Don't Burn Out (Currently Editing)

Sixteen

TW:// alcoholism, anxiety attack, talk of suicide, eating disorders

I was upstairs when I smelled the girls scents wafting through the vents from down stair. There were three scents, two of which belong to Waliyha and Doniya, the other smelled somewhat familiar.

My curious wolf pushed me to run downstairs faster than usual.

I look up as my sock covered reached the floor. My eyes widen. "Elizabeth.."

He killed her I saw it for myself, but here she was merely feet before me.

"Tiffany.."

"How? Joshua killed you.."

"He thought he killed me. I've been living in a city near the pack for ages my brother and I were making plans to help all the omegas escape Joshua, but we got caught. We had to run."

She looked down most likely ashamed that her mission failed. Elizabeth always wanted to be the hero. Like me she was supposed to be the Alpha of her pack; along with her twin brother Ethan.

I walked over to her, and pulled her into a big hug. She hesitated, but hugged me back. "They killed her. My baby. My little Rosemary. H-her own father killed her. Tiffany they killed her." She screamed and cried. "How could Luna allow this to happen?"

Rosemary was Elizabeth's daughter. About three years ago Joshua decided Elizabeth was pretty enough to be a sex slave. Elizabeth got pregnant. Ethan, her twin brother, told her to abort the devil's baby, but she wanted to keep Rosemary because she was innocent.

Since Joshua was not her mate her body reacted badly to the pregnancy. She became very frail. She broke her arm after getting out of bed too quickly then broke it again because the cast was too tight. She could barely keep anything down. It was like something out of Twilight.

I never once told her it would be okay because I know it would never be okay. In this moment I still refuse to lie to her, I just hold her while she cried. I even cry with her. I ignored the eyes watching us. I even ignored the scent of my mate. Right now Elizabeth and I just needed to cry over our lost.

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After Elizabeth and I calmed down, Zayn pulled me into his arms and caressed my cheek. I was a shocked to see Niall the same to Beth. Elizabeth explain that she found her mate. I am utterly happy for her. She really needed someone now.

After sometime we ushered the boys away and went outside to sit in Trisha Malik's garden, which is absolutely gorgeous. Zayn told me his mother loved this garden like it was her child, so Zayn and his sisters have taken it on their own to make sure the beautiful garden their mother planted many years ago stills holds its beauty even after her death.

We sit on a bench facing the fish pond sipping hot tea Zayn and Niall brought out awhile ago.

"..it was never much we had to constantly move around. Adrian and Ethan were terrified he'd come after us. I told them he wouldn't. He's so sure of himself. He just knows he killed me without a single ounce of doubt."

I look over at my oldest friend and swallow hard. When I look at Elizabeth I see pain. Her once dirty blonde hair is nearly white, lightless hazel colored eyes, and her frail body. I note the way the bones in her hands and face poke out, the baggy clothing to cover her body, and the tea which she has not touched still Niall gave to her, but I not a single word about it; it would make a hypocrite with my drinking if I did.

Aren't we quite a pair? My alcoholism and her eating habits and broken, dark, hallow places were our biggest demons hide inside of us.

"But enough about me.." She laughs without humor, "How's life, Tiff?"