Abused

Fourteen

I woke up back in the infirmary in a private room. I blinked a few times to get my eyes used to the light, wincing from the tenderness in my eyes. My whole face was throbbing and i had a huge headache. I frowned slightly, unsure why I was back in the infirmary again.

My eyes widened and I shot up from the bed as I suddenly remembered what happened. The only thing crossing my mind was that I needed to see Brittney and see if Drake was still alive. I didn't really care about Drake personally but it was Brittney's mate and she clearly cared for him. She would be destroyed if she lost him. And I quite frankly, didn't fancy being the reason for his death.

I threw the covers off of my body and swung my legs over the edge of the bed, lowering myself to the floor. I shivered as my feet made contact with the cold floor and quickly shrugged out of the hospital gown and into my clothes that were on the chair. As I was pulling my shoes on, the door opened. My head snapped to the door to see Brad walk in.

He frowned. "What are you doing?" he asked, closing the door.

I looked back down at my shoes and carried on lacing them up. "I need to talk to Britt" I shrugged,grabbing my jacket and walking towards the door, only to be stopped by Brad gently grabbing my arm and pulling me to face him.

"You need to rest" he sighed, pushing me back towards the bed.

I sighed. It was no use arguing with him as he was obviously going to win. I would just have to sneak off later when he left.

"Is Drake okay?" I asked, sitting back down on the bed.

A low growl ripped through his chest and he closed his eyes, trying to calm himself down. "He was lucky. They managed to take the bullet out and it missed all the vital organs. He will be fine."

I sighed in relief, sitting back against the pillows. "Does Britt hate me?" I asked, playing with my sleeves.

Brad clenched his fist. "I don't want her anywhere near you whether she does or not" he growled. "She hurt you"

"Brad it wasn't her fault. It was her wolf, i saw it in her eyes. I almost killed her mate. You would have done the same" I sighed.

"Winter if you didn't shoot him he would have killed you! She could have stopped her wolf but she didn't! Not to mention she almost killed you too!" Brad growled, running a hand through his hair and sat beside me.

I looked down. He was right.

Brad sighed and gently grabbed my chin, turning my face to him. "I know you don't want to believe it but she did that to you, just as much as her wolf did, Winter." He wrapped an arm around my shoulder and pulled me into his side.

"Everything is so messed up" I sighed.

"I know. I'm sorry" he sighed, kissing my head.

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After Doctor Felix finally discharged me, I went straight to Brittney, wanting to sort this mess out. I walked through the corridors to Brittney's room ready to face her after what had happened. After who knows how long of begging Brad, he still wasn't going to allow me to speak to her so I had to sneak off when he went to his office to do some paper work.

I reached Brittney's door and the guards that had been placed in front of her door nodded at me in respect. I smiled at them and opened the door stepping into her room. Her head snapped up to look at me as I closed the door behind me. I could see the guilt in her eyes as she stood up from her bed.

"Winter" She murmured. "I'm so sorry. My wolf-"

I cut her off. "Your wolf may have had control but you didn't try to stop her. You wanted it too. But I'm not here to discuss that. I forgive you. I know I would have done the same if it was Brad. I came to explain to you why what happened, happened."

She nodded her head and gestured to the couch at the end of her bed. I accepted her offer and sat down, playing with my hands as I thought of where to start. I told her about the whole thing from the moment he stopped me in the corridor, to the moment he tried to kidnap me to get hold of her, how he pointed the gun at me,how he tackled me and how I had to shoot him to stop him killing me and she stayed silent throughout.

When I had finished, her eyes were full with guilt. She let out a long agitated breath. "I'm so sorry Winter. I know it's not enough but I really am sorry. I can't believe he would do that"

I nodded. "I know." I stood up and gave her a soft smile.

"I should probably go." I said, with a small smiled, walking to the door

She nodded. I glanced at her one more time before I walked out of the room and towards my own. I was in need of a nice hot bath.
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"Winter" Brad said soberly walking into my bedroom.

"Is something wrong?" I asked, standing up from my bed and standing in front of him.

He shook his head and sat on my bed. "I have to kick her out of the pack"

I gasped and my eyes widened. "You can't! She's our best friend!"

"I know but she did attack her Luna. I have been talking to the council and they agreed she must leave. She would have left with her mate anyway" he explained

"I'm not going to agree to this." I huffed.

Brad nodded. "I'm know. The last council meeting is tomorrow to confirm everything but I'll try to change their minds, although I doubt they are going to"

I lay on my back on my bed staring at the ceiling. I was so happy in this place and I thought that after the drama with mom and Ian, finding Sophia and finding my dad who i thought I wasn't going to see ever again, I thought that i had enough happen to me in the past few years but whoever was looking over my life, clearly disagreed.

Brad lay next to me and pulled me into his arms. "I am moving into all of your lessons at school. I don't want a repeat of today and saying that I'm letting him off, I don't want to chance him trying to do it again. If he wasn't Brittney's mate, I would have beat the sh-"

I elbowed him in the ribs cutting him off and caused him to let out an oomph and snuggled closer into him. "I know. It'll be okay" I tried to reassure him although I didn't even know that was true myself.

After a while I found myself slowly falling into darkness as i listened to the steady beat of Brad's heart and felt his hands playing with my hair. I felt a soft kiss being pressed to my head before I fell into a peaceful sleep

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