Running from love? (On hold indefinitely)

Chapter 11

Melanie POV

I spin round just as he steps out from behind the door. He shuts it whilst announcing

“The others are out. You’re here and you’re all alone.”

I can smell the alcohol on his breath – he seems as drunk as a skunk. I start to shrink back towards the stairs as he approaches me slightly swaggering but looking somewhat uneasy on his feet. He then takes a big sniff of air, and his face turns from one of smugness to anger.

“You’ve been with that little brat Darren, the one I told you to stay away from. You know what I said about him.”

Suddenly, his posture straightens about, his body movements become sharper and his face looks more alert.

“So, what happened this time? You been the b*tch that you are and given yourself to him already? I wouldn’t be surprised – you’re just like your slag of a mother!”

As he says that, my feelings of weakness start to disappear as I feel the disbelief that my own Father would think that little of me, and I finally work up enough courage to fight back.

“Mum was nothing like that, and neither am I! She was loving and kind, and I try my best to be like her whenever possible. She’s who I look up to and no way can you ruin the good image of her I have.”

Out of nowhere, a hand reaches out slapping me across my face with such force my whole head turns to the side from such impact. I reach up to my face as if with hope that with one touch I can make the pain fade.

“How dare you speak to me like that, you little slut! You Mother was a waste of space, as all mates are and soon enough you’ll realise that. Just stay away from Darren or I will tear him apart limb from limb right in front of your very eyes.”

With a rush of adrenaline, I realise now is the time for me to make a stand and that if I escape and tell Darren everything, this beast in front of me can never hurt me again.

“No.”

I see a flash of surprise in my Father’s eyes which suddenly turn to hate as he looks down on me.

“No?!”

“No. I love Darren with all my being and I can’t let him go; not for you, not for anyone. I love him and as soon as I leave this house I will return to him and take my rightful place by his side as his loving mate. You can’t scare me anymore. I suggest you leave now, before anyone else gets home, or Darren feels my emotions through our link.”

He looks at me, his eyes filled with hatred.

“As soon as you leave the house? Well, that will never happen.”

He purposefully strides towards me, fury in his eyes. He punches me in the stomach to which I howl out a yelp of pain. He picks me up, and throws me across the hall, tossing me against the solid brick wall. Just as he starts to approach me with the intent to kill clear in his eyes, I make a sprint for the door, manage to open it and run for my life away from the house.