Alpha's Rejected Mate

Anaya spent the entire evening in the basement.She fell asleep soon after she laid down and woke up naturally a few hours later.No one came up banging on her door to wake her up or called her to do chores.It only meant that she wasn't needed yet.

Even after waking up at night, Anaya didn't go back outside.She could hear some music playing upstairs.

It was the birthday song that the other kids were singing for Charlotte.

Anaya sat up with some difficulty.

The blood on her back had already died and pulled at her skin.It was painful but nothing Anaya had not felt before.

Pain was the only familiar sensation she felt these days.

Anaya slowly hummed the song in the basement.Her low voice echoed after the song.

It made the basement even more gloomy and sad.

Anaya drew a small cake shape into the dirt with her finger and blew on it when the song finished.

She was official sixteen today.

"Happy birthday Arnold."

Anaya whispered, "I miss you."

There wasn't a single day in Amara's life when she was reminded of her brother.

Everytime she looked into the mirror, every time her parents looked at her with displeasure.

It always reminded Anaya that Arnold was not here anymore behaviour after Arnold died.

She was just five at that time.She didn't understand anything, let alone the deep emotions of mourning and hate.She was told that she was too much like Arnold and she reminded them of him.

Anaya could understand that.She also felt guilty and accepted her life as it came.

born, Anaya had the

too.She also took after their

was treated like a princess.Why so?

goddess does pity us and she has given us his soul

words while he played with his two

in.Her six year old self

Anaya grew up she finally completely

hated her for taking away Arnold and treated Charlotte as the goddess gift and a replacement of their

was not loved or wanted in the house.She might as well have died in

in that way her parents might be

singing had come to

more than two hours

and

to think about those things

that time, Anaya had no endless now,

there will be a day when

prison and fly up in the sky like a free bird.She didn't know when that day will arrive, but she

bones were left with the aftershocks and it became hard to walk.She somehow went to the

dark.She crept her way out and

asleep by

attic, Anaya latched the door and

Her camisole was ruined.

chilly night air, the wound

used a spatula to apply ointment on her back and clumsily wrapped a roll of bandage over

changed into a thin tshirt and a pair of old cotton pants and laid down on the

a good enough quilt to cover her up on chilly nights like

Anaya liked

made her numb to

only wished it numbed away her thoughts and emotions as well.It would

had vowed to never