The Cruel Mate

“Get the f*** up!” I felt my body being thrown out of bed onto the ground of our room. I looked up at my mate, with fear going through my body. I thought mates were suppose to love and care for each other. I heard my wolf, Ice whine in my head. I watched as his fist came down and quickly covered my vital organs. “Lazy B****.” My mate screamed as he punched me. What did I do? I thought to myself as my body absorbed every punch. I was used to this by now. My mate that the moon goddess ever so kindly blessed me with, was a monster. I had heard about some she wolves being unlucky in their mate. But i didn’t feel like anybody was as unlucky as me. “Why didn’t you make me breakfast?” He snarled in my face. “What use are you?” I laid there in fear, I did not want to die. I needed to answer him before he got angrier. “I am-mm so so-rry.” I stuttered out. He smiled at me, liking my fear. I watched him lift his hand to smack me, I could feel my heart dropped to my stomach. Haven’t you hit me enough I thought. Why doesn’t anybody come to save me from this man. I woke up from my nightmare with my body sweating, despite the fact we live in the winter mountains in small huts. I felt a hand on my arm, and I jumped so high I thought I could touch the ceiling. I looked over to see my mom touching my arm, I flung into her arms sobbing. She wrapped her arms around me tightly, and began to stroke my hair to calm me . “Another nightmare about him?” She asked, not daring to say his name. Just his name alone caused me to have panic attacks. I nodded in between sobs. “Ash, he can’t hurt you anymore. He won’t find us here.” She reassured me. My mom and our pack had moved to the mountains to hide me, once i finally escaped my mate. I could see the pity in everyone’s eyes when they realized what a monster my mate was. I wiped my tears and slowed down my breathing listening to my moms heart. My mom motioned for me to scoot over. She laid down on the bed with me still clung to her like a lifeline. She continued to stroke me hair until I fell asleep. I woke up to the sound of my mom making breakfast. The pancakes and bacon filled my nose. I walked to the bathroom and looked at my reflection in the mirror. My eyes were red and puffy and my nose was covered in snot, my sliver hair looked like a rats nest. I stepped into the shower when my mind went to another flashback. I was showering alone when I heard my mate stomp into the room. I felt my heart stop. I listened as he walked into the bathroom. I glued my eyes shut, I did not want to see him coming. I heard the shower door open and someone step in. I felt a hand grab my shoulder and push me aside as he went up to the shower head and started washing his jet black hair. He was so tall compared to me. I stayed against the shower wall, unable to move. He looked at me with a sinister smile on his face. “Hello love.” He was in a good mood right now. Who knows how long it will would last. I walked behind him to get out of the shower, accidentally stepping on his foot. S*** I thought. I turned to see him glaring at me, before I could apologize he had punched me in the face. I felt my nose dripping blood. “You never learn how to behave do you.” He glared at me with red eyes. I was pulled out of my flashback as my mom called my name for breakfast. “Coming!” I yelled turning off the shower and hopping out. I put on my wolf armor. It was pure white like my fur, with a hood and a mask. It had chest plates, and steel toe boots. Protection for my arms for when I had to fight in human form. The armor was designed by witches so it wouldn’t tear when shifting to wolf form. This way when we shifted back to human we weren’t naked. I went downstairs and joined my mom for breakfast. She stood in her apron making breakfast, she looks like an angel. “Goodmorning Ash, are you feeling better?” “A little bit.” I said, not wanting to think of the nightmare from last night. We ate breakfast in a comfortable silence, I loved these mornings with my mom. Her presence alone calmed me down. “Can you walk with me to the alphas house?” My mom asked. I nodded my head and helped her clean up breakfast. I wonder what business she had with the alpha today. As we walked through the pack lands to the alphas house, I couldn’t help notice how pretty the snow was today. It slowly trickled out of the sky with snowflakes hitting our face. I could feel my mind going to another flashback but i shook the thoughts before they started. My mom reassuringly squeezed my hand. I dropped my mom off at the alpha’s house and walked back home. My mom has been spending a lot of time with the alpha I thought. She was the best warrior in the pack, she trained me after I escaped so I could learn to defend myself. I walked around aimlessly lost in thoughts until my mom mind-linked me telling me it was my turn to do border patrol. I walked straight to the border since I was already wearing my armor. Patrol was always boring and long. When it was finally time to go home, I ran home then crawled into bed. Hoping my nightmares wouldn’t consume me tonight.