*Taylor's POV*
I felt somewhat better after talking to Sam about the incident, I don't know how but he always seems to know what to say or just to listen and I'm very grateful that he's my best friend. After lunch the rest of the day went by without a hitch, I noticed that Xavier was in most of my classes so I was able to point him out to Sam discreetly. After school we went to our lockers to grab our stuff & walked out the front doors, I noticed Sam didn't want to leave my side until I told him that I was fine before giving me a bear hug when all of a sudden we heard a growl loud enough for us to hear then as we looked over I realized where it was coming from...Xavier.
I turned to Sam to see a confused look on his face most likely similar to mine but then shrugged it off thinking it was probably meant for someone else so we went our separate ways where Sam said he'd meet me at my locker in the morning. As I was making my way home I just kept replaying everything that happened today especially with Xavier growling twice...what was up with that? Does this mean that he's my mate & feels the bond? I mean I do feel a small connection to him but I guess I'll know for sure on my birthday next Wednesday or would I have to wait until after I shift for the first time, I just don't know.
Once I got to the pack house I brought my bag to my "room" and started to do some of my homework then went upstairs to start dinner which was fried chicken with mashed potatoes & carrots. After I finished I headed back to my room to finish my homework which was short lived when I heard my father coming downstairs after locking the door yelling "get your a** over here you worthless piece of s**t" wondering what I did to anger him this time.
As soon as he was in my room I immediately looked down towards the floor so I didn't even see his fist coming at my face which made me fall to the floor from the sheer force of the blow then he started continually punching & kicking me while yelling asking me why I was whoring myself to the alpha, just when I thought he couldn't do anything worse he pulled a knife out his pocket and proceeded to slice at my arms and legs but right before I lost consciousness I heard him say "if you want to go whoring around then here I'll give you a permanent reminder that no one will want you."
As I woke up to look around I noticed that it was still dark out and I was laying in a small puddle of my own blood, my entire body hurt so after cleaning up my blood off of the floor I slowly grabbed some clothes to take a shower in an attempt to wash off all the dried blood as well as see what damage he did this time. I turned the water on & got undressed then saw all the cuts all over my arms, legs as well as my stomach. Once finished I went back to my room to grab the first aid kit that I had hidden so I can cover them all up before laying down crying while asking myself "what have I done to deserve this, why does he hate me soo much?" then fell into a dreamless sleep.
*David's POV*
I had to patrol along our borders late this afternoon and I was in a relatively good mood until I overheard some of the kids from the school talk about how Taylor was trying to seduce & was hanging all over the new kids today which one is the soon to be alpha of another pack, I can't believe this I'm livid. So as soon as I was finished I went straight home to find out if it was true, I've been hearing rumors for a while now but I'm confronting her about it today and if it is true then I'll teach her a lesson she'll never forget.
When I walked into the house I looked at the clock on the wall telling me that she must be making dinner so as I went in the kitchen I grabbed a water bottle from the refrigerator to get close enough to her. She was soo deep in thought that she didn't even notice me as I was sniffing trying to catch something different, I mean I know of only one other scent besides hers which is her friend Sam's but now I can smell a new unfamiliar scent on her & the fact that she didn't even notice that I was standing there which she usually cowers away from me pretty much answers that question for me.
I wanted to wait until after everyone ate and dispersed then headed to her room where I knew she'd be doing homework so after about five minutes I opened & locked her door as I yelled "get your a** over here you worthless piece of s**t" when she stood there in front of me with her head down I just lost it. I started punching & kicking her everywhere as she lay on the floor trying to cover her head from the blows but when she started to pass out I told her "if you want to go whoring around well here's a permanent reminder" and proceeded to slice up my arms, legs as well as my stomach then I smiled & laughed at my handiwork before going back upstairs to watch TV in my room.