Chapter 1 Abused Yet Strong

Clara Everdeen heaved a deep sigh stopping at the pavement of the house. She paused for a while as if having doubts about walking inside. Home was supposed to be welcoming and a place to relax after a long day full of stress but her home is nothing of such.

It is always like a war zone all thanks to Kyle.

Drawing an invisible sign of the cross and mumbling some silent prayer under her breath she pushed the door slowly. First, she pushed her head inside leaving the other part of her body outside before she tiptoed inside the room and closed the door gently behind her.

It was quite late and she guessed Kyle would be back home, maybe patiently waiting for her if he is not yet drunk and fast asleep.

She was afraid of meeting him awake not because she had done something really wrong but because he would be angry that his dinner was not yet served, which was never her fault.

Not that she intentionally planned to come back home late, she was hooked up in traffic and her boss gave her some work to complete before closing for the day since she is the cashier of one of the biggest restaurants where she is managing her life and trying to make ends meet for herself and her daughter.

But Kyle won't listen to any excuse or reason she has to give. As usual, he will always be Violent and angry at her for coming back this late and without his food on the table.

The light in the room was off, making her not have a clear view of what the room looked like which adds more intensity to how scared she is. Since her phone was off and she couldn't use the flashlight she decided to use her calculative memory to trace where the socket light is.

She hasn't taken up to three steps when suddenly she collides with a hard body causing her to almost miss a step.

She froze at a spot when her nose recognized who that scent belonged to.

Kyle.

At the register of his name on her head fear claws its way into her mind and she knows at that moment that she is doomed.

"Kyle." She calls slowly trying to shake the fear off her body but nothing changes. It seems as if his presence is compelled to invoke fear in her.

"Where the fuck are you coming from?" His manly voice filled the air.

"I…I…" Her voice trailed off when Kyle switched on the light illuminating the small room that she shared with her five year old daughter whenever Kyle was not around.

"Shut the hell up," Kyle screamed at her and immediately she obeyed his word but she couldn't get past the fear all over her face.

"What took you so long that you have to come back home this late?" His monstrous glare was pinned on her and she could see clearly the darker part of him awakening with every breath he took.

"I was stuck up in tra…" Kyle took a step closer to her and before she could step back or complete her words she felt a hard slap land across her face causing her ear to start buzzing out some noise that she can't find meaning to due to the so much effect of the slap.

Before she could even adapt to the effect of this slap his strong landed another resound slap across her face which caused her to stagger back and hit her butt on the floor.

"Are you trying to lie to my face again?" He walked towards her and held her tightly in her hair pulling it roughly as if he wanted to separate it from her scalp.

"P_please I am telling the truth." Clara cried out as tears prickled to the side of her eyes and they came dropping freely down her cheeks.

This is the only thing Kyle has been good at doing causing her pain since after she lost her mother.

"You dirty slut you went to meet a guy huh? How dare you come back home this late." He yelled furiously at her, still pulling her by her hair and hitting her so hard on her face. Right now she is sure he must have left enough scar on her face and this is probably not the first or the last.

"P_Please." She tried to beg him but he didn't stop hitting her as he roughly pushed her so hard on the floor and she fell over the floor again with a loud thud, her back hitting against the wall and she could feel the cracking of her bones.

That didn't stop him; rather he moved towards her and continued kicking and punching her on every part of her body that his fist could get to.

"You have been f*cking around right? You went to give another man your pu*sy right?"

"N_no…please I…didn't meet any…anyone." She cried out hoping for the beating and torture to stop.

"You f*cking lair!" He growled like a beast and his huge body lunged toward her as he pulled her by her hair making her teary face to meet him.

"What did you think your mother would say to you if she was still alive? You f*cking murderer! You should be thanking me for covering your secret and now are you trying to provoke me?" He yelled to her face making her blue eyes meet with his gray dangerous glare.

"Ple…please I am sorry." She cried out.

"Sorry won't be enough first I need to erase the memory of that bastard you went to f*ck this late night." 

"No no no…please Kyle not now… I didn't meet anyone." She cried out loud when she realized what he was about to do to her. This is the worst and she has been trying so much to avoid this. Her body is already used to him hitting and beating her but she can never get used to his wicked torture on her privet part.

It reminds her of the rape and it will take her several days to get over the trauma.

"What?" He raised a brow at her. "Are you scared? Don't you want me to stalk my claim on you anymore?"

"Not now please…" She gasped in shock when Kyle stripped off her clothes with one pull like a piece of rag and he tossed it to the side.

"You provoke me whenever you beg me from taking what is rightfully mine. First I need to f*ck the memory of the bastard then stalking my claim on you." With that, he yank her bra off her chest and her flimsy creamy br*st came into view for his eye's consumption.

He pulled her closer to himself and pinched so hard on her nipple resulting in a loud scream escaping her throat. No, not this time again she thought. Whenever he tortured her body he always ends up leaving mark on it every mark on her br*st leaves a meaning as a result of punishing her.

And she can't escape from Kyle even if she wants to.  Whenever he comes here he always holds her daughter in his custody and until after he is done with her before he will bring her daughter back to her the more reason why she will have to endure this and not fight back.

Fighting Kyle would be no good to her, it will be like fighting your own shadow to get behind you which is impossible.

"You belong to me Clara everything about you belongs to me is that clear?"

"Yes, it is clear." She nods her head repeatedly, her heart bleeding in pain.

"Good, I will let you go for this once because I'm hungry. Next time you make me doubt my ownership of you I will destroy you." With that, he let go of her. "I want to go take my bath before I come back, make sure my food is ready."

Clara cried her heart out the pain is unbearable for her for how long will she continue living this way? Paying for the sin she never committed she is trapped with Kyle if she tries to escape him then her daughter's life is on the line.

A few minutes later she was quick to make Kyle food and she set the table for him to eat.

Seeing the table fully set and the sweet aroma of the food makes Kyle's stomach make a rumbling sound as he sits to eat.

So long as he can keep blackmailing Clara he gets her trap under his finger and there is no escape from him.

He does to her whatever he wishes like_

Having s*x with her whenever he wanted.

Getting free food from her.

And beating her up if she refuses to cooperate.

"Seat down and eat." He commanded her and with a shaky leg she sat down next to him. "I need some cash," Kyle said nonchalantly as he feast on the food before him.

"I just gave you some money three days ago. I have no money on me till the end of the month."

"The money you gave to me three days ago is not enough so I needed more."

"But…" 

Clara's voice trailed off when Kyle held her by her hair and pushed her face on the food she was eating. She was quick to close her eyes before the food could enter her eyes.

"Did you want to die? Or you want to say goodbye to your daughter's life" He roared.

"No…no… please spare my daughter." She cried out.

"Good, I need some cash and what are you supposed to do?"

Clara knows that Kyle is dangerous and the last thing she wants is to show her daughter that they are living with a monster so to protect her daughter she has to surrender the money she has been saving to buy drugs for herself and her daughter's school fees.

"I will give you…I have some cash to give." She cried out loud before Kyle finally let go of her hair.

Clara has a heart problem and the only thing that is keeping her alive is her drugs and now she is about to give this monster the money she has been saving to buy the drugs which she hasn't taken for the past three weeks.