CLARA

#Chapter56 CLARA Twenty years ago… I didn’t know how to feel about any of this, standing here in front of the alpha like this, caught red-handed while breaking rules, the midnight curfew was embarrassing and portrayed me in a light I didn’t want to be in. I have always been the girl who is responsible and follows the rules. Getting caught doing something rash like this was so out-of-character for me and I’m sure once my parents hear of this, I’ll get an earful from them too. The worst part of it all was that I’d been caught with a boy and that I’d been reported to the alpha by Samuel. Nothing was more mortifying and horrible than the situation I found myself in. Aaron had become my confidante and it was clear we were both reeling from the surreal nature of it. Any and all communication with Samuel had stopped about a week ago but that didn’t mean that seeing him around didn’t hurt. Watching him, I couldn’t believe that he was the same person who used to sit with me, talk to me, and