I have always known that I was hated. I have always known that I was unloved. Unwanted.
But this-
This was something else entirely.
I stood there, hands clenched at my side as my father, mother, and sister looked at me like I was trash.
Like I was nothing. Like they weren't talking about my life like it meant nothing.
"You should be grateful to us." My father's voice said, bringing me out of my thoughts.
Grateful? I couldn't help but scoff as my eyes met his.
"Why? Why do you hate me so much?" I whispered, my chest squeezing in pain.
"Oh please, stop with the drama, take a look at yourself, would you love you if you were you?" My sister Rosella asked and my mother chuckled like it was funny.
"You're sending me to die and you're laughing about it?" I asked, my chest boiling in anger.
"We're giving you redemption from your pathetic life, you've done nothing but disgrace us as a family. We're only doing what's best for our family." My mother finally said, looking at me with disdain.
She didn't need to say it directly but I knew I wasn't part of that family.
"What about me? What's best for me?" I asked and my father took a threatening step towards me.
"You ungrateful child, you should be happy we kept you alive, what gives you the right to think you can question us?!" My father boomed in anger and that made something in me snap.
"I am your daughter! I am your daughter, and you've done nothing but hate me for twenty two years, what have I ever done to you?!" I yelled in anger and I didn't see it coming when his hand landed on my face with a hard slap.
"How dare you?! How dare you raise your voice at me?!"
My eyes burned, my mouth wobbled but I refused to let the tears fall. I wasn't going to give them that satisfaction.
"Have you looked at yourself in the mirror? Do you know how disgusting and ugly you look?" He sneered and all I did was stand there and take his insult.
"And you had to fucking come through my bloodline, do you know how embarrassing that is?! And as if that wasn't enough humiliation, you don't have a fucking wolf!"
My heart squeezed. My eyes burned harder but I'd rather die than let the tears fall.
"Father, father," my sister said in her overly sweet voice she used in fooling everyone.
"Don't let her upset you, she's not worth it," she said as she held his hand and he sighed looking at her like the moon and stars revolved around her.
A look he'd never give me. Ever.