EMILY'S POV
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A week into staying at Nicholas' pack has left me with a lot of time doing nothing, so I explored, not the pack, but the house and what caught my eye was the burn in his bedroom. It explained why I found him or on the couch, or in a different room every other morning. At first, I thought it was weird when I woke up at five and had to look for him, because it was clear which room was the master bedroom, yet he didn't sleep there. Nicholas came back into the house, his body sweaty and his hair damp. I get up from the bottom step of the stairs, "Nicholas," I mutter his name, "Do you need to call me that? Just call me Nick," he sighs, "Nico then," I shrug. I don't want to call him Nick, it sounds like everyone is calling him that and if he's going to be taking me to Alpha even
