Chapter 36: Misunderstanding

Before I could answer anything, Alpha Fred dragged me away from Lisa and punched my stomach. I didn’t fight back because he was Lisa’s father. I fell to the floor, and Lisa screamed.

“Father, leave him alone!”

Alpha Fred looked around and shook his head. “I should have known better. It is unacceptable!”

“Father, listen to me first!”

But before Lisa could explain anything, Alpha Fred raised his hand and hissed, “Put on your clothes! I will kill this man.”

“Father, no! He did nothing wrong!” Lisa wrapped a blanket around her body.

“Guards!” Alpha Fred shoved me out of the room.

It would be difficult to explain what we had done when Alpha Fred didn’t want to listen. So I took my trousers and shirt, wearing them, and walked outside to give us time to cool down. In a minute, Alpha Fred joined me in the hall. Two guards stood behind me.

Then Bill came, and he frowned on seeing Alpha Fred and two guards in the hall with me. “What’s wrong, Father?”

“Go to your sister’s room. You can get the answer directly.” After Bill went to Lisa’s room, Alpha Fred caught my collar and pushed me against the wall. “How dare you assault my daughter!”

“I didn’t assault your daughter! I love her!”

But Alpha Fred didn’t listen to me. He pushed my neck against the wall, almost as if he wanted to strangle me. Maybe it was his intention. Then Lisa hurried to approach us. She had already worn her clothes again. Bill was beside her, and his face was stormy.

Lisa rushed to approach me, then held his father’s hand. “Father, let him go! Nate did nothing wrong!”

“He did nothing wrong, huh? He repeated what those bastards did to you ten years ago!” Alpha Fred spat on the floor.

“No! I wanted him to do it!”

“What?!”

Alpha Fred released me only to slap Lisa. She touched her cheek, too shocked to say anything. Bill grabbed my hands and asked two guards to tie my hands behind me. I didn’t fight them because it would make things worse.

“Father, Nate didn’t rape me. I asked him to mate with me. I love him!”

“You humiliated us! Was what happened ten years ago not enough?”

Lisa sobbed and covered her face with her hands. She fell on the floor and hugged herself there, whimpering.

I shook my head. After the tragedy, I thought Alpha Fred would be more sensitive. But he punished Lisa for something that wasn’t her fault at all. “Alpha Fred, I love Lisa. I wanted to help her last night.”

“By raping her?” Bill mocked and punched me from behind until I fell to the ground.

“No!” Lisa crawled onto the floor and hugged me. “I’m sorry. They didn’t understand ….”

I wiped away her tears and stroked her cheek. “We need to be patient. They—”

Before I could finish my words, Alpha Fred said, “Bring this prisoner to the dungeon. Torture him until he asks for death. Then kill him!”

“Father, no! He did nothing wrong! The only thing he did wrong is that he loves me. Let him go!”

“No! He has humiliated us! Before I gave him my blessings, he dared to touch you in our pack! At my own house! If I didn’t kill him, how could you face others?”

“I’m not ashamed of anything. We did nothing wrong! What Nate did was because he wanted to help me recover from the trauma! Can’t you see it?” Lisa kneeled before Alpha Fred. “Father, I beg you … Please, release Nate. I will do anything ....”

“Anything?”

Lisa nodded. “Yes, anything.”

“Good! Then we will release Nate, but you will accept Cameron as your mate. Understand?”

“No, Lisa! Don’t do it!” I shouted.

Lisa glanced at me, and tears fell down from her eyes and created rivers on her face. She sobbed and bent her face so she didn’t need to look at me. “I, Lisa Shadow, reject Nathanael Thorn as my mate. We have no relationship anymore. I free you from our pledges.”

“No! Lisa, why did you do it?”

“Because I don’t want to see you killed …. I love you too much …. If letting you go means I need to sacrifice our love, it may be a worthy price.”

“Lisa, I won’t let you go! I will fight for us.”

Lisa shook her head. “It’s too late. Please, Nate, let me go. You will find better women than me.”

“Lisa, you are my mate! I will find a way for us to be together. I promise!”

Lisa whimpered and hugged herself. “I have rejected you, Nate. We are no longer mates anymore.” Then she ran to her bedroom and slammed the door.

Alpha Fred let out a long sigh. “What a spoiled daughter!” Then he said to the guards, “Throw this man outside of our pack. Tell the other guards. If this man tries to infiltrate our pack, kill him!”

“Yes, Alpha!” Both guards bowed and guided me to leave the Hurricane Dawn Pack.

But before we reached the gate, Bill stopped them. “Halt! Don’t let him leave first!”

“Beta Bill, but Alpha Fred ordered us to throw him out of our pack.”

“I will be responsible for him. Let him sit inside.” Bill pointed at the guards’ tower beside the gate.

“Yes, Beta Bill.”

After waiting for a few minutes, Bill walked with Lisa. Bill brought the dowry trunk I gave to Alpha Fred. Lisa’s eyes swelled from crying. She couldn’t stare at me and only gazed at the floor.

“Here, I return your dowry.” Then Bill asked the guard to leave us for a few minutes so we could talk. After they left the tower, Bill said, “I believe you. I’m sorry my father concluded everything wrongly. I will give you five minutes to talk, but that’s it. After that, go and never seek Lisa again. Let her find her happiness with Cameron.” Then Bill left us.

“Lisa ….”

Lisa’s voice trembled and was hoarse. “I can’t stay for long. I’m sorry about what happened. We didn’t mean to be together. But I wish you happiness. Take care!” She turned her back on me and left.

But I hugged her from behind. “That’s it? You give up so easily?”