Chapter Twenty-Three

Shannon’s POV

The alarm chimed for the fourth time this morning and I snoozed it while tying my shoelace. I didn’t know how to turn it off because it was spoiled and I couldn’t afford to replace it. I found it one time when I was coming home from school. It was not of good quality but it was the best I could find so I decided to take it back home.

I had thought about asking my mom for a new one but I haven’t been in the mood to talk to anyone recently, not after everything I heard from my supposed mates, the Mayert triplets a week ago.

Dinner had been awkward but Alpha Robin and my mother had been oblivious to the tension in the room or they feigned ignorance. Whatever it was, it didn’t help matters as Ricky and Jules constantly glared daggers at me while Cole offered me a comforting smile now and then.

Now, it chimed repeatedly every morning until it decided that it was ready to stop. I slept heavily last night and it was already past the time when I usually went to school. A heav