Pov Helena
"How are we gonna create a trap?"

I was now sitting on the couch with my hunters gear on and Luke had now his regular clothes on, a hoodie and his old grey sweatpants. He must have had that thing for years now.

"We have to figure out a plan first. I know they are extremely loyal to one another so I'm pretty sure that when one of them is hurt the rest is gonna follow like pathetic puppy's." And as I was saying this, a plan forms in my head.

"I know what I'm gonna do..." I mutter and Luke comes closer to me, a curious look on his face. As the plan unfolds in my head my smile grows.

"I'm gonna befriend the pack. Hang around them, act like an innocent sweet girl and all, and then I will lure one of them alone in the forest, wound him or her, scream bloody murder and then the rest of them will come, we're gonna need silver nets and hang them in the trees to let them fall on them, and then I will kill them off."

Luke ponders over the plan and then nods. "It will be the most dangerous hunt of them all, I hope you get that. If one of them gets you it's game over." His worried look makes me grab his hand.

I squeeze his hand and look with confidence in his eyes. "They won't get me, they never do. I promise." He suddenly pulls me off the couch and in for a hug. I'm surprised by his gesture but I hug him back.

"Just be careful okay? I wouldn't know what to do without you." His voice is strained and emotional.

I give a small chuckle. "Why are you suddenly so sentimental?"

He sighs and releases me from his bear hug but he still holds his hands on my shoulders. "I've known you for so long and the thought of losing you is actually creeping me out. This pack is so much different than the others and I just don't want you to think that you are immortal, cause you're not. All the other hunts from Australia to Germany you've been acting coolly and you act like you're invincible and unstoppable but that were other packs, this one is much bigger than the others, although this is a small town they got more than 700 members, and don't forget that this pack has the most roots all over the continent. They've got so many allies from other packs, so don't forget that you are just a girl."

I scowl at him. "Don't you believe in me? I can do this, I've destroyed pack after pack after pack, why would this one be different, huh? I can fucking do this!"

"They are different Athena, so much different, and if this hunt is just a suicide mission then I won't be a part of it. I get why you want them all dead, but is this really gonna avenge your parents dead? Will it be worth it if you are dead too?" He gets mad the anger is clear on his face.

Tears brim my eyes at the mention of my parents and rage soon fills my veins. "Don't you start about my parents, and FYI, if I couldn't pull this off why would SSL send me here?" I was starting to tremble out of rage and in one movement I push his hands away from me.

"Don't forget that SSL is just an community who only cares about the work we deliver, you think because they practically raised you they love you? Well think again, they don't give a crap about us! Dias was killed a few months ago, and SSL didn't even bother to pick up his body and give him a funeral. He was just a fifteen year old kid. He didn't deserve to die, and they surely didn't have to send him out to hunt. The poor boy didn't even finished training yet, they just pushed him out there because they wanted to. God! How can you be so blind Athena, we are just pawns in their game. Don't you understand? We are their employees, nothing more." I shake my head violently, tears falling down my face.

"Fuck you Luke!"

I push him out the way and grab my weapons heading for the door.

"Athena wait! I'm sorry okay! But it's the truth, if you would just listen, you would unders-" I walk out the door before he can finish his sentence. I angrily wipe my hair out of my face and pull the hood and the mouth mask over my head.

With bow and arrow in hand I walk through the woods. Silent tears rolling over my cheeks, making the soft material of the mask wet.

How can Luke do this to me? SSL has always been good to us. It has been good to me. Why does he think that way about them?

I sit myself down behind a big tree, making sure that the coast is clear before I put my bow down and put the arrow back in the quiver.

I think back to when I was saved by them, not understanding how Luke can say such things about them.

Lying there in the puddle of blood with my parents I cry and I cry, my body trembles and I look into the lifeless eyes of my mother.

"Mommy? Mommy! Please come back, please!" My cries are loud, or at least I think they are loud cause my ears are ringing and black spots appear in my vision.

"Help... Alex..." My eyes close and I'm consumed in darkness.

When I open my eyes all I see is white, I see a needle that is sticked into my arm and a machine that is slowly beeping.

"Doctor, the child is awake." I hear a soft feminine voice. My eyes wander but I can't see anyone.

Then suddenly a chubby women stands beside me. "How are you my child? Do you have pain somewhere?"

I was confused and terrified and I started to shake.

"Oh my god, you poor thing. Docter Nickelson, she's going into shock." She grabs my hand and talks to me softly.

"Deary, what happened? Can you remember anything?" She caresses my hand and softly pats my hair with her other hand. I start shaking again as suddenly I remember what happened. Big wolfs, mommy and daddy...

I started screaming, tears blurring my vision of everything around me. "NO! NO!"

The women tries to calm me as more nurses come beside my bed trying to hold me back as I scream and kick.

"What happened to you?" Another nurse asks and I start kicking harder, making the bed shudder and the machine beeping faster.

"Wolves..." I mutter while crying as the screaming stops. "Big wolves.."

The nurses look at each other wary. "There aren't wolves around here Deary." She pats my hand and I start kicking again repeating the same each time.

"Big wolves.." The memory replays in my head, daddy being killed, mommy being bitten, shining red teeth...

"I want my mommy!" I start screaming again, I hit and kick everything I can, crying hysterically.

"Quick, get her a syringe, she needs to calm down!" One nurse screams. Soon I feel a needle poke my skin and soon after I feel tired. My screaming dies down and the iron grip I had on the chubby women's hand releases.

Other memories float my senses as I want him to come save me.

"Alex..." I mutter and the last thing I see is the memory of the twelve year old kid that I call my best friend, his blue eyes disappearing into the darkness.

"Don't leave me..."

My eyes open again. I'm still in the white room but this time there is a man sitting in the corner. When he sees I'm awake he stands up and comes to stand beside me. He looks me all over and a sympathetic look takes over his face. His dark eyes roam to my birthmark, the arrow, and his fingers inch closer to my neck.

"Little Athena..." He mutters and he lets his hand drop. "I'm Lucien, and me and my family are gonna take good care of you. We are gonna protect you, promise..." My eyes close again and darkness consumes me.

Thankfully Lucien and SSL has taking care of me. Learning me everything I need to know. And for that I'll be forever in their debt.