Chapter 5
TYLER POV
Well, tonight is definitely not how I expected it to turn out the way it did. I was just meant to go to a simple party but I find my mate instead and bring her home with me. This wasn't going to be easy for some people. I knew that.
But when Tessa came out of the shower, normally a mate would be drooling over that sight, but it made me want to kill someone. The state that she is in right now made so much sense as to why she couldn't get that suitcase down and why she wasn't letting anyone touch her tightly or anything.
She actually thought I was going to reject her. I would never reject her for getting beaten by her father and I would definitely never reject her for being gang raped and then send her back to the people that were hurting her.
The only thing I was sure of was that when I caught her scent at the party and I saw that animal with his paws on her, I wanted to kill him there and then. I fucking should have. I never should have left that house without hurting one of them.
It was lucky that Cade mind linked me and told me that we needed to go with her to gather her things together. He told me that we couldn't leave her alone with her father. That was definitely a good call. She never told me what he said to her in the bathroom but I can only imagine. Most likely telling her to keep her mouth shut about what he was doing to her.
But then when Rachel was still planning the wedding, I think I was about ready to snap. But I couldn't do that to Rachel. Her life was just turned upside down as well. But that's no excuse for her still planning the wedding. Not when she knows that it's over. It's fine for her to be upset about the wedding being cancelled, but not to be in complete denial.
I'm not a fool. I know exactly what Rachel is like. She probably thinks that Tessa won't be here next week. So that's why she's still planning the party. But Rachel is in for a rude shock if she thinks that's what's going to happen. Tessa isn't going anywhere.
When I finally got Rachel to leave the house I headed back towards the stairs and saw Tessa and Aria standing on the first floor landing. Aria looked satisfied but I couldn't read Tessa's face. She looked conflicted. But I walked up to them and Aria would wipe the smirk off her face.
" Aria. Isn't there somewhere else you need to be." I insisted while keeping my eyes on Tessa.
" Yeah. Carter is probably looking for me. Tessa, it was great to meet you and we will talk more tomorrow." Aria says. And Tessa looked at her and smiled. But that was all.
She didn't look back at me though. She looked down at the floor like she was in trouble or something. I really couldn't read her at all. She was all over the place. I guess things are a little worse than I thought for her. So I slowly reached out and held her hand and we headed back up to her room.