The Sea-Den Alpha’s Betrayed MateChapter 1
My consort's secret scent-mate took advantage of my absence from the territory to brazenly move into my pack estate. He wore my clothes, drank from my private reserve of aged moonwine, and dared to dream of climbing into my bed to claim my mate.
What he didn't expect was that my foster-dam caught him in the act. She sent word for me to return immediately. When I arrived, I had my enforcers strip the clothes from his body and snap one of his legs before throwing him out beyond the territory markers.
When my consort learned what happened, she didn't blame me at all. Instead, she slapped herself across the face and apologized to me: "I'm sorry, my Alpha. I only supported him because I pitied his circumstances. I never imagined he would try to take your place, nearly causing such disaster. I'll have him driven from the city at once and ban him from ever returning."
Since my consort admitted her wrongdoing so readily, I forgave her. She didn't disappoint me either, devoting herself completely to playing the role of a perfect mate.
That lasted until six months later, when I drank the moonwine she handed me. After a few sips, I collapsed onto the bed.
When I opened my eyes again, I found myself bound to a chair with silver-threaded ropes. My foster-dam was locked inside an iron cage. My beloved consort sat with her legs crossed, one arm wrapped around her little scent-mate, while she ordered her wolves to throw water over my foster-dam's body.
"Didn't your foster-dam love to run her mouth and meddle? And didn't you enjoy stripping people bare?" Her voice dripped with mockery.
"Since that's the case, let's play a little dominance wager involving stripped clothes. If you lose, your precious foster-dam will be stripped naked and thrown to a den of unmated rogues!"
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The moment she finished speaking, the iron cage was opened. A wolf stepped inside and grabbed my foster-dam, delivering a vicious slap across her face.
"Stop it! Selene Frostveil, what exactly do you want?"
Selene looked at me with amusement, then gently stroked the place where I had broken Darian's leg. Her expression turned cold as ice.
"Obviously, I'm getting justice for Darian. Whatever you did to him that day, I'll repay you double."
"Repay me? So you're saying you've already shifted your affections to this pretty-faced rogue?"
"Yes!"