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36 - Alive And Burning

"You seriously can't think that Thor is better than Iron Man." Elijah says, staring at King.

She finishes her cookie, grabbing another. "I seriously do. Iron Man has great character development but Thor was just so much better." She says.

"How drugged are you!" He rolls his eyes.

She laughs and pats the button that rests against her thigh. "Plenty. It's been 3 days, you sure you don't wanna try your parents?"

Eli shrugs. "Nah, not yet. I'm 18, they won't sweat yet. Another day or two, then I'll go back. Are you ever gonna let your family in? Your brother really has a hard glare."

King laughs. "Jacob is harmless, all bark no bite." If only he knew how funny that was.

"Why won't you let them in?" He asks, looking away from his laptop.

She shrugs. "I dunno... I missed them all, of course, but they didn't look out for each other. Caius should be here and he isn't - when they find him, we can all have a happy reunion."

Eli watches her. "Right... And will you ever tell me where it is you went?"

King smiles a little. "You'd never believe me."

"Try me." He shrugs.

King hesitates. Can she really divulge their secrets? Ah, fuck it. "I... Died. Over a year ago." She says. "That grave you found me at, that was mine."

Elijah laughs. "Okay, don't tell me then." He rolls his eyes and looks back at the laptop.

King smiles small. "Yeah, I wish I was joking. My birth name was Athena and I was born in ancient Greece. For over 3000 years I was cursed to be reborn, unable to be close to my brother or my family. It was only in my last lifetime that I got close to him...and in that lifetime my path was crossed with a pack of shapeshifters. That's Jacob. And because of my connection with Jacob I met the Cullen's - they had a bad rep with Caius, the birth brother from the first life, but I bought them all together. We sorta had to get along since the woman who cursed me, Clio, she's my birth mom, she was still alive and hell bent on destroying me. So I had to kill myself to kill her. And then a couple days ago I woke up in my grave. "

Eli looks at her, frowning. "I think you hit your head or something...."

"I wish." She shrugs. "Hang on. Bella?" She calls gently.

"How is Be- holy shit, how did you hear her?" Eli stands, backing up as Bella comes in to the hospital room.

Bella looks at King disapprovingly. "Secrets are called secrets for a reason." She crosses her arms.

King grins. "Help me prove it to him - I owe him for saving me, do I not?"

"Yeah you do. But we could have bought him a car or something instead of dooming him." Bella rolls her eyes.

"I'll take the car." Eli says, laughing nervously.

Bella rolls her eyes again, smirking as Eli shrieks at her sudden closeness. "Don't you dare ask how I did that." She says when he opens his mouth. "How do we make you believe.... Hmm..."

"We could throw him off the roof and catch him?" Jacob smirks coldly as he comes in.

"No!" Eli shrieks as King laughs. "No Jacob, not today."

Jacob grabs a knife from his pocket. "Come here." He waves Eli over.

Lija shakes his head. "I'm good-good here." He says, pushed against the wall.

Jacob rolls his eyes and slices the knife over his palm. He holds it up and let's the blood drip, only for it to heal in a few seconds to a faint pink line. "Shapeshifter." Jacob smirks. "My darling little sister had no right to tell you but here we are. Can't have her locked up for being insane - though it'd keep her out of trouble."