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of
booze and rancid perfume.
    “Little
bro, we would have brought you, but we know you’re too faggy for a whore
house,” Hook Nose said. He put his arm around Craig, dragging the smaller man
in a circle. “Good thing you didn’t let the princess go. Woulda had to cut off
a finger or a toe.”
    Craig
swallowed loudly. Pugsly ran right into the wall then passed out on the floor.
    Thomas
and Hook Nose laughed. They left for the back of the cabin, telling Craig to
watch Fred overnight. Craig sat in the chair, nodding off now and again. Fred
tried to loosen his hands while Craig slept, but the ropes were too tight.
Towards dawn he slept a little out of sheer exhaustion.
    Be ready.
Be ready. I hope you’re okay.
    Fred’s
eyes opened. His arms tensed.
    The front
door burst open, smashing and splintering against the wall. James ran in with a
handful of wolves following him. Only James didn’t look like James. He looked
more like Wolf.  His eyes were pure yellow. His nose was elongated and almost
pointed, giving it a snout-like appearance. His fingers were spread, revealing
sharp black claws. He roared and Fred shook.
    James
went for Craig, who was closest to the bed Fred was on. He thrust him against
the wall, raking at his face.
    Don’t
hurt him! He helped me!
    Craig
howled in pain as James continued to attack him. Angel quickly freed Fred’s
hands and feet from the bed.
    Please,
James. Don’t do this. He might not be innocent, but he isn’t a bad wolf.
Please.
    James
paused. Drool ran from his open mouth, dripping down to Craig’s cheeks.
    “Take
him,” he said, in voice full of rocks.
    Two
wolves took Craig and dragged him outside then tied him up. Craig didn’t
resist. His face was so full of red Fred couldn’t see his eyes. He wanted to
help, but James was more important.
     Pugsly,
who’d previously been passed out on the floor, did try to fight. But there were
too many. He went down swinging and then finally whimpering. James let Fred
kick him once while he was on the ground. Pugsly had liked hurting him. Fred
felt a little better that he’d hurt him back.
    Hook Nose
put up more of a struggle. He had a knife, and he used it to slash at the
wolves surrounding him. Angel, who was behind him, pushed him over and he was
impaled by his own knife.
    Thomas
took advantage of the distraction and ran out through the back door. James noticed
and chased him, roaring his fury. Sometime during the chase, Thomas had changed
into his wolf form. He was much faster at changing than any other wolf Fred had
heard of. He saw the wolf running and had a flashback to the first time they’d
met in the woods. That first day when Fred had come home. Thomas had wanted him
dead, and it seemed he wanted James dead as well.
    James
caught up to Thomas, clawing viciously at his heel. Blood spurted and Thomas
howled. Thomas turned around, biting at James’s human neck. James shook him
off, pushing back with arms that had grown larger and darkly furred. His head
had changed too. His pointed ears and snout were now more prominent. Fred had
never known that wolves could half change like that. James was terrifying and
beautiful.
    Don’t
look.
    Why?
You’re beautiful.
    James
looked back at him for a split second before Thomas attacked again. They
snarled at each other, trading swipes and bites. Thomas tore a hunk from James’s
leg then spat the flesh onto the ground. James, enraged, picked Thomas up and
threw him against a tree. Fred heard Thomas’ body snap.
    Thomas
tried to get up, but his legs didn’t seem to work. James looked down at him,
bleeding and breathing harshly.
    “Traitor,”
he hissed.
    Thomas
coughed up blood. “You are the traitor. Weakening for that human. Bringing
filth into our pack.”
    James
shook his head. “You took what was mine. Mine!”
    He held
Thomas’ head in his hands, twisting it until his neck snapped. Even that didn’t
seem to satisfy him. He clawed and tore at Thomas’ body, savaging it until
there