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Star
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For so reason I woke up in Artem's bed. Well, I guess it was my bed now too. I was wrapped in his arms and it was still dark out. I looked at the clock and saw it was just before five in the morning.
I must have fallen asleep and Artem brought back here. I was starving though since I missed dinner last night. Oh well, I could just eat extra for breakfast today.
I did my best not to wake Artem as I got out of the bed. I think I managed it since I didn't see him stirring at all when I left his side.
Once I was out of the bed I silently made my way to the bathroom for a shower. I turned on the hot water and climbed into the gently cascading stream as I thought about the dream I had had last night.
I think I dreamt about my mom. I think I pulled up so long repressed hard to reach mory from when I was a really little girl. The dream made uneasy though and I don't know why.
Maybe it's because I had seen a vague picture of my father in the dream. Maybe it's because I had seen my mother for the first ti since I was two. Whatever the reason though, I knew that I needed to get a look at that box of things my mother left behind.
When I was cleaned and dried off I realized my mistake. I had co into the bathroom without getting sothing new to wear first. This was going to be embarrassing. What if Artem woke up?
Well, as long as I could stay quiet I would be fine, right? Or so I thought.
As soon as I started to slowly open the door back to the bedroom it was pulled out of my light grasp and opened wide. I jumped with the shock of soone opening the door, a move that made accidentally drop my towel.
Artem was standing on the other side of the door, a sleepy look in his eyes that was slowly dissipating now that he saw .
"Well, that's a lovely sight first thing in the morning." He was grinning with a heated look in his eyes.
"Huh?" I looked down with embarrassnt, pretty certain of what I would see. The sight of my naked body standing there for him to see made squeal with fright and sha.
"No need to worry about it, sweetheart." Artem reached for my waist and pulled toward him. "I like it. It's a great way to get my blood pumping." He nuzzled my cheek as he spoke. "Though all that blood seems to be going straight to one place."
"You're such an animal." I joked with him. I had learned how to act this way ever since I had watched so of the shows that Chay had turned on for . I knew exactly what he was implying with his comnt and I knew exactly how to respond.
"Can you bla ? I am a wolf after all." He growled playfully as he lifted from the floor and held in his arms and against his chest.
"I don't know. I guess that all depends on later." I nuzzled my cheek onto his shoulder, the one that I had ended up marking.
"Nnnnrrrgghh." He moaned low and long from the feel of my face against his mark. "That feeling, it's better than I ever thought it would be. It's like an added arousal point." He nuzzled into my neck then and licked my mark.
"Ahh, stop, don't do that." I moaned and slapped him on his shoulder at the sa ti.
"But it's fun." I could feel him grinning against my neck.
"Yeah, well, we need to get ready for the day."
"Ugh, you're right. I know you're right. But that doesn't make it any easier." He was practically whining.
"There's always later." I teased him.
"I like the sound of that."
With that he set on the floor and kissed my cheek quickly.
"Get dressed, I'm going to shower. But maybe we can shower together tomorrow." He winked at as I ran into the other room. Goddess, I think this man was bad for my heart.
I dressed in a hurry, making sure I didn't have too much exposed skin. I didn't want to distract Artem too much today. I had a plan that I wanted to talk to Artem about and if he said yes, I would be spending a lot of ti with him soon.
Artem showered then dressed, sothing he had to run naked through the room to do. I'm sure he could have worn a towel but I guess I had entered the room naked as well. Once he was ready for his day I approached him with my idea.
"Artem?"
"Yeah baby?" That was a new one, was he going to use these nicknas all the ti?
"Can I help you with pack work?" That seed to surprise him.
"Star?" He looked at with wide eyes before he continued. "Are you sure you want to do that?"
"Well, I heard from the others that the Luna is supposed to help with things that have to do with the pack. I am the Luna, right? So I want to help you as much as I can."
"That's wonderful." He was grinning and picked up again. This ti, with his hands on my waist and our foreheads pressed together, Artem spun a few tis in a happy little circle. "Yes, you can help. I can teach you all about the pack and the way things are for us. I am still trying to reform everything so that the pack will run smoother. I just smiled at him happily, knowing that I was going to help him with his work from now on. I now had a purpose to my long days.
We went down to breakfast together and ate with everyone. The boys were looking excited but I couldn't help but notice that Julian and Flint were looking a little pale. Were they under the weather? But how could that be? One thing I did know was that wolves never really got sick.
Following the al I went with Artem to his office. It was a room I had been in only once and my eyes had been closed the entire ti. So this was the first ti I was seeing the space for myself.
Artem's office was large and manly. That was the only way I could think to describe it. And I was in awe when I saw him walk behind his large desk and sit in the massive chair that was there. I decided to look around the room a bit while he got himself situated.
I was looking at the bookshelf and a curious looking set of books, Diccionario de la Real Academia Española, when there was a knock on the door. Artem looked up and sighed.
"They're earlier than I expected."
"Who? I can only sll Kent out there." I didn't know who he was talking about.
"The warlocks. They sent soone to talk to us about the remaining talismans on the others."
"Really? But I don't sll anyone else out there. Are you sure they're here?"
"They're either at the door with Kent or waiting downstairs for ." He got to his feet and slowly crossed to the door. "We wolves can't sll them. It's a pain but that's just how things are."
Artem didn't seem worried at all but I was nervous about this situation. I knew he was going to et with warlocks soon, but I didn't have very good mories or experiences that resulted from warlocks. None of us really did.
When Artem opened the door there stood Kent, alert and ready like he was uncomfortable about sothing. Beside Kent were two n in long silver cloaks with black designs all over them.
"Alpha Artem, these are the Warlocks that you invited, Henrich Asten and Lionel Fritz." The n were old, with gray hair and wrinkles around their eyes. Their faces looked kind and they seed like good people, but I knew all too well that looks could be deceiving.
"Welco gentlen." Artem gave them a friendly smile as he stepped to the side and welcod them into the room. "Won't you please co in and have a seat, I am certain that we have a lot to discuss and share with each other."
I watched as the n entered the room and sat at the chairs in front of the desk. Artem walked toward before going to his desk. He took my hand and pulled along with him. I thought he would lead to another chair but he just sat behind his desk and pulled onto his lap as he sat down. Well, this was going to be awkward.
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