Chapter 4

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Grace's POV

"Be a good little slut...take it all..."

I feel a hand pulling on my hair roughly, another hand squeezing tightly around my throat. Tears stream down my face, my arms pushing against their thighs to get them to stop, gagging each time I feel them in the back of my throat.

Wake up...wake up and it'll stop...

I wake with a start, sweat wetting my hair, my breaths short and fast. I sit up in the pitch black, confused about where I am, the overwhelming urge to scream winning.

Namjoon's POV

I sprint upstairs towards the sound of screaming, my heart racing as I burst through the door, Taehyung following closely behind. I flick on the lights and rush over to the poor broken girl wailing in the middle of the bed.

"Grace what is it? What's wrong?" My arms pulling her close, her body shaking against mine as she sobs. Taehyung looks at me panicked unsure what to do, his hands balled into fists at his sides as he paces.

"Shh baby girl, you're safe here, it's ok..." I sooth, gently rocking her bruised body.

"I'll make some tea for everyone..." Tae mumbles before leaving the room, clearly overwhelmed by the sight in front of him.

"Is Taehyung mad at me?" Comes a sniffle.

"No of course not Grace, he just didn't know how to help you, he's just worried." I explain softly.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to disturb you..." her sad voice barely a whisper.

"You didn't disturb me baby girl. Do you want to talk about what happened to make you scream like that?"

"It was just a bad dream, it just seemed real because I remember how it felt..." she stops swallowing thickly.

"What happened in the bad dream?" Taehyung asks softly from the doorway, a tray of mugs in his hands.

"He was in my mouth...his hand at my throat..." she starts but I cut her off, seeing she doesn't need to relive this once again.

"Shh baby, no more. Let's have some tea and talk about something else." I offer, trying to control my own emotions.

"Taehyung too?" She asks shyly looking at him from my arms.

"Yes sweetheart, I'll sit with you too if that's what you want." He says with a small smile, the rage flickering in his eyes.

As we sit either side of her tiny frame drinking our tea, me and Tae look at each other, our eyes speaking for us. We can't let her go through anything like that again...

Grace's POV

The tea soothes my throat, the hint of honey sweet and delicious, I can't remember the last time I drank something this good.

Sat in between Namjoon and Taehyung, they ask me silly questions trying to distract me from the bad dream that's still lingering in the back of my mind.

"Chocolate or vanilla?" Namjoon asks.

"Chocolate! I really like chocolate, I can't remember when I last had any..." I trail off, stopping before I bring down the mood.

"Cats or dogs?" Taehyung quickly asks.

"Dogs, but I love all animals, especially if they're cute and fluffy." I smile.

It feels good to smile and mean it...

"Favourite colour?" Namjoon takes his turn.

"Cliche but I love pink, it's a happy colour."

"Pink? I'll have to remember that sweetheart." Tae smiles at me.

I feel my cheeks blush slightly, my hands fiddling with the empty mug.

"You should try and get some sleep Grace..." Namjoon starts, the panic tightening in my chest as I think about being alone again.

"Please don't go...I don't want to be alone..." tears brimming in my eyes as I plead with them.

I see them look at each other, nodding in agreement at a silent conversation. Tae takes our mugs and puts them on the dresser as Namjoon slips under the covers, laying his head on the pillow as he looks at me with a small smile. I feel the other side of the bed dip as Taehyung slides in on the other side of me, his head sharing my pillow.

Feeling safe and protected on both sides, I feel my eyes slowly closing, heavy with tiredness from the hell of a day I had.

Taehyung's POV

"TaeTae up! Up!" Comes a small voice next to me, fingers poking into my cheeks.

"Gracie?" I mumble, my eyes openings and squinting in the light.

"Yes TaeTae, up! Now!" She giggles tugging on my arm.

"Ok sweetheart, I'm up..." I pull myself up and rub my eyes before they focus on the cute face inches from mine, I can't help but smile.

"Gracie did you sleep ok?" I ask, remembering back to her bad dream last night as I pull her into a cuddle.

"Joonie makes big grumble when sweeping." She giggles, her breath tickling my ear.

"What was that baby girl?" Namjoon asks coming out of the bathroom with an eyebrow raised.

"Uh-oh...TaeTae hide!" She dives under the covers, giggling softly as she tries to stay still not wanting to be found.

"Oh no! Tae where did my baby girl go?!" Namjoon gasps playing along.

"Oh I don't know Namjoon, she must be magic, she just disappeared!" I exclaim, her giggles making me chuckle with her.

"Here am Joonie!" She pops her head out from the covers, her hair all over the place, her bright smile so big her eyes almost look like they're closed.

"Oh baby girl there you are! You came back to Joonie!" He says scooping her up and spinning her round, her sweet giggling making us both smile widely.

"Little Peach, are you hungry?" Jin's standing at the door with a smile watching us play around.

"Jinnie!" She squeals wriggling out of Namjoon's arms and rushing over to him, her arms wrapping round his waist.

"Woah good morning Little Peach, it's nice to see that beautiful smile." He coos at her, his arms circling her tightly.

"Jinnie make nummies? Pwease?" She looks up at him fluttering her eyelashes.

"Of course Little Peach, how does pancakes sound?" He asks with a smile.

"Yummy! TaeTae pancakes!" She bounces up and down excitedly.

"Let's get you dressed sweetheart, then we can go and get pancakes with Jinnie and the others." I suggest holding out my hand.

Her face falls slightly, she looks down and mumbles "Otay..."

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