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He was probably just looking for an empty hole to fuck, and I just happened to be there.

We were from different worlds and it should stay that way.

I gasp silently as I suddenly feel a painful pang in my heart, almost like I’m about to have a heart attack. I grab my chest,turning away, my gaze falling on the pill bottle on the counter. I need it now or never.

“Don’t you have anything to say? Are you seriously ignoring me right now?” Leila’s shrill voice fills the room, making my eardrums ring.

“I didn’t know he was your man, Leila.” I manage to say calmly. “I’m sorry it happened, but it wasn’t entirely my fault.”

She scoffs loudly, crossing her arms. “So, does that excuse you from spreading your legs like a little whore?”

I clench my jaw, willing myself to stay put. It would be stupid to provoke Leila right now, considering the fact that she’s much stronger than I am.

“I’m talking to you! Stop fucking ignoring me. Who the fuck do you think you are?” Leila yells, her entire being trembling with rage.

“Shit,” I murmur silently, holding my head in my hands. A buzzing sound fills my head, making the earth sway.

Swallowing hard, I stretch my arm forward in a bid to clasp the pill bottle, but it happens so fast.

Leila lunges at me, fingers tangled in my hair. The world spins as she twirls me around, and her palm connects with my cheek in a heavy slap that sends a shockwave through my body. The pill bottle clatters out of my hand, the last pill falling to the floor.

I stumble, my legs giving way as I crumble to the ground. Pain radiates from my cheek, but it’s nothing compared to the emotional turmoil within me. Leila continues, her voice tingedwith rage, calling me all sorts of names.Weakling,worthless,desperate.

My eyes well up with tears as I fight to stay conscious, my vision blurring.

A scene from the past forms in my mind. In it, I had to watch my mom being berated for not heating up Leila’s meal. I hid behind the metal door at the entrance of the kitchen, watching my mom, head bowed, getting insulted by Leila’s mother.

It was the first time I felt a deep surge of injustice within me, but it was also the first time I realized that I couldn’t do anything about this problem, even as I watched my mom get treated like the dirt on Mrs. Kaye’s shoe.

I realized what power really meant and how different dynamics of power were made to favor the rich and powerful in society.

So, I learned to stay mute. I learned to bite my tongue even while being mistreated. It was the only way for my mom to keep her job and keep a roof over our heads.

Leila seems to have been caught a little bit off guard. She stoops to pick up my fallen pill as she says, “I knew you were a sickly weakling, but you’re that weak?”

I can hear the surprise in her voice. After all, it is her first time seeing me so helpless and distraught.

I try to crawl toward the pill, but my limbs fail me. Darkness creeps in at the corner of my eyes, Leila’s voice a distant echo.

“What kind of illness would make a wolf this weak? I didn’t even hit you that hard,” she’s muttering half to herself as she lifts the pill as though to give it to me. I can see slight regret and worry onher face as she tries to help me, but then she freezes completely, her gaze on the pill while I am still trying to reach out for it.

Why did she stop?

“Leila… please…” I manage to choke out, straining to reach her hand.

She looks back up at me as darkness begins to fill my vision, and her expression is the last thing I see as I pass out.

It was one of horror.

Chapter Eight

Ares

“Leila!” Mr. Kaye calls out to her as she storms away.

Everybody watches as she leaves without turning her back, even with her father calling out to her.

Henry looks shocked that the graceful young lady from earlier could act out of character. He turns to me with raised eyebrows, but I wave him off.

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