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The next morning, Nathaniel and Arkion were licking each other's muzzles lovingly while gently caressing each other. They were interrupted by Sebastian, Sir Curtis' butler, when he came into their room to wake the two werewolves up. Except that he just let out a yell of horror as he saw the state the room was in, the hospital-like chamber was completely covered in cum from their loving of the previous day. The two werewolves looked at the butler who fell on his knees before drying his teary eyes with a tissue.

• "What's the matter?" asked Nathaniel.

• "Mister Silver..." replied the butler, "this is going to take ages to clean up... We knew you and Mister Arkion would make love to each other, but I was certainly not expecting that much of a mess..."

• "I'm sorry... it's my fault." said Arkion.

• "Arkion, how about using your power to clean it all up?" suggested the Bride.

• "Huh? What? How?" asked the black werewolf, surprised.

• "Your black fire didn't burn me yesterday. I think it might burn only what you want it to burn."

• "But... I don't know how to use that power..."

• "Just focus the power in your arms and let it flow. Focus on burning only that mess we made."

• "I... Alright. I'll try."

• "I'll cheer for you, Arkion, Werelord of hellfire."

• "Werewhat?"

• "You're the Werelord of hellfire, Arkion! Wear that title with great pride!"

Arkion turned around while trying to hide the smile on his lips. He closed his eyes and focused some power in his arms. As soon as he felt the gentle warmth of the fire, he opened his eyes and knelt on the ground. The flames spread all over the place fast, covering everything in purple blazes. He focused hard on burning only their mess from the previous day. When he was done and everything had disappeared he broke the spell, putting out the flames.

• "Dear lord," shouted the butler, "this is impressive! Magnificent! Mister Arkion, Mister Silver, how can I ever repay you?"

• "Erm..." replied Nathaniel, "Getting Arkion and me out of this mansion safely would be enough."

• "That I can do," agreed the butler, "however, may I ask of you one last favour before you leave?"

• "It depends of what it is..." said the silver werewolf.

• "When the young master returned from his date with his girlfriend, his eyes were red. He headed straight to his bedroom and hasn't come out since, thus skipping both yesterday's dinner and today's breakfast. He refuses to listen to me. I believe he does not trust me."

• "So, what does that have to do with me?"

• "Yesterday evening, Mister Silver, you looked and sounded like you became friend with the young master. I would like you to talk to him."

• "He's no friend of mine." replied Nathaniel in a sharp tone.

• "Please, Mister Silver. You are the first person for whom he opened his heart. He may not be a friend to you, but I truly believe you are one in his eyes."

Nathaniel grumbled. Sir Curtis had been a pain, so he didn't really want to go see him. The guy was too bossy, high and mighty, always sent mixed signals and was overall very tricky to deal with.

• "Fine," sighed Nathaniel heavily, "I'll do it. Where is he?"

• "Wonderful," said the butler, "thank you so much, mister Silver! Please follow me. Mister Arkion, may I ask that you stay here for a little more?"

• "What?" replied the giant black werewolf, "Why?!"

• "I'm afraid that you are way too big to fit in the upper levels of the mansion," added the old man, "you have also shown some rough behaviour toward the young Master..."

• "He was toying with me, he got what he deserved!" countered Arkion, "fine. Silver, I don't get why you accepted meeting him, that brat is an annoying trickster."

• "I will be careful, Arkion. Thank you for the worrying about me" said Nathaniel before gently kissing his husband on the cheek, "I'll be back soon, I promise."

• "You better be..." muttered Arkion weakly.

Nathaniel got up from the bed and headed toward the butler, following him out of the hospital-like room. As he left, he heard a murmur filled with pride and happiness from Arkion "Werelord of hellfire..." It looked like this title he was given made him genuinely happy.

Once again Nathaniel was led through the mansion, up a few set of stairs and finally reached a cramped hallway. The butler silently gestured a door to Nathaniel before excusing himself and disappearing in the maze that was the manor's corridors.

The silver Bride looked down at the door and grumbled as it was way too small for him to pass through. He sat down and knocked softly on it. There was no response. He waited for a moment. He heard a faint sob.

• "Sapphire?" asked Nathaniel.

There was no answer. Nathaniel knocked slightly louder on the door. Before the absence of reaction, he continued knocking and asking.

• "Sapphire, it's me, Silver. Please open the door."

The sobbing had stopped, but there was no sign of the smaller lord.

• "Come on, Sapphire," said Nathaniel, now slightly annoyed, "you're really going to ignore your friend like that?"

After a few more moments, he heard slow footsteps. Then a lid unlocking. Then the door creaking open. The footsteps resumed, but got further away. As Nathaniel was way too big for this door, he transformed back to human and went through the entrance to Sir Curtis's room. The room was gorgeous, but incredibly sad. Expensive furniture that was boringly dull. Beautiful curtains that were closed, blocking the light from the outside. A fancy queen size bed with sad gray sheets. Sir Curtis, who was still in human form, was rolled into a ball over the neatly arranged bed. He was dressed in the same classy suit as the previous day; white shirt, black vest and pants, and a blue bowtie. It was like everything else with that guy, a fancy cover that hid a sad and lonely heart. Nathaniel walked to the bed and sat on it in silence. It felt strange to be human again and to deal with another human again. Though if felt embarrassing to be naked in his human form, while he never minded it when he was in his werewolf form.

• "Do you want to talk?" asked Nathaniel.

Sapphire didn't answer. He instead uncurled and sat on the same side of the bed as Nathaniel, though far away from the other human. He was still sobbing. His eyes were all red.

• "What happened?" asked Nathaniel.

• "Transform... please..." muttered weakly Sapphire.

The silver Bride complied without asking any question. As he transformed into his werewolf form, the bed under him creaked. A couple moments after Nathaniel became fully wolfish, Sapphire rose on his feet and moved in front of the gray werewolf. He then let himself fall against the silver Bride's fluffy chest. Surprised, Nathaniel encircled the smaller guy in his hands and began hugging him. The large wolf wasn't sure what to do in this situation. He wasn't good with comforting people, never knowing what to say or do to help. Instead of trying to force the smaller human to explain what put him in that state, he just patted and hugged him. He lifted Sir Curtis and sat him on his massive thigh.

• "Silver..." whispered Sapphire.

• "Yes?" replied the Bride.

• "I... I hate my life... I can't take it anymore..."

Nathaniel was speechless.

• "Everyone I know..." continued the noble man, "I hate them all... I want them all to disappear..."

The silver Bride was trying to find the words to help, but he just couldn't.

• "I hate my ex... I thought she was different. I thought she loved me for who I am. But she didn't love me. She was just after my money. She doesn't care at all about me. She made it clear on yesterday's date... She yelled at me because I didn't want to spend money on gifts for her when I 'clearly have the money'. She asked me to buy two tickets for a concert, I asked for who it was, it was for her friend and her, and when I said 'what about me?' she scoffed and dismissed the idea of me joining. She blackmailed me emotionally."

• "That's... horrible."

• "We were going to go to the cinema for our date... She invited two friends of her and spent time with them while I was buying the tickets. She threw a tantrum when I said I didn't want to buy XXL popcorn for everyone. She picked the best places in the theatre, but there was only room for three where she wanted to go, so she sat with her two friends. I had to sit away. All movie long, I was thinking. She doesn't like me. She likes my money. I'm no boyfriend to her, I'm just a walking wallet..."

• "Did you break up?"

• "After the movie, I said I didn't want to continue like that, so she bitched about me being stingy. So I left her with her friends. And while I was walking home, she sent me a message saying she was fed up with my attitude and how I wasn't spoiling her enough."

• "I'm sorry... but at least now you're free from her."

• "No I'm not! My... my heart aches. I feel sick and empty. I want to yell, to cry."

• "I... I'm sorry. It's okay to cry sometimes, to let it all out."

Upon hearing that, Sapphire did so. He cried loudly while clinging closely to Nathaniel, who was caressing and patting him in an attempt to comfort him. It was making the silver wolf uncomfortable, as he wasn't sure how to handle that at all.

After a dozen minutes, Sapphire finally calmed down. Tears were still rolling down his cheeks, but he was definitely looking better than before.

• "Silver... I'm tired of being lonely... I'm tired of being a pawn to society. Why are people so despicable? Why can't I do what I want to do? Why can't I be happy?"

• "I... I don't know, Sapphire. I don't know."

• "Of course you don't know! You always were free to live however you wanted! I was raised by a father that didn't have a care for my feelings. I was forbidden to go outside the property, I was homeschooled by one of the maids, I wasn't allowed to do anything I wanted! I had to do what my father wanted me to do! You, you can do whatever you want with your life, I'm just stuck into the path that my father wants me to take! I don't want to take over his business, I want to meet people, I want to be freed from the restraints of expectations!"

• "While it's true that I don't know what you've been through, you don't know what I've been through. I didn't have a perfect life like the one you seem to think I've had. Look, everyone has problems and it seems that you're at your wit's end with yours. If you need someone to lend you a shoulder to cry on, then I'll be that someone."

• "Thank you..."

The small human clung even closer to Nathaniel.

• "Sapphire," whispered the silver werewolf, "if you need to vent, I'll listen."

• "I hate my life. I hate my ex. I hate my father. I hate the society that trapped me here. I thought that I could be free when I became a werewolf, but... They forced me to become one of them, one of their pawns. I hate them. I hate everything," said the human. He then took a deep breather, "Silver... I was serious yesterday evening. I can help you dominate the world if you want. I want to take my revenge on this uncaring world. I want to make everyone pay for what they've done to me. How they held me back from enjoying my life."

• "Sapphire, I can't say I understand your feelings, but... no matter how strong your hatred is, revenge isn't an answer. There are more fulfilling ways to enjoy your life than to enslave everyone."

• "So you're going to abandon me too? I should've gue-"

• "Stop that. I won't carry on your revenge. I don't care about it."

• "But the gentlewolves are threatening you, and-"

• "Do you realise you're trying to make me a pawn for you?"

• "I... uh... I..."

• "I won't help you with that revenge. I've said it before, even though at that time I didn't mean it, but I'll be here to support you, as your friend."

• "Do you... mean it?" asked the human, looking up into the eyes of the towering werewolf.

• "I do, Sapphire."

• "Really?"

• "Really."

• "I..." said Sapphire, "Thank you, Silver. Thank you so much."

• "No taking over the world, though, okay?"

• "Very well, Silver."

Nathaniel smiled at the small human, while wiping the remains of tears that were running down Sapphire's cheeks.

After an hour of silent cuddling, the human finally calmed down. Sir Curtis climbed down the Bride's lap and went in front of the window to open his curtains, revealing a beautiful view to the garden. He was watching outside with dreamy eyes.

• "Silver," said the human while turning toward Nathaniel, "as my first friend, would you mind if I showed you something?"

• "What would that be?" asked the silver werewolf.

• "My paintings."

• "Oh, right!" said the werewolf while wagging his tail, "Kyle said you're a renowned artist!"

• "Well... the renowned part is a bit exaggerated..." replied Sir Curtis while avoiding Nathaniel's gaze, "You know how we gentlewolves have control on a lot of things, right? Well, my fame as a painter is fake, something I made a newspaper write. Of course, there have been one or two paintings that have attracted the eyes of a few people, but no breakthrough."

• "Is that so? That's a shame..."

• "Do you... not want to see them?"

• "No, that's not what I meant! I would like to see them. But you said you loved painting, right? So it's a shame that you haven't had success with that yet."

• "It is. I thought making that newspaper write that article would help, but it didn't."

• "Nothing can replace hard work, Sapphire."

• "I just thought it could help..."

Nathaniel got up and walked next to the human. He then put his large hand over Sapphire's shoulder.

• "I'm sure if you keep training, you can do it, Sapphire. I believe in you."

The small human looked up at the Bride. He smiled. It was a genuine smile, unlike the haughty smirks from the previous day. He then grabbed the wolf's hand and pulled on it.

• "Come. I'll show you my paintings."

Nathaniel had to transform back to human to pass through the doors again, but whenever he had the room to turn back to his werewolf form, he did. He was led to a large workshop where were dozens of easels, each supporting a canvas. There were various tables upon which rested palettes, paintbrushes and paint tubes in a messy fashion. Some of the canvases were covered with white sheets, hiding the art from the eyes of people. There was one big painting against the far wall covered in such a cloth, for which the canvas was about as tall as the human was.

• "Sorry, it's a bit messy in here..." muttered Sapphire.

• "It really is!" agreed Nathaniel, "but it doesn't matter as long as you can find what you need in a timely manner."

• "You... you can take a look... go a-ahead..."

The silver wolf moved around and looked at the pictures. While they all looked good, they missed something. They missed some liveliness. The whole collection was like this.

• "Sebastian says they look great," began the human, "but I suspect he says so to make me feel better. When I look at my own art, I feel like it just doesn't have that little thing that makes it great."

• "Well... while they look nice, they are all depressing. I'm no expert in art, but looking at these makes me sad. Do you have some happy ones?"

• "I... I don't. Maybe that's what they're missing... I don't know..."

• "Look, that still life. I mean, a basket filled with nuts and anise stars or cinnamon sticks is a nice idea, but all the picture is brown and sad. What if you had added something more colourful to this? I don't know... maybe an orange? Or two apples, one green and one red? Something that would bring some colour into it."

• "I don't know about that, Silver, adding a fruit to a still life doesn't feel right to me."

• "You're the artist, Sapphire. You can do whatever you want with your picture. If you want to add a flying banana or cotton candy into your still life, you're free to do so. Now look, that painting of a naked tree. What if you added two leaves, one that's falling and one that's still on the tree? That would add movement and a story to the picture, thus giving it some liveliness. It would make it look as if the tree was trying to keep his leaves alive in spite of the incoming cold season."

• "But, I..."

• "Look, that small cottage under the rain. It's all gray and sad. There's a window here, how about adding a child that's looking outside while daydreaming? It would make it so much better, and would make people think and wonder about what that young kid is dreaming about."

Sapphire was looking at Nathaniel with teary eyes. It pained the wolf that his criticism was so harsh it brought the human to tears, but the truth had to be told. All this art was great, but way too sad and depressive.

• "Look, Sapphire, I'm sorry. I know nothing about art, so I can't really help you. But I've told you what I felt when looking at your paintings. I know it's hard to create and easy to criticise. I'm so-"

• "Thank you so much, Silver..."

• "What?"

• "Never before had anyone told me what they truly thought about my paintings. The maids and butlers always said everything looked great, but I knew by looking at their face that it was just a lie to make me feel good. It hurts so much to be told the truth, but it actually feels better than being lied about how amazing it isn't..."

• "You're... welcome, I guess?"

• "Silver... there's one painting I haven't shown to anyone yet." said the human as he walked to the large canvas that was resting on the far wall. "I'd like you to tell me what you think about it."

For a full minute, Sapphire just stood in front of the canvas without touching the white sheet. He took a deep breath and pulled on the cloth, revealing the painting underneath. A woman was standing in the alley of red roses from the Curtis' family garden. She was wearing a long white dress and a white hat and was looking at the viewer with a neutral expression.

• "Is that your mother?" asked Nathaniel.

• "Yes." replied Sapphire.

• "Then why is she not smiling? You painted her in her beloved rose garden, as if she was looking at you. Did something happen to her? From what you've told me about her, she should be very happy about you painting her in the garden she treasured. This is beautiful, but once again sad. It lacks happiness, give her a radiating smile. She lacks colour, how about adding a few touches of colour, like... giving her hat a blue ribbon that would dance in the wind?"

Sapphire turned toward the painting. He looked lost in deep thought. After a long while, he took the white sheet and covered the canvas.

• "I'm sorry, mother." whispered Sapphire to the painting. He then turned toward the Nathaniel, "Silver Bride... may I ask you to undo the transformation to human from yesterday?"

• "Eh?" Nathaniel was slightly taken aback by the sudden change in subject. "Sure, I guess."

Nathaniel took Sapphire's hand in his own to scan for the Power Core. Upon finding it, he broke the seal he created the previous day. As soon as it was undone, power began flowing in the Core and the human was slowly transforming into a werewolf. He was filling more and more of his suit, outlining every curve of his growing body, which was slowly sprouting black and white fur. A muzzle grew out of his face, his ears morphed into lupine ones while relocating at the top of his head, his nose became black and the blue of his eyes became deeper. His feet transformed into digitigrade paws, a tail grew out of his backside and began wagging weakly. When he was completely transformed, he was surprised to see that he hadn't grown back to his height of the previous day.

• "Wai-wait," said the newly transformed werewolf, "why am I so small? I was much bigger yesterday before you transformed me!"

• "I think it's an aftereffect of the transformation. I had to empty your Core to turn you back to human, which means that now it's completely dry. And as power means size for werewolves, you're going to stay at this size."

• "I... I understand." said the six feet werewolf. He looked up to Nathaniel before asking "Silver Bride... please, take me."

Nathaniel lowered himself to pick him up in his arms like the previous day, but as he did so Sapphire grabbed the Silver Bride's cheek and led him to his muzzle. Their noses met. The gray werewolf understood only now what the other meant by 'take me'. He looked at the smaller Lord, whose eyes were closed. He then took him in his arms and hugged him tightly, denying him the kiss.

• "Do you... not want me... Silver Bride?" muttered the blue-eyed lord weakly.

• "Sapphire... are you sure you want to go through that?"

• "I am."

• "What about the gentlewolves?"

• "I don't care about them."

• "What will-"

• "Silver, please. Just... take me."

• "Alright. But let's get somewhere comfortable before that, shall we?"

Nathaniel was very annoyed by the fact he needed to put the smaller wolf back down and transform to human to fit through most doorways. As soon as he was through, he got back to his werewolf form and picked up Sapphire to carry him like a princess through the halls. Sapphire was very delicate and unsure of carrying this through. It would be the first time he would have sex with someone he cared for. He was very anxious about it, especially given Nathaniel's size. He also asked the Bride to not grow him. After a while of him voicing his concerns while leading the larger wolf through the halls of the manor, they reached a room much like the hospital room where Arkion was earlier. The ceiling was very high, and there was an extra large bed that could welcome a few beasts of Nathaniel's size.

• "Why do you have a bed this big here, Sapphire?" asked Nathaniel.

• "I... I wanted to become a big lord with lots of servants... but I... I couldn't do it..."

• "What happened?"

• "I... I'd rather... not talk about it..."

• "Alright. Let's begin, then."

• "Please... be gentle..."

Nathaniel delicately put Sapphire on the bed in a sitting position. He looked at the smaller lord, who was shivering and whose eyes were watering. The silver Bride looked intently at his partner, with a concerned look on his face.

• "You... you don't look like you want to do this, Sapphire."

• "Wh-why do you say that?"

• "Look at yourself, you're shivering and crying. And I think I can smell... fear?"

• "N-no! I'm not afraid! I-I-I..."

• "Let's do this another time, okay? I don't want to do something you don't want me to do."

• "No! Please, Silver! I... I want it!"

Despite him saying that, the smaller lord was in complete panic. His first experiences with werewolf sex must have been terrifying.

• "Alright, what do you want me to do?"

• "Wha-what do you mean?"

• "I'll do whatever you want me to do. Just like yesterday. Ask, and I'll do it. You look terrified, so I'll do only what you want me to, okay?"

• "O-okay..."

• "Also, I can make you a husband if you'd like. But I can't do it unless I bring you to an orgasm, so be aware of that, okay?"

• "O-okay..."

Nathaniel waited for Sapphire's order. He wanted the little wolf to feel good and get over his fear so he made everything he could to not appear as a threat to Sapphire: he wagged his tail, knelt in front of him, looked up at him with a happy puppy face, tilted his head to the side and held his ears partially folded backwards. Despite the silver wolf's attempts at lightening the mood, Sapphire wasn't moving at all.

• "So?" asked the silver Bride while tilting his head to the other side, "what do you want me to do?"

• "I... I..." muttered Sapphire.

• "You looked like you wanted a kiss, earlier. Should I go for that?"

• "I... yes... please..."

The silver Bride sat on the edge of the bed, he then lied down right next to Sapphire. He turned on his side to watch the smaller lord. He then invited Sapphire to lie down too by tapping his hand against the bed's sheets. The noble wolf very slowly lowered himself backwards and joined his hands on his belly, not budging at all and looking at the ceiling. Nathaniel brought his hand to Sapphire's shoulder and pulled on it, making the smaller wolf roll onto his side. He then brought his hand to the black and white wolf's chin and guided his partner's muzzle to his. Once again their noses met. Nathaniel gave a small kiss on Sapphire's mouth before letting go of him.

• "There you go, Sapphire." said Nathaniel with a gentle smile. He could feel that the other wolf had already calmed down a little.

• "Silver... I..."

• "Yes?"

• "I want another kiss... please."

Nathaniel complied. He took Sapphire's jaw in his hands and caressed him gently while guiding his muzzle next to his. He then gave the smaller wolf another kiss, but this time licked his muzzle afterwards. Sapphire asked for another kiss and after Nathaniel licked his muzzle, he answered with a lick himself, to which the silver Bride smiled before adding another lick. The two of them began licking each other's muzzle in turns, until their tongue met. Sapphire instantly stopped, paralyzed once again. He got out of his stupor fast, this time, and retracted his tongue into his maw. Nathaniel looked at him with a smile, his tongue still hanging down his mouth. The smaller wolf closed his eyes and lapped at the silver wolf's muzzle, initiating another kiss himself this time. Nathaniel dared putting his tongue inside of his partner's maw, which surprised the other wolf. Sapphire stopped lapping, he wasn't sure he wanted to go this fast. The silver Bride noticed the small wolf freezing up and retracted his tongue, leaving some time for his partner to breathe.

Sapphire let himself fall on his back again, taking some distance from Nathaniel. He then rose in a sitting position, which Nathaniel mimicked. The silver Bride was looking at the smaller wolf, excited to see what order would be next.

• "Silver..."

• "Yes?"

• "I'd like you to... undress me..."

Nathaniel smiled. He climbed down the bed and knelt in front of Sapphire.

• "Can I caress you while I do so?"

• "I... o-okay..."

The silver Bride wagged his tail happily. He brought his hands to Sapphire's collar, slipped them behind the smaller wolf's neck, untied the blue bowtie and set it aside. He then started unbuttoning the smaller wolf's vest, going from the topmost buttons to the lowermost, revealing the white shirt underneath. After it was completely untied, his slipped his hands underneath the cloth, caressing the smaller wolf's chest. He drove his hands up to Sapphire's shoulders and pushed further back, making the vest slide down the smaller wolf's arms.

Nathaniel continued by unbuttoning Sapphire's shirt, starting this time by the lowermost buttons first. After undoing every button he brought his muzzle to the white fur that was freed from clothing, nuzzling and kissing gently Sapphire's bare body. He could hear the smaller wolf's breath getting heavier from excitement. Nathaniel worked the small abdominals of his partner, working his way up Sapphire's belly. Eventually, he undid the last button of the smaller wolf's shirt, slid both his hands under the fabric to tease Sapphire's pectorals. He caressed upward until once again his hands reached over Sapphire's shoulders and slid it down the arms, making the cloth fall over the bed behind his partner. Now that he was naked from the waist up, Sapphire was blushing heavily as he looked down at the silver Bride, who moved lower to start kissing the smaller wolf's abdominals. He went higher and higher with every kiss until he was level with the nipples of his partner. He kissed the left one before nibbling on it, eliciting a cute little yip from Sapphire. He then turned his attention to the right one. The more he worked it, the more the little wolf was moaning. He resumed his kisses while going up, sidetracking to nuzzling into the neck of the smaller wolf, who was shivering from the touch. He continued upward, kissing Sapphire's left cheek before he turned his attention to his nose. He looked at the smaller wolf, who was blushing even more heavily than before. Sapphire closed his eyes and lunged forward to lick at the silver Bride's muzzle before giving him a small kiss. Nathaniel smiled even wider as he brought his hands to Sapphire's ears and petted them.

Nathaniel felt that Sapphire was becoming more at ease. He let go of him and saw that the tip of his tail was weakly wagging. He lowered himself again and began undoing the smaller wolf's belt. As soon as it was unbuckled, he pulled on it before throwing it off the bed. He then looked up to Sapphire. The smaller wolf was sitting in silence while blushing heavily.

• "Sapphire, to continue, I'm going to need you to lie on the bed, okay?"

• "O-okay..."

The silver Bride gently took Sapphire by the shoulders and delicately pushed him backwards until he was lying on his back. It seemed like even though he was very careful as to not be too rough with his partner, who looked very uncomfortable with the whole situation despite him saying he wanted it. It seemed like even though the smaller wolf was slowly warming up to the situation, he was feeling increasingly nervous from being undressed. Nathaniel ran his hands down from Sapphire's shoulders to his pectorals, then abdominals and finally waist. He undid the pants' button, opened the zipper and slid his hands under the pants of the smaller wolf. He slightly lifted Sapphire's lower body and started pulling the pants down. While removing the piece of cloth, he ran his fingers on his partner's thighs and went down to his knees, calves and then feet. As soon as the pants were removed, Nathaniel ran his fingers up Sapphire's legs until his hands were on the waist of the smaller wolf. He slipped a finger under the underwear, but felt a hand prevent him from going any further.

• "Silver! Wai-wait, please!"

Nathaniel wanted to whine, but he suppressed the need to. He then got on his knees and looked at Sapphire, who looked like he was completely overwhelmed by the situation.

• "Is something wrong, Sapphire? Was I too rough?"

• "N-no... it's just that... I'm sorry. I need time."

• "It's alright, Sapphire."

Nathaniel climbed on the bed again and lied next to the smaller wolf. He approached his hand to the smaller wolf.

• "Sapphire, do you mind if I touch you again?"

• "I... I'll allow it."

The silver Bride put his hand over his partner's belly and gently caressed him.

• "We... we had a butler once," began Sapphire, "he was the most disgruntled servant we had," he said before pausing. "I believe he hated our family, and he hated me above all. His hatred grew stronger every time he had to bow to me. One day, he and I were alone in the mansion. He found where I was, locked the doors, and when I asked what he was up to, he..." Sapphire was breathing heavier by the second, "he unloaded all of his hatred while undressing and growing and transforming into a werewolf. I didn't understand what was going on. He pinned me to the ground, tore open my suit, dug his claws into my chest, I thought I'd die, eaten by a monster, but... he... he..." the small wolf said, tearing up. He had trouble finding the words. "He... defiled me. And again, and again, while I was transforming into the same ugly beast as him. I hated him. And when I thought he was done, I saw him grow, and then, and then... he..."

• "Sapphire, calm down," said Nathaniel, "he's not here anymore. I'm with you now, okay?"

• "I'm... I'm so afraid, Silver." muttered the small wolf.

Nathaniel wanted to comfort the smaller wolf, but he was too afraid to try anything bolder than simply running his hand in circles over Sapphire's chest.

• "I'm so sorry, Sapphire." whispered the silver Bride, "I have no words to comfort you. I understand why you're so scared, now. If you want to stop here, we can stop here."

• "Silver... I was feeling so angry. Hatred welled in my mind. I wanted to make him pay. I wanted to raise an army of werewolves under my control and go slash and tear and rip him apart. So I began by transforming Sebastian. But as soon as I was done, I was feeling the same fear as that other time. Thankfully, Sebastian stopped me from having a panic attack. He was with the gentlewolves all along and knew what happened to me. Ever since that day, I've been a puppet for the gentlewolves... Why did it end up like that, Silver, why?"

• "I... I don't know, Sapphire."

• "Silver," said the smaller wolf before wiping his tears and turning toward Nathaniel, "I... I've been defiled, betrayed and dumped. I have seen you with your husbands. I... I want that too... I want to know what it's like to be loved, and how it feels like to love someone else."

Upon hearing that, the silver Bride gently grabbed Sapphire and pulled him closer. He hugged the small wolf, who welcomed the warm embrace.

• "I understand, Sapphire. That's why you made me do all of that yesterday, right?"

Sapphire didn't reply. Instead, he just nuzzled closer to Nathaniel while purring and wagging his tail slowly. Nathaniel just waited for the smaller lord to feel completely at ease. Because he just told his story, he had been extremely tense and stressed out. But he was slowly calming and the sobs stopped. The Bride let go of Sapphire, who took a bit of distance.

• "Silver?"

• "Yes?"

• "I... let's... go on."

• "Sure. What do you want me to do?"

• "I... I don't know..."

• "Should I finish undressing you? Or maybe you want another kiss?"

• "I..." replied Sapphire. He broke their hug and looked straight into Nathaniel's eyes. "I... I want you to caress me, and... and bring me closer to you, and... and then a kiss..."

• "Alright, Sapphire."

Nathaniel began caressing the smaller wolf's bare chest with one hand and his cheek with the other. He delicately touched Sapphire's body, massaging him thoroughly. He caressed a nipple, making Sapphire yip from surprise. He immediately retracted his hand, worried about startling him. But the blue eyes wolf took Nathaniel's hand in his own and guided it back to his chest. The silver Bride resumed his delicate massage of Sapphire's chest. He slipped his other hand further, sending it between the other wolf's ears and began gently scratching them. He then did the same with his other arm, caressing Sapphire's side and then back. With both his hands in the smaller wolf's back, he began pulling slowly to draw his partner closer. Sapphire looked surprised, but serene. As soon as their noses met, Nathaniel kissed Sir Curtis' lips. And again, and again. His hands were running all over Sapphire's back. He opened his mouth and began licking the other wolf's muzzle. Sapphire closed his eyes and slightly opened his mouth, as if to invite Nathaniel further. The silver bride accepted, and slid his tongue inside the small opening in his partner's maw. Sapphire shivered at the intrusion. He lapped the foreign tongue. He welcomed it. He brought his two hands to Nathaniel's cheeks and grazed them. The larger wolf let his delicate friend dictate the pace, he didn't want to be rough on him. He felt Sapphire's tongue invade his mouth, as if mimicking what he had just done earlier. He closed his grip on the smaller wolf, pulling them closer together. The intensity of their making out grew. The rhythm accelerated. It felt as if Sapphire was gaining confidence. He was wagging his tail. Their tongues danced. Their hug tightened. They broke the kiss to take a breather, during which they were looking in each other's eyes. Sapphire approached his head again and just like Nathaniel had done before, started lapping at the Bride's muzzle. The larger wolf took the hint and they once again made out passionately. Nathaniel found the way Sapphire was trying to copy his own moves very cute. The smaller wolf's heart was beating fast, his breathing was heavy and his tail was wagging wildly. It made Nathaniel happy to see his partner enjoy their moment together.

When they finally let go of each other, they were both panting. Sapphire smiled at Nathaniel.

• "What would you like me to do next, my little princess?" teased Nathaniel.

• "Prin... cess?" asked Sapphire, dumbstruck.

• "Didn't you say I was your charming prince yesterday? A charming prince's gotta have a princess, right?"

• "Ah, well, I... I did say that, but..."

Sapphire fell silent. He let go of Nathaniel's face and took Nathaniel's hand in his, guiding it lower along his back. Lower and lower, until the large hand was resting on the small wolf's butt. Nathaniel gently squeezed, eliciting another yip from Sapphire. The noble man took once again the hand in his and guided it higher. He then lifted his underwear and put it over Nathaniel's fingers before sliding the hand once again toward his behind. The silver bride began caressing Sapphire's butt before he brought his second hand to the massage, making the smaller wolf let out a few moans from pleasure. He could smell his partner's arousal. Nathaniel slid his hands toward the front of Sapphire's waist and pulled on the front to free the cock that was tenting it before he pushed the piece of cloth down more and more. The smaller wolf was once again in a bit of panic, but as soon as Nathaniel had thrown the underwear away he brought his hands to Sapphire's butt and resumed the delicate groping. He also approached his head to the smaller wolf's and lapped his muzzle. The noble man relaxed again. Nathaniel sensed that his partner's arousal was growing. He wanted to take a peek at Sapphire's cock, but decided against it as it may have put the other wolf into a stressful situation. He instead continued the massage and lapping.

• "Si- ah- Silver..."

• "Yes, my adorable princess?"

• "I... I'm ready... take... take me, please."

• "What do you mean by 'take me'?"

• "I... you know... make... love to me..." he said, blushing intensely.

• "Is it truly what you want, Sapphire?"

• "I... I don't know..."

• "Listen, Sapphire. You told me what happened to you with your ex-butler. I don't think you're ready for me to 'take you' yet. I don't want to make this first time with me an experience that will remind you of this nightmare, okay?"

• "But... isn't that how..."

• "How people love each other? That's one of the ways. We just did it with another way, simply by enjoying each other's touch."

• "But... I... I want to... to become your husband, Silver. I... I want it! So, please, at least make me yours!"

• "Okay, I will. But I want you to stop me if you don't like it, right?"

• "Al-alright."

Nathaniel smiled at Sapphire once again. He brought his muzzle to the smaller wolf's mouth and they made out once again. One of his hands wandered to his partner's butt while the other was slowly going from the pectorals of his new lover to his crotch. As soon as his fingers met Sapphire's sheath, he delicately touched with his index the hardening cock, going from the very end of the furry protection to the tip of the dick. The smaller wolf was letting out cute noises: small moans, muffled yips and little huffs. It was taking a tremendous amount of will from Nathaniel to resist the urge to go wild on the smaller wolf, but he knew it was much more difficult for Sapphire who was trying to overcome his trauma. The silver Bride took the drop of pre that had pearled on the Sir Curtis' dick and ran his index down until he reached the underside of the sheath. There, he touched Sapphire's balls with one finger. And then with two. And then with his whole hand, scooping them and massaging them gently, one at a time. He continued by running his hand upward once again, meeting the overfull sheath, which he squeezed delicately. Sapphire broke the kiss to moan loudly. Nathaniel looked at him, worried, but the smaller wolf jumped back into his mouth.

The silver Bride continued squeezing gently Sapphire's sheath, stimulating his erection to harden further. He then brought his hand up and took the shaft in his hand. The noble Lord yipped slightly from the touch. Nathaniel felt the dick throb in his grip. He ran his hand upward along the cock until he reached the head, where he took the pre that had formed there with his thumb and coated the tip of Sapphire's shaft with it. Then, he went down until he reached the sheath. Once again he took the furry tube in his hand and massaged it before turning his attention back to the cock. He continued with these motions of up, spreading the pre all over the shaft's head, and down until Sapphire's sheath filled with a large knot. By now, Sapphire was moaning loudly from pleasure and his cock was twitching uncontrollably.

• "Si-Silver! I... I'm clo-"

• "Shhh. I know, my sweet princess."

Nathaniel slipped his index inside Sapphire's sheath to begin working on the growing knot. He then added finger after finger inside until he had all but his thumb in. The smaller wolf grabbed the silver Bride's chest fur and clung closely to it as he began humping in the hands of the Bride. Nathaniel fought the urge to also lose himself in pleasure and instead, began caressing delicately the knot from the inside of Sapphire's sheath. Eventually, the smaller wolf's knot slid out after pushing the larger wolf's fingers out. It brought the noble wolf's eleven inches shaft fully free as it began pulsing and spurting cum. Sapphire's claws scratched into Nathaniel's chest as the smaller wolf broke the kiss to howl from the intense pleasure of his orgasm. Rope after rope of cum flew from the noble Lord's shaft to land on the silver Bride's front side. Nathaniel partially let go of the firing shaft and brought his hand in front of the tip to intercept some of the seed into his palm. Sapphire was still humping weakly, each of his thrusts brought a new shot of warm cum that fell either in Nathaniel's hand or on his abdominals. When finally the flow weakened, Sapphire went silent. He was smiling, panting and wagging his tail from satisfaction.

The silver Bride brought his clean hand to Sapphire's Core, which rested into his hand, and gently caressed it. For some reason he didn't understand, not only did the smaller Lord's Core instantly become his, but it split in two parts and transformed. The first half stayed in Sapphire's hand while morphing into a paintbrush and the second part went to his other hand while transforming into a coloured palette. Nathaniel couldn't hold back anymore, he wanted more. He brought his cum soaked hand in front of his muzzle and greedily lapped at the salty nectar.

• "Silver... that... that was amazing... tha-"

As Nathaniel was consuming the warm seed off his hand, he lost himself. His cock began poking out of his sheath and hardened fast. With his clean hand, he pushed on Sapphire's shoulder, making the smaller wolf fall on his back on the bed. He then got on all four and loomed over his new husband. Sapphire shivered as he looked into the eyes of his lust-crazed Bride.

• "S-silver?" panicked Sapphire.

Nathaniel dove for a kiss. He groped and massaged the smaller wolf, nibbled on his neck, teased his nipples. He took both of Sapphire's hands in his own, pinning the noble werewolf in his iron grip. As his cock grew to a full erection, he looked his new husband with a nasty smile. The smaller Lord had his ears folded backwards and was shaking in fear.

• "Sapphire," rumbled Nathaniel, "I need you!"

The noble wolf closed his eyes and gritted his teeth.

• "Be-be gentle... please..."

As a tear escaped his eyes, Nathaniel was brought out of his craze. His cock was fully hard and reached up to his chin. It was resting on top of a terrorized Sapphire, was almost as girthy as the smaller wolf was wide and longer than his whole upper body. Nathaniel quickly realised his error and began making out with the smaller wolf. Their passionate kiss made Sapphire slightly less tense, whose fingers intertwined with Nathaniel's. The black and white werewolf lifted his paws and ran them at the silver Bride's cock, which made it spew a large glob of pre. The larger wolf broke the kiss, looked at Sapphire while panting and wagged his tail fast. He let go of his lover and crawled backward, climbing down the bed until his nose was right in front of Sapphire's cock. He grabbed the shaft in one hand, scooped the balls in the other and began kissing the tip of the shaft. He then lapped at it, which made Sapphire moan of pleasure again. Nathaniel lowered his head, put his tongue on the large knot and licked upward until he reached the shaft's head. He took the tip in his mouth, drank the pre, then let it go and looked at it. He realized it looked larger than before. He had forgotten that they would both grow from Sapphire's magnification, and wondered if the noble would be mad. For the time being, the smaller wolf was in pure bliss so Nathaniel pushed these thoughts aside and got back to tending to the growing cock in his hands. He felt the rush of power in his body and enjoyed as it spread in him, making him feel warm and blissfully happy. He groped and squeezed the expanding balls with his hand, massaged and caressed the knot with his other hand and lapped eagerly at the growing cock in his mouth. Nathaniel took more of the swelling shaft in his maw to feel the growth from even closer, going down his throat inch by inch. Once again, Sapphire was losing himself; he began humping weakly inside Nathaniel, forcing his twitching shaft deeper. The silver Bride was all too happy to take more of it and dove even further, until his lips met the knot. He moved his second hand away from the knot to work the growing balls, allowing him to fit the ball of flesh in his mouth. The tip of the shaft tickled the back of his mouth as it elongated and fattened. Every second made the pulsating cock creep further into his throat. Sapphire howled once again as he reached a second climax. His shaft began firing waves of cum deep in Nathaniel, who was massaging his new husband's balls in hopes of getting more of the salty load. As cum travelled down his gullet, he felt himself getting close to his own orgasm. He eagerly welcomed every shot of seed from the still growing cock whose output was ever increasing. When the flow of Sapphire's orgasm weakened and came to an end, Nathaniel desperately suckled on the shaft in the hopes of getting more of his lover's load. When he was satisfied, Nathaniel slowly pulled his mouth away. The knot escaped his lips with a little popping sound. He then freed his throat from the twitching shaft, inch by inch, while still licking at it. When finally it was completely out, it fell back down on Sapphire's abdominals, where it spewed a very weak flow of seed, remnant of his climax.

Nathaniel climbed back up on the bed and lied on his side. His cock had grown even more massive now, it was reaching just in front of his lips. He brought his hand to Sapphire's chest and caressed his pectorals, heaving from the deep breaths he was taking after their intense sex. All of a sudden, the noble wolf rolled on his side and grabbed Nathaniel's enormous cock in his arms and hands while encircling the gigantic knot with his legs and paws. It sent a shock through the silver Bride's body. Sapphire then brought his head to the leaking tip and opened his mouth. But he stopped and froze.

• "You..." weakly said Nathaniel between lewd moans, "you don't need to... Sapphire..."

Sapphire took a deep breath to calm himself. And then he dove on to the tip. He took it in his mouth and began ravenously licking all over it, drinking every single drop of pre and moaning as he did so. He went to work on the huge shaft with all of his limbs while he suckled on the cock. Nathaniel huffed and panted loudly as he felt his orgasm approach quickly. He took Sapphire's head, he wanted to push him down on his cock but instead pulled him free of the tip, which began firing cum like a hose a second after that. After holding back for so long, Nathaniel had been so pent up from all the foreplay that he hadn't needed much to be brought to orgasm. His shaft throbbed powerfully with each wave of cum that flew all over the room and splashed against the wall, sprinkling everywhere around the impact. Sapphire's maw fell as he witnessed the power of the Bride's climax. He continued hugging the huge shaft as it pulsed while firing more seed everywhere. The silver Bride was in complete bliss from the orgasm, he really needed that release. His cock blasted torrents of cum in a flow so intense that there was already an inch of cum covering the floor of the room. Sapphire hugged the cock closer to him. For the first time since they started this session of sex today he truly felt at ease, as if his bad experience from that other time didn't matter at all. He sensed the flow going through the cock weaken down a bit, so he tried bringing his mouth around the tip. Cum splattered on his face and completely soaked him. He licked his lips to have a taste and discovered that he loved it. He felt a second orgasm build up fast, as if the silver Bride's seed had an aphrodisiac effect. As he licked more, he began unconsciously humping against the gigantic pulsing shaft and was brought to another orgasm. His cock shot once more cum, it soaked his front side and Nathaniel's shaft. After a solid minute of both their shafts firing seed everywhere and painting the whole room white, their output decreased until there was nothing but a small stream which dripped down their cocks. Sapphire let go of the silver Bride's gigantic spire and fell on his back, landing on the soaked sheets of the bed.

Both lovers basked in the afterglow of their combined orgasm. The two of them were panting heavily and wagging their tails.

• "How... how did you like it, princess Sapphire?"

• "I... I lov-" he said before coughing to interrupt himself, "it was good enough."

• "Awww, only good enough? You sure looked like you were enjoying yourself."

• "You are an insolent wolf!" scolded Sapphire before whispering weakly, "I... I loved it."

• "I loved it too, Sapphire."

Nathaniel pushed his cock aside to take Sapphire into a hug once again. The smaller wolf snuggled and nuzzled against the silver Bride's neck. The two enjoyed each other's warmth as they slowly softened and recovered from their intense orgasms.

An hour after that, Sapphire broke their embrace. He got up and took a few steps away from the bed, where Nathaniel was still lying.

• "Say, Silver..."

• "What is it?" said Nathaniel as he rose in a sitting position.

• "What..." he turned toward the larger wolf, "what's my power? How do I use it?"

• "Eh? I... I don't know... You may want to ask Tide or Arkion, the two of them know how to use their powers at will. As for what's your power, it's... creativity? It's the word that came to mind, but I don't know what it means, sorry."

• "Ask them?"

• "Yeah! We have telepathy, I think. Tide, can you hear me?"

• "I can hear you well," replied the blue wolf via telepathy, "i_s something wrong, Silver?_"

• "What... what was that?" asked Sapphire.

• "As I said," replied Nathaniel, "you can all contact each other through me, I think," he said to the noble man before talking to Tide with his mind again "Sir Curtis wants to ask something to you."

• "Sir Curtis? How? And why?" replied Tide.

• "I'll let him do the talking" said Nath telepathically. He then turned towards Sapphire, "try it."

• "I, uh... okay..." he took a deep breath. "Mister Tide. I am Sapphire Curtis, and I am a-"

• "Wait, we can talk to each other like that?" interrupted a familiar overexcited voice.

• "Shhhhhh, Runner," said Howler, "they're trying to have a conversation!"

• "Ooooh, sorry..." said the excited wolf, " But still, this-"

• "Runner!" scolded Howler.

• "S-sorry..." apologized Runner.

• "As I was saying before being rudely interrupted, I am Sapphire Curtis, and I am Silver's latest husband. I would-"

• "A new husband?" Interrupted Runner again, "That's amazing, welc-"

• "RUNNER!" yelled Howler, "I'm sorry, Mister Curtis, Runner's always like this..."

• "Have you heard how funny and haughty he speaks?" asked the speedy wolf.

• "He can hear you, you dumb mutt!" intervened once again Howler.

• "Oh..." muttered Runner weakly, "right... sorry..."

• Sapphire coughed loudly through telepathy before resuming. "Mister Tide, please teach me how to use my power."

• "What? Uh... I... I don't know? I just think hard about it, and... it works, I guess?"

• "This will not help at all. Might you have clearer instructions?"

• "Sorry... it just kinda works..."

• "Very well. Thank you."

As soon as Sapphire was done, all of Nathaniel's husbands went wild through the telepathy. It was becoming very loud with everyone in here. The silver Bride struggled to get them all to shut up. When it was finally silent he introduced Arkion to everyone, and they all joked around for a couple minutes before Nathaniel yelled to them to shut up. He then explained that Sir Curtis actually wanted to become another husband, which Sapphire denied vehemently. They all calmed down, and the final message was Tide relaying to Nathaniel an "I love you" from Kyle.

• "This..." began Nathaniel, "this is going to be a nightmare if I get any more husbands... Anyways, you heard Tide. He just does it by thinking about it. I'm guessing that your power has something to do with paint, because your Cores are shaped like a paintbrush and a palette."

• "Why did you not say so in the first place?" said Sir Curtis, annoyed, "let us go to the workshop."

• "Alright..."

The two exited the cum soaked room and began walking through the manor. It was even more cramped than before for the silver Bride, but he eventually managed to get to the workshop.

The two of them reached the room with the paintings and entered.

• "Wha-what is this sorcery?!" yelled Sapphire as his eyes fell on one of the paintings.

• "Uh... Sapphire? Are you okay?"

• "I am not! Look at the paintings!" he said while pointing at the canvas.

• "What about it? It looks like... the same still life basket filled with nuts from earlier... Am I missing something?"

• "Am... am I seeing things?"

• "What's wrong?"

• "The... the basket is almost... lifelike..."

Nathaniel was puzzled by what Sapphire had just said. He made sure to take another closer look, but nothing seemed out of the ordinary. He turned toward the smaller lord and said there was nothing abnormal. Sapphire got closer to the painting and put his hands on the canvas. His fingers went right through it! His arm appeared in the picture and was moving toward the basket's handle. He grabbed it and pulled his arm back out of the painting. Surely enough when his hand exited the canvas, the basket of nuts was now real and had disappeared from the canvas.

Both wolves were speechless. Sapphire went on to experiment some more and discovered that he was able to put the basket back into the painting, or even put it into another painting. He even tried to eat one of the hazelnut, but spat it out instantly as it tasted like paint. He took one of the real life paint tube and put it into the canvas next to the basket of nuts. Nathaniel watched as Sapphire was exploring his new powers. The noble wolf was like a child in an amusement park. He had a genuine smile, his tail was wagging crazily fast and he was almost running from painting to painting to experiment with his ability. He had complete power over the worlds in his canvases. The only limit was his creativity.

Sapphire suddenly stopped running around. He was standing in front of his mother's painting. He pulled the cloth that covered it and looked at it intently. Without even realizing it, he had begun extending his arm toward the canvas. As his fingers grazed the dried paint, he stopped.

• "Mother... I..." he muttered weakly. "I'm so sorry, mother, I... you were always so happy, and yet I... I failed you. I will undo my mistake now!" he then opened his hand and slashed twice at the canvas.

• "Sapphire! What are-"

• "The woman in that painting wasn't my mother!" he shouted while turning to look at Nathaniel. He took a moment to breathe, then turned towards Nathaniel. He then spoke very calmly, "Silver, you opened my eyes. My mother wasn't as gloomy as in that failure of a painting. She was a most loving woman, and this image was an insult to her memory." he then turned toward the remnants of the torn fabric and whispered, "Mother. I will practice painting and work hard to become a fine artist, so that one day I will be able to honour your memory with a painting that will truly show how wonderful a lady you were."

Sapphire took a few deep breaths before turning and walking slowly toward Nathaniel.

• "Silver." said Sapphire in a grave voice. His expression was dead serious, "I would like you to try something."

• "Sure, what is it?"

• "I want you to borrow my power, take an empty canvas and put me into it."

• "WHAT?" yelled Nathaniel from surprise.

• "I would like to see if this is possible."

• "Are you sure about that? It could be dangerous!"

• "I am. Imagine the possibilities if it worked, they would be endless."

• "I don't think that's safe enou-"

• "Please, Silver, do it."

• "Fine..." sighed Nathaniel. "I just hope it won't mean anything bad... If you disappear, the gentlewolves will get mad at me..."

• "I beg of you, Silver Bride."

Nathaniel sighed. He picked up a small empty canvas and took a bit of power from Sapphire's cores. As soon as he touched the smaller wolf, his form exploded into paint which rushed into the canvas. Nathaniel's heart skipped a beat from fear and he looked at the canvas, his claws almost tearing through the sides of it.

• "Sapphire!"

The smaller wolf appeared in the painting. For some reason, he was moving and looking at his arms, then his body. He ran his hands against himself.

• "I am well, Silver," said Sapphire with telepathy, "however, I am unable to get out of the painting by myself, may I ask of you to free me?"

Nathaniel grabbed some more power and dove his arm into the painting. He felt two hands grab his own, and he pulled. Another explosion of paint was seen going out of the canvas and reformed into Sapphire. For a good five minutes, Nathaniel checked his husband thoroughly to see if there was anything wrong with him. Aside from the few stains of paint on his fur, the black and white werewolf was completely fine.

• "That was an interesting experience, I must say," began Sapphire, "I was in a world of light with a single window that showed the real world. I am sorry for worrying you, Silver. That... is a terrifying power, but also an extremely convenient one."

• "I... I'm just glad you're safe, Sapphire."

• "And so am I."

The two of them hugged again.

Sapphire's butler came into the workshop, out of breath and in sweat.

• "Master Curtis!" yelled the old butler. "We have a situation!"

• "I hope it is worthy of disturbing our moment, Sebastian."

• "I am most sorry, young Master." said the old man while wiping the sweat off of his forehead with a white tissue "All of our cameras and drones that were in the Kingdom are down."

• "You may buy new ones to replace the defective. Now, leave us alone."

• "I am afraid there is something else, young Master. The drones and cameras didn't fail by coincidence. All of them showed a similar image of a shadow with blank eyes before malfunctioning."

• "Did you say the Kingdom?" interrupted Nathaniel, who suddenly tensed.

• "I did, Mister Silver."

• "That's where King and Aegis are!" yelled the silver wolf.

• "It is indeed, Mister Silver. I am most sorry, young Master, but I believe we should investigate this matter without delay."

• "Sebastian," said Sir Curtis, "I will contact the gentlewolves about this. Lead Silver to Arkion and have them head close to the Kingdom."

• "Young Master! This is folly, it may be dangerous for Silver to head there!"

• "I don't care if it's dangerous!" protested Nathaniel vehemently, "two of my husbands are there!"

• "I know it is dangerous, Sebastian," shrugged Sir Curtis, "but look at him. He wants to check on his friends. And besides, I believe it is that guy's fault. That will be Silver's second trial. Silver, I would like you to use that trick we learned about to help Arkion get out without causing a fuss. You might also need to walk out of here as a human to avoid attracting any unwanted attention in the city. We will provide you with clothing suited for walking outside. I will have the police establish a perimeter around the Kingdom, so please head there once you have gathered everything necessary, and get rid of whoever is responsible for the situation there."

Sapphire broke their hug and ran out of the workshop.

• "Mister Silver," muttered the butler while readjusting his glasses, "if you would please..."

The butler escorted Nathaniel through the corridors of the manor once again. The silver Bride had in his hands one of the small canvases and prepared to use it on Arkion. As soon as they reached the hospital-like room where the giant black werewolf was standing, Nathaniel quickly explained everything. The black werewolf wasn't keen on getting imprisoned into a painting, but he accepted. An explosion of paint later, Arkion was in the canvas and Sebastian led the silver Bride to the entrance of the mansion. Nathaniel transformed back to his human self, put some clothes and shoes the butler gave him, took the canvas under his arm and set off to the Kingdom.

• "Silver," said Sapphire through telepathy, "please be careful. This might be one of the messengers of darkness' doing. I was unfortunately unable to recover any footage of your friends nor from anyone else in the Kingdom."

• "Don't worry about me, I'll be careful." replied Nathaniel.

Nathaniel ran toward the park in hope of finding what was wrong. As he approached his destination, he felt a nasty aura there. There were police officers setting up a security perimeter. They stopped Nathaniel from entering, but a few moments later they got a radio letting them know that the 'young man with a painting' was allowed into the park. Nathaniel went through and ran full speed toward the cave where King was just a few weeks ago.

• "Silver," said Sapphire through telepathy, "you shouldn't go toward th- cave too fast, th- might tr- you... Sil..."

• "Sapphire? Sapphire? Did you say something?" asked Nathaniel. It looked like his telepathy was blocked, here.

There was really something off about this place. As soon as he reached the entrance to King's cave, he was surrounded by twenty black ghostly wolves. Nathaniel tried freeing Arkion from the painting to let him assist in the fight but he couldn't reach for Sapphire's Core. He tried Tide's, Runner's, Howler's Cores without success. He couldn't find King's and Aegis' was shining too faintly to be used. It left only Arkion's, which was sealed away into the painting. As he tried to bring some power out of the painting, the shadows leapt at him with fangs and claws bared. The silver Bride quickly transformed and fought while trying to hang on to the painting of his lover. He threw fireballs, clawed and bit at the shadows but to no avail, they dissipated upon taking hits and reformed soon after, making the battle a hopeless struggle. Nathaniel held on for as long as he could while trying to find an escape, but fell to the onslaught of demons.