STEPUNCLES ALPHA'S PUNISHES ME EVERYNIGHT

mn's

ment I woke up. Som

ill gave orders, still watched me like I was something

eren't

e I rem

I wasn't slapped across the face for speaking too loudly. No one gra

ds weren't filled with malice. Their eyes did

nfuse

me twisted game. A way to lower my gua

They kept their distance. They didn't punish me for

de me

I reme

w different it

ered in my mind, smooth and amused. "Crawli

voice. Laughter. "Let her

y chin, forcing me to look up

own ragged breathing as I fought to stay awa

this way? Had I sim

ething dif

was differ

ink about i

s place was too guarded, too controlled. If

move

scraps of food, a small knife I had hidden in

h them. The air was cold, the scent of th

close. I cou

ep at

quarters. I just needed

e shattered

somew

fr

turned slowly, my grip tightenin

s stood a f

ense. He wa

one was enough to m

y jaw, refus

where I gripped the hidden blad

n't r

sound amused. If anything, he so

ew t

y mind racing. If I ran now, wou

urned serio

easily he sa

kened. "You

self to stand straighter, lif

crossed his face. "The

l keep r

d. "You don't un

y arms. "I

ustration was obvious, but beneath it, ther

temple. "I'm warning yo

r what? You'l

His voice was quieter this time.

ade me

at in his tone. N

certa

d it, but I refuse

care," I

ation bleeding into every moveme

ling something strang

nger. Punishment

, I had irr

hat felt like

o escape, I had still

ow, that

lans in this life, they are wrong. I will

se I did in my past life and

ped into the main

s o

ng. Wa

to look to k

at

rms crossed, her sharp gaze burning

seen eve

ithout punishment. She had seen how he did

o

ce her. But I knew Agatha. If she was

was

he hallway when I heard her heels click

and grabb

l was that?"

tilting my head slig

y dumb, Autumn. I saw everything. Why

y. The frustration. The b

led.

lly see who the

ssion darkened

fast and sharp,

one being the one

and, without hesita

a

d echoed throu

back, her eyes

g, my breath steady. I had never

elt

so g

ed a diffe

erent

" A voice, cruel and sharp

, my cheek stinging fr

ing." Another voice, amused this tim

ain. And aga

own. I had alw

ot an

shock on her face br

hock melte

to scream, probably to tell eve

idn't l

. And then once mor

everyon

way, her body shaking wi

ait

someone to

grab me, throw me to

or the p

heard fo

my head

ere th

hree

chi

e unreadable, t

on full of fake innocence. She expe

e they a

hey d

mple like he was exhausted. "

ked. "

d his arm

mpletely wrong, don't you think?"

ing me this time because it w

ie, you should just be obe

on with them and why

'm treating her like this and yo

n, "Help me! She's p

t them angry and I'll be able to

o give me the instruction that I would be sent away

be like this and I don't kn

Dante scolded me and

to my room! If you are so mad at me, then ban

't expect that what she has been using to threaten me

hat is never going to happen." Da

atha and I

t going the way we want? Should I just ask for a

ing to argue with you. We will talk ab

at them,

ger? The threats

o remind me of my place. I had hit Ag

ey just wante

just as conf

ing wa

ng had

ad no i