Rejected, But Trapped By The Alpha King
The screen still had the Hello Kitty sticker her sister had put on it years ago.
After unlocking it, she opened the messages—still the same number, "Miss you," "Love you," "Can't live without you," repeated seventeen times.
The last one, at 2:07 a.m., read, "Please answer. I'm sorry," followed by thirty-seven exclamation points.
After reading, Luana hovered her finger over the screen for three seconds.
In the distance, an ambulance wailed, approaching then fading away.
Recalling her dream last night, she had fallen into darkness amid similar sirens.