Alpha Damon (Sienna) novel Chapter 54

Lysandra:

I sat rigidly in the oversized leather chair, my nails digging into the armrests as Father paced in front of me. The heavy scent of cigars and expensive whiskey filled the study, a scent I had grown up associating with power, with control.

But tonight, all I could feel was tension.

Disappointment.

Anger.

I had failed him. And he was not going to let me forget it.

He was going to make sure that I lived up to it and he was going to make sure that I regretted it. It was not like I had any other option. I tried every single method that I could think of, nothing seemed to work. And in the end, when he chose to appear, he just ended up ruining things for me before I could get them settled.

“You disappoint me,” Father said, his voice like steel, sharp and cold. “As always, you are nothing more than a failure.”

I forced myself to meet his gaze, though every fiber of my being screamed at me to look away. Father was not a man who handled failure well. He was not the kind to forgive Father, and he was going to make sure that I understood that very well, that I was never going to forget it, that he did not let me live out of it.

And I had failed.

I had lost my place.

I had let an Omega take everything from me.

I allowed myself to weaken in front of an Omega and that was not something that he was going to allow me to get

over.

“Damon forced me out. He did not give me another option, he just put me in a situation where I was treated like a fool.” I tried to reason, my voice measured, controlled, but inside, I was crumbling. “You saw it yourself, Father. He wanted me gone. No matter what I did, he kept choosing her. I couldn’t change that no matter how hard I tried. You of all people know that I’m not the type to give up as easily as you would want me to sometimes. I fought for him. And I fought him, I fought against her, and nothing seemed to work.”

“Because you let him,” Father snapped, his dark eyes flashing with fury as he slammed a hand onto his desk. ” Because you allowed him to believe he could discard you like some common plaything. You allowed him to disrespect you the way that he did. If you had forced your respect, he wouldn’t have crossed that limit with you. And yet here you are sitting in front of me, and it means that you do not force it. It is not only him, it is even the others that are around him that did not respect you. I believe that you know that very well.”

I clenched my jaw, my hands curling into fists. “What was I supposed to do? Beg him to keep me? Humiliate myself? I tried my best to force him to respect me, but I cannot force a man that knows nothing about respect to actually respect a woman. You of all people should know that you know the land and the world of men.”

“Then make him regret it,” he hissed. “You are not going to sit back and watch him build a life with her. You are going to play smart. You are going to remind him of who you are. And if that means playing a different game, then so be it.”

A chill ran down my spine at his words.

“And if he refuses to change his mind?” I asked cautiously.

Father’s expression turned cold, calculating. “Then we ensure that he no longer has a choice.”

His words lingered in the air like a dark promise, and for the first time in a long time, I realized just how far my father was willing to go.

And how far he expected me to go as well.

“Now get ready, we have guests coming over.” He said casually. “And I believe that you know very well that because you are now back home, you need to represent me as my daughter. I would recommend that you act accordingly.”