h the faint voices of people partying in the valley below. I envy them. They get to celebra

op it at this point. But I'll sure

l and step off of it. A moth flutters up from a patch of tall, dead grass. It dances around in front of my face for a second before disappearing up into the

bonfire is burning bright and tall, disrupting the otherwise black shadows and creating a spot of wa

er night has nev

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s Ear

ne or t

es away from another, does that make them neighbors? Or what if a squirrel bu

nne? O

o each other's nests and ask to borrow sugar. No

to my leg m

thigh and give Aimee a death glare. Wha

s. So maybe I'm not giving her my undivided attention. She has a fair argument there. But in my defense she can usua

lack dress in each hand. After a quick game of eeny, meeny, min

is all it takes t

s back across the room, hanging the silver one in the clos

talk to someone else besides me for once," she lectures as she plops down at her vanity. She opens a sm

y person I truly consider a friend. I've known her for about as long as I can r

u love me so much, you should come with me." Her words are mumble

in shooting her d

ht to see. Tall and sleek. With water dripping from thei

last thing I need to hear about are Aimee's fantasies. Her many, many fantasies. And believe me when I say they're sickening. Her ones f

ind someone attractive. And when you do I'll be there to rub it in your face." She pauses from meticulously traci

lity fully, while I on the other hand, am not interested in the subject. Yet

rom her bed, grabbing my black

late colored hair and the other barely visible under a

are you

ws what for now," I say bitterly. My blood nearly boils with irritation just by thinking of that spoiled brat. In add

swipe to be entertaining. Needless to say, I don't fin

he chimes with a cheery voice, w

e. "Okay, laugh it up. Y

ack, making it seem more lik

hony nags for the millio

y patience d

ns where he's busy steadying the ladder and critiquing my every movement. E

e a swing at him. I'm not sure why this unlucky fate picked me as it's target, but I

re, up in the corner." His innocent, completely clueles

he water to run out and down my arm. "Shou

points to another spot on the second story window that I've been cleaning

just like everything else." I say, scrubbing the

title will also be given to him. And just like all Alpha children, Nat

at it was a dinner party. Of course I couldn't eat anything without throwing it right back up beca

d? Nathan picked

ummeting downward. My stomach is skinned on the steps

saliva while trying despera

ld've known by now

e it's not happening." I state firml

His yelling falls on dismissive ears because there's no way in

rinding my teeth together. My stomach is in knots, but not the good, excited kind o

flated, soon to be Alpha. The angry and quick pace I keep earns me some co

k of it, everyone has been treating me differently. I've been getting d

one of two things. Why her o