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Accidental Surrogate For Alpha Novel Chapter 111

Ella

“Cora tell me what happened.” I demand, crossing my skinny arms over my chest. I’m eight years old, glaring down at my surrogate sister with a stern expression. It’s always been this way between us. She’s a year older, but I’ve always had the dominant personality.

“It was nothing.” She insists, averting her gaze from my own.

“You’re lying.” I counter stubbornly. “I can always tell, you know.”

“No, you think you always know.” Cora answers sullenly, though we both know I’m right. I can read my sister like a book.

“Would you just tell me?” I press, sighing with exasperation.

“Fine, it’s not even a big deal, it was just some of the big kids being jerks.” She explains gravely.

“Which ones?” I respond immediately. “Point them out.” It could be anyone, considering the fact that even children our own age tend to be bigger than us. It seems like the orphanage physician labels us undersized and undernourished every year, though nothing ever changes.

Reluctantly, Cora points toward a familiar gang of kids, ranging from age eleven to fourteen. The ringleader is a beefy thirteen year old who always wears a cruel leer, as if he’s ever on the lookout for someone to bully to tears – just for the fun of it. “You see, there’s nothing we can do about it – they run this place.”

“I beg to differ.” I answer, tilting my chin up defiantly. “We don’t have to be bigger than them – just smarter. Now tell me what they said to you?”

Cora’s voice is so low I almost can’t hear her speak. She stares at the ground, her shoulders slumped in defeat. “They called me a worthless gutter rat and said no one would ever adopt me cuz I’m too ugly.”

keeps us going is

is. Parents only

you for anything.” I vow. I’d like to see any grown

taking the most skittish and rejected of our peers under my wing, but it’s not as if I can

I remind her. “Why else do you think the big kids are so mean. They’re mad that no one ever picked them

that mean you’re going to let them off the

course not, I’m just gonna remind them that we’re in this together.” I answer reasonably,

a pearly grin.

bullies in question. Cora trails along behind me, whispering anxiously about what a bad idea this

to pick on someone your own size?” I call while we’re still

then laugh when they see I’m the one who spoke. The

brains.” I bite back. “You shouldn’t be mean to Cora just cuz you’re unhappy. That

brat?” He stalks forward, looming over my small body with malicious intent. “A scrawny little thing like you? You’re even

something is rising up inside me, something powerful and fearless. I snarl and pounce, scrabbling up the older boy’s body and attacking him tooth and nail. He screams and flails his arms. “What – hey! Get her off me! What is this!” I don’t relent. Hands grab for

I realize how strange my behavior had been that day. Normal human girls don’t act

did that?” Sinclair asks, the corners of his mouth quirking

the orphanage, just by being scrappy enough to take on the big kids. When it was over I tended his wounds, and from then on they were all

shoulders. His words sink into my mind slowly, but I gradually recognize the truth in them – not only the wolfish group I formed, but the fact I was able to wrangle the other children in the first

aloud. “I was able to beat him because I’m a wolf… I mean I’m sure I wouldn’t have been any match for a pup

everything – from the sounds of it you were a born leader, and that has nothing to do with being a wolf – not alone at least.” He praises, dipping his head

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