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TW: abuse

He found me.

With Shaky hands and teary eyes, I somehow make it home safely. Safe. The word that feels so foreign to me. I lock my car, speedwalking to my front door, constantly checking behind me. I lock the door behind me. As if I was outside my body I double, triple check the locks. I walk to the bedroom and sink into the bed. Visions of three months ago try to slip into my head. I try to shake the spine -chilling vision from invading my brain but it doesn't work.

3 months ago

A blood-curdling scream left my mouth. That scream earned me a kick to my stomach. I had just told my abusive boyfriend of 3 months that he had gotten me pregnant.

"Please, don't kill my baby" I whimpered.

"You mean the baby that shouldn't exist?" he laughed maniacally. "No, Juliet. This baby isn't mine. You wanna know how I know? Because you're a slut. Just like the other girls. So this 'baby' will be gone before you know it"

"Please! Please, I'll do anything!" hoping to see my baby, I pleaded. As always, I said the wrong thing. For the next couple of hours, he kept kicking, punching, and slapping me. Eventually, he stopped. With blood pooling at my legs, I knew he had killed my baby.  I cried until my world turned black.

Present

I text Kelly to come over

                                                                         Kels

come over, please. hurry.

I'll be there in five minutes baby girl.

Within the five minutes, as he said, Kelly came bounding into the room, Alaska and Bleu running right behind him. Kelly pulls me into his arms. Alaska and Bleu cuddling into me. 

"Hey baby girl, I'm right here. I'm here until you're ready. I'm not leaving. I promise." whispering sweet nothing into my ear, Kelly calms me down. "you want to talk about it?"

"I-I-I can't. He'll-l kill me-e" I stutter.

"Hey. Look at me. He can't touch you. I got you." Kelly continued rocking me gently, slowly lulling me into a restless sleep.

Morning

I wake up in my bed alone with the same two dogs cuddled into me. Following the sounds of someone cooking, I head downstairs into the kitchen. I grab a coffee and sit at the kitchen island. "I'm sorry about last night," I said staring into my coffee.

"Arden, look at me." I look up, expecting judge-filled eyes but see concerned, loving eyes instead. "When I promised 20 years that I was going to be there for you at all times, I meant it. And I still mean it. No matter what. No questions asked. You're in Florida but wanna talk, I'm a phone call away. A, you are my everything. I will drop anything if it means you're okay, I love you, Arden Eloise Voight." 

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A little insight into what happened in DC but more to come! Also, I feel like Kelly is better as just a friend in this book so sorry if you were hoping for a relationship. Maybe ill make another book where he is in a relationship. Thanks for your support! Happy reading!  

(PS- I know it says Prentiss as Arden's last name in the description but because she was raised by Hank and her relationship with her biological family, she prefers Voight.)

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