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with a glass of water.
    Chay lunged at him just as he threw the water in Remi’s face. Chay wrapped his arms around Bit as Remi started sputtering.
    He had to give Bit credit, the cold water made Remi’s eyes go back to normal…for a second anyway, until the shock wore off.
    Remi’s eyes and teeth shifted and he charged Bit.
    Bit’s face and hands changed instantly and he caught Remi by the throat, holding him up over Bit’s head.
    Jake jumped up.
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    Letting go of Bit, Chay grabbed Jake and struggled to hold the big guy back. “Keaton! Damn it. Stop.”
    Remi whimpered and morphed into a black wolf as Bit dropped him to the floor.
    Jake stopped struggling to get to Remi and stared, but Chay didn’t let him go entirely.
    Rolling over, Remi bared his throat and stomach to Keaton.
    Keaton stood over Remi for several seconds before his face and hands shifted back to normal. “I didn’t want to do this, but you just had to force the issue.” He bent down and lifted Remi’s canine chin to look at him.
    “I’m stronger than you. I know more than you and I can teach you. If you will only listen. Do you understand?”
    Remi nodded, still in a tangle of clothes.
    “Holy shit,” Jake whispered.
    Chay agreed, that was a pretty impressive show of power. He’d never seen anyone shift that fast, and Bit had only changed a few body parts.
    And that wasn’t even mentioning little ole Keaton picking Remi up with one arm, over his head, leaving the bigger man’s feet dangling. Chay sure hoped to God Bit never got pissed off at him.
    Keaton sat on the floor in front of Remi cross-legged.
    Pita slinked over, not quite sure what was going on, and rolled to his back, baring his underside to Bit.
    Keaton chuckled, rubbed his belly and picked him up, settling him in his lap before turning his attention back to Remi. “Close your eyes and take deep, even breaths. I’m going to pull these clothes off of you, then I’m going to walk you through shifting back.” He set Pita aside and divested Remi of his clothes. When Remi was sans clothing, Bit settled his back against the sofa, once again pulling Pita into his lap.
    Bit’s cool, calm demeanor after such a display of power was hot.
    Damn if Chay’s cock didn’t stand up and wave hi.
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    Keaton sniffed the air, his head snapping around to Chay. Raising an eyebrow, he grinned.
    Chay raised one right back. Bit could smell his arousal. Good they still had an hour and a half. He waggled his eyebrows, urging Keaton to finish helping Remi, and realized everyone was staring at him.
    Jake shoved him away and went to sit next to Remi.
    Keaton chuckled and patted the sofa.
    Blushing, Chay made his way to the couch and sat next to Bit.
    It took several minutes for Keaton to talk Remi back into human form. During that time, Chay’s cock decided to behave and go back to sleep. Which was probably for the best. They didn’t have time for what he had in mind. Chay was amazed at what a good coach Keaton was. Once Bit got over his display of temper, he was actually very patient.

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    Remi was just getting dressed, a little leery of Bit but with no apparent hard feelings, when someone knocked on the front door.
    Chay sniffed. His parents? What were they doing here?
    Jake opened the door and sure enough there stood not just Joe, but Lena Winston as well.
    “Dad? Mom?” Chay frowned.
    “Hey, Son, Keaton, Remi, Jake.” Joe came in carrying a suitcase.
    “Hey, Dad. What’s up?” Keaton hopped up and greeted Chay’s father, slapping him on the back. “You going somewhere?” He extended his hand to Lena. “Hello, Mrs. Winston.”
    To Chay’s surprise, his mother took Bit’s hand and hesitantly pulled Keaton into a hug.
    Keaton wavered for a brief second and hugged her back.
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    horrible reception. I’d like very much to start over. You aren’t anything like what I hoped for my son, but he obviously loves you and that is all that matters. As Joseph pointed out to me, you were not given a choice of mate any more than Chay was.”
    Keaton nodded and leaned into Lena. “For what it’s worth, Lena.
    Chay got the raw end of the deal. I made out like a bandit.”
    Lena chuckled and hugged Bit