Beneath The Alpha

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caretaker leaning alarmingly over the rooftop's bannister; one hand gripp

rrow paused, head tilting to the side as though the person below had

nd malignant, its one eye falling upon the o

isage, curving along the hills of her sagging jowl and disappearing into the cream sta

ng the side of one glossed cheek. She squinted at the creature wrapped in a light shoa

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out for them fools. Lord knows if

the suggestion slipped between in a quiet

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qued at the uncertai

ncrossed her legs and carefully stretched them on the white bench while lifting one shoulder in a light indifferent

talking to

" she glanced at the seamless blue sky, a single lone cloud white as snow indolently drifting by, "We

ntrast in her pallid complexion against the ocher while mumbling her confession incoherent

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for much longer-" Ten seconds to be exact. She had been counting inwardly whilst gazing at the driver, "... I think I understand how to make the correct facial expressions, I need only practise more befo

e to purposefully ignore.

slightest, vexed by the mocking mi

you not serious. Anyhow you ai

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upon her with a look so weighted with judgement, Parisa felt her pillars of confidence crack. "And what

ks. Parisa lowered her head in shame, staring at her interlaced fingers as

tilted one shoulder forward, blotting the sweat from her upper lip

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tatively lifting her head. A lock of silver hair fell over her cheek partly veiling a purple eye. Parisa pouted

s of the noonday heat and its dampness like a hand pressing insistently against her sk

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particular point in the distant horizon. A hawk had appeared from the nothingness, slowly wheeling about her

now

propped behind her, she picked the novel and mindlessly fiddled with the pages before settling on a random page. Her eyes occ

loosely at her nape. The crystal jug half-filled with water and chock-full of ice now melti

– these little sil

wrong way leaving it raw and throbbing with silence as the

too had

what could be easily forgotten now remaining between them like splinters digging dee

e born of loneliness. Her need reaching out to Yarrow through

s. Though the book lay open in her hands, the words were in

. I knew it was wrong yet I still did it and now she's

n't have

t do i

for myself, then

nice been

ad been mindlessly staring at for half an hour. Yarrow cast her a sidel

n shut dumbly, repeating the process like a fish out of water whilst conflicted with her feeling

er countenance for the woman's grim face melted into

rm with pleasure at the sound elicited- whatever shadowy pall that eclipsed their moment of happin

gesturing at the obscured view bel

nd remained in her reclined p

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idgeting as an outlet for the excitement vibrating down her arms. Her eyes flick

threatened to smother the hope humming in her chest at the re

e he

rly starte

e began climbing off the bench whilst wrestling futilely w

lingered along the rooftop in soft hues of tangerine and blushing pink, warm as sun-hot st

protested in vain but today was rare. Yarrow

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ross her shoulders and finally reaching for the wide-brimmed hat a head too large and ill-fitted as it came to rest just below her dark brows. Completely c

e water, feel like my

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lightly brushing over the sun-hot stones, Parisa held the glass ou

re mistress say th

ress while watching Yarrow's head fall back, those familiar brown eyes rolling wetly with

g down to prop her chin atop the sunscreen glossed skin whose chemical smell rose to affront her nost

towards the gate. To the far left there lay an orchard with rich foliage of oleander and orange trees in green tubs clustered around a bewildering mass of fruit blossoms - apples, p

t she could taste so vividly at the back of her throat. A gardener halted his sheari

d to smother the smile twi

smiling

eze swept through the forestry and curled towards the laundry lines which sagged beneath the weight of sheets so white they seemed incan

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