Chapter 15 - Nightmares

*******Maddison's POV******

I was stuck.

I couldn't move.

All I could do was lay there focusing on the single swinging light bulb above my bed.

The squeaking sound it made as it bobbled from side to side, my eyes being the only things able to move to follow the swaying.

I could hear breathing. Not my own however. Soon followed by a wicked screeching laugh causing my insides to turn to mush.

It was a female laugh. Making me feel completely sick as it seemed to never end...

Oh how I wish I could run.

Oh how I wish I could scream.

But I couldn't move.

"Blood. Sweet. Pure. Alpha. Blood."

The words bounced off the walls in an echo around the room as I lay there still unable to move, speak, scream or even see who it was that was in the room with me...

Help!

I wanted to scream the word so bad.

I wanted to scream loud enough so that my own father would hear me from wherever he was.

I wanted him to come and save me more than anything.

I lay there waiting. Knowing something horrifying was yet to come... before I suddenly felt a piercing feeling shoot through my wrist.

The painful sensation draining my blood by the second.

It was nothing like what I'd experienced with Coda.

It was greedy.

It was ruthlessly being sucked away from my veins.

I wanted to yell in agony.

I wanted to at least cry.

But I couldn't move.

I was helpless...

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I shot up in bed, my breathing deep and heavy, not having time to properly think or to calm myself down, before I noticed Coda next to me.

Without thought, I threw myself on top of him, my hands placed on to his firm chest, gripping him for dear life in horror of what had just happened.

Within seconds he was awake too. Confused and looking extremely... outraged?

Before I had time to even comprehend what was happening, in an instant I was flipped over to be underneath him with his large hand now wrapped firmly around my throat as he stared down at me, his eyes fully charcoal black.

"Don't. Fucking. Touch. Me. There. AGAIN." He roars out in my face, his grip tightening around my neck with each word.

Fucking hell was I terrified now!

I thought I was going to honestly die from shock at this point!

I couldn't process what was happening. I couldn't breathe. I couldn't think. I couldn't feel. I just stared into his swallowing eyes.

Was this still a nightmare? No. This was real. Why was he doing this? What had I done?

Seconds later he released me, throwing the bed sheet to the side as he got up and stormed into the bathroom slamming the door behind him.

I shot up, trying to swallow as much air as I possibly could, coughing and spluttering everywhere in a frenzy.

I checked his bedside clock noticing that it was only 3:18am.

What just happened?

I wiped the remaining sweat from my head. Taking a moment to control my still heavy breathing.

I placed my hand up to my rasping throat, almost as if to check that he hadn't ripped it out completely.

His grip was like iron.

I didn't even think he would let me go...

That's probably the worst he's ever hurt me before... he was never that rough with me.

It will leave a horrible mark around my neck for sure...

I hadn't even noticed the tears that had been streaming down my face this whole time.

Although I had been silent, I had been violently crying.

The tears kept flowing as I began to sob, the realisation of what had just happened hitting me like a ton of bricks.

The nightmare...

Him strangling me like that...

What the fuck was going on?

Maybe I should try head back to my cell? I don't want him to attack me again.

As silent as possible, I shakily got off the bed and went over to where I had watched him place my cell key.

I took it off the table before creeping over to his bedroom door. I unlocked it, placing his key back on the counter, before exiting into the dark long corridor.

I was terrified at this point...

I mean it isn't smart walking around a house filled with rogues alone... especially when they all just see me as a piece of meat... but I guess all I had to do was get in the elevator and get down to my floor and to my cell right?

It was extremely dark and quiet so everyone had to be asleep at this time?

I can't believe I'm willingly even going back down to my cell but I mean it's better than facing him when he's that pissed off...

I continue to creep along the hall, silently cursing whenever I would step on a creaky floor board.

Why the fuck was it so hard just to get along this one corridor!

As I walked further, almost out of nowhere, a large hand covered over my mouth whilst a tight grip snaked its way around my waist restraining me completely.

It didn't smell like Coda...

It didn't feel like Coda...

Shit...

Before I knew it, my back slammed against the wall, bringing me face to face with a guy I had only seen a handful of times since I had been here.

He had greasy brown hair, unkept and unclean. He had a sick twisted grin plastered across his face as he looked me up and down as I scrambled beneath him like the weak little girl I was.

Why did I have to be so small and weak when my father and brother were both like 8ft tall and strong!

Oh how I wish they were both here right now!

"What's a pretty little thing like you doing walking around our halls alone? Did Coda get sick of you already angel? Or are you trying to run off like a bad girl?" He leans in, whispering into my ear as his hot breathe fans against my neck.

I swear I wanted to be violently sick.

But I couldn't move, I was trapped there. Forced to endure one of my biggest fears... surely he wasn't going to have his way with me? Please no!

"Please..." I whimper pathetically, as he does nothing but snigger at my cries.

"Please what? Please will I fuck you? Is that what you're craving you little whore?" He presses himself further against me, as close as he can get causing me to press fully against the solid wall behind me.

"L-Leave me... alone..." I continue to whimper, feeling one of his hands roaming up my leg, touching over me.

I wanted to scream, but I felt like I had lost my voice. I wanted to run, but my legs had given up fighting.

"Don't lie baby... you're enjoying this aren't you..." He sloppily kisses my neck, his hand travelling towards my chest as I just stand there helplessly sobbing...

But just when I thought there was no hope for me at all... the guy was suddenly tackled half way down the hall by a large wolf, almost as large as my fathers which caused me to gasp.

The wolf was stunning... a light tan colour mixed with dark grey and black fur and I knew straight away who it was...

Coda...

Although I still feared him, I had never been happier to see him in my life.

I watched as he moved away from the now bloody man. Allowing him to shift into his much smaller brown wolf to fight him properly, before Coda wasted no time in attacking him.

I wouldn't even call it a fight.

The brown wolf attempted to scratch at Coda and bite him anywhere possible, but within seconds Coda had twisted around and had taken the wolves neck in his large mouth before locking his jaw and snapping it completely.

He released the pathetic wolf as I watched the body slump down onto the floor in an instant- lifeless.

Coda turned to me, his eyes still black, causing me to snap out of my shock and to instinctively move backwards away from him.

As I did so however, I noticed the green of his eyes flash back and he seemed to look hurt that I feared him...

Suddenly, the elevator doors dinged open, startling me completely, until I seen that it was only Warren and a younger boy maybe around the age of fourteen?

"Fuck Coda... again?" Warren yawns quietly, as Coda just growls in response, moving towards me protectively in an instant.

"It's fine go back to your room we will clean this up before anyone sees." The younger boy tells me, as I just nod at him slightly thankful as he smiled back at me.

Coda of course growls threateningly at the boy for talking to me, causing him to just throw up his hands in surrender, clearly not meaning any harm.

Great Coda, way to cover up that I'm your mate...

Wolves are always more protective though... I can't blame him.

Watching silently as Warren and the boy began to move the wolves body, I suddenly felt Coda's large head push against my thigh as if instructing me to move back to his room.

I oblige, realising that I'm in full shock from the events that had happened tonight and I just want to sit in a safe place for now and cry.

We get into the room, as Coda trots off into his closet. I'm assuming he's away to shift back and change.

I take it upon myself to lock the door to his room, making sure that nobody could possibly enter.

I really need to shower and scrub that mans touch off my skin... the thought of what had just happened made me ill to my stomach.

Moments later Coda came back out, his head hung low in complete shame.

"Coda..." I begin, my voice trembling as I attempt to talk.

"Don't speak. I have to explain myself... just please let me talk and I don't expect forgiveness or sympathy... but you do deserve an explanation now rather than later... I don't know how much I'm capable of telling you just yet but I at least have to tell you some of what's going on here... but first of all, before I say anything, just please know that I am so sorry Maddison for everything that happened tonight..."