"Sweet little baby in a world full of pain

I gotta be honest, I don't know if I could take it

Everybody's talking, but what's anybody saying?"

- The Neighbourhood

Time worked differently here than it did back on Earth, at least that's what Apollo told her. By her calculations, she had been here for six months while back home, it had only been a month since she's been gone.

In the last six months, she's gonna better. She still couldn't defeat Athena in a fight but she could at least hold her own. She never missed a shot with Apollo and Artemis told her that she was a great tracker.

She felt stronger than she had ever been, even learning how to control her weird powers. She could create a sonic wave just by clapping her hands, blow air that would make a tornado jealous and she was able to put some of her abilities into her arrows. All this combined with her strength and heightened senses made her a worthy opponent in Athena's eyes.

"Trinity."

She turned around to see Heracles, the God of strength and heroes. He was a burly God, made of nothing but pure muscle, he was even bigger than Emmett. TJ had once seen him showing off to the maidens by lifting up a tree to save a kitten.

Insert eye roll

She stopped to let him walk beside her, she was a tall woman but compared to Heracles, she was as small as the kitten he saved.

"I hear that your training is going well."

She hadn't too many encounters with Heracules in her time here, but she had, had enough to know that he was interested in her.

"It is." She wished that he would just get to the point so that they both could move on with their lives.

"I was just wondering-..."

"Sorry Heracles, I'm not interested."

He looked crestfallen but he had to know, everyone in the realm knew that her heart belonged to Paul and will always. She decided that long ago, that she needed to put aside their betrayal and just move on. She couldn't even bring herself to hate them, even if she wanted to, it just wasn't in her nature.

Paul sat with everyone, dressed in black as the funeral for Harry Clearwater started. It was a terrible time for everyone as they all just lost someone close to them a month ago, TJ. Both people, gone too soon.

Leah and Seth Clearwater were now a part of the pack. Leah had gotten in a fight with her mother and then shifted, giving Harry a massive heart attack. He went to the hospital but died a few days later and that's when Seth shifted.

When Leah learned of the real reason that Sam left her, it only amplified her feelings of hate towards the two of them as imprints have the choice of deciding what their relationship will be.

In turn, she plagued the packs mind link with images of her and Sam and how heartbroken she was. She's still resentful of the two as they had the option of being friends rather than lovers. No one liked patrolling with Leah as she always thought about the situation with her, Emily and Sam but Paul didn't mind too much. Only because he was sure that the pack was tired of seeing his thoughts of TJ.

The funeral was a beautiful one and Harry was buried, Leah took off and Seth followed after his sister. Sue took it hard, her husband was gone and both her children were shapeshifters.

It took all of Paul's self control to not snap on Leah as the days followed. All she griped about was how much Sam hurt her and how she couldn't stand to be around him and Emily. It's like she wanted to rest of the world to be as miserable as she was.

Paul screamed in the mind link.

Sam yelled back.

Leah yelled.

Her small grey wolf stopped in front of him and she barred her teeth at him.

Leah had remembered the curly headed girl coming over to see her parents. Wether it was to get fixed from her boxing matches or to go fishing with her father. Now she knew that it wasn't boxing that she got injured from. Leah was always too busy trying to contain her feelings that she never got too close to the girl. She was nice and always invited Leah to hang out with her and Bella Swan, to which Leah always declined. When Leah found out that TJ practically lived with Sam and Emily, she avoided the girl at all costs, only seeing her again when she passed away.

"She was meant for great things." Harry always said about TJ.

Now, she'd never get to experience anything with her, she was gone.

Paul looked at her in disbelief but it quickly transformed back into the emotionless mask that he usually wore. He didn't want her pity, or anyone's for that matter.

No amount of sorrys could ever bring back that love of his life.

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