Betrayed By My Mate Saved By His Rival

---- Chapter 20 Ethan's POV "Hahaha..." A wild laugh burst from my lips. "Lilith, you know what?" She stared at me, her eyes wide, as if I were a madman. "You know nothing," I laughed, a broken, jagged sound. " You're a creature of ambition. You could never understand the pull of a fated soul. It's a fire in the blood. A law of nature." "What?" "you don't know the feeling," I kept laughing. "That indescribable connection when two fated souls truly bond. "You're insane..." "Insane? Maybe." I wiped away a tear. "But I know Seraphina will forgive me." "What?" Lilith couldn't believe it.

"Because it's true love," my smile turned gentle. "Not the shallow possessiveness you understand." "You killed her pup!" Lilith shrieked. "You pushed her ---- daughter off a cliff with your own hands! How could she ever forgive you?" "She will," I said, the certainty in my voice absolute. " Because the Goddess bound our souls long before we were born. She doesn't have a choice. I am her choice." "Hahahaha..." Lilith burst into a fit of laughter. "Ethan Blackwood! You are pathetically arrogant!" She shook with laughter, her eyes full of mockery. "What do you think love is?

A fairytale?" she sneered. " You murdered her two pup, and you think she'll forgive you? Keep dreaming!" lignored her. I turned and left the monitoring room. But her words echoed in my head. "You murdered her two pup..." "Marcus's death, Lydia's pain, you caused all of it..." I stopped in the hallway, clutching my chest. My wolf was whining, howling in despair. It knew what we had lost. ---- I went back to headquarters to deal with the mess I'd made. Three months. Three months of hell. Every alliance I had was turning to ash.

Every night, I drank myself into oblivion, just to quiet the howl in my soul for her. Then, one day, my Beta brought me an announcement. "Alpha, Julian's company released a statement this morning." "What statement?" I looked up, exhausted. He handed me a printout. I saw the headline and my hands began to shake: The Mating of Alpha Julian Thorne and Lady Seraphina Vance The content was short and fatal: [By mutual agreement, Julian Thorne and Seraphina Vance have formally entered into a mate bond. Lady Seraphina will serve as the Luna of the Silver Moon Pack.] "Alpha?" My Beta watched my face.

"Are you okay?" ---- "Get the plane ready," I said, looking up. "We leave immediately." Two hours later, I was on the private jet to Julian's territory. The drone of the engines made me drowsy. The dream pulled me under. We were back on our honeymoon, the salt-laced wind whipping through her silver hair. She wore that white sundress, the one that made her look like a goddess carved from moonlight. "Ethan, do you think we'll be happy forever?" she asked, looking back at me, her eyes full of hope. "Of course," the dream-me said, holding her.

"I'll protect you for the rest of our lives." "What about our pup?" She touched her still-flat stomach. "Will they be happy and healthy?" "They will," I kissed her forehead. "I'll give them the best of everything." The scene shifted. Marcus, my son, toddled toward me, his chubby hands outstretched. "Dada!" His giggle was the sweetest sound I'd ever heard. I scooped him up, his baby smell filling my senses. ---- "T love you, Dada." "T love you too, my little prince." Then it was Lydia, so small and wrinkly as a newborn. "She's so tiny..." I held her carefully.

"She's our little princess," Seraphina said, smiling weakly but happily. "T'll protect them," I swore. "I'll protect all of you." But suddenly, the dream soured. Seraphina stood before me, her eyes no longer full of love, only hate. "You killed them," she said coldly. "You killed our pup." "No, I didn't..." "T will never forgive you," her voice was a venomous hiss in my ear, her beautiful face twisting into a snarl. Her teeth, sharp and unforgiving, sank into my neck. "Never. "No!" I jolted awake. The plane was still in the air, but I was drenched in a cold sweat.

Outside the window was a sea of clouds, as chaotic as my ---- own heart. Would Seraphina really forgive me?