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Faking the Mate Bond 34. The letter
[Diana] For a week, I had been sticking around with Willa in the palace. Reese was discharged from the hospital, so I encountered him now and then in the palace’s hallways. He bowed when he saw me, and I nodded. That was the only form of conversation we had. Willa, Reese, father and I were sitting around the dining table again. “The prom is close and so is the day Reese leaves for the championship with Janus,” Willa said. “I am leaving with them as well,” I said. “What? Honeybee, it’s too late to confirm your participation in the championship,” Willa said. “No, mother, I have already confirmed that. Father has approved already,” I said. She had a baffled look on her face. Many things had happened in her absence. “But alpha… how can she leave the pack? It’s against the pack rules for an unmarried woman to…” “I am married to my mate,” I said. Reese almost slammed the glass filled with water on the table. Father glanced at Reese and then concentrated on eating again. “When d
Last Updated : 2023-01-26Faking the Mate Bond 35. Where is Diana?
[Zephyr] “Where is Diana?” Janus asked. “In her room,” I said. “She rarely stays in one place nowadays.” “What brought you here?” “Alpha Urza mind-linked father. I don’t know what it is, but it was related to Willa. And whenever I think of Willa, the first person who comes to my mind is Diana. So, I just stopped by to check,” Janus said. “Why don’t you meet Diana? You can visit her, right?” “This late at night? Yeah, sure… if I have a death wish,” Janus said matter-of-factly. “She went to the hospital with Vera and then came back. She didn’t even ask me to come along. Sometimes I feel like I am trying too hard to protect her while she keeps running off on her own. Last time, I saw her with Reese in the lounge of your academy,” I sighed. “Getting tired already? Where did your would-gladly-wag-my-tail-for-her attitude go?” “You really want me to hit you, don’t you?” “You signed the contract. It’s your responsibility to protect her regardless if she wants to include you in her
Last Updated : 2023-01-27Faking the Mate Bond 36. Finding Diana
[Zephyr] “Did you say saint?” Alpha Urza asked. Beta Arthur was with him. “Alpha, I will retrace the portal’s path,” beta Arthur said. Alpha Urza nodded. Archer supported Janus as he stood. “The saint had been communicating with luna Willa through the Jupitus pack, alpha. Ever since she entered the pack, they had been in contact. She is one of the light benders. She had cast concealing spells in her room. The moment I broke it, the dead who have been listening to her all these years were freed. They say she’s an assassin under the saint’s command, alpha. She was here to monitor Diana and kill you when the right time comes.” Janus said. “She hid herself deftly,” Archer said. “She never reeked of mana.” “I have retraced the portal’s mana link, alpha,” beta Arthur said. Alpha Urza calmly nodded. “Open the portal. Our priority is to bring back Diana safely from Goredom. We’ll discuss everything else later.” He looked at Janus and then at Archer. “Janus, stay in the palace with B
Last Updated : 2023-01-28Faking the Mate Bond 37. The silver cage
[Zephyr]“Show yourself…” Willa warned.Reese looked at me. Questions flooded his eyes with confusion. He removed my hand from his mouth and gave a curt nod. He lifted his hand to his shoulder in a surrendering gesture and slowly emerged from behind the wall in front of Willa and the other light benders.I stayed behind the wall.The light benders pointed their wands at Reese. “Put down your wands,” Willa ordered.The light benders looked at each other and then at Willa.“Reese?” Willa exclaimed.Reese strode down the stairs, peering at Willa.“What is going on here, mother? Why are you dressed like that? Where is this and where is sister?”Willa sneaked a glance at the light benders and then ascended the stairs near Reese.“What are you doing here? How did you come here? Is your father here as well?” she asked with a pale face.“Why would he be here? He is searching for sister and told me to search for you. I came here through a strange wall in your room. But why is my sister here?
Last Updated : 2023-01-29Faking the Mate Bond 38. The escape
[Zephyr’s POV]Astoria had attacked Reese, but Willa had created a light shield around him right on time.Porter teleported beside Astoria, holding her back. He pointed his wand at Reese. “I wanted to respect him because he is your son, Willa, but it looks like respect is given to people who deserve it.” Porter said. “Not to rampaging beasts. They should be caged and killed before they do any further harm to the society.”“Put down your wand, Porter,” Willa warned, standing as a barrier between the light benders and Reese.“Look at her drawing her wand at us for an impure blood,” Astoria said. “Her priorities have changed and her loyalty lies in her impure family now. There’s no point in keeping her around anymore. Kill them!”“That’s not something you can decide, priestess Astoria,” Porter said in a calm tone. “She is under the saint’s service. Only he can decide her fate.”“And I’ll gladly give my life for his cause…” Willa said.“Can you give your son’s life for his cause?” Astori
Last Updated : 2023-01-30Faking the Mate Bond 39. Hysteria of life
[Zephyr’s POV]Archer stepped forward, but Alpha raised his hands, and he stopped.“Kids, go ahead,” Archer said.As if we would.“Mother…” Reese took cautious steps towards Willa.“Stay away!” Willa yelled. “Stay away from me. All of you!”“Shoot,” Alpha Urza said in an impassive tone. He stepped closer to Willa until the mouth of the gun was against his chest.Willa took in a trembling breath, gritting her teeth. She tightened her grip on the gun as her finger slid over the trigger.“You think I can’t shoot you?” she snarled at alpha.“It doesn’t matter what I think. What matters is what you think,” he said, staring into Willa’s eyes. She pressed her lips together, taking a determined breath. Nodding, she chuckled. “If I am going to die anyway, I’d rather take you down with me, Urza,” she said in a hoarse voice.Alpha Urza smiled, “five seconds are all you need to pull that trigger. I am giving you a chance to kill me. Just five seconds. I won’t protect myself, nor will anyone els
Last Updated : 2023-01-31Faking the Mate Bond 40. In my voids
[Diana’s POV] (((FLASHBACK))) “Do you know what the real tragedy is, Dia?” Mask asked, cradling my fingers in his hands. My head rested over his chest as I lay on him, skin to skin. A thin blanket covered us not to keep us warm, but to help us cool down from the high of our union. “What?” I mumbled against his collarbone as I lifted my gaze to meet his. Honestly, losing my virginity to him was the most bittersweet experience. Today, he didn’t play any games, we just went for it. And I was prepared both mentally and physically for it. Yet he took his time preparing me and allowed me to adjust accordingly. He kept asking if I was ok, if I liked it, if I felt any discomfort. Those little gestures made me feel like it wasn’t the kind of lovemaking one would expect in a brothel or between a courtesan and a client. “That I only have one life, one heart and one soul to give to you,” he said. I lowered my gaze. I was trying to come down from the high, but he mercilessly took me high
Last Updated : 2023-02-03Faking the Mate Bond 41. Teasing him
[Diana’s POV]Several things had changed ever since I woke up.Vera was on leave and instead of another maid, I got a full-time butler. Since it was my father’s order, I couldn’t do anything about it either.My bodyguard had turned into my butler. From my food, to my shoes, to my perfume, and even the opening and closing of the windows and door in my room was taken care of by Zephyr.He was mysteriously allowed to stay in my room even at night like an owl on watch, and it was creepy. I’d rather have walls staring at me than a living person.Zephyr was with me every second of my day and night. He wouldn’t let me off his eyes even for a minute… “Are you coming in the bathroom with me as well?” I asked, annoyingly.“No, princess. But I am outside. You have the watch on your hand, right?” He showed me the watch he wore on his left wrist. “They are both connected. So if you sense even a slight discomfort, just hit the button. What wall, what door, I will cross them all and come right at
Last Updated : 2023-02-04
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Hey everyone! I am AM (Akina Mirai) First of all, I want to thank each and everyone of you who read this story. Thank you so so so much for bearing with me and making this story come alive so brilliantly. Diana and Zephyr. Oh, God! These two were a big challenge for me, but oh so beautiful they are, my heart still keeps on melting for both of them and I can't help falling in love with all the characters I created in this story. Don't forget to let me know who your favourite charcater was in this story! And if you enjoyed the book, please don't forget to leave your precious review on the main page of the story. It helps the story to grow a lot and so do your gems and comments. Do share it with your friends and let's keep the family growing! OMG! I can't believe I have done this. I would also love to thank my editor and the complete GN team for trusting in me and giving me this opportunity of writing and just allowing me tell a story because that's what I wish to do until my last
Faking the Mate Bond 141. Under the starry night
[Zephyr’s POV] Diana and Kaz regained their consciousness as the three of us returned to the sky, our battlefield. Kaz looked at Diana and then at me. The mana I had gathered around me was massive enough to cause an explosion that would end half of the world. I knew I had to stop, but I didn’t know how to stop it. Diana was already weak and upon that I was absorbing mana right from her soul. I need to get her away from me… Kaz flew beside Diana. Grabbing her arm, he tore her away from my proximity. Breaking the gravity of my soul that pulled mana from his soul, he pushed Diana towards the ground. “Zephyr…” Diana’s scream faltered as she neared the ground. I whistled sharply. The winds, combined with Kaz’s threads of mana, surrounded her and helped her land safely on the ground. Kaz turned to me. “It’s you against me now. Kill me and end this last war,” he said. “If I do that, who will save this world?” I said. Kaz frowned. “What do you mean?” “With the amount of mana
Faking the Mate Bond 140. Blank pages and words
[Diana’s POV]Grave?I felt my body go limp.I shook my head. No. This isn’t possible.Archer and Willa teleported me to the graveyard where Janus and lady Ilana had dug out a coffin.Carol shrieked agonizingly over the coffin.“No. No…” Stumbling, I fell beside the coffin.Janus dug his claws into the coffin and broke open the lid.“Zeph!”“Zephyr!”“Son!”Archer and Janus got Zephyr out of the coffin and laid him on the ground.His pulse and breaths were weak. He was unconscious.I covered my mouth with my hands. Kazeal had buried him alive.“Zeph! Zephyr!” Janus shook his body. “Hey man! Get up!”“Zephyr! Son!” Lady Ilana tapped his cheek.Archer made his way beside Zephyr. He asked us to move away from Zephyr to allow air circulation around him.“Ila, check his pulses and tell me if they turn weak,” Archer said and lady Ilana scuttled beside Zephyr, keeping her fingers on his pulses.“Messiah!” Kazeal roared.Janus stood in front of me and Willa, glaring right into Kazeal’s eyes.
Faking the Mate Bond 139. Light through darkness
[Diana’s POV](Trigger warning: Reader’s discretion advised.)***Ever since I returned to the Pretis palace, I knew something was off.But it took me a while to realize that something was wrong with Zephyr. I felt it odd when I told him I wanted to rest and he just let me rest.Whenever I say I wanted to rest, we usually end up having sex, but this Zephyr was trying to avoid intimacy with me. Yes, he hugged me, but that was it. He even avoided kisses. I will not lie. I was scared for some time that maybe everything that was going around me was affecting our relationship. The thought that Zephyr might actually be falling out of love with me haunted me until Janus asked me the same thing.Janus told me how Zephyr was not Zephyr, even though he almost completely acted like Zephyr.That’s when I sensed it and I wished we were wrong, so I checked it for myself yesterday.Kazeal might have prepared himself to be like Zephyr in every aspect, but I knew he wouldn’t ever be able to prepare
Faking the Mate Bond 138. Illusion of traps
[Kazeal’s POV]Diana cowered into my arms, clenching on to me as if I was her last lifeline left. I was.“Relax, Dia. These are just nightmares.”These nightmares are my gift to you, my Messiah. I hope you see for yourself what you have done to this world.It’s still not too late. You still have time. Stop before things slip from my hands as well.I stroked her back as she drifted back into sleep. Another round of those nightmares that I had designed to break her slowly, but certainly.I sighed, peering at the ceiling, hugging her tighter as she panted with a slight tremble taking over her body again.“No… no…” she mumbled.I intertwined my fingers with hers.“It’s alright, Dia. Everything’s fine, just fall asleep.”Stay dreaming and leave the reality to me. I will bring everything you have misplaced in this world back to its place.*****“You don’t have to attend to meeting if you aren’t feeling well—” She had the power to make me speechless without even trying.Words seized from my
Faking the Mate Bond 137. War and aftermath
[Diana’s POV]It hadn’t even been a week to father’s burial, and Willa was gone. She hadn’t taken a single thing from the palace. All she left behind was a note saying that she no longer had a reason to stay in the Xenon pack.Often the walls that look the strongest are the hollowest. Reese was in the same condition.Most of the time, Reese stayed by father’s grave.“It’s dinnertime, Reese. Let’s go.” I placed my hand on his shoulder.He was lost in nothingness. Recently, silence had been his only response.I knelt beside him.He had completed father’s burial without shedding a tear. But that didn’t mean father’s death hadn’t affected him at all. And after Willa left, his condition had worsened. He was bottling himself up.Although he kept himself busy with the pack affairs and the war with Gloratia, it was at times like these I could see his pain in his eyes.Meanwhile, because of Serith’s powers, I knew father was in a better place, reunited with mother. Even so, I felt his absence
Faking the Mate Bond 136. Don't blame me
[Zephyr’s POV]What we have been preparing for has finally begun.Diana had waged a war against the outer world. By now, the demonic werewolves would have started appearing all around Lycannora.After demonisation she had changed a lot. Diana’s appearance seemed as a reflection of Serith herself. Her horns, the dark vine tattoos that wrapped around her hands and around her neck. Her blood-red eyes that had the power to stop time if she wished. Her aura that held the gravity that could alter dimensions and space. Diana’s presence overpowered almost everyone and everything on the battlefield.The goddess of the underworld had surfaced and the Serithian war had begun.It hadn’t even been an hour and the Wenos army seemed so subdued. There was no way mortals could keep up with a goddess’ incarnation. The only person who had the power to stand against Diana was the Saint.Devon walked closer to Diana and stood between her and his army.“Prince, what are you doing?” Ragnar asked Devon.“R
Faking the Mate Bond 135. She's gone
[Kazeal’s POV]She’s gone.I had searched every corner of the Heat Knox tower.Diana has escaped.A stifling bitterness rose in my chest like a burning stab. My crazily pulsating heart was only darkening my thoughts and coherence.Clenching my fists and jaws, I shut my eyes.It’s not like I have never been angry before, but I had never experienced such an excruciating wrath before. Its extremeness was sinful.I stared at my palms.How did she slip out of my grip?The warmth of her body and the softness of her skin are still afresh in my hands.When did she obscure my senses?How in heaven did she escape?I don’t get it. I don’t understand this.Wiping my sweat around my lips, I sat on her bed. Raking back my hair, I held my burning head.Taking a deep breath, I licked my dry lips.There is no way she can escape this place on her own. Not even with her Messiah powers. The only key is with me and without my mana, the barriers around the tower cannot even be sensed by normal wizards.But
Faking the Mate Bond 134. Let's rewrite our stars
[Zephyr’s POV]I kept whistling in the eolian language, summoning a storm around Alpha Urza’s body as a barrier from the rest of the battlefield. Kneeling beside his body, I peered at him blankly. I held his cold hand in mine. With a blurry vision, I looked at the sky. Kaz’s men hovered over the Wenos palace. Through the blustering winds cutting me off from the rest of the world, I looked at my army that was in constant struggle with the Saint’s men. I couldn’t keep track of everyone from where I was, but I could tell that Archer and mother had left the battlefield a while ago. “We, the wizards under the Saint’s command, give you the Jupitus army a chance to retreat. Stop the attacks and retreat or else we will have to pacify you by any means possible.” A wizard hovering right above Asashi and Aera warned. So finally, Kazeal has openly involved himself in this war. “We do not wish any harm to the innocent. We are here to preserve peace and stop the war. If any of you launch any
