Chapter 53

Raphael attacked the barrier again but his claws sliced through thin air. Brooke's scent returned and he rushed for her door and without hesitation flung it open.

He spotted her immediately slumped against the wall her braid had fallen out and her hair was all over her face.

He moved forward and pulled her limp body into an embrace. He knew she was alive, she was breathing and her scent was as strong as ever.

He moved her hair out of the way and saw that her cheek was red and swollen.

He growled, they hurt her!

Like last night he couldn't smell the filthy stench of the Elf, but he knew that it must've been the same one as last night.

'What did they want with my mate?!' He asked tormentedly.

He laid Brooke down on her bed, her dark hair spread around her head. He tucked a strand behind her ear and pulled the blanket over her, then sat down on the chair in her room and made a phone call.

After a few rings he answered, "What?" The Alpha asked in a grumpy voice.

"Apologies for waking you Alpha, but there's a problem."

"What is it?"

"My mate, she, was attacked last night by an Elf, and again tonight." He paused his anger rising, "They hurt her." He said with clenched fist.

There was silence on the other line, "Alpha?"

"We will discuss this in detail when you get back tomorrow."

"But we're not coming back tomorrow. Brooke's family is throwing a goodbye party for her on Wednesday." Raph explained.

"Very well, you'll come back on Tuesday."

"Alph-" The call ended and Raph threw his phone, it broke and shattered into pieces. He put his head in his hands thinking about what he would do.

He gave up and climbed in with Brooke. He cradled her swollen cheek, and sighed, "I'm sorry, baby" he pulled her in close and fell asleep.

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I deeply inhaled the minty scent that enveloped me. He smelled so much better than the Elf.

The Elf.

I opened my eyes and moved. I looked around and sighed in relief. He was gone.

Raph stirred and I played with his silver hair, that was shimmering in the sun light peeking through a crack in the curtains.

His hair had dark silver roots and near white tips. He was gorgeous. I parted it down the middle and he looked ridiculous, I shook it back up. 'There, much better,' I said to myself.

He opened his stunning gold eyes and smiled, "Good morning." He said, then a look of concern washed over his face, he sat up, "Are you okay?" He put his hand on my cheek and I winced, it was swollen where theElf had slapped me, luckily my eye wasn't swollen shut.

My memory travels back to when the Elf had touched me. My heart rate went up and I began to have trouble breathing.

"Hey, hey your okay now." Raph said soothingly as he hugged me gently.

"He touched me, he-he touched me." I choked out.

I felt Raph tense, "It's okay, he's gone."

"He touched me." I said one last time, before resting my head on Raph's solid chest while stroked my back consolingly.

My breathing and heart rate eventually regulated. I peeked up and saw Raph's face set in a hard scowl.

I reached my hand up and touched his cheek, his face immediately softened, "Don't do that," I ordered, "You'll wrinkle."

His lips spread in a soft smile, he kissed my forehead and got up. The bed instantly felt cold without him. I sat up and was about to put my feet to the cold floor when Raph stopped me, "Don't!" I looked up to see him crouching to the floor and picking something up.

"I uh, I got a little angry last night." He said sheepishly.

I tilted my head and looked at the remnant of an object in his hand, I let out a small, slightly exasperated, laugh, "Is that you're phone?"

"Yes." He said, then put it down, "Be right back. Don't step on the floor." He said sternly. I did as he said and sat cross-legged till he came back with a garbage bag.

"Where'd you get that?" I asked.

"I asked your parents." He answered.

I twisted my lips out of habit whenever I was bored, not that it wasn't fascinating watching Raph pick up glass and circuitry.

Once he was finally done he said that I could walk on the floor. I placed my feet down and told him to leave so I could get dressed.

"But what about you're face?" He asked.

I bit the inside of my lip, "I don't know, if they ask about it I'll come up with something." I said.

"Okay." He said and kissed the top of my head before leaving and closing the door behind him.

I looked in my full length mirror, I had no bruises on my body, I had never bruised in my life. But my skin still crawled from remembering the feeling of the Elf's hands on my body.

I took a deep breath and turned to get dressed.

Once dressed in a white floral shirt that was see through so I was wearing a camisole underneath it, along with a nude bra. I wore high rise jeans that since my torso was so small, almost reached my bra.

I walked upstairs and found my mom and dad sitting in the living room, which they never did, they usually stick to their room.

"Good morning." I said suspiciously.

"Oh, good morning sweetie!" My mom said enthusiastically.

"What are you doing?"

"We're going to take you and Raphael out sightseeing today." She replied.

I laughed, "Hehe, sightseeing? Here? What're we gonna do go to harbour quay?"

Harbour quay was one of the only sights to see in the entire town. It had shops and a playground with a giant eagle statue.

"Yes, and the aquarium, the museum, and the art centre. And we were thinking of going to the hole in the wall." My mom said, not happy with my making fun of her.

"Sorry, it's just that, they aren't that impressive." I said, with a small smile. I had been to the museum to many times to count. People could ask me, "Where's the chainsaws?" I could tell oh you just go up those stairs and turn left, then keep walking and they'll be right in front of you.

We lived in a mill town so the museum was an exciting place.

I heard Raph coming up the stairs, he stopped and stood behind me.

"Hey, honey!" I said happily, I could say that now. My parents knew we loved each other.

I leaned forward and gave him a little kiss on his lips, his face afterwards was priceless. His eyes were slightly hooded and his lips were still kind of puckered.

It made me want to kiss him again.

"We're gonna go sightseeing in our extremely interesting town!" I said over-excitedly.