Athena

Chapter 37

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Samantha stirred all around the floor, tugging her blankets along where ever she would move. After numerous times of trying to find a comfortable spot, she stopped her movements and just laid flat on her back while looking up at her ceiling. Daniella, who was fast asleep somehow while Jacob was outside doing his patrol. She would hear his presence now and then. Aside from the many crickets, that were outside making their chirping sounds, it was actually peaceful for once.

All Samantha could think right now was that she knows.

Daniella knows what she is.

Hell, not even her brother, her own flesh and blood knew what she is.

He needs to know Sammy, Sia spoke which startled Samantha.

Samantha was silent for a few minutes, letting this idea sink into her thoughts. It would be best for her brother to know what she is but at the same time it could also be dangerous.

You not telling him is dangerous! Sia shouted making Samantha groan to herself.

Ignoring her, Samantha was snapped out of her thoughts when the sound of something tapping on her porch door was heard. She lifted her blankets off and began to make her way towards her porch door. She peeked through her blinds that were slightly open then opened up the door.

"Your still up?" Jacob asked in a whisper while taking off his converse and entering her room.

"I can't sleep," came her response.

Jacob's eyes glanced at Danielle that laid on her bed. "You want me to take her to a different room?" He offered.

Samantha quickly shook her head,"No it's fine. Before you say or do anything else please take a shower. You have some clothes here they're in that drawer," Jacob took his clothes out of the drawer and went inside her bathroom. Samantha ran her fingers threw her hair and glanced to where her clock was at and read the time.

2:46 A.M.

Letting out a groan, she laid back down on the little bed she created on the floor. A few minutes passed by and Samantha's ears perked up at the sound of the shower not on anymore. Meaning that Jacob was out of the shower. Soon enough, the sound of her bathroom door opened. Jacob walked over to where Samantha was at and laid down next to her. She immediately rested her head on his chest that was sadly covered by a white muscle t-shirt. He ran his fingers through her soft hair. The scent of coconut caused him to sigh at the wonderful smell.

"Care to tell me why you're still up?" He asks while rubbing her arms soothingly.

"She knows. Dani, she knows what I am." Samantha added on,"I'm not sure how she knows but I'll ask her later."

"Well now that you're protector is back, you can now go to sleep beautiful," he said while kissing the top of her head.

She snuggled closer to him,"Mmm you're so warm."

Jacob chuckled at her comment,"It's a wolf thing."

"I knew you would come in handy one day," Samantha teased.

"Haha very funny," Jacob said sarcastically.

"I'm serious Sammy, go to sleep," Jacob said while pulling her closer to him.

"Fine," Samantha grumbled then shut her eyes.

"Goodnight my sleeping beauty."

***

Hey eyes blinked a couple times only to have them close shut when the light that beamed through her porch smacked her face. She tried to turn on her left side but an arm had been wrapped around her waist making it impossible for her to move.

"Jake," She moaned in annoyance when he wouldn't remove his arm.

She saw him rub his eyes then glance towards her direction while releasing a groan,"Babe, go back to sleep." He rewrapped his arms around her.

She slightly elbowed him in the stomach which caused him to sit straight up and wince at the sudden pain that began to form when he sat up. Before he could say anything or whine, Samantha had cut him off as she planted her lips onto his. Ignoring both of their morning breaths, Samantha realized Jacob had released his hold on her waist which made her pull away from the kiss and stand up. Making her way to the bathroom, she began to brush her teeth. made my way to the bathroom and began to brush my teeth. She hardly straightened her hair or curled it. I guess it was just simply because she was too lazy to do anything with it. After she was done putting on her clothes she went back inside her bedroom.

A sudden scream from downstairs made the two sprint out of the room. Once they had got to where the scream came from they both saw themselves in the kitchen. Samantha's eyes widened at the scenery in front of her.

Victoria had Daniella up against the wall with her hand wrapped around her neck.

A growl escaped Samantha's lips which made Victoria turn her head around. "Let her go." Chuckling at Samantha's demand, she released Daniella who slide down the wall and was eagerly gasping for air while holding her neck that had finger prints on them. Once she managed to control her breathing, Daniella ran towards where Samantha stood and and wrapped her arms around her.

"I see you've met Daniella," Victoria smirked.

"I see you can't get the hint. Do you want to end up like James?" Samantha retorted.

The smirk on her face was washed off and was replaced with a, what I call, a bitch face.

If she keeps on doing that she's going to get wrinkles, Sia joked but right now wasn't a good time for one of her jokes.

Just trying to lighten up the mood, Sia muttered.

"Hello Jacob," Victoria smiled wickedly.

The mention of Samantha's imprint made her turn around and see him standing behind us with a glare in his eyes which in this case was meant for Victoria. He placed his hand on Samantha's back while the other was rubbing Daniella's arm in a comforting way.

"Would you look at that. Your mutt is comforting a vampire. That's a first," Victoria scoffed.

"What do you want Victoria?" Samantha asked impatiently.

"Isn't it obvious. I want that little she devil back," she pointed to Dani.

A growl escaped Jacob's lips as he took a step forward and held his arm out in front of Dani,"Over my dead body."

Victoria placed her hand on where her heart was at,"How sweet. You guys would make amazing parents. And sweetheart we could arrange your death some other time."

At that Samantha had took a step forward which made Daniella hide behind her and Jacob. "Touch either of them and I'll give you a glimpse of Sia."

That's right, let me fuck a bitch up Sammy!" Sia shouted.

Victoria held a bit of fear in her eyes but she quickly shook it away,"I'd like to see that. Don't you remember the last time you let her out?"

Samantha shrugged her shoulders,"I was actually proud of Sia for that."

Thank you! I'm touched, Sia said in awe.

You're touched or you want to be touched? Samantha asked teasing her about when she had seen Jacob shirtless.

I'm the one that makes the jokes here Sammantha, she mumbled.

Rolling her eyes, all Samantha's focus was back on Victoria who was surprisingly, which you all will be surprised of, was held up against the wall by Frankie.

Soon enough, both Samantha's as well as her brothers pack had shown up. "Frankie release her," Dylan ordered. He did as he was told but still stood next to her just in case she tried to escape.

"Can I step outside it reeks in here. I wonder why," Victoria glanced at all the guys in the room which made them all growl at her.

"I can see why Aro or Jeremiah haven't found you yet Samantha."

The mention of Jeremiah's caused the hairs in Samantha's neck to go up. Seeing the girls reaction brought a smirk onto Victoria's lips. "That must suck. Having to go through all that for eight years at such a young age may I add."

Samantha had shut her eyes tightly trying to not think of any memories at the horrible place but sadly she failed.

***

"You will obey me!"

"You're worthless!"

"You're parents raised you weak!"

"You don't deserve to live!"

Each of his brutal words that echoed around her head reminded of the slashes of his whip coming across her back repeatedly.

"Babe," Jacob called out but to her it sounded like he was so far away.

"So this is who Athena gave her powers to! A worthless little girl!"

"That's right Sammy no matter how much you try to forget about him. He will always haunt you for the rest of your life." Was the last thing Victoria said before zooming out of the room.

"Don't. Will search for her later. Right now our only focus is Sammy," Samantha's brother said to someone.

"Sammy." She felt Daniella shake her shoulders but she didn't do anything.

"Carry her to the living room," Jennifer ordered.

She could feel Jacob's arms lifting her off of the ground. A few seconds later she felt the soft cushion of the couch. "Sammy, open your eyes," he spoke softly.

Once she opened them, she glanced around the room only to be met with everyone surrounding her,"Ever heard of personal space?" Mostly all had taken a few steps back but only Jacob and Danielle had stayed beside her.

"I should be next to my best friend," Jennifer muttered while crossing her arms.

"Then why did you listen her?" Dani asks Jennifer.

"Because, yeah I don't have an answer for that," Was all Jennifer said before taking a seat on the other couch that was near the tv.

"You don't have to if you don't want to talk about it but what was the leech talking about?" Her brother asks her.

Seeing the distant look his imprint had given, Jacob placed his hand on top of her which she hadn't realized they were shaking slightly. Sending him a quick faint smile, she looked back at her brother. "It's a long story."

"I got time," he simply said.

Well now you got to tell them, Sia said.

What happened to we're both in this together? Samantha asks her.

Well that was before and this is now so please carry on, was all she said.

You little bitch, She mumbled to her.

Well I am half dog so thanks for the compliment, she replied with a lot of sass in her tone.

"I'd sit down if I were all of you," she recommended as mostly half of them have been standing.

As soon as they all sat down on the couch or the floor, she began to speak. "First things first, Sam what did you hear the night when our parents were, gone?" She asked him while mumbling the last part. Still till this day the death of her parents still affected her in ways none of them could imagine. She felt useless. Just standing their, hiding like a coward while she saw her parents life being taken away from them.

Confusion etched across his features but nonetheless he answered,"The police told me that someone murdered our parents because they saw their bodies burned. I asked about you but all they told me was, will find her."

She sighed and rubbed her temples at how dumb their polices were back then. "Some of it was in a way true. What they told you about our parents was true but I'm not sure why they wouldn't tell you what had happened with me."

It was his turn to sigh,"I overheard an officer talking about it. I was sitting in the back of an ambulance car. They said and I quote 'There's no trace of the little girl anywhere. We've searched all around the house even the backyard.' When he said that since I was the only one near the woods. I heard a girl scream in the woods but I guess know one else heard it so me being me I went to go see what it was but one of the officers stopped me and said 'You can't go out there kid. Don't want you getting mauled by an animal'."

"Was that you? The girl who was screaming?" He asked.

All she did was simply nod her head,"Yeah that was me. After I saw mom and dad die. I-I panicked. All I could think of was running away from the place. While I ran someone was following me. I could tell because I heard foot prints running towards my way. I don't know why but the image of my parents being killed boiled my blood. Second by second I was getting angrier and angrier. Somehow, I phased which is odd because girls aren't suppose to get the werewolf gene but once I phased the person that was following me leaped up from out of nowhere and bit my neck."

Everyone looked at her neck trying to get a look at the bite but throughout her somewhat minimum depressed thoughts she manage to laugh a little. "It healed you guys." They all ooh'ed and then gave her a look saying, continue.

"As I was saying, when I woke up I ended up in a cell. Half of my memory was a bit of blur but about an hour or two passed and I got them back. Once I got my memory back I tried to open up the cell but soon enough I stopped when I heard the sounds of numerous foot steps coming my way. I stepped away from the cell when I saw about five guys in front of the cell I was in. One of the five opened it but soon closed it shut when he saw I was about to make a run for it," she explained.

You can do this. Remember we're both in this together, Sia reminded her.

What happened to that's in the past and this is now, Samantha mocked.

Well that was then and this is now, she replied which brought a smile to Samantha's lips.

"Sam you remember Dads old friend that use to come over almost like every day?" She asks.

An - Instead of Jeremiah being Samantha and Sam's Uncle I decided to change him as just a family friend because I now know where I want his character to go 😈

He nodded his head,"Jeremiah. What about him?"

Gosh I just want to kill the bastard, Sia snarled.

Ignoring her, Samantha continued,"He was the one who put me in the cell." He was about to say something but she quickly cut him off.

"He told me about how special I was and saying on how I was very powerful. I was confused at first until he broke it down for me. He said that it was impossible for me to live because apparently the person who bit me was a vampire. When a werewolf gets bitten by a vampire their system can't function with the venom so they die but as you can see I'm still alive. So back to Jeremiah, he said that it was impossible but also possible at the same time because in some tribes it says that it could be possible for a werewolf to survive from a bite of a vampire but that's very rare. At least that's what he told me."

"There's this legend about a woman named Athena who sacrificed herself just to save her loved ones. She wasn't sacrificing herself because someone forced her to. She sacrificed herself because she wanted to protect her family from her. Apparently the power she held inside her was too overwhelming for her and she didn't know whether her powers were for a good or bad purpose. Some say on every Crescent Moon, which rarely happens, Athena would phase into some type of beast which sent her tribe into a great terror. Not being able to handle it much longer, once her sacrifice was over, not only did her body die but so did her powers but they weren't gone permanently. Every hundred years or so, one new born child whether it be a girl or a boy will spare the gift of Athena's."

You're doing great so far, Sia commented.

"However, Jeremiah didn't like the idea of someone being more powerful more stronger than him. This caused him to take action and he searched for years just to find the next child who held the gift of Athena. He killed our parents for a reason Sam." He raised his head up when she had mentioned their parents.

"He thought our mom was the next one but she wasn't," She mumbled.

"Wait what does this have to do with you?" Paul asks out of nowhere.

"I'm the next one who holds Athena's gift."

***

So I'm a bit proud of myself of how the ending tuned out. I like how I wrote the Athena legend even though in myths it says she's like a goddess or something like that. Don't know how I feel about the whole charger in general though. I feel like my writing is starting to go downhill but oh well. This chapters as well as the previous aren't really my best. But I hope you all liked it. Shoutout to - bunnybaby786 & ZM101a thank you for the comments you have left on the previous chapters xx

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