Page 67 of Blade
Axe looks around the room, “Luna moved out, hoping it would save her from him because we never did, but it didn’t work. His attacks were less but still there, and the fucker even branded her!”
Leo gently kisses my head as he moves his arm from around my waist, but I grip them, not ready for this moment.
“You’ve got this, princess. Let’s throw their stupidity back in their face and go home.” he whispers in my ear, and I swallow hard as Axe points to me, causing everyone to look my way, and slowly Leo takes one step back and gently, he lifts my flannel, exposing my sides and stomach, exposing the scars, the branding and it’s like everyone just freezes in the moment, eyes wide while my mother sits down in shock and Leo brings my top back down before placing his arm around my waist again, pressing his front against my back and I lean against him, taking some of his strength.
“For the past six months, brothers, while we were trying to find my little sister, she was struggling with the trauma that fucker did to her for seven fucking years, only two hours away,” Axe admits, and even the club girl’s look down in shame.
“Speak your truth, princess,” Leo encourages, and I take a deep breath and state loudly, “Three days ago, I sliced Brocks'sdick off and forced him to choke on it,” and everyone looks at me in shock.
“He’s dead. I killed him. He’s not away on club business, he’s currently somewhere in the air after being burnt to ashes. I got my revenge, and I made myself safe without my so-called family,” I state bluntly, and the brothers flinch before I look at my brother and admit, “I can’t do this. I don’t forgive this club, I don’t forgive you, and I don’t forgive Mama, and as far as I’m concerned, I have no family.”
His eyes turn sad, and the brothers tense at my admission. I look towards Leo and whisper, “Do it.” He winces but does as I ask and gets his phone out.
The only way they’d understand my truth is to see their VP was deranged.
Leo presses a few times on the screen before suddenly every phone in this room beeps, and within seconds, everyone is watching my rape outside of my apartment building.
It turns out Venom is extremely good at what he does and managed to find the CCTV outside a little house next to the building that caught everything.
My pleas and screams echo in the room, and one by one, each brother looks my way with pain and guilt, but I ignore them all and look towards my mother.
Tears stain her cheeks, and I ask, “How does it feel to know your daughter was raped every single day, and you allowed it?”
“Luna, I…,” she stutters, but I shake my head.
“You are selfish and never should have had children,” I snap, and her eyes widen. “I fell pregnant, Mama. I had found out after the hospital revived me that I had a baby growing inside me, a baby that may not even make it because of my trauma that Brock,” I spit his name, “had put me through!” I curl my lips at her, “And even after hearing that I may never be able to have children, and after three weeks in the Psych ward, I had anabortion because I didn’t know ifhewas the father or Leo, and I wasn’t willing to breed more ofhisDNA.”
“Fuck she just used Blade’s legal name…” one of the club girl’s whispers but I ignore them and say to my Mama, “Who’s the lying whore now, Mama? Me, who has been raped since I was thirteen by a brother you all put before me or you for forcing a brother to have an affair with you because you can’t be bothered to get off your ass and get a job like a normal person then force said brother to sit with you and his old lady?”
Screwball’s eyes widen, and his old lady looks at him with shock, absolute pain, and as guilt crosses him while my mother’s face pales.
She is pathetic, and so are the brothers in this room and my brother. They all knew what Mama did, and they all allowed her to continue with her games.
She looks at Cleo but doesn’t say anything to me, her daughter, who has told her the truth. Her main concern is an old lady who slowly stands from her seat.
“Cleo, baby, I…” Screwball rasps, but she ignores him, shoves him out of the way, and pulls her arm back before punching Mama. We all watch as she falls, hitting her hip on the table, and she cries out, blood spilling from her nose, and Cleo looks my way.
“Thank you, Luna, for being the only person in this room willing to tell me the truth,” she says, and the brothers wince., But she just shakes her head and mutters, “Get away from this club, Luna. They’ll never have your back,” before she turns and shoves past some brothers as she takes her property cut off and throws it on the floor.
Some brothers try to stop and plead with her not to leave as her old man rushes, pleading, “Cleo baby, please. She drugged me and said she was going to claim we were having an affair. I didn’t want to lose you.”
She ignores him and storms out of the clubhouse, and he follows, and I just shake my head as Leo mumbles, “Right thing to do was explain the situation instead of fucking her for years. What a fucking idiot,” and I snort and eye everyone in the room. No one looks my way. No one apologizes for not being there for me or believing me.
No one tries to make amends.
“Take me home, Leo,” I beg with a whisper, and his arm tightens around me, his tension obvious while Trinket looks at me with fear hearing me, and he rasps, “Luna, wait, please,” but I just shake my head.
Even my brother has gone after Cleo instead of being here for me. He’s clearing up Mama’s mess so he doesn’t lose a brother while I’m drowning in the realization that I have no family.
Gently, Leo pulls me back, and I allow him to guide me out of the clubhouse, a place I’ll never want to return to again, all while panic squeezes in my chest.
“Fucking hell, Axe, Luna is leaving!” I hear Trinket shout, and more cursing can be heard, but I ignore them all and climb into Leo’s club’s truck, still a little salty that he didn’t want to come on his bike.
I’m not his old lady.
If my own family can easily forget me and the trauma that they allowed to happen, what is stopping Leo from leaving me?
Am I destined to be alone?
