Vito and Marcus climbed into Vito's car once the two of them finished packing it. Vito took one last look at the motel before climbing in, muttering to himself, "Good riddance to that hole." He started the car and moved to exit the parking lot. "You got the map?" he asked Marcus.
"Right here," Marcus replied, holding up his phone with the map displayed on the screen.
"Off to Moon Lake we go," Vito muttered, hoping that this trip will be the end of this whole adventure.
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At the same time, Daniel Brooks made his way home. Now all the assignments were made and the agents were in their places, Daniel had to return home to let his family know what's going on. As he walked through the door, he could hear Francine saying, "Peter, you shouldn't eat so many cookies. It'll spoil your appetite." Daniel walked through to the front room before saying, "Son, Fran, we need to talk."
Both Francine and Peter looked at each other. Judging by his body language and tone of voice, they both knew it was something serious. Francine walked from the kitchen and sat next to Peter on the couch. "What's up, dad?" Peter asked carefully.
Daniel took a breath and started with, "The people that Moe has been running from...well...they found him." Both Peter and Francine were speechless as they heard the news. "We believe that they are on their way to Moon Lake right now."
Francine asked, "Are Moe and Nikki ok? Have they moved away?"
Daniel held up his hand to stop his wife before continuing. "We've moved the Charlestons to a safe location across town. The mobsters shouldn't find them." He took a deep breath before continuing. "We've set up a trap for them so we can take care of them for good. But there are two things I need you guys to do."
"Yeah, dad?" Peter asked.
"First, there will be agent coming in and out of this house. Don't get in their way and let them do their jobs. Second, under no circumstances are you to go to the Charleston house. We know the mobsters are coming, we just don't know when. And when they come, I want you guys to be safe."
The Brooks took a moment to take this all in. Peter interrupted the silence by asking, "What about the were law? I know Karen's close to a decision but..."
"We're working with the mayor's office for an exemption. My sense, though, is that they still want this over with, perhaps sooner rather than later. As far as I know, the Charlestons have not been turned over to Animal Control*." Daniel paused as he continued to think. "Karen and the other Charlestons can get visitors, but they need to be cleared by us first."
Both Nichole and Peter were both silent as they knew the gravity of the situation.
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As evening fell on Moon Lake, the Charlestons were in their cabin. Both Moe and Nichole were in the master bedroom, with a queen size bed that Tara was using. Karen, on the other hand, was given a cot and some bedding. Karen didn't consider this the most comfortable situation, but this wasn't going to last more than a couple of days (right?). She managed to help her parents get everything unpacked, and she was laying on her stomach on her "bed" looking through the guidebook. She thought about her recent experiences with the various weres she met.
One of the things she noticed was just how open the weres she met were. The weretiger, for example, went around the house wearing nothing but her fur coat. The werecougar she met had no problems with stripping in front of her before showing her were-self. There was even that wereleopard couple that had no worries about being caught when they were having sex in her backyard. She imagined just how liberating it would be being a were. Free to live life as how she saw fit. Free from the constraints of society and free just to be as who she is.
She glanced down at the book as she traced a finger on the pages on a male weretiger. She noticed just how muscular the grown weretiger was, and she imagined the feel of fur and muscle as she traced the image with her finger. She stopped momentarily as her finger approached the crotch of the weretiger drawing. She smiled a little bit as she felt her face flush.
She turned to lay on her back as she looked up at the ceiling. Could she really go through with this, despite volunteering to be the family were? She found herself imagining the conversation. "Excuse me, I want to be a werecougar, so would you have sex with me so that I can change?" Her face got really hot when she imagined that, and she hid her face in a pillow to hide her embarrassment. She peeked up at a window and remembered Tara's warning. As she looked at the window as night fell, her mind started to wonder.
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*Animal Control is the branch of the MLPD that is in charge of the were enforcement laws, as discussed in the Lawrence thread.