“Alina, wake up!” Noreen snapped. He never cared about you. If he did, he wouldn’t have been so anxious to marry you off to another pack. To him, you’re nothing but an obstacle to his plan of passing the position of Alpha to his other choices. The new Alpha may be Warren or his other daughter, but it will never be you.”
I was stunned when I heard this.
Noreen was right. My father had never even considered making me an heiress. He just wanted me to marry someone. My pack was no longer my home…
Once my crimes were exposed, I’d be despised by the world. That was the best case scenario. I hated to even think of what the worst case scenario would be…
It was better to silence my father now before anyone found out.
Noreen let go of my hand, leaving the dagger with me. “It’s up to you,” she said indifferently.
Then she turned around and left.
I stood there, trembling, at a loss as to what to do.
Just then, my father was finally able to stand up. He walked towards me slowly, wincing with each step.
I was so scared that I retreated a couple of steps. “Don’t-don’t come near me!”
I raised the dagger and pointed the blade at him. “Don’t think I won’t hurt you! You wouldn’t forgive me for what I have done!”
My voice broke and I choked on my sobs. “You’ll definitely hate me and exile me…”
My father was absolutely livid. There wasn’t a trace of warmth on his gloomy face.
“How dare you, you bastard! I’m your goddamned father!”
Going berserk, he looked around and seemed to want to smash something.
But my father had always lived simply and had no other furnishings in his bedroom.
He couldn’t find anything he could break, so he gave up and took another step towards me.
I was so scared out of my wits. How did he manage to recover so soon? “One more step and I… I’ll really kill you!”
“Shut up, Alina! How dare you threaten to kill your own father? I raised you! This is how you repay me?”
My father’s eyes were burning with anger and blue veins stood out on his forehead. If he wasn’t poisoned right now, he would’ve beat the crap out of me.
I bit my lower lip and forced myself to calm down.
“Put down the dagger, Alina. There’s nothing we can’t fix. You’re still my daughter. Let’s have a talk, okay?” To my surprise, my father suddenly softened his tone.
“Shut up!” I couldn’t stand hearing him talk about our relationship as father and daughter. It hurt too much for him to call me his daughter.
I glared at him and shouted, “You never loved me. You only love Sylvia! You’re Sylvia’s father, not mind!”
My father was stunned and he stopped in his tracks. “You knew?”
Leonard’s POV
My subconscious reaction seemed to have pissed Alina off even more. Her eyes turned red and she gnashed her teeth angrily.
“So you do know.”
“I just found out.” I wanted to explain, but Alina wouldn’t have believed me.
This came as a surprise. I had planned to break the news to her after the wedding, but she somehow found out about it sooner.
“I don’t know how you know, but I only found out about it recently. I haven’t even told her about it…” Thinking of this, I laughed bitterly and felt that everything was spiraling out of control.
Alina sneered. “Oh, please, Dad. Don’t lie to me. I’ve seen it all! I’ve seen it with my own eyes. You trained her, you two ran in the forest in the wolf form, and you even licked her fur! You’ve never done any of those things with me! You’ve known that she was your daughter for a long time but you kept it from me!”
Alina’s eyes welled up with tears and her pale face looked tired and weak.
The scene she described pertained to the time I gave Sylvia special training in the imperial capital. I didn’t expect that she would know about it.
I felt so guilty. I had no idea I had hurt her like this. I just thought that she was unhappy with the marriage I arranged for her, but I didn’t know that she was holding onto a lot of hurt.
“I thought you didn’t like such things. You’ve never mentioned it before,” I said falteringly.
“It’s because you never asked!” she shot back ferociously. “Ever since I was a child, you’ve always made choices for me based on your own interests. You never asked me what I wanted. If you really cared about me as a father, you wouldn’t have treated me like one of your soldiers!”
I was a little embarrassed. I wanted to explain myself, but a lump formed in my throat.
“You were always like your mother. You were born a lady who didn’t like fighting and killing-“
I looked at her sadly and tried to defend myself, but she cut me off abruptly.
“Enough! Lady, lady, lady- I don’t want to be a lady at all! I never wanted to be a lady! You made me!” Alina was burning with deep, deep hatred. “I’ve had enough! My life has been a living hell because of you! I thought that family would understand me, but you didn’t. You were so selfish that you didn’t care that you were suffocating me! In that case, let’s just die together. I’ll have no home after this anyway!”
I felt so guilty. I had no idea I had hurt her like this. I just thought that she was unhappy with the marriage I arranged for her, but I didn’t know that she was holding onto a lot of hurt.
Seeing Alina break down, I felt my heart shatter into a million pieces. “Alina, this is your home. I’ve never considered driving you away. I only arranged that marriage for you because I wanted you to live a stable, carefree life.”
I had never thought that I had hurt my own daughter so deeply. Her cruel accusations made me suddenly realize that I was never a good father.
“Alina, listen to me. I love you, but maybe I didn’t know how to show it…”
I wanted her to calm down, but she refused to listen to me. When I tried to take a step closer, she swung the dagger frantically.
“Alina, put down the knife. You might hurt yourself.” I was a little worried. Alina was way too emotional. I had to find a way to calm her down.
“Oh, please, Dad!” Alina roared, wagging the dagger at my face. “You care about me? No, you don’t. I know why you’re so anxious to marry me off to another pack. You just want to get rid of me so that Sylvia can inherit your place!”
Leonard’s POV
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