A few hours later, Liam lay awake listening to
Aiden sleep. He was tingling all over, doing his
best not to spontaneously combust. Not that he'd ever
gone combustible, but it was something that had
haunted his dreams when he was younger and less
sure of himself. He couldn't stop smiling, grinning
actually. He hoped he could do better than that, but he
suspected he'd be grinning for a long time. The last
few hours were amazing, better than amazing.
It was easy to dismiss the pesky problem of one
baby warlock, complete with powers and one more
than pesky human, complete with built in whine.
Especially when one was basking in the afterglow of
being thoroughly and completely fucked in more ways
than one. His father and the high council were not
going to be happy campers. His last fifteen years had
been in training to take over his father's position.
Father being the euphemism for the man who raised
him. He idly wondered if his so called father really
had been celibate all these years and if he was still a
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virgin. And then the question of just who his real
father was and why he had allowed such a prick to
raise him drifted through his mind. The thought was
quickly dismissed almost as if it hadn't been there.
Liam was unaware that he had nothing to do with the
questions leaving his mind.
His fingers itched to draw Aiden's likeness in
every position. His brain had captured each pose
forever to bring up on paper or canvas when the mood
struck. There had to be some advantages to being born
Wahjee besides the obvious magical ones.
The comic caught his eye, crumpled as it was on
the floor next to Aiden. It had been a gamble, the
drawing and writing of the thing. But he'd needed to
find Aiden and warn him of what was going down in
Wahjee circles. He'd tried every other way he could
think of to contact the man, but his mother was
powerful, her spells were powerful. He'd needed the
unusual to get around it. The book was a great idea,
plus it was bringing in money, something he hadn't
thought about. Not that he needed money, but it was
nice to earn some rather than just take it. When the
school requested some kind of project that involved a
mock publication, Liam knew immediately what he
was going to do.
The comic wove the story of Zane and how the
high council had destroyed his father before he'd been
born. And it told the story of Aiden, of course in a
way that didn't reveal all there was to know about the
man. But one that did tell the story of a good man with
a heart of gold, in the perfect disguise. Liam thought
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of the second issue he'd write and illustrate. Perhaps it
was time for Fury to meet Liam and Shay on the pulp
pages and in living color.
"Stop thinking and go to sleep." Aiden mumbled,
rolling over to pull the younger man into a warm tight
embrace. "You'd better have been thinking of a way
to explain that stupid comic book, or how many times
you're going to blow me in the shower."
"In your dreams, Wahjee boy." Liam snickered,
but his eyes closed and he was soon sleeping, whether
from his own exhaustion or perhaps a certain Wahjee
wizard who might have planted the suggestion.
Morning came too fast for both Aiden and Liam.
It was only the realization that Liam was snuggled
close to him that brought Aiden awake. Liam didn't
want to wake up. He loved being held by Aiden. It had
been so long since he'd had close contact with another
person, he'd forgotten how nice the feeling was.
"Fuck, I have a son." Aiden sat up abruptly. "I'm
so in shit."
"No kidding." Liam said, still grinning. "Come
on, we need to shower. Your friend is on his way
here."
"How do you know?" Aiden asked. "Don't
answer, I don't want to know."
"Then don't ask." Liam stepped into the shower;
he'd turned it on when they were just getting out of
bed. "Now isn't this nice?" He asked letting the water,
adjusted to the perfect temperature, wash over his
face, moving slightly to let Aiden get wet as well.
Magical Moonlight
28 "It is nice." Aiden said, reaching for a condom.
"Now turn around, we're going to have the next
lesson, shower sex 101."
"Nice." Liam grinned, turning around.
Daniel couldn't believe his eyes when he got up
to the blaring of Aiden's car alarm. The whole side of
Lexus had been caved in, large hairy foot shapes stood
out in the dust and the headlights broken. What scared
him more than anything, were the very obvious claw
marks that raked the hood, as if something, large,
heavy and very pissed had climbed the car. Fucking
Werewolf. He was so going to never drive alone at
night. And walking at night, forget it. Aiden wasn't
going to be happy. The anticipation of Aiden's wrath
made him drive slower than usual toward his friend's
house. It allowed Aiden and Liam to discover the joys
of shower sex before emerging wet and sated from the
bathroom.
"Danny." Aiden said when the door to the loft
opened.
"Right on time." Liam muttered, wiggling his ass
so Aiden would remember what he'd been doing.
"What's he still doing here?" Daniel asked.
"I told you, we're taking him to school." Aiden
smirked and then kissed the end of Liam's nose.
"Well hurry up, I don't want to be late for work."
Daniel grumbled, not liking how at home Liam
appeared.
"Hey it's okay, my broom is parked at the
corner." Liam joked, only to have his ass smacked by
Aiden.
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"In the Lexus, witch boy." Aiden muttered.
"Wizard." Liam breathed as he swished ahead of
Aiden and his friend.
"You sure got yourself a weird one this time."
Daniel shook his head. "Good luck on shaking him.
He seems kind of deranged every time he looks at
you."
"Maybe I don't want to shake him." Aiden said,
enjoying what he was seeing. The heart shape on his
neck throbbed with pleasure/pain.
Liam, reaching the front door in the lobby first,
saw Aiden's Lexus. He giggled that his spell had
worked so well. Without thinking, he mumbled a few
words and the Lexus was back in the same pristine
shape it had been in when Daniel had left them last
night. No reason to let his new found lover know he'd
been a brat.
Aiden held the door for Daniel. He stepped into
the fresh air and smiled. Danny must have washed the
Lexus; it shone in the morning sunlight. He held out
his hand for the keys.
"Aiden, about your Lexus. I couldn't help it. I
mean Werewolves, who even knew they existed."
"Danny, you're babbling." Aiden unlocked the
doors. "Back seat, witch boy." He said as he jumped
behind the steering wheel. "Get in Danny, I'm not
going to be late because you're on the rag."
"B..bb..Aiden." Daniel stuttered, afraid to touch
the Lexus's door handle.
"Cat got your brain Daniel?" Liam smirked. "I
mean tongue." He leaned forward to kiss Aiden's ear.
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"Seriously Aiden, don't take me to school. I can get
dropped off anywhere."
"I like to make sure all my red head boy ass tricks
get to school on time." He leaned over and opened the
door. "Get the fuck in Danny."
Daniel got in, his whole body shaking. "Aiden,
your car. I was sure it was…." His voice trailed off.
"My car was what? Out of gas, dirty?" Aiden
looked at his friend puzzled. He turned it on and threw
it in gear, roaring out into the morning traffic. Since
the top of the Lexus was down there was no point in
carrying on any kind of conversation. Aiden and Liam
exchanged looks in the rearview mirror. It didn't take
a rocket scientist to know that Liam had something to
do with whatever happened to the Lexus. The red head
was much too smug sitting in the rear seat, his short
red curls unruffled despite the wind.
He winced when Aiden turned down the street to
The Royal. He was in his senior year and he hated
every second he had to be there. But it was a Wahjee
requirement that all of their children be schooled in
human schools, while at the same time attending
private Wahjee academies after school and on
weekends. They all did it, including Aiden, though his
school had not been as upper crust as the Royal.
The one major rule that could never be broken no
matter what provocation was the rule about using
magic or any inborn abilities while on the school
grounds. It was a rule that was strictly enforced on all
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Wahjee children and not one to be taken lightly even
by the most rebellious.
"Gee thanks for the ride." Liam said as he got out
of the Lexus.
"No problem, little boy." Aiden's voice was a
caress.
"When will I see you again?" Liam asked.
"Tonight?"
"I thought you had something else to do tonight."
Aiden smirked, "Oh right, someone was telling a little
fib about his birthday." He leaned in and kissed Liam.
"You'll see me in your dreams witch boy."
Liam flushed with a combination of
embarrassment and pleasure. He turned to run into the
school, ignoring the catcalls of his fellow students.
Aiden was pissed that he'd allowed himself to out
the boy just for the sake of claiming his lips once
more. Without thinking, he raised his hand and
instantly all the ones yelling obscenities at Liam
became silent, just before they began to vomit up their
breakfasts. It was a mean trick, but one that would
give them something other than Liam to think about.
Liam might not be able to defend himself, but nothing
was stopping Aiden. He'd long ago left school.
Daniel didn't notice anything. He was still upset
about his mistake regarding the Lexus. He'd never
before had hallucinations like this. He must have
ingested something; maybe there was something in the
juice at home. He had after all, taken a trick home last
night. Maybe the bastard had slipped something in his
juice after Aiden had called to go to the hospital.
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Drugs he said. "Wait, let me out here. I.. I don't want
anyone to know I'm gay." For some reason thinking
that Liam's outing was going to continue, though
Aiden had driven him to work hundred's of times.
"Getting a ride in a Lexus with a male friend
makes you gay?" Aiden put his head back and roared
with laughter. "You're pathetic Danny." He slammed
on his brakes. "Out you go, your queer friend doesn't
want to get too close to London Drugs." he continued
to laugh at Daniel's outrage at having to walk three
more blocks.
At the school, Liam ran inside. He had only
minutes to appear in his uniform, so he ducked inside
the boy's washroom to appear seconds later dressed in
a freshly pressed uniform. He knew it was wrong, but
after the night he'd had, nothing mattered to him.
Aiden Mac Ruaidhri was worth any kind of shit he
might get into with his father.
"Liam, Liam, wait up." He looked over to his
friend Dakota who was running down the hall.
"Hey Dakota." He smiled at her; she was one of
the few people he could count on as a friend.
"Your mom is looking for you." She said as she
checked over her shoulder. "She said you were out all
night."
"My mom is right." He grinned. "Do I look any
different?" he turned around.
"Oh my gawd, you did it." She squealed and then
clapped her both hands over her mouth. "Your mom is
going to be sooooo pissed." Dakota was human, but
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she'd been Liam's friend long enough to have heard
endless lectures about keeping himself pure in all
aspects, body and mind. Dakota figured it was because
she and Liam were so close and spent a lot of time in
either her bedroom or his.
"Only if you tell her." He said as he turned the
lock on his locker, scooping out his backpack. "I can't
talk now, I have history class. I'll meet you at lunch."
"Okay, but what am I going to tell your mother.
She always manages to find me. I don't know why she
can never find you."
"It's a mystery." He smirked. "See you at lunch."
History class was more boring than usual. Liam
was almost holding his breath as he waited for the bell
to ring signaling that the class had ended. He had an
open period next that lasted slightly more than an
hour. There would be enough time, if he was fast, to
fix something. Something he should have done last
night but in his excited anticipation of losing his
virginity, he'd forgotten.
The problem was, once in school it was next to
impossible to skip out. Both The Royal Academy and
the Wahjee council had seen to that. He was going to
have to enlist the aid of his human friend Dakota
without her realizing he was Wahjee. It was a game
he'd played with her since he was three. Most Wahjee
were assigned a human friend when they hit puberty
like Aiden had been. In Liam's case, because of his
inborn abilities, he'd been paired with Dakota at the
age three. He often wondered if she was his Wah cat,
she certainly purred when she was happy.
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34 It helped to teach them to live with humans
without detection. It was easy to fool strangers, but
much harder to fool a close companion and friend.
Liam headed for room 203, Dakota's English Lit
class. He walked past twice before she noticed and
asked to be excused to go to the bathroom.
"Liam, what are you doing?" Dakota whispered
as they walked quickly down the hall.
"I need to get out of here. I'll be back by lunch;
we can meet by the big tree. But I have to have a
diversion to get out of here. You know how they
watch the entrances."
"What do you want me to do?" she looked at him.
"Is this because of last night? Was he really that good?
Because you can get into big trouble."
"It is because of last night." He said, "I just need
to do this."
"Okay, but be back here at noon."
"Thanks Dakota, I owe you one." Liam gave her a
quick hug and she playfully punched him on his
shoulder having long given up any hope of there being
more than friendship between them.
"Damn right you do." She said as she disappeared
into the girl's bathroom. She counted to fifty, knowing
Liam would ready to make his move through the door
by then. Stealing herself for the drama that would
follow, Dakota began to scream, working herself into
hysteria knowing it wouldn't be long before the office
staff would hear her and come running, leaving the
monitors on the door unattended.
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The moment Liam heard Dakota start to scream;
he counted to five and then slipped through the main
door, opening it just barely enough not to snag his
uniform. Once outside the building he was able to
duck behind a tree the minute he stepped off the
school grounds. Using magic, something he couldn't
do inside, he ended up near Saint Paul's hospital. It
didn't take much effort to find him outside of
Vanessa's room. He was in time, Vanessa was dressed
and holding her son. Rosalie was nowhere to be seen.
"Hey." He said stepping inside. "I'm Liam from
last night. I wanted to see the baby again. Is he
alright?"
"Of course, Liam." Vanessa was as polite as her
upbringing had taught her. But she had no idea why
one of Aiden's tricks wanted to see the baby. "You
helped name Seamus."
"It's a good name," he said with a smile that
disarmed her. "He's beautiful."
"He is, isn't he"? She smiled down at her son.
"Can I hold him for a minute?" Liam asked in his
most entreating manner.
"Just for a minute, we're getting ready to go
home." Vanessa handed Liam her baby.
Rosalie walked in, recognizing Liam. She was
about to say something when Vanessa asked her a
question about the check out time. They began to
discuss the homecoming so Liam took the opportunity
to do what he had come to do.
"Shay," he said, his voice pitched so only the
baby could hear him. "I know you're all excited about
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being born into this world again. But you've been
born to a human family. Your daddy is Wahjee, but
your mommies are human. I'm going to put a binding
spell on you until you're just a bit older and can
control your urges to use your talents." He leaned
down and placed a kiss on the baby's forehead,
muttering the words of the spell. And then to bind
Shay to him so that he would forever be the boy's
protector, Liam placed a small almost imperceptible
heart shaped mark, identical to his father's, just below
his pulse point. Vanessa would notice, but she'd think
it was something Aiden had passed on to his son.
"From this point on, you are under my care and
protection from all that is human and any who are
Wahjee who wish you harm."
The baby looked up at Liam, his eyes flashed like
they had the night before, only this time they settled
back into baby mode faster than ever. He was human
as far as anyone, human or Wahjee was concerned and
therefore safe for now from the high council's
detection. And if Shay was safe, Aiden was as well, at
least for now. Liam had accomplished what he'd set
out to do.
He turned to the two women. "Thanks for letting
me see the baby again. He's the youngest human I've
ever seen." He handed Shay to Rosalie. "You know if
you ever need a babysitter, I'm your man. I have a
younger sister so I know what to do."
"We'll keep that in mind." Rosalie said, puzzled
about Liam but choosing not to question anything this
morning.
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Liam quickly left the room. He didn't dare use
any more magic. His parents weren't stupid, they'd
figure out eventually that he'd over used. There was
always someone willing to tattle. He checked his
pockets; he had enough money for bus fare. It was
going to take all his left over time to make it back to
The Royal by bus. Sighing heavily, he resigned
himself to the long bus ride as he ran to catch the first
of many.
Meanwhile Dakota had calmed down. She had
convinced everyone that she'd been chased up onto
the sink vanities by a herd of rats. Though most of
them thought she was seeing things. After all, no rat
would dare enter the hallowed halls of The Royal
Academy let alone a herd of them. She was in the
nurse's room lying on the cot while they decided what
to do with her. Checking her watch, Dakota figured
she had about fifteen more minutes to endure the
sideways glances of Nurse Sweeny before she could
stage a miraculous recovery and meet Liam outside
for lunch break.
Liam transferred to the last bus that would let out
near his school. It had been interesting traveling by
bus rather than by car. He had grown used to driving
the little Mazda he'd received for his birthday last
year. But he'd left it down near Davie Street last night
and hadn't had time to retrieve it.
The lunch hour was in full swing when he stepped
off the bus. The small pop he made in t