Betrayed By The Alpha: Unknown Twins

Disgust And Fury

NATALIA

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"As the new Alpha of this pack, I announce my mate and Luna as Lycia Rivera!"

I watched in horror and shock as Lycia, the daughter of the biggest and strongest warrior family, and my supposed best friend reached Rylan's side and proceeded to kiss him with such familiarity like this was not the first time they had kissed.

Li-like… Like it was normal for her to be announced as his mate and not me.

Rylan smiled warmly at her, not even giving me one glance. That smile, that same curve of his lips, the twinkling in his eyes that he had always reserved for me. He was blatantly giving it to her, throwing it in my face like all we had had meant nothing.

They walked around, greeting the guests and receiving congratulations from everyone.

That should be me, not Lycia. I should be the one beside Rylan, receiving congratulations and whispering to his ear about how I was carrying his baby.

My hand trembled, every emotion colliding with me like angry waves crashing upon one another. I could not even form words. My heart was breaking into fragments of splintered dust. My whole world felt like it was crumbling.

"Mira, what is happening?" I reached out to my wolf helplessly.

"I have no idea as well," She whimpered as well, pumping more pain into my veins.

My head felt like it was going to fall, and I tried to stop the tears that were beginning to fall from my eyes by biting my lips away.

I could not explain what the hell was happening.

My mind drifted back to what Caleb had said to me before he left, and I knew that this had to be it. This was what he was talking about when he asked if I would still look at Rylan the same way at the end of the night. The utterly painful betrayal of my lover and my best friend.

At that moment, I remembered how I had met Lycia.

It was when we were in tenth grade that she approached me after math class one day and offered to be my friend. At first, I was skeptical because she came from a family of hotblooded warriors and coldblooded killers while I was just a low-ranked werewolf, but soon I had grown fond of her and I had even entrusted her with the fact that I was seeing Rylan, but this was the outcome of my blind trust and stupidity.

Maybe it was a prank. Maybe I was not seeing it correctly. My legs almost gave away as I walked towards Rylan and Lycia.

"Rylan!"

They broke apart and when Rylan looked at me, I stumbled in shock. There was pure hatred directed at me from the man I had spent all my life loving. His gaze burned like blazing coals.

"Rylan, what is going on? Why are you with Lycia? This was supposed to be our day, so why all of this?" I stammered, my lips trembling as I reached out for him, but I was met with a hard shove that landed me on the floor.

Rylan pushed me to the ground. My butt hit the floor and pain sliced through me.

"Don't! Don't even come closer to me, you cheating slut!" Rylan spat venomously.

I blinked, not knowing why this was happening. I could not understand what was going on. Why would my Rylan call me a slut?

But Rylan wasn’t done. He hissed like a snake, "Did you think I would never find out? Did you think I will never find out that you have been f*****g my half-brother behind my back?!"

The accusation was like a hit to my chest. Like a knife stab to my abdomen.

"Rylan, what are you talking about? Please stop this and tell me this is all a joke." I pleaded, despair seizing my being.

"A joke?" He scoffed. "You f*****g wish."

"After everything I have done for you? I loved you even though you are nothing but a lowlife found by the side of the road! I gave you everything and yet you go behind my back to Caleb of all people?"

Tears started falling from my eyes. "Why are you really doing this to me?" I asked desperately, looking up at him, my voice cracking on each word. He glared down at me. A cold breeze blew past me causing goosebumps to rise on my skin or maybe it wasn’t a cold breeze… maybe it was the chilly hands of pain as I heard my lover ridicule me and use my origin in such a manner.

"You have been two-timing me with my brother, haven't you? YOU f*****g w***e!" He shouted. His eyes burned furiously, his nostrils flared in anger and he looked like he would crush me any moment from now.

"No! No, that's not true! I will never do that to you, Rylan!" I cried desperately. "Please, you know I would never do that. Who is feeding you with all these lies?!" Tears streamed down my face as I stood up, my feet unsteady on the ground.

The floor seemed to tilt under my weight. I gripped the edge of the table for support as Rylan advanced towards me again. His face contorted in disgust and fury.

My eyes searched the hall, hoping that Caleb was around somewhere to at least clear me of all these allegations, but he was not and that made matters worse.

"Lycia... Lycia what is all this?" I looked at my supposed best friend. "You know these are all false accusations, why won't you speak?"

Rylan scoffed icily. "Speak? Your lies were all revealed by Lycia here. Thanks to her, my heart was mended and I will not be spending my life with a cheating cheap slut like you!"

My eyes cut to Lycia briefly and the sly smile she passed my way made it click in my head… Lycia lied to him. Lycia went behind my back and lied to Rylan so she could take my place beside him… and in his heart.

"This is all a lie," I cried out, desperation seeping through my voice. "This is all some sick lie that she spun up to make you lose your trust in me. You have to believe me, I have never cheated on you with Caleb, or with anyone else..." I would never.

"Why do you keep on insisting on covering up your wrongdoings? We already know your secret, Natalia!" Lycia spoke up. "So why do you keep denying it?"

I stared up at my best friend or rather an ex-best friend with shock and confusion marring my face. "Lycia, how could you do this to me? You know I will never cheat on Rylan."

She held tightly to Rylan's arm and scoffed at me. "I know nothing because you told me you were only with Rylan because you knew he was going to be the Alpha while you were with Caleb behind his back. I always knew you were a cheap slut which is why I had to tell Rylan before it was too late. He deserves so much better than your lying ass.”

I interjected dejectedly, "Lycia, stop this madness please..."

"Whatever madness happening here, is you pretending to be innocent? You are nothing but a gold digger thinking you can trap Rylan. Thankfully, all your hidden acts have been exposed."

She was insisting on the lies, painting me black before Rylan with such effortlessness. She was a wicked soul, one I should have caught on to.

"Rylan..." I looked back at him, my voice was pleading.

Rylan laughed darkly. "You don't need to lie anymore. Your secret is out, Natalia!"

So this was it. This was why he had been distant these past few days and I thought it was because of the preparation of the ceremony. But he had been planning this all along.

I placed my hand on my stomach, wanting to speak out that at least I was carrying his baby only for me to get interrupted by Lycia…. Like she knew what I was about to do. Like she knew I was pregnant as well even though I hadn't told anyone.

"Besides, I am already pregnant for Rylan. I wanted to wait until after the ceremony to tell him, but I think this is the best time."

She said all these while looking at me with a smirk on her lips and malice in her eyes.

Hurt, betrayal. What more could I call the feeling gnawing at my heart? All these years, Lycia had pretended to be my friend, she had even listened while I gushed about how Rylan showered me with love, and yet she was plotting behind my back, lying to him and even…

I looked at her stomach in horror. Rylan… My Rylan couldn't have been intimate with Lycia or any other women at that. He wouldn't do that to me, right?

"This can't be..." I stammered. "You are pregnant for him?"

"I am," She confirmed with a smile.

Rylan's face lit up at Lycia's announcement, he hugged her and started to shower kisses on her face.

I gasped, stumbling back.

He did sleep with her… How could he?

It was over.

My life was over.

Rylan would never believe me if I told him I was carrying his baby. He would never even believe anything I said anymore. I should have known that all these would happen.

But how was I to know? How?

Rylan and Lycia walked away, leaving me standing and staring at their retreating self.

I could feel everyone's gaze on me.

I could not take it anymore. The pain was unbearable even as I gathered my gown and began to run. I could hear someone calling my name, telling me to come back but I was far from listening.

I just had to leave… run away from this shame and reproach. I kept running even after I crossed the pack borders,

He slept with her… She seduced him.

He chose her… Rylan Chose her….

Those words kept ringing in my head as I kept running. I was not aware that I was being followed until I collapsed against a tree and then I was suddenly dragged up forcefully.

I fought back but whoever was holding onto me was too strong. The thick arm that I weakly struggled against made me assume it was a strong male. He pulled me inside the forest where I was sure no one could hear me even if I screamed.

I kicked against the person restraining me and tried to escape them again, struggling harder than ever as his hold tightened.

My head collided painfully with the tree bark as he slammed me against the trunk, knocking the air from my lungs. I coughed violently.

"Please... Let me go..." I whimpered, gasping for breath. I wanted to get away.

"Unfortunately I can't," he said. "I was asked to finish you off."

The heck! A fresh wave of despair hit me and tears rolled down my cheeks just as my eyes blurred. I mean, I was already going through enough. Why me? Why this day? Why should this ever happen to me…

I could guess who had sent him. if it was not Rylan, then it was Lycia.

I was too weak to struggle, too weak to fight for my life. So much had happened tonight that my body seemed too worn out for my brain to comprehend fully. My wolf was silent and I already lost contact with her.

I was going to die today. Fear gripped my heart as I thought about the painful death that loomed over me but that fear was nothing compared to the feeling that sliced through my body when I realized that I wouldn't be dying alone today…

I will be dying with my baby today.

No words could describe the deadly cold and painful feeling that realization caused me.

Alone and defenseless after watching the betrayal of my best friend and my lover. Who knew this was going to be my fate? Who knew this was how I would end my life? More tears streamed down my eyes as I neared my end.

Maybe it was for the best, maybe my death was for the best. Rylan and Lucia could live their happily ever after from the land of the living while my remains would lie in this forest… with my baby’s within mine.

The man reached for my throat and began to press. I had no fight left in me again. My arms flayed beside me and I could already see my life flash before me as I started to slip away.

Maybe in my next life, I will be better. I will choose a better friend and find a better lover…

I think I died because before my eyes shut completely, I saw his face staring down at me. I saw those striking hazel eyes smile warmly at me for the last time, and I returned it sadly.

The owner of those hazel pair of eyes gently pulled my fozy self off the forest floor and I wimpered mindlessly, "Rylan?”.

“Are you alright, Miss?” A strange voice hit my eardrums even though the face staring diwn at me was Rylan’s.

Before I could respond or comfirm anything, I fell freely into the darkness of what could be death or my own mind.