The Mate He Hates

Alpha Edward’s POV

I couldn’t believe my ears. My eyes widened as I stared at Matthew, waiting for him to joke and tell me all this was a prank, or he was just pulling my leg. But the look on his face showed that he wasn’t joking. He was damn serious about it.

“Are you kidding me?” I asked in disbelief.

“No, Alpha Edward, I am not,” Matthew responded, and my heart pounded in my chest. My hands suddenly became sweaty, and I looked at Amanda, who had a blank look on her face. Our eyes met, but she swallowed nervously and looked away. I couldn’t believe what he was saying. How could he say he hadn’t had sex with Amanda, and she wasn’t his mate? Then, if that is true, that means… my eyes widened as realization hit me.

“Liam? Who is the father of Liam?” I asked with uneasiness.

“You are the father,” Elisa’s mother responded, and I looked her way. She scoffed and raised a brow at me. “You are so dumb and blind, Alpha Edward,” she mocked, and I stood there numb and dumbfounded.

“I think I should just spill the truth,” Matthew murmured, and I glanced his way. His eyes met mine, and he didn’t look away. Instead, he stared directly into my eyes. “I realized that Amanda wasn’t the one who killed Elisa, and also I knew that she was the one who saved you, but it was already too late to tell you the truth. You had already tortured and inflicted so much pain on her, and she begged me not to reveal the truth about her being your mate to you…” he revealed, and my eyes widened as I stared at Amanda and then at Matthew. Everything didn’t seem real; it couldn’t be true.

“Amanda couldn’t stay here with you; she was slowly dying, and I needed to help her. So, I lied to you that she was my mate so you would let her go, and it worked. After she went to France, a few weeks later we realized she was carrying your baby. She was scared of telling you or coming back into your life, so I had to lie to you about Amanda having my baby.”

I felt the room closing in on me. Each revelation struck like a hammer, shattering the foundation of everything I thought I knew. I could barely breathe, my chest tightening with each word Matthew spoke.

“Liam was actually born on January 6th, not March 6th like I told you,” Matthew added, and my head swirled. Realization struck me as I realized Liam was my son. The striking resemblance, the allergies, everything were signs to tell that he was actually my son, but I was too blind to see it. And Amanda is my mate? The lady who had saved me was Amanda, and yet I inflicted so much pain and torture on her.

A series of emotions bubbled inside me. A part of me felt guilty and broken about the way I had treated Amanda. How could I be so blind not to see it? Why couldn’t I see that she was my mate? I felt broken and pained, but another part of me was angry. How could Matthew and Amanda play me? How could they keep my son away from me? How could they do such a thing to me?

“Alpha, we found another thing,” the witch hunters who had caught Elisa’s mom spoke.

“What is it?” I asked curiously, scared of what would be revealed this time.

“Amanda’s mother was killed by a group of rogues hired by Elisa’s mother here. She asked them to act like they were sent by you,” they revealed, and I glanced at Amanda, whose eyes were filled with disbelief and tears. She didn’t look my way, but instead stared at Elisa’s mom, who had no form of guilt in her.

“You sent men to murder my mother?” Amanda asked with a trembling voice. Elisa’s mother scoffed and nodded her head.

“Yes, the plan was to cause you pain after the death of my daughter, and the only way I could cause you so much pain was by killing your supposed mother,” she spat with hate. Out of impulse, Amanda rushed at her, but Matthew was quick to grab her and stop her from reaching Elisa’s mom.

The room fell into a tense silence as the gravity of the situation settled in. Everyone held their breath, waiting for the next move, the next revelation. I felt a surge of anger boiling within me, almost blinding. I had been manipulated, lied to, and now faced the harsh reality of my actions and the consequences that followed.

I looked at Elisa’s mom, who looked nonchalant, with no atom of guilt or remorse in her. I felt like strangling her, but I held back and took a deep breath.

“What did you do to my wolf?” I demanded, and she scoffed.

“Nothing much. The spell I made to make your wolf think Elisa is your mate has already been broken without you knowing,” she said, while I raised a brow at her. “The only spell remaining is to release Amanda’s wolf. Once that is done, your wolf will speak and announce her as your mate,” she revealed while I glanced at Amanda, who was shimmering with rage.

“What did you do to my wolf? How did you suppress her?” Amanda demanded angrily.

Elisa’s mother chuckled and looked in Amanda’s direction. “It was very simple. After Elisa hit you, and you passed out, she told me that your wolf recognized Alpha Edward as your mate. So, I cut some strands of your hair and quickly did a spell to suppress your wolf, so Alpha Edward’s wolf wouldn’t realize you are his mate. But before that, I had already made a spell and cast it on Elisa, so Alpha Edward would feel connected to her, although the spell would last for only a year,” she revealed, and a cold chill passed down my spine as I couldn’t believe what I had just heard.

“So tell me, how do I get back my wolf? Give me my wolf back,” Amanda demanded while the witch chuckled crazily. It was obvious she wasn’t herself. The witch hunters must have cast a spell on her to make her talk so freely and not hold anything back.

“To get your wolf back, Alpha Edward will have to mate and mark you. Once he does that, he will get back the voice of his wolf, and your subdued wolf will be released,” she announced, causing Amanda and me to exchange glances.

Our glances interlocked, but she looked away, and I looked back at Elisa’s mom. “You will pay for what you’ve done. Not just to Amanda and her mother, but for every deceitful act you’ve committed.”

She met my gaze with a defiant glare, unrepentant and cold. “Do your worst, Alpha Edward. Nothing you do can bring back what you’ve lost.” She chuckled. “You tortured and inflicted pain on your mate, and nothing will change that!”

Her words stung, but I composed myself and turned to my guards. “Take her away. She will face trial for her crimes. Make sure she is securely held.”

As they moved to take her, she spat on the ground and glared at Amanda before being dragged away by the witch hunters.

Turning around, my eyes met with Matthew, and impulsively I rushed to him and punched him in the face, causing him to bleed from the nose. “How could you? How could you betray me!” I yelled with pain and anger and grabbed his collar. “You knew Amanda was my mate. You knew I had fallen in love with her, and yet you lied and took her away from me. As if that were not enough, you kept my son away from me. I have a son, and I had no idea about it! You made me miss four years of my son’s life!” I spat with rage and pain. If he were someone else, I swear I would have sent him to meet his ancestors.

“Alpha Edward, you have to calm down,” Amanda spoke, and I was forced to let go of Matthew and face her.Upstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g

“And You? How could you?” I asked in pain and anger. “How could you keep a child from his father? How could you…”

“Please stop all this, Alpha Edward. Don’t act like a saint because you are not,” she responded hastily. “It might be true that you had no hand in my mother’s death, but do you think I have forgotten how you tortured me, physically, emotionally, and mentally? Do you think I would want to stay with you after all you’ve done to me?”