Charlotte was a fighter. She needs to be in order to get hershelf and beloved niece through this crazy thing called life. She might not be the strongest physically she made up for that mentally but recently she had lost her fighting spirit. Nightmar...
It'd been a few weeks since Isabelle and I arrived to Washington. Thanks to Luna Sierra I was able to get a job at the bar/ dinner. In those weeks I had managed to earn enough money to buy myself an old bug for a good price. I had to sell my mother's necklace it was one of the hardest things I've ever done but it was necessary.
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My savings where growing day by day a few more weeks maybe a month and I'll be able to leave and have enough money to start up a new life with Isabelle. The only thing that was worrying me was that Isabelle was getting into a daily routine and when we left it could affect her. She was creating ties with these people, ties I would have to sever when we left.
"Momma! momma! momma!" Isabelle woke me up by jumping up and down on my bed. I responded to her energetic wake up call by pulling her into a bear hug and smothering her in kisses. She laughed asking for me to stop and when I did she began giving me kisses all over my face.
"What does my princess want at this unholy hour" I complained kicking off the bed sheets and sitting up with her cradled in my arms. She giggled telling me that my hair was tickling her.
"Unholy hour. Clayton's and Oliver woke up at 5 am." I was brought out of our bubble with Luna Sierras comment. I looked over in her direction to see that she wasn't alone. Her 3 year old son Clayton in her arms and her four year old nephew Oliver who just so happened to be the Betas son was standing next to her with a juice box in his hands. Not only that but Markus stood behind them with nothing but a pair of black sweatpants. Just like his back his chest was scattered with battle scars. I couldn't help but run my eyes up and down his chiseled body. It wasn't until Luna Sierra cleared her throat that I realized I was eye raping him. Even more embarrassing was that I was only in a sports bra and short running shorts. By the look of horror on Luna Sierras face and the look of disgust on Markus' I knew they had seen the nasty scar on my left breast near my heart.
"So um... what was it that you needed?" I asked pulling the sheets up to my neck and averting my eyes from both of them but mostly Marcus. The look of disgust he gave me when he saw my scar made me feel more insecure than I already was.
"Jenna and I have to go to some meeting. The Kids usually go watch Markus train the pack." Jenna was Beta Ray's mate. She had apologized for his actions when we met.
"Give me a few minutes so I can get dressed-"
"You should sleep a bit more... you got back a few hours ago Charlotte. I just thought you should know Markus was watching them" she was right about me getting in a few hours ago but four hours of sleep was enough for me.
"No no it's fine... Markus is going to be busy and I don't mind watching them. I could use a bit of fresh air and sunlight. " I assured getting out of bed. Doing so I had unintentionally flashed them my whipped marked back. Markus had already seen my worst scar and was disgusted it made me wonder what he thought about my back, pushing this negative thoughts to the back off my mind I walked over to the dresser and put on a simple black T-shirt,and running shoes before turning back to the group. Luna Sierra asked if I was sure about watching the kids and after reassuring her that I was Luna Sierra said that she would have one of the warriors set up a few mats for the kids and I before kissed her child and leaving.
