The Son of Hades and A Mermaid

A Mermaid's Rage

Andrea

I'm finally out of the hospital today. Which I'm glad about. I love the twins, but lock them in a room together for too long, and they start to bicker. Amber and Eric had to fly back to their pack to check on everyone. They can only be away for so long.

Cole has been remarkably absent the past few days. Still coming and seeing me. Holding my hand while we talk, but then being gone for hours. I want to question him, but do I have the right? We're only engaged on paper. I don't have a ring or any tangible form of trust built yet. It has my wolf on edge. We haven't felt anything. So I have to assume that he is faithful, but what do I even know about him? I shouldn't assume the worst about him, but I guess that is what happens when you're engaged to someone that you hardly know.

I decided to go for a run in human form to clear my head. Plus, my wolf is sick of sitting. I run through the forest and can feel my lungs burning, but I keep pushing. I keep going down a winding path until I reach a waterfall on the edge of the pack lands. It's beautiful and quiet on this warm spring day. I sat on the bank's edge for a while to admire how the blue pool is filled with swirling, frothy water that cascades down the cliffs. It's all framed by lush greenery that is thriving in this weather.

I take off my workout top and dive into its depths. I lay on the bottom and looked up. I can feel that my body wants to shift into my mermaid form, but I only partially change to breathe underwater. I eventually needed to make my way to the coast. I need saltwater for myself to fully transform.

Life feels easier underwater. The white noise of the water splashing around me drowns out my over-thinking brain and confused heart. I should bring up my doubts, but what if I find something I don't want to know? I know that Amber offered to help me break the deal with Hades, but would I really want to risk my sister's safety? No, I don't. But do I want to stay with someone so distant?

"He is our mate...you can't just give up on him. We haven't been able to actually get to know him."

She is correct, but it's not like he has shown much interest. We went on one date that was cut short. Everything just feels hard for us, and I thought having a mate would make my life easier. My mom and I would finally be part of a pack again, but that wasn't meant to be. I have constant thoughts going back and forth now. Some in Cole's favor. As we've been in a state of stress since we got together. The other part is just so full of questions. I've never had a relationship before, but I always imagined that it would be easier than this. I shook my head, attempting to clear it.

I swim to the surface, and my nose picks up on something as soon as I do. Rogue Wolves. Sh*t! I'm alone and only in a workout bra and leggings.

"What do we have here? A lone wolf."

I quickly mind link, Alice.

"Rogue's a dozen or more, northeast border."

"Andrea, where are you?"

"I'm by the waterfall. By myself."

"DO NOT ENGAGE. COLE AND CIRCE ARE ON THEIR WAY."

Of course, he was with her. Thank you for giving me the rage that I needed.

"..Even better. A half-naked lone wolf."

I wasn't half-naked. I was in a sports bra and leggings. So what are my options here? I could stay on the bottom, but if enough of them dive down, that could mean trouble. If I stay here, they could trap me. So whether I liked it or not, I needed to engage them and keep myself alive long enough for Cole and Circe to get here.

I decided to surprise them, and I launched myself out of the water. With me, I pushed a wave of the water to drag six of them under. I hate drowning anyone by choice. This is what a Siren would do. But I'd rather stay alive.

Suddenly, shouts of fear go up as they watch their friends drown. I take advantage of their surprise and shift into my wolf. I take four at once, and soon my white fur is covered in their blood as I block everything out and focus on blocking and killing, maiming, or blinding if the killing wasn't an option. I was so focused that I didn't even notice the forest coming to my rescue until I saw a root throw a rogue into my swirling whirlpool. I felt something bump my back, and I turned around to strike, but my wolf warned me that it was our mate.

He had those double-edged swords he used during the last battle with the giants. Between the three of us, the battle was over in minutes. Louis and his wolves came and chased down many of the wolves that retreated. We would need them for questioning. Every Rogue here was either dead or very close to it.

I could feel my wolf had reached her limit with the number of wolves we took on at once. It brings back bad memories. It makes her, and I want to go feral and run away. The last time I was like this, Amber was able to pull me back. But she isn't here. It's like I forget my human part and turn into an animal by nature. It's a mind-frame that I would use as a child. To help keep me fighting past my fear. If I turn the human side of me off, I don't have to deal with those emotions that can be distracting, but part of this is that it's hard to come back from. Sometimes, even my own mother wasn't able to help. She'd just have to give me time and let me find myself.

I quickly shift into my human form. I'm covered in blood from head to toe and shaking from rage and adrenaline. I could hear Alice approaching. My wolf asked her for help. Because she knew that I would need it.

"...Andrea, are you okay?…you…you are glowing," said Cole. He was looking at me with this look of awe. I'm not sure why. As I know, I'm covered from head to toe in the blood of my enemies. The glow and otherworldliness came from being related to the Moon Goddess. It was to warn others not to come close. As we were in a powerful state.

Cole did not know this or realize it. Nevertheless, he reached out to touch me.

"Don't you f*cking touch me!" I yelled at him. But my voice doesn't come out as my own. Instead, it comes out as a mix of my voice and the rage of an angry ocean wind. The waters behind me stop their whirlpool and soon become wavy and angry.

"Andrea!" I can hear my wolf panicking at my state. I wouldn't intentionally hurt my mate, but an accident could happen. Right now, I am full of rage and power that I don't know how to control.

"Andrea, go back to your room in the pack house now!" Said Alice. She even used her Alpha voice on me. This wouldn't have worked if it was anyone else but one of my sisters. I turned and sprinted past him.

"Just go back to whatever you were doing with her. I didn't need you before, and I don't need you now." I said over my shoulder.

"...Cole…you didn't tell her. Moon Goddess above. What were you thinking?" Is what I heard from Circe, but Cole didn't respond. Not that it would matter. I had to go back to the pack house as commanded.

Alice's wolf comes alongside my bloody, human form.

"...Andrea…you don't look good…"

Author's Note

Andrea is by far one of my favorite characters. She has been through so much but has so much depth and strength. What are your thoughts about this, readers? I see her like a brave and strong Blake Lively in my mind.