A Soul's Redemption

ing from ear to ear, as she admired the

as her wedding day approached, her emotions had been a mix

teful that I found someone who lo

rming, had been sold to her, and she couldn't wait to sta

her husband to be. Knowing that he is committed to sp

ehearse her vows with Ryder, she couldn't imagine the

her phone t

e moment, you can leave a message for me,

ail, she had been trying his phone number since she woke up in the morning

ned to him? Is he sick?" she wondere

tfriend, to tell her that she'd be spending the nig

o-be, hastily headed over to his house which w

onse, her heart began to thump hard against her chest, beads of sweat trick

r's bedroom door. She had meant to rehearse her vows with hi

bedroom, she decided to pay rapt attention to the sound, but couldn'

into a million pieces, Ryder, her husband to be, lay naked i

she had just seen. The room's atmosphere was thick with sex and betrayal,

ora's voice trembled wit

ess not, 'cause why would you even come to my hou

guilty smile. Mira stretched lazily while Ryder rubbed

yder here, needed someone to keep him company, in which I obliged,"

ad loved with the whole of her being had betrayed her. She felt like she had been punched

ng with her hair, "You can still go on with the wedding plans, jus

to be hers, and hers alone, she couldn't bear the thought of sharing her 'supposed'

Dad," Nora stuttered, her th

u be so delusional, to think my father, who found you abandoned by the riverside, would choose t

stormed towards Mira, and gave her a resounding slap- the one that was able

struggle. Ryder watched them as they both exchanged slaps and blows, and when he saw that they

firm. "Both of you should go hom

ve, it should be her," Mira's chest heaved

w stubborn Mira can be, I think you sho

off, you insolent bastard!" With a final venomous glance at Ryder, Nor

into her mind, facing the Pack to tell them that the wedd

ttered dreams crushing her, she continued walking, and walking

e railing with a sense of hopelessness. The wind swooshe

ap, she heard a voice in her head, "wh

mes, the voice of hope and resilience. Nora opened h

hink someone will bat an eye if you die? Don't be ridiculous. In t

y this again, your death won't change a thing. Don't seek a way out of your misery

the rails, and she was determined to stand up for herself If anyt

s to her eyes. She was so deep in thought as she walked down the road that she didn't notice the speeding vehicl

g down her face, but the driver didn't stop, and sh

ice trailed off as she closed her eyes, and darknes