Chapter 2

• Dad in Action
• ****Leila POV***
• “You pathetic failure…” Damian growled. Before he could say another word to me, my father grabbed him by the collar, pulling him close enough that their foreheads were almost touching each other.
• “Mention Leila’s name again and I will see to it that I hunt you down. Even if you hide under a rock.” Dad warned, in a cold, menacing voice.
• Watching my father now, it was easy to tell that Carlson Romanov was the Beta of Black Pool pack. This made my face flush with emotions.
• I felt proud of his show of strength, but also hurt because his solution to my own predicament was to marry me off just to save the family name.
• Damian waved my father’s hands off his collar, taking a couple of steps back.
• “Oath breaker!” Damian yelled, a frown creased across his forehead. “ Your family is a disgrace, a bunch of liars and cheats. You deceived me into this relationship with your daughter.” looking at us through hard, flinty eyes.
• Before he could continue, my father interrupted him.
• “Alpha Xander will soon be here, you know he won't tolerate all the despicable things you've said so far.”
• The effect of his words struck Damian instantly. Damian’s face turned pale at my father’s words. His jaw dropped, which left his mouth wide open, like a fish that just got outta water as he tried to mumble up a reply but nothing came out. A smile danced at the side of my lips.
• Any wolf with half his brains intact, would do well to fear Alpha Xander.
• The leader of the Black Pool Pack, was a man I've known for most of my life. Yet I could barely count the numbers of times I've seen him speak outside of pack functions.
• Xander oozed power from his every pore. Tall and imposing with deep blue eyes, he had broad shoulders, even as a predator, he was a ruthless beast. Forgetting that was a danger in itself.
• “Bullshit!” Damian yelled. It was clear to me that he was intimidated.
• “Everyone will know about this dishonorable family” before shoving his way out of the room.
• I prayed that this would be the end of his madness. But as soon as Damian flung my door open. He started calling me names, calling my family a cheat, calling us trickstars.
• “Damian!” Sonia, my step mom yelled at him. “Stop this madness already. You are causing a scene.”
• She had her arm around Amelia's shoulders, my step sister. The both of us never really got along since we started living together . She shot me a small smirk before sauntering away with her evil mother.
• “I am just getting warmed up,” Damian replied, his eyes shooting daggers. As he strolled into the courtyard where the packs normally gathered for announcement. He yelled at the top of his voice.
• “The Romanov family are fraudsters!” Eyes swiveled at us. “Carlson and Sonia do not deserve to be the Beta’s of Black pool pack”
• The atmosphere was cloaked in silence, I could feel my heart thumping inside my chest. As my legs trembled.
• “Despite knowing she was an irreparably damaged wolf, they tricked me into an engagement with their daughter, Leila.”
• I felt a tsunami of mixed emotions wash over me. My heart clenched in pain as I dropped to the ground. Inside me, my wolf lea, now fully awake, growled.
• “Leila’s wolf is disabled.it lacks its sense of smell and can't transform. She can't possibly sense her mate. Knowing this about herself, she lied to me with promises of love, and how we were destined to be together. Which all turned out to be lies.” Damian added.
• Several people around me gasped, as I felt the weight of their gaze closing in on me. Damian knew about my weakness and chose to use it against me. “What a shitty life” I murmured to myself.
• In a race to paint himself as the victim, Damian lied to the people when he claimed he was ignorant about my disabilities.
• I felt a pool of tears building up in my eyes, my throat dried up from exhaustion. I froze at the spot, just staring at Damian in total disbelief. Inside me, Lea whimpered.
• ‘Leila, I apologize. If I wasn't damaged, you wouldn't be in the situation,being dragged because of me.’ she whined in a tone, heavy with grief.
• ‘It's not your fault’ I assured her in a firm tone. Even though my vision was blurry, just like Lea, I never asked or wished for any of this to happen. But here it was, happening right before me.
• There were cries of outrage in the crowd as most members of the pack sided with Damian on his claims, hauling insults at my family. They called me all soughts of names from disabled to liar, to a scheming cheap slut. The insults just kept coming.
• “Leila! How could you do this to Damian?” my father yelled. “How could you be this wicked? You disappoint not just me, your father but the entire pack as well” he said, as he slowly distanced himself from me. I stood there confused, trying to make sense of what was happening before my eyes. What was he talking about? He knew I confided in Damian about my challenges.
• The realization soon hit me. I felt my knees buckle. Father was putting the entire blame on me just to save the family name. I felt shiver run down my spin as I gasped.
• “Please Dad,” I begged weakly, but he remained unfazed. I let out a hoarse sob, as tears streamed down my face.
• All I had ever wanted was to live in peace. But time and time again. I was reminded that good wasn't my Destiny.
• I cried, not sensing the new arrival. The crowd parted to let him through until he stood in front of my family.
• “What is happening here,” Came a thundering voice.
• My breath hitched in my chest as his powerful voice washed over me, sending cold chills all over me.
• I turned slowly, to see who it was.