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2025-02-27 04:45:02
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Mates Deception Nineteen
Kieran’s pov“Damn,” I growled as I picked up the pace and ran after them with all my speed. I could feel us getting close to the cliff side and this was tricky. Any small move and I would fall off it. I looked down while running. It would be a very dangerous drop.They were fast climbers and had no trouble using their long claws to scramble up the rocks.There was no sign that this one would slow down for Sierra’s sake.Damn it!I knew I had to stop them using any force necessary and I leaped forward, ready to grab one of them, but that was my big mistake.I had not checked my side as soon I heard a deep roar that blasted into my ear as I twisted mid air to see a giant wolf come down on me.It was too late to dodge.The weight of the beast slammed into me, throwing me off balance as the hit from the beast sent us both tumbling backwards.“No!” I growled right before falling off the edge of the cliff.My stomach shook inside me as I fell. The sky was a blur. The howl of wind rushed th
Huling Na-update : 2025-02-27Mates Deception Twenty
Chapter 20Kieran’s povWe walked through the treacherous landscape as she was getting tired.“Are we there yet?” I sighed. “Don’t you think that if we were home… you’d know?”She scoffed. “Yeah; I get it hotshot.”We walked in silence for a while before she broke it. “So I want to ask… who is Dominic?”“You mean Damon,” I corrected as she shrugged.“Yeah, whatever. Who is he? He seemed more interested in meeting you than kidnapping me.”“He’s a menace. That’s all you should know. He can kidnap anyone and anything as long as it gets him to the strongest warriors he wants.”“So you’re trying to tell me… he kidnapped me to get to you? So you guys have history then.”“Yeah… we used to fight in the past for hours and he would always try to match my speed and strength and I would let him. I mean… what fun is there when you’re killing your opponent in a second?”“But you almost killed him back there?”I grunted. “Your father put me in charge of you here. You don’t expect me to just let you
Huling Na-update : 2025-02-28Mates Deception Twenty one
Chapter 21Kieran’s povWe soon got back down to the hut and I carried her inside only to stumble on the ax I had been carrying all along. I looked down at her as she was already fast asleep.With a sigh, I walked to her room and dropped her on the bed. She was better off being a maid back at her former alphas house. This life… it wasn’t for her.She was too weak and fragile. How was she the daughter of my alpha? I thought back to my interaction with her mother and knew that the weakness had come from that side of the family.She was not as strong as the alpha. I doubted she had any special abilities minus the seduction one she had.I smelled a familiar scent and a rustle outside as I placed her in bed and covered her up before going out of the room and shutting it.I slowly walked to the ax by the door, picked it up and tossed it to the side to avoid it clattering.I then went out to see a man standing by a large tree.“I see you’ve made a home for yourself,” he said as I folded my
Huling Na-update : 2025-02-28Mates Deception Twenty Two
Chapter 22Damian’s povI sat in the meeting room, my stare fixed on the elders, who were talking on and on about nothing. I didn’t know what they were saying, and I didn’t care. My mind was someplace else.Where was Sierra?I hadn’t seen her in weeks after our break up . But why wasn't she back to work and then I hadn't seen her mother Rachel either. My employees don't simply disappear.Forcing myself to focus on the meeting at hand became more difficult with each passing second, but I kept trying because I had a lot of private things—personal things—that needed to be put aside for now.I knew something was off.After this meeting, I would go and search for them. “Alpha Damian,” one of the elders called.I blinked and looked up. “Huh?” The old man scowled. “Are you even paying attention?”I nodded quickly. “Yes. Of course.”The elder wasn’t convinced as he folded his arms and looked at me for a while.“Continue,” I waved him on as he nodded and started speaking.But even the second
Huling Na-update : 2025-02-28Mates Deception Twenty three
Chapter 23Sierra’s povI got up from bed slowly as I felt my entire body aching me. I laid back as I thought of Kieran.He had saved me. But he was so cold.He saved me, though. That was what was important. At least I was safe.I shuddered to think what would have happened had those wolves decided that I wasn’t worth living. Maybe I would be dead as I couldn’t defend myself. But he had saved me. I brushed the thought away, there was no sense in thinking about it. I had to focus on what was happening now.I crawled out of bed and stretched. I heard a steady rhythmic noise through the wall from outside.Chop. Chop. Chop.It was the sound of wood being cut.I walked over to the door and stepped outside. Kieran was out there too, his big body making light work of swinging an axe down onto a thick log, splitting it in half.He didn’t even glance my way.He didn’t even look at me. His body was built in such a way that touching it could send waves through my body.I sighed and walked back
Huling Na-update : 2025-03-01Mates Deception Twenty four
Sierra’s povI felt tired at the exercise I had just gone through. chopping wood for hours and right now I felt tired. My arms were heavy as they felt like lead. I could even feel my legs creaking when I walked. I was too tired to do anything.I dropped the ax to the ground and sank to the ground in pain.Even breathing felt like work.I was too tired to move. Too tired to even complain.Kieran stood over me, his gaze down inscrutable as ever. “You tried,” he said as I scoffed Was that… praise? Coming from him?I would have laughed if I wasn’t exhausted . Instead, I just sighed. “I’m pretty sure I’m dying.”“You’re not.”I groaned. “It sure feels like it.”He didn’t answer. He just got up and walked away, leaving me there.I closed my eyes for a moment with the pain pulsing through me. My bones hurt and my muscles ached so bad that it ate at me, but—it wasn’t only that.I lifted my hands and looked at them. There were little, red sore places, where I had clutched the handle of the ax
Huling Na-update : 2025-03-01Mates Deception Twenty five
Sierra’s povHow was I supposed to seduce and eventually kill Damian? How was I supposed to do that so soon?I wasn’t ready. I knew that. I couldn’t do that it and I didn’t really like the idea of it— at all. I didn’t want to hurt anybody, especially not kill them. But… there had been no choice in the matter; father had made sure of that: A mission… was a mission.I was alone in my room after that call and for minutes I had been staring at the wall but now I couldn’t stand it any longer. The walls were closing in on me. I had to get some air.He was waiting outside the door, sitting on the grass when I opened it.“Are you alright?” he called, not bothering to look back.I didn’t answer right away. How could I? What was I supposed to say? That I was scared? That I didn’t want to do it? I couldn’t say that. Kieran would never get it.“I-I don’t know what to do.” I finally manage to speak, my voice barely above a whisper.At first he doesn’t say anything, but I can tell he turned to loo
Huling Na-update : 2025-03-01Mates Deception Twenty six
Sirella’s POV“Kieran, where are we going?”I asked the question again as I stepped out of the bathroom, drying my hair with a towel. I had been wondering since he told me to get dressed. He stood near the door, leaning against the wall, arms crossed over his chest, looking like he had all the time in the world.When he didn’t answer, I huffed. “Kieran.”He glanced at me, his dark eyes which I could never read. Then, instead of answering, he just asked, “Are you done?”I narrowed my eyes. “Yes.”“Good. Let’s go.”I wanted to argue, but I knew it wouldn’t get me anywhere. He wasn’t the type to explain things just because I asked. He liked keeping me in the dark for as long as possible, and it was starting to get on my nerves.I quickly put on my sandals and followed him outside.The air felt fresh, the sky was clear.the sun was warm against my skin. At first, it felt nice and peaceful even. But after what felt like an hour of walking through trees, stepping over roots, and climbing o
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Mates Deception Thirty nine
Sirella’s pov Alpha Damien said I was to continue my work as a servant—in service to my future Alpha. His words made me sick, but I had no power to refuse. Not when my mother was the price.Now, I lived in the palace. I worked there. I breathed the same air as him, walked the same halls. And worst of all, I stayed in the quarters closest to his, so I could attend to him whenever he called.The first few days were the hardest.I was alone.Even though I still had my secret meetings with Keiran outside the pack, they were brief, tense, and dangerous. We both knew if we were caught, we’d be dead.But when I was inside the palace, I belonged to Damien.And he made sure I never forgot that.I stood in the grand dining hall, holding a tray of wine. My hands ached from scrubbing the floors all morning, but I didn’t show it. I couldn’t show weakness.The doors opened. He walked in.Alpha Damien.He was dressed in dark robes, his presence filling the room instantly. His eyes found mine, like
Mates Deception Thirty eight
Sirella’s Pov I was running out of time.I knew it. I felt it.The only thing keeping me alive was the fact that my mission wasn’t over yet. The moment it was, Keiran would kill me. I was sure of it. He wouldn’t let me walk away, considering the fact that the moon band had marked him my foe.And I wouldn’t get the chance to kill him first.That thought never left me. It followed me everywhere, creeping into every moment we shared. Moments that could have been something else—something soft, something real—if things had been different.But I knew better.Keiran was not that kind. He was not gentle.Everything he did, every touch, every word, every look—it was all part of a game. A slow, cruel game meant to break me apart before the final blow.And yet, no matter how much I feared him, no matter how much I didn’t like him, he wasn’t my biggest problem right now.My mother was.She was trapped. Held by Alpha Damien like a pawn in a game I didn’t want to play. I didn’t know if she was saf
Mates Deception Thirty seven
Kieran’s POVAlpha Salvatore’s voice kept playing in my head. Smooth. Cold. The kind of voice that never said a single word without a reason. That call wasn’t just a conversation. It was a move. A deliberate one.But why?I leaned back in my chair, tapping my fingers against the wooden armrest. I replayed the conversation in my mind, trying to pick it apart. Salvatore had given me information. A valuable piece of it. He told me about the Moon Bane—and about Sirella.His bastard daughter.The Moon Bane wasn’t just something that tricked your foe to be your mate .It is a blood curse, passed down through generations, waiting in silence until something woke it up. It didn’t appear in just anyone. It had to be triggered.And now, for some reason, it had awakened in Sirella now.I exhaled slowly, staring at the fire crackling in the hearth. While Shadows flickered along the walls, stretching, shifting. The room felt colder despite the warmth of the flames.The Moon Bane rarely appeared. Th
Mates Deception Thirty six
Kieran’s POVThe cabin was silent except for the steady scrape of my knife against the whetstone. Back and forth, slow and precise. I checked the edge it was sharp enough to cut through flesh without resistance.Good.I wasn’t expecting a fight, but I never let my guard down. Especially not now.Sirella was in Damien’s pack. She had gone back as a maid, just like we planned. She would move when the time was right, and when she did, I would be there—waiting for the moment to strike.Everything was in place.So why did I feel like something was off?I exhaled, resting my knife on the wooden table. Maybe it was just the wait. It made the mind restless, searching for problems where there were none.Or maybe it was the way she looked before she left.She wasn’t just tense. She was troubled.I told myself it didn’t matter.This wasn’t about feelings. It never was.Then my phone rang.I picked it up, already knowing who it was before I even checked the screen.Alpha Salvatore.I answered. “A
Mates Deception Thirty five
Sirella’s POVI stood there, my father’s words sinking in.Damien had my mother.I had to kill him.The room felt smaller, the air thick. My hands curled into fists at my sides. My father’s gaze was steady, waiting for me to react. Kieran stood next to me, silent as always.This wasn’t a choice. It never had been.I gave a small nod. “When do I leave?”“Tomorrow,” my father said. “You’ll return as a maid. Just as before.”The words sent a chill through me. Back to that place? Back to where it all started? My chest felt tight, but I forced myself to breathe.“Your presence there will not raise suspicion,” my father continued. “Kieran will escort you to the pack’s borders. He’ll stay close, watching, waiting for the right time to strike. You will act as planned. Get close to Damien. Finish this.”I nodded again. My voice wouldn’t come out, so I just stood there, swallowing back everything I wanted to say.I had no choice.I nodded.“Good,” my father said. “Rest tonight. You leave at daw
Mates Deception Thirty four
Sirella’s POVI folded my last piece of clothing and placed it in the small bag beside me. My hands were steady, but inside, I felt the weight of everything pressing down on me. This was no longer training. It was no longer about proving myself. My father wanted Damien dead.And I had to do it.But could I?Could I take someone’s life, even after everything he did to me?I sat on the edge of the bed, staring at the wall. The cabin had become familiar, almost like home. But I knew it wasn’t. Nothing in my life had ever really been mine. My mother was gone. My past was gone. And now, I had to erase the only person who once made me feel like I belonged somewhere.The door opened, and Kieran stepped in. I didn’t look at him. I knew he’d have something to say.“You’re acting weird,” he said, leaning against the doorway.I ignored him, standing up to grab my bag.“What?” he asked, a smirk on his face. “Still embarrassed about the little show you put on for me?”I didn’t answer. I didn’t hav
Mates Deception Thirty three
Sirella’s POVI sat on the edge of the bed, staring at the wooden walls of my room. My fingers traced the fabric of my dress, but my mind was somewhere else.The Gamma hadn't fallen for it.I had leaned in, whispered the right words, touched him just enough—but nothing. He hadn't even wavered. It wasn’t just rejection; it was like he had seen right through me, like my tricks were nothing to him.I clenched my jaw.Was I not attractive enough? That couldn’t be it. I had seen the way other men looked at me, the way they leaned in when I spoke, the way their eyes lingered. But him? He had looked at me like I was some child playing a game.I hated it.Maybe I had been too soft, too hesitant. I needed to try again. And this time, I wouldn’t just try to seduce him—I’d make him talk.I stood up, pulling the pins from my hair and letting it fall loosely over my shoulders. Then, I reached for the ties of my dress and loosened them until the fabric slid down my arms, stopping just above my ches
Mates Deception Thirty two
Sirella’s POVI walked through the gates of the school, my bag slung over one shoulder. My body was still sore from the last two weeks, but my mind was sharper than ever. Every lesson, every correction, every test—it had all led to this moment.The Matron stood at the top of the steps, watching me with that same knowing smile.“You did well,” she said. “You have passed.”I didn’t feel victorious. I felt restless.“You may go on your main mission now,” she continued. “Kieran is waiting for you outside.”My hands clenched around the strap of my bag. Of course, he was.I turned without another word and made my way to the gate. The heavy iron creaked as it swung open, and there he was—leaning against a tree like he hadn’t a care in the world.His eyes flicked over me, assessing.I didn’t say a word. I just walked past him.The dirt path stretched ahead, uneven and winding, but I kept my pace steady. Kieran fell into step beside me, the silence thick between us.“You passed.” His voice hel
Mates Deception Thirty one
Sirella’s POVThe classroom was dim, and the air thick with perfume and candle smoke. The woman in front of me—Madame Celeste—tilted her head, watching me the way a cat watches a bird. She was beautiful, the kind of beauty that made people stop and stare. Dark hair, smooth skin, red lips that never seemed to lose their color. When she spoke, her voice wrapped around you, soft but sharp, like a silk ribbon hiding a blade.“Tell me, Sirella,” she said, “when was your first time?”I blinked, heat rushing to my face. “What?”She smiled, amused. “The first time you had sex.”The blush spread down my neck. My hands clenched into fists on my lap. “It’s been a while.”Her smile widened, like she had expected that answer. “Good. Then you have no bad habits to break.” She circled me slowly, her heels clicking on the polished floor. “Remember, never look down unless you are creating an illusion—sirens lower their eyes, but only to make someone want to lift their chin.”I forced myself to keep m
