broken // branded sequel // heathers au

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Elody's POV

The idea of fraternal twins always weirded me out, despite being one myself. Two eggs, two sperms, two different people. We didn't split in half. We were conceived in ugly circumstances, after our mother was on the run with our father because he murdered our older sister.

Giselle was someone we never had the chance to meet. But we always knew about her. Her pictures sat on the mantle beside ours and our mother still celebrated her birthday with a depressive episode every year.

Even though we knew that she was killed, there was never a reason why. But my twin sister, Auden, never cared to ask why. I always wanted to know what could possibly drive our father to kill an eight year old girl. Especially one who was his own flesh and blood.

This is just one example of how different Auden and I are. Everything else is pointless to mention. It's all just the manifestation of being two eggs fertilized on the same day. The first one made Auden. The second one made me.

My name is Elody Elizabeth Dean.