Chapter 94- Hurt Himself.

The two identical young men stood up once they realized their mother had entered the room and bowed their head slightly in greeting- she rolled her eyes at their formal gesture and went in for a hug, kissing them both on their cheeks and knowing not to expect a kiss back as only Asher did that.

They waited for her to have a seat before itting down themselves, "Mother...", Levi drawled out expectantly, looking at her with his lips pursed tightly togther and a raised up eyebrow. Brea was just about to respond when Viola walked through the door with a glass of water in her hand, confusing both men as they looked at her in questioning.

She ignored their stares and walked over to Brea, handing her the cup of cold water, "I don't drink cold water", her instincts were screaming at her to snarl at the girl or do something to hurt her but she had to push it down- she was trying to be a better person, she was tryig to change her attitude towards her.

Viola became worried and fidgety, had she screwed up? "I am so sorry, I will be more than happy to change it", she was about to collect the cup when Brea waved her off and took a sip of the water,

"Oh, it's fine, I can manage it", she had a small smile on her face and she turned to her sons ho looked at her as if she had grown a second head "What?", she questioned and tilted her head to the side. Liam suppressed a smile and shook his head,

"Nothing" while Levi eyed them both suspiciously, trying to hide his inner excitement and surprise. Liam cleared his throat, deciding that that was a topic for another day and right then, other things needed to be said and done, "What of the twins and Leah?", he asked, it had been quite some time since they had seen the little demons and they undoubtely missed their troublesome ways,

"We had to leave them at home, this place is not safe for them or for anyone for that matter. This pack is a disaster waiting to happen and in fact, I think all the kids should be taken to the Head quaters immediately", Brea voiced out,

"Isn't that something you have to run through with Asher first?", Levi questioned, narrowing his eyes at his mother.

Brea sighed, "I am quiet sure that you have noticed it but Ash is a mess right now and he is far from thinking straight. He has so many choices to make right now and everyone matters- the right choices can be disguised as the wrong choice", she bit her lips to hold back her tears as she spoke about her son.

"It's still his pack mum, we cannot make those choices for him, only advice him and try to nudge him in the right direction", Liam inputed before sighing and going to sit beside his mum, "Asher is a strong man, I trust that he would pick himself up at the end of all this".

Brea nodded, then turned to Viola who stood awkwardly a few feet away from them, "Can you go get him please? He should be in his office", Viola's eyes widened at her request,

"Are you sure?", she rubbed the back of her neck uncomfortably- she was quite sure that Asher would not want to see her so why did Brea want her to go out of all people!

Brea nodded her head and Viola gulped dryly turning around and heading for the door, "I could go if...", she head Levi say but Brea was quick to shun him by giving him the dirtiest look she could muster. It made her feel like the older lady had bad intentions for her- she was still trying to pick on her and this brought tears to Viola's eyes.

Soon, the unshed tears turned to anger- she had thought for a second that Brea had genuinely wanted to change towards her but she was wrong and she felt so stupid for it, she had been decieved by the woman and that was going to be the last time something like that would happen. Why did she even care so much about the woman's opinions anyways? Would it give or take from her if the woman did or didn't like her? No! Because she might matter to a lot of other people but she doesn't matter to her, at least, not anymore.

Viola was so caught up with her thoughts and inner riot that she hadn't realized that she had gotten to the pack house or that she had gotten to Asher's office door and had pushed it open without knocking. Both of their eyes widened in surprise and shock before Asher realized what he had been doing and quickly fumbled up from his seat, stuffing his pocket knife in his drawer and sheilding his had with his body.

She was completely speechless as she had never expected that Asher would be doing such a thing, "Do you knock?", he growled at her- surprisingly, he was not angry that she had caught him, just scared as to what she would think of him.

She tried to speak but her words were caught in her throat and her body was stiff as stone- she couldn't move; she was frozen to the spot as her mind went haywire. She had so many questions just hitting her all at once like the waves of the ocean. Her eyes snapped to his hand that he had hidden behind his body but she could still see the blood dripping down his arm and pooling on the floor.

"Why are you here?", he asked again, getting impatient and annoyed,

She was still unable to form sentences,"I...I-",

"Speak!", he ordered, his cold voice causing a shiver to run down her spine.

"Your mother asked me to call you", she said quickly before rushing out of the room in an unusual manner and slamming the door behind her. She placed her hand on her rapidly beating heart, trying to steady her breathing and herself in general. Who would've thought or even guessed that Asher was doing such a thing to himself. She closed her eyes and all she could see was him slicing his own skin with the knife and the satifaction she remembered seeing on his face made her sick to her stomach.

Why did Asher do that to himself? How long had he been doing this? Did Imogen or anyone else no about this? Did he need help? Should she tell someone about this?

Why?

Why?

Why?

That was the major thing she wanted to know; Why on earth was he doing that to himself? What could make someone like Asher do something as horrible as that? What on earth could make Asher Montero want to self harm or even hurt himself?