Betrayed by My Beta Mate

Chapter 87

21 No Permission Needed

Bradford POV

I return to the pack and I pray that Mateo believes me when I tell him we haven’t located the Luna and Calliope. I will be happy when my family is far from his pack. Thankfully, my cousin is Beta for the Blue Moon pack. He has spoken with his Alpha and he agreed to allow us to join them. I told my cousin that I could no longer stay Beta for Alpha Mateo. I was grateful he didn’t ask me for more of an explanation. I reach Mateo’s office and I can hear a female voice along with his. I knock and the voices go quiet. The door is thrown open and I’m confused when the office is empty. “Come in Bradford”, Mateo says. His pleasant demeanor does nothing to ease my nerves. “So what progress have you made on locating that treacherous b**ch and my ungrateful daughter?” There is the Mateo I know. “We have searched everywhere both in the human city and the surrounding packs. There is no trace of either of them, Alpha.” He doesn’t speak for a long moment and I pray my heart doesn’t give me away. Before he speaks again, a woman appears next to him. I can tell by her scent she is a witch. I growl as she has my mate by the wrist. My wolf is pushing to the surface, but I know that I am no match for them. I won’t risk Julie being hurt.

“Bradford, I told you there would be consequences for failing me.” “Punish me, she is innocent in all this. I’m the one that is to blame. I am the one that failed you. Please Alpha, I have been a good Beta all these years. Please spare my mate.” I hate the fear I see in her eyes. “Bradford, where are my manners? Do you remember Simone?” My heart clenches in my chest. She leaves my mate and comes to stand in front of me. Without warning, she places her hand on my forehead. The pain I feel is unimaginable. My wolf howls and I scream. After a few minutes, she removes her hand and the pain is gone as quickly as it came. The smile on her face makes my skin crawl. “It seems he is not as loyal as you had hoped, Mateo” she says over her shoulder. A growl that shakes the office makes me drop my head. “What the f**k did you see?” “He knows where they are and he is planning on fleeing the pack with his mate and pup.” I’m gripped by the shirt and pinned to the wall. “You f**king piece of sh*t. How dare you betray your Alpha? Find their pup and put all three of them in the cells until I decide what to do with them.” I don’t even try to plead with him because I know our lives don’t matter to him. If his daughter means nothing to him, then we have no hope.

The next thing I know, we are standing in the dungeon inside a cell. I look at the b**ch that just put us in here. I can’t help the growl that escapes me. “Careful wolf, I have no problem making your mate a widow right now.” Julie squeezes me tighter. “Now where is that brat you call a son?” Neither of us answer her and she walks over placing her hands on our heads. “So you don’t know where the little ba**ard went. This isn’t over. I’m very good at what I do” she says and she is gone. I pray to the

Alpha Mateo POV

whole f**king pack house down. I can’t believe he would betray me. I have trusted him all these years. I’m ready to go down to the cells and torture Bradford in the worst way possible. After he watches me take his mate, he can feel the pain of the bond breaking when I rip the head from her body. Before I can leave my office, Simone reappears. “Did you find Anthony?” “No, but we have other things to deal with” she says, and I hate having to play nice with this witch. “I give the orders. I am the Alpha and you work for me.” “Get over it Mateo. You may be an Alpha, but without me you won’t get what you want.” I growl and she creates a black energy ball in her hand. “Do you really want to try me?” “Fine, what do we do next” I growl out. “I know where your Luna and daughter are located.” The anger fades and only satisfaction remains. “So we don’t need that traitor in the cells.” “Slow down Mateo. Think like an Alpha and not like an angry child. He obviously has

It is dusk but I can hear people speaking and laughing. We change our position and I can see children playing. “I’ve never seen a collective that seemed so much like a pack”, she whispers. “We can move closer but do not do anything stupid”, she

see two women run to one of the children. What the f**? We appear in my office and this time I do shift and begin to rip it apart. I feel our body in the air before it hits the wall. I shift back and stare at a very pissed-off looking witch. “Do you want to explain what the f**k that was about?” “Those two women are my mates.” She looks at me confused. I explain what happened with Abigale all those years ago. How did they end up with each other and who were those people that appeared? She laughs and

Calliope POV

the cottages. Lily and Pheobe, along with two men, are standing in the middle of the collective. I shift as soon as I reach them. The men look at me with shock all over their faces. Lily and Pheobe both laugh. “We are sorry about our mates”, Lily says. “This is my mate, Neal, and that is Pheobe’s mate, Michael. They have never seen a red wolf before.” “A red wolf and she is dressed even though she just shifted”, Michael says. I laugh before I remember why I rushed back. “Who entered the collective?” “They are gone. The spell was effective but Pheobe and I are going to see if we can determine what type of supernatural tried to make it into the territory.” “I’ll come with you. Aurora can tell from the scent if they meant any harm to the collective.” We take off and Phoebe directs us to follow the tree line. As soon as we reach it, Aurora growls. “Our father was here.” We shift and I can feel the panic rise in my body. “My father was here and he wasn’t alone.”