Safe wings

Chapter 28:

I awake with a jolt as the car stops.

"I'm sorry" Luke says softly wrapping his arm around me.

"It's okay, I just got startled I didn't know what was going on." I laugh.

"How'd ya sleep."

"Good."

"Alright time to get out." He says before planting a kiss on my forehead.

"Mmmmm but your so warm"

"Sorry darling." he says softly.

I smile and then stretch.

I climb out and whistle. Trigger races towards me.

"Hey buddy" I coo.

"Someone looks like they won the lottery" Matt chuckles behind me.

"Yeah this is my boy." I say.

Matt looks around and sees Luke walk in the house. He yanks me up and covers my mouth.

"Walk or I swear I will kill you." he hisses.

He drags me into the woods.

I scream before he pushes me against a tree, bark stabbing at my back.

He kisses my neck and then I hear footsteps. I yank away pushing him down. He stands and hisses "you shouldn't have done that." he pulls my shirt up so my stomach is revealed. He pulls out a knife and cuts two intersecting lines on my stomach and then he leaves. I fall blood seeping through Luke's white shirt I was wearing. I softly cry in pain. I cringe and scream out in pain as more blood covers the shirt.

"Alyssa?" Luke says running up behind me and wrapping an arm around me. I yelp in pain as his arm comes in contact with the cut. He yanks his arm back and sees the blood.

"Who the hell did this?" he asks. I shake my head not finding the strength to talk.

"We have to get you to move. I'm gonna pick you up and take you to the house okay? then I'll fix you up." he says. I nod slowly raising my arms and wrapping them around his neck.

He carefully picks me up and carries me to the house. I cry into his neck the whole time.

When we get in his house he sets me down carefully. He runs in and comes out with a bandage he can wrap around me. I cringe and yank his hand back when he says "let me see" and lays his hand on my wound through the shirt.

"It's okay I won't hurt you." he says softly.

I nod slowly and he lifts my shirt up just far enough to see the wound.

He holds the bandage on my side and wraps it around several times tightly.

"Alyssa who did this to you?"

"M-Matt" I say.

"I should have known" Luke says.

"Can you walk?" he asks. I nod "I think so."

He stands and pulls me up gently. I walk slowly.

"Go in and stay near Trevor or Josh."

"Okay"

I walk in and find Trevor first. I sit on the couch next to him and then Matt walks in.

He sees my still bloody shirt and laughs.

"Where's your Luke now?" he asks. Trevor stands up protectivly.

"What the hell have you done?" he asks.

Then Luke walks in. He walks up to Matt and yanks him back. He kicks Matt in the stomach.

"Alyssa go change shirts, and stay in my room, lock the door." Luke demands his eyes hard and cold. I nod and half walk half run (well kinda I hobbled) up his stairs and into his room. I find a black shirt and slip it on. I lock his door and flop onto his bed. I turn on some music and lay down ontop of the covers.

After a while when I am half asleep the door opens revealing Luke with a bloody nose and a black eye.

"Luke are you...."

"I'm okay." he says softly coming to sit beside me.

He lays a hand beside my head and strokes my cheek with his thumb.

"You okay?"

"Yeah.... is he gone?"

"He's in custody of the police now."

"Oh Luke, I'm tearing your family apart"

"No your not." he says before kissing me between the eyes.

I slowly sit up and lean against the head board pain shoots through my body and I whimper.

"Shh, be careful" Luke says softly.

He carefully pulls me into his side.

"I'm so sorry"

"I'll be okay."

"Are you sure?"

"Promise." I say.

He wraps both arms around me.

Josh stumbles in.

"Alyssa come with me" he growls. I shiver and Luke tenses.

"Why?" I say.

"I don't want you in here I don't trust him."

"Josh!" I hiss.

"Too bad! your not some little kid anymore, and I won't always be here to protect you but I can protect you now" he growls.

"No! I'm not a little kid anymore and I refuse to listen to you so screw off!" I growl lowly.

He comes and yanks me away from Luke and I cringe in pain and whimper softly "stop!" I whisper hoarsely my body numb in pain.

Luke jumps to action snaking one arm around me and the other pushes josh back.

"She said leave her alone!" he growls.