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

too.She also took

like a princess.Why so?

and she has given us his

he played

year old self was left

up she

Arnold and treated Charlotte as the goddess gift and

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

that way her parents

singing had come to an

fact, more than two hours had passed and Anaya

and wore her

late to

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

be a day when

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

aftershocks and it became hard to

way out and went

asleep by now.It

door and changed out

Her camisole was ruined.

exposed to the chilly night air,

used a spatula to apply ointment on her back and clumsily wrapped a

of old cotton pants and laid down on the mattress with her

mattress had two pillows and a good enough quilt to cover her up on chilly nights like

Anaya liked

her numb to

emotions as well.It would have been

never take her own