Chapter One

I sat on the bathroom floor with tears flowing down my face. Sobs causing my body to shake uncontrollably, the lump in my throat causing me to gasp for air, hands clenching my shirt as the sound of him banging on the door. Demanding me to come out. But the fear in me wouldn't let me move from my spot. I pray for someone, anyone to come and save me from the monster on the other side. I knew I couldn't stay in here all night. I knew that eventually i would have to pay for not giving into his demands. That i would be covered in more bruises from tonight for my disobedience. "GET OUT OF THAT DAMN BATHROOM KAGOME!" he roared causing the mirror to rattle and the the door to shake. I sobbed harder, moving painfully close to the wall knowing i had no where else to go. Bringing my knees to my chest I rocked back and forth like a little kid being backed into a corner by the boogey man. To me, he was the boogey. Sometime's I'd wonder if I should give up and circum to the darkness of him or whether I should continue chasing life even though if it gave up on me. Yet I couldn't bring myself to do it. I am a coward. Restless nights I've dreamt of abuse, pain, and failure. The physical abuse from the man who loved me as a little girl but turned to the bottle and laid his hands on me. The emotional abuse from the same man who makes me feel unwanted and unloved every single day, causing the repeation of his words to wound my marked body. The failure of knowing I couldn't protect my mother from those men who raped and killed her infront of me as I hid under my bed like a coward.
Outside I begged for help. For someone to take me away from the monster. Inside, deep inside, I screamed for love. Love from a father who hated looking at me because I reminded him so much of my mother. The love of myself that I did not have for so long it was nonexistent.
"IF YOU DON'T GET OUT OF THAT DAMN BATHROOM KAGOME I WILL MAKE SUFFER MORE THAN YOU WILL NEED TO" he she believed in her self I sink deeper into the wall knowing this was the only safety I had before he came into the room. The only place I was safe at. Defying him was more like a death . Was I not selfish enough to want so bittersweet? To want to consume myself in that darkness where nothing can hurt me?
I lay on the ground as the sound of the door burst open. There he is, the Boogeyman. The devil himself, who's eyes are bloodshot from drinking and rage. But the smile on his face frightens me. It was menacing. I almost wonder if tonight he would lose himself and kill me.I sob harder gasping for air.
"Daddy...please...I'm sorry" I sob. Heavy tears streaming down my face with each step he takes making me nauseous with the smell of whisky and beer hit my nose. I reframe from gagging but the smell is too overwhelming.
"You dare plead with me! YOU DISOBEYED ME YOU WHORE!" he screamed before taking me by my hair and dragging me into the sitting room. I'm crying now and trying to get away, praying that someone gets to me soon and save me from my fate. He throws me against the wall causing my head to snap back and my back to beat against it. Then nothing but pain comes. His foot comes down on me hitting the side of my head. Stomping onto my body as if i were a bug. But all I feel is pain. His foot collides with my stomach, hip, plevis, collarbone, and ribs I knew to be broken. I was beginning to feel dizzy, the pain was gone and was replaced with numbness. I held on to that numbness until darkness overtook me. Maybe death wasn't so bad after all.

*Inuyasha's POV*

I was in bed with my wife and Mate Rin who was tucked snuggly under me. The steady beat of her heart made be sigh in contentment. Rin was everything to me and more. She was my mate. She was loving, kind-hearted and bad people weren't existent in her mind or vocabulary. We have been mated for over 50 years and she didn't look a day over 22. To say that I was the luckiest man in the world was not even the right word to describe the feeling I have for my wife. Without her I wouldn't be here. Me and my brother wouldn't be as close as we are now. The sound of her sigh caused me to pull her as close to me as possible. Thinking about my brother I had to sigh. He's been waiting for the moment to meet his mate since the day he felt the mating pull almost 19 years ago. We knew her name and met her mother and father when she was still in her mothers womb. Kyoko Higurashi was a very kind woman and one of the best cooks that we knew. Her father was just as kind. Protective of his daughter but was overall a good man.

I still remember the day Sesshomaru felt the pull and we went to the shrine and talked to the Higurashi's. They were both shocked yet very happy that they daughter was to be mated to someone who can provide for her when she got older. Once the contract was dealt he decided to come back for her before her 18th birthday. Which should be in a few days from now. I am happy that my brother, although an asshole now, can have someone to love him. If anyone deserves such a thing called love its him. Lately, he's buried himself in his work and rarely gets to spend anytime with us because of business trips and what not. As a businessman, he owned Taisho Enterprise and was Lord of the Western lands. To think that one time in my life I was once a half-demon but an old friend of mine named Kaede acquired the Shikon Tama Jewel back together and gifted me with being a full-blooded demon. I was grateful for it and now I am the general to my brothers army as well as Prince of the Western Lands. Not that it was something to brag about. But living in modern day 21st century, I was nothing but the chief police of Tokyo PD. I loved my job. Now that humans and demons got along so well we didn't have to hide our existence.
The sound of my phone ringing caught me off guard. Moving to grab my phone as to not wake my mate, I answered.
"Hello"
"We have a problem Inuyasha" came the voice of none other than Shippo. Shippo was now Lord of the Northern Lands but worked as one of the best Officers on my team. I was proud of the pup.
"What's the problem Shippo?" I asked sitting up causing my mate to wake.
"We found Kagome" said Shippo softly causing me to narrow my eyes into the dark.

"What do you mean you found her? What the hell happened Shippo?" I growled causing my mate to rub my arm softly calming me down.
"She's in bad shape man. The neighbors called in saying they heard aloud commotion coming from the Higurashi house. We get there and...Inuyasha there was so much blood. Me and Kouga seen Kagome laying in a corner almost beaten to death. She's barely breathing and her pulse is weak. Ken Higurashi caused this. I had to call you immediately. What the hell am I to do Inuyasha?" he said with a whimper.
"Get her to the hospital and inform them that she is the mate of Sesshomaru. I'm going to call him now. Have Ken arrested and at the station. Am I understood?" I growled out before hanging up. My body was tense and I was pissed. Taking a few deep breaths I got out of bed and grabbed my clothes.
"What's going on Inu?" came the soft voice of my mate. Sighing I turned to her and gave her a soft kiss.
"They found Kagome beaten half to death" I said trying to calm down. Hearing her gasp I looked over at her and seen her start putting on some clothes as well.
"What are you doing?" I asked.
"She's my sister-in-law Inuyasha. I'm going to the hospital and making sure that everything goes well. You go to her house and get all her belongings and see what all has to be done. Call Sesshomaru" she said putting on her scrubs and then putting on her shoes.
"Right" was all I can say knowing that arguing with her would be a dead cause. Getting dressed and grabbing my keys and badge as well as phone, we both rushed out and went our separate ways.
The drive to Kagome's house was tense. Thoughts running through my mind about what has been going on. Sesshomaru was going to go on a rampage when he finds out. That thought gave me a chill. My brother was the devil himself if pushed to being so. Being a pure-blooded full demon wasn't common in the demon world but it was rare, and in his case he was rare. Powerful than all demons together. He was someone you wouldn't want to cross period nor the person to want to get on his bad side. But now the thought of someone harming his mate was surely going to warrant Kens death. Everyone knew that once someone is mated to a human that they are not to be hurt in any kind of way. But this is just beyond. She was brutalized by her father who knew the rules. Sesshomaru was a very protective and possessive person, especially for his pack members. He was Alpha male in every sense of the word. Kagome is our Alpha as well and this is going to cause problems with members in our pack to react to someone hurting our Alpha female. It was instinctual.

Not long when I pulled up to the shrine. Flashes of blue lights of cop cars, yellow tape being placed around the house, forensics taking evidence while some were taking pictures. The scene was as if it were right off of CSI. Parking my car, I grabbed my phone and dashed up the stairs. Standing at the door were both Kouga and Shippo. Kouga, giving orders to others cops and Shippo standing there with a solemn face. Getting close, they both noticed me.
"Stat"
"It wasn't a lot of blood but it was enough for her to lose a large amount of blood and have a concussion. I'm pretty sure this isn't the first time its happened but we haven't determined that. What we gathered is that Ken has been an alcoholic since Mrs. Higurashi's been dead" said Kouga.
"How long has she been dead?" I growled out trying to hold in my inner beast that was ready to get out. She was hurt and brotherly protective side was out

"Almost 10 years" said Shippo coldly. When he said that I growled. She's been abused since she was 7 years old. How could something like that happen to such an innocent child. Nobody deserved such a thing to happen to them. Closing my eyes and taking a few deep breathes I began calming down. Looking up at my two Officers I gave them a stern look. Looking at Shippo I knew there was something else that needed to be told. I had a feeling that I wasn't going to like what ever it was he was going to tell they also scrub things down like kitchen tables, vacuum, A housekeeper/cleaner changes bedding and makes beds, empty's the "Don't with-hold any information from me Shippo. I need all the information to tell Sesshomaru. What else is there?" I asked giving him a hard look. The mention of Sesshomaru's name was enough to cause them to shiver in fear.

"He raped her. His stench is all over her and...inside of her" he said with a whimper. Time seemed to stand still when he said that. This was a serious matter none the less. With a shaky breathe I ran my hands threw my hair. He was going to freak.

"Is he at the station?" I ground out.

"Yeah, one of my officers just got there and he is in the interrogation room until further notice" said Kouga.

"Yeah just got there a little while ago" he said. Taking a deep breathe I took my phone out and rung the one person I was afraid of. My brother.