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

like Anaya too.She also took after their

so? Wasn't she also just

exchange of Arnold.The goddess does pity us and she has given

those words while he played

year old

up she finally

away Arnold and treated Charlotte as

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

least in that way her parents might be

had come to an

hours

and wore

too late to think about

time, Anaya had no endless now, it wasn't really

day when she won't have to

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

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

her way out and went back

by now.It was already

the door and changed out of

Her camisole was ruined.

the chilly night air,

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

of old cotton pants and laid

enough quilt to cover her up on chilly nights

liked the

her numb to

numbed away her thoughts and emotions as well.It would have

never take her