Wolf Wrongs

Getting ready

Harris walks in half way through my explanation, I almost stop, but he signals for me to finish. I do so.

"The pack is aware." He tells me when I am done.

"The important thing to do is to try and prevent bloodshed. I would rather we talk to Michael." Harris, Gex and Celia all nod at me in agreement. "So I am going to think about what to say and how to say it. He will likely call us before attacking, as is expected in war. But we need to prepare for the possibility that he won't conduct himself honourably. He is being influenced by rogues. So we need to prepare for a surprise attack" I remind them, Harris then produces a map.

"We need to produce a strategy fast, we don't know how long we have. And the rogues will have been preparing for weeks."

"I must leave that to yourself and your future beta." I say, using Gex's title purposefully.

"Actually, my current beta resigned, so you are the beta." Harris confesses to Gex.

On any other occasion, my brother would have been overjoyed. But to be handed the role at this stage, is huge. He nods solemnly.

"What about you? If Harris and I are doing this, what about you and Celia?"

"Celia is no alpha or beta, and I would really like her company. I need to plan what I'm saying to Michael, and I'm sure I could use a hand with that."

Celia scowls at me "Just because I don't have a fancy title and I'm not 'stuff of legends'" she pouts, then laughs, just to make sure I know she's joking. But just encase she is feeling insecure about that, it tell her.

"If you weren't around I would just think about you the whole time. I'd never be able to focus!"

"I wouldn't want to stay in here anyway." She chuckles.

We walk up to Harris' room, hand in hand.

"Okay" Celia begins "What is it you want to say to Michael?"

I smile at her "I know exactly what I need to say, I just hope he will listen to me."

"Then why did you bring me up here?" She eyes me suspiciously, "Surely" she teases, "surely you didn't bring me up here... To allure me." she giggles and poses on the bed, knowing that is wasn't my intent. I love the way the word allure rolls of her tongue and how she uses it as a verb not a noun as I am used to.

I laugh at her, I had only wanted to chat with her without people staring at us weirdly, but she looks so sexy I decide to humor her. I saunter over, "Would you... Like me to?" I ask sliding my hands on to her hips and my bringing my face closer to hers. She lifts her hand to my lips then round the back of my neck before giving me a quick kiss.

"Later" she instructs, "Right now you need to think about any curve ball questions or remarks that Michael might fling in your general vicinity. I laugh and nod, I know she is right.

"Help me." I demand, "Ask me a question that Michael would!"

"Hmmm... How can you expect me to let this go? My parents threw me out and wolf kind surely hasn't had an attitude change in the last year, for proof just look at your own parents!"

"But then look at my brother! And at your own! They seem pretty cool with it, this is not the way to persuade people that being Gay should not stop you from being Alpha. We have to talk to people, fighting doesn't solve this."

"That's okay." Celia remarks, "But there is something I don't really understand... He wouldn't have been Alpha anyway!!! So why is that the issue?"

I frown, I'm not sure of that, "I don't know..." I answer.

"Look," she sighs "you need to have your facts straight before you speak to him, an 'I don't know' could be the end of peaceful discussions."

I nod solemnly.

"No pressure or anything." She jokes.

I nod again.

"Lets go and ask Harris about the Alpha thing" She says softly, realizing I am really quite nervous for the encounter and she may have been a little harsh.

"Yeah, sorry about that" she says to me, or actually, she didn't say. I wait for her to realize what happened. When she jumps a couple of meters backwards, well I guess she's worked it out.

"Oh my god!" She exclaims, "We just talked!!! But didn't! I swear" she insists "I was just in your head! And you, you were in mine! What's that about???"

I just smile and say, "It's a wolf mate thing..." she smiles back.

"Lets find Harris" she says in my head.