Chapter 126
My lip raises “Hey!” I snart “I didn’t do anything wrong! Don’t act like your my dad suddenly, I tol you
He reaches behind him and slams the envelope onto the table. It skids toward me.
Dominic’s crest glares up from the paper.
“You think I wouldn’t find out?” he snarts. “You think I wouldn’t hear about you having dinner at an Alpha estate like some prized offering? Why didn’t you tell us they had chosen you! They want you as Lama and you just kept that to yourself?!”
“I didn’t ask for that,” I tire back. “They invited me, I went to turn them down.”
“Turn them down?!” he shoots back. “Are you desulsional?! Do you know what this would do for our family?! You’re mother?”
My fist curled over the document, tossing it back. “I’m aware. But it’s mine and Dominic’s choice. Besides, they can’t force me if
“Oh, so now you understandpack politics now?” he cuts in. “Funny how that works when it benefits you.”
“It doesn’t benefit me!” My voice cracks despite myself. “I don’t want him. Listen to me! I don’t want any of this.”
His laugh is sharp and ugly. “Don’t insult me.”
“I’m not lying-”
“You are lying to everyone,” he roars, stepping into my space. “Had your sister thinking she had a chance when you were just undermining her! You’ve been lying to this family, to your mother, to me. Playing innocent while you let them parade you
around like a future Luna.”
“I told you I rejected it!”
“You rejected what?” he snaps. “You either give this to your sister or stop screwing around with it! But now, now they give you everything, power, security, status, and after all your meddling your saying no?!”
“I don’t care!” I shout back. “I won’t be his Luna.”
His eyes darken.
“You don’t get to decide that.”
“Yes, I do.” I snarled. “And I am sick of everyone telling me what I can and can’t do.”
“No,” he says coldly. “You’re not hearing me. You don’t get this choice.”
I feel heat crawl up my neck. “Right, dad. On some power hungry show today?! What’s up your ass, huh? This isn’t about me This is about you wanting access. Wanting favors. Wanting to climb.”
He takes another step forward. “Watch your mouth.”
“My real father,” I spit. “Wouldn’t sell me off!”
The room goes dead silent.
Then-
Crack.
The slap comes hard and fast, snapping my head to the side. Pain explodes across my cheek, bright and dizzying, my vision flashing as I stumble back into the side table. The whole thing falls with me, glass and water tumbling onto the floor, shattering
“Don’t ever say that to me again,” he snarls. “Ever.”
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I clutch my cheek, shaking, fury burning through the pain. “Is that was strong men do? Hit when they don’t ge there way?”
“I struck you because you’re acting like a foolish child,” he barks. “Do you think this world is kind to girls who say no to Alphas? To there fathers. I run this house, you hear me?”
His hand curls into a fist.
“You will marry well,” he says, voice low and threatening. “You will stop embarrassing this family, and messing with your sister’s life. You either take this marriage offer, or get out of my house and quit screwing with her future. And you will learn when to keep your damn mouth shut or so help me-”
“Stop!” my mother cries, rushing in between us, grabbing my arm. “Stop it! What are you doing?!”
He hesitates, chest heaving, then steps back with a sharp breath, smoothing his sleeve like he didn’t just strike me.
“Take her upstairs,” he says. “Before she says something else she can’t take back.”
My mother pulls me away, hands trembling, dragging me up the stairs as my cheek burns and my heart pounds so hard it hurts.
The door shuts behind us.
I collapse onto the bed, shaking, tears spilling despite my clenched jaw.
From downstairs, I hear him still pacing. Still angry.
My mother pulls me into her hugging me so tight I can’t breath.
And then I realize, she’s shaking more then me.
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