last Hope

The Rescue

Lily

It’s been about three days, I think, since my parents took me from Luca and the pack. Again! Mom keeps trying to get me to cast spells and be all Witchy like her, but I just can’t do it. I don’t want to be like her. I’m also trying to stall for time, I know Luca will find me soon. 

However, she’s catching on that I’m not trying and messing up on purpose. Molly is helping a bit though. At least I’m not alone, is all I’ve been thinking throughout the past few days. She keeps me from giving in and just letting that woman take control of me. 

These past few days have been a living hell, and it’s only getting worse. I didn’t think it was even possible for my life to be worse, but it is. While Mom tries to force me to do the Witchy stuff during the day, Dad stays up half the night trying to beat me into submission leaving me really sore and even more broken by the minute. 

It hurts more than before and the quick healing is barely working due to the silver chains, which puts me in more pain. My body is being bruised, battered, and torn apart faster than it can heal, but it tries to put itself back together anyways over, and over, and over again every night and every day. Of course it doesn’t do much other than put me in even more pain and somehow keeps me on my feet. 

The third night after my k********g I finally felt it. Luca was getting close. I think my parents could feel it as well because I could see the fear in their eyes becoming more obvious by the minute as he gets closer and closer. 

Luckily, my parents couldn’t take me with them, not if they wanted to escape and for me to live. My Dad had lost his temper with me and went way too far this time. If they wanted me to live long enough to use this alleged power I have, they couldn’t move me. So they left, leaving me behind only half alive and trying not to lose consciousness before Luca could get to me. 

Then I heard his comforting voice and the sound of subtle panting. 

“Lily?” 

Molly starts to jump for joy, relieved Luca has finally found us. 

I look up at him, trying not to move too much in the process. He comes up behind me and carefully puts my head in his lap, trying not to hurt me. While he does this he tries to calm himself and his wolf down as well as comfort me. 

“I knew you would come.” That being all I could get out in my weak state, I finally give in and lose consciousness. At long last feeling safe in his arms once more. 

Luca

Leo and I are thinking the same thing as she falls into a deep sleep in my lap. Those bastards will pay for this. She had passed out right after I got to her, she looks so tired and in so much pain. Her body was trying to heal itself, but it was going very slowly. No doubt this was her Father’s doing. Then I notice the chains and go to take them off. When I grab them they burn my hand and I pull back with my hands sering in pain. I try again and again until they finally come off, revealing the burn marks on her wrists and ankles. 

The Witches show up maybe an hour after that. They tried speeding up the healing process with their magic, but it was still going very slowly. After what seemed like an eternity, her body was finally stable enough to move. However, she was still out cold and covered in blood and bruises. 

I felt so powerless as I sat next to her limp body waiting for the pack doctor, Lacy, to tell me exactly how extensive the damage is in and on her body. 

When she finally shows up and tells me the damage I punch a hole through the wall and scare her half to death. She tells me they put Lily into a medically induced coma, that she has a concussion, broken ribs, bruises covering her from head to toe, internal bleeding, a large cut going down her torso the at needed stitching, and extensive scarring. And that’s after healing for almost an entire day with help from Witches and her naturally sped up healing as a Werewolf. She also says that Lily is dehydrated and doesn’t have any food in her system. I had to walk out of the room for a minute to calm myself and Leo down before being able to go back to her side. Hoping. Praying that she would wake up soon. 

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Her brothers showed up about an hour later and we never left her side. In the time we waited for Lily to wake from her coma, Daniel and Andrew mentioned that it wasn’t uncommon for her to pass out for a day or two when their father got really pissed, but she would always wake up and she always acted like nothing ever happened. 

They had to care for her unconscious body more times than they cared to admit. Their Father would never let them take her to a hospital so they were always worried about the chance she wouldn’t wake up. 

“You could tell she was in pain, but she always put on a mask for us. She does that a lot.” Daniel says. 

I can see how much they love their Sister, how much they respect her for her strength. I can’t even imagine what it must have been like for her. 

It went on like that for days. Lily was healing, but it was still going very slowly even with help from the doctors. But we never left her side. We all stayed there watching over her and the boys told me about their childhood, going into a little more depth than Lily had. 

It almost sounds like two completely different worlds. Like Daniel and Andrew lived with one family and Lily with another. The boys were literally raised by her and sometimes by their relatives. She helped them with their school work, took care of them when they were sick, kept them from hearing their parents fighting, protected them when their father started drinking and getting violent. Apparently, they were hardly ever even in the room when he was beating or yelling at her, they only ever saw the aftermath, and even then it was only when he would beat her unconscious. 

I got angry a lot during their stories of when they were young, but every time I looked at Lily’s sleeping face I calmed down. Once she finally woke up she almost jumped out of the hospital bed, confused as to where she was. Although, she calmed down almost as soon as she saw her brothers sitting behind me. 

She had me get into the bed with her and we both relaxed as soon as we were in each other's arms. She fell back asleep cuddled close to my chest not long after. Her brothers left to get some sleep as well and I fell asleep with her finally back in my arms. 

Lily

I could hear voices surrounding me in the darkness. I tried to remember what happened but drew a blank. The last thing I remember is seeing Luca before everything went black in the basement. 

Remembering my Mom had threatened the boys I shot up, ignoring the pain covering my body. Luca was at my side and the boys, thankfully, were right there behind him. They all looked exhausted and were looking at me with worried faces. I was a little confused as to where I was, but soon realized I was in a hospital after taking a quick look around the room. 

“What happened?” I looked to Luca to answer my question.

“We found you in a basement outside of the pack territory. You were severely injured, we couldn’t even move you for almost an entire day. Once you were stable enough we brought you to the pack doctor. You’ve been asleep for the past few days healing.” His expression is soft and comforting as he talks, making me relax.

I rub my head feeling sluggish and tired. 

“You need to rest, you're still healing.” I nod to his words absent mindedly and lay back in the bed. 

“Will you lay with me?” I needed him closer. I needed to feel him, to feel safe. Molly and I both. 

“Of course.” He slowly got into the small bed, trying not to touch my still healing wounds. Luckily, most of them were already healed. It’s mostly the cut on my torso and my ribs, but even those are mostly healed as well. The cut is definitely gonna leave scare though. 

I felt safe and comfortable almost the second our bodies come into contact, the familiar tingles rushing through my body in the places our skin makes contact. I cuddle as close to his chest as possible and have my face in the crook of his neck. I hear the boys leave not long after, but only faintly as I start dozing off. I fall asleep to him rubbing soothing circles on my back a couple of minutes later.