CORATurning around, I saw none other than Marissa standing there, and she was dressed in bright, flashy clothes that looked entirely out of place in the dusty field. Compared to her vibrant silks, my dark, almost monotone clothes looked plain, but there was a clear difference in the quality of the fabric that she probably didn't even notice yet. I stared at her, and I realized that I didn't feel anything now. Previously, I would have felt inferior, my chest tightening with the familiar weight of being less than nothing in her presence, but now, I felt nothing. It was like looking at a ghost from a life I had already outgrown.Clearly, she had been having a blast of a time in the pack while I was gone. She held herself with an arrogance that suggested she owned every inch of the dirt we stood on, and her skin looked well-fed and cared for. The silence that settled between us was electrifying as we stared into each other's eyes, and I didn't look away first. I kept
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