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.

my heart started pounding against my ribcage. “Mrs. Yates?” I

snatched the paper from her hands; his greedy eyes took in the numbers printed on the pages before a sly smirk spread across his

The luck, Mrs. Yates, two in a row! Oh, those Obsidians will jump on this one too. I’ll launch the auction,” he cheered, and rushed away before

on the sterile floors as he wandered off in his flashy suit. I bet it was bought for the money

I stammered as I stared

admitted, staring down at her feet. I wish

Something deep inside me shattered into a million sharp pieces, slicing through me like a razor’s

floor. For days, I wondered, yet heard nothing. I figured no news was good

me and stole the air from my lungs. I killed her; I killed

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

was in a hospital room. Mrs. Yates hovered over me, and I tried to sit up, yet the handcuffs on my wrist

thousand, we need to

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

See?” She pointed to the screen

what she believed I cared for? Tears streamed down my cheeks and I

sorry about Harlow,” she whispered, wiping

I bloomed bloody early while still under the facility’s care. Two more weeks, and we could’ve signed ourselves out and paid off the

and days slipped by. Mr. Black kept me sedated and

at the ceiling when I felt the jab to my ass that had my gaze pulled away from

my pants over

Mr. Black screamed, bursting through the

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