Arianna’s POV
Rejection hurts, but the worst kind of rejection comes from family. And the final boss? From your own birth mother.
What kind of mother does that? What kind of mother looks at her child who has been separated from her since birth and calls her a “cursed thing”?
My heart shatters in the worst way possible. I’ve longed to see my birth mother for as long as I can remember, and now that I finally do, she turns out to be just like the rest of them, the people who despise me.
How am I even supposed to react to that?
Hot tears spill down my cheeks as I drag myself back to my room. I don’t bother joining the anniversary party downstairs. After all, I’m clearly not welcome. I’ve been treated like a total outcast, a stranger, and my own mother’s reaction only confirms whatever twi
