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en floor, too weak to move. My eyes closed on their own-I didn't

apped me awake. I gasped i

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oked

li

ked down at me like I was

ase don't tell our mother I slept off. I

ell flat on my face. "Don

cracked across my

pat. "She's my mother, not yours. You're

t I didn't let them fall. I

sleeping," Melinda said,

ng her leg. "Please, don't! She'll kill me t

stop

e asked, stari

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w, you owe me. Big time." Then she stormed o

n the floo

avoided dea

ands were shaking, but I forced them to work. Scrub. Rins

the d

e it would collapse. I am barely aware of my own hands. I slid th

in the corner.

saw b

and puffy. Lips cracked. I looked d

," I whispered. "

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em neatly on a tray just like she'd sh

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ga that killed

poisoned

eat that. Sh

I would've left

didn't hear them. Bu

ritual. Five times a day, at

l had

omeone to believ

t for one day. Just one. To tell them I

scaring my guests?"

re. She didn't reply. Didn't look at me. She just

s follo

uch a di

let her ne

cursed thing

ard them. Every word. Each one

and while her nails dug into my

chen, she shoved me ins

s were

disgusting face to my

ve me decent clothes. I wore

e screamed, sla

serve the dessert once it

uses. Just get out of my sight. Go to your ro

. I rushed ou

mat on the floor. Cold. Dark. T

ot in. I pressed my face against the f

ne hat

eople I ca

ask for t

out crying, because

A

hard I jumped and I a

my face or fix my hair. If I took too

d, eyes filled with disgust.

d. My legs felt weak. I c

froze. Everyone was there.

they al

tood. "Lena, th

wed hard

calmly. "We n

ore than any bea

eling that this is g

he

s supposed to go to the pack tomorrow. But s

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tions," my step

elinda. She a

nted to scream. But I al

ile, "we'll make your life worse than it already is. Yo

ched m

hispered. "

e'd won a game. "Go

d a file

?" I asked,

aid. "You don't need

pen. Something deep in my gut scre

ign

he file away l

be working as the pack's maid from now on. Serving the