Chapter 0337


    “Well, let me enlighten you. What I told Tyler was true. I hate my birthday because my dad hates my


    birthday. My dad hates me because on the day of my birth I killed his mate.


    Untilst year my birthday was never celebrated, ever. It wasn''t allowed. You know about the


    bullying, what you don''t know is that until the beginning of my freshman year my bullies included my


    father, my brother and rest of the future leaders of my pack. My basic existence was not even


    recognized by any of my peers. Not even by my brother.


    Until my freshman year I had no real friends, also something that was not allowed. It was safer for


    people to steer clear of me. The only people who remotely gave a sh*t about me were Luna Ava, in


    secret, my nanny, who was beaten in front of me if my father thought she overindulged me by being


    too kind, and then our housekeeper who took over after my nanny was fired. The only reason I have


    friends now is because of Sierra.


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    The minute she stepped foot in my pack Sam was attracted to her and decided being nice to me


    would get him in her good graces. That''s how they figured out I was being harmed by more than just


    my father and to what extent my father mistreated me. So for the first time in my life my birthday


    was celebratedst year and it was beautiful.


    The guys got me these bracelets,” I held up my arm, “and clearly kept the theme of thebined


    color coded gift this year with their ne and you decided to use it for your own selfish gains.” I


    look from her to my open door. “You cane in, lingering at the door mouth


    breathing isn’t doing you any favors.” ~


    Both Osiston and Nicks walk in, looking not too pleased.


    “Is that why Tyler came by asking to see you looking like he was in a cage fight?” Nicks asked.


    “And we are not mouth breathers.”


    I couldn''t suppress a small smile at the idea I hit him hard enough to leave a mark. I just nodded.


    “I’m actually sad I missed that.”


    "Well, you might need to make up with him. We have been following his crew for thest few weeks,


    they are up to something.” Osiston says. “And he has been stalking the house, clearly trying to


    check in on you. He’s not very stealthy. This might work for us."


    “How soon do! need to be friendly again?’ I''m all business now. Tyler means nothing after that. I


    have no room for people who will turn on me at the first sign of trouble and he didn''t even listen to


    my side of the story. “I''ll have to start letting him talk to me in ss and slowly go from there, he''s


    got to work for it or he will get suspicious.”


    “I agree, but sooner rather thanter and for sure before the semester ends.” I nod again and then


    look back down at my homework. It''s a start that Mina has some history, but I’m still angry and I


    can’t bring myself to wear the ne yet, which makes me angry all over again.


    She shouldn''t have needed to get my history like that and she shouldn’t have gone over the heads


    of our group leaders.


    This is just another reason for them to not put on a mission until we are old enough. It’s too easy to


    be impulsive and emotional. The thought of being iced out of missions keeps the anger simmering


    too.


    The only way to make this look real with Tyler is to make up with Mina. I have to stuff this irritation


    and save it for another day.


    I can feel Osiston and Nicks leave. Mina hangs for a minute longer, but when she realizes I''m


    done with her she walks to my door. “Sky, I didn’t know, and I really am sorry. I hope you can forgive


    me.”


    "I''m working on it.” I finally made eye contact with her for the first time in three weeks.


    “You took something that you can never give back. You may not have had all of the information, but


    I shouldn''t be forced into giving my history to people for any reason. We have a job here and if you


    want it to go faster or better or whatever, you need to work with the team. Express your concerns or


    ideas with everyone.


    We''re the green ones here, not the experts, no matter how good we are at a few things. Get your


    head out of your ass, act like the leader that I know is in there somewhere. We aren''t here to be ‘the


    guy’ or ‘the hero’ or whatever you and Alyssa have in your heads. I''m sure the literal years that


    some of these guys have spent on this mission have been miserable.


    Our school year can''tpare. I don''t know how long Alyssa has been here, but she isn’t much


    older than us and she was brought in to track not make decisions and ns. We are better than


    this, we need to act better.”