"Geminie, are you okay in there?" Ariven's voice calls out but I stay silent. Sitting on the floor in the bathtub, I allow the warm water to fall onto my shivering body from the shower above. I feel cold, not from the warm air but from the fear still coursing through me. All I can think about is my fourteenth birthday, a day that killed the innocence inside me. The water stops and strong arms lift me from my siting position, wrapping me in a large soft and fluffy towel and Ariven's scent fills me.
"It's okay, darling. No one can hurt you." He whispers, his hands slowly rubbing my back. We sit on the bathroom floor, my body shaking while clinging to his now damp shirt, fighting back the tears threatening to spill. Ice-blue eyes hunt me in my mind, eyes that held pleasure and greed insi
