Chapter 11


    Chapter 11


    The Alpha of the pack I was currently residing in, Alpha Thompson, found L being beaten by her


    pack members during one of the social events held at their territory. Abuse was something he didn’t


    tolerate; child abuse more so. He demanded the right to im her and unsurprisingly, the Reddusk


    Pack was more than willing to give L up with nothing in exchange.


    They saw her as baggage left behind.


    She was only three years old when Alpha Thompson brought her here.


    Bentley told me how the first time he saw her, she was covered with bruises all over her tan skin. Cuts


    and scars littered her arms and legs; some old but most new and fresh. You could only imagine the


    kind of abuse she’s been through at Reddusk. Alpha Thompson was bringing her to the Pack House,


    her tiny body cradled in his big arms was a sight to see. It was even harder to imagine. Bentley was


    just walking home when he saw her. He couldn’t believe how malnourished she was. ‘She was only


    skin and bones’ he’d tell me.


    L had refused to lift her eyes from the ground when she was officially introduced as a new pack


    member. He guessed she was constantly told to avoid eye contact as a way to sha me and humiliate


    the young child. To carve into her mind that she was below everyone else because of her blood line.


    That she was born inferior.


    I could never understand how someone couldy their hands on children. Such young, pure souls not


    knowing the ugliness of the world being stripped from their innocence. The trauma of being abused


    since basically her birth took its toll on her and influenced her greatly. She was withdrawn, unusually


    quiet and overly wary. She didn’t y with other pups her age and took to just staring at flowers.


    Apparently Reddusk kept her indoors at all times. So when she finally caught a glimpse of the outside,


    she was taken to observing them.


    Thus, meeting Bentley who she grew somewhat dependent on.


    It took a good full year for her to even crack a smile. A mistrustful L denied anyone who tried to get


    close to her. Sometimes she still denied Bentley. Many of the pack members offered to adopt her, but


    L refused to go along with anyone. She was satisfied staying in the pack house with other orphans


    who would soon be adopted. She often threw tantrums when someone tried to get close. He told me


    that she’d kick, scream, cry out and attempt to run whenever someone tried to bring her home. I


    frowned at the words Bentley said to me


    once:


    The poor


    child has been through a lot. When she turned five a few months ago, she asked me if I loved her like


    ‘she’ did from Reddusk. I was so confused. I was under the impression Reddusk treated her badly, but


    then again, maybe there was at least one person who actually cared for her. Maybe a rtive of some


    sort, possibly a family friend. So I told her that I did, but then she just frowns and her lips begin to


    quiver and she goes: You’ll hurt me


    too?


    The bast ard proimed to love her every time she’d hit her. Every hit sheid on L’s skin pounded


    the wrong definition of love into her head. To L, love meant physical, emotional and men tal pain.


    “Selly… can we see the flowers?”


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    Chapter 11


    L mumbled into my jeans. I blinked away the anger bubbling in my chest andughed softly at her


    before nodding. Skimming my hand affectionately against her cheek, I felt my heart warm as she


    leaned in. As much as L strayed away from affectionate touches, she was also desperate for them. A


    dangerousbination that could determine whether or not L wouldsh out if used at the wrong


    moment.


    Being starved of affection can do that to you. My wolf had admittedly gotten maternal over the pup.


    Ever since the day we met her when she was ying in Bentley’s garden when I first arrived, we had


    formed a cautious rtionship. Through her, Bentley had met me and offered me a job.


    As the days I kepting increased, she slowly opened up to me until she practically followed me


    around like a lost puppy.


    She was like a ray of sunshine in my life. L was one of the biggest reasons I’m stable enough aside


    from the overwhelming kindness the pack showed me and the garden Bentley let me work on. I was an


    emotional, depressed mess when I first arrived here. No point in sugar coating it. I wasn’t keeping track


    of time, bothering to go out to eat and just lived through life like a shell of a person for almost two


    weeks. Missing my garden back home didn’t help either. It was only until I found out that the pack


    territory had arge field did I gain some kind of interest or motivation to get up.


    I managed to keep my mind off things and focus on myself whenever I would work on the nts. It was


    the perfect distraction. Just staring at the calming beauty of nature was enough to lighten my mood snd


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