All Chapters of The Alpha's Betrayal: Pregnant And Accused: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Alisha's POVDiana refilled my wine glass. "What's really bothering you?"I took a long drink, welcoming the burn. "My body. The weight I can't lose. The stretch marks. How everything changed.""Changed how?""I haven't really looked at myself since the twins were born. Like, actually looked." The admission tasted like failure. "In the mirror, I see enough to function. But examining what pregnancy did? I can't.""Why not?""Because I'm terrified of what I'll see. Proof that I'm not who I was.""You're not who you were," Diana said. "You're someone who survived what would have killed most wolves.""I don't feel like a survivor. I feel like my body betrayed me.""Explain."The wine loosened my tongue. "The night before Joshua rejected me, I was huge, swollen everywhere. I asked him to help me put on my shoes."Diana went still."He looked at me like I was a stranger. Just for a second." I closed my eyes. "My ankles were twice their size. My face was puffy. And he just... stared.""Alish

Alisha's POVMy hand hovered between two doors, Val’s quarters behind me, the main entrance where Diana waited.“Alisha, please,” Diana called. “This can’t wait.”I glanced back at Val’s door one last time, then crossed to let Diana in.She slipped inside quickly, her expression deadly serious. Gone was the teasing smirk, the playful attitude.“What is it?” I asked.Diana checked the hallway before closing the door. “The rogue we captured? He talked.” Her jaw tightened. “The prophecy isn’t just about your twins surviving their first year. It’s about what happens when they turn one.”Ice flooded my veins. “What happens?”“There’s a ceremony. An ancient Silvermoon tradition.” Diana’s voice dropped. “Without it, the twins’ power will consume them from the inside out. That’s why rogues want them dead before their birthday; they’re calling it a mercy kill.”My legs went weak. I grabbed the back of a chair.“Val can perform the ceremony,” Diana continued quickly. “Any Alpha strong enough ca

Diana's POVI'd seen a lot of things in my years as Val's Beta. Wars. Territory disputes. Alphas are making stupid decisions about women.But I'd never seen Alpha Val Phils look at anyone the way he was looking at Alisha Davis.The training room buzzed with pre-dawn energy. Warriors stretched, sparred, and prepared for another day of drills. But Val stood motionless at the observation window, his eyes tracking Alisha's every move as she worked through her combat sequences.She'd improved dramatically in just forty-eight hours. Her strikes were cleaner now, more controlled. The Silvermoon power that terrified her days ago flowed through her movements like water, lethal, beautiful, precise.Val's hand pressed against the glass, fingers spreading as if he could reach through and touch her.I'd known him for fifteen years. I'd never seen him this distracted."She's getting better," I said, moving to stand beside him.He didn't look away from Alisha. "Robert's teaching paid off. The Comman

Alisha's POVI was fine all morning. Training with Diana, practicing controlled strikes. Val watched, offering calm, steady corrections."Better," he'd said when I finally managed to pull my punch at the last second. "You're learning control."I smiled, proud. The way Val sometimes looked at me, like I was strong and capable, made me feel whole.Then Val's phone rang. He stepped away to answer, his expression shifting to business mode. When he returned, he looked at Diana."I need to leave for Riverside. That meeting with Joshua." His eyes found mine briefly, assessing. "Keep training. I'll be back in a few hours."My stomach dropped, but I nodded.Twenty minutes after Val left, the heat hit. It was sudden and brutal, flooding my body like fire in my veins. My knees buckled. I grabbed the training post to keep from falling."Alisha?" Diana's hand steadied my shoulder. "What's wrong?"I couldn't answer. Couldn't breathe. The mate bond was quiet for weeks, just a dull ache I'd learned t

Alisha's POVVal gestured to the chair across from his desk. "Sit."I sat, hands clasped tight. Through the window, warriors ran drills. Normal pack life while my world tilted."What did Joshua say at the meeting?"Val leaned back, studying me. "He wants supervised visitation with the twins."My heart stopped. "What?""He's claiming paternal rights. Says he made mistakes, but he's still their father." Val's voice was controlled. "He's prepared to petition the Council for custody arrangements.""No." The word came out fierce. "He rejected them. Threw us out.""Legally, the rejection was of you as a mate. Not them as his children." Val held up his hand. "I'm not saying it's right. I'm telling you what his lawyer argued.""His lawyer?""Benita Murphy. Council-adjacent. Knows every loophole in pack law." Val's expression darkened. "She made it clear that if I don't cooperate, they'll bring sanctions against Blue Moon for harboring a banished wolf and her children."The room spun. I grippe