Hayes
sunlight I hadn't seen in five years stabbe
in brought a weak, trem
ooming by the roadside, the butterflies dancing in the air. The world was so beau
kly pulled back, afraid it was just another illusion. Finally
finall
ll. I was released a month early because the warden praised my relentless hard labor in the prison sweatshop. It was more
as my
e leaving. Isabelle was stil
s I had earned from five years of bleeding fingers at the sewing ma
y didn't recognize me at first, but noticing my filt
de my oversized, faded t-shirt, fee
ite, my heart pounded with anxiety. I gr
dergone multiple skin grafts; though healed, the scars from the fire were still vi
was so dry, and having barely spoken for five years, my vo
ognized my face, her expression mor
me. "You ruined my daughter! Ho
ad so low it almost touched the floor. "I'm... I'm sorr
a spoiled Alpha's daughter who didn't care about anyone's feelin
sket and, with a scream of rage,
ive you! You should suffer everything my daughter suffered! Why are you
old tile floor. A wave of dizz
sion. When I blinked, I saw red. Blood. The sharp wire from the
members to the door. I lay there on the floor like
girl who would be comfor
to wipe the blood from my eyes and
polished, expensive leather shoes
freezing scent of
catching in my th
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