Chapter 1

RANDELLE’S POV

The door opened with a loud bang and I jolted up from the bed. My heart leaped up in the air in fear as I looked towards the door. I was surprised to see Jeremy walk into the room with a livid look on his face. However, I didn’t care to ask why he looked angry, I was annoyed that he had no manners and courtesy.

“What the fuck are you doing? Why would you barge into my bedroom that way?” I asked with a frown on my face as I slowly got up from the bed. However, Jeremy didn’t care to reply to my question.

He walked toward me and before I knew what was happening, he took hold of my hand and dragged me closer.

I was disoriented for a moment but in the next second, he put his lips on mine, kissing me forcefully with his hand holding down my head. My head went blank immediately and I couldn’t comprehend what was happening for a moment. 

But then my head started to ring with how wrong his actions were. I shouldn’t be in Jeremy’s arms with him kissing me when I had a mate, a chosen mate. Worst of all, Jeremy was my stepbrother.

Without thinking twice, I pushed him away as I turned angrier by the second. I felt filthy and degraded.

“Are you out of your mind?” I yelled with red eyes, showing how livid I was. My chest moved up and down, showing how livid I was.

“Randelle…” He called out to me but then I cut him off abruptly. His voice irritated me to an unimaginable extent.

“Do you know what this is? I have a mate and you shouldn’t be here.” I said through gritted teeth. At this point, nothing could quantify the anger and disgust I had toward Jeremy. But in the next second, he burst into a peal of mocking laughter. 

The sound of his laughter resonated through the whole room and I was a bit surprised.

“Does this look funny to you? Do you think what you have done is funny?” I asked, wanting to slap off that dirty smirk on his face.

“You have a mate you say?” He asked and his words threw me into a web of confusion.

“Your mate is out there, cheating on you and you stand here keeping yourself faithful to him. Why are you so stupid, Randelle?” Jeremy asked and I found his words very insulting. How could he talk about my mate like that?

“You know what, I should never have kept our mate bond a secret. I should have made you mine and that stupid dick you call your mate wouldn’t have a chance with you.” He said and I gasped in shock and disbelief at what he was saying. His words moved me to action and in the next second, I slapped him across the face.

Jeremy’s head whipped to the side and there were five red marks on the side of his face, showing how hard I hit him.

“Don’t you dare insult me or my mate. I trust Rico so much and you…” I started to speak but he cut me off rudely.

“Get your ass to Amore Gardens, room 108 and you will find your so-called mate bathed in sweat because he is fucking a woman other than you.” Jeremy’s words resounded in the room and I shook, in fear. His words made me lose my reasoning for a moment. 

Before I could ask any questions, he turned around immediately and walked out. However, I was able to spot the pain and sadness in his eyes. 

My body continued to shake uncontrollably and I slipped to the bare floor. Everything Jeremy had said continued to replay in my head. My mate? Cheating on me? I couldn’t believe it!

But at the same time, I knew that Jeremy would never lie to me. He was my fated mate after all. One the Moon Goddess had given to me in a twisted and sick play of love and destiny. Sadly, we could never be together because we were step-siblings. A forbidden pair.

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My steps quickened as I walked into the large and extravagant building of Amore Gardens. I wasn’t even stopped by the attendants because I always visited with the Alpha and my chosen mate, Rico.

I chose not to speak or inform anyone what I was there for. I knew exactly where I was going and a few minutes later, I was at the door of room 108. My heart was beating rapidly and for a moment, I could detect no movement from the other side of the door.

“Maybe it’s all a lie…” I said to myself and was about to turn away but then I halted immediately. I heard low moaning sounds. It was muffled as if the person was being gagged. Without thinking twice, I barged into the room since the door was unlocked.

The scene before me made my whole life flash before my eyes. My body trembled and I staggered in shock and utmost disbelief. Jeremy was not lying after all! My chosen mate was indeed bathed in sweat, fucking another woman other than me. However, how did that make me feel? It made me look stupid just like how Jeremy had addressed me. I was a fool in love and I did not realize that Rico had been cheating on me.

The realization of that caused my body to weaken tremendously and fell on my butt, weakly. My heart broke into tiny pieces and I felt the weight of betrayal right on my shoulders. The pain and the burden that came with it was too heavy to bear. However, I willed myself to keep going, I wanted answers.

“Is this what you resort to now?” I asked, looking straight at Rico’s frozen back. He had remained that way ever since I barged into the room. It was like the air had gone still but then I wondered if it was because he was remorseful and felt bad about his actions.

“What do you want here?” Rico finally faced me but his question caught me off guard. He looked at me with eyes filled with disgust when it should be the other way around. But what was more shocking was the reveal of the woman who was beneath Rico.

“Eva?” I asked as I struggled to stand on my feet.

“Yes, that’s me, sister,” Eva replied with a victorious smile on her face.

At first, I thought I was in some sort of movie. My mate was cheating on me with Eva! My stepsister!

“Why? How? What the fuck is going on?” I asked with a shaky tone. For the first time that day, a tear slipped down my face. Before long, more tears poured as my lips quivered and I felt a bitter taste in my mouth and down my throat. I couldn’t be with my real mate and I had devoted time and effort to love Rico but this is what I got in return.

Heartbreak and betrayal.

“Oh, please..don’t act all pathetic here. Do you think Rico was yours from the start?” Eva asked with a condescending look in her eyes. I was in disbelief at her confident stance and her non-remorseful nature.

“Are you really saying that to me?” I asked as a sudden wave of anger overwhelmed me. This was a double betrayal. I felt pain like no other as it multiplied in multiple folds. But then, the anger that was surging within me was no joke. 

The sight of the two traitors on the bed made me want to puke but above all, I felt intense hatred towards them and a sudden urge to kill.

Without thinking twice, I rushed toward the bed and launched a feral attack. My body twisted as I let out my wolf who had been raging in anger ever since. I wanted to kill to quench the pain in my heart.

What Rico and Eva had done to me was nothing less than killing me inwardly and slowly.

However, I didn’t see what was coming. I was late to realize that Rico equally launched an attack and his claws swiped against my chest, ripping my clothes and skin.

I fell to the floor with blood spewing out of my open chest. My heart rate slowed down in seconds like it was about to stop and I turned really dizzy. Was this the end for me?

Again, the Moon Goddess had thrown me into yet another sick and twisted play but this t

ime, it was much more grand, because it might just be the end for me.