Athena's Human Mate

Chapter 18

 
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     Artemis pushed Athena to the back of her mind, taking control of her body.  She kissed Roman's neck, searching for the perfect spot to mark him.  Athena will be pissed, but she has run out of options.  When he moaned, she knew that was the spot.  She sunk her canine teeth deep into the tender tissue, she felt him tense with pain before it turned to pleasure.  As she retracted from the bite, she licked it to make it heal.  She briefly looked into his eyes before they both crumpled to the floor.

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     Athena slowly woke up, making several observations at the same time.  She wasn't in her bed at Starlight, her muscles were sore, she was laying on a hard floor, and she wasn't alone.  Her eyes flew open as she remembered what happened last night.  Roman was tangled up with her, still asleep and fully clothed.

     What did you do?!!

     I claimed him as my mate.

     I know that!!  Why?  Oh my Goddess, what am I going to do now?  Can I reverse it?

     No you can't.   He belongs to us now.

     Can you hear yourself?  What the fuck Artemis!  Wait, you're talking to me.  Does that mean you're better?

     Yes, I'm not yet fully recovered but sleeping next to mate last night helped.

     But he's human!!

     I know that.  It wasn't going to stop you last night.

     I was going to have sex with him, not mark him!  This is serious shit Art!!  How the hell am I to explain any of this to him?

     Well, you better figure something out quick because he's waking up.

     Athena looked at Roman, he really was a handsome man.  She was afraid of his reaction when he fully woke up but she took this moment to admire him, a swell of pride filling her.  For good or bad, he was her mate now.

     Roman opened his eyes, which settled on Athena and for a second he smiled at her, until the previous events came to mind.  "Why are we on the floor?  And did you bite me?"  He stood up, holding his hand out to her, helping her up off the floor.

     Awe, mate is so considerate!

     Shut up!

     Athena kept his hand in hers, there were slight tingles from the contact and she enjoyed it while she could as he frowned at her.  Her other hand went to the nape of her neck, scratching into her hair line.

     "Um, yeah, I did.  I'm sorry."

     "Why don't I remember anything else?  What happened?"

     "We fell asleep?"

     He gave her a look that said 'seriously', "I don't know about you, but I don't fall asleep while making out with someone."  He reached up and touched his mark.  "What the hell Athena?!  You left a hickey!"  He let go of her and stomped to the bathroom to get a better look.

     Athena followed him, "shit, what the fuck is this?  Did you give me a tattoo last night?  How the hell did you do that?"

     She gazed at her mark on his neck, it was a black wolf head howling upwards, a moon behind it and a shining star right before the mouth.  "It's beautiful," she didn't realize she whispered out loud.