C8 Chapter Eight

I felt pain in my cheeks over and over again. It did not stop and it really hurt.

‘Wake up you stupid, bitch’. A loud and panicked voice shouted at me.

I felt the pain again; it was really starting to piss me off.

I grabbed at the hand hitting me and twisted. I heard a groan and a laugh from the same voice.

My assailant no longer seemed panicked.

I opened my eyes to see Leo’s elder brother, Lorenzo Storm.

I scowled, as I took in his profile. This was the male Shifter that had attacked me before. I winced at my stinging cheeks.

‘I actually thought I might have used too much of this drug on you’. He laughed, showing no remorse for what he had done to me, shaking a container proudly at me.

I glared at Lorenzo.

It was then that I realised how cold I was. He grinned, realising my state of understanding.

He must have had me stripped down to my underwear… I did not feel any different.. he had not abused me in any way. However, this was enough to make me snap.

I stood up and pulled my arms apart snapping the chains on my wrists with one sweep.

He raised his eyebrows and smirked in happiness.

Ah. A test.. I groaned at giving him the reaction that he clearly wanted.

‘So you are a strong hybrid, after all. And yet you were so fucking weak when I first met you’. He grabbed my face, so that I stared him in the eyes.

He was toying with me. He likes aggression, but I could not help notice that he was a very big Shifter, even in human form.

I sat back down and began scowling at him, bringing my knees up to cover my stomach. I felt really uncomfortable. I was nearly naked next to somebody that wanted to inflict pain on Leo.

‘Leo will kill you if you do anything to me’. I growled at him.

He had a glint in his eye that made me even more uncomfortable.

‘Oh really?’.

He stood over me and pinned me to the bed.

‘I am not going to force you to fuck me, if that is what you are thinking, as much as I would not mind tapping that body of yours’. He grinned, as he moved his hand up my hip making circles along my stomach with his fingertips.

I felt such a deep hatred for this male. A snarl was so close to my lips.

‘Do not touch me’. My eyes shifted to a bright red, as my aggression took over me.

He gasped in shock.

I smirked mischievously; he did not even know what type of Shifter I was.

‘Aww what is the matter, cat got your tongue?’. I laughed loudly, whilst scowling at him.

He clicked his tongue and smirked disgustingly. I instantly regretted revealing what I was.

He bit open his arm and forced his wound to my mouth, his blood gushing down my face.

I could not stop my other senses, as much as I wanted to. I felt tears run down my face. He did not have to hurt me because feeding me would also hurt Leo. He would smell his scent on me and suspect the worst.

I could not believe how little control I had over my Vampire nature.. it ruled my body as always. This was part of why I hated this part of myself.

I bit down on his wound deeper and let out a loud moan of pleasure. I forgot how good it felt to feed from a person directly.

The only shed of happiness I felt was the look of pain, he gave me, as I fed from him. He was groaning but wincing in agony.

I had the ability to make the person I fed from feel either more pain or pleasure, if I wished it. It was because of the part of me that was a Vampire.

It was over as soon as it began.. He peeled me off of him and muttered something quiet.

He ripped my dress that was on the floor and wrapped it around his wound.

‘I would not expect you to heal me’. He snickered disgustingly, in response.

I scowled at him and he chuckled lightly, clearly enjoying this.

I winced because he reminded me of Leo when he chuckled. They really were brothers.. I sighed.

I felt tears well up but I fought them. He laughed at my expression.

‘Do you know the reason my brother betrayed me?’. He muttered.

‘You abducted me to talk?’. I growled.

‘And to scare my little brother, of course’. He smirked.

I eyed him angrily.

‘But I got to hurt him at the same time.. two birds with one stone’. He frowned but soon began smiling again.

So he was not planning to kill me, at least. I thought to myself.

‘Lorenzo.. please do not hurt Leo any more than you have done so already’. I muttered sadly.

‘Hurt? Do you have any idea what that traitor did to me?’. He shouted, as he grabbed my throat and I winced, struggling for air.

I head butted him to get him off of me and he snickered at me again.

‘I do like your retaliations.. it is an attractive quality’.

Ugh. I found this male revolting.

‘You.. know.. he actually did this to me’. He spoke quietly and lifted up his long hair revealing a disgusting and deep slash from his eyebrow to his jawline.

I staggered back a bit and he grinned, clearly knowing how bad his scars were.

‘Is your boyfriend as thoughtful as you thought, pretty lady?’. He scowled covering his scar once again.

I could not help but frown at him. That was such a cruel looking scar… and yet Leo must have had his reasons.

‘I took you so that my brother could feel afraid.. just like I was when I woke up to human Hunters experimenting on my body. The poisons they flushed through my body to revive me made me a beast. But I guess you understand my pain there’. He muttered, as he regarded me almost sadly.

I winced looking at the floor.

‘He did not have the balls to kill me himself so he handed me over to the Hunters, who gave me to a Scientist to play with’. He snapped.

‘Why he did not get the Alpha to finish me off is beyond me’. He muttered angrily.

He did not completely hate Leo.. I could see that. It was like he was grieving. It was the saddest thing I have ever seen, despite hating Lorenzo.. I felt pity towards him.

I do not know what overcame me, but I pulled him into a hug. He froze in shock. I felt warm tears drip onto my shoulders.

Leo had hurt his elder brother in such a way and yet he still loved him, even if he did not show it. Sure he wanted to hurt him.. but it did not seem that he wanted to kill him. It was such a sad situation.

I thought that maybe I could change the outcome.

I felt a stinging pain in my back and noticed that he had thrown me off of him and at the corner of the wall.

‘Pity will not save Leo’. He spat, as tears fell down his face.

‘I am coming for him and when I do, you should make sure you are not around to get hurt too. You and I are much alike little lady, much alike’. He smiled awkwardly at me, just as he got up and walked away.

I stumbled onto the Beachfront scowling at the injuries that I had not realised that I had.

Lorenzo really did a number on me, I thought sadly.

It was not long before I heard shouting in the distance.

I was shocked to see Leo and Alex working together.

Alex went to grab hold of me but Leo snarled at him. I grimaced at them both.

Leo took in the state of me and whimpered. I was in my underwear covered in cuts and bruises and I smelt like his brother.. I winced at their pity… they thought Lorenzo had forced me into being physical with him.

Leo held me for a while and I could feel him shaking. Alex looked me in the eyes mournfully. I could hear more shouting in the distance, which meant everybody was out looking for me. The Bayou Pack and The Storm Clan.

I could feel tears of happiness at the thought of me having allied the two previous enemies.

Leo shushed me and picked me up. I held onto him tightly.

I regarded them both before they decided to depart.

‘Wait.. Leo.. Alex.. this is important’. I muttered.

Leo set me down; he took his shirt off and pulled me into it. He always was a gentleman. I sighed. What Lorenzo told me had given me big doubts about who Leo was.

I whimpered at that thought.

‘Lorenzo did not hurt me in the way you are both thinking. I have not been forced into anything’. I muttered awkwardly.

‘Then why do you smell like him?’. Leo snapped, with a look of disgust on his face.

‘Damn, you could have fucked me instead. How disappointing’. Alex grumbled, with an irritated look on his face.

Leo scowled at Alex.

‘Fuck off’.

Leo grabbed Alex by the throat and Alex returned his grasp.

I sighed sadly. So much for fixing things.

‘ENOUGH!’. I glared at them both.

‘Lorenzo told me why he was doing all of this. How could the both of you gang up on one person?’. I snapped.

Leo and Alex glared at me and snapped at me, at the same time.

‘You do not even know that bastard!’.

I gasped in shock. Now they were ganging up on me; I felt my tears falling down my face.

I could not look at either of them, I was so upset and angry.

Now I felt even more sorry for Lorenzo.

I groaned and shifted in front of both of them, which meant they both saw my body naked. I did not care though.. I was too upset.

I doubt I will ever get that look from Leo out of my mind; he looked betrayed and furious.

Alex looked disappointed but then again he always looked disappointed.

I ran off and neither of them took a step to follow me.

My heart hurt more than I thought it ever could. Leo must have thought that I had cheated on him and I did nothing to fight my case.

I just ran away, like a coward.

Leo and Alex looked at Scar, as she staggered towards them both in her underwear, covered in wounds and smelling of Lorenzo.

Leo wrinkled his nose in shock and fear; his brother had possibly forced himself on his girlfriend.

I felt sickened, as I held her in my arms, as I regarded Alex.

Alex looked at me sadly. I knew he liked her too… so it would have made him hurt too.

All three of us had a sad look in our eyes.

I put my shirt over her, to give her a little dignity which she had clearly lost. I held in my anger and tears, as Alex told both my and his members to leave us.

When she stopped me taking her back home and told us that it was not what it seemed, I felt anger boil in my body. How else would she be smothered in his scent? Even Alex looked annoyed with the revelation.

He had not forced himself on her.. so she had sex with my brother willingly?

I snapped at her, as Alex made a joke about being disappointed it was not him she chose to have sex with.

I grabbed Alex by the throat in my fit of rage and he did the same. And yet Scar stopped us fighting.

I could not help but see her in such a way that I despised. So she would be with anybody except me? I was furious.

My mind was going so fast I did not even know what to say anymore. Alex did not even look me in the eyes.

She saw our anger and disappointment and shifted into her Werewolf form. She took off, running away.

What the fuck did she expect? Us to go and chase her? She betrayed me and now Alex clearly saw her as nothing but an easy ride now. I laughed sarcastically at the fact she had clearly lost us both.

He looked at my expression and sighed awkwardly.

‘What do you say we go and get some drinks and bind over our misery?’. He muttered, folding his arms around his chest uncomfortably.

I could not help but laugh about the fact that we were bonding over Scar’s betrayal.

‘I do not have any better offers’. I muttered honestly, frowning at my new found friendship.

As Scarlett fled from Leo and Alex, she was oblivious to being watched by a hooded male; he threw his hood down, despite the rain having begun to pour down rapidly.

He made a point to hide his scent, as he just about stayed hidden behind a large oak tree.

The male stood scowling and wrinkled his nose at Scarlett’s wolf’s retreating profile, as she ran away from the two males, which she clearly had history with.

The male who was still watching Scarlett intently, had long and straight jet black hair that fell just past his chest; his red eyes were focussed intently on her.

He did not care that the rain droplets were dripping down his hair and saturating his clothes completely. He had finally found her. Scarlett Nighte.

‘Should we follow that woman?’. The white haired female beside him frowned at his interest in Scarlett.

‘No, leave her be’. He grumbled, combing his hand into his hair and throwing it back.