Jupiter Ascending: You Are Not Alone

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Author Note: Thank you very much for the reviews and adding to favorites and alerts. I really appreciate it. This chapter will be just a little bit shorter than the last one because in the next chapter, I want to focus on Caine's POV. So, please read and review. I hope you like it so far.

Chapter 3: Jupiter's POV

When I walked into the living room, Zoey stared at me wide eyed. "Hey Jupiter, he just told me the craziest thing about you." She paused. "He told me that you're royalty. Is that true?"

I was hoping that Caine would leave that detail out. I didn't want Zoey treating me any different. I didn't want to be treated like a queen by her. I sighed and nodded.

Zoey's mouth dropped. "Didn't you think that was something you should've told me?" She paused and a look of horror crossed her face. "Oh my God! The last time we got in a fight, I called you a bitch. If I'd known…"

"Zoey, relax." I told her. "I don't want to be treated any different. Especially by you." Zoey looked confused by my reaction. "Look, like I keep telling Caine, my title doesn't change me. It doesn't change who I care about."

Zoey sighed. "I can't believe that you're royal."

"She holds the deed to the planet as well." Caine added and I shot him a glare. He looked at me and shrugged. "What?"

"You're not helping."

Zoey was speechless. Which was a new one for her. She was never speechless. She kept glancing from Caine to me. "Okay, so let me get this straight. Jupiter, you are royalty and own the Earth." She turned to Caine. "And you are a splice…whatever that is."

I glared at Caine again. He looked down and turned away to get a glass of water. I turned back to Zoey. "He's genetically engineered. Half human, half wolf."

"And the wings?"

"I'm a Sky Jacker." Caine spoke up and walked away to my bedroom.

Zoey stared after him for a second. "Half human, half wolf huh. Well, that explains the growling I heard late last night."

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"Is everything okay?" I asked Caine after I walked into my room. "You left the kitchen pretty quickly."

Caine folded up his wing tightly and slipped on his jacket. The whole time, not making eye contact with me. He sighed. "I'm afraid that my stay here is going to be complicated."

"Everything about us is complicated." That managed to get Caine's attention. He turned to me and smirked. I smiled back at him, glad that his mood seemed to lift a little. "And I know things are going to be awkward with Zoey around. She's great with different but she asks a lot of questions."

"Yeah. I noticed that." Caine agreed. "Was that Stinger who called you?"

I stared at him for a second in disbelief. "How did you know?"

He leaned against the bed frame and sighed. "Stinger told me that he was going to call you."

I closed the distance between us, stopping directly in front of him. "Stinger's just concerned." I paused. "And so am I."

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"So, how are we supposed to pass the time?" I asked Caine as I searched through my closet for a hat. If we were going to go walking around the city during the day, I needed to find a hat to cover Caine's ears.

"I'll leave that decision to you, Your Majesty."

I turned to him from my closet and smiled brightly. I didn't think I would ever get sick of that. I turned back to my search. "We'll figure something out. First, we need to find a hat for you to wear."

I fumbled through my closet some more, tossing things out as I searched. "I know I have a hat in here somewhere."

"Jupiter."

I turned around to see Caine holding a beanie hat up so I could see. "Is this what you were looking for?"

I sighed in mock frustration. "Yes." I stood up and walked over to him. I took the hat from him and slid it down over his head.

"Does it cover my ears?" Caine asked. "Because it doesn't feel like it."

I smirked. "Hold on a sec. That can be fixed."