Page 56 of Mytho Investigations: Side Stories

Adam’s legs hooked around his hips as if they were about to grind together. There was something in the way he said it that gave Adam pause. “What does that mean to you?”

“That I hope we never stop falling. We should fall in love every day.”

“I’d like that. It’s not one and done.”

“Of course it’s not.” Jake leaned in and kissed him again. “Mmm, I like this.”

“So do I.” He liked the way Jake pressed against him, pinning him to the sofa.

“And, bonus, I can give you a blow job.”

Adam hadn’t thought that far ahead. “Just watch those pointy teeth.”

Jake grinned and there was nothing remotely human about it. It was as if he was ready to devour Adam one small bite at a time. No matter what Jake looked like, he’d always be a werewolf. “And then I’ll knot you.”

“What?” Adam wasn’t sure he’d heard right.

Jake tilted his head. “What? Did you think my dick changed?”

“I don’t know… I guess when people say you’re in human form⁠—”

“This is not very human, is it?”

“No.” His eyes and teeth and tail were all the same, so why not his dick?

Jake’s stomach grumbled. “Why don’t we have dinner and then I’ll give you a tour of the new body?”

“I’d like that.” He ran his hand over Jake’s ass to his much shorter tail.

“So would I. Maybe I’ll begin to feel less weird and more like me.” Jake rocked back and pulled Adam up to seated with him. “I’m still catching myself walking on my toes.”

“Give it a couple of days… it’s been a decade. I can’t even imagine what that must be like.”

Jake got up and fetched a couple of plates and forks. “And I worry about it disappearing after I become used to it again.”

“I’ll still be here.” He pulled the lids off the tubs as Jake sat next to him. “You’ll always be my werewolf.”

Jake rested his head on Adam’s shoulder. “And you’re my human. Everyone around here already knows you are.”

Adam laughed, his cheeks heating at the idea of all the werewolves knowing what they got up. “You should come around for dinner and meet my parents.”

Jake glanced at him. “Maybe we should wait for the bill to pass.”

“We shouldn’t fucking need to.” But it was another reminder that Jake wasn’t quite human enough.

CHAPTER 9

Adam stood and watched the news with the other guys who were on duty at the station. Everyone had stopped what they were doing to listen to the announcement on the bill. He crossed his arms, pretending that he didn’t care about the results. He already knew which guys thought all mythos were animals and should go back to being mythological, and which guys just wanted the drama settled the way it had been in Europe for years.

Over there, Jake was already a person by law.

The mythos defined who was a person by if they could they learn another language?

The big dragons in the Presidio couldn’t and were clearly animals, even though they apparently spoke. Everyone who was working had learned English, and so were categorized as people. But if some other method was used, then there might be trouble.

Some proposed that shifters should be considered animals because they became animals. But how could someone be considered a non-person in one country and a person somewhere else?

And if Jake wasn’t a person, he wouldn’t have a job, or would there be exceptions?