Eliana

After we got home from where we met my parents I went upstairs to our room to take a shower while Marcellus went to the bathroom that was in the hall to take one. I went into the bathroom and turned the water on hot and then started getting undressed. Once the water warmed up enough I stepped in the shower. There was a little bench off to the side in the shower that I sat on. I curled myself up on it and started crying.

Why do they want me back now? Is it because I was finally happy? Why do they always have to ruin my happiness?

I remember one time when I was about 5 years old, I was running around the packhouse with Cameron and some other children when the lead warriors wife came in to get her children. They were going out to ice cream and she decided to bring us with her. Once we got there she got all of the kid's ice creams and we went back to the packhouse. When we walked in the door there were my parents and they looked angry. My mother picked Cameron up smiling at him and my father grabbed my arm glaring and dragged me out of the house. Once we were out of the packhouse my father took the ice cream from me and threw it away. When we got home they beat me for the first time. They had never put their hands on me before they would only yell at me and make me do things they didn't want to but they had never touched me. After that, it became an almost daily thing.

I finally got back to my senses and stood up. I finished my shower and when I got out I remembered I forgot to grab clothes to change into. Grabbing a towel to wrap around my body I went to the door cracking it open to see if Marcell was in the room. He wasn't so I ran to the closet to get something to wear. There wasn't much left in the closet because we have been packing to leave. I grabbed a teal oversized sweater and some blue jeans. I was about to run back into the bathroom when the door opened. I saw Marcellus come back into the room with only a towel around his waist. Oh no! He was walking to the closet.

"Marcell can you turn around. I need to get back into the bathroom. I'm only in my towel." I called out to him.

"Why do I have to turn around?" He whined.

"Because I dont want you to see me in a towel." I replied. I peeked through the closet door and seen him staring at me. I gave him puppy dog eyes and I saw his face soften. He then turned around and walked to the bed. While he was walking I rushed to the bathroom and slammed the door close.

"You didn't need to slam the door!" Marcell shouted.

"Sorry!" I shouted back. I hurried to get into the clothes and then I brushed my hair. I knocked on the bathroom door. "Are you done?" I asked through the door.

"Yes. You good to come out."He replied. I opened the door and he was walking around the room with jeans on.

"Can you put a shirt on?" I asked. He turned to look at me. I started checking him out. Like seriously who wouldn't he has an eight pack.

"Why should I put a shirt on? It looks like your enjoying the view." I snapped out of the trace I was in.

"We have to get going soon. Can you please just finish getting ready?" I pleaded with him.

"Okay fine I will." He said before grabbing a shirt to put on. "We will be leaving in 10 minutes." He said before walking out of the room.

I grabbed my shoes and put them on. I walked to the mirror and started to do my hair. I decided to just put it into a simple braid. When I am done I grab the backpack that I packed for myself earlier and went downstairs. Marcell wasn't down here, that's strange. I went back upstairs to his office and knocked on the door.

"Come in!" I heard someone shout.

Opening the door I saw Marcell sitting at his desk with two people sitting on the other side of his desk. They all turned to look at me.

"I was just looking for you. We are supposed to leave soon." I told him. He gestured for me to come over to him. When I got to him he pulled me onto his lap.

"Eliana, this is Ryder my delta and Jace the leader warrior for the pack. They are also my best friends. Ryder, Jace, this is my mate, Eliana." He introduced us.

"Hi, I'm Ryder!"

"Hi, I'm Jace!"

They said at the same time. They then turned to each other and started laughing.

"They are also twin brothers." Marcellus said. Now that I'm really looking at them they do have similar features.

"Hi, it's nice to meet you both." I said smiling at them.

"It looks like you got a good one there." Ryder said. Marcell turned to look at me and smiled.

"Yeah, I really do." He said still smiling at me. "Okay well, we have to get going." He said looking back at them.

"Okay well let us know if we need to do something about the situation." Jace said standing up. Ryder was still sitting watching us. Jace looked at Ryder and rolled his eyes. He then grabbed him by the shirt and dragged him out.

"Hey let me go!" Ryder whined.

"Nope!" Jace replies laughing. Marcell and I were both laughing at them.

"Okay, are you ready to go?" Marcell turned to look at me again after they left.

"Yes!" I said jumping off of him and running to the door. "Let's go!"

We went downstairs and grabbed out bags that we left by the door and my backpack that I left on the couch when I came down here the first time.

"I want to drive by the packhouse before we leave." Marcell said as he opened my door.

"Why?" I asked.

"Just to check up on things there. Also to let my parents know where we are going. They would worry otherwise." He said. I guess that makes sense.

"Okay." We sat in silence as he drove the short distance to the packhouse. Once we got there he got out and opened my door for me. Walking into the packhouse everyone froze and watched us. I guess they didn't know he had a mate or they aren't used to seeing him here.

"Marcy baby!" I heard a familiar screech. Looking by the stairs I was it was Eliza