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Luna raced with him, keeping effortless pace with his wide steps. Colliding with him every time he stopped. He could already hear the oddly comforting sound of the paws on the floor as they followed him.
He walked into his office and closed the door, too lost in thought. The next moment a soft yapping reached his ears as he looked down to see the small animal with her tail stuck between the doors.
He opened the door and she came inside, cuddling up to him and pressing his leg with her paw. "Little one, why are you following me? I am not your master." Aragorn muttered softly as he set himself down in the chair.
The next moment she hopped in his lap and he frowned, not realizing she could jump so high. He gently scratched her behind her ears and she yawned loudly, cuddling into his lap and going to sleep. He looked down at her and could not help but smile.
He rubbed her fur and she turned, presenting her belly to him. He grinned and scratched it, before going back to his work. He signed the papers as he moved closer to the desk. He refilled the ink until he felt a paw on his hand and quickly said. "No, Luna, that is not yours."
She looked at him as she once more began to bite in the feather that he used for writing. He picked her quickly up by the back of the neck and she let out a soft howl. "Stop that or I am going to ban you from this office. You would not like that if I did that."
She turned to him with puppy eyes and licked his hand. He looked at her with a firm glance before he allowed a slight smile to grace his lips. "You remind me of my elf, little wolf. He would do the same thing. Do something that was not allowed and then look at me in such a way I could not possibly stay mad at him. Why do you not go seek out Eldarion, he is your master?"
A knock on the door had him calling enter and Eldarion stepped inside to ask. "Ada, have you seen Luna somewhere?"
"Yes, she is right here, ion nin. You should keep better track of her, she has taken lately to following me." Aragorn sat her down upon the floor and she flew to Eldarion, tail wagging excitedly.
Eldarion cuddled with her, pushing her aside time and time again as she growled and snapped at him until eventually she lay on her back, yapping and howling softly. She showed her teeth to him before making use of a distraction and fleeing to Aragorn, settling down between the king's feet and resting her head there.
Aragorn looked down and he met Eldarion's confused gaze. "I do not know preciously what she is doing but I think she looks to me as the Alfa male."
"Alfa male?" Eldarion asked, coming closer until Luna growled softly at him. "Luna, stop that!" Aragorn quickly answered and she looked up before she put her head down again.
"She thinks I am the leader of the pack." Aragorn explained, frowning as he remembered the nature lessons with Erestor. "That is just what I needed. How am I going to explain this to the council when I walk in with a wolf on my heels?" The man looked down at the paper sitting in front of him again and Eldarion grinned despite himself.
"I am sure they will all start howling." The younger male settled down in a chair and Luna took a tensile step towards him. When he beckoned her, she rushed to him. She jumped up into his lap to make herself comfortable.
"She seems like a good friend, do you not think so Ada?" Eldarion carefully breached the subject as his father's sharp gaze shifted to him. The king looked away thoughtful before meeting his son's gaze. "Yes, I think she is."
"So it would be alright if I were to keep her in the palace?" Eldarion looked at the small bundle of fur to see her blue eyes were fixed upon Aragorn as the king stared back without flinching.
"Where else would you keep her? She cannot stay in the stables for she would frighten the horses. I think it would be best to only restrict her to our garden and our chambers." Aragorn softly said.
"But how can I restrict her to the gardens then? To keep her in our chambers will be easy. Through I do not think it is best not to spoil her too much." Eldarion looked down at her curled up form and spoke. "I suppose I should start now, right."
"Only if you want to." Aragorn laughed softly. "She is still a child in need of a parent so perhaps in a matter of weeks you can start with telling her where she can stay and where she cannot go."
"But she cannot sleep in my bed. I think my future wife would not like that, I am afraid." Eldarion muttered softly but the strong ears of his father caught it and the older man laughed, slapping himself on the knees.
"Yes, to see your wife running from the bedroom because of Luna. I can well imagine that." Aragorn only laughed harder as he saw the scowl on Eldarion's face. "Or because of you she could be running as well, I would not know for sure."
"Luna, get him! Go on bite him in the arse." Eldarion held Luna up high so but she only licked his face and cuddle to go back to sleep once more. Eldarion glared at his father until he could not longer contain himself and grinned as well.
"She will not dare to attack the king of Gondor, my son." Aragorn answered as he once more began to sign the papers lying before him. An easy silence fell between them and Aragorn looked up to see Eldarion stroking the small bundle of fur and the king smiled, not thinking of his elf now but of his son as he both held them close and his mind was at peace.
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