Collins
BEFORE ****trigger warning****** Goddess. I had been drugged. I had to get the hell out of here. I needed Sloan. Or Sara or Abbey. My friends would come looking for me right? Did they see where he had taken me? Then I remembered something else. A foggy memory inside my more than foggy mind. A guy stood at the bottom of the stairs. I knew this because we had tried to go up them earlier to go to the bathroom. He wouldn’t let us through. If he didn’t then… he wouldn’t let her friends through now. Garrett was laughing. I frowned at him.. or at least, tried to. “Oh don’t give me that look. I know your miss goody two shoes. Well.. you pretend to be. Boy did you have me fooled.” He told me hatefully. Then he was in my face. He grabbed it with both his hands and started yelling at me. “Who were you trying to fuck out there Collins?? Huh? Who were you dancing for? It sure wasn’t for me I wasn’t even there! I’ve been in my room with two senior girls this whole time. Funny you didn’t look for me or try to call me… I even told my boys to make sure you didn’t come in while I was in the middle of a threesome. But you didn’t do that did you bitch?!” I heard the slap before I felt it. My head lulled to the side from the sheer force of the backhand. I gasped.. staring at him. He was walking in circles now.. yanking on his own hair. Tears came to my eyes as the pain settled in. I had never been hit in my life.. not even in wolf training where they didn’t allow hits to the face. “Now see what you made me do??” He yelled. “I wasn’t even going to do this with you tonight. I was gonna get some naive freshman up here. But nooo my FUCKING GIRLFRIEND had to act a fool and now I’ve got to fix you!!” I needed to escape this nightmare. But whatever drug he had given me was strong. He apparently gave me double what he normally gives girls. That thought made me pause. How many times had he done this? I tried and tried and tried moving but nothing would work. My entire body felt like it was full of wet sand.. heavy and lethargic. Garrett suddenly stopped pacing and laughed. “Do you know what I’ve done to keep you happy?? I’ve had to sneak around and cheat on you for TWO YEARS! Just so you wouldn’t find out about it. You really thought I stayed at my dad’s office til all hours of the night? Are you really that stupid Collins?? Did you really think I waited a YEAR for sex… and wasn’t getting it anywhere else??” He was completely unhinged. And not the person I thought he was. He had played me, this entire time. And he had done an excellent job…. I never suspected a thing. Garrett wasn’t good … Garrett was evil. A knock came to the door then. Oh thank goddess! Someone’s coming.. But the door opened and there stood the dude from the kitchen again. Suddenly ‘dude’ wasn’t funny anymore. He walked in and Garrett shut the door behind him, locking it. Another knock… hoodie guy walked in.. and the door was locked again. I wondered who they were. I had met all of Garrett’s friends, and these two weren’t any of them. I had a really bad feeling these were the types of friends he didn’t go around introducing to people often. I needed to somehow get some strength… I reached down, deep inside trying to get to my wolf. If I could get it to come forward just a little it would help and maybe, just maybe I could move. Then, I might be able to fight them off. But the harder I tried … the more exhausted I became. It seemed that whatever drug he had forced down me had the same effect on my wolf as it did me. “I didn’t know you had a girlfriend man..” the hoodie said. “I need a nice respectable girl to take home to the parents.. someone to show off to the teachers.. all of the brothers here have a ‘girlfriend’ “. Garrett replied while putting the word girlfriend in quotations. Was that all she was to him? A showpiece? Some arm candy for the professors and his father?? A growl escaped me then. My wolf wasn’t as far off as I had thought. But all three of the guys turned to her and then busted out laughing. “Did you just growl??” Hoodie asked. They wouldn’t be laughing if I was able to shift right now. I would eat these jackasses for breakfast. But my eyes were closing. As hard as I tried to keep them open they weren’t cooperating. “How is she still awake? We gave her so much more than the others..” kitchen guy said. The others …. There was no telling how many other girls Garrett had done this to. It made me sick to my stomach thinking about it. “Well she certainly isn’t too respectable looking right now.” That was hoodie speaking. “Obviously. Why else do you think we’re doing this?” Garrett asked him as he strolled over to the bed. “Make sure everything’s ready.” He called over his shoulder. “Now let’s see how desperate you are to show your ass. You were so determined to do it downstairs in front of everybody … making me look FUCKING STUPID!” He shouted in my face. Tears began rolling out of my eyes as he reached down and unbuttoned and unzipped my skirt. He pulled it off me and discarded it on the floor. My eyes quickly looked behind him at the other two guys that were watching.. sick smiles on their faces. Next he removed my underwear… I tried moving once more, but I was just too weak. “N…no!” I got out, but just barely. Garrett chuckled at me while he removed his own pants. I shut my eyes then on purpose. I couldn’t and wouldn’t watch. But I felt it. I felt everything. Every disgusting touch.. his fingers on my skin that I used to enjoy, now made me sick. He wasted no time crawling on top of me. Once Garrett had finished kitchen guy walked over. I was trying my best to move anything but I couldn’t. It was like my mind was wide awake but my body was completely asleep. We’re they all going to do this?? All three of them? I got my answer when kitchen guy walked over and got on the bed with me. I was going to throw up… I began gagging but then Garrett was there. Not to help me though. He grabbed me by my hair in the back of my head and seethed. “Don’t you dare fucking throw up you stupid bitch..” He stayed there. His hand pulled my hair so hard I thought he would pull half of it out. He sat there and stared at me while the other guy had his way with me. Having Garrett stare at me while his friend abused my body was even worse than Garrett doing it himself. Once it was over, I did throw up. Garrett quickly turned my body over sideways so it went in the floor but it still infuriated him. “Mother fucker what the hell are you doing??” He asked me. As if any of this was my fault. And then.. Another hit. This time it was a punch. With his fist. Right in my eye. Then in my stomach. He had punched me.. twice. All the breath left me .. I couldn’t breathe. I couldn’t see as my eye was starting to swell. My already blurred vision was now cut in half. The pain in my face was searing hot, causing even more tears to fall down my face. Hoodie guy walked over. “Ah she’s got throw up on her now man.” He told the others. “I mean.. she’s fine as fuck .. that ass is … Woo! It’s something out of my dreams but fucking vomit??” “Put a pillow over her head and get on with it.” Garrett demanded. I tried shaking my head at him .. begging with my eyes. He even looked like he didn’t want to. Like this was a little too far even for him. But hoodie was obviously too afraid to disagree with Garrett. He got the pillow and put it over my face. I was going to suffocate. I was going to die right here right now. I could feel everything. Every disgusting touch. He put his hands all over me.. at least the other two just did the deed and got up. But this guy.. he made sure he got his time in. I couldn’t breathe.. the pillow was restricting my airways. And he just…..kept…..touching…. me. When he finally climbed off of me and moved the pillow I felt like I was dying. I took in a huge breath, thanking goddess that he hadn’t completely smothered me. Tears hadn’t stopped coming down my face the entire time. Everything was too much. My brain was overflowing and it needed to shut off. I felt a panic attack coming. But I still couldn’t move. So I closed my eyes. I gave in, and I let go. And let the darkness take over.Epilogue Collins It has been the most amazing summer I’d ever had. I’d spent so much time with my family and friends… gotten to hang out with everyone and do just normal daily activities. I played with Cade, my baby brother. I went on horseback rides with Cristoff and played games on the Xbox with him. We’d even gone over to Emily’s and played with her kids too. We spent a lot of time at Emily’s house with her and Lo. We had cookouts and swimming in the lake that was in her backyard. We had bonfires and camp outs and slept in sleeping bags outdoors. The girls and I went shopping and to the salon a few times. We even went and saw a couple movies in the theater in the little town close to us. And I shifted and ran every single day. It was life changing, the freedom of it all. Mom and I cooked together and she told me stories of her childhood. My dad and I had spent some time together too. He apologized to me again for everything that happened and what I had seen when I was fou
Alan It was our last night at home. We were leaving the next day to go back to Lorenzo’s pack. I’d been busy all day working with Brian. I had to go around and see a lot of the pack members as well. It was important that they see me at home. I’d been gone so much lately. But they all knew why and they all understood. Everyone I had talked to and met with thanked me profusely for what I’d done. I was grateful they didn’t hold it against me in any way whatsoever. But it seemed like I didn’t have to worry about that at all. Saving people from crazy rogue wolves trumps beta duties apparently. At least … beta duties in person. Because I’d still been doing them this entire time. Goddess knows, I was ready for a break though. Doing two jobs this past year had worn me out. I was still thinking about this when I came out of the bathroom. Then I stopped dead in my tracks. Collins was laying on the bed. The same way she had every night we had stayed here. Usually on her phone or readi
Collins I’d gotten back from my beach trip feeling a new sense of peace and happiness. My skin tanner and my hair lighter than it’s normal dark brown. We’d had the perfect vacation… spending our days at the beach, reading and playing and swimming. We had each gotten a section of our hair beaded and even received henna tattoos. We’d gone into the stores and bought T-shirts and sweat pants with the name of the beach on them. Every touristy thing you could think of … we’d done it. I’d also caught up with Sloan, Sara , and Abbey. We’d fallen right back into our friendships as if we’d spent no time apart at all. Spending time at the ocean and with all the girls and getting to see my grandfather had meant the world to me. But I had missed Alan. When I asked him what he’d gotten up to he just grinned really big and said ‘not much’. I know he had gone back to his home pack for part of the time but he was here for a couple days too. He told me he’d hung out with my dad and Lorenzo…
AlanI looked over at Lorenzo who was squatting down beside me. “Is this a good idea?” I asked him. “Probably not. But.. you don’t want to back out do you?” He asked me. “Fuck no.” I told him. “Too late now anyway.” Cyrus Manning said on the other side of me. It wasn’t. We could leave and forget it. But I didn’t want to. I actually couldn’t fucking wait to do this. I had assumed it would just me and Collins’ dad here. But I had underestimated Lorenzo’s hatred for this guy. So he insisted on coming along as well. We’d gotten lucky… Remington.. the guy that Collins had met and gotten to know had been keeping tabs for us. Once I found out the asshole was being kept close to where Remington lived.. I asked him to check on him. So he was able to let us know the day of his release. Fucking Garrett. He’d been in jail for only a while.. but I was actually shocked his family didn’t throw their money around and get him out sooner. He had gone to jail in the town where the dance co
Collins Jenny and I high fived each other. We’d just finished our last final. And we were done with school. At least for the summer. I was excited for the break.. and ready for some rest and relaxation. Amazingly .. the sun finally came out here and it got almost warm. It was actually beautiful weather. Not hot… but just right. Jenny and I had packed up our clothes … leaving our room the way it was for when we came back to school in the fall. I took a good look around … feeling sad for a moment… remembering everything that had happened since I’d been here. But.. my therapist would tell me.. it’s fine to remember the past.. just don’t relive it. And I knew that’s what I needed to do .. look toward the future. I hugged Jenny tightly… not wanting to let her go. She was clutched on to me as well. Then we both started to cry. I then laughed through my tears. “This is ridiculous. We’re going to see each other in two weeks.” I said. “That’s such a long time…” Jenny said still c
Alan I had just stepped out of the shower when my sister called. She wanted me to come over to her house. Even though the wars and fighting were in the past. I was still coming to Lorenzo’s pack. I’d just gone home and stayed for two weeks while Collins had gone back to school. She was coming home this weekend and I couldn’t wait to see her. Things had been going great with us. It was a Friday night and I’d just gotten here. But when Emily calls you answer or else she will just bug you to death. So I took my ass over there right after I put clothes on. After the initial hellos to Lo and the kids I went in the kitchen where Emily was sitting at the huge island Lo had built for her. “What’s up?” I asked her as she gave me a hug. “A few things .. actually.” She said. I raised my eyebrows until she continued. “Well first of all.. I wanted you to know.. I’ve been speaking with Ingrid.” She said. That actually shocked me. I knew Ingrid and Collins had spoken. And things had gone w