Transgression (Ménage)✔

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Acacia/Ciarán - Age 17

Mercury taking Niamh in front of me...forced to watch everything. That was a whole new level of torture I didn't think possible...though the worst of it...

...Marcus.

I never believed at my refusal to suck Ciarán off would lead to Marcus being nearly beaten to death and cut multiple times with a blade. He's a child...

...how did they even get him?

Where is he?

It didn't matter though because it was the last time I ever said no, refused or fought back that entire night.

I've become nothing but a slave to them...I don't even know who I am anymore...

What's worse, the tears are no longer in my eyes, accepting the betrayal and hurt he intends for me to feel from this bond.

The real me is lost so long ago...unsure of the person I've become, hiding inside myself and away from them...the me that no one loves, that no one believes, that no one cares for...

...why bother showing it anymore?

It's only another way I can be hurt.

I sit in the backseat of the SUV, Ryser driving while Ciarán sits in the passenger seat. My eyes remain transfixed on my hands, staring into oblivion as everything around me fades away. They are chatting, but I don't know what about, tuned completely out until I hear Ciarán calling my name over and over again.

"Acacia," he calls once again, and I finally am drawn from my haze. My chin lifts and I glance to him while he stands next to the open car door. Saying nothing in return, I scoot to the edge of the seat and get out, my boots crushing the fallen snow.

I draw my hands into my pockets, the beanie in place on top of my head as Ciarán and I head to the front doors of Castle Valentine. I glimpse a few council members that are already present while others are being waited for.

Gabriel is quick to send me a smile, talking with Edeline as she waves at me cheerily. I nod my acknowledgment to them both before walking past Dante who's speaking with Grandpa Keir.

The second Grandpa Keir sees me; there is a calm relief that sets on his face...though the second I stare back at him, or rather...through him, I see the way his irises shift to their golden hue.

"-Niles at my pack-" Dante cuts himself short when he sees Grandpa Keir's wolf come forward and he turns to set his eyes on me.

It's similar in how I regard my grandpa that I hardly show anything other than a nod of acknowledgment.

Niles is away.

The winter solstice meeting will be well underway in about an hour.

My eyes glance away, walking toward the marble staircase while others socialize while waiting on the main level. I don't know where Ciarán went...I don't see him anymore, though he's probably off to his room or planning whatever it is Mercury and them all wish to proceed with.

They won't get another chance.

"Acacia?" Dad's voice slips through my barrier, looking up to meet his gaze while his green eyes stare into mine.

"Yes?" I ask, my voice flat and even.

"I wanted to-"

Dad is cut off though by the horrific screaming...

...my eyes widen when I hear Marcus.

I turn around to see one of Dante's scouts standing just in the entryway with Marcus. The vampire is confused while Dante confronts him, "What happened?!"