The Betrayal: A Father's Secret 소설 & 이야기

The shock of his betrayal still reverberated through me, leaving me reeling with disbelief and anger. Candis Pack, my once-beloved home, now felt like a prison, its walls closing in on me with each passing moment. My father's weakness and desperation had led him to make a deal with the devil himself, sacrificing his own daughter for the promise of power and protection. It was a betrayal that cut me to the core, leaving me feeling abandoned and alone.

Each document was a piece of a puzzle that revealed a legacy of betrayal and sacrifice. In one particularly damning memo, I read about a meeting between my father and a high-ranking official, where he outlined his plan: by exposing Beaucare’s crimes, he would not only dismantle their empire but also ensure that the truth about his secret family would remain hidden. It was a gamble—a choice to sacrifice personal happiness for the greater good of protecting me. But somewhere in the margins, in the faintest scrawl, I found a name that should have never existed in my world: a contingency plan involving my future should the secret ever be exposed.

If I didn't, I was agreeing to fight a war I didn't ask for, allied with a man who had lied to me from the start. ​But the biggest truth, the one that cut deeper than the steel was my father's final betrayal. A Trojan horse. He didn't sell me for money; he sold me for a dirty land deal with Alpha Vorlag, willing to sacrifice his own children for a strip of turf. My hatred for him was a cold, pure stone in my gut.

he said, "then someone close to us is revealing secrets." I froze. He was correct. That kind of ambush did not occur by accident. Someone had betrayed us. I set my glass down on the table, slowly and deliberately. "I'll discover who," I vowed. My father nodded, not showing his feelings. "Good. Because if you don't..." He leaned forward an inch or two, voice hardening to metal. "—I will."

These people had only banded together in the first place to indulge their own vices, so, of course, they'd wash their hands of it as soon as trouble arose. "Bullshit!" Liam, who was instantly betrayed, couldn't swallow his humiliation. Without even caring that he was still naked, he started defending himself. "I was set up by all of you!" "Cover yourself up before you talk." His cycling friends' tones began to shift. "You're the one fooling around with women—wait, I mean, men. Don't try to drag all of us down with you!" Liam's face flushed angrily. He glared at everyone begrudgingly before rushing back into Room 2115.

I could feel the excitement bubbling in my chest—the kind of energy only a genuine opportunity could bring—but underneath it, a seed of unease had already taken root. “Success usually attracts both,” I said, my voice steady, yet thoughtful. “It’s natural. Anyone who climbs high will find those who cheer for you…and those who wait to strike.” My father’s eyes met mine, and he nodded slowly, as though he had expected me to say exactly that. “Exactly, Maxwell. But not all threats are obvious. Some walk among you, hidden in smiles and handshakes. Some you’ll only recognize when it’s too late.” I frowned, leaning forward. “Father… Why the emphasis on betrayal? On traitors? Why did you stress it s

He saved the last sip of fresh water for me, leaning close to my ear and whispering, "Mia, as long as I have a breath left, the Grim Reaper won't take you away." How could that not be deep love? At that moment, I fell for him completely. On our wedding day, I grabbed his suit tie and seriously warned him, "Vincent, you know my bottom line. If you betray me, I will never look back." Vincent kissed the back of my hand and swore to the Virgin Mary, "That day will absolutely never come." Yet, half a month ago, I accidentally discovered an encrypted burner phone hidden in a secret compartment of his armored SUV.

"That's your cub in my belly. It's your responsibility." "I told you, that was a one-night mistake!" The man's voice grew angry. "I have a fated mate. I can't acknowledge this cub!" "Then I'll just go to your mate. I'll tell her you betrayed your bond." Sadie's threat was met with a brief silence. "You think she'll believe you?" Ethan scoffed. "Of course she will," Sadie said smugly. "Because I have proof." "The security footage from that night. The marks you left on me."

Why aren't they taking care of their own mates? Then came Lyris's soft-spoken voice message. [Oh, sorry! Just sharing a little moment from life. Selena, you're not mad, are you?] Violette laughed coldly. "Brothers being brothers. Both experts at pretending to care. It's almost insulting that they ended up with us. "One played her first love, the other her backup plan. That's probably how it was meant to be." I said nothing. Our father contacted the Alpha King of the Kingdom of Volvia to request a forced dissolution of our Mate Bond. Less than a day later, the official forms arrived in my inbox.

“You weren’t forced, Lucas. But yes you were born into it. You fell in love with the boy they hoped you would.” His mouth went dry. “And when I did… someone tried to erase him. Tried to erase everything.” Her eyes flicked toward him, unreadable. “Some families protect what’s theirs. Others do what they must to survive.” His voice cracked. “Did you do it?” She looked down at her drink. “No,” she said after a moment. “But I didn’t stop it either.” Silence stretched between them, sharp as broken glass. “Your father,” she added, almost too quietly, “found out what they were doing. What the Wards had buried in the trust. He wanted to expose them. Days later, he was dead. Heart attack, they claime