I couldn't believe it. Alexandre was my daddy. He was the one from my birthday. He was with my mom. He was with me. But where did he go?

"Why did you leave me, Daddy?" I sobbed, falling to my knees.

Daddy lifted me back into his arms, tucking his head into my neck while I did the same. He cuddled me as close as possible, then sat down to curl around me. His wings opened and covered us from view, darkening the space where only we existed in the air.

"Anwyll, I am so sorry. I had no idea this would happen. I should have known, though. Your mother was a wild card."

"You don't say," I scoffed, then felt another gush of tears.

Daddy began to rock back and forth, pressing his lips to my forehead. "I cannot apologize enough, my baby boy. If I had only taken you with me, none of this would have ever happened."

"But why, Daddy? Why did you go?"

He inhaled deeply. "My clan did not approve of my marriage with your mother. I made a deal with them so that I could stay."

"Okay," I sniffled, pecking his lips. "What was it?"

Daddy seemed surprised that I still wanted to kiss him, but he was clearly pleased at the same time.

"If my firstborn child Emerged as a dragon, then I could stay with your mother and raise you, my child, to eventually be claimed as one of then."

I let out a heavy sigh. "Were you disappointed when I was born, Daddy?"

"What? No!" exclaimed Daddy. "I loved you the moment I saw you. You were so tiny and cute, born a bit too early, but you were strong. I believe I fell deeply in love with you, my baby boy, when you grasped my thumb and opened your big violet eyes. I knew it was wrong, but I couldn't help myself."

I blinked. "You're in love with me, Daddy?"

He smiled and cupped my cheek. "Yes, my precious son. I love you so much, much more than I should, but you are my sweet little wolf with a heart of gold. You always were, and you were closest to me while you slowly grew."

"Oh, Daddy," I murmured, my smile growing. "I already love you."

Daddy's eyes shimmered with unshed tears. "Really, baby?"

"Mhm, I mean it. I really love you." I smiled, cuddling closer to his chest.

His soft lips found mine, his beard scraping against my cheek. I hummed happily, my tail brushing his arm. Daddy chuckled and moved away, almost making me pout.

"So when I 'Emerged' as a wolf, your clan made you leave?" I asked, using air quotes for the word emerged. I had a feeling that Daddy knew a lot more about what's going on than the others do.

Daddy's honey-gold eyes darkened with anger. "They put me under a heavy-duty type of magic and forced me to leave through it. If I had grabbed you, they probably wouldn't have cared, but my ridiculous 'logical' side told me to leave you with a motherly figure."

"Motherly, huh? Because as soon as you left, Daddy, she started beating me."

Daddy winced, but tightened his embrace around me. "I'm so sorry, baby."

"It's okay, Daddy. I survived, so now I have a story to share." I smiled, nuzzling his cheek. "Anyway, if you hadn't left, it's unlikely you would have started this home and brought all of us together. Isn't that right?"

He slowly nodded. "That is very true."

"Do you mind if I love the others, too?"

Daddy's honey-gold eyes sparkled. "Of course not, my precious son. You are so full of love, my sweet baby."

I giggled and leaned into him. "Say, Daddy, did you love Mom?"

He sighed, and cast his eyes away. "To be honest, I only wanted a child to raise. It was my greatest desire. But as dragon law dictates, one cannot sire a child unless married to the birth mother. I was desperate for a child of my own, and your mother was willing, so we dated for awhile and got married. But when my clan looked into her history, she was not deemed as a suitable wife."

I bit my lip. "So you gave me up because of your clan laws."

Daddy closed his eyes. He looked so pained. My gut twisted. I raised my hands to his cheeks.

"Daddy, it's okay. I told you so. You don't need to blame yourself anymore. You brought all of these abused children together, along with me, to give them another chance at a better life. I am so proud of you, Daddy." I smiled through my tears, which made his breath hitch.

He kissed my face and held me close, just rocking back and forth for awhile. His scent soothed me. It was a wonderfully familiar one.

"Daddy, my happiest and really only good memory that I have was from my third birthday. When you were there."

Daddy squeezed me. "Oh, baby..."

"Mommy liked things just so, but you enjoyed spoiling me. You enjoyed feeding me, even when she did not. You were the one who was my favorite. Always, always, always." I smiled sadly, nuzzling his chest and kneading it. "You were the one who bought my bear, weren't you?"

Daddy petted my face and hair, pressing his lips to my forehead. "Yes, I was the one. You named her Viola, didn't you?"

"Wow, Daddy, you remember that?"

He chuckled. "I remember everything about my baby boy."

I giggled, then felt sad. "I didn't remember you at first, Daddy. Everything was kind of fuzzy in that memory before you revealed yourself to me. And why did you wait until now to tell me?"

"I wanted to make sure you were settling in. I did not want to spring this information on you in case of an emotional breakdown."

"Yeah, 'cause I've cried like six times in the last three days." I huffed, puffing my cheeks out. "I guess it's good timing."

"That's good, baby. Do you have any more questions?"

I hummed. "Is the emerging animal completely random?"

"Sometimes, baby. No one really knows why it ever started, but those with animal attributes are often more vulnerable, because the emerging happens on their third birthday, but some can grow into it like Zaire and Angel. They don't randomly appear out of nowhere and it is completely painless. Some of my clan members have theories about why a wolf can come from a human and a dragon, but there is no evidence."

"Does this only happen to children who are half human and half nonhuman?"

Daddy paused. "Actually, I had never thought about that. Perhaps the others were adopted into their previous families, or one of the parents had an affair. Maybe they have some distant nonhuman relatives." he started muttering to himself, so I tilted my head back and placed my fingertips on his left wing.

Daddy jolted, quieting down while I studied his white and pale gold leathery wings. I removed my fingers when I felt Daddy kissing my throat. I giggled and squirmed when he started tickling me.

"Hehe, Daddy..." I laughed, grabbing hold of his hand and pressing my lips to his knuckles. "Either way, I'm so happy to know that you're mine."

Daddy's face brightened again when he smiled at me with a fond, loving expression. "You've got me, baby, and I'm never letting go of you again."

Tears slipped out, but they were ones of happiness. "Thank you, Daddy." I giggled, reaching up for another kiss.

He chuckled, a single tear rolling down his cheek. "You are so welcome, my little wolf." he whispered, pressing his lips to mine.

I snuggled in and listened to my daddy's heartbeat steadily pound in his chest, then closed my eyes.

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When I awakened from my nap, Daddy was holding me in his office while he worked. I nosed his throat with a soft yawn.

"Did you have a nice nap, baby?"

"Mhm, yes. Thank you, Daddy." I smiled, cuddling deeper into his arms.

He chuckled, petting my hair. "Come sleep with me tonight, baby. Bring Viola. We can talk more, if you have any more questions, which is very likely."

"Ooh, really?" I grinned and hugged his neck. "I don't know where your room is, but I'll definitely go."

Daddy laughed and rubbed my back. "I will retrieve you from your room at eight o'clock."

"Yes, Daddy!" I exclaimed with a broad grin. "I will be there."

He pecked my lips, and ruffled my hair. "I am looking forward to it, baby. Go find Zaire. He needs his cuddle time with you."

I kissed his cheek once more, then clambered down from his arms. Daddy looked a bit disappointed, like how I felt, but we had things to do. I waved at him, then slipped out of his office.

I headed down to the left towards Zaire's room. I hoped he was there, otherwise I'd have a lot of work to do to find him.

A hand caught my shoulder and I yelped from fright, whirling around with a puffed tail. Dian had frozen, but once I relaxed he began to calm down. I rubbed my arm, then grabbed my tail as if to protect myself from him.

"Um, Dian, I-I'm not exactly..." I lowered my gaze, hugging my tail. "I'm sorry!"

I turned and burst into a sprint towards Zaire's room. I slammed his door open and shut it, sliding down the wood onto the floor. My breaths came out in short puffs.

"Anwyll!" cried Zaire, hurrying over to me. "What's wrong?"

"Sorry, I think I overreacted. I'm kinda scared to be alone with Dian again." I whispered, but Zaire dropped to his knees and pulled me into his arms.

"I heard from Blaine where you got hurt. Dian had only told us that he knocked you over and you ran away."

I hugged him, clutching onto his shirt. "Dian did a lot more than that." I whimpered, burying my face in his neck.

"Come on, let's go cuddle on the bed and you can tell me what happened."

"Mmkay," I mumbled, letting him help me up.

Zaire kissed my head, so I hugged him again and reached up for a kiss on the lips. He smiled with a light blush on his cheeks, but pecked my pursed lips. I purred and rubbed my cheek on his chest. Zaire petted my hair while we walked over to his bed.

I climbed on and lay down in around the middle, then Zaire joined me. I pushed up and crawled closer, then rested my upper body on his own. I tucked my head under his chin, then sighed happily when his arms wrapped around me.

Within five minutes, Zaire was ready to tear into Dian. I had to calm him down with lots of kisses.

Zaire licked my cheek with his long, snakelike forked tongue. I giggled, and kissed up his throat. All of his s's ended up longer than normal with his snake tongue, which was kind of cool. I wondered if it made it annoying. Zaire licked my ear, bringing me out of my thoughts by making me shiver with a soft mewl.

He groaned, so I sat up. I rested my hands on his chest, my tail wagging behind me. I grinned at him and bent down to peck his lips. Zaire kept me at his lips for a deeper kiss, then slid his hand up my shirt. I moaned into his mouth when he lightly dragged his nails up my back. My spine arched down, raising my butt in the air.

Zaire chuckled and slipped his hand down. When his fingers brushed my overly sensitive tail base, I clutched onto his shoulders and buried my face in his neck with a keening moan of pleasure. My cock hardened, and my body trembled with need.

"Anwyll?"

"Mm, Zaire, that feels so good." I mewled, bucking my hips. "May I take care of you while you take care of me?"

Zaire sat up with a blush. "You want to touch me?"

"Of course I do," I smiled happily, leaning forward to kiss him. "But I'll stay away from your scale patches for now."

"For now?"

"My first time should be with everyone, right?" I asked, cocking my head to the side. "Then it's all fair."

Zaire's cheeks burned. "Y-yeah, okay."

I giggled and pressed a kiss to his cheeks. "May I unzip the flap and climb in?" I asked, gesturing to his tent.

"Oh my word, Anwyll, who have you been talking to!" exclaimed Zaire, clapping his hands over his face. "That's so embarrassing!"

I burst into laughter while I tugged off my shorts. "You know, only Waltz."

"I'm more amazed you can say that with a straight face." Zaire peeked between his fingers to stare at my body.

"Hehe, I'm just me." I beamed, stripping off his jeans. "Ooh, you're really hard."

Zaire dropped his hands, his face and neck on fire. "When did you get so excited for this kind of thing, Mr. Virgin?"

"After I had three mind-blowing orgasms." I explained with a cheeky grin, then went on to say, "And I'd like it if the ones who gave me them felt amazing, too."

"Who gave them to you?" asked Zaire, only genuine curiosity on his face while he pushed down his boxers.

"Briar was the first one to touch me in a way I had never touched myself before, so it felt amazing. Gavin was the second, and Blaine was the third and most mind-numbing in the best kind of way."

Zaire hummed, then crossed his legs. I clambered into his lap when he patted his thighs. "I guess I have to one-up them all." he whispered, nibbling on my wolf left wolf ear. I mewled, shivering in his hold. His cock twitched under my sac.

"H-how?" I asked breathily.

Zaire reached between us and tugged his cock once, then mine, lubing his hand with our fluids. I hugged his neck with a startled moan when his fingers wrapped around my cock and pulled it against his own. I scooted closer, to where our bodies were almost flush against each other. Zaire groaned and buried his nose in my shoulder, sliding his slick hand up down our cocks.

"H-how does that feel?" he asked, while I moaned and bucked my hips. "Never mind, that was a stupid question."

I mewled and nipped his jaw. "Mhm, 'cause I feel good, Zaire. You are making me feel so good."

Zaire shivered when he heard my words. His fangs lengthened and he scraped them gently along my nape. I gasped with a shuddering moan, then sat back a bit to kiss him again. Zaire groaned when I sucked on his fangs for a few seconds, then went back to kissing him again.

The tell-tale sign of my impending orgasm sparked up and down my spine. I threaded my fingers into his dark green locks, firmly gripping his hair. Zaire hissed, his caramel eyes deepening with desire.

"Almost there, Anwyll?" he rasped, his tongue flicking out to taste my skin.

"Y-yes," I whimpered, rolling my hips. "I-I'm almost there, Zaire!"

He sucked on the soft flesh under my jaw, making me shiver from the sensation of his smooth fangs sliding along my skin. "I'm nearly there too, Anwyll. Let's come together, okay?"

My eager nod made him grin. I giggled softly, but it was cut off with another kiss. I mewled, then reached down between us. Zaire gasped and moaned, his cheeks bright red when I began to fondle his sac.

The sight of his face almost made me orgasm, but I held back until I was sure he was ready. I rubbed over our tips, and we tensed. I felt my cock throb, then moments later I felt my release come out over our hands. I was currently resting my head on Zaire's shoulder, his on mine, trying to recover from it all. My vision had faded for a good few seconds before coming back to make me dizzy.

Zaire squeezed my messy hand with his sticky fingers. "How was it?"

"Amazing," I whispered, still breathless from it.

He chuckled. "Good, then that accomplished my goal. Let's clean up so we can play some games."

I grinned. "Really?"

"Yes, really. Gavin told me that you like Angel's Discord. I can help you out."

My smile broadened. "You're so cool, Zaire!"

Zaire swiftly pecked my lips to hide his blush as he slid off the bed. He hiked up his boxers with his clean hand, as I did with my panties, then we went to his bathroom. Once our hands were clean, I jumped back into my shorts and he tugged on a pair of sweatpants.

He lay on his stomach, his chest on a pillow, so I rested half on my stomach and cuddled against his left side. He wrapped his arm around me and we shared the phone. Zaire kissed my head, so I pressed my lips to his cheek.

After he gave me some tips for Angel's Discord, he played a music game that had the line moving to the beat. We shared earbuds, so I bobbed my head to the beat while I watched Zaire play it. I started getting stressed when it got more difficult. I kept worrying that he'd smack the elongated block into something.

When he did, I winced. I glanced at Zaire's face, but it was a cute expression of concentration with his lips pursed. Before he retried the level, I pecked his lips. He blinked, then glanced at my face with burning cheeks.

I giggled. "You're so cute, Zaire."

"Me? You're the cute one." he laughed, kissing me back. "But thank you, Anwyll."

I nosed his shoulder and rested my chin on the pillow. He kept playing, but offered for me to try. I felt stressed just watching him play, so I politely declined. Zaire kissed my head, then went back to his game. I closed my eyes, listening to the music in a happy silence.