****Alyssa**** This is the happiest I’ve been in a while. OK, not happy, maybe content… way less sad… not crazy depressed…. Next year, I’ll be an official attendant at the ball. This year I am, as I’ve always been, a pretty fixture. I’ve done this meet-and-greet thing countless times in my life. This year, the difference is, that instead of standing beside my loving parents, I was standing beside my aunt and uncle. As the previous Alpha’s daughter and the new Alpha’s niece, I am required to stand here and greet the attendees as they enter the ball. Tonight it’s harder. Though I slap a pretty smile on my face and hide away the pain. Everyone, and I mean everyone, makes a point to tell me how great my parents were, how much they would be missed, how they feel for me, etc, etc. That part of the meet-and-greet sucks. According to my uncle, I’ve been “ding in my shell” since my parents’ deaths and it’s time I “rejoined the world” and this is apparently the perfect time to do it. As much
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