Marked by the Alpha Team (Luna Merrick) novel Chapter 136

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day I had experienced recently, I let out a laugh. It crochure trataged to become Worse than every other terri

d small at first, but the more I thought about my situation, the more ridiculous everything seemed. Before I knew it, I

the myself like an actual lunatic standing beside the road

Beuth probably made me look insane, but honestly, I could not bring myself to care anymore. If someone drove past soned i belonged in a psychiatric hospital, I would not even blame them. My curly hair was a complete disaster the the wind, my eyes probably looked swollen from crying, and my clothes were wrinkled from spending the entire mes and distracted, and now I was standing beside a busy road laughing for absolutely no reason.

the outside, I probably looked exactly like someone who had completely lost touch with reality. The funny thing was 1 wasn’t even sure they would be entirely wrong. The last few weeks had turned my life upside down so badly that

mes I felt like I was living inside some bizarre dream that refused to end. To think that, I, Luna Merrick, the girl who reer got any attention except it had to do with her natural talent as an athlete, now had enough boy–related scandals the entire school entertained for years.

ying to gather myself, I reached into my pocket and pulled out my phone so I could at least check the time. Maybe if I how late it was, I could force myself to start heading back toward campus. Unfortunately, the moment I pressed the button, nothing happened. I pressed it again, but still nothing, then it finally clicked. My phone was dead, completely of because of course it was. Why wouldn’t it be?

this point. I was convinced the universe was actively trying to make my life miserable. I stared at the black screen for

al seconds before letting out another laugh. This time it sounded much more broken than before. Not only was over Toon away from school, exhausted, emotionally drained, and struggling with my hearing, but now I did not even have a trecall Ivy. If there was ever a moment where I desperately needed my closest friend to magically appear and tell me thing would be okay, it was now. Instead, I had a dead phone and a growing desire to lie down on the sidewalk and let

arth swallow the whole.

banghed, a few tears slipped down my cheeks. I wiped them away immediately, annoyed that I was crying again. Lately it

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Tout was exhausting

ikwete permanently sing just under the surface waiting for an excuse to spill little thing sexford capable of pushing me over the edge. I found myself wondering if my day could possibly go any worse before immediately ting dist thought down.

No, absolutely not

I had learned my lesson. Every single time Lasked that question. life somehow found a creafive new way to answer it Arthu point, if a meteor suddenly fell from the sky and landed directly in front of me. I would probably just sigh and accept f Going viral twice in a day, having everyone gossip about me, finding out Theo was responsible for humiliating me, losing control of my abilities, having my hearing act up, and now, being stuck with a dead phone and no idea what to do with myself

Eventually, I stopped walking entirely and simply stood there watching the cars pass by. Their headlights occasionally flashed across the road while their engines created a constant stream of noise that I was trying very hard not to focus on. I knew I would eventually have to return to Blackridge. There was no avoiding that. I had classes tomorrow, practice tomorrow, problems tomorrow. Unfortunately, I just wasn’t ready yet. The thought of going back made me tired. I didn’t want to see anyone. I didn’t want people staring at me. I didn’t want whisper following me through the hallways. I didnt want to answer questions.

Most of all. I didn’t want to think about Theo. So instead of heading back, I remained where I was and stared blankly at the road while my thoughts drifted aimlessly from one disaster to another. I was so lost inside my own head that I did not even notice someone calling my name.

At first, the voice barely registered, but then I heard it again. Still, I didn’t react. It wasn’t until Moon suddenly spoke inside my head that I finally snapped out of my thoughts.

“Mate,” Moon said immediately.

The word instantly got my attention.

I blinked, then looked up. A motorcycle had stopped a short distance away from where I stood, and the rider was already looking directly at me.

The moment I recognized him, I let out a tired sigh.

Knox.

Of all people, it had to be Knox. For a few seconds, we simply stared at each other. His motorcycle remained parked by the side of the road while he sat on it wearing a dark jacket and looking exactly as intimidating as he always did. Even from where I stood, I could see the confusion on his face. He clearly hadn’t expected to find me standing out here by myself.

Ľ Honestly, I doubted anybody would have expected to find me standing here looking like I had completely fallen apart.

The strange thing was that mixed with his confusion was something that almost looked like concern. It was subtle, very subtle, but it was there. Unfortunately, concern or not, Knox was one of the last people I wanted to deal with right now.

It wasn’t that I disliked him, I didn’t. The problem was that I simply didn’t have the emotional energy for any of my mates at the moment. One conversation with any of them always seemed to turn into ten different problems. Right now I just wanted to exist quietly without anyone asking questions, but unfortunately, fate clearly had other plans because before I could even tell him that I wanted to be left alone, Knox spoke first.

“Get on,” Knox said, and that was it, just those two words.

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