All Chapters of Beauty From Ashes : Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

NATASHA'S POV I scoffed and turned away quickly as I left him at the door and made my way into the living room. I was just trying to hide my cheeks which were probably as red as tomatoes, and trying to hide my embarrassment as well. “No…I'm not…why would I…my bottle of perfume fell to the ground as I tried to get up. That's why I smell like perfume.” I said, stuttering. I heard him chuckle behind me as he walked in and closed the door behind him. “Uh uh, if you say so.” He said. His voice told me he didn't believe me one bit. God, Nat…what were you thinking? He's definitely laughing at me right now. I had a crush on him…would he think I'm stupid? Would he laugh his ass out with his friends? The stupid fat girl who's just a charity case is in love with him? I cringed and sighed mentally. Why did I always do this? Make up fake scenarios in my head to hurt my feelings? It didn't stop it from hurting less if they eventually happened. But this was good. It would stop me from dev

NATASHA'S POV I ignored Piper and Bart’s teasing looks as I pulled Peter to my room with me. I let them know their lunch was in the kitchen. I noted they got back before mom today. She must have some emergency in school again. Hopefully, it wasn't something serious like the last time. Before Patty's death, she had been so absent minded a lot of times, and she seemed like something was bothering her. She came home late and left even earlier the next day. At first, I thought she was sick or something. Later, we found out it was a student at school…her best student, but apparently he was being abused at home by his step mom, not just physically…yep, sexually too. It was so messy and Mom had been so worried, that's why she had looked so worried and out of touch with things. It was sweet that she was that concerned about her students and I was relieved it wasn't something like her health. The boy was fine now and was living with a good family and being taken care of. “Your sibling

NATASHA'S POV Layla's car was packed outside my house two weeks later for Sasha's party. Peter had insisted that I shouldn't go but he wasn't around, and Layla wasn't having that. Peter's grandma was sick and Peter had to rush back to Europe to see her. Which meant he was faraway. Why had it been so convenient? I hated that he had to leave me. But his grandma was important to him and I couldn't be selfish. I was going to be okay till he got back, Sasha and her minions weren't bullying me anymore. And like she said, the past two weeks, she made it a personal mission to kick out or beat up any elites found bullying subs. She had really changed so I felt more confident about attending this party of hers. Besides, Layla was going to be there and I was happy about attending my first party. And in Sasha's house! Layla brought over a dress for me the other day and made me swear to wear it. It was a little shorter than what I would normally wear and it was spaghetti strapped. I tho

NATASHA'S POV The student looked away immediately, his face striken with fear and irritation. He whispered into the ears of the guy beside him and in seconds, they all stopped chattering and going through their phones. Who was he? How did he command such respect? “Who's he?” I mouthed at Patty. She leaned in and whispered into my ear. “He's a Melton.” My brows furrowed in confusion. A Melton? The only Meltons left were Peter and his grandmother. “ Is there another Melton in Delengade?” I asked her. She shook her head as we watched him walk to the front of the class. “I'll explain later. He's very strict.” She whispered and leaned away from me. I sat up straighter and fixed my eyes on the teacher. I watched, amused as every one of the students sat straighter and I even saw fear creep onto some of their faces. “Good morning, students. Are there any new students present today?” He asked. I grimaced and remained on my seat. He meant Elites, not subs like me.

I sat down again, feeling like the wings got knocked out of my sails. “So, what's the use then? Of coming here? I spent so long dreaming about coming and now I'm here and…” I trailed off not knowing what to say. “Hey, come on. It's not that bad.” Patty said as she moved closer to me and took my hands in hers. “How are things not that bad? This isn't even a school! Who the hell built this town!” I exclaimed with a shake of my head. Before any of us could say anything more, two elites _ you could tell from their clothes and skin tone _ appeared at the backyard. A guy and a girl. They ignored us as usual except for a ‘get out of here’ glare from the girl. Before either Patty or I could react, the boy pushed her up against the tree and they started straight on necking. No small start, like a slow kiss so they could gradually get into it. Nope, they just skipped all the levels and went straight to devouring each other. Grossed out and pissed about everything Patty just told me, I h