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.

Charlotte was born, Anaya had

looked like Anaya too.She

princess.Why so? Wasn't

is given to us in exchange of Arnold.The goddess does pity us and she has given us his soul back.Look, isn't she just like Arnold? Her smile is just

father had spoken those words while he played with his two

in.Her six year old self was

up she finally

taking away Arnold and treated Charlotte as the goddess gift

house.She might as well have died in that rogue attack that killed

way her parents

come to

hours had

sighed and

late to think

didn’t die at that time, Anaya had no endless now,

there will be a day when she won't have to suffer like

a free bird.She didn't know when that day will arrive,

aftershocks and it became hard to walk.She somehow went to the

dark.She crept her way out and

was asleep by now.It was

the door and

Her camisole was ruined.

back exposed to the chilly night air, the wound

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

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

enough quilt to cover her up on

liked

her numb to

thoughts and emotions as well.It would have been better if the

never take