Chapter 81
The morning had come and gone, it had to be noon now when I lay awake on the bed and stared at the ceiling as I had for the past hours.
My body was beyond overworked and my legs trembled but I tried to lay as still as possible to avoid putting pressure on the bruises that painted my skin with reminders of last night.
There wasn’t an inch that hadn’t been kissed, licked, or bitten- my ass was numb from the whipping and his hands had explored all the ways that I could be
touched.
I hugged the sheet over my chest and winced when my hands graced my breast, they were red and blue from his rough touches and squeezes and my nipples were swollen from being twisted. Bite marks covered my skin and many of them were on my breast and inner thighs then there were some on my waist. I remember once hearing that there were bite marks called love bites but this wasn’t it. There was no love to them and I think love bites hurt less, it sounds
like they should.
Darian left when he was done with me, I don’t know what time it was but I had been alone for the past few hours and I felt too in pain and numb at the same time to get up and leave.
The faint sound of someone knocking on the door should’ve made me turn my head or cover up but I couldn’t be bothered and just waited for the person to come in.
“Hazel,” Gabe’s voice was so smooth and still like the calmest ocean with a soothing breeze but I didn’t acknowledge him.
I don’t know if it was pain or shame that made me lay still but I begged silently that he stayed put where he was or even better, that he walk away and leave me alone.
He walked slowly, maybe he was afraid to rattle me but when he reached the bed and was about to reach for my hand I pulled it back.
I bit down on my inner cheek and continued to ignore him, I couldn’t even look him in the eyes after this.
“Let me help you,” he said quietly. His hands jerked, like being gentle and caring was new and foreign to him and he had to practice restraint.
I wasn’t in a position to oppose anyone right now and if he wanted to help me then maybe I should let him.
Gabe helped me up from the bed and I saw how his eyes turned dark and round when he took in the appearance of my skin.
What he saw wasn’t even the worst it was, those parts were thankfully covered up.
“Hazel-“In fear that he would try to defend his brother I cut him off.
“He’s a monster, there’s nothing else to say about it,”
There was a long silence when we walked out into the hallway and headed to the room.
After a beat, when everything around us was chokingly quiet and each step caused me unimaginable pain he spoke.
“I know,” he said.
He helped me inside and we walked into the bathroom but that’s where I turned and put my hand up while he stood on the threshold about to come inside.
“Thank you for helping me but I’ve got it from here,”
He took a step back and our eyes lingered in a painful gaze while I closed the door.
I didn’t shower, the mere thought of water hitting my skin was enough to make me tremble more than I already was. My legs were shaking like they were standing on ice and a persistent pulsating throb continued between my legs even hours after he was done.
I dried off and splashed water on my face. The only other thing I did was brush my teeth to get rid of his taste in my mouth but even after ten minutes of brushing and emptying half a tube of toothpaste, his taste was still lingering on my tongue.
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When I closed my eyes 1 felt his hands on my body and I wanted to scrub the feeling off even if it meant peeling off my skin but I needed to wait until I was healed.
I put on my robe that hung on the door, it was the only thing I could fathom covering my body with and then I went back into the room.
Gabe sat on the chair with a phone in his hands clicking away when I walked out.
“Hey,” he said and looked up.
Startled and confused my eyes rounded and I tied the robe harder around my waist.
“Why are you still here?” I asked.
“I just wanted to make sure that you got out okay before I left,”
I nodded gratefully and tried to smile at him but it hurt my soul how fake smiling felt right now.
“I’m fine,” I said and took a seat on the foot of the bed.
“Are you?”
I scoffed and furrowed my brows while I glared at him. Gabe cleared his throat and stood from the chair.
“Stupid question,” he said under his breath.
Gabe was fidgety, he kept rubbing his hands together and his eyes flickered around the room. It was like he’d never been in a position where he had to be vulnerable before but he was trying and he was there for me.
I bit back the snarky comments and the badmouthing about his brother and swallowed the pain of having to be resilient.
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