Aurora
"I'm sorry, Phoenix. Okay? But I need to do it for my friends. For Kiara! For Tina! For my pack."
I didn't know why I was feeling this hurt.
The pain was slowly spreading across my chest. I always knew they didn't like me. But never had the idea that they actually hated me this much.
All this time, I thought maybe I did belong to this pack. Maybe if I worked hard enough, they'd see me. Accept me.
But standing here now, with her words hanging in the air, I felt stupid.
They never wanted me.
And the worst part? I think I always knew.
"I know nothing about your past, Phoenix. But Tina and Kiara are my friends. I stayed quiet because initially, it was only Jai. But what did you do? You tried stealing Kiara's head warrior post… You danced with Tina's fiancé. Are you even ashamed of what you are doing to us?"
She looked at me with so much hate, her face didn't even look like hers anymore-- it was pale and twisted, almost grey.
