Chapter 8

Susie’s POV

[3 years before the attack]

I see Samie, or whoever this person is, take that dust away from me and my mom. I am so disoriented that I have no idea what to believe. I have no desire to feel anything. I just want to go and crawl under a bed and lay there till god knows when. I stay quiet even though I know I should say what I feel, I should be angry, I should be a lot of things, but I am just plain tired.

“Sue, sweety, how are you feeling?” my mom asks me as she tries to get near me.

I haven’t been here in a really long time. I know where my room is, so I just turn my heel and go to my room. I lock myself in it because I don’t want anyone. I just want to stay here and let everything consume me.

Why is it that anything I do to help, to be a better daughter, friend, and even partner, makes me live through worse things? Not even my own wolf wants me. I don’t even care to learn if she will ever come. I have lost all hope. I’m going to binge-watch