The Path's End 2

The Path's End

Revised Version

By Vic James

vicjames2@hotmail.com

Copyright 2017 by Vic James

This story has been heavily revised, beginning with chapter two.

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This story is fiction. None of the characters are based on real people.

This story takes place in the same universe as my stories Plan of the Shusheen, Son of a Wolf, Being Pack, Protecting Pack, and A Winding Path. It is a sequel to Protecting Pack and A Winding Path. You should read those two stories before you read this one. Plan of the Shusheen explains how three genetically-engineered shifter races were created.

Warning: this story contains incest scenes.

Two

The alarm went off the next morning. Bobby slid down the bed to avoid having to climb over Nicky or Chris. They were still asleep. Bobby didn't know how they did it; the alarm was loud. He used the bathroom and brushed his teeth. When Bobby left the bathroom, Nicky and Chris were getting out of bed.

"Scrambled eggs?" Bobby asked.

They both nodded.

Bobby walked to the kitchen to make breakfast. He could hear Nick in the shower. He made coffee while the oven was preheating. He stuck some biscuits in the oven and started the eggs. Chris walked into the kitchen, yawning. He was wearing a pair of briefs. Bobby poured him coffee and handed it to him. Then he knelt and pulled Chris' briefs off.

Chris laughed.

"Just as I suspected," Bobby said. "You aren't wearing the ring I gave you."

Chris laughed harder.

"My cock ring?"

"Yes. Once upon a time, a ring meant something to a girl," Bobby said, repeating a line out of a movie they'd watched.

"Well, neither of us are girls. That explains it."

"Hmm."

Bobby returned to making breakfast.

Nick walked into the kitchen. Then a few seconds later, Nicky did.

"You didn't all have to get up," he said.

"I wanted to," Bobby said. "It's an important day."

He nodded. "It is."

"Have you changed your mind about the home schooling?" Bobby asked him.

"What's that about?" Chris asked.

"Bobby asked if I would home school him if we move," Nick said.

"Ah. More sex!" Chris said. "Good plan!"

Nicky snickered.

"No. I think it will be fun," Nick said to Bobby.

"Good."

While Bobby poured him coffee, he asked, "What time is the interview?"

"There isn't a fixed time. It will be when I get there. It doesn't sound like there are a lot of candidates. That's not surprising. The salary is much, much less than I earned last year. But that is fine with me."

"Are you going to sell this house?" Chris asked his father.

"Definitely. There are too many bad memories."

"But good ones, too," Chris said.

Nick shrugged.

"I'd like to live somewhere else, even if I don't get the job."

The eggs were done. Bobby put them on plates and checked on the biscuits. They were ready. He put the food on the table and sat down to eat.

"Are you worried about the interview?" Chris asked his father.

"Not really. I'm overqualified."

Nick quickly finished eating and went to get dressed.

"We need to get ready, too," Chris said, softly.

Bobby took the dishes and washed them quickly. Chris helped. Then they brushed their teeth and put the toiletries they thought they'd need in the bag. Nicky hid the bag when they heard his father. Nick stopped at the bedroom door.

"Bobby, I'd like to talk to you for a moment," he said.

"OK."

Bobby followed him to the living room.

"I want to thank you for taking a positive attitude about the move," Nick said.

Bobby didn't know what to say. He didn't think his motive wasn't all that wonderful. He decided to tell the truth.

"I want to get Chris away from Gina. She called yesterday." Nick smiled. "This sounded like just the thing to do it. Is that selfish?"

"I don't think so. You are in love with him, aren't you?"

"Of course."

"You are protecting your relationship. How many people in relationships would be happy to hear their partner is still talking to their ex?"

Bobby nodded.

"Would you prefer Chris was still with Gina?" Bobby asked him.

Nick frowned. "I want Chris to be happy and you make him happy. When we got back from the honeymoon, Chris seemed very happy. He was happier than when we left. I wondered what happened, and then I found out. I told you before. Being straight is not better than being gay. Chris is even happier now. And why shouldn't he be? He has someone who loves him who won't leave his dick alone."

Bobby laughed, but was a little embarrassed.

"And that's a good thing," Nick added.

He hugged Bobby and kissed him on the forehead.

Ten minutes later, Nick said goodbye. They wished him luck and he left.

They made sure the house was locked up and left.

Chris unlocked the doors of his car. Nicky got in the backseat. He patted the seat next to him. Bobby got in the backseat and put on a seatbelt.

"Oops. Forgot something," Chris said.

"Me, too," Bobby said.

They went back inside. Chris took the trash from inside the house. Depending on when they returned, it could start smelling. Bobby forgot his cell phone charger. He went back for it and decided to take his laptop, too. He looked out the window and saw Chris was back in the car. He left, locking the front door behind him. He got back in the car.

There was a surprising amount of traffic. When they finally got out of town, Bobby unfastened his seat belt. He was going to suck Nicky. Nicky got upset. It took several minutes to find out why. Nicky had not been wearing a seat belt when he had his near-fatal car accident. Bobby buckled back up.

They watched the videos on Chris' phone that he had recorded the night before. They both agreed they were very hot. And then it was a long, dull ride.

Nick slowed to a stop as his GPS told him to turn right. All he saw was a narrow, gravel road leading into the forest. That couldn't be right, he told himself. But there was nowhere else. He turned onto it, wondering what the gravel was doing to the paint on his BMW. He rounded a corner and saw armed men on the side of the road. There was some sort of gate. Was it some sort of paramilitary group? One of those militias? Or maybe some weird religious cult. Whatever it was, it did not look promising. He was about to give up and turn around. But he was at the gate. A smiling man looked at a picture and then at him.

"Nick Kostas?"

"Yes."

"Welcome to Techupawa. The hospital is the first building on the right about half a mile down the road. I'll let Alephin know you're here." Nick had been told Alephin Techupawa was the man interviewing him.

He handed Nick an identification badge that had his photo on it. The gate opened and he drove slowly. Suddenly the road was paved. There were more armed guards on each side of the road. But then there were sidewalks and flowers planted. He couldn't miss the hospital. There was a sign, Tom Black Hospital. He was surprised it wasn't Techupawa Hospital. Past the hospital was a town. It looked normal. He saw people walking and they didn't seem armed. He saw a dog run by chased by a boy in a swim suit. He turned into the hospital parking lot. It seemed to still be under construction, but it was already landscaped. The hospital was small, but so was the town. He parked his car. He could see a man with a big rifle in his rear-view mirror. He sat there for a moment and then sighed. He was there. He might as well go inside. He got out of his car. The August heat and humidity hit him at once. He immediately began sweating. Fortunately, the entrance was only about twenty feet away. A man with a handgun in a holster opened the front door for him. They walked inside.

"Last door on the left," the man said, pointing down a hallway.

Nick walked down to the door and stopped. Part of him was yelling go home, as he opened the door. It was an empty conference room. Nick sat and the man with the holstered gun stood next to the door.

"They should be here soon," the man said to him.

Nick sat there, nervously. He didn't know if he wanted the job or not. If they were nuts, obviously he didn't. But he couldn't come right out and ask if they were kooks. He didn't know what to do. This was the weirdest thing. What was this place?

A couple of minutes later, the door opened. Five men entered the room. Two of them were armed. They remained standing while the other three sat. The three who sat were wearing only shorts. They were even bare-footed. They were dressed for the weather and he was dressed for a job interview. Nick felt terribly overdressed. A large, muscular man sat across the table from Nick. The man was obviously in charge. Nick could almost feel power radiating out of him. Nick worried about what that meant. What if this man didn't like him? For some reason, Nick knew that would be bad, and not just because he wouldn't get the job. Then the man smiled at Nick and oddly, Nick felt happy. Nick looked at one of the four and was shocked. It was Bobby!

"Bobby?" Nick asked. "What...how did you get here?"

When Jack entered the room, he caught a delicious scent, first. Then he saw a handsome Vin-Ta. The interview was supposed to be with a human, though. Jack looked at Alephin, who seemed very pleased. They sat. Jack wondered about the stranger's scent. He was wearing cologne and it was distorting his scent, but he strongly suspected he was his mate. But Jack didn't want another one. His mates Dave and Keith seemed a little unhappy about the amount of time Jack spent with them. Jack and his other mate Jerry spent a lot of times with Tom and Tom's kids, because both of them were pregnant and they needed to learn as much as they could about being mothers! Alephin was making Jack the first ever 'Pack Mother' and Jack wanted to be really good at it. And then there was Lobo, another mate, who might return at any time. He needed to speak to Alephin about it. He didn't want to refuse his mate, but he didn't want to disrupt his existing family, either.

"My name is Jack, not Bobby."

"I'm Alephin Techupawa," the one in charge said to Nick. Alephin held out his hand and Nick shook it.

"Who is Bobby?" Alephin asked him.

"He's my stepson." Nick looked at Jack. "You look exactly like him!"

Nick pulled out his phone and looked for a picture of Bobby. He scrolled through the photos. He hadn't realized he had so many sex photos on his phone. He had lots of pictures of just Bobby, without his sons, but they were sex pictures Chris had taken for him. Bobby was naked in all of them. There were plenty of photos of Bobby's face, but cum was dripping off him or his sons' cocks were resting on it. The pictures were arousing Nick. Nick wasn't aware that the others could smell his lust. Nick looked at one photo he didn't remember. Bobby was on his bed, on his back, holding his legs up. The picture showed his smiling face and his puffy asshole, with cum leaking out. Nick felt his cock throbbing. Nick knew he hadn't taken that picture. He would definitely have jacked off to it. Chris must have put it on his phone. He wanted to fuck that ass. He knew his cock would slide in easily, despite its size. His sons' cum would act as the best lube possible. He knew Bobby wanted the same thing. He glanced at Jack. Jack looked exactly like Bobby, but Nick hadn't made any promises about Jack. Was Jack single? Would he be able to fuck him? Was fate that good to him? But this Jack was probably straight. He turned back to his phone. He finally found a non-sexual picture of Bobby. He passed his phone to Alephin.

Alephin looked at the photo. His stepson was obviously a clone of Tom and Jack. That was good news. Alephin wondered how he had gotten so lucky. The three most valuable Vin-Ta in the world would live in his pack, if he could convince this Nick to join. But almost equally good news was the fact that the anesthesiologist they wanted was Vin-Ta, and a very horny Vin-Ta at that. He had smelled lust from the man as he glanced through photos on his phone. Alephin was old enough to become an extremely good judge of character and this Nick was exactly who they needed as a doctor and as a pack member. He was still delighted they would not have to hire a human. They were only settling on a human because they had been unable to find a Vin-Ta anesthesiologist.

Alephin passed the phone to Jack who came to the exact same conclusion. Bobby was a clone-brother.

Nick looked at Jack's face. He looked so like Bobby! But there were minor differences. Bobby's hair was longer and this man had a tan. Nick thought it looked good on him. Of course, Bobby wasn't tanned because he spent all day indoors having sex with his sons. Also, there was lust and love in Bobby's eyes when he looked at Nick. It was absent in Jack's eyes. Nick briefly imagined fucking Jack, something he couldn't do to Bobby. But strangely, his lust made him feel guilty, unfaithful to Bobby. That was a heck of a thing, and he didn't understand it. But it was Bobby he wanted, not someone who looked like Bobby. Nick sighed. It was Bobby he loved. He was suddenly sure he was in love with Bobby. Why else would he feel like he was cheating on him?

Jack could feel the man looking at him, and he could smell his lust. Alephin could smell it, too. Jack was incredibly aroused by Nick's scent. But he didn't want another mate. Being pregnant was a lot to deal with. He didn't want to deal with fitting a new man into his life, even if he was his mate. But what would he do if Nick insisted? Then suddenly, Nick's lust faded. That surprised Jack.

"Is Bobby just your stepson?" Alephin asked Nick.

Nick froze at the question. How could he answer that without supplying way too much information about his family? He didn't feel safe mentioning Bobby was his son's lover. Not to these heavily-armed folks.

"Yes," Nick said.

"I don't want to interfere in your personal life, but you obviously lust intensely after your stepson," Alephin said. "There is no point in pretending otherwise. There's certainly no reason for you to feel guilty about it and try to hide it. We are very open about sex here and we have few rules about it."

"We have rules?" Tom asked. "What are they?"

Jack laughed and Alephin grinned.

"The rule is 'thou shall not rape'," Alephin said.

Jack and Tom nodded.

Nick was in shock.

"How is it obvious?" Nick asked.

"We can smell lust," Alephin said. "We can smell exactly how much you lust after Jack, who looks exactly like your stepson."

Nick gulped.

Jack could tell that suddenly, Nick was worried.

"Calm down. Whatever your stepson and you do is your business, not ours. I would be the last person to condemn you if the two of you have a sexual relationship, a romantic relationship, or both," Alephin said. "I love all kinds of consensual sex. And I prefer unconventional people. Conventional people bore me."

Nick was stunned. What did that mean?

"Tell me about his mother," Alephin said. "I take it she adopted him."

Nick was surprised by the statement. This was a job interview! He almost said it was none of his business. But he couldn't say it to Alephin. "She died of heart failure not long after we married."

"I'm sorry."

Nick nodded.

"And you're bisexual," Alephin said.

Nick was stunned, again. Weren't there going to be any job-related questions?

"Let's talk business before fun," Alephin said. "This is Tom Black."

Tom stood up and shook Nick's hand.

"Nick Kostas," Nick said to him.

"The hospital—is it named after your father?" Nick asked.

"No. Tom is young, but he paid for most of the hospital," Alephin said.

Nick nodded his head at Tom.

Alephin turned to me. "And this is his brother, Jack Montay."

Jack smiled at Nick and held out his hand to shake Nick's.

"I'm very pleased to meet you, Jack," he said.

"Do you mind if I call you Nick?" Alephin asked him. "We are pretty informal here."

Nick looked at the armed guards. Yes, a very casual place!

"No. Not at all. Can you tell me what kind of town or...reservation this is?"

Alephin smiled.

"Since you mention it, I suppose it is a reservation. We are all related here from a common ancestor who lived thousands of years ago."

Nick frowned. "How do you know? Genetic testing?"

"Yes, in a way."

"Why the weapons?"

"Jack and Tom are at risk of kidnapping."

Nick frowned.

"Anyway, I already know you belong here. Your stepson needs to be protected, just as Jack and Tom are. I know you don't understand that yet, but in way of demonstration, I would like you to try something, Nick," Alephin said. "Try to visualize a red circle. Close your eyes, if it helps. If you have trouble, think of a full moon, low in the sky, that is red instead of orange."

Nick had been asked to do stranger things, but not many. Was this some sort of team-building exercise? Was this going to lead into trying to visualize his future? He had very little patience for things like this.

Alephin knew he should tell Nick to undress first, but he was fairly sure Nick would decide he'd had enough and leave the interview. His expensive-looking clothes were a necessary casualty.

"Why?"

"Humor me, please," Alephin said.

Nick frowned. Then he shrugged. He closed his eyes. He tried for a few seconds.

"I can't do it."

"Keep trying until you do."

Nick sighed, but he tried. Eventually, he succeeded. They watched him shift into his wolf for the first time. Sounds of fabric tearing accompanied his shift, as he shifted wearing clothes. His necktie seemed to be strangling him. Jack jumped up and pulled it loose. He removed the clothes from the wolf. It was awkward, but necessary. Jack thought his wolf was absolutely beautiful. His fur was black and gold. Jack's wolf was responding to Nick's. Jack wanted to wrap his arms around the wolf. Alephin picked up his cell phone. He called Rince and asked him to bring a pair of shorts and a T-shirt for Nick. Then he took a few pictures of the wolf before Jack helped the wolf get out of the rest of his shredded clothes. Nick's wolf pressed his snout into Jack's crotch and began licking. Jack groaned as the wolf's tongue lapped at his erection.

"He's definitely your mate," Alephin said to Jack.

Jack pushed the wolf gently away. It whined as Jack groaned.

"But I don't want another mate. Really! Besides, um, Bobby might not like it. He must be Nick's mate. We don't know how he feels."

"Hmm. Very true. We'll wait until we meet everyone to sort out the relationships," Alephin said.

Jack agreed.

"I really want to concentrate on the kids, Alephin. Everyone in the pack will be scrutinizing what I do with the shared pack kids."

Alephin nodded. He didn't doubt that.

Nick's wolf pressed its snout into Alephin's crotch. Alephin grinned and gave the wolf what he wanted. He pulled his erection out a leg of his shorts. It hung heavily over the end of the chair seat. Nick's wolf began licking it. Alephin leaned back in his chair while the wolf's tongue caressed the head of his cock.

"That's nice, pup," Alephin said.

Alephin squeezed precum out of his cock and let the wolf taste it. Nick's wolf whined from pleasure.

Nick didn't understand what was happening. He didn't seem to be in control. Of course he wasn't in control! He was licking the cock of a man interviewing him for a job! But he loved doing it. Why? And why did it taste so good?

Alephin barked an order. Nick's wolf responded immediately and rolled onto its back. Nick's wolf turned his head and began licking Alepin's foot, while still on his back. Alephin was pleased. He laughed at the expression on the wolf's face. 'Please like me,' it said. Nick's wolf was completely subservient to him. Alephin rubbed the wolf's belly, to the animal's obvious delight. Then Alephin told Nick to shift back. Nick was naked, on his back, on the floor. He saw Alephin's erection. He had just been licking it and he liked it. He was completely stunned by what had happened. Alephin held out his hand and pulled Nick up. Nick was embarrassed to realize his cock was erect.

"You have a nice cock," Alephin said.

"Um. Thanks. So do you."

Nick regretted saying that, immediately. But Alephin just grinned.

"Do you see now how casual we are about sex? Even during a job interview. You'll see people having sex in the restaurants, shops, even on the grass in front of their houses."

Nick shook his head. "I have no idea what is going on."

Nick swallowed nervously. He wanted to suck Alephin's cock.

"Don't worry. It will soon make sense to you."

Alephin grinned. They had hit the jackpot with Nick. Not only was he skilled in a way they badly needed, but he was eager to please Alephin. Nick looked twenty years younger. That would be a nice surprise for the man.

Nick was terribly embarrassed. He was naked. He couldn't believe he had licked this man's cock. He got angry. "What the fuck just happened?" Nick asked. His stomach still tingled from where Alephin had rubbed him.

Alephin showed Nick photos of his wolf. Nick was in total shock. He remembered perfectly what happened, but he hadn't been in control of himself.

"You are different, Nick. Different from humans and different than you were five minutes, ago."

"You're younger, for one," Tom said.

Nick frowned. "What does that mean?"

Tom pulled out his phone and took a picture of Nick. He handed him the phone.

Nick looked in shock at his photo. He was younger! He looked the way he had when he graduated from high school! He couldn't take his eyes off the picture. Younger? It was impossible. But that couldn't be an old photo. It was taken in that room. He looked down at his chest. There had been a few white hairs there. They were gone.

"How...what...I don't understand! Anything!"

He looked around the room. The guards looked bored! This was nothing unusual for them.

"Long, long ago, an alien race called the Shusheen visited Earth. It was when the human family had multiple branches. There were Neanderthals, Cro-Magnon, and according to some accounts, a third branch in eastern Asia. The Shusheen were shapeshifters. They were good people, gentle and kind. They saw how high the mortality rate was for humans. The Shusheen didn't age, although they could die in accidents. They were shocked by humans' short, brutal lives. Humans were killed by everything in their environment, animals, insects, weather, you name it. Even if they survived those, aging killed them. The Shusheen thought that was tragic and they decided to help. They took Neanderthal DNA and altered it to give their creations the ability to change into the shape of wolves. They called the race they created Vin-Ta. We are Vin-Ta. We are mostly human, but our—what were you saying was changed, Tom?"

"Mitochondria," Tom said.

"Right," Alephin continued. "Our mitochondria are different. We all have a lot of body hair from our Neanderthal ancestors. Are you with me so far?" Alephin asked.

Nick shook his head. Shapeshifting? Aliens? "No. I'm having a psychotic episode."

Jack and Tom laughed.

"Why do I look younger?" Nick asked.

"Because shapeshifting resets your body. It undoes the cellular damage that cause aging. Shapeshifting also heals injuries. The body is reset to the natural state from before the injury. You'll live a lot longer than a human. You could live to be eight hundred."

Nick shook his head in disbelief. He didn't want to believe it, but he'd been a wolf. He remembered it. He remembered how painful changing had been. His ripped suit was on the floor, so it wasn't a hallucination. And he was young! What would his sons think? His sons!

"What about my sons?"

"They may or may not be Vin-Ta," Alephin said. "Your stepson, Bobby is a shapeshifter, because Jack and Tom are."

"And you think he's related."

"He has to be."

Nick nodded. Jack and Bobby could be twins. Bobby was adopted. Maybe the two were twins and were adopted separately.

"We won't know about your sons until they try to shift. We need to get them here. Bobby is in danger of being kidnapped."

"How? Why?"

"A side effect of shifting is loss of fertility. You will find it almost impossible to get a woman pregnant, now. The Shusheen did this deliberately. Think how many children a pair of Shusheen and all their children could have in eight hundred years." Nick nodded. "There are a great many Shusheen who've been trying to have kids for hundreds of years. They're desperate. Tom, will you demonstrate your shifting ability?" Alephin asked.

Tom nodded. He closed his eyes and pictured Nick as he'd been when he arrived.

Nick gasped as Tom transformed into him wearing an undamaged suit. Tom looked exactly like him, which was remarkable. But the clothes! Where did they come from?

Tom shifted back.

"Where did the suit come from?"

"My body produced it," Tom said. "It was skin that looked like material."

Nick sat there stunned. He wondered why he wasn't terrified. Was it because he was one of them?

"The Shusheen were pleased with how the Vin-Ta turned out, so they decided to do more. They created a second race with more capabilities. They modified Cro-Magnon men. Vin-Ta could only change into wolves. The Shusheen could change their shape to be anything; animals, rocks, trees. The second race they created could do those things. Tom, Jack, and Bobby are descended from the second race. Their race can also have as many babies as they want. We don't know why. We don't think the Shusheen planned them that way, but the Shusheen have been gone a long time, and with mutations and interbreeding with Vin-Ta and humans, it somehow happened. Their race is coveted by humans for their shapeshifting abilities and by Vin-Ta for their ability to have children. You can imagine how useful one of them would be for a spy. They can shift into anything. Tom here changed into a shrub once."

"Twice," Tom said. "Once in a restaurant where a kid saw me do it."

Nick shook his head in amazement.

"So we're werewolves, is that what you're saying?" Nick said.

"Well, not movie werewolves, but basically, yeah. And it's genetic. Biting someone wouldn't change them."

"One of my sons got called a werewolf because he's so hairy," Nick said.

Alephin chuckled.

"If he's Vin-Ta, he'll outlive the kid who said it by a long, long time. Your son gets the last laugh."

"Anyway, back to the fertility problem," Alephin said. "There are lots of people who would love to control Tom, Jack, and Bobby. To Vin-Ta, babies are very important because they are so rare."

"I became rich by giving a child to a very wealthy Vin-Ta," Tom said. "That money was used to build this hospital."

"But some people would rather kidnap than pay," Alephin said.

"What does that mean? Who was the mother?" Nick asked.

"I was the mother. He...fucked me and got me pregnant," Tom said.

Nick frowned. "You're a man!"

Alephin laughed.

"Become a woman for him, will you?" Alephin asked Tom.

"OK, but I'm going to need a hell of a lot of food!"

Tom changed into Ellie Jenkins, one of his housekeepers. Tom thought she was very pretty.

Nick stared at the woman in front of him. She had long blonde hair and green eyes. And a few moments earlier, it was a man who looked a great deal like Bobby.

Alephin called the restaurant and ordered sandwiches. He told them to hurry. Nick was probably hungry, too, from his shift.

Tom shifted back. Nick watched with an open mouth as Tom's body changed.

"Can Bobby do that?" Nick asked, still in shock.

"Yes. He'll have to be taught, although it sometimes happens spontaneously in an emergency."

Nick shook his head.

"Do you understand the guns, now?" Alephin asked Nick.

"Is Bobby in danger?" Nick asked.

"His life isn't in danger but his freedom is. The danger will grow quickly as people start to look into you and your family. That is probably happening already. But he'll be safe here with his brothers."

Nick sighed.

"We need you and you need us," Alephin said.

"What did you mean about few rules about sex?"

"I love sex. I promote it here in my pack. That's what Techupawa is, my pack. The leader of a pack is called an Alpha. That's me. This isn't a democracy. I'm in charge. I own all the land and almost all the buildings, this hospital and Tom's home being the two main exceptions. Vin-Ta choose to live with me. I lead and they follow. I'm a combination father and leader. You'll see people having sex openly, here. Straight sex, gay sex, even incestuous sex. We aren't human and we don't follow all their rules. That's one of the reasons Vin-Ta live in packs, so they can be themselves. Male Vin-Ta are almost always bisexual..." Nick shook his head. He certainly was, and so was Chris. "And have strong sex drives..." It all made sense in a weird, semi-nightmare way. "I'm a strong believer in recreational sex. If one of my pack members would rather watch TV than have sex, I worry about them." Nick barked out a laugh. Alephin grinned at him. "I encourage the young males of the pack to have sex at least once a day. It cuts down on aggression. We have a gloryhole and an adult theater where they can go for some nasty fun... One of my sons and my grandson suck cocks at both places. I'm proud of them for making other people happy."

Nick found himself liking Alephin. For some reason he wanted to make Alephin happy.

"You'll even see what seems to be bestiality. A couple of women in the pack like to be bred by males who are in their wolf form. They like the feel of the knot inside them."

Nick shook his head. It was so incredibly strange!

"What are your feelings about incest?" Alephin asked, suddenly.

Nick was surprised.

"Uh. To be honest, I don't know," Nick said. "I guess I'm opposed, but..."

Alephin nodded.

"One vital thing to know about Vin-Ta is the concept of mate. The way we were designed by the Shusheen, we are attracted to certain individuals with whom we are the most genetically compatible. The attraction is quite strong and almost impossible to resist. It isn't rare for family members to be mates. So most Vin-Ta aren't bothered by incest."

"My son—sons are gay," Nick said.

Alephin nodded.

"Jack and Tom here both have male mates. I feel fairly certain that Bobby will, too. He will feel a special connection to his mate or mates."

"That's a good way to describe his relationship to my sons," Nick said.

Alephin nodded.

"And to you?" Alephin asked. "You feel an attraction to Jack. That is probably because he is Bobby's brother."

Nick wondered.

"Can he have more than one mate?" Nick asked.

"Oh, yes. Tom and Jack both have several."

"I really don't understand my feelings about Bobby," Nick said, forgetting that he was talking to strangers.

"I think he is your mate. If he is, now that you've shifted for the first time, the bond should be stronger. How do you feel about him?"

Nick thought about him. Bobby was wonderful. Having Bobby join their family was the best thing that ever happened to Nick and his sons. He was sweet and so innocent until he discovered Kostas cocks. Then he turned into a whore for his sons. Bobby wanted Nick's cock and Nick realized the promise didn't matter much to him anymore. Nick groped himself without thinking. He couldn't wait to fuck Bobby.

"Whoa! That's a lot of lust," Jack said, sniffing the air.

Nick frowned.

"I do feel differently. I didn't allow myself...I love him. He can really give us children?" Nick asked.

"Yes. He has to want to get pregnant for it to happen."

"Does he have to have a...vagina?" Nick asked.

"No," Alephin said.

"I would like for you to take the job, Nick. I think you and your family will be happy here. And you'll be safe, too."

"I guess we belong here, if my boys are...whatever I am," Nick said.

"Vin-Ta, yes. If they have the same kind of bond to Bobby as you have, they probably are Vin-Ta."

"My son Chris was straight before he met Bobby," Nick said.

Alephin grinned.

"So were two of my mates," Jack said.

"And one of mine," Tom added.

Alephin nodded.

"That's how strong the mating bond is," Alephin said. "I think it probably means your son Chris is Vin-Ta. Jack, Tom, and Bobby are not really attractive enough to turn all those straight men gay. One or two, maybe."

"Hey!" Jack said, laughing.

"No offense, Jack and Tom."

"No. You're right. No one pursued me when I was a teenager," Tom said. "But then I met this straight man who couldn't bear to be away from me. And I knew nothing about him, only that I had to be with him. That's how it is Nick. I miss my mates, even though I just left them."

The door opened and Rince walked in with clothes for Nick. Alephin introduced Rince to Nick.

"Rince is my son," Alephin said.

Nick, nodded, smiling, as he put on the shorts.

"He's also my mate," Alephin said. He took Rince's hand and placed it on his crotch. Rince groped Alephin. All the Vin-Ta looked at Nick to see his reaction.

"Mate as in lover?" Nick asked.

"Yes," Rince said. "I've given birth to Alephin's children since we became mates."

Rince wasn't sure why Alephin was trying to shock this man. Maybe it was a test.

"Can I suck you?" Rince asked Alephin.

Alephin grinned. "Sure, baby. Nick has already tasted it. He shouldn't be too shocked."

Nick watched Rince fall to his knees and begin sucking Alephin. His father.

Nick felt numb, at first. Then he found himself getting aroused. The fact that it was incest didn't seem to bother him.

Alephin grinned as he watched Nick get hard from watching. Nick's cock began dripping. His new pup wasn't a prude. It was another test and Nick passed it.

"Like I said, Vin-Ta don't worry much about incest," Alephin said.

"Can all Vin-Ta males give birth?" Nick asked.

"Definitely not. It's very unusual. Only Vin-Ta with enough of the second Shusheen race in their blood can get pregnant. We're all hybrids by now. The Shusheen were here hundreds of thousands of years ago."

Nick nodded, slowly.

"Could Bobby really give me—us kids?"

Rince pulled off Alephin's cock.

"Who is Bobby? Is it a girl?"

Alephin explained Bobby was Jack and Tom's 'brother'.

"Three of them?" Rince asked Alephin, amazed.

Alephin nodded, grinning.

"Yes. Definitely," Tom said to Nick. "He's our brother. For some reason, we were separated at birth and put up for adoption. Maybe we had a male mother who didn't understand what was causing the pregnancies."

"Nelson is going to go crazy when he finds out you have another," Rince said.

Rince meant it in a light way, but he saw Alephin looked concerned.

"Yes. There will be consequences," Alephin said, sighing.

Alephin looked around at the group.

"A lot of people are trying to join the pack. It's a problem and it's going to get worse."

Nick was confused.

"I don't mean you, Nick. You are a blessing. You and your family are the kind of people I need. I mean people who only want to join because they think they can have pups—kids here. Word has gotten out about you and Jerry being pack mothers," Alephin said to Jack.

Jack nodded. He could understand that. Everyone in his old pack in Colorado wanted kids and had been trying for centuries to have them.

"Why are more pack members a problem?" Tom asked.

"Because almost all of them are old-timers. Prudes. Jack, imagine your old Alpha George trying to join to get a child."

"Oh, no! No! No! Alephin!" Jack cried.

Alephin laughed.

"I wouldn't accept him, but you get the idea."

Rince swallowed Alephin's cock and sucked.

"Imagine what someone who grew up during the Spanish Inquisition thinks of gay sex and sodomy," Alephin said, pointing at his son's bobbing head. "

Jack and Tom looked at each other. Neither was smiling.

"Well, it will be dealt with, one way or another," Alephin said.

Nick watched Alephin's son suck him. Nick realized he was attracted to Alephin. That was strange, because Nick had always been a top and the men he had dated had all been bottoms. Nick looked up at Alephin's face.

"Do you remember licking it?" Alephin asked him.

Nick nodded.

"Did it bother you?"

"No. It wasn't the first cock I've sucked. Although I didn't really suck it."

Alephin grinned.

"No. Human mouths are much better at oral sex.

"Do you want the job, Nick? You'll only work when there is an emergency with a pack member. That is very infrequent. Last year there was only one occasion when we needed one."

"Then why hire someone? Woodville isn't far away."

"Because we sometimes shift uncontrollably during emergencies," Alephin said. "In a human hospital, surrounded by humans, that's a very scary and dangerous thing for both the Vin-Ta and the humans."

Nick nodded.

"There's also a trust issue. A lot of Vin-Ta are afraid of humans."

That was a surprise to Nick. He would have thought it was the other way around.

The door opened and a woman and man walked in with trays of food. Sliced brisket, bread and potato salad in individual bowls. It smelled great. To Nick's shock, Rince continued sucking Alephin while the trays were placed on the table. The woman watched Rince, briefly, but the man ignored them. The guards were ignoring them, too. If they moved there, Bobby, Nicky, and Chris could have sex outside, if they wanted. No one would mind. He could have sex with them. For some reason, the idea of breaking the promise didn't bother him anymore. He felt almost like the promise had been made by someone else. He was changed and he could feel it.

Tom made two sandwiches and almost swallowed them whole.

Strangely, Nick thought of his first wife. He had been in a loving relationship with a man he loved when he met her. He lost interest in his lover as soon as he met her. He only wanted to be around her. Was she his mate? He'd had sex with women before her and had decided he preferred men. But the sex with her was better than any sex he'd ever had. He thought about Jack and Tom's straight male mates.

"How do your mates who were straight feel about sex with you?" Nick asked Jack between bites of a sandwich.

"They said it was better than it had been with any girl," Jack said.

"Mine said the same," Tom said.

Alephin smiled. He was getting an incestuous blow job in front of Nick and Nick was eating. The man was perfect for them.

"So I take it not all Vin-Ta know they are Vin-Ta. I wouldn't know if I hadn't come here," Nick said.

Alephin nodded.

"A Vin-Ta who never shifts lives a normal lifetime. They may or may not be lucky enough to find their mate, but that alone wouldn't tell them anything. They'd just think they were very much in love."

Nick continued eating. He was very hungry. He had a lot to think about.

"Are you going to ask me any job-related questions?"

"No. You're qualified in every way."

Nick grinned.

"Techupawa pack is my family, Nick. I will think of you and your sons as my children. I won't make many demands of you, but the ones I make, I expect you to obey. At first you may not understand why I want certain things. After you've been here a while, you'll understand that everything I do is for the good of the pack and the pack members. I'm asking you to trust me completely, as of right now. I know that is asking a lot of someone used to being in full control of his own destiny. I won't mind explaining my reasoning to you while you get settled in, but eventually, I will stop doing that. If a pack member doesn't like the way I do things, he can leave. I want him to leave. He can set up his own pack or join one he likes better. If he is young and arrogant, he might challenge me--and lose."

Alephin lifted Rince up. His cock slipped from Rince's mouth. Alephin stood. He walked over to stand next to Nick. Nick looked at Alephin's erection. He felt drawn to it. And it smelled wonderful. As Alephin remained there, Nick wondered what was expected of him. Then he realized. He leaned over and took the head in his mouth. Alephin sighed. Then he held Nick's head in his hands and began fucking his mouth. Nick was horrified and delighted. It was as though he had two minds. One was the old Nick, who wondered what the hell was going on. And the other was his new self and—the wolf? Nick pulled his cock out and began jacking off while Alephin's big balls slapped against his chin, Suddenly, jets of hot semen filled his mouth. Nick groaned as the taste gave him an intense orgasm. His ass began twitching and for the first time, Nick wanted to get fucked. Nick's cum went everywhere. Some landed on Alephin, some on Rince, and some got on one of the guards. Alephin's orgasm ended. Nick looked up at Alephin.

"Oh, my god! What have I done?" Nick said.

Alephin smiled at him.

"I love you, pup," Alephin said. "And I hope you just had fun. I know I did."

Nick felt happy. He laughed.

Alephin wiped some of Nick's cum off his leg. He stuck his finger in his mouth. Nick was past being able to be surprised. He just wondered why Alephin did it.

"Tastes good," Alephin said to Rince.

Rince wiped some of Nick's cum off him and ate it.

"It does."

Nick laughed. He knew he should feel awkward. This was by far the strangest thing to happen to him, but even though he was surrounded by strangers, he felt at home with them. He glanced at one of the armed guards. He could see the outline of the man's erection in his khaki slacks. Nick smiled at him and the guard smiled back.

"It just occurred to me that your pack is a lot like my house," Nick said. "I told my sons they could have sex anywhere in the house and that sex didn't have to be hidden."

Alephin grinned.

"And you enjoy watching them."

Nick nodded.

"You belong here, Nick. You belong in my family," Alephin said.

Alephin bent down and kissed Nick. Nick didn't resist as Alephin's tongue entered his mouth. Alephin didn't expect resistance. This was one loveable pup. He couldn't wait to meet the other members of Nick's family.

"Will you...fuck me?" Nick asked Alephin. "I mean...you can. If you want."

Alephin grinned. This man was perfect.

"Absolutely! Actually, it is an entrance requirement. Everyone joining my pack must allow me to fuck them once. It proves that they accept my position as their...boss. We'll do that in a few minutes, after we conclude the interview. I would like you to work here and be a member of my pack, Nick Kostas. Will you?"

"Yes, Alephin."

"I am happy to say that I accept you as a member of Techupawa pack, which is now arguably the most important Vin-Ta pack in the world," Alephin said, as he stood back up.

Nick smiled. He didn't understand why, but he thought Alephin was wonderful.

"Welcome to our family, Nick," Rince said. They shook hands.

"Where will we put them?" Rince asked his mate.

Alephin sat down and pulled Rince onto his lap. Alephin wrapped his arms around Rince.

"Are they going to live with you?" Rince asked Tom.

"I think they have to. It's a good thing I built such a big house. "

Alephin nodded.

"Wait," Nick said. "What is this?"

"My house is very secure," Tom said.

"And you need that security for Bobby," Alephin added. "You and your sons could be used as hostages to secure Bobby's cooperation. So your protection is important, too."

Nick shook his head.

"I have trouble accepting this."

Alephin grinned.

"You are doing very, very well, pup. I'm proud of you."

Nick was glad Alephin was proud of him, but he didn't know why.

He watched Alephin pull Rince's cock out and begin stroking it. It wasn't nearly as big as Alephin's, but it was nice. Rince sighed and leaned back against his...father. Nick watched breathlessly as Alephin jacked his son off. It was a very hot scene. Then Rince leaned back more and Nick gasped as he saw that Alephin's cock was inside Rince's ass.

Alephin could see the surprise on Nick's face.

"And you fuck him—Rince?"

"Oh, yeah," Rince said, grinning.

"I fuck all my sons at least once. It is a requirement for anyone in my pack. You need to lose the rest of your own inhibitions, Nick," Alephin said.

I'm going to eat my sons' cum out of Bobby's ass. Then I'm going to fill it with my own. How's that for losing them? Nick thought. He wasn't quite ready to verbalize that.

Nick watched the guard with the erection groping himself, briefly.

"I know you like me, but did you enjoy sucking my cock?" Alephin asked him.

Nick nodded his head.

"You'll make me happy if you just walk up to me sometime, take it out, and start sucking it, pup. I want a sexual relationship with you. It's not required, but I would like it."

Nick swallowed nervously. He nodded his head.

"Will you do that?" Alephin asked.

"I will, Alephin."

Rince groaned as cum shot out of his cock. Some landed on the food.

"Thanks," Tom said to Rince. "They forgot to bring mayonnaise."

All of them burst out laughing, including the guards.

Nick watched Jack pick up a bread roll that had some of Rince's cum on it. He took a bite out of it while looking slyly at Nick. That was so like Bobby. Alephin said he had to lose his inhibitions. Nick took another bread roll with cum on it. He bit into it.

"Beautiful," Alephin said, grinning at Nick. Alephin's eyes were half-lowered with lust.

"You are a hot, hot man," Nick said to Alephin.

All the others in the room agreed.

"Fuck! I'm so horny!" Nick said.

"You're young, again!" Jack said.

Nick shook his head in amazement.

"Do you miss Bobby?" Alephin asked.

"I do. I can't wait to fuck him for the first time. I didn't because of his mother. She died, but before she did..."

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