The Sacrifices

Chapter 4

I ignored Aprils voice and kept scrubbing at my left arm. The tears was a waterfall down my cheek. I sniffled as I tried to breath.

"Kira!" April screamed, in the door way She looked at the bath water, which was red with my blood.

"Kira stop!" April tried to stop me from scrubbing my arm anymore, my arms, legs, and womanhood was already so raw they were bleeding constantly.

"Kira stop please! Someone get the doctor!" April screamed, crying.

"What is it sister!" Ryder growled, as he stormed into my room.

"What did you do!" April screamed at Ryder.

April had managed to get a silk robe on me but I kept rubbing my arm viscously.

"I didn't DO anything!" He boomed.

"I'm no harlet, I refuse," I whispered.

April heard my whisper, she looked at her brother, furiously.

"You called her a harlet!" April looked disgusted.

"April, what's wrong?" A new male called.

"It's Kira, she-she's rubbed her skin raw, past raw it's bleeding," April told the man.

I had long since moved so my chest, it had just started to bleed. I wasn't feeling any cleaner. I just needed to keep scrubbing.

"What!" Ryder pushed past April and looked at the red bath water and my bleeding skin "Kira! No no no stop! Kira stop!" He ripped the scrub from my hand, so I used my hand instead.

"You need to calm her cousin or we'll have to put her to sleep," the male called from the door way.

"Kira, I didn't mean what I said," I ignored him and continued to scrub, Ryder leaned over the edge of the tub and kissed me, my stomach flipped. I pushed him away and began to rub my lips.

"It's not working Daniel!" He said, as he lifted me out of the bath and onto his lap where he circled me in his arms.

I jumped when I felt a pinch in my arm, then I began to fall asleep.

"Rest Kira," Ryder spoke softly in my ear.

When I woke up I was sore, I looked around the white room. I looked to my left and saw April asleep on Lucas's lap, to my right my farther was asleep on the edge of my bed. Everyone was asleep. The door on the far wall opened and showed Ryder walking in with a man my age maybe, a year older at twenty, he had brown hair and hazel eyes that remind me of the woods.

"Morning pareja (mate)," Ryder leaned over to kiss me, but I moved closer to my farther.

Waking up my farther hugged me tight, "my little lass," he cooed.

"Farther," I hugged him back.

April and Lucas awoke and April threw herself at me, hugged me and scolded me. April's full heavy fringe was messed up and her blues eyes tired.

"I'm sorry for causing you trouble, April," I apologised.

"As long as you're okay now, I don't care," she spoke motherly, she would make a great mum.

"You will be staying in my chambers permanently," Ryder spoke harshly, I was confused, did he not want her to be separated from him mere hours ago.

"What?why?"

"Because I can not have my wife damn near killing herself or going insane!" He bellowed back.

"I will not stay in your chamber to be your personal harlet!" I defended.

Her family had long since left them to talk, privately.

"Trust me I have so many women that want to please me I don't even need you!" He roared.

"Leave me alone then! Go get some girl pregnant and live happily! Just leave me alone!" I begged.

"You heard her brother," April spoke, defending her.

"Fine!" Ryder slammed the door on the way out.

April allowed me to cry in her lap until I was so exhausted I fell asleep. When I woke yet again I was in a new room.

"Don't worry Kira,you're safe with me," April walked into the room her hair wet.

"Come on let's get your hair washed," she laughed.

After washing my hair hysterically, we watched something called tv, it was very funny. A little after our last meal of the day I felt a pain in my chest. I screamed and screamed.

"Damn him for doing this to you," April cursed.