Olivia Hale can remember the day almost as well as if it was yesterday. The morning had started out normally and even the afternoon showed no sign of trouble. The horror that happened didn't happen until that night. Olivia's two older cousins were at the school for Derek's basketball game, so they were the only two lucky enough not to be in the fire. Olivia, however, was. She was only ten at the time. She and her family were locked in the basement when the hunters dosed the house with gasoline and lit it ablaze. Olivia's entire family burned alive in that basement. The only ones who had survived were her father and her. Her father had managed to find a way out and he got himself and Olivia out of the basement, but her mother, unfortunately, could not be saved. Olivia still has burns around her wrist from where her mother's burning hands had clung to her and up her back from when the burning pillar fell on top of her. The burned handprint on her right wrist has been partly covered up by her tattoo. Her left still shows fully, but Olivia has long since looked at the burns as a sign that she is a survivor and that she is stronger than any fire or hunter.
Since the fire, Olivia has moved from place to place with her cousins, but now that both of them have gone back home to California, Olivia is heading to Washington where her mother had spent all of her life before moving to California with Olivia'...
Since the fire, Olivia has moved from place to place with her cousins, but now that both of them have gone back home to California, Olivia is heading to Washington where her mother had spent all of her life before moving to California with Olivia's father. Lily Hale, formally Clearwater, grew up in La Push Reservation, a peaceful place that welcomes their own with open arms. Olivia has no worried about going and staying there. She had spent almost every summer there, even after the fire.
She had already called her uncle Harry and aunt Sue to see if she could stay with them and like the amazing family, they are they were more than willing to have Olivia stay with them for her junior year of high school.
Olivia was now driving in her cherry Camaro to see an old friend before going to the Clearwater's home. Sam Uley had been one of Olivia's best friend since she was old enough to dress herself. She has long since heard from her cousin Leah that she and Sam had a falling out. Leah used always talk to Olivia all the time until the fire. They drew apart, so Olivia was making it her mission to find out what happened to Leah and Sam because those two were in love with each other since forever.
Olivia pulls up to Sam's house only to see it packed full of different vehicles. There was a car, his truck, and two other trucks that did not belong there. "What the hell?" Olivia whispers as she opens her car door and gets out. "Since when is Sam Uley's house this popular." Olivia makes her way to the house and knocks on the door. She expected Sam to answer the door. What she didn't expect was a shirtless brick wall of a guy who was no way in hell Samuel Uley to answer the door.
"Can I help you?" The man asks. The man was like six three at least and had enough muscles to make two other people. Olivia moves her eyes up the man's rock hard chest to his face.
"Uh... yes?" Her brown eyes meet his and she gasps as heat invade her body, covering her from head to toe while her body sparked with electricity and her pounded inside her chest. She never felt this before. It was like the ultimate high. The only thing she can relate this to is the story her mother always told her as a kid about how she and Olivia's father met. Love, at first sight, she called it, while Olivia's father had called it the bound forming between mates.
As soon as that clicks into Olivia's mind she felt like shutting down. She found her mate, but she couldn't have a mate. She was a surviving Hale. They are too broken for mates. Just look at her cousins Derek and Laura, Derek more so. They both have been alone since the fire. Even though they travel together it seems as if they are both on their own.
"Paul, who is it?" Olivia's eyes widen even further as she sees Sam Uley behind Sam.
"Holy shit, Sam Uley? What the hell happened to you?" Olivia said. "Are you on steroids or something. What happened to the pathetically skinny scrawny kid that I knew." Sam gives a groan as he sees it's Olivia.
"Oh great you're back." Olivia grins.
"Missed me?"
"I hate you." Olivia gives a look at the still dazed brick wall in front of her.
"Move it or lose it, Wall." Olivia says as she pushes past the man and into Sam's open arms. "I missed you, Sammy."
"I missed you too Hale." Olivia giggled as Sam spins her around. "Where the hell have you been?" Sam asked as he puts her down.
"All over the place. Laura loves traveling, but I got tired of it. It was hard to keep up with school when we kept moving. Derek dropped out because of it and I so did not want to be a dropout. I'm way too good for that, so I called up Aunt Sue and asked if I could live with her. I'm staying for awhile."
"Oh great that means I'm stuck with you for awhile." Olivia grins.
"Mhm, you better deal with it."
"Olivia Hale, it's been so long since I've seen you. The last time I saw you, it was..." Olivia turns as Emily Young trails off. "Well, it was a long time."
"Uh, yeah, pigtails and everything." Olivia smiles. "I didn't expect to see you here. I didn't know you even knew Sam." Sam and Emily exchange a look that Olivia noticed. "What?"
"Didn't Leah tell you?" Sam asks.
"You mean the fact that you guys called it quits? Yeah, what's up with that? The last I heard you two were supposed to be getting married."
"Uh, that's my cue to leave." Olivia glances over just noticing another tall and strong guy. "I'm Jared Cameron by the way, nice meeting you. Maybe we'll catch up later. I'll leave you to catch her up, Sam. Come on, Paul."
"No, I'm going to stay." The brick wall says, causing Olivia to shrug.
"Whatever, Wall." She turns to Sam. "What's going on?"
"Um..." Sam and Emily exchange a look again.
"Samuel Uley stop doing the look. Just spill. Just because you're on steroids does not mean I can't kick your ass."
"Well..." Sam sighs. "Leah and I called it quits when I met Emily."
"When you..." Olivia's eyes widen in shock. "You called off the wedding to be with Emily?!"
"Olivia, darling, please, I never met to hurt Leah." Sam says.
"Actually I might stay. It's not every day a little girl scares Sam Uley."
"Little girl?" Olivia growls. "Oh, I'll get back to that, Cameron, first Uley. How could you be so... so... Uley!"
"Hey, I'm nothing like my father." Sam says.
"Nothing- Are you serious? You left Leah to be with Emily! Who does that? And you!" Olivia turns to Emily with fury in her eyes. "How could you betray Leah like that. You were her cousin! Her best friend! She trusted you!"
"Olivia, please, I never..." Emily has tears starting in her eyes. "I didn't mean to hurt Leah." Tears roll down her face. Olivia shakes her head before feeing the change threating to go over. Olivia looks at Sam.
"I need something to punch." Sam raises an eyebrow. "Or I will kill someone."
"Fine, punch me." Sam says, but Olivia shakes her head.
"That'd be the opposite of calming me down." Olivia stomps outside and tries to calm down, the guys following her to the backyard. She growls before punching the nearest tree.
"Olivia!" Emily cries. "You're gonna hurt yourself." Olivia hits the tree full strength, leaving a dent in the tree. She has head bowed as she takes deep breaths.
"Remember Ollie. When the change threatens to take over find your anchor. Let it calm you and remind you to stay who you are."
Olivia sighs as she thinks of her father. He had always been there for. He'd been there for her first full moon, every birthday, the day she was bullied, he was her anchor. Olivia opens her eyes and steps away from the tree. "Are you feeling better, Liv?" Sam asks, not being brave enough to touch her in case she is still angry.
"Yup." Olivia turns and looks at Sam. "I feel better. Now explain before I lose it again." Sam sighs as he looks at Emily.
"Do you remember the stories Peter always told when he met Lily." Pain shoots through Olivia before quickly turning to anger. Olivia glares at Sam. "Wrong-shit." Olivia punches Sam right in the face, causing him to go stumbling.
"Mention my parents one more time Uley and you'll be choking on your own blood." Cameron and the Wall stare at Olivia in total shock. "I let Emily get away with it because I don't hit girls, but that should have been your warning."
"Olivia back up now." The Wall orders.
"Fuck off, Wall. You don't tell me what to do."
"Olivia, he means it, back up." Emily says.
"Emily. I'm not afraid of Sam. I've been beating his ass since we were... kids..." Olivia's eyes widen as Sam body turns into a wolf. "Huh... that's interesting." Olivia says as Sam jumps at Olivia.
"No!" The Wall shouts, but just as Sam goes to bite her, she grabs him by the scruff of his neck and flips him onto his back.
"Wanna try that again, Uley?" She asks as everyone stares at her in shock. The shock of her flipping him managed to snap Sam out of it as he phases back.
"What the hell Olivia." Sam says in shock.
"Shouldn't that be my line, Sam. You did steal my thing. What did Leah spill? You decided you wanted to be able to kick my ass. Well guess what, Sam, you fucked up somewhere down the line because that is so not even close to being what I am... well I mean... it kind of is, but it's not it and that's my point."
"Olivia, I have no idea what you're talking about." Sam says as Emily gets him some shorts.
"Oh." Olivia says in confusion. "I'm confused."
"So am I." Sam says.
"What the hell are you?" They say together.