---- 5_Alpha Dorian. Faith For a brief moment, the only sounds in the bathroom are the maids' cries. | clear my throat - once again, ignoring the burning pain. "| don't remember much, but it would be better if someone brought me the morning-after pill. t's all a blur, which is fine, but | can't be sure how far that stranger went." | try to sound convincing. remember a few bits, but she doesn't need to know that. It might break the poor woman to find out how much exactly | remember and how tortuous those thoughts are. To my own surprise, | don't sound fazed by the words. My voice doesn't tremble or break in mid-sentence. If anything, | sound like someone confident and ---- professional. Yet | knew | was on autopilot. Survival mode. | no longer sound like the girl who ran down the stairs yesterday to have a silly tea party with her father. Has that part of me died yet? The stupid thing is that | knew something was off when he sent that guard after me. | just knew it. And despite my own instinct and the red flags he waved before my eyes, | still let my guard down. | still trusted him. | still believed he could be my father. Now | see him as my tormentor and nothing more. He is no longer father, no longer man, but a monster. "| can run to the hospital." The maid jumps up and wipes the tears from her cheeks. Her eyes roam the bathroom, and she speaks again. "But is it safe to leave you here? | need to be sure you are okay while I'm away. And that might take some time. It's hard enough avoiding your father, but he has eyes everywhere." | understand that she is worried about the risks she's taking. Running into my father or some of ---- his confidants would suck, but there's no need for her to act as if I'm a danger to myself. There' s no point killing myself now if I've been dead inside for years. It's only now, however, that | look as broken on the outside as | do on the inside. As much as | wish | had the right and the power to end this - | can't. The pack needs me. My mother would want me to step up and do this, perhaps not how my father planned it, but she would still want me to help the people. Protect them since she can't. From what I've heard about her - she was a wonderful woman and cared for this pack more than she cared for herself. Everyone knew she was willing to die for her people. | will make her proud. | will be the daughter she wanted and the woman she could be proud of. The maid looks at me as if I've been quiet for too long, so | say the first thing that comes to my mind. "| can soak in the bath," | whisper as my gaze involuntarily settles on my reflection. Discover our latest featured short drama reel. Watch now and enjoy the story!