Marked By Fate

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uldn't shut

still closed, my body glued to the thin mattress like I could sink through it and vanish. I didn't even need to look to know it was still dark out

morning. Eve

ust me and the bottom of the p

air was cold and stale. It smelled like wood and forgotten dreams-whatever that smells like

tev

room was a closet. Four walls, no personality. One dresser, barely stand

f nothing special. Sleek black hair that does what it wants, hazel eyes that don't

e kind of girl people think it's okay to shove into lockers, dump thei

every

he smell of her perfume when she hugged me and the sound of her

For a while. Th

house feel like it had walls instead of just shadows. I expected her to hate me, like everyone else

shine and toothy grins, like the world hasn't bitten her yet. She's

own before I let any

tight braid pulling my red hair back so no one could grab it when the

deserve to be up this early, and Rhea-she needed sleep. She had a field trip to

the crap out of

asn't even up yet. Just that icy blue nothingness before dawn. My breath fogged in fro

never looked at me. Through the s

. Even the damn floor smelled expensive. I didn't belong there. But I still h

ubbing bathrooms used by people who wouldn't even spit in m

I misse

ake sure

s verbal. Most

bruised and quiet. It

the sun was finally dragging itself up over the treetops. I still had to get to school

s less than everyone else. Classes were half normal subjects, half pack training. Everyone else

alled as I stepped

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