~~~~Anya~~~~
When I'd entered the pack house earlier, I wanted nothing more than to disappear. My head throbbed, the same way my shoulders ached, and my chest felt unbearably heavy.
That humiliation I received earlier still clung to me like a second skin, it just refused to go no matter how hard I tried to push it away. I shut my eyes for a brief second, trying to breath, trying to exist. Just trying hard not to think or keep remembering everything, trying not to replay every single thing that had happened during the meeting. Those looks, those whispers, every cruel word.
Talia immediately moved down closer to me on the edge of the bed. “Anya,” she called again.
I forced a smile again on my face, I know it probably looked terrible now. “I'm fine Talia.”
“Stop it, you're lying to me
