On Tuesday night, Tommy was in the middle of a nightmare. Tommy was standing in a clearing in the woods, and he could hear Merton screaming.

"Tommy, help me!!!" "Tommy, Please!!!" "Stop, NO!!!!"

No matter how hard or fast Tommy ran he wasn't getting any closer to Merton's location. Tommy woke up screaming.

"Tommy, you ok?" Merton asked as he rushed into Tommy's room.

"I'm fine, it was just a nightmare," Tommy said as he sat up and reclined against the headboard of his bed.

"About what, one of our previous battles went wrong?" "I know you've had a few of those before," Merton asked and then stated.

"No, it was nothing like that," Tommy said as he kept his eyes away from Merton, fearing that he might reveal what exactly his nightmare had been about if he looked at the object of his affection.

"Please tell me it wasn't about people finding out you're a werewolf and being chased by an angry mob again," Merton pleaded, hating that Tommy had had to go through that.

"No, nothing like that either, Merton, just drop it, ok?" Tommy said, hating that he had to hide the fact that he was terrified of losing Merton.

"Alright, maybe you should try to go back to sleep, it is 2 am."

"I'll try, so you should go back to bed."

Tommy managed to get back to sleep about 30 minutes later and slept until 6 am when his alarm went off.

Tommy and Merton went through their days and that night they talked a little more about the comet.

"So why is this comet going to affect me, werewolves are affected by the moon," Tommy questioned while sitting in the living room of their apartment.

"The comet is the Lupin Comet, its light is similar to moonlight, it would have made a non-full moon transform you, but because of it being a full moon it makes the wolf take complete control," Merton answered with the extensive knowledge countless hours of research had granted him.

"That is just great; I'm going out running for a while ok?" Tommy said as he stood up.

"Sure Tommy, don't worry we'll make sure you don't bite anyone while the wolf is in control," Merton tried to reassure Tommy.

Tommy ran to his clearing and sat down and focused so that he could speak to the wolf.

'Wolf, we need to talk again'

'What is it, Tommy?'

'What was that dream last night?'

'I honestly have no clue Tommy, but we need to be alert, something isn't right'

'What do you mean?'

'That girl, Alyssa, is in danger'

'In danger from what'

'Not what, who and that would be you'

'What, how is she in danger because of me?'

'As the integration continues, you will become jealous of everyone who spends time with Merton unless they pose no threat to your possible relationship, his sister Becky is one example of someone you wouldn't be jealous of'

'Why didn't you tell me earlier about this?'

'I figured that you would have confessed your love by now'

'I can't tell him, you know that'

'Tommy, the integration is important but, your mate is the most important thing in the world. Without your mate you will slip into the feral side of the spectrum that was what happened to the werewolf who bit you, he didn't have a mate to bind him to his humanity and he lost some of it.'

'That was why he went from town to town eating animals at the zoos?'

'I'm afraid so, Tommy that is why you need a mate, you could become even worse than he was otherwise'

'What about the Evil Werewolf Syndicate, I don't think any of them had mates?'

'They may have been mated to another member or they might not have turned their mate but they may not have taken mates soon enough'

'This is just great; I have to deal with possibility of becoming a feral werewolf on top of everything else'

'Tommy you love Merton, that has nothing to do with me, but you not having a mate does' 'Merton has the makings of a great mate for you, I'm asking you to confess your feelings to the one person that has the potential to make you happy for the rest of your life'

'Alright, I'll tell him but I'm not sure when'

'You'll tell him before the comet or I will'

'I'll tell him soon' Tommy replied tiredly.

Tommy then cut the connection and ran back to the apartment where he went to bed and slept.

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