Marked by her rejected mate

eps groaning in protest beneath her weight. With a quick glance around, she retrieved he

dder as if chilled by an unspoken presence. An expression of disg

ed huff escaping her lips. Her father's choice of house was something she couldn't support. Among all the

in such a place before her arrival. It seemed to acquire a messiness of its own after being tidied up, and as a busy student,

esided with her mother after her parents' divorce. Her father's addiction to drugs had plagued their family, with him f

ather. She was his only child, and he loved her, even if his actions didn't always reflect it.

rsing oneself in the forest's embrace. The woods were no ordinary place, forever cast in shadows, da

er unexplainable sounds. When Annabelle grew tired of the cacophony and decided to let her father

ned from sharing her concerns about the woods with her father.

under the influence of alcohol, only to apologize profusely once sober. She couldn't com

leepless, her eyes wide open in the night. Every glimpse of flickering shadows that vanished in an instant would sen

balcony, taking a break from her studies at night, she couldn't shake the sensation of being watched by a malevolent presence

.

s she had. With a nod of gratitude, she entered the school premises while the driver swiftly drove away. There w

te for her morning lectures. The stares she received from other students made her wonder if she had a pig pe

ccompanied by his group of friends. Williams had persistently asked her out on a date, but she had consistently turned him down.

lle, who hissed in response to their collision. "It was a mistake," Annabelle qu

elle had been doing her best to avoid any confrontations, until no

in engaging in pet

d suddenly grabbed Annabelle by her hair. Annabelle winced and immediate

cked over my notebook?" she yelled at Annabelle

notebook, and thrust it back into Mirab

to be so brief," she sighed quietly when she noticed Mirabelle's eyes

yelled aggressively, staring at Annabel

lle challenged, raisin

he police," Mirabelle threatene

ving an affair with him? Go ahead, make me have a cute little step brother. I

students in the corridor burst into laughter, and Mirabel

orance," Mirabelle replied, her hands still on her hips, a smirk forming on h

uldn't care less about any of that," Annabelle replied, shrugging her shoulders before turnin

s why she died a brutal death earlier than she was supposed to. She deserved to die, and so do y

a sense of pride, Annabelle stopped in

walked towards Mirabelle, but deep inside, she was seething with f

ate mom in such a manner in front of oth

," Mirabelle repeated, but before she could finish her statement,

know about her and her death?!" Annabelle yelled at her, pushing

hes at Mirabelle, trying to hol

family? Everyone should stop prying in

ipper. No one knew anything about her family, so what was Mirabelle talking

pain in her arms, causing her t

her in the arms, and

her backpack, and ran to her class sin

ng on the floor with t

tte passing through the corridor in a fleeting moment. Where had she se