“Where are you going?” I ask my big brother and I pout as I see him pack a suitcase.
“Somewhere far away. You are going to be safe Katie.” I hear him say as he begins to walk away. The tears start to fall as I try and hug him. He pushes me to the side and I land on the floor. I’m five and he is nine when he left. He must have been done taking the hits for me.
“I’m sorry.” I whimper as I watch him leave the house and out of my mind. That night I looked over the whole area for my brother and for a long time I found nothing. I wish he would come back and make me feel the same again.
I wake up slowly as I am being lifted in someone's arm. I don’t feel the sparks as I do when I am in Domenico’s arms. I stare up at the male. This male has brown hair like me and his jaw and face look like my father's. My dream comes to my mind and I gasp slightly as we make our way back to the packhouse. I poke his face to make sure he is real before I speak my mind.
“Dee is that you?” My voice is light and when he nods I glare up at him. We walk into the packhouse and I start to punch his chest.
“How could you leave me to be beaten to death! I lost my memory because of him. You said I would be safe! What brother leaves his 5-year-old sister to a monster!” I bellow out and I’m put into my mate's arm. I growl out.
“Katie doesn’t hurt my best warrior,” Domenico says in my hair and I glare up at him. The sparks that I feel from my mate clams me but not enough to keep me sane so I lift my head and nuzzled my head into his neck and breathed his scent.
“Katie I’m sorry. I was just done with it all and Dad kicked me out. I didn’t run away as you think,” Dee explains and I hold tighter onto Domenico and kiss where I was going to mark him when I am ready. I heard that if you both mark each other the female will go into heat and that the heat is really painful. I feel Domenico shiver under my touch and I smile. I lift my head and smile up at him then look at my brother and sigh.
“ My trust is not something you can toy with. Yes, I know that your my brother but you need to work to get my trust back and make good memories with me,” I tell my brother and smile softly at him as he fist pumps the air.
“Weirdo,” I giggle out as my mate sits me down and I look down at my bruised arms as I try to cover them, the guys growl and I jump. I need to get dressed as I'm still in the hoodie that I had on. I run to my new room and go into my mate's dresser and smile as I steal a pair of sweatpants and a new hoodie that smells like him. I hit something hard in the drawer and I pull it out. What I picked up was an open box of condoms. I gasp and threw the box toward the wall. My cheeks go red and I cover my face as I sit on the bed.
Domenico has an open box of condoms. He was having s*x with some other girl that wasn’t me. He didn't want me in the first place. I laid down on the bed the tears already coming down my face. Why didn’t he tell me he didn’t want me. I hear someone knock and I throw a pillow across the room at the door. I cover my body and once the door opens I try and stay quiet.
“I know you are awake, little one. What is the matter?” Domenico asks me and I glare at the wall.
“ Nothing…” I speak out in a monotone voice and he growls.
“ Not what your wolf is saying. You think that I didn’t wait. Well, you're right I didn’t wait because I thought you weren’t going to show up. So yes I did screw Lily. Guess what I f*****g loved it,” He says and I flinch as I stay quiet.
“Maybe Lily should be the luna right,” He continues and more tears fill my eyes. Why is he being so mean to me? I didn’t do anything to him right. He is the one that did something to me I should be the one mad not him. I need to know how he is in my mind. I need to know why he is being like this. Domenico was just being nice to me. So why now.
“ Are you going to reject me. Go ahead do it since you want Lily to be the luna go ahead,” I tell him without looking at him my voice ruff from crying. I get up and walk to the bathroom and lock myself there as I hear him start to bang on the door I get undress. When I look in the mirror, I see a girl with black hair, blue eyes, cuts, scars, and bruises covering her body. The cuts are self-harm, she uses to cut almost her whole life. I see the girl's ribs and how skinny she is. The bruises wrap around her body in a different color. That girl is me. I’m the broken girl in the mirror, my cheeks red and puffy from crying.
“Katie opens this door,” I hear him bellow and I walk to the bathtub and turn on the hottest water. When the shower turns on I sit in the tub with my head down and I let the salty tears mix with the burning water that runs down my body. Why can’t I just be good enough? Why can’t I be like Lily and be what my mate wants? I get out of the bathtub after the water turn ice cold and put on my clothes, well Domenico clothes back on and walks out of the bathroom to see Domenico asleep at the door. Was I in the bathroom that long. I go and grab a blanket and covered his body with it I watch him for a minute.
His breathing is even and soft and I smiled softly as I run my hand through his hair. I walk out of the room toward the kitchen when I do I cover my eyes.
“ AHHH why the kitchen?” I bellow out as I see a girl on the wall her arms and legs wrapped around my brother and are sucking each other faces off. I hear him pull away and laugh. I uncover my face and glared up at him. I hate being only 5'1.
“Your gross,” I tell him and look at the girl as I do this I smell Domenico coming closer with a toy lightsaber in his hands.
“ What happens? Who do I have to kill? Why is Katie screaming?” He looks around and lowers the lightsaber in his hands. We all stare at him and then burst into a fit of laughter. I look up at him to see him confused and staring at us.
“What?” Domenico asks as we are still in our fits of laughter.
“Really a lightsaber. What were you going to do cut off their hands” I ask and look at him and biting my lip to keep from laughing? I see him look down and glare at the toy.
“Stupid pups,” I hear him mumble and I walk up to him. Feeling my brother stare I turn around and give him a small glare.
“ See what you did. How could you,” I try to make my voice deep and mean but fail as I get a fit of giggles that rack my body. He comes over and pats my head.
“ This is my mate, Ava. She is human,” Dee explains and I wave at her and she smiles. I give my brother a look and he nods as he takes her out of the room. Domenico's head is still down as he looks over the toy in his hand. I sigh and walk over to the counter and jump on it. I see him shift his feet and look over to the wall. I still don’t get why he would say that. Am I not fit to be a luna?
“Am I not good enough for you?” I ask him and he turns to look at me as I cross my legs and pick at my skin. I feel him stare at my hands and I look up at him through my eyelashes.
“Go on a date with me,” His words are rushed and I tilt my head.
“ Why you just told me like an hour ago you didn’t want me,” I tell him and I see him wipe his eyes.
“I do...I’m sorry for saying what I did... I want you to be my luna. I want you to carry my pups for five months and I want you to be mine. I still have to mark you before the full moon in a week so we can make you a part of the pack and we have to have a ceremony for you and a lot of other things. I want to make you happy and I want you to feel safe but it’s going to be hard. I know that and I know that you may hate me at this moment but I don’t care. I need my mate,” Domenico finishes his rant and I smile as I look down hiding my pink cheeks.
“Then I shall go on a date with you,” I smile even bigger when he drops the toy and rushes towards me and I giggle as he lifts me in his arms. He then says the three words I thought would take later to say.
“I love you…” He lets out and then kisses me.