Book1 Chapter12
Acacia
I wince as the doctor puts the final bandage on my arm. Grayson had just run off and now I’m even more upset and I don’t know why. I don’t understand why I keep feeling this way whenever he is upset.
“Thank you, doctor” I sign to her, with a small smile, tears still running from my eyes.
“It’s okay. Please, call me Teresa” she signs back smiling.
“Are you sure?”
“Yes, of course, love. Doctor is too formal for me anyways” she signs back with a grin.
“So, how are you feeling?”
“Sore and upset” I reply, wiping away the tears on my cheeks.
“Where are you sore? Your ribs?”
“Just everywhere. My ribs, my arm, my entire body, my heart…” I trail off on the last bit.
My heart is actually the thing that hurts the most.
“Aww, love. Well, your body should hopefully start to heal itself soon but why is your heart sore?”
“I don’t know. Grayson left and I thought I would feel better but now I feel worse” I reply, my bottom lip quivering. She helps me stand up and hugs me..
“That’s the pull that Grayson was explaining to you before. Whether you like it or not, you and Grayson are mates and you’re stuck with him. He’s here to love you and protect you Acacia” she replies slowly.
Oh no, not again. All I’ve done is gone from one captivity to the next. I just want to go back to my family. They probably
think I’m dead.
Tears start to fall from my eyes again and I drop to the ground. Teresa pulls me into her and I let it all out. When I’m done,
she sits me up against a tree and gives me a worried look.
“Why don’t you want to be with the Alpha?” she signs, her expression saddening.
“Well, for starters, I know nothing about him. Two, he’s the alpha of one of the most feared packs of our generation. What if he tries to hurt me? All I would have done is gone from one captivity to the next. What if he’s just like them?”
“Like who, love?” she asks. I start to shake as memories of Zane cloud my vision, but Teresa rubs my back and keeps me grounded.
“The rogues” I sign back, more tears falling from my eyes. She looks at me in shock.
“What happened, Acacia? Who were you running away from?” she asks with a worried look on her face.
“I can’t” I sign back, shaking hard. She squeezes me and I eventually start to calm down.
“Please try to tell me. At least tell me the important stuff. The stuff that might help start to fix everything?” she tries again.
I nod and breathe for a moment.
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“Well… wait… do you know how old I am?” I sign slowly.
“No, you haven’t told anyone how old you are, Acacia” she signs back, confused.
“Is there any way to tell how old I am?”
“Yes, we can create dental records for you and date them back. Love, do you not know how old you are?”
“No, I don’t.” I sign with a sad smile. I know I was eight years old when I was taken but from then on, I had no way to tell
the date so how knows how long I was actually held captive? Plus, with everything that happened, keeping track of my
age and the date was the least important thing on my mind.
She looks at me in shock for a moment before quickly regaining her composure.
“Well lucky for you, I did a dental exam when you were first brought to the hospital. My guess is you’re about eighteen
now”
My mouth drops open and now it’s my turn to look back at her in shock.
It’s been ten years. I was trapped there and tortured for ten whole years of my life.
Holy shit.
I look at her and breathe, trying to stop my bottom lip from trembling again.
“Well… Ten years ago… I was kidnapped from my pack when a war broke out. I was eight” I sign, closing my eyes for a
moment to try and block out the memories.
“Oh my god. You’re kidding right?”
“Nope. They held me in a cell for the past ten years, without my hearing aids. I only ate once every two or three days and I was never allowed out of my cell unless I was near death. But that was only to go to the hospital.”
Tears threaten to spill from my eyes once more but I know I need to keep going.
“I shifted for the first time, my guess is maybe about a year ago I think? I would assume it would have been on my seventeenth birthday. But they tortured me for it. The other day was the first time that I’ve been in my wolf form since the first time I shifted” I finish, tears now streaming down my face.
“Oh Acacia, I’m so sorry” she signs back before pulling me into a hug. She eventually lets me go and I give her a sad smile.
“I ended up on Grayson’s territory because there was a war that broke out between the rogues that were holding me and another group of rogues. They left my cell door open accidentally and it gave me a chance to escape so I ran and didn’t look back. It felt like I was running forever and I’m surprised I lasted as long as I did, but then one of Grayson’s men tackled me for being on his land” I sign before wiping away a few stray tears.
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