Chapter 2 two

She got home with anger boiling in her. She met her father packing his bag. Curiosity got the best part of her.

"Father, where are you going?" She asked him, trying to keep her anger aside. Whatever happens outside, remains outside. She tried to cajole her wolf.

"The darklord called for an emergency meeting. I need to leave" Her father, Darren, said. He rushed his words as he zipped his bag.

"Why do I keep hearing about the darklord?" Scarlet yelled. She tried to keep her anger but her father bringing up the topic, was not helping matters. "Why can't I have a day without hearing about that name?" She screamed as she held her palm to her ears.

"Calm your nerves, okay?" Darren said, not giving in to her sudden outburst.

Knowing her father so well, she only muttered "I don't know why you all are so obsessed with this man" under her breath. Darren won't give her the attention she wants. The fact that everyone won't stop mentioning that name around her makes her sick.

"How old are you going to be next summer"

Scarlet sighed at the question. She knew the direction her father was going and she was not ready for it. At least not that night when her anger was enough to burn the house.

"20" she muttered under her breath. She moved backwards a bit as she hit the bookshelf that was filled to the brim.

"Every other wolf meet their mate at the age of 18. What the fuck is wrong with you?" He asked as he turned sharply, pointing his big middle finger at her.

He was the commander of the warriors protecting the elite werewolves. It was a shame that his daughter is still without a mate. Only people whose parents have betrayed the pack appear wolf less or without a mate and he knows he didn't do any of that. He has heard people saying it a couple of time that he has probably betrayed the pack secretly, that was why his daughter was wolf less.

"There are seven packs in total, why don't you try to mingle with people? Drop your damn pride and be friendly with people" he yelled at her. He continued, "That's the only way you can avoid rejection on the full moon" he ended calmly. One could not believe he was the one screaming earlier.

Scarlet shrugged. She doesn't care if her mate rejects her on the full moon. She secretly wishes not to meet him. Been mated to a man is to be become submissive. She has only wanted to be in control. To be in power and she won't sacrifice those feelings for a man.

"Okay" she snorted and proceeded to go into her room. Darren grew her back. His eyes darkened in the semi darkness of the room.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" He yelled as he held her arm firmly.

Okay, this is the last drop of it.

"Let me go" she said calmly. Even though she was boiling in her, she didn't let it control her thinking.

"And if I don't?" Darren asked in reply. He held her with his left arm as he used his right arm to turn her face to him.

"Maybe it's all true. Maybe you didn't get a mate because your mother left all of a sudden" he whispered into her ears.

That was the news going round. Her mother left all of a sudden. She got home and searched the entire house but she was no where to be found. She waited for days, days turned to month and months to years. She had hoped her mother went to pursue the dream she wanted and would come back to her one day.

It was part of the reason she never want to get involved with the other gender; they would restrict you from getting what you want. She has heard almost everywhere but her father using it against her was extreme. She didn't expect it from him. She looked into his eyes with her blood shot eyes that showed no emotions.

Darren has said it before he realized what he said. Somehow, he didn't feel guilty. If she had agreed to mingle with the male population, she would have found her mate by now. She even decided to be on shift with females while guiding the pack entrance. Even if her mate was some where out there, there was no where they would meet. She hardly interact with the male population.

"You made her leave. It is all your fault" she yelled at him. She held back the tears that threatened to fall. She wasn't going to show her weakness to anybody, not even to her father.

"How is that my fault?! I'm sure you made her leave. You were not the normal female child everyone wishes for. Maybe that was she left" he said and let go off her arm. He was going to stop at nothing to make her get a mate. He knows Scarlet well. She would always want to prove a person wrong. He breathed in slowly, hoping it works the way he wants.

Scarlet couldn't hold in the tears anymore. She wiped her face with the back of her palm. She had thought she was the daughter everyone wishes for. She has won countless wars. Even when the rogues tried to gain entrance to the pack. She protected the pack.

"She didn't leave because of me. I'm sure you made her feel this bad that was why she left" she yelled on top of her voice. Screaming as hard as she could. She knew if the person before her wasn't her father, he would be six feet's below already. She silently hoped it was true. She hoped her mother didn't leave because of her.

Darren either doesn't know why she left. He returned from the pack meeting one day and met Scarlet outside, crying. He assured her that she just went to get foodstuffs from the market only for her to disappear forever.

"I married her. She met me before you. If I was the problem, she would have left before she had you" he replied, breathing heavily. "Just get a mate and prove me wrong. Prove everybody in the pack wrong" he yelled again. That was the hundredth time he was raising his voice that night.

"Have you ever thought of the fact that you made her leave her dreams? I'm sure you became selfish at a point. You wanted everything your way, just the way you're acting now" Scarlet said. Her voice was becoming low but she was trying her best to yell as loud as she can. Her head was banging so much that it was her brain was revolving round it walls.

In as much that she wants a mate to prove them wrong, she won't do what they want. She never supports the majority which makes her stand out most of the time.

"Whatever" Darren said as he grabbed his back and left.