The Alpha's Fated Kiss
Lila, nine, watching Etienne slip into the flood.
Me, twelve, hacking the city’s traffic lights, eyes already gold.
The shards spoke in unison, voices layered with every accent the city had ever swallowed:
“The wager was the beta. The city is the live build. You’re the testers. Welcome to Version 2.0.”
Rosa’s laugh was sharp, Brooklyn-thick. “Coño, I didn’t sign up for no beta test.” She lunged, machete halves slashing a shard. The glass shattered, but the pieces reformed behind her, now showing **Rosa at fifteen, tagging a bodega wall—except the tag read PROPERTY OF THE CITY in red paint that dripped like blood. She staggered, machete clattering. “That’s… that’s my wall.”
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