All Chapters of No Sunlight for Rosalie: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

10 Chapters

Chapter 1

The moment they learned I had given up my enrollment, several elders appeared on our doorstep.As soon as Mom opened the door, one of them spoke directly:"Luna, is it Rosalie's own decision not to attend the Werewolf Academy?""Exploiting Rosalie's future to compensate for the regret of a deceased Rose, don't you think that's a loss for Shadow Pack?"Their questioning drove Mom into a frenzy.She shoved the elders out and slammed the door.Then she dragged me into my sister's room and forced me to kneel."Rosalie, did you go behind my back and report this to the elders?""Did you cheat on the exam just so you could escape this house?""Is staying home to keep your sister company really such a burden to you?"The thorned switch lashed across my back. I bit my lower lip until it bled, refusing to make a sound.My Dad watched as my back was covered in wounds from the whipping. He finally spoke."Rosalie, you're not going to the Werewolf Academy.""Listen to your Mom. Stay home and keep R

Chapter 2

"Ever since your sister passed, your Mom has been overwhelmed by grief. She's emotionally unstable.""We're a family. You need to be more understanding of your Mom, more accommodating."I didn't argue but walked out numbly.And spoke the way I had countless times before:"Mom, I'm sorry. I swear I will not enroll in the Werewolf Academy."Mom turned to look at me with her gaze unfocused.She was hallucinating again, mistaking me for my sister."Rose, what are you talking about?""Come eat. Mom made your favorite roast chicken."She took my hand and led me to the dining table, placing all the food in front of me.If Mom had been lucid, I would never have received this kind of treatment.Most of the time, I could only sit in the seat farthest from the food.My parents always sat on either side of my sister's chair.The best drumstick, the tenderest steak, the only slice of tiramisu.They always belonged to my sister.I only ever got to eat them when Mom was confused.After dinner, Mom le

Chapter 3

Day ThreeTo celebrate my sister's birthday, my parents threw a banquet.And I was to attend as her stand-in.Mom took it very seriously, specially picking out the silk gown my sister once loved most.A style from twenty years ago, long outdated.My sister's gown hung on my thin frame like a clown who had stolen a princess's dress.As a pup, I was forced to wear it to banquets, and everyone laughed at me behind my back.Now I put it on without resistance.Seeing me in that dress, Mom's eyes instantly reddened.I knew she was viewing me as my sister again.That loving gaze had never truly rested on me."Rose, my most beloved daughter. Mom is so proud of you.""Everyone in Shadow Pack will be there. Remember to smile. Don't be nervous.""Rose loved chatting with Elder Dorian. Make sure you talk to him."Mom instructed me one thing at a time, as if terrified I might make a mistake, shatter the illusion of my sister, and force them all to wake from the dream.What she didn't know was that

Chapter 4

Edmund grew flustered when he saw me remain silent."What's wrong? You don't like them?"He looked at me, then discreetly glanced in my Mom's direction."If you don't like them, we can return them after dinner and exchange them for something you prefer."I sniffled and smiled, shaking my head at him."No, I love them. Thank you."Catching the redness at the corners of my eyes, Edmund sighed."Rosalie, my Mom told me what's been happening."He patted my shoulder in comfort."Don't be sad. You are an Alpha's daughter. Even without attending the Werewolf Academy, you will surely teach yourself a great deal."Hearing Edmund's words, I smiled bitterly and gave him a nod.After the banquet, I returned home.Mom threw the art supplies Edmund had given me off the balcony.Paint splattered across the ground.Like the bright splashes of blood from a body that had fallen from a great height.I rushed to the window, but before I could react, Mom pulled the dress and blouse from the gift bag.A lig

Chapter 5

When consciousness returned to me, I saw a girl lying on the balcony.The morning sun poured without reservation over her pale face.It took a long while before I understood.That girl was me.I was dead.The next instant, my soul was yanked away and pulled to my parents' side.Mom was bent over a gravestone, weeping.Buried here was my sister's cenotaph."Rose, twenty years now, and Mom still misses you so."So they had come to see my sister again.This monthly visit to the cemetery had never once been skipped, not since the day I was born.But they never brought me.At first I thought they were sneaking off somewhere for fun.Once I threw a tantrum and begged to come along.Mom turned and slapped me across the face.Her eyes were red as she demanded of me:"You have us every single day. Rose gets to see us only once a month.""And even this once you want to ruin it. How can any pup in this world be so selfish?"I went silent at once.I never dared to be needy again.Dad's hand moved

Chapter 6

It was not until noon that Mom finally stood up, swaying on her feet.Dad steadied her by the arm.They walked slowly, the two of them.Once in the car, they did not head home.Instead, they drove toward the Elder Hall.Dad drove the whole way in silence.Mom sat in the passenger seat, staring at the charm hanging from the rearview mirror.Set into it was a family portrait.One taken twenty years ago, of Dad and Mom and my sister together.The colors had faded to near white, yet the happiness on their faces showed through still.There were many photographs like that at home.Twenty years ago, my parents took hundreds of pictures with my sister.Of me, there were only a scattered few from childhood.And in every one, I had been dressed to look like her.A red ribbon tied in my hair, a long red dress on my body.Mom would not let me smile.So my expression was stiff and resistant.Mom did not like the results.Probably because no matter how she looked at them, I did not look enough like

Chapter 7

The entire hall fell into dead silence.Dad and Mom stood frozen where they were, like statues.Edmund's eyes turned red. His voice came out hoarse."How did Rosalie die so suddenly?""She was still smiling and talking to me at the banquet just last night."Dad and Mom still did not move.Edmund could hold himself together no longer. He turned and ran out.A long time passed before Mom seemed to slowly come back to herself."How dare she die."She sank to the floor, one inch at a time."She lied about having some terminal illness, and when we didn't believe her, she staged a fake death to steal everyone's attention."Dad's mouth fell open, but no sound came out.He simply drifted back until he was leaning against the wall.After another long silence, Mom turned to look at him."Dorian put her up to this, didn't he? They're lying together.""They want me to stop talking about Rose from now on.""That calculating girl wants my love all to herself.""It must be that. It has to be.""Why w

Chapter 8

A sharp crack rang out.Mom's phone hit the floor.The screen split open.I looked at that image, and thought with quiet sorrow:the only photograph of me on Mom's phone was the one taken to confirm my death.I'm sorry, Dorian.I never meant for you to be the one to face all of this.Dad walked over.He picked up the phone Mom had dropped.One glance was all it took. He pressed the screen dark and turned away.He looked at Mom, whose eyes had lost all focus.She reached out like someone suddenly going blind, and seized his arm with both hands."It isn't real. It isn't real.""Rose can't be gone. She's too lovely. How could she get a terminal illness?"Mom was having an episode.At the very moment she confirmed my death,she turned me into my sister one last time.From birth to death, I had never once been allowed to simply be myself.Dad wrenched her hands away."This is Rosalie!""This is Rosalie, do you hear me? Look at her carefully!""She is dead. Are you satisfied now? Does this f

Chapter 9

But I remembered clearly that my sister had been born in the daytime.If this was not about my sister,then Selene was the name Mom had always meant to give me.Selene.I turned the name over once in the quiet of my heart.And something in my soul went light."Selene. I'm sorry."Mom closed her eyes, gently.The next instant, everything around me shifted.When I came back to myself, I was standing in a hospital room.A woman held her belly, her face drawn tight with pain."Why are the contractions starting now? Rose was born in the daytime. The timing is wrong.""If this one comes at night, can she still be Rose?"I looked at her face, and understood all at once.This was the day I was born, eighteen years ago.This woman was my Mom.Dad stood beside her, trying to calm her:"Don't think about all that right now. Getting the pup out safely matters most. I'll go find a healer."Mom was wheeled into the delivery room soon after.The birth went smoothly. The healer carried me out with a w

Chapter 10

But I remembered clearly that my sister had been born in the daytime.If this was not about my sister,then Selene was the name Mom had always meant to give me.Selene.I turned the name over once in the quiet of my heart.And felt something in my soul go light."Selene. I'm sorry."Mom closed her eyes, gently.The next instant, everything around me shifted.When I came back to myself, I was standing in a hospital room.A woman heavy with child held her belly, her face drawn tight with pain."Why are the contractions starting now? Rose was born in the daytime. The timing is wrong.""If this one comes at night, can she still be Rose?"I looked at her face, and understood all at once.This was the day I was born, eighteen years ago.This woman was my Mom.Dad stood beside her, trying to calm her:"Don't think about all that right now. Getting the pup out safely is what matters. I'll go find a healer."Mom was wheeled into the delivery room soon after.The birth went smoothly. The healer

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