Pov: Catalina *Pretty graphic scene*
My earliest memory is when I was six years old. I’m not sure why I don’t have any earlier memories, but I don’t. I was held in a locked room that had its own bathroom. If you want to call it that, it had a toilet and a sink and if I didn’t fight back, I would get a bucket full of cold water to “shower in.” My food was based on how much fight I would give my father and the doctors or if they found absolutely nothing, which happened 90% of the time. My father locked me in extendable silver chains that burned my skin.
Doctors would come in every day to do measurements and take my blood. When their test came back with nothing, my father would get angry and come in with a cattle prone and shock me. I would beg him to stop and ask why he doesn’t love me like I love him. But honestly, I don’t love him. He may be my father, but someone who loves you doesn’t treat you like that. He would just laugh and tell me once he gets what he wants from me, he will leave me there to rot.
I remember him yelling that it was my fault my mother wasn’t with him, and why can’t I be like her? I figured she didn’t want me and left me. However, I couldn’t figure out if I was just a burden in their relationship why he didn’t dump me as well?
This continued for years, until I turned 17. My father was getting fed up that he wasn’t getting results. I heard him telling his guards, “She’s not giving me anything, she’s useless after all. Do what you want with her.” He then walked off. The head guard laughed and said, “I get first turn, then you guys can take your turn." The guard then opened my door and walked up to me and started rubbing my face. “Well, it seems like your father finds you useless, but we’ll have our fun finally.” I pulled my head back and headbutted him right in his nose. It started to gush out blood. “You f**king B*tch. Now I’m going to have fun in every hole of your body and so will each of my guards.” He then grabbed my shirt and ripped it open. “Come hold her down.” He yelled for the other guards and when they came in and held me down, as he started to unbuckle his pants. Just as he went to rip my pants, I blacked out completely. When I came too, the chains were like exploded off me, the guards were all dead and there was a hole in the wall leading outside. I grabbed a T-shirt from one of the guards body and ran for my life.
As I was running, I kept hearing a voice telling me where to go, which led me to that cave where I tripped and fell unconscious. I then told them about the dream I had. When I looked up, Amelia was crying in Eddie’s arm. Eddie had tears in his eyes, but he was angry. He looked like he wanted to go revive all the guards and rekill them all.
Finally, He pulled from Amelia and lost his control completely. He ran outside, breaking Amelia’s door on the way out, and I seen him change into his wolf. His wolf then howled and ran off. I felt hurt, like he wanted nothing to do with me and was abandoning me. “Let him cool off, Catalina, Eddie is a softie until he’s mad, then he’s uncontrollable when he’s mad.” Amelia explained. “Can I hug you now?” She asked still having tears in her eyes. I nodded just now realizing I was crying as well. We hugged and walked back to the sofa. She hummed while I laid in her lap crying. I don’t know how, but I fell to sleep and when I woke up, Eddie was at the other end of the sectional looking at us. I sat up to talk to Eddie.
“I’m sorry that I upsetted you,” I said quietly. He looked up, and his anger turned to sadness. “No, Cata, I’m not upset at you; I’m upset at those men and your pathetic excuse of a father.” He then grabbed my hands and kneeled in front of me, “I swear to you, I will get justice for you.” “Please don’t risk your life for me Eddie, you and Amelia are the closest thing to family I have. I would die if something happened to either of you.” Eddie just wrapped his arms around me and then extended his arms for Amelia to join into a group hug.
After 10 minutes, we pulled apart. “From now on we are your family, Cata.” Amelia said. “I always wished Eddie was a girl anyways.” Amelia always knows how to make me laugh. “Okay, okay enough of the tears, let’s watch a movie shall we……after SOMEONE fixes my damn door I mean.” Amelia said as she evil eyes Eddie. “Okay I know when I’m being told to do something.” Eddie says as he goes to fix the door. Amelia and I got out comfy blankets, made popcorn and got soda and candy out for a movie night. Amelia once again talked her way into braiding my hair and somehow Eddie ended up with mini pigtails and a face mask. Eddie was the first to fall asleep, then Amelia. I just watched them thinking about how I could get used to this life with my new family. I made the decision that I would not be weak any longer. My training will start. I will get strong, and eventually I will find my father and kill him to prevent him from harming my new family.
The Next Morning
“No Cata, you’re not ready. You have gone through a lot of trauma and still need to heal.” Eddie firmly states. “Eddie, you have to realize my father is still out there. I need to be prepared incase he finds me again,” I argued back. “Firstly, somehow you don’t have a scent, so how will he find you? Secondly, if he comes within five feet of you, I will tear his head off problem solved.” He replied before taking a bite of his apple, “Now I have to go to training make sure you eat your breakfast.” He kissed my forehead and left.
“I agree with you, kitty cat you need to train,” Amelia lazily stated from the sectional. “I agree so much that we will start off with a daily walk until you heal enough to go for runs, then fighting training. Fluff what Eddie thinks us women have to be prepared for everything.” I smiled at Amelia because I know even if Eddie disagrees, he won’t argue with both of us. “Deal, I will start easily.”
If Emilio thinks I will be that scared little girl, he knows or thinks I will allow him to hurt my new family; the jokes on him. The tables will be turned, and he will be the scared one.