FOREVER TIED TO THE LYCAN I LOVED TO HATE

Georgia's POV

I stood frozen, my eyes fixed on the black lace panty in my hand.

Benjamin's suit jacket lay on the bed and I had been arranging it for our anniversary dinner but now, my world was crumbling, I just stood in shock as tears streamed down my eyes.

I just found another woman's pants in my husband's pocket on our anniversary dinner.

"Benjamin! What is a woman's thong doing in your suit pocket?" I demanded, my voice trembling.

Benjamin stepped out of the bathroom, a towel wrapped around his waist. "What’s wrong, love? I heard you scream."

I held up the panty. "This! How did it get in your suit pocket? So you've been cheating on me, Benjamin! Six years of loyalty, and this is what I get ? Infidelity? Why would you do this to me?”

Benjamin's face turned calm. "Oh, that? It must have been a mix-up from the laundry service."

I narrowed my eyes. "A mix-up? Do I look like a fool to you? How can you call this a mistake? Benjamin, your suit smells like a woman's cologne!"

Benjamin shrugged. "These things happen. If you think I'm lying, go ahead and call the laundry company to file a complaint. How can you accuse me of cheating, you don’t even trust me? I'm disappointed in you, Georgia!”

"Benjamin, that's not what—" but he slammed the door in my face, leaving me bewildered.

At the Alpha's ball, I couldn't shake the feeling of dread. My best friend, Zoe, picked up on my unease.

"What's wrong? You've been acting strange, and everyone is starting to notice," she said, pulling me into a corner of the hall.

I leaned closer, whispering, "I found a woman's panty in Benjamin's suit pocket. He says it was just a laundry mix-up."

Zoe's eyes went wide, but before she could say anything, a woman entered the hall, holding a young boy's hand. She approached Benjamin on stage and snatched the microphone from him.

What is happening? I was about to call the beta to deal with the disrespect and have her thrown out when she began to speak.

"Hello, everyone," Julia said, her voice steady. "I'm Julia Henchet, Alpha Benjamin's secret wife. We have a child together, and I'm done hiding."

Benjamin's face flushed with anger. He tried to take the mic back from Julia, but she held on firmly.

"Let me finish!" Julia shouted, her voice resonating throughout the hall.

"Benjamin and I have been together for four years. He told me he was tired of his wife, that she was disgusting and couldn't give him children. He promised to leave her for me, but it's been four years now, and I'm exhausted. I'm here to claim my place as Luna."

The room erupted into chaos. I felt as if I had been punched in the stomach; this had to be a nightmare. Someone, please wake me up!

My wolf growled with jealousy, and without thinking, I kicked off my shoes and charged at Benjamin, tears streaming down my face.

"How could you, Benjamin? How could you do this to me?"

I slapped him, and he pleaded for forgiveness. I grabbed his shirt, ripping it apart.

"You're cheating on me? After everything I've done for you? I picked you from the gutters, you foolish rogue, made you Alpha, even gave you my kidney when you were sick. And this is how you repay me?"

Benjamin's face contorted with rage. “I need a mate who can provide me with an heir, not a barren wife!”

I repeated his words over and over until I picked up the knife from the table, ready to strike. But Julia stepped in, shoving me away.

“Don’t you dare touch my man! I’m a very possessive she-wolf, and he belongs to me now!”

We clashed, fighting and screaming. The little boy cried, begging me to leave his mom alone. “Leave my mommy! Stop pulling mommy’s hair, daddy do something!”

Hearing the child call my mate "daddy" and knowing I would never have children of my own again fueled my rage, and I began to hit her harder and harder.

“So you think you can just waltz in here and take my mate from me, huh?”

Punch.

“Do you have any idea of the sacrifices I've made for him?”

Punch.

“By the time I'm finished with you, you won't even recognize your own face.”

Punch.

But tragically, the last punch struck the child’s head. He fell, hitting his head on the floor, and then he stopped breathing.

I trembled as I scrambled off Julia's body, desperate to explain. "I didn't mean to... I'm so sorry."

But Benjamin turned away from me, his eyes filled with disgust.

"You're a murderer, Georgia! You killed my son! Your jealousy and rage has consumed you! You're a monster Georgia, I hate you so much! I reject you, Georgia Phillips, as my mate and Luna!”

Julia picked up the knife, her eyes blazing with fury, and before I could react, she plunged the knife into my chest, stabbing me repeatedly.

I felt my body growing cold, my heart slowing as Julia's knife continued to pierce my skin again and again.

The sound of my own laboured breathing was the last thing I heard before everything went dark.