Phases of the Sea

Chapter 14

Perci POV

The next morning, when we got back to Sam and Emily's, the entire pack was there, staring at the door, as if waiting for us. Once we were inside, they all stood from their various seats and converged on us, practically shouting their questions.

"You actually spent the night in the lost city of Atlantis?!" Jared demanded, being the first to have their question understandable. Paul and I shared an amused glance, having agreed at breakfast with my family that we would not be telling the pack that my father had let us sleep in the same room, as it would lead to much teasing. Triton was bad enough with his own teasing this morning, we didn't need the pack to get in on it, though they would find out once they were phased.

"Yes, Jared. Perci took me to Atlantis to meet her brother Tyson, and I sparred with him and Triton for a bit before Poseidon came and got me, letting me know that Perci had gotten too tired to bring us back, so he took her to bed and sent Triton to let you guys know. I also got to meet Lady Amphitrite, Perci's step-mother." Paul said, giving Jared a deadpan look, as if our adventure last night was no big deal.

"Dude, not fair! You got to spar with a god and a cyclops, now you're gonna be stronger than the rest of us!" Quil whined, making Jacob smack him on the back of the head.

"Shut up, Quil." He grumbled, as Emily came out of the kitchen, a large tray of eggs in hand, which she set on the table.

"Ladies first boys! Perci, help yourself, I've gotta grab the sausage." She said, pausing as Paul shook his head and stepped forward.

"Go ahead and get yourself some, Emily. We ate in Atlantis, so Perci and I will grab the rest of breakfast. Thank you for thinking of us though, we appreciate it." He said, gently moving past her and into the kitchen, while I followed with a smile on my face. Paul was turning into such a gentleman, and I was loving every shocked look he got with his slowly changing attitude. When I got into the kitchen, Paul had grabbed a large serving tray of bacon, and I grabbed one full of sausage, and we both took them out to set them on the table.

"Help yourself, Emily. You should be the first to enjoy your hard work." I said, before moving to take a seat on the couch, squealing in surprise when Paul picked me up to plop me back down on his lap.

"Who are you, and what have you done with Paul?" Embry asked, earning a glare and the finger from my wolf, while Emily was quickly plating herself some food and moving off to the side.

"I'm still Paul, you ass, I've just been mellowing out now that I have Perci. I'm gonna have her forever in fact, and that's enough to help cool my temper." He said, making my head whip around to face him. My dad had mentioned telling Paul about the vote the council was considering to grant him the immortality I had, but Paul hadn't said anything about what his choice was on the subject.

"Yeah, we know. You're gonna keep phasing, and she's immortal, we get it." Seth mumbled around a mouthful of eggs.

"No, Seth. He means my dad has talked to the council, and there's a vote in place to grant Paul the immortality I have. A lot of them are seeing my father's side, and it's a strong possibility that it might be approved by graduation. The choice of accepting it is completely up to him, but it looks like he's gonna be offered immortality in the next two months." I said, making silence fall over the room.

"What? That's awesome man, congratulations!" Jared finally exclaimed, breaking the silence as he came over to give Paul a fist bump and me a kiss on the cheek. The rest of the pack quickly followed in giving their congratulations, and the rest of the day was spent training. Having Victoria evade capture and destruction had the pack on edge, and they insisted on training more so they could catch her next time. The rest of the weekend passed by pretty much the same way, with the pack training, and me helping Emily plan the wedding in between study sessions for my finals, which she was gracious enough to help me with.