All Chapters of The Mark of Betrayal: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

10 Chapters

Chapter 1: First Betrayal

SamaraNine years old“Samara! Samara, wake up!” my mother says urgently, shaking me awake.“Hmm, what?” I ask sleepily. There’s a lot of banging nearby.“Samara, wake up, you have to get dressed. The pack is under attack!”I shoot up in bed. “What?”“Hurry and be as quiet as possible,” my mother says, tossing clothes at me. It’s late fall, but we’ve already had our first snow and the air outside is cold.I begin putting on the clothes over my nightclothes to save time, sliding my feet into shoes without lacing them up while my mother puts a coat on me.“Listen to me. We’re going to sneak out of here and then you’re going to ride Simone and we’ll get you to safety.”I haven’t gotten my wolf yet, I won’t until I turn 10, so I’ll have to ride my mother’s wolf so we can move faster. The only problem is, my family is descended from the rare white wolf. The gene comes from my mother’s side. Her wolf is white, my sister, Althea’s wolf is white, and I expect that my wolf will be white as wel

Last Updated : 2025-05-27

Chapter 2: Party Plans

SamaraCurrent DayIt’s my birthday, not that anyone here knows it. I never told them when my birthday was, not my real birthday anyway. I didn’t give them anything that could make them put two and two together and come up with me being the lost daughter of Alpha Royal and Luna Jessica, or the lost sister of Alpha Theodore. But today, I turn 18. Today, I can finally begin to implement my plans for revenge.Less than a year after coming to Alpha William’s pack, I got my wolf, Ayla. I knew it was time for me to shift, so I snuck off the pack lands and went deep into the forest where no one would find me. My first shift was painful but having my wolf made it all better. In the light of the full moon, we had gone to a nearby lake and looked at Ayla’s gorgeous form. She’s winter white, just as I expected.I’d been horribly lonely since I lost my family, miserable and alone, until Ayla came into my life. From that night, I knew I’d never be alone again. Of course, Ayla had to mourn the loss

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Chapter 3: Alpha Party

Roman“Remind me again, Sawyer, why I need to go to the southern packs for this Alpha meeting?” I ask my best friend.“Because we need to make sure they remember that we are the stronger packs,” he says, chuckling.“And how did you get out of this?” I ask him.“My Luna’s belly is large with my pup and she’s due to deliver our child any day now. I can’t leave her in case she goes into labor.”Sawyer had stepped in, taking over as the Alpha of our friend’s pack after he and most of his family were decimated in an attack nine years ago. As a second son of an Alpha, he was the natural choice. I couldn’t take over that pack, or what was left of it, because I am the first son of an Alpha, and I had my own pack that I was going to inherit less than a year later.Together, Sawyer and I, along with his brother, Dylan, have led the northern packs to strength and prosperity. I’ll admit, I’ve had an easier time of it than Sawyer who had to build Theo’s pack from the ground up, but my pack is stro

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Chapter 4: Mate

SamaraI was busy in the kitchens, setting up for the party tonight, when I smelled him. I had asked to be put on door duty so I could see if Sawyer or Roman arrived. I finally decided how I was going to kill them. Poison can be detected, but there are poisonous animals, such as Spur-Winged Goose and European Quail that have toxins in their bodies that aren’t readily detectible.As I was setting up the appetizers for the cocktail party, I caught the scent of amber, bergamot, and orange. My mouth began to water, and Ayla stood up in my head, purring and arching in a way she never has before.‘Ayla, please, please tell me that’s not our mate,’ I plead.‘I need to see him to be sure, but he smells like our mate. This is a good thing, Samara. It means our mate is an Alpha, as we deserve. We will be able to continue the genes of the pure white wolf if we’re mated to an Alpha.’She’s right, and I always expected that my mate, when I found him, would be an Alpha. I just didn’t expect to find

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Chapter 5: Secrets

RomanI have no idea who this girl is, but the moment she looked me in the eye, I knew she was no omega. And if she’s not, then she knows how to properly reject a mate. So, she’s hiding who she is, and I’m intrigued. Why would an Alpha wolf, for that is what Pierce says she is, be hiding as an omega?“I have no idea what you’re talking about,” she says, her chin jutting up. I want to smile, but I fight it. It’s very possible that this Alpha pretending to be an omega will smack me if I do. Although, it might be worth it to see just how strong she is. I’m not sure how William didn’t notice that she was an Alpha.“How old were you when you arrived in this pack?” I ask her.“I was young. I don’t remember,” she says. Another lie.“Where is your family?”“Dead.”I narrow my eyes and walk around her, looking her over. By the way she tenses and stands up straighter, I’m sure she thinks I’m assessing her value as my mate. I’m not. I wouldn’t care if she really was an omega. I’d be surprised, bu

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Chapter 6: Unanticipated

SamaraWhy am I not surprised that Roman would bully me into becoming his mate. Well, he has no idea what’s in store for him. Since he doesn’t know who I am, he won’t know what hit him when I kill him in his sleep, or maybe stab him in the back.I’ll have to rethink my revenge. In my revenge fantasies, I’ve stormed my family’s home, claiming it as mine and slain Sawyer and Roman, proclaiming myself as my father’s daughter, the last remaining true heir and then I’d taken over, living happily ever after.Okay, maybe I was missing some important parts, but…I’m an Alpha female. I’m strong, and I’m still so angry at what Sawyer did to my brother, what both of his ‘friends’ did to my family, that I intend to let that adrenaline flow through me, giving me the upper hand when I kill them.“So, what will it be Samantha?” he asks. He stresses my name in a way that lets me know that he knows it’s not my real name.I look at Alpha William. The man who has given me a home and taken care of me for n

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Chapter 7: Saying Goodbye

RomanWhile Samantha, or whatever my mate’s real name is, goes to get packed to leave, I send a mind link to my Gamma.‘We’re leaving.’‘What? Already?’ he asks. I left my Beta to watch the pack while I was gone. As the strongest Alpha with the largest pack, there’s always a risk that someone will take advantage of the times when I’m away. So, I brought my Gamma with me and left my Beta to keep the pack safe.“Yes. Already. As soon as my mate is done packing her things.’‘She agreed to come with you?’ he asks, shocked. I’m not surprised. Every Alpha on the continent was in the room when my mate told me she rejected me. I’d had a terrible moment, thinking that she was really going to reject me in front of everyone in that room. I smile thinking of her pathetic effort. But it makes me very curious about her true identity. What Alpha female needs to hide her identity?‘One who ran away from her home?’ Pierce asks.‘Why run away though?’‘Maybe she was mistreated?’ he says, making me growl

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Chapter 8: Sleeping Arrangements

SamaraAs I watch my family of the last nine years fade in the distance, I fight the tears that threaten to spill over. I think about what Alpha William has done for me, what he did to honor my dead parents. I have no idea how I can repay the kindness he’s shown me, but once I get my revenge and kill my mate and my brother’s murderer, I’ll find a way.“Are you okay, Samantha?” Roman asks me. His voice is soft, as if he really cares about me. I’m sure it’s a farce. He acted like he cared about my brother too and look how that ended. If he really cared about me, he’d have accepted my rejection, even if it wasn’t a true rejection.I ignore him and continue to stare out the window at the scenery going by.He sighs. “We’re going to stop a few hours away from here. My territory is too far for us to drive all night. And since my pack members drove hours already today, it’s not safe to have them tired and driving at night.”I’m not sure who he’s talking to. I don’t give a crap about his pack m

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Chapter 9: Can't Sleep

RomanI shouldn’t have let her get under my skin, but I did. She had laughed. She had laughed hard enough that tears were streaming down her face at the idea of me killing the people responsible for her family’s death. Even if she wasn’t an Alpha, which she is, she would feel my strength and should know that the north has the most powerful Alphas in the region. And yet, she’d laughed as if I were an impotent male, unable of defending her honor or getting revenge on her behalf.No one, not one person in my life, has ever made me feel that way. Until today. And because of that, I lost my temper.Now, I’m lying here in bed, staring at the ceiling, listening to her tossing and turning on the floor. I’d gone to take a shower and when I stepped out of the bathroom, she had a pillow and the bedspread on the floor close to the door – the farthest she could get from me.I’d gotten into bed without a word, but now, I can’t sleep; for multiple reasons. First, I’m pissed at myself for losing cont

Last Updated : 2025-05-29

Chapter 10: Escape Plan

SamaraThere’s no way I can sleep with the ideas that Roman has put in my head. Who makes a woman feel so good that she screams? That doesn’t even make sense. But he said it with absolute confidence, and I’d felt my body respond. I need to get away from this man and I need to do it quickly.I wait until his breathing evens out and then I carefully pull myself out from under his arm. I’m sure it was meant to keep me captive overnight, but that’s not happening. I have no idea where I’ll go once I’m away from him. What I do know is that I can’t return to Alpha William’s pack. I won’t risk Roman going after him and killing his pack to find me.I’ve just reached the edge of the bed when I hear a warning growl behind me. I turn quickly and see Roman watching me in the darkness. No, not Roman. Pierce.“I have to pee. You’re not going to keep me in this bed while I pee are you?” I whisper yell at Roman’s wolf. I can’t believe he stayed awake to watch over me.‘Really, you can’t believe that?

Last Updated : 2025-05-29

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