Alpha's Possession by Jessica Hall

Chapter 2

 

FOUR DAYS LATER

Harlow

So far, there has been no news or a single word from my sister, and I’m out of descenter and had used the last of my spray last night.

Mrs. Yates was nervous when she picked me up from my room. She hardly spoke to me, and was tense as we walked to the auction house. I did my make-up the same way my sister occasionally did hers.

“You never know; your test scores could be as high as your sisters’,” she chimed happily as we reached the doors leading in.

‘Oh, they will be high, alright, because I am the sister.’ I thought dryly.

“Have you heard anything from Harlow?” I asked, curiosity lacing my voice.

Mrs. Yates became even more nervous, but she remained silent and gave a swift shake of her head.

After they ran their tests and took blood, I waited in the same foyer of the auction house. Sat in the same hard blue chairs, only this time Zara wasn’t with me holding my hand, this time I was completely alone.

Yet when Mrs. Yates came in, overly excited and bubbly, confusion crossed my features surely I didn’t test even higher. I tried to be upbeat as I knew Zara would be.

“What’s the verdict?” I asked, pretending to be excited.

“Perfect, eighty-seven percent, just like Harlow,” she announced, though I didn’t miss the way her lip quivered at mentioning my name.

and my heart started pounding against my ribcage. “Mrs. Yates?” I whispered when Mr. Black

greedy eyes took in the numbers printed on the

two in a row! Oh, those Obsidians will jump on this one too. I’ll launch the auction,” he

after him. Mr. Black’s shiny black shoes clicked on the sterile floors as he wandered off in his flashy suit. I bet it was bought

Y-Yates?” I stammered as I stared

take his knot, and he tried to force it. Harlow bled out,” Mrs. Yates admitted, staring down at her feet. I wish she felt ashamed of herself, of how they kept selling off girls while knowing they’d end

couldn’t breathe. Something deep inside me shattered into a million sharp pieces, slicing through me like a

my lips as I collapsed on the floor. For days, I wondered, yet heard nothing. I figured no news was good

from my lungs. I killed her; I killed my

a pinch in my neck made everything shut off. Everything went black, and I welcomed the darkness. Anything to stop the pain, I

room. Mrs. Yates hovered over me, and I tried

thousand, we need to

and instinctively I looked for Zara before it dawned on me with ice-cold tendrils piercing my soul

Nightbane did. See?” She pointed to the screen over on the doctor’s

what she thought I cared about? My sister is dead, and that is what she believed I cared for? Tears streamed

know, honey, I’m sorry, I’m sorry about Harlow,” she whispered, wiping tears

still under the facility’s care. Two more weeks, and we could’ve signed ourselves out and paid off the debt and

by. Mr. Black kept me sedated and

that had my gaze pulled away from its standoff with the spider in the corner spinning

pull my pants over my hip when

Zara!” Mr. Black screamed, bursting through the

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