Chapter 1: CHAPTER 1— BETRAYED

Quinn's heart pained as she stood breathlessly behind the tall, oak tree by the pack borders. She

had known it for a while now, after three years of never-ending love between her and her mate, the

bond was finally fading.

Unlike before, there was a distance between them, he only spoke to her when it was necessary and

the intense lovemaking they used to indulge in was now no more. He barely ever touched her and

now she knew exactly what the reason was...

It was because of the sweet and innocent omega he currently stood before, the redhead that Quinn

called a sister. Their affair had been obvious, but Quinn pretended to be blind. She had seen the

way they looked at each other, the desperate glances, the shy smiles...she had seen them all,

especially from her sister, but she had decided to trust her mate.

However, that was the worst decision she'd ever made...for trusting him only made his betrayal even

more painful...

Quinn wiped her eyes when tears graced them, she never thought he was capable of doing

something like this to her, he was an alpha, but he had always been a gentle one...he used to

treasure her.

Back when they had found out about them being mates, he had wooed her with sincere words and

delicate touches against the shoulder and the waist until he had found his way around her heart. It

had been like a Cinderella story, she had found her prince and she was his princess...but now it

seems the glass slipper couldn't fit her anymore...

Damn! Quinn's hand clenched tighter against her chest when more pain weighed down on her. She

shouldn't have done this, shouldn't have sprayed herself down with mask and followed him.

If she hadn't, then the betrayal she now felt would not have been bestowed upon her. She'd still be

in bed, feigning her trust for him, desperately trying to hang onto a bond that was obviously

breaking...

Pathetic, she knew, but she loved him too much to just leave, even after discovering just why he'd

been so distant. It was shameless, but she'd try, she'd try to fix the bond between them, to

strengthen it.

She'd get him to love her again, they were mated for a reason, and she would not lose him to

someone who'd soon get a mate of their own. She loved her sister, but Delilah would be better off

saving herself for her mate.

Twisting on her feet, Quinn walked away from the scene. She went back to their house, the one Jeo

had built for them. He had been so happy, he was so sure that he'd love her forever.

“This is the spot, Quinn...we'll build a house here...a nice house...one nice enough that our kids

would still want to live in it after we become old and die.’

Quinn had been happy too, excited even. She had helped him, the pack members had helped as

well, and now three years later, this house that was once full of love felt lonely and suffocating.

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Quinn woke up to a hand shaking her shoulder, her eyes squinting open. She didn't know when she

fell asleep, but the sun was out now.

She twisted towards Jeo who stood over her. “Wake up, Quinn...it's today.”

Quinn rubbed her face as she sat up on the bed. Her sore eyes wandered over his face,

remembering the whispered words he told her last night, and they twitched with tears. "W-Where

were you last night? When I woke up, you were nowhere here.”

She already knew the answer to that question, she wasn't even sure why she was asking him. She

was probably hoping he'd tell the truth and then beg for her forgiveness...for she'd foolishly forgive

him... just to regain what they had in the past.

“I was just... was..." He trailed off.

Tell the truth Jeo...Tell me the truth..." Quinn begged mentally.

“I was just...l...I was at the borders...The patrol team needed some company.”

Quinn's heart broke once again in her chest, her glossy eyes glancing away from him. Liar...he was

so cruel.

Even in the despair Quinn sat in, the outline of his face tempted her and those lips that had been on

her sister...Quinn wanted to place hers against them...

“Is that the truth?”

He nodded, giving her that distant smile. “Yeah...anyway, it's today...don’t you remember? You need

to get ready.”

"What's today?"

“The contract... want an alliance with the wounded moon pack...it's the strongest pack among many

if not all, I need there to be peace between our pack and theirs.”

“The wounded moon pack? Isn't that the pack led by the Alpha king?”

"Yes...I'm sending you with a few pack members...they'll take along with them some weapons and

some gifts to enhance his trust in us. It'll probably take you about two days to get there and two

days to get back...5o you'll be gone for four days..."

Quinn nodded. “Are we leaving now or later?”

“Now Quinn and I'm not coming.”

“You're not? It's important, wouldn't it be better for the alpha to go...?”

It'd be disrespectful to only send the luna, the man they were going to meet was strong, he'd

fought from the bottom to the top in order to be as infamous as he was now. In order to become

alpha king, this man had to battle and win the prior alpha king...

He was the only alpha who had the guts to even propose a battle...and Jeo did not want to greet

him? Why...?

“I have some things to take care of here...I can't make it.”

His words were cold and final, his expression blank, and those eyes Quinn was trying so desperately

to search would not meet hers...she couldn't read him. “Okay...I'll get ready and go.”

“Good...” And with that, he walked out of the room, leaving her alone with a heart that was utterly

broken.

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