#bdrpadam

@chewbacca-adam

Yes, Akela was pissed. It had been a day, two, before he even realized that anything was amiss. He heard it at work, his useless coworkers gossiping about the ridiculous zombie invasion. Akela only heard because his hearing was sensitive and there was nothing else to listen to besides the sizzle of pans in the back of the hot kitchen. 

He heard Adam’s name.

Then, he heard: werewolf.

The handle of the frying pan he’d been holding snapped off. 

And first--the anger flashed through him.

It would not be until he was leaving his shift that the regret sank into his bones too. He carried both of these things in his heart to Adam’s, his wolf-paws finding their way quickly over the ground. 

What kind of alpha was he to not know? 

Though, then again--he had messaged Adam on the cell phone after the disaster. He was the only one not with the rest of the pack, off gallivanting with the human girl. She was probably why he had been exposed. Akela was liking her less and less. If he had just been spending the time with his family, this would never have happened. 

Akela did not bother to knock, he twisted the handle and pushed his way into the castle when he got there. He had howled on his way over and now, his voice called out sharp through the castle.

@chewbacca-adam

Clean-up Swynlake efforts were in full swing. Stores owners had taken the first day to assess damages and by the end of the second between the Board, the fire department, and the sheriff’s department, they had compiled what could be done by the town versus what would need to be contracted. 

They had tagged the buildings that weren’t structurally safe, but everything else was free game. The volunteers didn’t have much leeway in what it was they were volunteering to help fix, unless, of course, they were an employee or owner of one of Swynlake’s businesses.

However, being the one assigning stores and various miscellaneous items (such as litter clean up) meant that Phoebus got to assign himself where ever he wanted.

And Phoebus wanted assignment at Chapter Three, so he could get up and personal with this so-called Hades and his little wife. 

Unfortunately, little wife wasn’t in, but Hades was--he could be heard giving orders when he wasn’t being swept away for various board-duties. 

Phoebus and Adam had been assigned to shelf duty. They were inspecting each shelf for structural soundness. Many had shelves that had been eaten through by the termites. They were taking those boards and throwing them into the alley. 

It was quiet, mindless work for the most part. Which left plenty of opportunity for Phoebus to--try and squeeze any information his VFA partner might have.

@an-inconsideratepissbaby

Raksha found herself rummaging through her husband’s clothing, something she hadn’t been expecting to do, funny enough. In fact, what she should have been doing was running. She couldn’t do that, however, because her wolf had been acting out.

She has been doing that for a while now...

In any case, she has been trying to jump out of her skin at every chance she could get, so now instead Raksha was grabbing clothes. It should fit Adam, both men were about the same fit. She left her flat with a bag in hand, tracking down the destination given to her on the phone. 

Adam hadn’t been hard to find at all. The smell of spices was very overwhelming, Raksha had smelled it a mile away. “How were you breathing?” The brunette threw him the bag staying in front of the dumpster to give the man privacy. 

“They should fit.”

@chewbacca-adam

The lone wolf.

Not the pup, but the wolf. The one whose scent was all over this forest, who had a swath of land bigger than any lone wolf, any pack, really, needed to occupy. Certainly in such a place as this where territory was limited and should be evenly distributed. Meaning this wolf--Adam, Akela had learned from the Great Prince--would need to give up his land. It was not fair but with a growing pack of almost three and a half (Mowgli being the half), that a lone wolf should have all the land.

It was not the Way of the Wolf. It was not the Law of the Jungle.

And, look, Akela did not want to fight this wolf. He was old, and he was tired. He just wanted a peaceful transfer of power. He would be fair. The wolf would be left with plenty of land around his castle on which to hunt and roam. It was not Akela’s intention to displace him.

Still, he was wary as he approached the castle of the man, not the wolf, in his own humanskin. The wolf’s scent was still overwhelming, and he was sure that Adam could scent him too. Would be an idiot if he did not know of Akela’s presence in this wood the last few moons. 

@chewbacca-adam

Swynlake had yet again, thrown the town and it’s citizen into another loop bringing forth an army of zombies controlled by some entity of night or another. Raksha didn’t exactly care to know of the particulars and hadn’t been directly in the midst of that all that night. 

Her and the rest of the pack members had remained safe within the compounds of the forest, even including her daughter, Rhea. (She had a blast that night being surrounded by so many wolves)

Everyone had been there except Adam, who had unfortunately succumbed to the whims of that night entity, so it was Adam’s place whom Raksha was currently heading to. She had Rhea in tow seated in her carriage. She had no choice in this matter, there was no one at the moment with whom Raksha would have left her with that wasn’t busy and so the baby came along as well.

Raksha merely wanted to make sure that Adam was doing well. Knowing Akela well, she knew he would be stern with Adam, but that wasn’t what Raksha was here for. 

@adamthebeastofswynlake

Blaine was ignoring the part of his mind that questioned whether going over when Adam was recovering from the super moon was a good idea. He pushed that back because he had been alone for a while, with his roommates around sometimes. And sure, Lennon and McCartney were around to curl up close and let him love them, but it wasn’t the same as wrapping himself around his boyfriend and just being able to enjoy the moment.

It was a selfish thought really, since things had been...quite different since the attack. He didn’t know if Adam would really want to be that close again. But Adam had texted him about the super moon and wanting to keep him safe, and though they hadn’t spoken much...well it gave Blaine hope that things could get better again. So he headed out, ignoring the nagging part of his brain that said he should stay home and get to know his roommates. There would be time for that. Today he was focused on his boyfriend.

He found himself jogging over toward the castle, choosing to ignore his incredible discomfort with the forest. Did every noise unsettle him or make him jump? Yes, but he focused on the one who would need him, a bag slung over his shoulder with items he thought might help Adam recover. This time he didn’t even bother knocking, making his way into the castle, hoping that Adam would be home, that he would have found his way back. “Adam?” He called out, not wanting to catch him off guard, though he also doubted he could do that. He was at least somewhat aware of his sense of smell.

He started up the stairs toward the room he remembered being in last time he was there. “Adam, hey I know you’re probably feeling terrible right now, and I just wanted to come by and make sure you were okay.” He called out again, hoping that he wasn’t mistaken, and that the man he loved was in the castle. “Please tell me I’m not wrong and that you’re safe and at home.”

@adamthebeastofswynlake

The first thing he was aware of was the sound of birds chirping. Which was funny, because his windows had been shut last night. And he had been lying on a mattress, but now it felt like he had a root under him. What the hell? The last he remembered was being in bed with Adam, as he was almost every night. It took him a moment to sit up, startling as he caught sight of a woman standing before him.

“It’s about time you woke.” She said, her voice soft and smooth, though even with that he could feel there was a danger to her. She almost purred, and he was so unsettled he started scooting back a bit, jumping when she immediately moved to his side and a hand grabbed his shoulder, and he flinched, trying to tug away and finding that he couldn’t. The woman held him in her iron grip, her skin unnaturally pale, and if he weren’t so unsettled, he would’ve wondered a bit more about that.

But instead he was in the grip of some crazy woman who had the biggest smile on her face. He hadn’t fully paid attention, but now he was finally tuning back in to what the madwoman was saying. “You know, your boyfriend really caused trouble for me. I mean he rushed out before I could even compel him. How could the filthy mutt do such a thing? I mean really!” Blaine’s frown grew, and despite the situation, despite the fact that he was clearly in danger, he snapped, “Don’t call him that! Don’t insult my boyfriend!”

The woman just laughed then. “Oh sweetheart. Are you not aware of the situation you’re in? You’re my little bitch, my little pawn so that you’re filthy dog will come to the rescue, and I can fix the mess that was made by him leaving my lovely storm party early. He shouldn’t have done this. All this could have been avoided if he had just done like a good dog, and sat.” And all of this was over Blaine’s head really. He had absolutely no idea what she was talking about.

He had enough sense to gather that it had to have to do with where Adam and this woman were during the storm. But Adam hadn’t really gone into that with him. They hadn’t really discussed all of that. Maybe they should have. “Now, what I need you to do is call your boyfriend and tell him where we are. Remind him that it’s urgent, and that if he opts to take the time to find help, you die. And I can count the time that it would take for him to get from there to here.”

@adamthebeastofswynlake

Here was the thing. Raksha didn’t particularly care so much for assimilating herself completely into Swynlake. She understood, yes, that this is where her pack had settled (what was left of it anyways), where their Alpha had chose to be their home, but if it were up to her, she would’ve just lived in the jungle happily retreated into her wolf.

She wasn’t ready to be surrounded by civilization all over again. They were who had slaughtered her son and although she understood that they were in a magic-friendly town and it made things more acceptable for their kind... she still didn’t care for getting so close to the place. 

But, as it was this is what Akela believed was the best for their pack and she did not go against the Alpha’s word even for as much she might question it. That, however, didn’t mean she had to walk around town, so she took a walk in the forest instead. 

She allowed her wolf to stay close to the surface of her skin, she wanted her to enjoy the beautiful nature that thrived in the forest, and perhaps she’ll even allow her to pull forth completely and go for a run. Her thoughts, were intercepted however when she picked the sound of footsteps lurking close behind. To the normal ear, no one would’ve realized there was an intruder near by, but Raksha’s wolf had picked it up almost instantly. She turned around, seeing no one, but remaining perfectly still calmly staring at the direction she was sure the person was lurking close by to. 

“May I help you with anything?”