Domain stormed out of the gym. His heartbeat pounded in his ears, loud enough to drown out everything else.
He barely registered the voices of his friends calling after him.
"Domain, what's going on?"
"Dude, what the hell..."
But he couldn't hear them.
All he could hear was her.
Ariana.
Her voice weak, trembling, laced with pain.
"Please... help me."
Something inside him snapped. His vision blurred with fury. His chest burned with an ache he didn't understand, a pain deeper than anything he had ever felt before.
He reached his motorcycle, but his hands were shaking too much to start it right away. His fist slammed into the seat, his knuckles throbbing from the impact.
"Where are you?"
He forced himself to ask, keeping his voice as gentle as possible, even though everything inside him was breaking.
There was silence, then the faintest, broken whisper.
"I... I..."
A sharp, agonized whimper followed.
Domain shut his eyes, his grip tightening around the phone so hard it nearly cracked.
"Are you in school?"
A barely audible hum.
That was enough.
"Aria, I'm coming right away, okay?"
But there was no response.
Then, silence.
The call had ended.
His blood ran cold.
Domain didn't waste another second. He threw on his helmet, roared the engine to life, and sped off.
The city blurred past him.
Cars honked. People shouted.
He didn't care.
Domain wove between traffic, his bike barely slipping past side mirrors. A truck pulled into his lane, he swerved, tires screeching against the pavement.
Red light.
He didn't stop.
He didn't even slow down.
A car blared its horn as he tore through the intersection, missing him by inches.
None of it mattered.
The only thing that mattered was getting to her.
The bike roared under him, the wind whipping against his face, but all he could hear was her voice.
"It hurts."
His breath was uneven. His hands shook.
He couldn't remember ever feeling like this before. Not even in the worst fights.
This was different.
This was his sister.
One hand barely steadying the bike, he yanked his phone out and dialed Marco.
The second the call connected, he barked,
"Come to the school. Now."
A quick, firm "On my way" was all he heard before he hung up. He didn't have time to explain.
YOU ARE READING
Silent Scars
Teen FictionAfter enduring years of neglect and cruelty from her mother and stepfather, Ariana's life changes drastically when tragedy brings her under the guardianship of five brothers she's never met and they never even knew they had a sister. For her brother...
