Abused Love (AL Series)

Chapter 5

Inara

"Inara, why are you always sweaty and gross when you come to work? Don't you know that even if you are the lowest person on earth you still have to represent this company to its fullest!" 

"Yes, father. I'm sorry I'll make sure it doesn't happen again." my head is down and I don't dare to look at him because if I do I don't want to think what will happen. 

"Make sure it doesn't or I'll take pay away from your paycheck." he says it like it will give him so much pleasure. 

  It's been a week since my dad found out I had another job. Things have been hard. I haven't been allowed to sleep inside the house yet and every day it's getting colder and colder outside. 

  My sister's doctor’s appointment went well and it looks like she is showing no sign of cancer anymore. I'm so thankful for that. I hated seeing her all these years suffering because of it. Now it's just monthly visits for a while to make sure it stays away and then they will talk about dropping it to twice a year if all looks good. 

  Right now I'm getting ready for my life to end. Just kidding. If all goes well I'll be able to relax for once. After work today I'll be going out with my friends. It's the first time in as long as I can remember and since I don't have work tomorrow morning for once I can have a little me time with my friends. Thinking of going out makes me clean harder and faster than I ever have before. After all, I need time to take a shower and get ready. Even though it won't take me long. I don't have nice clothes to go through and spend time picking out and I don't have much makeup to wear. So I know I can be ready in less than half an hour. Just thinking this to myself I smile. 

  Eight hours later and I'm clocking out for the day. I can't stop thinking about tonight. Every time I think about it I smile like a little girl. 

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  Grace, Alen, and I are in line for the new club that's called Unforgettable. Alen said that the name randomly changed to that a little less than a week ago by the new owner and that it was supposed to be called Tails or something like that. I'll be honest I wasn't listening to him. I was too excited and scared to listen. I mean who can blame me? It's my first time at a club. Bars I've been to. I know how bars work. Clubs? Nope, not one clue how they work or what kind of people go but if Grace and Alen go then how bad can it be.

  We finally make it to the front and are being let in. I can hear the music blasting and my heart starts to race. I can't help but have wide eyes and let my mouth drop open as I look at everything going on. I'm beyond myself. There is too much going on for my mind to take in but what I do want to do at this moment is let loose like everyone else and just have a good time. That being said we are already at the bar and Alen is ordering us all a few rounds of shots. He keeps saying it to get us to where everyone else is. I'm not complaining, I love how they are making me feel so I end up having four shots, which for me is a lot as I tend to get tipsy on just a glass of beer. 

  As I start dancing while heading out to the dance floor I feel weird. My heart starts to race like crazy, my mouth goes dry, and I start looking around as if someone is watching me. I shake it off telling myself it's just the alcohol running through my system. 

Trent

   Holly s**t! She's here! The girl from the restaurant! My eyes spotted her as she was making her way to the bar. It seems she came with two other people. One is the guy that was my waiter. I think his name was Alen and the girl, I don't remember her. I just can't believe she's here. 

  I watch as she takes four shots back to back. I start to get an uneasy feeling watching her drink so much. My wolf is yelling at me to go to her but my mind is still racing that she's here. I didn't think I would see her again. I've gone back to the restaurant almost every day to see her again but she didn't seem to be there anymore. I had a feeling she quit so I had my father's security start looking into it.

  I keep watching her dance in the washed-out blue jeans and a plain blue v neck t-shirt that she has on. It's simple, maybe too simple, but it makes her look hot. 

  Before I release it I'm walking to her on the dance floor. I left my group in the VVVIP area and I don't even care. All I care about is talking to her again. To get to know her. When I finally get to her I can help but notice that she looks a lot skinnier than I remember. It's still hard to fully know because once again her shirt is too large and is covering her but her face and arms seem to show it all. My wolf growls at how underweight she looks. 

  I start dancing with her and before I know it we are in our own world. She knows I'm there and I'm a random guy that came up behind her but she hasn't looked at me yet. So I take this opportunity to get her smell. And oh does she smell amazing. Like vanilla, chocolate, and a little bit of outdoors mixed into it. I will never forget this smell. It's the scent of the one that could be my mate. 

Could be? No. She IS our mate. Why won't you listen to me?! 

I'm dancing with her, what more do you want? 

To claim her as ours.

  As my wolf said that Inara turns around to see who's finally behind her. Our eyes meet and I can hear her gasp. I reached out to touch her arms before I could stop myself and felt sparks go all over me. Now I know, she's MINE.