All Chapters of Zeus - The Alpha of Hatred : Chapter 1 - Chapter 3

Fire crackled through the wood we’d spent half an hour collecting, casting a warm glow in the dark redwood forest. My mouth watered as a delicious smell of meatloaf filled the air. I reached for a piece, watching as Tyler, the neighbor's son, and the host of tonight's campfire, fumbled to pick one from the flames, making me chuckle."So, new gal—" He shot me a glance, a corner of his lips curling in amusement, showing off his dimple. Leaning in closer, clearly tipsy, he added, "tell me more about you." "Yes," Tobias, his friend chimed in, hand raised high with a beer bottle, "I'm interested, too." I blushed, giggling. "But you already know a lot. We've been friends for a couple of weeks now.""Come on, guys," Talia, Tyler's twin sister and my new best friend, threw her arm over my shoulder, "you know her. Anastasia Miracle, moved here from Arizona with her mother, goes to the same college with us.""Loves cookies and everything extra sweet," Samara joined in the recitation of my lif

The odd pain in my chest wasn't the only concerning fact. There was something more."What do you feel about parties, Ana?"A different kind of sadness."Ana?" Like a part of my soul was howling to death. Literally. "Ana!" "Huh?" I jolted out of my thoughts. "Where are you lost?" Samara quizzed."N-nothing." I shook my head. "What did you say?" "I asked what you feel about parties," Talia repeated, her eyes glinting with something suspicious as we walked across the campus in our leisure period."Oh. Um...parties aren't really my thing," I replied, holding my notebook against my chest and fixing my glasses. I needed them while studying. "But I guess it's fine as long as I’m not drinking." "Oh, come on, drinking is the fun part," Samara groaned. "Until you drink yourself into jail or worse, pregnancy." Gosh, I sounded like my mom. "Party pooper." She stuck her tongue at me. "In that case," Talia spoke again, suddenly changing her approach to the matter and throwing her arm aroun