"Why didn't you tell us, Sapphire?", my mum asked softly. I knew she was concerned about me, I just wished she wasn't. "Because I don't want him", I said plainly.
"Nonsense". My dad in all his supreme authority walked into my room. "We have been waiting for so long for you to find your mate. Now that you have, you will mate him and become the Alpha alongside him"
"It's my choice" "It's for the pack" "It's my life". "You don't have a life!!"
I sighed and took a step back. "You no longer have a life of your own and it's time you understood that!", my dad yelled.
I could feel the air around me tighten around my neck, I felt the burning of my lungs and my tongue tasted metallic. My mum held my dad's hands and he stopped yelling.
"Sapphire, I.." I raised my hand to stop him.
I walked
