MATE!!!!

The ride back to their home was silent. Lisa sat at the back of the car looking out the window. She was alone in her own world, her heart still thumping heavily against her chest. She didn’t know what went wrong and neither does she have an interest in it. Her parents also had not said a word to her through out the ride home.

As soon as the car stopped, she got out of the car and went straight into her room, slamming her door shut. She sat on her bed and placed her head in her hands. This was the worst day of her life. Never had she ever imagined that her parents would do that to her. The feeling of betrayal weighed heavily on her heart.

She laid back in her bed with her arm over her face, the tears going down the side of her face. Liv tried to comfort her, but she wasn't taking it. The only thing Liv could do was whine at the potential loss of their mate.

How could her parents want her to marry someone like that?

Her door opened abruptly and her father stepped into the room.

"Lisa, I need to talk to you." He said walking towards her.

She wiped her tears as she sat up and moved to the extreme end of her bed, looking away from him. She really didn't want to speak to him.

"What did you and Collin talk about when you left?" He asked and Lisa turned to him, a frown on her face.

"Really, dad. Is that what you're here to ask about? I thought you came here to explain to me what the hell was going on and why you made such a decision." She scoffed. "I've never been more disappointed in you, dad."

"I do not care whether you're disappointed in me or not, Lisa. You're going to marry Collin and that's final. Your words and fights won't change a thing. Now tell me what you talked about with Collin!” he snapped at her.

Lisa just stared at him, studying his features. She really did not want to believe that this was the father she had grown up with, the father that had always said that he loved her and would do anything for her. His face held no remorse or regret.

She looked at the door and saw her mother resting on the door frame, her arms folded in front of her. She hadn't said a word in all of this. She hadn't spoken to Lisa since that morning. She wasn't even trying to support Lisa or at least help her. Lisa nodded her head, understanding the situation.

"Well if you really want to know, Collin, your esteemed son in law, is really thoughtful to express his views on how he saw us. He made sure to let me know that all of us in our family are just low life scum that want the wealth and power that their pack has." Her father looked away, clenching his teeth.

"Oh wait, I'm not done yet. He also said the only reason he accepted me is because of how I look. And here comes the big part, he assaulted me and alsso tried to rape me.” She said, gritting her teeth in anger and betrayal.

“He pulled up my clothes and wanted to have his way with me without my consent!” She shouted with tears in her eyes.

"I'm very sure you'd like me to get married to a woman beater, right?" Her eyes narrowed at her father, sniffing in.

"That doesn't change anything." He said as he stood up from her bed, clearing his throat. "The decision has already been made. You should prepare yourself to move there." He finished, walking towards the door as he pulled his wife's hand and he shut the door.

Lisa was beyond dumbfounded. She had thought that if she brought up the fact that Colin had hit her and tried to assault her, that they would rethink their decision. The Night Shadow pack was a very wealthy pack with thousands of warriors and lots of other packs as their allies. Her parents were scared of them and she knew it, but what she never knew before was how cowardly they were.

She stood up and started pacing around in her room while biting her nails. She was thinking of a way she could get out of the situation because it was getting more serious. If she sat back and did nothing she was actually going to get married to that jerk.

'We're going to run away, and we're doing it tonight.' Liv suggested.

Lisa stopped in her tracks.

'But we have nowhere to go. If we run away, we'll just be running with no plans and I have very little money on me.'

'That doesn't matter right now, Lisa. What matters is that we do not want to mate that jerk and the only way to avoid that is by running away.'

Lisa bit down harder on her nails, really considering what she was saying for a while.

'Okay, let's do this.' Lisa finally agreed.

She searched her closet and took the little money that she had saved up with her and opened her window quietly. She jumped out of the window and ran to the fence around their house. She looked around to make sure no one was around before she jumped and climbed over the fence. Immediately her feet touched the ground on the other side of the fence, she started running.

She never looked back as Liv took over and used her wolf strength to increase their speed. She ran faster than she ever had as she blew past bushes and trees in the forest, heading towards the pack borders. She had to be quiet, at least until she left pack borders. She saw some of the warriors at the border, but managed to sneak past them without them noticing her.

Once she was far away from the borders, she started laughing, the feeling of finally being free was exhilarating. She spread her arms as she continued running. She didn't know where she was going, but wherever she found herself, she would be happy with it.

She had been running for a long while now before Liv finally withdrew her strength because they had run far enough. Lisa finally stopped and laid on the ground breathing hard. She started laughing almost maniacally. Her laughter was so loud and she didn't care that she was in the middle of nowhere, she was just happy that she had escaped.

After laughing for a while, a strong feeling of sadness took the laughter right from her lips. She sighed as she thought of her parents. They had done something bad to her, but that didn't mean she hated them or wouldn't miss them.

She got up from the ground and started to look around for any signs of civilization. She walked for a while before she heard rustling in the bushes. She got closer to it and squinted her eyes.

Immediately, someone jumped out from behind it. She fell down, her eyes widening in fear as she looked around. More people started coming out from behind the bushes and according to what they were wearing, they seemed like warriors. She gasped as she thought of the only reason that could happen.

She had entered another pack's borders.

They had their weapons pointing towards her, but they didn't say anything, like they were waiting for someone. From the darkness of the forest in front of her came a man that brought a powerful aura with him. His face was stoic and showed no emotions. The scent that came off of this man was so strong and it filled Lisa's senses.

All of a sudden, Liv was causing a ruckus in Lisa's head. It felt like everyone around her had faded away, it was just her and this strange man. She felt like her heart was about to burst with the feelings that were rushing in. She couldn't hear anything because of the blood that was rushing past her ears. The only thing she could hear was Liv screaming in her head.

"MATE!!!!"