Luc's plan is the stupidest thing I've heard in years. The only thing that beats it is when my father tried to convince me that there was a magical man who delivered presents to all the children in the world in one night and if you misbehaved, which he magically knew too, he would give you coal.I was four years old and I knew the story was bullshit, just like what Luc is trying to tell me.He wants me, not only to go buy flowers in the nearest town, but to also write my feelings in a letter. And after Angelique has read the letter in front of me, he wants me to tell her out loud how much I love her and that I can't live without her and that her eyes remind me of the sea and that she smells like vanilla in summer and some other shit that is not genuine at all. Oh, and also he wants me to buy her some necklace or bracelet or whatever expensive jewelry so she'll remember me forever."I think it's all the unnatural sex you've been having lately that's clouding your brain cells, have you

I lie in bed for a few minutes trying to remind myself that Elliot has treated me far worse than I have treated him. He deserves this. He deserves to feel sad and I shouldn't feel bad about it.It's the law of life, if you hurt me, I’ll hurt you back."Can I come in?" Hunter asks from outside as he knocks on the door. I mumble a yes, "Oh, hi Angie, where's Elliot?""I don't know," I reply, my voice low, "He left. He's mad at me.""Surprise, surprise,” he mutters sarcastically and laughs, sitting down on his bed and taking off his boots. I'm thinking so much about everything that I don't even pay much attention to how bad it smells, "What did you do now?""I... I said a couple of things that were a little bit wrong," I agree, letting all the air out of my lungs. I want to apologize to Elliot, but I don't know if I should. I don't know if this makes us even or if it's not even a quarter of what he made me suffer, "Do you think he'll forgive me?""I don't know what you said, but he'll f

I don’t know who the fuck is that, but the name rings a bell. I dwell on it for a few seconds."Marea Alicat?" I ask, Angie nods a lot, "Oh, right. The General informed me that she would be arriving today. Your father asked as a favor for her to come into the program even though we were halfway through. Do you know her?""Know her?" She snorts, "She's my best friend. And by 'best friend' I mean she's the biggest bitch ever and I hate her. She's the reason for all my sorrows. She's the reason I made that human die. She's the reason I'm here again.""Okay, first of all, we need to calm down,” I put my hands on her shoulders and shake her a little. Her body is extremely tense and her face is turning red, "I won't let her near you if that's your problem. You won't fall for whatever that girl makes you do again because I trust you, I know you've changed. You're not the same girl who killed a human, okay? And I’m glad you’re back.”"Okay… just don't let me be alone with her," she asks, then

{ Elliot }I swallow to moisten my dry throat and, once I'm able to move, I grab the box I came for in the first place. The effort of carrying this huge, heavy box is welcomed. My arms feel like they're going to give out, but I've already wasted too much time, so I just carry it until I get back to the group. I half expected Angelique to be hiding somewhere avoiding me, but instead she is talking normally with Eva and Xavier while the alien watches them from afar with anger in her eyes. I decide not to say anything and drop the box at Luc's feet."What took you so long, champ, you need to lift more?" Luc taunts, punching my chest. I try to smile at him but I don’t think I succeed. "Man, I think we better leave the shooting for tomorrow. I'm not really focused, my mind is completely elsewhere," I say quietly and Luc just shrugs as if it's okay, "We'll do it tomorrow, I swear.""I hear you, it's fine," he nods at me and starts giving different orders than we had planned.We march fo

“Okay, let’s create something. Put that evil mind to work,” Marea says, suddenly looking excited. "I’m trying," I mutter and close my eyes. I know I need to focus all this negative energy I feel into a plan against him, but my mind is blank. I probably can't think of anything because I don't really want to hurt him. Love really made me weak, that’s embarrassing. “I’m sure you can use yourself to hurt him, just play around. Pull him in, then push him away. Drive him insane that way. Alphas are so fucking stupid, he’ll never know what hit him,” she opines but I can’t do that because… maybe that’s what I’ve been doing this whole time, “It would work because I think he actually likes you. Like, for real. He even said he’s unavailable when I tried to come on to him.”"What?” I ask, my amusement gone. Marea lifts her hands in case she has to defend herself. And it’s a good idea because I want to slap her again, “What the fuck did you do, Marea?” "Don't get mad, I just tried something. I