Catnip

Chapter One

I flicked my tail back and forth with irritation, my ears stayed hidden in my hair from fear and anger. Austin grabbed my tail suddenly, making me gasp and try to remove it from his grasp. He let it slide through his hands a moment later. By now I was facing him. Once my tail was out of his grasp I wrapped it around me to prevent him from grabbing it again. It did flicker a few times, unraveling and swishing the air slowly before I managed to calm down enough for it to stop that and rest. He didn't make any further move to touch it. I kept my harsh gaze on him.

"I brought you some food. After you eat you can shower, or take a bath. Whichever you prefer." he sat at the edge of the bed, making me sit next to him. He grabbed the plate from the side of the bed, handing it to me. 

"Eat." He commanded. I looked down at the food, it was a tuna sandwich. It was sliced in half, revealing that along with the tuna, it had lettuce and a few slices of tomato and red onion on it. All of this was between two slices of whole wheat multigrain bread. I looked up at Austin, glaring at him. I'm sure there was a joke about him wanting me to eat this with it being tuna, something that cats were supposed to like, but I tried not to think about the underlying joke if it was truly there. Although the idea of what happened to me disgusted me and made me not want to eat, my body was a traitor to my brain. My stomach growled, making me frown.

"It's not poisoned or anything like that?" I asked, raising an eyebrow at him.

"It's not poisoned." He picked a slice and tore a part of it off. "See?" Austin plopped the small piece into his mouth

I look down at the food, gnawing on my bottom lip for a second. I picked up the half the stranger didn't touch, then took a small bite to test the taste. I hummed slightly, taking a slightly larger bite, but not too large, from the sandwich. I smiled softly, my ears slowly rising from my hair and tail started to unravel again, though it laid limp next to me.

Once I finished the first slice I looked back at Austin, one of his hands rested awkwardly on my hip. I frowned at the gesture, moving his hands off of my hips.  

"Don't," I spoke with a stern voice. I wasn't going to let him abuse me in any way or let anyone touch me in places that I didn't approve of. I would fight like hell if he did. I had already had enough of that from my ex-boyfriend, I wasn't going to let it happen again. 

He dared me by moving his hands back onto my hips. I glared at his hands, moving the plate off of my lap and moved away from him. He let me stand, watching me with amusement as I nearly fell over the chain that was attached to the shackles.  

"Don't touch me." I hissed, baring my teeth at him. This made my two fangs visible.

His amusement disappeared, leaving his expression placid. Austin stood up from his place and began walking towards me again. I backed away with each step he took towards me, my eyes filled with fear now. Eventually, I fell, thanks to the chain that connected me to the bed. I let out a hiss and groan when I landed on my tail and bum. 

"I'm not going to hurt you," he said, crouching down. 

"Bullshit." I spat, an aggressive hiss came from my throat afterwards. I moved away from him more, which was impossible because of the chain.

"If I wanted to hurt you I would've done it by now." He countered. He had me there. I stopped moving away from him and thought about it. He did do those things to me, while I was unconscious. Right? 

"I believe you've already done that." I rolled my eyes, remembering the blood stains. I knew what that was from. It was from someone raping me. I frown at the thought, tears started to form but I stopped them quickly. I wouldn't allow myself to do that in front of Austin.

"That wasn't me." 

"And I'm totally not a hybrid." I retorted weakly as I began to move back towards the bed, avoiding Austin the best I could. 

"Fine, believe whatever the hell you want. I'll be back in a few minutes." Austin informed me while he walked towards the door. 

When I was sure he was gone I stood up and went back to the bed. I placed the plate on the table next to the bed. I stood just next to the bed while I waited for him to come back. After five minutes of waiting Austin came back, a glass of water in one hand, along with a bottle of pills in the other. I raised an eyebrow at him. 

"What are those?" 

"Pills." He answered as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. 

"I know they're pills, but what kind are they? What do they do?" I asked, rephrasing the question. 

"Not saying, it won't affect you that much. It's just a precaution." Austin replied. 

I raised an eyebrow at him again. Before I could ask another question, or say something, he took one of the pills out and handed it to me. He then handed me the water. 

"Take it, I'll force you to take it if you don't do it willingly," he said once he noticed the look I was giving him. 

With a few seconds of hesitation, I took the pill, swallowing it with the water. I drank a little bit more of the water before finally handing it back to him. 

"Precaution for what?" I questioned curiously. 

"I'll tell you at another time." He said dismissively, he held the glass of water in his hands, along with the pills. I glanced over at the other half of the sandwich. 

"You can have that if you want it. I'm full." I said even though it was a lie. I was still hungry. 

"Alright, I'll have someone up to help you with a shower." he grabbed the plate, going over to the door. "Please don't fight with her, she's a good person," he warned, leaving me there to wonder what the hell I was going to do to get out of here.