21

I woke up to see Alaricas hanging off the bed, snoring away. I rolled my eyes before smirking. Quietly, I sneaked out of the bed and into the bathroom. I quickly filled a cup up with cold water, the whole time I was smiling.

I then poked my head out, grinning as I saw him still sleeping. I tip-toed over to his sleeping form, silently, I got ready to pour the water on him.

I shrieked when he suddenly grabbed my wrist and opened one eye.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you." He smirked.

I narrowed my eyes, "Fine. You ruined it."

He chuckled and sat up, "Sorry not sorry."

I pretended to glare at him, when I knew he wasn't paying attention, I poured the water on him. He froze, he didn't turn to face me and was oddly quiet.

My laughter died down when he slowly turned to face me, his eyes holding anger. I quickly dropped the cup before bolting out of the room.

"Jolene!" He yelled.

I made some sort of noise as I turned the corner, barreling into someone. I looked up to see a blond haired man staring at me in shock.

He chuckled before helping me up, "Sorry about that."

I laughed, "It's fine."

"Jolene!"

He raised an eyebrow, "How come the alpha is yelling your name? Did you piss him off?"

"Something like that." I whispered.

"Don't worry, he's a nice guy. He's not going to kill you."

I forced a smile, "Me and him have a past."

"Oh...you're the Luna...aren't you?" He questioned.

"That would be me."

I quickly said goodbye before rushing off, I could hear him yelling my name as I sprinted down the stairs.

I skidded to a halt and caught my breath, deciding to give up on the chase. I yelped in surprise when his arms wrapped around me and his deep chuckle reached my ears.

"Caught you." He murmured as he gently nipped my ear.

I laughed, "Ya scared me for a second."

"Sorry."

He turned me around and kissed me on the lips, "You don't need to worry about me hurting you. I will never hurt you, princess."

I nodded and hugged him, enjoying the feel of his arms wrapped around me. Our moment was ruined though, when a couple walked in.

"Alaricas?" The woman gasped.

I watched as tears pooled into her eyes, she took a step forward, but Alaricas quickly took a step back.

I almost fell over as large amounts of fear crashed into me. I glanced at Alaricas to see a terrified expression on his face.

"Son, it's fine. We're not going to hurt you." The man assured him.

Well, at least tried to assure him.

Alaricas took another step back, I could hear his heart slamming against his chest. I frowned at him and gently cupped his cheek.

"Hey, you're okay." I whispered.

He glanced at me, he relaxed a little, but was still extremely tense. His eyes shifted back to the couple whose eyes were filled with guilt.

"Hey, baby, we won't hurt you. I'm so sorry for what we did. We have an explanation though. I swear, it hurt us to hurt you." The woman murmured.

I clenched my jaw as my brain finally decided to work. They're his parents.

"You guys should leave." I stated as Alaricas started to get worse.

He was currently curled up on the couch, staring at his parents with terror. His mother looked at me with annoyance.

"Who the hell do you think you are? He's my son! I am not going to leave him like this!" She snarled.

I rolled my eyes, "His mate who's trying to get him better! This is far too much for him. And for your information, you're the one who caused this!"

"I need to speak with my son!"

"It's hilarious that you're calling him that after treating him like shit." I snapped.

She glared at me, "We were trying to help him."

"Help him? All you two managed to do was traumatize him!"

"We were trying to get rid of that demon inside of him." His father growled.

"Stop being a stubborn bitch and let us see our son!"

I growled at him, but he shoved me out of his way. I hissed in pain as I landed on my shoulder, damn, he's strong. I climbed to my feet and went to yank him away, but his mate shoved me down.

"Son, look at me." His father stated sternly.

Alaricas shook his head, tears were running down his face and his hands were covering his ears.

"No, no no no no." He mumbled.

"Alaricas." His father growled.

"Leave him alone! He's not ready to talk-

"Shut up!" His mother snarled, cutting me off.

"No! I'm trying to protect him!" I retorted.

His father growled and punched me in the face. I held my nose as blood started to pour out of it. I was completely frozen with fear.

"Now, shut the fuck up!" He growled.

"Stop stop stop STOP!" Alaricas screamed.

All three of us looked over to see him sobbing on the couch. His body shook with his violent sobs as he scooted further away from his parents.

"What the hell?"

We all turned to see Eduardus running in, his eyes wide. When he spotted my bloody hands and face, his eyes darkened.

"What happened to Jolene?" He demanded.

At the sound of my name, Alaricas looked at me. He immediately ran over and gently pulled my hand away with his shaky hands.

"I'm fine." I mumbled, pulling away from him.

He went to touch me again, but I quickly yanked myself away from him. My own fear wrapped around me like a snake, strangling me.

"Jo-

"No, please..."

I was no longer seeing any of them, all I saw was the old Alaricas coming towards me with the belt.

"Jolene, it's-

"No! No more pain...I'm sorry!" I cried, stepping further away from him.

"Great. You two just had to fuck everything up! Don't you ever listen? Alaricas isn't ready to see you two. I don't care what your reason was for abusing him. You were still wrong to do it! Unlike him, you had control!" I could hear Alaricas' brother yelling at his parents.

But my vision was filled with a very pissed off Alaricas.

"What's wrong...with her?" His mother asked.

"Alaricas abused her because of the curse. She can't handle people hitting her. Father, I suggest getting out. Take mother with you." Eduardus' voice was cold and threatening.

"Jolene." Alaricas whispered.

The softness of his voice didn't match the look on his face. We were surrounded by darkness, it was slowly crawling towards us too.

"Hey, baby, come back." He urged.

The panic was getting worse, I cried and stepped back. I kept backing up until I fell over something. A sharp pain suddenly sliced through my shoulder.

"Jolene!"

His voice faded as complete darkness took over my vision.