Abused and Broken

Chapter 5

*Blaze*

 I waste no time following the directions to the possible house of Ember. The thought of seeing her and talking to her has me excited and worried. She ran from me, she sounded so scared. We pull into the long drive, and the house looks run down. The house was obviously not being taken care of, the second step to the porch doesn't have a board at all, you would have to step over it. The side was missing from the house leaving nothing more than plywood, and most of the windows were missing glass with just plastic covering them. 

Getting out of the car, we walk up to the house. I have a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach, for some reason I really hate the fact that she might live here.

" This can't be right, it looks abandoned." Mark said.

" Only one way to find out" I try to grin but the closer I get the worse the feeling becomes. Even Haze is pacing not liking something about this place. We walk up to the door and give it a hard knock. We can hear someone stumbling around on the inside.

" what the f**k do you want?!" a man may be in his early 40's steps into view. He reeks, and when I say reek I mean like taking a bath in it, of cheap gin. I look down at him staring him down, allowing my Alpha dominance show, so he knows who he is speaking to. I don't like this man, Haze doesn't like him. Why? I don't have a clue. He looks at me and instantly he changes to a more submissive tone and stance. 

"You are an alpha, what are you here for?" he asks.

" I am Blaze future Alpha of the territory" I proudly tell him  " Are you going to invite us in?"

    He pauses for a minute but he knows refusing me would only cause him trouble. He sighs and steps aside allowing Mark and I to enter into the house. While the house looked to be clean, it was just as run down as the outside. There were holes in every wall, some of them you could easily tell were from fists. Others, however, look like they were from a person's body. That thought alone makes me angry. I look upstairs and see a few of what I guess are bedrooms. 

" I am here because I was told you might know a young girl, silver hair?"

I pause, as I watch his face and see a mix of emotions go across his face. 

" Her name is Ember... Do you know her?"

I am walking around the downstairs of this house just trying to find something, anything that tells me she is here. I know at this point there is no one else here. Still, I look for some sign that another person lives here in the house with him. 

"I can't say that I do, It's just me here."

"He is lying. " Haze says to me. I know this man is lying. What I don't understand is why he is lying to me. Why he feels the need to hide her from me, and by the look of no family pictures from the world as well. Instead of calling him out right here I decide to figure out what the hell is going on.

" Let's go Mark" He looks at me with a confused face but says nothing as he follows me out the door, back to the car.

Once we are back in the car I can see that he has questions so I turn to him. "Something is going on here and we are going to figure it out. Tonight. We will come back at dark and park down the street. I doubt he is gonna notice that we are here, he seems to be too much of a drunk"

" Why are we going through all this for a girl you don't even know?

I sit for a minute wondering if I should tell him. Mark has been my best friend since we were pups and he is my betta, the one person I know I can trust. 

"There is something about her, a pull. Somehow she hides her scent, but I did manage to get the smell of it. I have never seen her face but I can't get her out of my head. I need to know her,  Haze needs to know her. I think she is my mate, and I need to find out."

He nods to me in understanding and we ride back to the pack house and discuss the plan for the night.

*Ember*

The sun has set by the time I get home. I climb up the steps and open the door, but before I can even walk in the door something is hitting me in the head. I instantly fall to the floor.

" Tell me Ember why the f**k was there an alpha in my house asking questions about you!?"

Now he is on top of me, punching any and all parts that he can.

"Why? The. f**k. Is. Another. Male. Asking. About. You.?" 

Each new word is coupled with a new hit to my body with a force that I don't think I have ever felt him hit with before.

"I... I...I don't know, I don't even know how he learned my name, I didn't tell him anything I swear! Dad please stop!"

His eyes are pure black and his teeth are coming out. I can see his wolf is taking full control. I don't think he is gonna stop this time. He is going to beat me to death...

" No matter how disgusting you are, you are still mine, mine to hit. Mine to touch. Mine to do with as I please!"

He is now pulling me up the stairs towards my room. Tonight is going to be very bad and it's going to end in me being pulled about in more ways than one. I know it and there is nothing I can do to stop it. Once we get to my room he brings out his claws and rips every piece of clothing off my body. The last time this happened his friends were here and they all wanted to show me what a woman was good for. Thinking back I still remember the pain, I bled and couldn't walk for days as they took away the last thing I had. I stand in front of him now trying to use my hands to cover my body the best I can. Has he starts to undress himself. He turns me around and pushes me onto the bed. 

"Please don't do this, I didn't talk to him!"

"Look at you so black, blue, and bloody, you know how that makes me feel seeing you covered in my marks."

I scream as his weight crushes me. I can't help it. I'm gonna die tonight so why does it matter how loud I scream. I know it will be the last time.

" Now Ember don't worry, I love you, I am just going to show you that"