8. The Truth About Joshua Uley

Their first night together was a glimpse of what routine was to be in Leah's future. She started their evening by starting her playlist of soft soothing drone ambient post-rock music for them. Fen relaxed on the bed staring up at a poster of the Aurora Borealis until she turned off the lights, which she crawled into the bed scooting into him resting her head over his heart. He growled protectively while she petted him feeling the effects of being in heat still. She looked up into his yellow eyes with a flaming passion grabbing his head and locked lips with his. Her instincts and womb continued to scream at her to procreate. It would be annoying and embarrassing if she was not in the presence of her one and only alone and willing.

After another successful session riding her stud, she collapsed on top of him holding onto something much bigger and furrier. "Must he always transform while I make love to him?" she pondered before she looked up at him relax, satisfied, and napping. She shook her head and laughed giving him scratched behind the ear. "At least the bed isn't broken" she commented.

Later in the night he woke up in the middle of the night, and like he promised, he was about to go out to get a midnight snack. He had to get past Leah, which she caught the silhouette of him halfway out the window before she grabbed him by the leg. "What do you think you're doing?"

"I'm hungry" His voice was much different than before as he was still transformed.

"We have a fridge" she mentioned.

"I'm a werewolf!" he retorted. They both looked out at a raccoon in the clearing, and Fen growled ferociously pulling against Leah clawing at the window sill.

"Fen no!" She raised her voice aggressively like she was speaking to a disobedient dog.

The raccoon looked up and started to run, which Fen's natural instinct was to chase after it. Fen launched himself out of the window taking Leah out with him, which he was very powerful being on all fours. She transformed into her wolf form grabbing him by the other leg, and his claws dug through the soil gaining no traction. He pushed his free foot up into her mouth between her lip and her gums growling. "I need to tear it to pieces!" he roared.

"Fen, I can make you something to eat" she told him telepathically.

He looked back up at her and sighed heavily relenting on his blood lust. "I need to hunt. I'll go crazy if I don't!"

"Get back inside…I'm not done cuddling with you yet!" she said after dropping him and reverting to her human form. Fen looked up at her oddly, and her ears flattened against her head and whimpered. "Please? I don't want to lose you"

"Lose me?" He muttered in confusion. He stood back up and followed her back to her window. "I wasn't going to be gone long" he said as she crawled in.

She stopped and looked back at him sternly. "You don't understand. I imprinted on you…I can't bear to be without you. I already lost Sam…I don't know what would happen if I lost you"

Fen's eye twitched and groaned. "All I wanted a just a snack"

"I will give you a snack, hun…just stay here with me" She said softly but with urgency.

He took a deep breath and sighed. "Fine…" he muttered before he crawled back in. She turned on the light to get dressed and look descent, but she looked Fen over. He resembled a human, but there were several things off about his form. He was much taller, he bared serrated teeth, curved black claws, thick patches of coarse fur on his back, shoulders, upper chest, and back of neck. The rest of his body was normal when it came to hair.

His eyes were yellow, but what was more jarring was that in certain lighting his pupils glowed and the pinks of his eyes were black. Between his eyes was a nose pushed up and blackened resembling a wolf's. His lips were black and kissable only his razor sharp inch long fangs posed a hazard for those who got on his bad side; although, he had been using them to an amatory effect with her.

Leah gawked at him imagining a newborn baby snuggled up in his arms safe, secure, and warm. She tickled at a patch of fur growing out on a line at the center of his belly testing his temperament and owning her lover's body. "It this your true form?" she asked. He shrugged, and she smirked scratching at his belly. "You look sexy like this…I like it" she said before he turned his back on her attempting to get into his backpack for clothes, and she giggled poking at his butt. "Is that a tail?"

"Stop!" He muttered pathetically swatting her hand away unenthusiastically.

She grinned evilly and grabbed at it sliding it between her fingers. "But it's so cute! You're like half wolf half man"

He jumped and pulled away from her grip and turned around pressing his back up against her dresser. "That's really weird…it's just a tail"

"What is this like 50% werewolf?" She asked.

"30%" he muttered under his breath.

"30? How aren't you in pain right now?" she asked.

"It's only the degree of the transformation. I can only handle being in human form for six hours before it wants to go in this state…why do you think I was so bitchy earlier?" he explained.

"Oh…so that's why you don't like being around people" She muttered reached up caressing the fur along his jawline and rub behind his pointed ear. "You don't have worry about us…we'll accept you for who you are…" she said very enamored with his true form. She planted several smooches on his lips then petted the side of his face affectionately.

"So did merging your soul with the werewolf do this to you?" She asked calmly. She started grabbing at his tail again, which he looked back at her and sighed giving up on stopping her.

"Yes…" He muttered lowly.

She wrapped her arms around him from behind and took in his scent realizing this was the form he took when he had been mating her properly, the wolf way. "Fen…Do you like kids?" she muttered.

"I guess they're alright. I haven't given it much thought to be honest. I'm not sure what to make of this imprinting. Whatever I'm doing is driven by instinct. I guess my beast side really wants kids. I have a werewolf for a father. I was terrified of him…I seen him kill people…he made sure I knew. I'm not sure that I'd be a good father. If I shut my mind off around them…there's nothing to keep the beast inside in check" he mused getting boxers and shorted on.

Leah reached around rubbing his chest. "Your father looked really proud of you. Making kids terrified of them is something dads do. My instincts tell me that you are perfect. Beside, why would your mom ever have kids with a monster if she didn't think that he was a danger to them"

"My mother could possess him…she made sure to let us know that if it weren't for her that he would have ate us. Based on what I feel…it's hard to pull back when you want to disembowel someone for cutting in front of you in line. Sometimes I lose it altogether…one slip…and I'm washing grey matter off my claws" He spoke lowly.

"What would you do if someone hurt me and your kids?" She asked.

He did not say anything, but his muscles flexed and his hairs started to stand up on his back, neck, and shoulders making him look even bigger. His nose twitch curling each time bared his teeth into at the mirror. A growl formed in his throat, and she squeezed her arms around him pleased with his response. "I don't want to think about it" He said finally.

She made him a dinner sized portion snack, which she adoringly watched him wolf it down taking satisfaction of his approval. After he was full, she grabbed his hands and eagerly pulled him back into the bedroom where she mated him again before she went back pampering and idolizing the wolfman with another rub down. "I love you"

He acknowledged her by squeezing her body up tight against his and chuckled. "I love ya too"

The next morning Fen woke up to the smell of breakfast and his mate using him as a pillow with her legs tangled with his ensuring a less than easy escape this time. He slowly got up in a futile attempt to not disturb her slumber. Leah stretched and yawned looking up at him with a big smile feeling refreshed and relaxed. "Good morning big bad! Did you sleep well?" she said in a sultry voice.

Fen stretched and popped several joints in his back, shoulders, and ankles. "Yea…I've never slept this good before" he spoke softly.

She smirked reaching out to rub the patch of fur on his belly and raking her nails over his chest. "Well I'm sure it wasn't the bed that helped you sleep" she said before she bit her lip running her fingers over her perfect perky ample breasts tantalizing him.

He stared at them then at her trim and feminine midriff down to the slopes of her hips forming that ideal hourglass shape. She wanted him to memorize what she looked like before she would gain the weight gain and stretch marks of motherhood. She was not looking forward to that much, but she wondered what shapeshifting powers would do for her.

She took him to have another shower, and she presented herself to mate, which of course he was very much obliged to copulate with her. Seth was eating breakfast with Tabitha and noticed something odd. He knew what his sister was doing, but this time, he could not hear Leah's thoughts. "Jake, I think Leah's left the chat room"

"What do you mean?" Jacob snapped.

"What do you think I mean? Dude, she's been in the shower with Fen for half an hour and you can't tell me that you didn't hear about it?" Seth mentioned.

"If you'd shut up then maybe I wouldn't have!"

"Fair enough…" his voice got much softer.

After Fen and Leah got dressed, they walked down the halls. Leah was using Fen's arm to help her walk after submitting to him. "How could something that hurt so bad, feel so damn good?" She wondered rubbing her lower region feeling very sore.

Seth walked around the corner straight into Fen's chest bouncing off and taking a few steps back shouting, "Holy Fuck!"

Leah punched him in the shoulder and glared at him. "Stop freaking out! He's just got comfortable showing us his normal form" she scolded him.

"Normal?" He squeaked. "You mean he was holding back the whole time?" He whimpered.

Fen rolled his eyes and snorted. "Your sister told me if I fought any of the wolves that she won't play with my dick, so you should consider yourself lucky! I'm not even 50% transformed yet" he said with his intimidating beastly tone. Leah glanced over at Fen and shot him a look, and he looked back at her confused. "What? It's true"

"Fen…knock it off! I don't want to be thinking about your meat lover burrito right now" she muttered lowly before she sighed heavily. "I guess you were right about me being the only one who can control him" she teased.

"Hmph! You aren't controlling me! You're just influencing me!" he said as his stomach growled demonically.

Seth laughed nervously. "Yea, well…I'm glad you're on our side. Seriously, you look fucking scary as hell, right now" he said.

Fen smirked and slugged Seth in the arm. "You're alright" he muttered before he walked towards the dining room. He stopped just short overhearing Sue on the phone with Billy, which Leah and Seth stood right next to him listening in on the conversation.

"Yea, a couple months after he left, he called me one night to tell me that he sent Tiffany here, so he didn't have to worry about hurting her and incase he got her knocked up. I've seen what monster he can turn into, and he smashed my back up against a tree with just a flick of his paw. If Harry had not shot at him to turn him away, I would be much worse off than being in a wheel chair" Billy said over the phone.

"So why did he come back if he's so afraid of hurting everyone?" Sue asked.

"I have only two guesses on that. One is that he's found out about Sam and is going to attempt suicide through using him"

"And the other?"

"He found out about Fen"

"To have him kill him?"

"That I'm not sure about, but he's pretty despite if he's coming around here before a full moon. He could be in the middle of being hunted down for all I know. I haven't spoken to him in a few years"

"What do we do about Sam?"

"Don't even talk about it to him. Josh would rather have his children hate him than feel sorry for him. At least, don't tell him yet"

"And Embry?"

"I don't want him to seek his father out…not before a full moon. The only one I want seeking him out is Fen. I'd prefer it if Fen makes his presence known to him. Maybe we can get some answers"

Charlie entered the house in his Clallam County Sheriff uniform, and they looked towards him. Charlie saw Fen causing him to panic and reach for his gun in its holster. He pulled his hand away seeing Leah and Seth then acted like he was scratching an itch. "Fen, can you come with me. I need your expertise" he asked.

"Why me? I'm a little busy here"

He walked over and pulled out an android phone and showed them a picture of an overturned white AMC Pacer covered in blood spatter. "Because I need your nose, and Billy says that you would be better for the job"

"The fuck you shoot him up for!? All you had to do was follow the trail of blood. You shouldn't have to bug me to compensate for budget cuts. I'm no German Shepard" Fen shouted after noticing the bullet holes riddling the metal and glass with craters.

"He charged at me! What was I supposed to do? All I know is I was chasing a stolen car almost up to the Hoh headwaters, and this guy took five bullets to the chest and leg, and he still managed jumped up fifteen feet and outrun us. Nothing he did an ordinary human could do. I didn't get a good look at him, but I think that I've seen him before" Charlie explained.

Sue poked her head around the corner with her hand covering the receiver and flashed them an intense leer. She got startled by Fen but returned to being annoyed. "Keep your voice down this is a small house!" she lectured him.

"Is he there?" Billy asked.

"Yes, he's here…Charlie is here too"

"Tell them"

"I will…" she spoke softly. She looked over at them and sighed wearily. "Joshua Uley has been spotted in Forks. Billy wants you to try to find him and speak with him. We think he might be the werewolf that you've been warning us about" she said before she looked over at Leah and Seth. "Please, do not tell Sam. We want Fen to see if he's safe to be around"

Charlie pulled his phone away and cleared his throat. "Fen we're going to have to find him before they do" he said.

"Can you let me eat first, then we can go find him" he muttered going over to the table and wolfing down the carefully prepared breakfast. Tabitha was still eating, but she started staring at Fen feeling that she was in the presence of a wild animal. Leah gawked Fen, but she was able to still eat.

"Are you going go back to human form?" Charlie asked.

"No…I have a persona I have to maintain" Fen said with food stuffed in his face then he waved a sausage link around. "Don't worry, I have a costume when I'm in this form"

"Isn't being in a transformed state bad for you?" Sue asked.

"Being human is a transformed state…" He grumbled before he washed down his palate with orange juice. "If I woke up this way, then it's safe to say that this is my relaxed state. This is the agreement I made with my wolf side. It's mental, physical, and spiritual. I'm not putting him pack in the cage"

"You know it's really hard to tell when he's in control or when the wolf is in control" Seth chimed it.

Leah ate close beside Fen comfortably not intimidated in the slightest. "I can tell…he's not that hard to figure out. If he's acting like a wolf, then the wolf is in control" she said calmly.

"But that's like all the time!"

"No…most times they are in control at the same time. The only time I have seen his human side being in complete control was when he was in town…" she mentioned.

Fen sighed heavily and reluctantly got up stacking his plates on top of each other. Leah looked at him concerned and grabbed his wrist tightly. "Be careful, okay?"

"Always" Fen said flashing a confident smile as he walked back to her room. She got up and followed him in and helped him into his costume. She wrapped his arms and legs up in bandaging to hide his fur, then she did the same around his chest, torso, shoulders, and neck. He put on a black t-shirt and shorts. On his shirt was the mark of the Cult of Fenrisúlfr in white. He wore gloves covering his claws, black sunglasses concealing his eyes, a surgical mask hiding his lupine nose and his fangs, and a black beanie covering his ears. He was stuffing items into his pockets, which she thought she saw heavy duty zip ties, bear spray, and a flare gun, but she did not see everything.

"Holy Crap Fen…what do you do with all that? Can't you just summon a tornado and be done with it?" Leah teased.

Fen stood up and laughed. "As much as I want to…It's more of a last resort kind of thing. It does consume a lot of mana. Just so you know" he said before he tapped her shoulder with his fist. "You'll make a good wife for me. Don't go telling anyone" he said before they heard Tami bark.

"I will"

Fen growled at her, but Leah laughed to herself. "Why are you so nervous about people knowing that you have a mate?"

"I just don't wanna hear them tease me about it. It's just stupid" he grumbled before he left the room.

Tami wagged her tail and barked again. "I'm so happy for you…We're going to have to talk about your wedding plans…baby shower…"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, who told you I was trying to have a ba…" Leah muttered before she scowled with a bright blush. "Is it that obvious?" she asked embarrassed.

"Just a little…I don't blame you though. Who knows when you'd go into heat next time around" she said sympathetically.

Once Fen got into Charlie's squad car, Charlie saw what Fen was wearing and his head sank and shook his head. "What am I doing?" he muttered. He started up the engine and drove off before he let out a weary sigh. "Maybe this wasn't a good idea. You better not give me any trouble or I'm turning this car around" Charlie muttered.

"Just be grateful that you got proper backup" He muttered before he tried to reach for the toggle switches to turn the lights and sirens on.

Charlie swatted at his hand. "No! Only I can do that" he scolded him before he flipped the lights on and sped faster.

Fen smirked and reclined back. "I knew you couldn't resist" he muttered.

"Don't make me turn it off" Charlie protested.