A/N: If you recognize it, it's not mine. Simple as that.

Chapter 7

Paul POV

I whirled to face the direction the voice came from, my wolf screaming at me to protect my imprint from the unknown person. I hadn't even heard someone come up to us, so this person could be a threat. The speaker turned out to be a teenager, probably around 19, or maybe even 20. He was about six feet tall, with a swimmer's build, and had shoulder length black hair, and the same sea green eyes Perci had.

"How long were you there?" My imprint's melodic voice asked the stranger, who shrugged as his gaze moved past me to soften as his eyes landed on Perci.

"You know father's domain will react to your emotions. I was close by when I felt your anger effecting the water, so I came to check on you. I can't wait to see what father will do when he finds out you have a soul mate." The stranger said, his voice alarmingly gleeful near the end.

"Perci, who is this?" I ground out, barely able to keep myself from phasing at the potential threat to my imprint. It was Perci's hand on my arm that was the only thing keeping me from wolfing out.

"Paul, this is my half-brother, Triton. Triton, this is Paul, if you want to blame someone for this, you know who to go to." She said, and I felt myself relax a bit at the knowledge that this stranger was her brother. Though I still wanted to know how he had managed to sneak up on me, and what the hell he was talking about with domains and Perci's anger effecting the water.

"Oh, believe me, sister, I will be talking to her. And I'm sure father will too." Triton said, a smug smirk forming on his face.

"Go for it, just remember this, brother. I thought you wanted me to live a happy life during this punishment in disguise. If this is her work, don't you think she would make sure Paul and I have a long and happy life together?" Perci asked, clearly threatening her brother, though with what, was lost to me. I became even more confused when Triton's shoulders slumped, indicating that she clearly had him.

"Fine. I'll make you a deal though, Perci." He said, making her groan slightly, and I tensed slightly in response.

"What is it?" She asked, a slight tone of dread seeping into her voice as she gave him an exasperated look. He just grinned at her, falsely innocent.

"You have to introduce yourself to him, properly, using the titles from your claiming, then show him proof. If he doesn't run away, I will give not only my approval, but my blessing, and I'll stand up for him against father." He said, further confusing me, though evidently not Perci, as she just looked mildly alarmed, before squaring her shoulders.

"Fine, you've got yourself a deal." She told him, before turning to look me in the eye.

"Paul, I would like to formally introduce myself to you, so you know what you're getting into. I am Persephone Jackson, daughter of Poseidon, god of the sea, earthshaker, and father of horses, princess of the sea. I am a veteran of two wars, and have been recently made immortal. Before you is my half-brother, Triton, god of tides, and messenger of the seas." She said, and I noticed the water rise up to form a trident in her hand.

I stared at her for a moment in shock, before my eyes strayed to the water-made trident still in her hand. The fact that she could do that was proof enough, but this explained why she had gone underwater and not surfaced for so long when I first imprinted on her back in January. When she had seen me, and just after I imprinted, she had ducked under the water, and had not surfaced for fifteen minutes. It also explained how she was able to stand being in the water at all in January. The temperature of the ocean must not bother her.

"So, you're a goddess?" Was the first thing that tumbled out of my mouth once I had processed what had just happened. I was still in shock, but at least I had processed and accepted what my imprint was. To my surprise though, Triton snorted, shaking his head.

"No, she turned that down when she won the second Titan War. It pissed off uncle Zeus enough that he didn't give her the choice of denying immortality when she won the second Giant War. It was just, you won, now you're immortal. It took me a bit of time to come around to the idea of having her around forever, but now, I'm honestly wondering how I didn't like her in the first place." He said, looking fondly at Perci, who rolled her eyes.

"You were pissed that dad cheated on your mom again and, like the fates, took it out on me because you couldn't take it out on dad." She said, releasing the trident, which just splashed back down in the sea as if the water had never been disturbed in the first place.

"Yes, but that was before I got to know you. I regret that now, and honestly don't understand what I was thinking letting the fact that you were a demi-god cloud my mind when I wanted a sister anyway." Triton said, and I could almost feel my brain hurt from the back and forth.

"So you're a demi-god then?" I asked, interrupting their conversation before my head actually exploded. Geez, the pack was gonna lose it when they found this stuff out. I just hoped Sam would remember to put a 'no giving so much as a hint' rule on Jacob to keep him from telling the leech lover.

"Yeah, pretty much. The immortal demi-goddess daughter of Poseidon." Perci said, shrugging.

I could see the slight pain in her eyes as she said the word immortal, and could only guess that she was upset about it because of her family or friends. Not wanting her to feel upset, I smiled at her.

"So, can I call you my goddess then?" I asked, making her giggle, and Triton groan.

"You two are going to be that couple, aren't you? This is going to suck, having to stand up for you two to father now. I was counting on him running so I could give him a hard time when he came crawling back." He complained, earning a glare from Perci, and a mildly offended look from me. I wanted to glare at him, but he was a god, he could probably kill me for looking at him wrong.

"Aphrodite said that he couldn't hurt me without hurting himself. You're the one who made the terms of the deal, so you have to give your approval, and your blessing as well." She said fiercely, while I looked on with awe, and he sighed in obvious resignation.

"Yes, yes. A deal is a deal, so I give you my approval, and my blessing to date my sister. But I will warn you now wolf, if you cause my sister any pain, or make her cry anything but happy tears, you will feel the wrath of not only I, but our father's, and everyone Perci is friends with. That includes our cousins Nico, who is a son of Hades, Thalia, a daughter of Zeus and is a lieutenant of Artemis' hunt, and her friend Annabeth, who is a daughter of Athena and an amazing strategist. So, to be clear, if you hurt my sister, you won't survive." He said, leaning to get in my face as he all but growled the last sentence.

I leaned back slightly, not ashamed to admit I was trying to get away from him. It would be stupid to deny being afraid of being on the receiving end of a shovel talk from a god. I just hoped Perci's father decided Triton's was enough. I may need to seriously brush up on my Greek mythology now, but even I knew I didn't want a shovel talk from a god who controlled 71% of the earth's surface.

"Understood." I managed to get out, before hearing faint chatter from the rest of the pack as they headed toward the beach. It was clear that Perci and Triton heard it as well, since they turned to face the direction of the chatter.

"I'll see you in a bit, sis. Paul." Triton said, hugging Perci in farewell, before nodding once to me and sinking back under the waves. Not two seconds later, the pack came into view on the beach, waving and shouting at us. Perci waved in acknowledgement, but I quickly caught Sam's eye and gestured towards the woods. Understanding took over his features, and he quietly informed the rest of the pack of a meeting in the woods, before heading there, followed by my brothers.

"I'll be right back, my goddess. I'm going to go inform the pack of what I just learned, okay? I'll have Sam put a gag order on everyone, especially Jacob so he can't tell Bella." I told her, making her nod before I stood up to follow my brothers into the woods, stripping so I wouldn't shred my shorts as soon as I was covered by the tree line, and phasing.

"'What is it you needed to call a meeting about, Paul?'" Sam's voice asked through the pack mind.

"' Before I can show or tell, you need to issue an alpha order for no one to give so much as a hint about the secret I'm about to share. It's about Perci.'" I stated, my mental tone indicating how serious this was to me. Thankfully, he picked up on that, and issued the alpha order, earning mild grumbling from Jacob now that I had Sam cut off his loophole.

"'What is it, Paul?'" Jared asked. Deciding against explaining everything through words I couldn't even find, I just replayed the memories of the last fifteen minutes. Soon enough, I felt the ripple of shock that traveled through the pack at the truth of what and who my imprint really was.

"'She's 18! How is it possible that she's fought in two wars?!'" Embry's startled voice echoed through the pack mind.

"'Can we talk about the fact that she turned down becoming a goddess?'" Jacob asked, and I growled at him in response.

"'Don't be so damn shallow, Black. The way it sounds to me, she would have turned down immortality as well. She called it a 'punishment in disguise', after all.'" Jared snapped, coming to Perci's defense.

"'Enough, all of you! We will all read up on Greek mythology to better understand the world that our new sister has opened to us. Perci will have to tell us what's truth and what isn't, but the fact of the matter is she's been through two wars. Her friend, the strategist may be able to help us come up with a way to defeat the redhead. We won't ask unless it's our only option, but we may have help that way. From now on though, we should make sure to try to keep the beaches clean to show kindness to her father and brother.'" Sam said, issuing another alpha order.

For once, nobody complained about the order, or about having a new chore heaped onto them as part of the pack. Perci was one of us now, and if she was strongly connected to the sea, then it was the duty of the pack to help take care of it to help take care of her.

"'Hey, Paul? I hate to break it to you, but you do realize you're going to have one hell of a time impressing her father, you know that, right?" Jared asked, making me let out a wolfy groan.

"'Don't remind me. I'm surprised that impressing Triton took so little effort. Impressing the god of the sea though? I'm practically toast, even with him and Perci covering my ass.'" I said, before I heard water churning again.

Curiosity got the best of us all, and we slowly made our way out of the trees some to look at what was going on. The shock that rippled through the pack this time, was much stronger than when I showed my memories. There, in the water, was Perci and Triton - who was now green skinned with two tails, what the fuck?- splashing each other with water, only Perci was completely dry.

"'Paul? What even are our lives now?'" I heard Jacob ask in shock as we all stared at the scene in the water before us. For once, I had no answer to give either. I was just as lost on this as they were, only I was thrilled to start finding out. My imprint would make sure my life was never dull again.