18-Cure
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- Kayla’s POV -
“Mum, I’ve missed you so much! Everyday! Mum, please say something, please don’t leave me again,” I sobbed as the momentary comfort from her embrace faded away, replaced by a fear that none of this was real.
A gentle kiss landed on my forehead and she said, “I’m here for you, Kayla, I’ve always been here for you, in your heart. Even if you can’t see me or hear me, you know that a part of me will always be in your heart, smiling with you when you’re happy and grieving with you when you’re sad.”
Her comforting words broke the last defenses that I had and I broke down, letting the pain of the past ten years flow out, the pain of being alone, the pain of being bullied, the pain of being abused, the pain of being rejected. I cried and whined and screamed for the longest time until my body was completely spent and I couldn’t cry anymore. At that moment, I felt like all the sadness, humiliation, loneliness and hopelessness left me. What was left, was just the loving embrace of my mum. I opened my red and swollen eyes and gazed into her eyes. She brought her forehead down to touch mine as I focused on the sense of relief and peace I felt at the moment. Willing her to feel them as well, like the voice has taught me to do when I was unconscious after the accident.
“I hear you, my child,” Mum smiled and pressed her forehead with more force against mine. Images of my childhood appeared in my head. My first day at school, the first time I made my own breakfast, my first big fight with Mum, the first time Leyton got into a fight.. then I saw images that I don’t remember. The first time I walked, the first time I went to the forest, the first time I shifted into a wolf..
I gasped and pulled away from Mum, “But I’ve never shifted! I have never even seen my wolf or heard from her. All I can do is feel that she is there. How is that possible? And who was that man who held my hands as I took my first steps? He took me to the forest and comforted me after my first shift.” Confused and shocked, I was trying to process if those images were indeed my memory but how come I don’t remember them?
- Finn’s POV -
**warning triggering content**
Leyton looked at me in disbelief as I told him what I did with Nate. Then his face turned red with anger and he ran over to grab my collar. “Why didn’t you tell me this before? Why didn’t you let me kill him? He hurt my sister!! The revenge should have been mine!” He roared at me and next thing I knew, he had lost control and punched my right cheek. I could have dodged but I felt like I had deserved it, so I let him. After all, I couldn’t even tell him the whole truth, or I would have really lost him and Kayla for good.
I watched as Leyton turned away from me and punched the wall before falling to the ground and covering his forehead with his hand. “I’m sorry, I should have told you but I couldn’t when I saw how broken you were at the hospital. When I confronted Nate, I couldn’t hold myself back when I thought of.. I’m sorry I took what should have been yours and Kayla’s,” not knowing what else I could say, I headed for the door to leave.
Guilt ripped up my heart as I forced the tears in my eyes to go away. I needed to run and clear my head. Once I reached the entrance of the forest, I shifted and let my wolf take over. He had finally re-surfaced a day after I tore apart Nate. Revenge for our mate had appeased him but I could tell he was far from forgiving me unless we could find a cure for our mate, especially after hearing the taunts from Nate before I snapped his head.
You think I didn’t hear you as you rejected her after thinking that I had left? To think that little w***e is your mate makes all these worth it. The only regret that I have is not actually f*****g her when I had the chance. You think this is over just because you’re going to kill me? You will never have her whole again, even if she wakes up! I have a piece of her that someone will share with the world if I’m dead. Imagine the whole world looking at her naked body.. using it for their pleasure and
Before he could finished, I couldn’t hold myself back anymore and snapped his neck. As my Father knew what happened, he had Nate buried quietly and took care of the matter. My wolf was angry, he wanted justice for our mate, he wanted the world to know what Nate had done and he wanted to find all those who have helped to bully and abuse her to be brought to justice.
Worried about what Nate said, I raided his room to try and find anything that might be threatening to Kayla. Finally I found a hard drive hidden in the back of his wardrobe. The content of it made me wish I had not killed him so easily. I wanted him to suffer again and again for what he had done to my mate. My eyes burned with fury and pangs of pain hit my heart as I looked at the pictures of Kayla, naked on the cold cement floor of the garage. Her hands and ankles were bound and her skin had an unnatural red flush, as if someone had injected wolfsbane into her. There were bruises on her torso as pain etched across her tear stained face.
To my horror, there was also a video. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath before clicking on play.
Kayla shook her head and whimpered as Nate cornered her in the garage. She cried out in pain as he kick and punched her in the stomach and back. The video went black for a few minutes then it showed Kayla on the ground, barely conscious as Nate tied her up before tearing off her clothes. He licked and bit down on her n*****s before trailing his tongue down her body. He gripped her neck firmly in one hand before shoving two fingers into her core. More tears escaped Kayla’s face as she struggled to move away but that drove Nate wilder as he pumped his fingers in and out of her with more force and faster. Suddenly, there was the sound of the garage door opening and the video ended.
I destroyed that hard drive and collapsed into the chair as tears rolled down my face. Pain seared my heart as the look on my mate’s face in the video haunted me. How long had she suffered like this? Why didn’t anyone do anything? How dare Nate abuse her like this! How dare he touch what’s mine! As the anger and disbelief subsided, fear and guilt replaced them as I remembered how I had rejected her. Was I the last straw that finally broke her? Have I lost her for good now?
All that I wanted now was to hold her and tell her that I’m sorry, that everything will be alright and that I’ve avenged her, at least I’ve killed Nate. But I can’t. How could I? What would I tell Leyton? My wolf howled in frustration as we continue to dash through the forest, letting the wind take all the painful thoughts away.
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