The Luna Chronicles: A Mate's Betrayal

Chapter7

While Alcide was cooking dinner, Genius and I went back to our room to shower and get some clothes. Once we got back into our room we headed straight to the shower. Genius turned the water on while I gathered our clothes and towels to sit in the bathroom so that we could get dressed in the bathroom. In the steam-filled shower, a sultry ambiance enveloped us, intensifying the desire that crackled in the air. I stepped beneath the cascading water, its warmth caressing my naked form as if teasingly tracing the contours of my body. Sensing my presence, Genius joined me, his sculpted physique a tantalizing sight that set my pulse racing.

The silence between us spoke volumes, a magnetic pull drawing us closer. With a flick of his hand, he brushed aside a wet strand of my hair, exposing the delicate curve of my neck. His lips, warm and eager, met the sensitive flesh, igniting a spark that sent shivers coursing through me. My breath hitched, a soft moan escaping my lips, betraying the deep longing that had been building within me.

Aching for his touch, I turned to face Genius, his eyes smoldering with an intensity that matched my own. His strong hands, firm and confident, guided me with purpose. Bending down, he captured my lips in a searing kiss, a blend of passion and urgency that left me breathless. Breaking away, I couldn’t resist the urge to explore his chiseled physique, my lips embarking on a journey of desire.

Slowly, tantalizingly, I traced a path down his sculpted form, the water clinging to his toned muscles like liquid desire. Inch by inch, my lips descended, leaving a trail of fiery kisses in their wake. Finally, I reached his throbbing manhood, the throbbing evidence of his desire for me. With a deliberate and teasing flick of my tongue, I savored the taste of his essence, reveling in the control I had over his pleasure.

A deep growl rumbled from within him, his voice thick with need. “Oh, Artemis, that feels extraordinary,” he confessed, his words fueling the fire that burned within me. Encouraged by his response, I increased my pace, my mouth enveloping him, my tongue dancing skillfully along his length. I relished the symphony of his moans, each one a melody that echoed in my ears, driving me to new heights of arousal.

But Genius, consumed by his own desire, couldn’t resist taking control. In an instant, he spun me around, my back pressed against the shower wall, his pulsing manhood poised at the entrance to my core. The anticipation electrified the air, the heat of the water amplifying the intensity of our connection.

My legs were a little wobbly, but Genius held me up before he started washing my hair for me. Once he was done washing my hair, I turned to grab the rag and the bar soap and started washing him off. He looked down at me, “Princess, if you don’t stop, we’re never going to get out of this shower.”

I just smiled at him. Once I got done washing him, he grabbed my rag, and my body was soapy, and proceeded to wash my body off, making sure he went very slowly over my n*****s before running the rag down to my p***y and scrubbing me clean, but he seemed to stay there for a while. “My love, if we don’t stop, we will miss dinner.”

He just smiled at me before stopping, we rinsed off, then shut the water off and grabbed the towels that I had brought in.

I dried my body off before wrapping my hair up in the towel. I grabbed my clothes and got myself dressed. Then I unwrapped my hair before rubbing the towel through my hair one last time, but when I turned around, Genius was just staring at me. “What are you staring at, Genius?”

He walked a little closer to me before placing a kiss on my forehead, “I am looking at the most beautiful woman in the world, and she is all mine.”

I can’t believe I got so lucky to land a man like Genius. He is everything I could ask for and more. I grabbed his hand, leading him out of the bathroom and then out of our room, and started walking to the dining room, but before we reached the dining room, the smell hit me. It was my mother’s homemade pot pie, but she is dead. I let go of Genius's hand and ran down the rest of the hallway before I reached the dining room. Once in the dining room, I noticed Hera and Are’s were back, and she was standing in front of the oven pulling out a pot pie. I looked around, and everyone was sitting at the table talking amongst their selves themselves, when Zeus noticed the look on my face, he got up from the table, walking over to me, bringing me into a great big hug.

“Squirt, are you ok? I know the smell is reminding you of your mother, but remember, Hera is our grandmother; it is probably a family recipe.”

Nodding my head before heading over to the table and sitting by Genius and next to Zeus. Hera brought the pot pie over, placing it on a rack on the table so that it did not touch the table. She started slicing the pie up and dishing it out onto our plates. Once she sat down, we all started eating in silence. The moment that first bite hit my tongue, I started crying.

I knew that my mother had hidden things from us, but she was still our mother, and this brought back many wonderful memories. Genius and Zeus both placed their hand on my back, rubbing in circles. Hera looked at me like she was confused about why I was crying, but I couldn’t speak but Zeus spoke up. “Moms used to make it for us all the time I guess it is just bringing back some memories.”

Hera’s eyes went wide, “Athena used to make this pie, I never taught her, but that girl was always watching, I am sorry, had I known I would have made something else.”

Wiping the tears from my eyes, “It is ok, just brought back some memories, but when we are done eating, we need to talk to you and Are’s.”

Are’s and Hera just looked at us with confusion, but we finished eating our dinner in silence before the boys took our plates to the sink.

We got up from the table and headed into the dining room. We all sat down on the couches and chairs. I looked at the boys before I started speaking, “Well, we went for a run in our wolf forms today because we haven’t let them out to run for a while, and you never told us where we were allowed to run.”

They just looked at me for me to continue, “We went past the barrier because we found a bunch of our pack members slaughtered that had not made it back to the packhouse.”

Her eyes went wide, but I held up my hand so that I could finish before she spoke, “Then we started getting attacked by something that we could not see or hear. We could only smell it. This happened for a while before we headed back. Could you explain to us what this means?”

Ares and Hera looked at one another before getting up and pacing. Hera looked directly at me, “You guys should not have gone past the barrier, you should have just gone back to the cabin if you had noticed you weren’t in it anymore.”

I went to speak, but Are held up his hand, “No, Artemis Hera is right, you should have never gone past the barrier. I do not care if your wolves wanted to run; we told you that it is not safe past the barrier.”

I went to speak, but Alcide was quicker, “Ok, but we can’t leave our wolves pent up either, that is how s**t gets out of hand for us.”

Hera turned around so quickly, “Boy, sit the hell down and shut up, we told you this to keep you safe, and you’re trying to argue with us.”

Alcide seemed shocked with what Hera said, “I told you guys to stay in the barrier for a damn reason, Artemis. I told you that our family has many enemies and many of them are in this area.”

I was starting to get angry, and so was Violet, so I stood up, “Ok, and I understand that, but what the f**k was the thing that attacked us out there?”

Hera and Ares both looked at me, and I could see that they were getting angry with me, but I did not care. I went to speak again, but both held up their hands, “We told you to stay in the barrier, and you did not listen, so do not raise your voice at us, do you understand?”

They both spoke at the same time, again I went to speak but they both held up their hands, “ Look there is something out there that will kill you if you go past the barrier again, I will not tell you what it is or who it is until you are trained, now go to bed and training begins again tomorrow no more breaks no matter what.”

With that, she waved her hands in the air and sent us all back to our rooms in our beds. I tried to fight the sleep that had suddenly come over me, but it was no use.

What the hell was that? Why won’t she explain anything to us?