Unknown Ten Danny I get up and check on Devan; he's still asleep. I take the monitor out of the charger and set it on the table while I make coffee. I unlock the front door, change into shorts and pull on my running shoes. I walk out the patio door and stretch. Tiny comes to the door and knocks on the glass so I know he's here. I throw him chin and jog to the beach. I run to the bluffs turn around, sprint to the boat dock then slow down to double time it back to the house. I shower outside and switch back into my bed pants. I'm cooled down by the time I walk back in. I grab some water then a cup of coffee. Tiny asks about Laconia. He tells me about Tess taking care of the kids and how Ally and Jessie seem to be her guides. Darren and Little Ben have been teaching her about the Brothers taken care of the little guys and their women. He loves her already. She shocks the hell out of me knocking on the door. I pour her a cup of coffee but she leaves when she realizes no one is up. She was so excited to walk over on her own she didn't notice the time. Me and Tiny sit at the table laughing. She's cute. Ben comes down in his bed pants. I watch Tiny. He lifts an eyebrow but doesn't say a word. I smile, Ben usually comes down dressed. This is a statement. He watches Ben make eggs for Aaron and Alex. The others want to wait for Patches. Ben tells about the computer issues Security has been having and to keep an eye out for anything unusual. Tiny leaves to tell the Prospects then Patches and Tess come in. Patches is upset. We get the kids settled and go into the living room. Tess is up with Ally getting Devan changed. Tess isn't having dreams but visions. I'm a little nervous about the vision she's had twice now. My boys are going to get hurt by my family being hurt. Once the kids are gone I bring up the tools to finish Jessie's bed. Patches had it finished as much as he could while we were gone. I smile thinking it’s his way of showing support. Ben finds me and helps sand and paint. I don't know what pictures I should put up for him. I make a note to ask him later. Kate comes in crying. She's completely lost it, I carry her to the bedroom and sit on the chair with her until she calms. Ben has water and tissues for her. When she calms down he brings her a wet cloth to wash her face. Fuck he's good at this; I would have given her my shirt. When I ask what happened she has tears rolling down her face and pulls her phone out. Tess' back is a mess of whip scars. It looks like those pictures you see of slaves that were beaten. Fuck Patches is going to lose it when he sees this. Rich's reaction will be violent. Neither leaves a good feeling. "How do I tell them so it's not a shock? Who the fuck beats such a small woman like that? This is going to kill them. I had to keep pushing it away until I was safe to deal with it." She cries again. I look at Ben, he sits rubbing her back. "Baby, they haven't seen it yet. Let's let it happen however that happens. When they ask for help we'll be here. They're adults now, our job isn't to make these decisions but help when they ask. It will hurt them both deeply in entirely different ways but this is theirs to deal with. All we can do is watch and wait for when they need us." I really don't know what else to do here. She nods and lays her head on my chest. "She was a slave. She's so sweet and so innocent in every way but sexually. She didn't know what anus or anal was. She only knows crude or slang words. Only the words the bikers used. She was homeschooled by her mother, the pastor’s wife. She went from one prison to another." She starts crying again. Ben gives me a look and I gladly put her in his lap. I pace the room thinking. She went from one extreme to the other. She has no idea of anything in between. I look at Ben. "She's going to need to be protected Ben. She's not like the other women; she'll need more from us. Her visions and innocence puts her at a level of vulnerability that we haven't experienced before. I'm throwing her my protection; I'll let it be known at church." He looks surprised but nods. "I'll make sure I bring it up. She'll have mine and all the Officer’s protection then we'll let the Brothers know." I squat in front of them. "Baby we'll do everything we can to protect her. It will take all of us but we'll do everything we can to help her." She stopped crying; now she's hiccupping but there are no tears. She sits up and hugs me. "I have a feeling this isn't the last of my tears for Tess. Thank you for covering her. I'll do what I can to help from the Center. She's a beautiful girl inside and out. I don't know how she didn't let what happened to her taint her." "She didn't interact with anyone and probably wasn't allowed to talk when she was brought out." Ben tells her gently. Tears fall down her cheeks. I don't want him clueing her into what a slave goes through. Her imagination won't ever hit those horrors on its own. "She's safe now baby. You don't need to know her past. Let's keep looking forward and do what we can to make her future good." I wipe her tears. She lays her head back on his chest. I smile at the picture they make; my Beautiful K is wrapped in our love. I stand and pace. Rich and Patches will cover Tess like this. I know my boys will cover her. I hear the kids downstairs. I look at them then walk over to kiss her head, her eyes are closed. "I got the kids." I tell Ben.
