Konstantin: The Heartless Beta

Lily

I take in my new surroundings and frown; what is this?

It's been about a week since Konstantin and my brother tried to breach the border and failed. Since then Stefan has been pleasant towards me, he doesn't even touch me or try to scent me into submission.

I know that this means something big is happening because there's no way Stefan would just stop his abuse towards me. For the last few months, he’s been in here religiously, taking what he wanted and then leaving.

So why has he stopped?

The uncertainty is making my stomach churn and I have been on edge this entire time. I know that I should relax or calm down for the sake of the babies, but I can't help this. Something is going to happen, I'm sure of it!

Now this? Moving me into a different, more spacious room with two maids and someone to help me? What exactly is Stefan planning?

A knock on the door and someone enters; I don't even have to look up to see who it is. His disgusting scent floats inside, but it is followed by another... sulphur mixed with a different smell. My head whips towards the door and I see Stefan sauntering in with a Cheshire cat grin on his face. “Lilith, my love,” he exclaims lovingly and wraps his arms around me.

I blanch at his reaction; he's never embraced me like this before, so why now?

He lets go of me and looks into my eyes. “There's someone I want you to meet,” he says with an excited tone. “Although, you have met before, 29 years ago to be precise.”

I narrow my eyes at the woman behind Stefan, who has now come into view. She's slender, but tall, has long, brunette curls and striking blue eyes. There's also a dimple on her chin... She looks exactly like me, just older.

“Hello, Lilith,” she says with a sheepish smile and walks towards me with a noticeable limp. As she nears, I see the four silver scars running down her neck - scars that look like claw marks.

"Stefan...?” I ask, my eyes jumping from him to her, placing a hand on my chest and trying to control my breathing. This woman... no, it can't be... It's not possible!

“Lilith, meet Tienette; my oldest friend and your mother.” He says and steps back, allowing the woman to move closer to me.

I take a cautious step back and shake my head. “No... no, it can't be! You're... you're dead!” I exclaim, but the woman named Tienette shakes her head and still approaches me.

“That's what The Vega Pack likes to think, but luckily for them, I had a friend,” she says, then looks up at Stefan. “Can you leave us for a few minutes?”

He nods, then leans down to kiss my forehead and hers. “Certainly-"

“Is this why you've changed my rooms, so my mother doesn’t know how you kept me strung up in chains for the last six months?” I ask, pushing Stefan away from me.

He narrows his eyes at me, then shakes his head and chuckles. “On the contrary; I gave you a new room because you're close to giving birth; that and you don’t have much of a view with those bars on your window.” He says, then turns around and walks out.

I glare at his back as he walks out, wishing him an assortment of pain and torture... then I turn to the woman standing at the foot of my bed.

"How are you still alive after all this time? Why haven't you searched for me?” I ask her the questions burning in my heart right now.

She sighs, then walks over to me and sits down. “The Alpha ripped out my throat as soon as I handed you over to the midwife, then discarded my body in the desert. If it had not been for the witches who found me, I would be dead right now.”

"Witches saved you?”

“Yes,” she nods and a wistful smile appears on her face. “I am forever indebted to them. They nursed me back to health and that's where I met Stefan. He helped me get back on my feet, change my name and start over - away from Vegas... and away from you.” A tear slips down her cheek when she looks at me.

“I guess there's a lot I still don't know..."

“There's a lot about me you still don't know as well, Lilith. For one, the real reason the Alpha of the Vega pack wanted to mate with me,” she says, looking me in the eyes.

I frown at this. “Wanted to mate with you? Were you not his fated mate?”

She shakes her head. “Things work differently for Lycans; for one, they can mate with whomever they please even if that person is not their fated mate. But that child will not be a true Lycan, it will simply be an average wolf.”

My mother was not my father's mate? Wait...

"Stefan mentioned that I was like him and that you were like him as well as your mother,” I say, inching away from this woman who apparently gave birth to me.

"Yes, and that was the reason he wanted to mate with me. He needed a hybrid child of both Lycan and Demonic blood to mate with a wolf from the first werewolf pack ever created; the Volkov Pack from Russia.” She says, then sighs. “I'm sure you know them well since Fenriz sent you straight into the Betas arms as a gift.”

“Konstantin is my mate!” I say with a hammering heart, but Tienette only regards me sadly.

“Lilith... you're of Lycan blood. You can mate with any wolf as you please. It doesn't necessarily mean they're your mate. He helped Fenriz with this...”

I shake my head, not believing a damn word she’s telling me. “No, no, you're wrong! Fenriz would never... Konstantin wouldn't betray me like that! Why would he need to do that?!” I ask, disbelieving. They may have all treated me like trash, but the pack would die for one another! There's honour in the Vega Pack!

And Konstantin... I was in love with him for ten years! How could my feelings have been a lie?! “Because that child in your belly is a way for Fenriz Vega to become stronger than Kai Volkov himself. That child... will be his step to becoming a God.”

NO!

"How?! How will he do that?!” I exclaim, clutching my belly protectively and looking at her wide- eyed. They can't... they can't take this child!

Tienette smiles sadly and places a hand on my swollen stomach. “How do all wolves gain their power, especially Lycans?”

"Tienette... Please leave. I would like to be alone.” I say, laying down on the bed and curling into a ball. I hear her sigh, then she pats my shoulder and walks out.

How can she think I would believe anything that comes out of her mouth! Her! The woman who abandoned me and knew where I was all this time! My so-called mother...the succubus.

However, I can't help feeling some doubt settle into my stomach. Everything she said... makes complete sense. Why Konstantin and Fenriz would have come for me, why Stefan has been keeping me under his scent... why Konstantin chose to claim and knot me.

They needed this child for some sick ritual...a child Fenriz would consume in order to become a Lycan God.

I won't allow this to happen... I won't allow anyone to harm my child! And as the tears slip down my cheeks, I utter the only words that I could think of, and even if they did not work, it would help solidify my resolve.

“I, Lilith Vega, reject you, Konstantin Volkov, as my mate.”

Stefan

I watch as my partner in lust walks out of my whore's room and I beckon her over to where I sat naked. She flashes me a smile and waves a hand over her face to reveal her true image - one that was not that of the plain, dead Tienette Vega.

Long blonde hair cascaded all the way down her back, and her eyes flashed yellow like mine. Built like the sex Goddess she was with curves women would kill to have.

"How did she react to your lies?” I ask as she sits down on my already swollen cock.

“She didn't believe me at first, but she will. I planted a seed, one that is sure to grow and manifest soon.” She says through moans, the sound of our skin slapping echoing through the room.

I wrap my arms around her waist and slam her down harder, digging my extended claws into her skin. “Fuck, I forgot how good a pure Succubus pussy feels,” I say, groaning as I pound into her harder and harder.

"Well, plenty more where that came from, especially after He awakens.” She says, throwing her head back and reaching her climax.

Oh, yes, there will be. When the King awakens, everyone better stay out of his path, especially those of Volkov blood.