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Chapter 23: Children Like You
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2026-09-11 17:24:53
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Fake Dating The Lycan's Heir Chapter 44: Second Line
ColeVanessa sent me the photograph a little after eight.*I found this with Mum. The woman is Mara. The man beside her is Julian. Look at his ring. I recognize the crest from the archive. I’m sending this because I want you to check it.*I opened the photograph and enlarged the man’s hand.The crest was familiar. I could have gone straight to the archive, but Vanessa’s last sentence kept me sitting there for another moment. She had chosen to give it to me.*I’ll check the crest and Julian’s identity. If I find anything beyond that, you'll hear it from me before I take it further.*Her reply came while I was leaving my room. *That’s what I want.*My father was still in his study when I found him.“Vanessa gave me permission to verify someone in a family photograph,” I said. “I think I know the crest, although I want you to confirm it.”“Show me.”I transferred the photograph to his computer and enlarged Julian’s hand.My father studied it for several seconds. “That belongs to the Vale
Fake Dating The Lycan's Heir Chapter 43: Mara’s Family
Vanessa Dad spoke first. “You had a sister?” Mum closed her eyes for a moment, then pulled out the chair beside her. “I had a younger sister named Mara.” “You told Vanessa she was your cousin.” Dad remained standing. “You never told me she existed.” “I told you my family lost people during the Ash War.” “That is not the same thing as telling me you had a sister.” “No, Daniel. It isn’t.” “How much younger was she?” I asked. “Three years.” Mum folded her hands on the table. “Mara was louder than I was, braver in ways that often frightened me, and terrible at obeying anyone simply because they expected obedience.” “That sounds like you are,” Dad said. Mum glanced at me, and under different circumstances I might have laughed. “What happened to her?” “She disappeared before you were born. The Covenant hunted families they believed could produce hybrids, especially witch families tied to wolves. Our bloodline was already known to them.” “Because of the magic.”
Fake Dating The Lycan's Heir Chapter 42: Mara
Vanessa Cole caught up with me after history the following afternoon, although he kept enough distance between us that nobody watching would have mistaken it for the way we used to leave class together. “Can I talk to you before you go home?” he asked. “Nathan involved Lillian in something, and I think you should hear about it before either of them does anything else.” I stopped beside the lockers. “What did they do?” “Nathan asked Lillian to search through old conversations from when the three of you were friends. He was looking for anything about your family that might connect to what his father had been investigating.” For several seconds, I stared at him because there were so many things wrong with that sentence that choosing which one deserved my attention first became difficult. “Lillian went through my old messages because Nathan asked her to?” “That is what Nathan told me.” “When did you find out?” “Yesterday. He called after Lillian found something.” “And you wait
Fake Dating The Lycan's Heir Chapter 41: Misunderstanding
ColeGiving Vanessa space was easier in theory than in a school where I could hear her laugh from the other end of a hallway.My Lycan noticed her before I did every morning and reacted to her absence from my usual routines with relentless irritation, although I refused to let instinct become an excuse for ignoring what she had asked of me.She wanted space. More importantly, she wanted me to stop deciding what was best for her before she had the chance to decide for herself.At lunch on Monday, I saw Nathan sit two tables away from her and remain there without approaching. Lillian joined him ten minutes later.I kept walking.Lillian followed me outside the cafeteria a few minutes later. “Are you and Vanessa fighting?” she asked.“That is between Vanessa and me.”“She has been alone most of today.”“She has friends.”“She has people who like knowing things about her. I’m beginning to think that isn’t always the same thing.”I stopped near the stairwell. “What do you want, Lillian?”“
Fake Dating The Lycan's Heir Chapter 40: I Need Space
Vanessa I did not go home with Cole after he admitted it when he recognized the mate bond. I called my mother, told her I needed a ride, and waited near the main entrance while Cole remained beside his Jeep across the parking lot. Mom arrived ten minutes later and took one look at my face before asking whether Cole had happened “You knew,” I said as soon as I closed the passenger door. “I suspected.” “Everyone loves that word.” “Vanessa, I did not know for certain.” “You knew enough to warn me away from Lycans.” “I warned you because a Lycan bond could affect the seal. I did not know Cole had recognized you until recently.” “How recently?” “After your wolf began speaking.” I looked out the window. “He knew from the first day.” Mom did not answer. “He says he did not tell me because I had too much happening.” “That sounds like Cole.” “You barely know him.” “I know the kind of mistake people make when they think protection excuses silence.” I turned toward her. “Are y
Fake Dating The Lycan's Heir Chapter 39: Confession
Vanessa Cole was waiting beside his Jeep after school when I walked toward him, and I knew from the way he had chosen an open place with people nearby that he understood this conversation belonged entirely to me. I stopped several feet away. “Are you my mate?” I asked. He did not ask what I meant or pretend he needed time to think. “I believe you are,” he said. “My Lycan recognized you the first day we met.” The answer was exactly what I expected and still managed to make my hands feel unsteady. “How certain is your belief?” “As certain as I can be without your wolf fully active. There has never been another explanation for my Lycan’s response to you.” “You knew before you knew me properly?” “I knew before I knew anything about your family.” I looked across the parking lot, where two students were arguing beside a motorcycle. Their voices reached me clearly from farther away than they should have, and I hated that even now my changing senses were part of this conver
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