Chapter 24 – Meeting Melanie

 *warning, the chapter contains the memory of sexual abuse*

ZARA

It has been a week since they had returned to the pack, and it has been an emotional week. I am sitting outside in the garden in front of the house, thinking about how things with Aiden feel right. He had existed on sleeping on the couch in the main room while I slept in the bedroom. And after the night two days ago, I was happy he had been so close.

*FLASHBACK*

I had gone to bed after a long day and went to bed so exhausted that I quickly fell asleep, being sucked into a nightmare.

**DREAM**

I am being pushed into my room and right onto my bed, landing on my stomach. I try to turn around but am stopped by Samson’s big hands holding me down. Before I can do anything, I am being tied to the four bedposts, and my arms and legs are being spread out. Then I hear the laughter of the mistress, and