Page 39 of I Will Make You Mine
“No, his face had transformed into that thing you all do when you’re still man, but the beast slips through. Not the full manwolf form you can take,” Vex said.
“Rude. But that’s to be expected coming from a dragon. Your entire race is arrogant beyond what would even be acceptable for other supes,” Josef retorted.
“Well then, what do you call it?” Vex shot back.
“We don’t call it anything. It’s natural for us when we feed on live prey in human form,” Josef said. “But he’s in a state of panic, this pup. I don’t like that you left him alone.”
“I was tired,” Vex said with as much concern as I supposed he could muster, which wasn’t much.
“He’s a newborn, we have our ways of dealing with them. They have to be properly trained, something I see you’re not capable of,” Josef chastised.
Vex cocked and eyebrow. “Let’s get one thing straight, he may be a wolf—”
“He’s part of my pack, just as my sons are, and I look out for mine. He may belong to you, but when you opted to have him turned, he joined us as well. If you want him to be well adjusted, you’d do well to at least take my lessons to heart when it comes to training him,” Josef said.
“I’m well versed in training newbies,” Vex retorted.
“Dragons, yes. And it’s required, right? Well, wolves have rites of passages, too. All I’m asking is that you respect that,” Josef said.
Vex sighed in a huff of annoyance, but I could tell he was going to acquiesce to Josef on the matter. “Fine.”
Josef nodded. “Good.”
I watched as Josef opened the door and stepped inside. Isiah skidded back towards the corner, his hackles up, tail tucked, and teeth bared as he growled. “Shhhhh, calm yourself, Isiah. Come to me.”
I watched as Josef, fearless as ever, approached the terrified wolf, my wolf. I wanted to go in there too, but didn’t want to overwhelm the already petrified wolf. I didn’t want him to bite Josef. If he was eating cum and horny like what Vex had described, then it was a good chance that he had dragon venom. I didn’t know if my bond with Josef made him immune or not. It was something I was hoping for, as I was told the Alphas shared powers going in to the union.
Both Vex and I looked on as Josef seemed to calm Isiah, bringing him to his senses with gentle words. The wolf, who was at one time cowering and snarling in the corner, was now creeping towards Josef’s outstretched hands, with his head low. Josef scruffed him once he was in arm’s reach and pulled him close.
“Calm down, Isiah,” he said again, petting him softly. Josef looked up at us. “This is what can happen when they go into a panic. I like to have newborns share their first meal with older wolves, their trainers. It builds a bond and helps them accept their nature.”
“I get it, I should have been more attentive,” Vex snapped.
“I’m just informing you.” Josef smirked. “But yeah, you should have been. Or you could have brought him out to the forest to join us.”
“For the future, we’ll work these details out,” Vex said.
I was actually a bit surprised to see him being so compliant. Tylendel would not have taken to such ridicule as Vex was. But then, maybe it was because Vex did have a newborn pup on his hands. This might be uncharted territory for him.
Vex and I watched Josef close his eyes, and I knew what he was doing. It was the same thing he did to me, forcing me into my beast form. That was what wolves called the most powerful form we could take. Some call it manbeast, too. But I liked beast as it sounded more threatening. He did that the second time we fucked. We all watched as Isiah began to transform back into his human shape. I knew it hurt, and he certainly didn’t hold back on the screaming and wailing.
“It was your first time, it won’t feel as painful from now on,” Josef said.
Isiah was leaning against him now, shivering and crying. Josef was not the kind of Alpha I had expected. He was gentle with his wolves… to a point, I believe. Maybe because Isiah was new and in that panicked state. But I also knew Josef’s wolves were fiercely loyal to him. That kind of devotion was rooted somewhere. Take Théoden, for instance. From an outsider’s point of view, he was a hellion. Ruthless, cruel, and deadly. Sure, that was all true, but he was that way to those who he deemed deserved it.
With his sons, he was generous, but strict. Loving, but not overly mushy about it. He even had a sense of humor, one that Derek and Donovan could get to often. Even Noel and Ryan could make Théoden laugh. Marco and Bruce were too much like him to be comic relief. But they did have senses of humor too… just on the darker side.
Josef stood up and helped Isiah to his feet. “Do you feel better now?”
Isiah looked at him, then at Vex. “You son of a bitch, you left me down here!”
Vex nodded. “I did, not because I wanted to, but as a matter of precaution. You’re strong, Isiah, weakness as you’ve displayed just now is unbefitting.”
“I agree,” Josef said. “You get one pass, because you are a newly born pup and one that we’re not completely sure of. You have needs that we are just discovering. But you are now a part of our pack and as such, I expect you to be the wolf we know you can be.”
“Indeed. I didn’t pick a pathetic human as my pet,” Vex added.
With Josef and Vex going in on Isiah, I thought I should add something since I was the one who actually turned him. “Let this be the last time I see you cowering in a fucking corner, bitch.” I knew I would have to be tough on the wolves, just as I was going to have to be tough on Dominic or any vampire Iembraced. They needed a stern hand to lead them.
