Chapter 46: Skipped

Zariah

My alarm goes off on my phone, and I groggily shut it off, not wanting to get up. I was awake very late last night, unable to shut my brain off.

Thoughts of all of the problems I am facing kept bubbling up and wouldn’t go away.

I want to roll over and go back to sleep, to pull my comforter over my shoulder and block the world out.

But I see that I have a text, and my curiosity gets the better of me, so, despite my decision to leave the world behind, I find myself reaching for my phone.

“Meeting, my office, 9:00.”

I groan. I can’t help it. I hadn’t wanted to go to the last meeting where my presence was requested in Micah’s office, and I don’t want to go this time either.

And yet… I have no choice. If I want to be Beta someday, I have to go.

“Do I want to be Beta someday?” I ask the ceiling.

It doesn’t answer. It only stares down at me, white, still, and nonjudgmental.