Chapter 171: IT’S WAY TOO EARLY!

Xina should have known that she would wake up with Gaia muttering complaints under her breath, trying to make life difficult for her. It was no surprise, really. The warnings from Canan and whatever their parents had told Gaia hadn't seemed to make much of an impression. Once she found out nothing serious had happened when Greg and Ella returned from their abruptly cut-short holiday, she lost all pretense of restraint. Canan Ashdown, after all, was now making an appearance in their lives, though not in the most natural way. “You need to get up. Why are you so lazy? You didn’t even go to school yesterday!” Gaia flung the curtains open, letting the sun’s bright light flood the bedroom. Gaia, two years older, was already in college. This meant Xina was free from her older sister’s bullying at school, but that didn’t protect her at home. Gaia was still very much a tyrant within these walls. “Stop yelling. Your voice is giving me a headache,” Xina said with a frown, squinting as the sunl