All Chapters of Bound By Deception:The Alpha’s Betrayal : Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Jenn’s POV I was in my bedroom when I felt my mark start to sting again. After the Alpha King helped me heal it, it had begun to feel better, but now it was swollen and inflamed. I frowned as I looked at the angry, red skin around the mark, wondering what could be the cause of the inflammation when I felt it. A sharp pain in the bond that told me exactly what was happening. Even if the bond hadn’t alerted me to Wade’s infidelity, the moans coming from the guest room where Morgan now resided would have. Didn’t he realize that only a thin wall separated the walls between our rooms? Did he even think about how hurt I was going to be? It was one thing feeling it in the bond, and it was another hearing it with my own ears. Did he even know he just disrespected our union? Disrespected me. I wrapped my arms around myself as a tear stained my cheek and rolled down my face. I didn’t bother wiping it off. The pain in my chest was overwhelming, but what was even more painful was the heartb

Jenn’s POV “What?” The word barely left my lips, but it echoed loudly in my head, bouncing against every wall of composure I’d built over the years. Alpha Lucian Vale and Luna Elara Vale. Names that always brought tears to my eyes. Now he was saying their death was planned? Councilman Grant watched me closely, as if he was measuring the weight of my reaction rather than the word itself. The chamber suddenly felt colder, the towering stone walls pressing in as my heartbeat thudded wildly in my ears. “Five years ago,” he continued calmly, “Alpha Lucian Vale and Luna Elara Vale were assassinated.” The word struck like a blow. I staggered back before I could stop myself. The Alpha King’s hand immediately found my arm, steadying me, grounding me before my knees could buckle beneath the truth I had never been prepared to hear. “That’s impossible,” I said hoarsely. “Their deaths were ruled an accident. A rogue ambush gone wrong. Everyone knew that.” “Everyone was told that,” Councilm

Jenn’s POV As soon as I saw Morgan, the words of Councilman Grant started ringing in my ears. Her father killed my parents. He ended their lives and now he was after me. Whether he was using her or her presence here was merely a coincidence was debatable. The hatred that swirled in my heart at the sight of her was almost sickening. I clenched my fist, pushing down the overwhelming need to march over to her and hurl a slap at her face. Slapping her wasn’t going to change anything, even if the look of shock on her face would satisfy me just a bit. I forced a smile on my face as I turned to her. “Morgan, I see you’re still here. If you’ll excuse us, Wade and I were talking before you… walked in.” Wade cleared his throat, looking at her as if he needed to explain to her why he was standing here talking to me. If I wasn’t so tired, angry and broken, I would have laughed. “Jenn just got back. She needs rest.” Morgan laughed softly, folding her arms. “Well then, I suppose I should exc

Liam’s POV My inner wolf sensed it before I did. For some reason, I felt like it was me who had been pushed off a cliff. My wolf howled inside me, pushing against the boundaries and walls I’d built and against my control. Our mate was in danger and even with the distance between us, I felt it. I couldn’t hold my wolf back any more than I could hold my breath, and before I could even think about what we were about to do, he burst out from me, initiating the shift while on the move. We tore through the forest like it was thin air, my wolf, hell bent on protecting his mate. Every nerve ending of mine was misfiring, leaving me jittery and high strung. Blind rage and fear had me tearing out of my own mind as my wolf sprinted through the forest. She should have been safe. She was with her mate, she was in her territory. What went wrong? I urged my wolf faster. Spit frothed in his jaw and his muscles were burning. The only thing keeping him from turning feral and destroying everythin

Jenn’s POV I waited patiently for their words but only silence followed them. “Where is Wade?” I asked again. My heart is beating painfully in my chest. I already knew the answer to my own question, but the stubborn need to confirm it was not going away. My chest tightened. “Please tell me. Where is my Alpha?” Alice exhaled softly before meeting my eyes. “He hasn’t come.” The words rang in my ears. “He hasn’t… come here today or for a few hours? What do you mean by he hasn’t come?” “He hasn’t visited, Jenn” Alva clarified. “He hasn’t visited you even once. After Morgan was discharged, he took her back to the Pack House and hasn't come back since then. Yesterday, he made an announcement, one you need to hear –” “No, you don’t need to hear it,” Alice cut her off with a glare. “What you need to do now is rest. Your health is of utmost priority. The healers will come up with a solution or find out why your wolf isn’t responding, until then, just rest.” I stared at Alva, wondering