forced
me to wear ridiculous skanky clothes, cook his meals, clean his
house, and do his laundry. Hell, I was basically his slave more
than his wife."
"So what did he do?" Xan
interrupted.
Brenna whipped around and
thundered, "Didn't you hear what I said?"
"Yeah I did. I do not deny
that that must have been horrible, but after enduring all that, you
have said...I mean the guy must have done something pretty damn
awful to you to make you finally leave him. So what was
it?"
Brenna turned away and
sighed.
"In spite of him cheating on
me with almost every single woman in the village, he still found
time to force himself on me on a regular basis. However, he never
bought condoms and he didn't let me take the pill so it should have
been no surprise that eventually I would get pregnant."
Xan looked up slowly and
asked cautiously, "Did you?"
Brenna hesitated
Eventually, she nodded, and
said, "Yeah."
Xan swore he could feel his
insides freeze, but unfortunately Brenna's story did not end
there.
"At first I wasn't sure, but
after three pregnancy tests and a trip to the doctors...well
needless to say I had no doubts left. However, even though I didn't
want the baby and especially not the man who gave it to me I still
resolved to have it. Most of all, I resolved to tell
him."
Brenna sighed yet
again.
"So one night I pulled him
aside and told him. I do not know what I was expecting him to do,
but I was definitely not expecting him to sucker-punch me in the
gut. I collapsed on the floor with the air completely knocked out
of me. I laid there gasping for air, and he just stood over me,
watching me in pain. He then said, 'maybe next time you will ask my
permission before you decide to get pregnant'."
Xan stared at her with his
mouth open, completely stunned.
Brenna just
sighed.
They were both silent until
Xan asked, "Did you lose the baby?"
Brenna chuckled darkly. "Are
you kidding?"
"Oh my god," Xan said
softly, "How far along were you?"
Brenna sighed and said,
"According to the doctors who treated me: five months."
Xan gasped.
Brenna then turned away and
said, "I told my family, and they agreed with me that I couldn't
stay with him anymore. I had to leave. So one night while he was
out with one of his mistresses, my parents packed me up, and got me
out of there. The next few years consisted of traveling from one
relative to another and trying to avoid being found by
Holden."
"Holden?" Xan gasped and
then saying hoarsely, "You mean he really is..."
"My husband. My mate for
life. The bane of my very existence. The one thing that frightens
me more than anything in the world?" said Brenna looking extremely
gloomy. "Yeah."
Chapter Eight
"Are you sure?" Keon asked
trying to keep the excitement out of his voice.
The scrawny freckled
brown-haired vampire merely nodded his confirmation.
Keon turned away with a
smile growing on his face.
"So the werewolf Brenna has
a husband who is itching to get her back eh?" he finally
remarked.
He then chuckled and said,
"Well far be it from me not to interfere on behalf of true
love."
"What do you mean?" Saul
asked sitting up in his coffin.
Keon grinned as he turned to
look at him.
"I have found a great way to
rid ourselves of that annoying last witch finally," said
Keon.
Saul stopped himself from
gulping and asked, "What? How?"
"Ever heard of the concept
of prisoner exchange?" Keon said smirking.
"I really can't believe it!
Brenna has a husband and she is only sixteen!" Ginevra said as she
slapped a hand to her head in total shock.
"Well according to Brenna,
she was twelve when she married him," said Xan.
Everyone had now gathered at
the club to discuss this latest development. Roy was there with his
elder brothers, Dax as well with his and Xan's foster sisters.
Amazingly, Tristan and Titania were there too. Aradia stood facing
them, still trying to wrap her mind around the latest
crisis. Just what I
needed , she thought selfishly for a
moment , more
stress
me to wear ridiculous skanky clothes, cook his meals, clean his
house, and do his laundry. Hell, I was basically his slave more
than his wife."
"So what did he do?" Xan
interrupted.
Brenna whipped around and
thundered, "Didn't you hear what I said?"
"Yeah I did. I do not deny
that that must have been horrible, but after enduring all that, you
have said...I mean the guy must have done something pretty damn
awful to you to make you finally leave him. So what was
it?"
Brenna turned away and
sighed.
"In spite of him cheating on
me with almost every single woman in the village, he still found
time to force himself on me on a regular basis. However, he never
bought condoms and he didn't let me take the pill so it should have
been no surprise that eventually I would get pregnant."
Xan looked up slowly and
asked cautiously, "Did you?"
Brenna hesitated
Eventually, she nodded, and
said, "Yeah."
Xan swore he could feel his
insides freeze, but unfortunately Brenna's story did not end
there.
"At first I wasn't sure, but
after three pregnancy tests and a trip to the doctors...well
needless to say I had no doubts left. However, even though I didn't
want the baby and especially not the man who gave it to me I still
resolved to have it. Most of all, I resolved to tell
him."
Brenna sighed yet
again.
"So one night I pulled him
aside and told him. I do not know what I was expecting him to do,
but I was definitely not expecting him to sucker-punch me in the
gut. I collapsed on the floor with the air completely knocked out
of me. I laid there gasping for air, and he just stood over me,
watching me in pain. He then said, 'maybe next time you will ask my
permission before you decide to get pregnant'."
Xan stared at her with his
mouth open, completely stunned.
Brenna just
sighed.
They were both silent until
Xan asked, "Did you lose the baby?"
Brenna chuckled darkly. "Are
you kidding?"
"Oh my god," Xan said
softly, "How far along were you?"
Brenna sighed and said,
"According to the doctors who treated me: five months."
Xan gasped.
Brenna then turned away and
said, "I told my family, and they agreed with me that I couldn't
stay with him anymore. I had to leave. So one night while he was
out with one of his mistresses, my parents packed me up, and got me
out of there. The next few years consisted of traveling from one
relative to another and trying to avoid being found by
Holden."
"Holden?" Xan gasped and
then saying hoarsely, "You mean he really is..."
"My husband. My mate for
life. The bane of my very existence. The one thing that frightens
me more than anything in the world?" said Brenna looking extremely
gloomy. "Yeah."
Chapter Eight
"Are you sure?" Keon asked
trying to keep the excitement out of his voice.
The scrawny freckled
brown-haired vampire merely nodded his confirmation.
Keon turned away with a
smile growing on his face.
"So the werewolf Brenna has
a husband who is itching to get her back eh?" he finally
remarked.
He then chuckled and said,
"Well far be it from me not to interfere on behalf of true
love."
"What do you mean?" Saul
asked sitting up in his coffin.
Keon grinned as he turned to
look at him.
"I have found a great way to
rid ourselves of that annoying last witch finally," said
Keon.
Saul stopped himself from
gulping and asked, "What? How?"
"Ever heard of the concept
of prisoner exchange?" Keon said smirking.
"I really can't believe it!
Brenna has a husband and she is only sixteen!" Ginevra said as she
slapped a hand to her head in total shock.
"Well according to Brenna,
she was twelve when she married him," said Xan.
Everyone had now gathered at
the club to discuss this latest development. Roy was there with his
elder brothers, Dax as well with his and Xan's foster sisters.
Amazingly, Tristan and Titania were there too. Aradia stood facing
them, still trying to wrap her mind around the latest
crisis. Just what I
needed , she thought selfishly for a
moment , more
stress
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