Chapter 14

Sophia's POV
I lay Tala in my bed and covered her. I was tense and stressed. How could I take care of a child when I can barely take care of myself? I needed to scream or break something or I was going to lose it. I run out of my room and into the cold night. It was nearing winter, or maybe it was. I've lost track of days lately. Everything from my pasta is coming to bite me into my ass. I ran into the woods which was probably not safe considering the number of rouge attacks but I could hold my own. I run to the area sectioned off for high ranks and shift back to skin. I don't bother to find any clothes considering I couldn't sense anyone here.
I find a tree to use as a punching bag. I take in a deep breath and let out a large scream. Tears run down my face and I sink and support myself on the tree. My life is falling apart right in front of my eyes. I felt weak and helpless like I did when I was first kidnapped. I let out a shaky breath ran my hands through my hair and put my head in my hands. I yell out a string of curse words get up and swing my fist at the the tree. The impact of the swing causes wood chips to fly around. I keep swinging switching from left to right.
Blood running down my arms and splinters in my fingers I still kept at it. My wolf was almost falling off the edge from controlling me. I let out a cry of agony and swung as hard as I could at the tree. I never felt the impact. I didn't feel the splinters digging deeper into my skin. I didn't get the satisfaction of putting my pain in the hole of the tree. Instead, I was put in a hold where my arms were held against me in a cross.
"What the hell Sophia," I heard a familiar voice say. The sparks tingled through my arms making me want to submit and apologize.
I thrashed under his hold and kicked him but he still held onto me.
"Let me go," I scream at him. I screamed so much and struggled and thrashed then I gave up. What's life worth living if I'm going to die? I barely got out of that torture chamber alive. I almost died on the way out. I went limp in his arms and sobbed.
"I don't want to go back," I sob to him. "I can't go back there." He sinks to the ground with me and holds me as I cry. I put my head on his chest and broke down right in front of him. The walls I spent building up since I escaped were crumbling down and I was struggling to hold them up. My wolf wanted more from Titus. She needed his touch. His scent calmed me down enough from me to stop crying.
"You won't go back there I'll make sure of it," he promises kissing my forehead. I wanted his lips on mine my wolf wanted more of him his smell intoxicating us.
"I don't think I would have made it through that day if you didn't find me. Terry rejecting me broke me," I whisper to him. I could feel him hold a growl from the back of his throat when I said his name. "And now Tala is here and I have to take care of her. I just turned 18 Titus how can I take care of a child."
"You have a little sister right?" He asks. I nod, confused ok where he was taking this conversation. "Tell me about her."
I think of all the memories I could tell him of Laura.
"She is a troublemaker especially when she's tired. When Mom and dad would take James out for training, I would have to watch her. One time she climbed so high in our pantry to get cookies she couldn't get down so I had to help her," I tell him smiling to myself.
"Aren't you a mother to Laura? So why not do the same with Tala?" He questions me. I thought about it for a second.