***Trigger Warning for Mentions of Past Trauma including R*pe and K*dnapping***
(Elodie)
My heart was beating so hard in my chest that I thought it might just tear right through. The fear I felt clawing at my throat caused my feet to keep moving as I weaved my way through the house before bursting through the front doors.
I didn't know where I was going, but I knew I needed to get away from here... away from him.
It wasn't Beckett himself that I was afraid of. No, it was the pain I feared. The agonizing heartbreak that was settling deep in my bones. His lack of words were louder than anything I have ever heard in my life as I faced this new reality.
He didn't deny wanting to use me to get the captain position... but what scared me more was what he didn't say.
What about him not h
