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The out of it feeling doesn’t go away on the way there.
I can tell it’s not going to be a good day for me.
I just need to get through it.
Fingers crossed I’m not going into heat.
Chapter Twenty-One
Lita
I’mmoreinsidemyhead all day than Astor is when she’s on dish washing duty. It’s driving me insane that Alina doesn’t think we should talk about what happened until we’re done with work. The couple of times that I try to ask again, she shakes her head and signs that we’ll talk later, at home.
I’m about eighty percent sure that I was possessed by the spirit of Artemis when we were praying last night, going by what little I have managed to remember that probably wasn’t a dream.
If that’s true, then it’s only the craziest thing that’s ever happened to me.
Despite the mountains of books I’ve read about our Goddess, I’ve never heard of her possessing someone before, and I’m sure that would have been well documented if it had ever happened.
Everyone would be putting it into their prayers, begging for the Goddess to come personally help them out …
Maybe that’s why it wouldn’t be documented.
Right.It’s also probably equally possible that I had some kind of blackout.
Whatever it was, I seriously need to know.
I’m so distracted, I barely notice when the door to the dining room opens about five minutes after our staff lunch break, while all the staff are in the room, or the bathroom.
It’s only when I realize it can’t be Astor that I look around and tap the closest person on the shoulder, Cora, who’s just finished washing our lunch dishes in the sink. She turns as she’s drying her hands and I motion to the doorway just as Orion takes a step into the room, a vaguely nervous smile on his lips.
He looks at me and smiles a little brighter, giving me a wave.
Cora takes a step away from the sink, and I know she must be telling him no one’s supposed to come back here. I really hope he didn’t come back here to speak to me. My skin heats up quickly as I watch his expression fall into disappointment. They both glance at me, and I feel my stomach starting to churn.
I step away from the counter, where I’m supposed to be making salad, coming over and tapping Cora on the arm. I do ASL for, “It’s okay.”
She raises her eyebrows at me. “Him?” she signs, pulling a face.
I nod, not bothering to explain. She doesn’t know ASL for, “It’s not what it looks like”, anyway.
I’ll be made fun of for this, but he’s been kind of nice to me, so I don’t want to brush him off too hard, or in front of people. He doesn’t deserve that.
I motion to him to come with me, and I open the door to the backyard.
He smiles tightly at Cora, shrugging at her as he comes toward me.
I step outside and he follows.
Goddess, I’m glad Alina’s in the bathroom right now.
I hope she takes her time in there.
I have no idea what Orion wants, but I don’t need anyone giving me a hard time for talking to him, just because he’s one of the Alpha’s sons and everyone thinks they’re all awful.
“Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do,” Cora leans out the door to tell me.
“Please,” I sign back at her, rolling my eyes.
