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ARTEMISIA
"Wait!" I hollered as I sighted a red-haired girl from afar.
The figure halted and turned slowly towards me. Her face was down and her long hair covered it, concealing her identity.
However, I didn't need to see her face to confirm the identity of the person I had seen.
A smile lit up my face as I skipped toward her.
"It's been a while," I said and my eyes strayed towards the sky.
I breathed out as the cool air caressed my face and I gazed back at the girl.
"What is going on? Everything has been quiet lately."
I attempted to strike a conversation between us. Yet, she was mute and she hadn't raised her head to stare at me.
I noticed the long dress she donned was stained with dirt. As if she had been in a fight with someone in the mud.
"Goddess Artemis?"
Her face came up and I wished it hadn't because what I saw in her eyes, I didn't think I'd be able to forget.
The fury in the once beautiful blue eyes which had turned icy blue couldn't be ignored. Her radiant face altered with each word she made and her tone was scathing.
It was as if she'd vanquish whoever had done whatever happened to her when she sighted the person.
But, I couldn't even think of anything or anyone because it was possible it would be a god or a goddess like her that placed her in the predicament she was in.
And she was a goddess, she could wrestle with them instead of seeking help from me.
I was only a lowly human but was told…
"Give yourself more credit, dear one," Artemis said or more like she scolded.
"You are unique and only you can bring peace to the werewolf world. You are the only one who can save us all, lest I become a less significant goddess who couldn't even keep things together."
"But, but…" I stuttered. The word I wanted to alter stuck in my throat as Artemis interrupted me.
"You are the only one who can bring out your true power. Whether you consult anyone or not, they can't help you, only yourself."
"This is happening? You are asking for my help and I am not dreaming?"
"It is time, dear one, to save us from this."
That was the last thing I heard before I jerked awake.
My heart palpitated and I let out a groan whilst rubbing at my throbbing temple.
It was a dream after all.
"How do I help them?" I asked myself whilst shoving my hand into my tresses.
Sighing, I gazed up at the ceiling whilst thinking of a way out.
*********
"Hey."
"Hi," I responded as I saw Mila.
I smiled as she approached me. We had never had a conversation one on one before. We only nodded to each other in greetings and moved our separate ways.
However, seeing her coming toward me felt like we were already friends.
"You should come around later," Mila said, with a smile.
"Come around? I don't understand."
"That is why you need to come. Until then I don't think anything I say to you, you'd understand besides… "
She paused and her eyes gazed around the surroundings.
"It's something that needs to be done where the true members of the coven are."
"The coven?"
"See you later." Mila beamed, ignoring my question.
She stepped towards the training room without a glance backwards.
Trying to wrap my head around what she had said, I bumped into Laurent as I didn't look at where I was going.
"Hey!"
Laurent narrowed his eyes and he scrutinized me. He stared at my hands, tilted my head and caressed my neck.
"What are you doing?"
"Trying to see if you have any injury of some sort."
"Injury? Why would you check that?"
"The last time I saw you was when that idiot dragged you away as if you were a rag doll. Perhaps, I should have punched his face but I didn't want to upset you."
I rolled my eyes at Laurent. "He didn't hurt me. So, stop searching for any invisible injury."
"He didn't?"
"Of course, he didn't," I affirmed, slapping his hands away. Then, I glanced around in search of Sin.
The last thing I wanted was for Laurent to have another busted lip. Since Sin wasn't his usual self, he'd continue to do what he had done over again.
I let out a relieved sigh as I didn't see any appearance of him.
"Besides, you are the one who disappeared without a word. I haven't seen you around since that happened."
Laurent shrugged, "Away for business."
"Werewolf?"
He shrugged again and didn't say a word.
"See you later, I guess?" He mumbled after a while and walked away almost immediately.
I rolled my eyes and let out a shriek as someone tugged me.
"What the hell…?"
"Was he hitting on you this time…"
"Sin!"
I glared, "He wasn't even doing that. He was only checking on me if I was okay or not."
He grunted, "That's none of his business."
"He's only being nice," I said, steering him away as he kept on looking towards where Laurent had gone through.
I feel he might be thinking of going after him and landing him a punch. It was the last thing I wanted. In the last fight, the rumour was still going on and it wasn't helping Sin who was already agitated.
"I'm tempted to beat him up. Maybe he'd know not to ever speak to you whenever he saw you."
"That's mean." I glared, punching his chest.
"It's better to be mean than being trampled on." He stated, wrapping his arms around my waist.
As we walked around the surroundings, I noticed the glare on Sin's face and any werewolf who tried to come up to me and talk, he'd scare them away.
I didn't know the reason he was doing that and I doubt his jealousy intensified overnight.
Regardless, I believe today was going to be better between us.
