Chapter 39
Eleanor:
“Eleanor?” Natasha asked, her eyes widening in surprise at the sight of the broken perfumes that I got. Most of them I didn’t even open, and it seemed to me that there was no need to do so. “Fucking hell, you’re bleeding.”
She rushed toward me before wrapping an arm around my waist and shoulder, forcing me to stand up away from the shattered glass. It was a forced habit that I had, cleaning up the mess, no matter the fact of whether or not I would be hurt, after it was made by others. In my case, it was always Elton who was breaking things, be it plates, glasses, perfumes, or even makeup cases. And no matter how sharp, I was forced to clean it up. My punishment would have been a lot worse if I didn’t.
It was something that I grew up with, and was something that I knew all too well; therefore, there was no use in pretending otherwise. I just had to live with the fucked up reality that I was forced to live through.
“I need to clean these…”
“Eleanor, fuck these perfumes, I’ll call the girls to help with them.” She said, stopping me.
“He is going to be angrier than he already is,” I said, shaking my head and she cupped my cheeks and wiped my tears. The thing was, I didn’t even know what stirred him on me the way that he did. I didn’t ask to have that nightmare, and I couldn’t force myself to stay asleep through my own pain.
“Eleanor, no one is going to get angry because you don’t want to hurt yourself.” She said, shaking her head at me. Her tone was more gentle than it had ever been. She slowly helped me to the bathroom and I ignored the pain that was on my hands and knees. I didn’t even want to look at my legs, but I knew that the glass pierced through my skin. She helped me sit on the toilet seat, and I hissed in pain as she touched a piece of glass, wanting to remove it from my knee. “How the hell did you manage to sit through all that pain, El? And why would you even do so?”
My lips quivered and she closed her eyes before standing straight. She shook her head at me and gently wiped my tears from my eyes before she kissed the crown of my head. “Calm yourself down, I am going to call the pack’s doctor. She would come to help you clean these. I can’t touch the glass without hurting you more than you already are, and I have a feeling that you might need stitches.”
I shook my head and she sighed.
“Eleanor, I am not asking right now. I understand that something happened, but whatever it is, I don’t think that anyone would have wanted you hurting yourself this much.” More tears fell from my eyes, and the thing was, at this point, I didn’t even think that it was possible for me to have this much tears. The pain that I felt was one that no one knew or understood, and the fact that Killian saw it as easy to reject me told me that he would do it at any moment.
“Neither one of you understands the hell that I went through,” I said, and she frowned.
“That is because you don’t want to open up about it, Eleanor.” She said and I shook my head before getting up from the seat. Natasha frowned and went to wrap her arms around my waist, wanting to stop me. However, at this point, it didn’t matter. If he were to decide that he wanted to send me back to Elton, then I was going to have to fight to run away again.
I did not escape that hell to go back to it. And I wasn’t going to go to my death with my own feet. And if he believed that his rejection threat was going to do him any better, then I would rather I be the one to reject him before I left.
“Eleanor, you need to fucking sit down. You are badly injured and your blood is literally smudging the floor.” Natasha said, following me. I didn’t care, nor did I bother stopping as I walked around the Estate, ignoring the surprised eyes that looked at me as if I grew a second head. Liana’s eyes widened and she rushed toward me, however, I didn’t bother stopping.
“What is going on?” Liana asked her daughter who was just as confused as I stood in front of the Alpha’s office.
“What are you doing here? And what the fuck happened to your legs?” The man who stood by the office door asked. His eyes met mine before he looked back at Natasha and Liana, trying to understand what was going on. I didn’t have a word to say to them, but considering the fact that I was thrown into such a situation, I should have known not to expect any less.
“Tell the Alpha that Eleanor wants to see him,” I said, and he frowned. He laughed and shook his head at me before nodding at Natasha and Liana who stood behind me. My heart raced against my ribcage and I couldn’t help but find myself growing angrier by the second as they kept me outside that office. And the fact that my mate was inside did not make things any better.
“Who the fuck do you think you are to want to enter the Alpha’s office like this?” He asked, glaring at me. “Liana, what the fuck is this bullshit?”
“Eleanor, enough.” Natasha said, stopping me. My tears still fell freely from my eyes and I couldn’t help the low growl that escaped my lips before I could stop myself. This was the first time that my wolf has ever growled at anyone, and I could tell that it happened because it was my mate who was involved in this. “This show is getting bad enough as it is, what the fucking hell are you trying to do, Eleanor?”
“Tell the Alpha that the woman that he is looking for is standing outside his office.” I said, glaring at the man as the office door opened, revealing my mate who frowned in confusion.
“WHAT THE FUCK IS THE MEANING OF THIS?” Killian yelled, standing by the door as he glared at us before his eyes met mine.
I kept my eyes on his as I spoke my next words, my chest aching as I knew that so many things would be changing.
“Tell your fucking Alpha that…”
“One more word, Eleanor and I’m going to be sure that you are going to regret thinking that you can cross your limits the way that you are.” Killian said, stopping me. I frowned and he glared down at my hands, legs, and knees. “This is not the fucking barn that you came from and I am your fucking Alpha. Therefore, once you know to mind your limits, you can come and speak to me. Natasha, take her to the pack doctor and ensure that her wounds are tended to. Liana, I want her room cleaned and the fucking blood trail that she left mopped.”
“I am not done,”
“Well, I am.” He said, stopping me. His eyes met mine and I could tell that he was challenging me to go on. My heart raced and my wolf forced me to shy back as Natasha wrapped her hand around my arm.
“Eleanor, don’t.” She whispered, tightening her grip around my arm. I looked at the man for a second too long before turning with her as she guided me toward the infirmary. My heart raced against my ribcage and I couldn’t help but feel tears run down my face. “What happened, Eleanor?”
“Alpha Killian is going to reject me, that is what happened…”