“A City Wolf Joins the Pack” by Fopfox (part 1 of 2) [18+]

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Today I'm reading an adult story for mature listeners.

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If that's not your cup of tea,

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or if there are youngsters listening,

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you can skip this one

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and I'll have a new story for you next time.

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You’re listening to The Voice of Dog.

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I’m Khaki, your faithful fireside companion,

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and Today’s story is the first of two parts of

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“A City Wolf Joins the Pack”

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by Fopfox, who enjoys writing shamelessly smutty furry science fiction stories,

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many of which are in the Vassalized Earth setting he created.

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You can read more of his raunchy filth

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on his Sofurry profile.

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“A City Wolf Joins the Pack”

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by Fopfox, Part 1 of 2

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"Most folk drop out after a week, y'know?"

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My hackles raised

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and I looked away from the rolling fields of corn and towards the middle-aged wolfess sitting next to me on the bus.

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She hadn't said a word on the entire three hour ride until now

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and I found myself anxiously staring at her and then back down at the brochure crumpled up in my paws.

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"Kinda funny folk, y' know?"

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she snorted, her thick sunglasses glaring as the sun bounced off of them.

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"Ain't for most people.

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Make damn good bacon though, I tell you what."

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"Oh, yes!" I flattened out the brochure, showing off the familiar art of two naked wolves staring solemnly towards me.

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The Pack Welcomes You!

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It said at the top of the brochure.

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"I've had their meat at the Artisan's Grocer!

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Their apple-wood bacon paired well with an excellent glass of Syrah they had at a display there!"

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The wolfess pushed her shades up

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and stared at me with astonished blue eyes.

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"Oh my lord," she chortled,

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"they're gonna eat you alive, City Wolf."

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City Wolf... I frowned

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and turned away from the wolf, who had begun to cackle,

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trying my best to lose myself in the endless rows of corn.

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Soon the corn would end

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and then we would be in the forest.

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My new home. The bus service to my destination, it turned out,

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was not quite complete,

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ending a good three miles away from where I intended to go.

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I tried to object to the bus driver,

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a baggy-eyed human who was in no mood to entertain my concerns this early in the morning,

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and he all but picked me up by the scruff of the neck and tossed me out onto the dirt.

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As I scrambled to my feet,

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I snarled, growling deeply at the backside of the bus as it sped away.

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Back in the city,

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it would have been extremely rude for me to do that and terribly inappropriate to other species around who might get intimidated

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by such a display of aggression.

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But it didn't matter now,

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I was going to be a real wolf,

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not some City Wolf.

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I sniffed, breathing in the sweet smell of pine.

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I was surrounded by towering trees,

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bristling bushes, and the sounds of bird chirping.

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It was true, my nose was not exactly as wolven as it should be.

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I could tell the difference between a 2018 Cedar Grove Malbec and a 2019 just by smelling it,

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but so could many of the humans I was friends with.

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They called me their big friendly guard wolf when we went out on the town last time.

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Until that moment,

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I hadn't really considered myself different.

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Either way, the walk through the forest was quite invigorating!

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I felt like I was going on a journey!

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I was starting to see why some of my friends were fond of roughing it

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and this gave me renewed hope in my quest!

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Hiking signs pointed the way through the dirt trail,

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counting down the miles, and my anticipation welled up so much in my chest

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that I felt like I was going to burst!

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I nearly yelped when I saw a tall fence make itself seen through the tall brush

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and I burst through the woods,

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leaping through a bush

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and landing... On top of a concrete parking lot.

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Before I could process anything, my right

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ear twitched at the sound of a thick rumbling.

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Turning slowly, I saw a big,

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white wolf. His yellowed fangs were bared

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and he was peering down at me.

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"We're closed to the public until noon!"

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the wolf snapped his jaws, flicking spittle at me. "Fucking hell, use the damn road and don't scare me like that!"

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He pointed a claw past me

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and I looked to my left.

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There was indeed a paved road going through the trees in the opposite direction.

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Why the bus driver did not care to tell me about that, I do not know.

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"Oh, I'm not a visitor! I'm an applicant!"

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I held my paw out.

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"My name is Cornelius White

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and I'd like to live like my ancestors did!"

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"By the Moon, not another one..."

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The white wolf's nose twitched

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and he brushed aside my paw, leaning in with his nose and sniffing my neck.

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I giggled as his wet nose trailed along the side of my muzzle

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until it reached my nose

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and he forced my mouth open with his tongue,

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lapping at the roof of my mouth.

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I yelped and pushed myself away from the wolf, spitting onto the ground.

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His breath was rancid

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and it was clear by his yellowed teeth that brushing his fangs was not his forte,

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"What the hell are you doing!?"

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"This is how members of the pack greet each other,"

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the white wolf snorted.

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"That's a good way to spread a cold!"

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"Two days," the wolf snorted

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and casually scratched at his crotch.

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I must admit, I was momentarily transfixed on his sheath, which was quite thick and covered in soft, white fur.

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Clearly the Pack lifestyle had some benefits to certain areas.

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"Huh?" I blurted out the second I was no longer distracted.

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"Two days and then you leave,"

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his tail lashed, "you're not gonna last longer than that."

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"I beg to differ!" "You'll be begging to leave in two days."

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The wolf began walking towards the fence

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and beckoned me to follow.

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His tail was stiff,

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covering up his well-toned rear, much to my chagrin.

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"So..." I ventured as the wolf unlatched the tall, front gate, "...

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"...what do we do first?

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Howling? Play fighting?

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Hunting, perhaps?" "Liability signing,"

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the wolf grumbled and pulled the gate open,

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revealing a twin pair of ticket booth on the left,

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along with a small portable on the right that wouldn't have looked out of place at an underfunded elementary school.

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"Pardon me?" I tilted my head.

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"Go!" the wolf snarled

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and pointed to the rickety wooden stairs leading up to the portable door.

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"This isn't quite what I imagined,"

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I muttered, still tilting my head to let the wolf know I was confused.

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I would have never done this back in the city but...

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but...this was what wolves did, yes?

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"Just go!" the white wolf huffed.

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"Your...Alpha...commands you!"

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"Oh!" I lowered my gaze and tucked my tail between my legs.

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"I had no id-" "GO!" "Yes, Alpha!"

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I sprang onto the stairs,

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catching my toes beneath a step and falling snout-first onto the landing.

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I pushed myself to my feet,

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ignored the Alpha shaking his head at me,

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and jumped into the open doorway.

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"Applicant Cornelius White, here on orders from the Alpha!"

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My jaw dropped before I could properly supplicate myself,

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when I caught sight of an obese, sleeping she

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-wolf with three tiny cubs covered in black fuzz crawling over her ample rows of milk-inflated bosoms.

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Snorting, the wolf's eyes lazily opened and the cubs began whining as they suckled at her teats.

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She rolled her chair forward,

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reaching around the cubs to shuffle some papers.

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"Right..." her maw lazily opened in a yawn,

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revealing many missing teeth in the front, "...

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"...did you just say Alpha?"

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"Uh, yeah..." I cleared my throat and looked out nervously through the door.

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The wolf from before was missing, "...

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"...white fur, yellow teeth..."

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"Moonfur, hmph," she snorted,

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"he was probably just trying to get rid of you, City-Wolf.

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Alphas are the eldest member of the pack and our current one is very much an elder.

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He's not giving out orders to tourists anytime soon."

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"I'm not a tourist!

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I want to live here!"

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"Uh huh..." she continued to shuffle papers,

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occasionally patting one of her cubs when they whined.

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"Cute cubs, what are their names?"

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I asked. "We don't name them until we're sure they'll live."

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I bit my lip, "Does that

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happen a lot?" Rolling her eyes, the she-wolf dropped the pen and began pointing at each one of her bare teats that weren't currently being suckled on.

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"Distemper, distemper, measles, eaten by hogs,"

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she pointed to the last breast,

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"sold to a City-Wolf couple.

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It was a weak cub.

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I would have eaten him otherwise, put him out of his misery."

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I tried to hide my anxiety but I could not stop myself from licking my lips.

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Thankfully, there were no humans around to mistake this wolven expression of nervousness for appetite.

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"Life can be hard out here, I see,"

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I whispered. "And that's why we have these,"

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she slapped a series of papers in front of me before planting a pen atop them.

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"What are these regarding, anyway?"

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"Liability waivers.

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While here, you might be subject to biting, claw wounds, hunting related injuries,

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and what you City-Wolfs might consider sexual assault.

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Signing these means you cannot bring charges of any sort before the Pack

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and we're free from any responsibility for your physical and mental health."

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"Sexual assault!?" "I repeat:

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what you City-Wolfs might consider sexual assault.

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Humping the rear of a disobedient member of the Pack is not a sexual act, it's a disciplinary act.

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We won't let you in as an applicant unless you sign and accept this."

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"Alright, well, fair enough!"

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I began scratching my name down.

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"While you're an applicant, you're free to leave whenever you like

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and we can expel you at any point.

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Refusing to obey Pack rules and not submitting to disciplinary action properly

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will result in expulsion.

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You may not use any non-approved technology and this includes the use of clothes, which you will need to take off right now or face disciplinary action."

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She timed those words up the moment I scratched my last signature down and I stood up,

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rushing to shimmy out of my designer jeans and throw off my tall-collared shirt.

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It felt surprisingly natural when my junk was exposed to the stale air of the portable.

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Whatever sexual implication being nude had was completely undone

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by doing it in the company of a very sexually unappealing, nursing wolf.

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I was home now. "The Pack is napping in the commons, go join them.

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Turn right after leaving and keep going straight until you find the sleeping wolves."

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"Yes!" I exclaimed, smiling.

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"Thank you for everything!" "Uh huh..."

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I just about hopped out of the portable

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and leaped down the steps.

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The ground felt cold and wet on my pads, but it was only a minor bit of discomfort compared

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to what would soon be a life full of excitement.

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Before I could bound down to the right,

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I noticed the white wolf, Moonfur,

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leaning against the side of the portable

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looking down at me from across his snout.

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"You signed?" I nodded.

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In an instant, the wolf swing around me

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and grabbed me by the hips.

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Pushing me forward, I braced my palms against the portable and I felt his strong hips

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grind up against my ass.

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"When your packmates give you an order...

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order..." his chest growled as he leaned in and nipped me on the back on the neck,

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the whole while humping my rear, "...

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"...you listen!" Moonfur suddenly stopped.

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I felt his hot breath brush against my fur

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as he sniffed me

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and then his heavy paw felt up my crotch,

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which, as it happened,

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had grown a little stiff from the stimulation.

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"By the moon!" Moonfur jumped back and quickly bounded away from me.

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"Another pervert!" I was left with my tail sticking up,

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still leaning against the portable and

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not quite sure what to do.

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Though I still retained a bit of anxiety and uncertainty after that unfortunate little encounter with Moonfur,

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I was mostly over it.

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His reaction to my unexpected bit of enthusiasm between my thighs were

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not exactly flattering,

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but I was not naive enough

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to not realize he didn't exactly like me at this point.

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So, I decided to put Moonfur aside

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and work on endearing myself to the rest of the Pack,

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ideally a member with better dental hygiene.

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I could practically taste the gingivitis when he licked the inside of my mouth and let me tell you,

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it tasted worse than that Peach Saison that Vulpine Independent Brewing Union made in the Summer of 2015!

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A most overly tart ale with a disturbingly out of place oaky tinge that would be more in place with a fine red wine than a fruity ale!

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I tried my best to put such thoughts of craft beer and fine wine out of my head.

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Such things were behind me now,

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no more would I bloat my belly with overpriced beer at my neighborhood brewpubs with my chums.

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I was a true wolf now.

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A series of howls rang out nearby

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and I attempted to return the favor with my own bellowing, which sadly,

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seemed to do nothing but silence the singers.

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Perhaps they didn't want to sing along with a stranger,

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that was okay. I would prove myself!

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The first pair of gray wolves huddling together in sleep came into view,

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shortly followed by the rest of the Pack.

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Their heads lazily tilted up and countless pairs of indifferent eyes were staring at me.

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Most were sleeping in pairs or groups of threes,

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though a few wolves were alone.

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I awkwardly waved at the Pack,

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"Hello, I'm, uh...I'm an applicant."

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They continued staring at me in silence.

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"I'm just..." I pointed at the ground and began sitting down, "...

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"...I'm just going to

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lay down here...uh...if anyone wants to...snug...uh..."

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I patted the ground and instantly winced internally,

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fully aware of how awkward I was coming across,

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"Yeah...uh...right here...

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here...my bachelor pad...or uh...no friend pad..."

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One wolf yawned but the rest continue to stare.

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"I'm going to uh...go to sleep now..."

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Slowly, I lowered myself down onto the dew-damp grass and curled up.

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My fur felt wet and sticky with dirt,

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but I knew this was all part of the process of learning how to live like wolves did centuries ago.

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My nose was cold

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and it hurt. If I was back home,

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I could have slipped it under my five hundred thread count feline cotton sheets

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and kept it warm.

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There were no such sheets here to hide under,

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how did the Pack manage it?

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Before I could get up and interrupt the Pack's sleep once again,

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a gray foot-paw landed in the dirt across from my snout.

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The wolf it belonged to collapsed onto the ground next to me,

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wrapped his arms against me

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and brought my face into his chest.

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His fur tickled my nose but it began to warm up

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and his scent was quite exhilerating.

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Earthy and with a spicy musk,

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not unlike a nice bottle of- "Why are

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you here, City-Wolf?"

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the wolf whispered as I felt his paw stroking the back of my neck.

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I grumbled a bit, but that quickly turned into a soft whine when his claws scratched the base of my ear,

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"My name is Cornelius!"

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"Mine's Aroon," the wolf let out a slight howl when pronouncing his name.

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"Ah-run?" I replied back. "Ah

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-roooon," he emphasized the howl a bit more. "Ah

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-roo-" my chest seized up and I coughed.

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"You'll get used to it,"

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Aroon shifted away from me a bit,

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holding my paw in his.

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His muzzle was broad and unmarked with scars, unlike many of the other wolves.

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His gray fur glistened in the early morning sun

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and his eyes were mismatched,

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one olive-green and the other glacier blue.

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A smirk grew on the youthful wolf's face.

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"So, why are you here?"

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"I..." I cleared my throat, "...

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"...I wasn't happy where I was in the city.

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I read about the Pack and thought it sounded nice,

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a simpler life, you know?"

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"Is that how you outsiders view it?"

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"Have you lived here your entire life?" Aroon nodded. "Well, things are complicated in the city. Rent, bills, work..." I paused, "...technology

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has ruined us, I think.

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Too many cars belching fumes into the air,

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everyone's attached to their cellphones, myself included;

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I felt the best way to go forward

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was to go back,

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back towards the way wolves used to live,

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how we were meant to."

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Aroon tilted his head to the side.

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"Do..." I coughed, "...I'm sorry,

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do you now know what a cellphone is?

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I'm sorry, this must be-"

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Laughing, Aroon punched me in the shoulder,

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"We get tourists coming here every day, taking our pictures and whatnot with those things.

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They seem happy enough to me."

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"They're not, believe me!"

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I objected. "I thought I was happy once in the same lifestyle,

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but here I am now. I'm going to join the Pack and live a simple life with no technology.

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technology." "No technology?"

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Aroon asked. "I think you might-"

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A piercing howl rang out in the field

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and Aroon jumped to his feet,

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along with the other groups of wolves.

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"Well, you'll find out in a bit.

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Come see me before you drop out, okay?"

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"I shall not drop out!"

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I shot back as I slipped while righting myself and Aroon caught me by the wrist,

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stopping me from falling.

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The gray wolf helped me to my feet and I smiled.

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"Thank you." "Good luck, Cornelius,"

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Aroon grinned, showing off his pearly-white fangs,

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"you're gonna need it!"

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This was the first of two parts of

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“A City Wolf Joins the Pack”

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by Fopfox, read for you by Khaki,

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your faithful fireside companion.

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Tune in next time to find out how Cornelius manages to find his place in the pack.

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As always, you can find more stories on the web at thevoice.dog,

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or find the show wherever you get your podcasts.

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