I watched as the bubbles engulfed my bathtub and the sweet scent of jasmine filled the air, my favourite fragrance, the room heated up and I let out a sigh as I told myself for the hundredth time that being afraid of a box was crazy.

It sat there next to the sink just taunting me. Open me… It seemed to call out into the mist that was slowly filling my bathroom. "Oh this is just stupid, it's just a box! There's probably nothing in it for all the worrying I'm doing!" I ranted to no one in particular. I turned around and turned the taps off before going in search of the wine that I most definitely bought on my way home. Once my glass was re-filled I went back to the bathroom and gave the box a final death glare before downing the entire glass of wine. "See, all you needed was courage" I told myself.

I remembered what the woman in the bookstore told me and even if I could try and ignore it the curious part of me was eager to find out if there was anything to this box like the woman thought there was. So I lit the candles, got undressed and took the box to the bathtub. I gave myself a moment to enjoy the soothing feeling that the warm water gave to my sore and over-worked muscles before I reached for the box.

Taking a deep breath I opened it, if anyone was watching me it must have looked like I thought a live scorpion was going to jump out of the damn thing. Inside the box was a single scrap of paper and a locket with an engraving of a wolf on the back of it, I read the words that had been beautifully written on the paper and chuckled to myself. A spell?! This was some sort of spell to find true love!

"I don't believe it! The crazy old bat thought a MAN was what I needed?!" I laughed, which turned into giggles that nearly caused me to drop the box into the bath water. "Oops, maybe I had too much wine? Well what can it hurt, magic doesn't exist anyways, so true love here I come!" I whooped splashing the water everywhere. Once I got my giggle under control I carefully read the instructions and placed the locket around my neck, taking a deep breath in and releasing it making the bubbles fly everywhere.

"Here goes nothing" I muttered.

"Hear my cry, hear my plea. I call upon the goddess three. My heart is heavy, my soul needs fire. Bring me to my heart's desire" I read the 'spell' out-loud three times as instructed and waited, biting my lip to both stop from giggling and because I wanted to make sure I could hear in case something happened.

After what I thought was about five minutes I gave up. "Magic my ass!" I yelled, sighing loudly I decided to get out of the bathtub and go and get some much needed sleep. I pulled the plug and as the water slowly drained away I tried to heave my tired body from the water. My hand grabbed the side of the bath and I slipped falling backwards and letting out a scream just before my head landed with an almighty crack. Then there was only darkness…

"Lana!" A voice called. It felt like it was in the distance, but it definitely was a man's voice I heard. "Lana, wake up!" The voice called again, a sense of worry and urgency lacing its tone. My head hurt like hell, my eyes felt like they had bags weighing them down and making it hard for me to open them. For some reason I wanted to do what the voice was telling me, but I also wanted to just sleep. I must have mumbled that as the voice called my name again, this time I felt hands shake my shoulders too.

"Go away" I grumbled to whoever was jostling me, it hurt. I could hear more voices now, all of them male and all of them sounded pissed off.

"Jared, be careful man! She did just nearly drown!" A different voice boomed to my right. So the one who shook me must have been Jared, whoever the hell he was. Wait, wasn't I in my bathroom…naked?! What were these men doing in here! Panic began to overtake me and I gasped for air and tried desperately to open my eyes so I could see who had broken into my home.

"Sam, she's my sister. I just want her to wake the hell up!" Jared yelled back, not noticing me struggling for air and nearly having heart failure. Wait, did he say I was his sister?! I thought causing me to panic even more. "Dude she's having some sort of panic attack here! Keep your voices down, you're probably scaring the hell outta her" Another voice said in a calmer tone. I heard the guy who I thought was called Jared mutter a curse under his breath before I felt gentle but incredibly warm fingers touching my cheek.

"Please wake up Lana, I need you to open your eyes honey so I know you're ok" He whispered encouraging me. With all the strength I could muster I slowly but surely managed to open my eyes. I winced at the brightness of the lights above me and squinted, blinking I tried to get everything in focus but as soon as I did I was greeted with a caramel coloured shirtless man smiling wide at me and several other equally shirtless and incredibly buff looking men standing around the bed I was on. "Am I dead?" I croaked, which caused me to start coughing and the men around me started panicking. I would have laughed if it didn't hurt so much. I was propped up by the man closest to me and another brought me a glass of water which I went to drain before I was stopped by him. "Little sips Lana" He told me. I nodded and proceeded to take small sips of the water which soothed my sore throat.

When I finished I handed the glass back to the guy in front of me. "Wh…where am I?" I asked. Finally getting a look at the room I didn't recognise at all. "We brought you back to Sam and Emily's house Lana. I can't believe you just jumped off the cliff after that bi… after Bella! What were you thinking?" The guy who must be Jared said angrily at me. Who the hell did he think he was talking to me like that?! And what was he on about, I was in the bathroom when I hit my head for god sake. I glared at him and was just about to use all the energy I could manage to give him hell when another man walked in the room.

He glanced at me and then at the other man nearest the door, when he turned his eyes back on me I gasped. His eyes looked so sad, like he was in physical pain and all I wanted to do at that moment was crawl to him and hold him close. "She didn't jump into the water Jared. Bella pushed her, she just confessed it to me when I dropped her home". The newcomer told him, his voice was strained like he was barely keeping himself from doing something. I noticed his arms were shaking, crossed against his chest I could see every muscle defined and I looked away embarrassed in case someone caught me checking him out. I heard a quiet snigger from beside me and I turned to see who it was, he looked younger than the others but he soon shut up when I glared at him.

"You're kidding me Jake! That bitch nearly killed my sister, and then you come in here and…!" Jared yelled causing me to jump. The new guy, Jake, moved closer to me and growled low at Jared. "ENOUGH!" The man near the door yelled at them both causing me to jump yet again, man I really needed to get a grip here. I remembered his voice, in a weird way I kind of recognised all of them but I couldn't figure out where I knew them from.

"All of you outside now! Emily and Kim will come and watch Lana whilst we have a little chat" He told the group. He seemed to have a way of getting these giants to do what he wanted them to do because not long after he finished speaking the men all made their way out of the room. Each one of them gave me a small smile as they left until it was just Jared and Jake left with what I think was the man called Sam standing looking angry and just a little scary at the door. "I'm not leaving her Sam" Jared growled, not looking at this Sam guy but instead glaring at Jake.

"Jared, it's ok. I'm fine, a little tired but fine. Go with Sam" I decided to say quickly before Sam could yell again, I made the excuse up in my head that I just didn't want to jump again. Sam smiled at me, looking at me with an expression I couldn't read. Jake turned to me and I could have sworn I heard him whimper before leaving the room with a pissed off looking Jared and Sam. I looked away, again worried I was being watched. I was about to attempt to get out of the bed to see where the hell I was when there was a soft knock on the door and two women came in, complete with a tray of what looked like soup and tea. My stomach grumbled despite how tired I was.

"Emily I think she's hungry" The smaller out of the two said smiling and sitting down on the bed next to me. Emily chuckled and smiled warmly at me, I noticed jagged scared marred one side of her face but it certainly didn't take anything away from her beauty. Their smiles were infectious and soon I was smiling too. "Are you ok honey? You had us all worried here when you wouldn't wake up" Emily said handing me the tray to rest on my lap. I took small sips of the hot tea helping my throat before I answered her. "A little sore, but other than that I'm ok now thank you. I…I'm just a little bit confused at what's going on really, I don't remember being on a cliff" I told her looking away when I saw concern in her eyes.

"You must have swallowed more sea water than we thought! Hopefully it'll come back sweetie, either way I think the boys will be watching you like a hawk until you're feeling yourself again!" Kim said with a small smile. "Come on we can talk more tomorrow. You're staying here tonight Lana, so get some rest. We'll be in to check on you in the morning ok?" Emily said hugging me gently before taking the tray away. I hadn't even realised I had eaten the soup whilst we had been talking, but now my stomach wasn't empty I felt incredibly tired. Yawning I nodded at the girls and Kim gave me a quick hug before I settled down into the blankets.

My last thoughts before I drifted off to sleep were I must be dreaming or something, then I heard a wolf howl in the distance…