Chapter 1

Shortly after I hung up, Winston's phone rang.

He answered it impatiently, but a second later, his expression froze. Beads of sweat appeared on his forehead and panic filled his eyes.

Stacy Landale gestured him into the mansion for dinner, but Winston was in no mood to eat. He passed the child back to Stacy and tried to leave in a hurry.

Stacy, confused, grabbed his arm, trying to stop him from leaving. "You finally came home after so long, and you're leaving already? Didn't you promise to spend time with me and our daughter?"

Winston could not be persuaded. Ignoring the confusion and frustration in Stacy's eyes, he shook off her hand, got into the car, and sped all the way to the airport.

Once he realized I had not boarded the plane back to the pack, he tried to connect with me through our mind-link, but after several attempts, he could not sense anything.

Left with no choice, he frantically called me with his phone, but no matter how many times he called, he was always greeted by the cold, robotic voice of the automated system.

Currently, I was talking to two members of the Werewolf Management Bureau and had no time to check my phone.

One of them, a captain named Xavier Jordan, looked at me sternly.

"Are you sure about this, Jenny Holmes? This matter concerns the interests of all the werewolves. If your accusation is false, do you understand what kind of consequences you will face?"

I nodded solemnly.

"I understand. If what I say isn't true, I'm willing to bear all the consequences, but everything I'm about to say, I saw with my own eyes.

"Winston and I were tasked with delivering important secrets back to the Alpha King.

"One day, I lost my watch. When I checked the hotel's security footage to find it, I saw Winston leaving the hotel while I was asleep and not returning until almost dawn. I checked the security footage from other times and found that this had been going on for some time.

"To be safe, I made a copy of the security videos, the contents of the dashcam, and Winston's location data which showed that he had been secretly going to human territory at night."

Xavier took a deep breath. He had a bad feeling about this.

Although the werewolves and the humans lived in peace, there were constant disputes. The possibility that humans tried to get close to Winston to obtain intelligence on the werewolves could not be ruled out.

He continued, "Are the secrets of the werewolves in Winston's hands?"

I calmly replied, "Not entirely. To prevent the secrets from being leaked, Winston and I each hold half of the information. I guarantee that no one knows my half of the information except for me, but I can't say the same for Winston."

Xavier’s expression grew increasingly grim. He immediately ordered his subordinate to arrest Winston.

The subordinate nodded solemnly and rushed out of the meeting room.

Xavier turned to me. "Jenny, we need to verify the information and evidence you provided. While we do that, please stay in the meeting room. Thank you very much for your cooperation."

I nodded. "The interests of the werewolves cannot be compromised."

At the airport, Winston was panicking because he couldn't reach me.

Just as he was about to return to the hotel to find me, Xavier and a dozen werewolf guards surrounded him.

Dozens of chilling silver blades were pressed against his chest.

Winston's face turned ashen. He was so frightened that his legs went weak.

"Wh-What are you doing? I'm an Alpha! You can't do this to me!"

Xavier ignored what Winston said. He simply pulled out an arrest warrant stamped with the Werewolf Management Bureau's seal and showed it to Winston.

"We're here on the Alpha King's orders. We would like to have a few words with you. Please come with us quietly."

Before Winston could respond, two guards pinned his shoulders down and pushed him into the car.

When Winston arrived at the meeting room and saw me there, his pupils shrank. Realizing what was happening, he yelled at me.

"Jenny, are you out of your mind?! I'm your mate! How can you frame me like this?!"

I remained silent, only staring at him coldly.

Mate?

Just half an hour ago, he was cozying up to a human girl, calling her his "wife" affectionately.

Werewolves were no longer enough to satisfy his desires. He actually found a human girl behind my back and had a child with her.

Whether he sold out the werewolves' secrets did not matter to me.

All I knew was that he must pay for his betrayal!