Chapter 1
I shivered as I heard him come through the door. He stomped through the house and bellowed
"WHERE ARE YOU?" Trembling, I walked out of my bedroom, scared. He swept his black hair out of his eyes and glared at me with glazed over black eyes. His impressive build made him tower over me, his muscles bulging in his anger. Charles laughed drunkenly and slapped me across the face. I could almost smell every type of alcohol on his breath.
"So, you tried to hide again, hm?" He growled. "You're MINE, girl, understand?!" I nodded quickly, terrified. For the rest of the night, he hit me, whipped me and broke my bones, only for it all to heal and have it start all over. I fell onto my thin mattress that night, bruised and bleeding from cuts all over my body.
When I was positive that he was asleep, I got up, wincing in pain from my injuries, including a fractured ankle that refused to heal, probably because the bones were out of line. I quietly opened the front door, and ran out into the rain outside. I didn't stop running, tears falling down my face and getting soaked to the bone. I didn't care where I was going or how my feet were getting cut on the stones. I just wanted to get away from that horrid place.
