All Chapters of The Alpha's Betrayal: Pregnant And Accused: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

82 Chapters

chapter 1: The Accusation

Alisha's POVI knew something was wrong as Joshua's hand tightened on my arm, not gently or protectively."We need to talk," he said.His Alpha voice cut through the pack gathering like a blade.Three hundred wolves fell silent. Conversations died mid-word.I was eight months pregnant with his twins. He was looking at me as if I were a stranger."Joshua?" My free hand went to my swollen belly.The babies kicked, responding to my spiking heart rate."What's…""Don't." His grip tightened."Just shy of pain.""Don't pretend you don't know."Pack members nearest us began to shift. Sensing the tension radiating from their Alpha.I caught Celine's worried gaze across the clearing. I saw my friend take half a step forward, but her mate pulled her back.Whatever was happening, it was serious enough that even friends wouldn't intervene.Joshua pulled me toward the edge of the gathering. Away from the celebration tables and music. But not away from the eyes.If anything, more wolves were turnin

chapter 2: Banishment

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

CHAPTER 3: Rescue

ALISHA'S POV"Pain." That was my first thought when consciousness returned.The airbag pressed against my swollen stomach. Still deflating.Everything hurt. My head, chest, and belly were where the twins fought.I opened my eyes, fractured glass, twisted metal, and a tree trunk inches from my face.Hissing.I'd crashed. The memory returned in fragments.The rejection, the crawling, the desperate drive. And the curve I'd taken was too fast.I tried to move, but my body wouldn't respond.The twins, were they okay? I pressed my hand to my belly. Thankfully, I felt movement."Thank God," I whispered."You're still fighting.""Keep fighting."A contraction hit without warning. I screamed. How long have I been unconscious? Minutes? Hours? I don't know.The contraction was at its peak. Worse than before.The airbag had hit my belly too hard. Something was wrong, I could feel it.Through the cracked windshield, I saw trees and dense forest.And beyond them, a barely visible marker. Blue Moon

CHAPTER 4: Blue Moon Mercy

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

CHAPTER 5: Nathan's Discovery

Joshua's POV"My babies..."But the words came out as a whisper.The mate bond flickered, then died. I jerked upright in my chair.Gasping, I found my office was dark. How long have I been sitting here?The bond pulsed back to life. Weak, fading. Something was very wrong with Alisha.I grabbed my phone, no missed calls or messages. But the bond was screaming.I started to dial Val.Nathan burst into my office without knocking. Laptop opened, his face flushed.I looked up from my desk. I'd been staring at nothing for eighteen hours. I hadn't slept or eaten."The photos are fake. I can prove it. And you need to see who paid for them."Could barely think beyond the loop playing in my head: Alisha's face as I rejected her. Her screams as the mate tore. She was crawling through blood while I stood and watched.The mate bond was still there. Muted, damaged but not broken. And through it, I'd felt everything.Her terror as she drove too fast. Her agony when the car crashed. Her desperate rel

CHAPTER 6: "Irene's Arrest"

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

CHAPTER 7: "First Refusal"

Joshua's POVThe border guards blocked my path. Dawn was breaking."State your business.""I need to see Alpha Val.""Does he know you're coming?""Yes.""Wait." The guard spoke into his radio, then nodded. "You can wait here.""Here?""Alpha's orders."I waited for one hour, two, three. The sun climbed higher.My phone wouldn't stop buzzing. Nathan, Derek, and the council. I ignored them all.Finally, a guard approached. "Alpha Val will see you now."They led me through Blue Moon Creek. Clean streets. Happy pack members and children playing.Everything Black Gold should have been. Everything I'd destroyed.Val's office was warm and organized. Nothing like Black Gold's coldness.He sat behind his desk, gray eyes like winter stone."You have five minutes." His voice was flat. "Use them wisely.""Jude Saul is targeting my children."I laid out the evidence. Bank statements, photos, communications."He's already photographed them inside your medical facility."Val's jaw tightened."My mo

CHAPTER 8: "Waking Up"

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

CHAPTER 9: Pack Politics.

Joshua's POVI was twenty minutes from Blue Moon. Speedometer buried at ninety.My phone buzzed, Val.I answered hands-free, still flying down the highway."Status?""Stand down."Val's voice was calm. "Threat contained."My foot eased off the gas."Two rogues apprehended at the south perimeter."Relief slammed into me. I swerved.Had to pull over."Alisha and the twins?""Never in direct danger. Alisha's shaken but unharmed. Twins didn't wake up."I dropped my forehead against the steering wheel. My hands wouldn't stop shaking."Thank you for protecting them.""That's my job."Val paused. "You left your pack assembly for this.""Yes.""For a threat that was already contained.""I didn't know that when I left."Silence."Your pack is voting without you. You might lose your position.""I know.""For what it's worth," Val said quietly, "you made the right choice."He hung up. I sat on the side of the highway. The mate bond pulsed. Faint and distant but steady.She was safe, the twins we

CHAPTER 10: "The Traitor"

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

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