Ajax
Paul whirled to face the direction the voice came from, his wolf screaming at him to protect his imprint from the unknown person. He hadn't even heard someone come up to them, so this person could be a threat. The speaker turned out to be a man who was around probably nineteen and had dark skin and curly black hair and the same purple eyes Macy had.
"How long were you there?"Macy asked the stranger who shrugged as his gaze moved past Paul to soften as his eyes landed on Macy.
"You know Mother's domain will react to your emotions. I was close by when I felt your anger effecting the sky, so I came to check on you. I can't wait to see what mother will do when she finds out you have a soul mate."The stranger said, his voice alarmingly gleeful near the end.
"Macy, who is this?"Paul ground out, barely able to keep himself from phasing at the potential threat to his imprint.
It was Macy's hand on Paul's arm that was the only thing keeping him from wolfish out.
"Paul, this is my half brother Ajax. Ajax, this is Paul, if you want to blame someone for this, you know who to go to."Macy said and Paul felt himself relax a bit at the knowledge that this stranger was her brother. Though I still wanted to know how he had managed to sneak up on him and what the hell he was talking about with domains and Macy's anger effecting the sky.
"Oh, believe me, sister, I will be talking to her. And I'm sure Mother will too."Ajax said, a smug smirk forming on his face.
"Go for it, just remember this, brother. I thought you wanted me to live a happy life during this punishment in disguise. If this is her work, don't you think she would make sure Paul and I have a long and happy life together?" Macy asked, clearly threatening her brother, though with what, was lost to Paul.
Paul became even more confused when Ajax's shoulders slumped, indicating that she clearly had him.
"Fine. I'll make you a deal though, Macy."He said, making her groan slightly and Paul tensed slightly in response.
"What is it?"She asked, a slight tone of dread seeping into her voice as she gave him an exasperated look.
He just grinned at her, falsely innocent.
"You have to introduce yourself to him, properly, using the titles from your claiming, then show him proof. If he doesn't run away, I will give not only my approval but my blessing and I'll stand up for him against mother."He said, further confusing Paul, though evidently not Macy as she just looked mildly alarmed before squaring Paul's shoulders.
"Fine, you've yourself a deal."She told him before turning to look Paul in the eye.
"Paul, I would like to formally introduce myself to you, so you know what you're getting into. I am Macy Swan, daughter of Hecate. Goddess of Magic, Mist and Crossroads, of Necromancy and Ghosts, and of the Night and the Moon and Queen of the witches, princess of magic. I am a veteran of two wars and like Piper and Jason, I have been recently made immortal. Before you is my half brother Ajax, God of Mischief and Artifice, of Magic and Fire and of Lies and Stories and Messenger of Magic."She said before she summoned fire in her palms before making it disappeared.
Macy stared at her for a moment in shock. The summoning of the fire ball before making it disappear was proof enough.
"So you're a goddess and wait Jason and Piper are part of it too?"Was the first thing that tumbled out of Paul's mouth once he had processed what had just happened. He was still in shock but at least he had processed and accepted what his imprint was. To his surprise though, Ajax snorted, shaking his head.
"No, she turned that down when she won the second Titan War. It pissed Zeus so he gave them the choice to wait at one time in life before she would be made immortal. But then a year later Jason died before being brought back from the dead and Zeus made him, Piper and Macy immortals. Jason is Zeus demigod son in his roman form while Piper is the daughter of Aphrodite. Anyway, it took me a bit of time to come around to the idea of having Macy around forever, but now, I'm honestly wondering how I didn't like her in the first place."He said, looking fondly at Macy who rolled her eyes.
"You were pissed that mom cheated on your dad again even though he cheated too, and like the fates, took it out on me because you couldn' take it out on mom."She said.
"Yes, but that was before I got to know you. I regret that now and honestly don't understand what I was thinking letting the fact that you were a demigod cloud my mind when I wanted a sister anyway. And sure I have many sisters, but you are my favorite."Ajax said.
"So you're a demigod then?"Paul asked, interrupting their conversation before his head actually exploded.
Paul thought that the pack was gonna lose it when they found this stuff out. He just hoped Sam would remember to put a 'no giving so much as a hint' rule on Jacob to keep him from telling the leech lover.
"Yeah, pretty much. The immortal demigoddess of Hecate."Macy said, shrugging.
"She's also our mother's strongest demigod daughter. You won't find out in Greek Mythology books, but Hecate is actually stronger than Zeus, Poseidon and Hades. While in some legends, she is a Titan goddess, that is not actually true. Hecate is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter. And Zeus decided to marry her to Apollo."Ajax explained.
Paul turned to Macy and asked, making Macy giggle "So can I call you my goddess then?"
"You two are going to be that couple aren't you? This is going to suck, having to stand up for you two to mother now. I was counting on him running so I could give him a hard time when he came crawling back."Ajax complained, earning a glare from Macy and a mildly offended look from Paul. Paul wanted to glare at him but he was a god, he could probably kill him for looking at him wrong.
"Aphrodite said that he couldn't hurt me without hurting himself. You're the one who made the terms of the deal, so you have to give your approval and your blessing as well."She said fiercely, while Paul looked on with awe and Ajax sighed in obvious resignation.
"Yes, yes. A deal is a deal, so I give you my approval and my blessing to date my sister. But I will warn you now wolf, if you cause my sister any pain and make her cry anything but happy tears, you will feel the wrath of not only I, but our father's, and everyone Macy is friends with. That Nico, who is son of Hades, her cousin, Percy who is a son of Poseidon, Thalia, a daughter of Zeus and is a lieutenant of Artemis' Hunt and her friend Annabeth, who is a daughter of Athena and an amazing strategist. So, to be clear, if you hurt my sister, you won't survive."Ajax said, leaning to get in Paul's face as he all but growled the last sentence.
Paul leaned back slightly, not ashamed to admit that he was trying to get away from him. It would be stupid to deny being afraid of being on the receiving end of a shovel talk from a god. He just hoped Macy's mother decided Ajax was enough. Paul may need to seriously brush up on his Greek mythology now, but even he know he didn't want a shovel talk from a god who controlled magic and with magic, he could do anything.
"Understood."Paul managed to get out before hearing faint chatter from the rest of the pack as they headed towards the beach.
It was clear that Macy and Ajax heard it as well since they turned to face the direction of the catter.
"I'll see you in a bit, sis, Paul." Ajax said, hugging Macy in farewell before nodding once to Paul and mist travelling away.
Not two seconds later, the pack came into view of the beach, waving and shouting at them. Macy waved in acknowlegement but Paul quickly caught Sam's eye and gestured towards the woods. Understanding took over his features and he quietly informed the rest of the pack of a meeting in the woods before heading there, followed by the his fellow pack members.
"I'll be right back, my goddess. I'm going to inform of the pack of what I just learned, okay? I'll have Sam put a gag order on everyone, espcially so he can't tell Bella."Paul told her, making her nod before he stood up to follow his pack into the woods, stripping so he wouldn't shred his shorts as soon as he was covered by the tree line and phasing.
"What is it you needed to call a meeting about, Paul?"Sam's voice asked through the pack mind.
"Before I can show or tell, you need to issue an alpha order for no one to give so much as a hint about the secret I'm about to share. It's about Macy, Jason and Piper."Paul stated, his mental tone indicating how serious this was to him.
Thankfully, Sam picked up on that, and issued the alpha order, earning mild grumbling from Jacob now that Paul had Sam cut off his loophole.
"What is it, Paul?"Jared asked.
Deciding against explaining everything through words Paul couldn't even find, he just replayed the memories of the last fiteen minutes. Soon enough, he felt the ripple of shock that traveled through the pack at the truth of what and who his imprint really was with Piper and Jason.
"They're eighteen! How is it possible that they've fought in two wars?!"Embry's startled voice echoed through the pack mind.
"Can we talk about the fact that they turned down becoming goddesses and god? Or how my own cousin lied to me!"Jacob asked and Paul growled at him in response.
"Don't be so damn shallow, Black. The way it sounds to me, she would have turned down immortality as well. She called it a 'punishment in disguise' after all."Jared snapped.
"Enough, all of you! We will all read up on Greek mythology to better understand the world that our new sisters and Jason have opened to us. Piper, Macy and Jason will have to tell us what's truth and what isn't, but the fact of matter is they've been through two wars. Their friend, the strategist may be able to help us come up with a way to defeat the redhead. We won't ask unless it's our only option, but we may have to help tat way."Sam said, issuing another alpha order.
For once, nobody complained about the order heaped onto them as part of the pack. Macy and Piper were one of them now and Jason had been welcomed into the pack too.
"Hey, Paul? I hate to break it to you, but you do realize you're going to have one hell of a time impressing her mother, you know that, right?"Jared asked, making Paul let out a wolfy groan.
"Dont remind me. I'm surprised that impressing Ajax took so little effort. Impressing the goddess of magic though? I'm practically toast, even with him and Macy covering my ass."Paul said, before he heard laughing.
Curiosity got the best of all of them and they slowly made their way out of the trees to look at what was going on. The shock that rippled through the pack this time was much stronger than when Paul showed his memories. They saw Piper, Jason and Macy laughing while Ajax used magic shifting appearance, first one his face shifted to some sort of horse, then to a merman and to a cat and any other animal Ajax could think of.
"Paul? What are even our lives now?"Paul heard Jacob ask in shock as they all stared at the scene before them.
For once, Paul had no answer to give either. He was just as lost on this as they were, only he was thrilled to start finding out. His imprint would make sure his life would never dull again.
A/N So I hope you'll like this chapter. Since Hecate and Apollo never got married, I thought being married to one another would make a good thing to do.
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