87: The invitation.

Once I got into the car, the free flow of fireworks began to leak from my eyes.

Thankfully Mark didn't see me or at least he pretended to see me so I held myself all through the journey and tried not to think too much about whatever would be happening right now between the two Alphas.

I struggled not to feel like so much of a fool but even that was impossible knowing the fact that all the events of the day had pointed largely to one thing and to one fact, that I was the silly one whose actions without thoughts led to the most dire consequences yet I hadn't learned from it at all.

The ride was smooth and short and as I soon as I got home I climbed the bed and slept, ignoring Amanda's incessant calls and everything else.

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I stared out my window for the tenth time that morning. Father had grounded me as soon as he heard of the news. After scolding me sternly for the longest times and my sisters had made sure to let me know just how disappointed they were in my actions.

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