scared as hell of what
was going to happen. “How long do I have?”
“Each person is different,” Taggart said. “With the final
mating the change begins. Already you should be able to feel the spirit of your
wolf growing inside.”
Reggie nodded. She did feel it and was a little terrified of
it.
“There is nothing to fear,” Jamison did his best to assure
her. “Your wolf is there to guide and protect you as well. Listen to her voice
within. She will be your friend and comrade.”
“My wolf awaits the arrival of yours,” Taggart said softly.
“He calls to you even now. He longs to race with you, to show you his world and
all it has to offer. He longs to mate with your wolf and claim her as his, just
as I have claimed you as mine.”
“So we wait here until that happens?” she asked.
Both men nodded. “The cabins are here for use by mating
couples to allow them privacy to aid their mate in her first change and run,”
Jamison said.
“And then what?” Reggie asked.
“We will take you back to our home and introduce you to
everyone,” Taggart said.
“Where is that?” she asked. “What is your home like? Do you
live with family?”
“No, we have a home of our own,” Jamison replied. “Once we
reach our maturity at twenty-three years we are given a gift from our family, a
shelter of our own, a home as you call it.”
“Shelter?” she asked. “Like this cabin?”
Taggart laughed. “No, our shelter is much more than this
mere cabin. It is a place to take our mate and some day to rear our children.”
“Ummm,” Reggie blushed. His talk of children brought up
another question for her. “We didn’t use anything.”
“Use?” Jamison asked.
“You feel the need for something more than our bodies?”
Taggart asked.
“No,” she shook her head. “That’s not what I mean. I mean
that when we had sex…”
“Made love,” Taggart corrected her with a fierce look on his
face.
“Made love,” she reworded, “there was nothing between us to
keep your seed from me.”
“Why would we need something to separate us?” Jamison said.
“Our seed is required for you to change.”
Okay, how did she get them to understand what she was
thinking? And wasn’t it a little late to have the conversation about disease
and babies and all that?
“Oh, I see,” Jamison smiled and Reggie was actually happy
that he could read her mind.
“We do not have disease here as in your world,” Taggart
said. “We mate once and only once, for life. None have known the touch of
another.”
“So you were virgins?” she asked, finding it hard to believe
that she had been their first, not as amazing as they were.
“You were no less spectacular,” Jamison whispered. “Yet we
do not question your purity.”
She was blushing again. She had never really questioned that
when she eventually decided to have sex that the guy she chose would be
experienced. It was just a given in her world. But she admitted that it was
amazing knowing that they had waited for her, that she was their first.
“Our only,” Taggart said softly. “Never shall we have
another.”
And that was amazing too. She could tell that they really
meant it. As far as they were concerned they were mated for life and nothing
would ever change that.
“Mating is for life,” Jamison said. “There is no need to
question what is.”
“What about children?” she asked, wondering if even now she
could be pregnant.
“No, you are not with child,” Taggart said. “You cannot
carry before you change.”
“And once I am able to shift into wolf form?” she asked.
“Then I’ll get pregnant?”
“Pregnancy is a choice,” Jamison tried to explain. “We must
all desire a child in order for our seed to take root.”
“So we won’t have children until we all agree?” Reggie
asked. That was certainly different but then why shouldn’t it be?
“Some mated couples never have children,” Taggart said.
“That is why our race has dropped in
was going to happen. “How long do I have?”
“Each person is different,” Taggart said. “With the final
mating the change begins. Already you should be able to feel the spirit of your
wolf growing inside.”
Reggie nodded. She did feel it and was a little terrified of
it.
“There is nothing to fear,” Jamison did his best to assure
her. “Your wolf is there to guide and protect you as well. Listen to her voice
within. She will be your friend and comrade.”
“My wolf awaits the arrival of yours,” Taggart said softly.
“He calls to you even now. He longs to race with you, to show you his world and
all it has to offer. He longs to mate with your wolf and claim her as his, just
as I have claimed you as mine.”
“So we wait here until that happens?” she asked.
Both men nodded. “The cabins are here for use by mating
couples to allow them privacy to aid their mate in her first change and run,”
Jamison said.
“And then what?” Reggie asked.
“We will take you back to our home and introduce you to
everyone,” Taggart said.
“Where is that?” she asked. “What is your home like? Do you
live with family?”
“No, we have a home of our own,” Jamison replied. “Once we
reach our maturity at twenty-three years we are given a gift from our family, a
shelter of our own, a home as you call it.”
“Shelter?” she asked. “Like this cabin?”
Taggart laughed. “No, our shelter is much more than this
mere cabin. It is a place to take our mate and some day to rear our children.”
“Ummm,” Reggie blushed. His talk of children brought up
another question for her. “We didn’t use anything.”
“Use?” Jamison asked.
“You feel the need for something more than our bodies?”
Taggart asked.
“No,” she shook her head. “That’s not what I mean. I mean
that when we had sex…”
“Made love,” Taggart corrected her with a fierce look on his
face.
“Made love,” she reworded, “there was nothing between us to
keep your seed from me.”
“Why would we need something to separate us?” Jamison said.
“Our seed is required for you to change.”
Okay, how did she get them to understand what she was
thinking? And wasn’t it a little late to have the conversation about disease
and babies and all that?
“Oh, I see,” Jamison smiled and Reggie was actually happy
that he could read her mind.
“We do not have disease here as in your world,” Taggart
said. “We mate once and only once, for life. None have known the touch of
another.”
“So you were virgins?” she asked, finding it hard to believe
that she had been their first, not as amazing as they were.
“You were no less spectacular,” Jamison whispered. “Yet we
do not question your purity.”
She was blushing again. She had never really questioned that
when she eventually decided to have sex that the guy she chose would be
experienced. It was just a given in her world. But she admitted that it was
amazing knowing that they had waited for her, that she was their first.
“Our only,” Taggart said softly. “Never shall we have
another.”
And that was amazing too. She could tell that they really
meant it. As far as they were concerned they were mated for life and nothing
would ever change that.
“Mating is for life,” Jamison said. “There is no need to
question what is.”
“What about children?” she asked, wondering if even now she
could be pregnant.
“No, you are not with child,” Taggart said. “You cannot
carry before you change.”
“And once I am able to shift into wolf form?” she asked.
“Then I’ll get pregnant?”
“Pregnancy is a choice,” Jamison tried to explain. “We must
all desire a child in order for our seed to take root.”
“So we won’t have children until we all agree?” Reggie
asked. That was certainly different but then why shouldn’t it be?
“Some mated couples never have children,” Taggart said.
“That is why our race has dropped in
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