AfterShocks

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"We need to talk"Keelin helps me to a couch and hands me a tissue.

"I know some things are too hard to talk about right now but we want to know anything we can about this. It will help us decide next steps." Keelin and Freya sit opposite.

"What do you want to know" I put my head in my hand hunched over in my chair so I don't have to look at either of them. I know I'm not supposed to feel embarrassed and this isn't my fault and everything but talking about it makes me feel gross and inappropriate. I don't want to make them cry either.

"How long has this been going on?" Keelin asks

I hoped she wouldn't ask that again. How long has it all really been going on for there were so many times things escalated. When did what he was doing truly crossed a line whether mine or societal.

"I don't know." I respond. "What even ll

"Anything that made you uncomfortable or something an adult shouldn't do with a child.

"Long time I guess. He just kind of got worse as time went on. I don't know when it started it was all just a ton of different stuff."

"What stuff did he do?" Keelin asks patiently.

"He sometimes would slap me around a bit and call me names. That was like the first stuff sometimes it was hard to tell if we were just playing when I was younger like 10." 

"What names would he call you?" Freya asks.

"He'd call me all kinds of things. Mostly stuff like bitch or anything related to dog. He'd say stuff like you stupid dog or dog can't even do it's job."

They both look completely shocked. I could feel Freya's energy boiling in stronger witches just standing next to them you felt it.

I look over at Freya. I can tell she's trying to stay calm. She's not a hothead or prone to anger but when she gets mad she gets mad.

"He'd hit you?" Freya's voice shakes.

"Yeah, he wouldn't like roundhouse me or anything but if I messed up he'd do it."

"How did you mess up?" Keelin ask in a thoughtful voice giving me her hand.

"Just stupid stuff we'd be out hunting dangerous supernaturals and stuff and I'd let them get away or he wouldn't get to kill them. Or sometimes when I talked to someone I wasn't supposed to or broke the rules."

"You went hunting?" Keelin asks

"Just anyone causing trouble we'd pack up in the van and drive down to stop the trouble. We'd both scope it out and he'd kinda use me as a......hunting dog."

"A hunting dog" Freya's voice burns.

"How did he use you as a hunting dog?" Keelin asks patiently.

"He'd make me turn, I never really had much of a choice so I'd round up everyone for him so he could shoot them." I look at my feet.

"That's why you weren't wearing clothing besides a hoodie when you showed up at the school?" Keelin asks

"No"

"What happened?" I can feel the pain and knot in Freya's throat.

"He was feeling me up and ripped my clothes and I couldn't get away with them. I had to steal a hoodie from a store and get a bus ride home. I asked Caroline to if she could pick me up but she said Alaric was closer and she could just ask him to pick me up. I took the bus." My voice cracks and drys.

"Did he try to do other things with you?" Keelin asks rubbing my hand.

My heart drops "A couple of times, he'd make me....feel it." My voice dries and all the water seems to go to my eyes

"By it you mean.." Keelin cuts off.

"Yeah" I keep staring at the floor.

Freya gets up from her chair and walks out.

"He made me put it in my mouth." I start crying and shaking.

Keelin picks me up in her arms again "It's okay, everything is going to be okay, thank you for being brave I know this was really hard."

I bury my face in her shoulder and keep crying