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Carissa's POV:
I felt the warm sunlight on my face, and for the first time I actually wanted to get up and get ready for the day. I rolled over and seeing the beautiful green of the forest and the blue of the sky, put a smile on my face. It had been years since I was able to wake up and look out a window. I definitely would not be taking this for granted. Also, for the first time in a long time, I woke up without my body feeling like I was hit by a bus. After getting the shit beat out of me, I had to sleep on a cement floor. Last night nothing like that happened. My body is healing and it still hurts a little, but nothing as bad as it usually felt.
I make my way to my closet and turn the light on and look around. I couldn't help the tears that appeared in my eyes, because I never had a closet full of clothes that are truly mine. I always had hand me downs and then I still did not have enough clothes and they were always worn out and covered in holes.
After looking through my clothes, I decided on a yellow sweater, and jeans. I am not one to wear anything sexy. I mean, I am skin and bones and have bruises everywhere. No one wants to see that.
I made my way to the bathroom and jumped in the shower. Once I was done there, I decided to just braid my hair. It was wet, but I knew it would eventually dry. I got dressed and brushed my teeth. I looked in the mirror and I knew that at this moment in time that this is as good as it was going to get.
I made my way down the stairs and before I even made it to the kitchen I could smell him. He smelled so good. It was pine and sandalwood. It made my insides melt. I wonder what I smell like?
I turned the corner and Titan, Kim, and Marshall were all sitting at the table. They all turned their heads towards my direction and Kim and Marshall gave me a smile. Titan stood up and walked over to me.
"Good morning Risa."
"Good morning, Alpha."
He leaned down towards my ear, and I couldn't help but shiver when his breath hit my ear. "You can call me Titan."
All I could do was nod my head. "Doc said that we should start you off with some toast. Does that work for you?"
"Yes, that will be just fine."
I went and sat at the table. "Good morning guys."
"Morning Carissa." Both Marshall and Kim said in unison.
Titan brought me over a plate of toast and a glass of orange juice. I gave him a smile and he sat down next to me. This was not where he was sitting when I first entered the room.
After I was done, I took my plate and glass back to the kitchen and rinsed them and put them in the dishwasher.
"Alright you two have a good day today."
"Titan, where are you going?"
"Sorry Risa, Marshall and I have some pack business we have to take care of today."
"Oh, okay."
He walked over and came and kissed me on the top of my head. I retracted as a reaction. I felt bad, but I couldn't help it. I looked up and I could tell that my reaction hurt him. He just gave me a small smile. "I'll see you tonight Risa."
Then I watched him turn around and walk out of the house with Marshall. "Kim, did I make him mad?"
"Of course not. I think it just makes him sad about what has happened to you and that he couldn't be there to protect you."
"I just don't know if I will ever be able to be his mate."
"Just give it time. I have to work today at the school house, so you will be on your own today. Here take this."
She handed me a new Iphone. "What is this for?"
"Titan got it for you, so you have ways to contact us if you need us. Titan's, Marshall's and my numbers are already programmed into the phone."
"Kim, I can't accept this."
"You can and you will."
"Well thank you, I appreciate it. Am I allowed to walk around the territory?"
"Of course, just don't leave it okay. Titan will have everyone's heads."
I giggled, I could totally see him ripping people's heads off. "I promise to stay within the territory."
"See you tonight."
And with that, I was all alone again. I hated the feeling of being alone. I had gotten used to it back at my old pack but I was enjoying having people around me here. 'Carissa, you are not alone. Go out and explore and they will be back tonight.'
I made sure to grab a water bottle out of the fridge and made my way outside. Just from here, I knew that this territory was beautiful. The Red Moon territory was pretty, but I feel like there was always a cloud hanging over it.
As I made my way through the territory, the pack members were smiling and waving and saying hello to me. They all seemed really friendly, Titan has a good pack. I just kept walking around and I would know when I got to the borders of the territory because, you get a weird tingle feeling that just doesn't sit right in your stomach.
I decided I wanted to go to the little lake with a waterfall and just sit out in the sun for a bit. I was always good at directions, so I knew that I could find it again. This time the walk was not as bad, because I am not in as much pain as I was the first time I did this hike.
I came around the corner and saw the beautiful lake and waterfall. I walked out onto the dock and laid down and put my arm over my eyes and just let my body suck in all the sun rays.
I had lost track of time and I think I must have fallen asleep,because the sun was starting to set. I sat up and stretched my arms and I heard a snap of a twig. I shot up and looked around.
"Well, well, well; who do we have here?"
The kid from the mall, shit what's his name? Tyson was it? He came around the corner with two other guys. I had not seen these guys before, they were not the ones with him at the mall.
"I am just leaving, so you guys can have this place to yourselves."
I went to walk by and Tyson blocked my way and his two guy friends flaked his sides. I knew that I was not going to be getting around them. "What if we do not want you to leave?"
"Well I am sorry, I have to be going."
When I went to try and go around he kind of pushed me back. Memories began to flood back to me of all the abuse that I have gone through. I closed my eyes and began to take deep breaths.
"Oh look, I think we have scared her."
All three of them giggled. "Titan would not like to know that you guys are here bothering me."
"We aren't bothering you, and I don't see Titan anywhere."
"I am a family friend and he will not like it that you're here bothering me."
"You must be his whore of the week then. You see he has a new one every week."
He is lying Carissa, Kim says hes has not had sex in two years, he is just trying to hurt you. "I am not his whore, I am a family friend."
"Well if you were so important, he would not have let you be all alone out here."
"He had pack stuff to do today."
He started walking towards me, so I began to walk backwards, and I knew that the end of the dock was coming up. I pulled out the phone behind my back and from the corner of my eye I saw the contacts symbol. I hit it and prayed I hit a number to call. I put the phone back in my back pocket.
"I will let you go, if you agree to go on a date with me."
"I don't really do the whole dating thing."
"Well if you want to get straight to the sex, I am down for that too."
This guy is sick. "What I meant was I do not do the whole guy thing."
"Oh so your gay?"
"No, I just don't want to be with a guy in any way. Especially a sick ass hole like you."
He came up and grabbed me by my neck and pushed me to the end of the dock. "You take that back or I will throw you into the water."
I had my hands wrapped around his hand trying to pull his hand off from around my neck. Why is this happening again? Do I just have a sign on my forehead that says, 'Abuse me.'?
"Please let me go." I got out in a whisper.
"Say you're sorry, and you will go out with me and I will let you go."
I just shook my head. WIth that he began to tighten his hand around my throat. I was starting to see stars when I heard a really loud growl.
"Tyson, you may want to put her down."
"Why? It's just a wolf."
"Not just any wolf Tyson, it's Alpha Titan."
I could hear the growling get louder and more angry. Tyson turned around and I came face to face with the biggest black wolf I had ever seen. Titan looked so angry that he was scaring me.
Tyson did not let me down or loosen his grip on me. I could start to feel the darkness take over, my hands went limp and before everything went black I heard the loudest and scariest growl I have ever heard and I felt myself being dropped and that was it, everything went black.