Betrayed by My Beta Mate

63 Secrets and Truths

Maureen POV

I hold my breath as he bends down to her. “Penny, my friend Carter here is going to take you to meet Miss Desiree” he says so sweetly. I pull her close to my side. He stands and leans in so he is close enough for me to feel his breath on my face. “If you want your daughter to be safe from harm, you will listen like the good mate you’re going to be.” “I want her to stay here with me, Damien. I came here willingly so please don’t take her from me.” “She will be right next door and as soon as we finish talking I’ll have her brought back. You have my word.” His word, I can’t wait to rip his head from his body. “Mama I’ll be OK” she says before she takes Carter’s hand. I bend down, hugging her. I link her so he can’t hear “please be careful.” She pulls back with that beautiful smile that normally brings me such peace, but not even that is helping right now. They head for the door and once it shuts, Damien places his hand on the small of my back. He leads me to a chair in front of his desk. I want to openly gag, but right now I need to play along. He takes a seat behind his desk and the smile on his face makes me believe he suspects nothing.

“I’m glad you came home, Maureen. This is where you and Penny belong. You belong here with me. We are going to be a family.” I look at him like he is crazy. I have my hair covering John’s mark but I want to stick it in his face. “I’m not sure what you think is going to happen here, Damien. My mate is dead and I have no desire to have another.” The words taste awful on my tongue but I don’t mean one word. “Even if I did, what makes you think it would be you? I have never shown any interest in you, Damien, after Richard was killed.” The smile that he so proudly wore slips from his face, replaced by pure anger. “Maureen, I know you are not stupid, so please don’t act like you are. You have no choice in this. You will either let me mark and mate you or I will hurt your precious Fae pup.” I give him the reaction he’s looking for by feigning shock. The smirk returns to his face. “Yes I know exactly what she is and what Richard was.” “You killed my mate and now you expect that I will mate you.” He laughs and I feel like I’m in a bad movie when the evil doctor laughs because he thinks he’s won.

“Yes I did and, honestly, you are just a means to an end. So you can get on board and have a chance to see your daughter grow up or you can die here today.” “I will never allow you to use my daughter as a breeder.” This time it’s his face that has shock written all over it. “I see Carter has loose lips. He’ll be dealt with as soon as I’m done dealing with you.”

Damien POV

command when he was nothing to me. Now he brings her here, for what? Does he really believe this she-wolf stands a chance against me? She came here thinking she will be the one walking out in one piece. How wrong she is because I don’t need her to control the brat since I have Desiree. I’ve put up with her this long. I can use her a little longer. She stands and I mimic her movement. “You’ll never make it out the door, so I wouldn’t even try Maureen.” I start around the desk and before I can reach her she is gone. Crane growls and I’m ready to shift. I rush from the office outside expecting to find her with some low-level witch. There is no other way she teleported out of my office on her own. Instead, I find wolves and a warlock who has his arm wrapped around Maureen. I’m ready to shift into Crane. This is not how this was supposed to go. “You still

Carter POV

walk into the living room where Desiree is sitting on the couch. “Where is she, Carter” she says with irritation in her voice. “I came here because despite all you have done you have a chance to make things right.” She rolls her eyes “Carter, I have made it perfectly clear to you that I will never be yours. Damien is the one I want.” Her words hurt me as much as they did the first time she said them when I realized she was my mate. “I had hoped that you would realize the value in the gift the goddess gave you, but honestly you’re not worthy to be anyone’s mate.” She conjures a black ball of energy in her hand “I would be careful Carter because we are nothing to each other and I will think nothing of ending you where you stand.” “You’re right Desiree, you are nothing to me. Lily, you can come in now” I say, and the door opens. “What the hell did you call her” Desiree asks. Before I

Lily POV

your pathetic powers.” “I don’t know who you are but I’ve done nothing to you.” I can see she is trying to teleport with no success. The panic on her face is quite comical. “What are you” she asks. “I’m a blessed witch and much stronger than you will ever be.” I paralyze her before I invade her mind to see exactly what her crimes are. As the images flow to me, I see the day she went to Lucas for the potion that killed Richard. I can’t

what happened because I have been there. She needs this to let go of the questions she has about what happened to Richard. When the reel stops she buries her head in John’s chest. “He made me do it, please have mercy” Desiree pleads. “Mercy is for those that are sorry, not for those that are sorry they got caught.” I raise my hand lifting her off the ground. “The only fitting punishment is for you to feel all that you did.” Her eyes get big and the fear is palpable. I start to chant and her screams fill the air. “I hope you and your