EPILOGUE

NOAH

Lucas loaded the final box into the back of the moving truck then pulled the roller door down.

I was moving in with him.

We'd been sorting through and packing up my belongings during the week and today we were moving the possessions I had decided to keep. We were in the process of building a house on the pack land but for now, I'd move into his little apartment in the main house.

I didn't know it at the time, but the day after Lucas had claimed me, he'd instructed Drew to get the process started of building another small house on the land for us to move into. They had the plans already since they kept things simple and just had the one style of house that worked.

I locked up the front door of my house and waved to Lucas as he drove away. He was going straight to the compound to start unloading stuff while I took care of a couple things.

He'd eased up on the overprotectiveness since I'd claimed him back, feeling much more secure in our bond and my new strength now that I'd had my first shift. The gene had fully taken now, integrating with my DNA completely and turning it into something stronger.

I hopped in my car and started heading toward Felix and Liam's place. They were moving into my house. They'd been living a converted basement at Felix's parents house and needed an upgrade.

I pulled into the driveway and walked around the back then knocked on their door.

"Hey lovebird, how's the move going? Is Lucas getting all sweaty and taking his shirt off for you?" Felix asked with a naughty gleam in his eyes.

"For god's sake, Felix, try not to squirt your horny pheromones at poor Noah," Liam called out from the other room before walking over and inviting me in.

Felix just laughed. "There is absolutely nothing ‘poor' about Noah. He's got a sexy lumberjack, he hit the jackpot!" he said, giggling at his joke.

He wasn't wrong.

"The move is going smoothly, thank you. Lucas has taken my stuff back to his place to unpack while I came to drop off these," I said, handing over the keys to my house.

Liam reached for them, taking the keys before Felix could.

"Thanks Noah," Liam said, pocketing the keys.

"I can't believe you're moving so far away! Who am I going to have lunch with?" Felix complained.

"Hey, what am I, runner up?" Liam asked, looking mildly offended.

I chuckled as I watched them bicker. They fought like brothers and it always surprised me to know that they fucked on the regular when they got too pent up with sexual frustration. Although, maybe all that arguing was because they were pent up.

"Okay," I said, interrupting their squabbling, "my bed is still at the house and so is the couch. I left some of the kitchen stuff like utensils but you'll need your own appliances. Try not to burn my house down, alright?" I chuckled.

"We'll do our best," Felix said. "So, remind me, what time do I need to meet you at the shop tomorrow morning? Ten?"

"It's nine and you know it," I reminded him.

"Are you sure? You live so far away now, it will take you ages to drive there. Don't you need more sleep?"

Liam shook his head. "Felix, he's giving you your dream job, suck it up."

"Oh!" Felix made an exaggerated shocked expression. "Liam, don't ask for blow jobs in front of a guest, it's rude."

I cracked up laughing. Felix was right, I was going to miss our lunches.

I went over some details about the utility companies they needed to call to open their accounts then said my goodbyes.

I really was going to miss not seeing them as often as I was used to but we'd decided to keep up our weekly dinner and board game tradition. Except now, Felix and Liam were going to be hosting, and Lucas and I would make the trip to see them.

"Okay, we'll see you guys on Thursday night," I said and hugged them both.

"Okie dokie. Tootles," Felix said, kissing me on the cheek.

"Bye Noah." Liam patted me on the shoulder as I walked out the door.

I climbed back in my car and headed for my new home.

When I arrived, the truck had already been unloaded and Lucas was unpacking boxes in our apartment.

"Hey roomie," Lucas said, smirking up at me.

He was really happy about me moving in. It had taken a few discussions but he'd convinced me to hire Felix to work in my shop to take care of the retail work while I did the admin work from home so I won't need to travel much.

It made sense. Part of the convincing was when he showed me the pack accounts and I was floored. The pack had been investing money for decades and had more than enough to take care of everyone for years but Lucas also stressed the fact that every pack member needed a purpose within the pack.

My purpose was to be their alpha. To lead and guide the pack but that didn't take up all of my time so, having my shop was what I did on the side now.

"Hi," I smiled and joined him by the bookshelf.

He pulled me close for a kiss then passed me some books and I began arranging them on the shelves. It was so perfectly domestic and gave me wonderful warm fuzzy feelings in my belly.

"I heard from Miriam that Lara went into heat over the weekend, which of course made Jack go into rut so, they're locked up in their house and I'd suggest giving it a wide berth," Lucas said as he continued stacking books.

"Wow, okay. So, who is looking after Tommy then?" I asked.

"Miriam is. The little guy is missing his parents but it's best if he stays with her. The more they fuck the more likely it'll be over sooner and he can go back home."

"Poor Tommy. What does he think is happening?"

"That his parents are making him a little brother or sister. He's hoping for a sister since he already has a brother," Lucas chuckled.

"I'm not surprised," I said, picking up another few books. "So, if neither one of us goes into heat, we'll never go into rut, right?" I asked.

I really should have asked Lucas more questions before I turned into a wolf but the man is too sexy for my own good and I always got distracted. Once I'd given in and accepted that he was my mate and I would claim him after my first shirt, all hesitations disappeared and we were going at it like animals. We couldn't keep our hands to ourselves.

He'd explained how heats and ruts worked, that a heat made a wolf crazy horny and desperate to breed. And a rut was essentially the same but it brought out more dominant behavior.

"Not necessarily. Gay mate pairings are unusual but not unheard of and usually one wolf of the pair is an omega who likely has heats. Two alphas being mates though, that I've never heard of before. My guess is one of us will go into rut which will trigger the other and we'll likely have a bit of a power struggle, both trying to dominate the other," Lucas explained.

That was an eye opening concept. We already had a bit of that but we worked well with negotiating and communicating, both wanting our mate to feel fulfilled and satisfied. Not that either one of us complained when we bottomed, we both enjoyed that.

"Oh god, the poor pack, we'll be a nightmare to be around. When is that likely to happen?"

"Well, for unmated males, ruts aren't as frequent with no mate to trigger them. Most wolves find their mates young so there's less information to go off of."

"Okay. But you were unmated for a while, so how often were yours?" I asked, curious about how often he'd been experiencing these ‘ruts'.

He paused stacking books and thought for a moment. "Hm… about once every year and a half."

"And when was the last one?"

"Around a year ago."

"Okay, so I have six months approximately before this rutting frenzy happens," I murmured, wondering what that will feel like.

"Hm, not necessarily. You might have one sooner than that and then it's game on, baby," Lucas said suggestively, smirking at me.

I laughed. "Lucky me."

LUCAS

2 months later

I was in the living room of mine and Noah's new house, sitting down with Drew and discussing his current relationship struggle when the front door banged open and a panting, feral looking Noah was standing there, filling it up with his body.

He was larger and more muscular these days thanks to the werewolf gene. He'd filled out in all the right places and looked sexy as fuck. He could give me a run for my money strength wise too, especially in wolf form.

"Out," he growled at Drew.

Drew didn't need to be told twice and quickly left, skirting cautiously around Noah. I didn't know what he was so riled up about but I was sure I could calm him down.

I took a deep breath, about to calmly ask him to explain what was wrong, when I smelt it. His arousal was off the charts and his eyes completely wild.

He was in rut!

My wolf immediately perked up within me, responding to his mate and I felt the stirrings of my hormones responding.

Oh, this is going to be fun.

My ass got a little slick when I felt my wolfs excitement to rut with his mate. It was something I was used to now. Noah triggered it in me more often than I'd ever admit to anyone else, but I enjoyed bottoming for him and we had a pretty even split with that.

I removed my clothing quickly and Noah watched me strip down, licking his lips when my cock was finally exposed. His pupils were wide, he was so far gone to his base urges and I was living for it.

He started stalking toward me and I was ready to tousle with him, but I didn't want to destroy the new house so, I ran around him to the door before he got to me.

I looked back at Noah over my shoulder. "Catch me if you can, mate," I chuckled then took off, shifting mid air and bolting toward the woods.

I heard his growl then the tearing of fabric and his paws hitting the ground loudly. He was close behind me but I knew these woods better than him so I veered left where I knew a couple obstacles might slow him down.

If he wanted to catch and knot me, I was going to make him work for it.

My chest heaved, taking in deep breaths of oxygen as my heart pounded loudly. I jumped over a fallen tree and then another that was just after it.

I heard Noah stumble at the second one but knew he was fine because he was up and running after me within moments. But those precious moments were going to give me more time.

The point of the chase was for him to catch me and then we'd wrestle for dominance. Regardless of which one came out on top and claimed the other first, it was going to be so good that we were both winners.

He was still incredibly close. Motivated by his wolfs rut and desperation to fuck his mate. Me.

We continued running and I made a curve, knowing Noah would take the shortcut to get to me which led him right across a wet slippery patch.

He skidded and slid on his side, getting mud all over the fur on his flank before getting up and taking off after me. He growled.

"Cheap shot, mate!" He sent to me.

I projected my laughter to him and just kept running.

After a couple more minutes of running I noticed that I couldn't hear him as clearly anymore. The sound of his paws against the ground had disappeared and I wondered where he was.

What if he'd injured himself when he fell? Maybe he didn't feel it at first then the pain kicked in and he was alone somewhere hurting?

My instinct to protect my mate was strongest and I stopped running, turning to look for him. I couldn't see him anywhere.

I howled.

"Where are you?"

I heard a couple thuds from behind but before I could turn, a sudden weight slammed into my back, crushing me to the ground, making my breath woosh out of me. I tried to get up but he bit my neck and growled.

He suddenly thrust his slippery cock into me, sliding in easily thanks to my eager and slick hole and began rutting, pumping his hips and a furious pace.

Claiming me.

He'd never managed to catch and fuck me as a wolf before. Oh, he'd tried, but I'd always managed to evade him or get the upper hand and top him if he caught me.

I guess he just needed the right motivation.

My wolf was loving it. Noah had proven himself more than worthy to claim us and he was happy to offer himself up for our mate to enjoy. And I wasn't as opposed to laying beneath him this way as I'd initially thought I'd be. I trusted him. Completely.

He felt incredible. He kept thrusting hard and his knot began to grow, reducing his range of movement. It felt so good being stretched to accommodate his body inside mine, knowing my mate and I were locked together.

With a final heavy thrust, he erupted deep inside me, filling me to capacity. He howled with victory then bit his mark on my neck.

"Mine!" He declared.

His bite triggered my orgasm and I came hard. My seed pumping out beneath me onto the ground as my ass rippled around his huge knot.

We had to wait an hour for his knot to recede, we shifted back. Usually, it would have taken only twenty to thirty minutes but due to his rut he was struggling not to keep humping me but I wanted to get us to a comfortable bed before it got dark.

Once back in human form, Noah was struggling with the urges of his rut, unable to stop groping and kissing me, so I picked him up and he wrapped his arms and legs around me. If I didn't hold him, he'd just keep stopping me and we'd never get there.

He was happy to lick, suck and bite my neck while he humped his hard dick against my stomach as I walked us back.

It was torture.

My wolf wanted to lay him down and claim him again, but I knew how this would go. We needed to get to the house so we could lock ourselves away and fuck like bunnies until the ruts faded.

He was highly distracting though.

After he humped himself to orgasm and came on my abs, I couldn't take it. The smell of his arousal was killing me and though I pride myself on my self control, even I have my limits.

I put him down and then tossed him over my shoulder caveman style and ran for the house. He of course used the opportunity to grope at my backside the whole time.

I went to the back door and thankfully no pack members saw us. We were in quite a state, covered in mud and cum.

I sent a mental message to Drew to let him know we would be indisposed for a few days and to bring food and leave it outside the door while we locked ourselves away.

When I got us into the house I went straight to the bathroom and put Noah back on his feet. He, of course, immediately started pawing at me.

"Baby, just give me a minute. We need to shower," I said.

He was making it more and more difficult to resist my urges and I was hanging on by a thread. All I wanted to do was bend him over and fuck him into oblivion but my need to take care of my mate prevailed.

Barely.

I got us into the shower and grabbed the soap. I started slathering it all over Noah's body, hoping that if my hands were all over him, he might calm down a little.

He didn't.

He was practically climbing me like a tree.

Once we were clean, I turned him around and pressed him into the tiles, grinding my cock between his ass cheeks.

"Yes, fuck me! Claim me, Lucas. I need you," he begged.

I shifted my cock, knowing he'd want the size and then my knot. I checked his hole and it was unbelievably slick. Leaking copious amounts which smelled incredible.

I knelt down, desperate to taste him. I spread his ass and buried my face in there, thrusting my long wolf tongue inside him. We were both so amped up there was no gentleness or hesitation, we were feral for each other.

"Fuck! Oh fuck, so good… yes, give it to me!" Noah cried out, desperation clear in his voice.

I fucked him with my tongue a little longer but I was as desperate for him as he was for me and my wolf was done waiting.

I stood up and sank my entire length into him in one go.

Noah cried out and came straight away, his cock shooting ropes all over the shower wall as his sweet hole rippled around me.

My instincts were in overdrive and I needed to knot him like I needed air to breathe. I began thrusting, rutting into his silky tight channel and taking what was mine. My mate.

He sagged back against me and I held him tight, helping to hold him up as I pumped my cock into him hard and fast.

I fucked him until my knot grew and then I filled him with my seed, roaring as my orgasm swarmed throughout my body. Tingling with exquisite pleasure everywhere.

I sucked my bite on his neck, making him see stars again and felt his ass quiver as he came and it felt magical.

Panting for breath, I knew without a doubt, we needed to get to the bed asap. My knot was still inside Noah so it would take some clever maneuvering.

I grabbed the shower head and rinsed us a final time before turning the water off.

I wrapped Noah's arms around the back of my neck. "Hold on," I instructed then lifted him by his legs and walked us over to the shelves. "Grab a couple towels, baby," I said.

Noah grabbed a couple and held them with one arm while holding onto my neck with the other.

I walked us to the bed where Noah tossed the towels down and I gently lay us on our sides.

I did my best to dry us off before pulling a blanket over us and we passed out.

NOAH

Four days.

Four days of endless fucking.

Sometimes it was slow. Sometimes fast and hard. Sometimes we wrestled for dominance first.

It was incredible.

If I'd had any idea about this when Lucas said I was going to turn into a wolf I would have said ‘Sign me up!'.

I'd never felt so unbelievably satisfied in my whole life. My wolf was practically purring he was so damn thrilled.

I didn't think it was possible but our bond felt even stronger. I could sense it, humming between us, could sense him. I was so utterly in love with my big furry mate and felt like the luckiest man alive to have him.

I couldn't believe I'd resisted him so hard at the beginning.

Lucas kissed my shoulder as he snuggled closer to me in bed.

"Morning," I mumbled.

"Good morning my little wolf. How are you feeling?" he asked, lightly stroking his fingers up and down my side.

"Back to normal. You?"

"The same."

I sighed. "I hope we don't have to wait a year and a half for that again," I said, thinking out loud.

Lucas chuckled. "We won't. It's more frequent once you're mated."

"Good, I'm going to make you chase me down next time," I said, looking forward to our next ruts.