@[ParadoxBear](/user/show/10002417) It seems to be that they likely will go through the standard turning process. As for holding them captive, that may not be necessary. The two are practically drunk and incapacitated as of right now. They likely will be little trouble as of now. Larry will certainly turn them though- or send them to be turned. Though I doubt Yousef is going to be very happy this happened. Rey will likely inform Mahmood of what exactly happened to him indirectly due to Yosuef, leaving Yousef likely needing to answer tough questions from his father of what has happened to him and what has come to pass. Frank's fate in particular will likely horrify him. Assuming the pack gets bumped to 8, it could cause friction- but not really just about the numbers possibly (wild wolves can form packs in the double digits)....though if were packs are a hard limit at 7, it would cause tensions- trading a were could be possible- but the last time we saw a trade, it eventually ended in identity loss in the form of Zach...so that could go either way (Yousef's curse seems to be that those around him seem to pay prices, but he does not). The real question is if Mahmood might start influencing Yousef in ways Ruiz may find unacceptable. Ruiz clearly wants Yousef to follow the standard were tradition of dropping human connections- even feeling distaste Larry reunited with his sister, hoping to play the long game to see this realized. He also seeks to capitalize on Yousef being a seer- but the wolf king likely has other plans- likely wanting to use Yousef to benefit all the clans under his domain- hence the decree Yousef was protected from any aggression by any weres by order of the king- and not just Ruiz's agenda. This also begs the question of what factions are present in the wolf king's court now- certainly they will seek to see Yousef work to their advantage- as Ruiz himself is scheming- and how stable they are- are some of them competing against others? But like Yousef, Mahmood and Rey likely will not become the idealized orthodox lunarian were Ruiz and others may hope for. Mahmood's background of his family being from Lebanon and likely having experienced the Lebanese Civil War and associated religious tensions- which featured everything from massacres, invasions, revenge killings, assassinations, religious violence, invasions, civil war, and disappearances (in some cases abductions) of civilians which usually ended with them vanishing or dead in prisons or mass graves. In particular, the common occurrence of weres cutting themselves off from humans or their loved ones (either to protect them or due to losing the capability to be near them due to not being able to be as they were) would likely feel eerily similar to the disappearances of people during that civil war for Mahmood I suspect even if done for different reasons- it also adds a deeper fear to why Mahmood was so afraid, as well as the rest of his family over Yousef. They know the stories of what happened to others back home- even if they were lucky never to experience it. To Mahmood, the cutthroat nature of were politics likely will remind him of the worst aspects of the war which shattered Lebanon while their family lived there before coming to California...and that's not getting into the stirrings of pack violence we are seeing- alphas being assassinated by their own packs in coups and border troubles. Ray likely sees in the desire of the weres a specter of his own struggles with alcoholism. Once the rush over the scents goes away, I doubt he's going to be so elated- realizing the consequences of what has happened, and what the costs may be. There's a potential for a lot of catholic guilt going on over there. How he manages to renconcile his faith with what he will become will be the question to ask. I suspect he will turn to the stories of St.Andrew and St.William in a bid for answers- as much as he saw the visages of those saints distorted- Ray likely knows better what those saints represent in relation to wolves. I find it interesting those were the figures he gazed upon during his trance over the scents- perhaps they may hold significance thematically in the events to come for him. Messy is certainly a good way to best describe what is to come, certainly.

This is one my new go to stories!!! Very hot!

What a classic. These stories retain the whimsy of the original while adding so much depth and love. Great world building!

Eager to explore your other stories now

This is a worthy successor to the best "master pc" stories -- it's so well written and sexy, leading to an amazing conclusion

Yeah this feels incomplete what dose the jock milk in the bulba do what after running dry and so on

Sad to see there are not more chapters of this one. There are so many ways this one could go. Maybe you can continue?

I didn't catch that you brought back Nathan from an earlier story about the ring when I read through the story the first time.

Now that was a turn of events!

I love imagining myself as both characters but have a special thrill from imagining myself as Thor