CHAPTER 2: BETRAYAL

“Is that so? Our witch has finally found her mate? How is it possible?” A male wolf who had been observing all of this chimed with a questioning look but I knew he was only mocking me so I dropped my eyes and gazed at the floor.

“Who will we be harassing now, Shantel?” Another one asked but I remained quiet.

“Let her go to him!” Shantel voiced out but by her voice, I could sense that she was angry at them. Wow, tables really could turn.

“Edna, my best friend’s foster-sister, go and have fun, maybe it is your childhood sweetheart!” I melted and curled myself when I heard that. I couldn’t wait to see him now. 

“Have fun!” She repeated the words while giving her friends, her back while looking at me as she said that, causing me to nod but even a fool could sense that something was not okay here.

Shantel wouldn't leave me just like that! Anyway, I had to use this chance and find my mate who might be Edric so that I could convince him to forgive them for what they had been doing to me all this while.

With that done, I rushed up the stairs and walked through the corridor as my wolf, Serene, directed me.

After some seconds of waiting as it felt like hours of waiting, I stood in front of a huge door.

‘He is here, our mate!’ Serene emphasised on the word ‘mate’ causing me to stand in front of the door trying to compose myself. 

But I was tense that a cold sweat rolled down my forehead. My heart was thumping harder now than before.

“Calm down, he is here!” I comforted myself as I was always used to talking to myself or my wolf. 

Because all my life, I had been alone. My boyfriend was sometimes there with me but most of the time he was busy training because he was to be the next beta of our next Alpha so I spent most of my time alone.

Before I could barge into the room, I first leaned my head on the door to listen if there was anyone in the room to be sure that my mate was really inside. 

My wolf Serene was right, I could hear his voice from inside!

Without waiting as my happiness was above the brim, I touched the door knob and pushed the door open with a huge smile that reached my eye on my face. 

Finally, we were going to be together forever. I would be the beta's wife so they wouldn't bully me anymore because we would be protected by the Alpha, plus Edric was strong to protect me.

‘Mate!’ My wolf concluded, urging me to continue.

But what I saw on the bed made my head spin repeatedly and my wolf Serene to howl in anger!

“Yes, you are so sweet! Harder, harder my beta! Please give me more!” 

“You are so beautiful! You look like an angel! Your garden is so sweet that I can't get enough of it! Should I thrust harder?” Now I could hear the strange voices coming from the bed!

All this time, I had ignored it and focused on Edric's voice when I was outside over dropping on the door.

He  was there lying on her, naked, thrusting her hard while moaning with pleasure with another girl! 

I stood there for sometime as they were so immersed with what they were doing that they couldn't hear me come in through the door. 

Blood drained from my face as I froze in front of the room door. It was him, Edric, he was my fated mate! But look at him now, enjoying himself with another woman after lying to me all this time.

I wanted to run and go far, very far from them but I couldn't, my other part wanted to continue witnessing for myself as my legs were paralysed on the spot. 

All this while, they had told me I would die alone and that I was cursed because I was neither a wolf nor a witch. I didn't believe them. 

I had endured all their bullying thinking that one day I would find my mate and he would protect me from all of that but I was wrong. 

Fortunately, my mate turned out to be my boyfriend or rather the man I used to believe that he was my boyfriend but there he was.

“Who is mummy's love?” He growled harder as he pushed himself deeper that the sound of their flesh kicking each other could be heard all over the place that they couldn't care if anyone was inside the room.

“Edric is mummy's love! But what about Edna? I am always jealous when seeing you around her.” Now I could recognize the voice and saw the face of the girl! 

All this time my concentration was on Edric but now I could see her! It was Melissa, my foster mother's daughter and Shantel's best friend whom I had been thinking that she was not here, but there she was, being pleasured by Edric, my mate.

Her innocent look made the man above him to slow down his thrust and gazed at her with a lot of love in his eyes causing my heart to break into many pieces but I kept on looking at them instead of walking away and leaving the lovebirds alone.

“Are you kidding me right now, sweetheart? Who would want to marry that daughter of a devil? I can't even take it when I am closer to her,” I swallowed hard at that.

“I always pretend to like her but I would never dare risk my life being someone who can kill her own family!” Edric broke me even more that the tears that I used to hide behind my head refused to hear my pleading of not coming out and rushed like water down my cheeks.

Mellisa pushed her head up trying to kiss her causing her eyes to come face to face with mine. But there was no shock in those blue eyes of hers. There was only a huge mocking smile as she kissed him on his forehead while still looking at me.

“I knew you wouldn't betray our next Alpha and me by loving such a forbidden girl!” She said while faking a moan causing the man to thrust her harder.

“I love you mummy! It has always been you!” I heard Edric saying, causing me to lose the last hope that I was still lingering in my heart and I turned ready to go but the door knob that I had been unknowingly squeezing hard made a sound causing it to make noise in the room.

“Oh, noo!” I muttered with a painful chuckle as I immediately turned my head facing them while more tears rushed down my cheeks, 

“I-I am so sorry for intruding your privacy, please don't stop, just continue!”