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Chapter 9

Author: Alice Young
Amelia was always clutching the moonstone, terrified someone would take it from her.

Something seemed to be going wrong with her mind. Even a blank glance from someone else looked like contempt to her.

Finally, on another night of the full moon, everything fell apart.

A gap was torn open in the border defenses, and that familiar yet strange scent appeared once again.

Amelia stood surrounded by the invaders, the moonstone at her chest giving off an eerie glow.

Standing behind her were her pa
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  • They Broke When I Died    Chapter 9

    Amelia was always clutching the moonstone, terrified someone would take it from her.Something seemed to be going wrong with her mind. Even a blank glance from someone else looked like contempt to her.Finally, on another night of the full moon, everything fell apart.A gap was torn open in the border defenses, and that familiar yet strange scent appeared once again.Amelia stood surrounded by the invaders, the moonstone at her chest giving off an eerie glow.Standing behind her were her parents, who should have died in the fire 12 years ago."Amelia, what are you doing?" Dad rushed over.When he got a clear look at their faces, horror filled his expression. "This... this can't be possible."Amelia gave him a crazed smile. "We've been planning this for 12 years. I set that fire so I could become your daughter and get my hands on the moonstone. Now the Snowveil pack is mine!"She was no longer the gentle, sweet girl she had always seemed to be. It was as if she had torn off a m

  • They Broke When I Died    Chapter 8

    His gaze swept coolly over the faces around him, and he lifted a hand to wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes. "Elowen was my most outstanding student. I want to know how she ended up dying like this, and I expect an explanation."Mr. Smith was a highly respected noble among the werewolves, and every word he spoke carried an authority no one dared challenge."Your most outstanding student?" Dad tilted his head slightly, looking lost.I never expected him to bring my report cards with him.He handed the neatly organized report cards to Dad. "Alpha, these should have been given to you at parent-teacher conferences. However, in all these years, neither you nor the Luna attended a single one of Elowen's."Mom instinctively protested. "But we did go to the conferences..."She stopped short.She remembered that every time a conference was coming up, I would make an invitation by hand and leave it on the coffee table.How had they answered me back then?"Elowen, don't leave tr

  • They Broke When I Died    Chapter 7

    Amelia kept playing the devoted daughter, staying by Mom and Dad's side and fussing over them.Still, something had changed. She started copying the way I dressed and the way I carried myself.At times, even Mom would get confused for a moment and mistake her for me.I did not understand what she was after or why she was so obsessed with replacing me.Mom had been busy planning my funeral lately and had no time to notice the change in her.In the end, it was Dad who could not hold back any longer. "Amelia, I know you're trying to comfort us, but there's no need. You're you, and Elowen is Elowen."Amelia's face flushed an ugly red, and her smile twitched at the corners. "Yes, Dad."After Dad left, she sat on the couch, clutching the moonstone and muttering under her breath.I drifted closer and heard her whisper, "Once I fully inherit the Snowveil pack, everything will be mine."Father, Mother, I won't let all your years of planning go to waste."What did that mean? I did not

  • They Broke When I Died    Chapter 6

    Mom sighed the whole way back. "Elowen was such a tiny baby when she was born. How is she even smaller now?"A heavy sadness hung over Dad that was impossible to ignore, and there seemed to be far more gray in his hair than before.When the car pulled up outside, Mom practically ran upstairs. She pushed open the small, old wooden door, and the dust inside made her choke.The room was neat and tidy.On closer look, though, the sheets were dingy, a wad of paper was propping up the desk's wobbly leg, and the wardrobe creaked.She set the urn on the desk. It looked lonely there, just like my life had been.Dad followed her up and could not help thinking of Amelia's room.She had a pink bed, a wardrobe custom-made by a craftsman, and walls covered in posters of her favorite movies and bands.My room, by comparison, was no different from a servant's quarters."How could she have lived in a place like this?" Dad murmured, sounding lost, as if he could not believe it himself.Mom sat

  • They Broke When I Died    Chapter 5

    Mom knelt in front of my body, trying to warm my cold corpse with her own. Dad stood off to the side, his face ashen, lost in thoughts no one could read.Amelia cowered beside him, yet her eyes gleamed with excitement."She's already dead," the doctor repeated for what felt like the hundredth time.Only then did Mom remember how pale my lips had been at the party, and the dark red stain faintly showing through my long red dress."I did smell blood," Mom sobbed, breaking down. "I just thought she was trying to get my sympathy again, like she always did."I had heard words like that too many times, yet hearing them again still left me cold.Back when they saw me as the heir, they demanded that I be strong and keep a straight face no matter what I faced.Once I finally became a worthy heir, they said I was too cold.When I tried to act sweet with them the way I had as a child, they decided I was competing with Amelia.Nothing I did was ever right.Hearing Mom blame herself, Dad

  • They Broke When I Died    Chapter 4

    If Amelia so much as cut her hand, they would panic.However, even after my soul was floating in midair and my body had begun to stiffen, no one remembered me.Perhaps they were simply happier without me around.I slowly drifted over to the party. I passed face after smiling face, but not a single one was happy for me."It's a wonderful day. Let's take a group photo," Dad suggested cheerfully.The pack immediately crowded around Amelia, chattering as they worked out where everyone should stand.Once everyone was in place, they realized there was no one to take the picture."Where's Elowen? Let's have her take it for us," someone suggested.Displeasure flashed across Amelia's eyes. She hugged Mom's arm and pleaded sweetly, "Mom, I have a phone stand. We don't need to bother Elowen."She was always like this. Whenever people started paying attention to me, she would do something to pull every eye back to herself.She raised the knife in her hand. "Besides, we haven't even cut t

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