How Dare You

ISABELLA

“How dare you force yourself onto my daughter?” My mother screamed at Victoria.

I felt my mother’s power flowing from her, making Victoria instantly bow down. Though she was not Luna anymore, she still had some power.

“Luna, I would never-”

“Silence!” My mother interrupted Victoria. “You have no right to speak to me.”

Her grip on my wrist tightened as I tried to pull away from her. I felt Victoria’s uneasiness through our bond. I had to do something.

“Mother, I-”

“I don’t want to hear it, Isabella! You leave the party just to mingle with...with-”

“My mate, Mother,” I said, successfully pulling my wrist out of her death grip. “Victoria is my mate.”

“No!” My mother yelled. “I will not sit here and let you make the same mistake, thinking you will get a different result.”

“This isn’t a mistake. This is who I am, Mother!”

My mother stared at me with tears in her eyes. I never would have thought something like this would bring her to tears. Is being mated to Victoria that