Immortal Bite

Chap 4: Bonding

MATURE AUDIENCE IS ADVISED!! Please read on with caution.

(The sex scene has been written by my lovely older sister -I can't write that stuff because I blush too much and get awkward with it- so send your praises to her for the steamy parts. She'll be doing them all.)

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"Dad, come on! I'm an adult now! If I want to make bad choices, let me; you can't keep doing this to me!" I told in in exasperation as I slouched on the couch while dad paced the length of the lounge room. He's giving me an 'educational scalding for misbehaving and having three males under one roof'. "Besides, we didn't even-"

"You were too friendly with him at the door. I don't want you throwing your life away for some boy you hardly know." Dad snapped at me in the middle of my sentence and I scowled at him angrily for it. "Piper, you're too young and inexperienced to deal with the pressures of a committed relationship." Dad informed me sharply as he folded his arms over his chest and stared icily down at me. I glared up at him feeling my stubborn streak coming to the surface.

"Like you and mum?" I snapped harshly up at him and he sucked in a sharp breath at my blow and looked away from me. "You can't keep comparing who I am now to that scared little girl I used to be. If I want to, I should be allowed it even if you disagree with it. I shouldn't need your permission to talk to guys!" I hissed furiously at him as I jumped proudly to my feet. I lifted my chin stubbornly at him as his nostrils flared angrily at my words.

"He is that boy you were with, isn't he?" Dad asked me tensely and I frowned in confusion about what he's raving about now. "The boy from the club." Dad ground out between clenched teeth and my eyes widened in surprise that he put the pieces together. I shouldn't really be, since dad's a lawyer and everything. "He is the reason you have that tramp stamp on your neck, isn't he?!" Dad roared furiously at me pointing an accusing finger at what I now know to be Slade's claim over me.

"No!" I yelled back at dad and he threw his hands in the air, taking up his pacing again. "Dad, you don't understand what's happening right now -I'm still trying to understand." I began to explain to dad in a softer voice and he snapped his teeth together loudly. "But Slade isn't a bad guy. He's good and he takes care of me. I want to see where we go." I admitted to not only dad but myself about what I think of Slade now and felt relief and warmth fill me. It's the right decision.

"You are never to see that boy again, Piper." Dad ordered me in a furious voice and I took a shocked step away from him before shaking my head quickly with tears in my eyes.

"No! You can't do this!" I cried in distress feeling panic rise in me at the thought of never seeing Slade again. "He's a forever guy! I will see him as much as I-" Pain in my left cheek cut me off suddenly and I was on the floor on my hands and knees in the next second. I shakily lifted a hand to my cheek and winced when I touched it.

I slowly looked up at dad in betrayal and he stood there panting heavily staring at his hand in horror. Dad hit me. I thought meekly, feeling tears well in my eyes and I slowly pushed myself to my feet.

"Piper, I-I didn't mean...I never meant... Precious, I'm so sorry." Dad stuttered out of himself completely dumbfounded at his newly found abusive side. I shook my head sharply at him before running upstairs and slamming my door closed. I locked is as an extra precaution and threw myself on my bed with painful sobs escaping me.

I don't know how long I was sobbing broken-heartedly on my bed with my cheek throbbing in pain. When I calmed down enough to face my window, I felt a small pulling sensation fill me. I slowly crawled out of bed and neared the window where the sensation got stronger and peered down at the ground. Slade's large frame was pacing uneasily under my window.