Happy Now

Aria POV

I cried because I know that is when it became worse for me. Before we were sixteen once a day was enough for my father. But randomly he started coming after me multiple times a day. Harassing me at school, making it to where I had started failing classes and trying to find ways to stay over at friends’ houses more. Always to be denied because I was grounded for failing. I didn’t say anything, I refuse to allow Asher to feel guilty for breaking free from the abuse. I vowed then I would never let him know it got so much worse.

His voice thickened, “Mother, also came forward after you disappeared. He had been abusing her in every way imaginable for years. I won’t go into detail. It’s not my place. But she had suspicions we were being abused. Yet she never took us and left. I don’t know why; she never could explain her thought process. I am making assumptions here but I think she is his fated mate. But I can honestly say, I