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TRIVIAS POV.

The door flung open suddenly, sending jolts of electricity down my spine.

“You filthy whore!.”Embry's raging voice called out on cue as he stormed into the room, grabbed me by the neck, and threw me against the floor. 

“What's  this about?” I asked, parting my lips slowly as I dared not glance up into his eyes.

“I would have known better than to get married to a lowly servant like you, useless to the core! And now you are sleeping around? So you bloody think I'm a fool?” He asked again, his gaze bloodshot as he bent to my level, yanked at my hair, and grabbed at it with full force.

“You are dead to me from this instant; I do not ever want to see you or hear anything about you.”

“I did nothing, I swear.” I pleaded, tears falling from my eyes as I listened to him rage on.

“I saw you, my two bloody eyes, walking out of Stephan's room today, and I came after you, but here you are still laying against the floor, acting all pretentious!” He yelled again; it seemed more surreal to me.

I didn't know what he was getting at. Stephan was his half brother who had tried seducing me countless times already, but I wasn't a whore. I remained faithful to Embry, but why was he claiming to have seen what he hadn't?

“Oh, please stop with the crappy tears and hold whatever it is you have to say to me. I knew you were cheap, bloody weak, useless down to the core, but a filthy low life would never amount to anything. I blame all this on my father!” He yelled again, held me tight by the cheekbone, and I winced from pain, knowing if he applied a little more force, my jaw was definitely going to break apart.

“You disgust me,” he added in with a scoff. He moved away from me and proceeded to walk out before I grabbed onto his feet.

“embry wait.. Please.. Listen to me; just because it wasn't me, I didn't do it. It had nothing to do with me. I swear by the moon goddess, I had been in my room all night. Ask the guards, the maids, anyone. No one had seen me come out; there is nothing between Stephan and  me." I pleaded again as I kept on crying.

Tears streaked off my cheeks to no stop as he jerked his legs off my grip.

“You are crazy if you think I have a reason to be bothered by your thoughts or nonsense... I want nothing to do with you again; you can go ahead and be his mistress. I had better plans either way, but the blood moon festival is tomorrow. You are to remain locked up in this room until I say otherwise, and in two days I will know what to do with you. Filthy pig.” 

Having said that, he stormed out of the room and passed out orders to the guard by the door to bolt the lock until he gave other orders.

I remained on the floor bawling my eyes out, my hand grabbed tight against my chest, as I felt the pain seep in at intervals.

I was certain he had not seen me because I remained in my room all through. I had no reason to lie, but with him, it tended to be different things; someone had lied to him about it, and he trusted those words over mine.

The door pushed open again, and I raised my eyes in the direction, surprised to see Pearl, my personal maid, in my chambers. I knew it was against Embry's orders; he wasn't going to allow it.

She fell to her feet, bending on all fours, as tears dropped from her eyes as well.

“I don't know what this is about, Pearl, but you should not be here.” I complained hastily, scared for her.

“I know, my lady, but I have failed you... You trusted me, but I betrayed you.” She ranted on and on, and my heart skipped beats. I wanted to know what she wanted to say, but I didn't want to hear it. Pearl was the only thing closest to me as family.

“I'm sorry, my lady; I could not say anything to you. Please forgive me; the mistress had asked me not to say a thing.” She pleaded, and then my face fell, and pain tugged at my heart. Things like this never end well.

“Whatever it is, I don't want to hear it." I yelled, letting go of my anger all at once. I don't want to lose her as well. 

“the alpha… He has a mistress; he brings her to the pack house at intervals.'' Pearl admitted it, and my heart shattered yet again. With more unbearable pain, a mist of tears formed in my eyes as I fought hard to keep them in.

“I was forced to lie to the Alpha; I had to tell him you went to the Lord Stephans room over the night. I had no choice; she threatened my family. I needed to do it. She would have killed them if I didn't do as she said; I lied; it was all me; I told the Alpha you and Lord Stephan had been having an affair for five months now.” She blurted out, sending waves of pain all through me.

She lied to me. She bloody betrayed me; I trusted her the most, and she played it in my face, but embry... He had a woman elsewhere—a mistress, a concubine.

“Who else knows?” I asked slowly as my lips parted with ease.

“Everyone, the whole pack, but you, the red blood moon festival tomorrow, it's their wedding," she admitted again, and I saw as tears trickled down from her eyes.

“I'm sorry, my lady; I could not do anything about it, '' she pleaded, sobbing continuously.

She stopped, her eyes trailing off behind me as she frowned hard. She looked frightened, and I turned in the same direction.

“She's here; this is his mistress." Pearl added in hastily, her gaze fixed on the female figure standing before the door.

“What do you mean she's his mistress?” I asked, and doubt filled my voice.

“Sheila is my best friend, not a mistress!” I yelled 

“oh darling.. Your little maid is right, and it isn't mistress anymore; it's fiance.” She responded and held her finger up. My eyes fixed on her huge diamond studded into a ring. My best friend was my mate's mistress.