THE ALPHA’S REGRET; Reborn to Rise

I once heard heaven was a day behind Earth. So when my alarm rang singing the special song I chose for the 5th of may, I thought I was rewarded with heaven for my unfair death. I let myself drift off again, until I woke up to an intense burning sensation on my leg. Sunlight slipped through the curtains in thin lines and landed on my blanket. The same blanket I’d had since I was ten. My blue blanket that was frayed at the corner where I used to pick at it during nightmares. This was not heaven, I was back at home. Before I could process the thought, I heard my name,“Elera?”The door opened.My mother walked in with a dress draped over her arms. White silk. The corset laced tight. The one I wore to the selection party. She smiled like nothing was wrong. Like my world hadn’t ended 12 hours ago.“Morning, sleepyhead. You missed breakfast. The seamstress finished the hem last night. Try it on before we do your hair?”Her scream from last night replayed in my head, and I covered my ears.“

I see the moon, and the moon sees me.It is a song we sang at school all the time. And tonight I was overly aware of the moon. There was the strange feeling that it could see me too. The air was quiet as I walked along the lonely path. I had the foreboding feeling that I was forgetting something but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t figure it out.As I walked into the compound, I saw my both parent standing on the courtyard.“Where is Arden?” My mother immediately asked when she saw me“Arden,” I said louder. “He was behind us. Wasn’t he?”My parents exchanged looks.“We left you both at the hall”“The hall?”Darius’s words replayed in my head.Please let me punish the traitor as I see fit.I took to my heels, running towards the castle with no second thought. The one person who knew me too well is Darius, and he knows best what could be punishment for me.“Elara, get back here!”My mother screamed behind me but I was already running. I figured it out too late. I might have saved