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Alpha
She is all you have now. The fire has robbed you of everything you have ever known. Nothing, not even the broken emotions you feel somewhere deep inside, make sense now. Anger is the only thing that you can hold on to and it anchors you. You remember Peter’s advice some where in you mind, and that only causes pain.
Pain has become a staple in your life, but this time it is at least your choice. The click of the torch lighting draws you back to the tight space of your apartment bathroom.
Your sister, your Alpha, grips your shoulders holding you steady. Laura moves her hand to on the broad of your back, for as much as you need to be still she must steady herself. Fire, the thing that took them, blackens your skin. A mark, a sign, a symbol. To remember.
Numbing your sense as best you can, and you slip inside yourself.
Beta
You scream and howl, eyes growing bright blue, but you never say stop. You want this, you need the symbol of all that you have etched forever in your skin. It was you idea, but you aren’t the only one to see it through tonight.
The ink now boiling to the surface of your skin sits just out of sight on Laura’s forearm. You going first. It was your mother that taught her how and she must in turn show you. She must have it worst, you think. Having heard her beta screams before her, and knowing that her pain is next.
Omega
Her beta…. She is the Alpha. They are truly gone. But that’s just it isn’t it. Pain…..