Furry Magic
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Harry Potter › Slash - Male/Male › Harry/Lucius
Rating:
Adult ++
Chapters:
104
Views:
136,510
Reviews:
711
Recommended:
4
Currently Reading:
3
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chapter 21
Title: Furry Magic, chapter 21
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the recognizable characters.
\"Lucius.\" The man speaking was massive. Tall and wide enough that he dwarfed all of the people around him. Lucius looked up. Met those dark eyes, chips of obsidian in a harsh featured face. Not handsome. But, arresting. Coupled with his uncommon size, Tambyn got lots of looks thrown his way.
\"Tambyn.\" Lucius greeted the man, moving forward between the line of silent werewolves on either side of the hall. They sat, mostly in animal form, watching from sharp, curious eyes. One of them licked it\'s snout with a long, canine tongue. The scent of them assaulted the nostrils of the were-cats. Forbidding, wrong, not feline. Lucius never flinched as he passed them all.
He felt Graeme twitching, reached out and looped his arm through his third\'s, pulling him close, calming him with his body. Graeme nervously rubbed and cuddled as they walked, his own long arm going around Lucius\' waist. He buried his sensitive nose in his king\'s hair, trying to block out the overwhelming wolf scent. Lucius let it happen. Graeme was too on edge. It wouldn\'t be good if he shifted here.
Tambyn remained standing in front of the door to his inner rooms. He gestured for the entire pride contingent to enter.
\"Welcome to the home of the Pack.\" Tambyn said. He indicated the chairs arrayed around the fireplace at one end of the room. Waited as they moved into them.
\"Have a seat.\" He said into the quiet air. The scent of the other wolves stayed mostly outside the room. In here the cats felt they could breathe again. Lucius took his seat, keeping a hand on Graeme, keeping his third at his feet when he sat. Graeme made no sign of protest. He curled up on the wooden floor at his king\'s feet, legs tucked under. Lucius stroked him with one hand.
\"Thank you.\" Lucius took the cup handed to him by a slim brown skinned woman. He set it aside. Kept petting the long coppery locks, that were as soft as silk under his hand. Graeme lifted his chin, and Lucius\' long agile fingers scratched him under his chin, along his throat.
\"That will be all, thank you Electra.\" Tambyn said to the woman, she moved away from the gathering going to sit a few feet away, her attention on the group.
\"We have never been friends, Tambyn. Nor true enemies.\" Lucius began. Meeting the big man\'s gaze, liking the strength and purpose he sensed in the man. A man who got things done, Lucius thought. \"I was surprised to be asked here. And am impatient to know the reason why.\"
\"Understandable.\" The huge man paused. His eyes flicked down to Graeme who was purring, eyes half closed in bliss. A corner of his mouth quirked, showing unexpected humor. Lucius let his own mouth almost smile.
Then Tambyn became serious again.\"It is not easy, what I am about to say. Please be aware none of it was brought about by my planning. I was too much of a child then to have even thought of any thing so convoluted.\"
Lucius inclined his head. Graeme licked his wrist, as Tambyn started his explanation.
\"Years ago I met a beautiful woman. It was just before I was made king here. I was 19 at the time. She told me her name was Jezebel. She was blonde, and charismatic as well as lovely. We began a romance. Then, a few months into it, she disappeared. I was distraught, heartbroken, then angry. Before, I could find where she had gone, my father died and I was suddenly king.\" Tambyn frowned, his hurt and memory of it, obviously still quite strong.
Lucius watched the other man, he was telling the truth. His feelings were not faked. His heart rate was a little high, but that jibed well with what he\'d revealed. He\'d been abandoned by his lover. He\'d been very young, not so resilient then. Tambyn resumed his tale.
\"When things were more settled with the pack, I began to search. Everywhere, I asked and sent my wolves to look. I never found her. I gave up, other things needed to be taken care of. I married. Very well.\" His eyes drifted to the woman sitting apart from them, she returned his gaze with determined pride.
\"Then, this week, I saw the woman from my past. With her was a child. A child who smelled like pack, who smelled like me, for all he looked like her. He is my child. One I did not know I had. My eldest child.\" Tambyn waited for the significance to sink in. All the pride\'s contingent stirred, except Graeme who had laid his chin over his king\'s knee and was purring, loudly. Lucius fondled his ear. He knew he wasn\'t\' going to like the rest of this story.
Kaithas was the one who spoke. \"You found her, and found out who she is.\" Tambyn nodded, eyes flinty.
\"I did. I had them taken. The woman demanded I free her. She told me she is your sister, Lucius, the Mother of your heir. She gives her name as Andromeda. The boy, he is called Christopher. She claims the boy is yours?\" Tambyn said the name as if he had discovered the most precious of items.
\"He is your heir. I have not lain with my sister, not to father a child or for any other reason.\" Lucius murmured. \"My sister\'s child is your heir.\" He shook his head, _expression tight, stark.
Andromeda had betrayed the pride. Not only Lucius. She had tried to pass a werewolf\'s child off as the heir to the pride. Lucius distantly heard Kaithas and Amrys groan. He tried to find any belief in his heart that Tambyn was wrong, or had misinterpreted what had happened. It was too clear.
Lucius\' younger sister had gone out from the pride. She had had an affair with a rival lycanthrope. She had become pregnant, with a werewolf\'s child. She had not told him. As Christopher grew older she kept him farther away from the rest of the pride. Knowing some day soon they would note he had begun to smell differently. Begun to smell of wolf. She had abandoned the child father, never letting him have the choice of knowing his son. Then used the child to elevate her position in the pride. She had allowed a werewolf\'s child to be declared the pride\'s heir. Lucius let out a sound of pure pain.
Tambyn lifted his head and looked at the doorway of the room. His brows were drawn down his gaze forbidding. \"What is it Paulsen?\" He growled out.
The werewolf in human form stepped further into the room, his face grim. Behind him were two hulking guards. From their fists dangled a blond figure and a dark haired one. Both struggling and complaining.
Lucius stood, face thunderous. Mantheer and Yaji also gained their feet, and were heading forward instantly, intent on freeing the captives.
Amrys moved forward grabbing Graeme who had pricked up his ears, focusing on the tableau. Lucius held up a hand halting his large guardians\' forward progress. Mantheer and Yaji stopped immediately, though he could feel their need move straining against the order.
\"Draco, Harry. Why are you here?\" Lucius snarled at them. Both youths froze, eyes huge as they sought his.
\"Oh shit,\" Harry said. Draco started to hyperventilate.
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Disclaimer: I do not own any of the recognizable characters.
\"Lucius.\" The man speaking was massive. Tall and wide enough that he dwarfed all of the people around him. Lucius looked up. Met those dark eyes, chips of obsidian in a harsh featured face. Not handsome. But, arresting. Coupled with his uncommon size, Tambyn got lots of looks thrown his way.
\"Tambyn.\" Lucius greeted the man, moving forward between the line of silent werewolves on either side of the hall. They sat, mostly in animal form, watching from sharp, curious eyes. One of them licked it\'s snout with a long, canine tongue. The scent of them assaulted the nostrils of the were-cats. Forbidding, wrong, not feline. Lucius never flinched as he passed them all.
He felt Graeme twitching, reached out and looped his arm through his third\'s, pulling him close, calming him with his body. Graeme nervously rubbed and cuddled as they walked, his own long arm going around Lucius\' waist. He buried his sensitive nose in his king\'s hair, trying to block out the overwhelming wolf scent. Lucius let it happen. Graeme was too on edge. It wouldn\'t be good if he shifted here.
Tambyn remained standing in front of the door to his inner rooms. He gestured for the entire pride contingent to enter.
\"Welcome to the home of the Pack.\" Tambyn said. He indicated the chairs arrayed around the fireplace at one end of the room. Waited as they moved into them.
\"Have a seat.\" He said into the quiet air. The scent of the other wolves stayed mostly outside the room. In here the cats felt they could breathe again. Lucius took his seat, keeping a hand on Graeme, keeping his third at his feet when he sat. Graeme made no sign of protest. He curled up on the wooden floor at his king\'s feet, legs tucked under. Lucius stroked him with one hand.
\"Thank you.\" Lucius took the cup handed to him by a slim brown skinned woman. He set it aside. Kept petting the long coppery locks, that were as soft as silk under his hand. Graeme lifted his chin, and Lucius\' long agile fingers scratched him under his chin, along his throat.
\"That will be all, thank you Electra.\" Tambyn said to the woman, she moved away from the gathering going to sit a few feet away, her attention on the group.
\"We have never been friends, Tambyn. Nor true enemies.\" Lucius began. Meeting the big man\'s gaze, liking the strength and purpose he sensed in the man. A man who got things done, Lucius thought. \"I was surprised to be asked here. And am impatient to know the reason why.\"
\"Understandable.\" The huge man paused. His eyes flicked down to Graeme who was purring, eyes half closed in bliss. A corner of his mouth quirked, showing unexpected humor. Lucius let his own mouth almost smile.
Then Tambyn became serious again.\"It is not easy, what I am about to say. Please be aware none of it was brought about by my planning. I was too much of a child then to have even thought of any thing so convoluted.\"
Lucius inclined his head. Graeme licked his wrist, as Tambyn started his explanation.
\"Years ago I met a beautiful woman. It was just before I was made king here. I was 19 at the time. She told me her name was Jezebel. She was blonde, and charismatic as well as lovely. We began a romance. Then, a few months into it, she disappeared. I was distraught, heartbroken, then angry. Before, I could find where she had gone, my father died and I was suddenly king.\" Tambyn frowned, his hurt and memory of it, obviously still quite strong.
Lucius watched the other man, he was telling the truth. His feelings were not faked. His heart rate was a little high, but that jibed well with what he\'d revealed. He\'d been abandoned by his lover. He\'d been very young, not so resilient then. Tambyn resumed his tale.
\"When things were more settled with the pack, I began to search. Everywhere, I asked and sent my wolves to look. I never found her. I gave up, other things needed to be taken care of. I married. Very well.\" His eyes drifted to the woman sitting apart from them, she returned his gaze with determined pride.
\"Then, this week, I saw the woman from my past. With her was a child. A child who smelled like pack, who smelled like me, for all he looked like her. He is my child. One I did not know I had. My eldest child.\" Tambyn waited for the significance to sink in. All the pride\'s contingent stirred, except Graeme who had laid his chin over his king\'s knee and was purring, loudly. Lucius fondled his ear. He knew he wasn\'t\' going to like the rest of this story.
Kaithas was the one who spoke. \"You found her, and found out who she is.\" Tambyn nodded, eyes flinty.
\"I did. I had them taken. The woman demanded I free her. She told me she is your sister, Lucius, the Mother of your heir. She gives her name as Andromeda. The boy, he is called Christopher. She claims the boy is yours?\" Tambyn said the name as if he had discovered the most precious of items.
\"He is your heir. I have not lain with my sister, not to father a child or for any other reason.\" Lucius murmured. \"My sister\'s child is your heir.\" He shook his head, _expression tight, stark.
Andromeda had betrayed the pride. Not only Lucius. She had tried to pass a werewolf\'s child off as the heir to the pride. Lucius distantly heard Kaithas and Amrys groan. He tried to find any belief in his heart that Tambyn was wrong, or had misinterpreted what had happened. It was too clear.
Lucius\' younger sister had gone out from the pride. She had had an affair with a rival lycanthrope. She had become pregnant, with a werewolf\'s child. She had not told him. As Christopher grew older she kept him farther away from the rest of the pride. Knowing some day soon they would note he had begun to smell differently. Begun to smell of wolf. She had abandoned the child father, never letting him have the choice of knowing his son. Then used the child to elevate her position in the pride. She had allowed a werewolf\'s child to be declared the pride\'s heir. Lucius let out a sound of pure pain.
Tambyn lifted his head and looked at the doorway of the room. His brows were drawn down his gaze forbidding. \"What is it Paulsen?\" He growled out.
The werewolf in human form stepped further into the room, his face grim. Behind him were two hulking guards. From their fists dangled a blond figure and a dark haired one. Both struggling and complaining.
Lucius stood, face thunderous. Mantheer and Yaji also gained their feet, and were heading forward instantly, intent on freeing the captives.
Amrys moved forward grabbing Graeme who had pricked up his ears, focusing on the tableau. Lucius held up a hand halting his large guardians\' forward progress. Mantheer and Yaji stopped immediately, though he could feel their need move straining against the order.
\"Draco, Harry. Why are you here?\" Lucius snarled at them. Both youths froze, eyes huge as they sought his.
\"Oh shit,\" Harry said. Draco started to hyperventilate.
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