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The Fake Solution
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Kaidën "Huh? What do you mean no?" She is quick with a reply, as she jumps to her feet. One minute, she's staring at me like I hung the moon, and the next she's watching me like a caged animal. Like she's scared I might pounce anytime, like some prey watching a predator. I clear my throat, and fold my hands in front of each other. "Exactly what I said. No, I can't let you leave." A dry chuckle escapes her, one that doesn't sound like her at all, and her eyes darken like the start of a rainy day. I knew this wasn't going to be easy, when I gave her that answer, but it's the route I'll have to take. "You can't do that. I'm not your captive. I can leave if I want." She yells in my face. And I can only stare at her in surprise. Why is she so quick to assume the worst about this situation? All I've said is that I can't let her leave, yet she's blown this so much. Why? "Did someone talk to you?" I ask carefully. That has to be it. She pauses, mid movement, and gives me a quizzica
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Aria The voice is loud enough that even in the room Riven has me trapped in, I can hear it. A look of surprise appears on Riven's face when he hears the voice too. Cassius? He's really here! Riven shakes his head at me. "The Alpha said I have to keep you in here no matter what. I have no plans of disobeying him, Luna." He heard the argument between Kaidën and I, so somehow he knows what I want to do. I almost feel sorry that he has to watch someone he calls his Luna, choose the pack shifters over his people, but I can't help it. It's not fair, that the rogues are being attacked like this, and if this is something that has happened before, then I can't imagine how hard it's been to live like they have. Still, I was born a pack shifter. My loyalty to my people can't be killed just because I've lost my scent. "You heard him. He's here for me. None of you have to die if you just let me go to him." I try to lie smoothly. I'd never want to go with Cassius, even if I was forced to.
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Aria Kaidën is staring at me, like in any moment he might unleash those shadows on me, instead of Cassius. Do I really want that? It's not like Cassius doesn't deserve whatever Kaidën wants to do to him, so why am I doing this? "Little Miss. Drama starts again." Piper mutters somewhere in front of me, and rolls her eyes so hard, I fear her pupils might pop off. Kaidën shoots a glare at her, and Piper actually has the audacity to flinch. "What are you doing, Aria?" Kaidën says, his sword still raised, and pointing in the direction of Cassius. Yet, Cassius doesn't even flinch, like someone at the point of his death. This worries me. I move quickly, and stand between Cassius and Kaidën. This time Cassius actually reacts by raising a brow at me in confusion. Sometimes, I miss Cassius so much my chest twists into the most painful knot it can form. This is the boy who looked at me as a child, and claimed he felt the mate bond between us. I hadn't felt it yet, but ever since then,
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Piper I almost want to laugh at the spectacle in front of me, even I'm not so pissed. Aria is clutching her chest, as she screams, and takes quick steps backward. All her false bravado is gone, I guess. I knew that fake bravery was a sham. The cut of the blade Kaidën held at my throat still stings slightly, and I grit my teeth at the memory. Why is he so protective of her? And why am I even angry? It's not like I care what the worthless rogue king does. As far as I'm concerned, he's nothing to me. The mate bond we had was just a senseless farce I had to get rid off, and I won't deny, I've been living the best life ever since I got rid of it. In fact, I'll be fine never seeing either of these miserable people's faces in front of me, but for some reason, Cassius wants me to bring Aria back. I don't know what he wants with her, but as his Luna, he's never failed to do whatever I've asked of him, so what's this little thing I can't do? Especially if it's for the man I love. C
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Kaidën "Kaidën," the voice is like a breath in the wind. Aria. She's calling out to me. I can feel it in my bones. The pain she's feeling, her jumbled emotions. The way she's trying to breathe in roughly, but barely. I want to reach out to her, and hold her, but deep down I know I can't. Something is holding me back-my present self. Because it knows we're far from each other. Around me is what looks like a room covered in white walls, and I turn around, taking in this environment in front of me. My eyes widen when I notice the blackness creeping up onto the walls. Like flames spreading over a house on fire. The black shadows fill up the entire space of the room, until the once white room doesn't exist anymore. It's all just darkness. "Kaidën," I see a tear drop. No, it's not a tear drop. It's blood. My veins throb painfully. And it feels like someone has hit me. My knees drop to the ground forcefully when I feel the blow again. It happens again, and again, and again. U
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Aria "Get up!" Someone roughly drags me up as I groggily look around me in confusion. Where am I? For a moment, I'm deeply confused on my location, as everything around me doesn't exactly look familiar. "Bring her with me." Piper's force jolts a feeling of familiarity in me. Yes, I followed Piper and Cassius back to the pack shifters realm. I wince when I remember that I'd passed out after Piper ordered that man to hit me repeatedly. As if she knows I'm thinking about it, Piper gives me a smug dark look, and folds her hands over her chest. "Don't expect any warm welcome. The people still hate you for touching their Luna, and the ones who don't..." She trails off with the most vicious look a person can muster. I manage to look up at her, slightly worried for what she might say. It's no surprise that members of the pack still want me dead, but the ones who don't? I don't believe those even exist. Piper finally turns her back to me before she continues. "The members of the Fl
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Aria I clear my throat, and roam my gaze all over the man standing in front of me. Thankfully he is back to his normal form, which isn't a monstrous beast, although I have to wonder how much of that form is abnormal. If he is that Alpha—the same one that ruled a long time ago, and died before the war of the dead pack, then isn't his truest form that of a monster. But most importantly, what does he want with me? I'm not exactly a rogue, so taking out his anger on me would be useless. I try not to think about what it would mean if he plans to use me to attack Kaidën's people. As terrible as I feel about the injustice done to his wife, him and his people, I could never do something so treacherous to Kaidën. Kaidën isn't like all the other rogues he is talking about, and his story of misery has been so long ago, the rogues aren't the same anymore. Now it's even the pack shifters realm who dispose of people they dislike as rogues, and the goddesses' as usual have been helple
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Aria Everything was a lie? What does he mean by that? "W-what do you mean? A lie? Are you Lugh?" I ask rapidly, feeling my heart nearly beating out of my chest. Is this happening because I still didn't want to go with Lugh willingly despite his story? The rumble of his voice rattles my bones. "I am Lugh Darg, the Alpha of the dead pack. Only I exist in this realm," His voice drops till it's nearly a whisper carrying across my skin like a chilly embrace. "You can be here with me too, Aria dear. All you have to do is accept me." He croaks the end of the words out, like a fish trying to speak out of water. I press my hand against the wall of the vehicle behind me, wondering how I can escape someone like this. A part of me still thinks that maybe Lugh can help me. Maybe he's somewhere in here. "You naive fool." A torn laugh comes from him, and my eyes fly back to him. "What do you want from me?" I try to say firmer, but I'm still shaking with fear. This is more than
