Part 33

Luke's pov~~~~

"You did great princess"

We stayed cuddling for what felt like forever, his arms wrapped around me as if afraid to let me go. After a while Damian then adjusted himself up against the bed frame, I simply scooted myself up as well so I could still lay against him. Damian stayed silent for a few seconds before finally saying

"Why?.......why did you want me to mark you so badly?"

His eyes full of.....regret...he regrets marking me.....he regrets making me his mate...I could feel my chest tighten, fear almost clenching my lungs making it hard to breath.

"I just wanted to make it official"

I said, trying my best to put on a fake smile, desperately trying not to worry him.

Damian simply stared back at me worry and hurt in his eyes as he forced himself to continue looking at me.

"Luke you don't have to tell me if you don't want to but please don't pretend it's fine when it's really not. "

I could feel my emotions get caught in my throat before taking a deep breath and forcing it out.

"You regret it......."

I choked out, my heart now beating as if I had been running for hours. I then felt Damian's arms around me once more, holding me firmly against his chest, still careful not to accidentally hurt me.

"I could never regret being your mate Luke......Thank you for telling me."

Damian asked, his voice shaking and weak, his grip refusing to loosen even as his head fell to my shoulder as he began silently crying for me. I stared at the wall, unsure of what to do, an alpha twice my size was crying for me. He doesn't regret it.....I slowly managed to slow down my breathing as I wrapped my arms around Damian as well. The memories of Alexander flooding my mind, the memories of how he touched the back of my neck as if he excepted Damian didn't bite it, of how he didn't care about my screams as he violated me. Tears began filling my eyes, burning against my check as they fell. So there we sat, silently crying into each other while somehow comforting the other in a weird distorted way.

After a few minutes Damian composed himself, now just quietly holding me against him as listened to the soft thumping of his heart beat. I took a deep breath, my heart speeding up once again as I tried to figure out what to say.

".......while Alexander was........ra-......raping me ...there was some time that I thought he was going to bite me......out of all the things he's done to me, I've never been more scared then I was in that moment....."

Damian stayed silent,

"Someone marking me was the last thing Alexander hadn't stolen from me......"

Damian began softly rubbing my back,

".....I understand...."

He said, his voice still shaky, unsure if he picked his words correctly or not. I finally pulled back from his embrace, my body trembling slightly.

"can we leave?"

Damian rubbed the back of my hand, his facial expression instantly becoming worried.

"I forgot where we are, we need to leave as soon as possible. Let me go talk to the doctor."

He quickly kissed my hand before walking to the door, a small limp dragging his injured leg behind with every step.

Within minutes Damian burst open the fuming, I jumped at the sudden noise.

"We are leaving now."

Damian stated, his voice firm as he began shoving clothes and some medicine in a bag.

I stared at him confused, what is he doing, I literally can't walk anymore. How am I just supposed to pick up and go? After a few minutes he walked over the almost overflowing bag hanging by his side as he stared at me, waiting for something. I just stared back confused, unsure of what to do. Should I get in a wheelchair or something?

"Transform into your cat form."

"Idk......I'm scared too considering I just had my leg amputated........"

Damian then walked over, sitting down next to me as he stared at his limp hands in his lap.

"Luke....Alexander is coming back today.........and he's pissed......we need to leave. Some of my men will meet up with us at the road but we have to go."

I could feel my body begin to shake at just the mention of Alexander....he's coming back......any worry I had once had about shifting was now over taken with my fear of Alexander. I took a deep breath, closed my eyes, make sure to focus all my energy into shifting, I could feel my bones force themselves to crack and move themselves. I tried to hold back my screams from the sudden shape pain, tears gathered in my eyes as I tried to stay as still as I could. After a few moments of unbearable pain I opened my eyes and realized that I had failed, I couldn't shift....I can't shift...Damian stared at me, worry flooding his face as he tried to figure out what to do. His eyes scanned the room quickly looking for a wheelchair, he grabbed it, pulling it over,

"Get on"

I stared at the wheel chair, we are doomed, a guy who's limping everywhere has to push an amputatee in a wheelchair to try and escape from my old abuser.......