Novel & Cerita Betrothed To Vicious Alpha

Alpha Cuan I was about to tell her all about Aria in finer details to help her understand why I can't be like everyone else when it came to this act of committing to the mating bond. Why I need to be extra careful. Yet, Gates, my other beta, the one who drew up our wedding contract spoke to me telepathically. “Alpha Beret just made it to the Dark Forest tribe border. He is speaking to Alpha Forbe right now. I think he is headed here,” he informs.

Beside me, Vivienne's hand tightened on my arm. "The bond between an Alpha and his mate is not a political convenience," Aldric continued. "It is a covenant. A sacred trust placed by the Moon Goddess herself. An Alpha who discards that trust, who sets aside the mate chosen for him and replaces her as though she were a broken tool, is an Alpha whose word cannot be relied upon." The words passed through me as if a blade was slowly drawn across my skin. Was the Alpha King trying to embarrass me? His verdict was enough to make us lose all our alliances and partnerships across the board. This has never happened before.

I turned my head slightly at the name and gave a short nod. “Yes. Her.” My voice was colder than I intended. My beta exhaled slowly, like he had been holding that thought for a while. “I’m sorry, Alpha,” he said, choosing his words carefully, “but from my point of view… it seems you didn’t do a complete background check on her before bringing her here.” My eyes narrowed slightly. “What are you implying?” He didn’t flinch. “That she might have already been bonded,” he said plainly. “Or attached to someone else before you claimed her.”

With just a little strike, he was on the ground, and this angered him more. I quickly let out a laugh as I took an advantageous position. The wind roared across the battlefield. The red moon burned brighter overhead. And for the first time since we had met… Alpha Clay looked at me not as his mate. Not as his possession. But as something far more powerful. A force he could no longer control.

His face was a mask of cold fury, but I caught the way his hand moved to his wrist, and I saw the silver light glowing beneath his sleeve. "No," he said, his voice booming across the stone circle. "I reject this bond." The words hit me like physical blows, but before I could fully process the rejection, another voice cut through the night. "As do I." Darius Thornveil emerged from the opposite side of the crowd, and the silver light bleeding through his jacket sleeve made my heart stop completely. Both of them. My two mates were the two most powerful, dangerous Alphas in the territory. And they both wanted nothing to do with me.

Now, I would take them all out in one fell swoop, and there wouldn’t be anyone to stand in my way. “Alpha, please reconsider. This is clearly a trap, my lord. Don’t play right into his hands. P… Please…” My second beta made sense, but that wasn’t what I wanted. I lost my men, and all I was to get were a few gifts and… a damn daughter of the devil. “My lord, if this was plotted between Alpha Holmes and the Alpha king, then there should be more at play than they’re letting on.” I couldn’t believe my ears. He fought side by side with me in the Great War and never seemed like a coward. What could be the problem now?

“She’s the one the visions warned us about. The girl who can resist the Alpha bond. The one with three threads tied to her neck.” “Three?” I turned now, eyes narrowing. He nodded. “The triplets. Dax. Kai. Riven. All three are bound to her. They would have marked her during the Trials—together, but—” A low whistle left my mouth. “What kind of creature pulls three Alphas like moths to flame?” “A cursed one,” he said bitterly. “The kind that stirs war.” I crossed the room slowly, my boots silent against the black marble. My blade sat on the low obsidian table, its surface catching the moonlight. I picked it up, turning the weapon in my hand.

He growled out so fiercely that I didn’t dare doubt his words. I picked myself up from the floor, stumbling when he pushed me in front of him. We made our way back to the cars with him muttering curses and swearing at me the entire time. “You’re lucky the Alpha has plans for you females. I’d have killed you for the shit you just pulled. Stupid bitch.”

I said, a hint of anger tasted in my voice. "Well, I see." She turned her back at me, walking to her favourite seat which was behind the alter of sacrifice. "You don't like her, do you?" She asked. "Isn't it obvious?" I asked back. "Well, Alpha Leonard has been poisoned with a love portion." Our eyes widened in surprise. "I… I don't understand. W…what do you mean?" I stuttered.