ine'
the way they laughed twisting a knot in me. I hated it. Guards of the Arrow Brooke Kingdom. "Having their wa
d of anybody, but for some reason I liked their tone. It'
n much better with someone
u..." the very same two men reques
about their scent seemed to spur me up. They seemed l
went to some panther shifters. They had been there the
s seated before they eventu
of alcohol afterward, do
a partner. For all I know, he had been running his mouth so much to get me fired from this job. No, he wanted me ou
s properly. Maybe that was why... why I found myself in thi
Those were the very thoughts that came
this very world, labeling me as nothing more than a
m narrowed, as though he was ready to kill me at the
g from their break as they served th
..." one of the master's guards, the ow
" I wanted to say, but my words wer
whole time..." he said, turning away from my side. "What to expect from trash like your k
d from Lysander as he made
ded to. Today was the payment of my sa
whisper, my clenched fist sla
ngs had to be like this, why I had to
e other bartender Sasha and Landon arrived. We usually do a short shift
de. I could swear I heard his other partner g
rs. I had fallen for it at first, but one thing I had learned so eas
g me once for a crime I never
skin. The weather was really cold today. I lit a cigarette, feeling the flames warm up
s still found their way to my mind.
had no idea of, was told to be a warlock. An
d by my mother was that he ran away and abandoned us for
n't ready for it all? I mean, I was a mistake after all;
For the first time, my mom's han
te your father! You both are nothing
out it? That was the only reason... sometimes I wondered if that was enough for their actions. But the truth was just that mom had hated
the cloudy sky with the droplets
sed to this amount of hate I was given by everyone? The way they had always looked down at me, same when I
e has taken her drugs..." I only wondered. The woman I
ruth was that she
but just when I was about to take a single step further, a buzz from my phone ca
that I would see to it that I p
, heaving another breath before I picked
mmer before he eventually busted out in
now that it's t
sure to pay you yo
had to receive
be kicked out into the street
andle many things. Struggling at my age, looking for
I was busy with that, it only turned out Mom was drowning herself in more alcohol and eventually tu
owing countless debts, ones that were now put on me, and I had no
ly do this?
ie.." I heard my landlord's voi
don't bother us again..." I said. He chuckled softly, "I won't
my way in one stormy night, the day Mom's illness had seemed to occur.
ike you shouldn't be able to handle all this.
Even if I can't handle it all, even if it seems like it would be impossible, I can't give up now. I c
s I opened up the door, my path was blocked. My gaze rose to meet them
they doing
them say. My legs slowly retreated
cled me, a sly grin
weakling is the on
t thing I was ready to do was show any sign of weakness. T
azing my pack of cigarettes, which
cigarettes as he lit it up, taking a drag before he ex
aste," I heard him say. My fist clenched in those m
stranger with a glass of wine in his hands as he made his way to
I could have easily handled the situation, but the moment he turned at me, his e
ing red. A strange scent emitted from him, one that seemed to draw me near. He was
ual. A side of me wanted those h
't look
ose words out loud, but I only paused a
face the conseq