After Rachel's revelation in the car, the rest of the two hour trip was definitely quiet and very uncomfortable. It looked like Tyler wanted to talk to me, but it was something that we would need to do in private. I didn't want to have a get-to-know-you session in the backseat of the car with his fiencee in the front seat of the car.
When we finally got back to his place I was amazed. His packhouse was a mansion, just as big as the one that I was living in at my old pack.
Cade got my bags out of the car on his own and he took them inside and Tyler came and opened the door for me.
" Do you like this?" Tyler asked as I looked up at the house.
" What about me?" Rachel yelled from the front seat of the car. And we both turned to look at her. Tyler huffed and stalked over to the car and opened the door for her.
She daintily got out of the car and walked into the packhouse as well. And Tyler put his hand on my back and led me up the stairs.
When we walked inside there was a grand foyer but the whole house was an open plan living. The kitchen and bar area was off to the left and the home theatre was off to the right.Tyler took my upstairs to the third floor and he took me to a room where Cade had put my bags.
" This will be your room for now. My room is next door but obviously it will be you're room one day too. I don't want to rush you into anything." He explained.
" I appreciate that. Does Rachel live here?" I asked a little nervous.
" No. She hadn't moved in yet. She still has her place in town." He says.
" OKay. I just don't want anyone shooting daggers at me at every chance." I explain.
" She can't hold this against you. No one planned on me meeting you at that party. I've been to that packhouse a few times but I've never seen you there before. Never even picked up your scent before." He says.
" I always try to stay out of the way. Either in our apartment or just out of the packhouse altogether. So I'm not usually in the main area." I clarify.
" That makes sense. Well, you probably want to shower and get changed. I can't imagine that dress is too comfortable." He says.
" It is getting a bit tight." I say.
" Alright. We can talk later." He says and he leaves my room.
So I had a quick look around my massive bedroom with my four poster bed that had a canopy over the top of it and in the large walk in robe and in the bathroom. So I went looking for my toiletries bag and I put my pyjama's on the bed.
I went to have a shower and I washed the make up off my face but I got out of the shower as quickly as possible because it was stinging my skin. And when I got out I towel dried my hair and as I was walking out of the bathroom I was still wrapping the towel around myself, thinking that I would still be alone, until I heard a growl come from my bed.
I turned quickly and say Tyler sitting on the side of my bed and I looked down at the towel. I was still wrapping it around me, so he saw more than I wanted him to.
He got up and stalked towards me and I got really nervous and really scared and started backing away from him. But he grabbed me gently by the arm and stopped me from moving.
He grabbed another towel and wrapped it around my waist and pulled up the towel that I was already wearing to cover my breasts but to reveal my torso. It was completely covered in bruises. I don't think there was any patch of actual healthy skin on my torso. There were bruises on top of bruises. In all different stages of healing.
" Did your dad do this?" He growled and I could see his eyes going black and then back to green. Which meant that he was fighting his wolf for control. And all I could do was shake my head yes. " And the broken ribs? When did that happen?" He asked.
" This morning. Before I went to school." I whisper. I was terrified now. I was sure that he was going to reject me. No wolf, especially an Alpha, wanted a damaged mate. And he raised the bottom towel a little higher to see the bruises on my legs.
" How long has he been doing this?" Tyler asked.
" Since my mother died. When I was 6." I say. And he let out a much louder growl.
" Why aren't you healing? Bruises should be gone in a day. He shouldn't have had the chance to beat you again while you still had bruises." He says confused.
" Wolfsbane and silver." I say.
" What?" He yelled.
" He doused my food in wolfsbane and silver. That is whenever he fed me." I say.
" What does that mean?" He asked exhaling heavily.
" I only got fed one a week. Twice if I was lucky." I explained. And he noticed another weirder looking bruise on my upper arm and he was trying to figure out where that came from.
" I can't figure this one out." He says.
" I don't want to talk about that." I say.
" I'm you're mate Tessa. And you're Alpha. Someone hurt you and I need to know about it." He says.
" It doesn't matter anymore. They're back at my old pack. And I'm here. Unless you're going to reject me now." I murmur.
" I will never reject you. But I do need to know if you need a doctor. What is this bruise from?" He asked.
" An injection of wolfsbane. To make me more compliant." I say looking away. And he looked at me weird before it finally regestered what I was talking about. And I could see his whole body shaking. He was really fighting his wolf for control.
I started shaking and moving away from him but he saw me and regained his composure.
" I'm sorry. Was it your father that wanted to make you more compliant so he could do that to you?" Tyler asked with a shaky voice.
" No. It was Mason." I said just above a whisper.
" The guy that your father promised you too?" He asked. And I shake my head yes.
" And Levi and Lochie." I say. And this time he punched a hole in the wall. And I jumped at the noise and I closed my eyes waiting for what was coming next. I was backed into the corner of the room and I still had my eyes closed when I slid down the wall to the ground.
" Oh shit. Baby. I'm so sorry. Look at me. Open your eyes." Tyler said crouching down in front of me and all I saw were his beautiful green eyes. " I didn't mean to scare you. I promise, I will never do anything to hurt you." He says.
" No Alpha wants a damaged mate. So just reject me and send me back." I said.
" There is no way in hell that you are going back there. And I am not rejecting you. You're not damaged. This shit was done to you and you didn't ask for it. It's not like you went around sleeping with every guy in the pack. You were attacked." He says.
" Can I get dressed now? Please?" I pleaded.
" Yeah. Of course you can." He says standing up. And he helped me up. So I grabbed my pyjama's and took them to the bathroom. I put on the loose fitting shirt and tracksuit pants and then came back to the bedroom.
I was surprised to see that Tyler was still there. And someone knocked on the door but Tyler answered it and it was a women that gave him a tray of food and some drinks. So he closed the door and he put the food down on the desk in my room.
" What's all this?" I asked.
" Well, neither of us got to eat at the party. So I thought you might be hungry. And I promise that this shit has no poison in it." He said through gritted teeth.
" I know. I would be able to smell it. I've gotten good at that. Smelling wolfsbane." I explain.
" I bet you have. Come on, let's eat." He says. So I went to go and sit next to him while we had something to eat.
" So, what do you do for fun? If you ever have time for fun." He asks.
" I like to draw. I love sketching." I say. " Do you have any hobbies when you're not being an Alpha?" I asked.
" Not really. Just hanging out with my mates. That's about it." He says.
" There's nothing wrong with that." I say.
" I'm surprised that wasn't you're answer. You are a teenage girl." He says.
" I only had Bella. It was us two against the world. The other kids at school are too scared of my dad and the Alpha to really be friends with us." I say.
" That sucks." He says. But I just shrug my shoulders. Someone else then knocked on the door and Tyler went to answer it. " Go away Aria." He says. But she pushed the door open and ignored Tyler.
" Hell no. I want to meet our new Luna. And there she is." Aria says coming inside the room.
" Hi." Is all I can manage to come out with. But she runs over and hugs me really tightly and I hiss a little in pain. So Tyler rips her off me.
" I'm sorry. You'll have to excuse my cousin Aria. She doesn't know when she's not wanted." Tyler says.
" Screw you. I wanted to meet the Luna and I wasn't going to wait until tomorrow morning. Cade told me that you were a looker sweetie, but you are so much more than that." Aria says looking me over.
" Thanks. I guess." I say.
" Aria is also mated to my gamma Carter. So she lives in the packhouse and you will never be able to get rid of her." Tyler explains.
" Well, I am just so happy that he found you because if we had to put up with that other piece that he was going to marry as our Luna then I'm pretty sure we all would have run for the hills." Aria says very openly. And I looked at Tyler expecting him to go off his head at her for talking about Rachel like that. But he just stood behind her shaking his head.
" You've met her now, so you can leave." Tyler says.
" No, actually I can't. Rachel is downstairs ordering everyone around like she is still the future Luna. And she is also telling people not to stop their plans for the wedding. Rachel thinks that the wedding is still going to take place." Aria says.
" I told Rachel before that the wedding was off. It has to be." Tyler says.
" Well, she didn't get the message." Aria says.
" I'm sorry Tessa. I'll be back shortly." Tyler says leaving my room. And Aria stood there in my room but I didn't know what to say to her. This was pretty uncharted territory for me.
" Are you always this quiet?" Aria asked.
" No. Not until I get to know people and know what I can get away with." I explain.
" That's smart. Come on, we don't want to miss the show." She says grabbing my hand.
We walked out of my room and down to the first floor landing and Tyler was in the foyer with Rachel and she was crying and clinging to Tyler.
" Rachel. I told you. I have found my mate now. The wedding is off. I will start cancelling everything tomorrow. It can't happen now." Tyler says calmly.
" But I love you Tyler. Why would you do this to me? Do you think my brother would want you to treat me like this?" Rachel asked.
" You're brother respected the mate bond. He would understand. I think it's best that you go home tonight. You're not staying here." Tyler says.
" Bue I've been sleeping on the first floor for the last three weeks while planning the wedding." Rachel says.
" Exactly. Now there's no wedding. So there's no reason for you to stay. You need to leave. Now." Tyler says finally prying her arms off of him.
I didn't understand it but for some reason I hated seeing her with her arms all over Tyler like that. And he was just allowing it. He wasn't trying to push her away.
I know that this had to be hard on her and he was probably trying to be considerate. But he hated it when Mason was touching me. Don't get me wrong. I hated it too and I was glad that Tyler stopped him. But it was the same thing. He didn't like another man touching me, so why should I be tolerable of her touching him.
Everyone knows that if you are dating someone and they find their mate then that's it. You bow out and let them have their mate bond. That's how it happens. How it is meant to happen with decent people anyway.
I was starting to wonder what the hell I got myself into here. But I saw Tyler usher Rachel to the front door and when he turned around towards the stairs he saw me and Aria standing there. Aria had a look of satisfaction on her face. But I wasn't sure how I was feeling. I was just watching with a blank expression on my face.
TYLER POVWell, tonight is definitely not how I expected it to turn out the way it did. I was just meant to go to a simple party but I find my mate instead and bring her home with me. This wasn't going to be easy for some people. I knew that. But when Tessa came out of the shower, normally a mate would be drooling over that sight, but it made me want to kill someone. The state that she is in right now made so much sense as to why she couldn't get that suitcase down and why she wasn't letting anyone touch her tightly or anything. She actually thought I was going to reject her. I would never reject her for getting beaten by her father and I would definitely never reject her for being gang raped and then send her back to the people that were hurting her. The only thing I was sure of was that when I caught her scent at the party and I saw that animal with his paws on her, I wanted to kill him there and then. I fucking should have. I never should have left that house without hurting one
TESSA POV Tyler and I talked for a little while after that, but he was able to fall back to sleep. But I was unable to go back to sleep. I lied in bed with my mind racing with everything that I told Tyler. I honestly didn't know what came over me. I felt like I could be completely honest with him but this wasn't the type of thing that I told anyone. Even Bella didn't know about the rapes. She just knew about the beatings because they were harder to conceal. I saw the sun rising through my window so I got out of my bed quietly and I got changed into black and red tights, a red top and a sweater over the top with socks and sand shoes. I went to my wardrobe and grabbed a bag out of there and I left my room and crept out of the house being careful not to wake anyone. I went out the front door and this was the first time I had seen this place in the day light. The packhouse was situated on a huge piece of land surrounded by the woods and only one road in and out which was the drivewa
WARNING - SOME CONTENTS WILL BE DISTURBING I was in the hospital all afternoon hooked up to that IV and throwing my guts up before the IV's were finally empty. Luckily Dr. Missy didn't make me stay at the hospital and she let Tyler take me home. He mind linked the whole pack to stay away from the packhouse and the main area's of the packhouse until I got up my room. I didn't want anyone seeing me like this. It wasn't me. I wasn't volnerable and I hated people taking pity on me. I had grown accustomed to dealing with crap on my own. It was even weird having Tyler by my side every step of the way. But I knew that he wasn't going to leave me. No way. When he got me up to my room I went running for the bathroom and I through up in the toilet. And then I sat on the floor next to the toilet. Tyler left just for a minute and came back with a bottle of water. "Dr. Missy said to keep you hydrated." He says handing me the water and he sat on the side of the bath tub and he put my hair up in
TYLER POV I stood at the door frozen. The warrior was right. I didn't want to see the scene in front of me. Parker was on the floor holding and unconscious Tessa in his arms. He had pulled a blanket down on top of her but there was blood everywhere. There was blood all of Parker, Tessa, her bed, her floor. It was everywhere. My wolf howled in my head and before I knew what was happening I was walking further into the room. My eyes were black. My wolf was in charge. He had taken over. And as soon as I got close enough to Tessa, Parker backed away. He knew that he wasn't a threat to my wolf because he was mated. But he didn't want to be near my wolf right now. "She's been stabbed twice in the stomach. And there are other injuries." Parker muttered out. And I sat there quietly trying to regain control. I shook my head until I was able to push my wolf back and I was staring down at my mate. "What other injuries?" I demanded. But Parker didn't answer me. So I snapped my head up at him.
TYLER POV As the army drew closer only the patrols were visible and the rogues stopped just on the other side of the boarder. My patrols came together to look at them but we couldn't communicate with them. The rogues were the first ones to crouch down a bare their teeth. They then charged at my patrols that were grossly outnumbered but as soon as they stepped foot over the boarder then the rest of us came running out and clashed with them in a thunderous collision. They weren't expecting us to be ready for them and some retreated immediately. But most stayed to fight until their last breath. I saw the three bigger wolves fighting through the crowd and the biggest of them all. A massive black wolf who I assumed was Ethan lunged at me, but to my surprise he tackled the rogue that was coming up behind me and tore his throat out. Ethan just nodded at me and we kept on with the battle. We fought left, right and center. But the rogues are so little that they can't really stand a chance.
BELLA POV "Bella, what the hell are you doing?" Ethan yelled from the other side of the bars as I pulled a syringe out of my pocket. "What needs to be done." I replied coldly while staring at Mason. He looked weak. He hadn't eaten in a while. Sleep deprived. But I know that he was still stronger than me. A couple days in this place doesn't mean that I can take him on. That was never going to happen. But then I started stalking towards Mason and he stood up looking all big and tough against me and he really was. He was huge compared to my tiny stature. But I didn't care. I really didn't. I just saw what he did to my best friend. Something that no one ever deserves. He started walking towards me and I could hear the panick in Ethan's voice and Tyler was screaming for the guards to get the other key. But Mason lunged at me and I knew that this was going to be my only chance. When He knocked me to the ground and was on top of me I jabbed the saringe into his stomach and injected the c
TESSA POV Dr. Missy made me stay in hospital for three days to make sure that I was completely healed and the wolfsbane was out of my system and Tyler stayed there with me the whole time. Except for when he needed to go home and shower. Otherwise he was leaving the pack up to Cade and Carter. But when I was finally told that I could leave, I was glad to finally be going home. Tyler picked up my bag from the bed and he held his hand out for me, so I took his hand and he guided me out of the hospital. The entire staff at the hospital said goodbye to me as I was passing them even though I hadn't met most of them but Tyler assured me that it was because I was the Luna. And I could only think that it was because they knew what had happened to me. We got in Tyler's car that was parked at the entrance and he drove us back to the packhouse. He raced around the car and opened the door for me and I got out of the car and looked up at the house. I stood there staring at it for a minute b
TYLER POV I bought Tessa home from the hospital a week ago and since then, she hasn't left my bedroom. She either sleeps all day or she's in the bathtub or shower. That's all she does. She doesn't talk very often. I get food delivered up to the room for her but I noticed that she only takes little nibbles out of bits of it but that's it. She's becoming a shadow of the women that I once knew and it was staring to scare me. Other were concerned about her but I was making excuses for Tessa because she refused to see anyone. I know that this had been happening for so long in her life, but she concealed it. She hid it and just lived her life pretending like it wasn't happening. But she couldn't do that now. Everyone knew what had happened to her and they had never tried to kill her like that before. But it kills me sleeping in the same bed with her every night and not being able to touch her. And I don't mean anything bad, just being able to put my arm around her. That's all I want. Me a