My Mate Chose Her Over Our Pup
I was four months pregnant with the Alpha’s heir when my best friend, Ariana, slammed into me. She called it an “accident.” I lost the pup.
My brother, Liam, tried to expose her to the pack elders. But he was framed for treason, stripped of his Beta title, and thrown in the pack dungeons.
I ran to my mate, Alpha Byron, begging for help.
He held me close and swore he'd save Liam.
The next day, I found Liam in the dungeons, chained in silver, barely alive.
Heartbroken, I went to Byron again, searching for a way to prove Liam's innocence. That's when I overheard him talking to his right-hand man.
“Alpha, if the Luna finds out you let them frame Liam… she will hate you.” Byron’s voice was laced with exhaustion and suppressed pain.
“I know what she’s like. This was the only way to make her forgive Ariana at the Blood Moon ceremony. Ariana saved my life. I won’t let this destroy her.”
He paused, his voice completely cold.
“As for Sandra… I’ll more than make it up to her. She will never know the truth. Ever. Right now, she just needs… to obey.”
The mate I trusted with my life… He threw my family to the wolves. All to protect the woman who killed our child.
My heart shattered. Shaking with a fury I’d never known, I called the one person I hadn't spoken to in seven years. My father, Alpha Caden.
[Father, I'll accept the strategic alliance. The marriage you wanted. But I have one condition. I need your help… to burn the Blackwood Pack to the ground.]