All Chapters of Fake Dating The Alpha Hockey Captain: Chapter 121 - Chapter 130

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Chapter 121: The Question She Was Not Meant to Hear

ASHERThat sound of Sierra speaking down the hall froze me completely.“Hurt… by who?”A hush came, yet it filled the hall too loud to ignore - suddenly I saw she’d caught pieces best left unheard. Turning felt heavy before it even began, weight rising along my spine like a slow burn.Not far off, by the hall’s edge, she stayed quiet - her palm flat on the bricks like something pulled her there unwillingly. Hair tangled from sleep twisted at her shoulders. She looked caught between staying or stepping back. What showed in her gaze wasn’t anger but something slower, heavier than blame ever manages.A weight moved next to me - Jace tensing, regret pooling behind his eyes like ink in water. His glance brushed my shoulder, then pulled back, caught between speaking up or vanishing into stillness. Silence was my reply; my thoughts already locked onto Sierra, sharp and unshaking.“How long have you been standing there?” I asked.Her head leaned just a bit to the side, eyes tracing my feature

Chapter 122: The Taste Of Doubt

SIERRAThere they stood - Asher and Jace - faces half-shadowed while silence clung between us like dust after a slammed door. My breath slowed as if waiting for something buried deep to surface again, ever since that name slipped out: Micah.Nothing about it fit together.Just like a stomach turns against sour food, my thoughts flinched at the thought. Every single morning since arrival, Micah was there. With tangles in my hair, she’d grumble about kitchen staff fussing over spices. A clash erupted one afternoon when tea arrived bolder than allowed. Even caught me stealing sweets early - got an earful for that.Still, none of those moments match up with the idea of a person slipping something into my food without a sound. Quiet acts like that just don’t line up with what I remember.Still, Jace's voice stayed there, heavy, refusing to fade. A quiet weight settled where silence should have been.She’s missing.Head rising slowly, eyes found Asher once more. A quiet mask now sat on his

Chapter 123: What She Ate

Asher.The night was really long and quiet. It was like the silence was going to explode or something.The air inside the place felt heavy like it does when a big storm is coming. The staff was being really quiet trying not to make any noise as they walked around. When someone saw a person down the hall they started whispering to each other. Outside the guards were standing still watching everything.You could feel that something was off even before anyone said anything.It was quiet again when the sun started coming up. Water was dripping slowly on the rocks like someone was holding their breath. I felt weird even though nothing had changed.Micah was not there. That is when the trouble started.It did not feel right no matter how times I thought about it.Maybe Micah left because of the rumors that were going around. Just like Rebecca said.. It is not easy to find answers.Someone like Micah does not get scared for no reason. She was doing something inside the palace and it must hav

Chapter 124: The Voice

ASHERI looked at their faces for a moment. Then my eyes stayed on hers."You're not going alone.” I said."I didn't ask to.” she replied.Jace’s voice sounded rough when he spoke, breaking the quiet."Should I tell the healer we're coming?" he asked."Yes.” I said.With a tilt of his head he was gone. Footsteps fading as the door clicked shut.Stillness held us, me and Sierra caught in the crush of what had just happened with Micah."You still think Micah did it.” Sierra said after a moment."I think someone tried to poison you, Sierra.” I said."That's not the thing, someone trying to poison me.” Sierra said."No.” I admitted to Sierra.Her eyes stayed on me slowly and steady. Then silence stretched between us like a thread pulled tight between me and Sierra."If Micah didn’t do it then someone else inside the palace did it. I said to Sierra.A weight came down quiet but sure inside the palace. It moved through the space without sound filling corners we hadn’t noticed, me and Sierr

Chapter 125: The Name She Could Not Complete

ASHEREverything was just too much for us to understand.Someone else had already taken that step.It struck me then - maybe I’d misheard. Light came through just one window, onto stone floors where shadows stretched between two flickering lanterns. That quiet wasn’t empty; it pressed close, thick like cloth stuffed into every corner.Silent, Sierra stayed next to the bed, unable to move.Breath shaky, Micah struggled to hold on, each word seeming to pull something vital from deep inside. Her eyes twitched, barely staying open, like talking had used up what little energy remained.I stepped forward.“What do you mean someone else did?” I asked.Out of the corner of my eye, she turned - just barely - like sound traveled too slow to find her. That look came back, thin and pale, the kind seen before but never named. Her skin held it tighter this time, shadows pooling where light used to sit.“She… she said she would kill my mother if I refused,” Micah whispered.Right away, Sierra moved

Chapter 126: Even Though

Asher.A hint of tension tugged at her gaze. She let the moment stretch, just a beat too long.“That’s half the palace.”“Then we question half the palace.”A faint itch made Jace drag his fingers across the nape of his neck.“This is going to cause panic.”“I don’t care,” I said.For just a beat, Sierra looked me over.“You do realize the real culprit will simply hide better once the questioning starts.”She was right.Framing Micah took planning - she’d been cautious, whoever slipped in the poison. Still unseen. Still steps ahead.They’d vanish the way she did before, should we push too hard.I exhaled slowly.“Then we do it quietly.”Jace’s eyebrows lifted.“That’s easier said than done.”“I didn’t say it would be easy.”Her arms crossed once more as Sierra studied us both.“What if Micah remembers the name tomorrow?” she asked.“That would solve several problems,” Jace said.“And if she doesn’t?”One moment passed without words. Silence held between us before either spoke.The mom

Chapter 127: The Unknown Enemy

SIERRAFurniture stood cold under pale light - no warmth there. Silence pressed against the walls instead of laughter filling halls, it looked so odd and really, really unsettling.Inside these rooms, I stayed so long the patterns began to show themselves. Evening brought certain noises, never missing a beat. Hushed voices floated down hallways where servants moved with heavy plates. Shift changes at the gate meant laughter between soldiers, brief but clear. From far below, the rattle of kitchenware echoed after meals ended.Last night, the noises seemed to have changed.Muted and cautious.It was like the old walls knew, somehow, that a stranger now walked among them.Footsteps dragged behind me as Asher moved ahead, then Jace, both of them quiet while we passed the healer's door. Over and over, I heard what Micah had said - each word stuck like a burr beneath skin.Someone else took the step first.It stayed stuck, that line, repeating without permission.Weeks passed like that - ea

Chapter 128: The Enemy Inside

SIERRAThat night sleep stayed far from me. My mind kept wandering and no matter how hard I tried I wasn't at peace.It was as if something bad would happen again.A maid lay dead upstairs, her voice cut short before she named the hand meant to scar me. Peaceful? I wonder what would become of us during the next few days.Not far behind, Asher talked quietly with Jace by the doorway. Since I stopped talking, they assumed I wasn’t paying attention - wrong. Each whisper reached me. Men often mistake stillness for weakness. That idea never holds up. Stillness might mean a woman is collecting scattered fragments, shaping them into something strong.“The kitchen staff cannot leave the palace grounds,” Asher said.“They are already guarded,” Jace replied. “No one gets in or out without being searched.”“And the servants assigned to this wing?”“I placed two men at both ends of the hallway. They are watching everyone.”I turned my head slightly. “Watching everyone after someone already pois

Chapter 129: We Still Don’t Know

“I defended her in my mind even after Rebecca warned us. I kept thinking there had to be another explanation.”“That does not make you foolish.”“It makes me blind.”“No.” His voice was firm now. “It makes you kind. The shame belongs to the people who used that kindness against you.”Something inside me shifted, a place I’d kept hidden.“Asher,” I said after a moment, “tell me the truth. If the poison did what they wanted, if I cannot give you an heir, what happens?”Quiet stretched so far ahead I already loathed what came next. He hadn’t spoken yet and the reply felt heavy in my chest.“The council would question my claim to the title.”“And us?”A gentle touch landed on my sleeve. “We stay just as we are.”I let out a small, humorless laugh. “That is a lovely thing to say in a palace where everything changes because of power.”He stepped in front of me, forcing me to meet his eyes. “Listen to me. Titles can be fought over. Councils can be challenged. Enemies can be buried. But you a

Chapter 130: The Back Passage

SIERRAFootsteps echoed off the walls, sharp as gunfire, each thud pulling at something deep. For just a breath, legs twitched forward despite knowing better, pulled by instinct more than thought.“Sierra, don't,” Jace said grabbing my arm.“I am not a sack of grain,” I hissed, pulling against his grip.“No, you are worse. Grain listens.”My voice might have cracked sharp then, only my chest felt too tight with each beat. Ugly shadows jumped across the narrow stone, cast by the light he held. That rag Asher found wouldn’t leave me - still there, crisp in thought. Dorian left that mark. Maybe just a man dressed like him. Doesn’t matter now. The path isn’t dead anymore. Breathing. Shifting.A thud cut through the air, sharper than before, as if a body had knocked hard against wood.Footsteps paused. "Asher," I said, voice cutting through the quiet without warning.From where he stood, a sound cut through - tight, quiet, telling him to hold still.Like that’s ever going to happen.Faces

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