Stella frantically covered her mouth with both hands, her eyes darting around the room like a trapped animal."Mom, stop talking! She can hear us! She's in this room!"Her voice was high-pitched and shaking, bordering on hysteria.My mother's face twisted with disdain, her lips curling into the same expression of disgust I'd seen countless times growing up."So what if she hears? Does that jinx dare to defy us? It's because of her that our pack was cursed back then! Even if she's dead, she deserved it!"The venom in her voice was so pure, so absolute, that it took my breath away.Even though I was used to their hatred, even though I'd built walls around my heart to protect myself from exactly this, my numb spirit still felt a sharp stab of pain.Taking advantage of their inability to see me, I finally voiced the question that had haunted me my entire life."Dad, Mom, if you hate me so much, why didn't you just strangle me at birth?"My voice echoed in the empty air, unheard but despera
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