“Athena,” a soft voice called me. I know this voice. I missed the sound of this voice. “Athena,” the voice called out at me with so much care. I slowly opened my eyes and looked up to see my mom smiling down at me. “Mom,” I said, shouting. I sat up to hug her but once I was in a seated position, my mom disappeared. “Athena,” a voice called me. “Dad,” I called out. But received no reply. I stood up and walked in the direction where the voice was coming from. I walked up a snowy hill. The trees disappear and everywhere I look is just white snow. But when I reached the top of the hill I froze. There stood a pure white wolf with crystal blue eyes. I was on alert, thinking of what I should do when it attacks. “I am not the enemy,” it said in a whisper.
I wanted to chase after Athena, I wanted to tell her everything. But there was nothing I could do, I am stuck from where I am seated. “I will take care of her,” Nikki said. Everyone became quiet and looked at her. “You know that if there is someone who can keep her safe it’s me,” she said trying to convince me. “Besides, I know exactly how she feels right now.” “Your enemy is near the border,” Jess said. “We have left orders to all our warriors,” Nori reported. “The children and non-warriors are all in the safe place,” Leon said. “What’s your order Alpha?” Calvin asks. “Nikki,
I was resting on top of a tree when Nikki, followed by Lisa and Katie showed up. They wanted me to go down and follow them back to the packhouse. “Athena,” Nikki said begging. “I promise to tell you everything I know, right now it is not safe for you to be out here.” “Athena please trust us,” Lisa pleaded. I looked down at them without saying a word. They belong to Purple Hill; how can I trust them? I know that they are my friends and so far both Lisa and Katie have been so good to me. But then I know that they were only doing the job that Drake asked them to do. There is a part of me that knows that I mean more to them than just some assignment, but there is also a part of me that is having a hard time just accepting that fact.
The first time that I opened my eyes I saw Leon, Calvin, and Nori. All of them were excited to see me, but I was so tired that I found myself drifting back to sleep. The second time I opened my eyes, I saw Nikki talking to Athena’s Aunt. Sadly, none of the words that they spoke was audible enough for me to hear. Everything was silent to the point that it was deafening. And once again I drifted back to sleep. The third time my eyes opened I saw Nikki, Calvin, Nori, and Leon. Leon was leaning on the far wall near the window. Nori as usual is making fun of Calvin, while Nikki sat beside Calvin. My head felt heavy and my body was aching, is this how it feels before you die? I could hear several voices but the words were inaudible. The sound was getting
If there was something good that came out of the battle with Archer, it was that I can finally walk. Because of what had happened to Athena, I was only able to ask Lisa and Katie to fill me in on all the things that I have missed after I block out from almost dying. Katie said that I was healed with Athena’s power and blood. While Lisa told me how amazing Athena was in battle. She also told me that Athena has not yet shifted because she needed all her physical strength to control her powers during the battle. On the other hand, Calvin told me that Athena can move things without physically doing it and also knows how to shield someone or something. Her strength was immeasurable even in human form that she was able to defeat Archer without sacrificing a lot of our warriors. Because of her powers, Athena was so exhausted after the battle that she also fell into a long sleep.
It’s been a long time since I went home to the packhouse. It was quiet and dark. I decided to go straight to my room and sleep. I know that I was walking towards my room but instead of going straight inside I stood in front of the door of the room opposite mine. My hand reached for the doorknob and opened it. The biggest change that happened in the room was to lose its owner. I remember how Athena hovered over the door as she started our conversation as she mistakenly took Nikki as my girlfriend instead of my sister. I walked towards the bed and found myself lying down on it. There was still a faint smell of brewed coffee mixed with Athena’s sweet vanilla scent. I was not sure if I could really smell it or if I was just imagining it based on my memory. I closed my eyes as I tried to remember Athena’s smiling face.
After Nori arrived I left some instructions to Calvin. He needed to stay behind to keep things running while I was away. Parker and Nori assigned themselves as my drivers, I offered to drive as well but they did not allow me to. Instead, Parker and Nori took turns in driving, stopping only for gasoline and to buy food. It was a grueling three-day drive to reach the state where Athena was, but it didn’t matter. What matters is that I will be seeing her again. We arrived late in the afternoon and Leon met us. Leon rented a bigger room, which was a combination of two rooms converted as one. There was a small divider to separate the living room and the place where the beds were placed. The bedroom consists of four single beds, two beds on one side and the other two on the opposite side. The living room has a couch and a flat-screen TV. Just a few steps away
It’s been months since Aunt Jess and I have left Purple Hill. Since then I had been stopping myself from running back there just to check if Drake was ok. If I had healed him properly. ******* ‘You know that there is nothing wrong with checking up on him right?’ Leia said. ‘And you know very well that I can’t do that,’ I snapped back at her. ‘Promises are meant to be broken,’ Leia shrugged, ‘Especially if it’s for a good cause.’ ‘Stop it,’ I said with a sigh. ‘Just take this time to sleep or find out why I can’t still shift.’ ‘Maybe instead of asking me to look for ways, why don’t you do something about it?’ She retorted.