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h of light cut
oded my lungs-Mother's favorite flower, one that
hand to shi
emembered my hands caked with dirt and dried blood, nails broken and
d sob echoed outsi
d into my memory, the very sound
a. My
, her tone dripping with feigned despair. "H
veins, and my breath caught. Every horrific detail of my past life crashed
eanor cooed, soothing her precious Geor
soft voice. "What of the alliance? We need th
hed over me u
iliation at the hands of my new family. Being sent on a deadly, suicidal mission solely for the Carter
uncontrollably. I stumbled to the vanity,
twenty years old. Wide green eyes swam with
I was alive
anent rogue bite scar had marred this skin in my past l
to my reflection. I would never fo
laced with blatant greed and anxiety as the
ould suddenly "remember" the second Omega in t
abela
g, unbridled hatred. I dug my nails hard into my palms, the
Slow footsteps approached, sto
nob click
to seal my f
w, steady breath. I smothered the raging fury in
ain. But I would no long
or's polished face peeked in
s your head still sore?" Her vo
this exact gentle tone-the one she'd used t
a vague grunt, playing the obliv
fy and tear-streaked. When her gaze locked on mine, ugly
y. Good. The fool who can ta
g voice rang out from the hallway. "Clean yourself up. Com
scheme to secure their power. For me, it was the start of
lse reassuring smile an
d once been was gone for good. Fear had vanished ent
as gone, but the agony of being torn apart an
inder. I would show
oset, ready to don my armor
dresses I'd once worn blindly. Instead, I pu
e, obedient Isab
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