Astrid POV
What if I had been normal... like I was just a human teenage girl. A girl who went to school with other humans, who didn't have to worry about there uptight father. What if I was able to hear...
What would a car sound like or
What about horses running across the field
Or
How about a loved one saying they loved you....
I know I'm getting a little sappy but... it's not like I haven't thought these things before. Maybe if I had been normal and was able to hear... maybe I would have lived a normal life.
I sigh in despair laying on the cold dirty ground still in the cage my father holds me hostage in. I daydream back to when I was little... where I was loved by my father..
I really missed that... comfort. Maybe it wasn't comfort at all.
Maybe I had been naive... because I wanted to be loved so bad. Yes I had my mother but ...
What about a father's love...
Bullshit
I sigh as I sit up in the dark cage. Arista was busy trying to find reception on her phone. But Cohen... poor Cohen.
He still was passed out, I think my father knew he possessed the same power I did. I worried about him... and no do not get the wrong idea I'm not in love with him.
I think...
But whatever he was being injected with for the past few days. It couldn't have been anything good. I hope my brothers made it to the safe house in one piece. Ugh so many things to worry about...
The worse thing is I'm beginning to feel weak... I needed blood...
I wanted out from this hell hole but who would save me... I'm hoping my brothers can figure out a way to come to my aid quickly. I smell of nasty body odor and my hair was knotted and tangled from all the tugging my father did.
Speaking of my father I haven't seen him. I'm not sure how long we've been down here but the only people that are down here are his men. I don't know how he formed a large army.
It's hard to see at night so I feel the floor feeling the vibrations of footsteps. Luckily I was able to figure out how many guards are around during the day and at night.
During the day there are about four guards circling around. But at night usually it's one or two guards keeping watch. The bars on my cage are made out of silver so when Arista tried to bite off the bars she became unconscious.
Silver is bad for werewolves so that plan was out the window. Currently it was night so it was dark making it hard to see anything at all. I layed back down again closing my eyes... how could my life suck this bad.
Suddenly I feel the vibration of the bars rattling. Alert I sit up rubbing my eyes to see my battered mother outside my cage. I quickly crawled to her placing our hands together. I tried hard to read her lips.
She lifted her hands signing to me. " Astrid what happened why are you down here I thought you were still at school" she signs quickly. I look to see both guards knocked out on the ground.
I sign back to her "we were on our way to the safe house Cohen's safe house to grab some weapons. We were followed by father's men and he captured us and put us down here".
My mother squeezed her hand in between the bars stroking my hair behind my ears. Tears began to leak slowly as my mother wiped them away. Then she checked my ears with a worried expression on her face.
"Where are your hearing aids... why are they not on" she mouths. I sign back that they were destroyed in the crash.
"Mom I don't need them... I'll be fine I can read lips" I say back. She nods quickly, looking rather sickly and pale and her long black hair a tangled mess.
"Astrid your father... he found me at your aunt's house. He dragged me out and locked me inside a room... I was able to steal the key when the guard wasn't looking. Baby I don't know how much time I have... remember mommy loves you".
I shake my head furiously "mother I'm going to get us out of here... you will be safe mom I promise" I whisper gently wishing I could be near her.
"Mother.. how did you know I was down here" I sign. She quickly glances at the guards checking to make sure they were still knocked out.
"Your father told me, he threatened to kill you if I didn't give him what he wanted" she signs back quickly. I knew exactly what she meant...
"Mom did father... force you to sleep with him" I asked. She looked away and I already knew the answer, when I get out I will make sure my father gets what he deserves.
Just then I see my father storm in grabbing my mother by her hair. "Didnt I tell you to stay in your room, now I have to teach you a lesson" my father snaps.
I watch as my father sends blow after blow to my mothers body. Kicking, punching, at her delicate body. I thrashed against the bars begging him to let her go.
My mother trying hard to shield her body. Sending a harsh kick to her head my mother became unconscious and I could see the blood spreading from her head.
"YOU SON OF A BITCH I SWEAR TO GOD IM GOING TO FUCKING KILL YOU". I continued to scream and lunge for my mother who I could still see was alive.
My father laughs hysterically "SHE IS NOT YOUR MOTHER DID YOU ACTUALLY THINK SHE WAS CAPABLE OF CARRYING A DISABLED CHILD SUCH AS YOURSELF".
He laughs in my face mocking me. I was so confused by his accusations." I don't know what you are talking about, leave my mother out of this" I declare my teeth clenching in anger.
"You really are a stupid girl. She is not your mother I switched you with another baby because our child was a stillborn. I had no choice I wanted to make my wife happy, but then you became sick and it caused you to go deaf. Should of kept you with your rotten mother".
My body goes numb and I drop to the ground. Azar was right...
Who was I...
Are me and Azar actually related to one another...
Who was my real mother...
My vision goes black as I lose consciousness..