Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder

Chapter 415

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

His voice was

me, a little bit," I blurted out. "But he was drunk

"I need to have a word with

my mind. In a situation like this, if it was Theo, he probably would just beat

reached my hand out and grabbed his arm. "No need to. And besides,

"Tallis?"

"But we aren't talking about Hawke. We are talking about you and fake me. What

look overtook Warren's face. My heart immediately dropped and I felt all the hope drain from my body.

agreed to elope with me."

and I bounced on the balls of my feet. "This is great news! You are the best! But... I could tell you're upset. Sorry

But it's just...I feel like I'm going against

my face. "I know..."

loves me for real and I just lied to her. I told her I loved her too and told her I wanted to spend the rest of my life with her. What kind of man does

heart. I could feel the strong thumping on my palm. It was racing and I didn't

had no business feeling guilty for this. If anything, all

man, Warren. A great man in fact. I told you this many times before and now I will tell you again. What 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 me to continue.

identity and is trying to take over my

I want that for

said, she can't keep my identity forever. The most important thing is that she didn't want this life. I could tell. No one would want to be someone else

Warren's

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 stuck here."

let out one long breath that fanned my face. His scent of

me a small smile. "How do

"Do what?"

to say it." He tucked away a

light of the situation.

stepped away from

nodded and we walked away from

That was when we would have the elopement announcement.

went missing due to her recent nuptials, then no alliance

was stage one of the plan. The other

it really stealing if it belonged to

the past

meet her tonight?" I asked him.

need to keep up

I stood from my seat at the table. "We can convene again tomorrow. Go

a little light hearted but he didn't

don't have to go, you know that right? I can tell her something came up."

shouldn't have joked about it," I apologized

he

to believe you two are madly in love, though. Unfortunately, for the sake of our plan, it

He sighed, "Okay."

said our goodbyes and went our separate

really did take a lot of the pressure off my

to take a

was sent to the royal palace, and now returning home my world had flipped yet again. But like my father had

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