Chapter Seventeen (Part Two)

(Alpha Rollins POV)

I woke up to her body so close to mine, but then I saw the scars, and it was all flooding in. I stood up, pulling away the covers, and that's when I saw it.

I looked closer at the scars on her breast and biceps, but the most visible was the one on her neck.

Wait, did I mark her?

There was one emotion I thought I wasn't capable of feeling: fear. But now, for the first time in years, I was afraid. I always have things under control, but not now.

"Cara," I called, but there was no answer. "Cara," I called louder, and then her eyes flew open. She groaned.

"Wait, don't move," I say, standing to my feet.

"Rollins," she called. Why didn't she sound mad? Maybe she didn't understand yet; she didn't remember all I did to her; she would very soon. "You have no clothes on."

Snap. I rushed to the dressing room, putting on the first pair of pants I could find, and I walked out.

I picked her up, the bed dress covering her petite body as I carried her out of the room. She wasn't s