Filed To Story: Their Bullied and Broken Mate by Teri Petry
2023-12-30 10:03:06
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*ALETTE POV*
FLASHBACK CONT’D
Hosanna moved from the dorm to the pack house. She wasn’t right next door to me, but close. Hanging out with her helped keep my mind off of what happened, but I honestly would have rather been hanging out with my mate. Damian had been so busy trying to get everything in place with all the rescues, and the trials of our captors.
I also wanted my sisters. I understood why they couldn’t be with me, but I needed to feel our bond up close and personal. Alaska was trying to heal everything, including my mind, but I had to keep reminding myself that she went through it too. The drugs affected her as much as they did me.
Today, I decided to stay in our room. I didn’t want to see anyone other than Damian, and honestly, if I could avoid speaking to anyone at all I would be happier. I could feel myself withdrawing from life, and Damian was trying his best to help me, but he could only do so much. The best thing that Damian could do was just stay close. The sense of safety I got from him was more than I could ever need at the current time.
**TWO WEEKS LATER**
We are going home today. Finally. I was given the option of returning to school immediately, doing school from Spirit Mountain. In the end, I chose to drop out of college all together. It was my choice, and honestly, Damian was upset about it. So were my older brothers. My parents were fine with whatever I wanted, and let me know they were coming back to the states. They were meeting us at Spirit Mountain and were going to stay for a while.
My sisters are finally here, and I think their mates have asked them to finish school online. Their safety wasn’t something Miles and Simon were willing to put at risk. Jameson Issacs and the people working for him at Ross Lake were being held in the cells, but our mates and brother, Maddix, found out that his business was much larger than initially thought. There were more people involved who were still out there, and as long as they were, there was still a threat.
The cars were loaded, and those coming with us to Spirit Mountain to live were situated on the buses. Hosanna and Hillary were riding with Damian and I, and they would also be staying on our floor with us. The three of us are very close, and when Damian isn’t with me, they are.
I bid goodbye to my sisters and their mates, and we drove away from Northern Sun. I was thankful for their help, but being there, knowing Jameson Issacs was being held in their cells still made me so uneasy. Every day became more and more difficult. Hopefully, being in my own space would help me.
**Present Time**
We have been home for close to a month, nothing has changed for me. I don’t know if it ever will. I’m starting to lose hope, and that thought makes me more sad.
My parents have been here since we got back, and they are making me crazy. Especially my dad, Liam. He is the one I usually find comfort in, but that only lasted about a week, and one day I exploded. I was so tired of hearing, “Things will be OK. You will heal in time.” Then there was my favorite. “Things will get better once you just put it behind you and forget about it.” That one came from my mother. I lost my shit with that one.
My mother had been through something similar in life. She had been raped, beaten and degraded for YEARS, but had the gall to tell me to ‘just forget about it and move on’. I’m sure I took it completely the wrong way, but with the way I feel about everything AND myself, I couldn’t take it any other way.
I’ve since apologized to them all, but had to give them boundaries. So far they have respected them. Daddy Loki has really stepped up for me. He doesn’t pry, he doesn’t make me try and talk, and most of all, he just lets me be. Most times we just sit in silence. He will read or work on his laptop, and I will just sit with him.
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