All Chapters of Deceitful Twin:A sister's shadow : Chapter 61 - Chapter 68

Scarlett's POV I should have known better, but I just held onto the hope that maybe, just maybe, the Seer would prophesy wrongly or something. I don’t know what I thought exactly — that the truth could bend for me, or that the pretending could turn into reality if I just wished hard enough. I had rehearsed a hundred versions of what she might say. In none of them did she say that.But the moment she opened her mouth, I felt it in my chest. The cold and final moments. Like something inside me had snapped, quietly, cleanly, and wouldn’t go back together again.She didn’t point fingers. She didn’t call out names. But the words were clear. Too clear. Anyone who had been watching closely knew what she meant. And worse, River would know too. Maybe not now. Maybe not fully. But someday soon, it would all settle in him. The shape of it. The betrayal.The silence that followed her prophecy wasn’t soft. It was sharp. No one dared speak. No one even shifted. I stood there like a statue, every m

Astrid's POV River was asleep now.His breathing had evened out in my arms, his small frame finally relaxed against my chest. I kept one hand curled protectively around the back of his head, the other resting lightly against his spine, as if loosening my grip would somehow undo everything the Seer had revealed. I didn’t dare blink too long. I just kept staring at him, memorizing the lines of his face like I had done a hundred times before in secret, when I used to catch glimpses of him from a distance.But this time was different. This time, I was allowed to hold him.I hadn’t even realized we had been led to one of the inner rooms until I noticed the door shut behind us. The guards had cleared the courtyard. The whispers had faded. The air had changed. Everything around me was quieter, but the noise inside me hadn't stopped.It should have been relief. It should have been the moment I finally exhaled after days of being ignored, disbelieved, insulted. But my chest still felt tight.

Ethan's POV They brought her in just after sunset.I was in the hall when I heard the commotion outside; the clatter of boots against the stone path, quick and heavy, like they’d been running. I just listened. The air had shifted, gone still in a way that made my skin tighten. Something in me already knew. My body moved before my thoughts caught up. I stood, slowly, as if giving myself time to brace. My hands were already clenched at my sides, though I did not remember curling them. A guard appeared at the door.“She’s here.” he said slowly.I didn’t need to ask who. My chest tightened as I walked past him.Scarlett stood in the square. Her hair was wild, streaked with twigs and dirt. Her dress was torn at the hem. Her wrists were bound in front of her, the rope already dark from where she’d tried to twist free. Her face was pale, cheeks flushed from the cold. I had known Scarlett for a while, and I know for sure that she doesn't want to be a Luna that is ridiculed. But she brought

Astrid's POV The compound was silent, the kind of silence that pressed against the walls and settled deep in my bones. I lay on my back, eyes fixed on the wooden beams above me, tracing the patterns of knots and cracks as the faint moonlight slipped in through the window. Beside me, River slept soundly, his breathing soft and steady, a quiet rhythm that should have soothed me.But peace was elusive.I turned my head slightly to watch the rise and fall of his small chest. Just looking at him stirred something in me. Something like gratitude, love, a fierce protectiveness—but also a restlessness I couldn’t shake. His presence should have brought comfort, a balm for everything I had endured. Instead, there was this steady ache, a whisper that kept growing louder with every breath I took.This wasn’t home.It had once felt like a refuge, this compound with its stone walls and ever-watchful guards. A place to regroup, to hide, to survive. But now? Now it felt like a cage. Every corridor e