Scars and the Claws That Leave Them

by HakuroNoKage

William Grimm newly transferred to the ZPD from the Ulfhaven Sheriff's Dept. tries to move forward with his life as his past remains a burden that seems to haunt him at every turn. Rated M for everything under the sun, and Nihil Nove Sub Sole. Much love, and many thanks to Darkwolfslayer21 for a cover image for this story, and for so much more besides. It's Nodachi Time.

6. Veteran of the Psychic Wars

Brief Author's Note - I am so glad to finally get this chapter out. I finally get to have the scene idea that started this story in print. Everything I've written so far was leading up to this chapter's events. This story is really starting to take on a life of it's own as I get it out of me. To give you an example, this chapter's events were gonna be chapter 3, so yeah I've got more to write, and it'll probably come out even longer than I intend - hope you don't mind the verbosity. Also please give at least the chapter title songs a listen to if you don't listen to any of the songs I mention otherwise like I do when others mention music [I love art of all kinds]; especially this chapter's title song which got mentioned back in Ch.1. I also feel like noting "Begin Again" is from the Fallout: New Vegas soundtrack so y'all inclined to do so can find it on the youtube; NCR for life, but House always wins since I have Old World Blues lol

Wednesday [Week Two, Day One]

Will divided his leave between Sage's place, and Jade's. That sunday morning he'd snuck out into the dunes of Sahara Square with Sage to roll in the sand before the sun rose. Far enough away to be unnoticed by anyone Will even dared to do his rolling in the dust naked. Sage laughed at his carefreeness though she herself did not disrobe as he had. That sunday it had been Jade who insisted on taking Will out through the Rain Forest District, and she was at a loss in embarrassment when he handed her his pocket's contents before diving into an isolated pool on the biome floor. 'Leave it to him to find a safe spot for exhibitionism' she thought to herself before she joined him in the pool leaving her clothes next to his. Only a distant traffic camera had sight of them, and then only because of a lone vixen watching the pair sipping a snarlbucks decaf green tea frappucino with an adzuki manju in her paw.

Monday he'd gone out for drinks with Sage, Jade, and Clawhauser who managed to get Wolford to join them. At the first bar they visited, a joint favored by cops who'd spent at least five years on the force Will managed to buy John that drink he'd meant to, and weasel out of his fellow officers that IA had begun their interrogations of him. He dared to share with the others what Sage's occupation had been when he'd met her before she broke first, and admitted the kinds of questions she'd been asked when IA found out she was his pack mate. All she admitted to them had been how he had gotten her out of her previous line of work in Receiving, and Distribution, and convinced her to use her education thus becoming the coroner she was today. To her friends at the table she admitted to having been a gun smuggler when she met Will the spook. After John had left with a girl he'd managed to put some moves on the rest of the gang found themselves at a gay bar where the girls cut loose on the floor, and Will got into all kinds of trouble after a submissive wolf had started flirting with him. Both the younger wolf flirting with him, and Benji alike grew afraid when they saw the savage look in Will's eyes as his scent changed attracting nearly every pred in the room male, and female alike. Sage, and Jade were too into their fun on the dance floor to notice Will, or how he was soon swarmed by various mammals hitting on him like moths to flames. Shocked at first at the kind of action Will was able to pull Benji was only slightly jealous when a leopard began flirting with him. Eventually when they left the place Will was carrying a very feminine looking gray wolf who said his name was Eris, Benji was paw in paw with the handsome leopard, and the girls were paw in paw. After they said goodbye to Benji, and the leopard Will led the way to Jade's place since it was closest carrying Eris like some trophy the wolf just whimpering in excitement.

Tuesday he'd woken up on Jade's sofa with Eris who was barely twenty, and surely was a runt with how light the lad was. The boy had left for his college dorm room after Will gave him his card as an officer with his name, and work number. Will had made himself ready for the afternoon hearing with IA. Before he headed to city hall where it was being held he drank two cups of coffee under the watchful eye of Sage who worried over him. Jade for her part had insisted she give him felatio for encouragement which Will tried to refuse, but with Sage cheering her on Jade defeated him. The Hearing went well with Will only questioned on why he hadn't thought to draw his tranq pistol, and his response about ending a direct threat to a child was met with satisfaction. When they asked about his face the Chief tried shielding him asking why such a question was relevant though Will answered anyway that he'd gotten in an over rough wrestling match with one of his sisters though it had been in play, and was not due to a fight. When they were done, and the Chief had the verdict he informed Will that he'd be starting bright, and early at six am with Clawhauser much to Will's exuberance.

That wednesday he awoke with arms wrapped around Jade, and he did not resist his urge to nuzzle into her neck fur from behind. He didn't fail to wake the cat, and neither did his phone alarm playing the classic surf rock song "Walk Don't Run" by the Ventures.

"You know I'm thinking of introducing you to my sister" Jade told Will.

"You want me to meet your family? You never told me you had family, and I never shut up about mine. What the Fuck?" Will responded.

"I haven't introduced you to my sister because you were too good to be true, and I didn't want her stealing you from me. She is totally your type, and I think you'll hit it off. Mi abuelita would've loved you; I mean a wolf that looks at cats as if he were raised by El Angel De Los Gatos herself, she would call you Angel just like Maria, and Sarah do." Jade explained

"Well bring on la hermana" Will joked before adding "Now she looks down on you, and sees that you know me. She probably gets scared too despite the Great Mother of Cats' reassurance."

"Si, el Diablo en mi cama es muy malo" Jade laughed sarcastically.

"If you start that we'll both be late. We took a shower last night for a reason." Will said to her after yelping when she turned to nip at him.

"I know" She answered turning back to reach his phone, and operate it "We need to rush so let's thrash". The intro to "Seek and Destroy" by Metallica began the playlist as they rose, and put on their uniforms. Will dressed quickly, but no sooner did he finish than he slowed visibly in need of coffee. Luckily he had snuck in a bag of tea that would do the trick after she'd sworn to never buy the lovely roasted black beans. This tea bag held a mixture of green tea, and coca leaves he promptly stuck in the work thermos he'd retrieved from his place with Summer. Once he'd filled the sixty four ounce container with water he heated using the coffee pot he closed it, and shook it like a mammal possessed much to the amusement of Jade particularly after a certain guitar solo started, and she could swear his hindpaws were leaving the ground.

After his wild antics which he would not explain he led them out of her apartment, and to his Shelby after giving Jade time to lock the door. Will's tail wagged excitedly when they reached the lobby, and Jade chased it trying to grab it across the building's foyer causing Katie to laugh at the sight of them, glad for once they weren't teasing her though that was starting to grow on her. Will wasted no time getting the Shelby started while Jade retained her control of his phone, and the music getting the speakers blasting her Pantera playlist which started with "Shedding Skin". They arrived at their customary bakery, and left the stereo running while the car was off when they went into the shop welcomed warmly by the tanuki proprietor.

Despite the attention the classic muscle car drew from the metal playing clearly through the rolled up windows no one noticed the vixen make her move entering the vehicle like a ghost. The assault on her ears she endured knowing she would be successful, and liking that dorobo-neko all the more for her choice of music when Pantera's cover of "Planet Caravan" by Black Sabbath started playing. With all her agility she got the work thermos she knew was his, and emptied the contents of the vial into it after she had sniffed his beverage a smile coming to her muzzle as she smelled the coca. As swiftly as she had entered the car to do her deed, she was gone, and heading back to her cousin's place to wash the scent neutralizer she had drowned herself in out of her fur.

They left the shop well prepared for a day at the precinct. Will had bought two dozen donuts just for Clawhauser though tucked in one of the boxes were a pair of blueberry, and a pair of carrot cake donuts will intended to see reach the paws of his favorite duo. Though Jade relented to his song request as they drove off, neither any wiser to the intrusion that had transpired, she regretted doing it because of how depressing she found ''Dancer in the Dark" by For My Pain. She could only shake her head at him for finding happiness in this kind of music which she knew he did when she'd come across Sopor Aeternus, and the Ensemble of Shadows in his phone.

As they made their way to the station Jade managed to recover the metal with "Seasons In The Abyss" by Slayer. Will simply headbanged like hell at every red light he ran into while he drove through traffic like a fish in water. When he reached the side street that lead to the motor pool he stopped the car as soon as he cleared the oncoming lane. He took his phone from Jade, and scrolled through for a song he started after the intro "The Art of Dying" by Gojira. Once the song was on Will floored the car down the road to drift around the corner to the back of the precinct, and drift decelerating into the motor pool. When he began singing the lyrics as he found a place to park Jade was truly frightened with how well he imitated the lead singer.

"For god's sake wolf stop that. You'd give Sarah nightmares" Joe heard Jade admonish Will as the snow leopard walked up to greet them.

"Hey Joe" Will said ignoring Jade "It's good to be back at work" he added taking his first drink from his thermos of tea.

"It's good to see you back here, too though What in Hell were you doing, and why were you doing it listening to whatever that was?" Joe asked not amused.

"That mi hermano was called warming up the tires, and announcing my presence" Will answered with a laugh.

"You had better not be about to tell me you'll make a habit of this, amigo. I didn't know you spoke spanish" Joe said to him his expression softening.

"Oh, no Joe I'm not gonna make a habit of that hairy turn, and I don't really speak it fluently" Will told him easily.

"Hey! Walking forklift. Don't you have a Nephew to go greet?" Jade asked him jerking her thumb towards the elevator.

"Thanks for reminding me, babe. Later Joe it's Cheetah Time." Will said with a mock evil laugh, and after giving Jade's muzzle a quick nuzzle with his own he used his full stride to carry himself to lift he disappeared into.

"He calls you babe now kitten? And who is his sister here that just had a boy?" Joe asked Jade confusedly.

"We're not together, but we had an interesting weekend to say the least, and his nephew is Benji. It won't make sense to you, don't let it burden you." Jade answered him warmly.

"I heard from Carol about his wings, and if she believes that little cub then so do I." Joe responded defensively.

"Then I'll just put it this way. He sees all mammals as family, and we cats in particular are all like niece's, and nephew's though he calls at least one cat sister" Jade explained to him as simply as she could put it.

When Will reached the ground floor he did his best to sneak out of the elevator, and he successfully muffled his steps using the reverberating foot traffic around him. He put all his focus on not being noticed as he stealthed across the room, and was surprisingly successful the vixen who watched him, and waited noted.

When Will reached his target he set down what he was carrying on the large semicircle of a desk, but Benji's ears were too well attuned to the sound of a donut box being set down he instinctively turned, and was stunned by the white mass of fur that tackled him before he realised who, and what it was.

"It's so good to be back Benji! I saw that damn report again, and cried all over again hearing your words" Will said crying into Ben's shoulder.

"Like hell were we gonna let the Chief be the only one to say something about you. You should have seen Caldera in her dress blues walk into the Chief's office before they both came out, and the Chief gave his whole yesterday never happened speech. Brushfire actually protested that he would never tell those wannabe spooks anything, but the Chief wouldn't budge saying while every other officer had the option to take his paid leave the Chief was ordering Jack to not come back until you did. No one else was on paid leave while you were gone" Ben said to Will comfortingly rubbing his shoulder.

"I come bearing gifts brother" Will said as he stepped back from his favorite cheetah, and turned to grab the donut boxes.

"You brought enough to last till lunch!" Ben exclaimed.

"Not quite, four are special. I bought two for Nick the awesome fox, and Judy the super bunny. Blueberry, and Carrots is all I'm going to tell you which reminds me I'll be right back" Will told his friend before he grabbed a couple tacks, and pulled a photo out of his pocket heading towards the bulletin board outside the bullpen. After he'd made it back to Ben he didn't have time to explain any of his plan because he had to spring it early. There were the vulpine, and lapine in question.

"Hey guys I got you something" Will said to the pair as they approached holding out the baked treats in his paws leaning over the desk to do so.

"Well thank you Will that was nice. I love carrot cake" Judy thanked him, and he was surprised when both her, and Nick took one of each of the donuts.

"I get the carrots reference, but what's with the blueberries?" Nick asked him munching on the carrot cake donut first.

"You're always calling her carrots so I figured she could call you blueberries since you like 'em so much." Will said with an ear splitting grin before he continued "Ya know 'blueberries, and carrots' 'cause you've got some blue berries for carrots eh, brother?"

Nick nearly dropped the blueberry donut still in his paw, and Ben was fast enough to photograph his priceless expression. Judy recognized the look on Nick's face as the same one he'd had when she threatened to blackmail him before she unflinchingly tased Will getting him square in the chest. Will just grinned at the bunny as if he'd expected her actions, and simply ripped the prongs out of his chest.

"Go on guys get to the bullpen, and give the Chief the hell I can't from over here" Will told them with a smile Nick finally coming unstuck to give Will the finger, and a half hearted snarl.

"Come on, Blueberries" Judy sing-songed as she pulled Nick by the arm towards the bullpen Will watching them all the way. When they managed to get near the bulletin board Will saw Nick see it first, and stop Judy to point. Will snickered to himself when Judy hopped on Nick's shoulders to read it. When Benji joined Will in his gaze he asked what was up so Will pulled out his phone, and showed him the image he'd put up. It was a fake movie poster with Nick in his uniform, and shades looking laid back posed next to Judy in her super cop pose in front of their cruiser. Will had given it the text "The unmistakable Awesome Fox, and ever vigilant Lt. Usagi star in Purple Carrot Express". He nearly howled with laughter when he saw Judy's ears turn red, and knew the former farm girl got his joke. When Nick only face pawed Will's tail wagged into Benji causing the cheetah to grab it saying "Easy, buddy. This thing's a weapon I swear."

"Keep grabbing my tail like that handsome, and I'll show you what I showed Eris monday night" Will responded seductively before reaching for his tea causing Ben to let go.

"Thank you for letting go. Now you were grabbing my tail." Will said openly taking a sip of his tea.

"I had to that thing is a weapon. Though I would do it again. What was with that look in your eyes when I did? You looked the s-word, but were talking almost turned on when I grabbed it." Ben defended himself grateful it was still too early for many to overhear their poorly phrased conversation the vixen ate up like cotton candy.

"You were grabbing what now Benji? At the front desk no less?" Frost asked him when she walked up with Yama in tow.

"And you let go? I want to grab it" Yama added with her most upbeat smile.

"He wasn't doing anything untoward 'Carol of the Bells' though I know it sounded otherwise." Will defended Ben his delivery suave.

"I don't know who you are that you think you can call me that, but if you say it again I will shoot you" Frost said to him coldly.

"Even if I tell you your father is like an uncle to me?" Will asked her plainly.

"Then why haven't I ever heard of you?" Frost asked him suspiciously

"Because your dad didn't want you meeting the Fang Devil in the family. He warned me about the wolf taller than any other he called Fang Devil. When I saw that Shelby's plate I knew I wanted to ride in it with whoever this wolf was." Yama answered reminding them of her presence.

"You do not know the truth in her father's words. You want to know just how fast she can go? I know an excellent track we could go to in Sahara Square." Will said to her.

"So are we related, or something, or am I missing something?" Carol asked Will.

"By blood? No. Though our families have sworn allegiance to each other several times over the centuries." Will answered.

"So I can come home with you tonight?" Yama asked him testing his limits.

"I'd rather not give a teacher nightmares, or have a tiger try, and get you for herself. Besides I've heard all about you 'Beautiful Star above the Mountain', and will not yet tarnish your light." Will said to her bringing her up short, and shocking Carol.

"I don't know where you guys learned those codes your talking in, but you guys are gonna be late" Benji interjected.

Will heard Yama's laughter when she saw the fake movie poster he'd made fox sized then placed at his height, and Carol's derisive snort after her niece had explained what was so funny. After he, and Benji had settled down to work like the effective team they were conversation started again.

"So what were the tongues you were speaking to those wolves? And just how long were you planning to get Nick so bad" Ben asked Will curiously

"They weren't tongues. My family, and their tribe are really close though no one really remembers why, so I know what their names mean, and why they were given them" Will answered matter-of-factly before continuing "I've been planning that joke, and that prank image since he would not shut up about Carrots. Then he wouldn't shut up about this blueberry pie from where Carrots is from."

"Gideon's Bakery, and Pies. I've been meaning to order a few things from the only other fox Judy's ever talked about" Ben said to Will.

"Well why don't we do that when we have some breathing room, I'd love some pie . . ." Wil encouraged his friend getting them going as he sipped from his thermos.

When they'd gotten through with the morning rush they had enough of a lull around ten to pull up the website for Gideon's shop. It didn't take them long to each order enough that they both got called back by the bakery to hear Gideon himself wanting to confirm that they wanted so much shipped so far. When Will assured the fox that they were colleagues of Judy's, and that he'd drive down to Bunny Burrow to pick up the goods to save the fox the trouble when their orders were ready Gideon readily obliged.

Ben didn't fail to notice that Will seemed more flirty with him as their morning progressed, or that he openly flirted with Yama when she came back by, and when two of the secretary vixens from archives came to them for some spare forms they lingered in the flattery of Will's tongue. Ben was more than a little surprised that Will seemed to be saying the kinds of things he was, and didn't notice at first that Will was out of sorts. When lunch finally came around, and they'd both risen to head to the cafeteria Will chugged the remaining two thirds of his tea before standing stock still as that vial's contents registered in his mind.

Benji asked him if he was alright Will was sure of this as he ran to Alice praying he'd find her quickly. No sooner did he reach the forensics department then he spotted her outside her lab, and rushed to her putting his thermos into her paws before asking her to test it for Wild Card before running to the one mammal he could rely on in this situation to keep him safe. As she watched him leave she was filled with a sneaking suspicion as she tested his drinking vessel for the potent substance. Her assistants were dumbfounded when she drew her tranq pistol with a black fluid filled testing vial in her paw that she set down before running out of the lab after the wolf.

"Whoa, Will buddy. What's going on? Why're you hiding behind me?" Nick said to the much larger wolf somehow squeezing himself into the fox's shadow.

"I need you to keep them off of me when this shit kicks in. I've been dosed bad" Will said to him as he started shaking on his paws, and knees.

"What's going on?" Judy asked the two when she caught sight of them carrying her, and Nick's lunch in her paws.

"Judy please don't come any closer. It isn't safe" Nick said to her hoping she would trust him, and not be super bunny.

"Actually brother there is help she could render. Judy I need you to grab a radio, and tune it to the frequency I tell you" Will managed to get out before his shaking got worse, and he growled bashing his head into the floor. While Judy did as Will had asked a crowd formed around Will with Nick trying to shield Will from them. The two vixens Will had flirted with earlier were on their way to lunch when they caught the wolf's scent, and rushed him barely being held back by Nick. With Nick thus occupied Yama took her chance to leap on Will, and they rolled on the floor before Will managed to pin her to the ground. The savage look in his eyes filled even the most hardened of officers around them with fear, but they could not move when Yama bit into Will's neck, and her action caused the wolf to almost convulse exuding pheromones of arousal that started to effect even the other predators in the room before Alice tranqed Yama, and the two vixens. When she joined Nick's side to defend Will she slipped a vial's contents into his maw, and the radio in Judy's paw came to life.

"I'm surprised you didn't just let go when she bit you" a garbled feminine voice came through the radio.

"She's lucky I don't need to feed" Will voiced shallowly as he panted laying on his side.

"Maybe Sage has you feeling resistant" the voice wondered.

"Why are you doing this? You are my partner, you're supposed to have my back not be stabbing me in it" Will said to the voice managing to sit up against a nearby wall holding out his paw for the radio.

"You know you needed to see that you're safe around them, and they needed to see that they're safe around you. Especially after saturday, Do you deny it?" the voice spoke out of the radio Judy handed him.

"Did you have to do it this way, Whisper?" Will spoke like a prayer into the radio he took from Judy closing his eyes.

"You know I did especially after what you let that dorobo-neko call you. I like her by the way" the voice said jovially.

Will just turned off the radio, and said to Alice "Tranq me, Now. Empty it."

"What's going on here?" the Chief bellowed down when he saw Alice shoot Grimm almost underneath him.

"I'm sure I can explain everything Chief, but right now Alice needs to get Will to the hospital." Officer Luna said to him before slowly taking a step towards Will.

"I'm like him, and I can help" Autumn said to Alice showing the vixen the ankh she wore around her neck when the vixen aimed at her.

"Thank you for the counter high, hopefully it works." Will said to Alice as he tried to get back on his feet. He only fell back to the ground on all fours his muzzle contorting in what looked like a wretch, but sounded like a gasp.

"Don't you dare lose it Wolf" Autumn ordered Will when she saw how close he still was to Yama's unconscious form.

Will simply fell on his side, and curled up in a ball shaking, and every time they built up into a shudder the pheromones pumped out of him in a fresh wave. Once Autumn had managed to pick up the balled up wolf Alice led the way out the building towards her car.

"So what were you dosed with?" Autumn managed to ask Will just as they reached Clawhauser who was horrified to see his friend so incapacitated.

"Wild Card, at least ten times normal amount" Will answered her.

"I can confirm that. He had me test the vessel used to administer it. The test is supposed turn purple in reaction, not black" Alice said as she'd led them out of the building, and had opened her car. While she got in, and started it Autumn managed to fit the too long for this car wolf in the large for a fox sized vehicle. Alice took off not bothering to use her seatbelt as she started making a call to a friend of hers at the hospital.

"It's me, listen I need at least seven doses of Wild Card counteragent in your paw out front as soon as possible" Alice told the voice that answered her.

"Because I have a very badly dosed wolf riding shotgun, and I've already gotten four doses of counteragent into his system. Plus four police issue tranq rounds, and he his still pumping out the kind of pheromones that'd have me raping him if I didn't know who he was" Alice responded into her phone.

"No he does not need to stay at the hospital, and yes he's quite alive I don't know how either. Listen I'll be there in five will you be waiting for me, or not?" Alice asked before hanging up satisfied with her answer.

As Autumn walked back into the station she wondered to herself 'Just what is that wolf made of?'

"Who would do such a thing to a mammal like him? I've never heard of that stuff effecting anyone like that" Benji interrupted her thoughts.

"Someone who knew him, and knew the kind of effect it'd have on him. Someone who knew the danger doing that would put him in, and the kind of danger it would make him to us" Autumn answered the cheetah before she turned to the Chief who was approaching her.

"Chief I'm probably the best person to ask what all that was about was, but I need a shower first. Please let me get the scent of that wolf off of me before I go nuts" She addressed her boss not bothering with formality.

Wasting no time heading to the female locker room Autumn didn't even bother letting the shower water get hot before she was in it, and scrubbing her fur with scent neutralizing soap. When she was no longer smelling him on her she took a deep cleansing breath. It was then she heard the paw steps, and rustle of clothes being set down.

"I brought you a clean uniform Officer Luna. I know how I'd feel if a buck got those kinds of scents all over me" Judy said to the tigress announcing her presence.

"You really are a sweet girl, get close enough for me to pull you in here, and I'll eat you up" Autumn joked with the bunny poking her head out of the shower curtain to witness the blush fill those ears.

"Thank you for grabbing me a fresh uniform Judy, and it's Autumn to you. So how would you feel if that fox made you smell like that wolf? The scents themselves are fundamentally similar" Autumn continued.

"You're welcome Autumn. Nick would need a very good reason for him to scent me like that, and not have me skin him. Also his scent is different than Will's" Judy answered.

"There's only one reason a canid would make a girl smell like him in that way; look it up yourself. I just want to know why smelling Will like that was starting to effect me. So you can tell the difference between Nick, and another canid? Hmm . . ." Autumn responded teasingly.

"Wait! Hold the Phone! How do you know what Nick smells like aroused? And well enough to know the difference between him, and another male?" Autumn asked as she stepped out of the shower amused when the bunny averted her gaze.

"Aren't you going to wrap a towel around yourself?" Judy asked her.

"I'm going to stand her naked until you answer me, and if you refuse I'll make you look at me" Autumn said firmly.

"I know what Nick smells like because I may have brushed his tail . . ." Judy answered trailing off in remembrance of her weekend.

"Wait, wait, wait. I know what that means from my sister, and her time with Will. Canids may be able to reach their tails like everyone else, but they can't stay back there like say I can. For Nick to let you do that, he must really trust you, and it turned him on?" Autumn asked.

"I think so. He clammed up completely, but I noticed how his scent got muskier" Judy said.

"Well I think you have a shot with him, and don't let fear that he's a fox, and you're a bunny get the better of you. As our resident Sage is fond of saying 'Fear is the Mind Killer'" Autumn assured Judy as she got herself dressed, and mentally prepared for carefully saying what she needed to, and nothing else.

When the two made it back to where the Chief was waiting Autumn promptly sat on her desk before addressing her boss, and the crowd of officers that had gathered.

"Chief I'll try to explain what I can, but I may need the rest of the day off okay? His smell is off of me so I should stay cool, but I can't make guarantees" Autumn said first.

"What happened with Will" Jade interrupted with a look of pure worry on her muzzle.

"And what would you know of that wolf, or what he is? I mean we all know you've got the hots for him, but I doubt he'd tell you anything." Autumn cut her off.

"Did his eyes go savage?" Jade asked ignoring the tigress' snark.

"They did when that voice over the radio started speaking" Judy answered.

"Shit I wouldn't have made it in time." Jade said.

"And what could you have done?" Autumn asked Jade incredulously.

"It may seem strange to you that I know his fangs, and that I know him, but I know him better than you do. I already saw that he can really lose it, and not hurt anyone especially when those who know the words to command him use them" Jade answered.

"Ahem. I'm getting more questions, and no answers officers" the Chief broke in, and brought them back.

"Well where do I begin? It's not my place to out anyone else, and like hell am I outing myself." Autumn began "Mammals like Will, and I are very different from most. For starters we're more in tune with our feral instincts. It's why Will runs on all fours like some primitive. Secondly stuff like what he was dosed with effects us differently than most, let's just say it can make us go pseudo-savage"

"So what was he dosed with, how much, and what kind of threat were we all in?" the Chief asked her.

"Wild Card, ten times the normal amount. So he said, and Alice confirmed it. As far as the threat one of us poses in a state like that?" Autumn managed before Jade interrupted her.

"It depends on the mammal in question. Usually it wouldn't necessarily be life threatening danger, but in Will's case . . . we were all potentially in mortal danger. From what I've heard of how he reacted, he handled this a lot better than he did saturday. Just what is he made of?" Jade went on.

"That's what I want to know. That much crap in a normal wolf would kill the poor mammal, and Alice put four tranqs into him as well" Autumn said.

"Okay, so what did he mean when he said feed?" Nick asked Autumn.

"Of course clever Nicky you'd ask that. Thanks for stepping on a landmine buddy" Autumn answered looking pointedly at the fox, her own eyes looking savage though she continued to sit on her desk.

Judy immediately put herself between Nick, and the tigress drawing her tranq pistol though Jade reassured her.

"If Will can be like this, and carry a conversation your fox is fine." Jade said to Judy.

"Chief I do need the rest of the day off, or I'm going to be stuck like this all day. You just had to ask the one question I didn't need to think about, didn't you Nicky. Actually Jade I'm not made of the same stuff as that beast of a wolf, and unlike him I do need to feed" Autumn clarified before continuing "Nick I can only tell you what we do not mean when we use that word. We do not mean devouring plates at a buffet, and we don't mean eating other mammals like most would assume we mean. We don't even mean sex though there can be a component of that involved, right Jade?"

"Oh, that dorobo-neko knows full well" the garbled feminine voice said over the precinct P.A.

"Who are you calling thieving cat?" Autumn roared at the voice.

"Will called me that, but he wouldn't tell me what it meant. He was calling me a thieving cat?" Jade asked.

"Well you did take one of his favorite shirts, though I call you it for a different reason. You know it wasn't until I saw how well you handled what happened saturday that I wanted to get to know you, and not kill you" the voice responded.

"Will called you Whisper. How could you do this to someone who loves you like he does?" Nick asked the voice angrily.

"Do you know what he did to me? Did he tell you how he left me? He. Left. Me! Alone in a hospital to wake up with a note he left me saying goodbye, and a story from the doc how I wouldn't be alive if it weren't for him." the voice responded angrily.

"He said he tried to kill himself because he couldn't stand living without his mate saturday morning. Are you that mammal?" Jade asked the voice.

"I believe he has tried to do just that, but no the reason he nearly put a bullet in his head that morning is not the one he told you" the voice responded clearly.

"He nearly did what!?" came from the muzzles of nearly every mammal that knew him with the Chief, and Clawhauser looking the most shocked.

"I watched him walk out of our little sister's apartment, and retrieve his back up M1911 before walking back in, and I watched as she walked out with him the gun in her paw as he had her put it back in the trunk. I'm probably the only one who knows why he'd do that, but like hell am I telling you" the voice said.

"You listen here whoever you are. You put the life of one of my better officers in danger, and thereby endangered the lives of everyone in my precinct. I am coming for you" the Chief declared to the voice.

"You go ahead, and try that. See what Will thinks about it, hmm? You even threaten me with whatever charges you can trump up, and I assure you he'll tell you that he'll defend me himself if he doesn't threaten to eat you himself. You wouldn't be the first mammal he's eaten to protect me" the voice giggled.

"You're sick" Judy yelled disgustedly at the voice.

"No sexy bunny I am not. I just know that wolf even better than you know that fox. Ask him if he wouldn't do the same if the Chief was threatening you." the voice said before an audible click was heard indicating the voice had signed off.

While Autumn left the station after telling the Chief that it may be a good idea for him to partner Will with her the officers that remained were swiftly ordered by the Chief to find out anything about the voice they'd heard, and how the hell they'd done whatever they'd done. The Chief knew in his gut that something like this was why Will had had that talk with him on that sunday a week ago, and he knew likewise that the voice known to them only as Whisper was probably right. Will had admitted his reaction to seeing her nearly dead in front of him, but the Chief wanted to get back at her for what she'd done to Will. Something told Nick to keep what little he knew to himself, and Jade likewise wouldn't talk about whatever it was that happened saturday only mentioning when asked that Will was still alive, and would continue to be for the foreseeable future. When Judy asked Nick if he'd really attack even the Chief to defend her she was brought up short by how unhesitatingly he answered that he would.

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After Alice had made her stop at the hospital, and administered enough counteragent to nullify the potent aphrodisiac in Will's system she drove Will to her place intent on having a very long talk with her cousin, and she was sure Will would too. She was surprised at how swiftly he seemed to recover. They weren't even halfway back to her place, and he was already thanking her for truly saving him, and everyone else.

"You were the hero today that I was friday" Will told her.

"No thanks to Whisper. I can't believe you're the one she called Beast. I guess I never put two, and two together" Alice said to him.

"So you know Whisper, as Whisper. How? And thank you again for the tranqs they're helping loads right now. I'm angry enough at that vixen to eat her" Will asked Alice

"She's my cousin. She's been staying with me for about a week. Please don't eat her, though I guess after this you kinda have the right to" Alice asked in return.

"Oh, I'm not going to really eat her, but she's going to wish I was." Will replied easily seeing that they were nearing Jade's building he asked "You know Officer Caldera lives just right up here?"

"Yeah she, and I are neighbors of sorts. I'm a couple floors above her" Alice answered him.

"Well holy fuck, and Layla just waited, and watched my ass?" Will said.

"Yeah, and from what I gather Caldera is officially the dorobo-neko in her book. Whatever that means." Alice said with a laugh.

"Haha it means thieving cat in japanese. I guess Layla sees Jade as competition not that she needs to. Whew, am I going to have some explaining to do when this dust settles" Will laughed in return as Alice parked, and helped him shakily to her apartment.

When they walked through the lobby they were greeted by Katie who was certainly surprised by their appearance, and obviously blushed when she caught scent of Will.

"Hey Katie don't mind the smell he got dosed, bad" Alice said to the puma she considered a friend

"Is he going to be okay" Katie asked the arctic vixen

"I'm going to be just fine as soon as I get hold of the mammal responsible" Will answered with a smile at Katie

While they made their way to her apartment Alice was thankful for the working elevator as Will was quite massive compared to her, and she was having quite the time assisting the stumbling wolf. When they managed to make it down the hall to her apartment they were both grateful for the opportunity he took to lean against the wall. Alice was nervously hoping her apartment was empty when she let the two of them in. She had just made it to the sofa with Will where she was going to insist he sit, and rest when she heard a door open, and winced at her misfortune.

"Hisashiburi dane, Okami-kun" Layla said to Will

"Teme!" Will exclaimed his muzzle contorting into viciousness that frightened Alice like she'd never before felt fear.

"Aishiteru Okami" Layla said calmly smiling at him to the further shock of her cousin.

Will simply rushed her, and picking her up carried her back through the door she had come through. Alice at first thought he really was eating her alive in there, and she was about to call the precinct when she heard the noises her cousin made in response to what Will was doing. Then she was glad the door was shut, and she could use music to drown out the pair; headphones resolutely stuck in her ears.

Will for his part gave Layla no quarter as he overpowered her, and stripped her. Everytime she tried to say something to him he forced his tongue into her muzzle, and eventually she got the idea to shut up. As angry as he was with her for what she had done, the danger she had put his friends in using him, he was grateful because like she'd said he'd needed to know he could go to that place, and not hurt anyone so often as it had been that he had been in that place, and killed dozens. He took his anger out on her in the way he dominated her. Though when he bit her he didn't use enough force to break skin the way he was growling at her as he did so would've convinced anyone otherwise. She was powerless against his muzzle when he thrusted it between her legs, and sank his fangs into her. She closed her eyes when she felt the chi leaving her, and gave herself to the paws that wouldn't have given her choice in the matter. When he finally let up after she'd come the second time he spared no pleasantries as he undid his trousers enough that he could penetrate her. He fucked her like a mammal that had found an oasis in the desert, and she responded in kind.

The sun was just beginning to set when they finished their make-up fucking, and began to talk about all they needed to share with eachother.

"Do you know how fucked up it is to leave a girl in a hospital alone in a foreign country with only a note, a knife, and a story from the doc about how she wouldn't be alive if it weren't for the mammal that then promptly left her there?" Layla asked Will as she laid across his chest.

"Do you know how much it fucked me up watching you fall? Did Adam tell you what I did?" Will just asked in response as he stroked the fur on her back.

"He did, and even as well as I know you I just can't picture it. You know as much of a why as I got from your note, and Adam telling me about the conversation you two had while I was out, I still don't understand how you could think I'd be okay with you leaving me." Layla said propping herself up to look into his eyes.

"I don't want to live in a world without you in it. If I had to cut out my heart to keep you safe I would do it without thinking twice" Will answered his eyes smoldering into hers.

"You idiot don't you think I feel the same way about you?" Layla asked him, his words reminding her of the dream she'd had of him.

"I hoped you'd understand. If I knew then what I know now I'd have stayed." Will told her.

"Yeah well look where the Mother has put you in your year without me, and barely a week here as a cop. You've saved two cubs, and made sure a father gets to go home to his wife, and cub." she said to him leaning forward to kiss him.

"Well now the only reason I'm leaving your side is because of work, and nothing else" Will assured her after he'd kissed her back.

"There'll be girls you need to spend time with, don't lie. I don't even mind sharing you with that dorobo-neko so long as she knows you're mine. Which reminds me you finally kept your promise to Maria. I like the wolf she's chosen to take your place he seems to have the same spark of kindness you do." Layla said to him.

"I . . . I did . . . I did, and I'd probably do it again if she asked. Thank the Mother she probably won't now that she has him, and I like him too" Will admitted.

"I'm glad you can admit that. I cannot tell you how angry with you I was when I heard you say you actually managed to pull the trigger, nor how happy I was when that Voice of the Mother struck you. You are the most honorable, and noble example of a wolf I know. There is nothing wrong with what you did with Maria" Layla said to him.

"I know that. I just felt so wrong for enjoying it. So have you talked to her?" Will asked.

"No sooner did I see her leave you saturday than did I head straight to where she was. You know it really made me happy to see the family she's made here for herself without us." Layla answered him.

"It made me happy too. Maybe now we can be here for her like we couldn't be before. That year we had with her . . . I felt like I really had my own family" Will told her tears in his eyes.

"Don't you dare start crying. Are we really going to have the starting a family conversation? Now?" Layla asked laughing slightly.

"You know how I feel about children of my own, but I can see us adopting. I was ready to adopt that cub I saved if she didn't have any relatives" Will answered honestly the tears leaving his eyes.

"You are drugged. Sleep, and we can talk about this when you're sober" Layla told him nuzzling into his chest for emphasis.

After she'd fallen asleep on him Will managed to fall asleep himself for a few hours. He woke up thirsty as hell around midnight, and left Layla's room towards Alice's kitchen. After he'd found a glass, and filled it with water he noticed Alice asleep on her couch. Doing his best not to wake her he stepped out onto her balcony for a cigarette that turned into several. He was well into his third smoke when Alice roused, and joined him outside bumming a cigarette from him.

"You know wolf I'm kinda having trouble processing all of this" Alice said to him after she'd taken a good drag from her cigarette.

"So am I. I'm starting to feel whole again, and I didn't realize how much of me was missing" Will replied.

"I just can't understand how she could do that to you. I could tell pretty quick that this wolf of hers she loved like no other, but that much Wild Card in your system should've killed you, and you had me empty that tranq pistol into you like it was nothing" Alice said to him.

"I'm stronger when it comes to drugs than most mammals. I've had that much of that stuff in my system before, and it was never good for the mammals around me because of what I can do in that kind of mind state. She did that knowing full well what she was doing. She knew I wasn't going to die, or even come close, and as far as getting back at me for leaving her like I did . . . well it did the trick" Will responded lighting his fourth cigarette.

"How can you forgive her so easily?" Alice asked.

"She has my heart. She's seen me at my worst, and was always the one to bring me back from the brink. I'm closer to her than I am any other even my sister Lola" Will answered.

"So how are you gonna even try to smooth things over at work? Does anyone know about her being who she is?" Alice queried.

"I'm gonna take that one step at a time, and the most anyone knows is Nick who knows Whisper is a vixen, and that it's my blood that kept her alive. The Chief just knows she's a canid my blood kept alive" Will answered her.

"So when the time comes to introduce her to people how are you going to do it?" Alice wondered.

"Simple enough I guess. She's just my ex that I reconnected with, and just so happens to be your cousin. You took me back to your place to rest since I wouldn't stay at the hospital, and the flame between us just rekindled" Will said as if this story would solve everything.

"Coming down from the most powerful canid aphrodisiac we have certainly didn't hurt. I've got your back on that at least, but I want to know what you meant when you said you had a particular soft spot for girls with white fur. It's been bugging me." Alice said to him as he got up from where he'd been sitting.

"Your fur reminds me of the Wolf Mother. You could practically order me around the way Layla can, and not even exploit the fact that women in general are my weakness" Will told her before he went back inside to get dressed.

Once he had dressed he left a short note for Layla that read "I've got to go to work. You're not getting these back until I see you tonight". He left Alice's apartment carrying his uniform shirt over his shoulder with his knife back on his hip, and Layla's panties in his back pocket.

As he walked down to the precinct it took him longer than necessary since he didn't hurry at such a late hour. He wasn't bothered by any mammals that crossed his path as he went along his way. The way he was still cut up from his time with Maria, and the massive knife he wore kept passersby at a distance, and the way his badge glinted in the streetlights off his hip where he wore it kept anyone from calling the police.

The motor pool was quiet as Will slunk through the underground garage to his Shelby right where he left it. All he needed was to run his paw over the hood to make sure his baby was safe, and untouched. He made his way up to the ground floor, and was able to avoid the night shift with ease as he went to his locker for a fresh uniform. When he made his way to the showers the only trail he left was his scent mixed with that of the vixen's undergarment in his back pocket which garnered confusion from whoever crossed it. After he'd cleaned himself, and dressed in his fresh uniform he found a scent blocking bag to stow the now fit to be burned uniform he'd been wearing before making his way to Clawhauser's desk which he promptly curled under hiding himself from anyone, and falling asleep.

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When Clawhauser started his day at the precinct he was filled with worry for his friend, and hoped the wolf was alright. The Chief had been furious the rest of the day because other than the thermos in evidence there was nothing anyone could find of who had dosed Will. Only after he, and Caldera both bugged the Chief did the buffalo tell them he'd spoken with Alice, and that Will was asleep in her apartment because he refused to even enter the hospital. That morning Ben couldn't even look at his half empty box of Lucky Chomps, or the still half full box of donuts left over from yesterday. The donuts only reminded him of Will, and all the cheetah could do was nurse his heavily sugared, and creamed coffee as he sat down in his chair.

"Say, Carol I just got out of the locker room, and I swear I could smell Will's scent mixed with that of a vixen" Wolford had just managed to tell Frost when they heard Benji utter the oddest noise they'd ever heard. When they rushed towards the cheetah at his desk they were slowed to a standstill as they saw Will rise from under the reception desk as if by magic.

"Will! You're really okay?" Ben squealed as he glomped his wolf friend.

"Buddy I am better than okay. I feel like a new mammal" Will answered returning the cheetah's embrace as strongly as he could manage.

"Say why do you smell like a vixen? You didn't do anything with Alice did you?" Ben asked getting a whiff of Will.

"Her cousin actually . . ." Will managed to start before the Chief cut him off.

"Clawhauser what the hell . . . Grimm! In. My. Office. Now!" the cape buffalo bellowed from the railing outside his office.

Will just grinned sheepishly at Ben, and wore the expression as he made his way past Wolford, and Frost towards the Chief's office. When he'd sat down before his boss the buffalo told him "You've got some explaining to do" as sternly as the buffalo was known for.

"Why don't you just get it off your chest first, Sir" Will replied smiling unperturbed.

It didn't take the ears of a bunny to hear the Chief lay into the wolf in front of him even with the door closed, and when the precinct rabbit walked through the doors with her partner in tow she wished she couldn't hear whoever was getting reamed get his tail handed to him.

"I hear from Officers Luna, and Caldera that this Whisper you spoke of not only dosed you lethally with that crap, but that in so doing she not only put your life in danger, but my whole precinct in danger. Then that thing who does not deserve to be called a mammal dared to tell me you'd take her side. I'll have you know that I'm having charges brought up for attempted murder of an officer, and charges of a terrorist attack on this precinct as well. Now you are going to tell me everything you know about this Whisper, and when I catch her with these hooves I'm throwing the book at her. And what is this I hear you almost put a bullet in your head? Give me one good reason I shouldn't revoke your permission to carry lethals" the Chief tore into him.

"Sir, with all due respect, and you are the most respectable commanding officer a mammal could ask for. I will do no such thing. You even manage to find Whisper without me, which you won't I will personally deny she is the mammal responsible. Especially when no one was injured yesterday, and no one was going to be. That Officer Yama is still alive is proof enough of this. As for me nearly ending my life . . . as my little sister so poignantly put it, if I'd really meant to do it I'd have had the sense to take off the safety. If you had as much blood on your paws as I do, you'd have your moments when a bullet looked awfully friendly especially after the kind of friday I had. As for my continued permission to carry lethals? Just know that I'm not going to have a lapse like that ever again. This day I am a new mammal." Will calmly said to his superior.

"You Dare Insubordinate Me?" The Chief bellowed unaware of the rabbit he caused to cover her ears with his shout.

"Sir, one mammal to another. Whisper was my partner through shit you only know as a redacted stripe of black ink. I don't expect you to understand how I can forgive her, but if I had to choose between letting her come to harm, or imprisonment, and eating you; I'd eat you, and I truly am proud to serve under you Sir. Do not make me make that choice. If you could overlook yesterday's events we can get passed this, and continue making this city a better place" Will told the buffalo like a meteorologist would announce the day's weather.

"And how in the wastes of hell do you think I can overlook what happened yesterday?" The Chief asked the unnervingly calm wolf in front of him as he pulled out the wolf's M1911 from a desk drawer setting it on the surface with his hoof on it ready to use it should he have to.

"Because with all I'm capable of as a killer of other mammals we needed me to go through that trial by fire so I'd know even at my worst that I'm no threat to anyone here, and you all needed to see that I can keep myself from ever being that threat" Will said looking the buffalo dead in the eyes.

"Then I will give this back to you, Officer, but you are working with Ben today where I can see you, and if you so much as set foot out those front doors even for a smoke break I'll have your badge. Starting tomorrow you are officially partnered with Officer Luna who is today transferred from Vice" the Chief spoke sliding the pistol to Will.

"Thank you, sir. I could use the day with Benji" Will replied to his superior happily smiling, and wagging his tail.

"One final thing before you go Grimm. Why do you smell like a horny vixen?" the buffalo asked as Will holstered his pistol, and made to leave.

"I reconnected with my ex who is Alice's cousin. You know what they say about six degrees of separation really is true" Will answered as he reached the door.

The Chief just shook his head as the wolf left his office, and with a glare to wither fire at a stack of papers on his desk fed those orders of charges into his shredder.

As Will left the buffalo's office his ears perky, and bushy tail wagging to start his day he didn't quite notice the deafening silence of the precinct around him. Only when he got back down to the first floor did he notice the stunned, and silent stares of his fellow officers. He made it to where he found Frost, Wolford, Hopps, and Wilde standing together before he voiced his curiosity.

"Hey guys! What's up with everybody? Do I look like a ghost?" Will asked them.

"Well you're definitely white like one" Nick joked breaking the silence of his fellow officers with the laugh he got out of Will.

"Like I haven't heard that one before, foxy. You should see me hide in the snow during snowball fights" Will countered.

"I've been here ten years, and I've never heard the Chief come so unglued on an officer, or see an officer in such good spirits after a trip of doom to that office" John said incredulously.

"You should've seen him pull out my M1911 ready to shoot me when I told him I'd eat him if I had to" Will replied.

"You didn't" Judy said horrified.

"Imagine what kind of partnership you'd have with Nick if instead of officers you were soldiers, and with a word you could have Nick go savage on any enemy you fought, and with another word bring him back to sanity. Now picture some police chief threatening you with life in prison in front of Nick. How do you think he'd react?" Will said to her casually.

"I wouldn't give the mammal warning" Nick responded without second thought.

"Nick!" Judy exclaimed punching the fox as hard as she could.

"I wouldn't be able to even be the mammal I am today if it weren't for you" Nick said to her his eyes uncharacteristically full of emotion as he rubbed his now very bruised shoulder.

"Okay, easy there Judy" Carol said placing a paw comfortingly on the bunny's shoulder.

"So how can you just forgive that mammal for what she did yesterday?" Carol asked turning to Will.

"Because that needed to happen. As I told the Chief when he asked that very question, I needed to know that even in that state I am not a threat to the innocents around me, and you needed to see that I was capable of keeping myself from being that threat" Will answered her coldly serious.

"Okay, and why do you smell like a vixen turned on to eleven?" John asked wrinkling his nose.

"Seriously, dude. It's not even that time of year yet." Nick added.

"That would be my scent cloth" was Will's response as he retrieved the undergarment from his back pocket, and sniffing it deeply a look of stoned euphoria coming across his muzzle.

"Okay that's just gross" Judy said her ears turning red as she recognized what the cloth in his paws was.

"As a fellow wolf even I find that a bit creepy" Carol agreed.

"You actually brought that to work with you?" John said shocked.

"So who's the lucky vixen?" Nick asked.

"Alice's cousin Layla who was my ex. Now my steady girl" Will answered unabashedly.

"Alright guys you should head to the bullpen for muster. I have a day with my favorite cheetah to start" Will said by way of goodbye as he headed off to the front desk.

When he got to Ben it was another hug fest with the cheetah surprised to see him with ears, and tail still attached. While Will filled him in on his conversation with the Chief, Ben all the while ate what was left of the day old donuts, and his box of cereal dry like popcorn as they got to working. The effervescence of the wolf easily rubbed off on the cheetah, and their work went by swiftly. Whenever the Chief stepped out of his office he looked first to the front desk, and would rub a hoof across his muzzle seeing them work much as they first had last wednesday. Then he would look at his two smallest officers where they diligently worked at their desk almost under him glad he'd ordered them to be his ground floor eyes, and ears on that wolf for the day. He couldn't believe he'd nearly been ready to shoot the mammal with his own pistol; it just didn't seem possible such a wolf existed that could be so outgoing, and kind yet still so . . . dangerous, and the buffalo was loathe to think the word.

When lunch rolled around Ben told Will he'd eaten enough that morning, and wasn't quite up for lunch so Will made his way alone to the cafeteria where he ran into Jade, and his upbeat mood broke into nervousness.

"Hey, kitten. How's it going?" Will asked calling out to Jade who was in front of him.

"Angels above! You're okay!" Jade responded embracing him with a leap.

"And holy hell you smell like a vixen. What did you do with Alice?" she added.

"I didn't do anything with her. I kind of reconnected with my ex who is her cousin that's been staying with her." Will answered.

"So you're going out with her again? I thought you said you wouldn't date anyone after you had to leave your mate?" Jade asked her emotions playing across her muzzle.

"She is the mate I had to leave . . . my position in the ZIA threatened her life . . . I'm not going to lie to you. Because of what I am she's never minded sharing me with others, and I in turn have never minded sharing her" Will answered his own emotions plain for her to read.

"So that's it? You have an open relationship with your mate, and I'm just some interloper?" Jade yelled at him in her hurt turning the heads of their fellow officers.

"You aren't just some interloper. You're halfway to being one of my pack, and sister to both of us" Will answered calmly, and honestly.

"Like Hell would I call you alpha!" Jade yelled at him before baring her fangs, and slapping him as hard as she could across his muzzle.

She stormed back to her office refusing to cry as her appetite vanished. Will likewise found his hunger gone, and simply found an open table to sit at where he put his muzzle in his paws. He had known the conversation he had with her would be his hardest because of how close she had gotten to him, and he had let himself get close to her, but he couldn't help how much her last words stung him. Hadn't he told her she didn't need to call him her alpha, and as he thought it he felt walls he hadn't had since he first met Layla come sliding back into place. Inside he was a tundra swept by frigid winds that seemed to freeze the tears he would cry before they even came to his eyes. He didn't even notice when the two vixens from yesterday, and Yama sat in front of him nervously.

"We just wanted . . . to say we're sorry . . . for how we acted yesterday" the vixens managed to say, completing each other's thought.

"And I'm sorry I bit you like I did, I don't know what came over me" Yama said for herself.

"Not your fault" Will answered looking at the three with the coldness in him evident through his eyes.

"Still I should've realized something was wrong with you, it's not even winter yet. Why didn't you do anything? How are you even still alive after that?" Yama asked curiosity temporarily outweighing her fear at the look in his eyes.

"Not the first time I've had that much of that stuff in me. The last time I did . . . I . . ." Will managed before the memory of that night he nearly lost Layla flooded him, and destroyed the walls in him; he simply slid to the floor from his seat, and cried much as he had when Autumn mentioned his fox plushie.

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Ben who was manning the front desk was certainly surprised when he saw the arctic she-wolf in a sheriff's uniform stroll through the doors of precinct one like she owned the place. He could not hide his shock when she walked straight to him, and putting a paw on his desk spoke commandingly.

"Where is my brother? My gut told me he was in serious trouble yesterday, and I've been driving since six a.m. yesterday morning. Is he alright?" she asked as stern as the Chief.

"You must be Lola. Yesterday wasn't good, but he's here. He went to the cafeteria for lunch. He's alright" Ben answered reassuringly.

"No, handsome Benji he's not alright" Lola responded her expression serious as she ran towards the cafeteria not even bothering to ask directions.

She didn't need directions, she could sense her fraternal twin like she sensed her own limbs. Her nose led her straight to him with his scent laced with that of a vixen she didn't know, and her gut telling her he needed her. When she reached the cafeteria it didn't take her long to spot him where he was with two vixens sitting shocked at a table while some she-wolf tried to console him. As she rushed to him she was filled with anger towards this she-wolf she assumed had rendered her brother such as he was.

"Get away from him! What did you say to him?" Lola ordered angrily at the she-wolf as she pushed her off her brother, and took her place.

"I didn't say anything. I was just apologizing for what I did yesterday, and he was . . ." the she-wolf started talking fearfully.

"Enough!" Lola cut her off with a bark.

"Will it's okay. I'm here. You're safe, and Whisper is safe." Lola said to him trying to reach him oblivious to how the officers around her reacted to her utterance of that name.

Will just cried into his sister like he had all those nights he was home alone with her, and Sophie. It broke her heart to see him like this, and she was about ready to tear into the she-wolf she blamed for the state he was in when he stopped her as if he read her mind.

"It's not Yama's fault Lola. I just reminded myself of that night is all. I'm so glad you're here, but we need to talk alone. I need to tell you what happened yesterday" Will managed to tell her before she over reacted.

The officers around them watched curiously as the she-wolf as tall as he was, and twice as fierce looking helped him to his feet before he led her out of the cafeteria. When Jack accidentally voiced his thought that Will's sister was damn sexy they all turned their eyes to him as if he'd sprouted a second head.

Will led his sister to an empty interrogation room that was known as the 'Silent Cell' because it had more sound proofing than the rest. Once there he began to explain to her yesterday's events. He didn't get past explaining how when lunch hit, and the dosing of his drink had taken full effect he'd taken the actions he had before she interrupted him.

"Only Whisper would know to do that to you, and what would happen! I'm going to kill her with my own fangs!" Lola interjected.

"You will do no such thing. If you try I will fight you to the death." He stated.

"You could've eaten everyone here, and you're going to defend that bitch!" she yelled at him her voice carrying through the door to where the passing Chief heard, and grinned that someone was tearing Will a new tail on his way to check on Officer Caldera about something.

"You listen to me Sister I'm going to tell you like I told the Chief what happened yesterday needed to. I needed to know I was safe around so many innocents, and my fellow officers needed to know that even like that I wasn't a threat to them" he told her resolutely.

"How can you fucking forgive that Bitch!" Lola yelled at him angrily.

"We share the same scars Lola" Will told her, and his words brought her up short.

She'd heard enough from him, and was still seething when she left the room.

"You. Handsome fox. Where's the training room? I need to hit something." Lola demanded of the first officer she saw. When the frightened vulpine simply pointed she stormed off towards where he'd indicated.

When Will likewise left the 'Cell' he noted Nick's stunned form, and spoke to the stiff vulpine.

"What a way to meet my sister, eh? You'd better shield yourself behind your bunny around her. You may think I have a thing for cats, but my sister will rape you if given half the chance." Will said to him only half joking.

This shocked Nick out of it who visibly gulped before saying "That was your sister?"

"Yep" was Will's only response as he went back to Ben, and work.

---

When the Chief made it to Caldera's office he spoke to her announcing his presence before he managed to get sight of her.

"Caldera, you're missing out on someone chewing Grimm a new tail, and better than I did this morning" the buffalo said before he noticed the jaguaress had been crying.

"Caldera what's wrong?" the Chief asked concerned

"You know there's an old wolf proverb my sister told me. That the one's we care about most are the one's who we hurt the easiest, and in turn are hurt by the easiest" she answered wiping tears from her eyes.

"I take it you, and Grimm were more than just friends, and he told you about his new girl?" the Chief said with a frown.

"It's not so much that Chief it's that I . . . I didn't really listen to what he was trying to tell me about how much I still mean to him, and I said something I knew would hurt him before I hit him" she told her superior.

"He seems to be everyone's punching bag today, and despite what happened yesterday I'm still of a mind that he deserves it" the buffalo told her.

"I get you have your reasons boss, but I said something to him no wolf like him should hear. I've been beating myself up for the last ten minutes wondering how in hell I'm going to apologize" she said to her boss looking for answers.

Seeing her muzzle all the buffalo could do was walk over to her, and placing a hoof on her shoulder say sagely "You begin by apologizing"

His words seemed to break her out of her funk, and she quickly thanked him for them before directly leaving her office her boss left behind thinking to himself 'I run a madhouse'

---

The polar bear, and grizzly who were sparring in the ring both stopped what they were doing when they smelled the rage coming off the she-wolf sheriff as tall as Grimm who barged into the training room, and like an arrow targeted the nearest punching bag. They could only stand slack jawed staring as she laid into it with paws, and feet more viciously than they'd ever seen. It seemed like forever to them that she attacked the bag never letting it rest. When with her final punch she pierced it spilling sand across the floor their eyes widened like saucers. When she turned on them seeming tireless, and asked which of them was up for a round they both fell over each other as they ran away in fear. Lola simply huffed to herself that only her brother had the balls to spar with her anymore before she took a deep breath to calm, and center herself before she too left the training room.

When she made it back into the main office proper she came across Nick, and Judy, and laughed to herself when Nick promptly hid behind his partner as if she were some shield.

"So the handsome Officer Wilde hides behind the sexy Officer Hopps as if they both aren't appetizers" Lola said with a warm laugh.

"What is with everyone calling me sexy?" Judy demanded.

"Well you are" Nick said matter-of-factly earning himself a backpawed smack from his partner.

"I'm sorry it's just how my brother described you two when he called me saturday night, and now that I see you I understand. I'm Lola Grimm by the way, sorry if we got off on the wrong paw. I promise we can get off on the right one if we try" Lola introduced herself with a lascivious grin, and an outstretched paw.

"Nice to meet you Lola, I'm Judy, and this is Nick" the fearless rabbit said shaking the offered paw ears slightly reddening as the innuendo registered.

"Just what has your brother told you about us?" Nick asked nervously looking torn as his shield shirked her duty.

"Just that he's quite fond of you two since you're such examples of how we mammals really can work together despite our differences. You might not think it, but he really looks up to you both. You Judy are as upstanding, and forthright as our little sister Sophie, and just as tough. You Nick he admires as an example of a mammal rising beyond his past to do good with his future; he already considers you a brother." Lola told them openly.

"Is that why he teases me so much?" Nick asked.

"You got to tell me what you mean, foxy" Lola replied to which Judy simply pointed at the bulletin board.

When she turned around she immediately saw the fake movie poster Will had put there, and laughed to herself muttering "Blueberries" before her nose caught a scent the air circulated her way. A smell she'd scented on her brother, only stronger as if from the source. Her jovial expression shifted back into her fury as she ordered Hopps, and Wilde to follow her, and tranq her if she started to do anything stupid.

---

Ben had been shocked again when the tallest vixen he'd ever seen strolled into the precinct like a mammal on a mission dressed in black fatigue trousers, and a Black Sabbath t-shirt. He wondered if foxes could even get that tall, and if she wasn't some sort of hybrid he'd never heard of when she easily set an arm on his desk, and leaned towards him before speaking.

"Afternoon Benji have you seen my wolf? He has something of mine, and I'd like them back" the easily model gorgeous vixen asked.

"He was just running some files over to forensics he should be back in a minute. You do mean Will right?" Ben replied.

"So he's saying hi to my cousin Alice? Yep, that's my wolfie alright. I'm Layla by the way nice to finally meet you 'favorite cheetah'" Layla said to him.

When Will got back to the front desk his usual cheerful self back in full swing thanks to the dose of cheetah he'd gotten after his talk with his sister he stood shocked for a moment before he ran, and leapt over the desk.

"Layla what are you doing here?" Will asked worriedly after he landed next to her.

"You have something of mine, and I want them back. I appreciate you like smelling me all day, but a girl feels naked without them" Layla answered him sweetly before trying to reach for his back pocket.

"Surely you simply put on a fresh pair?" Will asked grabbing her paws, and holding them in front of his chest.

"Nope" was Layla's response as she batted her eyelashes up at him.

"You know you shouldn't be distracting me at work like this. I did tell you I'd give them back tonight." He told her failing to be chiding.

"Yeah when I don't need them you big perv" Layla responded with a laugh.

"They are my daily talisman that you are back in my life. I'm not giving them back till my day is done" Will said to her not hiding the love in his eyes.

"You say it like that, and I may let you keep them" Layla replied the look in her eyes matching his.

It was at this point Lola got near enough to see the two, and she was struck by the love she felt emanating from them both. Her rage vanished like smoke for the vixen she knew was Whisper. Her brother's words about their shared scars softened her expression, and the fox, and bunny she had in tow were grateful to reholster their pistols. This was the scene Jade witnessed when she reached her destination, and all she could do was stand back, and watch.

Will feeling his sister's presence turned, and instinctively placed himself between his mate, and his sister unsure of what Lola was going to do. Layla simply stepped from behind him to smile at the she-wolf though her eyes were drawn to Nick, and Judy. Lola surprised them all when she walked up to the vixen she realized her brother had never said was so tall.

"I know who you are. You know who I am. We both know how much we mean to him, and he to us" Lola said to Layla before she grabbed the vixen, and kissed her using the action to convey what she dared not utter. Layla simply responded in kind pulling Lola into her with Will standing with his muzzle looking as shocked as if lightning had struck him. Nick wasted no time getting a photo with his phone of his face before getting one of the lip locked Lola, and Layla.

When the two females parted Lola just shared a look with her still flabbergasted brother while Layla wasted no time introducing herself to Nick with an embrace before she wrapped her arms around Judy, and lifting the bunny to her level kissed her like she'd kissed Lola. This time it was Lola who snapped a photo while Will, and Nick shared the same electro-shocked expression. When Layla finally set Judy back down the bunny promptly tased her though it was about as effective as when she'd tased Will.

"Sexy bunny likes it rough? I'm game. Better take notes Nicky" Layla joked as she noticed a certain jaguaress watching them incredulously. As Layla noticed Jade so too did Will, and he was powerless to stop Layla as she easily skipped across the distance between her, and the cat. Judy was just left staring at her ineffectual taser muttering "But I turned it up all the way"

"Well hey there koneko-chan I'm glad I finally get to meet you." Layla said to Jade before embracing her, and adding "I really don't mind sharing him with you I just hope you don't mind me wanting some of you for myself"

With that Layla skipped back to Will, and glancing between him, and his sister held up two fingers with one paw, and one finger with another before bringing them together in front of him mouthing 'two plus one'. At this point Judy had reloaded her taser, and presently tased her partner right in the gut causing him to drop instantly. This only made Layla laugh.

"You should know those don't work on Will, or me. We both are so tall we've both been struck by lightning." And with that she left back out through the entrance to stop at the sidewalk, and light a cigarette.

"Hold me" was Will's only response, said to Lola who obliged. As he nuzzled into her neck fur he whispered to her "Not what happened" before letting his sister go to rapidly tap out a message on his phone. They could hear Layla laugh when she read the message before Lola left the building. When she was outside she lit her own cigarette, and began talking to Layla who showed her the message causing the she-wolf to then pick her up, and kiss her again Will watching all the while.

After Nick managed to pick himself up off the floor he didn't hesitate to indignantly ask his partner "What the fuck was that for, Fluff?"

"I tased Will yesterday, and that vixen just now, and nothing happened. I thought it was defective" Judy answered sheepishly.

"Tsundere" was all the fox said to her. When she asked him what he'd meant over Will's riotous laughter Nick simply told her to zoogle it.

At this point Jade had managed to register Layla's words, and get over her shock making her way to Will.

"Will I'm so sorry for what I said earlier" Jade said to him remorsefully.

"Hang on, kitten. My head is still spinning" Will answered her dazedly.

"No wolf like you deserves to ever hear a mammal say such a thing" Jade said unable to hide her regret.

"If I can forgive Whisper for yesterday then forgiving you for saying what you had every right to say is nothing, kitten. Now that's the last of that subject, okay?" Will said to her.

"Okay" Jade responded embracing him.

"My head is still spinning too, buddy. Judy I think you tried to kill me. Will what is that vixen that she's so tall?" Nick said interrupting the moment.

"Nick I'm so sorry, and Will I don't believe being struck by lightning would make you immune to electricity." Judy said remorseful for her actions to her partner.

"Layla's a normal red fox she just had a pituitary glandular issue when she was younger, she literally is as tall as a fox can possibly be before the height starts stressing the skeleton, and internal organs; thank the Mother she finally did stop growing. And rabbit the real reason Layla, and I are immune to tasers is not something I'm ever going to tell you" Will answered holding Jade tighter as he did so.

"You know you two make quite the pair. It kind of makes sense. Now if you don't mind I'd like to return to breathing normally" Jade said to Will who was still doing his best Fangmeyer impression.

"So what's with that massive thing on your hip?" Jade asked Will when he let her go.

"Oh, this?" Will said as he drew the eighteen inch bladed bowie knife "This is my combat certified dismembering tool. It was something of a goodbye gift I gave Layla, but now it's mine again."

"A pair of .45's, a .50 cal. pistol, a 7.62 light machine gun turned marksmammal's rifle, a .50 cal. Anti-materiel rifle, and now that knife? You just bristle with death, and take putting mammals in a hole quite seriously don't you?" Jade asked surprising both Judy, and Nick with the ordinance she listed.

"You still haven't seen my nodachi" Will laughed.

"What's that? It sounds like a snake" Jade asked.

"My katana with a four foot blade, and two foot tang. With a full downward swing I could even cut the Chief in half with it, not that I've ever really had to use it much. I just wear it when I'm pulling bodyguard duty for intimidation factor. In fact it was made for me for that very purpose by my pack sister Naomi's grandfather who told me that if I was going to be her alpha he wanted me to have a weapon worthy of defending his favorite granddaughter. He insisted on even performing the sakazuki ceremony with me when he gave it to me." Will explained.

"You have yakuza connections?" Nick asked while Jade inquired "Just how big is your pack?"

"You watch too much anime, brother" was all Will said to Nick before he answered Jade "Well there's Lola my sister, Layla my mate, Sophie my adoptive little sister, Sierra, and Holly my cousins; there's Naomi, Maria you've met, and Sage you know."

"I notice you're the only male in your pack, are you sure it's not a pride?" Nick joked.

"If you knew how close we really are you wouldn't make that joke. My pack isn't just unusual because it includes two vixens, a coyote, and a jaguaress." Will said with a laugh.

With that the gathered officers finally got back to work. Jade went back to her office to catalogue new gear shipments she'd received while Nick, and Judy went back to their desk bantering all the way with Nick finally forgiving Judy for tasing him after she promised him dinner. Benji swore to Will when they got back into their work rhythm that he, and the mammals around him were better than a soap opera. Will agreed that they were way better since they had blood, and sex dancing around their stage though his odd comment was lost on the cheetah, and Will didn't feel like explaining. Though he could be remarkably long winded Will enjoyed the workable silence that he, and his favorite cheetah fell into. Eventually their day was done, and the Chief himself came down to dismiss Will for the day.

"You made it through the day Grimm, and you followed my orders not to cross those entrance doors. I see your tail reattached after it got handed to you. Who was that, that did me proud with how well she laid into you which I overheard through the 'Cell' door?" the Chief asked him pleased he wasn't now in possession of the wolf's badge.

"That would be my sister Lola, Chief." Will answered plainly.

"I hear she ruined a punching bag after she was done with you, and scared shitless two of my toughest bears when she then asked them to spar with her" the Chief said unable to hide his amusement. There was a story that would linger in the precinct if he had anything to do about it.

"She's one of only two mammals alive who can actually subdue me at my worst. You don't ever want to see that happen, and neither do I; it's been a good decade since she's had to do that. Yeah, I'm the only one who will spar with her anymore, everyone is just too scared of her especially after I taught her everything I learned in the ZIA" Will responded proud of his sister.

Once Will had given Benji his goodbye hug he checked his phone that he'd ignored, and saw Layla had sent him a text with nothing but an address. Making his way down to the motor pool he didn't see Joe by the time he reached his Shelby. When he got in, and had started it like a ritual he plugged his phone into the stereo, and got music started for his drive to wherever Layla wanted him to go. letting his phone's GPS guide him the first track that played was "Take Me To Church" by Hozier.

While he drove, and the song shuffled into "Guilt and Regret" by Sentenced he noted that the apartment building he was heading toward was positioned almost equidistant from the precinct, and the school where Maria went, and Holly worked. He had just about made it there when his phone played "Cold" by Crossfade. 'Curse you shuffle, and your pointed randomness' Will thought to himself as his shuffle that sometimes seemed so in tune with his moods, or had streaks of playing just the right songs was at the moment twisting his guts. Then as he was finding a place to park having reached his destination it played "The Reason" by Hoobastank, and he cried. When it began to play "Iris" by the Goo Goo Dolls he'd had enough, and silenced his car.

When he entered the building he was staring at his phone to make sure he'd be heading to the right apartment when the tiger landlord called out to him getting his attention.

"Wait there are two of you?" the tiger said to Will

"What do you mean?" Will asked the tiger.

"I saw a she-wolf walk in with my new vixen tenant as tall as you earlier. Do they grow you guys somewhere?" the tiger asked.

"Yeah, we're the Guardians of Ulfhaven" Will jokingly answered before taking the stairs.

Once he was out of sight he used both his forepaws to accelerate his ascension. He had always loved climbing stairs in buildings like this; for a mammal his size it was just so easy there was no way for it to not be fun. In mere minutes he'd reached the floor he needed, and slowed to carefuly examine door numbers back on his hindpaws. His thoughts seemed to gyrate between his joy to have Layla again, and that Lola was staying in town, and his nervousness concerning Jade. Eventually he found the three digits he was looking for indicating apartment four twenty.

Will didn't even need to knock before the door was opened for him by his sister Lola, and he didn't hesitate to wrap his arms around her.

"So you, and Layla are getting along? Sometimes the Mother cuts me a break when I need it" Will said to his sister grinning hopefully.

"You mean Whisper as I only today found out her real name? How could I not get along with the mammal who won your heart after I got over my anger at what she did to you yesterday? Though that didn't happen until I saw you with her, and now that we've talked I understand where she was right to get back at you the way she did; I probably would've done the same thing to you." Lola answered clearing the air as she let go of her beloved brother to get the music fired up.

While Lola fiddled with the stereo Will took the time to see his surroundings. The apartment he'd entered was easily comfortable for a mammal his size, and he could tell Layla had only gotten it recently. Only the barest amount of furniture adorned the room with only a massive flat screen tv, and stereo for entertainment in the living room along with a black couch that faced the tv. In between the couch, and tv was a low black coffee table that was definitely japanese inspired upon which was a laptop. The kitchen had just a simple four mammal table that was a lovely shade of pomegranate complemented by black chairs. These were the first things he caught sight of when he entered the apartment before his gaze resettled on his sister's swaying tail as she started Apocalyptica's cover of "Fade to Black" by Metallica.

"I know your weak for white fur, but you could turn your attention to my tail don't you think" Layla's voice called to him from the kitchen.

"It is such a lovely red color" Will responded following her voice to the stove where she was stirring a pot.

"Just you wait to see the shade of red it'll be on halloween" Layla said lifting her head back into him as he wrapped his arms around her from behind, and nuzzled into her neck fur inhaling her scent.

"I take it you've got something planned that'll really frighten some mammals?" Will asked.

"No spoilers. It's an awesome idea, and so simple" Lola interjected joining them in the kitchen as the song shifted to Apocalyptica's "Inquisition Symphony"

"Lola is right no spoilers, but it all revolves around a lot of fur dye on both of us, and we will be terrifying" Layla agreed with devious pride.

"So what's in the pot of wonderful smells my love?" Will asked knowing when to change a subject.

"Just a simple ragout for the three of us, complete with imitation rabbit made from chicken" Layla answered with a smile.

"You're lucky I can still eat that without being reminded of that one trafficking den we razed" Will told her nuzzling back into her neck.

"I wish David, and I could have between us what you two do. I swear the love just rolls off of you in waves." Lola said further trying to change the subject.

"So you finally made a move on your deputy, or did he make it?" Will asked after Layla pointed to a cabinet, and he retrieved bowls for them.

"As much as everyone in town is intimidated of me, I had to make the first move. We've been on one date so far, but it went well." Lola answered as she moved around them to grab some glasses, and a bottle of wine.

"I want to hear all about this" Layla said before adding "Our dinner is done"

"Well there aren't many date options in town, but we had a nice dinner at the local sushi bar after he took me to the movies" Lola said as she sat at the table, and poured them their wine.

"The Naked Fish, I miss that place, and Minamoto-san" Will said as Layla filled their bowls, and he carried them to the table before pulling out a chair for her, and then himself.

"I know you said it went well, but how did it go?" Layla asked as she sat in her chair with Lola on her left, and Will on her right.

"I knew how hard it would be for him to be around such a strong alpha as me, so I did my best to be more feminine, and it seemed to help him open up. I guess I should describe him for you Layla, he's a gray wolf about average height with really kind eyes, and his really nice ass was certainly done favors by the jeans he wore. I cannot tell you how hard it was for me to wear that dress, I'm just so used to pants, and the looks I got from everyone. I don't know if they thought I looked good, or were just shocked to see me in it though David seemed to really like it." Lola told them sipping her wine.

"You mean that white one you have with the blue floral print? You look amazing in it, and I know David was probably speechless when he first caught sight of you. Everyone else was probably both shocked to see you in it, and stunned with how well you can wear a dress when you do wear one" Will complimented, and reassured his sister as he took his first bite of ragout closing his eyes in pleasure at the flavor.

"Thank you brother. You know if I weren't so afraid of rushing things with him I'd have shown him what I look like without clothes" Lola said with a wink before adding as she tasted the ragout "Just what is with you filling your pack with girls who can cook as good as you can? Damn this is delicious. I'm kind of jealous."

"I'm glad you like it. I wouldn't be such a good cook if it weren't for him, and Maria teaching me during that year we had here in this city." Layla said.

"Food is just one of the ways we seem to bond, and I don't know how I'm so lucky" Will answered his sister.

"You mentioned Maria to me as this kid you saved, but you never told me you've lived here before." Lola said to him.

"That was one of our better years in the ZIA, as often as we were gone for work" Layla said.

"Probably the best year we had. For a while it was like we had our own little family" Will added warmth in his words seeming to emanate from him.

They continued to chat as they ate, and they each had seconds as they killed the wine, and then a second bottle. When they were done they made an easy team doing dishes with Will washing as was his custom while Layla rinsed, and dried, and Lola put the clean dishes away. While they worked Will seemed to radiate the warmth of his happiness, and it spilled into the girls like wine into a glass. When they were done Layla sought to harness that warmth for her ulterior motive in insisting Lola stay with them while she was in town.

"So are you two ready for a little two plus one?" She asked Will, and Lola.

"I say we tag team him, and don't give him a choice" Lola answered pulling out a pair of handcuffs.

"I'm game for that" Will said with a grin pulling out another pair of cuffs he gave to Layla.

The girls didn't need any more encouragement than that, and each led him by the paws to the bedroom where Will was pleasantly surprised by the bed. It was a massive king sized mattress wrapped in crimson linens, and boxed in by a coffin shaped frame. He also noted solid steel rings mounted into the wall for just the kind of purpose they were going to use the cuffs for which made his tail wag, and his musk of arousal spike. With Lola's size rivaling his, and Layla's ability to command him they wasted little time bending him to their desires, and getting him out of his uniform before they forced him onto the bed. Together they each took one of his paws to cuff to the steel rings, and laughed when once secure he struggled futilely, and his member obviously grew.

The girls simply teased him as they made out, and pawed at each other over him as they undressed each other causing him to growl as he struggled against his bonds, and his member reached full mast throbbing, and twitching. He couldn't help, but growl a laugh when they played rock, paper, scissors for who got his tongue first, and Layla won though they continued to stimulate each other to further madden him, and he struggled again against the cuffs in response. When Layla finally mounted his muzzle she held onto his ears for dear life as he obliged her. Lola simply stared at his aroused member savoring the sight of it before she teasingly licked at it his causing his hips to buck towards her. She just began to stroke it with her paw, and continue licking along it before finally wrapping her muzzle around it lightly grazing his length with her teeth causing him to growl into Layla eliciting moans to escape her.

When Lola could tell from how he moved his hips, and his member twitched that he was getting close she let up to straddle him, and rub his length with her sex which she knew would drive him wild, and it did. The chains of the cuffs were strained by the force of him pulling against them. Before he could break himself free Lola stopped to adjust herself so he would slide into her, and though he relaxed against his bonds his hips matched her actions as she rode him. Layla meanwhile screamed out in her orgasm while Lola bounced along his length before coming down, and engulfing his knot tying against him. Layla dismounted his muzzle to flood it with her tongue before nipping along his neck, and chest while Lola rocked against him growling in satisfaction when she felt the warmth erupt from him filling her.

When he was done Lola relaxed herself on top of him so that she wouldn't restimulate him, and they could come undone. Layla likewise rested waiting for her turn to ride their captive who for his own part seemed to fall asleep from how well they'd worn him out though neither female was fooled. When Lola finally managed to slide him out of her she rolled off of him to kiss him, and sink her teeth into his neck while Layla with well practiced paws got him ready for herself. His sister's fangs against his throat sent his feral instincts into overdrive, as Layla lowered herself onto him, and with his eyes snapping open wildly savage he finally broke his restraints to grab his vixen, and still inside her flip their positions. It never ceased to amaze Lola seeing her brother like this, the look in his eyes evidence of how much his time in the ZIA had really changed him; he'd always fought to keep that look from entering his gaze when they were younger, and whenever it had she'd been there to face off against him until he calmed down. Layla simply clawed against him wildly eating up all of his thrusts until he knotted in her, and swiftly came into her before falling over her supporting his weight with his elbows to pant tiredly into her neck.

When they'd finally relaxed into the freshly christened mattress Lola, and Layla on each side of him wasted no time each marking their respective sides of his neck with their scents before the three fell into blissful sleep.

---

Jade simply flashed her badge, and tipped the door guard a twenty to speed her entrance into the bar where her sister worked the sign above the entrance reading The Crypt in purple neon inside a red neon coffin. She made a beeline for the bar where she found an empty stool to sit. The goth metal playing through the bar's sound system helped ease her mood when her sister noted with surprise her newest customer.

"Well fancy seeing you in this place, hermana" Jade's sister greeted her.

"Yes I of all mundanes wouldn't be known for even knowing this place let alone setting foot here. Now pour me a double of your strongest stuff, please mi hermana." Jade simply said.

"Rough day?" Her sister asked.

"These past two days have been quite rough to say the least. Yesterday my wolfie's former squadmate dosed the fuck out of him with Wild Card endangering the whole precinct since he's a fanger like half the mammals here. Then today not only is he right as rain because his drug tolerance is simply unmammalian I find out he's back with his mate he had to leave . . . and he still wants me around like more than some sancha. My response to him was something no wolf as noble as him should ever hear." Jade said before downing her double shot of some black alcohol her tongue told her was rum, and tapping the bar for another round.

"So what did you tell him?" her sister asked knowing this just had to be good.

"I told him that like hell would I ever call him my alpha, and it wasn't until I was back in my office before I remembered saturday when he told me I never needed to call him that, and that I could call him brother. Thanks to the Chief I was able to figure out how to apologize, and when I went to do just that I got to see him with his arms around the tallest vixen you could imagine. He's easily a head taller than every wolf in this city so I guess it makes sense he'd end up mated to a girl like her. Before I could lose my courage, and slink away she just waltzed over to me to introduce herself, and tell me that not only is she cool with sharing him with me that she herself wants me too. Did I mention she picked up the bunny, and kissed her like it was nothing before the bunny tased her to absolutely no effect?" Jade got off her chest going through shots two, and three in succession.

"Forgive me for overhearing sister, but you speak of a wolf taller than any other, and a vixen likewise taller than any fox. I know those mammals. Never call him alpha even if he lets you in his pack, ever. Do you want to know why they're both immune to tasing?" a white tigress sitting to her left said to Jade.

"I still don't think I want to be part of his pack even if he says I'm halfway there. What do you mean they're both immune to tasing. As a cop I know some mammals tased enough become resistant to it, but immunity?" Jade asked unbelievingly.

"They were on . . . vacation . . . in my home country when they ran afoul of some mobsters who tortured them with electricity. I was the secret police agent sent to take down those mobsters, but when I got there everyone was dead. At first I thought the mammals on the outside, and upper levels had simply been tranqed, but they had no heart beats. When I got lower I found mammals dead from being bitten into, and torn apart with blood everywhere. The last room I entered held the vixen with the wolf freeing her to fall limply in his arms. I could tell from the set up in the room what had been done to them. Apparently they'd been torturing them separately when her screams sent him . . . savage . . . it was probably the strangest case report I've ever made, and it took me a long while before I realized why those mammals I'd first encountered were dead without a scratch" the tigress paused to sip from her drink while Jade's sister listened intently her eyes wide with shock at the gruesome story.

"He drained them to death, something that sets him apart from every other fanger here. I know his fangs, and his pack sister shared her suspicion with me he'd done that before. Hearing you confirm it . . . he really only does do that when he has no other choice . . ." Jade said much to the surprise of her sister, and the tigress.

"It would take a very sick one of us to develop the ability to kill in that fashion, so resistant are the rest of us from crossing that line. But he has other strength, and for him it is almost easy" the tigress said pawing the ankh she wore.

"His wings, and status as sword, and shield of the Wolf Mother" Jade said knowingly.

"You know this of him? Truly are you nearly in his pack already. I say to you again do not join their number it is not meant for you." the tigress said seriously her eyes wide with incredulity.

"I have seen his wings for myself, and when the jaguaress he calls sister ordered him to speak his place in the paws of the Wolf Mother that is what he said. What do you mean I shouldn't join his pack, not that I really want to yet?" Jade asked this mysterious tigress.

"How would you say it? El Angel De Los Gatos wants you for herself, but that is all I can tell you, and speak none of this to him." the tigress said before quickly leaving.

"That there even exists a fanger who can, and has done that . . . he must be a real monster even if he only does it in self defense" Jade's sister said coming out of her shock.

"He is a monster, but his will is to protect, and he would gladly give his life to protect another mammal especially cubs. It's how he earned the nickname Beast" Jade responded downing another double shot.