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Title: A Chosen Mate

Author: Ihli

Rating/Warnings: M/Werewolves, Slash

Pairing: Hotch/Reid

Summary: Werewolves don't choose their mates, they discover them. Werewolf Aaron Hotchner's life is turned upside down when he meets the very human Dr. Spencer Reid. Slash!

Disclaimer: I don't own Criminal Minds or any of the characters I just like to play with them sometimes. I promise to put them back where I found them.

Final chapter. I hope you all have enjoyed the ride. Remember to review!

Thanks to RogueStorm84 and The Shameless BookWorm for Beta'ing this chapter! All mistakes are mine.

Chapter 15

Morgan awoke to the smell of bacon cooking. Where am I? What happened? His stomach gurgled. Damn, that smelled good.

He looked around, Why am I on a couch? Whose couch? He realized it was Hotch's home. Memories shot to the forefront of his mind. Confronting Hotch and then Reid. His hand flew to his throat but there was no sign of the torn flesh he remembered. All felt smooth and healthy.

As he sat up, Reid entered the room.

"Oh good, you're awake. How do you feel?"

"Confused man. Did you try to kill me?"

"Sorry about that. You threatened my mate. My wolf took over."

"I felt the bite. How am I still alive?"

Aaron entered as he asked. "We changed you."

"What?" Morgan's eyebrows shot up in surprise.

"It was that, or let you die. We may have been arguing, but we couldn't let you die. We're a team, a family."

"So I'm a…"

"Werewolf," Aaron confirmed.

"I'm a werewolf."

"Yes. We'll help you. Get you introduced to the pack," Aaron said.

"Pack?" Morgan felt like the king of cluelessness.

"Wolves are pack animals. Your wolf will want to spend time with his own kind," Aaron explained gently.

"Oh, um, whoa. Not really sure what to do here."

"Are you angry?" Spencer asked.

"I should be, but I guess I'm just glad to be alive. Almost dying puts things in perspective. I think I finally see that the feeling between you is mutual. I'm sorry I…"

"Derek, you're my best friend. I appreciate that you wanted to protect me, but this is real."

"Do you want to use the shower? It's almost time to head into work."

"Thanks, I'll just grab my go bag from the car."

Morgan followed Hotch to work. He was glad to have a few minutes to himself to think about everything that had happened in the last twenty-four hours. His world had clearly been turned upside down. But he knew he was to blame for a lot of it.

He still couldn't believe his honorary baby brother, Spencer Reid, had attacked him. Spencer was not an aggressive person. He had figured he and Hotch would go a few rounds, and then he would take Reid home. At least, that's what he told himself. He realized he had gone a bit crazy. Finding out two of your best friends are werewolves can do that to a guy.

Now, I'm a werewolf. Holy Shit! His stomach twisted at the thought. But a strange calmness descended on him. He and Reid really were family now, pack-mates.

He parked in his usual spot in the lot and met up with Hotch and Reid. They had decided to start the day by filling the team in. Hotch had told him, that until the next full moon, he should feel relatively normal. He was just a whole lot harder to kill. Nice.

They rode up the elevator together discussing how they thought the team would react, and how they should take some time off to adjust to all of the changes.

"I think Rossi is going to wonder if he's next," Spencer suggested.

"Maybe he'll ask us to change him," Morgan added.

Stepping off, they headed for the bullpen to call the meeting.

"Hotch, what's that smell?"

"What smell?"

"Like honey and springtime and..."

As Garcia approached, Morgan zeroed in on her. She was clearly the source of that smell. His eyes and gums start to itch oddly.

"Good morning, my Chocolate Adonis, Boss Wolf, and my favorite Pup..." She uttered, passing the men heading for her lair, not really looking at them.

"Why didn't you tell me Garcia smelled like that?"

Hotch and Reid turned to look at Morgan. His eyes had shifted; his canines had dropped. The two mates looked at each other and smiled.

The End

A/N

I hope you all enjoyed this AU.

I have started working on a sequel to this where Morgan explores his inner wolf and learns all about mates, first hand. I have another story planned for after that as well. Let me know if you have any requests.

Next up for me: I am on the second draft of a Hotch/Reid story called Spencer Rocket. In this AU, Spencer Reid never went to college. He is a prostitute in Las Vegas.

I am also working on a JJ/Prentiss story (no slash) for CCOAC Challenge 19.

Finally please, review. It's what keeps me writing.