My Mute Love

Chapter Two

*~Pic of Shanley to the side (pronounced SH-ANN-LEE)~*

*Prue's POV*

I am aware of my surroundings, I can hear everything around me such as the faint beeping coming from my heart monitor and the second heartbeat next to my own that is in the room, but cannot will my eyes to open. The sad thing is that I am used to waking up like this. I am used to the sterile smell that makes up the pack hospital. The countless beatings have left me hospitalized many times before. I can't remember what happened yet that made me end up back in the hospital but it must have been bad.

Now the only thing I can focus on is the feeling I am finally regaining in my limbs. It started with my fingers, going up one arm and then down the other arm. My legs came next and when my torso regained feeling, I was in immense pain.

I couldn't let anyone know how much pain I am in not only because I don't speak, but because I have not gotten feeling in my head yet.

Being in this state of mind was torture. It was like being in glass room that was sound proof, and banging on the walls did no good because no one could hear me. I tried to use the pack link but again I was blocked out.

I feel a tear slip down my cheek letting me know that I can feel in my head again.

"Nurse! Nurse! She is crying. Can you give her pain medication?" A voice said.

"I was given orders by the doctor not to give her any medication unless he is present." What I'm assuming was the nurse's voice said.

"Then go get the doctor." the voice growled.

I knew that voice. As soon as I heard it again relief washed through me. She always knew what I was feeling. It was my best - and only- friend, Miss Shanley Prescott.

Shanley was five foot eight with legs to die for and curves in all the right places. She had black hair that went past her shoulders and green eyes. It's safe to say I was jealous of her features but every time I told her she told me to shut up because I'm gorgeous too. It was hard for me to believe her given the fact that the whole pack calls me ugly.

Shanley was the only one that didn't make fun of me for being mute because she, unlike anyone else, knew there was a reason behind it. I made a friend in her when I was fourteen years old and we have been friends ever since. It took me two years to finally tell her what happened and luckily, she never pushed me to tell her. 

She went ahead and taught me some self-defense moves since the pack never let me train with them. At 18 years old I still can't defend myself. The only sense of relief I have is the fact that I am a senior and after I graduate I won't have to see the people that haunt my dreams as much.

She tries to protect me as much as she can. Keyword: tries. With Ian being the biggest offender she has no choice but to follow his orders when he tells her to leave or she could be kicked out of the pack and become rogue for disobeying his orders. He's not the alpha yet, but he still holds power over her and his dad thinks he is the perfect child.

I don't blame her when she doesn't help me around him. In all honesty, I'm the one that told her not to stand up to Ian when he beats me. If she is kicked out of the pack I'll have no one and I can't ruin her life for my own selfishness.

I try once more to open my eyes expecting the same outcome, only this time they opened to a stark white room. As soon as I opened them they immediately snapped shut due to the bright room.

I figured now is as good a time as any to see if the mind link works yet. This was the only way I communicated and I only used it with Shanley.

'Light.'