Betrayed by My Beta Mate

37 Fight for The Bond

Amelia POV

I feel my heart break to hear those words leave her lips. How could she even think about rejecting Michael? “Let’s talk before you make any rash decisions.” Lily and Iris take a seat on the couch and Pheobe sits in a chair by my bed. “Pheobe, do you mind if I speak freely?” “Of course you can, Luna” she says and I smile. Even though I’m just meeting her, I can see she is a beautiful sweet girl. I think I already know why she is so determined that rejection is her only choice but I need to hear it from her. “Pheobe, why would you ever think about rejecting your goddess-given mate?” I see her furrow her brows thinking about how to answer my question. “Pheobe, you don’t need to sugar coat anything.” “Just tell us what you’re thinking,” She takes a deep breath. “There is more than one reason but the main one is that I’m not worthy of a fated mate.” “What would ever make you think you’re not worthy of having the mate the goddess chose for you?”

“For starters, I was born a black magic witch and he is a wolf.” She looks at Lily before she continues. Lily puts her hands up in surrender. “Secondly, he deserves to have a mate that is strong.” Lily stands up and walks over to stand in front of her. “Now I stayed quiet about the whole black magic witch thing, but I will not stand for you saying you’re not strong” Lily says. Pheobe stands up. “He has been torturing her for months and I finally just got her out of there” she says, pointing at Iris. “I wasn’t strong enough to get her out of that place the minute it started.” Lily’s face falls and my heart breaks that they are all being tortured by the actions of this ba**ard. I take Pheobe’s hand in mine, encouraging her to sit on the edge of my bed. She does what I ask and I look into her eyes. She looks broken, but that doesn’t mean she has to stay that way. “Pheobe, you cannot take on the actions of someone else.” “I was born a wolf?” “Do you hold that against me?” “Of course not, but your kind isn’t exactly known for being evil.” I laugh because I can’t stop myself and she looks at me like I have ten heads. I think about the ba**ard that will die very soon.

Pheobe POV

says, looking at Iris and Lily. “You determine the kind of person you want to be.” “It is not determined by what type of supernatural you are.” I know she’s right but I’m sure that Michael would prefer to be mated to a wolf. I can’t tell them the biggest reason is Lucas. I know what Lucas will do if he finds out that Michael is my mate. My mother won’t allow him to kill me, but killing Michael will be worse than death for me. I have to protect him from the monster that Lucas is. Lily bends down in front of me. “I understand your scared and that you have doubts, but I promise you that you will regret rejecting your mate for the rest of your life.” She is absolutely right about that but I have to live with that regret to protect Michael. “You’re right Lily, I will.”

mean to. “I’m sorry I didn’t mean it the way it sounded.” “I just need to be alone to think, I won’t go far.” Iris comes over and hugs me before I leave the room. As I walk down the hallway, I pray that Michael won’t be waiting in the lobby. I breathe a sigh of relief the minute I walk through the doors and the lobby is empty. I walk out the front door and the night air is crisp. It feels good against my skin. I walk toward a path that passes through the trees. As I walk I hate myself even more for leaving this way, but I have to protect them like I should have done the minute he started

I’m just about to ask why when I hear a noise and turn to see a wolf stalking toward me. The voice is gone and I start to back up. “Please don’t hurt me, I’m no threat to you and the pack.” “The Alpha and Luna know I’m here, you can ask them.” I back up until I bump into a tree. The wolf keeps stalking forward. I put my hand up to stop him but it doesn’t work. What the hell? Why isn’t my magic working? As soon as the wolf is close enough that I can feel his breath on my face he lays down in front of me. As soon as I look into his eyes, I know I’m in no danger. “Michael”, I whisper. He shifts standing in front of me completely naked. I look up to avoid looking at his naked body. He walks to a tree and I can’t help myself but to check his backside out. Oh, my goddess, his body is gorgeous. I can feel the heat rising in my body and I’m sure my

Michael POV

girls are concerned that Pheobe is trying to go back to the coven.” “She left the room saying she needed to be along to think and Lily doesn’t believe that’s true.” Jaxon comes to the surface. “I told you to throw her over your shoulder and claim her.” “Now she is probably gone.” “Calm down Jaxon, we will find her.” Then I think about her teleporting and I feel shattered. “Michael, Lily blocked her magic to protect her from herself.” “I could kiss that woman right now but Neal would probably kill me.” He laughs “that he would.” “Why are you

whips in our direction. The minute she sees me I can see fear flash across her face. She hasn’t seen Jaxon yet and she needs to see his eyes to know who he is. I watch as she backs up until she is against a tree. I want to shift and make her mine right here, but I keep us both under control. She raises her hand and I see the moment when she realizes her magic won’t work. We are right in