Sould As The Alpha King's Breeder

Chapter 73: Faking Love

I watched his back as he was leaving, and pondered what he just said.

‘I was just passing by.’

That was a lie.

Tallis was hiding something, I knew he was. There was a familiarity about him that I just couldn’t shake. It was this air of calm and cold that he carried. I had felt it once before and only with one other person.

But could it be?

I had asked him numerous times and each time he refuted my claims. He was not the somber prince I knew.

So why did they both carry the same aura?

I shook my head thinking I had lost my damn mind. First the fake Ciana and now this. My problems and questions kept piling up with each passing day.

It didn’t matter now though. I had more important matters to attend to.

My mind was turning fast. Fake Ciana had professed her undying love to Warren. This was what I had been hoping for. Phase one of the plan was complete and now it was time to move onto phase two.

Whoever Tallis was, he could wait.

I turned on my heel ready to walk back to where fake Ciana and Warren had been, but I slammed into a warm wall.

I stumbled a few steps back before a pair of strong arms came out and caught me.

“You okay there, Ciana?”

Warren helped me to steady myself.

“Yeah,” I looked up at him. “Where is the other Ciana? What happened? I had to leave because…”

My voice trailed off as the words got stuck in my throat. I didn’ t want to worry Warren. He had a tendency to somehow shift blame of every bad thing that happens onto himself, especially when it regarded me.

I often thought that he had too much honor at times. I wished he would be a little less chivalrous.

“Because?” He pressed.

“It’s nothing. Now tell me what’s going on with her?”

Warren stepped closer, crossing into that imaginary bubble l had around me.

“What happened, Ciana?” His eyes held mine.

“I told you nothing.”

“It doesn’t sound like nothing. Your heart’s racing, you have that little nervous nose twitch you do when you’re hiding something. So spill it.”

I stood still for a moment in complete shock. “How do you know about the twitch?”

He rolled his eyes. “I notice everything about you, Black. Now spill it.”

I let out a sigh and bit down on my lip. “Hawke came by.”

about Hawke a few times, both from me catching him up on the important players in the pack, and from the girl he just spent a good

voice was tight

bit,” I blurted out. “But he was drunk and he had two broken arms so

eyes darkened. “I need to

mind. In a situation like this, if it was Theo, he probably

my hand out and grabbed his arm. “No need to. And besides, Tallis took care of

“Tallis?”

are talking about you and fake

somber look overtook Warren’s face. My heart immediately dropped and I felt all the

to elope

feet. “This is great news! You are the best! But… I could tell you’re upset. Sorry again for putting you through

I am happy for the progress. But it’s just…I feel like I’m going against my moral

from my face.

actually loves me for real and I just lied to her. I told her I loved her too and told her I wanted

my hand on his chest right above his heart. I could feel the strong thumping on my palm. It was racing and I didn’t know

this. If anything,

you are doing for me is a service that I will never be able to repay you for. However, please don’t feel guilty for what you’re doing

me, waiting for

this girl is not fully innocent. She has taken my identity and is trying to take over my home. This is wrong, and

I want that for

be someone else for the rest of their lives. So you’re helping her. You’re helping her to get out of here and get away from people that she is afraid of, like Raymond, like

could tell Warren’s

heart. You’re helping me and her. She might feel bad once she finds out you don’t really love her, but by then, at least she would have the freedom to carry on her own life, and that’s way more important than her being

forehead against mine and let out one long breath that fanned my face. His scent of pine and morning grass surrounded

me a small

“Do what?”

to say and when to say it.” He tucked away a stray piece of hair

to make light of

away from him. “Shall

walked away from the

alliance ceremony would be in two days. That was

would need to present. If Ciana suddenly went missing due to her recent nuptials, then no alliance would be

of the plan. The other stage was a

to steal the sacred artifact. Well, was it really stealing if it belonged to my parents? Depends on which angle you

everything for the past two hours. We made sure there were no cracks

you still meet her tonight?”

need to keep up

table. “We can convene again tomorrow. Go have fun with your

it to come out a little light hearted but he didn’t take

don’t have to go, you know that right? I can

have joked about it,”

“You’re forgiven,” he smiled.

two are madly in love, though. Unfortunately, for the sake of our plan, it would be better for

He sighed, “Okay.”

goodbyes and went our

Warren on board really did take a lot of the pressure off my back. He

to take

my world had flipped yet again. But like my father had always taught me, I would brave the storm. Because that was exactly what us Blacks did. We moved with tides and