of it was in gratitude that I’d been saved and cared for. Anyway, I decided it was a career I could enjoy, and I studied nursing. And that’s my story.”
“Well, not exactly. You’ve conveniently missed the whole ‘I’m a wolf’ part of your history,” said Cameron.
“The hot-shot attorney is correct,” said Gaynor, patting Cameron’s arm.
Tor took a deep breath. Both Gaynor and Cameron were being very polite with him, but he could feel their underlying tension and hurt. He was still blown away by the fact they seemed to have accepted that he was a shape-shifter. Of course, Gaynor had experienced Ramona and the puma, but even so, he was damn lucky they hadn’t called Animal Services on him. Now he had to leverage their innate politeness up into acceptance. All he could do was tell the truth. They did need to hear his story. The time may have been forced on him too soon, but it had come and now it was up to him to show them nothing was changed. His love and desire for them was the same as it always had been.
And to hope that their response was reciprocal.
Tor spoke. “I was eleven and was hiding in my room. The family had visitors, and the visitors had the most obnoxious twin daughters. Little princesses in white lace dresses, and everyone was supposed to wait on them hand and foot. I don’t think they did anything at all for themselves. They just sat there demanding this toy, that book, read them a story, fetch them a glass of soda. Anyway, I thought if I was a dog I could go outside and run around and play and ignore them. I pictured myself as a dog, a big, fierce dog they wouldn’t want to play with—and it happened. At first I about wet my pants with fright, then I changed back and forth, back and forth, and realized I could do it. The next day I was waiting outside the school library when it opened and was on the Internet every spare moment I had, trying to find out what I was.”
“Why didn’t you ever tell anyone? You’ve been in relationships before,” said Cameron.
“Yes. Eleven was awfully young to keep such a huge secret. All the other kids would have wanted to be your friend,” added Gaynor.
“You forget. I was already ‘that foster kid.’ I studied hard at school, always a little fearful that if I failed a test the family may not want me anymore. Every sport I played, I trained really hard, determined to win. It didn’t take me long to guess my parents had abandoned me because I was half-wolf. I didn’t want anyone else to reject me. And it was a fun secret. For a year or two, all my free time was centered on learning more about myself and what I could do. When I’m in wolf form my senses are heightened. Sounds and smells are much brighter, sharper. Going for a run in the national park is a feast for the senses.”
“Everything has changed. Everything I thought was real, everything we had together, has disappeared. So what happens now?” asked Gaynor.
And isn’t that the million-dollar question.
* * * *
The attorney in Cameron weighed up each statement Tor made and decided it had merit. If Tor had been a client he’d have believed him and likely won the case. But this was his private life. He respected Tor, appreciated him as their Dom. Tor certainly orchestrated the best orgasms ever, and they also had a genuine, solid friendship.
Cameron was committed to this ménage. It was a little weird in that Tor was the Dom, yet he shared Gaynor with Cameron. But that was a part of who Tor was. He invariably made sure Cameron and Gaynor received pleasure first before taking his own release. Cameron understood now, after hearing Tor’s story, that having been abandoned as a baby was likely what had made Tor so fixated on control.
Could he live with a man who was a wolf? Particularly when that man was the one in control of his life? What if Tor bit him one day? Would he go all furry and howl at the moon? Hell! What if it was Gaynor who turned into a wolf? Although if
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