I'm really sorry guys for being late this time. But my computer broke down two days ago because my stupid cousin poured water on the keyboard, so I had to wait until today to post this chapter. I want to thank all my lovely reviewers. Thanks for the favorites and follows as well, you guys made my day!
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Remus
You're probably wondering what the hell I did the past few days I skipped school, don't you?
It's easier to say that Sam was treating me like a werewolf who had 12 years of experience, not the five days of a not-so-good demonstration on how to rip off bloodsuckers heads. I'm perfectly aware at the moment that maybe abs and the muscles are probably the only good thing I'm going to get from transforming into a mythical creature.
It was Tuesday when Sam finally agreed to let me go back home…and go back to school again. I also had the misfortune of knowing that just two days ago, Embry visited my sister in the middle of the night wearing nothing but cut-offs.
Now don't get me wrong, I was never actually protective over my superficial, shallow excuse of a half-sister. But ever since I became a werewolf, I couldn't imagine anything happening to her or to anyone in my family, for that matter. Mostly because now, I know exactly what's out there. So when Embry phased and I saw the scene replaying in his head, I pretty much threw him against a tree. I was about to get a blow from him as well, but Jake stopped us before we went all Lima heights wolfy style on each other.
Damn, now I'm quoting Glee. What's gonna happen next, am I gonna receive my Hogwarts letter?
The problem about Embry imprinting on my sister, isn't only because of…well, you know, having to see the inner fantasies of one of my pack members, that include my sister in several inappropriate positions.
No, it's not only that.
What Embry doesn't know is that he's in for a wild ride. It would have been easier for him if he had imprinted on a girl gang member than on my own sister. Because at least the gang member is a bit predictable.
Grace isn't exactly the predictable kind of girl. So yeah, she's a bit of an airhead whose only direction in life is toward, either the mall, or the beauty salon. But handling Grace romantically is harder than studying mechanics. In my opinion, Grace is the girl version of Paul. She goes through boys as if she's going through nail polish colors.
Did I mention that Grace changes her nail polish color every 6 hours? No? Well she does..
So now, the only thing I'm wondering about, will Embry be able to handle my player sister?
Definitly…not.
Grace
After my little conversation with Kim, the rest of the day passed really slowly but fortunately for me, eventually I found myself in the car with Kim, after I dodged Embry's invitation to drive me back home. I really shouldn't be spending a lot of time around him, it just happens to put my nerves into an overdrive. And I really hate it when that happens, which is weird since this the first time my nerves respond to a guy's nearness. Goddamit stop thinking about it Grace!
I shook my head in frustration as I went up to the path leading to our porch. I waved at Kim and mouthed "thank you" and she quickly nodded and smiled, then she quickly darted of to meet her boyfriend that she spent the entire ride gushing about. Something that I responded to by rolling my eyes, but nevertheless, I smiled at the appropriate parts. It's really nice to have a friend who has a boyfriend who actually cares about her. From past experiences, most guys are actually douche bags, who target nice girls and only want to get into their pants. And since Kim is one of the nicest girls you could ever meet, I was afraid that the said boyfriend would fall into that category. Fortunately though, Jared Cameron proved that he's nothing like that. Something I clearly observed, Jared just can't seem to get enough of Kim and he literally worships the ground she walks on.
If only I could actually have someone like that…
I sighed, trying hard not to think about it. Sometimes I find myself thinking about the whole damn thing and I actually find myself imagining the possibility of being in love with someone. It's easy to picture someone loving me, I'm not exactly bragging but, most of the guys I dated were clearly in love with me. Scratch that, they were in love with my looks. When I was with the said guys, I sometimes find my looks competing with my personality, and off course, my looks always win, I get bored after a while, and they guy is left with a broken heart after two or three weeks.
But imagining MYSELF being in love? Never happened. Technically because it's logically impossible, an Aphrodite cannot fall in love, not now, not ever.
When I was told that little piece of information shortly after I was claimed, I wasn't exactly sad. You see, I hated being chained, I never saw myself with one person, and commitment wasn't really my thing. Being claimed by Aphrodite only made my situation more explainable. All three years that I spent in camp, I never hated the curse or questioned it.
I never questioned it or became bothered by it until I came here.
The image of Embry shot into my mind and I felt a small shiver through my body. I closed my eyes as I tried to ignore his image, all the while trying to keep my body from shivering. The last voice I expected to hear snapped me back into the realm of reality,
"Wow Princess, taking on a new level aren't we? Too lazy to get up to bed so you'll sleep standing in front of the door. it's too bad you weren't born a blonde, it would've been much easier to make blond jokes about you."
I groaned inwardly before sighing and opening my eyes. "Har Har, I can't say I missed your stupid sense of humor Rem-"
I stopped shortly as I caught sight of my 15 year old brother. I couldn't find my scrawny, idiotic, step brother anymore. All I can see was, well, a grown, 20 year old looking man in my step brother's body.
A twenty year old, hot looking guy in my step-brother's body.
That along disgusted me enough that I was able to shake myself out of my shocked state.
"What" I started, "In the name of the gods happened to you? Are you on steroids now? Are you freaking insane? Do you know what steroids could do to someone your age? Are you that irresponsible-?"
"God Grace, keep your trap shut will you." He turned his back and went inside the house leaving me outside. I quickly followed him and shut the door with a bang and he turned around and threw me a dirty look.
"There are people asleep you know, try to minimize the bangs will you"
"Remus Fane Prince, what the hell have you done to yourself?"
Remus looked up lazily, "what is it again, can't I ever have a moment of peace here?"
He sighed in mock frustration as I continued to glare at him, still not believing what the hell I'm seeing in front of me. He was incredibly huge, he looked as big as Embry now, but Embry is off course hotter, and he has bigger biceps and he's sculpted like a freakin god and… ok I should stop thinking about Embry now and focusing on dumbass brother here in front of me. Focus Grace, focus.
I tapped my legs repeatedly in impatience on the floor; something I know from experience annoys Remus greatly. His head snapped up and his angry eyes met mine, I know now that I got his attention.
"What is it? Stop with the damn tapping!" He growled and his body was shaking bit, I rolled my eyes at him in annoyance "Calm your damn horses will you?" I huffed. "I won't stop until you tell me!"
"Tell you what? What's with the damn gossipy attitude?"
I rolled my eyes again, good god can't he take a hint?
"Oh I don't know Rem, have you looked in the mirror lately? You look like a freaking steroid junkie. Don't you know that steroids are really harmful for your body? Wait, I'm sorry for asking that question, I forgot for one minute that you're an asshole who doesn't give a shit about-"
I stopped short when I saw the blazing fury in his eyes, to tell you the truth I was intimidated a bit, I never saw Remus looking so…pissed off and angry.
"Don't..Call me an Asshole" He said in a low threatening voice that's supposed to have me run away in fear and cower underneath the table. Oh he's so gonna get it now. He doesn't even know whose he dealing with; I've slayed a freaking hell hound for Olympus sake!
"Good god , Now I see what wonders could happen to someone who woke up on the wrong side of the bed. What's with the Hades attitude?"
He scrunched his face in confusion, the anger leaving his eyes for a moment, "The Hades attitude? The hell is that supposed to mean?"
Damnit, damnit, damnit! I really need someone to shut me up every time I open up that stupid mouth of mine saying stuff related to my world!
"Yeah, it's widely known that Hades, aka the god of the underworld has a nasty temper…" I silently prayed asking Hades not to send out his furies to haunt my freaking ass down and haul me to the underworld. Outside, the sky rumbled and I sighed in frustration.
"It's widely known? Grace what the hell are you talking about? Isn't that Hades guy a mythological god or something?"
"ahh…Yeah he's a mythological..um..dude, I'm obsessed with greek mythology. Listen moving on, we need to focus, since were straying from our original topic, What, in the name of Zues' fist happened to you?
"Zues' fist? What's up with your vocabulary and your weird choice of words today?"
"Good gods Remus, stop changing the damn subject!"
He finally stood up and threw away the magazine he was trying to read and shot me an annoyed glance. "There's nothing going on, just go back to the mall or something, and stop prying into my freaking business ok?"
He went up the stairs not even bothering to put his shirt on. Yes, you heard correctly, all this time he was shirtless, and let me tell you, my own brother has abs every other guy his age would dream of having.
"Remus!" I called after him and he ignored me completely not even bothering to look back. When he was at the top though, he looked at me and rolled his eyes. "And please stop your freaking whining, because believe it or not, I'm not on freaking steroids." And with that, he entered his room and he closed his door with a loud bang.
"Asshole" I said under my breath in frustration. For once in my life, I started to envy Piper, Marie and Drew's charm speaking ability, Remus would have been putty in my hands and I wouldn't have had any trouble cracking him if I was fortunate enough to have that ability.
I went up to my room grabbing my book bag with me. When I went up, I sighed sitting in my bed, realizing I had nothing to do. Well, I had nothing to do if you don't count the ever-growing pile of homework, but I'm in no mood to start the ongoing battle I'm always forced to have when I attempt to study or read. So I decided to put on my running shoes and go for a walk outside. It's true my father has forbidden us to venture inside the woods. And as brother grimmish as that might sound, I'm known to bend the rules the way I like them, so I decided to go anyways.
I quietly tip toed all the way to the front door, I opened the door and went outside closing the door as softly as I could. I run all the way to the edge of forest, trying to get away before Remus, or worse, dad, sees me going inside. I went inside moving through the trees gracefully trying not to have a branch jab me in the eye or something.
I kept on walking until I reached some kind of clearing that contained a little pond. I sat at the edge of it, and I let my hands run through the water. This little clearing brought back some memories of camp, and the games of capture the flag that we used to hold. I smiled remembering my first game of capture the flag. The one that involved me pinned to the ground by a son of Ares called Trevor Rolf. I also remembered that he asked me out shortly afterwards, and that I broke up with him after our fifth date, shortly after he told me that he might be in love with me.
I sighed unhappily. He was my first boyfriend after I was claimed; he was also the first guy I break up with and the first guy to tell me that he was in love with me. A tiny part of regret shot through my brain as I remembered his face when I told him that I want to break up with him. It's true that I never exactly felt remorse over my actions, and I know that the only reason I do it, is because I'm not exactly capable of falling in love anytime soon. I know it sounds unfair and extremely selfish of me, but it's just how things roll with Aphrodite children, we're only capable of breaking hearts, nothing more, and nothing less.
I was pulled out of my thoughts when I heard movement behind me, I quickly spun around, only to find a really weird…human behind me.
He was extremely pale, like creepily pale. His white skin freaked me out. His eyes were red, they were crimson red, really close to the color of blood, and they were glowing. His hair was coal black, but it was sleek and shiny and it reached his shoulders .He was muscular and he stood at 6'3". Over all, he was intimidating, really scary, so freaking threatening and…incredibly and inhumanly beautiful.
"W-Who are you?"
I was surprised to find my voice not really quivering like it's supposed to be. I was able to hold my ground.
The creepy looking almost zombie-like and not-particularly-human-like-person's head snapped and he gazed at me in an almost shocked expression. His eyes were suddenly glowing brighter and he appeared to be in a trance. He took a step forward almost afraid that I'll suddenly disappear from his sight.
"Delilah?"
His voice was like velvet, it was so soft and gentle, it sounded out of this world, but somehow it made the hair on my back stand on end. I managed to speak though, but not before taking a couple of steps back.
"Ex-Excuse me? I'm..I'm not Deli-Delilah"
But he was still advancing and I was in turn moving backwards in fast paces. Whatever that..That thing is, it looks dangerous, and don't ask me how I know that.
"Delilah" He said again, he was already catching up with my small steps and he had his hands in line with my face. "You're alive." He slowly grazed my cheek with his hands and I quickly staggered backwards. His hands were extremely cold that it stung my cheek.
"Why are you running away from me? Can't you remember me? I'm Adrian" He looked extremely mournful to the extent that I started to feel sorry for him, whoever Delilah is, I'm sure she's extremely lucky to have someone love her that much.
"I'm sorry, but I'm not, I'm not Delilah" I said trying to sound sincere, not the extremely frightened, nervous state I'm really suffering from at the moment.
"Not Delilah?" He said, reminding me of a young child. I shook my head, still trying to move away from him. "No, not Delilah, I'm Grace"
"Grace?" He was now looking at me questioningly. "I love your new name Grace. But I think Delilah suits you better"
My eyes widened as he took another step forward. I can't believe I'm that unfortunate to get lost with a guy who thinks I'm his girlfriend.
"Look, I'm really sorry…I just, I have to go" I tried to run in the opposite direction but he was in front of me faster than light speed.
"Don't go, please don't go, I miss you so much Delilah" He pulled me into his arms and hugged me hard. His body was so hard on mine, and his strong arms nearly broke a rib. But suddenly he snapped and he looked around him in fear.
"They are here..."
" I wanted to ask him what he meant but I was still freaked out so much to reply. It didn't matter though, because in less than a second, we were surrounded by five large wolves.
And when I say large, I don't mean in average wolf size large. Each wolf was as large as a car. The guy, Adrian, growled fiercely. I looked around to find all the wolves growling back. Except one. One particular wolf wasn't growling, and it wasn't glaring at Adrian as well, it was staring at me as if it knows me. And I was surprised to find something like…well, like love in them.
The thing, though, that kept me sane, was that his eyes, the wolf's eyes, looked strangely familiar. They were a clear chocolate brown, and the crazy thing is that I think I saw them before.
He took a step forward only for the others nearly forgotten wolves to spring into action. And I, off course, seeing it as an opportunity, ran away.
I didn't care that I was lost, I didn't care that I had no idea where I'm going, all I knew was that I needed to get away from all of this.
After what felt like an hour, I finally decided to rest under a tree. I tried to calm myself, but it wasn't really working. What I saw today wasn't something that could be easily forgotten. As I thought about the creepy Adrian dude, I found my thoughts straying to that wolf. Something in his gaze told me that it wasn't the first time he's ever seen me, but that was ridiculous since we're talking about a wolf here. But his eyes, his eyes were so familiar.
The moment of peace was short-lived though, because suddenly I heard a swing of sword in the air and someone sighing.
"I think…you need to take a tutorial in slaying monsters again, because apparently you're taking *Watch your back* to a whole new perspective."
I quickly swiveled around, only to be met by everyone's favorite (and most feared) Artemis hunter, Thalia Grace.
I hugged her not believing myself. "What the heck are you doing here Thal? Last time we IMed you told me you were going to the amazons."
She sighed, "Well we were, until our wolves sensed something strange in the territory so Lady Artemis decided to investigate."
I thought about telling her about the huge wolves, but I decided not to do that after I remembered that gaze of the grey wolf.
"So….how's my favorite Aphrodite cousin? Juggling how many guys at the moment?"
Contrary to what most people think, not all Aphrodite children hate the hunters of Artemis. So yeah, we love boys, but I also think being a hunter is cool, not cool enough to consider joining off course, but it's still a cool idea anyway.
"Har har…Very funny Thals.." What I like most about Thalia, is that she's not as brainwashed as the other hunters who think love is worthless. Despite the fact that I can't exactly fall in love, I can't say love is worthless.
Thalia just smirked at me, and I rolled my eyes at her.
"How's life?"
That pretty much started a long conversation about my life as a native in La push. I actually learned from her that I was one of two La Push natives from camp, the other being a girl from the Apollo cabin, but since there have been a lot of girls claimed those past few months, Thalia wasn't sure who she was. I didn't push it either, but I decided to ask Alyssa the next time we talk.
When it started getting dark and we heard a loud rumble in the sky, I decided to get back, and Thalia off course decided to call one of the wolves to help us get back, since I had no idea where the hell we are.
When I could finally see our house, I turned to Thalia and gave her a hug. "IM me when you can, It's so freaking lonely here. And off course you're welcome to come and stay here with me, god knows how much boring it could get here."
Thalia laughed and hugged me back. "Sure Kiddo, I'll try my best, I don't promise though. I'll try to keep you updated, and in turn, you have to talk to me about your conquests or from the looks of it, your new…love interest." Her eyes twinkled as if she knows about something, or someone.
I snorted and rolled my eyes. "Sorry to burst your bubble, but you know the drill, no love interest for me, just boy toys." She smiled again. But she didn't look like she believed me, it's like she saw the glimmer of hope I think I have in my eyes. "I'll try to believe you G."
She turned around and started to walk away when she suddenly seemed to remember something and turned to face me again.
"And please, for the love Olympus, watch your back, next time I won't be here to save you when a Hell-hound swallows you whole."
I rolled my eyes but I smiled and I assured her that I'll try. I turned away and began to walk toward my house, when I heard a voice coming from behind me. A voice I wanted to hear so much, but at the same time, I wanted to run away from.
I stared at Embry's figure coming closer. I can't seem to keep my promise to avoid spending time with him.
Here we go again…
Damn was that long…I hope you like this chapter, I know it took me long, but please tell me if it was worth it. Did you like it? If you do lease say that in a review. Your reviews mean the world to me, and I want to hit the 80 reviews on my story so please help me!
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