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 the

too.She

like a princess.Why so? Wasn't she also just

has given

those words while he played with his

six year old self

grew up

and treated Charlotte as the goddess gift and a replacement of

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

least in that way her parents might

had come

more than two hours had passed and Anaya didn't

and wore

too late to think

at that time, Anaya

will be a day when

this prison and fly up in the sky like a free bird.She

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

crept her way out and went

by

latched the door and changed

Her camisole was ruined.

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

ointment on her back and clumsily wrapped a roll of bandage

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

pillows and a good enough quilt to cover

Anaya liked the

made her numb

numbed away her thoughts and emotions as well.It would have been better if the cold away her

had vowed to never take her