All Chapters of When the Fated Mate Betrayed Me: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Between fated mates, if the gap in bloodline rank was vast enough, the higher-ranked one could forcibly sever the bond.However, Kael did not know that I was not the packless Rogue he believed me to be. I was a princess of the royal court, and my bloodline far outranked his.The only problem was that my father had sealed that power away.Four years ago, I had grown tired of the royal court's rules and restrictions and insisted on leaving to find my own freedom. My father, the Alpha King, was furious. He sealed my bloodline and power with his own hands, and then confined me to a tower to reflect on what I had done.I escaped during a guard shift change. I shook off every royal guard who came after me and fled deep into the unclaimed forest.That was where I met Kael.The moment our eyes met, my heart slammed against my ribs. He had gone still too. We both recognized it at once. We were fated mates.I hid my identity as a princess and went by Nia. He told me he had left his pack b

Freya glanced at me, drenched in blood from head to toe, then strolled over to the table and sat down. One of her attendants handed her a cup of spirit spring tea, and she took a leisurely sip."I'm not a petty she-wolf. Male wolves have always been driven by desire, especially powerful Alphas. Keeping two or three mistresses on the side is perfectly normal."I can tolerate your existence. However, as the future Luna of the Thunderpeak pack, my pup has to be born first and receive the Moon Goddess's blessing."I braced myself against the wall, barely holding my broken body upright. "So you decided to kill my pup."Freya let out a soft laugh, her eyes full of contempt. "I don't dirty my hands with that kind of work. Kael was the one who drugged you. He gave up your pup on his own. All I did was lay out the consequences for him."I stared at her, my nails digging so deep into my palms they nearly punctured skin.She stood and walked toward me, one hand resting lightly on her own st

I stood before him, my expression calm. "I am here on behalf of the royal court to deliver a gift for your ceremony."Kael's entire body seized. Every memory from our four years together in the unclaimed forest flashed through his mind. Every moment he had dismissed as unremarkable now twisted into mockery."No. That's impossible. How is it you..."Before he could gather himself, Freya thrust a finger at me, her voice shrill. "I knew it. That's why you kept pushing me to set off the silver moon flare. You wanted to impersonate Princess Serafina and sabotage my bonding ceremony with Kael!"Impersonating royal blood? You've got some nerve!"Guards, take her to the drowning cells!"Freya's guards moved toward me at once. In the same instant, a crushing wave of high-ranked bloodline pressure erupted from my body.The night before, when the royal court's shadow guards found me, they had brought the Alpha King's Seal, forged by my father's own hand. The seal carried his bloodline impr

The moment the words left my mouth, the mate bond that had bound us for four years shattered and vanished without a trace.The weight I had carried for years lifted from my chest all at once. I felt lighter than I had in a long time.Kael was not so fortunate. His bloodline ranked far below mine, and the backlash of a severance initiated by a higher-ranked wolf tore through him with nothing to cushion the blow.He coughed up a mouthful of blood. His wolf convulsed violently, on the verge of collapse. Every channel in his body split apart inch by inch, and the agony drove him to the ground in a writhing, howling heap. He did not even have the strength to stand.Watching him in that state, I felt nothing. He had brought every bit of it on himself.I did not spare him another glance. I turned my gaze to Freya, who was cowering behind the crowd.She had already crumpled to the floor. The Moonveil Crown that Kael had spent the pack's entire store of merit to obtain had slipped from he

The snow fell all through the night.Layla told me that Kael had collapsed outside the sacred gates of the royal court and had to be carried back to Thunderpeak territory.I gazed out at the blanket of white beyond the window and felt nothing. Every ounce of suffering I had endured was something he deserved to taste for himself.When spring came and the snow melted, my body finally stabilized. The royal court's healer confirmed after a follow-up examination that I could begin easing back into training.In the rear gardens of the court, Father had ordered a quiet patch of land set aside just for me. It had been arranged to resemble the home I once had in the unclaimed forest, with tilled soil, a low wooden fence, pens for raising snow hares, and beds for growing berries and frostleaf."Here." His voice carried an awkward sense of tenderness."I know you like your peace and freedom. No one will bother you in this corner. Plant whatever you want, and raise whatever you want."I loo