ALICE
I had spent most of the day hiding in my room.
I had not been able to bring myself to face anyone. It felt like the entire pack had seen it all and was waiting to laugh at me. I had barely slept, and even when I managed to close my eyes, my mind kept dragging me back to that moment.
Faye's hand against my cheek.
The humiliation.
The way Jason had looked at me without saying a word in my defense.
And, most of all, the way he had told me to leave.
I had replayed that moment so many times that I was beginning to hate myself for it.
There was no point in remaining in my room forever, though. By evening, the walls had started to feel suffocating, and I needed somewhere else to sit where I would not be alone with my thoughts.
That was how I eventually found myself in the kitchen.
