Rejected by the Alpha princess
"There are five coins, Leah. You have two left in your hand."
Leah looked at the two remaining tokens—the keys to the next phase for two more people. She looked at Claire, the girl who had mocked her heritage, and Derek, the man who had dismissed her as a ghost.
The sun began to dip below the horizon, casting the woods into a deep, final orange that looked like blood on the leaves.
"The gate is a mile away," Leah said, her voice steady. "We have ten minutes. If you want to move, move."
She didn't hand them the coins. With a sharp flick of her wrist, she tossed them into the thick, thorny underbrush fifty yards away.
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