Supernatural Secret

CHAPTER 18.1

"We should go to Clark and May's house; it is twenty minutes away from the woods," said Mark. He was holding Jessie with both his arms and the baby was on his bed. 

Jessie stood inside Mark's bedroom for the second time - the first time she had come here was early in the morning when most of the wolves were fast sleep. They were happy to back then, but who knew their love would create such a big problem. Jessie's eyes filled with tears. She could not believe that her clan and family viewed her as a bad person. Jessie had always been a good girl, and she could not point out when things had changed. Neither could Mark.

Even though things turned out this way, they never regretted falling in love and having a child. "Do you know them, Mark?" Jessie finally spoke, after she managed to control her emotions.

"Yes. They are really good friends of mine. May is a werewolf who fell in love with Clark, a human. They somehow managed to run away from their home in Canada and settle here - in a peaceful town nearby. Nobody in the town knows that May is a werewolf." Mark's eyes showed desperation - what other choice did they have but to call May?

Jessie agreed with Mark. He packed a bunch of his clothes in a duffel bag, and then called up May to tell her the entire story. 

Without hesitation, May told them she would pick them up just outside the woods and take them to her home. Mark carried both the bags, whereas Jessie put her full attention on the baby. They left the house behind forever.

It had been more than fifteen minutes since they left Mark's house. May had already reached the spot outside the woods where she was going to pick them up. She had been really careful not to clash with any wolves in that area. Mark and Jessie were still not there. 

As every minute passed, May got more and more worried; she started taking turns around the bush and biting her nails in anxiety. A few moments later, she saw Jessie run out of the woods with the baby in her arms. Her clothes were torn and her hair was a complete mess. May ran towards Jessie immediately. As she got closer, May could see drops of blood splattered all over Jessie's face and body. She wasn't wearing any shoes either. May was taken aback by what she saw.

"Save my child, May," Jessie mumbled as tears continuously flowed out of her eyes and got mixed with the blood on her face. 

It looked like tears of blood were rolling down her face.

"What happened, Jessie?" May was in shock. Jessie handed the baby over to her. May then realized that the baby had been crying the entire time. She was a beautiful baby, and May fell in love the moment she saw the child. 

A moment later, May was hit with the reality of what was going on and looked at Jessie with tears in her eyes as well.

"Mark..." May saw Jessie struggling to complete the sentence, and by then, she had already guessed what was about to come. Mark was involved in a fight. After all, they had done, they were not able to escape their enemies. It did not look good.

"It's fine Jessie, you do not need to reply. Just tell me what to do now." May was ready to help and protect the baby at any cost.

Jessie took a deep breath. She said, "Take care of Annabeth until we both return to your place." Jessie took May's hands in her own; she had a sad expression on her face. May nodded. 

Jessie kissed her baby on the forehead. Her whole body was shivering, which showed how terrified she was to leave her child. May would make sure that Jessie won't regret her decision to put their baby under May and Clark's care. Jessie kept looking back at them, and she walked into the woods again. She had left May with the baby. May didn't know that this would be the last time she saw Jessie and that she would never be able to see Mark again.

May took Annabeth home and took care of her while awaiting the arrival of Mark and Jessie. After a day or so, Clark and May found out that their friends were found dead somewhere at the edge of a cliff.

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"May and I decided to take care of you forever - as your official parents. We wanted to wait till it was the right time to tell you this," Dad said, as he ended the story. 

I don't even know what to call him anymore. Step-dad? Clark? This was the most shocking news I had ever gotten, and even though I was under the influence of anaesthetic drugs, the pain of my wounds came back. I could no longer control my tears and I started to cry. I had no intention of blaming anyone. Even though they won't say it, in reality, I knew that I was the one to blame for my parent's death.

I dug my face into my arms. I needed space. All of a sudden, the hospital room felt suffocating to me; I felt like I could not breathe. I unfolded my arms and sat up straight. Dad raised his hands and tried to put them on mine, but I rejected his gesture of condolence. I could not face anyone and the last person I wanted to see was a man who I thought was my real Dad, but actually wasn't.

I was having a mental block. I could not think of any logical reason behind what was happening. I had now almost found all the missing pieces in my puzzle, at last.

 My mom was a witch, whereas my dad was a werewolf - that too, the alpha of his pack. They had me as their child. That means I have both their genes. So all along, this was the reason James wanted to turn me into a werewolf. This was the curse he spoke to me about. I was the problem all along. 

But what about Claire? She knew about me. Was she also a werewolf that my step-dad knew?

I turned to face Dad and asked him very directly, "Who is Claire?"

Dad had been looking at me this entire time but stayed quiet. He knew that I needed time to process the truth. He did not look very surprised when I asked him about Claire; it was if he knew I would ask about her eventually, "She is your birth mother's sister."

What! So the one sending Dad letters all this time was my aunt? She knew about my curse and was watching over me this entire time. And I had not even seen her once! Of course. If she met me, how would she introduce herself? As one of the reasons, my biological mom and dad were dead?

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P.S. Damon and Elena from TVD are Mark and Jessie here

Secrets are being revealed. How will Annabeth handle this? Any answers?

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CHAPTER 18.2 COMING SOON.