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I did the only thing I knew to: I fought.
I clawed at him, my nails growing into their sharp form, my teeth elongating as I thrashed, trying to bite or kick my way out of his pinning assault. He struggled to keep me in place, releasing his teeth from my tender flesh but keeping his hand firmly grasped around my throat, the pressure tightening as he tried to control me. Tried to use me.
To take me.
“You’re so vicious,” he growled in my ear, my blood still dripping from his smirking lips. He sounded amused, almost approving of my fight. “Now, stay still.”
No…no, no, no, no…. another Alpha command.
I couldn’t do anything, I was at his mercy.
I felt my golden eyes flicker away as I retreated within, letting the darkness of what was happening take me.
***
The words left my lips, that part of my story finally out in the open between us. So many emotions tried to assault my body, my stomach threatening to release my breakfast, my mind trying to convince me this was a mistake as seconds of silence continued to pass by. Nolan stared at me, his face twisting in an unreadable way, full of emotions that could either be supportive or disgusted; my nervous mind couldn’t read them in the moment.
“I will kill him.” Nolan’s voice was low and menacing, eyes flashing from bright green to glowing gold. “He doesn’t deserve to breathe after what he’s done to you.”
“You aren’t the only one to say that to me,” I mumbled, remembering what had happened when I was finally able to escape him, even though it had been too late…
***
Just make it back to the townhouses. That’s all you need to do, make it back.
I kept repeating that, telling myself that I would be alright if I made it there; it helped me put one step in front of the other. Dirt was sweat-smeared across my face, twigs and underbrush knotted in my long, hip-length hair that he had pulled free sometime during…it.
Bile rose on my throat, my mind unable to say the word. The act. The shame.
The world was a haze around me, the moonlight still beaming down across me. Usually, I would feel strong under it, I would feel like myself, but not now. All I wanted to do was hide from it, I didn’t deserve Lunestia’s protection, I didn’t deserve her love.
I just needed to get inside.
The row of Hierarchy townhomes came into view, a whimper escaping me at the sight. But I didn’t go to mine, I went to the only other one where I would feel safe. What if Logan went to mine? What if he tried to find me again?
Salty wetness seeped through the crack in my lips. When had I started to cry?
I couldn't seem to focus. All I could do was pray that Beckett and Liv’s door was open.
Thank the Goddess it was.
I rushed inside, not even capable of turning a light on. I hurried to the corner of their common area, a little nook between the wall and the couch the perfect place to huddle as I waited for them to come home.
Or to hide from Logan.
I settled in, pulling my legs to my chest, rocking myself back and forth and I waited.
And I kept waiting…
I didn’t know how long passed, hours, minutes, days, until I heard the click of the front door. My body tensed; I should be able to smell who was about to cross the threshold or hear the voices drifting behind the door, but I couldn’t. Everything was dulled and gray and lifeless.
“Kasha?” A voice cracked through as the door closed. My heart skipped a beat: it was Beckett.
“Kas?” Liv’s lighthearted voice broke through as well. “Where are you?”
I could call out, answer even within our minds, but I didn’t. My voice was gone, along with so many other things.
“Kas!” Beckett was the first to find me, I looked up to see him staring down at me, his footsteps bringing him too close.
