“What am I supposed to do with this?”
“It’s mine, put it on, you need something to sleep in.” I stand frozen, looking at the shirt in my hands.
“Put it on!” He roars, his control clearly slipping. I turn around, unbutton my jeans and pull them off. I can feel his eyes on me the entire time my back is towards him. I pull off my shirt and hear a soft growl from him. I hear his footsteps, but I’m not fast enough putting the shirt on.
His hands grabs my shoulders making sure I keep still, but I can’t help the trembling. One hand moves my hair over my shoulder so soft and gentle, he now has a clear view of the scars he left on my back.
I feel his breath on my shoulder blades, then I feel his lips. His hands disappear from my shoulders, moving towards my lower back touching the scars he inflicted.
“God. I’m so sorry, Lexi. I’m so fucking sorry!” I pull the shirt over and step away from him.
“If you were sorry, you’d let me go.” I turn and look into Drake’s hazel eyes.
“Drake, please… I know I’m talking to you now, not your wolf. You’re in control again. Please let me go,” I beg, placing both of my hands on his cheeks and looking dead into those softer eyes.
“I love you so much, Lexi!” His eyes flicker. I fear that the time I have to get through to him is running out.
“Please Drake, if you love me, you’ll let me go before you lose control and your wolf takes over again. He’ll kill me. You’ll kill me… Please.” Tears fall.
“Go!” He says.
His eyes flicker.
“Now! Run, Lexi… GO!” I do. I run as hard and as fast as my feet will carry me. Through the woods and back towards Jax’s pack house.
****
As I near the pack house I hear commotion and noise, but I don’t stop running until I hit the clearing and see Jax standing on his front porch issuing orders out to a few of his men.
“I’ll fucking kill him myself, Jax! We should have locked that fucker up when we knew Lex was back!” Ronny’s yell echoes in the breeze.
“If he touches her again, I’ll kill him. I don’t care if he’s the Beta!” My mother’s angry voice can be heard over the commotion.
My bare legs are shaking and my body aches in the cold wind. It actually hurts to walk barefoot on the cold grass, but I continue to keep moving forward. Ronny stops ranting, her eyes meet mine and her jaw drops. Jax follows her line of sight, when he see’s me he starts pushing through the crowd to reach me. I start running towards him, relief driving me forwards.
I wrap my arms around him and he holds me tight.
“Ohmigod, Lexi. Chelsea told us…” I push away from him and look around searching for her. The sounds that came from the pasture when Drake and her were fighting. I honestly thought she was dead.
“She’s alive?”
“Barely. She’s with the doc now, sweetie. Come on, we need to get you cleaned up.” Georgina says, as Jax pulls me back for a hug. Suddenly the sound of tyres skidding across gravel as a cars breaks are slammed on fills the air. The atmosphere turns heavy as the wolves that surround me start growling. Jax stiffens and holds me tighter against him. I try turning my head, but I can’t due to my current position.
“Stand down,” Jax calls out over my shoulder. The wolves immediately silence, but the energy in the air thickens. I hear the sound of car doors opening and closing. A familiar scent has me pushing against Jax in order for me to get a better look.
I look over Jax’s shoulder and see Georgina snarling and shaking as if she’s about to turn into her wolf form any moment. She’s looking behind me, I manage to turn my head enough to see what caused the change of atmosphere. I find Talon and Tyler standing tall and glaring at the position I’m in with Jax.
I jerk away from Jax, my feet hit the ground and I’m sprinting toward Talon. He looks shell shocked when I reach him and jump into his arms holding him tightly. I reach over and yank Tyler closer to me as well. I don’t care if they don’t want me to touch them, right now all I wanna do is hold them and keep them close.
“I’ll tell you everything, anything you want to know I’ll tell you. I promise I’ll tell you everything. No more secrets, no more lies. I promise you…” I sob into Talon’s shirt. I can feel the anger pulsating through him, his chest against my cheek is practically vibrating and his heart is beating fast. His arms tighten around me and a low growl vibrates through me. A hand fists Tyler’s shirt at my side, he doesn’t pull away either. Instead he brings one hand over mine, gently opening my palm to release his shirt and then he pulls me from Talon’s grasp tugging me towards him. He wraps my arms around his waist and holds my head against his chest cradling me close and tight against his warmth; his kindness only makes me sob harder against his chest, my tears soaking his shirt. I pull my head back and pat at his chest.