Betrayed By My Mate Saved By His Rival

---- Chapter 16 Ethan's POV "Sera!" The name was a song on my lips as I threw open the office door. The woman in my chair turned around. It wasn't Seraphina. It was Lilith. The song died. My smile froze, then shattered. "What the hell are you doing here?" "Ethan..." She stood up. "I have nowhere else to go." "Get out." "Please, just let me explain..." "GET OUT!" I roared. My Beta rushed in. "Alpha?" He looked from me to Lilith, his face a mask of confusion. "I thought... you said the Luna.. "What Luna?" I spun on him. "Who are you talking about?" "Well... Miss Lilith," he said, confused.

"You just announced today..." ---- "She is not my Luna!" I roared, the sound ripping from my throat. "She is not my mate! There is only one. Now find her!" "Alpha, calm down..." "Calm down?" I grabbed him by the collar. "My mate is missing, and you want me to calm down?" "Okay, okay, I'll arrange it right away," my Beta said quickly. "I don't care what it costs. Burn through our resources. Track every flight, hack every camera. I want her found. Yesterday." He hurried out. I grabbed my phone and dialed Seraphina's number. "Sorry, the person you are calling is not available..." I dialed again.

"Sorry, the person you are calling..." Again. Still no answer. "Ethan..." Lilith was still there. "Maybe I know where she ---- is... My head snapped up. "Talk." "If I tell you, will you forgive me?" "Are you bargaining with me?" "T just..." she started crying. "I just want a chance..." "My patience is gone, Lilith," I stalked towards her, my shadow swallowing her. "Tell me what you know, or I will tear it from your mind myself." "Julian!" she blurted out. "She left with Julian!" "What?" "Someone saw her get into Julian's car this morning!" My heart didn't sink.

It plummeted into a frozen abyss. Julian. Of course, it was Julian. The vulture who had been circling my mate for years. "Where did they go?" "I... [don't know," Lilith shook her head. "But Julian's private jet took off last night." A private jet? ---- "Dammit!" I swept my arm across the desk, sending papers and electronics crashing to the floor. "Ethan..." Lilith said carefully. "Maybe this is for the best. She's gone, so we can..." "Shut up!" I glared at her. "And get out!" "But Leo needs a father..." "Leo is not my son!" "A blood test can be faked," she whispered, stepping closer.

"But the night we shared... you can't tell me you felt nothing." "What connection?" I sneered. "The one built on lies and manipulation?" Footsteps sounded outside. My Beta returned with several investigators. "Alpha, we found something," he said, out of breath. " Seraphina did leave." "With Julian?" "Yes, Julian's private jet departed from the airport at 11: 47 last night." ---- I closed my eyes, feeling my heart tear in two. She was really gone. Completely gone.