10. Just To Give Up On The Fight

Serena's POV

"So now that you have successfully disgraced this family and dragged our name to the mud, what do you have to say for yourself?"

I remain silent, gazing at the ground and blinking my eyelids rapidly trying to contain the heavy palpitation of my heart as dad's frightening voice, reaches into my ears, sending tremors through my spine.

The good goddess, knows that I don't really want it to get to this but he is not leaving me any choice at this moment and he is making it so hard right now for me to catch my breath with the dangerous dark aura I am feeling from him.

I take a deep breath and remain silent, still gazing at the ground because I know it is a very wrong move to say anything while he is still angry and trying to trash a situation probably about a mistake being made.

He is pacing all over the entire large sitting room with my mom following him up and down as though trying to calm him down but he is evading her advances.

"I seriously do not know what to do with you right now. What the hell made you to escape this apartment? And how the hell were you able to get into a club? Is that how I raised you? Did I tell you that visiting the club was a good thing? What the hell were you thinking? You are a freaking princess and there are some certain standards and characteristics you need to possess and maintain in order to keep your status in this supernatural world. You certainly did not want to listen to me and you just went ahead with your stupid decision. What the hell do you take me for? "

" Baby, I think you really need to calm down right now, okay? Just take it easy please. it was a mistake she made and I promise you that we are going to address this. Let's just go ahead with the preparations and see that this wedding goes as planned. "

Dad quickly turns to look at Mom and from the look on his face I can tell he is struggling to keep his anger to himself so he doesn't lash out at her.

Sometimes I find myself thinking how possible it is that he just fell so madly in love with her that he does things that make it seem really really unfair.

It really feels as though he doesn't care about my existence sometimes and she is the only thing that matters to him.

Why would he have the boldness and the lack of care to scream at me like that and then control his voice when he is talking to her?

I don't even know what to feel right now and I am extremely confused as I rake my fingers through my hair and finally slump back against the sofa not caring that he is still standing before me.

"I don't want to get married to him." I suddenly say, forcing both of them to turn to look at me with mom giving me a warning gaze.

I know she is trying to tell me to watch what I say and this is not the time but I am not ready to deal with that right now.

I have to state my mind and say what I want because it is just bizarre.

Why in the freaking name of ages would they bring me down so low to the extent of getting married to the very one person I detest and hate with my whole life??

Good goddess. I feel like pulling my hair off with the very thought of it.

It is making me feel like they have suddenly ripped out my heart or probably my bone marrow or even my entire brain itself.

It is like taking me up and mixing me up with the mud.

The thought about it is making me feel so insanely crazy as I don't know how I punch against the sofa beside me ignorant of the fact that my parents are standing before me gazing at me as though they think I am crazy.

"I am not going to Battle this and there is nothing I can do to stand against it because as much as I hate it so badly, Damon's father is actually right. We have no say in this and the only way to keep the reputation that both family upholds is for the both of you to get married so that everyone will look at it as a normal romantic relationship between the both of you. I cannot bear to Battle anymore and the scandals against our family and you know the traumas we've had to go through in the past because of this. You just had to be so stupid to bring up another one for the enemies to use against us. I am sorry but it is your punishment and you will have to freaking deal with it!!!" Dad screams loud before swiftly turning around and stomping quickly towards the large tall gigantic mahogany that leads to his room.

I remain stagnant at a spot on the sofa, gazing at the ground and allowing the tears to bust out of my eyes without control.

I feel infuriated and frustrated beyond measure.

I don't think I can bear this and seeing that smug smile of his, revealing itself in my brain is making me want to tear and gouge my eyes out.

Aarghh.

Getting married to that bastard is literally going to be hell for me.

He's going to freaking torture me all the days of my life and i might probably be forced to commit suicide or something.

I look up at mom who is still standing at a place in the sitting room with her arms folded, scrutinizing and observing me intently.

My lips tremble as I shake my head allowing the tears to fall relentlessly out of my eyes.

"I can't get married to him mom." I say and watch as she rolls her eyes and looks elsewhere ignoring my statement.

The look on her face tells me she is equally annoyed with me and she probably wants to give me a dirty slap but, she is just trying to gain control of her emotions.

"You were really stupid you know that right?"

"It was a mistake."

"What sort of freaking mistake would allow you to stoop so low to go into bed with the alpha of not even the vampires but the werewolves? What the hell were you thinking?"

"I got drunk and I wasn't myself?"

"And when the hell did you start drinking anyway? that is not the lifestyle we taught you Serena and that is not how you were raised so I can clearly tell you that you are a very big disappointment to me right now. If not for the fact that you were my daughter, I would have taken you to the highest dungeon up in the skies and locked you up there for probably a century!!!" She says with a very loud voice before quickly turning around and walking away from me.

this makes me close my eyes tight, grinding my teeth together as I get up from the chair and pick up a flower vase, tossing it towards the far end of the large sitting room.

Aaaarghh.

CRASH!!

I am so infuriated annoyed and angry about everything right now and I feel like bringing down the very Earth itself.

"No amount of smashing things will change the fact that you are freaking getting married tomorrow so you will have to deal with it. Now come up with me so we can sort out your wedding dress. It's going to be a simple wedding and there is nothing going to be really special about it."

Good goddess. Is this what my entire life has been reduced to?

I remain stagnant at the center of the large living room, feeling the tears sipping out of my eyes as I shake my head briskly and bite my lower lip with frustration.

I seriously cannot do this.

"I am not getting married to him!!!" I finally say decisively with a loud voice as I sit back down against the sofa, forcing her to come to a halt directly at the center of the staircase.

She slowly tilts her head to look at me with a raised eyebrow.

"And what makes you think you actually have a choice in this?"

That particular sentence makes me nibble at my bottom lip.

"trust me, I'm really not going to involve myself with this, but you know how angry your father is right now. So please don't test his patience and freaking come up with me so we can get this over with, within the blink of an eye. "

" And then I'm going to move with him to a new home right? "

She stops for a moment the moment I ask that and closes her eyes raking her fingers through her hair.

" I'm so sorry honey. It's just how it is to be so it can be so evident to everyone that you both are indeed married. You know how the enemies are and how the media can be sometimes. It just has to be so convincing and I'm so sorry. that is how it is going to be. Just to give up on the fight and allow things to go the way it should. Come up with me so we can sort out your wedding dress. "

FUCK!!