All Chapters of Aligned Fantasy: Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

The ride back to Maya’s home was quiet, heavy with thoughts neither of them voiced. It wasn’t until halfway there that Maya finally broke the silence. “Just in case you need reassurance,” he said softly, his voice edged with fatigue, “I dated Taiga for a year. I know when he’s lying.” He knew Taiga well enough to know if he hated Dante would have told him to his face. Dante’s grip tightened on the steering wheel, knuckles pale against the leather. His eyes stayed fixed on the road, but his thoughts were already circling darkly. Maya leaned back against the seat, gaze flicking toward him. “He’s blunt. Too blunt. So if he isn’t giving you a straight answer, then it’s usually because he won't be saying what you want to hear.” Dante exhaled sharply through his nose. “I know,” he admitted, jaw tight. “But I still need to hear him say it.” He needed Taiga to say he loved him, wanted him, and not just sexually, he wanted him to say he can't breathe without him, live without him. H

The day of the winter cup finals came rather quickly, 45 minutes till the match, both teams were already getting ready for their games, for how ridiculous their opponent team name was they were intimidating, a team of Elite primes, Alpha type with an Enigma captain, compared to his own mixed team of various sub types Taiga knew they were a formidable opponent. He stood in the mens restroom, washing his hands when he caught a reflection in the mirror, he jumped in shock, "excuse me? what the hell" he gasps out,hands on his chest in shock, "you must be taiga" the stranger says, pink and gold eyes staring straight at him, "whose asking?" taigs now serious, with his name coming out of this strange persons mouth doesn't sit well with him, now that he's looking at him, he's seen him before, before he came to the bathroom to relief himself, standing infront of him was the captain of the team he was about to go against for the winter cup, kanzaki Rei, said man walks closer to him, for an Eni

On the sideline, Dante leaned forward now, no longer lounging. He wasn't also sure about Taiga Luna rank, he didn't believe Taiga when he admitted his rank himself, but now, now it was true, and he was his, as his mate although it was a targeted pheromone dominance luring, Dante could still smell it . “You don't fail to impress me Tiaga, so this what you're hiding.” he says a slow smirk on his face, watching maya now, eyes wide in shock, or no, was it pride?, he couldn't tell, but Maya could smell it too. As if the words reached him, Taiga’s aura shifted. He stopped overthinking. He stopped trying to outwit Rei. Instead, he unleashed his raw power. He attacked the rim with reckless abandon, breaking through the paint with brute strength. Maya synced with him, slipping in passes no one else could deliver. Kaito fell useless on the court, not being able to keep up. A reverse alley-oop slammed down. The stadium shook. It looked like he was flying, "so high, fuck" one of the predators

It had been two days since the Winter Cup finals, and Taiga had not set foot outside his apartment. The air inside was stale, curtains drawn tight, the only light spilling from the pale glow of his laptop screen. His phone was silent on the counter, ignored. No calls answered, no messages returned. For anyone who knew him, it would have been obvious that he was hiding, but for Taiga, it wasn’t hiding. It was survival. He sat on the couch in his sweatpants and a wrinkled hoodie, laptop balanced on his thighs. The coffee mug resting against his leg had long since gone cold, the bitter scent of it mixing with the faint smell of dust and fabric softener. His eyes burned from hours of scrolling and cross-checking, his fingers moving with obsessive rhythm across the keys. On his screen glared a single phrase, bold and ominous: “The Kanzaki Family.” Taiga leaned back, rubbing his temples as if the words themselves had become a weight pressing down on him. Of course, the search results we

“Dante is an elite prime Enigma. That alone is rare. Fuse that with Rei, an elite Enigma in his own right and you get a power source strong enough for others to follow. If they’ve formed a pact, then I’ve figured them out. I know how to play their game. And in the process, I can keep us safe, brother.” Something flickered in Tatsuya’s eyes, hesitation, maybe even intrigue. He leaned back on the stool behind him. “Okay. Lay it on me.” Taiga drew in a sharp breath. “The Luna who went against Maya in the finals? That was Rei’s fiancée. we've got one obstacle out of the way, however a pact can’t include a Lunar if there’s no definite leader, and I'm guessing Dante and Rei is the power source of the PACT. In a pact, every member contributes to the strength, unlike a pack, where only the leader and their mate matter. That means Rei and his pact are scouting for strong mates to strengthen their bond.” Tatsuya straightened now, no longer lounging. “And how did you come up with that? What i