Chapter 57: Book Two- Her Alpha Savior- Chapter Nine

Chapter Nine

Josephine

I can feel the light shining through my window and I can’t feel pain shooting all through my body, I try to open my eyes and when I manage to get them open into tiny slits and I look around and realize I am on the floor in the corner of my room, and I try to remember what happen last night. Then everything comes back to me. My mom came storming in and swinging something at me and hitting me with it and yelling at me.

As she was hitting me, she was yelling at me about how I know better than to try and eat before I am given permission to do anything, and how I should know better. She also mentions a few times about everything that happened at school yesterday too.

On top of this beating that I am getting I am to clean the whole house and do everyone’s laundry on top of the normal stuff I do. Usually, I won’t have to clean my parents or Heathers room, but I guess this is going to be my new punishment on top of everything else.

When she finally left my room last night, I couldn’t even move from where she left me. As I am sitting in the corner of my room, I try to pull myself to a sitting position and I am still feeling the effects of the beating last night. After sitting here for a minute, I manage to pull myself to the bathroom and clean up a little bit and I really want to lay back down in bed but I know I need to get ready for school.

When I manage to drag myself to my bathroom I carefully strip from my shirt and when I turn to look in the mirror, I see the marks from last night have healed quite a bit, but there is still marks there and I know I am going to need to be careful today and I am already planning what I will wear today to hide all the bruises and scrapes my mother left behind.

There are so many red marks for whatever it was that she used and only a few open wounds, she didn’t beat me as hard as she usually does. I can tell because sometimes I will have many open wounds. I manage to get in a quick shower and then I bandage up what I can and I then make my way into my room to get dressed for the day.

Once I have myself dressed and ready for school and I know that everyone is gone for the day I quietly and carefully make my way down to the kitchen to try and sneak something small to eat and I know I need to clean the kitchen from dinner last night, If I don’t then yes, your right, it would be yet another beating. I try to keep out of their way and just do what I know they want done. But sometimes they will go out of their way to find something I messed up on or find an excuse to give a punishment.

I manage to get the kitchen cleaned while my food is being warmed up. When the kitchen is clean, I make my way out to the front yard and start my walk to school. I don’t know how I am going to hide all the marks on my hands and arms from Max while I am at school. I need to figure out what I am going to tell him. He can’t know what really happens inside that house.

The Alpha would just make things worse for me. Max acts like he really cares what happens to me and he acts like he really wants to help, but it could all be an act. Max could never really care for someone like me. I’m just a useless she-wolf. On my walk to school, I start Thinking what my life could be like if I was away from here with my true mate. I can’t wait to leave this place. My birthday can’t get here soon enough. It will be better for everyone once I am away from here, and when I can make a life for myself away from this pack. Nobody cares that I am here, and nobody cares what happens to me.

Before I know it, I find myself outside the main building of school. I take a painful, deep breath and make my way to the doors. When I reach for the door handle, I pull my hand back because there is another hand there to open the door for me and when I turn to see who the hand belongs to, I lose my breath for a minute and I forget to breathe.

“Hey Josie, how are you this morning.”

“Hey Max, I’m doing okay. How are you doing?”

“I’m doing better now. I was having a bit of a rough night, but I’m okay.”

He reaches his other hand out to me and when I realize where said hand is going, I step back a little.

“What are you doing Max?”

“Sorry, you had a bit of…something. Wait. What is that?”

He reaches for the neckline of my hoodie and tries to pull it away from my neck and I jump back because I realize he must have seen a mark on my neck.

“Noth..nothing. It’s nothing. Thanks for getting the door, Max. I’ll see you later.”

I quickly rush inside and to my locker to get my books for class. When I reach my locker Sarah is there waiting for me, and when she sees me, she has a look of concern written all over her face.

“Josie, Oh my goddess. What happen last night.”

“Would you be quiet! Goddess, I don’t need the whole school knowing. I’ll fill you in later. Right now, I need to get to class. I am in a lot of pain, and I need my mornings quiet. Please.”

“Okay Jo, but this convo is not over! We will discuss this.”

We both make our way to our classes and when we part ways she gives me a gentle but loving hug that tells me how much she cares and how much I mean to her.

I make my way inside the classroom and make my way to my usual spot in the back corner where it is easy for me to hide from everyone. At least I used to be able to hide from everyone until Max started sitting in the empty seat next to me. Now everyone seems to notice that I am here too. Great.

Max tries to talk to me all through class, I try my best to ignore him so I can focus on the lecture and when class is finally over, I manage to quickly gather my things and dart from the room before he has a chance to follow and grill me more about why I look the way I do today.

When lunch finally comes around I meet Sarah at our usual table and she already has food for me which I am super grateful for and I know it’s to save time on me filling her in on what all happen last night.

“So, are you going to tell me what happen or not?”

“Okay, okay. I’ll tell you. Just please. Try to stay calm and don’t’ freak out.”

So, I take as deep a breath as I can manage and I tell her everything. I tell her all that happened from the time I got home to what happen during dinner and what happen after my first shower to when I woke up this morning curled up in the corner of my room with a splitting headache. I even tell her what happen this morning when I ran into Max outside the main doors.

When I look back up at her face, her face is so red I almost think she is a tomato. She certainly matches the color of one.

“Sarah, please you promised to stay calm. I know it’s bad, but it’s only a couple more weeks until I am eighteen and then I can find my mate and I can leave this horrible place.”

“Goddess Josie, I wish you would let me just tell my dad. The Alpha will step in and take care of everything. He will help you and get you int the packhouse where you will be safe. You won’t have to put up with any of their treatment anymore.”

I can’t let her do that. I need to keep her from getting into trouble. I manage to convince her that I am okay and that everything will work out, I only have another week and half to deal with them.

When the bell rings to signal that lunch is over, we make our way out to our lockers and then grab our books and make our way to our next classes. This day needs to end so I can get on with what needs to be done so I can avoid any more beatings.