Can love save a life? (Mc romance)

07 - Broken, Weak and Vulnerable

The sound of the metal cell door, creaked open. Slamming against the wall with a bang.

Brooke didn't dare look up.

She didn't want to look at him. The bastard that took her. Backing against the wall, she pulled her knees to her chest to try and keep what little warmth she had left.

Her body shook with fear as she heard his footsteps getting closer to her.

"No need to be scared, my little petal" he smirked as he crouched in front of Brooke, running a blade over her soft skin. "It's only me"

She didn't do anything, frozen with fear as she tried to think of happy thoughts.

"Stop fucking around bitch" he snarled with an evil glint in his eyes "I'm bored and it's time to fucking play" without giving her time to move he grabbed a fist full of her hair, yanking her to her feet and slapping her in the face. "When tell you to do something you fucking do it"

She felt him drag her into his play room, the first thing she saw was the knife that would leave her with a nasty reminder of this day for years to come.

Brooke sat bolt upright in bed, screaming. It all felt so real, she could feel the coldness of the blade, she could smell the damp that lingered in the room.

Her bones felt cold and her body ached.

The nightmares were getting worse. Pulling her knees to her chest, she tucked her head in.

She was alone.

"It was just a dream" she kept mumbling to herself "you are safe Brooke"

The sound of her door opening made her jump and hide under her duvet.

"Sweetheart" her mom whispered sitting in the bed, Brooke took a deep breath before crawling into her mothers arms. "You are save darling, it was just a dream"

Her mother's heart broke as her daughter sobbed in her lap. There was nothing Hazel could do to soothe brook so she tried the one thing that always calmed her daughter down, she started playing with Brooke's hair.

Forty minutes had passed and Brooke's sobs had finally stopped.

"Tell you what, let's go get you a hot chocolate. It will help you sleep" Hazel smiled, kissing Brooke's head.

Climbing off the bed, Brooke grabbed her cigarettes before pulling on her hoodie.

Rubbing her eyes with the sleeve of her hoodie. Taking a deep breath she followed her mom.

As they were heading downstairs all they could hear was Xavier and James shouting at each other.

Pulling the sleeves of the hoodie over her hands Brooke tried not to show the fear she was starting to feel.

She knew things were too good to be true here.

"Calm the fuck down Xavier" James shouted.

"Why the fuck should I?" Xavier screamed "it's not like anyone gives a shit about how I'm feeling"

"We do fucking care Xav but going to a bar to get yourself beaten up is not the fucking answer" Alex snapped "or did you forgot the last time you went on a self destruct mission. And needed fucking emergency surgery"

"Come back to me when you feel like a fucking failure" Xav snapped pulling at his hair.

None of them saw Brooke and Hazel standing in the doorway, Brooke hid her shaking hands in the pockets of her hoodie as Xavier went over to the bar, throwing the bottles across the room.