Chapter Fifty-One

AURORA

Something pulls me into the darkness, I try do hard to stay in the light but that voice, that taunting laughter that irritates my soul is hard to ignore. I want to ignore but it's too late, it pulls me back, sending me to him.

I don't like this man, I don't like way he touches me, it makes me feel filthy and I can not do anything about it. His rough hands graze my thigh, slowly moving up, I hate it but I don't speak, I don't move an inch, maybe he'll go away if I play sleep long enough. His hands are erasing every good memory of being touched I've had engraved in my head, it's damaging me. He finally pulls away, I think he's leaving, but I can still feel his shadow on me. His hands push at me from the tiny bed, crashing me into the cold hard floor, causing gasps to erupt around the room.

I cry out in pain, opening my eyes to his large frame staring down at me. He leans over, grabbing a fist full of my hair. It hurts, it hurts so bad I whimper. “Please don't,” I sob.

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