Mag-log inWinter's povI looked back at Brody when I heard the sounds coming from him grow louder. He was practically dying right in front of my eyes. The sight was horrific and should make me feel some kind of way, but the only thing I felt while watching him was a cold detachment wrapping around my chest. The unseen force binding him crushed inward and his ribs creak under the weight of an invisible clamp. His face turned a deep colored purple, veins bulging across his forehead as he suffocated on his own blood. Every agonizing gasp he tried to take was cut short by a sickening gurgle as dark crimson stream down his jaw, dripping off his chin and pooling on the filthy floor. His eyes rolled back in pure agony as he was trapped in his own body while he bled out from the inside.And I felt it. Hell, I felt every single second of it. The power inside me wasn't just surrounding us....it was flowing through me. It hummed in my veins like wild fire, like a fierce, roaring current that burned h
Winter's povI scrambled across the filthy floor, the pain in my throat entirely forgotten. "Sophia! Baby, please-" My voice broke into a cracked distraught sob as I threw myself behind the couch. Glass shards bit deep into my knees and tearing into my flesh as I dropped to them beside Sophia's limp body, but I felt nothing. All that existed was the sickening, lifeless silence that filled the apartment.She was so small, lying crumpled like a discarded doll against the baseboard. Her tiny forehead was bruised, her eyes half-lidded and blank. My hands shook so hard that I could barely touch her. I scoop her light, fragile body up into my arms and cradle her head against my chest."Sophia, wake up. Please, please wake up..." I whimpered, pulling her tight against me. She made no movement and not a single sound left her. Just silence. I pressed my trembling fingers against her soft, pale neck hunting desperately for the flutter of her heartbeat. My heart slammed against my ribs when I
Winter's povBrody froze, his bloodshot eyes widening in utter shock as he processed my face under the little light coming from the cracked window. For a second, he went completely still but then a sickening, dark sneer twisted his features, stretching across his greasy jaw like a scar."Well, look at what the cat dragged in," he spat, his slurred voice dripping with malicious satisfaction. "The fucking princess finally decided to show her ugly face."Before I could even draw a breath to respond, he raised the brown paper bag in his hand and slammed it down onto the floor right next to Mom. The glass bottle inside exploded with a sharp, deafening crack. I flinched, my eyes burning as I tried to hold back my terrified tears. Amber liquid and jagged glass shards rained over Mom's curled body the second the bottle fell to the floor. She let out a high pitched fearful yelp and tried shielding her face with her bloody arms as she looked up at him. Her dark swollen eyes were wide with abso
Winter's pov"No, Brody, I swear!" Mom's voice spewed out in a shaky pathetic plea. She shifted backward, her trembling hands raised in front of her chest like a damn shield, as though that would stop Brody from attacking her. "I'm not leaving you! I would never leave you, you know that! Please, I swear on my life, I-""Shut the fuck up, you damn whore!" he roared, cutting her off. He shoved Sophia down onto the stained couch so roughly that I thought he had hurt her. My fingers gripped the door handle, straining against it as I fought to stay in the shadows. The sudden drop clearly jolted Sophia and her frantic whimpers exploded into a sharp piercing shriek of fear."Shut up, you fucking brat!" Brody snapped, casting his terrifying, bloodshot glare toward the couch. He raised a massive, scarred fist into the air, hovering it over my fifteen-month-old sister. "I said be quiet!"My heart skipped painfully against my ribs and I gasped sharply. "Brody, please! She's just scared, don't
Winter's pov"He what!?" The word tore from my throat, raw and fractured. My mother's words echoed through my head over and over. He took her.....My baby sister, Sophia. My fifteen-month-old baby sister was with that man. And Mom let him take her.....My vision misted with unshed tears as the dirty room suddenly blurred. I felt like it was closing in as cold terror flooded my veins, replacing my anxiety with pure horror. "He took a baby? Mom, she's fifteen months old! In the state he's in?! How could you let him take her!""Winter, listen to me-" Mom's voice was a trembling whimper as she clawed at my knees from the floor, her fingers press into my flesh, hard but I can't even whimper. I can't feel anything but cold fear running through my veins. My eyes cast to her on the floor.....her pitiful state and I shook my head in disappointment. How....how could a mother make her child endure this without wanting out? Her lower lip tremble as she continue. "He's been better lately, I swea
Winter's povPanic made me go numb and my throat seem to just seize, choking the air right out of my lungs. The bag in my hand hit the old splintered wooden floor with a heavy thud. I swear I couldn't feel my fingers. In fact, right now I couldn't feel anything except the icy rush of adrenaline burning through my veins.The very dark purple around her left eye was nasty but as the sunlight hit her face through the cracked door, I saw the rest of her face. A gasp struggled up my throat at the sight and my heart thud against my ribs. Faint red scratches dragged down her neck like nails had bit into her skin and along her jawline sat a dark, unmistakable set of bruises......the shape of a hand pressed violently into her once creamy flesh."Mom...oh God, Mom," I whispered, my voice cracking into a jagged sob. I had never seen her this bad. Brody....he had never hit her this badly before. She looked like she was on the verge of collapsing. Hell....she looked like she was half way dead.
Winter's povThe feel of him, the heat, the low grunts brushing against my ear as he moved in and out of me was intoxicating.I cling to Ashton, my nails biting into his shoulder as he thrusts into me deeper. My back arches, my breasts pressing to his bare chest as I flutter out a moan. "Oh A-"Win
Evie's povThe world seems to stop and for a heartbeat, I couldn't seem to remember how to breathe.Kim's face twists in disbelief, her eyes shadowing with anger and hurt. Her hand, which had been clutching Ryan's arm, drop to her side like she had been scorched.My stomach flips."How how could yo
Evie's povThe sound of the necklace snapping sounded way too loud in the quiet room. My eyes widen in horror as the delicate chain falls between us on the floor with a faint clink."I-what? You pulled it-"Don't you dare blame this on me you wolf-less bitch!" She sneered under her breath harshly a
Evie's povMy breath catches when his words sink in.Bad girls get punished.....The sound of it sent a shiver down my spine, one that felt so good.His face is so close, his breath so warm brushing against my nose and lips. On their own my lips parted, as if searching for a breath, searching for..







