Semua Bab The Alpha's Betrayal: Pregnant And Accused: Bab 1 - Bab 10

Alisha's POVI'd knelt here once before when Joshua claimed me as his mate. Now I knelt again as he destroyed me."This hearing will determine your fate." Joshua's voice was empty, dead.My hands pressed against an ancient stone. Another contraction rolled through me.Twelve minutes since the last one. The twins weren't due for four weeks. But stress had triggered labor.Joshua had taken thirty minutes to organize this trial while my labor progressed. Without medical care or water. Not even a chair."Alpha, please." Nathan's voice cracked. "This is a medical emergency.""Silence."Joshua's Alpha command rippled across the clearing.Nathan's mouth snapped shut. His eyes blazed with rebellion. But his body froze."My former mate stands accused of adultery and deception.""Former mate?" The words cut deep like a knife in my chest.Three hundred wolves filled the clearing. A semicircle of judgment. Not one would meet my eyes now.Irene stood beside Joshua, possessive and triumphant. Her h

Alisha's POVMy baby girl was fighting alone, and I couldn't reach her.I heard footsteps running toward my room. I couldn't breathe, couldn't move.The silence from the NICU stretched into eternity.Val still held me. His grip was firm yet gentle.Keeping me from tearing myself apart trying to reach Ella.Dr. Raymond burst through my doorway.Her face was carefully neutral. Not smiling or devastated. Just controlled.My heart stopped."Ella?" I whispered."Is she alive?""She's alive," Dr. Raymond said quickly.I nearly collapsed with relief."We stabilized her.""The cardiac event was her heart trying to compensate for the defect.""It's more serious than we initially thought."More serious. Those words sank like stones."How serious?"Dr. Raymond's jaw tightened."She needs surgery.""Soon.""Within the next seventy-two hours."Seventy-two hours.Three days."Can you do it here?" I asked."We have an excellent cardiac team," Dr. Raymond said."But the surgery is complex."She pause

Joshua's POVThe photo burned into my retinas. Empty bassinets. No children."Drive faster," I snarled at Nathan.My phone rang. Val."Tell me they're safe.""False alarm." Val's voice was clipped. Barely controlled fury."Security relocated them thirty seconds before that photo. Standard rotation."Relief hit hard. My knees buckled. I braced against the dashboard, gasping."But Joshua?" Val's tone went ice-cold. Someone was in that nursery who took photographs of their empty beds. Then sent it to you."Pause."Which means someone in my territory is working with whoever wants your children dead.""Jude Saul," I managed. "My mother's been communicating with him.""Your mother?" Deadly quiet."Handle it now, then come here."Silence."And Joshua, if I find out you knew about any of this before your mate nearly died on my doorstep, there won't be enough of you left to reject."The line went dead.Nathan's knuckles were white on the steering wheel. "Are we going back?""Yes. I need to end

Alisha's POVI woke up to the sound of my son crying. Not in my arms but somewhere down the hall.The antiseptic smell burned my nostrils. Machines beeped steadily beside me.I took a deep breath. Alexander was alive.Burning pain dragged me back to consciousness between my legs, where they'd stitched me.Everything hurt. Blood loss made the room tilt. I was so weak, my babies were somewhere I couldn't reach."Easy." An older, stern but kind nurse appeared beside me. "You're in recovery. Don't move too much.""My babies." My voice came out hoarse. "Where are my babies?""Safe. They were moved to a secure location after the breach."The breach. The alarm. The threat.*Such beautiful children. So fragile. The debt will be paid in blood.*"Someone tried to get to them," I said.The nurse's expression tightened. "Security stopped the attempt. Your children weren't harmed."Relief hit like a wave. "Who was it?""Alpha Val will explain." She checked my IV. "You lost a lot of blood. We had t

Alisha's POV"Rebecca Isaac."The name fell like a stone. I stared at Val."The night nurse?""Yes."My stomach turned. Rebecca Isaac, who'd smiled at me. Cradled Alexander.Whispered to Ella that everything would be okay."Had been reporting to Jude the entire time."Val's voice was hard."Where is she now?""She ran ten minutes before we moved to arrest her."Val stood. "My security team is trailing her. Tracking her phone."He paused. "Stay here. Lock the door after me."He left. I sat alone in the recovery room, shaking.My phone buzzed.Derek, again.I'd been ignoring his calls since the twins were born.Another text appeared:*Sis, I'm here. At Val's border. Not leaving.*I stared at the message.My brother had left Black Gold Pack the day after Joshua rejected me.He resigned his position. Told Joshua exactly what I thought of him.Then drove straight to Blue Moon. Val had mentioned it three days ago."Your brother's at the perimeter, won't leave."I'd asked Val to let Derek ca