When Her Alpha Betrayed, She Took It All Back

Synopsis

Today would be my big day. Things would be different. I'd finally see my strategic growth proposal presented to the board. I sat in the back row of the Daggerfang quarterly expansion meeting, my spine rigid against the leather chair, my heart pounding with expectations. The boardroom smelled of expensive cologne and ambition—scents I'd grown accustomed to over the past three years. Three years of working behind the scenes, of building my mate Robert's empire brick by meticulous brick while remaining invisible. Robert stood at the head of the table, his Alpha presence commanding attention. His tailored suit emphasized the broadness of his shoulders, the confidence in his stance. Once, that confidence had drawn me to him like a moth to flame. But when I was young and reckless, I didn't know... Moths burn. "Gentlemen," Robert's voice carried across the room, as my heart tightened up suddenly due to a strange sense of foreboding, "I'd like to introduce our new strategic advisor, Diane Bright." Whom? Wasn’t it my turn next? I turned in confusion, and saw a woman stepped forward with sharp features and calculating eyes. I'd never seen her before, yet something about her felt vaguely familiar. "Ms. Bright has developed an exceptional expansion strategy that will increase our territory by thirty percent within twelve months," my Alpha continued, his hand gesturing toward the presentation screen. As the slides appeared, my blood turned to ice in my veins. Those weren't just similar concepts—they were my exact projections, my precise wording, even the color-coding system I'd developed for risk assessment. My proposal. My work. My midnight hours spent analyzing market trends and pack demographics. "No. This can't be real," I whispered.