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Toussaint Loup was at the end of his rope. It had been a year since he started as an executive assistant at Reinhardt, Rogan, and Swain. His first few months at the midsized law firm hadn't been terrible, but of course most of his time was spent in training, which was easy for someone who actually had a law degree and passed the bar. He was over qualified for the position but Toussaint wasn't in a position to be choosy about his employment. Werewolves don't have the luxury, especially purebreds.
His father insisted that he was delusional for ever thinking he could lead a normal life. Having fled his native Haiti in his teens after his own family was slaughtered, Frantz Loup knew well the troubles his son would face once he came of age and didn't hide the truth from him. "The only way to survive is to live in the shadows TouTou. Stay out of the limelight." But of course young Toussaint wanted to live the American Dream. Unlike his father, he played sports in high school, taking full advantage of his 6'4" 230 lb frame on the soccer field and the basketball court. His senior year saw him at the McDonald's All-American game and heavily recruited at several Division-I universities. It was unfortunate that one of those recruiting trips fell on his 18th birthday, and a full moon.
His father implored him not to go but Toussaint was young and naïve to the moon's sway over his being, mostly because he had yet to feel the full force of it. All that weekend, he was manic. Hackles raised. Muscles tight. Having gone through the change before, Toussaint recognized the signs and did his best to keep himself contained. But it was different this time, more intense. By the time the sun began to set, he had a full beard to go with the thick tuft of hair that coated his torso. There was a party and he knew he shouldn't have gone. The school itself was in a rural area surrounded by acres of woods that offered the perfect escape. His plan was to go to the party and disappear when the time was right, but that proved more difficult than he anticipated with his new buddies throwing women at him in the hopes of luring him to their campus. It all happened so fast. One minute he was talking to a young lady and the next some guy claiming to be her boyfriend was in his face. On any other night he could have easily defused the confrontation but this wasn't any other night. Before he could stop himself, his hand was around the guy's throat and Toussaint was hoisting him into the air. Granted the guy was only about an inch taller than him, maybe 20 pounds heavier, but still, he shouldn't been able to pick him up and toss him through a wall like a rag doll. His eyes had already changed to bright yellow orbs before he made a run for it. Nose and mouth became a snout as he crossed the tree line. There was barely enough time to get his clothes off before the change took hold of the rest of his body.
Even if no one witnessed the monster that dwelled inside of him, all the recruitment letters stop after that. He was labeled a troublemaker, a loose cannon, and no one would touch him. Toussaint still had his grades though, and worked his way through community college, state college, and eventually law school. His passing the bar was his greatest triumph but by then he knew that there was zero chance for him to register. That would require him putting down roots somewhere, being a part of a community and that was something he knew he just couldn't do.
The older he got the less control he had. His father told him it came from a lack of balance in his life, balance that only a mate could provide. "You can't be a lone wolf all your life TouTou." That was easier said than done, when you avoided dating anyone for more than a month at a time. Given his attempt to live a normal life, Toussaint avoided the "supernatural" scene. Female weres of every species tended to be overly aggressive about settling down and the fangirls just wanted to get tossed around. And if he were being honest, Toussaint wasn't entirely sure he wanted a woman anyway.
That was never more apparent when he got assigned to work under Taylor Swain, the youngest son of one of the partners. Fresh out of school, he thought he knew everything there was to know about being a lawyer and often confused Toussaint's title as executive assistant with gopher bitch. If it wasn't his fourth job in as many years, he would have called it quits immediately. Plus, Toussaint had finally found a place he loved. It was just a double wide trailer in a park on the edge of a nature reserve. Toussaint was pretty sure it was a camp site but that didn't matter to him. It was his and it offered easy access to the outdoors when he needed to get away. There was also a pack that offered Toussaint's wolf a sense of comradery when he needed it. Given that he was a purebred, he was afforded alpha status during those times when he joined their runs.
But no amount of running would allow him to shake the charge he felt when in the presence of his boss. Aside from his condescending demeanor and entitled air, Taylor Swain struck a cord in his loins that he couldn't deny. Whether he was gay or not didn't matter to Toussaint, he had to have him. He would have him, however he wanted, whenever he wanted. He knew exactly where to go to get what he needed, he knew it would cost him but he was willing to pay anything to get Taylor under him.
There was a sorceress who masqueraded as a fortune teller/performance artist for the humans. To them she was Madame Zelda but to those who know her true nature she was Xenoria Kal-Daran, a 500 year old specialist in the dark arts who occasionally dabbled in the light. After one particularly exhausting day Toussaint paid her shop a visit with a live crow, a bushel of crab apples, and a bouquet of white oleander as appeasement, and she sent him away with a list. A tooth, a deposit of his seed, a few strands of hair, and a vial of his saliva, all to be obtained from his wolf under the full moon, only then could she concoct the potion that would give him the power he needed. He was back at her shop three days later and that night she produced an ounce of syrupy sweet liquid as thick as molasses and the same ruddy color of his pelt.
"You need but a drop," she told him as she handed it over, but she wouldn't let the vial go until he repeated it.
"Only a drop," he said and hurried out the door. "Is he going to die if I give him more?"
"Not death but you may end up with more than you bargained for," she offered by way of warning but all Toussaint heard was he wouldn't accidently kill his boss. That was all he needed to know before he dumped the entire vial into Taylor's triple mocha grande half caf nonfat cappuccino the next morning.
Toussaint barely slept that night and made it into work early the next morning to do just that. He couldn't hold his grin as he stepped into that spacious office and sauntered up to the desk with the overly complicated coffee in his hand.
"Your coffee sir," he said quietly as he placed the paper cup on the coaster at the front of Taylor's desk. "You have meetings all day so you better drink up."
His father insisted that he was delusional for ever thinking he could lead a normal life. Having fled his native Haiti in his teens after his own family was slaughtered, Frantz Loup knew well the troubles his son would face once he came of age and didn't hide the truth from him. "The only way to survive is to live in the shadows TouTou. Stay out of the limelight." But of course young Toussaint wanted to live the American Dream. Unlike his father, he played sports in high school, taking full advantage of his 6'4" 230 lb frame on the soccer field and the basketball court. His senior year saw him at the McDonald's All-American game and heavily recruited at several Division-I universities. It was unfortunate that one of those recruiting trips fell on his 18th birthday, and a full moon.
His father implored him not to go but Toussaint was young and naïve to the moon's sway over his being, mostly because he had yet to feel the full force of it. All that weekend, he was manic. Hackles raised. Muscles tight. Having gone through the change before, Toussaint recognized the signs and did his best to keep himself contained. But it was different this time, more intense. By the time the sun began to set, he had a full beard to go with the thick tuft of hair that coated his torso. There was a party and he knew he shouldn't have gone. The school itself was in a rural area surrounded by acres of woods that offered the perfect escape. His plan was to go to the party and disappear when the time was right, but that proved more difficult than he anticipated with his new buddies throwing women at him in the hopes of luring him to their campus. It all happened so fast. One minute he was talking to a young lady and the next some guy claiming to be her boyfriend was in his face. On any other night he could have easily defused the confrontation but this wasn't any other night. Before he could stop himself, his hand was around the guy's throat and Toussaint was hoisting him into the air. Granted the guy was only about an inch taller than him, maybe 20 pounds heavier, but still, he shouldn't been able to pick him up and toss him through a wall like a rag doll. His eyes had already changed to bright yellow orbs before he made a run for it. Nose and mouth became a snout as he crossed the tree line. There was barely enough time to get his clothes off before the change took hold of the rest of his body.
Even if no one witnessed the monster that dwelled inside of him, all the recruitment letters stop after that. He was labeled a troublemaker, a loose cannon, and no one would touch him. Toussaint still had his grades though, and worked his way through community college, state college, and eventually law school. His passing the bar was his greatest triumph but by then he knew that there was zero chance for him to register. That would require him putting down roots somewhere, being a part of a community and that was something he knew he just couldn't do.
The older he got the less control he had. His father told him it came from a lack of balance in his life, balance that only a mate could provide. "You can't be a lone wolf all your life TouTou." That was easier said than done, when you avoided dating anyone for more than a month at a time. Given his attempt to live a normal life, Toussaint avoided the "supernatural" scene. Female weres of every species tended to be overly aggressive about settling down and the fangirls just wanted to get tossed around. And if he were being honest, Toussaint wasn't entirely sure he wanted a woman anyway.
That was never more apparent when he got assigned to work under Taylor Swain, the youngest son of one of the partners. Fresh out of school, he thought he knew everything there was to know about being a lawyer and often confused Toussaint's title as executive assistant with gopher bitch. If it wasn't his fourth job in as many years, he would have called it quits immediately. Plus, Toussaint had finally found a place he loved. It was just a double wide trailer in a park on the edge of a nature reserve. Toussaint was pretty sure it was a camp site but that didn't matter to him. It was his and it offered easy access to the outdoors when he needed to get away. There was also a pack that offered Toussaint's wolf a sense of comradery when he needed it. Given that he was a purebred, he was afforded alpha status during those times when he joined their runs.
But no amount of running would allow him to shake the charge he felt when in the presence of his boss. Aside from his condescending demeanor and entitled air, Taylor Swain struck a cord in his loins that he couldn't deny. Whether he was gay or not didn't matter to Toussaint, he had to have him. He would have him, however he wanted, whenever he wanted. He knew exactly where to go to get what he needed, he knew it would cost him but he was willing to pay anything to get Taylor under him.
There was a sorceress who masqueraded as a fortune teller/performance artist for the humans. To them she was Madame Zelda but to those who know her true nature she was Xenoria Kal-Daran, a 500 year old specialist in the dark arts who occasionally dabbled in the light. After one particularly exhausting day Toussaint paid her shop a visit with a live crow, a bushel of crab apples, and a bouquet of white oleander as appeasement, and she sent him away with a list. A tooth, a deposit of his seed, a few strands of hair, and a vial of his saliva, all to be obtained from his wolf under the full moon, only then could she concoct the potion that would give him the power he needed. He was back at her shop three days later and that night she produced an ounce of syrupy sweet liquid as thick as molasses and the same ruddy color of his pelt.
"You need but a drop," she told him as she handed it over, but she wouldn't let the vial go until he repeated it.
"Only a drop," he said and hurried out the door. "Is he going to die if I give him more?"
"Not death but you may end up with more than you bargained for," she offered by way of warning but all Toussaint heard was he wouldn't accidently kill his boss. That was all he needed to know before he dumped the entire vial into Taylor's triple mocha grande half caf nonfat cappuccino the next morning.
Toussaint barely slept that night and made it into work early the next morning to do just that. He couldn't hold his grin as he stepped into that spacious office and sauntered up to the desk with the overly complicated coffee in his hand.
"Your coffee sir," he said quietly as he placed the paper cup on the coaster at the front of Taylor's desk. "You have meetings all day so you better drink up."