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d make you sorry!" My dad's voice sends chills down my spine and has my entire body shaking knowing the pain that it's going to en
y closest while praying for a miracle or, at the very least, for a giant hole to appear in these old floorboards and swallow m
belong to that of a Beta suddenly has the walls around me shaking. Shit, he's here!
e that little bit more. It doesn't matter if I go out there now or let him find me
pay. I don't know why you do this to yourself every goddam time! "I do sometimes
eakfast knowing that he would come and find me and make me pay all by choice? No, I didn't
, grabbing my shirt and throwing me across the room. A grunt leaves my mouth as blinding pain shoots down
ortunately, that's not always the case, and of course, as with everything else in my life that goes wrong, so does havi
ground by the neck of my shirt. He roughly shakes me before screaming in my face, causing spittle to land on my forehead, nose, and c
make up another excuse, any excuse because, in this household, my brother is the top, golden child and, as far as my
to do. I have to tell the truth and today seems like one of those days. "Rowan... Rowan locked me in my closet." As expected, his face turns an even darker shade of red
m of my hand. He gets a tight grip on my hair and pulls backward until I'm forced to look up at his face, while at the same time, he moves my hand away
ain quiet while trying to breathe through the pain as he continues to throw venomou
rs old, 18 years of hearing every bad thing imaginable, so yeah, his words do not affect me much anymore, the pain f
p to my cheek, causing my vision to blur and my ears to ring. As I said before, he doesn't do well with me, badmouthing his precious son or anyone else, for
ing me, he's never protected me a day in my life. No, I think it's because he knows that Rowan's temper is even worse than his, and I think he fears that Rowan will lose c
favorite thing of his to-do and, honestly, it has me wondering how I don't h
ing ass downstairs. Now!" What the hell is that all about? There must be something big going on for my
ve been ignoring surfaces causing me to shake. "Come on sweetheart. Get up off of the floor
d while I was able to shift fine for the first month since then, I've not been ab
serves, but she has always refused. She has been by my side since day one, and I'll always be grateful to h
l all be over. I don't know how, but one way or another we will get out of this hou