Accidental Surrogate for Alpha

Chapter 111

Ella

“Cora tell me what happened.” I demand, crossing my skinny arms over my chest. I’m eight years old, glaring down at my surrogate sister with a stern expression. It’s always been this way between us.

She’s a year older, but I’ve always had the dominant personality.

“It was nothing.” She insists, averting her gaze from my own.

“You’re lying.” I counter stubbornly. “I can always tell, you know.”

“No, you think you always know.” Cora answers sullenly, though we both know I’m right. I can read my sister like a book.

“Would you just tell me?” I press, sighing with exasperation.

“Fine, it’s not even a big deal, it was just some of the big kids being jerks.” She explains gravely.

“Which ones?” I respond immediately. “Point them out.” It could be anyone, considering the fact that even children our own age tend to be bigger than us. It seems like the orphanage physician labels us undersized and undernourished every year, though nothing ever changes.

Reluctantly, Cora points toward a familiar gang of kids, ranging from age eleven to fourteen. The ringleader is a beefy thirteen year old who always wears a cruel leer as if he’s ever on the lookout for someone to bully to tears – just for the fun of it. “

You see, there’s nothing we can do about it- they run this place.”

“I beg to differ.” I answer, tilting my chin up defiantly. “We don’t have to be bigger than them just smarter. Now tell me what they said to you?”

Cora’s voice is so low I almost can’t hear her speak.

called me a worthless

is the weak spot for any abandoned child. None of us know what it’s like to be wanted or unconditionally loved, and the only thing that keeps us going is the hope that we might get parents one day. As far as I’m concerned, targeting my sister’s biggest sensitivity deserves a serious punishment. “I’ll kill them.”I seethe,

“Ella no.

how it is. Parents only ever want the babies. I mean you might have a chance – you’re so pretty… but I

I’m not gonna leave you for anything.”I vow. I’d like to see any grown up try to take me away from the orphanage

taking the most skittish and rejected of our peers under my wing, but it’s not as if I can just stand by and let them be mistreated, or leave them to fend for themselves. We all

so mean. They’re mad that no one ever

let them off them hook?” She asks, arching a

remind them that we’re in this together.” I answer reasonably, trying to calm my

flash in a pearly grin. “And if they don’t

sniff, turning on my heels to march up to

a bad idea this is. I don’t listen,

anyone ever teach you to pick on someone your own size?” I call while we’re still

laugh when they see I’m the one who spoke. The ringleader rises to his feet,

you account for brains.” I bite back. “You shouldn’t be mean to Cora just

isn’t fair and she

He stalks forward, looming over my small body with malicious intent.

both of his hands slamming

the older boy’s body and attacking him tooth and nail, He screams and flails his arms. “What – hey! Get

but I dig my nails into his flesh, biting and scratching

the present, I realize how strange my behavior had been that

that?” Sinclair asks, the corners of his

I became the de facto leader of the orphanage, just by being scrappy enough to take on the

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