Betrayal

The soft sounds of a car halting could be heard in front of the apartment building. As a sports car pulled over, the door was pushed open, and a beautiful leg covered in sneakers stepped out of the car.

Looking up at the building with a bright smile on her face, Odessa was holding a large box in her hands, which was that of a dress. As she headed up the stairs leading to the apartment.

The door was slightly open, and she knew it was unlike Lucas to have the door unlocked, especially now when there were lots of foreigners in the pack, now that the mating ceremony was tomorrow.

Closing the door behind her, she set the dress aside on one of the expensive-looking sofas in the room, pulling off her shoes to walk on the wooden floor.

She headed up the stairs where she knew her boyfriend would be. “Lucas, I'm back with the dress,” she called out, but got no answer. Walking up the stairs, she could hear voices coming from Lucas's room.

The door was slightly open, and as she was stepping towards the door, she could hear the conversation.

“I'm sure you love me more than you love her.”

The feminine voice asked with mischief evident in her tone. Odessa stood there in shock. She would recognize the female's voice, even in her sleep, no matter what.

“Of course, Emma. After I get rid of her, there'll be no reason not to be together with you, since everyone will think I'm getting over her by mating with you.”

“We've been together before. She even claimed to be your mate. Lucas, just reject her already.”

Odessa's body began to tremble, tears welling up in her eyes as she heard that. She had done everything for Lucas in the three years they'd been together as lovers.

Although they were mates, they were waiting till it was his coronation, which was along with the mating ceremony before she was mated to him. She was in shock now.

See, despite everything she had done for Lucas, he was in there telling her stepsister he loved her more than Odessa. Her body shook violently as she stretched out her hand to push the door backward. Tears stung her eyes and blurred her vision as she stepped into the room.

“You...” Her voice trembled as she pointed towards both of them. “How could you do this to me?”

Tears started rolling down her cheeks freely as she could see her boyfriend of three years getting out of bed wearing his trousers, but Emma was still in bed, the sheets covering her.

“Did you have a hint of shame at all? Emma...” she choked on her words, getting angrier and angrier as the seconds passed and a smug smile appeared on Emma's face.

Out of anger, Odessa stormed towards Emma, dragging her out of bed and pushing her onto the bedside table. Lucas rushed over to Emma hurriedly.

“Are you all right, sweetheart?” he asked, looking at Emma, who was whimpering as she looked at her shoulders. But Odessa could already tell it was fake.

“How could you do this to me? Lucas, I have done nothing but love you unconditionally with all my heart, and this is how you repay me.”

“I have never wronged you or done anything bad to you, Lucas,” Odessa said in a raging mess of tears. Her mascara was starting to smudge as the tears flowed freely down her cheeks.

“Tomorrow is supposed to be our marriage, your coronation, and our mating day. But here you are in bed with my so-called stepsister.”

“What do you think everyone would say to you?”

“Everyone?” Lucas threw his head back in laughter as he left Emma, his gaze focused on the other woman in front of him, slowly heading towards her.

“Do you think anyone would care what you say? They all see you as my puppet, and I can control you at any time, won't they think it's just a glitch that you're declaring I'm in bed with your sister?”

He said, mockery heavy in his tone, as her back finally hit the wall, having nowhere to move since he was in front of her, and the wall had trapped her from behind.

“Why, Lucas, why?” Odessa asked, trying to stop the tears. But it only grew worse.

“Oh, you want to know why? Do you think I ever loved you from the start?” he asked her, his voice cold and filled with expressions Odessa didn't want to lay her fingers on to depict at all.

“You are of no good use to me, Odessa. What would a lowly omega like you do for a strong alpha like me? Weaklings like you shouldn't even be in my presence, not to talk of being my mate.”

He grabbed her chin harshly, making her look at him with tears in her eyes.

“You can't be of any good to me once I become Alpha.”

“But your sister will be. She will be a great Luna and will be able to rule trash like you.”

Odessa shook her head negatively as she tried to say something.

“I was already planning on a way to get rid of you, but I didn't know how. Since all these days you've been gone, I'll be able to mate with her freely tomorrow.”

He said, a devious grin on his face, and she didn't want to think about whatever intentions he had.

“Please, Lucas...” she tried pleading, her body trembling.

From the corner of her eyes, she could see Emma moving around, but she didn't know why exactly she was doing that.

“Please think about all the times we've had together. All the great memories. You can't let that just slip away just because of Emma.”

She tried talking sense into his head, but he ignored her as he looked back at Emma with a questioning look on his face.

“It's fine, sweetheart. It's ready,” she said, waving the syringe in her hand slightly.

Odessa couldn't tell what the content in the syringe contained, but she knew it was bad news for her. She needed to talk some sense into Lucas's head. He wasn't going to kill her just for her sister's pleasure and selfish desire to take over the pack with him.

“Please, Lucas, you can't do this. She's just trying to manipulate you.”

“I know well of all her plans, so I'm not being manipulated. Let this all be easy, and let's get rid of you quickly.”

He grabbed her hands to keep her in place, but she struggled against him. She wasn't going to let them inject whatever that was into her. She didn't want to die, even though what seemed to be her death was standing in front of her.

“No need to say anything, Odessa. Just die peacefully, and I'll take care of everything. You will never have the chance to run.”

As Emma said that, a needle pierced into her neck, and she could feel something rapidly flowing into her veins.

She felt herself go weak, and everything around her started to blur out. The last thing she saw before she blacked out was Emma's wicked smile, and she was engulfed in total darkness.