Hey everyone, so this is the start of these chapters being redone, because they weren't really written as well as they could have been. I just remember I was always super excited about getting new ones up and didn't pay as much attention as I should have, so I hope you enjoy. Happy reading.

Love, B.

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"You little bitch!" He screamed at her as he pulled on her hair. "You will do as you're told, when you are told to do it!" Her father wasn't the kindest of men.

"I don't want to mate with him. I shouldn't have to mate with anyone I don't want to especially when they are weaker than myself..."

She said the last part in a whisper, knowing it would only cause more of his wrath. Unfortunately, he heard her.

She didn't know when to keep her mouth shut. He stared at her intently, "You want to know who is stronger than you, that you will listen to..." He slammed his fist into her stomach.

"Me." She felt like she was going to puke, it hurt so much.

"Father, perhaps you should take it easier on Mizuki."

Her half brother walked into the room. Why even bother saying it she wondered. He knew that would only cause him to do it more, but that's really what he wanted.

Her older brother is a hanyou and not fit to rule over the Southern Lands. Her mother had an affair with a human, but despite that her father still treated him much better. If she were to be killed, he would be the only heir to the throne left.

He likes to antagonize their father into beating her more, perhaps to get rid of her one day. Well, in that moment she decided, he can have it.

She looked up at her father from where she was on the floor, with the deadliest of glares. He was looking at her brother; now was her opportunity. She swept her leg under him, causing him to fall and immediately got up and started running for the stairs.

To her relief her brother didn't move an inch to stop her. He wanted her gone. She ran down the flight of stairs, straight for the huge double doors leading outside, but to her dismay she noticed her father had gotten up and was hot on her tail. She managed to make it outside, but as soon as she was out, he was too. He stepped on her tail; she let a howl rip through her throat.

She was back on the ground, face planted into the dirt. There was no way she was staying there any longer.

She turned around and yanked her tail from under his foot and punched him straight in the nose, blood spilling out. As soon as he backed off, she transformed into her true dog demon form and bounded away. As soon as she was far enough away where she was sure he wouldn't be able to see her massive form, she shrank back into her more humanly form, so that she wouldn't be found.

She looked herself over, from what she could tell the only injuries she sustained were some bruises on her arm in the shape of his fingers, and she was sure her stomach was bruised, as well as her tail, but they should heal by the end of the day. From here out, she would travel as far from the Southern lands as she could.

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She wasn't sure in which direction she was heading, but she had been running nonstop. She had been running through plains until she was going in and out of forests and decided she was finally free. It took her a few days to get there, but she decided it was time for some much needed rest. Even being a demon she was exhausted after nonstop travel.

She didn't care if she had nothing now besides her noble clothing and her claws. She could sell her clothing and use the funds to move on. She would make something of herself away from there, mate who she wanted to mate with, be who she wanted to be, without being beaten and abused by a father who didn't want her.

What happened next, she didn't expect...

She was walking care free, through a forest, heading always in the same direction, just away, far far away, and then she literally ran into a man. No, not a man, another demon. A dog demon. It was so rare to see other dog demons, they were nearly extinct by then, but this one was beautiful. He was almost a full foot taller than her, and it certainly wasn't nice to run into his armor being that it was metal and her head ran straight into it.

She looked up, startled. His hair, unlike her black hair, was so silver it looked like the moon could have shined on it and colored it that way. It fell to just below his knees. He truly was gorgeous. His eyes were as golden as her, but something was off. Not just the menacing look he was giving her, but the fact that they were so cold, and so full of hate. 'I only bumped into him.' She thought. Could he really hate her that much just for something so simple?

"Move" was all she heard before jumping out of her daze.