Ditched Cheating Alpha, I Led My Daughter to Life's Peak novel Chapter 127

"I didn't have any choice." My voice raises. "I've been chased through the forest by killer wolves, glared at around every corner by creepy townspeople, and left to fear for my life both from external enemies and internal ones too. This is crazy." I breath for what feels like the first time in awhile. You don't know how good it feels to just admit that. To finally say how I've been feeling since this whole thing started. I mean, I'm literally scared shitless and I'm tired of pretending like this is any kind of normal. It's not.

Carson's the first to react. "I thought Onai kept you safe?"

I sigh. He's not getting it. "It's the fact that he had to keep me safe that's the problem." I look at him. "My life is in danger all the time, and I know you guys can't help it. And I know you're doing the best you can." I look at Aiden from the corner of my eyes. "I know... you can't make promises about this sort of thing."

Aiden still doesn't say anything.

"I'll make you promises right now," Carson says, leaning closer in his seat to me.

I shake my head. "I don't want you to. I'm just... I'm just scared, and this pack hasn't exactly been the most welcoming." It feels horrible walking through the halls of this school. It feels like that moment in the Lion King when Kovu was being exiled, only there's no catchy song to accompany it. No promise of a happy ending or a worthwhile resolution.

I'm just hated. And it doesn't stop no matter how nice I try to be. Some people have changed their minds, but not enough.

"We can talk to the pack," Axel says. "We can-"

"-force them to respect me?" I shake my head. "If you could do that, people wouldn't be treating Onai the way they do."