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.

was born,

looked like Anaya too.She also took after

princess.Why so?

pity us and she has given us his soul back.Look,

he

in.Her six year old self was

up she

Charlotte as the goddess gift and a replacement

or wanted in the house.She might as well have died in that rogue attack that

way her parents might

come

more than two hours had passed and

and wore

too late to think about those

at that time, Anaya

will be a day when she won't

up in the sky like a free bird.She didn't

were left with the aftershocks and it became hard to

quiet and dark.She crept her way out and went

by

latched the door and

Her camisole was ruined.

to the chilly night air, the wound didn't

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

changed into a thin tshirt and a pair of old cotton pants and laid down on the mattress with her stomach

a good enough quilt to cover

Anaya liked the

made her

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

to never take her