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68. Flower flames
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Faking the Mate Bond 69. I had found…
[Diana’s POV] I still remember the day when Bea forced me to attend to a client. The second client I attended to as a courtesan. She said that she wasn’t doing it for herself, but for me. To break the lie I had been telling myself. A lie that Mask would return for me. She wanted me to face my reality and get back to business. After those seven days with Mask, I declined all the clients. I wanted to trust him, believe in his words that he’d return. Like a fool, I was preserving myself for him. Two years. I somehow managed to avoid taking clients for two years. I reread his letters over and over again. I surrounded myself with his memories, his gifts he brought me, the clothes he bought me. I had found Mask when I had lost all hopes from my life and I wasn’t ready to let go of that hope. There were times I had to grovel on my knees so that Bea wouldn’t force me to take clients. But that night Bea didn’t listen to a word I had to say. She dragged me to the VVIP room in the loo
Faking the Mate Bond 70. The opening ceremony
[Diana’s POV] Event: Introductory and opening ceremony of the Werewolf World Championship. Location: Courtroom, Pretis palace. Presided by: Alpha Vidar Jupitus and Luna Nesta Vidar Jupitus. ***** “Now entering the participants from the Xenon pack!” They announced us. “Prince Reese Xenon. Prince Janus Lakin. And Princess Diana with her partner!” All the participants from all the packs were waiting in the ballroom to be called into the courtroom through the gate we were standing behind. The huge wooden gate leading to the courtroom opened before us. Crepuscular golden light cracked through the ajar door, flashing on our faces as a completely different world opened up before us. I took a deep breath, holding my hand near my belly. We were the first pack to be introduced to the gathering. The courtroom was filled with public in the middle and rear rows of the ground floor. While the front rows closer to the grand staircase leading to the central throne-balconies and side balconie
Faking the Mate Bond 71. Saint and the attack
[Diana’s POV]The main gate of the courtroom that was used by the public to enter opened up with a creak.Through the blinding light spraying into the room, a silhouette emerged.The image that was somewhere in my mind, but not clearly in my vision, flashed in my head again and again.A sharp pain bolted through my body, paralysing me in my seat.Everyone in the courtroom, from the lowest to the highest rank, got on their feet and bowed their heads as the silhouette walked in. Even the darkest corners of the courtroom were lit up with feathery light. One that one would expect to find only in heaven.But it seemed that those light rays filtered through the air surrounding me, flaming into a kind of darkness one would expect to find in black holes. The gravity, the heaviness, the suffocation, took me into a trance.I was still sitting on the chair on the side balcony of the courtroom, yet I was somewhere else, too.Maybe in my mind. Maybe in my past. Yes, in my previous life, when the
Faking the Mate Bond 72. Unbreakable bonds
[Diana’s POV] The opening ceremony concluded. But even after the ceremony ended, the royals and even the public lined up to pay their respect to the Saint. So they postponed the evening ball that was arranged especially for the participants. It would now happen at night where the participants would interact and get to know one another. Right after a few minutes Archer removed the barrier around us Zephyr said that he would take Carol to my room and feed it some flower flames since it looked so tired and Janus accompanied him and both of them left from the back door of the balcony. “Can we leave as well?” I asked Archer. “No princess, you and prince Reese need to stay until the public and royal guests leave. I know you need rest, but please wait a little longer,” Archer said. Reese had been peering at the Saint as he interacted with the public. People were devoted to the Saint. So much so that a few went in a full bow at his feet. The guards protected the Saint from all sides a
Faking the Mate Bond 73. Get-to-know ball
[Diana’s POV] Saint along with Alpha Vidar went to the inner temple in the Pretis palace, which was connected to the Oracle chamber and the royal library. The royal library was only accessible to the alpha and a few others he permitted. The royal library was linked with the picture gallery, which was accessible to the guests, palace staff, the royal family, and the public on special occasions. “I don’t think Saint will attend the ball,” Miya said. We were on our way to the royal ballroom after resting a little after the opening ceremony. “Yeah, I can’t imagine the Saint dancing and drinking,” I said, looking around as we walked through the corridors leading to the ballroom. “By the way, where are Zephyr and Janus?” Zared asked. “You sure there’s nothing going on between these two? They sneak out like secret lovers in some kind of forbidden relationship.” Miya and I chuckled. “They took Carol out. They most probably are in the Draco garden, getting flowers for Carol. All of us
Faking the Mate Bond 74. Tripping steps
[Diana’s POV] I tried to act as normal as I could, but with every step Devon took towards me, I felt my heart skid in my chest. What if he claims that I am his mate in front of everyone? What if he tells Reese that he is my mate? Reese wants to throw Zephyr out of my life, anyway. If he gets to know that all this time I have been faking a mate bond with Zephyr, I can’t even imagine what he might do. Zephyr isn’t around either. If I get up and leave, Devon will be suspicious that I am trying to avoid him. That’s the last thing I wanted. But what should I do now? What if he asks me for a dance? It’s not like our mate bond isn’t affecting me. It is. I feel that pull towards Devon; I feel it and, like Zephyr said; I don’t want to do anything about it. But what if I slip when I touch him again, just like I did in my previous life? No. I know what my heart wants this time. With my heart and my head, Zephyr is the only man I want. But the mate bond is a completely physical pull.
Faking the Mate Bond 75. Faces I hide
[Zephyr’s POV]No matter what I do or how hard I try, she will never be mine. I knew it long ago, yet I hoped... quite foolishly, that is. I made a truce with my love and myself that even if she never chooses me, I will always choose her. Even if she doesn’t love me, I will always love her. I will give my everything to her even when I am nothing for her.She is my world. There’s not a second I don’t think about her.So why can’t I be her world? Why do I have to share her attention with anyone else?Why do I have to see her pay all attention to that stupid bird and not strangle it? Why the fuck do I have to keep pretending to be ok with her being busy with the world?I bore with that birdy, played with it, fed it, and took care of it because that made Diana smile. I brought her flowers and saw them burn with a smile because that made Diana feel bad for me. That made her pity me. It made me happy. It made her look at me, search for me.It made me feel special.The first reason for win
Faking the Mate Bond 76. Let me know
[Zephyr’s POV] “Where were you? Why did you leave so abruptly? I have been searching for you…” Diana sniffled. “Carol, princess. It keeps hopping away. Here there. All around the palace. From Unal lake to where-not. Even now, it hopped away. I was coming to you. I couldn’t even hand it to someone else. It starts screeching.” I let out a sigh. “But why are you crying? What’s wrong? Did something happen?” Diana parted from me. Her brows knit and the way she nibbled on her lower lips. There was something she wanted to tell me. Something that made her anxious. I knew what it was. She wanted to talk to me about her mate. I took out my handkerchief and wiped her tears and the smeared make-up gently. “You are making me anxious, princess. Did someone do something to you, or say something to you? Please tell me, I feel terrible for not being by your side when you needed me,” I said, caressing her cheek. “I looked for you so much and then… you disappeared… you saw me dance with Devon. Wa
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Faking the Mate Bond 141. Under the starry night
Faking the Mate Bond 140. Blank pages and words
Faking the Mate Bond 139. Light through darkness
Faking the Mate Bond 138. Illusion of traps
Faking the Mate Bond 137. War and aftermath
Faking the Mate Bond 136. Don't blame me
Faking the Mate Bond 135. She's gone
Faking the Mate Bond 134. Let's rewrite our stars
