Bullied Once, Loved Twice

Chapter 47 - Recovering from hell

Liam's eyes opened slowly, tears already pricking at their corners, he had yet to see Narcia in the last week that followed the incident, not that she hadn't tried to see him, he just couldn't take looking at her, he didn't know if he ever could again.

For all he knew, this had all been her fault, he wouldn't have been out there alone, he wouldn't have crossed paths with Giuliana, he wouldn't have been raped.

He wouldn't have been raped.

How pathetic it sounded to him, a man, being raped by a smaller woman than him, a broad shouldered man with years of training, it had all been for nothing.

A sad chuckle left him as he covered his face, some of the wolves from the pack had already laughed at his misery, not to mention the words that had come out of some of their mouths.

"Did you hear? They say he was raped by the witch."

"What a loser."

"He's a man, he probably wanted it."

"He wasn't raped if he enjoyed it."

"I heard he was about to cum, that's pleasure in my book."

"He probably didn't want to lose our alpha, what a pathetic dude."

"She'd be better off with someone else anyways, he can't even assume he cheated."

Tears gathered at the corner of his eyes, it disgusted him, to know such men existed in this world, men that most likely thought of sex as a hobby or something, filthy creatures.

"He should stop complaning, his first time was easy."

"I wished my virginity had been taken by a big breasted woman riding me!"

"Such a whimp, grow balls honestly."

A knock echoed at the door, making the poor boy jump a bit, being abruptly taken out of his memories, not that he minded that part.

He groaned however,  knowing someone was behind the door, he wasn't really in the mood to see people right now, if he had been selfish, he would have never ever seen anyone again.

"Liam...? It's Devan, may I come in?" The cannibal asked from behind the door, making Liam sigh, it's not that he held a grudge against him since he had done nothing wrong, but he wouldn't stop trying to get him to understand Narcia.

"If it's to argue again, I'd rather you stay out." He said as he heard the dead shifter sigh heavily, the sound of the man's forehead leaning against the door lightly echoing.

"I don't want to argue, please Liam, let me in." He said again, more pleadingly, he clearly wanted to step inside and have a chat.

"Fine..."

It didn't take more for the tall man to walk in, a soft and caring smile plastered on his face as he made his way towards him, his hand reaching out to hold Liam's.

"Do you feel better yet? I have heard from the healer that most of your magic is restored." He said as Liam nodded, his tail gently swaying from side to side.

He always felt so warm and comfortable with Devan, it was strange considering how the man was mostly dead.

"I heard about Matheo..." Liam stated, worry deep in his tone, he had known that his friend was gone, but he never knew he had been kidnapped, he wished he had left to look for him sooner.

He wouldn't have had to deal with any of this if he had.

"Oh... When did the news reach you?"

"This morning, I only started to allow entrance to my room now, I just wasn't ready to see people again so soon until today." Liam said in a quiet tone, he felt bad for not having asked about him sooner, but he just couldn't bring himself to talk to people at the time.