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Chapter 71: How Did You End Up Here Too?

*Ciana*

At my parents’ house, I waited for Warren to get back. Things with that fake Ciana must have been going well because it was taking a while for him to return.

I stood up and started pacing around the living room. Warren was taking longer than I thought. A part of me started to worry about him, but he was Prince Warren. Not even Beta Raymond was stupid enough to move against a prince. I knew

Warren could take care of himself.

My mind kept wandering back to the man I’d seen, Tallis. Well, that was what Nelson called him, but he just felt like Theo.

He stood like him, talked like him, and even had his scent. I’d been around the Dark Prince enough to know the kind of person he was, and this Tallis just reminded me of Theo.

Although, he did look different once I got the chance to get a closer view of him.

But, if I could disguise myself well enough that people thought I was a boy, and if “Fake Ciana” could use magic to look like me, why couldn’t someone do the same with Theo?

Maybe Theo was trying to disguise himself as an unknown carnival worker. But this was Prince Theo! There was no reason for him to do so.

First of all, he hadn’t cared that I was leaving, he hadn’t even come to say goodbye to me. Why would he follow me all the way to my pack? Why would he care what was going on in my pack?

He’d made it pretty clear in the days before I left that he didn’t care.

Besides, if that Tallis guy was Theo, why try to hide it, especially from me? The only reason Theo would come here would be to make good on his word and help my pack. Not because he cared about me but because he was keeping his word as a prince. But then, he wouldn’t have to hide his identity from me.

Sighing, I rubbed my hands on my thighs and sat down on the couch.

As soon as my butt hit the cushion, the doorknob clicked and Warren walked through the front door with a grin on his face.

“I take it your chat went well?” I asked, jumping up to greet him.

‘He nodded. “Your look alike invited me on a date. We’ll meet

up three nights from now in the packhouse gardens,” he said.

Something flickered in his eyes and his smile fell slightly.

“Packhouse? So she didn’t want to come back here?” I murmured to myself, but that didn’t matter. “Isn’t that a good thing?”

“Yes, it is a good time for me to fish more information out of her. I’ll see if I can poke some more holes in her identity. It could help later,” he suggested.

accomplished for the night,” I

sighed heavily and headed to

not happy. I’m sorry that

wanted, but Warren obviously still

know, you truly have a good heart. If this is getting too

help, Ciana. Besides, I can’t just sit around when I know there is someone

added. “I hope you understand how much it

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from time to time in different pack territories. They didn’t belong to

pack and family. I loved mine too much, which was why I was

my disguise so that no one in my pack could recognize me and headed to the

for there to be a Ciana and Theo imposter

was busy. I saw a few women walk by on their hands. Others were dressed in glittering unitards,

getting ready for a

Nelson greeted me when he saw me, laughing heartily

for the misunderstanding. I just dropped by to learn more about your performance program,

tell a fellow carnival

office,” he said,

corner of the tent blocked off with red, silk curtains. He used a collapsible table

tent. There was also

you have some pretty extreme acts in your carnival,”

jugglers, clowns, and a tightrope walker. I

“I bet,” I muttered.

to find out more about Tallis, but I didn’t want to be too obvious. I had to keep it focused on the

go,” he said, finally fishing a program pamphlet out. He handed it

pictures of the animal tamer and trapeze artists. Nelson was featured on the cover, too, but there wasn’t a single

the program,” I commented, using that as my perfect segway to

tends to get in trouble with

brothers for?”

chuckled and nodded

surly and bad tempered, but he’s never struggled with the ladies, if you know what I mean. They

nice guy and it isn’t the same for me.” Nelson sighed and shook his

like bad

of my mouth before I could stop them and I hated

friends who are interested in

his desk, shaking my head rapidly. “No. Not in that regard. I did have some

see that carnival spark in

away from me and looked at a standing white board in the corner of his temporary office. There was a very complicated, color coded schedule written on