CHAPTER FOUR

BETRAYING THE PACK?

Nina's POV.

'This has to be some sort of joke.' I thought as I stared at three men who gathered around Malia. She had stopped struggling in the guy's arms and was now looking at the four of us, with curiosity in her eyes.

"What is mate?" She asked innocently and I almost smiled.

"How about we tell you the meaning later?" The other guy with the one holding her, pinched her nose and Malia giggled.

'Who were they to her?' I pondered but decided to leave instead because there was no way in hell these three men were my mates.

The only mate I knew of was Axel and he rejected me back then but wait! Did he break the bond between us?

Also, how does one get mated to three?

"Hold on." I heard a deep voice that sent shivers down my spine behind me and turned around to see it was Axel.

"Why?" I gulped and he just kept staring at me, his blue eyes sparkling.

Damn! They were so beautiful to watch.

"You just saved our daughter and it seems to me that you are our mate." The red-haired holding Malia winked and I felt warm butterflies fluttering in my stomach.

'What the hell was this?' I almost panicked as I took a deep breath, trying to calm myself down.

"Yes. Do you mind coming with us?" The white-haired beside him grinned and I felt my heart racing heavily against my chest.

"No." I refused and turned to leave but Axel grabbed me by the arm and I jolted.

"Let me go." I struggled and the other two who seemed to be his brothers chuckled.

What the fuck was funny?

"Daddy Axel, please don't be harsh on auntie, she didn't hurt me." Malia spoke up when she noticed Axel's grip seemed to be tightening on my arm and was even hurting.

The bastard. But wait? Did she just call him Daddy? That reminds me, the red-haired used "our" instead of "mine"

So Axel had a child?

Looking at her again, I realized Malia looked around 4 or 5 and it was around 5 years ago, Axel left and never looked back so was it because of her or he had someone else?

My heart tightened as I bit my lower lips hard.

'Could three men father one child?' I wondered as I turned to look at them one after the other.

'Whatever. I needed to leave right now because whatever was happening right now was too insane to fathom.' I thought and stepped hard on Axel's shoes.

I matched him with all my strength and a low growl erupted from his throat as he released me but before he could grab me again, I punched him in the nose and dashed away from the hallway.

I think he tried going after me because I could hear his brothers telling him to let me go. They were wise enough.

The other two looked so sophisticated and like gentlemen in those tailored suits of theirs while that Axel looked rough and scary in those jeans and jacket.

"Hmm." I sighed, deciding to get them out of my mind as I walked past where Vivian and I used to walk.

I looked towards it and felt my heart tightening in pain again as I remembered what I witnessed in there.

I can't believe my husband and best friend were screwing behind my back all these while and I never knew. She even got pregnant in the process and I remained blind to it.

I went home and collapsed on the bed immediately, trying to get some sleep but unfortunately I couldn't, because my mind drifted towards those men again and I wondered if they could truly be my mates or everything was a misunderstanding.

I licked my lower lips as I changed my clothes and forced myself to sleep only to be awoken by the sound of my phone ringing.

I groaned as I looked at the time and noticed that I hadn't even slept for up to 30 minutes and it was getting dark. The phone rang again and I picked it up this time.

"Hello." I muttered drowsily.

"Miss Hartford, please you need to come to the pack house now." My lawyer, Mr. Bruce half-yelled and I felt a feeling of dread go through me.

"Why?" I asked knowing that this man doesn't call to do check-ups but to drop news about crisis, like my parent's death.

"Because Alpha Nate is trying to take over, on the claims that you are betraying the pack by leaking secrets to the enemies." Mr. Bruce answered and I immediately rose from bed, all form of sleepiness disappearing.

"What?" I yelled.

"Yes, miss Hartford. Come now or risk loosing everything your parents ever worked for." Mr. Bruce said before ending the call on me.

I didn't waste time and entered the shower to freshen up before getting dressed professionally, ignoring the side jabs I was feeling in my stomach.

My parent's hard work mattered most and I wasn't going to let some thug snatch it from me.

Yes, Nate was more of a thug before we met then I fell in love with him, built him into a great man with his own company and he finally proposed, only to betray me now.

All this was happening because I foolishly signed over my pack and companies' right to him thinking I finally had someone I could trust besides Gina, but then they both shot me through the heart.

A tear dropped as I was driving and I wiped it off.

The pack house was too far from Ryan's mansion but I got there in time and could hear murmurs about me from pack members as I walked into the building with my head raised high.

No piece of shit was going to bully me into succumbing, again.

"Miss Hartford, bless the moongoddess you are here. This way please." Mr. Bruce gestured towards the pack's office where every important issues about the pack was always discussed.

We entered to see Nate present with Gina clinging to him and his lawyer with some elders all sitting around the round table.

"Thanks for waiting." I smiled as I walked towards the end of the table.

"You are in my seat." I told Nate who looked startled to see me glaring down at him.

"He is the A-Alpha, N-nina" Josie frowned and I chuckled.

"And who made him Alpha?" I asked and she went mute.

"I did meaning I can remove him as well, so get up." I ordered and Nate clenched his fists, hesitant.

"Alpha Nate, you heard her." Elder Moses, one of the men I respected who was always on my side spoke up and Nate got up then I took a seat.

"What is the problem?" I questioned.

"Alpha Nate brought proof that you are betraying the pack." My lawyer began and I laughed.

"What?"

"Yes. We have a video." Gina sneered, looking so different from the bitch who looked remorseful yesterday. She was still clutching to Nate's arm who wasn't even paying her attention but looking at me.

"Oh really? Show me please." I smiled and I noticed the side of Nate's lips curling into a smirk as he snapped his fingers.

I felt goosebumps covering my body but drummed my hands against the table instead as the video was placed in my front.

What I saw playing made me go pale, my palms sweating as I watched myself talking with Axel and the two men from earlier.

Then it clicked why the two men looked so familiar, apart from the resemblance they had with Axel and I let out a gasp, hoping I wasn't doomed yet.