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truthfully felt a tug of longing in my gut.
The sexual pull in the room was almost palpable between these two.
Although I’d had more than my share of exploits, they were often
quick and brutish couplings which left me frustrated and
incomplete. I’d never been cherished or gazed at with the
combination of lust and love which hung between these
two.
    I looked up and realized they were both
staring at me. I tried to smile. “Hello, Mr. Landon.”
    He laughed. “You’re an adult now,
Artemis. Call me Cade.”
    “ Very well, Cade. Thanks
for the invite to dinner. Oh, but I go by Acie all the time
now.”
    He turned back to the stove, Tatum’s
arms still wrapped around his waist. “You still take you meat well
done?”
    With a jolt I realized that the blood
rare meals which had been a common sight in my Luna Junction
childhood likely had something to do with the hidden nature of
those eating them. “Thank you. That would be great.”
    He touched Tatum’s upturned face.
“Sweetheart, I heard the boys out back. Why don’t you bring Acie
out there?”
    Tatum gave him a quick kiss and patted
him on the derriere. “C’mon Ace. Can I call you Ace? That’s an
awesome name.” She bounded past me through the kitchen and down the
hall, moving quite quickly for a heavily pregnant woman. “So you
grew up here, huh? What was that like? You’ll have to tell me about
it. Did you always know about the werewolf thing? Sometimes I still
can’t believe it. Ha! My mother crapped a big enough golden twinkie
when I told her I had quit school and married a guy twice my age.
It’s been a year and a half and I’m still leaving the zoology
aspect out.”
    I smiled. It was hard not to enjoy
Tatum’s exuberance. Plus I was relieved to not be the only
non-werewolf in attendance.
    Tatum opened the back door and I
squinted into the sunlight. Zane and Benji were a ways off,
fiddling with something by the barn. They waved. I still felt
strongly off balance and tried to banish the wish to hold a
bow.
    Sitting nearby, so still I didn’t see
them at first, was a young blonde couple. Matthew Landon was the
older brother of the twins. I remembered him as serious, but ever
polite. He offered a small grin and mild hand wave. The girl
sitting mutely on his lap was not smiling, nor did she offer any
greeting. She was still quite petite and had grown even prettier
than I remembered her. She was Claire Casteel, Gideon’s older
sister.
    “ Acie,” she finally
said.
    “ Claire,” I responded
carefully.
    She swallowed but made no
move to rise. Matthew squeezed her hand. I remembered them just
like this, the Luna Junction golden power couple. It was nice to
know some things hadn’t changed. Claire had always been friendly
towards me, but guarded. Once, seemingly a million years earlier,
I’d heard her arguing with Gideon. You’re
not a couple of cute kids anymore. It’s dangerous and Mom and Dad
would have forced you to end it. It’s inevitable, Gid.
    I had never understood what she was
talking about. Until that moment. Claire sighed and jumped up
suddenly, wrapping me in a strong hug before I even saw her coming.
She released me quickly and stepped back, looking at me curiously.
“Well, you came back. So, when did you find out?”
    She didn’t need to elaborate.
“Yesterday.”
    Her face registered shock. “What? You
all this time went by without you knowing?”
    I shook my head, feeling vaguely
annoyed. “I sure as hell didn’t. My mother spirited me away and she
wasn’t talking. All I ever knew was overnight I grew repulsive to
everyone I’d grown up with.” I looked her in the eye. “Even
Gideon.”
    “ Gideon,” she whispered.
Her mouth turned down and she gazed at me sadly. “You must hate
us.”
    “ No,” I said. “Not
you.”
    She sighed. “Acie, Gideon’s suffered a
world of hurt.”
    I felt mean enough that her words gave
me some satisfaction. “Good, then I’m not the only one.”
    The hair stood up on the back of