Hidden Mate

Chapter 6

I can’t believe what I am seeing right now. I had just walked out of the bathroom from my shower and gotten dressed, of course.  I was drying my hair with the towel and I walked into the room to see non other than Luke. He was sitting on the bed with his elbows on his knees. But the problem was that he was in his pajamas, which just happened to be silky black pants that hung amazingly low and no shirt. I mean nothing what so ever blocking my view of his perfectly sculpted chest. My eyes lingered on his chest for a very long time before I heard him clear his throat. What wasn’t helping was how he stood up and scratched the back of his head. I saw his muscled bend and flex with the simple movement and oh boy was I drooling, if I wasn’t already.

“Um, I didn’t know if you were done but I swear I knocked.” The words came out so fast that I barely understood them.

“O-oh I didn’t hear but thank goodness I was dressed huh?” I giggled but I think he saw right through my fake attempt at a joke. He knew I was hurting from what Anthony had done I’m sure anyone who looked at me could.

“Abby you know you can talk to me right?” he had placed both of his arms by his side now and he had he most concerned look on his face.

“I’m not sure that is good thing for me to do right now Luke.” My past kept flashing through my mind like some horrible nightmare that I was not able to wake from.

“What do you mean? I will always listen; you don’t have to worry about me ever judging you or doubting what you say is the truth.”

“That’s just it Luke. I am so damaged I am surprised that you can look at me with those caring eyes you have. Once people find out the dark truth of something they run… they don’t stop running and if they do they are plagued with nightmares that would make a demon cry. Don’t you see that if you found out the truth about my past the loving way that you look at me would disappear, and I don’t know if I can handle it. Because you are the first person to look at me like I am not broken that maybe I actually can have someone love me, I don’t know if I can risk losing that.” I felt the tears streaming down my face. I don’t know what has gotten into me. .

He sighed then walked closer to me and pulled me into a tight embrace. He tucked my head under his chin and held me tight before speaking. “Abby I know that this is hard. Life is hard… trust me when I tell you that it doesn’t get easier. You are going to have to struggle and fight all of your life if you want to find peace. The sad part is we do fight and we do struggle, but what peace we do find will shun us because we are dirty from the fight. We don’t need peace we need a lover a friend and a companion to stand by us. That is what peace is to me. That is what you are. I know that everyone has a past. The only thing is that I don’t care about what others think and about other people’s pasts. I care about you and if your past haunts you I want to share that burden with you. Because I love you, I don’t care if you come with a past. I just want you.” He lifted my chin up and was looking into my eyes. I was in shock he just told me he loved me. A person could love me? I was capable of being loved?

“Luke you are going to want to sit down for this because it is a lot of information to take in.” I pushed him back onto the bed and we lay down in each other’s arms I drew shapes on his chest then I began. “Well I was only 5…”

“Mommy I want ice cream!” I giggled as I ran around the living room.

“Honey you know daddy doesn’t like ice cream.” My mother sighed as she tried to calm me down. She was always looking so tired. Her blue eyes were so dull and lifeless all the time little did I know I was soon to find out why.

“But mommy I was talking with Tony and he said, ‘That every little girl needs ice cream.’” Tony was always kind to me when we were young.

“Honey Tony is just a little confused right now. Now hurry upstairs daddy is about to come home.” She had such a worried look in her eyes.

“Yes mommy.” I giggled as I ran up the stair to my room it was the one at the end of the hall. If I turned on my tiny little cd player you couldn’t hear anything in the house. Mom always said that anytime dad came home I needed to go into my room and listen to the cd she gave me. It was of her singing all of my favorite songs at the time. I would sit and listen to the entire cd then I would be allowed to come out I didn’t know why I had to do this but mom said so and I was a mommy’s girl. But one day I didn’t listen. I came out of my bedroom.

I came down stairs just out of curiosity because my cd ended and usually by now daddy would come and say hi to me. But that never happened. I am not sure why today was so different. But when I got to the top of the stairs I was in horror there was a red sticky stuff--like what mommy puts on my French fries--starting from the bottom stairs and going towards the kitchen. I walked in and saw mommy lying on the floor covered in it and no matter how hard I shook she wouldn’t wake up. I was freaking out and ran towards the door tripping over my tiny pink slippers that were covered in the red stuff just like mommy was.

I just kept running and then I was grabbed by my arms and I screamed but a large hand covered my mouth. I started thrashing around just like mommy told me to. I was pulled into a dark alley and then thrown up against the wall of a building. Tehn I heard him speak.

“So you are the little pup of that no good mutt, to think that my sister would betray us and run off with the likes of him!” I was shaking because I was scared so bad and I could feel the tears threatening to fall.  “She had such a bright future as a hunter but she had to go and be with that no good abusive mutt. He said he loved her and she was like putty in his hand. I can’t believe that my little sister did this!”

The man was swinging a gun back and forth as he stomped around the ally. I was so afraid then it hit me Tony what happened to him? is he okay? did this bad man hurt him? I finally spoke, “W-w-wh-where is my brother?”

The man stopped pacing then turned to glare at me. “That mutt inherited the gene so your father took him to god knows where. You on the other hand my dear niece didn’t so you are coming with me back to the camp.”

I had no clue what he was talking about. What camp? I feel as if I should trust him but a part of me deep inside said that I needed to get up and run. So that is what I did when he went back to pacing I got up and I ran. I didn’t stop when colors started painting the sky as Mr. Sun left and I didn’t stop when the moon showed. I felt stronger with the moon and so I kept running. I felt another pair of hands grab me but this time it wasn’t the strange man. I knew these hands and I turned around and ran into them.

“Daddy!” I screamed and jumped into my father’s arms, not knowing what a mistake I had made. He started to hug me tighter and tighter and it was getting hard to breath. “Daddy I can’t breathe! Daddy let go! Daddy!” I kept screaming but he just kept hugging tighter and tighter.

That is when I heard this growl pierce threw the night and I turned to see a big black wolf. My dad instantly dropped me and the wolf jumped quickly to separate my father from me. I felt like I could trust this wolf even if it was a wild animal. The wolf then chased my father into a wooded area and I never saw either of them again.

My brother found me the next day when the police had finally go tot me. I couldn’t speak about what happened because I was sure no one would believe but that is what started Tony on the bad path in life. He felt that it was his fault that I had to go through that and that he should have been there to protect me. I always made sure that I did the right thing but I guess I just never did.

“So I guess that is why I am always looking at wolves and I am so fascinated with those things. I gradually accepted my parents death but I feel like I am emotionally irreparable and that nobody will be able to fix me.” I looked up at Luke and he was staring at me with eyes that acted like he believed every single word I spoke.

“Abby there is something that you should know.”

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