Talon's POV

We pulled up to the compound I was shocked I didn't see Iris' car. I went in and saw Connie, and she stopped me. "Talon, sit down," she said, her voice stern and I knew something happened. A blue bag with the hospital's name sat by her feet. "Where's Iris," I asked her. Everyone was tense and quiet now. "Talon, sit," she said again. I did as she said, "Where is she?" "When you see her, I need you to promise me you dont turn around and leave to go on a man hunt," she told me. "What. Happened," I asked ready to spring to my feet.

"Earlier tonight I had received a call from the hospital to pick Iris up because they were discharging her, and the two other numbers didn't answer, which I'm guessing was you and Spider. When I saw her and asked what happened, she didn't tell me. Instead she just said she needed you. I dont know what happened, or who did it, but from the state of her clothes and her injuries, it was bad."

When she said clothes, she gestured to the bag. "She's shaken up and she's trying to keep it together, but that dam is about to burst and when she breaks, you need to catch her," she told me. Spider snatched the bag from Connie before she could stop him and he tossed it to me. I opened it and saw her shirt was torn a few spots of blood. Her bra had a lot of blood on it though. Her jeans were blood on one knee and the zipper was broken. I felt my blood boil, "Where is she?" "She's in your room," she said and I was up and out of my chair, clutching the bag tightly. I took the stairs three at a tight and practically ran down the hall.

When I got to the room, I opened the door slowly, not wanting to wake up Shane. I saw my bathroom door opened, the light on. She was standing there in my hoodie, hair wet from a shower. I stopped dead in my tracks when I saw her. Harsh bruises were on both sides of her face, a cut on her right cheek, and her lip was split. On her neck was a cut that had a couple of stitches, and her left knee had a large gauze and bandage around it.

She looked at me, her eyes filling with tears. I sat down the bag slowly and opened my arms for her. She rushed into them, and clung to me, crying her heart out. Her knees gave away and I scooped her up, not caring about the protest my right arm gave me. I sat on the bed and cradled her, "What happened?" I asked her. "I-I went home after work to get some things and wh-when I got there Sawyer was waiting for me. He-He was drunk, demanding I give him Shane. Wh-When I told him no, he tried to rape me. When the cops got there, he threw me on the ground." She said as she bawled her eyes out. "I-I thought he was gonna kill me when he started to push the broken bottle into my neck."

She clutched my shirt as she cried, "I tried to fight, but he was so much bigger than me." I wanted to go on that man hunt, but there would be no point since he was in jail. "Did he touch you," I asked her. She nodded, "He put his hand in my pants and rubbed me. I washed and scrubbed but I still feel so dirty and violated."

My poor woman. Never should she feel those things. She rested her head on my shoulder. "What do you want me to do baby girl," I whispered. "I-I don't want to go home any time soon. I dont want to see the damage done to my car. I dont want to see the blood. I dont want to see Mrs. Parsons look at me with pity since I know she saw everything and was the one who called the cops." She wiped her tears away. "I just wanna stay here."

I kissed her head, "You don't even have to ask that. You're more than welcome to stay here." She nodded, "Will you hold me till I fall asleep." "I will hold you till the end of time if that's what you want from me," I told her.

She took out her contacts then took off my hoodie, showing she was wearing a pair of my boxers and tshirt. I changed then laid down with her. I ran my fingers through her hair until she fell asleep.

When I woke up Shane wasn't in the room and she was still asleep. I slipped from the bed and put my cut on over tshirt before leaving the room. Spider stood up when he saw me, "What happened to her last night?" All the brothers had their attention towards me. "Sawyer happened," I told him. "What did that fucker do," Spider seethed. "He beat her up pretty badly and tried to rape her. He managed to violate her before the cops showed up. She and Shane are gonna stay here until she feels ready to go back home," I told him. "Later you and I are gonna go to her place and get some things for them." He nodded, "Let know when."

I went to the coffee maker and poured myself a cup. I turned and saw her limping her way to the stairs. The bandage on her knee had fresh blood seeping through. She most likely bent it, tearing open the scabs. Now that there was better light, her wounds look even worse than they did last night. "Come here little momma, let me help you," Spider said as he went up the stairs. He picked her up and carried her down. He didn't put her down till he got to the couch and sat her down. Weasel brought him the first aid kit so he could change her bandage. I made her a cup of coffee and brought it over to her, "We dont have any French vanilla creamer, I'll get you some later." She nodded, "That's okay." She then looked away from her knee when Spider finished taking off the bandage. Her knee looked like it had been shredded by the glass.

"The fucker deserves to be killed," Spider said as he put a towel under her leg to catch the hydrogen peroxide when he pours it on to her knee. She hissed in pain when the liquid touched it and gripped her coffee cup tightly. He finished bandaging up her knee and closed the kit. He grabbed a pillow and put it under her ankle to make sure she was comfortable.

I got her a note pad and a pen, "Write down what you need from your house for you and Shane, then we'll get it." She nodded, "And when you're out can you take my doctor's note to the library? I'm not allowed to go to work for a week." I kissed her head, "Of course." After she wrote her list she told me where her note was. I got ready then we left in my truck. When we got there I saw his Benz was still here.

"Call Turk and tell him to bring his tow truck, I want this piece of shit gone," I told him. He pulled out his phone with a smile as I got out. I saw the glass and blood on the ground and felt my blood boil. I then saw the dent and scratches in her car from where he broke the bottle. I took out my key to the house and went in. I went up stairs and found the bag for Shane's things where the note said it would be. I packed as many clothes, burb rags, and swaddle blankets as I could fit. I went down and grabbed one of her reusable grocery bags and put his bottles and bottle cleaning brush into it. I didn't worry about toys since I knew others would buy those for him. I then went up to her room and found her suit case. I grabbed clothes for the weather, both for work and lounging around in. I grabbed her glasses and glasses cleaning things as well. I looked on her bed and saw the quilt her grandmother made. I folded it gently then placed it with the things. I looked around her room, trying to think of other things. I checked the date on my phone then went into the bathroom to grab her lady products since I knew she would be starting soon. I found it funny she kept the stuff in a pink bag that zips. My sisters would just throw them in a drawer in the bathroom, not caring who saw. Iris was much more organized than that. Spider came in as I closed her medicine cabinet. "The car is gone," he said and I nodded. I looked over the note, making sure I have everything. "How are you doing," He asked me. "I'm fucking furious. My woman told me she felt dirty and violated. That's not something she should ever feel," I told him. "I wanted to go to the jail and beat the living shit out of him, and had she asked that of me last night when I asked her what she wanted me to do, I would've gone in a heart beat." "What did she ask instead," He asked me. "To stay at the compound till she was ready to come back. She isn't ready to see the glass and blood on the ground, or the damage done to her car. I told her that wasn't something she had to ever ask," I told him. He nodded, "We're still going to go pay him a visit right?" I nodded, "You can bet your ass we are."

We stopped talking when the doorbell rang. I went down and saw Mrs. Parsons on the porch. "Good morning Mrs. Parsons," I greeted. "How is she doing," The old lady asked me. "She's really shaken up," I told her. She nodded and pulled a flash drive from her pocket, "My security camera caught the whole thing. You cant hear anything, but the picture is clear. I asked my grandson to put it on a flash drive for you. I gave a copy to the police too, I hope a swift justice finds him."

I took it, "Thank you Mrs. Parsons." She then left and I took the Flash drive over to Iris' laptop. Spider sat next to me on the couch as I put in her password. I plugged it in and the video popped up instantly. The angle was from the corner of Mrs. Parsons' house, so it could see anyone coming from down the street. It gave us a good angle of what happened. We watched as he approached her and she backed up, her hand touching the hot car. We watched him back hand her and she fell. Then he smashed the bottle and pulled her up by her shirt, pressing it into her neck. She tried like hell to fight but it was no use, she just didn't have the strength. Plus with him drunk, he might not have been able to feel any pain. We then watched him throw the bottle away and undo her pants. He pinned her to the car as she struggled. He had a smile on his face as she screamed for either help or for him to stop when he put his hand in her pants. He then threw her on the ground hard enough to make her roll which is probably how the glass tore up her knee so badly. He fought as he was arrested while she laid there before a cop shined a flash light in her face. She then stood up, looking around in shock as she processed what happened to her. After that the video ended.

"She might not want to come back here after that," Spider said. I nodded, "She probably wont." I closed down her laptop and took out the flash drive. I tucked it into my pocket before looking around her house.

"What's this," Spider said as he pulled out an old looking brown wooden box. He opened it and I looked inside. I smiled softly, "It's her sewing stuff. We're gonna take that. Careful with the box, it most likely belonged to her grandmother." I then grabbed the quilt I had slept with when I stayed the night.

We packed everything into my truck and left. When we got there she was holding Shane. She smiled when she saw us then turned her attention back to him. We put the stuff in my room before going back down. I sat on the couch next to her and she looked at me. "I hope it wasn't too much trouble," she said. I gave her lips a soft kiss, "It's no trouble at all."

She nodded and leaned against me as she looked down at Shane. Even bruised and banged up she still looked beautiful. I hated seeing her hurt though. I will definitely be paying Sawyer a visit when my arm is healed to give him a proper beating.