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[Zephyr’s POV] I turned to see Vera tense up her body and Janus looking at her with a strained expression. I walked near Vera and picked up the file before her. ‘So, it was you?’ I glared at her. ‘I am sorry, alpha. She casually asked about your schedule. I never thought she’d actually come here.’ I exhaled, putting the file back on the shelf. She hadn’t even established herself as the luna yet and she was already turning my people against me. Vera had been guilty about hiding the truth from Diana, and I am sure Diana used her guilt to get the private information out of her. I made Vera her lady-in-waiting because Vera was strong and could protect Diana. Above all, I thought Diana would be comfortable around her since they have been together for years, but maybe I shouldn’t have done that. ‘She is here to stop me. Nothing she says or does is for emotional reasons and even if it is, you are not allowed to give my schedule or personal details like these to her. Do you understand
Faking the Mate Bond 119. You are on my side
[Diana’s POV]When I asked Vera for a way to enter and leave the palace, she said that Zephyr had already designed the barriers in such a way that I could enter and exit them without needing the key spells or his permission.Perhaps that amenity was only available to me because even Vera and Janus needed Zephyr’s permission to leave the palace.It was strange because the barriers were put up months ago. Could it be that Zephyr expected that I’d come to the Pretis palace?I don’t know why he allowed me the luxury of not making the palace a cage for me, but I could use that.Like I wished, Zephyr and I were staying in one room. We slept in the same bed, but it seemed like I was invisible to him. After our conversation in his study, I didn’t know what to feel, so I avoided starting a conversation with him as well. A part of me wanted to trust him while the other stopped me from doing so.And no matter how much I tried to stop him, he kept on speeding the preparations for the war. I told
Faking the Mate Bond 120. Thorny vines of fate
[Diana’s POV] Archer became invisible the moment we teleported to the Wenos pack. He was probably around us. I walked onto the Juliet balcony attached to the room. The rock garden’s still the same. Devon liked collecting rocks and crystals. So the plants in his garden were also the ones that grew only on rocky terrains. This garden had rocks and crystals found all over the world. We often strolled in this garden in the evening. He often showed me how the rocks and crystals changed their colors in various phases of the day. He used to say that when something as solid as rock changes in various phases of a day, how could we remain the same in the various phases of our lives? He found his inspiration to live from rocks which were most probably the most lifeless things. I often wondered in the past if that was the reason Devon had a stony face all the time. I smiled faintly at the nostalgia liberating in my chest. But even the most lifeless rocks could come alive when they were put
Faking the Mate Bond 121. Missing pieces-1
[Diana’s POV]“Did you kiss Alpha Zephyr on the night of the private party?” Janus asked Darya.Janus had called Darya to his office, putting an invisibility spell on me. Hiding my overall presence, I watched them. He had asked me to listen to their conversation silently.Darya made a face.“Why are you asking that? I thought you called me here for something important. And why am I standing in this magic circle? What is its purpose?”Darya looked at the magic circle beneath her feet.“This is important because of all the rumors going around the Alpha. As his beta, it’s my duty to keep my alpha’s image clean and I can’t let anyone tarnish it, no one. Not even his close comrades. Especially when having an affair with a colleague is frowned upon in this society. Answer my question, Darya. Did you kiss Alpha Zephyr?”Darya rolled her eyes, folding her hand under her breasts.“Yes, I did. So what — AHH!”Darya cried as visible electric currents passed through her body from the magic circle
Faking the Mate Bond 122. Missing pieces-2
[Diana’s POV](Trigger warning: Reader’s discretion advised. Mention of rape, abuse and torture.)*****My eyes brimmed with tears as I peered at the blank stone walls of the cells and the empty chains attached to it.A sharp throb ran across my chest.I could hear the clanking of the chains and the muffled groans. I could see Zephyr trapped and entangled among those chains. The chains pierced his skin all over his body.The darkness eclipsed his face, but the entire picture was so clear, as if it was happening right in that moment before my eyes.I stepped away from the walls, breathing heavily through my mouth.One year.They tortured him in such inhumane conditions for one year.“Physically, mentally, emotionally, sexually. They tortured him right here in all the worst ways possible. All of them. Especially Vidar, Kyros, Verena and Kalyn.” Janus’ voice tangled with rage as he glared at the empty chains. “The tortures and sexual abuse came from his own father, his own siblings.
Faking the Mate Bond 123. No reasons
[Zephyr’s POV]Diana peered at the mint chocolate cake before her on the dining table.She took the first bite and then the second. But stopped at the third. I sat across the dining table. We had dinner together in silence, like every day. I had instructed Julius to not cook anything that wasn’t to her taste, but everything on the dining table today was of my taste.Diana lowered her head, shadow eclipsing her eyes as she took the third and the fourth bite. I could tell just by looking that she was forcing herself to eat it.‘Julius, why did you prepare this menu today?’ I finally mindlinked him.‘Pardon me, alpha, but today’s menu was personalized by luna herself,’ Julius said and it took me a few seconds to realize my heart had skipped a beat.Why would she prepare my favorite food and then force herself to eat things that she doesn’t like?What is this? A new way of showing her rebel?It would have been a sweet revenge, but for whatever reasons I didn’t want her to be uncomfortabl
Faking the Mate Bond 124. We can't be together?(16+)
[Zephyr’s POV]She placed her hand on my cheek. Her bleary gaze trailed all over me, as if I was covered in wounds.“If I am that cruel to you, we shouldn’t be together. We can’t be together,” I mumbled, spellbound by her gaze.She smiled and crawled beside me on the edge of the bed.“We can’t be together?” she licked her lips and then looked into my eyes again. Biting her lips, she said, “you say to a soul that already belongs to you? To the person who knew not your face, but your heart and fell in love with your mask. Two lives, two souls, two fates so deeply intertwined. Where do I belong if not with you? Where do I live if not beside you? Tell me, Zeph, who do I see in this blind world, if not you?”Her voice quavered, and I felt like my heart was trembling. Her tears faltered down her eyes and my breaths seized.I reached out and wiped her tears. She shut her eyes, knitting her brows as my fingers brushed against her cheeks. That pained expression of her face imprinted in my eyes
Faking the Mate Bond 125. His smile(18+)
[Diana’s POV]Janus said that his wounds were none of my concerns. Yet why did he wear my wounds like adornment on himself? If healing him is not my business, then why did he help me heal?Why did he love me, never even expecting to be loved back?Why was all my pain his all this time, but his pain masked behind his smiles?Why was I so blind in my darkness that I never saw behind his radiating light, he was actually… burning violently?I could only wish to heal his unhealed wounds. But I knew better than anyone else that he’d never show them to me. Those wounds were on his soul and no matter how sincerely I applied ointments on his skin, I knew I would never reach him as deeply as he had ingrained himself in me.All I wanted to do was hug him and tell him that everything would be ok. But then again, I didn’t know if anything would ever be ok.How strong should a person be to have gone through so much yet smile and live like there’s no tomorrow?I wanted to be the most important to
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