When I woke up, I could smell the scent of freshly baked cookies, which is a pleasant scent to wake up to. I opened my eyes and saw an indigo blanket on me. I was in a small twin bed, with a dark wash wooden headboard. There was a dream catcher hanging on the opposite wall, and it was beautiful. One the nightstand by me, there was a medium sized bowl with water and a washcloth, a thermometer, and my phone.
I looked at my phone. The first thing I noticed was that it was Saturday, June third. The last thing I remembered was Wednesday, May thirty-first. What the hell happened? The next thing I saw was my mom had called in the morning around seven, and in the evening around eight every day for the last three days. The weird thing was it hadn't gone to voicemail, someone had picked up and talked to her. Then It finally hit me, that I only made it halfway through my week, and I left eleven sessions completely unaccounted for.
I sighed and just dialed Carlisle's number.
"You're up!" he said.
"Is everyone okay?" I said. "People are supposed to get worksheets back to me. I have to get treatment plans ready for people. Groups went without meeting. God, I just ruined the whole thing before it started."
I was crying by the time I finished my rant, and I was so angry with myself I started to shake.
"Serinna, where are you?"
"I don't even know!" I shouted. "Someone is baking cookies, and I am in this really pretty bedroom, in bed."
"All right you are still at Emily's," he said. "Stay in bed. I can't figure out why you had a seizure, I want to do a test before I release you, and then we can figure everything out."
"Bella is going to jump off a cliff, then Edward is going to get Jacob to snap his neck, then Sam is going to start cutting himself, then Leah is going to do something, and-"
"'As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, and the other for helping others.'"
"Maya Angelou."
"Yes. We have to take care of you first, and then we can get all of the others taken care of, okay?"
"Okay."
"Listen, Sam can alpha order the pack to be calm for the next couple of days, and we can look after Bella and Edward. I don't even want you to think about sessions for a while."
"Okay."
"Now call your mother. She is worried sick."
"Okay."
I hung up the phone and dialed my mom. Of course, she picked up on the first ring.
"Bambino!"
"Hi Mom."
"Carlisle told me that you changed and then you had a seizure, I was so scared. Did you just wake up?"
"Yeah. I woke up in one of my clients girlfriend's bedroom in La Push, and I called Carlislie. He is on his way to check on me."
"So you were asleep for three days!"
"Yeah."
"How do you feel?"
"I have a headache and I feel really sore, but I think I am okay."
"What happened?"
"We were sparring, and I overexerted myself, and it just raised my blood pressure up enough to change."
"Why were you sparing?"
"For fun."
"You are so much like your father."
I sighed. "Why did you keep it a secret?"
"If Volturi knew, you would have been killed on the spot."
"Is that why you gave me to them when I was so young, so I wouldn't phase."
She sobbed. "Yes. But I thought Aro would turn you, not Caius."
"So why didn't dad really come after us?"
"Think about it. A small pack versus the entire Volturi, and it was a rescue mission. You were Volturi, you know Caius, Aro, Jane and Demetri. If a pack of wolves showed up at your gate and were ready to fight to free some slaves, what would you do?"
I fought the answer long and hard, but I could not deny it. "Kill the slaves," I whispered.
"Exactly. So he did not do that."
"Mom, Levi can't be my father. I did the math. He was born in 1916, unless you slept with an eight year old."
My mom chuckled.
"Alright," she said. "I thought having some connection to the wolves around you would make you feel like a part of a pack. That is important you know for a werewolf to be a part of something."
"Just tell me who he is. Please!"
"I was a tracker for the Volturi. I found people who were breaking the law, and had them executed. There was a camp in the north, up in the wilderness of Alaska. A human had run there to escape judgement, and I was sent to track him and eliminate him. When I got there, wolves were protecting him. I went to attack, but suddenly they all retreated, and this one came up, and looked into my eyes."
"He imprinted on you."
"Yes," she said. "The rest of the story is true. We found a witch. I drank a potion. Became human for a time enough to have a child. You were born, half werewolf, half vampire, and when Volturi came for us, I just told Aro that you were his."
"Why all the lies?" I asked.
"Aro can read minds. He is trying to get Alice who can see the future. If he found out who you were, he would kill us all."
