Half Truths: Then: Fated Mates (Fate's Bite Book 3) by Elena M. Reyes

Author:Elena M. Reyes [Reyes, Elena M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Elena M. Reyes
Published: 2022-10-27T18:30:00+00:00

13

ISABELLA

“You’re on serving duty, Witch. Alpha’s order.” The man who introduced himself as the beta yesterday sneers, pushing me through an entryway and into a vast room filled with wolves. He’d collected me not long ago, almost caught me mid-dream walk—and dragged me through the forest and back to the estate with malicious intent clear in his eyes. Furthermore, I don’t know if these people are part of the royal pack or not, but each member sitting and celebrating looks at me with disgust. So much hatred. “Get to work.”

“No.” The word is spit out with venom, yet the man is unaffected. Instead, he throws his head back and laughs while I glance around the room. It’s large, easily the size of a ballroom with large tables throughout and chandeliers above each one. From one end to the other, the left side has windows that overlook the forest while the heavy, white linen drapes are open and tied to the side with an intricate woven rope the color of gold.

A crest sits at the center of each fabric panel; a black wolf inside a green shield with a crown atop it’s head, just like the one on Xadiel’s back. This time, though, I make out the rest. On the left, there’s the symbol of the sun and on the right, a moon with the Evergreen name stitched beneath each emblem.

The same one is found behind the raised dais where the royal table remains near empty, except for his aunt in all her overdone glory with a haughty look on her face. Triumphant. Cockier than our first encounter.

I’ve been in Theresa’s presence twice now, spoken once, and I don’t like her. Her spirit is dark; jealousy and gluttony exude from her while everyone remain aloof to it. I know it’s because of my powers that I see and they don’t, but the ugliness isn’t hidden. More like no one pays attention because it doesn’t affect them yet.

But it will. It always does with people like her.

Just like the longer I’m on these lands my eyesight clears and what’s been hidden rises from the murky waters. What controls the narrative is old, but not wiccan. I know that now as I pick up the sharpness of a fae’s enchantment—the sorcery is meant to create havoc and it’s done just that.

Theresa and Timoth are being led by it, but not against their will. This is deliberate.

What did King Larue offer them? Yet another thought is more daunting; he knows who my mate is. All of this was done to separate us.

Refocusing my attention on Theresa, I take in her appearance. She’s in the finest silk dress the color scarlet red, not a hair out of place. There’s jewelry on her neck, wrists, and ears as she smiles and waves at those in attendance. So many clamoring for her good favor.

You’d think this was a grand ball and not a simple dinner. Then again, I see many she-wolves in attendance dressed up with their partners in suits with ties that match their date’s apparel.

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