Their Little Princess

Chapter 5

I woke up on the couch, still wrapped in the blanket that Grayson put on me. I brought my hands up to my eyes to rub them but I was interrupted by a low voice.

"Don't do that. You will hurt your eyes." I jumped and turned away from the voice. I pulled the blanket up to my head and snuggled into the couch. I heard a chuckle and then felt the couch dip next to me, letting me know someone just sat down. I tried to push myself into the couch more but there was nowhere else I could go. I felt a warm hand on my back trying to soothe me but it just made me more anxious.

"S-S-Stop." I stuttered out. He was not gonna stop, was he. He is just like my kidnapper, my father, almost everyone in my life. They wouldn't stop. Not if you pleaded, not if you begged, they won't stop till they want to. I felt the hand leave my back but my guard was still up. Never let your guard down was one of the first lessons I have ever learned. I felt nothing for a few minutes but neither of us moved. It was like a staring match but we weren't looking at each other. I felt his gaze. I felt him burning holes through the back of my head. I felt his gaze trying to figure me out. I heard him sigh but he didn't move. Stubborn. I again felt a hand on me but this time it was slowly moving my head so I could look at him. Don't look him in the eyes. Keep your eyes down. Don't disobey. Don't pretend that you are strong because it will only cause problems. His rules came into my mind. How stupid of me. I have been disrupting them this whole time. They are gonna beat me. They are gonna teach me a lesson for forgetting. I took in a sharp breath and tried to think what they would do to me. What would they do to me? I started to shake just thinking about what they would do to me. I need to leave. I need Ethan. "E-E-Ethan!" I shot up and pushed the person away. I finally looked at the person and saw that it was one of my "brothers". If I remember correctly he was Elli.

"What's wrong?" He tried to come near me again but I shot up.

"W-W-Where is h-h-he?" My breathing picked up and I stood up from the couch.

"You need to calm down sweetheart." I felt the pain in my chest increase. That name. That ugly, horrid name. He tried to put his hands on me but I backed away.

"Where is he!" I yelled at the top of my lungs. Out of breath, I turned and ran toward the stairs. I felt his thundering footsteps behind me but that didn't stop me. Once I was in the big hall that held the stairs, stopped to keep my breath. I guess Elli didn't see me stop because he came crashing into me.

He fell on me with great force.

"Oh no, I am so sorry." He kept repeating while getting off of me. Once he was off I curled into a ball, trying to alleviate the pain. He tried to touch me but I flinched and let out a scream.

"E-E-Ethan." I kept repeating. Elli finally started to yell but not for Ethan, for James.

"Dad! Come quick!" I don't know how but I heard feet running and then I was hit with the familiar scent of James.

"What the hell happened here!" James shouted at Elli. I flinched and tried to get into an even smaller ball than I was but winced in pain. When he didn't get an answer from either of us he grunted at Elli in a language and knelt next to me.

"Babygirl, what happened?"

"E-E-Ethan please," I repeated over and over. I heard Elli get on the phone with someone. Then again another pair of feet came running into the hall. I smelled the scent of Ethan and finally opened my eyes. "Ethan." I whimpered. I turned a bit and lifted my arms a little bit. He came over and picked me up carefully in his lap. I put my head in his neck and cried. He rocked us back and forth a little but not too much to hurt me even more.

"Someone explain to me what happened to my sister before I kill both of you," Ethan said in a deathly calm voice. I just tucked my head farther into his neck, hoping to disappear.