Page 50 of Broken Pieces

As Max likes to tell me, as long as we stick to the plan, it'll happen soon.

Slowly, I remove my hand from her eyes, hesitant she'll be staring straight at me, but she keeps them shut. Even as I walk away, she stands there waiting for permission to move.

Whatever we want from her, she’ll do it, no questions asked.

It seems to be already ingrained in her blood that she belongs to us.

We’re a part of her whether she likes it or not.

15

Violet

Istand motionless for what feels like an hour, but must only be a few minutes. Even when their footsteps are long gone, I’m too scared to open my eyes.

It’s only when a cool breeze up my skirt reminds me of the now cold come in my underwear that I open them.

James and my stepbrothers are gone.

Humiliation reddens my cheeks, as reality sinks in at what just happened.

I thought James was actually going to hurt me, he started rambling about how he’s always being nice to me and his grip on my arm was so tight, I only just managed to get away. Then someone pinned me to the wall and I came on their leg.

What the hell is wrong with me?

If it wasn’t for the familiar heat of Max’s body against mine, I would have put up more of a fight. I've spent too many nights curled up against him to forget exactly what he feels like.

I’m sure it was Maddox that grabbed my jaw and…oh God. I bump my head back against the wall as I sink deeper into the humiliating hole I’ve dug for myself.

I came right after he spat in my mouth!

Just when I thoughtthe baseball bat was degrading enough, I had to get off onthatas well.

I'm starting to wonder if I even have any limits when it comes to them.

It still feels like there are eyes on me now and I quickly straighten my clothes before running to my dorm just around the corner.

My phone pings and I quickly check it. A text pops up from the all too familiar unknown number. There have been a few more odd messages calling me disgusting names, but whenever I reply they ghost me. I'm sure it's my stepbrothers playing more games with me so I open it.

You're still mine

Can't wait to have that pussy

Their messages are so confusing. If sex is what they want then why not just take it? They've already proven their point that they can do whatever they want to me.

“Oh, hey, Vi!” Sarah calls out to me from outside our dorm and I almost drop my phone. “Are you going home this break?”

I try not to groan as she comes to a stop in front of me. “Nope,” I say, popping thep.

I don’t need to deal with her speculations about why I never go home. I’m sure everyone on campus knows all about my family. All it takes is one quick internet search and I know Sarah lives for gossip.

I’ll be here, alone in my dorm and burning through the library's collection of books until everyone’s back for the fall semester.

My skin heats at the mere thought of the library again.

Maybe I won’t be alone?

After all, they did just say I was theirs.