Ahsoka I check my watch and frown. We still have an hour left of school, which means I’m stuck here until the busses get here. I grab my back and head out to the bus line, sitting on a bench until the bus gets here. I feel a tap on my shoulder that makes me jump and I turn to see Nadia.“Hey,” she signs with a smile. I smile back and wave at her. She sits next to me with a huge grin.“So there is this bonfire in the forest that the seniors are throwing this Saturday night. Wanna crash it with me?”“I shouldn’t, my father would be very unhappy if I snuck out and I don’t want to be the third wheel with you and Jayden.”“Don’t worry, Natasha is coming and so is Nico. The boys will hang out and us girls will hang out. Please come?” She is giving me puppy dog eyes and it makes me giggle. Father’s note did say he wouldn’t return until Sunday evening so he would never know if I went. I have never done something behind my father’s back and he would for sure kill me if I ever got caught. “S

AhsokaAs soon as I reach the porch the door flies open. I can smell the alcohol on his breath. He looks past me at Nico and then glares daggers at me. He grabs me by my arm, dragging me inside and slamming the door shut. I stand in the middle of the foyer watching him pace back and forth. He turns towards me and back hands me, causing me to fall to the ground. I cower against the back of the couch, my hand to my cheek. “I thought I’d surprise you by coming home early but I come home to an empty house. Where were you!”My hands shake as I sign that I was at a bonfire. He make me stand by pulling on my hair, putting his face in mine. He backs away from me and points at the front door.“Who was that boy you were just with.”“Just a boy from school who offered me a ride home.”He chucks his glass across the room. It shatters, sending glass flying all over the floor. He grabs me by the throat and shoves me against the wall.“You are mine, no one is going to take you from me.”He shoves m

Nico “You will not allow Ace around her again until we can sort all this out. We will find a way to get her out of there without having the police down our necks. We don’t draw unnecessary attention to this pack and you know this,” dad orders. “We will keep an eye on her Nico. We will find the evidence we need to get her out of there,” says mom.“If this was your mate dad what would you do?!” I can see him struggle to answer me because he would do exactly what I want to do.“That’s what I thought.”I storm out of the room and out the front door. I shift, taking off into the forest. I head straight for her house, but stay hidden in the trees. I can’t go any farther even if I wanted to thanks to dad’s order. Max comes up next to me as I settle in to watch her.“It’s been calm today. Her father hasn’t come out of his room except for dinner. Ahsoka has been drawing on that easel since she cleaned up dinner.”I focus on what it is she is drawing and I realize it’s Ace. I can’t help but

NicoAs soon as class is over I shift and rush to her house. Shaun is on duty today and he is already waiting for me. We sit and watch my mate cook dinner as she is swaying to whatever music she is listening to. She really caters to her father, plating his food for him and setting it at the table with a beer waiting. She removes her earbuds and makes her own plate. She sits down and is patiently waiting for her father. At first I smell nothing besides her beautiful scent but out of no where that damp pungent smell hits me and I see her father slamming the front door. Where in the world did he come from?“No car arrived Nico. He appeared out of thin air.”“I know Shaun. He is a warlock, I am sure of it.”We watch helplessly as Ahsoka is being beaten by her father. It takes everything in me to no rush in there and put a stop to this.“Father!” I mind link.“What is it Nico.”“Ahsoka is being beaten by her father. She has a horrible cut across her cheek. Let me intervene!”“No. I will s

NicoMy heart nearly broke seeing her so frightened of me. Father said she reacted the same way to him and told me about her reaction when she was told she was coming to stay with us. It sounds as though she is deathly terrified of her father, but she wants to return to him. I don’t understand why she would want to. Sounds like the guy is a wanted murderer if he has killed before. I’ll have to see what Drew dug up. When we get to the house Ahsoka is passed out in the back seat. She looks so peaceful. I don’t know what would have happened had I and Shaun not been there, watching her. I could hear the panic in Mr. McGuire’s voice when he told me she took off as soon as the social worker spoke to her, then Shaun and I had to ask permission to break into the house as we saw her father beating the shit out of her to the point I thought he was going to kill her. Father finally agreed since children’s services had already planned to intervene. Makes me angry all over again just thinking abo