Betrayed By My Mate Saved By His Rival의 모든 챕터: 챕터 1 - 챕터 10

The Moon Festival. Our seventh anniversary. My mate, Alpha Ethan, promised me a surprise. He sent his Beta to escort me and our daughter to the Moon Goddess Altar, perched on the highest cliff of our territory.I thought he was finally giving our daughter, Lydia, her biggest wish—to see a meteor shower from the place closest to the Goddess herself. I was a fool. I never imagined he was sending our daughter to die.Just minutes ago, I was carrying my daughter up the steep stone steps, following the Beta. The height made my head spin, but a smile was plastered on my face. I thought Ethan and I would soon be watching the stars together."Mommy, when is Daddy coming?" Lydia whispered, her arms tight around my neck."Soon, baby. Very soon."The moment our feet hit the platform, the protective runes etched into the stone flared once, a brilliant silver.Then, they went dark.The altar shook violently. Lydia was thrown from my arms, sliding toward the cliff's edge."HELP!" I screamed in ter

The car tore through the night. I held my sobbing daughter in a death grip."Ethan, where are you taking us?" I asked.He didn't answer, just gripped the steering wheel, his eyes dark.Ten minutes later, the car skidded to a halt at the sacrificial grounds.Ice flooded my veins."Get out," he ordered coldly."No!" I refused. "We're not getting out!""GET OUT!" His roar shook the entire car.His Alpha command left me no choice. I stumbled out, clutching Lydia.The crumbling ruin of the Moon Goddess Altar loomed at the edge of the cliff, a skeleton under the moonlight."Ethan, please, don't do this..." I begged.But he had already pulled Lydia from my arms."No! Daddy, no!" she struggled, her little fists beating against his chest."Quiet!" He walked up the stone steps, his face a mask of stone.I scrambled after him. "Ethan! She's your daughter!""My daughter?" He stopped and looked back at me, his eyes dripping with sarcasm. "Are you sure?"He set her down on the broken edge of the pla

"Lydia?" The name was a raw, desperate whisper, the first sound to tear from my throat as I pried my eyes open.The white light of the pack infirmary was blinding."You're awake!" Ethan stood up, his voice laced with concern. He looked like he'd been watching over me for a long time."My daughter," I pushed myself up. "Is she alive?""Don't say her name," he growled, his face hardening. "Whether she lives or dies... depends entirely on you."My heart pounded. "What does that mean?""My men pulled her from the river," Ethan said, standing up. "But she's badly injured.""Let me see her!" I tried to get out of bed."No." He pushed me back down. "First, you have to answer for what you did.""What did I do?"He leaned in close, his eyes dark. "Your jealousy almost cost me my only true heir. Lilith is in critical condition. She needs a Luna's vitality to stabilize her."I stared at him, stunned. "You want me to...""Yes," he said without hesitation. "You will heal her. You will give her your

"You poisonous bitch!"The slap sent my head spinning. Lilith was sobbing, clinging to Ethan's arm."What did you do to Leo?" she cried. "He suddenly got a high fever last night, he's been having seizures!"Leo? Her son?"I didn't do anything..." I said weakly."Liar!" she shrieked, pointing at me. "Who else would use a mental attack on a pup?"Ethan looked at me, a storm gathering in his eyes."Seraphina!" He yanked me up. "How could you attack my pup, yet fight to the death for Jullian's?""I didn't!" I shook my head frantically."Leo is only four!" Lilith cried harder. "He's innocent!"Innocent?"You want a confession?" A wild, broken smile twisted my lips. I met his furious gaze, feeling nothing but a chilling calm. "Fine. I did it.""You!" Lilith’s eyes went wide with shock."I curse him," I whispered, my smile terrifying and real. "I curse your precious heir to die just as my daughter did. A life for a life. An heir for an heir.""Sera, I thought Lydia's death would teach you a l

Ethan's POV"Alpha, the media is all here."My Beta stood at my office door, schedule in hand.I looked up, out past the floor-to-ceiling windows.The pack territory was a sea of ribbons and flowers. Today was the day we would announce the new Luna."The media?" I frowned. "When did I say anything about inviting the media?"My Beta wouldn't meet my eyes. "Lilith's orders, Alpha. She said an event this grand deserved a world stage."A headache started pounding behind my eyes."What else did she decide?""Also... representatives from all the vassal packs are here. The Silver Moons, the Darkfangs..." he said carefully. "This is ten times the size of what we planned."Dammit.This was never the plan.All I wanted was to handle this quietly. Give Leo a name. Get Seraphina back.But Lilith, she'd turned it into a goddamn circus."Alpha?" my Beta asked. "Should I try to downsize?""Forget it." I waved him off. "It's already done."Just then, the office door swung open.Lilith walked in, weari