~ Benjamin~
The conversation we were having was something we should have done before we had become mates. The topic of parents was a touchy one for me. I had never opened up like this to anybody, not even Noah or Liam. Really saying how I felt about the situation and how growing up the way I did impacted me.
I had carried this inside me for so long. I remembered the words from my father seared into my brain, festering, making me sullen with every whip from my father's belt, every slap, every scream. Every bruise on my mother's face made me hate the old fucker more.
Every tear reminded me I was completely powerless. ¨What happened between a family core stays between the family core and no one needs to know.¨ I had repeated that mantra every day, even when the Luna began wondering about
