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Second Chance

Written By: Spudz

Luke fumbled with the button of his pants, his fingers struggling to undo the clasp to no avail. He couldn't think straight, not with his muzzle pressed firmly into the maw of the hyena he currently had pinned to the wall, her fingers groping his haunches through the denim of his jeans.

Through parted muzzles, the german shepherd wrestled with her broad velvety tongue for dominance, enjoying the silky warmth of his date for the first time that night. The struggle was quick and one-sided, as he found himself rolled against the wall beneath her predatory gaze.

"Let me help you with that," the hyena breathed throatily. Her fingers closed around the button of his pants, and with a sudden jerk, undid the clasp and zipper to rid the shepherd of the troublesome clothing.

Luke sighed deeply as his arousal protruded free to tent his boxers. With a few quick flicks of his paws, the jeans were fully discarded onto the floor nearby.

An inquisitive hand stroked along the shepherd's length, claws ever so slightly grating against the sensitive flesh beneath the fabric of the underclothing. "Such a gifted canine you are," the hyena admired, giving his arousal another playful caress.

Luke growled with approval as she turned and sauntered toward the nearby bedroom, crooking a finger over a shoulder at him. He followed in her wake, tongue lolled as he watched her bouncing hips taunt him. The two coffee mugs sitting atop the living room table were long since forgotten.

Her clothes were already coming off as the shepherd entered the bedroom. He wasted no time joining her, sidling up behind the hyena to wrap his arms around her body. Roaming hands carved swaths through her soft spotted fur, exploring every inch of her supple form. His quickened breath escaped in wafting pants against her broad ear, hastening her efforts to disrobe; they both wanted this so bad.

The shepherd's date finally managed to shed all of her clothing save for a tasteful pair of underwear. With a licentious smirk, she beckoned to Luke. He followed her obediently toward the edge of the bed, and allowed himself to be guided down as she fell back onto the lush sheets, pulling him atop her.

His senses filled with the heady musk of her arousal as he buried his muzzle in the thick fur of her chest, inhaling deeply to savor the intense passion of the moment. He caressed her ample breasts, teasing the exposed flesh of her pert nipples, and was rewarded with a sensual murr of delight from the hyena beneath him. Spurred on, Luke snuck a hand downward, tracing his fingers gently across the smooth fur of her toned stomach. He had but one goal in mind.

To his surprise, the hyena tensed as his roaming digits reached the hem of her undergarment. Her reaction caught him off guard.

Why was she suddenly nervous? The thought distantly registered in his mind while Luke tugged on the underwear, feeling the fabric slide reluctantly down her legs as he kept his eyes on her own. Her anxiety only grew more evident as a result. Why was she so tense? Was this her first time?

The underwear was soon discarded onto the floor like the rest of their clothing, leaving her body fully bare for his hungry gaze to explore. And yet, he held her eyes in his regard, noting her worried look with growing concern. This has to be her first time.

Luke decided to slow things down a little, in the hopes of making the hyena more comfortable. With care, he slid himself down her body, intent on giving her most intimate region the loving attention of his canine tongue. Her apprehension was almost palpable now; he certainly couldn't carry on like he had been if she wasn't enjoying...

"What the hell!" He bolted upright in outright shock, his exclamation escaping in a near yelp of surprise. "What... what's going on?"

The hyena's eyes went wide as she sat up, muzzle opening and closing wordlessly. From her horrified look, she knew exactly what had surprised him.

Luke fell back onto his knees, still reeling. "Are you... are you a... guy?"

"No, of course not!" she replied indignantly, the anger quickly building in her tone.

"But... how do you explain that?" He motioned vaguely to her naked form. How could she deny something so obvious? She had a cock and balls for God's sake.

"Don't you know anything about hyena anatomy?" she retorted angrily.

Luke shook his head in reply. He really had no idea.

The hyena pulled the rumpled bed sheets up to cover herself almost completely. "Get out!" When he only sat there on the bed confused, she curled her lips in a nasty snarl. "GET... OUT... NOW!"

The words he was about to say instead escaped in a startled yelp. Only now did the shepherd realize he had seriously fucked up.

While she looked on with outright fury, Luke quickly moved off the bed. He didn't know what else to do.

He could feel her eyes burning a hole into the back of his head as he collected his clothing, her anger infusing the space around him. She didn't say another word as he almost ran out of the bedroom.

Back out in the living room, the german shepherd paused to pick up his jeans, still in a state of shock. The two coffee cups atop the nearby table mocked him silently as he dressed, a reminder of just how awesome the night had been until now. What the fuck had happened?

Suddenly, Luke's ears perked up. There was a sound coming from the bedroom. Freezing in place, he listened. Oh God... she was crying.

The muffled sobs of the hyena wrenched at his heart. For a moment he wavered on running back to apologize for his misstep. He could never forgive himself if he walked out the front door and left her like that; he had really hurt her.

However, Luke stopped short of heading back as his predicament became painfully clear. She didn't want his apology; that would only make things worse. He had made his mistake, and there was no rectifying it now. The revelation was like a punch in the gut.

He forced himself to tune out the hyena's weeping, and bolted for the front door.

Outside, Luke was greeted with the beginnings of a light snowfall. Winter was only just beginning to take hold. It was the first real snow of the season. Out here, the world was deathly silent, save for a slight wafting breeze. There was no one around; he was completely alone.

The german shepherd dropped down onto the front stoop of the apartment, unable to cross the distance to his waiting pickup truck only meters away on the street. All he had to do was get in and drive away, and he could put this mess behind him. And yet, he continued to sit there, unable to think of anything other than the woman he had left broken in the apartment behind him.

He had never met a hyena before her; seen a few in passing, but never gotten to know one personally. She was the first he had even struck up a conversation with, and man had they hit it off at the bar earlier in the evening.

Her name was Shenzi, and the hyena's story was a classic one: a native of South Africa, she had immigrated to the States some years ago to establish a reputable life. Luke had actually found her history rather intriguing really. Initially starting off as a medical student, she had managed to become an outpatient surgeon. Not many had the perseverance, or patience, to endure all the many years of schooling to practice medicine. Luke, himself, certainly couldn't do it.

Shenzi was quite an intriguing woman, and here he had completely fucked everything up. It was all his fault that he was out here sitting on this stoop alone. Why did he have to go and blurt out something so offensive? And during sex of all times... fucking stupid.

The shepherd uttered a pitiful sigh as he watched the snow continue to fall. Already a layer of the fluffy stuff was building up on the surrounding cars that lined the street. Maybe, if he sat there long enough, the snow would cover him too. If he disappeared and melted into the landscape, no one would really care.

Luke didn't know how long he sat there, before a passing cop stopped in his patrol car to ask if he was alright. After some assurance to the officer that he wasn't drunk, and that he had a place to stay the night, the shepherd finally decided to head home. He still had to work tomorrow morning; life had to move on.

The old engine of the pickup protested at first, before rumbling to life at the turn of his key. With hands firmly clasped to the wheel, Luke stole one last glance toward Shenzi's apartment. The lights were still on.

A guilty lump formed in his stomach as he felt his ears flatten. In that moment, all the frustration, anger, and anguish boiled over all at once.

He hammered a balled fist onto the steering wheel, uttering a curse at his idiocy. Shenzi didn't deserve what he had done to her. He had to find a way to fix things, if only to help her forget this night. But what could he do?

Uttering another sigh, the shepherd resigned himself to his fate and put the pickup in gear. "Goddamnit, why am I so fucking awkward?"

The next day found Luke sitting at his work desk, staring blankly into his computer screen. The morning had been a complete blur. He didn't really remember getting out of bed, or making coffee, or even driving to the office. He just felt so numb.

At least there was work to be done, which took the form of a tedious and simple programming task that promised to eat up the entire work day. He was more than happy for the distraction. It took his mind off things, and that was all he cared about.

But even still, the work wasn't keeping him busy enough. No matter how hard he tried to concentrate, his thoughts kept drifting back to Shenzi; he just couldn't get her off his mind. After a while, it became too much.

Right before lunchtime, he finally admitted defeat and opened a web browser on his computer. Being mindful of the company's firewalls, he set out to do a bit of research, deciding that he had to find out why things had gone so wrong last night. It took a few careful searches, and a few dead ends, but eventually he found what he sought; a purely scientific website that covered hyena anatomy, sans graphic references. What he subsequently learned was truly shocking.

While a male hyena possessed genitals just like most mammalian species, the female anatomy was quite different. The labia were actually fused together, and were backed with pads of fat, giving the outward impression at first glance of a scrotum. Adding to the oddity was the enlarged clitoris that could easily be mistaken for a penis. When having sex, a female hyena actually took a male directly into this pseudo penis in a unique form of docking. And even worse, child birth was performed through the clitoris, causing it to tear in the process. As a result, it wasn't uncommon for the mother to die without proper medical attention.

That last bit made Luke shudder. Good lord, how could such a genetic oddity manifest naturally? It seemed like such a terrible way for a species to reproduce.

He sat back in his chair, taking a moment to digest it all. This certainly explained what he had seen last night. Shenzi was not deformed in any way. She was as God had made her, every bit the woman as the next person. The realization was staggering, and yet... gratifying in a way.

The shepherd's cheeks puffed out with his fretful breath as he turned his gaze to the cell phone sitting atop his desk. She had given him her number at the bar. All he had to do was reach over, thumb through his phonebook, and press the call button; that was all it would take.

A stalemate ensued with Luke staring down his phone. Several times he reached out, but stopped short of picking it up. Why couldn't he do it? It was easy; just pick up the damned phone and call her.

Finally, with great unease, he managed to pick up the handheld device and scroll down to her name. It was her cell number, and she had said he could reach her any time during the day. Well... now was as good a time as any; here goes nothing.

The line rang once... twice... three times; he was about to hang up when someone finally picked up on the other end.

"Doctor Dalen speaking," a professional voice answered.

Luke took a moment to steel himself. He could hear voices in the background. He had forgotten she was an outpatient surgeon. Hopefully he hadn't interrupted something important. "Shenzi? It's Luke." A long pause hung over the line. There was nothing but the hyena's soft breathing on the other end. "Look, I'm sorry about last night. What I said was wrong and uncalled for."

Still Shenzi maintained her silence. Some shuffling could be heard. It sounded like she was moving to a different room.

"I know I really screwed up," he continued sincerely. "I want to make it up to you somehow."

"You really hurt me," Shenzi replied heatedly, her voice on the verge of cracking.

"I'm sorry; I was stupid. I should've known better. I've never met a hyena before. I really had no idea."

"No... I should've known better. Why would a canine want to have sex with me, unless he was playing a cruel joke or was just oblivious?"

The shepherd winced at the validity of her self-loathing statement. "Yes, I definitely fell into the latter category. Still, that doesn't excuse me for what I said and did."

Again there was silence, until her voice faltered on the other end of the line. "Would you... would you still have talked to me at the bar knowing that I'm... different?"

He was about to reply, when he suddenly realized the gravity of what she had just asked. In all honesty, there was no way he would've struck up a conversation with her knowing what he did now. With that realization came a deep feeling of disgust in himself.

He took a deep breath. "No, I probably wouldn't have, being the shallow idiot that I am."

"You aren't the first," Shenzi spoke, contempt laced in her tone.

"But I didn't know last night, and it was because of that ignorance that I reached out to ya. I saw a woman who was alone in the corner of the bar, and figured you wanted someone to talk to. That night, you were no different than any other person in my eyes, and I really came to enjoy your company. I don't want things to end on such a bad note."

Her reply was meek. "What do you mean?"

Luke paused to weigh his words carefully. "I guess what I wanted to ask is if you could give me a second chance. I want to start over and do things right." He rubbed the back of his head subconsciously. "Would you want to maybe... I dunno, catch a movie tonight? Or go out to dinner. Just a night out, I guess."

Shenzi hesitated, allowing his words to hang out there for what felt like an eternity. She was quiet for so long that the shepherd thought she had hung up on him at first. "You're asking me out? After what happened last night?"

"I am."

"But... why? Why would you want to do that? You know full well what's wrong with me."

It was in that moment that Luke realized an important fact; he really didn't care if she was different than most women after all. He enjoyed her company for who she was, and that was all that mattered to him. So what if he couldn't have sex with her in a normal fashion. He would cross that bridge when the time came. Right now, all that mattered was mending his mistakes.

"There's nothing wrong with you," the shepherd responded firmly. "You are who you are, and that doesn't bother me one bit." He meant every word of it.

The phone line fell silent once more. He could still hear her soft breathing though. What was she thinking? Would she hang up on him? She had every right to given how he had treated her last night.

"I should probably apologize too," Shenzi finally managed. "I was wrong to snap like I did."

"Don't worry about it. Let's forget about last night and start anew. Nothing would make me feel better."

A defeated sigh emanated from the other end of the line. "I don't know of any good movies or restaurants."

"Let me worry about that. What time would you like me to pick you up?"

Shenzi hesitated. "I... guess I'll be free around six."

"Good, I'll swing by and pick you up then."

His bluntness seemed to take the hyena aback. "Are you sure you want to do this?"

"Of course. I'll see you tonight, ok?"

Some life returned to her voice. "Alright, I'll see you tonight."

When the line went dead, Luke set his phone down onto the desk with a smile. So it was a date. The rest of the workday suddenly didn't seem so arduous.

Several hours later, the shepherd found himself pulling up in front of Shenzi's apartment, feeling in much better spirits than the night prior. After work, he had managed to race home to shower, change clothes, tidy up, and make it back across town to her place only a few minutes late.

The hyena's apartment was a relatively small residence, shouldered up against two adjoining townhomes on a cozy urban street. It was an older part of uptown, the buildings antiquated, but well-kept for their age. You had to have money to live here, a fact Luke was well aware of. The standard of living was definitely above his pay grade.

As the shepherd sat there in his beat-up truck, feeling very much out of place, he tried to think of a good way to start the evening. Breaking the ice was never something he was good at, and given how badly things had gone last night, this was going to be quite awkward. But he couldn't turn back now. He owed Shenzi a good night on the town, and that was a promise he had no intention of breaking.

Just as Luke collected himself and exited out into the brisk evening air, the front door of Shenzi's apartment opened, causing him to stop with a hand poised to shut the car door.

The hyena stepped out onto the front steps sporting a form-fitting pair of jeans and a complementing winter jacket; nothing too eye catching. It was a good thing he had settled for a faded pair of jeans and matching pull-over jacket for himself. At least he had gotten one thing right so far.

He waited awkwardly by his truck as Shenzi made her way toward him, the hyena leaving a new set of tracks in the freshly fallen snow as she walked. She kept her gaze down until the very last moment, when she came to stand just on the other side of the pickup from the shepherd.

All of the preparation he had done, the words he had carefully rehearsed on the way over, they were nowhere to be found. He rubbed the back of his head, not sure what to do.

Shenzi, to Luke's relief, let him off the hook... sort of. "I'll be honest, I was surprised when I saw you pull up."

He felt his ears splay back shamefully. "I owe you a major apology for last night. I can't begin to make up for my idiocy."

"You've apologized enough." She gave him just the faintest hint of a smile, helping put his nerves at ease slightly. "So where we going, Mr. Shepherd?"

"Ah... well I figured we could hit up a small Italian bistro I found downtown. Does that sound good?"

Shenzi studied him contemplatively for a moment. "Alright. I haven't had Italian in a while." The passenger door creaked in protest as she pulled open the handle. "This truck of yours is some piece of work. What year did you say it was again?"

Luke followed her lead, sliding himself back into the driver's seat to the tune of the seat cushion springs groaning underneath his weight. He was happy to take her up on the sudden change in topic. "She's an eighty-nine. I probably could've taken better care of her back then. I try to now at least."

Shenzi gave the passenger dash a pat of the hand, becoming more animated. "Just can't get rid of the old girl can you?"

"I guess not," the shepherd replied, shrugging his shoulders helplessly.

The tension eased just a little.

With a turn of the key the engine grumbled to life, starting on the first try for once. After a quick glance over the shoulder, Luke put the pickup in gear and eased out of the street side parking space, making sure not to ding the BMW M3 sitting in the space just in front of him. As it was, the owner of that car was sitting in his passenger seat, and hitting it would've really put a damper on the evening.

As he merged into the steady flow of traffic, he watched Shenzi out of the corner of his vision. She was anxious, that much was obvious. In the silence that had built up, the hyena had begun toying with the window knob on the door while she studiously looked out the windshield at nothing in particular. He had to find a way to break the tension completely.

"So how was work today? Any interesting procedures?"

She looked over at him. "Hmm? Oh, it wasn't all that interesting a day I s'pose. A few minor procedures and one case where the patient had a serious reaction to the anesthesia."

The german shepherd turned the truck onto a street leading toward downtown. "How serious?"

"Serious enough that had we not taken corrective action, the patient would've died."

Luke chanced a glance over to give her a dubious look. "The way you say that, it sounds like that sort of thing happens all the time."

This time, it was Shenzi's turn to shrug her shoulders. "Yes and no. It can be routine one moment, and nerve-racking the next. When things go wrong, you have to maintain a cool head."

"Yeah... but still." The shepherd returned his eyes to the road. "I don't know how you do it. I never could; don't have the stomach for it."

"It takes a certain mindset to be a surgeon," she spoke candidly, and then smiled.

"Yes... I'm not fond of blood."

"So you told me yesterday when we had this exact conversation." They exchanged glances for a brief second, until Shenzi chuckled lightly. "Déjà vu."

"Hopefully tonight won't end the same way."

Luke winced at his own words, feeling his ears lower. Why the fuck did he just say that?

Shenzi brushed off his tactlessness with a smile. "You already learned your lesson on that one."

"Ah... right, very true."

The conversation continued on unabated. Soon Luke found himself on the defensive for his love of American football. According to the hyena, real athletes only played rugby, and there was just no arguing with her to the contrary. Not that he didn't try anyway, much to Shenzi's amusement. Apparently, wearing pads and standing around in-between plays for ninety-five percent of game time disqualified it as a sport altogether.

But that was what he liked about the hyena. She was a brash and headstrong woman, who wasn't afraid to state her opinion or butt heads over an argument. She wasn't arrogant by any means though; far from it. Maybe it was because Luke wasn't much for confrontation himself, the yin to her yang. Who knew?

The atmosphere in the pickup became much more relaxed as the shepherd drove, carefully weaving his way through evening rush hour traffic while they talked about this and that. Roughly half an hour later, he found himself pulling up in front of their destination, a cozy little restaurant tucked into a corner building on a busy downtown street.

Shenzi was caught by surprise at their sudden arrival. "Oh, we're here?"

"Not many know of this place," Luke spoke as he pulled into the valet lane. "Good down to earth food if you ask me."

"Let's put that claim to the test."

The food did indeed live up to the shepherd's claim, leaving the both of them with sated appetites and full stomachs. He had enjoyed the hyena's company throughout the entire meal, sharing various stories with her, as well as hearing some of her own. She had an interesting history herself; immigrating over from South Africa at an early age, becoming quite the troublemaker during her primary schooling years, going on to excel in medical school, and eventually entering the medical world as an outpatient surgeon.

The last part was where Shenzi had the most interesting tales... too interesting if Luke were to judge. After a few particularly graphic accounts of surgical procedures gone awry, he had to ask her to stop, for fear of heaving his dinner all over the table.

The hyena had obliged with an amused smirk, and after the waiter had brought them both an aged bottle of wine to share, they continued on chatting idly in the seclusion of the corner booth of the restaurant.

"Well, you were right. I'll have to add this place to my list." As she spoke, Shenzi leisurely twirled a wine glass in her hand, fixing Luke with a knowing look. "You done good."

The german shepherd patted his stomach. "I always eat a bit too much here. Least I wasn't the only one this time."

"I can't argue against that." She studied the wine glass in her hand for a moment, and then hazarded a light sip, allowing the intricate flavors to tease her palate. "You also have quite a good taste in wine."

"Honestly, I just took a shot in the dark with this bottle."

She chuckled lightly as she set the glass down. "Why am I not surprised?"

Luke canted his head in reluctant admission. "What I lack in intellect I make up for in luck, I guess."

"Nothing wrong with that." Shenzi's gaze suddenly fell down to the table between them as she flexed her grip anxiously around the neck of her glass. "Look, Luke... thanks for taking the time to take me out tonight. It really does mean a lot to me. It's... been a while since I enjoyed someone else's company like this."

"Oh, it's no problem. I'm glad I could brighten your day up a little."

She kept her eyes averted from the shepherd. "When I immigrated to this country, I had no idea that I was... different... from other women. I never fully understood until I began dating in high school."

Luke grimaced, but held his peace. He didn't know what to say.

"The guys I dated, they didn't know until things got intimate," the hyena continued dispassionately. "When they did find out, it always ended badly. It was devastating, knowing that I was strange in other people's eyes, and there was nothing I could do about it."

"I never knew," the shepherd managed.

"Back home in South Africa, the population is almost entirely hyena. There, we're not considered odd, because our uniqueness is socially accepted. But here, it's like I'm some sort of deformed creature that no one wants to touch. I just couldn't bear the hurt of dating any longer." She finally looked into his eyes, and he could see that her emotions were starting to get the better of her. "And then you approached me at the bar last night, and suddenly I found myself hoping; maybe this time it would be different."

"And then I went and fucked up royally," Luke finished for her. "Jesus Shenzi, I'm sorry. I had no idea how much you've gone through."

She managed to get a handle on her emotions, and exhaled deeply. "It's my fault too. I should've known what would happen."

"Well, for what it's worth, your uniqueness doesn't change anything for me."

It took her a moment to understand fully what he meant. When she finally did comprehend the truth to his words, the hyena recoiled back as if struck.

"Yes, I was surprised in the beginning," Luke continued earnestly. "But now that I understand that you're who you are as nature intended, it doesn't bother me one bit. To me, you're just like any woman I've ever met, and nothing changes that."

Shenzi worked her jaw wordlessly; she was speechless for the longest time. "You're the only person who's ever said that to me."

"I mean it just as much as I did this afternoon on the phone. I hope I haven't been too forward about it."

After two false starts, Shenzi managed a smile. "No... no you haven't."

Luke returned her smile as he reached for the wine bottle. It was good to see the hyena in better spirits.

With dinner all but a memory, they soon decided to wander around town, eventually ending up at a miniature golf course of all places. The night was turning out to be rather cliché, although neither Luke nor Shenzi seemed to care.

The ensuing golf game was brutal and merciless... as much as a minigolf game could be. Before they had begun, Shenzi had made the shepherd promise to play competitively, and he had obliged the best he could. Still, the hyena had bested him, but only just. It had been quite an interesting game.

Some time later, with the moon casting a pale glow across the midnight sky, Luke found himself pulling up in front of the her apartment, heralding the close of quite a fun evening. As he put the pickup into park the vehicle's cab lapsed into an awkward silence. He didn't know how to end the night.

Shenzi was first to break the stalemate. "Thanks, I really enjoyed our evening."

"Thanks for giving me a second chance," the shepherd replied, echoing her sincerity. "I feel much better than I did last night."

She paused for a moment, picking her words carefully. "Maybe, we should do this again."

"Oh yes, definitely. I had a great time."

The hyena opened the passenger door, allowing the cold to wash the heat out of the truck's interior. She wavered a moment, and then exited the cab, boots plopping down into the snow with an audible crunch. "I look forward to it."

Luke was about to say his goodbye, when her hesitation stopped him.

With a hand gripping the frame of the door, Shenzi turned back to the shepherd, her expression a study of conflicting emotions. "Would you... would you like to come inside... for coffee, maybe?"

Her question took him by complete surprise. "Coffee?"

"Yeah, it's quite a chilly night. Figured maybe you'd want a nice hot cup before you go."

Luke knew full well what she was asking. He'd have to be blind, deaf, and dumb not to. "Ah... sure, if that's ok?"

"Of course."

She pivoted about in the snow, and began making her way up toward the apartment door, shooting an inviting glance over her shoulder as she walked.

Shenzi was really giving him a second chance. There was no way he was going to turn her down.

The shepherd hastily stepped out into the night air and moved to follow in her wake, completely forgetting to lock his truck. His mind was on one thing only.

She had already unlocked the front door by the time he joined her on the stoop. With purpose she pushed it open and moved inside, allowing Luke to do the same. Once indoors, he took her cue and removed his jacket to place on the hanger alongside her own.

Their eyes met, and in that moment a silent agreement passed between the two of them. Neither of them cared about the coffee...

Luke made an advance; Shenzi remained standing where she was. They continued regarding one another with steadfast intensity.

When the hyena was just beyond his reach, he paused, unable to cross the final barrier between them. Last night's mishap was all he could suddenly think about. Could he go through with this? Could he make this work?

Shenzi decided for him. With an impatient sigh, she reached out and grasped the shepherd's arm, pulling him close. Caught by surprise, Luke's jaw fell open, giving her the perfect opening she needed.

The hyena's muzzle pressed hungrily into his own, drawing him into a passionate kiss. Any reservations he had were quickly forgotten as Luke melted into her embrace, his hands quickly reaching around to grasp her finely toned haunches.

He found himself pressed up against the wall just like last night, savoring her taste as he felt her explore his maw. Her hand followed his lead and moved to firmly grasp his rear, while the other groped his rapidly stiffening length through the denim of his jeans. Shenzi's dominance overwhelmed the shepherd, and he didn't mind one bit... he wasn't going to let her get away with it though.

The hyena yelped as Luke suddenly lifted her off the floor, breaking their impassioned kiss. With hands cradling her carefully in his grip, he turned and made for her bedroom, retracing his steps from last night.

Shenzi wrapped herself around the shepherd's front and rested her muzzle against his shoulder. Her playful growl in his ear was intoxicating.

The hyena's room was just as Luke had left it, immaculately clean and orderly. He planned to fix that.

They fell onto her bed, the shepherd pinning her onto the sheets. He wasted no time roaming his hands all across her prone form, teasing her breasts through the thin material of her shirt, savoring her intimacy in another fiery kiss.

Shenzi squirmed about to his touch, arching her back to present her full voluptuous bust. Her hands found the clasp of his jeans and undid the fasten clumsily, trying to slide the confining fabric down his legs. The shepherd returned the favor, gliding his hands down between them to grasp the bottom hem of her shirt.

They each set about disrobing one another in a heated frenzy, tossing clothing aside indiscriminately onto the floor all around them, pausing in their kiss only long enough to do so. Luke's hands soon found the clasp of the hyena's bra, and very nearly tore it off. Without mercy he flung the undergarment away, and pinned her down onto the bed once more.

Shenzi moaned, contorting her back as he zeroed in on her newly exposed breasts, the shepherd lapping hungrily at the tender flesh that grew stiff beneath his sensual attention. Her vocalizations only grew louder with his hand subjecting her other supple orb to the same wonderful treatment.

The hyena's heightening arousal infused his nose, drowning out his surroundings. Her scent was unlike anything he had ever experienced; primal and coarse, overwhelming and exhilarating to the senses.

A delicate touch suddenly brushed against Luke's painfully stiff erection, teasing the sensitive flesh through what little fabric his boxers offered as resistance. The shepherd shuddered as Shenzi favored his length with a few generous strokes of her fingers, before she hooked the elastic waistband and pulled downward, working on mere feel alone.

He uttered a pure unadulterated sigh of relief as his tapered malehood came free to briefly rest against the silky soft fur of her inner thigh, sending a shiver down his spine. All that remained between them was the hyena's panties, which he set about removing, being mindful of her stubby tail.

Shenzi tensed up as he slid the delicate underclothing down her shapely legs, leaving the hyena's form fully exposed. This time though, Luke knew what to expect.

"You're so beautiful," he spoke, giving her a reassuring smile.

She eyed him guardedly, but then forced herself to relax. With legs spread before the kneeling shepherd, she gave him wordless consent to continue, her gaze full of uncertainty.

He slowly brought a hand up to glide his fingers through the spotted fur of her inner thigh. The hyena's breath came in nervous pants, her figure almost trembling as he slowly worked his way up, until his probing digits gently glanced across the soft furry mounds of her fused labia.

Her breath caught; in that instant the tension of the moment came to a head.

The shepherd hesitated, not knowing what to expect, and then lightly laced his fingers around her swollen clitoris, eliciting a heady moan from the hyena. Her eyes suddenly screwed shut, body tightening sharply to his inquisitive touch. "Oh... fuck!"

Encouraged by her exclamation, Luke gave her length a gentle caress, and was rewarded with another curse of enraptured delight. Her cries soon came in quick frenzied yips as he began to pleasure her in earnest, massaging the sensitive flesh with slow deliberate strokes.

He slid himself up alongside her writhing form, lapping hungrily at her tortured breasts once more, never yielding in his relentless assault on her sensitive clit all the while. The shepherd's intimacy sent Shenzi reeling; she contorted violently to his every caress, her breath escaping in labored pants as she fought against his efforts to no avail.

The hyena bared her fangs in a snarl. "Fuck... ah, Goddamn!"

Luke reveled in her passion, quickening his strokes along her swollen clit to match the same intensity he used to masturbate.

Immediately, she wrapped her arms around the shepherd to pull him close. Her overpowering arousal flooded his nose, her frantic gasps growing louder, her body tensing up with each powerful caress of his intimate touch. She was close; he could feel her peak approaching, quickly swelling, threatening to overwhelm her at any instant.

"Let it go, Shenzi," he breathed into the soft fur of her heaving chest. "Let it go..."

The hyena suddenly twisted sharply beneath him, mashing herself up against him. She cried out, dulled claws raking across his back as she came, caught up in the blissful ecstasy of release.

She pulsed strongly in his grasp, revealing the raw intensity of the moment. Luke slowed his strokes to a gentle pace, trying to prolong the pleasure of her peak. With the hyena wrapped in his embrace, he could feel every tantalizing spasm rock her body. It was truly a magnificent experience.

After a few moments, Shenzi came down from her release, falling back limply onto the sheets of the bed. In the intervening afterglow, she fought for breath, unable to collect herself. "Oh... it's been so long..." She pulled him close, running her hands through the fur of his back. "Thank you."

Luke gave her ear a playful nibble. "You're welcome."

Her hands suddenly disappeared from the small of his back. Before the shepherd realized what she was up to, he felt her fingers envelop the base of his painfully hard erection. He inhaled deeply with the sudden pang of pleasure. God he wanted to fuck her so hard, just to pin her to the bed sheets and pound her till it hurt... but, he didn't exactly know how.

Their eyes met, and Shenzi quickly realized what had given the shepherd pause. She gave him a coy smile. "Ah... let me help you with that."

With the hyena still lying prone beneath him, Luke propped himself up on his elbows and watched with rapt interest as her hands gently massaged along the base of his pulsing length, tracing circles around the slight bulge of his knot to the heady pants of the shepherd's quickly heightening arousal.

Suddenly, Shenzi drew a deep breath, and exhaled, relaxing her body. To Luke's outright amazement, her clit slowly contracted, until after a few seconds she became fully flaccid. He was at a loss for words.

The hyena caught his perplexed look, and her ears flattened. "It's a reflexive trait unique to my species," she spoke timidly. "A guy can't have sex with me unless I allow him; it's... physically impossible otherwise."

Luke cocked his head slightly. "I never knew that. That's quite a special talent you have." When her gaze fell away from his, he brought her eyes back with a gentle touch to the muzzle. "It's nothing to be ashamed about."

He gave her cheek a reassuring lick, and Shenzi finally managed an appreciative smile. She, in turn, gave his cock another firm stroke in reply, very nearly making the shepherd buck his hips in her grasp. He couldn't take much more of this!

Shenzi had no intention of prolonging his anguish. They both watched as she carefully guided the shepherd's erection toward her needing folds, until his tapered tip just barely brushed against the head of her clit. Luke held his breath; this was it.

His cock slowly parted the outer lips of the hyena's heated sex, swelling her clit with his thickness as he rocked his hips forward. The german shepherd uttered a feral growl with the remarkable feel of her inner folds contracting around his invading erection, trying to pull him deeper into her inviting warmth.

His hips soon ground up against Shenzi's own, his length fully buried within her. He held himself there, reveling in her intoxicating scent as it pervaded his senses. The hyena bared her teeth in a growl of pure delight beneath him as her familiar hands wrapped around the small of his back, imploring him to fuck her senseless.

With deliberate ease, Luke pulled back, feeling the intense waves of pleasure that washed over him. To his surprise, the hyena's clit drew back with his withdrawal, keeping his length tucked snuggly within her engorged sex all the way to the hilt. Even with his hips poised to thrust once more, she continued to assault his cock with the wonderful tightness of her folds.

They both groaned headily as he rammed forward once more, burying his cock fully back into the hyena. Her clit's inner walls squeezed around him mercilessly with their hips mashing together, the shepherd soon building up a slow, steady rhythm.

Her heavy breath teased his pointy ear, goading Luke on. He let the rhythmic pounding of their mating wash out his surroundings, leaving nothing but the carnal ecstasy of the moment, and the squirming hyena pinned beneath him, writhing about to his unyielding assault on her body.

A cacophony of raucous growls and intoxicated groans revealed the couple's heightening pleasure, recurrent with every slap of the shepherd's furry balls against the hyena's tortured clit. The tightness in Luke's loins grew with every powerful thrust, pushing him further up the rise toward an unseen precipice.

His knot began to swell, the crimson flesh bulging out rudely within her sex. The hyena uttered a sharp bark at the unbridled assault of his newly engorged cock. Her legs suddenly wrapped around his thrusting haunches, urging the shepherd on; and he obeyed, intensifying his tempo, slamming his hips against her quivering body with renewed vigor.

That wonderful peak fast approached, creeping steadily up on Luke. His knot swelled to its full splendor, distending her clit noticeably. And still the hyena's sex coaxed him onward, the supple warmth wrapping around the sensitive base of his bulge, attacking the canine's weakest spot. He couldn't last much longer!

Shenzi suddenly tensed up, her eyes screwing shut, fangs bared in silent rapture. For an instantaneous moment she hovered on the brink, before her release finally exploded forth.

The hyena's voluptuous murr of complete ecstasy filled his ears. Her sex contracted rhythmically around his cock, gripping his sensitive flesh in a pulsing shroud of carnal pleasure.

Luke's lips curled back in a snarl as he rammed his length forcefully into her trembling sex one final desperate time. The shepherd's balls tightened, his tail flagging high. With his ears pinning back, he buried his muzzle into the crook of her neck and whimpered weakly, overcome by sudden cascading waves of enrapturing bliss.

His cock twitched powerfully, shooting thick jets of his potent seed deep inside the hyena's heated sex. He held himself there, reveling in every twitch of his balls that lanced spurt after spurt of cum into her swollen clit, the shepherd releasing nearly a month's worth of pent up passion in one heavenly release.

Her inner walls milked his length readily, prolonging his incredible peak as he humped weakly against her shuddering form. It seemed to go on forever, until his spurts slowly subsided, and the awe-inspiring exhilaration of release melted into a soothing afterglow.

With a heavy sigh, the german shepherd went limp. All he could do was lie there and fight for breath, panting laboriously from the exertion of their coupling. Shenzi joined him in the comforting ebb of climax, her tongue lulled out as she looked up into his eyes passionately.

"That... was wonderful," Luke breathed, doing his best to give her a smile through his exhausted pants.

She tried to do the same and managed only a goofy half-grin. "Goddamn, shepherd. I've never been fucked like that."

Luke propped himself up on his elbows to give the hyena some breathing room, and uttered a groan as his knot shifted within her swollen clit. With his cock damming her, he could actually feel his seed thickly coating her inner folds. "That was something else, Shenzi." Her rounded ears twitched as she gave him a puzzled look. "I mean it; really, I do."

Her reply was almost a whisper. "Really?"

"Of course." He paused a moment to collect himself, and then chuckled lightly. "I mean, look at me; that was the best sex I've had... ever."

His bluntness took her aback. For a few seconds, she tried to find words, and then settled for a grateful smile.

Luke finally stole a glance down between their panting bodies, and recoiled back in shock. He could actually see his knot's swollen bulge through her distended clit! How could he forget about his canine anatomy?

"Jesus, Shenzi, are you ok?

The hyena followed his gaze downward, and for a moment her eyes got a little wide. "Oh... damn. So that's the canine knot I've heard about." She brought a hand up to caress her inflated sex, and Luke shuddered as he felt her touch along his knotted erection.

"I'm sorry, I should've asked if you were..." His apology was cut short by a gentle touch of her finger against his nose, making his eyes go cross.

"Don't worry. Male hyenas swell too, although not as much as that. I can take it though." At his helpless look, she grinned. "I could grow to enjoy this actually. It's quite... satisfying being filled like this."

Luke was about to protest further, when she leaned up to give him an affectionate kiss. Any words he had were quickly lost in the hyena's embrace, as the two both shared in one another's intimacy.

Some fifteen minutes later, with Luke having rolled on his back to let Shenzi rest atop his prone form, the shepherd's knot softened enough for her to pull out. As she withdrew, a load of his seed spilled out of the hyena's abused clit onto the bed sheets.

Shenzi took a moment to eye the mess with approval. "Damn, you were really pent up."

Luke shrugged sheepishly in reply.

Instead of moving to clean herself up, she rejoined him on the bed, sliding up alongside to snuggle against his fur. "We can worry about cleaning that up tomorrow."

Right then, he realized what tomorrow really meant for him. It wasn't just another ordinary day; it was a chance for him to begin a new relationship, a relationship that he hoped would last a lifetime. Who would've thought tonight would end like this?

He gave her muzzle a lick, already feeling sleep begin to overtake him. "Sounds good."

With the hyena nuzzled up against him, Luke let his exhaustion win out, smiling as he closed his eyes, enjoying the feel of her warmth permeating his fur.

The remainder of the night brought pleasant dreams.

"We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance."