C26 PAINFUL BROKEN PROMISES II

Aeron POV

The morning sun burned my face as I slowly tried to open my eyes. My head felt heavy as I shifted in bed. My head was pounding, and as I slowly opened my eyes, a strange pain filled my body. My eyes burned as they adjusted to the light. They burned as if flames were right against them, burning away my sight. I quickly rubbed them as I tried to remember what happened last night.

Last night I remember coming home, and I could remember purple veins. Wolfhaze, I was drugged. Forcing my eyes open, I looked down at my hand, seeing my veins a deep blue, a sign the drug was exiting my system. My eyes were irritated, but I ignored them as I sat up in the bed and looked around the room I was in, realizing it was the guest room.

My heart raced as I looked at the mess in front of me. There was foam and white stuffing on the ground beside the bed. The wood frame that was once holding the bed up was now broken, and the pieces of wood were impaled in the wall. The headboard was broken in half with large slashes in it. I looked towards the door, and the door handle was still holding in the lock.

But the other side of the door was broken, the hinges completely ripped from the wall. The closet door was destroyed, and the clothes were in shreds, holding onto their hangers.

Then my heart completely broke when I looked beside me, my mate. Her sleeping figure and the tears still on her face. Her body was bare and filled with bruises. I could see gashes on her back, and her shoulder- I - I marked her.

My heart dropped as tears instantly filled my eyes. I rubbed my hands down my face as I slowly sat up in bed, looking at the blood that rested underneath her hips. I bit my bottom lip and closed my eyes as I stepped out of the room. A tear fell from my eyes as I clenched my jaw.

Everything in our room was destroyed, the dresser and the bed were possibly fixable. There were pillows on the floor that had been split open. I walked towards the closet and grabbed clothes as I mind-linked Cameron. 'Can you get here right now?’

'Of course, Alpha.’ Cameron replied instantly.

Whoever had drugged me was going to die, and I was going to make sure of it. I growled loudly as I got dressed and bowed my head in disappointment. Now that I marked her, I could feel my Mate's sadness and her fear. She was afraid of me, and I couldn't blame her. I had promised something to her yesterday, and I let her down. I promised to show her how much I needed her, and I broke that promise.

And when I did come, I hurt her.

Tears continued to fall from my eyes as anger latched onto every nerve I had. 'I'm here, Alpha.' Cameron said. Quickly, I wiped my tears away and tried to get a hold of my emotions as I walked down the stairs and opened the door. I opened my mouth to speak and then closed it as I nodded towards him. Cameron looked at me, confused, but bowed towards me.

"Cameron." I said and looked at him, "I'm sorry." I didn't know why I was apologizing to him; I just felt as if I needed to. Cameron looked at me, confused. But, before he could ask any questions, I turned away and started to head towards the pack's house.

Maliya POV

When he woke up, I tried to stay as still as possible. I didn't want to anger him. I didn't want to see him. My body hurt, every inch of it ached as I lay in the bed. My knees were pressed against each other tightly as I slowly, oh so slowly, tried to lift my body. I got to my elbows until I felt weak and fell back into the mattress, upsetting the bruises.

Slowly, I looked over to the side of the bed to see the dark blue color of my favorite blanket. It was now in long shreds and covered in blood. I held a white sheet to my chest as I looked down to my only comfort and tried to act like I wasn't upset as I winced and let out a breathy grunt as pain filled my body. I could hear someone coming closer to the room and closed my eyes, hoping it wasn't Aeron.

"Luna, are you o" I heard Cameron's voice.

Quickly, I looked behind my shoulder and looked at him staring through the broken door into the room. His eyes turned black as he took in the destroyed room and then looked at me,

"I'll kill him." He said in a serious tone, "I promise, I will-"

I only held my hand up and winced. Cameron frowned as he stared at me as I pushed myself to sit up. Looking down at the sheet I held, I could see the blood he had caused on my hips. I took in a deep breath and turned towards him.

"Can you help me?" I asked and wrapped the sheet again around my body, "Bath." I said and sighed as I tried to lift my legs to stand.

"Of course," Cameron said as he took off the rest of the door. He walked beside me and placed a hand on my side. His fingers brushed over a bruise Aeron gave me when he grabbed my waist. But everywhere seemed to be bruised, I tried to hide my wince as I leaned against him. Slowly, I limped away from the bed,

"Do you want to tell me what happened?" He asked as he led me towards Aeron's bedroom. But I only pulled him towards the spare bathroom.

"I don't know." I said and sighed, "He just attacked me-" I said and thought of last night, my hand touched the burning mark on my shoulder as I choked on a sob, "He marked me, and-" I closed my eyes and shook my head.

"I'm sorry, Luna," Cameron said. I only shook my head as 1 got to the bathroom and leaned against the counter.

"Don't call me that," Liya growled as we stared at our reflection. Cameron looked shocked as he looked at me with big, wide eyes, "I'm not his Luna, I'm his bitch." Her voice was filled with disgust. I turned around and started the bath.

Liya whimpered as I touched the warm water,

"Please excuse me. I'd like to get washed up."

"If you need anything, I'll be outside the door. I'll get you some clothes." Cameron said and closed the door.

Very slowly, I took off the sheet and looked at the claw marks on my body and the welts on my back. There was dried blood on my hips and fresh blood between my legs. I closed my eyes as I slowly stepped into the water and hissed as it touched my most private area. I pushed the water onto my body as I held back the tears.

We should have let Alpha Kevin kill us. I said truthfully as I kept the conversation private with Liya, We are unwanted in this world.

Since we left that cell, everything has gone great, and then it turns. If our mate hurting us isn't proof, what is? Liya whimpered as we looked at the water slowly turned a brownish orange after moving from my legs.

'I agree with you.' My wolf said without any hesitation, 'Whatever you choose, I will accept.' She sounded sad with her response. But I only held onto her spirit tighter as I looked at the water. Lifting my hand, I watched as drops fell from my fingers and went back to the water.

I could feel multiple emotions from the mate bond: then hurt, betrayal, rage, frustration, sadness, so many emotions flowed through my heart. But Liya and I placed a wall up as we rested in the bath.