Cruel Awakening

I blinked up at him, frozen against the mattress as the sheer hostility in his voice slammed straight into me. Every word registered clearly enough, yet nothing in my entire life had ever left me this lost and confused.

“Have you gone deaf all of a sudden, or do you need a hand getting your ass off my fucking bed?!” Draven barked from beside the mattress, the volume making hot tears sting behind