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72 HOURS BEFORE JUNIOR YEAR GRADUATION CAESON Our father clasped his hands in front of him and gestured to the laptop, asking sarcastically, “How do you think I got it?” “What could you possibly want to do with this?” Reigh seethed the question. “Taide and I are in the video too.” He made it s
24 HOURS AFTER JUNIOR YEAR GRADUATION PRESENT DAY CHARLOTTE Whoever said a person’s world couldn’t go up in flames in the blink of an eye deserves an award. It’s the best lie ever told. I’m standing alone, even though I’m surrounded. By the same people who set out to destroy me ever since I sh
SIX MONTHS EARLIER CHARLOTTE 8:34 am. Goddess save my soul. Like I need any more reasons to be laughed at and treated like a pariah at Lupin Prep, my alarm chooses today of all days to not go off at the set time. I shove my cell phone in my backpack, adjusting my uniform as best as I can withou
CHARLOTTEI’ve been cursed.There’s no further explanation for it.One year. One whole year of torture, torment, the most bitter form of mental exertion brought upon me by the same three boys the moon goddess has now destined to be my… fated mates?My life companions?My other halves?All three of t
CHARLOTTE“You always do this, Sean!” The sound of a curling iron hitting the sink counter travels through the closed bathroom door, as Madeline yells on the phone.It’s another one of those days. Another one of those endless arguments she always gets into with her on again-off again boyfriend, Sean
CHARLOTTEI screamed as water filled my ears and nose while sinking deeper into the pool. The sound of water splashing like a cry out to the lingering guests standing by the poolside."Oh my gosh!" One of them cackled, as I flopped flailingly into the water, struggling to breathe. I thrashed in the
CHARLOTTEGetting back to the dorms, there was a huge silence between Mads and I.I huffed, as I climbed to my bed, my damp bikini sticking to the blankets, and forming a wet map made from my boobs and panties. Laying flat on my stomach, I couldn't care less if I was butt naked– I was wearing a biki
CHARLOTTEStaring wide-eyed at the photos of me, pasted everywhere, my heart pounded in anger, my brows ticked as shame clouded my face."Char!" Madeline's sharp voice cut through my haze, bringing my attention to her running figure.Madeline was dressed neatly in her uniform, her hair lifted in a p
72 HOURS BEFORE JUNIOR YEAR GRADUATION CAESON Our father clasped his hands in front of him and gestured to the laptop, asking sarcastically, “How do you think I got it?” “What could you possibly want to do with this?” Reigh seethed the question. “Taide and I are in the video too.” He made it s
72 HOURS BEFORE JUNIOR YEAR GRADUATION CAESON The hallway was empty as we strolled toward our father’s study. Neither of us spoke. I eyed the bowl of sweets idly placed on one of the bannisters as I walked forward. My hand sank into the bowl as I passed it, snagging up a peppermint. The wrap
I hated him. “We’ll cut to the chase,” he said, glancing at his watch like he had other, more important places to be. “I know what you’ve been doing, Caeson.” Panic seized my chest. He could be talking about a number of things. My reaction could set things off in a way they weren’t already heade
SEVEN YEARS BEFORE JUNIOR YEAR GRADUATION CAESON I was nervous. To say the absolute least. And I meant that—it wasn’t just common English. Nervous was the least of the emotions I was feeling at the moment. Pooled in with so many other grotesque emotions. Like… my fear. My feet were spread apa
PRESENT DAY CHARLOTTE Whoever said a person’s world couldn’t go up in flames in the blink of an eye deserved an award. It was the best lie ever told. I stood alone, even though I was surrounded—by the same people who had set out to destroy me ever since I showed up at this school two years ago.
I just wanted to be alone. Because… I already was. And it was high time I got used to it. An ache built in my chest, growing by the second, no matter how hard I tried to build walls around the pain. Isolate it. It just grew and grew. The journey to getting myself back was most likely going to b
24 HOURS AFTER JUNIOR YEAR GRADUATION CHARLOTTE Numbness spread through my entire being with a frosty, icy bite. But I didn’t feel it. That’s what pain did to you. It broke you to the point that there was no connection for the sensation to travel through anymore. Laughter. It kept reoccurring
His hair… was trimmed once again to a low buzz cut.But the expression on his face was so bitter that I froze in my tracks.Something was wrong.I looked back up to the podium, searching the stage for a particular face, and not finding it.King Auric wasn’t here.Reigh grated out in my ear, “I hated
CHARLOTTEMy feet were already retreating before my mind had even fully registered what I was seeing.My heart couldn’t take it. Not today. Not after everything. I felt it splinter open as I spun on my heel and bolted as fast as the crowd would let me, shoving my way past people back the way he came