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ink, panting heavily as my pale, eighteen-

s blood-stained hands flashed through my mind. I

lfless punching bag again-I would make them pay

che struck me out of nowhere, followed by an an

m wall onto the tiles, feeling as if every bone in

nd eighteen, a process accompanied by bone-shattering pain. In my past life, the red birthmark had sealed

inutes before melting into a cool, soothing current th

Bang

loudly on my d

sleeping, you lazy w

d up from the bathroom floor, walked acro

n the edge of the pack territory, stood outside in a flashy bi

SUV is already waiting downstairs

cold plastic cu

freezing cup, my pupils shrank as m

ildhood friends Mason and Logan drove Chloe downtown, only

ly crippled and killing Chloe and Logan on the spot, while

the wrist, my voi

e can't g

surprise and s

king forward to this trip for two weeks,

erous today. Mason's car i

into her eyes, m

her hand against my fore

g nonsense? Are you just scared of runni

f would never believe I had just come back from the dead. If I couldn't

coming with

bbed a faded denim jacket off th

ust say it wa

me down the stairs,

why I have to ke

ding. Downstairs beneath a camphor tree, Maso

t the car door scrolling on his phone. Seei

rl finally decided

ke an older brother to us, poked his hea

y pale. Don't force yourself

ine, M

nt passenger door, pulled th

inked in

ch wind. Why don't you sque

e and stared ahead at the road

sitting r