All Chapters of He's Not My True Mate: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Sam looked at Lily with unwavering certainty."Don't worry. I won't let anyone take our daughter away."They stood close—too close. Their intimacy was unguarded, natural… the kind that only real mates shared. And in that moment, I became nothing more than a trespasser in someone else's life.I didn't move until they disappeared inside. Then, slowly, I stepped out of the car and followed them up to the second floor.At the end of the corridor, just outside an office, a small crowd of staff had gathered. Their whispers, though hushed, sliced through the quiet like silver knives."Is that the pup Alpha Sam wants to adopt? She looks just like him.""Of course she does—she's his biological daughter. I heard this was all part of the plan. Pretending she's an orphan so she can return to his side as the rightful heir.""God. Who's the mother? It can't be Echo, right?""No way. Echo can't have children. I heard she was injured as a pup—something about permanent infertility.""That's no

I had just opened my mouth to explain when Kitty's high-pitched voice interrupted, demanding to go upstairs to watch her cartoons.Sam immediately set down his fork and knife. "I'll take her up," he said, already rising from his seat.As soon as the sound of their footsteps faded and the door clicked shut behind them, Lily's tears vanished like smoke in the wind. She turned to me, a smirk curling on her lips, her tone sharp with mockery."Five years playing the part of a fake mate, Echo. How does it feel? Oh, that's right. You didn't know, did you?" Her eyes gleamed. "Kitty's my daughter."The next instant, she was gone from her seat and standing inches from me, her presence sudden and oppressive."The mate certificate Sam and I have? That one's real," she hissed. "If you have even a shred of shame left, you should leave—now. Stop clinging to something that was never yours."Before I could move, she grabbed a piece of bread from the table and shoved it against my lips."This is

I spent every waking hour searching for Echo, so consumed by it that I neglected all Pack affairs.It didn't take long before the entire Pack caught wind of what I was doing. One after another, they came to talk, to reason with me."Lily is your legal mate," they said. "And Kitty—she's your daughter, yours and Lily's by blood. Why insist on chasing after Echo? She left on her own. She gave up her place so Lily could be your Luna. Why can't you let it go?"Their words lit a fire in me. I shot to my feet, voice rising with anger. "I love Echo. As for Lily, that was out of old sentiment, nothing more. If Echo comes back, I'll strip Kitty of her inheritance without hesitation."The room fell into stunned silence. Then someone, braver—or perhaps more foolish—than the rest spoke up, doubt in their tone."You married Lily first, then forged a certificate to claim Echo. Wasn't that because you always planned to discard Echo one day and reunite with Lily officially?"The fury burst from m

Lily's eyes were wide with fear, her voice trembling as she forced the words out."Sam, let me explain…"Behind her, my Beta had already unlocked Lily's phone. He pulled up her message thread with Echo and restored the photos and videos Lily had deleted."Alpha," he said grimly, "Lily sent Echo quite a few provocative messages. There are photos, too—and one deleted surveillance video."I took the phone from him, my hands tightening around it as I began to scroll.The messages were filled with venomous pride, laced with spite. One after another, photos followed—images of me, smiling gently as I interacted with Kitty, as if we were a happy little family.Every line of text, every picture, was a needle driven straight into my eyes, splinters of shame and fury burrowing deeper and deeper.But it was the final video—recorded in the manor's dining room—that drove a spear of cold ice into my chest.Lily had forced Echo to eat bread laced with wolfsbane.Wolfsbane. She'd actually done

Sam's POV"Alpha, we've confirmed it. Echo is with the Fangs Pack.""The Fangs Pack?"I froze for a moment, the name landing heavy in my thoughts.That meant Alpha Tom, the one her family had arranged for her before she ever met me.He wasn't just anyone. He had power—plenty of it—in Nomburn. His lineage even included a former king. But he kept a low profile, his background cloaked in shadow. I didn't know much about him, and that bothered me more than I wanted to admit."Echo gave up that engagement for me," I said, my voice tightening. "So why the hell is she with him now?"A slow, cold unease settled in my chest.The confidence I'd clung to, the belief that I could win Echo back, began to crack. Against Alpha Tom, I didn't feel so sure anymore.But I couldn't back down—not now. No matter what, I had to try.Just as I was wrestling with the weight of it, my Beta came rushing in again, breathless, voice charged."Tom's getting married. The Marking Ceremony is in three days.