Fauna:
"What is this disrespect? You accepted my daughter without my permission?" my father shouted.
By then, it was already too late. Not just because Haiden had accepted me, but because I had heard everything.
He had not come to save me. He had come to reject me.
That realization numbed my mind.
"You do not get to decide what I do," Haiden replied sharply.
Ian stepped closer and stood beside me.
"Are you okay?" he asked gently.
I nodded, even though I was not okay at all. My body was bruised, and my heart was shattered.
"It is all right now. No one will hurt you," the Headmaster said as he stood beside his son.
"Oh really? Then leave. I do not want to see your faces right now," my father shouted loudly enough to make my body tremble.
But I noticed something. My father's shouting rarely affected other men. He could only unleash his anger on me, my sister, and my mother. It never worked the same way on men.
