Lahat ng Kabanata ng I Heard My Mate’s Mistress’s Thoughts, and Stole Her Alpha King: Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 9

So this was what mind-reading got me. My mate had been sleeping with Serena Hale behind my back for who knew how long, and the broke boyfriend Serena had been turning her nose up at was the heir to the Alpha King himself.The perfect revenge laid itself out in my head, piece by piece.It was evening in the pack’s grandest banquet hall, and people were crowded around to toast Lucian Vale on his latest deal.They raised their glasses, fawning. “Truly the Alpha’s son. You’ve got your father’s touch.”“Right? When the Alpha sees what you can do, he’ll name you heir for sure.”“Just don’t forget us little people when you take the throne.”Lucian basked in it. He’d already forgotten that this deal was mine, that I was the one who’d closed it, and that he hadn’t lifted a finger.The other party to the deal was my uncle, who’d only signed because of me.The door opened. Serena Hale glided in wearing a deep red gown with a long train. She caught my eye and smiled.I was about to walk over when

Damien became the target in seconds. Someone pushed him down and tried to force him to his knees to apologize.That was my cue. I stepped in and grabbed his arm.“I saw it. They started it. Damien was defending himself.”Lucian’s face tightened, and his thoughts came through loud and clear.‘Why is she here? This woman never does anything except mess up my plans.’But out loud, he stayed measured. “Your word alone doesn’t prove anything.”A deep voice cut in. “Hers doesn’t. What about mine?”Every head in the hall turned. The biggest partner at this banquet, the Alpha of Silvercrest Pack, my uncle, walked across the room.When power outweighs truth, you find someone with more power.“I happened to be walking by,” Uncle Marcus said. “Saw the whole thing. Your men jumped him. And now you’ve got the story flipped.”He turned his gaze on Lucian, cold. “There are cameras everywhere in this hall. You’d rather take their word over a check of the footage? I’m starting to wonder if this partner

The Lucian-and-Serena story tore through the pack. My uncle showed up with the partnership cancellation papers.“I don’t believe an Alpha who can’t be loyal to his own family makes a good leader. I’m sorry. I can’t move forward with this.”Lucian stared at the contract, ashen. He opened his mouth to argue, but Uncle Marcus cut him off.“This is for the sake of my own pack’s reputation. I can’t have a partner in the middle of a scandal. Whatever you say doesn’t change my decision.”He turned and walked out without looking back.The moment he was outside, my phone buzzed.Aurora. It’s done.I was stretched out on my couch at home, counting up everything I planned to take from Lucian in the settlement. The message made me smile.The scandal already had the old Alpha pissed at Lucian. Now you’ve personally pulled the partnership, that’s salt in the wound. The old man’s going to come down on him hard. He won’t last much longer in that pack.A second later, a mind-link from Lucian.He told m

That weekend, the Alpha King announced he’d found his long-lost son and invited every royal in the kingdom to the recognition banquet.It would also be the day he stepped down and named the new Alpha King.I arrived wearing the couture gown Damien had sent over.The banquet hall blazed with light. Servers in pressed black tie threaded through the crowd. Alphas from every major pack wore polite, businesslike smiles, trading flattery.I scanned the room for Damien.Before I found him, a sharp voice cut in.“Aurora? How the hell did you get in?”I turned. Lucian, in a suit that cost more than most cars, was looking me up and down like I’d tracked mud through the room.“This banquet is for royalty. Not country bumpkins like you. That dress is a knockoff, isn’t it? I never realized how pathetic you could be.”The man was a scumbag with no eye for quality. The single gemstone on my gown was worth more than every thread on his body, and he wanted to call it a knockoff.I laughed. “You should

Not long after, I formally inherited my uncle’s title as Alpha, and my mating ceremony with Damien was set on the calendar within weeks.In front of others we played the part of devoted mates. Only the two of us knew the truth: it was a marriage of alliance.He’d just taken the throne and needed a strong pack to lock in his rule. I needed the Alpha King’s resources for mine.With the gift of hearing thoughts, my pack thrived under me. I won the loyalty of every wolf I led.Lucian’s story went the opposite way.After his father threw him out, everyone learned he was a bastard child. He couldn’t go anywhere in the pack without being pushed down, and even junior clerks ignored him.When he’d run out of options, he came to me.I don’t know how he found my address. I opened my door one day and there he was, Lucian, hollow-faced, sitting on my front steps.The arrogance was gone. He was unshaven and his clothes were filthy. He looked like a beggar.“Aurora. Please. Help me.”I gave him one l