Speaker:fingers
Speaker:spread
Speaker:across
Speaker:his
Speaker:ass,
Speaker:and
Speaker:I
Speaker:think, I think,
Speaker:think ass,
Speaker:think
Speaker:legs,
Speaker:think
Speaker:goddam
Speaker:anything
Speaker:at
Speaker:all,
Speaker:just
Speaker:not
Speaker:our
Speaker:raging,
Speaker:sliding
Speaker:cocks.
Oh,
who
Speaker:am
Speaker:I
Speaker:kidding?
Speaker:My
Speaker:brain
Speaker:cells
Speaker:fizz
Speaker:and
Speaker:pop,
Speaker:short-circuited
Speaker:on
Speaker:feedback
Speaker:loops
Speaker:as
Speaker:old
Speaker:as
Speaker:time.
Speaker:Directed
Speaker:thought
Speaker:is
Speaker:suddenly
Speaker:quite
Speaker:out
Speaker:of
Speaker:the
Speaker:question.
I
make
Speaker:a
Speaker:frantic
Speaker:lunge
Speaker:with
Speaker:one
Speaker:paw
Speaker:for
Speaker:the
Speaker:soap
Speaker:and
Speaker:manage
Speaker:not
Speaker:to
Speaker:drop
Speaker:it;
Speaker:he
Speaker:gets
Speaker:my
Speaker:drift
Speaker:and
Speaker:we
Speaker:break
Speaker:apart,
Speaker:cocks
Speaker:bobbing,
Speaker:aching,
Speaker:rampant
Speaker:in
Speaker:the
Speaker:too-wide
Speaker:space
Speaker:between
Speaker:us.
Speaker:I
Speaker:quickly
Speaker:lather
Speaker:up
Speaker:his
Speaker:groin
Speaker:and
Speaker:belly-fur,
Speaker:then
Speaker:slicken
Speaker:up
Speaker:my
Speaker:own.
Speaker:Toss
Speaker:the
Speaker:soap aside
Speaker:and
Speaker:it’s
Speaker:straight
Speaker:back
Speaker:to
Speaker:it, our
Speaker:bodies
Speaker:slapping
Speaker:as
Speaker:they
Speaker:meet,
Speaker:the
Speaker:erotic
Speaker:edge
Speaker:honed
Speaker:scalpel-sharp
Speaker:by
Speaker:silken
Speaker:soapy
Speaker:slickness.
Speaker:I
Speaker:stretch
Speaker:up
Speaker:on
Speaker:my
Speaker:toes
Speaker:to
Speaker:bring
Speaker:my
Speaker:shaft
Speaker:to
Speaker:his.
Speaker:The
Speaker:sensations
Speaker:swell
Speaker:up
Speaker:once
Speaker:more,
Speaker:dangerous
Speaker:and
Speaker:unstoppable,
Speaker:and
Speaker:we
Speaker:race towards the brink on a
Speaker:joyful surge
Speaker:that
Speaker:will
Speaker:not
Speaker:be
Speaker:denied.
Speaker:Tongues
Speaker:lolling,
Speaker:panting
Speaker:hard,
Speaker:it’s
Speaker:slide
Speaker:slide
Speaker:slide
Speaker:to
Speaker:crest
Speaker:the
Speaker:peak
Speaker:together.
He
gets
Speaker:there
Speaker:just
Speaker:before
Speaker:me
Speaker:with
Speaker:a
Speaker:grunt
Speaker:and
Speaker:the
Speaker:cutest
Speaker:little
Speaker:whimper,
Speaker:bold
Speaker:claws
Speaker:raking
Speaker:at
Speaker:my
Speaker:back.
Speaker:I
Speaker:feel
Speaker:him
Speaker:tense
Speaker:and
Speaker:swell
Speaker:and
Speaker:then
Speaker:he's
Speaker:cumming
Speaker:hard,
Speaker:three
Speaker:spurts,
Speaker:four
Speaker:and
Speaker:five,
Speaker:stickying
Speaker:our
Speaker:fur.
Speaker:And
Speaker:his
Speaker:sweet
Speaker:release is
Speaker:all
Speaker:I
Speaker:need.
Speaker:Eyes
Speaker:shut
Speaker:tight
Speaker:and
Speaker:breathing
Speaker:ragged,
Speaker:I
Speaker:clutch
Speaker:him
Speaker:tight
Speaker:with
Speaker:paws
Speaker:upon
Speaker:his
Speaker:rear.
Speaker:Time
Speaker:stands
Speaker:still
Speaker:and
Speaker:stars
Speaker:turn
Speaker:nova.
Speaker:Out
Speaker:there,
Speaker:somewhere,
Speaker:a
Speaker:planet
Speaker:explodes.
Speaker:Vaguely
Speaker:I
Speaker:hear
Speaker:him
Speaker:chuckle
Speaker:as
Speaker:I
Speaker:lose
Speaker:myself
Speaker:to
Speaker:pleasure,
Speaker:soul
Speaker:and
Speaker:body
Speaker:exposed
Speaker:and
Speaker:utterly
Speaker:stripped
Speaker:bare.
Speaker:It's
Speaker:sublime.
The
shower
Speaker:hisses
Speaker:all
Speaker:around
Speaker:us.
Speaker:He’s
Speaker:all
Speaker:I'll ever
Speaker:want
Speaker:and
Speaker:need,
Speaker:and
Speaker:I
Speaker:will
Speaker:admit
Speaker:no
Speaker:thought
Speaker:of
Speaker:letting
Speaker:go.
Speaker:We
Speaker:cling
Speaker:onto
Speaker:the
Speaker:moment
Speaker:and
Speaker:onto
Speaker:one
Speaker:another,
Speaker:the
Speaker:aftershocks
Speaker:still
Speaker:coursing.
Speaker:Our
Speaker:mingled
Speaker:spend
Speaker:joins
Speaker:us
Speaker:pelt
Speaker:to
Speaker:pelt,
Speaker:its
Speaker:sharp
Speaker:scent
Speaker:richly
Speaker:tangy
Speaker:as
Speaker:it
Speaker:mixes
Speaker:with
Speaker:the
Speaker:steam.
We're
gasping,
Speaker:wide-eyed
Speaker:but
Speaker:unseeing.
Speaker:I
Speaker:reach
Speaker:to
Speaker:clasp
Speaker:his
Speaker:trembling
Speaker:paws
Speaker:in
Speaker:mine.
At
moments
Speaker:like
Speaker:this,
Speaker:I
Speaker:feel
Speaker:myself
Speaker:the
Speaker:luckiest
Speaker:wolf
Speaker:in
Speaker:all
Speaker:the
Speaker:world.
Of
course,
Speaker:it
Speaker:hasn't
Speaker:always
Speaker:been
Speaker:this way.
*****
Calgary
16 June 2023
Brrring
"Uuuur..."
Brrring
"Uh...?"
Brrring
"Oh gods, alright, 'm
comin'..."
I
rolled
Speaker:over
Speaker:in
Speaker:the
Speaker:bed,
Speaker:groped
Speaker:for
Speaker:my
Speaker:mobile,
Speaker:and
Speaker:blinked
Speaker:as
Speaker:its
Speaker:too-bright
Speaker:screen
Speaker:dazzled
Speaker:my
Speaker:bleary,
Speaker:sleep-blurred
Speaker:eyes.
Speaker:I
Speaker:rubbed
Speaker:at
Speaker:them,
Speaker:squinting
Speaker:just
Speaker:enough
Speaker:to
Speaker:make
Speaker:out the time: 5:17 am.
It was
five
Speaker:in
Speaker:the
Speaker:morning,
Speaker:and
Speaker:I'd
Speaker:been
Speaker:woken
Speaker:two
Speaker:hours
Speaker:ahead
Speaker:of
Speaker:schedule
Speaker:on
Speaker:a
Speaker:school
Speaker:day
Speaker:by
Speaker:the
Speaker:insistent
Speaker:nagging
Speaker:of
Speaker:my
Speaker:phone.
Speaker:I
Speaker:cursed
Speaker:and
Speaker:swiped a
Speaker:finger,
Speaker:realising
Speaker:only
Speaker:then
Speaker:that
Speaker:the
Speaker:phone
Speaker:had
Speaker:been
Speaker:using
Speaker:its
Speaker:default
Speaker:ringtone.
Speaker:Whoever
Speaker:was
Speaker:calling
Speaker:at
Speaker:that
Speaker:godforsaken
Speaker:hour,
Speaker:I
Speaker:didn’t
Speaker:know
Speaker:them
Speaker:well
Speaker:enough
Speaker:to
Speaker:have
Speaker:given
Speaker:them
Speaker:their
Speaker:own
Speaker:jingle.
"H – h'llo?"
Silence
for
Speaker:a
Speaker:moment,
Speaker:and
Speaker:then
Speaker:a
Speaker:male
Speaker:voice,
Speaker:so
Speaker:quiet
Speaker:and
Speaker:deep
Speaker:and
Speaker:croaky
Speaker:I
Speaker:could
Speaker:barely
Speaker:make
Speaker:it
Speaker:out. "Alan?"
"Mike?
Mikey,
Speaker:is
Speaker:that
Speaker:you?
Speaker:What's
Speaker:wrong? Are
Speaker:you
Speaker:OK?"
Some
muffled
Speaker:sound,
Speaker:a
Speaker:cry,
Speaker:a
Speaker:groan?
Speaker:Or
Speaker:something
Speaker:else
Speaker:entirely?
Speaker:I
Speaker:couldn’t
Speaker:fathom.
"I'm – I'm OK.
Kind
Speaker:of
Speaker:OK.
Speaker:Getting
Speaker:there.
Speaker:Better,
Speaker:hearing
Speaker:your
Speaker:voice..."
He
trailed
Speaker:off
Speaker:before
Speaker:drawing
Speaker:in
Speaker:a
Speaker:ragged
Speaker:breath,
Speaker:strangely
Speaker:loud
Speaker:across
Speaker:the
Speaker:line.
"I'm
sat in the kitchen at home.
Speaker:I'm
Speaker:sat
Speaker:on the floor in the kitchen
Speaker:at
Speaker:home – "
The
words
Speaker:bubbled
Speaker:faster
Speaker:now,
Speaker:angry
Speaker:and
Speaker:frustrated.
"I'm
sat
Speaker:on
Speaker:the
Speaker:floor
Speaker:in
Speaker:the
Speaker:kitchen
Speaker:because
Speaker:I
Speaker:broke
Speaker:the
Speaker:stupid
Speaker:chair
Speaker:when
Speaker:I
Speaker:tried
Speaker:to
Speaker:sit
Speaker:on
Speaker:it.
Speaker:So
Speaker:I'm
Speaker:here
Speaker:on
Speaker:the
Speaker:floor
Speaker:using
Speaker:my
Speaker:mum's
Speaker:old
Speaker:landline
Speaker:phone 'coz
Speaker:I
Speaker:can't
Speaker:use
Speaker:my
Speaker:mobile
Speaker:any more
Speaker:but
Speaker:this
Speaker:one's
Speaker:got
Speaker:big
Speaker:buttons
Speaker:and
Speaker:I'm
Speaker:really
Speaker:sorry
Speaker:to
Speaker:phone
Speaker:you
Speaker:at
Speaker:stupid
Speaker:o'clock
Speaker:but
Speaker:there's
Speaker:no
Speaker:one
Speaker:else
Speaker:and – "
I
was
Speaker:starting
Speaker:to
Speaker:wake
Speaker:up
Speaker:a
Speaker:bit
Speaker:more
Speaker:now.
Speaker:Incoherence wasn’t Mike, wasn't him
Speaker:at
Speaker:all.
Speaker:The
Speaker:mental
Speaker:cogs
Speaker:began
Speaker:to
Speaker:grind
Speaker:around,
Speaker:sluggish and
Speaker:reluctant.
Oh,
gods.
Speaker:Mike.
Speaker:My
Speaker:Mike.
"Mikey,
I'm
Speaker:coming
Speaker:over.
Speaker:Like,
Speaker:right
Speaker:now.
Speaker:Just
Speaker:sit
Speaker:tight,
Speaker:okay?
Speaker:Just –
Speaker:sit
Speaker:tight."
He
gave
Speaker:a
Speaker:kind
Speaker:of
Speaker:hacking
Speaker:sigh.
"Sit
tight.
Speaker:O – okay."
*****
So
there
Speaker:I
Speaker:was,
Speaker:just
Speaker:a
Speaker:regular
Speaker:teenaged
Speaker:guy
Speaker:who
Speaker:lived
Speaker:in
Speaker:a
Speaker:perfectly
Speaker:ordinary
Speaker:house
Speaker:in
Speaker:a
Speaker:perfectly
Speaker:ordinary
Speaker:Calgary
Speaker:suburb,
Speaker:tearing
Speaker:way
Speaker:too
Speaker:fast
Speaker:through
Speaker:residential
Speaker:streets
Speaker:at
Speaker:the
Speaker:arse-crack
Speaker:of
Speaker:dawn
Speaker:to
Speaker:pound
Speaker:down
Speaker:the
Speaker:door
Speaker:of
Speaker:another
Speaker:instantly
Speaker:forgettable
Speaker:house
Speaker:five
Speaker:miles
Speaker:away –
–
because
Speaker:behind
Speaker:that
Speaker:door
Speaker:dwelt
Speaker:the
Speaker:person
Speaker:of
Speaker:my
Speaker:wonderful
Speaker:boyfriend
Speaker:Mike,
Speaker:who'd
Speaker:woken
Speaker:up
Speaker:that
Speaker:morning
Speaker:to
Speaker:discover
Speaker:that
Speaker:he'd
Speaker:become
Speaker:a
Speaker:werewolf.
"Mike!" Bam bam bam. "Mike,
it's me!"
The
door
Speaker:cracked
Speaker:open,
Speaker:and
Speaker:I
Speaker:glimpsed
Speaker:a
Speaker:hulking
Speaker:form
Speaker:already
Speaker:shuffling
Speaker:away,
Speaker:practically
Speaker:filling
Speaker:the
Speaker:entire
Speaker:hallway.
Speaker:The
Speaker:apparition
Speaker:cursed
Speaker:as
Speaker:it
Speaker:bashed
Speaker:its
Speaker:head
Speaker:against
Speaker:the
Speaker:ceiling
Speaker:lamp.
Spontaneous
Adolescent
Speaker:Lycanthropy
Speaker:doesn't
Speaker:mess
Speaker:around.
To
my
Speaker:typically-hormonal
Speaker:male
Speaker:teenaged
Speaker:brain,
Speaker:Mike had
Speaker:been
Speaker:deliciously
Speaker:athletic
Speaker:and
Speaker:muscular
Speaker:in
Speaker:all
Speaker:of
Speaker:the
Speaker:correct
Speaker:and
Speaker:very
Speaker:masculine
Speaker:places.
Speaker:Now,
Speaker:he
Speaker:was
Speaker:two
Speaker:hundred
Speaker:pounds
Speaker:of
Speaker:newfound
Speaker:strength
Speaker:and
Speaker:fur,
Speaker:hunched
Speaker:cowering
Speaker:in
Speaker:one
Speaker:corner
Speaker:of
Speaker:his
Speaker:mother's
Speaker:kitchen
Speaker:and
Speaker:apparently
Speaker:trying
Speaker:to
Speaker:make
Speaker:himself
Speaker:as
Speaker:small
Speaker:as
Speaker:he
Speaker:possibly
Speaker:could.
Speaker:His
Speaker:knees
Speaker:were
Speaker:drawn
Speaker:up
Speaker:tightly
Speaker:his
Speaker:chest,
Speaker:and
Speaker:he'd
Speaker:tucked
Speaker:his
Speaker:muzzle
Speaker:so
Speaker:deeply
Speaker:down
Speaker:between
Speaker:them
Speaker:that
Speaker:all
Speaker:I
Speaker:could
Speaker:make
Speaker:out
Speaker:of
Speaker:his
Speaker:head
Speaker:were
Speaker:the
Speaker:soft
Speaker:peaks
Speaker:of
Speaker:his
Speaker:ears.
Speaker:He'd
Speaker:snugged a
Speaker:big
Speaker:white
Speaker:sheet
Speaker:around
Speaker:his
Speaker:body,
Speaker:because
Speaker:of
Speaker:course
Speaker:he'd
Speaker:never
Speaker:be
Speaker:able
Speaker:to
Speaker:fit
Speaker:into
Speaker:any
Speaker:of
Speaker:his
Speaker:old
Speaker:clothes,
Speaker:ever
Speaker:again.
At
his
Speaker:insistence,
Speaker:I'd
Speaker:kept
Speaker:the
Speaker:lights
Speaker:down
Speaker:low.
Speaker:My
Speaker:boyfriend
Speaker:looked
Speaker:like
Speaker:a
Speaker:big
Speaker:trembling
Speaker:ball
Speaker:of
Speaker:shadowy
Speaker:greyish
Speaker:fur
Speaker:wrapped
Speaker:up
Speaker:in
Speaker:a
Speaker:shroud.
I
discretely
Speaker:nudged
Speaker:the
Speaker:wreckage
Speaker:of
Speaker:the
Speaker:broken
Speaker:chair
Speaker:away
Speaker:from
Speaker:the
Speaker:table,
Speaker:and
Speaker:pulled
Speaker:up
Speaker:an
Speaker:undamaged
Speaker:one
Speaker:to
Speaker:take
Speaker:its
Speaker:place.
Speaker:I
Speaker:sat
Speaker:down,
Speaker:dry-swallowed,
Speaker:and
Speaker:took
Speaker:a
Speaker:deep
Speaker:breath.
"Your – your
mum?"
"Hah!"
There
Speaker:was
Speaker:no
Speaker:mirth
Speaker:to
Speaker:the
Speaker:sound,
Speaker:just
Speaker:an
Speaker:old,
Speaker:tired
Speaker:bitterness.
Speaker:But
Speaker:at
Speaker:least
Speaker:Mike
Speaker:lifted
Speaker:up
Speaker:his
Speaker:muzzle
Speaker:to
Speaker:reply
Speaker:to
Speaker:me,
Speaker:and
Speaker:I
Speaker:had
Speaker:to
Speaker:stifle
Speaker:a
Speaker:gasp
Speaker:and
Speaker:my
Speaker:first
Speaker:sight
Speaker:of
Speaker:the
Speaker:inch-long
Speaker:fangs,
Speaker:the
Speaker:blazing
Speaker:yellow
Speaker:of
Speaker:his
Speaker:eyes. "What
Speaker:do
Speaker:you
Speaker:think,
Speaker:Alan?
Speaker:She's
Speaker:probably
Speaker:crashed
Speaker:at
Speaker:some
Speaker:pal's
Speaker:place,
Speaker:sleeping
Speaker:off
Speaker:the worst of the
Speaker:booze. I'm
Speaker:home-alone
Speaker:guy,
Speaker:all
Speaker:over
Speaker:again."
Yeah.
As
Speaker:suspected,
Speaker:there
Speaker:would
Speaker:be
Speaker:no
Speaker:help
Speaker:from
Speaker:his
Speaker:mother's
Speaker:quarter.
"Mikey...
Mike,
Speaker:listen,
Speaker:you
Speaker:have
Speaker:to
Speaker:let
Speaker:me
Speaker:help
Speaker:you – "
"Help?"
Mike
Speaker:snorted.
Speaker:He
Speaker:sounded
Speaker:on
Speaker:the
Speaker:edge
Speaker:of
Speaker:panic,
Speaker:or
Speaker:else
Speaker:some
Speaker:sort
Speaker:of
Speaker:futile
Speaker:rage.
Speaker:Quite
Speaker:possibly,
Speaker:it
Speaker:was
Speaker:both. "Help,
Speaker:Alan?
Speaker:There
Speaker:is
Speaker:no
Speaker:help!"
Abruptly,
memories
Speaker:from
Speaker:our
Speaker:compulsory
Speaker:werewolf-awareness
Speaker:lessons
Speaker:flooded
Speaker:back
Speaker:to
Speaker:me.
Speaker:Be
Speaker:very
Speaker:careful,
Speaker:isn't
Speaker:that
Speaker:what
Speaker:Mrs
Speaker:Carstairs
Speaker:had
Speaker:said?
Speaker:A
Speaker:newly-changed
Speaker:werewolf
Speaker:is
Speaker:unpredictable
Speaker:and
Speaker:dangerous.
Speaker:The
Speaker:surge
Speaker:of
Speaker:brand
Speaker:new
Speaker:hormones,
Speaker:the
Speaker:cascade
Speaker:of
Speaker:lupine
Speaker:changes.
Speaker:The
Speaker:hunger,
Speaker:the
Speaker:sudden
Speaker:mental
Speaker:disconnect
Speaker:with
Speaker:one's
Speaker:own
Speaker:body...
And
of
Speaker:course,
Speaker:the
Speaker:final,
Speaker:fatal
Speaker:realisation
Speaker:that
Speaker:yes,
Speaker:your
Speaker:life
Speaker:had
Speaker:abruptly
Speaker:veered
Speaker:off
Speaker:the
Speaker:safe
Speaker:and
Speaker:straight
Speaker:and
Speaker:narrow,
Speaker:and
Speaker:plunged
Speaker:over
Speaker:a
Speaker:cliff-edge
Speaker:marked 'calamity'.
Speaker:That
Speaker:you
Speaker:were
Speaker:indeed
Speaker:to
Speaker:be
Speaker:counted
Speaker:amongst
Speaker:the
Speaker:five
Speaker:percent
Speaker:of
Speaker:teenagers
Speaker:who
Speaker:reacted
Speaker:this
Speaker:way
Speaker:to
Speaker:the
Speaker:wolf
Speaker:genecode;
Speaker:to
Speaker:the
Speaker:virus-bourne
Speaker:DNA
Speaker:that
Speaker:had,
Speaker:just
Speaker:two
Speaker:years
Speaker:prior,
Speaker:somehow
Speaker:vaulted
Speaker:clean
Speaker:across
Speaker:the
Speaker:species
Speaker:barrier,
Speaker:and
Speaker:then
Speaker:proceeded
Speaker:to
Speaker:rampage
Speaker:around
Speaker:the
Speaker:world
Speaker:in
Speaker:weeks.
Mike
was
Speaker:rocking
Speaker:slowly,
Speaker:side
Speaker:to
Speaker:side. "Y – yesterday,
Speaker:I,
Speaker:we..."
Yesterday
we
Speaker:were
Speaker:looking
Speaker:forward
Speaker:to
Speaker:our
Speaker:graduation
Speaker:dance
Speaker:at
Speaker:school.
Speaker:You,
Speaker:to
Speaker:your
Speaker:final
Speaker:sports
Speaker:day,
Speaker:going
Speaker:all-out
Speaker:for
Speaker:the win at 400 metres. To getting your
Speaker:yearbook
Speaker:signed
Speaker:by
Speaker:all
Speaker:your
Speaker:friends,
Speaker:and
Speaker:heading
Speaker:off
Speaker:to
Speaker:university.
Speaker:You
Speaker:were
Speaker:going
Speaker:to
Speaker:study
Speaker:Physiotherapy,
Speaker:in
Speaker:Quebec.
And
also
Speaker:yesterday,
Speaker:we'd
Speaker:marked
Speaker:our
Speaker:one-year
Speaker:anniversary
Speaker:with
Speaker:a
Speaker:movie,
Speaker:a
Speaker:meal,
Speaker:and
Speaker:an
Speaker:evening
Speaker:of
Speaker:gloriously
Speaker:incandescent
Speaker:sex
Speaker:that
Speaker:left
Speaker:me
Speaker:tingling
Speaker:to
Speaker:my
Speaker:core.
Speaker:Neither
Speaker:of
Speaker:us
Speaker:knew
Speaker:it
Speaker:was
Speaker:to
Speaker:be
Speaker:Mike's
Speaker:final
Speaker:day
Speaker:in
Speaker:human
Speaker:skin.
Speaker:Neither
Speaker:of
Speaker:us
Speaker:knew
Speaker:that
Speaker:the
Speaker:next
Speaker:day
Speaker:he
Speaker:would
Speaker:face
Speaker:a
Speaker:brand
Speaker:new
future:future:
one
future:that
future:would
future:be
future:marked
future:by
future:near-zero
future:opportunity,
future:one
future:that
future:would
future:be
future:marked,
future:above
future:all
future:else,
future:by
future:mankind's
future:prejudice
future:and
future:fear.
At
nineteen,
future:Mike
future:was
future:very
future:much
future:at
future:the
future:tail-end
future:of
future:the
future:bell
future:curve
future:for
future:the
future:Change.
future:And
future:me,
future:a
future:few
future:months
future:older
future:than
future:my
future:mate?
future:My
future:own
future:chances
future:of
future:joining
future:him
future:spontaneously
future:in
future:wolfish
future:form
future:were
future:vanishingly
future:small.
future:Which
future:meant,
future:of
future:course,
future:that
future:our
future:union
future:was
future:doomed.
future:Wolf-human
future:relationships
future:were
future:utterly
future:taboo,
future:and,
future:oh
future:yes,
future:illegal.
But
there
future:was
future:another
future:way
future:for
future:humans
future:of
future:any
future:age
future:to
future:take
future:the
future:fangs
future:and
future:fur –
future:for
future:those
future:desperate
future:or
future:foolish
future:enough
future:to
future:want
future:it.
They
can
future:get
future:bitten.
*****
As
predicted,
future:Mike's
future:own
future:mother
future:had
future:been
future:quite
future:unable
future:to
future:cope
future:with
future:her
future:son's
future:abrupt
future:transformation.
future:Which
future:is
future:to
future:say
future:that
future:Mike,
future:like
future:countless
future:thousands
future:of
future:other
future:teenaged
future:weres,
future:found
future:himself
future:cast
future:adrift
future:upon
future:a
future:very
future:human
future:sea,
future:into
future:a
future:world
future:bound
future:together
future:by
future:an
future:increasingly
future:stretched
future:and
future:brittle
future:filigree
future:of
future:civilization.
future:Society's
future:old
future:mores
future:were
future:struggling
future:to
future:contort
future:themselves
future:around
future:a
future:new
future:reality
future:that
future:now
future:had
future:werewolves
future:in
future:it.
The
news
future:channels
future:were
future:almost
future:unbearable
future:to
future:watch.
future:There
future:were
future:massacres
future:of
future:weres
future:in
future:Iran,
future:state-sponsored
future:pogroms
future:all
future:over
future:Poland
future:and
future:in
future:Israel.
future:Italy,
future:meanwhile,
future:had
future:seen
future:a
future:brief
future:spike
future:of
future:enthusiasm
future:for
future:public
future:exorcisms;
future:it
future:died
future:down
future:once
future:it
future:became
future:clear
future:that
future:lycanthropy
future:had
future:absolutely
future:no
future:regard
future:for
future:religious
future:words,
future:whatever
future:the
future:cult
future:or
future:creed.
future:And
future:all
future:the
future:while
future:the
future:new
future:cases
future:just
future:kept
future:on
future:coming,
future:as
future:youngsters
future:right
future:around
future:the
future:globe
future:grew
future:up
future:into
future:the
future:age
future:bracket
future:that
future:would
future:give
future:them
future:a
future:one-in-twenty
future:chance
future:of
future:damnation
future:in
future:the
future:cruelest
future:game
future:of
future:fate.
But
Mike
future:was
lucky:lucky:
my
lucky:parents
lucky:understood
lucky:his
lucky:plight,
lucky:and
lucky:took
lucky:him
lucky:in.
lucky:They,
lucky:at
lucky:least,
lucky:were
lucky:unafraid
lucky:to
lucky:share
lucky:their
lucky:domicile
lucky:with
lucky:a 'monster'
lucky:who
lucky:now
lucky:preferred
lucky:his
lucky:meat
lucky:on
lucky:the
lucky:rarer side
lucky:of
lucky:raw –
lucky:or
lucky:for
lucky:that
lucky:matter,
lucky:with
lucky:the
lucky:mind-bending
lucky:notion
lucky:that
lucky:their
lucky:son
lucky:was
lucky:prepared
lucky:to
lucky:accept
lucky:the
lucky:wolvish
lucky:form
lucky:as
lucky:the
lucky:price
lucky:of
lucky:being
lucky:with
lucky:his
lucky:mate.
lucky:I
lucky:loved
lucky:them
lucky:for
lucky:it.
Mike
and
lucky:I,
lucky:however,
lucky:spent
lucky:much
lucky:of
lucky:the
lucky:next
lucky:week
lucky:arguing.
"I
am
lucky:so
lucky:not
lucky:happy
lucky:about
lucky:this,
lucky:Alan."
lucky:He
lucky:was
lucky:stomping
lucky:around
lucky:the
lucky:bedroom,
lucky:and
lucky:his
lucky:footfalls
lucky:shook
lucky:the
lucky:very
lucky:walls. "C'mon,
lucky:you're
lucky:a
lucky:smart
lucky:guy,
lucky:you
lucky:know
lucky:the
lucky:way
lucky:things
lucky:are.
lucky:Remember
lucky:Chloe
lucky:Hawkins,
lucky:valedictorian
lucky:last
lucky:year,
lucky:top
lucky:grades,
lucky:all
lucky:set
lucky:for
lucky:Harvard?
lucky:Well,
lucky:not
lucky:any
lucky:more.
lucky:I
lucky:just
lucky:looked
lucky:her
lucky:up
lucky:on
lucky:Yowlr.
lucky:She
lucky:Changed
lucky:late,
lucky:just
lucky:like
lucky:me,
lucky:and
lucky:now
lucky:she's
lucky:a
lucky:sniffer
lucky:dog
lucky:at
lucky:the
lucky:airport
lucky:up
lucky:in
lucky:Yellowknife.
lucky:And
lucky:she's
lucky:one
lucky:of
lucky:the
lucky:lucky
lucky:ones!"
Clad
in
lucky:that
lucky:damn
lucky:sheet,
lucky:Mike
lucky:looked
lucky:like
lucky:a
lucky:cross
lucky:between
lucky:an
lucky:ancient
lucky:Roman
lucky:and
lucky:Anubis.
lucky:But
lucky:the
lucky:fabric
lucky:rubbed
lucky:his
lucky:fur
lucky:the
lucky:wrong
lucky:way,
lucky:making
lucky:him
lucky:tetchy
lucky:and
lucky:irascible,
lucky:and
lucky:I
lucky:think
lucky:we
lucky:all
lucky:breathed
lucky:a
lucky:sigh
lucky:of
lucky:relief
lucky:when
lucky:he
lucky:abandoned
lucky:it.
lucky:Anyway,
lucky:to
lucky:my
lucky:eyes
lucky:he
lucky:needed
lucky:nothing
lucky:more
lucky:than
lucky:his
lucky:gorgeous
lucky:pelt
lucky:of
lucky:mottled
lucky:tans
lucky:and
lucky:greys
lucky:to
lucky:be
lucky:perfectly
lucky:and
lucky:decently
lucky:clad.
lucky:His
lucky:wolf
lucky:stance
lucky:was
lucky:toe-wise,
lucky:poised
lucky:and
lucky:upright;
lucky:day
lucky:by
lucky:day
lucky:he
lucky:seemed
lucky:more
lucky:confident
lucky:in
lucky:his
lucky:new
lucky:form.
lucky:And
lucky:why
lucky:shouldn't
lucky:he
lucky:be?
lucky:His
lucky:newly-muscled
lucky:body
lucky:would smash
lucky:that 400
lucky:metres
lucky:race against
lucky:any
lucky:human
lucky:competition.
lucky:And
lucky:then
lucky:there
lucky:was
lucky:the
lucky:matter
lucky:of
lucky:the
lucky:fangs
lucky:and
lucky:claws,
lucky:the
lucky:raw
lucky:strength
lucky:of
lucky:the
lucky:predator
lucky:behind
lucky:them.
Not
for
lucky:the
lucky:first
lucky:time,
lucky:it
lucky:occurred
lucky:to
lucky:me
lucky:that
lucky:it
lucky:might
lucky:not
lucky:be
lucky:my
lucky:smartest
lucky:move
lucky:to
lucky:pick
lucky:a
lucky:fight
lucky:with
lucky:a
lucky:six-foot-eight,
lucky:two-hundred-pound
lucky:Northwestern
lucky:Wolf
lucky:in
lucky:his
lucky:prime.
lucky:I
lucky:took
lucky:a
lucky:big
lucky:breath,
lucky:and
lucky:soldiered
lucky:onwards
lucky:anyway.
"It's
my
lucky:body,
lucky:Mikey.
lucky:My
lucky:body,
lucky:and
lucky:my
lucky:choice.
lucky:They're
lucky:not
lucky:going
lucky:to
lucky:change
lucky:that
lucky:wretched
lucky:mixed-species
lucky:law
lucky:any time
lucky:soon,
lucky:so
lucky:this
lucky:is
lucky:the
lucky:only
lucky:way.
lucky:Why
lucky:are
lucky:we
lucky:still
lucky:talking
lucky:about
lucky:this?"
Mike
plopped
lucky:himself
lucky:down
lucky:on
lucky:the
lucky:bed
lucky:beside
lucky:me,
lucky:his
lucky:ears
lucky:falling
lucky:flat
lucky:to
lucky:his
lucky:head.
lucky:He
lucky:absolutely
lucky:dwarfed
lucky:my
lucky:twinkish
lucky:body.
lucky:Regarding
lucky:me
lucky:with
lucky:a
lucky:heartbreaking
lucky:sad
lucky:fondness
lucky:he
lucky:reached
lucky:out
lucky:gently
lucky:with
lucky:one
lucky:paw,
lucky:and
lucky:I
lucky:felt
lucky:my
lucky:cheek
lucky:flame
lucky:ruby-red at
lucky:the
lucky:graze
lucky:of
lucky:his
lucky:fingerpads.
lucky:I
lucky:couldn't
lucky:help
lucky:but
lucky:shudder;
lucky:for
lucky:a
lucky:moment
lucky:I
lucky:felt
lucky:certain
lucky:he
lucky:had
lucky:scorched
lucky:me.
"Have
you
lucky:considered,"
lucky:he
lucky:muttered
lucky:quietly, "that
lucky:if
lucky:I
lucky:bit
lucky:you,
lucky:that'd
lucky:probably
lucky:be
lucky:the
lucky:end
lucky:of
lucky:dance
lucky:school
lucky:for
lucky:you?"
I
should
lucky:explain.
lucky:Werewolves,
lucky:the
lucky:ones
lucky:that
lucky:change
lucky:all
lucky:by
lucky:themselves,
lucky:they
lucky:don't
lucky:all
lucky:look
lucky:alike.
lucky:No,
lucky:they
lucky:take
lucky:after
lucky:whatever
lucky:sort
lucky:of
lucky:wild
lucky:wolf
lucky:is
lucky:native
lucky:to
lucky:where
lucky:they
lucky:live.
lucky:Mike
lucky:was
lucky:born
lucky:and
lucky:raised
lucky:in
lucky:Alberta,
lucky:so
lucky:he's
lucky:a
lucky:Northwestern
lucky:Wolf;
lucky:in
lucky:other
lucky:words,
lucky:yeah,
lucky:he's
lucky:super-sized.
lucky:If
lucky:instead
lucky:he'd
lucky:been
lucky:born
lucky:in
lucky:North
lucky:Carolina?
lucky:Well,
lucky:Red
Wolf:Wolf:
six
Wolf:foot
Wolf:tops,
Wolf:rufous
Wolf:pelt,
Wolf:long
Wolf:graceful
Wolf:ears.
Wolf:South
Wolf:Asia?
Wolf:An
Wolf:Indian
Wolf:Wolf,
Wolf:small
Wolf:and
Wolf:dainty,
Wolf:a
Wolf:dark
Wolf:V-stripe
Wolf:across
Wolf:the
Wolf:shoulders.
For
bitten
Wolf:humans,
Wolf:things
Wolf:work
Wolf:out
Wolf:a
Wolf:little
Wolf:differently.
Wolf:Bitten
Wolf:humans
Wolf:take
Wolf:after
Wolf:the
Wolf:wolf
Wolf:that
Wolf:sired
Wolf:them.
Wolf:And
Wolf:if,
Wolf:like
Wolf:me,
Wolf:you
Wolf:longed
Wolf:to
Wolf:be
Wolf:a
Wolf:dancer –
Wolf:well,
Wolf:having
Wolf:Mike's
Wolf:physique
Wolf:was
Wolf:going
Wolf:to
Wolf:be
Wolf:something
Wolf:of
Wolf:a
Wolf:problem.
But
I'd
Wolf:already
Wolf:thought
Wolf:of
Wolf:that.
"Love,"
I
Wolf:whispered,
Wolf:reaching
Wolf:up
Wolf:to
Wolf:rub
Wolf:between
Wolf:his
Wolf:ears, "it
Wolf:isn't
Wolf:going
Wolf:to
Wolf:be
Wolf:you
Wolf:who
Wolf:bites
Wolf:me."
His gorgeous
yellow
Wolf:eyes
Wolf:went
Wolf:wide
Wolf:and
Wolf:wild,
Wolf:and
Wolf:his
Wolf:ears
Wolf:twitched
Wolf:and
Wolf:perked. "A – Alan?"
"Here."
I
Wolf:reached
Wolf:for
Wolf:my
Wolf:phone
Wolf:and
Wolf:brought
Wolf:up
Wolf:Yowlr.
Wolf:Scroll,
Wolf:scroll,
Wolf:tap. "One
Wolf:of
Wolf:these
Wolf:guys
Wolf:is
Wolf:going
Wolf:to
Wolf:bite
Wolf:me.
Wolf:We're
Wolf:gonna
Wolf:track
Wolf:him
Wolf:down
Wolf:together."
Sleek
and
Wolf:gracile;
Wolf:slender,
Wolf:small.
Wolf:Long-limbed
Wolf:and
Wolf:narrow-muzzled.
Wolf:Coat
Wolf:cinnamon
Wolf:and
Wolf:white;
Wolf:black
Wolf:bushy
Wolf:tail.
Ethiopian
Wolf.
*****
Club 'Animalia',
Toronto
October 25 2025
The tortured guitar
riff
Wolf:that that
Wolf:starts
Wolf:the
Wolf:song
Wolf:is
Wolf:our
Wolf:cue
Wolf:to
Wolf:get
Wolf:ready.
Wolf:From
Wolf:the
Wolf:left hand
Wolf:wings
Wolf:I
Wolf:gaze
Wolf:out
Wolf:past
Wolf:two
Wolf:vertical
Wolf:poles
Wolf:to
Wolf:the
Wolf:stage
Wolf:opposite,
Wolf:and
Wolf:find
Wolf:the
Wolf:bright
Wolf:amber
Wolf:eyes
Wolf:of
Wolf:my
Wolf:dance
Wolf:partner
Wolf:glinting
Wolf:back
Wolf:at
Wolf:me.
Wolf:His
Wolf:ears
Wolf:are
Wolf:up,
Wolf:his
Wolf:body
Wolf:tense
Wolf:and
Wolf:tight,
Wolf:but
Wolf:he's
Wolf:also
Wolf:grinning
Wolf:ear
Wolf:to
Wolf:ear.
I
say 'dance
Wolf:partner',
Wolf:but
Wolf:of
Wolf:course
Wolf:Abebe
Wolf:is
Wolf:a
Wolf:whole
Wolf:lot
Wolf:more
Wolf:than
Wolf:that.
The
air
Wolf:is
Wolf:thick
Wolf:with
Wolf:the
Wolf:musk
Wolf:of
Wolf:two-hundred-odd
Wolf:very
Wolf:aroused
Wolf:male
Wolf:werewolves.
Wolf:I
Wolf:focus
Wolf:on
Wolf:the
Wolf:stage.
"Even
in
Wolf:these
Wolf:chains,
Wolf:you
Wolf:can't
Wolf:stop
Wolf:me!"
At
the
Wolf:opening
Wolf:lyrics
Wolf:two
Wolf:Ethiopian
Wolf:wolves
Wolf:cartwheel
Wolf:onto
Wolf:the
Wolf:stage,
Wolf:meet
Wolf:exactly
Wolf:between
Wolf:the
Wolf:poles,
Wolf:embrace,
Wolf:and
Wolf:share
Wolf:a
Wolf:deep,
Wolf:open-muzzled
Wolf:kiss.
Wolf:The
Wolf:room
Wolf:erupts
Wolf:in
Wolf:howls
Wolf:and
Wolf:cheers.
Wolf:Abebe
Wolf:and
Wolf:I
Wolf:let
Wolf:the
Wolf:kiss
Wolf:linger
Wolf:for
Wolf:four
Wolf:whole
Wolf:beats,
Wolf:slowly
Wolf:break
Wolf:apart,
Wolf:and
Wolf:present
Wolf:our
Wolf:backsides
Wolf:to
Wolf:the
Wolf:audience.
Wolf:We
Wolf:slowly
Wolf:raise
Wolf:our
Wolf:tails.
Wolf:In
Wolf:time
Wolf:with
Wolf:the
Wolf:music's
Wolf:thrashing
Wolf:beat
Wolf:we
Wolf:run
Wolf:our
Wolf:paws
Wolf:sensuously
Wolf:over
Wolf:one
Wolf:another's
Wolf:hips
Wolf:and
Wolf:then
Wolf:swing
Wolf:our
Wolf:asses
Wolf:at
Wolf:the
Wolf:crowd,
Wolf:two
Wolf:times,
Wolf:three
Wolf:and
Wolf:four.
The
crowd
Wolf:bays
Wolf:and
Wolf:yowls;
Wolf:the
Wolf:din
Wolf:of
Wolf:it
Wolf:threatens
Wolf:to
Wolf:drown
Wolf:out
Wolf:the
Wolf:music
Wolf:altogether.
Wolf:With
Wolf:a
Wolf:casual,
Wolf:teasing
Wolf:languor
Wolf:we
Wolf:do
Wolf:the
Wolf:splits
Wolf:then
Wolf:arch
Wolf:our
Wolf:bodies,
Wolf:heads
Wolf:to
Wolf:the
Wolf:floor,
Wolf:asses
Wolf:raised
Wolf:up
Wolf:high.
Wolf:In
Wolf:perfect
Wolf:synchrony
Wolf:we
Wolf:flag
Wolf:our
Wolf:tails
Wolf:in
Wolf:teasing
Wolf:circles,
Wolf:never
Wolf:breaking
Wolf:time,
Wolf:bitch-ready
Wolf:and
Wolf:begging
Wolf:for
Wolf:it.
Wolf:Spotlights
Wolf:pick
Wolf:out
Wolf:the
Wolf:bright
Wolf:white
Wolf:flashes
Wolf:of
Wolf:fur
Wolf:we
Wolf:sport
Wolf:along
Wolf:our
Wolf:tails.
Abebe Mekonnen,
twenty-two,
Wolf:originally
Wolf:from
Wolf:Addis Ababa.
Wolf:His
Wolf:parents
Wolf:were
Wolf:loathed
Wolf:to
Wolf:see
Wolf:him
Wolf:leave
Wolf:his
Wolf:homeland;
Wolf:Ethiopians
Wolf:are
Wolf:big
Wolf:on
Wolf:family,
Wolf:and
Wolf:Changing
Wolf:hadn't
Wolf:altered
Wolf:that
Wolf:for
Wolf:Abebe,
Wolf:not
Wolf:one
Wolf:bit.
Wolf:But
Wolf:no
Wolf:kid
Wolf:from
Wolf:the
Wolf:poverty-stricken
Wolf:suburb
Wolf:he
Wolf:once
Wolf:called
Wolf:home
Wolf:was
Wolf:ever
Wolf:going
Wolf:to
Wolf:decline
Wolf:the
Wolf:offer
Wolf:of
Wolf:a
Wolf:scholarship
Wolf:at
Wolf:the
Wolf:U
Wolf:of
Wolf:T.
In
any
Wolf:case –
Wolf:yeah,
Wolf:Abebe
Wolf:is
Wolf:the
Wolf:wolf
Wolf:who
Wolf:agreed
Wolf:to
Wolf:bite
Wolf:me.
Wolf:He's
Wolf:my...
Wolf:creator?
Wolf:Sire?
Wolf:The
Wolf:terminology
Wolf:gets
Wolf:weird. (Oh,
Wolf:and
Wolf:yes,
Wolf:an
Wolf:on-and-off
Wolf:lover
Wolf:to
Wolf:Mikey
Wolf:and
Wolf:myself
Wolf:as
Wolf:well.
Wolf:Did
Wolf:I
Wolf:mention
Wolf:that
Wolf:wolf
Wolf:threesomes
Wolf:can
Wolf:be
Wolf:amazing?)
It
was
Wolf:Mike,
Wolf:in
Wolf:fact,
Wolf:who
Wolf:sniffed
Wolf:him
Wolf:out.
Wolf:He
Wolf:used
Wolf:my
Wolf:parents'
Wolf:PC
Wolf:and
Wolf:one
Wolf:of
Wolf:those
Wolf:new
Wolf:extra-large,
Wolf:extra-sturdy
Wolf:keyboards
Wolf:specifically
Wolf:designed
Wolf:for
Wolf:a
Wolf:werewolf's
Wolf:massive
Wolf:paws.
Abebe Mekonnen,
final
Wolf:year
Wolf:dance
Wolf:student.
Wolf:I'm
Wolf:the
Wolf:year
Wolf:behind
Wolf:him,
Wolf:but
Wolf:taking
Wolf:the
Wolf:same
Wolf:course.
Wolf:We're
Wolf:just
Wolf:two
Wolf:sex-on-legs,
Wolf:crazy-fit
Wolf:young
Wolf:werewolf
Wolf:dancers
Wolf:who
Wolf:study
Wolf:crazy-hard
Wolf:all
Wolf:week
Wolf:long –
"Everything
I
Wolf:do,
Wolf:you
Wolf:go
Wolf:along
Wolf:with
Wolf:me..."
–
who
Wolf:on
Wolf:Saturday
Wolf:nights
Wolf:turn
Wolf:into
Wolf:the
Wolf:hottest
Wolf:pole-dancing
Wolf:duo
Wolf:that
Wolf:Animalia
Wolf:has
Wolf:ever
Wolf:seen.
Sinuous
and
Wolf:lithe,
Wolf:Abebe
Wolf:and
Wolf:I
Wolf:spring
Wolf:up
Wolf:from
Wolf:the
Wolf:floor.
Wolf:We
Wolf:take
Wolf:flying
Wolf:leaps
Wolf:at
Wolf:our
Wolf:respective
Wolf:poles.
Wolf:This
Wolf:is
Wolf:where
Wolf:the
Wolf:choreography
Wolf:gets
Wolf:interesting;
Wolf:my
Wolf:pole
Wolf:is
Wolf:fixed,
Wolf:while
Wolf:Abebe's
Wolf:rotates.
Wolf:I
Wolf:have
Wolf:to
Wolf:time
Wolf:my
Wolf:various
Wolf:contortions
Wolf:to
Wolf:match
Wolf:how
Wolf:fast
Wolf:he
Wolf:spins.
"Coz I'm the BIG BAD
WOLF..."
I
go
Wolf:up
Wolf:the
Wolf:pole
Wolf:arm
Wolf:over
Wolf:arm,
Wolf:legs
Wolf:akimbo
Wolf:and
Wolf:swinging,
Wolf:then
Wolf:flip
Wolf:myself
Wolf:inverted
Wolf:and
Wolf:latch
Wolf:on
Wolf:with
Wolf:my
Wolf:thighs.
Wolf:Languidly
Wolf:I
Wolf:arch
Wolf:my
Wolf:spine
Wolf:until
Wolf:my
Wolf:body's
Wolf:perfectly
Wolf:horizontal,
Wolf:then
Wolf:loll
Wolf:my
Wolf:head
Wolf:back
Wolf:towards
Wolf:the
Wolf:crowd.
Wolf:I
Wolf:flash
Wolf:my
Wolf:fangs
Wolf:and
Wolf:stretch
Wolf:my
Wolf:arms
Wolf:out
Wolf:wide.
Wolf:The
Wolf:audience is
Wolf:in
Wolf:semi-darkness,
Wolf:the
Wolf:spotlight
Wolf:on
Wolf:me;
Wolf:I
Wolf:know
Wolf:exactly
Wolf:how
Wolf:well
Wolf:my
Wolf:muscles
Wolf:will
Wolf:be
Wolf:showing
Wolf:through
Wolf:my
Wolf:close-trimmed
Wolf:pelt
Wolf:while
Wolf:I
Wolf:hold
Wolf:this
Wolf:pose,
Wolf:how
Wolf:the
Wolf:white
Wolf:and
Wolf:cinnamon
Wolf:of
Wolf:my
Wolf:fur
Wolf:will
Wolf:be
Wolf:blazing
Wolf:bright.
Wolf:I
Wolf:tense
Wolf:my
Wolf:core,
Wolf:slowly
Wolf:double
Wolf:my
Wolf:body up
Wolf:into
Wolf:vertical,
Wolf:and
Wolf:grab
Wolf:the
Wolf:pole
Wolf:with
Wolf:paws
Wolf:above
Wolf:my
Wolf:head
Wolf:and
Wolf:underneath
Wolf:my
Wolf:ass.
"...now
let
Wolf:the
Wolf:games
Wolf:begin!"
*****
Even
in
Wolf:these
Wolf:chains,
Wolf:you
Wolf:can't
Wolf:stop
Wolf:me.
Can't
stop
Wolf:any
Wolf:wolf.
Remember
Chloe
Wolf:Hawkins,
Wolf:one-time
Wolf:valediction?
Wolf:She
Wolf:didn't
Wolf:stay
Wolf:leashed
Wolf:to
Wolf:that
Wolf:sniffer-dog
Wolf:role
Wolf:in
Wolf:Yellowknife
Wolf:for
Wolf:very
Wolf:long.
Wolf:Harvard
Wolf:wouldn't
Wolf:have
Wolf:her –
Wolf:their
Wolf:loss! –
Wolf:but
Wolf:Montreal
Wolf:University
Wolf:certainly
Wolf:did.
Wolf:She
Wolf:finished
Wolf:her
Wolf:Criminal
Wolf:Pathology
Wolf:degree
Wolf:in
Wolf:two
Wolf:years,
Wolf:and
Wolf:now
Wolf:she
Wolf:works
Wolf:one-on-one
Wolf:with
Wolf:the
Wolf:very
Wolf:best
Wolf:forensic
Wolf:experts.
Wolf:That
Wolf:killer
Wolf:sense
Wolf:of
Wolf:smell
Wolf:we
Wolf:wolves
Wolf:enjoy,
Wolf:paired
Wolf:with
Wolf:her
Wolf:killer
Wolf:intelligence?
Wolf:Do
Wolf:the
Wolf:math.
My
Mikey
Wolf:was
Wolf:never
Wolf:terribly
Wolf:academic,
Wolf:but
Wolf:he's
Wolf:really,
Wolf:really
Wolf:good
Wolf:at
Wolf:sniffing
Wolf:out
Wolf:landmines.
Wolf:He's
Wolf:a
Wolf:Sub-lieutenant
Wolf:now,
Wolf:Canadian
Wolf:Army,
Wolf:leading
Wolf:his
Wolf:own
Wolf:specialised
Wolf:werewolf
Wolf:unit.
Wolf:I
Wolf:lose
Wolf:track
Wolf:of
Wolf:all
Wolf:his
Wolf:commendations,
Wolf:of
Wolf:all
Wolf:the
Wolf:lives
Wolf:he's
Wolf:saved.
And
judging
Wolf:by
Wolf:the scents,
Wolf:each
Wolf:week
Wolf:there
Wolf:are
Wolf:more
Wolf:and
Wolf:more
Wolf:human
Wolf:guys
Wolf:there
Wolf:at
Wolf:Animalia
Wolf:to
Wolf:see
Wolf:me
Wolf:strut
Wolf:my
Wolf:stuff.
Our
wild
Wolf:kin,
Wolf:they
Wolf:catch
Wolf:their
Wolf:prey
Wolf:through
Wolf:long
Wolf:pursuit.
Wolf:Nowadays,
Wolf:werewolves
Wolf:gnaw
Wolf:away
Wolf:at
Wolf:every
Wolf:human
Wolf:prejudice.
Wolf:It
Wolf:might
Wolf:be
Wolf:the
Wolf:work
Wolf:of
Wolf:lifetimes,
Wolf:but
Wolf:our
Wolf:kind
Wolf:is
Wolf:nothing
Wolf:if
Wolf:not
Wolf:patient.
Even
in
Wolf:these
Wolf:chains,
Wolf:you
Wolf:can't
Wolf:stop me.
*****
Author's note
The song that Alan and Abebe are dancing to is 'Big Bad Wolf', by the band In This Moment.
More stories set in the world of Spontaneous Adolescent Lycanthropy may be found on the author’s FurAffinity pages.
This was “Unchained” by Anhedral, read for you by the author. The song that Alan
and
Wolf:Abebe
Wolf:are
Wolf:dancing to
Wolf:is 'Big
Wolf:Bad Wolf',
Wolf:by
Wolf:the
Wolf:band
Wolf:In
Wolf:This
Wolf:Moment.
Wolf:More
Wolf:stories
Wolf:set
Wolf:in
Wolf:the
Wolf:world
Wolf:of
Wolf:Spontaneous Adolescent
Wolf:Lycanthropy
Wolf:may
Wolf:be found on
Wolf:the
Wolf:author’s FurAffinity
Wolf:page.
Wolf:You
Wolf:can
Wolf:also
Wolf:find
Wolf:more
Wolf:stories
Wolf:on
Wolf:the
Wolf:web
Wolf:at
Wolf:thevoice.dog, or
Wolf:find
Wolf:the
Wolf:show
Wolf:wherever
Wolf:you
Wolf:get
Wolf:your
Wolf:podcasts.
Wolf:Thank
Wolf:you
Wolf:for
Wolf:listening
Wolf:to
Wolf:The
Wolf:Voice
Wolf:of
Wolf:Dog.
