Page 103 of The Wolf King's Mate

I was too excited.

Less than an hour later,Fletcher pulled one of the pack’s Jeeps up in front of a large tattoo studio. It was technically Silas’s. His pack was officially responsible for the postal service in Crimson River, but after he opened a new, expensive tattoo place in town eight years earlier, he’d startedattracting every artistic werewolf and groupie in town to his pack.

So basically, they had a handful of old, chill shifters who handled the mail, a shit-ton of dramatic, artistic ones, and nothing in-between. Silas technically owned all of the studios that his pack ran, so they couldn’t have overthrown him if they wanted to.

Not that they wanted to.

None of those artsy bastards wanted to be in charge. The older ones just wanted to work their mail routes effectively so they could keep clocking out at three every day.

I hadn’t texted Silas about the tattoo, of course. I always tried to contact him as little as possible. We’d talked more in the last week than we had in the last year.

But a few months earlier, I’d had an in-depth, hours-long conversation about tattoos with one of the women from his pack. I’d been waiting for him to finish a complicated tattoo so we could leave for heat, and her client had no-showed, so we ended up chatting for ages.

Fletcher slept through the entire thing, but I had never forgotten it.

I didn’t have an artistic bone in my body, but I loved tattoos.

So, that woman was the person I texted. She’d given me her number after our conversation, and told me that if I ever decided to take the plunge and get a tattoo, I should hit her up. Her work was gorgeous, so I had no problem messaging her since I could finally go for it.

Me

Hey, this is Aspen Keys. We had a conversation about tattoos a few months ago, and I’m looking for an artist

Nova

OHHH YES

Aspen Savage now?

Me

Reluctantly, yes

Nova

Just tell me when

To cover the king’s mate’s skin, I will clear my schedule ;)

Me

Today?

Nova

Hell yeah

What time?

Me

I can be there in an hour, give or take

Nova

Yesss I’ll be there

Door will be locked, we’re not technically open yet. Just wait for me

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