Chapter 9. Running Away from the Truth

Amelie

I was frozen in shock, “you want me to become a Scarred One? Are you serious?! Do any of you care for me at all?!” I was screaming at this point.

I turned and ran. I went straight to my room tossed everything in my suitcase. I grabbed my phone and texted Tate. “I’m heading home early. I’ll see you soon.”

I got a reply right away, “see you soon then.”

I don’t know why but his text seemed off-putting to me. I brushed it off. I was between a rock and a hard place, and I was choosing the hard place. I rushed down the stairs to the door. I wasn’t going to stop for anything, not even to say goodbye to my siblings. I get to the car and throw my suitcase in the back seat. I start the car and peel out.

My whole body felt like I was going to explode! I was an adult. How dare anyone tell me what to do. I felt Inari stir in the back of my mind. “Please calm down. You know they were not trying to harm you but help you.”

I was amazed, “H