The Wolf Demon

Chapter 11

Athena


Three days....it's been three days since Mark left. I noticed I haven't been able to control my temper lately and I'm sure Sam and Izzy have noticed it as well. The black hand prints started appearing all over my body. Every time I close my eyes more and more started showing up, making it harder to hide them.
Maybe Mark was right, I am losing control.


I was headed to the river to bathe, I haven't felt my wolf in a while so I hoped being out in nature would help her come out. I stripped off my clothes and went into the water, thankfully it wasn't too cold and it felt nice on my skin.

I started to scrub my body with soap and tried to scrub off the hand print on my arm. When it wouldn't come off I scrubbed even harder to the point I started to bleed, but yet it still wouldn't come off. I started to cry and feel absolutely hopeless and scared. "I'm so scared mom, what if I forget who I am." I whisper to myself as tears run down my face.

I finally get out after an hour of being in the water and put my clothes back on. I had just a t-shirt and shorts, it didn't matter what I wore anymore, I couldn't hide these marks.

I start to feel tired and decide to lay on the grass and look up at the clear blue sky. I feel myself drifting off to sleep and started wondering what it would feel like to just keep dreaming, maybe then I could see my mom, part of me wishes I could see him too. I close my eyes, not trying to fight the sleep anymore.

"It's time Athena." I hear the demon say, but I don't even open my eyes. "You don't have the energy to fight me."
"I don't care anymore, I'm too tired to fight." I say back
"Good, now just stay sleeping. This will be over before you know it." She says.


I feel her presences getting closer, I don't fight though, I'm too tired to fight. I feel my whole body getting colder and slowly turning black, starting with my feet and slowly going up to my chest.
I'm sorry mom...dad...Mark...Izzy....Sam.

I feel it reaching my neck. The only thing I feel now are my tears falling down my face.
I'm so sorry Jack. I wish I was strong enough to fight it. I wish....I wish I was strong enough to tell you I love you. The darkness had now reached my cheeks.
I guess it's time to dream forever.


"Athena!"


I hear a voice out in the distance.

"Athena!"

Who's that? It kinda sounds like.....
"ATHENA!.....Wake up!" He yells
Jack? I open my eyes and see him holding me, but I'm still sleeping. I see that I'm almost all covered in black.
"Athena Please Wake Up!" He screams.
"Jack! I'm Here!" I say, but my body doesn't move. I'm still in his arms a sleep.
"Athena fight this, you are stronger than this, don't give up." He says, with tears in his eyes.

"I'm not giving up, not yet. You can't have me, I'm not done yet!" I shout. I see the darkness going down little by little.
"You fool, you think you can get rid of me that easily." She says and I feel a force push me back down again. "I'm not letting you go, not now that I almost have you."

I feel the pressure in my chest holding me down. I try to move, but its no use. The darkness is coming back up again. I look at Jack and see my friends around him. They'er all here, even Mark. I can't give up, I need to tell Mark I'm sorry and I need to tell Jack that I love him.


"I Said You Can't Have Me!" I lit one of my hands on fire and it travels throughout my body, burning the darkness away. I could hear the demon shriek in pain.
"AHHHHH! This isn't over Athena!" I see the darkness coming out of my body and form into the black smoke I saw before, then it disappears. I don't really remember what happened after that, I only felt real tired and fell asleep.

******************

When I woke up my whole body was in pain. I opened my eyes and saw that I was back in my room. I tried to sit up, but felt a hand on my chest. I turned my head to see who it was and saw Jack sitting on a chair next to me.
"Don't get up, just rest." He says.
"What happened?" I say, but my throat was so dry that it sounded more like a whisper.

He grabs the cup of water that was next to my bed and helps me up to take a sip. Puts the cup back down and looks at me with sad eyes. "We almost lost you.......How could you give up like that Athena." He says and I hear the pain in his voice.

I didn't know how to answer that question, because I've always been so determined to prove everyone wrong, but lately I have been feeling broken and disconnected with my wolf.

I slowly sat up, feeling how tired my body was. Jack gets closer and helps me sit up. He places a pillow behind my back and sits on the bed next to me.

"I never wanted you to leave Jack. I was scared....I was scared about what happened that night and I didn't know if you were the reason why I lost control, or if it was because of her. I knew that if I ever saw you with her again, then I'd risk losing control and putting others in danger." I explain.

"I tried to forget about you, but I couldn't. My wolf wouldn't let me and the darkness........" I felt a lump forming in the back of my throat. "The darkness got so close that it was draining my energy each day. I felt like everyday was a mental struggle to stay strong and when Mark left I decided that enough was enough. I was just too tired to fight." I cry.

Jack pulled me into his arms, holding me as tight as he could without hurting me. I inhaled his scent and I start to feel my wolf come back. He smelled of ash, from a burning campfire and knew I'd probably never let him go.

"I'm so sorry I wasn't there for you Athena. I'm sorry for not fighting harder when you told me to leave, and I'm sorry for not waiting for you." He says as he continues to hold me.

We held each other, just taking in each other's scent. The more I took in the more my wolf wanted to come out and claim him. I don't really know much about the mate thing or when the right time to mark each other, but I do know that I want Jack and I do know I don't want him to leave again.

"Jack" I say
"Ya?" He says
"Will you mark me please?" I ask, still holding onto his shirt and taking in more of his scent.
"I wanna claim you just as much as you wanna claim me." He says and slowly lets go to look at me. "But you're weak right now, your body must heal first." He says and then kisses me on the forehead.

I'm sure my face turned bright red, and when he looked at me again he smiled, revealing those amazing dimples on his face. He was so handsome and I couldn't believe he was mine.

Without thinking I placed my lips on his. His hands immediately went up to my face and then his tongue explored mouth. I felt pressure between my legs and I didn't wanna stop without exploring more, but just as I was enjoying the sensation, he hesitantly pulled away from me and try's to catch his breath.


"I wanna do more Athena, but not until you feel better" He says kissing my lips one more time. "So hurry up and get better ok." He says.
I only nod back and he begins to chuckle. He lays me down next to him, pulling me into him his arms. I didn't know what to do, so I just laid my head on his arm and held onto his hand.

I felt something poke my lower back and I went to go move it, when I realized what it was. I quickly moved my hand and felt completely embarrassed. Did I just?
Jack started laughing and pulled me closer to him. I felt protected in his arms, and this time I was able to sleep peacefully, with no nightmares waking me up.