All Chapters of After I Faked My Death, They All Lost Their Minds: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

His eyes went wide, as though he'd never expected to hear that from me.I turned to go.He caught up from behind and seized my arm again, his voice much gentler. "Talia, don't do anything rash."Don't fight Brynn for the Luna's position. There are plenty of eligible males in the pack. Promise not to cause trouble, and Father and I will find you the best mate we can other than Silas. You won't be losing anything."The sheer absurdity made me turn back to face him."All of you seem to have forgotten that Silas was my mate to begin with."He betrayed me. Why should I be the one to step aside? Does the fact that I am a low-ranked Omega give him the right to break his oath to the Moon Goddess?"Rian's mouth opened and nothing came out.He lowered his head, and I couldn't tell whether what was on his face was guilt or something else.A memory from long ago surfaced.It was my second year in the Moen pack, and the pack held a winter hunt.I was too weak then. I couldn't keep pace or hold prey

My father's stern expression vanished beneath disbelief."Talia. Is that what you actually want?""Yes. You should never have picked me up."His beard trembled with rage; grief and fury filled his eyes."Fine. Fine. Talia, Rian and I spoiled you. It's time you learned a lesson. With a temper like yours, Silas wouldn't choose you as Luna even if you truly had a noble bloodline!"Rian took his arm. "Father, don't say things you don't mean."My father shook him off, took several breaths, and looked at me again. "Are you sure? You won't take back what you just said?""I'm certain."My father's face darkened at once.He summoned the patrol leader. "Take her to the border. She starts patrolling immediately and is not to miss a single day."They marched me out of the house.The System spoke again.[Host, the transfer channel opens in ten days. Why provoke your family now and get yourself sent to the border?]I was quiet for a moment and didn't look up.[I can't stay in that house. Every extra

When I drifted out of the dungeon, my soul was as light as a leaf lifted by wind.On the altar, Silas was on his knees.His back bowed, his fingers dug into the seams between the stones, and his shoulders shook violently.Soon, he could no longer hold himself together. His body shifted, his clothes tore, and a massive silver-gray wolf took his place.In wolf form, he braced all four legs against the altar and raked his claws over the stone again and again, each stroke screeching against the rock.Two guards restrained the witch against the altar rail, but her face showed no fear. She looked at the silver-gray wolf on the ground and mocked him coldly. "Alpha, your wolf is going mad. That's what happens when an Alpha loses his fated mate. Surely you still haven't realized who your mate truly is?"Silas used every ounce of strength to force his wolf down and shift back. Bare-chested, he knelt on the ground with his chest heaving and the veins bulging at his temples.He raised his head, hi

The picture cut out.I sat on the bed in my new room, my fingers loosening from the sheet only to tighten again.The System asked, [Host. You've seen the truth. They loved you all along. They were only blinded by a tincture. Do you want to go back and see them?]I was quiet for a long time.The images I had just seen replayed over and over in my mind.Watching my former mate and family suffer that deeply did stir something inside me.I sighed. "They truly were good to me once, but their later coldness and suspicion were real too. So were the lashes they laid across my back."I can't go back. I can't forgive them."The System was quiet for a moment, and when it spoke again there was something like guilt in it.[Host. There's something I never told you.]I waited.[The body you're in now was always yours. At eight years old someone put a curse on you and separated your wolf from your flesh. You drifted in the wilds as a spirit for a long time, and our main System detected your potential

He spoke my name like a man who had finally recovered a treasure he thought lost forever.Displeasure flashed over Alexius's face as he stepped forward, shielding me behind him.Silas acted as though Alexius were not there. His deep-set eyes remained locked on me.His body sagged halfway to the ground, nearly dropping him to his knees in the snow.The overpowering scent of an Alpha in heat rolled off him.I had almost forgotten. This was the night of the full moon.Grown werewolves usually get through a heat on suppressants.But Silas's body was clearly so weak that even suppressants could no longer help him.He could not withstand the urge. His entire body shook.To stay clearheaded, he bit hard into his wrist. Blood welled from the wound at once."I searched for you for so long... so long... It cost me nearly everything..."At that moment, more figures emerged behind him.Sterling Valentine and Rian Valentine.My adoptive father and my adoptive brother.Only then did I notice that th