Alpha Malik (Published)✔️

Chapter Twelve

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Word Count: 2218

~Aria

Brynn wasn't at breakfast the next morning. Zariah and I were left to sit at a table with a bunch of other girls we weren't familiar with. Apart of the group, were the two girls from the Loyalty Pack, who looked strikingly similar; Braelyn and Maren.

"That's too weird," a girl I recognised as Livia, from the Wisdom Pack growled at Maren, who was trying her best to ignore the girl while eating a pancake. "You guys can't go on double dates with Malik...That's wrong."

Zariah rolled her eyes, chewing on the end of her banana. She knows that the other girl from her Pack likes to start arguments.

"Leave us alone," Braelyn snapped. I've come to know her as the one who likes to speak out more out of the two. If I had to guess, Maren has come from a very secluded, sheltered part of the loyalty Pack. Braelyn seems to be the devil on her shoulder at the best of times, and sometimes I'm left to question whether the two are actually strangers.

Livia leant back on her seat. "I'm just telling her how it is."

This was the part of the competition I despised the most. Some of these girls are infuriating, and make me want to pack my measly belongings, so I could walk straight out of this place, with the dignity some of them seem to lack. More than anything, I want to speed up this mission and get that necklace off Malik's neck.

Surprisingly, Livia and Braelyn aren't the worst out of them. I think that title went often switched between a few others.

Phoenix from the Desire Pack, along with Macie, and Mareli, who was a part of the Desire Pack. The gossip I hear every time I go up to get more food, is terrible. At least I am not a part of that since I have been flying under the radar. Luckily, it doesn't seem Malik has mentioned me to any of the other girls, and he hasn't paid me any special treatment either. In fact, I believe he might be avoiding me...

The other girls I am wary of is Alani from the Power Pack. As the Commander's daughter, she expected everything to be in her favour, and everyone just followed along, so they didn't have to deal with her wrath. Honestly, I try to avoid eye contact with her where possible, and luckily, she hasn't tried initiating conversation.

Zariah suddenly nudges me, making me jump. She nods to the two girls across the table.

"You know that makes you bloat," Braelyn scolded Maren, pushing her hand down that held onto a bun. I watched the rather regal features of Maren twist, as she angrily drops the bread back on her plate.

"Sisters?" Zariah whispers in question. The Wisdom Pack girl has some wild conspiracies about some of the girls, and it starts with the fact that both these girls are sisters. I'm trying not to believe her, because the selection process is supposed to be random, and the likelihood of them both making it in is very low.

I shrug. There is no real point in denying her theories because she will just give me twenty reasons why I'm wrong.

After breakfast, we were called to a personal meeting with our assistants. Really it was being sent to our rooms, where our assistants were standing ready with a piece of paper to insinuate what was supposed to happen next. I was hoping I would be left alone, since I really hadn't gotten a good book to read, with Malik distracting me and all. I'm positive he won't be there at this time of day since this was reserved for the time he spent with the girls.