The Blinded Mate

Breakdown.

Harmony's POV
it's been a few days since river told me he had a sister, and I don't know if I should be quiet about all of this or if I should say something to the elders. I mean it's a big deal right? But you only go to the elders with a REALLY big deal.... I don't know, I'll have to talk to Casey about it.

I'm having a hard time with transitioning back into the pack life. I was only ever in two rooms while I was held captive, two very small rooms. I can remember all the pain I felt when I was in the lab there. All the needles, scalpels, chemicals. I curl up into a ball just thinking about it. I hug my small limbs close to my body as my heart rate quickens and my body starts to shake. All the memories come back to me, the man that did all those terrible things to me, and the word. The words he said everyday, "This is going to hurt you a lot more than it's going to hurt me." The way he said it with a smile haunted my memories.

"No, no no no no NO!" I scream as I remember the poisoned foods they fed me, the murky water that had chunks in it. I remember the saws they cut me with, I remember everything. I hear the door open and I can't help but think it's the man and I yell, "Get away from me!" I had tears running down my face as I scuttled across the bed, falling off and moving to the corner of the room.

"Do you want me to go get River, your mate?" I look up with swollen eyes and I see it's just a maid. I wanted to say yes but I didn't want to waste his time, I knew he had an important meeting today. So I just look at her, she had worry in her eyes but I think she knew I wanted him. She gave me one of those little old lady smiles and knelt down to me and said "I can't imagine how scary this is for you, but if you ever need to talk to someone about it, just go to one of the maids and ask for Gladis. I'll go get River." I nodded with tears still coming out of my eyes. So far her and Casey have been the nicest to me this entire time I've been here.

As Gladis left the room I noticed I had a bit of pain on my calf, I look down and I see a gash from my knee to about half way down my calf. It was bleeding heavily but I could barely feel anything. I've been so conditioned to pain that I can barely feel it. It's funny how the more pain you endure on the outside, the less you feel it. But the more pain you feel on the inside, the more agonizing it becomes.

River bursts through door with an annoyed look on his face, and he's not the only one. There are other alphas betas and mates in the doorway. But as soon as River sees my leg and me crying he rushes over to me with concern on his face. I try to hide from him and the others but as he's trying to use a towel to stop the blood he gets frustrated at how much I'm moving. "Harmony, why are you moving so much?" He whispers. I don't say anything because my face feels like fire, but I look at everyone else who have apparently filled my room.

He look behind his shoulder and powerfully says, "Everyone. Out. Now!" They all flinch with fear in their eyes then bow theirs heads and leave. "Oh god, what happened?" He says frantically trying to stop the bleeding. "I-I'm fine it d-doesn't hurt-t." I manage to whisper out. "Then why are you crying?" His eyes look concerned and I think.... no never mind. There couldn't be. There's no way I see compassion in an alphas eyes. "I was j-just thinking about-t, about-t..." my eyes start to water up again and I look up trying to fight them.

All of a sudden he grabs my face, I can feel all the sparks and tingles that I knew he felt too. He looks me right in the eyes and tells me, "It's all in the past now. You don't have to worry about that son of a bitch hurting you again." He wraps his arms around my waist and when his hands touched my back where my shirt had come up I sighed. This is what I want. This is what I've always wanted, when my mother had told me about mates, this is what I had imagined. I wrapped my arms around him my eyes still watering. We say there for a couple of minutes till I started to feel tired and yawned.

He flipped me over to where I was laying on him while his back was on the wall. "Shhh shhh. Just sleep" he whispered while wiping a tear from my face and moving a stray hair out of the way. I drifted off into the darkness, but this time I had dreams instead of nightmares.

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Hey guys 👋 it's the author here and I want to profusely apologize for not writing in so long. TBH I kinda forgot about it 😅 sorry. Anywho, if you have any questions about the book leave a comment and I'll try my hardest to answer them.