All Chapters of Mated to Three princes: And I hate it: Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

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Chapter 51: Questions

I'm in the nursery organizing baby clothes when Damon walks in."We need to talk," he says.I don't look up. "About?""You know about what." He closes the door. "Is it me?"My hands freeze on a tiny onesie. "What?""When you choose. Is it me? Am I the one you're keeping?""Damon, I don't know yet.""You must have some idea. Some instinct. Something." He comes closer. "Just tell me. Do I have a real chance or am I fooling myself?"I set down the clothes. Turn to face him. "I love you. You know I do.""That's not what I asked.""It's the only answer I have.""It's not enough." His jaw tightens. "I need to know if preparing for this is pointless. If I should just accept I'm losing and start planning for exile.""I haven't decided anything.""Then decide. Right now. Look at me and tell me if you're going to choose me.""I can't do that.""Why not?""Because I don't know!" My voice rises. "I don't know, okay? I love all three of you. I don't know how to pick.""Then pick the smart choice.

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Chapter 52: Last Chances

Kieran wakes me before dawn."Get up. We're leaving.""Where?" I'm still half asleep."Somewhere special. Our last date. Our last chance." He's already dressed. "Mira's with the Queen Mother. It's just us today.""Kieran, I need to feed her.""Already handled. I pumped bottles last night while you slept. She's set for the day." He pulls me up. "Come on. We're wasting time."I get dressed. Follow him out to the stables where two horses wait.We ride in silence. Through forests. Past streams. To a clearing I've never seen."What is this place?" I ask when we dismount."Mine. Found it years ago. Come here when I need to think. To breathe. To be someone other than the spare prince nobody needs." He takes my hand. "Wanted to share it with you. Before it's too late."The clearing is beautiful. Wildflowers everywhere. A small pond. Trees providing shade. Perfect."It's lovely.""It's ours. For today." He spreads a blanket. "Sit. I brought food. Wine for me, juice for you. Let's just exist fo

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Chapter 53:The truth

Caius doesn't take me anywhere special.Just the library. His library. The private one."This is where I'm most myself," he explains. "Where I don't have to pretend. Don't have to perform. Just be."Books surround us. Thousands of them. His research. His escape. His truth."Sit," he says. Points to the chair I sat in months ago. "I want to tell you something. Something I've never told anyone."I sit. Wait.He paces. Unusual for him. Caius doesn't pace. Doesn't show nerves. But today he does."I don't know who I am," he says finally. "I've spent thirty-two years pretending. Being what everyone needed. The perfect prince. The strategic brother. The controlled one. But underneath I'm lost. Have been since the day they told me I was adopted.""Caius.""Let me finish. Please." He stops. Looks at me. "I thought finding out changed everything. Thought it explained why I never fit. Why I always felt separate. Different. But it didn't. Just made it worse. Because now I know I'm pretending. Wea

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Chapter 54: The King's Plea

Damon doesn't ask.He just appears at my door at sunset. "Come with me.""Where?""Does it matter?" He offers his hand. "It's my turn. My last chance. Come with me."I take his hand. Let him lead me through the palace. Not to the throne room. Not to his chambers. To the gardens.But they're different. Transformed.Lights everywhere. Candles. Flowers. Music playing softly. A table set for two."What is this?""Everything I should have given you from the start. Romance. Effort. Proof that you matter more than anything." He pulls out my chair. "Sit. Let me show you what being my Queen actually means."I sit. He sits across from me. Servants appear with food. Expensive. Perfect. Everything."You didn't have to do this," I say."Yes I did. Because I've been taking you for granted. Assuming you'd choose me because it makes sense. Because I'm King. Because I can provide." He leans forward. "But that's not enough, is it? You need more than logic. More than power. You need to feel chosen. Want

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Chapter 55: Packing

I wake to the sound of drawers opening.Damon's at his dresser. Pulling out clothes. Folding them. Putting them in a bag."What are you doing?" I ask.He doesn't turn around. "Packing. Just in case.""Just in case what?""Just in case you don't choose me. Just in case I'm the one who has to leave." His hands still. "Three days. Then you decide. I need to be ready."My stomach drops. "You're giving up?""I'm being practical. One of us has to be." He goes back to packing. "If I'm chosen, great. This was unnecessary. If I'm not, I'll already be prepared. No last-minute scrambling. No emotional goodbyes while trying to gather belongings.""This is insane.""This is survival." He closes one bag. Opens another. "The others are probably doing the same thing. We'd be stupid not to."I get up. Go to Kieran's room. His door is open.He's packing too. Slower. More carelessly. Just throwing things in a bag."You too?" I ask from the doorway.He looks up. Smiles. Sad. "Yeah. Me too. Can't pretend

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Chapter 56: Last words

Two days left when Kieran asks to talk. Alone."Come with me," he says.We go to his room. He closes the door. Locks it."I need to say something," he starts. "Something I need you to hear. Just in case.""Just in case what?""Just in case you don't choose me. Just in case tomorrow's the last time we really talk." He sits on the bed. "Sit. Please."I sit.He takes my hands. "If you don't choose me, I need you to promise me something.""What?""That you'll be happy. Really happy. Not just content. Not just surviving. Actually happy." His eyes meet mine. "Promise me you'll laugh every day. Find joy. Live. Not just exist. Live.""Kieran.""Promise me. Please. I need to know that even if I'm not there, you're still finding reasons to smile.""I promise.""Good." He squeezes my hands. "And promise me you'll tell Mira about me. Tell her I loved her. Wanted her. Would have been the fun dad who let her get away with everything.""I will.""Tell her I'm sorry. Sorry I couldn't stay. Sorry she

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Chapter 57: Collapsing

The pain is everywhere.Not just my chest. My whole body. Like every nerve is on fire."What's happening?" Damon's hands on me. "Sage, what's wrong?""The bonds. They're breaking. Now. Not tomorrow. Now."Through the connections I feel it. The fourth bond. The one centered on Mira. It's not just weakening. It's shattering."Get the healer!" Kieran's already running.Caius is at my side. Checking my pulse. My breathing. "How bad is the pain?""Ten. Eleven. I can't. Can't breathe through it."Another wave hits. Worse. I scream.In the nursery Mira starts crying. Not normal crying. Screaming. Like she feels it too."The baby," I gasp. "Get the baby."Damon runs. Returns with Mira. The second she's in my arms the pain eases. Just slightly. Enough to breathe."She's the anchor," Caius says. "Being close helps. But it's not enough. The bonds are still failing."The healer rushes in. Takes one look. Goes pale."How long?" she asks."Just started. Maybe five minutes ago.""You don't have unti

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Chapter 58: The Final Truth

"What are you doing here?" Damon demands.The witch ignores him. Walks straight to me. Eyes burning with urgency."You were about to choose," she says. Not a question."Yes. The bonds are collapsing. We have hours. I have to.""No. You don't. Not yet. Not until you know the truth.""What truth?" Caius steps forward. "We know everything. Triple bonds are temporary. We have to choose. That's it.""That's what I told you. That's what I needed you to believe. But it's not the whole truth." She looks at each of them. "The truth is more complicated. More painful. More impossible.""Explain," Damon orders. "Now.""The bonds aren't breaking because of time. They're breaking because of fear." She points at me. "Your fear. Your inability to choose. Your heart rejecting the premise. That's what's killing the bonds. Not time. You."I go cold. "What?""Triple bonds don't have time limits. They break when the person at the center breaks. When their heart can't handle the strain. When fear wins." Sh

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Chapter 59: The Gamble

Forty minutes pass.I'm still holding Mira. Still trying to decide. Still completely lost.Choose and lose two. Or gamble and possibly lose everything.My mother chose neither. Let herself break. Killed everyone.I can't do that. Can't let fear win. Can't destroy everyone through inaction.So what do I do?I look at Mira. Really look. She's so small. So helpless. So trusting.If I choose, she lives. Grows up. Becomes someone. Maybe wonders about the fathers she lost. Maybe resents me for choosing. But she lives.If I gamble, seventy percent chance she dies right here. Right now. In my arms. Because I was too selfish to accept loss. Too desperate to save everyone.That's the real question. Am I choosing for her? Or for me?Do I want to save everyone for her sake? Or because I can't handle the guilt of choosing?I don't know. Can't tell where my needs end and hers begin.The door opens. Caius."Your hour's almost up," he says. "Have you decided?""No. Yes. I don't know."He sits beside

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Chapter 60: I Choose

Two hours pass.Mira doesn't wake up.The healer works frantically. Magic. Medicine. Everything. Nothing helps."She's fading," she says finally. "The forced aging. The magic activation. It was too much. She's dying.""No." I hold Mira tighter. "No, she can't die. The gamble worked. The bonds are stable. She has to survive.""The bonds are stable but she's not. Her body can't handle what you did to it." The healer looks at me. "I'm sorry. I don't think she'll make it through the night."The room spins. My gamble. My stupid desperate gamble. It's killing her."There has to be something," Damon says. "Some way to save her.""There is one way." The healer hesitates. "But it requires breaking the bonds again. Requires Sage to choose. To redirect the magic. To stop trying to hold four bonds and focus everything on saving Mira.""What?" I don't understand. "The bonds are stable. Permanent. How does choosing help?""The bonds are stable because Mira's holding them. But she's dying from the s

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