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I clenched my teeth together as I lay on the treatment bed in Lucy's medical examination room, her prodding my back as she cleaned up my cuts.
When I had woken up this morning, the same man that locked me up last night picked me up once again- without saying a word. He took me here to get treated and made sure to keep Axel away from me as Dakota had instructed so that he was unable to heal me.
I let out a small cry of pain as I felt the tiny sharp needle pierce through my skin, stitching together the cuts that were too deep to heal on their own.
"You will have to be careful for the next few days, no making any stretching movements that will put strain on your back, okay? The scars will heal over time but you'll have some scarring" she spoke, with an undertone of sympathy.
I nodded quietly as I sat staring at the wall. All I wanted to do right now was see Axel and start planning how we were going to get out of here.
His words from last night were still fresh in my mind. The honesty coming from him was what the most sincere I have ever heard him. As the days go by, I'm beginning to appreciate him more and more. That's almost a scary thought. When I first came here, I didn't know what to expect. I didn't think that I would meet someone so kind-hearted and as loyal as he has been to me.
After Lucy had finished up the stitches, she allowed me to leave, calling Hunter in to help me.
When he walked in and looked at me, I could see another sympathetic glance my way.
It almost angered me. Why are they giving me those looks? I don't want pity. They should be feeling upset and worried about Ema and Luke who were who knows where by now.
Tears formed in my eyes as I tore my eyes away from him and straight to the ground. Lucy had left the room by now, leaving us as the only two people in the room.
Footsteps approach me until I felt a warm hand on my shoulder. "Hey, it'll be okay. I'm sure they have just gone to separate houses" Hunter attempted to reassure me. I smiled in appreciation, even though his words didn't ease the burning feeling in my heart, and wiped my tears away. Hunter helped me stand upright before grabbing my hand in a comforting manner.
He led me to the kitchen and sat me down on a stool, before pulling out ingredients such as vegetable stock, cream, pumpkin and carrot. "Pumpkin soup okay?" he asked as he pulled out a chopping board. I nodded my head in response and watched as he chopped the pumpkin and carrot up.
Thoughts from moments ago came into my mind once again.
"Would you leave if you could?" I asked before I thought too much into it. He stopped what he was doing, placed the knife down on the board and looked directly at me. "What are you talking about?"
"I mean, if you had the opportunity- the chance to run from all this, what would you do?" I explained.
He looked deep in thought for a minute, as if he was constructing a thoughtful way to reply. "I guess I would, but if Mia wanted to stay, then I would too. I can't leave my sister here on her own."I wish that he would jump on the idea right away, and tell me he definitely would, but I understood where he was coming from. If Nickolas was my twin, there is no way in hell I would separate from him. I'd want to spend as much time with him as I could before I would be claimed and taken away from him. Then again, if they both decided to come, they would get to be together for as long as they wanted.
"I understand, family first" I smiled. He gave me a subtle- almost sad- smile back before putting various vegetables into a pot of boiling water.
I watched him cook like it was something that came completely natural to him, that's a trait that any girl would love to have in the man that claims her, but of course, they would be forced to cook for him instead.He leaned on the bench next to me, waiting for the vegetables to cook through, "So, what do you want to talk about now?"
"Can you show me your ability?" I asked curiously. His face lit up and he jumped of the table, slowly helping me stand up.
I followed him out the back door and into the familiar garden before sitting me down on the bench that I was sitting on just the other day with Ema. Hunter must have seen my face drop, because he immediately engulfed me in a comforting hug.
He pulled back, and sat on the dirt in front of me, and placed his palms towards the ground. I watching in awe as a small stem began to grow out from the ground, growing bigger and bigger, until it turned into a beautiful white rose. I gasped in surprise as he picked it out from the ground and gave it to me.
"That's amazing" I watched as a blush rose up his cheeks.
After I watched him grow some more flowers throughout the garden, we made our way back into the house where he finished the soup. I asked where Axel was, and he proceeded to tell me that he was locked in his room, and that wasn't allowed near me for 24 hours because he wont be able to fully heal me then. All I wanted right now was him, and it angered me slightly that I couldn't. I felt bad that I was allowed out of my room and he was locked up, but I just hoped these next few hours would fly by quickly.
Mia came in the room soon after and took a seat next to me. "How are you feeling, Nat?""I'm okay." I attempted to assure her. I could tell she doesn't believe one word that came out of my mouth, but decided not to push on the subject anyway. Hunter placed a bowl of pumpkin soup in front of both Mia and myself, before setting some in a bowl for him. We sat in silence as we ate, small moans of appreciation coming from me. They both laughed at me and I just shrugged them off and continued eating this gift from god.
Nighttime rolled around, and I slowly made my way up to my room, so that I could be counted for curfew. I knew that I had to go back to my classes tomorrow, but I'm going to wake up early and go to the tree, in hopes that Axel will be there too. I WISH he would be there.
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