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Temptation

The large grey wolf leapt through the air and knocked hard into the growling beige wolf, sending them both tumbling across the leafy forest floor. The beige knew he was no match for the grey and he stumbled back onto his feet as the grey stood between him and his prey growling in warning.

Enough Randy! The grey projected along their mental path. You will not harm someone under my protection.

Randy's wolf paced back and forth knowing that if he tried to go past the Alpha, the Alpha would attack him. But his anger had crossed the line into rage. How dare that ungulate think he could touch his female?

A light grey female now padded up to the human boy who was pressed back against a tree in terror. She placed her nose on his leg and tried to nudge him. The terrified boy glanced down at her and looked into her calm brown eyes.

"Sophia?" he managed to say. The female nudge him again as if trying to move him. "O.k." said Paulo, "I'll go with you. But you better be Sophia and not another wolf trying to eat me." With a last look at the drama unfolding in front of him, he cautiously moved off in the direction Sophia had nudged him. He watched her as she began walking through the woods and looking back at him as if she wanted him to follow. Paulo followed after her to safety.

Presley now tore off her clothing and became her wolf. She was so angry at Randy for following them and interrupting.

Lucas had thought that he had finally got Randy to settle down when Presley's wolf came leaping into view and quickly tackled the beige wolf. They rolled and wrestled as Presley sought to sink her fangs into Randy's neck.

Presley! Stop! Lucas commanded. Lucas's dark grey wolf ran around them and looked for a good place to interfere but the other two wolves were moving so fast he couldn't find a spot to wedge himself into.

Presley! I command you to submit! Lucas tried again. This time it seemed as if Presley heard him as she rolled off Randy, panting from exhaustion, and stood wobbling in indecision. She swung her head towards Lucas and glared at him in anger for ordering her to submit. But Lucas stood stiff and strong and looked back at her with all the authority he could muster.

Presley's wolf then looked back to the beige who was standing and panting as well, waiting to see what she would do. She moved slowly towards Randy's wolf and lowered herself down in front of him until she was lying on the ground before his feet, her muzzle resting on one of his front paws.

Lucas had never ordered a female to submit to a male before and now that he saw the two before him, the image filled him with a longing of his own. It was a longing to mate with Sophia as a wolf. Although he knew that they were not ready for pups yet, he couldn't help the intense need his wolf was feeling right now.

He looked at Randy's wolf and could sense the same thoughts going through Randy's mind about Presley. The beige wolf's erection grew as he bent to sniff the female lying before him.

Presley could feel the lust of the other two powerful males and the feeling it caused in her wolf was so strong that she turned onto her back and lay with her belly exposed. Randy's wolf bent his head and sniffed at her genitals causing the female to whimper with need. As his tongue lashed out at her she yelped and bit at his front paw, a typical response during wolven love play.

Lucas was mesmerized at the scene unfolding in front of him. He felt his own lust boiling to life as Randy padded around to the other side of Presley. Presley rolled back onto her paws and stood with her rear towards Randy's face. Lucas was amazed that Presley was going to allow this! Did she really want pups right now?

Presley could no longer think straight. Her wolf was so aroused by the strong scent of lust coming from Randy and the powerful way he tried to claim her as his tonight that she could not seem to stop the act about to happen. She growled her encouragement as she felt Randy's front paws on her back and his erection seeking entrance to her sex.

Lucas barked and yipped as he began pacing again in excitement. A part of him wanted to stop them and ask them if this was what they really wanted. But a stronger part of him wanted to see them mate as wolves. So he watched as Randy began the pumping motions of his lower body on the rear side of Presley. Presley growled and howled in excitement as Randy kept up his rhythm.

Lucas's wolf could not take it anymore! He had to find his own mate. He needed Sophia so badly at the moment that he took off into the forest and followed her scent back to the rave.

When he arrived, he noticed Sophia and Paulo were standing by his car talking. Sophia had already flipped back into human form and had dressed in some spare clothing that they always had stored in the trunk of the car. Their heads swung towards the grey wolf as he strode up to them. Lucas flipped back to human form not five feet away as Paulo stared with wide eyes.

Lucas did not bother to dress or to hide his nudity in front of Paulo. He grabbed Sophia's hand and began to pull her off towards the tree line. "Come on," he said, his tone almost like a command. Sophia knew it would do no good to argue with him when he was like this so she willing let him pull her along.

Before they were out of view she projected to Sarah and Sean. Take Paulo home for us, o.k.?

No problem, Sarah answered.

"Luke? What happened? Is Randy o.k.?" Sophia asked as they went deeper into the woods. But Lucas didn't answer her question. He could think of nothing else but having Sophia and any other matter would have to wait.

Lucas suddenly stopped and put his hands on Sophia's arms, backing her against a tree. Sophia began breathing hard as she studied his lust filled face. Her eyes traveled downwards to his enormous erection and she swallowed in anticipation.

"I have to have you Sophia," Lucas rasped out.

Sophia felt heat traveling through her body, stroking the fires of her own longing. "I'm yours," she whispered as she laid her hands on his chest and began stroking his muscular form.

Lucas growled and tore the blouse from her body in one movement. Sophia was shocked yet excited at the intensity of his need. He grabbed her shoulders and brought his mouth down on the right side. Sophia felt his fangs sink into her shoulder and she moaned as her legs turned to rubber and her eyes rolled up in pleasure. He sucked and licked at her wound while he growled. When the blood stopped leaking, he worked his way down her chest and ran his tongue around her aroused fleshy mounds. While he lavished her breasts with attention his fingers found the button of her jeans and pulled it free.

Sophia could feel him yanking her pants and panties off as she swayed dizzily against the tree. Her hands moved from his shoulders to his hair as he kissed his way ever downwards. She felt as though the only thing holding her up was the tree behind her as every nerve in her body sang with pleasure. When Lucas's mouth reached her hot core she growled with her own pleasure and slung one leg over his shoulder, pulling his head to her so he would not leave.

But Lucas had no intention of leaving. He needed her scent as much as he needed air and he moved his arms around her backside and pulled her as close as he could while he tasted the intoxicating flesh of his mate. He devoured her with his need and soon she screamed out her pleasure.

When he stood up again, Lucas impaled his mate with his need and the growls and howls of their joining affected many others of the clan who felt the intense lust of the Alphas. Soon those left at the rave were few as couples went to join the sounds of the night in the dark depths of the forest.

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The following week, Tyler Creed was standing at the bottom of the path which led from the lake to the entrance of his new club, his gaze taking in the newly constructed dock that had been built on order by Lucas. Tyler did not care for the fact that Lucas was planning on spending a lot of time in the same building as he. The Cates mansion was on the opposite side of the lake and it was now apparent to Tyler that Lucas would be using his new speedboat to transport himself directly across the lake and to his new office in the back of the club.

He swallowed his ire though. He knew it wouldn't benefit him to complain. He was after all married to Lucas's sister and he also realized that he would not even have the club if it wasn't for Lucas. "Perhaps I should get myself a boat," Tyler mused aloud. He turned his back to make his way up the path to his club, which was in the process of renovation. Hammers, saws and drills were filling the air with the noise of progress and Tyler loved progress. He welcomed any change to this sleepy town.

When he entered the building he was pleasantly surprised by the presence of his wife, Ruby. She stood with her back to him, looking up at the workers on the scaffolding and at the changes they had rendered in such a short amount of time. He walked up close behind her and leaned towards her ear as he said, "What do you think?"

He was surprised to hear an encouraging comment from his usually critical wife. "I think it's going well," she said, without turning to look at him.

Tyler stepped up to the side of her and tried not to look as pleased as he felt. "You know Ruby, I'd really like you to be part of all this," Tyler said. "I need people with brains to help manage things and well… Buddy doesn't exactly fit the description." He felt encouraged when he saw Ruby give a slight smile at his comment.

Truthfully, Ruby had been bored. She had been spending much time at Sherman's place lately, learning what she could about healing and developing her natural abilities as the white female. But the times in which she was needed by others for healing were not often enough to keep her occupied. She looked at Tyler and said, "Perhaps."

The sound of car doors slamming brought their attention to the entrance where Sophia, Vivian and Lucas were soon walking in, carrying boxes of paint supplies. They set them by the large wall behind the bar and observed the scaffolding that had been set in place at the top.

"You're really going to go way up there baby?" Lucas asked Sophia in concern.

"How else am I going to reach it?" Sophia laughed.

"What's going on?" Ruby asked in curiosity.

Lucas smiled at her and moved over to her side, "Hey sis. Sophia's going to start the mural today."

"Mural?" Ruby asked.

"Yes," Tyler answered for them. "I asked Sophia to do a mural on this whole wall. I hear she's quite talented."

"She is," stated Lucas.

"It's going to be a forest scene," Sophia explained, "with the whole pack, in our wolf forms."

"That's quite an undertaking," Ruby said, impressed. "I'm looking forward to seeing it."

"So am I," said Lucas as he walked back to his mate. "Come on baby, let's go get the rest of your stuff." The two teens left to unload the car.

"Well," smiled Vivian, "I'm glad to find you both here together." She looked from Tyler to Ruby. "I wanted to invite you to the house next week for Thanksgiving dinner. It will just be us, plus Sophia and Matt of course."

Ruby looked at her stepmother in surprise. Why was she being so friendly? "What's the catch?" Ruby asked.

"Catch?" Vivian said. "We are family Ruby. Lucas would be very disappointed if we couldn't be together this year. After all, we no longer have to worry about Kanin snooping around like we had to last year." Vivian caught the irritation on Ruby's face when she mentioned her old lover. "Well, can I expect you two?"

Tyler smiled and said, "I think that would be nice Vivian. Thank you for the invitation." Tyler looked at Ruby for confirmation. Ruby sighed and nodded. Then she turned and walked out the entrance and towards Lucas and Sophia to help them with Sophia's things.

"It looks as though things are mending a bit for you two," Vivian said to Tyler.

"Slow but sure" answered Tyler with a grin. "The future seems promising indeed."

Tyler watched as Vivian walked over to the bar and looked at the scaffolding in which Sophia would be working on. Then she quickly turned to look at Tyler and studied his face.

Tyler noticed her expression and lifted one eyebrow as he said, "Is something on your mind Vivian?"

"Actually, yes," she confirmed. "I wanted to talk with you about Sophia."

"Sophia? What about her?" Tyler asked.

Vivian sauntered up to Tyler with an intense look in her eyes. A look that told him she was trying to ascertain his thoughts. "I know you have a 'thing' for strong females," Vivian said. "Me, Ruby, … we've both experienced your obsession for powerful women." Her eyes swept over Tyler's face for his reaction.

Tyler kept his expression neutral as he said, "You think I'm going to jump Sophia?"

"I don't 'think' anything," Vivian said. "But Sophia will be spending a lot of time painting this mural and I wanted to make certain that her presence here doesn't grow on you. I'm certain you can imagine the consequences if anything should happen."

Tyler bowed his head slightly, "I understand. But you have nothing to be concerned about. I love my wife and I'm not the least bit interested in screwing up what I've worked hard for."

"That's good to hear," said Vivian as she made her way to the door. She turned to face Tyler one last time and said, "Because I wouldn't hold Lucas back from any revenge he would want to inflict in that case."

Vivian strode out, leaving Tyler shaking his head and grinning.

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Next time: Thanksgiving at the Cates' mansion. Will it be a pleasant time for all or a disaster? LOL

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