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.

after Charlotte was born,

looked like Anaya too.She also took after

princess.Why so? Wasn't she also

pity us and she has given us his soul back.Look, isn't

spoken those words while he played with his two month old

year old

grew up

treated Charlotte as the goddess gift and

not loved or wanted in the house.She might as well have died in that rogue attack that killed her

parents

come to an

than two hours had passed and Anaya didn't

and wore

late to think about those things

she didn’t die at that time, Anaya had

knew there will be a day when she

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

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

quiet and dark.She crept her way out and

asleep by

the door

Her camisole was ruined.

exposed to the chilly night air, the wound didn't

back and clumsily wrapped a roll of bandage over it to help the

pair of old

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

liked the

her numb to

wished it numbed away her thoughts and emotions as well.It would have been better

to never take