How could he betray me like that? I get why he would keep being a dangerous shifter from me but to hide the fact that I was basically his soulmate and then to watch me go through the pain Lucian's caused and not say anything . I get that me choosing Lucian isn't his fault but if he would have just told me then I would have chosen him instead of Lucian .I have always been in love with Nisiah I just never felt like I was good enough for him and now that I know I'm his mate I can't do anything about it because I'm with Lucian and he would kill me before he let me leave. My mind racing and my emotions going everywhere cause me to have a panic attack when my phone dings. Lucian:"I'll be home tomorrow and I need the money from your rainy day fund, I'm in trouble." I sigh. Great, more drama. I grab the money jar from behind my bookshelf and count . Two thousand dollars and sixty cents. Me:" Ok Lucian oh and I'm going back to work tomorrow night so I won't be home ." Lucian:"That's fine, are you covering your eyes? I don't need any more trouble on your behalf ". I reread the message confused on what he meant . Me :" es eye is covered". Lucian:" good and I have a surprise for you when I get home, see you tomorrow.". I groan he is either going to actually bring me back something or I'm going to get a surprise punch to the face again. I put down my phone laying in bed trying not to worry about Lucian or think about Nisiah's betrayal.so I just lay there looking out the window and breaking internally before falling asleep to the sound of rain. The next morning I cleaned the house and fixed the bed before taking a shower and putting on my work clothes. I still had a couple days left but with my eye being healed and Lucian draining me dry I needed the money. I fixed some cereal before sitting down and turning on cartoons until it was time for work. Walking out and locking the door behind me and running to catch the bus. Nisiah has tried to text and call me but I refused to respond. I know that acting like nothing happened is going to be hard and suck but I have a lot to figure out and deal with already,plus I just haven't forgiven him yet. I get off the bus walking into work when Sheila catches me clocking in. " Hey girl you look like you're feeling better". I smile " yes, loads better where do you need me today"? I pause seeing Nisiah staring at me from the kitchen. " In the kitchen,the temp never showed up and I'm short handed on the grill." I feel my insides drop and notice the pained look on his face before he disappears behind the friers. " Ok kitchen it is ". I take a deep breath calming myself before putting on gloves and throwing some meat on the grill avoiding nisiah's gaze . Halfway through the shift he slams his fist against the wall walking off and leaving, not even bothering to clock out. Rattled, I just stood there when Sheila came in from her break to help me. " What's wrong with him are you ok"? I sigh, packing an order " yes I'm fine and nothing's wrong ." I could tell she didn't believe me after all he just stormed out without talking to anyone ,but she didn't push the issue . The rest of the work went by slowly and I was ready to go home . Lucian:" I'm outside when you get off." Me:" ok il be out in a second." I put my phone back into my pocket, clocking out and going to get into the car. I kiss Lucian when I notice that he looks like he got into a fight with a bull and the bull won. " Lucian what happened are you ok"? He smirks, making my skin crawl and I knew what would come next. He doesn't say anything the whole ride home. Walking into the apartment he goes into the room grabbing the money and counting it before putting it in his wallet. I go to take a shower and throw on my pajamas before heading into the kitchen to make dinner. Walking into the kitchen Lucian is sitting at the table watching TV from across the room with a beer in his hand . " Do you work tomorrow?" I shake my head " Noi don't go back for two days and then my schedule goes back to normal." He takes another sip " come here." I put the food in the oven and walked over to him. He stands up putting his beer down and grabbing my hands looking me straight in the face. I can feel my stomach start to knot. " I know you had me beat up for hurting you." He smiles " you should've had me killed.". I go to the object when. He knees me in the stomach causing me to fall to the floor and puke. He lets go of my hands" you are disgusting I don't know why I stay with you." He kicks me I'm the back causing me to fall into my vomit. I muffle a scream and try to crawl away when he lifts my face up off the ground and punches me so hard I feel my jaw dislocated and he laughs. " Oops here let me fix that." Lucian gets down on his knee taking my jaw in both hands smiling evilly before popping it back into place before I pass out. Coming to I wake up laying on the kitchen floor in puke with pain radiating from my stomach, back and jaw. I slowly get up seeing a note on the table along with the two grand. * The man I owe this to is coming to get this at midnight, and I'll be back eventually. Clean the house and yourself up and remember I let you live this time don't make the same mistake twice*. I sit the note on my bedroom side table before taking a shower and heading to the kitchen to clean and throw away the lasagna and mopping the floor before sitting in my nook to wait for the loan shark to show up. I decided to read a book until it was time ,getting lost in the pages time seemed to go by faster than ever when the doorbell rings. I get up to answer it and it's a drunk Lucian who forgot his keys. I open the door letting him stumble in when behind him walks in Ivan dulang,one of the biggest criminals in town. Everyone knew that Ivan was not to be fucked with whatever you owed him he always took more and he had little to no regard for life in general. There was no escaping him if you tried to run,he always got what he wanted and now lucian was mixed up with him. I move out of the way letting Ivan wake in stepping over a passed out Lucian. He walks to the kitchen table sitting down staring at me . I snap back to reality, shutting the door rushing over to hand him the money. " Smart girl". I cup my hands together backing into the cabinets " I don't know what he owes out but that's all I have Mr.dulang." he chuckles " Mr.dulang please call me Ivan and this is everything he owes". I sigh in relief " I'll be on my way darling". He gets up walking up to me lowly putting his hands on my waist and whispering in my ear ." Next time he is late you will be my payment.". He backs away smiling with a wink before walking out the door. I stand there in silence shocked with tears in my eyes before going to put Lucian on the couch and making some coffee to sober home up. Three am rolls around when Lucian finally wakes up catching my eye from the kitchen." Viviana"? I walk over to the couch " he came, got the money and warned that the next time you're late that he would take me as payment.". Lucian laughs like I'm joking" stop being so serious he was just playing". I get up heading to the bedroom exhausted " I'm going to bed please don't borrow anymore money from him again everyone knows that dulang isn't a joke, don't risks my life for your bad habits". Lucian doesnt respond, as I lay down I go over the events of the day. I hear the door shut and Lucian's car crank up. I sighed in disappointment knowing that he didn't are about anything but getting drunk and placing bets. Everything in me wanted to call Nisiah but my pride wouldn't allow it plus after today I doupt he would come to my rescue. I roll over hugging my pillow letting it catch my tears crying myself to sleep.
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The Demon Wolf and his Broken Goddess
Short Storyvivianas life is anything but magical until a secrets are revealed and and destiny is awakened, will she choose to stay on the path she is on , take a chance with destiny or even survive at all.
