All Chapters of My Adopted Sister is My Mate: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

JULIANI know that Avara doesn’t love me. It isn't some grand, tragic discovery; she isn't exactly a master of masking her distaste. Every time I reach for her hand and she stiffens, every time I offer a compliment and her smile doesn't quite reach her hollowed-out eyes, the truth sits between us like a cold corpse. I know that she is only with me out of duty.To be fair, we both got together out of duty. Her father mandated her, my father mandated me. It was a good match, the son of the Beta and the adopted daughter of the Alpha. Back then, with Kaeden nothing more than a ghost and a bitter memory, my father whispered in my ear that Avara was my express ticket to the throne. To be with her was to be the shadow king of Silvermoon.The only problem is, I have long since fallen in love, and she is yet to catch up to me.It’s not very hard to see why she keeps her heart under lock and key. It was not very long after we got together that I realised that Alpha Silas had other intentions be

KAEDENI walk out of the inner chambers, heading to my quarters, feeling both small and agitated. The move that I have just made, whilst seemingly aggressive and volatile, is very strategic. The council members, those greedy sycophants, they are not the ones who I intend to approach with kindness and the appearance of justice. For them, I already knew and have known that I would need to embrace a calculated display of both aggressive strategic dominance and political wisdom. I do not need their admiration, the men who I do not even intend to work with, but I do require their fear and respect. And I am certain that I have gotten it.Now, they may resent me whilst I try to woo the pack members, but they can never stand against my authority, especially having Elias Kore backing me on my actions.So that one is clearly settled, but there is so much more to be done. And right now, more than ever, I feel pressed, choked for time.My mind is a whirlwind of strategic calculations and urgency

KAEDENThe corridor stretches, becoming longer than I remember it to be. The stone walls are beginning to warp, pulling away like heated wax. The air has turned into a viscous, freezing sludge that burns my lungs with every gasp.My room. I need to get to my room. I can’t help myself until I get to my room. I look around. There’s no one there but not yet, I’m almost close.“Run faster!” Fenris screams inside my mind, pacing behind my ribs so violently I feel like my chest is going to burst.I want to scream at him that I am trying my best, but my brain is light and I feel like a clamp is over my lips. I stumble, my hand slamming against the stone wall for support. Grunting, I straighten myself up and continue running, fighting against my legs which seem to have developed a will of their own.“ALPHA-HEIR. LITTLE PRINCE…”The voices ring inside my ears, a wet, rattling hiss.“YOU SHOULD HAVE STAYED IN THE PITS YOU RAN TO, KAEDEN VANE. YOU’VE BROUGHT YOUR SOUL TO A SLAUGHTERHOUSE.”I sha

SILASThe heavy oak doors of my study are nearly taken off their hinges. I don’t even have time to set down my glass before Scyla is across the room, fuming.Her human skin is flickering like a dying candle, patches of iridescent black scales erupting along her jaw and throat. Her eyes are wide, the golden slits trembling with a mixture of agony and incandescent rage."You fool!" she screams. "You arrogant, blind fool!"I stand up, anger spiking up my blood. I want to remind her that the fact that I let her climb to my bed does not mean that she has the authority to interrogate and admonish me. But the way she looks, the fear set in her eyes, it tampers my anger down. "Scyla, control yourself. What has happened? Avara…""Forget the girl for one sssecond!" She slams her hands onto my desk, her claws gouging deep furrows into the polished mahogany. Smoke rises from the wood where she touches it. "My sssistersss... my troop. Three of them are dead, Sssilas. Erased. And four more ssseriou

AVARA"The guards found him in the north corridor last night, behaving like an absolute madman," Julian scoffs. "Talking to the walls, chanting nonsense, screaming at shadows. They say he nearly collapsed before reaching his room. It seems that wherever he spent the past fifteen years have broken his mind. He’s a lunatic, Avara. A dangerous one."I stare at Julian blankly, confused. There were a few things that I was expecting, but honestly, nothing like what I’m hearing. Talking to the walls? Screaming at shadows?Kaeden?He has done a lot of crazy things these past few days since he returned. But to be very honest, there is nothing that he has done that would make me think that he is a mad man. Even the stalking of my room seems like it was done with intention and a clear mind.Besides…“Really? You heard? And how sure are you that this person is a reliable source?”Julian rolls his eyes. “Oh, come on. Why would anyone come up with a story like that if it isn’t true?”“Several reaso