I barely make it to the room before the tears begin to fall heavily. I shut the door behind me, falling to the floor in defeat. I hate this, I hate what my life has turned into.
“Raelynn?” Elara knocks on my door.
“Leave me alone, please,” I sniff, trying to keep my voice steady. It’s a trick I mastered when I was young, but sometimes it doesn’t work. Now is one of those times. My voice is cracking after every word.
“Are you okay?” She softly asks. “I’m sorry about Miss Valerie, she’s a bit…”
“It’s fine, Elara.” I gulp. “I just need a minute alone,” I tell her, sobbing into my hands.
It hurts, everything with Valerie hurts, but not the way Killian’s words do. He was so cold to me, he called me everything he once promised I wasn't. The very person who would comfort me and beat up anyon
