But that would explain how she changed into an eagle the first day they met and flew away. Emmett hadn't thought about that day since it happened for two reasons. One, he wasn't too concerned about it. In all honesty, Emmett thought that Selene was just another shape-shifter. And two, He didn't want Edward to know that his mate could do that. It was something Emmett wished to keep to himself, so he stopped thinking about it and filed it away in the back of his mind. Emmett was more concerned with finding his mate than the little bit of information, anyway. Now that he knew that Selene was a demigoddess, it was going to take him a bit to wrap his mind around it.
But what was worrying him was that if Selene couldn't be turned, that meant that eventually, Emmett would lose her. If not to old age, then to someone trying to kill her. And that was not something he could live with. Now that Emmett found his true mate, he couldn't imagine living the rest of his existence without Selene.
Emmett held Selene a little tighter at the thought of losing her. But he didn't know all the facts, so he wasn't going to panic just yet. Emmett first had to talk to Selene and find out what it meant to be a demigoddess. Right now, the most important thing was getting Selene home and putting her to bed and make sure she recovers. And maybe kill Rosalie if he has a chance.
Emmett finally gets home and growls at picking up Rosalie and Paul's scent, but it was already fading, so they at least had the decency to leave before he arrived with Selene. Emmett was about to go inside through his private entrance when Leah and Seth come running out of the house.
"Emmett! What happened? Is my sister okay?" Seth yelled as he ran towards Emmett and Selene. Leah was right behind him.
"She's fine, Seth, Sel's only needs to rest for now. Taking her to the ocean worked exactly like Leah said it would," Emmett said, looking right at Leah. Leah sighed and put her hand over her heart.
Leah knew that Poseidon would know that Selene was injured the minute Emmett took her into the water, and he would come to help, but she still worried about her older sister. While Emmett and Selene were gone, the entire family was on pins and needles waiting for them to return. Carlisle was shocked to know that the venom wasn't turning Selene but killing her. It was not something he was expecting. And because of that fact, he and Esme couldn't bring themselves to leave until he checked on Selene himself.
Alice and Jasper had the same reasoning. Neither one of them wanted to see their new sister die and couldn't bring themselves to leave and go back to watching Bella without knowing if Selene would survive. But Seth had told them that Jared had sent Jake to watch Bella. Jake was also concerned about Selene, but the thought of being near Bella was more tempting for him. Which was fine, Jared couldn't stand listening to Jake compare what happened to Selene to what might happen to Bella; it was making Jared and the rest of the pack sick.
As Emmett walked into the house, the vampires gathered around him and started bombarding him with questions. Mostly about how Selene was doing and how did the ocean help. Emmett finally got his family's attention, "Guys, I can't explain right now. I need to put Selene to bed. When she's recovered enough, I'm sure Selene will explain."
"Emmett's right, Selene needs to recover. We can wait to find out what happened," Carlisle said.
"Thank you, Carlisle."
"In the meantime, I'm going to make dinner for everyone," Esme said then turned to go into the kitchen, "Seth, would you like a snack?"
Seth looked between his sisters, and Leah nodded, "It's okay, Sethy, Selene's going to be just fine. Go get something to eat."
Seth nodded, "Yeah, Esme. I'd like a snack if you don't mind."
Esme smiled at the boy, "Not at all, Seth."
Seth followed Esme into the kitchen, and Leah followed Emmett downstairs to their room. When Leah walked in, Emmett had already changed Selene into one of his t-shirts and was sitting on the bed, staring at Selene. Leah closed the door behind her to give them some privacy.
"How long have you known Selene is the daughter of Poseidon?"
"Since I was eight. Selene told me when she turned ten and swore me to secrecy."
"Why doesn't Seth know."
"Being a demigoddess isn't something that you blab to the whole world, and Seth was only two when Selene found out about her dad."
"Did your dad know?"
"Yeah, my dad, my uncle, and the Elders know."
"No one else?"
"Nope."
"I don't understand, Leah, why didn't Sel, tell me?"
"She was going to, Emmett. Selene was very excited to have you meet her dad. But then this whole thing with Paul and Sam and with Bella happened. The time was never right. Did you meet Poseidon, was he mean to you?"
"Yeah, I met him. No, he was more worried about Selene than me. But he did threaten me after Selene woke up."
"That was to be expected," Leah said.
"He doesn't like me?" Emmett asked.
"I don't think that's it. Poseidon was the one who encouraged Selene to accept you as her imprint."
"He did?"
"Yeah. You have to understand something, Emmett, Poseidon has never had a demigod daughter. He loves her above all of his other demigod children, she's his favorite, and is very protective of her. But that doesn't mean that he doesn't want to see her happy. And he thinks you can make her happy. If he didn't, he would have killed you."
Emmett nodded, "How do you know so much?"
"Selene told me how Poseidon is with her. Are you okay, Emmett?"
"Yeah, I was so scared, Leah. While I was running with her to First Beach, I could hear her heartbeat growing fainter and fainter. And I was so confused when you said to take her to the ocean, but I was desperate. I couldn't let my mate die, thank you, Leah."
"You don't have to thank me, Emmett, she's my sister. Well, I'll leave you two alone, take care of her, Em."
"Always, Leah."
With that, Leah left Selene and Emmett's room. Emmett went to the bathroom and took a quick shower to rinse off the saltwater, and then he changed into a pair of sweat pants. When he came back into the bedroom, Selene was groaning. Emmett rushed over to the bed, "Baby, are you okay, are you in pain? What can I do?"
Selene sighed at hearing Emmett's voice, "Emmett, I thought you left me."
"Never, Baby, I will never leave you. What can I do to make you feel better?"
"Lie down with me. I need to feel you close."
Emmett smiled, "Whatever you want, Love."
"I love you, Emmett, and I'm sorry I didn't tell you who I was sooner."
"I love you too, Selene, and you don't have to apologize, I understand. We can talk about it later, for now, rest."
"Okay." Emmett laid down next to Selene, and she turned to cuddle into Emmett. He wrapped his arm around her and pulled her to his chest. Slowly, Selene's eyes closed, and she fell asleep again.
A few hours later, Rosalie and Paul returned from hunting. Rosalie was distraught, and Paul was behind her trying to comfort her, "Rosie, you still beautiful, you have nothing to worry about it, please don't be upset."
Alice and Jasper came out of the kitchen, where they had been talking with Seth and Leah. As soon as Jasper walked in the living room, he was hit with Rosalie's distressing emotions, "What happened?"
Sobbing, Rosalie looked at Jasper, "Look at me, Jasper!"
Jasper and Alice's eyes widen when they notice that Rosalie had a massive scar from her temple to her chin, "And that's not all!"
Rosalie lifted the side of her shirt, and she had another scar running from her underarm to her stomach, "It doesn't matter how much it feed, it won't heal completely!"
Rosalie whirled around when she heard someone laughing, "Now that's some divine punishment. Ruining what you cherish most, you're fucking looks, not that you're going to live long enough to regret it," Emmett said, then attacked Rosalie.
Emmett was so fast that Paul didn't have a chance to protect Rosalie. They crashed through the back door and fell off the balcony. Paul didn't think he jumped after them and landed next to Emmett, who was on top of Rosalie. He was slowly breaking her neck. Paul growled and was about to phase.
"You phase, and I'll pop her head off like a pimple," Emmett said in a deadly voice. To emphasize his point, Emmett squeezed enough for Paul to hear the breaking of Rosalie's neck.
"Please, Emmett, don't kill Rose, she's my imprint," Paul begged.
"Did that matter to you when you wanted to kill me," Emmett asked, "Did it matter how much my mate would have suffered? No, it didn't. So, why should I care what you're feeling?"
"Emmett, I'm sorry. I now know what would have happened to Selene if you had died. The gods punished me; I had to relive the death of my imprint over and over. Please, I would never want that for anyone."
"Good, now you're going to know what it feels like for real. I told you, you bitch that if you hurt my mate, I was going to kill you. I don't go back on my word. I'm going to kill you slowly and make you mutt watch."
Rosalie grabbed Emmett's hands, trying to pry them off, "Please, Emmett, I'm sorry."
Emmett laughed darkly, "You think that's going to help? Selene almost died because of you. If it hadn't been for her father, she would have been poisoned by your venom." An evil glint suddenly flashed across Emmett's eyes, "I should let him punish you instead. I'm sure he can punish you worse than I ever could. But he's not here, so I'll kill you myself."
Emmett slowly started squeezing Rosalie's neck, and she started struggling, "NO, EMMETT, PLEASE, DON'T!" Paul screamed.
Paul couldn't take it anymore and phased but, two wolves tackled him. Leah and Seth were holding him down so that he couldn't attack Emmett.
Everyone was screaming for Emmett to stop, but he couldn't hear anything, all Emmett could listen to was the sound of Rosalie's neck slowly breaking. Her eyes were wide and glistened with unshed tears. Her eyes shifted to Paul, who was frantically struggling against Leah and Seth.
"I love you, Paul," Rosalie whispered.
Paul threw his head back and howled out his misery. Emmett smiled evilly and increased his strength until he heard a weak voice behind him, "Emmett, please let her go."
Everyone turned around and saw Selene standing barefoot on the back deck with a blanket wrapped around her. Emmett instantly let go of Rosalie and rushed over to Selene, "Baby, what are you doing out of bed?"
"I heard what was going on, and I couldn't let you kill her."
"What, why not?! She almost killed you!"
"I know she did, and she'll be punished for it if she hasn't been already. Besides, I can't do that to Paul. Losing your imprint is the worst thing that can happen to a wolf, and from what Seth told me, Paul relived it over and over for twenty-four hours. I know that Paul sees it in real life will kill him too."
"I can't let this go, Sel. She'll attack you again. I know it."
"No, I won't, Emmett, I swear," Rosalie said.
A glint appeared in Selene's eyes, and she took a step towards Rosalie, with Emmett right beside her, "You swear you won't attack me again?"
"Yes, I swear."
"Care to make a solemn vow on it?"
"Whatever it takes."
"Then swear on the River Styx that you will not attack or hurt me or any of mine for as long as you exist. And if you do, may the gods themselves punish you."
Rosalie looked at Selene oddly, "Yes, I swear on the River Styx."
"But Sel-"
"It's alright, Emmett, everything will be fine now," Selene said as she cupped Emmett's face.
Emmett sighed and leaned into her touch, "Alright, if you say so, I'll let it go. But if she does anything to you, I won't hesitate to kill her."
"You won't have to, trust me."
Emmett kissed Selene and picked her up to take her inside. At that moment, Edward showed up, he looked around at everyone, confused for a moment, "Why are you all here who's guarding Bella?!"
"Jake is," Alice said.
"Jake?! Why?!"
Edward finally read Jasper's mind, and turned to Emmett and Selene, "It's because of you, isn't it? Why does everything revolve around you?!" Edward yelled at Selene.
Emmett snarled at Edward and was about to set Selene down when a voice was heard behind Edward, "I would take care how you talk to my daughter, Edward Anthony Masen Cullen."