The Werewolf in the Basement

The Werewolf in the Basement ~16

Chapter 16

Annabelle's P.O.V

I cuddled into Rain's chest, feeling safe. I don't like how I felt about the kiss.

How it felt so right. So warm and just... sensational.

"What happened to you?" Asked the guy who got the other guys to leave.

I was afraid of what these boys would do to us, or just me since Rain is one of them. They see the scars, what if they want to create new scars.

"Ok, you don't have to answer that yet. We'll introduce ourselves first. I'm Sam." Says the quite boy, putting out his hand.

I shrink into Rain and his arms tighten around me. What would I do without him? Actually, I don't want to dwell on that now.

I was a little surprised when the boy's hand didn't connect with my face.

I glanced up and he took his hand back looking nervous and awkward.

"I'm Daniel." Says the guy with the nose ring. He didn't put out his hand.

"And I'm Lucas or just Luke." Says the sandy haired boy, giving us a wave.

I guess it's my turn to be brave as Rain has already had to stand up for me. That guy that sat beside me really freaked me out, I thought he was going to do the unthinkable.

Ok, here goes. I took a deep breath. "I'm Annabelle and he's Rain." I said in a mumble, suddenly I lost the courage I seemed to have gained and turned into Rain's chest. Hope he doesn't mind.

"Well it's nice to meet you. So anything you wanna tell us?" Says Sam giving us a knowing look.

Oh no what do I do? Can we tell them? Well they are part of our pack.

I felt Rain's gaze on me. I stayed turned away from our room mates as I look up at Rain.

"Should we?" I whispered to him.

"Whatever you think." He said slowly.

"You have to promise not to tell anyone." I said turning and looking at their feet.

"Yeah no problem. We won't tell anyone." Says Daniel, giving us a wierd look.

Before I even had time to think of a way to sumarise everything that had happened to us, Rain had already started to answer them.

"Her mother and father and brother used to beat us." Says Rain simply, looking down at me to see if what he had just said was right. I gave a tiny nod and he let out a little breath.

"Why did you say her parents?" Asks Lucas, looking confused.

"They're my adoptive parents." I whisper.

"And..." Says Daniel gesturing with his hand to continue.

"They kept Rain in the basement and I had to do stuff around the house." I said taking a glance at the boys.

They looked at us. "You can't get scars from just getting beaten. So how did you get them?" Asks Sam, looking confused and calculating.

I was trying to think of what to say to that when Rain spoke up.

"They tortured us." He said quitely.

I turned and looked at Rain. Why would he say that? I then remembered what a lot of people in the pack said, how they couldn't believe someone could torture us like what had been done to us.

I didn't believe it though because we could have been hurt a lot worse. Well I wasn't tortured but Rain was, he definitely was.

"What do you mean by torture?" Daniel asks giving us an incredulous look. I can tell he doesn't think we've been through enough to say we were tortured.