Mated to the Alpha Twins

I clocked out of work after making quite a bit of money from tips alone. It would definitely help replenish some of the money I had spent on clothes and necessities.

While I was happy to be free from work, going home was another situation entirely.

When Tori dropped me off, Melissa was still at work for another hour. That left me alone with Frank.

I knew he was completely s**t-faced the second I walked through the front door.

He sat in the recliner watching some fuzzy football match on the TV. His face contorted in anger and I sighed.

“Where the f**k have you been?” He spat, struggling to lift himself off the recliner.

I tried not to roll my eyes, knowing it only pissed him off more.

“Working, Frank.” I repeated myself for the hundredth time.

I turned to walk up the stairs and escape his drunken tirade when something he said had me turning back around.

“Working?” He scoffed, wobbling as he stood from the recliner. “You were out whoring around like your f*****g mother.”

This time I did roll my eyes. If he wasn’t drunk all of the time he’d remember that Melissa made me pay for everything myself. I didn’t have time to ‘w***e around’ when I was busy supporting myself and going to high school.

“Melissa isn’t my mother.” I snapped, turning to walk up the stairs.

His hand wrapped around my wrist and yanked me backwards.

While I didn’t fall, I did stumble back a few steps.

“Get off of me, Frank.” I mumbled, my body tensing in fear.

this close to me weren’t pretty. Frank was always handsy when he was drunk, whether it be abusive or

breath invading my sensitive nose. He yanked me closer to him and I nearly gagged at the sight

cold with fear. He was much too close for

grimaced at the disgusting smell of stale beer and

and I

off!” I screeched, bringing my knee up

could hear his

through the tears that had sprung up in

flopped down on my

would all be worth it when I left

years, I had quickly lost hope that Melissa would treat me like her own daughter and instead looked forward

sat on the bed for hours, not daring to move until I heard the front door open and

water hid

Frank’s movements in the house, and always needed to be on guard around him. That fact alone was tiring and put me in a perpetual state

the shower feeling

few hours of restless sleep, I woke up and

put on one of the outfits I had recently bought, a pair of skinny jeans and an off-shoulder long

grimaced down at the handprint bruise left on my porcelain skin and yanked

class of the day was with Tori. We sat and talked while working on our assignments. My next class was the one I was worried about. Kade’s

of the twins’ hair were tousled and had that messy look that other

and Alec sat at our normal table, only this time Alec sat across from Kade. I grimaced to myself, realizing I’d have to sit next to

sometimes scarier, so

Kade, as if he had won some bet. I kept my eyes averted from the sinfully attractive twins and pretended to be interested in what the teacher

doll finish our group project?” Alec teased, his hot breath curling around

body and Alec snickered. I clamped my lips shut and ignored him. Of course I finished the project.

shoulder and tickled my collar bone. I