Chapter 7

Poppy

When Aziel came into my room the atmosphere changed in an instant, Silas became angry but relaxed as I touched him. I watched as Orions eyes became white at the same time as Aziels and I knew Silas eyes were white to even if I couldn't see them. 

They were mindlinking each other. Orion growled all of the sudden and I watched as his eyes became sky blue once more. He looked at me intensely and I turned my eyes down to the bowl of soup again.

" Eat Poppy, I haven't poisoned it" Orion said with a sad voice.

" Did you make this?" I say in surprise.

" Yes, it's a hobby of mine" 

" It's very good" I say and lift the bowl again carefully not to spill anything.

Aziel's hand came into my vision and I literally jumped out of the bed and landed hard on the floor. The soup spilled all over the bed and I was scared for what Orion would chose as a punishment.

Aziel sighed and I dared to look at him when I noticed he held a spoon in his hand, was he going to give it to me?

" Sorry that I scared you, I thought it would be easier to eat the soup with a spoon" Aziel said and looked down at the floor.

I just stare at Orion, to shocked that Aziel apologized. Waiting to see what Orion would decide for punishment. Orion just bends down and pick up the empty bowl slowly. silas gets up and start to take away the dirty bed linen.

" Come on, Poppy. Orion will get you another bowl of soup but you need to take a shower. After, if you want you can come into our room to eat but only if you want" Aziel say to me.

Eat in their room, alone with those three, no way in hell, never. I shake my head violently, Silas sigh and tells Aziel I am still afraid of them after the thing in the gym. Aziel look down at me and I quickly turn my head to the side and down, studying the grey carpet.

"Poppy, please take a shower at least, no one will force you to come into our room, okay?" Silas says and holds out his hand for me to take.

I glance at Aziel and Silas but take a deep breath before taking Silas hand, letting him guide me out of my room and out in the hallway to a door that I haven't noticed before. Silas opens the door and walks in and turn on the lights, he lets go of my hand and I just stare into a huge bathroom.

It's almost completely black, the floor, the walls and the ceiling are black like onyx, there are four shower heads and four sinks. The bathtub are big enough to fit five people or like three big men and one small woman.

Silas noticed that I stopped look over at me and chuckles at my reaction, he start one of the showers and feel with his hand to adjust the tempature. 

"It's our private bathroom you know. Aziel told us about you and what you like, just like thaht your favorite schampoo and soap smell like raspberry." Silas says and come over and show me the cabin under the sinks.

I open it and look inside only to find my usual toiletries, towels in a red color and even a toothbrush and toothpaste. I take out the schampoo and soap just to find three more bottles of it.

I lay it on one of the sinks right next to a set of clothes, I look over at Silas confused.

" Yeah I laid one of my shirts for you, you can change once your back in your room if you want." Silas says with a smile and leave me alone in the bathroom.

I quickly lock the door before stripping of the clothes I have on and take the schampoo and the soap and goes in under the water, it feels so good with warm water. I start to wash myself with the soap, the entire bathroom are filled with a raspberry scent.

I started to wash my feet and as I cleaned higher up on my legs I began to scrub harder and when I came to migh thighs I scrubbed my skin blood red. i heard a knock on the door but I was so focused on scrubbing my skin.

I started to cry when I remembered everyones hands on my body, the claws that broke my skin and his tongue on my inner thigh. I felt sick to my stomach just thinking about it and I started to scrub even harder. My tears flooded my eyes and blood dribbled down my legs.

"Poppy, open the door, what are you doing? Poppy, please open the door, I can smell blood." Orions voice was heard but I couldn't stop what I was doing.

" What's happening, what are you doing by the door?" Silas voice ask.

" What am I doing? Can't you smell the blood, she's hurt" Orion answers back.

" Poppy please open the door, we're worried please open the door, we can help you" Silas are worried but I can't stop now.

They started to argue but I wasn't finiched, I needed to be clean the he wouldn't doubt me anymore. I just need to finish this then I can come out. No the memory, no it can't come now. I don't want to remember.

The memory came forward as it was triggered by the event in the gym and I clutched my hair and screamed out my agony and my fear. I fell down on my knees and cried and screamed. 

"Poppy? Poppy, Poppy!"

I could hear my name as it was on repeat but I couldn't distinguish who it was that called my name. The pounding on the door had gotten louder but it couldn't drown the memory that came flooding in my mind.

Suddenly I felt sparks on my arms and I looked up and into Orion's sky blue eyes when he suddenly said, " Poppy sleep"

His voice so hypnotic that I just let everything go and fainted on the spot. 

Orion POV

She was scared of me and Aziel, I was furious at aziel who let me belive that she was a slutbut she wasn't. She is actual a virgin and now she is terriffied of us, Silas told me she was pure but I didn't listen, I didn't want to listen to him.

I do belive that Aziel belived his bestfriends words but I wonder now how he will tackle this. Poppy clearly is a virgin and I was shocked and smashed with guilt for what I did to her.

As I came up to the room after getting the entire pot with her favorite chicken soup, Aziel had told us her faorite food and snacks and even her favorite drinks so I decided to make her some soup. I even forced a few members of Silas pack to taste it before giving it to her.

Anyway as I made my way to her room I noticed that she wasn't there and Aziel made her bed, I wonder how she would like to have Aziels scent all over the bed. Silas were setting up a low table in the corner with big cushions to sit on.

Aziel once told us that she likes to sit on the floor and do things like homework, reading, drawing, writing or other girlie stuff and almost everytime with music. I guess we have to buy a radio or something for her.

I put down the pot on the table and put the bowl and the spoon there to and also a waterglass. I started to listen for her and heard the water in the shower and walked out in the hallway to go to her. I smiled when I realized that Silas had showed her our bathroom.

I could smell hot water and her raspberry soap, it litterally smelled like warm raspberries on a warm summerday, I can't wait to smell it on her skin and hair directly. It took a few seconds to realize that she was crying and I hesitated to knock but then I could smell blood and a lot of it.

I thought that the warm water made her bleed after the intrusion that was Aziel but as the smell got stronger I began to worry. Now it was more blood than raspberry scent and I knocked on the door trying to talk to her.

My worry and fear bled through the bond and both Silas and Aziel came out to me and wondered what I was doing. i told them that Poppy was crying and bleeding and that she had locked the door and wasn't answering me.

Silas tried to talk to her but she didn't answer him either, Aziel opened the bond to her but it was like radio silent. She was alive, we could hear her heartbeat but she was to far gone into her own world to be consious. 

I tried to listen in on her mind but it didn't help so I grabbed Aziel's arm and then it connected. First it was black, like a bottomless black hole and then there was a bright light and then there she was, Poppy.

I almost threw up when I realized what I was seeing, it was a memory of hers but the horror of it, no I can't describe them. Aziel could feel everything that I felt but I blocked him out from seeing what I had seen.

Aziel couldn't stand the feelings and broke down the door just as we heard her scream. I rushed in to see her on her knees in the shower, she was clutching her hair and there was blood on the floor.

Silas walked past me and put a towel over her but she recoiled from his touch and Aziel was frozen. I took a deep breath and walked over to her and lifted her chin up so I could look into her ocean blue eyes, "sleep, Poppy" I said to her and she didn't even resist my command.

Silas caught her and carried her to her room, he dried her body and put her under the covers but I noticed all her wounds on her legs. She had scrubbed her skin off so hard there were deep wounds on her.

Aziel came in after me and went to touch her but I took his hand and shook my head. We walked out with Silas following us.

"What did you see?" Aziel asked me

"A memory, she was abused and tortured when she was in he pre-teens" I said and felt a shiver up my spine.

Silas didn't say anything but I could feel anger coming from him as he looked at us. Aziel took a deep breath and said he needed to go out for a bit and left.

" She's waking up" Silas said and walked in to her room.

Strange she should be sleeping longer under my command, must be a tribrid thing, I thought. Silas came out looking around frantically when he saw me he opened his mouth and said something that made me fear him even more.

"She's gone"