Betrayed By My Mate Saved By His Rival

---- Chapter 12 Ethan's POV On the screen, Lilith and I were naked, kissing passionately. The timestamp was from three years ago. "Oh my god..." A gasp went through the crowd. White-hot rage blinded me. I lunged for the projector, desperate to kill the image. But the video kept playing. "Stop it!" I roared. "Shut it down now!" But the equipment seemed to be controlled remotely. I couldn't turn it off. Worse, the screen switched. Now it was showing a series of photos. Lilith holding Leo as a baby. Leo's first, second, and third birthday pictures. Every photo had a clear timestamp.

And the dates were a lie detector, screaming in my face. They proved Leo was born long before I ever touched her. ---- "This is impossible..." I muttered. The murmurs in the crowd grew louder. "Alpha, what is this?" "That pup looks at least four years old!" Then the screen changed again. This time, it was filled with lines of text. Mind-link messages. Sender: Lilith Crowe. Recipient: Seraphina Blackwood. Iread the first message. My world didn't stop. It detonated. {You think Ethan really loves you? He's thinking of me every time he's with you.] [He came to me again last night.

Whispered my name while he was buried inside you.] [Do you know how Marcus died? Hahaha, you'll never guess...) "No..." my voice trembled. "This isn't real..." ---- But the messages kept scrolling. [Ethan killed Marcus himself. Just to save my Leo. Your son's blood was very useful, you know.] [I told Ethan you were sleeping with Julian, and he actually believed me! Men are such stupid animals.] (Try to get near my man again, and I'll make sure you and your bastard daughter die together.] U had someone sabotage the runes. I wanted to watch you and your daughter fall to your deaths.

Too bad Julian's men got there so fast.] (Don't worry, I'll take good care of Ethan. Once you're out of the way, my family can finally be happy.] My head was spinning. I couldn't think. These messages... Lilith sent them? She admitted to sabotaging the runes? She admitted to turning me against Seraphina? She even... she even mocked Marcus's death? "Enough!" I charged at the projector, ready to smash it. But the messages kept coming. ---- (Did you see Ethan's face? When he pushed Lydia off that cliff himself? I was watching from a distance.

I almost died laughing.] [He thought he was getting revenge for love. In reality, he was just a puppet on my strings.) [You lost, Seraphina. Your own mate killed both your pup. You'll live with that pain for the rest of your life.] Lydia... My daughter? No, wasn't she Julian's pup? I... what have I done? I pushed her off a cliff myself? The hall was in chaos. Everyone was shouting. The flashes were blinding as reporters captured every second of it. I turned to Lilith. Her face was ghost-white, her eyes filled with terror. "Ethan, let me explain..." she stammered. "This isn't real.

Someone is framing us..." ---- "Framing us?" I advanced on her, each step a promise of death. "Explain," I said, my voice the rumble of a gathering storm. "1... [don't know..." She backed away. "Maybe Seraphina faked them..." "Faked them?" I snarled. "You can't fake a mind-link! Your psychic scent is all over every message!" Her face went even whiter. I finally saw her for what she was. Not an innocent victim. But a manipulative, vicious monster. She had twisted my doubts into a weapon. She had poisoned everything between me and Seraphina. She even... she even tried to kill my daughter? Wait.

The messages were real. Which meant... Seraphina never betrayed me. Lydia... was my daughter. ---- And I... [had been played. The bloodline report-the one that had cost me everything -was a fucking lie.